Chapter 212: Movie Adaptation is Here (Eight Thousand Word Chapter!)

Lu Yan He sent a message to Bai Yu, asking: Bai Yu, how is the draft we talked about before?

Bai Yu replied very quickly, saying: Finished, I am modifying it! I will send it to you after I finish modifying it.

Lu Yan He breathed a sigh of relief.

Bai Yu said again: However, the word count might be slightly over.

Lu Yan He: Hmm?

Bai Yu: Almost 40,000 words.

Lu Yan He probably knows that generally, the short stories published in a magazine are only 10,000 to 15,000 words.

This 40,000 words belongs to a novella.

Lu Yan He thought about it, anyway, their fictional articles are relatively few now, so he said: It's okay, send it to me after you modify it, we will look at the layout later.

Bai Yu: This is an electronic Mook, it shouldn't involve the problem of occupying the layout, right?

Lu Yan He sent a "crying and laughing" emoji and said: This book may also be published as a physical book at the same time.

Xu Xiaoyin's words always make Lu Yan He feel very comfortable and considerate.

Lu Yan He couldn't help but grin and said: "Sister Ziyan, I have never earned so much money before."

Finally, the host asked: "Then regarding the movie adaptation of this novel, does Liu Laoshi have anything else you want to share with us?"

Jiang Yin Publishing House is a large publisher, and its cooperation with electronic reading websites has been a long time, and it is not unfamiliar with what Lu Yan He said.

Liu Jiazhen nodded to them, which is considered a tribute.

"... The dark horse work that was born in June this year, the crime suspense novel 'Nineteen Years of Crime Record' that occupied the major bestseller lists in the summer book market, will be adapted into a theatrical movie by Ruyi Film and Television, scheduled to start filming next year and be released the year after next. Please invite Liu Laoshi Jiazhen, the author of 'Nineteen Years of Crime Record'."

Appearing in "The Golden Age" was just a guest appearance, and it was signed before he became popular in the college entrance examination in June. After the 800,000 yuan that Zhou Ping'an opened his mouth, the crew finally opened a number of 60,000 yuan to Lu Yan He at that time, the company took away the share, and Lu Yan He paid the tax, and got more than 10,000 yuan.

"To show our sincerity, if you are willing to choose us, we will pay you 100,000 yuan in advance," Xu Xiaoyin said, "I know, the Ye Mai website is definitely not short of money, but the cost of physical publication is far higher than electronic reading. Please believe me, this is the best condition we can give at present. It's not that better conditions can't be opened, but to be honest, that is really losing money and shouting."

Lu Yan He: "Still collecting drafts, our cooperation method with the Ye Mai website side may change. Editor Xu Xiaoyin of Jiang Yin Publishing House proposed that she wants to publish the physical book of this theme book. I am very interested, but the Ye Mai website side wants to cooperate with another publisher. Xin Zixing is communicating with the senior management of the Ye Mai website. The production funds for this book may not be borne by the Ye Mai website later."

Lu Yan He thought, you overestimated me.

Xu Xiaoyin said: "Didn't you tell me before that you just happened to lack an editor to be responsible for the manuscript coordination? Just right, Mingyue has been interning with us for nearly two months, and she has had a lot of docking with you before. Later, she will dock with you for specific manuscripts."

After she said these words, Lu Yan He also felt that it made a lot of sense.

The audience laughed kindly.

"Sister Ziyan, I really have a difficulty I encountered and want to ask you?"

After he finished speaking, he nodded to the host.

With the host's introduction, Liu Jiazhen was guided to the stage.

"I'll help you inquire, see if there is any recommended fitness coach," Chen Ziyan said, "Don't worry about money first, let the company help you pay in advance, and deduct it from your salary later."

At this moment, Lu Yan He felt his heart beat fiercely.

"Wow, Liu Laoshi Jiazhen is really young," the host teased with a smile, "And, looking very gentle, not scary at all like in the novel, but very clear and handsome."

