Maybe it was because the old bitch look of Chu Chuan with a red nose and a perfectly curved chin as he said "You're not even worthy of washing my feet" was too charming.
Chu Li didn't dare to even fart and just rolled away with his tail between his legs.
Zhuo Chuan stood at the entrance and watched the poor little girl leave. When she was out of sight, he withdrew his gaze and taunted the big dog lying on the door with its butt sticking up in the yard, "You've already left, what are you still looking at? Come in."
The big dog jumped down from the iron gate reluctantly, and at the same time its owner turned around and walked into the house. When passing the entrance, the man kicked the pile of crooked waste paper and books as if to vent his anger, and various magazines were scattered all over the floor; when passing the tea table in the living room, he casually picked up a small paper card with someone's phone number and QQ number written on it and threw it into the trash can.
The second dog followed in, sniffing here and there. The big dog reached into the trash can and pulled it out again, then decisively raised his leg and knocked over the trash can with his paw.
Zhuchuan: “…”
Stare into the big dog's calm eyes in silence for three seconds.
The man's expression changed in a second, and he grabbed the big dog's ear with a ferocious look: "You have been bribed by a bun and you don't know where to turn, right? You dog thing that eats a basin of imported dog food for one meal! The food money I give you in a month can buy a ton of buns!"
Ergou pulled his head out of the man's hand, shook it, and stepped on a small piece of paper with his big paws - Zhuchuan glanced at it, bent down, picked up the paper and looked at it carefully: this is not an ordinary business card, the mobile phone number and QQ number on it are handwritten.
There isn't even a proper business card. Could it be that the girl is a temporary worker sent by Yuanyue Society?
Wait, Yuanyue Society actually sent a temporary worker to deal with me?
...What a courageous dog!
The man's imagination was so rich that he could instantly spit out angry flames in his eyes. He threw the scrap of paper onto the computer desk, turned around to clean up the trash can and washed his hands. After washing his hands, he returned to the computer desk and opened the document again. With the energy brought by the angry flames, he typed for a while.
When I looked up again, it was already around three in the afternoon.
When Zhuochuan was stretching his muscles, his peripheral vision accidentally caught a glimpse of the piece of paper on the table that he had casually placed there in the morning... He stared at the paper for three seconds, and then made a decision that would make him regret for the rest of his life - he picked up the paper, and then selected the one on the right of the two Q apps that were open at the same time on the computer desktop, and clicked to add a specific friend.
The slender fingertips danced on the keyboard.
When the mouse clicks "Search", a crisp "click" sound is heard.
When the search results popped up, the man took a quick look at the Q avatar and felt that it looked familiar. He uttered a puzzled "hmm" and narrowed his brown eyes before taking another look.
Query result: [The navy hired by the monkey].
Zhuochuan sat in front of the computer holding the mouse for thirty seconds.
At the 31st second, the handsome and mean face of the man twitched, and the color suddenly disappeared from his face. He suddenly moved the mouse to the Q on the left side of the computer desktop, opened it and took a look - the same avatar, the same name, and the dialog box was still flashing blue light because of the speech on the other side -
[The navy hired by the monkey: Shit! I was rejected again!!!]
[The Monkey’s hired naval forces: Let me emphasize again that a certain author’s dog is more enthusiastic than him! ]
[The Monkey’s hired naval forces: How come authors are so hard to deceive these days, huh? I showed the utmost sincerity in my life and asked him to sign a publishing contract! I even bought him a steamed bun! This is the first time in my life that I’ve bought breakfast for a man! Not only did he not thank me profusely, he even said that my steamed buns were not worth hundreds of thousands of royalties! ]
[The water army hired by the monkey: Is that about a bun? That’s my girlish heart!!!]
[The navy hired by the monkey: My girlish heart is priceless! ! ]
[The water army hired by the monkey: QAQ When I returned to the office, I was still mocked by the sissy next door. He asked me if I wanted to go to the thatched cottage three times... Do you think I should go there tomorrow? Bring him a bowl of century egg and lean meat porridge that looks more upscale? ]
Zhuchuan typed a series of "..." on the keyboard, and then pressed the send button.
