Chapter 279 Wen Leyu: Too Careless

"Yes, we won't sell it. We won't lose money if we don't sell it."

Wen Leyu nodded his head and agreed with Li Ye's opinion.

But Li Ye has been with her for several years, so he could see the pain and hypocrisy in Wen Leyu's heart when she said this.

The girl fully supports Li Ye's opinion, but she doesn't agree with it willingly.

So Li Ye smiled and said, "It's not that we won't lose money if we don't sell it, it's that we can make money ourselves, why should we give the cornucopia to others?"

"treasure bowl?"

Wen Leyu's big eyes blinked quickly, emitting sparkling light.

She leaned her little head towards Li Ye and asked in a low voice like a spy: "How much can you make? US dollars? Don't tell my mom this time."

All right! Li Ye understood it completely. No wonder Wen Leyu, who always regarded money as dirt, felt so painful this time. It turned out that it was the fault of the last time he spent 5,000 US dollars.

Wen Leyu knew that Li Ye would not lose money if he handed the five thousand dollars to Teacher Ke, but could the feeling of spending the money and waiting for long-term returns be the same as keeping it in his own pocket?

And how much is it this time?

Li Ye said that she had lost $200,000, so it was possible that she had lost hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. In that case, she had to hold the money tightly in her own hands to protect herself from fire, theft, and her mother.

"She just wants to buy the translation rights. It's hard to say how much money she can make. I'll just tell you how much we can earn in total!"

"In the next one or two years, the revenue from our book will be in the millions to tens of millions of dollars, but the profit period will be very long, and it may increase by dozens of times!"

Li Ye had no intention of hiding the situation of "A Song of Ice and Fire" from Wen Leyu. Putting aside their current relationship, he and Teacher Ke were translators and authors, and they had agreed at the beginning that the profits would be split one-third each, so he must have the right to know.

After he finished speaking, Wen Leyu's mouth opened into a big "O" shape.

Li Ye was very surprised. It was the first time he realized that Wen Leyu's cute and silly personality had great potential to be tapped.

Wen Leyu was stunned for ten seconds, then suddenly asked, "How much did you say? Millions to tens of millions of dollars, right?"

Li Ye nodded and said, "Yes, it has been around for the past one or two years, because the market response to a novel needs to ferment, and the subsequent revenue also needs to grow with the advancement of film and television technology."

Wen Leyu had no time to listen to Li Ye's explanation. He grabbed Li Ye's arm, spread his long legs and ran away.

Li Ye laughed and said jokingly, "Hey, what are you doing? The novel hasn't started to sell well yet! I can't give you money even if you ask for it~"

But Wen Leyu said decisively: "You can't stay in school today, run away."

Li Ye let Wen Leyu lead him by the hand and said, "This is our territory. If we don't sell it, how can she rob it? Besides, she can only guess that I am the author of A Song of Ice and Fire. What can I do if I don't admit it?"

Wen Leyu turned around and glared at Li Ye. "You don't know anything. It would be easy if you robbed her openly. Just listen to me and leave her alone for a day."

"Okay, okay, I haven't gone boating for a long time, let's go boating in Houhai! I just bought a few parasols in Hong Kong Island, they are very useful."

"Why are you still rowing? Come home with me and talk to my mother about countermeasures."

Li Ye said with some amusement: "Didn't you just say not to let Teacher Ke know? Are you thinking of your biological mother now?"

Wen Leyu walked away without looking back, and said sullenly: "Who told us that our heads are not big enough?"

Wen Leyu didn't stop, pulled Li Ye away, and disappeared from the school in the blink of an eye.

This is only her and Li Ye. If others heard that foreign guests were coming, how could they dare to neglect them? No one has the courage.

. . . . . .

Li Ye and Wen Leyu ran away, but the school debate team was a little busy.

"Hey, didn't they say Li Ye is back? Where did he go now?"

Wang Jiyuan from the TV station accompanied Wu Jinyuan into the activity room of the school debate team. He felt very unhappy as soon as he entered.

A few days ago, they received this overseas friend from Lijiaopo to discuss the introduction of some TV dramas. During the discussion, they mentioned that "Hometown Lonely Army" was sold overseas to show that mainland works have also "blossomed overseas."

Then Wu Jinyuan expressed great interest and asked whether to buy the film and television copyright of "Homeland" or cooperate in filming.

The huge success of the movie "Shaolin Temple" made relevant mainland personnel realize the business opportunities of co-producing film and television dramas, which led to the subsequent trip to Peking University.

It’s just that the Seven-Inch Blade from the University of Tokyo was very unruly. He was disorganized and undisciplined. He returned to school several days later than the scheduled time, making the foreign guests wait for so long in vain.

Today I finally heard that Li Ye had returned, but when I came over I found he was gone.

Faced with Wang Jiyuan's dissatisfaction, the Peking University students at the scene looked at each other, but none of them said a word.

They're not from the same system, who are you yelling at?

In desperation, the accompanying school teacher Cao Xiaoqiang came out and asked, "Why are the students silent? Where is Li Ye?"

