Chapter 54: Xie Lingyun and the Golden Bottle
"Brother, Sister Lingyun said that you wrote another book, why didn't you tell me?" As soon as Bang'er came in, she asked with an unhappy face, just now she still passed through Xie Lingyun, and only then did she know that Lu Dao Zhou Zhong was actually writing another novel.
"Ha Luha, you can't read the book my brother wrote this time, so I didn't tell you!" Zhou Zhong prevaricated, and then he stepped forward to support Bang'er's shoulder, and then pushed her out of the room and said, "Bang'er, I have business to discuss with Miss Xie, it's not suitable for you to listen to, you just wait for us outside the door!" ”
Bang'er couldn't understand how his brother became mysterious, he wanted to struggle but didn't have Zhou Gravity's strength, and he was pushed out of the door at the very end, and then Zhou Zhong closed the door, turned back to Xie Lingyun and said with a smile: "Miss Lingyun wants to read the draft of the new book, and I will give it to you." ”
Seeing Zhou Zhong close the door, Xie Lingyun suddenly panicked, after all, the lonely man and widow were alone in the same room, and the etiquette was inconsistent, but when he thought that the bracelet was outside, and he was accompanied by abacus, he didn't stop it.
I saw that Zhou Zhong quickly took out the manuscript of the golden bottle plum that had been sorted out, and then handed it over to Xie Lingyun's hand, there are not many of these manuscripts, only the first six times, so Xie Lingyun read it very carefully, but the first time she saw it, she was shocked by a poem at the beginning.
Twenty-eight beautiful human body like crisp,
Slash the fool with a sword at his waist.
Although I don't see anyone falling,
Secretly teach the king to have dry marrow.
This poem is straightforward and easy to understand, and it is clearly a naked obscene poem. Although Xie Lingyun is very urban, after all, she is only a girl who is ten years the same age as Zhou Chong, and now she suddenly saw such a poem, which immediately made her face slightly red, and her head couldn't help but hang down slightly, as if she was worried that Zhou Chong would see her abnormality.
Fortunately, the first time of Jin Zhumei was quite normal, except for the obscene poem above, there was only one paragraph about the word "wealth", although it was very explicit, but it was also three points, and people couldn't help but nod their heads again and again.
It's just that a few characters appeared in the first time, for example, when the protagonist Ximen Qing first appeared, Xie Lingyun felt very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while. But when Wu Song, Wu Dalang and Pan Jinlian appeared in the back, Xie Lingyun suddenly realized, how come these characters are all in the Water Margin?
Seeing the characters in the Water Margin appear in Zhou Chong's new book, Xie Lingyun couldn't help but glance up at Zhou Chong suspiciously, only to find that the other party looked at him with a grinning expression, that kind of smile looked very obscene, and people couldn't help but want to give him two punches.
Resisting the urge to hit someone, Xie Lingyun then turned to the second time. Like the first episode, the beginning of the second episode is still a fragrant poem, at this time Xie Lingyun was already mentally prepared, so he was no longer shy, but in addition, the second episode was almost a copy of the plot above the Water Margin, Xie Lingyun had already read it, so it was also swept away. At the same time, she couldn't help but wonder in her heart, wouldn't Zhou Chong's new book be a copy of the Water Margin?
turned to the third time, it was still the plot of the Water Margin, and even the five shameless things of 'Pan Donkey Deng Xiaoxian' were copied, which made Xie Lingyun angry with his silver teeth, and he really wanted to throw the manuscript in his hand on Zhou Chong's face. However, she is a very sensible person, although there are many explicit words in the manuscript, and there are many plots copied from the Water Margin at the beginning, but in terms of plot and writing, the beginning of the book is still very attractive, and even for many people, those explicit descriptions are the key to attracting them.
It was with this rational mentality that Xie Lingyun endured the anger in her heart and forced herself to watch it. But she obviously underestimated Jin Zhumei, although the content of the fourth episode is also copied from the Water Margin, but there are changes in it, such as the plot of Ximen Bed seducing Pan Jinlian to bed, the Water Margin is only passing by, but Zhou Chong's book is extremely detailed.
