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Chapter 259: The Aftermath of the News Broadcast
In the morning light, in the yard of the villa.

Cao Sheng, dressed in a white sports suit, is practicing Tai Chi on a daily basis. He practices this set of boxing techniques several times every morning. Over time, he has finally mastered it well.

The movements are light and soft, and have a sense of both hardness and softness.

He recently gained a deeper understanding of the explosive power of Tai Chi.

This allowed him to occasionally unleash powerful force in his light and agile moves.

He was delighted by this and his motivation to practice was stronger than before.

He knew that Kung Fu requires accumulation over time, just like typing, it takes a long time of practice to improve Kung Fu bit by bit.

As for those authors who become legendary with just one book?
Cao Sheng knew that there were such authors in the online literature circle, at least on the surface.

There are not many authors whose first book becomes a big hit under the same author account, but they do exist.

But he never quite trusted these authors and had never used other pen names to practice writing before.

Of course, maybe there really is such a genius.

But he knew he was not that kind of genius.

Therefore, whether it is typing or practicing boxing, he is mentally prepared to persist for a long time.

After practicing Tai Chi for a few times, he walked into the mezzanine floor on the first floor and started hitting sandbags and practicing Sanda.

Compared to Tai Chi, a martial art that is difficult for beginners to demonstrate its power, he actually prefers Sanda, a simple and direct martial art.

He was the only one on the first floor at this time.

Every morning when he was practicing boxing on the first floor, the nanny, Sister Zhang, would go to the second and third floors to clean. She would only go downstairs after he finished practicing.

Cao Sheng punched the sandbag for an hour and worked up a sweat.

Then, as usual, I went into the bathroom on the first floor, took a shower, and changed into dry clothes.

When he returned to the second floor, he was surprised to see three people sitting in the living room.

Sister Zhang is serving tea to the three people.

As soon as Cao Sheng appeared, they looked over, and then the three of them smiled and stood up to greet him.

Cao Sheng stopped and looked at them in confusion, "Excuse me, who are you?"

At this time, Miss Zhang came running over to introduce, "Boss! They said they were from the tax bureau, so I invited them in and have a seat."

Cao Sheng nodded slightly.

At this time, the middle-aged man in the lead strode over, stretched out his right hand from a distance, and said enthusiastically: "Mr. Cao! Nice to meet you! My surname is Zhu, the same as Zhuge Liang. I'm here today on orders. Sorry to bother you!"

Cao Sheng smiled, looked the man up and walked forward to shake hands with him.

"Gentlemen! Nice to meet you! Sorry to bother you, but what do you want to talk to me about?"

Before the middle-aged man could reply, the young man behind him smiled and said, "Mr. Cao! This is our section chief. We noticed that you were on the News Broadcast yesterday, and we also learned that you recently received a script fee of 220 million US dollars. So, the bureau asked us to come and talk to you about the payment for the script."

Section Chief Zhu nodded with a smile, "Yes! This is what happened. The leader asked me to bring someone to visit you, so I have no choice but to bother you."

Yu Bing, who was also standing behind Section Chief Zhu, had been looking at Cao Sheng quietly since Cao Sheng appeared.

This was the first time she met Master Cao Sheng in real life.

I've always seen you on the news before.

Today, Cao Sheng, who had just finished boxing practice, took a shower, and changed into black casual clothes, gave her a very energetic feeling.

He doesn't look like a scholar who stays up late to write manuscripts all year round.

More like a sunny boy who often plays basketball on the school playground.

Also, Cao Sheng's appearance was beyond her expectations.

She didn't expect that he was already very handsome in the news, and he was even more handsome in real life.

Suddenly, she began to believe the rumors about him and Joey Wong.

She felt that it was completely understandable if Wang Zuxian couldn't control herself in front of such a handsome and talented man.

When she was looking at Cao Sheng, Cao Sheng couldn't help but look at her twice more.

Before they came here, Section Chief Zhu said that she had a good image, and it was not an exaggeration. Yu Bing was indeed very beautiful, with a well-defined face, a pair of big, bright eyes, and delicate features. Even a uniform could not hide her slender figure.

But Cao Sheng just looked at her twice more.

The main reason is that he has seen more and more beautiful women in the past two years and has developed antibodies to them.

Cao Sheng invited them to sit in the living room, changed into slippers, and walked over to sit down. He already knew the other party's purpose.

But today he could only let the other party return disappointed.

