Chapter 11: Opportunity
The signing of the contract was no longer suspenseful after Editor-in-Chief Wei saw the pile of printer paper handed over to him by Zhu Ziqing.
After signing the contract, Zhu Ziqing used the excuse of going home to write a book, but in fact, the plan to skip class was rudely shattered by Zhu's mother.
"Only by studying hard, being admitted to a good university, and receiving higher education can you write better works." These are Zhu's mother's exact words.
What else could Zhu Ziqing say, he could only follow Zhu's mother to school in a gloomy manner.
"Wow, look who's coming. Our big star Zhu Ziqing. Everyone applauded and welcomed. ”
Coincidentally, when Zhu Ziqing arrived at school, it happened to be the end of class. Li Tengfei, who was breathing fresh air at the door of the classroom, was the first to see him and began to shout.
As soon as Li Tengfei shouted, Zhu Ziqing knew that it was not good. Seeing that several classmates around him had a tendency to come around under his bewitchment, he said loudly in a hurry:
"Big stars are fart. Isn't it just a campus party, a big fart, a fuss or something? ”
Zhu Ziqing's disdainful tone made the other students who just wanted to act can't help but retract their steps. This is the time when it is easy to be swayed by the words of others. What's more, what Zhu Ziqing said is not unreasonable, what kind of big star is he who has been to a campus party? And Zhu Ziqing's next words completely dispelled their idea of stepping forward.
"There were more people who participated in the performance of the party last night, and if they all became big stars, then the big stars would be too worthless."
"You quibble...... Li Tengfei is still not giving up, and is preparing to continue to bewitch everyone. was hooked by Zhu Ziqing's neck and pulled closer to the classroom.
"I haven't settled the accounts of the last time you cheated me, don't force me to settle the new accounts and the old accounts together." Zhu Ziqing was talking about being coaxed into singing by them when he first arrived at school.
Struggling to break free from Zhu Ziqing's control, Li Tengfei smiled, lowered his voice and said, "The things you arranged are ready, just tonight." ”
"Okay, but you have to calm down, don't show your stuff." His topic jumped too much, Zhu Ziqing was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and he also lowered his voice and said.
"Dude, don't worry." Li Tengfei patted his chest and said.
"What about Xiucai, why didn't you see him?" I didn't see Li Wenxiu at the door just now, and I thought he was in the classroom. Now I find that there are no classrooms. Zhu Ziqing asked strangely.
"What else can I do, I was captured by his childhood sweetheart and used as a coolie." Li Tengfei said casually.
"Lin Huiyin? Didn't she go to the Olympiad and when did she come back? ”
Lin Huiyin is Li Wenxiu's childhood sweetheart. The two families are neighbors, and they are in the same school from kindergarten to high school, and the relationship is particularly iron. It's just that Lin Huiyin's results have always been among the best. Li Wenxiu, he was blind to his nickname of showmanship.
When Zhu Ziqing was hospitalized, she went to see it twice. However, when he was discharged from the hospital, Lin Huiyin was selected to participate in the Olympiad again. So he had never seen her in all the days he had been at school.
"I heard that Xiucai said that he had just arrived and brought a lot of things back. Let Xiucai go and help move it. ”
"Why don't you come along and help?"
"People are childhood sweethearts, I can't go well." As he spoke, Li Tengfei squeezed his eyes obscenely and said, "You know." ”
"You know a fart, you have the ability to say it in front of Lin Huiyin. Forget it, it's almost class. I'll go back to my seat first. ”
Don't look at Lin Huiyin's name is very ladylike, but she has the character of a female man. Usually speaks loudly, and likes to play tricks on people. Li Tengfei and they were tossed a lot. At first, it was because Li Wenxiu's face was not good. Later, I found that although she likes to make trouble, she is really good. Everyone can't afford to be angry.
