Chapter 8: Persuasion
If he had heard such words in the past, Lin Shu would have slapped him a long time ago, but today, Lin Xi's "unexpected" expression made Lin Shu a little uncomfortable.
The key is that Lin Xi's self-confidence at this time made Lin Shu a little undecided.
After hesitating for a moment, Lin Shu still took the manuscript handed by Lin Xi, although from the bottom of his heart, he still didn't think that Lin Xi could write any good works at a young age.
This impression was especially strong when Lin Shu began to read the first chapter, but after reading it patiently, he suddenly realized that he was wrong, and he was very wrong.
"Is this really what you wrote?"
Lin Shu put down the manuscript in his hand, raised his head and looked at Lin Xi with a suspicious expression.
Lin Xi pursed his lips, indifferent to Lin Shu's questioning.
"Do you need me to prove it to you?"
Lin Shu didn't speak, he wasn't a fool, of course he could hear from Lin Xi's fearless words that he was relying on, but he couldn't figure out the reason for this.
At first, Lin Shu suspected that Ma Fangqi was "guiding" Lin Xi behind his back, and even this manuscript was prepared by Ma Fangxi, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was unlikely.
First of all, they have known each other for many years, and Ma Fangxi's character is still trustworthy, otherwise Lin Shu would not treat him as a close friend;
The second is Lin Shu's current situation, if in the years when his career was the most proud, the publisher might be able to make a lot of money by pretending to be his work, but today is different from the past, Lin Shu has not been able to publish a new work for more than two years in a row, and his reputation has long been no longer as effective as it used to be, and at this time, the publisher will face a great risk of publishing a book in his name, and it is estimated that no one will do such a stupid thing.
After this possibility was ruled out, Lin Shu had to face such an embarrassing result - this novel, which seemed to him to be somewhat interesting, was most likely written by his son Lin Xi.
After a complicated ideological struggle, Lin Shu reluctantly accepted this fact, and the reason he used to persuade himself was that "dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and mouse sons will make holes", which he used to scoff at.
He became famous for his writings, and his son would naturally have a little talent under the "edification" of such a family environment, Lin Shu comforted himself.
Of course, for the sake of insurance, Lin Shu still decided to take the school Lin Xi.
"How do you prove it?"
"I've already thought of the storyline in my head, I'll write it for you, and you'll naturally believe it after writing a few chapters!" After Lin Xi finished speaking, he glanced at Lin Shu as if demonstrating.
Being looked at by his son with such eyes, Lin Shu was of course unhappy, but he was not a person who was so easy to be fooled.
"Of course it's okay for you to say that I write, but what if you memorize all the content you said in advance?"
Lin Shu originally wanted to add a little difficulty to Lin Xi, so as to redeem a little bit of the majesty of being a father, but he didn't expect Lin Xi to think that there would be such a difficulty, so he waved his hand confidently and said, "This is simple, I can memorize one or two chapters, but can I memorize the entire book?" As long as you can write fast enough, I'll 'memorize' the whole book to you today! ”
"Stinky boy, it's a stinky fart!" Lin Shu looked at Lin Xi with a smile, but he was secretly happy in his heart.
Lin Xi's actions have completely dispelled the doubts in Lin Shu's heart, in his opinion, it is also an excellent thing for Lin Xi to inherit his father's business, if it weren't for Lin Xi's appearance to be too rebellious before, maybe Lin Shu would have started to cultivate him in this direction.
Of course, it's not too late, judging from the level of the first few chapters of "The Peerless Twins", this kid is still very talented in writing martial arts novels.
"If you come and I'll write it, you kid will be lazy, but if you can really retell the whole book, I will give up my life to accompany the gentleman!"
Lin Shu pointed to the study and motioned for Lin Xi to go in with him.
"Wait a minute, we haven't made it clear yet!" Lin Xi stopped Lin Shu, and then pointed to the lunch box on the coffee table, "Besides, I haven't finished my meal yet!" ”
When Lin Shu saw this situation, he had no choice but to stop again, turn his head and look at Lin Xi with his hands folded.
"What the hell did you kid come up with again?"
Lin Xi picked up the lunch box and asked while eating: "Don't say anything else, whose name is it when this novel is written?" ”
Lin Shu frowned, secretly scolding himself in his heart for being confused, he was angry just now because of this, and he turned his head and actually forgot about it.
"Aren't you talking nonsense? Take other people's things and put gold on your face, you old bean, I haven't reached the point of losing my job! ”
Without waiting for Lin Xi to speak, Lin Shu added: "I'll tell you, I have no opinion on you trying to write a novel, but it is absolutely not okay to publish it in my name, even if you are my son!" ”
Lin Shu felt that his attitude was already very resolute, but he didn't expect to get Lin Xi's angry eyes.
"My family owes so much debt now, can this novel be sold for a good price if it is not published in your name?"
Lin Shu interrupted forcefully: "You don't have to worry about the debt, I will find a way to solve it." ”
Lin Xi spread his hands and said, "Then you can solve it for me?" In the past half a year, you have been drinking or drinking, can you solve all the problems by drinking? It is said that the father pays the debt of the son, and in the end, you have to help you pay off all the money you owe? ”
Lin Shu's expression froze suddenly, and he couldn't speak.
After all, it was his father, Lin Xi couldn't let Lin Shu be too embarrassed, and seeing that the atmosphere was a little wrong, he changed his statement.
"Let's not talk about debts, how do you think you are better than Jin Yong?"
"You're trying to run on me today, aren't you? I admit that I am not as powerful as Jin Yong, but ......" Lin Shu was interrupted by Lin Xi before he finished speaking.
"For example, don't pay too much attention to it, in fact, I just want to say that Jin Yongdu also asked Ni Yu to ghostwrite a paragraph of "Dragon Babu", what's the problem with me helping you ghostwrite a novel? Or in your opinion, the relationship between our father and son is not as good as the friendship between Jin Yong and Ni Yu? ”
Seeing that Lin Shu didn't speak, Lin Xi knew that his position had begun to waver.
"Besides, I've already made it clear to Uncle Ma that this is your new work, and now you sue him that I wrote it, do you believe it? Even if he believes, what will he think of you in the future? ”
Lin Shu smiled bitterly in his heart, he didn't expect that he was actually eaten to death by his own son, this incident really gave him a headache.
"I know that you don't want others to ghostwrite because you care about your reputation, but what I want to say is that putting my novel under your name will not only not drag down your reputation, but can even make your status in the martial arts novel industry to a higher level...... After writing martial arts for a lifetime, are you willing to succumb to Jin Yong forever? ”
Lin Xizheng said impassionedly, and suddenly hit the back of his head coldly.
"Stinky boy, I don't know how thick the sky is before my hair grows, just with your novel, you want me to compare with Jin Yong, when you are really so easy to deceive?"
Lin Shu withdrew his hand angrily, but his tone was no longer as tough as just now.
"That's because you don't know the goods!"
Lin Xi muttered in a low voice, you must know that in another time and space, the only one who can compare with Jin Yong is Gu Long, and "The Peerless Double Pride" can definitely be regarded as a masterpiece of Gu Long's peak period, so what he just said is not an exaggeration at all.
"Okay, it's a mule or a horse to come out and slip away, you kid hurry up and eat, and go to the study when you're done, I want to see how capable you are, and you actually say such unashamed words!"
After Lin Shu finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the study, Lin Xi finished eating the food in the lunch box three times and two times, and stood up and followed in.