Chapter 29: A Gambler's Love Li Daohua's only concern for filming is...
Regarding the filming, Li Daohua's only requirement was to let Ian Lee participate in the script writing throughout the process.
Dennis also told Li Daohua how this novel was run, and Ian Lee hoped that Li Daohua’s novels would be given priority in the future.
Therefore, letting Ian Lee participate in the entire process is to ensure that there are no problems with the script creation. After all, she is far away in the country and it is impossible for her to participate in the editing personally. Even if she participates, it is impossible for her to keep an eye on the other party and make sure that they cannot make changes.
Even if the other party changed the script before filming, she would not be able to stop it in time since she was in China.
The reason for doing this is based on the lessons learned from "The Great Gatsby", when the novel was first adapted into a screenplay, it deviated too much from the original work.
With Ian around, in order to maintain his "family reputation", he will never allow anyone to ruin his rise.
Moreover, Ian still needs more works to consolidate his position, and she can completely understand the progress of the crew through Ian.
The male lead is Eric Roberts, and the actress who plays his lover on Wall Street is Brooke Shields. Both are handsome men and beautiful women, and are already famous.
What stands out is the extravagant and prosperous life, which attracts more young people and capable people from all over the world.
This movie was destined not to be released in China, so after receiving the copyright fee, Li Daohua did not pay much attention to the filming. He might go and see it after the filming was completed.
Not long after she signed the contract, she submitted her previously written work "My Children" to October.
Because her book was remade in America, her value also soared, and even Peking Literature has decided to give her a few thousand yuan in royalties.
When I received Li Daohua’s submission in October, I was not sure whether this Daohua was the one.
"Is it really Teacher Daohua? The Teacher Daohua from the Adventures?"
"Yes! I called and asked, and it was really Teacher Daohua!"
Nowadays, there are many people who want to commission Li Daohua to write articles. In a sense, getting the commission means being in line with the international standards. Maybe, like Qiyuji, we can also get a one-stop copyright service.
"My Children? Teacher Daohua seems to have just gotten married?"
"Then Teacher Daohua has never been to Wall Street."
"That's true."
On that day, the October editorial department was unexpectedly slacking off. The way they were slacking off was to practice cheating techniques according to the descriptions in "My Children".
A bunch of rookies, using poor cheating skills, playing cards according to novels.
"Is it true that anyone can master this trick?" The people in the editorial department were in agony. They had practiced for a long time, but were always caught as soon as they tried.
Despite doubts about the cheating tactics in the novel, the novel itself is still excellent, and there are many such cases in reality.
Whether it’s someone’s family ruined by gambling, or someone gave their children away and then got into lawsuits when they grew up, almost everyone knows of such real cases.
After the publication of "My Children", the first thing that came to my mind was the harvest.
They clearly came first and had an appointment, so how come October got there first?
"It's like this. The novel I wrote especially for you is currently being revised for some special reasons. It's a medium-length novel, and 'My Children' is just a short story I wrote on a whim. Don't worry, I'll give it to you within a week."
Li Daohua secretly groaned, "I should have known not to agree to the commissioned article." Now, he has to rush to finish the manuscript, as if he was dreaming back to the time before he traveled through time.
Li Sanzhu has also been paying special attention to October recently. His daughter said that when she returns to write a novel about Li Sizhu, it will be published and he must be the first to buy it.
He knew how popular his daughter's novels were. He heard that his daughter had earned another $300,000, and young people were buying her novels like crazy to learn from them.
It seems like you can learn it just by watching and earn $300,000.
The people in the village are even crazier. A few days ago, someone came to his house to borrow money, but he didn't have any money!
Li Daohua did give him money, but he saved the money and would leave it to his daughter and his grandchildren in the future. It was not his money.
Not to mention that some people are just scoundrels in the village. If they ask them to borrow money, they never think about paying it back, so they are even more unwilling to lend.
Because of this, he was often scolded by those people for being rich and unkind and without regard for friendship.
Li Sizhu's thoughts that had been scared off by Ouyang Yuan before were rekindled. Three hundred thousand US dollars. Even if they sold their entire family, it would not be enough for the three hundred thousand US dollars.