Just after replying, Liu Jiazhen heard the woman with nostrils facing the sky at the same table say sarcastically: "Have you heard? Jiang Yin Publishing House is preparing to do the physical distribution of the book edited by Lu Yan He."

At first, it was just because he knew that Bai Yu was writing a novel, so he tried to invite a draft from her, without expecting that she wrote better than he expected.

Yu Jiang is a female writer who emerged through a national essay competition at the age of 17. The first book was cooperated with Kunlun Publishing House, and has been cooperating since then. Liu Jiazhen has not read her books, but has heard of her name for a long time, because her books are very popular, and the topic degree of each book adapted into film and television dramas is very high, which leads to the sales of books in this era reaching 400,000 to 500,000 copies on average. Comparing Liu Jiazhen's sales of "Nineteen Years of Crime Record," you know her fame in the publishing industry.

Liu Jiazhen's eyes lit up, "Good."

Li Zhibai's two eyelids went straight up, gave them a middle finger, and entered the restroom first.

Yan Liang: "Persist, persist for three days and it will be fine."

Lu Yan He is now very curious about Chen Siqi's feedback.

Chen Ziyan: This is what Liu Jiazhen said at the Ruyi Film and Television press conference today. "Nineteen Years of Crime Record" is going to be adapted into a movie by Ruyi Film and Television, so I guess this trending search was bought by Ruyi Film and Television to warm up the movie.

But it shouldn't be very good, right?

Lu Yan He:???

For others, it is a behavior that cannot be understood and not doing proper work, but for people like Xu Xiaoyin who are engaged in publishing work, it is a kind of sentiment similar to seeing the Renaissance.

On the same day, Ruyi Film and Television held their annual press conference.

Yan Liang was full of spirit and asked: "How is it, is it much more energetic after running?"

Lu Yan He took a deep breath, let himself calm down, put away his phone, picked up his chopsticks again, shook his head, and said: "It's okay."

"Hmm?"

Yan Liang slowed down, "Run slowly, if you are too out of breath,

Chen Ziyan said, "Compared to your current market rate, it's not high. After all, it's a production by Director Chen Lingling, and we have to trouble the crew to coordinate a lot of shooting dates. The final negotiation was for 200,000, and we have to provide the crew with a total of forty days of shooting time."

That person stopped talking when they saw him enter.

Bai Yu: If you need any adjustments, tell me, I can edit it to have fewer words!

Lu Yan He: It's fine, let's take a look first.

People always say the entertainment industry is a high-profit business. Lu Yan He debuted as an idol artist, yet while others have more or less enjoyed the windfall brought by this industry, he has spent several years struggling through ups and downs, and only recently has his career slowly started to improve.

"Let's go, let's go, hurry back and drink some water."

Chen Ziyan: "Think it's low? Yan He, don't just look at the pay when we take on roles. With such a good director and a good team, I'd want to send you there even without pay—"

Many celebrities write a book after becoming famous, but they often write about themselves, about the inner journey behind the fame.

Chen Ziyan took a deep breath, "Trust me, I'll lead you to earn more money in the future."

Liu Jiazhen?!

This was truly a number that shocked Lu Yan He. Although Li Zhibai had told him that taking on "Phoenix Terrace" now was a completely different concept from taking on "Golden Age" before, and they couldn't be mentioned in the same breath, Lu Yan He really hadn't realized there could be such a clear difference.

Lu Yan He:?

Kunlun Publishing House?

Hearing these two keywords, Liu Jiazhen immediately realized the identities of the two people in front of him.

Chen Ziyan: You kid really have some skills. First, the Langhua government helped you buy hot searches, then Ruyi Films helped you buy hot searches; you've saved quite a lot on marketing expenses.

So that's how it is.

But indeed, he and Chen Siqi really weren't doing this book to make money.

Lu Yan He scratched his head.

Liu Jiazhen silently made a note of this person, turned his head away, and said nothing more.

