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Chapter 141: Fight for the God's Tomb

The photographer waved at them and motioned them to come over.

When Cao Sheng and Jiang Xiaoshuang saw the photographer's gesture, they walked towards the school gate talking and laughing.

What the photographer had told them before was: just pretend to talk and laugh and keep moving forward.

But they weren't pretending, they were genuinely joking.

Cao Sheng answered her question with a smile on his face, "I said I didn't talk about it, do you believe me?"

Jiang Xiaoshuang: "I don't believe it!"

Cao Sheng laughed, "Then I'll talk about it."

Jiang Xiaoshuang smiled and glanced at him, "If you put it that way, I kind of believe that you really haven't had a relationship."

Cao Sheng found it funny.

"What about you? Did you talk about it?"

He asked with a smile.

Jiang Xiaoshuang kept smiling and shook her head slightly. "Originally, several alumni were pursuing me, and one of them was the president of the student union. But since the last time I helped you host a press conference, the media reported that you and I were dating, and those alumni who were pursuing me disappeared. When we met at school, they either turned around and walked away, turned away, or lowered their heads and didn't look at me."

Cao Sheng: “???”

"Is it true? Didn't you explain it to them?"

Jiang Xiaoshuang looked over with a smile, "I don't want to explain."

Cao Sheng: "Why not?"

Jiang Xiaoshuang blinked her left eye at him, "Guess?"

……

"Huh? Their acting skills are pretty good!"

Vice Principal Xu, who was standing at the door of the guard room, folded his arms across his chest, watching the performance of Cao Sheng and Jiang Xiaoshuang. He was surprised to see that the two of them followed the photographer's request, walking and talking and laughing, and behaved very naturally, with almost no trace of acting.

Others nodded in agreement.

"It's good!"

"These two young people have a talent for acting?"

"Is this what the old saying means, 'One thing leads to another'? One of them is a good novel writer, the other is a good speaker, and their performances are so talented, wow..."

……

They didn't know that Cao Sheng and Jiang Xiaoshuang were really joking.

Performance?

What it is?
Cao Sheng and Jiang Xiaoshuang tacitly chose to do it for real.

……

The photographer was very satisfied with their performance, but to be on the safe side, he asked them to do it again twice to make sure they had captured enough footage before announcing that they would go to the next shooting location.

This time we went to the front of the teaching building.

Cao Sheng and Jiang Xiaoshuang need to walk out of the teaching building talking and laughing.

The photographer wants to capture some footage.

After taking pictures here, we went to the playground.

This time, the photographer asked them to chat and laugh while running.

The idea is to capture a vibrant, cheerful and happy feeling.

The stylist adjusted their clothes and hairstyles, and added some powder on their faces, otherwise their complexion in the photos would have been much worse than in real life.

Soon, there was no one else around Cao Sheng and Jiang Xiaoshuang. Everyone walked out of the camera's range. The photographer trotted to the front of the runway and squatted, aiming the camera at the two of them. After a moment, he made an OK gesture to them, waved, and signaled them to start running.

"3, 2, 1, run!"

Jiang Xiaoshuang counted down in a low voice, and as soon as the word "run" came out, she took the lead and ran forward.

But it didn't run very fast, which was also the photographer's requirement.

Cao Sheng ran beside her easily.

Jiang Xiaoshuang turned around, with a beaming smile on her face, and asked, "Cao Sheng! Do you want a girlfriend?"

Cao Sheng looked at her in surprise.

I feel like what she said sounds like a line from a movie.

He didn't know whether Jiang Xiaoshuang was using this method to meet the photographer's requirement of talking and laughing, or whether she really wanted to ask him this question?

He didn't think much about it, and the scene didn't allow him to think too much.

With a smile on his face, he replied, "Yes! Why? Do you want to give me one?"

Jiang Xiaoshuang smiled and raised her eyebrows at him, "What do you think of me? Am I pretty enough?"

She was running against the wind, her hair flying back, her face illuminated by the rising sun, as if with a hazy halo, her eyes shining, and she seemed a little shy, but she showed a very brave spirit.

How many beauties like her would take the initiative to ask boys such questions?
Cao Sheng nodded, "Very beautiful!"

"So do you like it?"

Jiang Xiaoshuang asked. Cao Sheng felt that she was taking this opportunity to launch an offensive against him.

If he said he didn't like it, she would probably say later that it was a deliberate joke to satisfy the photographer's requirements.

If he said he liked it, she might take it seriously.

He felt that she was different from other girls.

Even when it comes to confessing her feelings, she can find opportunities to advance or retreat.

What a smart woman!
Not the brainless kind.

He chuckled and stopped because he saw the photographer gave them an OK gesture, and the photographer had stood up and was looking down at the footage he had just taken in the camera.

"Okay, take a break! We'll probably have to do it two more times soon."

Cao Sheng said to Jiang Xiaoshuang who stopped in confusion.

The smile on Jiang Xiaoshuang's face faded. She pursed her lips in a depressed manner, glanced at him, and walked to the shade of a tree not far away to rest with her lips pursed.

The photographer looked down at the footage he had just taken for a while, then looked up at the height of the sun, smiled, strode towards Vice President Xu and the others, and said loudly, "That's about it! The footage we shot today should be enough, we can call it a day."

