Moonlight Variations

It was about three o'clock in the afternoon when I came out of the cinema. I just wandered around to make do with dinner. However, Rei and Jiang Yucheng had already been discussing whether to eat barbecue or Japanese food at night, but Shirakawa was clamoring to go home.

"You have gold bricks under your bed, so you have to go home and guard every day." Jiang Yucheng looked at Shirakawa disgustingly, "You also have one more skill at writing than an otaku."

"Don't, the current otaku SLR is starting with a basic set of pictures, can edit pictures, can cut videos, can make aids, and have a good sound and can sing..." Chuli broke his hands and said, "Because I want to go to Manzhan to take photos of Miss Sister Beautiful photos, so I often carry a full set of equipment to go in the wind and rain, so I am infinitely powerful—"

Chuli put down his hand and silently looked at Shirakawa.

Zhou Chuan also looked at her, piercingly: "I can also carry a set of SLRs and even a SLR stand with one hand."

First gift: "..."

The implication: But this does not prevent me from holding you, fat man, I just ate such a big piece of chocolate.

In the silent stare of Chuli and Jiuchuan, Jiang Yucheng brought back the topic that he was about to go away in time. He stretched out his hand and patted Jiuchuan: "What are you doing in such a hurry? In addition to watching movies, there is also a publishing contract for "Disappearing Amusement Park" to be discussed...Because of the little monkey swearing in the movie theater just now, I am looking forward to this. Don't make trouble."

Shirakawa glanced at the little girl next to him: "I want to go home because someone at home cooks for me."

"..."

Chuli's hand holding the bag suddenly tightened, her pupils slightly condensed, and Shirakawa's double eyelids stared at her single eyelid. At the same time, she heard Jiang Yucheng say strangely by her side: "Did you ask Auntie Cook? Don't you order takeaway? That’s good. I’ve already told you how to eat takeaway every day. The heavy oil is not good for the body..."

"Let's go, let's go." Shirakawa said with a blank expression, "Can you just turn on the parent mode, I and you are the same generation-not only is a cooking aunt, she also accompanies me to write articles, walk the dog, watch TV……"

"Writing? Walking the dog? Watching TV?" Jiang Yucheng was stunned, looking up and down at Shirakawa like aliens, "Did you really find a girlfriend?"

Chuli stepped back silently behind Jiang Yucheng, and then began to frantically gesturing to Hiukawa to close his mouth and stop talking nonsense, but the man saw her as the air alive, and turned his face calmly away——

Chu Li was so angry that he stomped his feet on the spot!

At the same time, Jiang Yucheng, who was completely unaware of what happened behind him, was still in shock: "No wonder I wore such a showy bag at home yesterday. Was it really in love?!"

Hiukawa paused: "I wear that only because I want to wear it, so I can't dress better at home? Who made it? What's wrong with being responsible for every minute and every second of your life?"

Jiang Yucheng didn't listen to his irrational words at all: "At least forty-eight hours ago I thought you wouldn't like humans..."

Hikawa: "If humans are as annoying as you, isn't it normal to hate humans?"

Jiang Yucheng continued to ignore his sarcasm: "So who is your girlfriend, do I know? Writer? Painter? ... It is said on Weibo that the cover artist of "Luohe Book of God" is sticking upside down. I still don't believe it. , Thinking that you have a girlfriend is probably the most recent thing... Tsk, is it really Cocoon?"

Hikawa sneered, "Cocoon? Is that thing human?"

Jiang Yucheng: "Then who do you think it is?"

Hiukawa moved his lips, as if he hadn't noticed that he had been strayed by Jiang Yucheng-in fact, the main thing he denied was "the existence of the girlfriend" rather than "whether the girlfriend is human or not? Is it a cocoon"...Looking at the man posing as if he wanted to answer a wave seriously, Chu Li blushed, and directly took out his mobile phone and typed it——

A second later, he suddenly raised his head, and the phone in Hiukawa's hand rang a text message. The man took out his phone and glanced at it, remarking the letter from the "banana man": [Don't talk nonsense! ! ! Pay attention to the words! ! Beware of ruining innocence! ! ! ! ! 】

Hikawa: "..."

...Look at what it says, there are so many exclamation marks, scaring anyone.

Hiukawa picked up the phone, keeping the face that he should be paralyzed, and replied at the speed of a qualified codeword worker: [Why, ten minutes ago, I was still holding my hand and refused to let it go. I almost burst into tears. Let me believe you, it looks like each other will make earth-shattering results-it turned out to be just the product of the emotions that I felt right after watching the movie. The short-lived blood that disappeared when I walked out of the cinema door was so cold that I didn't even give you any food. I won't slip if I became a dog...Fortunately, I didn't promise you immediately, otherwise my heart should be broken now. 】

Chu Li: "……………"

Your heart is breaking! ! ! !

Are you interested? ? ? ! !

Jiang Yucheng: "Why did you suddenly initiate a text message while talking well? Is your girlfriend looking for you?"

Hiukawa said without hesitation: "It's a betrayer."

Chu Li: "……………………………………”

Jiang Yucheng: "?"