Chen Ziyan: "Sometimes the crudest method is the one that solves the problem best."

"200,000?" Lu Yan He widened his eyes in disbelief.

Chen Ziyan actually just said, "How is that book of yours coming along? Your schedule in August is quite busy. Besides the performance at the Beijing Gala, you have to go record 'Young Days' on the 20th. You won't have much time to work on your book then."

After returning from the restroom, that person specifically followed behind Liu Jiazhen, took a detour, and glanced at the back of Liu Jiazhen's chair. Upon seeing the name tag stuck to it, that person's expression changed abruptly.

Lu Yan He nodded.

"Jiazhen!" Chen Ziyan greeted him with pleasant surprise.

"Yan He, be cautious about this matter. Don't sign contracts and agreements randomly, don't fall into a trap," she said. "Send me all the agreements you need to sign later, and I'll find someone to look them over for you."

Liu Jiazhen was stunned when he saw the news that "Jump Up" was going to be physically published, and replied: Okay, okay, I'll do it as soon as possible.

The two of them returned drenched in sweat. As they entered the door, they happened to catch Li Zhibai coming out of his room, one hand scratching his bird's nest hair and the other scratching his butt.

Liu Jiazhen picked up the microphone and said: "As a new author, 'Nineteen Years of Crime Records' is my first novel. To be seen by Ruyi Films so quickly and decided to be adapted into a movie, I must thank one person. You all know him, Lu Yan He. He unintentionally read my book during a livestream, and as a result, my book became popular. But I didn't expect that later someone would ask me if I felt unhappy because my book didn't become popular on its own, but because of a celebrity's recommendation. I said that as an author, we are definitely full of gratitude that a work can be seen by more people, no matter the method. Now that the novel is being adapted into a movie, some readers are worried about what to do if the adaptation isn't good. I think any work can be adapted successfully or fail, but Ruyi Films is willing to adapt 'Nineteen Years of Crime Records' into a movie, allowing this story to be seen by more people and giving this book a chance to be recognized by more people. As an author, I am happy regardless, and I also believe that Ruyi Films will produce this movie with the most sincere heart. Thank you."

"Does he really think that just because he pushed that 'Nineteen Years' and 'Star Tracks' to popularity, he has really joined our literary circle?" Yu Jiang frowned. "Two newcomers who popped out of nowhere are now being hyped by Jiang Yin as if they were geniuses."

The host asked Liu Jiazhen several questions, such as his expectations for the film adaptation, his feelings about cooperating with Ruyi Films, and so on.

Chen Ziyan: "I don't understand book publishing, so I can't help you with that. You'll have to figure it out yourself, but you can tell me if you encounter difficulties. I might not be able to help you directly, but I have plenty of experience in dealing with difficulties."

Finally, it was time for the segment announcing the preparation plan, and Liu Jiazhen was invited by staff to the side of the backstage in advance.

What Lu Yan He didn't expect was that when he woke up at 6:30 the next morning, he saw the manuscript Bai Yu had sent at 3:30 AM.

Lu Yan He didn't dare to respond to this.

Lu Yan He had caught his breath, but his eyes were still vacant, looking like an eggplant beaten by frost.

"There's no need to save money in this regard; you're doing it to prepare for the role," Chen Ziyan said. "Otherwise, what's the point of just running? Can running build up your pectoral muscles and biceps?"

Lu Yan He was covered in sweat, and hearing him say that made him even thirstier.

Chen Siqi looked at him strangely, "Up to you."

Chen Ziyan: Don't let down other people's good intentions. Since you chose to do such a book, do it well.

Lu Yan He: Really?!

Chen Ziyan walked over with a smile, patted his shoulder, and said, "Why are you here today? Does Ruyi Films have a project you're collaborating on?"

Lu Yan He quickly said, "No, no."

Lu Yan He, however, was using his own name to make a book that was a Mook—essentially a magazine.

