For a second or two, the area within three to five meters with Chu Li as the center fell into dead silence.
Liang Chonglang was so confused that he didn't react.
The head of the publicity department held the publicity screen of Ah Gui and Suo Heng with a look of "I fucking knew it would be like this";
Ah Xian looked mysterious;
The rest of the guys from the marketing, publicity, legal and other departments who were rushed over to help all had horrified expressions on their faces: whats the f*ck? !!!
Chu Li straightened up, reached out to adjust Zhuchuan's collar, patted his shoulder and glanced at him, then turned around to look for Ah Gui and the others, bent down and told them that after they finished signing, there were a few more people at the booth, and they could go over and sign together before leaving...
Ah Gui and Suo Heng naturally nodded in agreement. The situation was chaotic and they were very anxious at the time, so they did not show too much dissatisfaction or other emotions for the time being.
After Chu Li arranged everything, he stood beside them like a door god and refused to move. Ah Gui looked up and asked in confusion, "What are you doing here?"
Chu Li said expressionlessly, "I'm afraid the cleaning lady will snatch all your ponies away."
Ah Gui: “…”
Chu Li stood there, watching until Suo Heng finished signing and the last reader stood up from his chair. She then asked someone to take away the small stools and messy things, and left the signing booth with the two authors without looking back.
——The final result was that the two unlucky guys, Ah Gui and Suo Heng, were knocked off the autographing table early by Liang Chonglang, but Herman and Zhuo Chuan did not go on stage early either.
...After all, that was Chu Chuan. If he didn't even have the ability to sow discord, he wouldn't be a little princess - Herman was an international big shot after all. When he heard Chu Chuan say that the publishing company had sent the author who was signing books in front of them away early to make room for them in order to cater to the fans who came to the scene, he frowned immediately and thought that this behavior was very inappropriate.
………………………………As expected, any normal person would find this inappropriate, okay?
Even Herman was unwilling to come on stage now. Liang Chonglang had no way to deal with these two big guys, and he could no longer care about so much at this time, because in just five minutes, the gossip that Chu Li was going to resign had spread throughout the entire Yuanyue Society... At once, the leaders who came to the book fair and those who didn’t knew about it. Everyone had a black question mark on their face and had no idea what kind of explosive accident had just happened at the book fair.
The only boss who knew what was going on was having a crazy discussion with Liang Chonglang.
[Boss: Why did I hear that Chu Li is going to resign? ]
[Scallion-flavored Langweixian: …]
[Boss: Are you serious?]
【Scallion Flavored Waves: ...Maybe he was just angry for a moment?】
[Boss: Don’t lie to me. Caihua from the Publicity Department just told me… Forget it, I’ll copy it for you—
What should I do, Mr. Ma?! Chu Li really asked me to borrow her computer just now, and now she is sitting there writing her resignation report?! Hello!!! Is she serious?! She doesn’t even want paid maternity leave, she is writing her resignation report right on the spot!!
Liang Chonglang really pissed her off!!!
I told you not to do this, you can’t do this! ! ! ! ! 】
[Scallion-flavored Langweixian: …]
[Boss: I will receive my resignation report in my mailbox in about 30 minutes. And you told me that she was just angry? !!! How did you promise me just now? Zhuchuan’s contract is with Yuanyue Press, she will not leave. Besides, where can she go if she leaves? My friend, she can still go to Xindun Press!!! She can go to Huashi Paper Media!!! She can go to Xinbao Press!!! She can go to Mengliren!!! She can go to Ruyi Shiguang!!]
[Scallion Flavor Langweixian: I never thought she would ignore Chu Chuan. Isn’t she afraid that we might do something to Chu Chuan’s book…]
[Boss: What? A first print run of one million. Tell me what you want to do, what you dare to do? Open your eyes and look at the contract you signed. It also says "Neither the publishing company nor the publishing house shall damage or infringe upon the reputation, copyright, or portrait rights of the author of Party A in any form. If any violation occurs, this contract will be immediately invalidated without negotiation between the two parties."——
Why do you think she added this? Huh?
The people you can think of think of it ten days earlier than you! ! ! ! 】
【Conghuaweilangweixian: ... Just an editor, I'll leave if I want to. 】
[Boss: Sure. I feel relieved when you say that. In the spring of next year, I want to meet a replacement editor who can create sales miracles like Chu Li on a daily basis, so that we can show off to our peers around the world. Go find him.]