A line of words appeared in the dialog box on the screen:
[The disappeared Mr. L: ………………………………………]
Zhuchuan: “…”
Because he was too frightened, Zhaochuan unplugged the computer out of reflex.
…
On this day, Chu Li discovered that Mr. L, who had sent her a long string of “…”, had mysteriously disappeared again around three o’clock in the afternoon.
What she didn't know was that at the same time, in an upscale neighborhood in the city center of City G, a top writer who had just reached the top of the pyramid was frightened because of her. He lay on the sofa with his dog in a daze for the whole day, his mind empty, without writing a single word, as if he had missed out on 100 million yuan in royalties.
When I think about how I have been accompanying that new moderator at the publishing house these past few days, sneering and making sarcastic remarks about an author whom I have never met before, and saying things like "Hahahahaha, there are so many psychopaths in the author circle", "You know that Weibo is just for show", "That crappy author" and so on...
The style of her Weibo posts is different from her private ones. Is this girl scolding herself?
And then he happily echoed the voice and made sarcastic remarks in return?
“…………”
The writer's lips twitched and he touched Ergouzi's elastic ears to calm his aching heart.
At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, when Chu Li was yawning and thinking about what breakfast to buy for the literary world's versatile Sakura tomorrow to please him, the writer finally plucked up the courage to plug in his computer.
Turn on your computer.
Ignoring the fact that he had a small account, the man logged into his main account directly, took a look at the online list, and was satisfied to find that a guy named "Jiang Yucheng" was still online - this guy was also a top author at the top of the pyramid, specializing in horror and suspense, and was considered to be a senior and good friend of Zhuchuan. However, the overall market for horror and suspense has not been good recently, and his main themes are difficult to sell, and his popularity has declined a bit... Zhuchuan shook him twice with the shaking function, and after the other party sent a question mark, he said concisely -
【Zhuchuan: I had an accident. 】
There was silence for a few seconds.
【Jiang Yucheng: What? Your readers have finally discovered your true nature?】
【Zhu Chuan: No, what did you discover? My acting skills are good, as gentle and smooth as Gongzi Chuan.】
【Zhuchuan: Oscar owes me a little golden man. 】
[Zhuchuan: ... Let's get down to business. Do you remember when I told you that I once infiltrated their fan circle in order to make a big news when I was making a data set for the "X" game? At that time, I pretended to be a nobody in that circle and wrote a caption for an artist's picture. By the way, I also picked up a stupid forum moderator. ]
【Jiang Yucheng: I remember, I remember clearly that Mr. Zhuchuan said to me like a pervert, "I casually wrote a few thousand words and those people were amazed", "The little moderator marked my post as a favorite, hehehe", "This little moderator is so cute when he is confused, hehehe", "They are so shocked that AB are actually a couple, hahahaha, you idiot, I am the one who makes the expansion packs, as long as I nod, even if AB is a person and a dog, they must be a couple"... Who is the moderator in this story that you keep calling "little moderator"?】
【Zhuchuan: It’s her. 】
【Jiang Yucheng: What happened? What happened? Are you in an online relationship with her?】
【Zhao Chuan: What's the point of falling in love with a little girl? I'm not a pervert. It's fate. Because of this or that coincidence, the little moderator has become my editor. He came to my house this morning, brought me two steamed buns, told me that drinking coffee on an empty stomach is bad for the body, and tried to get me to sign a publishing contract for 45,000 copies at nine locations.】
【Zhu Chuan: My health is none of her business. 】
【Zhuchuan: But this is not the point. 】
【Zhuchuan: The key point is the contract. 】
【Jiang Yucheng: What a coincidence? I also have a 10-year-old fan who joined Yuanyue Society. Hahaha, maybe they are colleagues! 】
【Zhuchuan: Oh, what's your fan called? 】
【Jiang Yucheng: You definitely don’t know her. It’s useless to ask. What did you just say? You and your little moderator have been in a long-term online relationship for three years and now you’re dating in person?! She also seduced you into signing a crappy contract for 45,000 copies?! Which book?! You’re not going to sign the Luo River Divine Book unless the first print run is over 100,000?! Oh my god?!】
【Zhu Chuan: First of all, we didn’t have an online romance. It was a pure and beautiful master-pet relationship. Secondly, she didn’t know I was Mr. L, but she wanted to sign the “Luohe Divine Book”. Finally, she saw the limited edition signed painting collection of the goddess of the moon at the door of my house. We stayed up all night to grab it together. I was afraid that she was clumsy and couldn’t get it… Well, let’s not talk about this. I shouldn’t have been soft-hearted and did good things. You see, retribution is coming, right? … But these are not the main points. The main point is that I was very rude and let her go with her 45,000 copies. 】
【Jiang Yucheng: The print run is really worth getting kicked off, no problem—but she doesn’t know you’re Mr. L yet, so why are you panicking?】
[Zhao Chuan: Truth cannot be hidden. I was afraid that after she knew about it, she would think about how heartless I was in telling her to get out today, and she would become angry and write an article called "818 The Gentle and Jade-like Prince Chuan Who Loved Lady Zhuan During Those Years", and then it topped the bestseller lists of major bookstores and online bookstores.]