The later plot is even more obscene, Xie Lingyun already feels that her face is burning, and her hands and feet are a little weak, especially when she thinks that Zhou Chong is looking at herself with a wicked smile, which makes her ashamed and angry. The last thing finally broke out.
"Smack!" I saw Xie Lingyun throw the manuscript on the table with a flick of his hand, and pointed at Zhou Zhong with a blushing face and angrily reprimanded: "Shameless! ”
Seeing that Xie Lingyun finally lost the indifferent and calm appearance of the past, Zhou Chong felt an indescribable happiness, probably because when he dealt with Xie Lingyun a few times ago, the other party gave him a lot of psychological pressure, and now seeing an angry Xie Lingyun made Zhou Chong feel that the other party was also an ordinary person, and he would also be angry, which made the pressure in his heart disappear all of a sudden.
Facing the embarrassed and angry Xie Lingyun, Zhou Zhong smiled and picked up the manuscript on the table and said: "Miss Xie, don't be impatient, don't forget, you are a businessman, businessmen are nothing more than to make money, if my Golden Bottle Plum is published, it will definitely not be worse than Journey to the West, and it may even be more popular, won't your Xie family make more money then?" ”
Seeing Zhou Chong's playful expression on his face, Xie Lingyun felt that she was about to cry, her eyes were already slightly red, and her tears were about to fall. In the end, he could only look at his own young lady helplessly.
But what Zhou Chong didn't expect was that Xie Lingyun didn't let his tears fall with great perseverance, and after standing there staring at Zhou Chong for a long time, the shame and anger on his face slowly faded, and he actually regained a little of his original calm.
"Thank you Gongzi Zhou for reminding me, I am a businessman, and making money is what I need to consider!" Xie Lingyun's voice was calm and trembling a little, and after speaking, he stretched out his slender jade hand to take back the manuscript from Zhou Chong's hand, sat down and read it again.
Seeing Xie Lingyun's performance, Zhou Zhong was completely stunned. He didn't expect that in the Ming Dynasty, there would really be a woman who dared to read a book like Jin Zhumei in front of a man, and the other party was still an unmarried daughter, how much courage did it take to dare to do such a thing?
Compared with Zhou Chong's shock, Xie Lingyun was actually not having a good time, although she tried hard to tell herself that this was a test for herself, if she couldn't even pass this test, how could she completely take over the family's property? But looking at the unsightly words and sentences on the manuscript, she still couldn't help but feel a fever on her face, and even her ears became red after the worst of all.
The abacus next to her saw her own lady's strange reaction, she finally reacted, it turned out that what made the young lady abnormal was the manuscript rewritten by Zhou, which made the abacus also very curious, stretched her neck to look at the content of the manuscript, but she just read a little bit, and her face was full of shame with a "ah", and she covered her face with her hands and didn't dare to look at it again, but even so, she didn't forget to glare at Zhou Zhong fiercely from between her fingers, and her heart was a sign of 'obscene shamelessness' on him.
finally waited until Xie Lingyun endured the shame to read it, then calmed down the surging mood, and tried to look at Zhou Chongdao calmly: "Okay, I have finished reading the manuscript, although it is very disgusting, but for some dirty people, it is indeed very attractive." ”
The flush on Xie Lingyun's face still did not fade when she spoke, and her voice was even more trembling, but she was stubborn and did not flinch at all, and her eyes were staring at Zhou Chong's eyes tightly. Although Zhou Chongzhi said that the current occasion was very inappropriate, for some reason, he suddenly had a strong urge to burst into laughter, but considering the serious consequences of doing so, he was wise not to laugh out loud in the end.
"Cough~" Zhou Chong coughed dryly, "Miss Xie really has a vision, since I have your approval, then the new book is so decided, I will finish the new book as soon as possible!" ”
"No need!" What Zhou Chong didn't expect was that Xie Lingyun actually rejected his words, and then saw Xie Lingyun slowly sit up straight, and after taking a few deep breaths, the blush on his face slowly faded, and then he said, "The book written by Zhou Gongzi is indeed wonderful, and it is also very captivating, but I just suddenly thought of one thing, and it is precisely because of this incident that your new book does not meet our requirements, and our Xie family will not publish this book!" ”
"What?" Zhou Chong almost jumped up after hearing this, according to the documents signed before, if Zhou Chong's book does not meet the requirements of the Xie family, Xie Lingyun has the right not to publish the book, and of course Zhou Chong's remuneration will be gone.
