Chapter 23 A Pair of Little Foxes
Summer vacation passed quickly, and the quiet Weiming Lake gradually became lively. Students gradually returned to school, and Liu Hongmin was freed from his writing state.
But as Xu Liancheng and Wang Qingyang returned to school, Liu Hongmin, who had been quiet for a summer vacation, suddenly became upset. He didn't want to pay attention to these two guys, but they came to him on their own.
After Liu Hongmin published his paper last semester, he and these two became sworn enemies. Whether it was exams or homework, they had to compete with Liu Hongmin. Liu Hongmin was not afraid of competition, but these two often nag him when he was writing a novel, which seriously affected his thinking.
Liu Hongmin strolled all the way to the Weiming Lake. Looking at the small boats in the lake, he inexplicably thought of the figure who was on the same boat with him.
"Red people..."
Liu Hongmin seemed to hear her calling him and became even more absent-minded.
Unexpectedly, a slender hand stretched out in front of Liu Hongmin and waved, "Hongmin, what are you daydreaming about?"
Liu Hongmin turned around in astonishment and looked at the beautiful figure in front of him, "When did you come back?"
"Two days ago." Cha Jianying said while looking at Liu Hongmin with a smile, "What were you thinking about just now? I called you several times, but you didn't hear me."
Liu Hongmin smiled awkwardly, "It's those two guys in our dormitory. They're giving me a headache."
Cha Jianying knew the situation of Liu Hongmin's dormitory, "If it really doesn't work, you can ask the teacher to change the dormitory."
Liu Hongmin shook his head. "No, I'll just put up with them for another semester. If I don't find a suitable house during the summer vacation, I'll save some money this semester. I'll definitely be able to save enough money to buy a house before next semester, and then I'll move out."
"You've saved a few thousand dollars, haven't you? Why do you still need to save money?"
Cha Jianying asked in confusion.
"I've picked a courtyard house near Shichahai. It costs more than 10,000 yuan."
"So many?" Cha Jianying was surprised, then he turned his eyes and asked, "How much more is left?"
"At least five thousand."
Cha Jianying thought silently for a moment, "Then you will have to write three or four more novels, right?"
Liu Hongmin nodded, "So I just wrote the last three parts of Shao Bao, published them in magazines, and published them as individual volumes, and that's basically it."
Cha Jianying calculated again, "That's not enough!"
"You forgot that there is also a separate volume of 'My Brothers and Sisters'."
"That's enough." Cha Jianying said, "But you just said at least five thousand, which means five thousand is not enough, right?"
Liu Hongmin sighed, "We can only try our luck then."
"It's okay. You've always had good luck." Cha Jianying said with a smile, "You only studied for a few months before you were admitted to Peking University. When you got there, you met Lao Zou. Your first novel was published, and your first paper was published in the school magazine."
"If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known I was so awesome!"
"You're so old!"
The two walked along the Weiming Lake, chatting and laughing.
By the lake, pairs of men and women were laughing and joking. The two people chatting and laughing blended in with the crowd and did not seem out of place.
But Liu Hongmin was a little silent. Looking at these people who were brimming with hormones, he was inexplicably touched.
The two walked for a while before Zha Jianying said, "Hongmin, wait a few days and I'll introduce someone to you."
Liu Hongmin asked curiously: "Who is it?"
"I won't tell you yet, you'll know when we meet."
"There's no need to be so mysterious, right?" Cha Jianying did not give an answer and waved goodbye to Liu Hongmin.
Although Liu Hongmin was puzzled, he did not ask further questions. It would only take a few days, and he would know the answer.
A few days later, a boy from the same dormitory building came to Liu Hongmin's dormitory to look for him and said, "Liu Hongmin, someone is looking for you downstairs."
"Thank you." After saying thank you, Liu Hongmin packed up and went downstairs. As soon as he arrived at the dormitory gate, he saw Cha Jianying chatting with a middle-aged man in a suit.
The man spoke Cantonese and was obviously from Hong Kong.
Liu Hongmin raised his eyebrows slightly and had some guesses, but he couldn't believe it. His works didn't seem to be similar to the publishing style of Hong Kong.
I glanced at Cha Jianying. Could it be that she came here to ask for help?
"Red People!"
Cha Jianying spotted Liu Hongmin and waved, "Come here quickly, this is Mr. Luo Baoming, the editor of Ming Pao in Hong Kong."
"Mr. Luo, this is Liu Hongmin, the author of Young Justice Bao."
"Thunder Monkey, Mr. Niu."
Liu Hongmin smiled and shook hands with him, "Lei Hou, Mr. Nuo."
Luo Baoming smiled and said, "Mr. Niu, you should just speak normally. I can't understand your Cantonese."
Liu Hongmin was quick to learn and could only speak a few words of Cantonese. In the 90s, Cantonese songs were popular in Northeast China. Every Northeasterner could speak a few words of Cantonese, but Cantonese-speaking people could not understand them.
The joke just now made Luo Baoming look at Liu Hongmin differently. At that time, people from the mainland were all very serious and spoke in an official tone when they saw him.
Looking at Liu Hongmin again, he did not treat him as a "foreign guest" but as an "old friend". If it were someone else, they might feel offended. But Luo Baoming felt very friendly to Liu Hongmin, which meant he did not treat him as an outsider.
"Let's find a place to sit down and talk!"
"Go to Uncle Wang."
Cha Jianying gave Liu Hongmin a veiled hint, and Liu Hongmin received it immediately. Apart from anything else, when he arrived at Uncle Wang's restaurant, he ordered a bottle of Erguotou before ordering any dishes.
"Mr. Luo, you have returned home when you come to Beijing. Today, on behalf of the people of Beijing, I will welcome you and let you taste the wine and food from our hometown."
Luo Baoming laughed helplessly. If he hadn't known that Liu Hongmin was from Northeast China, he would have been fooled by this guy.
"Mr. Liu, there's no rush for food and wine. Let's talk business first."
"You can probably tell that I'm here for your Young Justice Bao. I heard from Miss Cha that there are seven parts of Young Justice Bao. I want to buy the Hong Kong copyright for all seven parts and publish them in Ming Pao."
"sure!"
Liu Hongmin readily agreed, and then he said to Uncle Wang: "Uncle Wang, you are so polite. Please serve us some Beijing specialties so that our relatives who have returned from Hong Kong can experience some Beijing flavors."
"Okay, don't worry."
Uncle Wang happily agreed, and immediately went into the kitchen and started working. He was from Hong Kong, so he was considered a "foreign guest" anyway! He had to eat something good, and he couldn't let Liu Hongmin lose face.
Luo Baoming secretly thought that this was not good. How was he going to negotiate the price later when Liu Hongmin was so enthusiastic?
He looked at Cha Jianying, and it must be she who told Liu Hongmin some of her information, which led to the current situation.
These two people looked warm and hospitable, and seemed to be honest people. But I didn't expect that one of them was more cunning than the other, and they were clearly a pair of little foxes!
(End of this chapter)