【Jiang Yucheng: Haha ...
[Zhu Chuan: ...Have you laughed enough? I am here to tell you a joke? ]
【Jiang Yucheng: I was about to go to sleep, but now I feel refreshed after laughing. 】
[Zhu Chuan: What should I do? ! ]
【Jiang Yucheng: What should I do? Haha ...
【Zhaochuan: That’s a contract for 45,000 copies! 45,000! You signed it??? Are you still talking like a human being???】
【Jiang Yucheng: No matter how many first prints you make, as long as they can be sold, you can still make more prints without having to pay royalties, right? And haven’t you already negotiated the copyrights for this comic and game? The copyright fees are seven figures, so why are you so eager to publish a first print run of hundreds of thousands of dollars?】
【Zhu Chuan: How can you say the same thing to her? Did you collude with her? I'm not competing with the publishing company for the royalties. That little money is not even enough for Er Gou's dog food expenses. You know what I want.】
【Jiang Yucheng: Oh, you don’t want to stay at the bottom of the pyramid anymore, right? You want to climb up, tsk tsk.】
[Zhuochuan: I am very angry when I think that I am in my prime and have to step on the heels of a has-been like you. 】
【Jiang Yucheng: Hahahaha, you are in your prime, just fine. Give up this one and try harder to get ahead of me with the next one. I’m not leaving!】
【Jiang Yucheng: You came up to me so eagerly, didn't you just want me to persuade you to sign? After all, it's your little pet that you've raised for three years, isn't it worth it? What if the little pet gets angry and turns into Godzilla? No problem, just sign it.】
【Jiang Yucheng: Besides, Yuanyueshe has a certain status, and signing with them won’t hurt your ultimate goal of raising your status.】
【Zhuchuan: Sign a shit, just go away. 】
After blasting away the unreliable Jiang Yucheng, Zhuchuan turned off his computer and became even more upset.
He stood up and took a shower. After the shower, he went to bed, crossed his legs, and stared at the handwritten card that had been wiped clean, lost in thought... He was lost in thought for two hours, until almost two o'clock in the middle of the night. All he could think about was Jiang Yucheng's words, [Hahahahaha, you are in your prime, just fine. Give up this one and work hard on the next one]...
Zhuchuan: “…”
Is what Jiang Yucheng said right?
No, he is wrong. What do I rely on? Just because she gave me sperm back then?
But I do have a lot of next books to work on, so doing her a favor doesn't seem like a big deal...
Zhuchuan was in a state of confusion until late at night. Finally, he took out his cell phone, entered a string of numbers according to the phone number on it, and then started typing -
【Tomorrow at 11:30, bring your contract.】
After thinking about it, it seems not cool enough to say this.
He added: [No waiting after the deadline].
He clicked send, and while the text message was being sent, he heard a "whoosh" sound indicating that the text message had been sent successfully. The man's shaking crossed legs paused for a moment - realizing that it was too late to turn back the clock, he suddenly threw his phone away, jumped up from the bed, and slammed his head hard against the pillow!
There was a thud.
Good sound.
The dog who was sleeping soundly in the doghouse was frightened and raised his face with sleepy eyes.
He looked at his master who had suddenly gone insane with a confused look on his face: "...Ah?"