"What the hell is it that makes you decide that the new book is not up to the mark, and according to the paperwork, you must give me a convincing reason!" Zhou Zhong also held back his anger and asked, although it was a bit unauthentic to let Xie Lingyun read the yellow book in front of him, but in his opinion, this was just a prank after all, if Xie Lingyun was not to publish a new book just because of this, then this reason would be too unconvincing.
I saw Xie Lingyun return to his original calm appearance at this time, glanced at Zhou Zhong indifferently, and then said: "Since Zhou Gongzi wants to know the way, then Lingyun will not hide it, presumably Gongzi, you have also heard of it, our Xie family is actually mainly smuggling, and only began to enter other industries in recent years, and the profit of the printing workshop is actually very low compared with smuggling, but the reason why I insist on buying a good printing workshop is not just to make money, but to change the impression of outsiders on our Xie family!" ”
When Xie Lingyun said this, she didn't explain any more, and with Zhou Zhong's cleverness, she immediately understood what she meant. Although most of the wealthy people in Songjiang Province and even in the coastal areas are involved in smuggling, most of the rich people have quite legitimate businesses, and smuggling is only a part of their business.
But the Xie family is different, they are mainly smuggling, unlike other rich people who have legitimate business as a fig leaf, which makes the Xie family's reputation not very good, so Xie Lingyun wants to develop other industries, in order to change the impression of outsiders on the Xie family, such as donating money to the victims before, the Xie family is very active.
The printing workshop directly serves the readers, and the readers are the mouthpiece of public opinion in the whole society, so the printing workshop is not only used to make money for the Xie family, but also to earn fame.
Although it is a good book, if it is printed and published, there must be countless people vying to buy it. But it is also an obscene book, although the main people who buy books are readers, but most of the readers are actually doing one set, and talking about another, especially those sanctimonious scholars, maybe they just finished reading the golden bottle plum at night, and during the day they will scold the author for shameless and obscene, and the Xie family, as a printer, will definitely be involved, let alone earn fame, I am afraid that it will only make the Xie family infamous.
Xie Lingyun's reason is indeed legitimate enough, at least Zhou Zhong can't think of a way to refute it, when he was planning to write about the Golden Bottle, even he himself planned to let Xie Lingyun publish it anonymously, after all, writing a yellow book is not a beautiful thing, he doesn't want to make himself infamous. But he didn't expect that the Xie family cared more about reputation than him, and he was unwilling to publish this kind of book at all.
"I understand, your Xie family is indeed not suitable for publishing this book, so let's do it, I will write a new book, and I will definitely not make a mistake like Jin Zhumei!" Zhou Zhong said a little dejectedly. I didn't see that I was busy for a few days, but I was busy in vain, it is difficult to really write out the Dream of Red Mansions, that book is very literary, although some of the ideas are rebellious, but they will definitely be loved by readers, maybe it will also attract a group of daughters to call themselves Baochai and Daiyu.
Seeing Zhou Chong's depressed appearance, Xie Lingyun, who had fully recovered, suddenly smiled lightly and said, "Looking at Zhou Gongzi's appearance, it seems that he doesn't like to write books?" ”
Zhou Chong glanced at Xie Lingyun when he heard this: "Life is forced, what do you like or dislike, it's nothing more than earning money to support your family." ”
Hearing Zhou Zhong say this, the smile on Xie Lingyun's face was even bigger, and there was a faint excitement in his eyes: "The slave family is also very considerate of Zhou Gongzi's difficulties, after all, he has just finished writing a book like Journey to the West, if he wants to write another one soon, it will inevitably be a little difficult to keep up, if Zhou Gongzi really doesn't want to write, the slave family has another way, as long as Gongzi is willing to give up one thing, the three hundred taels of silver borrowed by Gongzi last time still don't have to be returned." ”
PS: Thank you for not closing the door at the end of the month.,But because of the new book period.,The number of words can't exceed 200,000.,So I really can't add more.,This chapter has more words.,It's an old fish's apology to everyone.。 In addition, ask for tickets and collections!