He began to go to Li Sanzhu's house every day to block the door and persuade Li Sanzhu, saying that his daughter Fengman was at least a member of the Li family and was much better than Ouyang Yuan, an outsider.
What do you mean the Li family is a family? He, Ouyang Yuan, is an outsider. A daughter who is married off is like water spilled. How can a daughter be considered a member of the Li family? From the moment she married Ouyang Yuan, she was a member of the Ouyang family.
Otherwise, why would Li Daohua disagree when it came to letting all the children have the surname Li?
There is something even more outrageous. Seeing that Li Sanzhu was reluctant to give in, Li Sizhu came up with another bad idea: "Why not let Fengman marry Daohua? This way, the relationship will be closer and the child born will be the real bloodline of the Li family."
As soon as he said this, Li Sanzhu kicked him in the butt. If no one had stopped him, he might have beaten Li Sizhu so hard that his face was covered with blood.
"Who the hell are you, Li Fengman? You're not worthy of mentioning our rice flowers. If you keep spewing shit, I'll make you eat them for real!"
Li Sanzhu knew that Li Daohua would publish a new novel in October, so he would go directly to October every time. Finally, he bought the October issue containing Li Daohua's new novel before the news spread.
Then, pretending to be careless, he turned the journal to the page of "My Children" and deliberately dropped it at the village intelligence office.
Not all the people in the Intelligence Department were illiterate, and since that day was Sunday, they would catch students at home and read to them.
"Ah, this Li Si is really a piece of shit. His parents didn't support him, his children didn't support him, and he even beat his wife away. It's really retribution in the end!"
"That's not the case. If he makes a comeback, then everyone will benefit." This is a potential gambler.
"Why do I feel that... this Li Si is a bit interesting?"
"What do you mean?"
"Look, this author, Daohua, is the captain's daughter. Li Si gave his child to someone else to raise, and when the child became rich, he wanted to take the child back..."
He didn't finish what he said, but just raised his eyebrows proudly and gave everyone a look to let everyone judge for themselves.
The news that Li Sizhu wanted to adopt Li Fengman to Li Sanzhu has been a hot topic in the village recently, and most people in the village know about it.
When someone pointed this out, I reacted immediately.
"Hiss, don't tell me, it really is a bit like that."
“Right.”
A group of people seemed to have discovered a new world and said goodbye to go home. In fact, they were going to spread the information.
It's such a pity that such a big piece of news is only circulated among their small circle.
Soon, everyone in the village knew that Li Daohua had written a novel specifically to curse her fourth uncle, and Li Sizhu was no exception.
He was originally furious and asked someone to read the novel to him so that he could confront his third brother and Li Daohua later.
As an experienced card player, I was immediately attracted by the cheating techniques. Whether it is poker or mahjong, there are corresponding cheating techniques.
If he could learn all these tricks, he would be able to get as much money as he wanted.
He even dreamed at night that he relied on cheating to gamble heavily and finally became a billionaire. All the people who looked down on him in the past knelt on the ground and begged him to forgive them.
Just as he was laughing and ready to throw the money into the sky, he couldn't lift the money. When he looked closely, he found that his hand had been chopped off and was covered in blood.
"Ah! My hand! My hand!" Li Sizhu woke up from his dream and touched his hand in panic. He only breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that his hand was still there.
The wife sleeping next to him sighed silently. This was not the first time she woke up from a dream. Sometimes she woke up laughing, sometimes she woke up crying...
Every time I was awakened by a nightmare, I would curse Li Daohua at home for a long time before I felt relieved.
But he did not dare to curse too loudly, for fear that someone would hear him and Li Daohua would find out and write about him in the book.
His reputation was not good to begin with, and after this incident, everyone in the village simply avoided him, for fear that something bad might happen if they got close to him.
Originally, the eldest son of his family relied on the fact that he was Li Daohua's cousin, and his influence in the nearby villages was quite high. His marriage was about to be completed, but it fell through because of this book and the rumors in the village.
Li Fengman and Li Fengcang also read the novel, and they had different ideas from Li Sizhu.
As the saying goes, like father, like son. Li Sizhu is selfish, so naturally he raised his children to be selfish too.
It is a daydream to expect a child like this to provide support for Li Sizhu in his old age.
