A sickly bamboo horse dressed as a villain

Qiao Wen and Guan Zhenbao haven't been in touch for a long time.

Sometimes I have to lament the mystery of fate. Who would have thought that in less than a year, Guan Zhenbao would transform from a down-and-out young master who lived by selling his ancestral property to a new talent in Hong Kong City.

After receiving Qiao Wen's call, Guan Zhenbao was obviously pleasantly surprised: "Awen, what do you need from me?"

Qiao Wen smiled: "Great writer, congratulations on the end of your novel serialization."

Guan Zhenbao said: "Oh, don't call me a great writer, I'm so embarrassed."

Qiao Wen said: "You are a great writer now, so don't worry about it."

Guan Zhenbao smiled and said, "It's just luck. If it wasn't for Anan and you, I wouldn't have the inspiration to write this novel." As he spoke, he asked weakly, "By the way, Ah Wen, Anan knows that I am based on him. As a prototype, are you unhappy?"

Qiao Wen said: "How can he be unhappy? He just doesn't like to read and asks me to dictate to him every day."

Guan Zhenbao laughed: "He doesn't make a living by reading and writing, so don't force him to read."

Qiao Wen: "..." Did everyone know that he forced Chen Jianan to study?He coughed lightly and said, "I really wanted to ask you something when I called you."

"You say what you say."

Qiao Wen: "Anan and I are going to invest in making a movie, so we thought about adapting your novel directly, so I asked if your movie adaptation rights have been sold? Then I want to invite you to be a screenwriter."

Guan Zhenbao was overjoyed: "Really? You want to shoot my novel? That's really great."

"So your film adaptation rights haven't been sold yet?"

Guan Zhenbao: "Not yet, but I heard from Boss Liu of the newspaper that several film companies are asking. He wants to compare the conditions before buying. If you want to buy, I will let him sell it to you directly."

Qiao Wen was very happy when he heard that he hadn't sold it yet, but when he heard what he said later, he felt bad, and asked with a frown, "Don't tell me, your novel has already been bought out by the newspaper, right?" ?”

Guan Zhenbao obviously didn't think there was anything wrong, and replied quite happily: "Yes, originally I was paid 10 characters for the manuscript, but halfway through the serialization, Boss Liu directly gave me [-] yuan to buy all the copyrights. One hundred thousand, it’s the first time I’ve made such a large amount of money by myself when I grow up. Speaking of which, I’m really lucky to meet such a straightforward person as Boss Liu. How about this, I’ll take you to see him tomorrow, let He transferred the film adaptation rights to you."

Qiao Wen stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead, sighed silently, thinking that this ex-rich young man was sold out and paid for it.

The family's routine of all evil capital has not changed for decades.

However, this cannot be blamed on Guan Zhenbao. One hundred thousand is indeed a huge sum of money in this era. Although he is not too young, he is indeed a single, stupid young man who is just a fledgling. When someone buys his works with one hundred thousand, he only He would feel that other people have discerning eyes, but how could he think that they were cheating him.

As everyone knows, for a popular novel in the city, the publishing royalties in the next few years alone will be more than [-], not to mention movies and TV shows.

But on the phone, he didn't say much to Guan Zhenbao. After all, to let this talented but ignorant young master know that he was cheated, he couldn't explain it clearly in a few words.

When he returned to the house, Chen Jianan was still holding an English card and reading aloud, with a bit of a posture of hanging his head and stabbing his hips.Seeing him coming in, he casually asked, "How is it?"

Qiao Wen shrugged, and said helplessly, "Master Guan transferred the copyright of the novel to the newspaper, and now the novel has nothing to do with him except the authorship right."

Although Chen Jianan had little knowledge in his belly, he could hear that something was wrong: "Why?"

Qiao Wen said with a smile: "The boss gave him [-]. He thinks it's quite a lot, and I'd like to thank him."

Chen Jianan snorted, "It's a miracle that Young Master Guan has survived to this day."

"I'll go to the newspaper office with him tomorrow and we'll talk about it." Qiao Wen climbed onto the bed and saw that he had put the card away but didn't seem to leave. He couldn't help being surprised, "Aren't you going back to sleep?"

"Well, here... let's go back." Chen Jianan looked at him, and slowly got out of bed as if in slow motion.

Qiao Wen got into the thin quilt, watched him take a long time before moving a step, with a pair of dark eyes, and secretly glanced at himself, smiled secretly, and pretended to say casually: "Or you can sleep here."

Chen Jianan, who was originally moving in a snail, his eyes lit up, and suddenly turned into a whirlwind lightning, jumped onto the bed, and got into his bed, as if he was afraid that he would go back on his word.