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoshuang frowned and looked at the photographer.

Cao Sheng looked at her and smiled.

If he didn't have Huang Qingya, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand Jiang Xiaoshuang's attack.

……

at the same time.

Huacheng Publishing House.

Lao Qin, the head of the editorial department, knocked on the office door of General Manager Xu Zhiwen.

Xu Zhiwen, who had just come to work today, was drinking tea and reading documents. When he saw that the person coming was Lao Qin, Xu Zhiwen smiled and said, "Lao Qin! Why did you come to see me so early today? Is there something?"

They were old friends, so Lao Qin didn't hesitate to pull out the chair opposite the desk and sat down.

Lao Qin: "Lao Xu! Ever since we missed out on Zhongyuan Yidianhui's I Want to Become a Fairy, haven't you been following this author and wanted to work with him again? His new book has just come out, why haven't you taken any action yet? What are you waiting for?"

Xu Zhiwen raised his eyebrows slightly, "What? He recently published a new book? When was it? What is his new book about?"

Lao Qin was very surprised. "You don't know yet? 'God's Tomb'! I heard that this book has been published in Taiwan. I also heard that the sales and word of mouth are very good. You can't be completely unaware of it, right?"

Xu Zhiwen frowned and smiled bitterly, "Lao Qin, I have endless work to do every day, how can I have time to pay attention to these news? If you don't tell me, it will be difficult for me to know it first."

Lao Qin: "Now that you know, do you want to sign the book?"

Xu Zhiwen nodded, "Of course he wants to sign, but we're afraid it will be too late if we act now! So! Your editorial department should contact him immediately! Talk to him, if he hasn't signed with another company yet, we should try to get him!"

Lao Qin was puzzled. "Don't you want to review the manuscript first? If not, how can we negotiate terms with him? How can we decide the remuneration?"

Xu Zhiwen chuckled, "Let's review the manuscript while we talk! Ask him to send the first few tens of thousands of words as soon as possible, and your editorial department will review it as soon as possible... No! You should review it yourself! After you read the manuscript once, you should be able to roughly judge the prospects of his new book, and then negotiate terms with him based on your judgment."

Lao Qin nodded, and suddenly asked with a smile: "I heard that he signed his book "I Want to Become an Immortal" to Changjiang Literature and Art, and signed a tiered royalty sharing agreement! If he asks us for such conditions this time, should we give it to him?"

Xu Zhiwen narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said, "Your words reminded me. In this case, as long as the profit-sharing ratio he wants is the same as the one he signed with Changjiang Literature and Art, then we won't review his manuscript and just sign the contract with him! Anyway, this kind of tiered profit-sharing contract has requirements for sales volume. If his book doesn't sell well, we won't suffer any big losses."

Lao Qin was a little surprised. "You didn't review the manuscript, and just gave him such a contract?"

Xu Zhiwen nodded, "Yeah."

Before Lao Qin could ask anything else, Xu Zhiwen said, "It's not that risky! Even if the quality of his new book is a little inferior, there should still be many of his fans who will buy it, so the sales won't be that bad!"

Lao Qin nodded slightly, "That's right! Then I'll have someone contact him?"

Xu Zhiwen: "Well, go ahead! Hurry up!"

……

The same morning.

Shanghai Literature and Art is holding a meeting to discuss whether to sign Zhongyuan Yidianhui's new book "God's Tomb"? This topic was quickly discussed and everyone agreed that they should sign it. With the popularity accumulated by Zhongyuan Yidianhui's first two books, if they can sign "God's Tomb", the sales will definitely not be low.

The focus of the meeting was: how to sign? Should we send an email like we did last time when we asked Cao Sheng to write a manuscript? Or should we send someone to Huizhou to meet with Cao Sheng in person?
Also, if Cao Sheng wants a tiered profit-sharing contract, can Modu Literature and Art agree to it?

The tiered profit-sharing contract signed by Cao Sheng and Changjiang Literature and Art is no longer a secret in the circle.

……

About the same time.

A black business car drove into Huizhou and headed towards Huizhou Teachers College. In the car sat Changjiang Literature and Art's vice president Shang Zhengming, his secretary, and a copyright lawyer who was responsible for drafting the contract.

They came on behalf of Changjiang Literature and Art.

The atmosphere in the car was very relaxing.

The plain-looking male secretary smiled and said, "Boss Shang, since you are here in person this time, there shouldn't be any accidents with Cao Sheng's new book. In terms of sincerity, who can compare to us? Don't you think so?"

Shang Zhengming patted the armrest of the chair and said with emotion: "It's not me, Shang Zhengming, who has such courage, but Boss Yan! As soon as I heard that Cao Sheng's new book was out, he asked me to bring you here in person. However, the sales of "I Want to Become an Immortal" are indeed worthy of our sincerity. When we meet Cao Sheng later, let's be polite and don't mess it up, otherwise we will all suffer the consequences when we go back this time!"

"Yes!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Shang! How dare we offend this God of Wealth?"

Shang Zhengming nodded with satisfaction at the attitude of the secretary and the copyright lawyer.

This time he is personally leading the team here, so he must not make any mistakes, otherwise he will be in big trouble.

(End of this chapter)