Shirakawa looked at Chuli, the latter seemed a little empty because of the despair on his face... Quietly curled up the corners of his lips, the man put the phone in his pocket after typing the last four words on the phone, with a slightly cold voice Said: "I went out to watch a movie. Now that the movie is finished, I am going home."

Chuli picked up the phone and took a look. The new message on the phone's screen was only four words: [Follow me home. 】

Imperative sentence.

There is no negotiating tone in it.

Chuli grabbed the phone and thought for a while, already thinking reflexively, "What kind of food was fried that night? I said I didn't buy food for dinner at home, what else is there in the refrigerator", trying to remember that there are still a few potatoes. This incident-suddenly remembered that the canvas bag she was holding in her arms at this moment was filled with the "Disappearing Zoo" publishing contract waiting for Jiang Yucheng to sign!

...So Chuli paused, and made the most daunting sentence since joining the company——

She raised her head and waved at Shirakawa: "Goodbye teacher, be careful on the road."

When Shirakawa took out the key, he raised his head and took a deep look at Chuli——

It was as if his heart was really broken.

………………not at all.

Because three minutes later, Chuli received two new text messages——

One: [Holding your broken contract tonight, choose a hole under the bridge and beggars to squeeze, because I won't open the door for you. 】

Two: [Don't even think about going over the wall, there is a dog inside, I will call the police. 】

...

After sending away the elementary school students who were clamoring to go home to guard the BRICs, Chu Li and Jiang Yucheng casually found a restaurant and sat down.

Jiang Yucheng asked for a cup of coffee, and Chuli took out the "Disappearing Amusement Park" contract and handed it to Jiang Yucheng. When the latter took over and opened it, Chuli was actually a little nervous-the first print volume and Zhou Chuan's "Luohe Book of Gods" is the same, but according to what Mr. L accidentally mentioned that day, the Xindun Society once issued more than a hundred thousand first prints to Jiang Yucheng.

Sure enough, after swiftly scanning a few important figures in the contract content, Jiang Yucheng closed the contract, took a sip of the coffee in front of him, the corners of his lips raised lightly, and his voice was gentle: "I think I want to say something about you. Already guessed it."

Chuli moved his lips, but Jiang Yucheng interrupted him: "I think what you want to say, I guessed it-the first print is not high and it is not important, the key is that you can sell it. As long as it can be sold, I can always continue to print and then pay me the due royalties, right? Hikawa was also persuaded for this."

First gift: "..."

It seems that the actor often complains to others, how reluctant he is to sign this contract.

"This is the right thing to say to people like Shirakawa. He, a literati who is arrogant and has a second illness, is full of self-confidence," Jiang Yucheng sneered, "If you ask him how much he can sell, he might I will tell you that if you give him 300,000 copies, he can also sell it to you-"The Book of Luohe" can be signed to you. In fact, he is not so much confident in you as a new editor, as it is. have faith in yourself."

"But I am not the same. Starting from the first "Disappearing Zoo" that created a miracle sales volume for newcomers in the publishing industry, the second and third books, each of which are in the eyes of people, are bestsellers in bookstores. Location...but the truth is, every book is going downhill."

Jiang Yucheng looked into Chuli’s eyes: “Until the last time the book was published, it was two years ago. The first print volume was 200,000. Now it seems that it hasn’t been sold out. It’s overwhelming the warehouse. , I feel distressed..."

After thinking about it, Jiang Yucheng does help forwarding booksellers' promotional advertisements on Double Eleven every year, and Chuli can't say a word.

"Every time they ask me to help repost propaganda and reduce inventory pressure, I smile and say okay, as if...someone wants to slap you in the face, but you still have to stick out your face unwillingly-no The way, let the manpower be soft, publish books, but do things with money in hand, how noble than moving bricks on the construction site?"

Jiang Yucheng's voice was calm, and the corners of his lips were always smiling. When he said "Double Eleven jumped off the building to clear the warehouse", he even sneered and laughed. He raised his hand and wiped his face with one hand.

That kind of smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes.

The expression on his face is like he is the one who jumped off the building to clear the double eleven and not his book.

——As if carrying the reputation of a "best-selling author" over the years, he probably only knows what he has experienced, what he has been carrying, and what he has endured.

"But I said I'll give you a chance, first gift." The mature and handsome man put down his hand and looked at the little girl sitting across from him. Chuan is, and so am I—"

He bent down slightly and pushed back the contract in front of him to Chuli: "So although I will not sign this contract now, I am willing to give you a chance-Fifteen days later, the book "The Book of Luohe" by Zhouchuan will be listed. , Give me a reason to be persuaded with a satisfactory number."

Chuli lowered his head and stared at the contract that he pushed in front of him—above the contract. The light-handed hands were well-knotted and the fingers were slender.

"Half an hour ago, you swear not to let the author become a victim of your own popularity..." Jiang Yucheng said lightly, "Then, do it to me, let me see the value of your existence as an editor: if You can't even control a popular author like Shiukawa, and you can't save me who is about to rot in the coffin."

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