Seeing his body straightened, Qiao Wen laughed silently, and reached out to turn off the light.

The room suddenly darkened, and all small sounds were amplified.

Chen Jianan heard the sound of breathing next to him, and his heart couldn't stop beating wildly.It has been three months since his birthday, and he has never shared the same bed with Qiao Wen again.After all, they are not brothers who have grown up together since they were young. It seems that they can't find a reason to sleep together again.

But I'm sorry, but I still long for it in my heart.So just now when Qiao Wen took the initiative to mention it, he was almost ecstatic.

And he was sure that sleeping on the same bed with Qiao Wen now felt very different from before.

Just...a particularly itchy and unbearable scratching of his heart and lungs, but he didn't dare to move.

Qiao Wen originally wanted to fall asleep quickly, but the sound of this guy's heartbeat was as clear as a drum beating in the night.

He sighed, stretched out his hand across the quilt, patted his chest lightly, and said, "Brother Nan, it's not the first time we've slept in the same bed, so don't be so nervous."

Chen Jianan: "???" Is it so obvious?

Qiao Wen said again: "If you really can't fall asleep, just get up and read two pages of the book."

Chen Jianan's charming thoughts immediately subsided and dressed up, and quickly yawned: "Of course I can sleep, I'm so sleepy."

Knowledge is power—and sure enough, after a few minutes, the beating of a drum gave way to deep breathing.

Qiao Wen laughed silently in the dark, removed his hands from his chest, and fell asleep as well.

Although the winter in Hong Kong City is far from that in the Northland, it is quite cool at the end of December. This coolness is just right and it is very good for sleep.

However, the next morning, Qiao Wen woke up from the heat.

There was no other reason, but because Chen Jianan, who was like a furnace, hugged him with hands and feet at some point.The heat is only one of them, and it is a big deal to have a hard thing on the lower back.

He pushed Chen Canaan: "Brother Nan, go release the water."

Chen Jianan woke up in a daze, and when he saw his movements, he immediately released him with a guilty conscience.

Qiao Wen turned over and deliberately looked down at him.

This guy actually became shy, noticed his gaze, quickly covered it with his hands, blushed and said, "That... a normal reaction."

Qiao Wen smiled and nodded: "Well, young people are like this."

Afterwards, Chen Jianan occupied the toilet for half an hour, and it was self-evident what to do.

Guan Zhenbao, who received Qiao Wen's call last night, was almost excited all night.After meeting with Qiao Wen, he immediately stayed up all night to come up with the idea of ​​adapting the plot, and told him about it.

Qiao Wen appreciated his idea very much, but he didn't know if the copyright of the novel could be taken back.

Sure enough, Guan Zhenbao took him to see Boss Liu, and after explaining his intention straight to the point, Boss Liu immediately said with a bitter face: "Guan Shao, of course we give priority to the friends you recommend, but you are indeed late .We have already negotiated with Tengxing Pictures, and we will sign the contract soon. They are a big company, if we go back halfway, there will be no way to cooperate in the future, and I hope Guan Shao can understand."

The owner of the newspaper is in his 40s, wearing a pair of tortoise-shell glasses. He looks like a literati.

"Ah?" Guan Zhenbao said anxiously, "Then you tell them that the original author did not agree."

Boss Liu said: "Young Master Guan, you are a literati. I understand that you don't understand these things. But the market has market rules. Your work now belongs to our publishing house, and the other party knows it. This argument is useless."

Upon hearing this, Guan Zhenbao looked at Qiao Wen with a guilty face.

Qiao Wen had already expected this to happen, no matter whether they had negotiated with the so-called Tengxing Films or not, they would definitely say so in order to raise the price.

Because he was prepared, he was not in a hurry. He smiled and said, "Since Boss Liu hasn't signed the contract yet, let's add 20.00% to the price offered by Tengxing Films. What do you think?"

Boss Liu said embarrassingly, "It's not about money, it's about sincerity." After finishing speaking, he also looked at Guan Zhenbao.

Qiao Wen understood in his heart that the prices of transactions in the industry were kept secret, and the original author would not know how much he was worth, but if he sold it to the author's friend, the price would no longer be a secret.Therefore, even if his bid is 20.00% higher than that of others, it is impossible for Boss Liu to sell it to him.

He nodded: "Boss Liu is sincere in his business, and my younger brother admires it very much. Anyway, if you change your mind, please call me anytime."

"Okay, okay." Boss Liu nodded again and again, and said a few more polite words, and personally sent people out of the door, especially for Guan Zhenbao, who was so attentive and warm - how can such a big cash cow not be attentive? ?

After leaving the newspaper office, Guan Zhenbao drooped his unlucky face and said dejectedly, "Ah Wen, I didn't know you were going to make a movie, otherwise you wouldn't have sold all the rights to Boss Liu."