Because he has not received the script fee for "Pacific Rim" yet.

How to pay taxes on money you haven’t received?

What surprised him was that Section Chief Zhu and others were very polite. It seemed that they were not here to urge him to pay taxes, but rather to beg him to pay taxes.

After chatting for a while, he said a polite word and asked them to stay for lunch.

As he expected, Section Chief Zhu declined, then stood up and left with his two colleagues.

Cao Sheng saw them out of the hospital and watched their car go away. He was about to go back to the house, but as he turned around, he caught a glimpse of Wang Jing who was riding a bicycle towards him.

So he stopped.

Wang Jing rode her bike to him quickly and asked curiously, "Boss, what are you doing standing here so early in the morning? Are you waiting for someone?"

Cao Sheng smiled and said, "I'm sending someone off. Someone from the tax bureau came just now and reminded me to pay my taxes."

Wang Jing got off her bicycle and became even more curious after hearing this. "Pay taxes? What taxes? Aren't your royalties usually after taxes?"

Cao Sheng turned and walked into the yard, and Wang Jing followed beside him pushing her bicycle.

Cao Sheng: "It was the script fee for Pacific Rim. The Xinwen Lianbo reported the amount of the script fee last night. The tax bureau saw the news and came to my house today to remind me to pay the tax."

Wang Jing laughed, "Your script fee hasn't arrived yet, right? Are you here to remind me to pay the tax now?"

Cao Sheng smiled and said, "They don't know that the money hasn't been received yet. You should pay attention to this matter later! When the script fee arrives, you should pay the tax so that they won't come again next time."

……

In the car.

Yu Bing was in a good mood. She thought that since Cao Sheng's script fee had not yet arrived, she could not pay the tax today. This was good. In this way, she would have the opportunity to come here with Section Chief Zhu in a few days.

She wanted to meet this handsome and talented man more often.

……

Wang Jing nodded, "Okay, I'll pay it as soon as possible."

The two of them were walking and talking, and just as they reached the front of the villa, Cao Sheng's cell phone rang.

Cao Sheng stopped and took out his cell phone.

Wang Jing consciously parked the car not far away.

Cao Sheng was a little surprised because the caller ID showed his home number.

Why did my parents call me so early? Did something happen at home?
He answered the phone.

He heard his mother on the phone saying that the village head, secretary and others had come to their house today to congratulate him on being on the "News Broadcast". In fact, they were there to collect some money from him, wanting him to donate money to build a road. On the phone, his mother talked about whatever came to her mind, sometimes even amending what she had said before.

Cao Sheng listened with a smile and asked questions from time to time.

Finally, he said to his mother, "Mom! I know about this matter. You and my dad should stop interfering. If the village wants me to donate money to build a road, let them contact me directly. If they don't have my cell phone number, you can give them my cell phone number and let them talk to me directly."

After answering the phone, he frowned and went to the living room on the second floor.

He picked up the teacup and took two sips.

I was thinking about building roads in my hometown.

He had been mentally prepared for this kind of thing.

Before his rebirth, he noticed that all celebrities seemed to have donated money. Some donated voluntarily, while some were probably in a situation like what he was facing now.

The village chief and secretary of his hometown asked him to donate a road to his hometown.

It's really hard to refuse something like this.

At this time, his assistant Wang Jing also came to the second floor.

Cao Sheng waited for her to change into slippers, then waved to her, "Come here, I have something else that I need you to take care of."

Wang Jing came over curiously, "Go ahead!"

Cao Sheng: "My mother just called me and said that the village wanted me to donate a road because they watched the "News Broadcast" and heard that I made 220 million US dollars recently. The village will probably call me later to tell me about this."

After a pause, Cao Sheng smiled and said, "I will tell you my attitude now. In principle, I can donate money to build a road for my hometown. One million or two million is fine. But I need you to help me keep an eye on the use of the funds. You can't leave everything to them. Do you understand what I mean?"

Wang Jing smiled and nodded, "Ok! I understand, don't worry! I will keep an eye on this matter, but..."

After a pause, she asked curiously, "Boss, have you ever thought that once this door is opened, there will probably be a lot of people in your hometown who will come to you and ask you for money in all kinds of ways? What will you do? Will you give them all?"

Cao Sheng smiled.

He shook his head slightly, "Of course not!"

Then he said, "If this happens again, I will ask them to contact you. You should help me reject all requests that can be rejected. If I reject them a few more times, the word will spread and they will think I am a miser. Unless they have no other options, they will not come to me for help."

