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"It's just a small matter, okay, I'll ask you later." After hearing the cause and effect, the father was completely relieved, patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Hey, Tom. Now that you're up, go wash up. I've prepared your breakfast." The mother brought bacon and scrambled eggs to the dining room, put them down in front of the father and son, and then patted her son's face. face, said.

Tom looked at his father helplessly, saw him waving his hand at himself, and said, "Let me finish my breakfast, okay?"

Tom knew that there was no need to be in a hurry, anyway, today's newspaper would not be retracted and republished anyway, and it would definitely not be read, and it would be useless to rush for a while now, so he obediently went to wash up and prepare for a long-lost breakfast.

Watching her son walk into the room, the mother squatted down and picked up the newspaper that was thrown on the ground, shook it and discarded it as neatly as possible, handed it to her husband, and asked by the way, "What happened?"

"It's okay, it's just a trivial matter." The father waved his hand and said casually, then took the newspaper from the mother, put it on the table and started to read it.

Seeing that he didn't want to say anything, my mother didn't force it. She went back to the kitchen, poured herself a glass of orange juice, and drank it slowly.

Not long after, Tom also joined the breakfast team. It was rare for the family to sit together and eat breakfast in such a harmonious way on a summer morning.

After breakfast, my father checked the time and saw that it was still early, so he decided to keep his promise, checked the phone number of the newspaper, and called.

But the strange thing is that the phone is always busy. He waved his hand to calm down Tom who was spinning around in a hurry, and then continued to dial until the third time, and finally got through. He breathed a sigh of relief and asked: "Jesus! Finally It's connected. Is there any problem with your phone line?"

"I'm sorry, the phone line is quite busy today, what's your business?" the newspaper staff said in a hoarse voice.

"What I want to ask is about the "Wizard" that was published in your newspaper yesterday, why it wasn't published today." Father turned his head and looked at Tom who was about to speak for him, and said helplessly that the main reason for calling the newspaper this time was Purpose.

"I'm sorry, it was our mistake to forget to make a notice in the newspaper. For the novel "The Witcher", our newspaper only serializes one chapter each day on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Today is Tuesday, so there is no serialization , but we will start from the next issue and record the specific serialization time on it." Although she has said it dozens of times, but for the sake of the image of the newspaper, she still replied patiently.

"Okay, we got it, thank you for your answer." The father thanked the staff of the newspaper very politely, then put down the phone, shrugged and said to his son standing beside him, "Did you hear that? The novel "The Witcher" A new chapter will appear in tomorrow's paper."

"I see, thank you Dad." Knowing that the novel has not disappeared, but the serialization time is not today, although he feels a little regretful, but he is sure that he will be able to read a new chapter tomorrow, and he is already very satisfied.

"Solved?" Mother also came over at this time, holding father's work bag in her hand, handing it to father, and then said: "In that case, go to work, Charlemagne is watching you."

"Well, then I'm leaving." Now that the problem is solved, my father will no longer stay at home. Although there is still enough time, but because the annoying colleague in the company always finds fault with him, it should be early if he can .

As he spoke, he took the briefcase, kissed his mother's face, waved his hand and left the house. When he was driving on the road, he thought about what happened this morning, and felt a little funny for no reason. He actually fell in love with this fantasy novel called "The Witcher", and it looks like he is completely addicted to it. It's incredible. It seems that when he is relaxing in the company, he can take a look at yesterday's newspaper and read this book. What is the great charm of novels that can make people so fascinated.

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On the other side of the California newspaper, because William Smith did not arrange to put the update time of the novel on the newspaper for reminder, as a result, the external phone in the office did not stop at all from the official working time in the morning. In order to cope with the endless stream of readers, the entire office was almost turned upside down.

"Water, water!!" Tolan put down the phone and shouted at Donna who was holding a tray of water glasses.

From the first moment of work, when he picked up the phone for the first time, he basically didn't stop talking, repeating the same topic over and over again, ""The Witcher" has not stopped publishing, and it will be published tomorrow. There is a new chapter in the newspaper" "On Monday, Wednesday and Friday..."

His throat felt like it was on fire, and he suspected that if he continued like this, he would lose his voice after get off work tonight.

