Chapter 12 The Goddess Visits
Xu Hao quickly said, "Uncle Ma, I've written a novel these days and plan to publish it in a newspaper to earn some pocket money. I just came to Xiangjiang and don't know anyone. I'm afraid that other newspaper people will see my age."
Xiao, if you don’t want to publish it, I’ll let Uncle Ma introduce you. Who knew you are so approachable and easy to talk to, Uncle Ma? Thank you so much.”
When Ma Rulong heard this, he sneered in his heart, and then thought, "If Director Ma hadn't praised you so much, I would be able to treat you like this and be approachable. It would be great for you to meet me."
But on the surface, he still said to Xu Hao kindly, "Ah Hao, it's just a small thing. It's easy to talk about. Please take out your novel and let me read it. I didn't expect that, Ah Hao, you are not only a little miracle doctor, but also a writer.
It’s amazing that you can still write novels,”
Xu Hao took out the manuscript of "The Change of Stars" from his bag, handed it to Ma Rulong and said, "Uncle Ma, I don't know if the writing is good or not. Please give me more corrections."
Ma Rulong took the manuscript and looked at the cover. The three elegant cursive characters of "Stars Change" jumped out on the paper, and he shouted, "What a good calligraphy skill."
The novel of more than 50,000 words took Ma Rulong more than half an hour to read. After reading it, Ma Rulong immediately said to Xu Hao, "Ahao, your novel is very good. It has novel themes, clever ideas, and inspiring ideas. I
I am sure this novel will be a big hit. My uncle will arrange for it to be published in the next two days. However, you only have more than 50,000 words. How many manuscripts do you have left? Can you keep up with the publication? And what are your requirements for manuscript fees? As long as
If you tell me, uncle will definitely agree."
When Xu Hao saw Ma Rulong say this, he knew that this was a cunning old fox and indeed a gangster. If he said too little, he would not be willing to accept it. If he said too much, he would leave others with an insatiable greed.
Impression, so he smiled at Ma Rulong and said, "Uncle Ma, don't worry, my manuscript is still there."
There are more than 100,000 words, and I can write more than 10,000 words every day. I will definitely not delay publication. If your newspaper can publish my novel, I will be very satisfied. Besides, I have just come to Hong Kong, and I am not interested in this kind of royalties.
I really don’t understand. Uncle Ma, just tell me a price. I will definitely agree. I think Uncle Ma will not treat me badly.”
When Ma Rulong heard that he was also a little fox, he said, "Ahao, do you think this is good? Here in Xiangjiang, the fee for a newcomer's manuscript is usually ten yuan per thousand words, and the maximum is not more than forty yuan. Uncle, I will give you a thousand words."
One hundred words, what do you think?"
When Xu Hao heard this, he still didn't achieve his expected goal, so he said to Ma Rulong, "Uncle Ma, why am I embarrassed to pay you such a high fee? How about you think about it this way? I don't know about your newspaper, Uncle Ma."
How are the sales now? I myself think my novel is good. Otherwise, we can use the sales volume of the newspaper to finalize the manuscript fee. In this way, if the sales volume of the newspaper increases, Uncle Ma, you will make money, and I will feel at ease with the higher manuscript fee.
"
As soon as Ma Rulong heard what Xu Hao said, he knew that this genius was dissatisfied with the low royalties. He couldn't say it clearly, but his method was really effective. If the sales volume of the newspaper increased, he would definitely make a lot of money, and he would also be able to start the business of "Oriental Daily".
Fame is given
He was willing to do a thousand words and a thousand dollars, because no matter what, he would make more money in the end, so he said to Xu Hao, "That's true, what do you think A Hao should do? Nowadays, "Oriental Daily" usually has an issue
It’s like 35,000 to 40,000 copies.”
When Xu Hao heard this, he said, "Uncle Ma, let's give me a subscription fee of 40,000 words for now. We will use 40,000 copies as the basis. Every time the newspaper sales increase by 10,000 copies, uncle, you can give me the manuscript fee of 1,000 words."
Can I add a hundred more?"
When Ma Rulong heard this, he knew that this boy knew the rules. He didn't know how to advance or retreat like a lion. He immediately said, "Ah Hao, then I will do as you say. I will have someone print out the contract and sign it right away. Uncle will
I don’t ask for anything anymore, but your novel must keep up with the updates, and you must not stop updating them.”