At this time, someone said, "Teacher Cao, we don't know either! Li Ye was here just now! Maybe he went out with a female classmate for some reason!"

“.”

Cao Xiaoqiang turned his head helplessly and said to Wang Jiyuan: "Director Wang, we didn't make an appointment today. How about we make an appointment another day? After all, "Hometown Lonely Soldier" has not been fully written yet."

Wang Jiyuan was angry and said, "Your school is really open and free! For a female classmate, you even ignore foreign guests."

Cao Xiaoqiang was stunned for a moment and felt unhappy.

It is summer vacation now, and he, as a teacher on duty, is handling some letters and reception matters at school, but he is not good at such things.

Moreover, he just contacted Deputy Director Wang today and told him that Li Ye was back and wanted to arrange a time to talk. He hadn't even met Li Ye yet! As a result, Deputy Director Wang brought the foreign guests directly. Who can you blame for your disappointment?

However, before Cao Xiaoqiang could figure out how to respond, the foreign guest Wu Jinyuan came up behind him.

"Actually, this can't be blamed on the students! My schedule was tight, so it caused trouble for you guys.

But I didn’t come here just for Li Ye today. I heard that the students are preparing for the National College Debate Conference, so I brought you some gifts.”

Wu Jinyuan's two assistants came into the activity room carrying a lot of things and placed them on the table one by one.

There were Coca-Cola drinks, snacks, etc., but what attracted the most attention were dozens of videotapes and a VCR.

"I urgently airlifted this here from Lijiapo. It contains live recordings of debates in recent years and a video recorder. It can be considered as my donation to Kyoto University."

Facts have proved that empty words can never be as touching as real benefits. As soon as Wu Jinyuan's things were shown, the scene suddenly became lively.

"It's great that there is a videotape. We never knew what a real debate would be like, but now we have a reference point."

"Teacher Cao, the Lone Army Literature Club has a TV. Can you lend it to us first?"

"We have to wait until Director Xiao comes over tomorrow to discuss this. I don't have the key, let alone the authority, haha."

"I should have donated another TV," Wu Jinyuan said with a gentle smile, "I was inconsiderate today and didn't bring a TV with me. I will send it to you tomorrow."

"Thank you so much," Cao Xiaoqiang enthusiastically grabbed Wu Jinyuan's hand and said, "On behalf of Beijing University, I would like to thank Ms. Wu for her generosity, and on behalf of all the students, I would also like to thank you for your kindness."

"Of course, of course. We will have a lot of areas for cooperation in the future. There is a long way to go."

Wu Jinyuan withdrew her hand without leaving a trace and walked over to chat with several students from the school debate team.

"Actually, I was on the debate team in school before, so we can discuss any issues we have."

"Then Ms. Wu, please help us see if our debate rules are reasonable. This was decided by several schools together."

"Okay, okay. By the way, did Li Ye just leave?"

"Yes, yes! He was standing by the window just now, but he disappeared in the blink of an eye. I will go to his dormitory to find him in the evening and ask him to wait for you here tomorrow."

"Oh, it's okay, I still have a few days, no rush."

Wu Jinyuan walked to the window and looked out, and couldn't help but chuckle.

Avoiding means feeling guilty. When she was in Hong Kong Island, Li Ye left a deep impression on her.

Calm, indifferent, and cool, but not guilty.

. . . . . .

When Teacher Ke opened the door and came home, Li Ye was preparing the last dish in the kitchen.

Wen Leyu stretched his head to look at the door, then retracted his head and whispered to Li Ye: "Don't talk too much later! Watch my expression."

Li Ye quickly agreed: "Yeah, yeah, I won't say anything, you just say it."

"What are you two whispering about?"

Teacher Ke entered the kitchen and asked with a smile, "What's going on today? There are seven or eight dishes. Is there a happy event? Or are there guests coming?"

Wen Leyu smiled and said, "It's a happy event. Mom, let's go to the living room and talk about it."

The mother and daughter went outside and sat on the sofa, talking in whispers for a long time.

Teacher Ke, who was always calm, was also surprised in the end.

"How much profit did Li Ye say?"

"Several million, right? He said tens of millions or something like that, and I think he was exaggerating."

"He won't brag, especially when it comes to money. If he says 10 million, it must be 20 million or even more."

Teacher Ke immediately corrected Wen Leyu's skepticism. She had asked Li Ye about the prospect of "Homesickness" earning foreign exchange overseas. At that time, Teacher Ke thought Li Ye was too optimistic, but after receiving the report from Peking University, she realized that Li Ye's answer was too low.

"Mom, you only have one third of the money! We already agreed on it, 3131."

Wen Leyu glanced at Teacher Ke's face while putting forward his own conditions.

Teacher Ke smiled and said, "Oh, I still have one third left! I totally forgot about it! Fortunately, my good daughter reminded me. Tell Li Ye to let me know when the money has arrived."

It was sloppy.

Wen Leyu suddenly felt that he had been careless.

So much money!

(End of this chapter)