Chapter 150: Commitment
The powerful psychic ability promises not to be used easily, but it is not useless, the old bald head secretly used it twice, and it was not difficult at all to look at the memory of a few salted fish mages.
There is no question of who is higher or lower in abilities and magic, like an omega-level mutant, Vulcan can absorb magic, he treats magic as an energy and absorbs it without any obstacles.
Coupled with the fact that the old bald man still has the Storm Girl by his side, it is not surprising that he knows about the existence of magic.
Bella replied very frankly: "I'm not like them, I'm not like Oloro, I'm ......"
Charles hurriedly raised a palm to signal her to stop, and said with a smile: "Oloro once explained to me the principles of those magic, to be honest, I didn't understand it, and I don't understand the strange energy you control. ”
He didn't go too far into the topic of magic, but said what he meant: "Miss Swan, I want to work with you. ”
"Cooperation?"
"Yes, cooperation, I can tell that you are a good person and not hostile to mutants."
Bella pushed his wheelchair and said nothing, waiting for the old man to continue.
"The ideas of mutants are still in their infancy, the world is not ready, mutants are not ready, and the contradictions erupt so suddenly."
The old man sighed: "The longer I live, the more I can feel my powerlessness, when I was young, I used to want to correct those mistakes, but what happened later proved that I was not right, of course, my enemies are not right, in the face of survival, no one is right." ”
Bella is a little confused, what does this have to do with herself? Is it to allow yourself to write a book about the peaceful coexistence of mutants and humans?
"I hope to cooperate with you and use your perspective to make some more objective judgments, identify the pros and cons, and correct the wrong behavior of some mutants or humans."
The old man said it was complicated, but Bella understood the core meaning.
To put it bluntly, I just want to hire her as a thug, whether it is a mutant or a human, as long as something happens that does not conform to the values of the old bald head, Bella will help him solve it, and the old man can pretend not to know, he can still maintain his mellow image of an elder in front of people and behind the scenes.
The old man is a thief, and the word used is cooperation, not hiring.
In other words, it's a deal.
You help me catch a mutant who wants to wreak havoc, I'll help you once again, you help me get another one, and I'll do you a little bit of a favor in other ways.
Bella was a little afraid of trouble: "I'm still in the learning stage, if it's too strong an enemy, then I'm definitely ......"
Surely what? I can't beat it!
What if Professor Charles told her to catch Magneto? Without a particularly suitable timing and environment, she really can't beat Magneto.
The old bald head patted the back of her hand gently: "Don't worry, you don't have to change anything, just follow the plan and do your own thing." ”
"Okay, I promised." There was really no reason for Bella to refuse this verbal promise, and she immediately agreed.
That afternoon, she flew back to Stanford.
......
The Da Vinci Code sold well in the United States, and in less than a month, it became the third best-selling book list in the United States, and the name of Bella's beautiful writer slowly surfaced in the publicity.
A reporter from the Los Angeles Times came specifically to interview her.
The character design is still the same as the cliché of being pitiful, weak and helpless.,It looks like it's easy to bully.,But this time the photo is much more beautiful!
After all, in the eyes of the public, Bella is already rich and has already enjoyed the benefits of capitalism's overnight success, and if she dresses in tatters and is unkempt, it is really not inspirational enough! Not enough for the American dream!
After the publication of her beautiful photos, the praise on the spiritual level came in a steady stream.
There must be a lot of them with dirty thoughts, but compared to the increase in strength, she feels that she can bear it, isn't it just licking the photo? Let them add it!
On the campus of Stanford, Bella's popularity has increased again, but there are many capable people who have done great things when they were students at Stanford, and her achievement can only be said to be not low, compared with those who develop a program at every turn and make millions of profits by writing an algorithm, she is still a little worse.
Stanford is too deeply influenced by Silicon Valley to be despised for writing work, but for those high-achieving students, only talented people in the IT industry, economic fields, and medical fields are great talents, and the rest of the professions are the same.
"Oh roar roar—" In the dormitory, Bella counted her royalty income and couldn't help but laugh out loud......
By this time, nearly 700,000 copies of the Da Vinci Code had been sold, the hardcover edition was being printed, and she had finished writing the Spanish and French editions and emailed them to Random House.
The current royalty income alone is more than 1 million, and this is only the beginning, and she has the impression that the Da Vinci code has been printed in the United States alone 7.5 million copies, and now it is not even a tenth.
However, the money had to be taxed, and Random House would not be able to settle the royalties until the end of the year, in other words, she was still not rich at this time......
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The Zodiac killer has been slowly forgotten by the people of California, and the trafficking incident in Paris seems to have been satisfactorily resolved, and Bella's family is ready for a family trip.
It's been almost a year since the new family was formed, Charlie and Samantha went to Spain for their honeymoon, and Bella and Natasha also went to Paris for a 'visit', but the family of four never made a trip, which is very unAmerican.
On Friday, Charlie called Bella, who was still writing a new book at Stanford, back to Los Angeles as the family of four prepared to travel.
"The Hunger Games? Is this your new book? Yo...... It's the heroine! Natasha looked through Bella's manuscript and slowly became a little interested.
"Benefactor? Is this a futuristic utopian backdrop? I always thought you would only write those religious stories. ”
She watched with relish, as if trying to find some mistakes and make Bella laugh.
But as the story slowly deepens, seeing the heroine take the place of her sister to participate in the Hunger Games, Natasha's eyes can't help but beat a few times.
She was a little touched by the deep affection of her sister dying for her sister in the text, but she still pointed to the passage and asked, "This is based on me?" I'm this weak, blonde, blue-eyed sister, and you're the heroic sister? ”
"Huh? Haha-" Bella looked up and snorted, her cheap sister seemed to have misunderstood something, The Hunger Games was originally this plot arrangement, she was a book copyist, where to substitute her true emotions!
But this thing is really hard to explain, so if you misunderstand, you will misunderstand.