No matter how they read the novel, they felt that their father was really such a person. How could that be? They had worked so hard to get the money, and now this old man wanted to have a piece of it.
Li Fengman, in particular, has already regarded Li Daohua's 300,000 yuan as his own. He plans how to spend it every day and even makes big promises to his cronies.
He could use the money to eat and drink, but he was unwilling to give it to his father. After all, the food and drink would go into his mouth.
Every family member has his or her own plans.
"Boss, Boss!"
In an underground casino, the younger brother ran over in a hurry, and the noisy noise nearby forced him to raise his voice.
The boss he mentioned was holding a cigarette in his mouth and inspecting the card tables, greeting people from time to time.
Seeing the flustered younger brother, he said unhappily: "Why are you so flustered! What if he bumps into the bosses?"
This sentence elevated the status of the gamblers, which naturally made the gamblers around him feel secretly happy. I also bowed and apologized to those around me one after another.
Seeing that the younger brother didn't say anything, the boss knew that it was an important matter: "Let's go back to my office and talk."
Sitting on the tiger-skin sofa, the boss put out his cigarette and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"
The younger brother took out a copy of October from his pocket and handed it to him with both hands: "Boss, take a look at "My Children" in this book first."
"Look! Look! I'm letting you see! Don't you know I can't read? You're the only one who can see! You're the only one who can see!"
The eldest brother took the book and hit the younger brother on the head with it, over and over again.
"Boss, I was wrong, I was wrong. This book tells you exactly how we cheated people out of their money!"
I didn't dare to keep you in suspense and quickly told you the important thing I discovered.
When the boss heard this, he quickly went out to see if anyone was eavesdropping at the door of the office. After making sure that the gamblers had not heard him, he came back and slapped his younger brother in the face: "Be careful what you say, we are doing a serious business. If I hear anyone say that you are cheating again, I will beat you to death!"
Having said that, he still asked his younger brother to read what he had written to him.
"This old man has no moral principles at all..." In his opinion, there are so many cheating tricks, many of which he has never heard of. The author is definitely a veteran in the casino.
Only insiders like them know how true this book is.
He felt that the author had made enough money and enjoyed enough by using this trick, and now he was destroying his job, which was not fair.
"I found out that the author is a 20-year-old girl who made $300,000 from writing a while ago."
Hiss~ The casino boss took a deep breath, these intellectuals are really ruthless, for him to run this casino, so many families had to be ruined before he could raise the ten thousand yuan.
"That's what her family members told her. This goes against the decision of our ancestors to pass the inheritance down to males and not females." What bullshit about passing the inheritance down to males and not females? He just made that up.
"Boss, if those people outside knew..." It would definitely affect their business.
This is not just a matter for their casino, it is a matter for all casinos. Everyone who makes a fortune from gambling hates Li Daohua.
"You're cheating!"
"Who is cheating? What evidence do you have?"
The man pulled open his sleeves and a few cards fell out. The people who were playing cards with him looked at him with shock and disbelief.
The old cheat stiffened his neck and said, "Just because I have cards in my sleeve doesn't mean I'm cheating. Just because you have money in your pocket doesn't mean you stole the money!"
Seeing that he still refused to admit it, the man didn't waste any words and directly called on the remaining two people: "Beat him!"
No wonder he always wins when they play cards together. I used to think it was because he was lucky and had good skills. Now it seems that he does have good skills, but they are just cheating skills.
After the fight, the three men took out all the money from the con man's pocket, divided it among themselves, and spit on him before leaving happily.
"Second brother, how did you find out that he was cheating?"
"Hey, do you remember my son who always gets first place in exams? He came back a few days ago and told me about Teacher Daohua's new book, saying that gambling is bad and the cheating techniques in it are really unheard of..."
The second brother recalled with a sigh, it was only after listening to the cheating tactics in the video that he realized that others were cheating.
Since the release of "My Sons and Daughters", several gambling dens were discovered and subsequently cracked down due to internal strife.
But gamblers will not look back. After leaving one gambling den, they will look for the next one, or even create their own.
Some people cheat? Then there are always people who don't cheat. There is always a pure place in the world. - The love of gamblers.
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