"Compared to these numbers that show sincerity, we will put effort into the promotion of physical book channels," Xu Xiaoyin said. "This is also why I hope to secure this book. Currently, physical book sales mainly fall into two categories: bookstores and e-commerce. I'll be frank, your name will help us get more favorable conditions and thresholds. Not just for this book, your book can become a ticket to help our publishing house get more promotional resources for more books."

Chen Ziyan laughed and said, "As long as you don't think it's low. Actually, relative to your current fame, this price is a bit low, but there's no helping it. 'Phoenix Terrace' doesn't rely on you to sell this drama; their selling point isn't on you, so they can only give you this much money. But if you perform well in this drama, you can raise your price for future dramas."

Yu Jiang?

He told Xu Xiaoyin all the content of his previous communication with the Ye Mai website.

"The situation is like this now, and we are still waiting for feedback from the Ye Mai website. The best result is for the three of us to be responsible for the production of this book together. If that doesn't work, we will bear the production costs ourselves and then collect royalties from you and the Ye Mai website."

"Oh, Teacher Yu Jiang, don't say that. You are our ace at Kunlun Publishing House now."

Xu Xiaoyin said: "Yan He, I think it's like this: the best way is for all three parties to find someone who has a say, sit down together, and properly settle the cooperation agreement—how production costs are borne, how electronic reading and physical books are sold, how promotion and channels are divided, etc. It's much more convenient than the two of you acting as messengers in the middle. To be honest, if you are the messengers in the middle, then we will definitely have a process of constantly testing each other's bottom line, which is a torture and doesn't have much meaning. It's best for the three parties to sit down and talk clearly, reach a consensus, and achieve a win-win situation."

"What if you encounter an artist who doesn't cooperate?" Lu Yan He said. "Li Zhibai can't write a manuscript to save his life; I'm at my wit's end."

He first forwarded it to Chen Siqi before opening the document and sitting on the bed to read it.

Lu Yan He: "Don't, you run your run, don't worry about me."

"Mm-hmm." Liu Jiazhen waved at Chen Ziyan, watched her walk into the crowd, and then continued to sit in his seat.

"Ah?" Lu Yan He was startled.

The host smiled and said: "Liu Laoshi spoke so well. Please, readers of 'Nineteen Years of Crime Records', look forward to our movie! We will definitely produce this movie with the most positive attitude and live up to everyone's expectations!"

The most critical thing was that Chen Ziyan actually said this didn't reach his market price?

Then how much could his market price be now?

Xu Xiaoyin brought along intern Xu Mingyue.

Chen Ziyan: Ruyi Films came to ask, are you willing to play a role in "Nineteen Years of Crime Records"?

Lu Yan He: Ah?

Chen Ziyan: They said, they can't let you play the lead, but you can pick a supporting role yourself, as long as you're willing.

His phone buzzed.

Hearing Lu Yan He say this, with his simple, silly tone, Chen Ziyan just felt inexplicably heartbroken.

Liu Jiazhen: "..."

Lu Yan He was astonished.

He walked in silently.

Xu Xiaoyin being able to provide a 9% royalty for a Mook edited by Lu Yan He really didn't treat him poorly.

Chen Ziyan knew as soon as she heard it that this matter had become a bit complicated.

Lu Yan He: "Don't tell me about these things yet, I need to slow down first."

Not exercising usually, starting to move now made Lu Yan He start panting after running less than two thousand meters.

It looked like someone had finished editing it overnight and sent it over.

After the final payments for "Golden Age" and the graduation gala performance arrived, Lu Yan He's savings had just barely exceeded 100,000 yuan. When he told Chen Siqi before that he would bear the production costs of "Jump Up" himself, he spoke very grandly, but his heart was still trembling a little. He didn't know if the pay for "Phoenix Terrace" had increased compared to "Golden Age".

He didn't know if that man had reminded Yu Jiang of something, but Yu Jiang didn't say another word afterwards.