After Ma Rulong finished speaking, he called someone to prepare the contract. When Xu Hao saw that the cooperation was pleasant and his goal was achieved, he chuckled and said, "Uncle Ma, don't worry, the manuscript will definitely be able to keep up with the updates, so let's just say this
It’s settled, we’ll sign the contract later, and I’ll leave this 50,000-word novel here with you. I wonder when, Uncle Ma, you plan to publish it?”
When Ma Rulong heard this, he said, "Today is already the end of May. Why don't you wait until June 4th to publish it? It will only take four or five days. You can also save more manuscripts and start publishing about 8,000 words every day."
, the number of words you have left can last for a week at most, you have to send the following novel as soon as possible."
Xu Hao said, "Okay, then I will send you another 400,000 words on June 10th. There will be no delay."
After a while, a young man sent the contract. Xu Hao looked at it carefully and found that there was no problem, so he signed his name and said to Ma Rulong, "Uncle Ma, that's it, I won't waste your time anymore, bye."
Ma Rulong quickly took out the jar of tea from the cabinet, stuffed it into Xu Hao and said, "Ahao, take this tea away. Don't be polite. Uncle Ma will still expect you to make money in the future."
Xu Hao took the tea, handed it to Zhao Jun, smiled at Ma Rulong and said, "Then I will thank Uncle Ma for his love, bye."
Xu Hao and Zhao Jun walked out of the gate of Oriental Daily. When they saw that it was almost a little late, they said to Zhao Jun, "Brother Jun, you don't have to go back to the tea restaurant. You go find a place to eat first, and then go and do that."
, I will go back alone. I have to rush to finish the manuscript these days. You should focus more on recruiting people."
When Zhao Jun heard this, he said, "Ah Hao, don't worry. I'm leaving. Please be careful on the road and bring the tea back."
Xu Hao took the tea, stopped a taxi, got in and went back to the tea restaurant. As soon as he entered the gate, he heard Uncle Han calling him, "Ah Hao, this beauty has been waiting for you for more than half an hour."
Xu Hao took a look and saw that it was Zhao Yazhi who had come for him. It had been almost ten days. He himself thought that Zhao Yazhi had forgotten about it. Unexpectedly, she came in person today. Could it be that it was broken a few days ago? He hurriedly walked over
Zhao Yazhi came up and said, "Sister Zhi, do you feel uncomfortable there? Why don't you go to the hospital for a checkup now?"
When Zhao Yazhi saw Xu Hao caring about her so anxiously, her heart warmed up, and she pursed her lips and smiled and said, "Ahao, why don't I come to see you? Don't you welcome me? You cursed me for not being healthy when we met."
Comfortable"
When Xu Hao saw Zhao Yazhi's shy look, he quickly smiled and said, "Welcome, welcome, warm welcome, sister Zhi is welcome to come and check on my daily work. Sister Zhi, as long as you are fine, come, sit here first, you
You haven't eaten yet, I'll let Uncle Han cook it for you. I'm treating you today. This is my uncle Han Xiangsheng, who is also the owner of this tea restaurant. I live here now."
Then he said to Han Xiangsheng, "Uncle Han, this is Miss Zhao Yazhi, a friend I just met the day before yesterday. She is now a stewardess."
Zhao Yazhi quickly said to Han Xiangsheng, "Hello, Uncle Han. If you dare to interrupt me, just call me Hezhi. I'm causing trouble for you."
Han Xiangsheng saw that Zhao Yazhi was dignified in appearance, friendly and polite, and secretly praised Xu Hao's good taste, so he smiled and said, "Okay, Ha Zhi, you don't have to be polite. Since you are A Hao's friend, when we get here,
Just like at home, come on, you sit down first and I'll get you two something to eat."
Xu Hao poured water for Zhao Yazhi and said to Zhao Yazhi with a smile, "Sister Zhi, I thought you had internal injuries after you fell that day. You came here to settle accounts with me today. I didn't expect you to come here specifically to see me.
Look, I’m so moved.”
As soon as Zhao Yazhi saw this little kid scratching his nose and face, he pretended to be angry and said, "I see your size, I just came to see if you live here, to see if you were lying that day, and to see your slick tongue."
, have you often used this method to coax girls before?"
Xu Hao quickly said, "Sister Zhi, look at what you said, I didn't eat fried dough sticks in the morning, my mouth is not oily, and I have only been in Xiangjiang for a week, okay, and I met a girl like you, I am still a child, why are you coaxing me?