Wang Jing was a little surprised. "Okay! Since you are not afraid of them saying you are stingy, then it will be easy for me to deal with you. By the way, I understand what you mean. If someone really has no other options and asks you for help, you will still help? Right?"

Cao Sheng nodded slightly. "It depends on what the matter is! For example, if someone is admitted to a very good university, but has no money to go to school because of financial difficulties at home, and asks me to borrow tuition fees, I can help.

For example, if a relative of mine is seriously ill and my family really can’t afford the medical treatment, I can help him out. For other things, I can refuse if I can.”

Wang Jing nodded in understanding.

……

This morning, Cao Sheng's phone was a little busy, with a text message or a phone call coming in from time to time.

Most of them congratulated him on being on the "Xinwen Broadcast".

Because there were too many incoming text messages and phone calls, he couldn't concentrate on reading for the whole morning.

While replying to text messages or answering phone calls, he silently felt his own mood in his heart, wanting to remember this feeling, which might be useful when shaping a certain character's mood in his novel in the future.

What surprised him most was the call from his counselor Lu Xiangwei at around 10 o'clock in the morning.

Lu Xiangwei said on the phone: "Cao Sheng! Good news! I have great news to tell you. Do you want to guess? Haha."

Cao Sheng thought: You don't mean to tell me that I was on the "News Broadcast" last night? Do you really need to tell me such good news?

He felt that this was not the news.

After frowning and thinking for a while, he tried to ask, "Teacher! Is there any progress on my staying in school?"

Although he himself has no interest in staying in school.

But he knew that Lu Xiangwei had been working hard on this matter.

Lu Xiangwei laughed twice again, "No! Guess again!"

Not this?
Is he really going to tell me that I was on the "News Broadcast"?

Cao Sheng: "Teacher! I really can't guess, just tell me! What is it? Don't keep me in suspense!"

Lu Xiangwei: "From junior college to undergraduate! From junior college to undergraduate! Let me tell you, this time the principal has spoken, asking the department to arrange an exam for you as soon as possible. It's just a formality, and the result will definitely allow you to be promoted! What do you think? Don't you think this is great news? Haha."

Cao Sheng: ???
He had heard of this before.

So, when he suddenly heard the news, he was both surprised and not very surprised.

"Thank you! Thank you teacher! Thank you school!"

He quickly thanked him.

He has no interest in staying in school to work, but he is definitely interested in upgrading his associate degree to a bachelor's degree.

Not only can he improve his academic qualifications, but he can also learn something new. He knows that universities will continue to expand their enrollment and academic qualifications will continue to depreciate in value.

My current college degree looks okay.

After that, I gradually couldn't show it off.

The most annoying thing is that more and more people will not recognize that junior colleges also belong to universities.

Of course, the reason why he is interested in upgrading his diploma is also related to the fact that he currently lives in Huizhou and does not need to go out to work.

Unlike other students, if he were to upgrade from a junior college to a university, he would have to postpone the time he went out to work and earn money.

He continued to go to school and it didn't affect his writing much.

I can also meet more people instead of staying at home every day.

If a person stays at home for too long, he will gradually become out of touch with society.

Once he becomes out of touch with society, common sense errors will constantly appear in his works.

……

The same morning.

Huayi Brothers Media.

Feng Xiaogang, holding a newspaper, strode excitedly to the door of the chairman's office and knocked on it.

The chairman's secretary hurried over and asked what happened.

Feng Xiaogang ignored her.

Wang Zhongjun's voice came from the office, "Who is it? Come in!"

Before he finished speaking, the excited Feng Xiaogang pushed the door open, walked in, and threw the newspaper in his hand on the desk in front of Chairman Wang Zhongjun.

"Look! Look! I asked you to give him 100 million for the script, but you refused. Look at Paramount! They are willing to give him 220 million US dollars! 220 million US dollars? Do you know what this means? Do you still think that 100 million is too much for the script? Huh? Is it too much?"

Wang Zhongjun frowned as he looked at the emotional Feng Xiaogang, then lowered his head to look at the newspaper in front of him.

This was the Beijing Morning News. He lowered his head and saw the eye-catching headline on the front page: "Zhongyuan Yidianhui appeared on the Xinwen Lianbo, because the new script was sold for a whopping $220 million!"

Wang Zhongjun looked surprised.

I could hardly believe my eyes.

(End of this chapter)