While walking, I recalled the information about Lin Huiyin in my mind, so as not to make any trouble when we met.
returned to his seat, but found that Lin Baoer, who was at the same table, continued to bury his head in reading as if he hadn't seen him.
"Well, tablemate, how did I behave yesterday?" Zhu Ziqing's face was full of expressions of praise for me, praise for me.
"Yes, that's great." Lin Bao'er glanced at him and said.
"Really?" Keep praising and let the praise come more violently, I can hold on.
"Really. If it's not good, the school girl can hug you in public. Lin Baoer's big black and white eyes turned, sparkling, and hidden wisdom.
Scratching his head in embarrassment, Zhu Ziqing said stiffly: "Where did you get such a big sour smell, did you smell it?" ”
Lin Bao'er suddenly put away her smile and said lightly: "I'm jealous, do you believe it?" ”
"Uh......" The expression on Zhu Ziqing's face froze suddenly. Girl, your expression change is too fast, and the face change trick is not so fast. Also, are we a girl, can we not be so direct and scary.
Zhu Ziqing is not a fool, nor is he the male protagonist with negative EQ in film and television dramas. It's not that he didn't doubt Lin Bao'er's attitude towards him. Although his injury was caused by her mistakes. But she won't be free to go to the hospital to accompany her. For more than 20 days, even Zhu's mother didn't stick to it. But she didn't pull it down for a day.
To say that she has special feelings for him, Zhu Ziqing can't believe it. How could such a smart and beautiful girl like her good-for-nothing self?
Now to hear her say this, my heart is certainly full of joy. But even more can't believe it's true. Let him take the initiative to confess? He didn't dare, for fear that he was delusional, and rashly picked out that he might not even have to be a friend.
In his previous life, he lived for thirty years without suffering from gains and losses, and now he is reincarnated and actually experienced it in an eighteen-year-old girl. It's really going back the more I live. Zhu Ziqing scolded secretly in his heart.
Not daring to continue this topic, Zhu Ziqing changed the topic and said, "Tonight's class reunion, are you going?" ”
"Class reunion, it's not going to be a KTV, right?" Lin Bao'er's eyes rolled, and she looked Zhu Ziqing up and down: "You really have a bad stomach." ”
"...... girl, can we not be so smart."
Just when Zhu Ziqing returned to campus, Editor-in-Chief Wei also immediately booked the latest flight to catch up.
"Old Wei, aren't you still talking about the contract with TK and Qiye in the morning. Why did you come back at this time? Is something wrong? Editor-in-chief Zhao Mingyuan looked at the panting editor-in-chief Wei opposite, and his heart hung up.
Editor-in-chief Wei took a glass of water and drank it in one gulp, touched the water stains on the corner of his mouth before saying, "Don't worry, the contract has been signed." ”
"That's good, that's good." Zhao Mingyuan's heart relaxed, and then asked strangely: "Then why do you look like this?" ”
"The contract was signed, but the situation was completely different from what we imagined...... "Editor-in-Chief Wei then recounted what happened this morning.
"That's our final agreement, you see." After speaking, Editor-in-Chief Wei took out the contract from his bag and handed it over.
Zhao Mingyuan took the contract and prepared to read it, and Editor-in-Chief Wei said: "This contract is the third contract we have prepared, and only at the end of each of us has added an agreement. ”
Hearing this, Zhao Mingyuan did not hesitate, and directly turned the contract to the last page, and sure enough, there were two more unfamiliar terms at the end. After carefully reading the two agreements, Zhao Mingyuan frowned, slowly put down the contract and looked at Editor-in-Chief Wei and said in a deep voice: "Old Wei, I need to explain." ”
"I know, that's my interpretation." As he spoke, Editor-in-Chief Wei took out a thick pile of printing paper from his bag, put it on the table with great importance, and gently pushed it in front of Zhao Mingyuan. Looking at the shape, it was the pile that Zhu Ziqing handed him over.