[Scallion-flavored Langweixian: …]
[Boss: I really believed your lies. Solve this matter by yourself. I don’t care anymore.]
【Scallion-flavored delicious food: …………】
At this moment, Liang Chonglang also wanted to sigh to the sky, "Boss, is it really okay for you to take all the blame after the fact?"
This is not what you said when I suggested ending Suo Heng and Guiwa’s book signing early! ! ! !
I also have a screenshot of the chat history! ! ! !
You also believe that as long as Zhuchuan is around, that crazy woman Chuli won't be able to do anything wrong! ! ! ! !
Liang Chonglang was very upset, but because the other party was the real boss, he dared not say a word and just had to swallow his anger...
Being scolded so much that his head was sprayed with blood, he temporarily ignored the message alert tone on his phone that was ringing wildly, asking him what was going on, stuffed the phone into his pocket, and gritted his teeth to finish the activities of Chuchuan and Herman first——
The event was a success.
The news of the collaboration between the hottest and most popular domestic writer Chu Chuan and the internationally renowned director and writer Herman instantly became the biggest headline of the day. All major media platforms immediately flooded the news with news pushes, and various authors and editors on the Internet posted on Weibo to express their envy, jealousy, hatred and blessings...
It seems to be a joyous and harmonious occasion.
As the company that had taken on the project and was the main object of congratulations, Yuanyue Society was now in a state of fear and gloom. When Chu Li sent her resignation letter to her boss and returned the computer to the head of the publicity department, she saw that the situation was hopeless and smiled awkwardly. She glanced at Ah Gui and Suo Heng who were standing behind Chu Li waiting for her and asked, "Where are you going later?"
"Pack up and let's go have dinner together." said Ah Gui.
"Well, have fun eating," the head of the Propaganda Department laughed dryly and glanced at Chu Li, "You guys should also coax her a little, don't be angry."
Chu Li didn't say anything. Ah Gui glanced at her Yan Wang face, laughed dryly, and pointed at himself with his finger: "You expect me to persuade her...hahahaha!"
Compared to Ah Gui's rough nerves that are wider than the Pacific Ocean, Suo Heng's mind is more delicate. It seems that he finally came to his senses about what just happened. He raised his head to look at the head of the publicity department, then lowered his head to continue playing with his phone...
Not a word.
This look made people feel guilty, so they had to go to the signing table as a last resort. The publicity director, who had changed the background curtain in advance, had to shut up and watch Chu Li leave with the two authors after typing his resignation report.
…
Chu Li brought the two authors back to the hotel, waiting for Chu Chuan to finish his work so that they could go out for dinner together. The three of them sat on the bed in the hotel in silence...
Ah Gui took out a packet of biscuits and began to chew them.
Suo Heng took out her phone and checked the official Weibo of Moonlight magazine. It had already released some footage of her and Ah Gui signing autographs. Looking at the comments, in addition to comments that Suo Heng looked better and Ah Gui looked exactly like she had imagined, most readers were asking -
[It was only 2:10 when I went there. I finally squeezed through the crowd of people in the Chu Chuan Dada queue, but they didn’t let me queue. I almost cried with anger... Fortunately, I signed in at the booth in the end! ]
[I heard there are quite a lot of people? ]
[The book fair is really problematic. They said we had to sign in at 2:30, but they started clearing the venue at 2:15. I saw with my own eyes that the two people signed in at 2:30 in the open space next to the lounge and then left QAQ… I give you a big thumbs up, I’m sorry for being wronged! ]
【……………………Why did you clear the place upstairs in advance? 】
[I don't know, maybe it's because too many people are watching Hikawa and Herman. To be honest, I just want to watch my big brother! ! ! ! ! ]
Suo Heng's eyes darkened slightly.
After thinking about it, I felt a little depressed, so I simply stopped reading the comments on Weibo. I created a secondary Weibo account and read other interesting content to divert my attention.
The atmosphere in the hotel room was somewhat depressing and no one spoke.