"What number is this?" Donna put the water glass in her hand on Tolan's table, and then asked casually.

"Forty? Fifty? Or six, seven, or eighty? I don't remember, but it must be too many for me to count." Tolan counted with his fingers, but just said these few words, the phone on the table rang again Yes, he cursed in his heart, damn new intern, while quickly picking up the phone, he continued to deal with the calling readers.

"Donna, Donna, this way." Donna looked at Tolan who continued to start a new round of phone work. Before she could sigh and mourn for the other party's throat, she heard Collins who had just put down the phone not far away. Urging her, he could only walk quickly towards the other party with a water glass in his hand.

The editor-in-chief's office is much quieter than the noisy outside. At this time, he was making a phone call. After the phone rang several times, he was picked up: "Hi, Miss James, this is the California Times Editor-in-Chief William, William Smith."

Lydia was eating breakfast here, and when she heard the bell, she picked it up. She didn't expect it to be the editor-in-chief of William Smith, who seemed a little arrogant. In her impression, this William Smith was not easy to deal with. When she went to hand in the manuscript last time, she was left out in the cold.

"Mr. Shike? I'm sorry, I didn't recognize your voice. What's the matter?" Lydia said while sitting at the dining table with a phone in her hand, drinking coffee leisurely.

"I'm sorry to disturb your time by calling so early, Ms. James, if you don't mind, you can call me William. I called today to ask if Mr. Baker is free?" William Smith knew that this time It is because he wants something from others, so naturally he has to lower his posture from the beginning, so that the conversation can continue.

"I don't know about Shike, um, does Mr. William have anything important to discuss with Mr. Baker? I am his secretary, if you can, you can tell me directly." Although Lydia was a little surprised why the other party Her tone was so different from before, but she didn't give him any special preferential treatment because of the other party's change of attitude, and directly rejected his idea of ​​seeing Adam.

"Okay. Mr. Baker's fantasy novel "Wizard" has been serialized in our newspaper, and now a chapter has been serialized, and Chapter 2 will be serialized tomorrow." William Smith said, considering his language.

In fact, he did not remind the serialization time of "The Witcher" today. He did it on purpose. Although the distributor attributed the early sell-out of the newspaper to the novel "The Witcher" yesterday, he did not have direct evidence to prove it, so he used such a trick to verify.

If "The Witcher" really has such a great influence on readers, then there must be a lot of readers who came to inquire today.But what he didn't expect was that such a large number of people would turn out to be so many, and the continuous phone calls would soon make their newspaper office into a mess.

However, it was precisely this situation that made him decide to talk to Adam again about the serialization. If possible, he hoped to increase the number of serialized chapters and adjust the serialization time.

"Is there any problem? I remember that this is what we have discussed before. Could it be that Mr. Smith, your newspaper wants to breach the contract?" Lydia said rather displeased. In order to serialize the book on the California Times, The other party was already unhappy. Could it be that they regretted it because of the advertiser's protest?Lydia was thinking about various possible problems, but she angrily reprimanded with stern words that didn't save the other party any face.

"Miss James, you misunderstood. Our newspaper office welcomes the serialization of Mr. Adam Baker's new work in the California Times. I just called this time to ask if we can change the publication time and whether the published chapters can be increased." William Smith, I didn't expect that the other party would think that he had come to breach the contract. He was so wronged. Is he that kind of person?So, he hurriedly spoke to explain.

Hearing what William Smith said, Lydia immediately understood in her heart that it was not bad, but great. It must be that Chapter 1 had a relatively positive impact after it was published, so the other party came to ask for help.

Lydia nodded slightly. She knew that there was absolutely no problem with the quality of Adam's novels, but she was willing to wait at least next week until Adam's exclusive interview came out and attention was high before his novels would be recognized by readers.

Unexpectedly, the speed of spreading is so fast. This is the premise that Adam has not revealed his identity. If he waits until he discloses his name, then he will receive much more attention and likes than now. Therefore, it can basically be concluded that Adam's transformational new work has been successful.

Now it depends on how to cut off a few layers of flesh from the California Times on the basis of the original plan. Lydia is most happy with this action. She still remembers the last time she was treated coldly, maybe it’s time to return It's time.