Chen Xian took the completed manuscript to the Rainforest Study.
Uncle Fu smiled nonchalantly.
"Brother Chen, you finally found some time to come!"
The two then went to the side room.
"I've already arranged for someone to do what you asked me to do... If all goes well, we'll have results soon."
Chen Xian cupped his hands and said, "Uncle Fu has gone to a lot of trouble for this matter. In a few days, I will find a buyer and sell dozens of pigs to you, and I will give you all the expenses required for this matter."
Uncle Fu chuckled and said, "No rush, no rush!"
Brother Chen, I admire you more and more now.
The price of pork was about the same as Chen Xian had said.
It started at 15 coins, and gradually increased to 16, 17, 18, 19 coins, and so on...
"The Zuixianglou restaurant has remained unsold for a long time. The initial asking price of 500 taels of silver has dropped to 400 taels, while the Wei family's house has also decreased from 400 taels to 300 taels."
"Brother Chen, are you really not tempted?"
Chen Xian pondered for a while.
"It would be a lie to say I wasn't tempted, but a person can only eat as much meat as they can handle, otherwise they'd be stuffed to death."
"To tell you the truth, Brother Fu, the Chen family has spent most of their money on buying pigs, and they don't have much spare money to buy a restaurant."
Uncle Fu nodded.
"If Brother Chen really wants that restaurant, I can help you pay for it first..."
Chen Xian shook his head and said, "We've already done Uncle Fu a lot of favors by arranging things for the Gu family, so there's no need for that."
The Chen family had no experience in managing restaurants, so a large variety of dishes were required for the restaurant to operate.
Otherwise, it will be difficult to compete with peers.
"There's a restaurant called Baiweilou across the street. This guy learned how to make gourd chicken and also bought my recipe. He has more experience running restaurants than I do. We used to be business partners, so naturally he didn't get in my way. But now, if I were to enter the restaurant business, Manager Jiang's attitude would be quite intriguing..."
Uncle Fu nodded and smiled.
He understood what Chen Xian meant.
With a slight movement, he admired this person even more.
Act prudently.
No wonder he was able to gradually accumulate wealth from a small stall to own a pig farm.
Chen Xian took out the manuscript.
Hand it to Uncle Fu.
Uncle Fu's eyes lit up slightly as he took the book and began to read it carefully.
He reads extremely fast!
His expression changed, first worry, then anger, then感慨 (a sense of感慨, a feeling of deep emotion), then helplessness...
By the time I got to the end, my expression was frozen!
It was a red-skinned baby!
Uncle Fu was slightly taken aback.
Somewhat uncertain, he asked, "Could it be that Judge Lu has been reincarnated?"
Chen Xian smiled slightly but did not reply.
Uncle Fu laughed heartily.
"Haha, if nothing unexpected happens, Brother Chen, this story will soon become a sensation throughout Daxing Town! I think... the story of Judge Lu is not much worse than A Chinese Ghost Story!"
Both its theme and the twists and turns of the story are far superior to ordinary storybooks.
Uncle Fu suddenly sighed, "Well, actually it's not so bad not to run a restaurant."
Not running a restaurant means that Chen Xian won't have to devote most of his energy to it, allowing him to focus on creative work in his spare time in the afternoons.
It's easy to imagine that Chen Xian was still young.
If he can maintain this diligent and vigorous creative drive for decades to come, publishing a book every two weeks, he will be the same age as Qingyunlou when he is 50 or 60.
He must have written a great many works.
We can even boldly hope that future installments can maintain this level of writing quality.
That person must be a legend in the world of storytelling.
Let's talk about the masters of this generation.
Uncle Fu called out, "Quickly take this storybook down for typesetting and print an additional thousand copies!"
Shui Sheng was slightly taken aback.
Then he quickly lowered his head and got back to work.
The artisans who were later printed had some doubts.
"Brother Shuisheng, if we follow the previous request and stock up on a few hundred copies first to see how the storybooks are, and then gradually replenish them later, wouldn't it be too risky to print so many at once?"
"Uncle, we're just doing the work below. We just do what we're told. Saying too much will only lead to more mistakes."
Uncle Fu was rather curious.
"I hope Brother Chen can find the time to finish the ending of the story. I'd like to see how this scholar ends up..."
Looking into the distance, one can't help but feel anticipation.
Just then, a waiter from Xuan Nan Bookstore rushed over.
"Uncle Fu, has the author of 'The White-Browed Hero' come over yet?"
Uncle Fu suddenly realized.
"Brother Chen, the people from Xuan Nan Academy are here. Do you want to choose a pen name? How about 'Master Liaozhai'?"
"Okay, let's call him Xu Liang."
It's taken from the main character's name, making it easy to remember.
Uncle Fu was a little curious, looking at the man.
How did you know Mr. Xu was coming?
The waiter was slightly taken aback. Mr. Xu must be the author of "The White-Browed Swordsman".
"We're not very capable, so we just followed our manager's instructions and waited outside. Anyone who gets to be personally received by Manager Fu must be no ordinary person. We'll just try our luck...hehe."
"There is some sincerity involved."
A voice came from over.
"Manager Fu, has the author of 'The White-Browed Hero' arrived?"
Uncle Fu glanced at him and lowered his voice to Chen Xian, saying, "Brother Chen, don't say anything for now. I'll help you out."
Chen Xian suddenly realized.
"So it's Mr. Zhao from the Beijing Opera Bookstore!"
The boss, dressed in a bright green shirt, was quite plump, and had a fine layer of sweat on his face.
Uncle Fu introduced the two of them to each other.
Mr. Zhao cupped his hands and said, "So it's Mr. Xu. My apologies for not recognizing you!"
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