"It's all paid for by fans; how many people are actually watching?" The woman crossed her arms over her chest. "Our readers are written by us word by word. It's fortunate you didn't cooperate with him, otherwise it would have affected my mood to cooperate with you."

Lu Yan He waved his hand and said while panting: "You run first, I'll catch up slowly."

The author of "Nineteen Years of Crime Records"?!

He silently put a cross next to this person in his heart.

The man nodded, "I heard about it. Actually, Editor-in-Chief Chen also wanted to snatch it, but didn't beat the others."

"This might be a kind of sentiment for everyone in the publishing industry," Xu Xiaoyin said, smiling slightly. "Seeing that you are willing to work with your classmates to make such a Mook after finishing your exams, I am really moved. I didn't expect that after so many years, famous people like you would start being willing to use their popularity and influence to make books again."

Bai Yu:!!!

Lu Yan He: It's not certain yet, so I need to wait a bit.

Liu Jiazhen looked at the audience. First, he glanced at Chen Ziyan sitting in the second row, who was watching him with an encouraging gaze and clapping actively after every time he spoke. Then he glanced at his own seat; Yu Jiang was still sitting at that table, but because it was quite far away and due to the lighting, Liu Jiazhen couldn't see her expression clearly.

In all fairness, Lu Yan He felt that this novel was written much better than he had expected.

"Mm, good, I think so too. However, before inviting all three parties together to talk, Sister Xiaoyin, I want to understand first: how do you want to make the book 'Jump Up'?"

Xu Xiaoyin said: "First of all, we will provide a 9% royalty. Secondly, we estimate the physical sales of this book in the first month of release to be around 30,000. This number is purely estimated based on current online popularity because we haven't seen the content yet, and there are no celebrity-edited Mooks on the market to compare with. To be honest, I personally want to do this book partly because it will definitely sell, but more because I want to maintain a good cooperative relationship with you. We've actually known each other for less than two months, but when people talk about the relationship between Lu Yan He and the publishing industry, they all know you cooperate more closely with us. I hope to let this impression continue."

Lu Yan He had previously understood roughly about royalties for physical publishing: an ordinary author's royalty is now about 6 to 7 points, which is the book's price X (6%-7%). A more famous author can get about 8 to 9 points, and the particularly awesome ones can get 12 points, or even 14 points. The latter are basically "king bomb" authors with million-level sales.

"I feel like I'm about to collapse."

But at this hour, Chen Siqi was probably not awake yet.

"But there is one point: when we signed the contract, you promised me that you would listen to me regarding what work to take, what not to take, how much money to take, and what to do," Chen Ziyan said, and immediately looked a bit disgusted. "200,000 makes you so ecstatic; who knows if someone will throw a million at you later to act in a big piece of trash, and you'll just go scurrying over."

Lu Yan He replied immediately: Mm-hmm, we plan to finish the manuscript on August 10th. The distribution plan for "Jump Up" has changed; it will be distributed as a physical book by Jiang Yin Publishing House simultaneously, so the time is tighter than before. Sorry for the trouble!

As soon as he went in, he happened to run into that man on the phone: "... Oh, ever since this little princess found out that Lu Yan He didn't agree to act in the adaptation of her novel 'Empty Face', she's treated Lu Yan He like an enemy. I've been listening to her complain the whole way. Sigh, she clearly thought he was handsome before, saying how rare it is for an artist to be handsome and willing to read, but now she's completely turned her back on him."

Hanging up the phone, Lu Yan He was still in disbelief.

At 2:00 PM, Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi met Xu Xiaoyin at Jiang Yin Publishing House.

Yan Liang asked: "Do you want to join us and run for a while every morning?"

Lu Yan He finished reading the novel in one breath. Lu Yan He had originally thought it was a romance novel because the beginning was too romantic; he didn't expect the direction of the novel to be otherwise.

The plot of the novel is actually not complicated; it writes about a female high school student who, after failing the college entrance exam and accidentally meeting a boy with a hearing impairment, slowly finds her courage and confidence back in this hot summer.

