Chapter 30: The United States Gets a Call
Bantam Press's efficiency was faster than Chen Xueqian expected.
Less than ten hours after Chen Xueqian sent the submission message, the other party's phone chased to his mobile phone.
Chen Xueqian's mobile phone was given by Gu Qingying, and considering that he might have contact with Japan, Gu Qingying also helped him open the function of international calls.
Approaching twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Chen Xueqian finished the amount of exercise planned for the day and was ready to go to bed. His phone rang.
Seeing the long list of numbers starting with 001, he guessed that it was his novel that had news!
Chen Xueqian was slightly surprised by the other party's efficiency, Chen Xueqian picked up the mobile phone, went out of the East House, and came to the single room to talk on the phone.
“sam・chen?”
The moment the phone was connected, the other party eagerly called out Chen Xueqian's English pen name.
"I am! Who are you? Although Chen Xueqian guessed that the other party was Bantam Press, he still had to confirm it. The heart of defense is indispensable.
"Hello Sam, I'm the editor of Bantam Press, and my name is Jack. I received your submission yesterday. We are very optimistic about this work of yours. Can you make an appointment to talk about something specific? ”
Chen Xueqian thought that the other party was asking for individual call time, after all, it was already late at night.
"Yes, tomorrow at twelve o'clock at noon." Chen Xueqian will follow the school to Huangcheng tomorrow, and he will not have time until about twelve o'clock.
"Oh, dear Sam, you're in a hurry. I'm afraid I won't be able to get to China tomorrow at noon. After hearing him, Jack called out directly.
Chen Xueqian was slightly stunned, and then he reacted that the other party was coming to China to interview him.
This matter made Chen Xueqian embarrassed. To be honest, he wasn't particularly willing to meet with the other party. After all, his age is a little too unbelievable. This can easily lead to some problems.
It's just that he actually has a hunch that the other party will not simply mail a few contracts with him and hastily sign a contract.
After all, he is very clear about the prospects of this book, and he will not be stupid in the eyes of the other publisher. So this contract, which will soon be worth more than 10 million yuan, is indeed a bit unrealistic to decide without even seeing it once.
"So when can you come to China, Jack?" figured out that it was inevitable to meet, so Chen Xueqian no longer avoided it, and asked the other party about the time.
Jack heard Chen Xueqian's question and hurriedly replied: "My visa will take about three days to be signed, and after the visa is issued, I can fly to the city of Sam at any time." But sam, you haven't told me what city you're in! ”
Chen Xueqian sighed slightly, "In a week, let's meet at Jinling Airport." Before departure, tell me the flight time and I'll pick me up. ”
Jack happily agreed. He was very interested in signing the book.
After agreeing on a meeting time with the American side, Chen Xueqian hung up the phone, returned to the room and began to think about how to deal with this matter.
It's a bit tricky!
Chen Xueqian couldn't say to Chen's father, Chen's mother said that he had written an English novel, and an American wanted to come over to negotiate a contract with him. If he really said that, it is estimated that Dad Chen can send him directly to a mental hospital.
It was difficult for Chen Xueqian to talk to anyone around him about this. It's trouble.
In the past, Gu Qingying was definitely the most suitable candidate, she and the people in Chen Xueqian's life circle generally did not intersect, so it was not afraid that the other party would tell him about it, which would make his life variable.
And she is obviously more receptive than other people around Chen Xueqian. And the most critical point, Chen Xueqian believes that Gu Qingying will not harm him.
However, now that Gu Qingying is gone, it seems that he has suddenly disappeared completely from his life, except for the box that Gu Qingying left behind. With the mobile phone in his hand, Chen Xueqian has no trace of the other party's life in his life.
For Gu Qingying, he was just a passerby in her life. They live in two worlds, even if they occasionally intersect, even if they have made memories. But that's about it.
In her previous life, Gu Qingying also left a letter to Chen Xueqian in the end and wrote the last story, in which the boy and the teacher met in a strange city after many years of separation. They walk into a café together, and the story ends abruptly.
In fact, since Chen Xueqian in his previous life, apart from knowing that Gu Qingying had returned to his home in Jinling, he has never heard anything from her. It was as if he had disappeared from his world out of thin air. He sometimes can't help but think that maybe it was just a dream of youth that he had.
After being reborn, he saw Gu Qingying again, and this time Chen Xueqian discovered more stories about the other party. But it is also more clear that they are people from a different world.
So Gu Qingying interrupted him in the hospital and made a promise. It was an unbearable weight for him, for them.
Gu Qingying didn't want to bring him into his own world. It doesn't belong to him there. Nor is it for him. She didn't have it in her previous life, and she doesn't seem to be in this life now.
So she gave him a cell phone, but didn't give him her number. After the separation, the other party never contacted him again.
That's why I had to ask Bai Feifei about her current situation.
In this way, Chen Xueqian's negotiation with bantam can only be entrusted to one person. That is Bai Feifei, who has already seen him write a novel.
Bai Feifei's appearance was strictly an accident. Her acquaintance with Chen Xueqian was entirely because of Gu Qingying's relationship. Even because of the relationship between Gu Qingying and Chen Xueqian, she can joke with Chen Xueqian unscrupulously.
What's even more interesting is that after Gu Qingying faded away from Chen Xueqian's life, Bai Feifei kept in touch with him because of a light novel by Chen Xueqian.
Chen Xueqian also realized that Bai Feifei's identity may be different from Gu Qingying, and Chen Xueqian guessed that she should have been born in a Kochi family. Only such a family would appreciate Chen Xueqian's unintentional talent.
After weighing it in his heart, Chen Xueqian sent a text message to Bai Feifei.
Almost as soon as the text message was sent, Bai Feifei's phone called.
"Little man, what are you going to do in Nanjing?" Bai Feifei didn't seem to have changed at all because of the change in the relationship between Gu Qingying and Chen Xueqian.
"There's a friend coming." Chen Xueqian didn't know how to explain to the other party for a while. I could only say something vaguely.
Bai Feifei's shrewd and demon-like temperament, how could he be fooled by him so simply.
"Looks like I didn't have much time that day, you're such a big man! The little woman comes when she calls, and she goes when she lingers. It's a little sad. ”
Chen Xueqian listened to her ridicule and sarcasm, and his head was big for a while. I know that if I don't tell the truth, I won't move the other party.
"I submitted a novel to the publisher. Come back next week to negotiate a contract. Chen Xueqian explained helplessly.
"Then you don't need to be so excited, right?" Bai Feifei pointed out the problem in Chen Xueqian's words.
Chen Xueqian was speechless, this little demon girl is too fine.
"It's the bantam of the United States." Chen Xueqian exposed his old bottom.
"American bantam? I said, little man, you're really talented. This Japanese ghost who just lied to me, and now he's fooling Uncle Sam again? Are you really only fourteen? No, no, I want to tell Qingqing the news. I'll pick you up next Friday, Qingqing is not here this time, I'm going to study you carefully, how long is it. ”
Chen Xueqian・・・・・・
Although it was expected, this result was already the most ideal. Bai Feifei has still seen Chen Xueqian's demonic expression calling for wind and rain in Japan. Otherwise, it would be exaggerated.