Handing the things to Zhao Mingyuan, Editor-in-Chief Wei looked at his face with interest. Sure enough, after a while, Zhao Mingyuan changed his face and was surprised...... Astound...... Excited...... Wait for the expression to appear on his face here and now.
"This thing was written by Seven Nights?" Zhao Mingyuan said in disbelief.
"I don't know if he wrote it, but he gave it to me himself. How's that, are you still happy with this explanation? Editor-in-Chief Wei said wittily.
"Okay, you Wei Zhixing, you dare to trick me." Zhao Mingyuan said suddenly.
"Otherwise, how can I know that your editor-in-chief Zhao will still play with changing faces."
"Okay, let's be serious. Tell me about the details. ”
"When I saw it, I knew we were out of bargaining. To be honest, I didn't have any bottom of my mind when I gave him my third contract. I'm afraid that he will not be satisfied with our conditions. Speaking of this, Wei Zhixing shook his head and laughed at himself:
"Originally, I thought that the first contract was good enough, and even if it didn't work, the second contract would definitely be able to sign him. The third contract was just a habit of making extra preparations, and I never thought it would be used. I didn't expect things to be so dramatic. Originally, we thought that the conditions were too generous, but now we are afraid that others will not be satisfied. ”
"After reading the third contract, he didn't mention any other conditions?" Zhao Mingyuan asked.
"No, he was very satisfied with the contract, but he proposed to add a new clause, which is the one you just saw."
"It is impossible for anyone to put such a work on someone else. He demanded that all copyright operations must be carried out with his consent, and that was right. However, Lao Wei is Lao Wei, and under such a disadvantage, he can actually persuade him to set the liquidated damages so high. ”
"You're wrong." Wei Zhixing didn't take the credit, and sighed: "I didn't mention this clause, how dare I say a word at that time." It was he who took the initiative to ask for the liquidated damages to be adjusted so high. ”
"What?" Zhao Mingyuan was taken aback and said in disbelief.
You must know that the liquidated damages stipulated in the contract are outrageously high, and even if the magazine is sold 20 times, it may not be worth the price. This clause undoubtedly ties Seven Nights and "Children's Literature and Art" together.
"At first, I couldn't figure out why he was doing it. Walking down the road, I thought carefully about what we had said after we met to find the reason. ”
"What is the reason?"
"He mentioned one thing several times. He said that he was afraid of trouble and wanted to find a magazine to establish a fixed cooperative relationship to achieve a win-win situation. "Shuck and Beta" chose to be serialized in our magazine, which was a kind of temptation. He was very satisfied with our performance and was a reliable partner to work with. I guess that's why he mentioned this clause. ”
"You say he's not even eighteen?" Zhao Mingyuan asked a seemingly unrelated question.
"Yes, this contract was signed by his mother. But her mother didn't say a word from beginning to end. I just moved my pen when I signed the contract. Wei Zhixing affirmed.
"Less than eighteen years old, are young people so terrible now?" Zhao Mingyuan said with emotion.
"It's so smart that it's still second, how can there be a stupid person now. His greatest strength is that he knows what he wants to do and what he has. This point, not to mention young people, is that many adults do not necessarily understand. Wei Zhixing felt the same way.
"Look at the last sentence of that clause, if our magazine changes owners, this agreement will automatically become invalid. It's like putting yourself in an invincible position. ”
"Isn't that better for us, saving us a lot of trouble. What's next for you? Wei Zhixing asked.
"I originally wanted to promote this story when you get your contract back, but now the plan remains the same, and the publicity needs to be increased. Throw all of our resources and do everything we can to spread the word about the story. It's important to let more people know this story. Zhao Mingyuan said arrogantly.
"And what to do with this thing?" Wei Zhixing pointed to the pile of printer paper on the table and said.
"It's so precious, it's a bit early to take it out. Help him make a name for himself first, and then take it out. Strive to maximize profits. Besides, I have a new project that I need to accomplish. ”
"What's the plan?"
"Magazine revision."