Girls? I don’t even know how to coax girls, why don’t you teach me, Sister Zhi?”
When Zhao Yazhi heard what Xu Hao said, she thought to herself, looking at him like this, he looks like an expert at coaxing girls. He doesn't want to pick up on me, so he deliberately left this address for me to take the bait. Bah, bah, bah, yes.
What the hell, that's where I thought. But looking at his upright face, Uncle Han doesn't seem like a bad person. I must have thought wrongly.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yazhi's face turned red, but she said, "I think you are fifteen or six years old. You must have coaxed a lot of girls, and you are still pretending to be pure like me."
Xu Hao saw Zhao Yazhi's face blushing and didn't know why she was shy. Could it be that she felt that he meant something to her? He quickly said, "Sister Zhi, you are really good at calculating. I am just sixteen this year."
Years old, but I look older. I have been living in the mountainous areas of the mainland, where my master and I have never seen any girls. How can we coax girls? "
When Zhao Yazhi heard this, she was surprised and said, "No way, Ah Hao, are you really sixteen? It seems that my guess is quite accurate, but you are still not older than me. How old are you, a little brat, and you still say that you are
Old Prime Minister, you really made me laugh to death."
When Xu Hao saw Zhao Yazhi laughing, he quickly said, "Sister Zhi, this is a public place. We want to be ladies and pay attention to our image."
Zhao Yazhi still smiled and said, "It's really interesting to talk to a little kid like you. No, my stomach hurts a little from laughing. I need to eat soon. I can't laugh anymore, or I won't be able to eat after a while."
Xu Hao walked over, patted Zhao Yazhi's back gently, and said, "Sister Zhi, you are a beauty and a lady. Look, Uncle Han just brought the rice over. Let's eat quickly."
Zhao Yazhi rolled her eyes at him and said angrily, "It's all your fault. You are not allowed to speak when we are about to eat."
Xu Hao raised his hands and said with a smile, "Okay, I won't talk. I'll just eat and not talk, okay?"
Han Xiangsheng put the food on the table and said with a smile, "Hey, you two, eat slowly, I won't disturb you two."
After Zhao Yazhi waited for Han Xiangsheng to leave, she said to Xu Hao, "It's all your fault. I made Uncle Han laugh at me. It's all your fault."
Xu Hao quickly said, "Okay, it's all my fault. Eat it quickly, or the food will get cold soon and it won't taste good."
While eating, Zhao Yazhi saw Xu Hao preparing to speak and quickly said, "Ah Hao, you are not allowed to talk. Be good, my sister will pick up the food for you."
Xu Hao quickly covered his mouth with one hand and nodded wildly like a chicken pecking at rice.
Seeing Xu Hao's funny look, Zhao Yazhi pursed her lips and said with a smile, "This is how you behave. Come, eat food."
After finishing the meal, Xu Hao took down the tableware, poured a glass of water for Zhao Yazhi and said, "Can I talk now? Sister Zhi, if you have time in the future, come and play with me. This is the phone number here. If you need anything, call me.
I won’t live here anymore in a while. I plan to open a traditional Chinese medicine clinic. After it opens, I will live there. When it opens, I will invite you to come. You have to give me face."
Zhao Yazhi opened her eyes wide, patted her forehead with one hand, and said in surprise, "Are you still a doctor? Or a Chinese medicine practitioner? You didn't come back just now. Uncle Han said that you went to the newspaper to submit articles. You can also write novels? At such a young age,
And don’t you know how to do it?”
Xu Hao said with a smile, "Sister Zhi, do you want me to tell the truth or a lie?"
Zhao Yazhi gave him a look and said, "It's still funny. Tell me quickly. I want to hear the truth and lies."
Xu Hao thought it was more fun to tease this not-yet-famous goddess, so he smiled and said, "If I'm telling a lie, there are many things I don't know. If you want to hear the truth, besides giving birth, I
There are very few things that I don’t know how to do”
Zhao Yazhi listened to these words that were like a tongue twister, and smiled and said, "Ahao, are you really only sixteen years old? You are not possessed by some sixty or seventy-year-old demon, are you?"
When Xu Hao heard this, he lowered his head slightly and said, "Sister Zhi, if you say that, it will hurt my little heart. Look at me, handsome and unrestrained, loved by everyone, with flowers blooming, and a flat tire in my car."
Chapter completed!