His entire complexion was bad.

He rubbed his face, got up to wash, and went running with Yan Liang.

After a while, two more people came to sit at this table, and he didn't know what their status or background was.

"Good." Lu Yan He's voice sounded quite overjoyed, making Chen Ziyan immediately realize his current mood. Chen Ziyan asked with a smile, "200,000 makes you this happy?"

Lu Yan He said "Mm," his eyes vacant and his gaze unfocused.

Lu Yan He: Uh.

After introducing Xu Mingyue, Xu Xiaoyin said: "Regarding this book, we also want to ask: what kind of cooperation will we have later?"

"It's really speechless." The woman immediately rolled her eyes. "An artist acting as an editor-in-chief, and every publishing house is fighting to publish it, but we serious writers are not valued by anyone."

Hearing this, Lu Yan He immediately smiled at Xu Mingyue and said: "I'll leave it to you, Senior."

Liu Jiazhen left the stage.

At 6:30 PM, Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi were eating noodles at a noodle shop when his phone suddenly notified him of a message from Chen Ziyan. Opening it, Chen Ziyan sent a message that was actually a screenshot of a hot search: Liu Jiazhen says Lu Yan He let "Nineteen Years of Crime Records" be known by more people.

Liu Jiazhen sat in his chair as if nothing had happened, waiting for the press conference to begin.

The man seemed to be the woman's editor. Hearing the woman say this, he was a bit helpless, "There's no helping it. The influence of artists is indeed relatively large now. If they are willing to be editors-in-chief, the sales of the books are also guaranteed."

"No, no!" Lu Yan He said quickly, "I didn't expect it to be this high."

"Good." Lu Yan He nodded.

Lu Yan He: What should I say?

Chen Ziyan: Go thank Liu Jiazhen. I only found out later that he was deliberately supporting you.

As a small shareholder of Ruyi Films, Chen Ziyan was also invited to attend this press conference, but unexpectedly saw Liu Jiazhen here.

Chen Ziyan: "Then lock him in a room to write, and don't let him out until he writes it."

One of them was a bit better and returned a smile; the other had his nostrils pointed to the sky, looking down on people.

Lu Yan He said: "Finding a professional coach must be expensive, right? I'll move on my own for now, and find one when I need to."

"Mm." Lu Yan He nodded vigorously.

The host smiled and said: "Welcome Liu Laoshi to our scene today..."

"With the decline of print media, the channels for physical books, especially fiction novels, to reach readers have narrowed a lot. More and more fiction novels have to rely on conceptual marketing to hype, otherwise they won't sell. I sincerely hope that your Mook can be done for a long time, become a brand, and find a new path in this era of declining print media and developed internet."

Indeed, it couldn't.

"Pay?" Lu Yan He was suddenly a bit nervous, "Sister Ziyan, then how much pay can I get for acting in 'Phoenix Terrace'?"

He typed a reply: Sorry, it's actually already written, but when I read it myself, I found the crime trick designed too simply. I want to change it, but I'm stuck in a bottleneck. I can't think of it, and it's been bothering me for several days. Please give me more time to think about it.

Liu Jiazhen: "..."

Liu Jiazhen picked it up and saw that it was a message from Lu Yan He: Brother Jiazhen, how is the manuscript we agreed on before coming along? Can you give it to me this week?

Liu Jiazhen looked at the time; it was already Thursday today.

Lu Yan He was silent.

Chen Siqi had to express disgust: "What kind of madness are you having?"

How could those words saying exercise makes people spirited be spoken?! -

After running, I have to stop and rest for a while, and stroll back slowly."

Li Zhibai looked at the two of them sweating profusely after the same exercise, and immediately clicked his tongue twice, looking quite moved.

Xu Mingyue smiled a bit embarrassedly and said: "I'm very happy to be able to participate in the editing work of this book."

Liu Jiazhen waved his hands quickly, his face turning red.

"..." Yan Liang looked back at Lu Yan He's expression, which was indescribable.

