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Chapter 33: Deposits Soar, Passed Publication Review
At around 11 o'clock that evening, Cao Sheng returned to the school dormitory.

As soon as he entered the door, his roommates asked him all kinds of questions. They already knew about the book he wrote, "Living with a Flight Attendant" at noon today. Wang Jing told them the title of the book.

But they still have a lot to ask.

For example: Is it true that he is dating a flight attendant?
To this day, there are still people in their dormitory who think that he often stays out all night and that he is staying in a hotel with women outside.

For example: Where can I find his novel? How much money has he made?

and many more.

After asking for a while, someone clamored for Cao Sheng to treat them.

The reason for the treat is hard to refuse: Your novel is so successful that someone comes to you to buy the copyright today, shouldn’t you treat us?
But Cao Sheng still refused.

The reason for his refusal was: the website only came to me to sign a publishing agency contract, it was not really publishing, and there was no royalties. However, since his "Days of Living with the Air Hostess" was published under the Banyan Tree, he has not received a penny in royalties, it was all free.

But he promised that once his book was published and he received the royalties, he would treat everyone to a meal.

As for the fact that he also has a book called "I Want to Become an Immortal" and he has already received the royalties?

Since they don't know yet, he won't tell them on his own initiative.

Because he had no interest in treating everyone in the dormitory to a meal.

First of all, there are 8 people in the dormitory, and on the surface they have a harmonious relationship, but in fact, there are only two or three people who have a good relationship with him, and he has no personal relationship with the others. Even if he invites them to dinner, it will be of no use.

Secondly, he had long felt that treating too many people to a meal at once was of little use in bringing people closer together.

If you really want to build closer relationships by treating people to a meal, it would be best to only invite one or two people at a time.

When there are fewer people, it is more convenient to have a heart-to-heart talk while eating.

When there are many people eating together, no one will remember your favor and they may even be smug in their hearts: Look! I got this stupid meal for free.

Therefore, Cao Sheng would try to refuse such dinner invitations, and when he really couldn't refuse them anymore, he would treat the guests to another meal to deal with it.

……

The next morning.

Cao Sheng skipped classes and went to the airport to see Wang Jing off to the plane.

That night, after finishing writing two chapters in the Adult Education Building, he took his draft book and walked slowly towards the school gate.

I was going to have a midnight snack and check my bank card balance at the school's ATM to see if Banyan Tree had transferred his signing fee.

Before Wang Jing boarded the plane today, she said that Rongshuxia would transfer the signing fee to his bank account today.

In addition, calculating the time, he estimated that Xinchang Publishing House should have also transferred the royalties for the two episodes this month.

He needed confirmation too.

It was already past 11 o'clock in the evening, and the campus was much quieter than during the day. Under the dim street lights, although there were still people coming and going, the figures were sparse, and there was no one at the ATM.

Cao Sheng walked to the ATM as if taking a walk, took out his wallet, pulled out his Agricultural Bank card, and inserted it into the card reader.

After some operation, a string of numbers appeared on the machine: 41510.00 yuan

Seeing this string of numbers, a smile appeared on his lips.

More than 4.

Although this money is not much, making money from scratch is always the hardest thing.

Besides, it is 98 now. It is already very good that he has earned so much from the Chinese New Year to now. I am afraid that his parents together have not earned so much in their entire lives.

Of the more than 4 yuan, 3 yuan was the signing fee given by Rongshuxia.

8000 is the remuneration for two episodes this month.

There was 3500 left from his first episode's royalties.

Shortly after receiving the royalties for the first episode, he took out 500 yuan for pocket money, mainly for meals.

More than 4...

I should be able to buy a house here in Huizhou, right?
Some things are very expensive these days, such as computers, but some things are very cheap, such as houses. He remembered that around 98, someone in his hometown village bought and sold residential land, and a piece of residential land only cost yuan.

He still remembers that in 06, a classmate bought a house in Huizhou city for only tens of thousands of yuan.

Around 06, housing prices had actually risen a lot.

After 2016, the average house price in Huizhou city has risen to more than yuan per square meter. Do you want to buy a house?

He likes Huizhou very much. This tourist city has no industry and the natural environment is well protected. It has green mountains and clear waters, and transportation is convenient. There are trains and airports. Ancient buildings can be seen everywhere, and there are countless famous attractions nearby.

In addition, the cultural heritage here is also very profound.

Because it is a tourist city, there is a wide variety of delicious food.

All in all, this is a very livable city.

Before his rebirth, he had been to two of the first-tier cities in China - Shanghai and Pengcheng.

Both cities are prosperous.

The feeling that Magic City gave him was that of tall buildings everywhere, every inch of land was truly worth a lot of money. The distance between tall buildings was very small. When he stood on the road and looked up at the sky, most of the time he could only see a palm-sized piece of sky, giving him the illusion of looking at the sky from a well.

So, he didn't like it there.

I feel that Shanghai is suitable for making money but not suitable for home life.

Pengcheng...

The prosperous places are very prosperous, but most of them are commercial areas and not very popular. The most popular places should be the urban villages, where migrant workers gather. The distance between buildings is even smaller, and the distance between many buildings is no more than one meter. You can enter another building by opening the window.

So, he doesn't like it either.

As a person who makes a living by writing, he doesn't need to live in a big city.

Instead, he prefers cities like Huizhou.

The housing prices here are much lower and the pace of life is much slower.

The prices are also relatively cheap.

There are many beautiful sights, delicious food and beautiful women.

There are modern commercial areas as well as quaint old streets, and houses with white walls and black tiles exude a historical atmosphere.

If I could settle down here, get married and have children, it would be nice for the children to grow up in a city like this.

However, more than 4 seems a little too little.

Cao Sheng withdrew his bank card and continued walking towards the school gate, thinking that he would wait for a while, and when he had more funds, he would go and see if there were any small courtyards for sale nearby.

Before his rebirth, he bought a commercial house in his hometown county, with residents living upstairs and downstairs.

At first he thought it was a good idea, as he could live his own life behind closed doors and wouldn't easily have any neighborhood conflicts.

But after living there for a few years, he disliked it less and less.

Because there are always various troubles that interfere with his life from time to time.

For example: Every year, several families renovate their homes, and the sound of electric drills drilling walls is like a magic sound filling their brains, making it difficult for them to concentrate on typing.

For example: The bathroom of a family downstairs had water backflow, and the sewage flooded the house, so they took all the residents upstairs to court. Cao Sheng, who was living a good life, was inexplicably sitting in the dock in court.

For example: Every night, the sounds of children running, playing ball, and jumping rope upstairs could be heard from time to time. Sometimes something suddenly fell to the floor upstairs, and the sudden noise would scare him.

and many more.

Various troubles have long made him dislike high-rise residential buildings.

In Huizhou, there are many one- or two-story houses with courtyards, and he really wants to buy one.

As for such a house, will his future partner like it?
He thought that a woman who didn't like this kind of house would not be his type, but that was not the case.

……

About a week later.

One day at noon, Cao Sheng came to the Internet cafe again, preparing to update "Living with the Air Hostess". After logging into the author's backend, he saw a message from the site.

——"Congratulations! Your work "Living with a Stewardess" has passed the publication review of Huacheng Publishing House. For details, please check your email. ——Under the Banyan Tree"

Did you find a publishing house willing to publish it so quickly?
Cao Sheng was quite surprised.

I kind of doubt whether Rongshu had already secured a publishing house before he approached him to sign a publishing agency contract?

(End of this chapter)