Chapter 27

Li Ye finally chose "Lurk" as his test work for entering the eighties novel circle.

After all, "Battle Through the Heavens" is indeed too ahead of its time. If it were submitted to a Hong Kong publisher in this era, it might be "treasured," but in the Great Celestial Empire, where the spring breeze has just begun to blow, it is still somewhat unorthodox.

You know, classic works like "Ordinary World" faced a lot of opposition when winning awards because they were suspected of being "gratifying novels" (satisfying novels).

"Gratifying novels," in the cultural circle at this moment, does not have high acceptance.

If Li Ye were an old author, that might be another matter, but as a newcomer with a blank slate, they might just reject your manuscript directly.

After Li Ye set his goal, he began to list outlines on paper, then activated his previous life's memories, and began to write detailed outlines based on the content of the TV series.

The original novel of "Lurk" is a short story, with only ten or twenty thousand words in total, and only five main characters. In terms of excitement, it is not as good as the adapted TV series version.

So Li Ye needs to convert the content of the TV series into chapter-by-chapter text plots, which can be considered "a little difficult."

At this moment, Li Ye is very glad that he read enough books in his previous life and tried writing web novels, so he didn't encounter any stumbling blocks in the process of conversion and replication; instead, he felt the pleasure of writing as if guided by a god.

【Yu Zecheng gives gifts to Station Master Wu... designs to frame Li Ya... Zuo Lan sacrifices...】

Li Ye was writing the outline happily when he vaguely felt the sensation of being "peered at."

He turned his head and happened to meet the eyes of Wen Leyu, who had stretched her neck and was cautiously peeking at his writing.

Seeing that she was discovered by Li Ye, Wen Leyu didn't shrink back like lightning as she did last time; she just smiled and was only slightly shy.

After helping each other during this period, the two were no longer distant and had a tendency to develop toward being best friends or brothers, so naturally, they weren't that embarrassed.

Wen Leyu looked at Li Ye's dense outline and asked, "What are you writing?"

Li Ye thought for a moment and wrote on a piece of paper: "I am writing a novel."

"........."

Wen Leyu, who was a curious baby just a moment ago, turned into a confused kitten in the blink of an eye.

A pair of big eyes looked at Li Ye without blinking, and a small mouth opened into an 'O' shape, which didn't close for a long time.

She had lived in a complex environment for eighteen years and had seen countless people and things, but she had never seen such... a confident person.

Wen Leyu thought for a moment, took out a piece of paper, and seriously wrote down a paragraph.

【Every inch has its strengths and every foot has its weaknesses. Don't feel inferior because of the flash of brilliance in others. Look at yourself more, and you will find a lot of starlight that the other party does not possess.】

After writing, Wen Leyu nudged Li Ye's arm with her elbow, signaling him to look at her note.

Li Ye, who was writing furiously, turned his head and looked at these short words in surprise. Unknowingly, a warm sense of comfort flowed in his heart.

Li Ye took the note and wrote his reply under Wen Leyu's line.

【I have no entanglement with Lu Jingyao anymore, and there will be no entanglement in this life, so please really don't misunderstand me again.】

Wen Leyu stretched her small head, watched Li Ye finish writing the answer, and after being stunned for a few seconds, casually took Li Ye's fountain pen.

She wrote on the paper: 【What if Lu Jingyao comes back to find you?】

Li Ye answered in a second: 【Let her get lost.】

".........."

Wen Leyu looked at Li Ye calmly. After a long while, a smile slowly appeared on her palm-sized face, slowly rippling and blooming.

Li Ye was actually distracted.

There are always some people who hide a beauty that makes one intoxicated. Wen Leyu's smile was like a peony in full bloom.

You originally thought the outer petals were beautiful enough, but the next moment, the even more stunning stamen had just revealed its true appearance.

Hao Jian's work efficiency was very high. Four days after Li Ye gave him five yuan, he found Li Ye at the County No. 2 Middle School.

"I spent two days in the provincial capital and found some... partners according to what you said.

Some of them are very willing to wholesale hemp candy from us, but the quantity is not large. Others are difficult to deal with and demand credit sales."

"We don't do credit sales," Li Ye waved his hand and said, "Don't think that just because the quantity is small, it's not meat.

Start doing it bit by bit, figure out the background of these people, and determine who can cooperate long-term and who must be guarded against and kept away from..."

"I understand this,"

Hao Jian nodded and said, "I still have a high level of ability in judging people. When I first saw you, I knew you were a good person."

Li Ye: ".........."

【When you looked at me back then, I'm afraid you thought I was a fool who was easy to fool, right?】

Li Ye didn't puncture Hao Jian's flattery and took fifty yuan out of his pocket.