Liu Jiazhen had heard Mingyin mention Yu Jiang before. This was the first time he met her, and he didn't expect her to be such a narrow-minded person who spoke with sharp, mean words.

He poured himself two glasses of water, sat on the stool, dazed, and emptied himself.

"If it weren't for Director Chen requiring me to look more robust and not so delicate, I really couldn't persist," Lu Yan He said to Chen Ziyan on the phone.

"Don't be too fierce all at once. How long has it been since you exercised? Haste makes waste. No one said you have to become a muscular hunk in a month or two," Chen Ziyan said. "Practice slowly. If you start too hard, you won't be able to persist later. Why are you running six thousand meters at once? For the first few days, just run one or two thousand meters to wake up your muscles, and then slowly increase the training volume later. Moreover, if you want to train your physique, running alone is not enough; you have to go to the gym and find a professional coach to help you train."

Liu Jiazhen was sitting in his seat, feeling a bit restless and unaccustomed to such an occasion, when suddenly his name was called. He was startled, looked up awkwardly, saw a familiar face, stood up properly, bowed to Chen Ziyan, and called: "Sister Ziyan."

Chen Ziyan had witnessed the social anxiety of this young novelist, and she was between laughter and tears, "It's okay, I'll just sit below. If you're nervous looking at others, just look at me."

After Chen Ziyan finished chatting with Liu Jiazhen, "Then I'll go to my seat first, let's talk later."

Although she had only met him once when Lu Yan He was doing a livestream exchange, Chen Ziyan had a good memory and recognized him at a glance.

Fortunately, the press conference was about to start. The man beside Yu Jiang got up to go to the restroom, and Liu Jiazhen, thinking he would have to go on stage later, also went to the restroom.

Yan Liang looked at his watch, nodded, and said: "I'll go back with you too."

Saying this, Liu Jiazhen sighed.

Lu Yan He: Ah?

Chen Ziyan: There is an author named Yu Jiang sitting at the same table as him. She didn't know he was Liu Jiazhen and complained about you, a celebrity artist, editing a literary magazine, calling it "hanging a sheep's head to sell dog meat." That's why he said those words on stage.

Lu Yan He: I will!

Chen Ziyan: There is another surprise.

Lu Yan He pursed his lips seriously and said: "Sister Xiaoyin, I have to clarify a situation. We previously discussed an exclusive cooperation agreement with the Ye Mai website because we didn't consider the situation of physical publishing at the time, thinking the cost was too high and not very realistic..."

Yan Liang looked speechless and said: "Are you sure you can catch up?"

Chen Ziyan: Now you know why I told you to make friends widely?

Lu Yan He: 【Starry eyes】 Thank you, Sister! Sister is awesome! -

Chen Siqi watched Lu Yan He stop eating halfway, keep messaging people, and then suddenly shake his shoulders with uncontrollable joy, his face full of joy that couldn't be hidden, even nodding his mouth open. No matter how handsome he was, he looked like a fool now.

Liu Jiazhen nodded, his socially anxious face feeling a bit more secure because he saw an acquaintance, "My 'Nineteen Years of Crime Records' had its film adaptation rights bought by them. Today they will announce here that it will be adapted into a movie, and then they asked me to come over and go on stage, sigh."

"Didn't worry about you, I'm about the same. How far do you think I run every day?" Yan Liang said. "And I forgot to bring water out today too."

"Of course, I know you aren't doing this book for the manuscript fee. If you want to earn money, you can easily earn more money from one commercial performance than from publishing ten books."

In less than two seconds, Chen Siqi saw Lu Yan He's chopsticks stop again, smiling foolishly at the noodles in the bowl.

Chen Siqi changed to muttering in her heart this time: Really sick.

Outside the noodle shop, the sunset had already sunk, but it hadn't sunk into the ground yet.

The whole city was shrouded in orange-red twilight, and the unique leisurely freedom of summer lingered in the air.