Qiao Wen looked at him and said with a smile: "Zhenbao, you are a writer and literati, and your works are your children, and they are all priceless. Don't transfer the ownership to others permanently just because of immediate interests. Look, "The Brave" "Into the World" was originally your work, but now it's not up to you to decide. Boss Liu is a businessman, not a living Bodhisattva. He bought you out for 10 yuan, not because he is straightforward, but because your work is far from worth it price." He paused, and continued, "A good original movie script is worth tens of thousands, and the copyright of your best-selling novel, which already has a large number of readers, is more expensive than the script, and you have to believe in your own talent. The novel will definitely become a classic, and you can shoot it again after a few years, not to mention the steady stream of publishing royalties. Boss Liu buys out your novel for [-] yuan, and the money you can earn is not only [-] yuan times."

Guan Zhenbao reacted quite quickly this time, and looked at him in astonishment: "So Boss Liu is tricking me?"

Qiao Wen coughed lightly: "You can't say that, after all, it's your wish."

Guan Zhenbao sighed sadly: "That means I am too stupid."

Qiao Wen smiled: "No matter what, first find a way to get the copyright back, and then transfer the copyright later. There must be a period of time, and no one can permanently buy out your work. Including us."

Guan Zhenbao nodded: "I understand." He hesitated again, "But the contract has already been signed, can I take it back?"

Qiao Wen asked, "Have you started writing the second part of Bravely Entering the World?"

"The second part?" Guan Zhenbao shook his head blankly, "The novel has ended, there is no second part."

Qiao Wen smiled and said, "Whether you have it or not, you can have it now."

"Ah?" Guan Zhenbao looked at him in confusion.

Qiao Wen said: "I will arrange an interview for you tomorrow. You told the reporter that you are writing the second part of "Bravely Entering the World", and the other party asked you where you are serializing, and you said that several newspapers are negotiating, but it has not been confirmed yet. You are Boss Liu This novel has doubled the sales of his newspaper. If he knows that you are going to write a second book, he will definitely talk to you immediately. At that time, you will make a condition that he sell the rights back to you. You just agreed to continue serializing it in his newspaper and hand over the publishing rights to him. You are his cash cow now, and he will most likely agree, but the redemption price should be much higher than if you sold it to him. "

Guan Zhenbao nodded: "That's okay, after all, he is a businessman, as long as the negotiation can be done, it should be spent money to buy a lesson."

Qiao Wen smiled: "It's good if you can think like this."

Guan Zhenbao sighed: "You still have a solution, Ah Wen. If it weren't for you, I might have lost all my family property by now, and I was driven out by the housekeeper to beg for food."

Qiao Wen smiled: "Zhenbao, you are a truly talented person, don't underestimate yourself." After finishing speaking, he looked at his watch and said, "Brother Nan is filming on the set this morning, do you want to go check it out?" class?"

Guan Zhenbao was surprised: "Has Anan become a star?"

Qiao Wen laughed: "That's not true. He went to make martial arts for the movie, and took his brothers to become dragon and tiger martial arts masters. It can be regarded as learning in the industry. With his martial arts, he can make the best use of everything in martial arts. It's better than that." It's good to fight and make trouble."

Guan Zhenbao nodded: "That's right."

The two rushed to the set and were filming a scene of jumping off a building. Because during the filming, Qiao Wen didn't step forward to disturb him, and he didn't see Chen Canaan beside the director. He searched around again, but still couldn't see him.

Just as he was wondering, as if he suddenly remembered something, he raised his head and looked at the window on the third floor where he was filming. The person who was hanging the window upside down, who else could it be if it wasn't Chen Jianan?

He quickly grabbed a younger brother who was watching, and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"

The younger brother held his mouth and whispered back: "Brother Nan designed this scene, but other martial artists couldn't do it, so he went into battle himself."

Qiao Wen's eyelids twitched, and saw the person hanging by the window on the third floor catch a swaddle thrown out of the window, flipped forward, twirled in the air, and landed on the sponge pad on the ground with the swaddle in his arms.

Because there are sundries such as light boxes around, they rattled and flew randomly when jumping off the building.

After landing with a bang, the surrounding staff immediately gathered around to check the situation. The startled Qiao Wen rushed forward, pushed aside the crowd, looked at the person lying on the mat, and asked, "Brother Nan, what are you doing?" How about it?"

Chen Jianan rubbed his knees, waved his hands and said, "It's all right. Hey, Xiao Qiao, are you here?" Then he asked director Sun Dayu loudly, "Director, how are you doing?"

Sun Dayu said happily: "Perfect! Anan, you are so amazing!"