The Great Era of Rebirth: 1993

   Chapter 423, Abstinence, London

  Tao Ge's call took a long time to connect.

   "Zhang Xuan?" A confused voice.

   "Well, are you sleeping?" Zhang Xuan asked.

  Tao Ge covered his mouth and gave a long yawn: "Yes, I'm sleeping, what are you looking for sister?"

   Zhang Xuan kept the story short and directly narrated the things about "Harry Potter" in detail.

   said at the end: "I'll go buy a plane ticket later, now you have to help me with two things, one is to get in touch with Rowling as soon as possible.

  The second is to prepare related contract matters, I just come over and just sign it. "

   "Oh, you are calling me as a slave." The Harry Potter matter did not attract Tao Ge's attention.

  The reason is very straightforward. After hearing that Harry Potter was rejected 5 times in a row, and the publishing house was a well-known Bloomsbury, Tao Ge lost interest.

   According to Tao Ge’s standards, a second-rate publishing house like Bloomsbury is unattractive.

   At least under her leadership, it is impossible for "Clockwork Girl" to vote for such a publishing house.

   Hearing Tao Ge's unsalty tone, Zhang Xuan knew in his heart that Harry Potter had just started to enter the market, and it was understandable to be despised by others before it caused a tsunami-like storm in the book market.

   But Zhang Xuan still said very seriously: "Sister, don't be kidding, I value this contract very much, you have to help me get this right."

   Hearing the rare call of "sister", Tao Ge immediately put it away.

  Because she had already seen through the person on the other side of the phone, she would call her sister only for things that she attached great importance to.

   In other words, it means that it is not profitable to be too early.

   said immediately: "It's done, leave the contract to me. After it's done, you can accompany me for a drink to relieve the boredom. The people who stay here are almost rusted."

"no problem."

   Zhang Xuan responded immediately and continued: "There is one more thing."

   Tao Ge asked, "What's the matter?"

   Zhang Xuan said: "It's the pen name of "Clockwork Girl", so let's go back to the original pen name."

  “SanYue?”

"right."

   "Are you so optimistic about Harry Potter?"

"certainly."

   "So Rowling looks good?"

   Zhang Xuan inexplicably: "What are you asking?"

   Tao Ge asked, "Young woman is very charming?"

   Zhang Xuan was speechless: "Not one-tenth of yours."

  Tao Ge laughed: "No matter how charming I am, you don't dare to take a bite. All right, that's it."

   hung up the phone, Tao Ge stood there for a few minutes, and then made a call.

   said: "Are you busy now?"

   "It's okay, you have something to say."

   "Check the book market for me, a book called Harry Potter, I want to know how it's selling?"

   "Give me ten minutes."

   "Okay, waiting for your call."

ten minutes later

   The phone in front of Tao Ge rang.

  Tao Ge picked up the receiver and asked, "How is the situation?"

   said opposite: "It's okay, it has been released for 21 days, and the current sales volume has reached 56,000 copies."

   Tao Ge paused, then asked, "Do you think this book will be popular?"

   The opposite side thought for a while and said: "It's hard to say, after all, its distribution agency has such a big influence, even if it wants to become popular, it will take time to ferment.

   But judging from my experience in the industry for more than 10 years, the results of this book are already very good, and it may be popular. "

   Tao Ge was silent.

   Seeing that she was silent, she added on the opposite side: "I asked just now. The readers who buy Harry Potter are generally teenagers. It seems that the reputation is not bad, so if the follow-up promotion is proper, it has the potential to become popular."

  Tao Ge took these words to heart and said: "If the Harry Potter book is popular, it would be a big mistake for you Oxford Press to refuse "Clockwork Girl"."

   The opposite is puzzled: "Is there any connection between the two?"

  Tao Ge said truthfully: "The author of The Clockwork Girl is called March. You can buy a copy of Harry Potter and you'll know."

   The other side wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything and hung up the phone.

