Chapter 383 The two brothers are exactly the same!
"Weiwei, you seem to have started a new book recently, right?"
Shen Xuewei nodded casually, "Yes, I just started a new book and only updated a few chapters."
Gu Xu's voice softened a bit, "It's good to start a new book, it's been quite a while since you've written anything. Oh, by the way, how's the food? I've eaten at this restaurant several times with some friends..."
Shen Xuewei sighed and put down her chopsticks. "Uncle Gu, just say what you want to say directly. There's no need to beat around the bush."
This old man is not usually this easy to talk to.
There must be something fishy going on behind this charade.
When Shen Xuewei discovered his intentions, Gu Xu simply spoke his mind directly.
"Weiwei, it's like this, I have a friend who wants to buy the copyright to your book on immortality, what do you think..."
Actually, his friend had contacted him through the website before, but even though he offered a high price of two million, he was still rejected.
It was only after the film adaptation of "The Story of the Land in Troubled Times" that his friend learned he had Shen Xuewei's contact information and asked him to help talk to her.
With the development of the internet, various online novel platforms have also experienced a boom.
As a novel website that initially spent a lot of money on advertising and promotion, and had many well-known novel authors join, Dream Gallery has a very rich library.
With the rise of the trend of adapting online novels into TV series, many people have set their sights on these novel websites.
In the last two years, several novels from Dream Gallery have been adapted into TV series.
As one of the top authors at Dream Weaving Bookstore, it's no surprise that someone wanted to buy and adapt Shen Xuewei's novels into a TV series.
However, the fact that the adaptation of "The Story of the Land in Chaotic Times" added a lot of content that did not belong to the original novel still made Shen Xuewei feel like she had a bone stuck in her throat, and she was reluctant to sell the copyrights of other novels.
The two authors have published over twenty novels in total, including both long and short ones, excluding the one they lost the copyright to due to a contract dispute.
The initial drafts I wrote haven't been well received yet.
The books that were targeted for film and television adaptation rights were her more popular books from the following years.
Unfortunately, these are the books that Shen Xuewei values highly and is reluctant to sell the copyrights to easily.
After finding out which company wanted to buy it, Shen Xuewei checked the information of each of these companies.
They're either third-rate companies, or large companies with terrible adaptations, and some even have lawsuits with authors over disputes...
Shen Xuewei's brows were so furrowed that she couldn't relax, so she simply refused them all.
Now that Gu Xu has come to her, she has no intention of agreeing.
He slightly lifted his eyelids, looked at Gu Xu, and smiled politely.
"Uncle Gu, I don't want to sell the copyright right now, and I won't sell it to anyone."
Gu Xu wanted to try to help his friend, so he held up a two-character hand gesture in front of Shen Xuewei.
"Weiwei, have you thought this through? That's two million. You're still a student. How long will it take you to earn two million after you graduate and start working?"
Shen Xuewei countered, "Uncle Gu, is two million a lot?"
As she spoke, she revealed the watch on her wrist that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Gu Xu was speechless.
How could he forget that the girl in front of him was not short of money, so why would she care about a mere two million?
Since they were close friends, he asked again, still somewhat unwilling to give up.
"Really not selling?"
Shen Xuewei shook her head, "Not for sale."
Gu Xu sighed. "Alright. Remember to let me know if you change your mind later."
The two then didn't discuss buying the copyright.
Shen Xuewei stayed on set for seven or eight days. As Chu De'an went on vacation from junior high school, her interest in filming on set rapidly diminished. She booked a flight back to Italy and wanted to go home.
The film crew only started shooting this month. After filming at the film and television base, they will move to other locations for location shooting, and the whole process will take about five months.
By the time filming wraps up, it will be December.
Seeing Xu Yue filming intently in front of the camera, Shen Xuewei did not go over to disturb her.
I sent her a message on WeChat, then picked up my luggage and left by myself.
Chu Fu knew she was coming back, and as usual, he drove to the airport to wait for her.
"Second Uncle, is De'an on holiday?"
Chu Fu said, "You released them? Why didn't you release them?"
He exclaimed, "Oh dear, as soon as he came back from his holiday, he started fighting with that kid Kang Kang."
"The house was filled with their chatter. Kang Kang got beaten up by him, and, not to be outdone, went to provoke him the next day and got beaten up again. This time, with his eyes red from crying, he finally gave up..."
Just from his description, Shen Xuewei could imagine the chaos that ensued.
This Kang Kang is practically a reincarnation of a demon, but thankfully, apart from Grandpa Chu, everyone else in the family can keep him in check.
After talking about the Chu brothers, Chu Fu couldn't help but tell her about other gossip in the village.
"Do you remember Demin from your Uncle Dahai's family, the one who's a few years older than you?"
Shen Xuewei took out a bag of biscuits from a box of miscellaneous items next to her.
She first offered it to Chu Fu, but Chu Fu waved his hand to refuse, so she opened it and ate it herself.
Then, following Chu Fu's words, he replied:
"I remember, what happened to her?"
Chu Fu slapped his thigh, "Oh dear, hasn't she been married to someone from Shanwan Village for several years and still hasn't gotten pregnant?"
"She'd been taking medication for years, but her belly still wasn't growing. Her husband's family beat her horribly. She said she'd take her husband with her to the hospital for a checkup. But they said there was nothing wrong with her; it was her husband who couldn't have children..."
"Your daughter has been beaten for so many years, and it's all her fault! Your Uncle Dahai was furious. The day he heard the news, he led a lot of people from the village and went to beat her up..."
He described in detail the details of how the other person was beaten, and Shen Xuewei listened with great interest.
"Second Uncle, how do you know so much?"
Chu Fu beamed, "I was the one who brought Uncle Da and the others there, how could I not know? They enjoyed it so much, I didn't even charge them for the ride..."
Shen Xuewei nodded.
Hmm... For someone like her second aunt's husband, who is very meticulous about every penny, not even accepting the fare means he must be genuinely happy.
"And also, Grandma Hua's grandson came back from working away from home, with dyed blonde hair, and he brought back a green-haired girl..."
As they chatted, Shen Xuewei listened intently to the village gossip, her eyes wide with excitement, showing no signs of sleepiness whatsoever.
She yawned only when they were almost at Fuxing Village.
Seeing this, Chu Fu said, "Your second aunt has tidied up your room. You've been on a plane and a car, I'm exhausted just thinking about it. Take a nap first, and I'll have your second aunt call you for dinner..."
The car was parked in the open space in front of the house. Chu Fu turned off the engine, got out of the car, and went to the back to help her take down her suitcase.
Shen Xuewei unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car.
She had barely stood at the door when a passing "flying" chicken defecated on her shoe and then casually walked away.
Shen Xuewei stared at the poop on the shoe for a long time, and suddenly wanted to eat chicken.
She shouted at the top of her lungs, "Second Aunt, I want to eat chicken, I want to eat the one that just flew past the door and made that really awful noise."
Soon, Chen Fangli's voice came from the kitchen, "Okay, Second Aunt will go catch it and kill it for you to eat."
In less than half a minute, she came out of the kitchen with a cleaver and started catching chickens.
Just as Shen Xuewei's lips curved into a smile, Chu Dexi, reeking of foul odor, ran towards her from not far away.
"Sis, sis, you're back!"
Shen Xuewei glanced at the cow dung on him, then turned and ran.
The two brothers are exactly the same!
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