Chu Li received a lot of calls and received
In addition to the persuasion of colleagues from various departments other than the security department, he also received calls from various bosses, so Chu Li's voice on the phone was the only sound in the room -
"Yes, Mr. Huang, I have thought it through very clearly... I am also very calm, you don't have to ask me to be calm, after all, this is not the first time this has happened." Chu Li stood by the bed, holding his phone and looking at his reflection in the window, "From a long time ago, when the "Luohe Divine Book" went on sale, cosplayers occupied the venue, different authors were treated differently, the contents of the contracts were very different, and when the printing factory had an accident, the editor was blamed and refused to compensate and take no responsibility, making fun of the readers and the authors... These things happen every day and have become a daily routine. Yuanyue Society has been muddling along and whitewashing the situation."
Chu Li walked to the table, squeezed out the mineral water and took a sip: "Before Teacher Xia left, he said it very clearly - respect the author, respect the reader, respect the traditional paper media. Although it has become deserted, sincerity will always be passed on to the readers. We must do a good job in every book - now I want to say the same thing... And, let me add one more thing, if we always do things like Vice President Liang, Yuanyue Publishing House will suffer a big setback sooner or later."
Chu Li paused and added silently: "This place is not cursed."
The ghost, holding a biscuit in his mouth, laughed out loud.
Chu Li glared at her.
The other boss of that company tried to persuade him for a long time, the main idea of which was, "I know you are very angry, but you really should not act impulsively. We can talk about it slowly after Labor Day when we return to the company." Chu Li saw that he would not hang up the phone without a definite answer, so he had to agree first.
——But it is impossible to go back.
——As the backdrop with the words "Child's Play & Suo Heng Joint Book Signing" fell from the iron frame, Chu Li clearly heard the sound of the seeds that had been planted in her heart long ago taking root and sprouting, just like the spark that she had been trying hard to suppress, now finally burning all over the mountains and fields!
The so-called out of control!
But Chu Li hung up the phone and was stunned for a while——
In fact, she hadn't figured out where to go next. Today's events happened too suddenly and swiftly. Although she had already vaguely felt that she would leave sooner or later, she also left some guarantee clauses in the contract with Zhuchuan so that Yuanyue Society would not do anything to Zhuchuan's book...
Therefore, it was not only Yuanyue Society that was confused. Chu Li's mind was also blank. She thought that she would have to resign and hand over the job for a long time anyway, and then she would have to give birth to the baby in her belly first. It would take one month in confinement and two or three months to take care of the baby after confinement. All in all, it would take half a year.
After half a year, it won’t be too late to make plans.
Even if Yuanyue Society was really that stupid and let her go immediately to save the money for paid vacation, she didn't believe that without the few thousand yuan given by Yuanyue Society, Zhuochuan would still starve to death...
Thinking this way, she finally had a temporary solution. The stone weighing on Chu Li's heart was slightly relieved. She let out a long sigh, turned around and took a piece of Ah Gui's biscuit. She glanced and found that Ah Gui was reading a comic book...
She is actually reading comics!
And he's laughing so hard!
"..." Chu Li kicked her speechlessly, "Fuck you, you were kicked off the autograph booth, but you look happier than me, aren't you angry at all?"
"...It's okay. They are Hirokawa and Herman, world-class bosses. Why should I be angry? I am not as skilled as them, so I have to admit defeat." Ah Gui thought for a while, "If Shattered Light just knocked me off the stage, I would be angry."
Chu Li's lips twitched, and he decided to give up treating Ah Gui and turned to look at Suo Heng.
Suo Heng felt Chu Li's gaze and curled the corners of his lips sarcastically: "I thought I would never have to live the life of being looked down upon again..."
Chu Li: "It's Liang Chonglang who is too stupid."
Suo Heng: "When will you officially resign from Yuanyue Society?"
Chu Li: "At the end of the year."
Suo Heng: "Are you still going to write the new series of Moonlight by Ghost Doll and Shattered Light? It was originally planned to start serialization in August, but the contract has not been signed yet, so it doesn't matter if you don't write it."
Chu Li thought about it. If he told the company that the series originally scheduled to start in August would not be written, then those people would probably be in a state of panic for a while and frantically search the Internet for other authors to take over the vacancy...
But there are only three months in between. Now that Shu Chuan is here and the reputation of Moonlight has spread, if we want to find an author to serialize the book, regardless of the quality, three months should be enough time.
Let them run wild?
Oops, no.
...With that crappy contract, new and old grudges, how can I just let it go like this?
Chu Li narrowed his eyes slightly, then bit off the biscuit in his hand with a click, smiled and said, "Write, why not? Just write first. A few thousand yuan in royalties every month is money, right? I'm quitting, but I can't cut off your financial resources."