  Three minutes later

   Tao Ge's phone rang again.

   asked straight to the point: "You said that the author of The Clockwork Girl is called March?

   When you showed it to me last time, it didn't seem to be this pseudonym? "

   Tao Ge said bluntly: "March is my brother's pen name in China.

  You have been living in the UK for so many years, and you may have a lack of understanding of domestic information, or you can call the country to find out the situation and then talk about it. "

   This time it was Tao Ge who hung up the phone.

   "How long are you going to stay in the UK this time?" Du Shuangling asked in his arms at night.

   "I'll be back soon. Now I can't stop writing a new book, and the mall is very busy, so I don't have much time to stay outside."

   Zhang Xuan reached out and stroked her face, asking, "Would you like to take two days off and go to England to relax with me?"

  Du Shuangling was a little moved, but still refused: "No, our professional courses are relatively tight, and it's easy to delay learning if you go with you."

   Zhang Xuan kissed her and asked, "You don't want people to gossip, right?"

  Du Shuanglingmi blindfolded and said, "Well, my man is a great writer.

  If I use this to skip class, I won't be pulling my man's back. I can't do anything that pulls my man's back. "

   Zhang Xuan turned over and went up: "Okay, you are not allowed to pull your hind legs tonight."

"Ah, no."

   We set off from Yangcheng to Xiangjiang early in the morning, and did not arrive in London until 9:00 pm.

   "Zhang Xuan, this way!"

   As the crowd just arrived at the exit, Zhang Xuan heard Tao Ge's shout.

   Hearing the sound, Tao Ge was wearing sunglasses and waved to him.

   followed by Xie Qi.

   Zhang Xuan walked over to greet the two and asked, "Isn't Lilith here?"

  Xie Qi explained with a smile: "She's been busy doing assignments recently and can't find time.

   She said she was coming over on the weekend and asked you to wait for her. "

   Zhang Xuan understands that, after all, the University of St Andrews is not close to London.

   But unfortunately, he may not have time to wait.

   And even if you wait, it's still empty.

  Unless the hot spring kung fu is powerful, the regeneration ability is accelerated.

   got into the car, Zhang Xuan looked at Tao Ge.

  Tao Ge understood what he meant: "The agreement is ready, now we will go to Rowling's house for dinner."

   Zhang Xuan was a little surprised: "Go to her house for dinner?"

  Tao Ge shook his hair: "Of course, I see that you treasure her so much, I deliberately spent a night trying to coax her into a smile. We are good friends now."

   Zhang Xuan didn't believe it: "Rowling is such a fool?"

  Tao Singer put down his sunglasses with his fingertips: "It's not that you are fooling around, but that people recognize the identity of "I am your sister".

   It's just a pity, although she is a young woman, she really has no style.

   But it’s still okay to get rid of fatigue once in a while. "

   Zhang Xuan looked at her in disbelief: "Comrade Tao Ge, how did you become like this now?"

  Tao Ge put his hands on his chest and said coolly: "You come here and try to live a life of abstinence for a few months. It is estimated that you are not as good as me."

   Zhang Xuan was happy: "Take it down, I'm not like you. Even if I come to London, it will not be my turn to abstain from sex."

  Tao Ge glanced around his face: "It's true, just with your face, it's easy to find a few one-night stands among female students.

  What Korean, what Japanese, what Hong Kong, you choose. "

   Hearing the conversation between the two, Xie Qi laughed while driving.

   Apparently, after a few months, the two old women who had nothing to do have become good friends who are not shy.

   It’s still the same rented house, the same small space, and the house hasn’t changed much.

   Salad is already on the table, and Rowling is frying steak at the moment.

  The steak was sizzling with black smoke, and the smell filled the room.

   Seeing Zhang Xuan's arrival, Rowling's face was full of joy. It was coffee again, and she was pulling a stool for him to sit on. She was very enthusiastic.

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