Hao Jian's eyes lit up, comparable to a hundred-watt light bulb.

In the current Qingshui County, the dowry for marrying a big girl starts at forty, and at most, adding two sets of clothes or buying cloth to make them yourself; fifty yuan is really a "large sum" of money.

Li Ye gave the money to Hao Jian and said, "Keep the money safe. I'll take you to see someone."

Hao Jian carefully took the money, put it into the interlayer of his close-fitting vest, and asked casually, "See who? Your section chief relative?"

"No, a brother who practices boxing. Let him help you out in the future."

"A brother who practices boxing?"

Hao Jian's light footsteps paused significantly, and then he said in a low voice, "Our small business won't have any profit if we add more people."

"You don't need to worry about this. Just do as I say."

Li Ye turned his head and glanced at Hao Jian, saying with a half-smile, "Why, do you think I'm just putting in a share and taking money for nothing without working?"

Hao Jian immediately shook his head and said firmly, "How could that be! You put up all the capital, so you must have the final say. You are the proprietor and I am the shopkeeper."

It must be said that Hao Jian is truly a smart person of this era, immediately and accurately finding his own identity positioning.

The capital was put up by Li Ye, and the market relations were covered by Li Ye. You, Hao Jian, are Sun Wukong, and even so, you have to obediently wear the tight-fillet spell and lead the horse to work for the master.

Li Ye took Hao Jian to a shanty town in the north of the city, circled around several times according to his vague memory, and finally found a dilapidated small courtyard.

In his memory, one of Li Ye's "fellow apprentices" lived in this small courtyard. He had practiced boxing with his grandfather for a few days when he was fifteen.

Later, he went to the countryside and returned to the city, but the relationship was never broken. During festivals, he would still go to the Li family to pay respects to the old man.

It's just that this kid didn't like being managed. After returning to the city, he was arranged to go to a construction company, and in less than a month, he beat up the team leader.

After coming out of the construction company, Jin Peng wandered in society, either huddled at home playing poker or squatting at the entrance of the cinema watching girls.

His mother was anxious, but he's your own son, what can you do, chop him up?

As soon as Li Ye walked to the courtyard gate, he heard the shouts of "two Ks" and "a pair of twos" coming from inside.

"Jin Peng, Jin Peng, come out for a moment."

Li Ye didn't intend to deal with those people inside, so he stood at the courtyard gate and called for Jin Peng to come out.

"Eh? Who is it?"

The window in the courtyard opened. A man with a flat top sitting on the kang saw Li Ye, hurriedly got off the kang, put on his shoes, and came out.

"Xiao Ye, why are you here?"

"I'm looking for you to discuss something."

Li Ye pulled Jin Peng to walk a few steps outside and pointed at Hao Jian, saying, "A relative of my classmate wants to go to the provincial capital to do some business recently.

That's not our territory, so we need someone bold, careful, and reliable to help out. What do you think?"

"Go to the provincial capital to do business?" Jin Peng was stunned and asked, "What business? Does it need to see blood?"

"........."

Hao Jian was speechless. Why are there only such reckless youths? We are going to make money, not to roam the world and grab territory, okay?

Li Ye said, "It's just selling hemp candy. No need for retail; there are local peddlers there to take over. If you encounter trouble, bluff them first. If you can't bluff them, then safety comes first, of course, and run away."

"Then I understand. Just call me when you're leaving."

Jin Peng agreed very crisply and prepared to go back to continue playing poker; he was holding a pair of kings in his hand that he hadn't played yet!

But Li Ye held him back: "You might not have understood. If this goes smoothly, it's a long-term business. It's not letting you help for nothing. For every jin of candy sold, you get two cents as an escort fee."

".........."

Jin Peng blinked, as if he had gotten the taste of it. He looked at Li Ye and smiled: "Xiao Ye, does this business have your share?"

Li Ye didn't answer and said directly: "Just say whether you'll do it or not! If you don't do it, I'll find someone else."

"Do it, do it, do it," Jin Peng hurriedly held Li Ye and said with a laugh: "I'm almost annoyed to death by my mother at home all day. Xiao Ye, you're pulling your fellow apprentice along!"

Watching Li Ye and Jin Peng being close there, Hao Jian felt both admiration and disappointment.

【Alright! You've buried an eye for me!】

Hao Jian could guess with his toes that Li Ye's "commission" of two cents per jin was a "poisonous scheme."

Looking at the shrewd and efficient look of this Jin Peng, he would definitely be watched tightly, and there wouldn't even be an error of a grain of hemp candy.