Moonlight Variations

Chapter 5

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Chu Li: "Old Miao."

Lao Miao: "What are you doing?"

Chu Li: "Did you hear something?"

Lao Miao: "What's the sound?"

Chu Li: "The sound of my girl's heart breaking."

Lao Miao: "..."

After the sequel to Empress Yu, Chu Li's three views were once again hit one after another in a short period of time, so Chu Li was a little dazed at the moment: Zhou Chuan in her mind was not like this.

Chu Li opened Zhou Chuan's Weibo again, and read his Weibo seriously. On Weibo, Zhou Chuan's painting style is like this—

Reader Q: [Master Hirukawa has such a nice voice, so he must be handsome, right? It's such a pity not to come out and do signings so mysteriously! I have heard people say that Da Da is super tall!]

Hiukawa A: [I would be embarrassed if you praised me like this~ I didn’t sign the contract because I was afraid that you would feel disappointed when you saw an otaku. What if you hurt your girls’ hearts then?]

Reader A: [What kind of books do you usually read, here is a middle school dog!]

Hiukawa A: [Middle school students won’t read boring books, right? Your teacher also recommends regular masterpieces such as "Snow Country". In addition, I personally think that "Elephant's Tears", "Alley Talking Hundred Stories", and Kyogoku Natsuhiko's Kyogokudo series are all very good! If you have time, make a book list for everyone.]

instead of—

Are you free

Owe black

"Eighteen Styles of Longyang".

First Ritual: “………………………”

Long Yang is a ghost! Have you seen! I'm still an old man pushing a cart! !

The reader's girly heart is a girly heart, so what about me? ! And me!

This is different from what Hirakawa said! ! ! !

Because Chu Li couldn't bear the impact of the Three Views, he couldn't restrain the wild grass mud horse in his heart, so he selected the submission emails one by one from the mail to save the information, and at the same time used Q and L Jun to discuss in depth about the author The matter of duplicity—in line with professional ethics, she did not say that the author who is particularly free in private is Riu Chuan, but she just complained that there is such a great master: Weibo is cute, private Rinima.

[The disappearing Mr. L: You also said it was Weibo, Weibo is used to pretend to be a good person.]

[Mr. L who disappeared: You will meet more in the future.]

[Mr. L who disappeared: Isn’t it a living example that you met the one who was rolling around in the editorial department the other day?]

[The disappearing Mr. L: Don't worry, you still have a gentle god in your heart: Hiukawa.]

First ceremony: "... ... ..."

[The sailor invited by the monkey: The author of Xiaobailian in my heart is also very kind, I have loved him for ten years!]

[Mr. L who disappeared: Your mother still has Xiaobailian, isn’t your favorite Hiukawa? Why are you so half-hearted, who is it?]

Goddamn Lao Tzu's favorite is Hiukawa.

[Saijun invited by the monkey: I won't tell you... Forget it, please don't mention any author, I have a headache.]

[The disappearing Mr. L: Look at your fragile face, how do you hang out in this cannibalistic circle? Come on, forget about resigning, Brother L will support you.]

First ceremony: "..."

[The sailor invited by the monkey: Oh.]

[The sailor invited by the monkey: What is the position of the last sentence? man to woman? We have known each other for three years, and you are finally going to date me online?]

[Mr. L who disappeared: Out of the owner's position on pets.]

[Mr. L who disappeared: ... ... ... I haven't seen the term "online dating" for at least ten years. When did you time travel? He really deserves to be a magazine for seniors like "Star Trail".]

First ceremony: "..."

Chu Li was silent while Ctrl V copied "Hello, just send your submission to this email address, thank you (≧ω≦)!!!" to another lost cutie... In fact, Chu Li really wanted to tell Mr. L her I want to go to "Star Trail", at least there shouldn't be so many silly and cute people in the mailboxes of old people's magazines like "Star Trail".

And her day's work is about to be overwhelmed by silly and cute people. Originally, Chu Li thought that her first day at work would end like this, but it turned out that something happened to Lao Miao when she was about to leave work—

Lao Miao: "Chuli."

Blindly copying and pasting the first ceremony: "Huh?"

Lao Miao: "Although I am taking care of Riu Chuan, our relationship has been a little tense recently."

Chuli: "Ah..."

Before he had time to put on a regretful face and say "really", at this time, Lao Miao clapped his hands again, as if suddenly reminded of something in surprise: "Since I mentioned Zhouchuan earlier, it just so happens that I am in a hurry. Let him sign the contract, and our relationship is tense, you know..."

First ceremony: "..."

I don't understand.

Lao Miao: "Why don't you go out to the field tomorrow morning to get it for him to sign? It just so happens that Richuan has been in our city for a vacation for the past month, and it also gives you, a newcomer, a chance to get acquainted with the author. to share with me... ”

Chu Li watched helplessly as Lao Miao pulled out a folder from the bottom of a large pile of files, but at this moment she stretched out her hand like a mute, and took the folder.

Chu Li glanced at the folder in his hand, and on the cover were ["Luohe Divine Book" Publishing Contract] in large characters—Chu Li was stunned for a moment, and then he found his tongue and asked, "Me? Big Hikawa?"

"What a big deal, that's what readers call the author. Be professional. The editor calls the author 'teacher'." Lao Miao had already written a series of addresses and stuffed them into her hand during the few seconds when Chu Li was stunned. , He immediately laughed when he heard the question, "Yeah, aren't you very happy?"

First ceremony: "..."

I should have been very happy, after all, it was one step closer to my autographed photo.

…if it wasn't for the rest of the office looking at me sympathetically with the same sympathy that we would look at a chilled corpse

At this time, when the bell for getting off work rang, Chu Li turned off the computer and stood up. He looked down at the publishing contract in his hand that was waiting for Hiukawa's blessing. Chu Li hesitated, picked it up and opened it, and found that The first printing run was 45,000—only 45,000

Chu Li hurriedly stopped Lao Miao who got up and was about to get off work: "Oh, Lao Miao, is there something wrong with the contract? Why is the first printing only 45,000?"

Lao Miao paused, turned around, and sneered, "How much do you think it should be?"

Chu Li: "... I don't know, four hundred and fifty thousand?"

After all, a great god like Hiukawa—

The sneer on Lao Miao's lips became clearer: "Son, it's 2013, not 1913, with a print run of 450,000 copies, do you think "Harry Potter" is worth asking the boss to mortgage all his underwear to the print shop? "

First ceremony: "..."

Harry Potter isn't from 1913, is it

Lao Miao put down her bag, and put on a look that felt that the first ceremony was very interesting: "Then guess how many copies of "Moonlight" magazine will be printed every month?"

Chu Li: "Eight hundred thousand?"

The entire editorial department was quiet again.

Lao Miao: "Remove more than a dozen."

Chuli: "?"

Lao Miao: "Eighty thousand."

First ceremony: "..."

Awkward.

Lao Miao: "This number is already synonymous with 'best-selling magazines', so, welcome to the publishing industry. Our goal is to earn as much as we die, and as red as the setting sun."

First ceremony: "..."

... I don't know if resigning after the first day of work will become the first person to break the historical record of Yuanyue Society

the next day.

When I woke up with the alarm in the morning, in my sleepy eyes, I caught a glimpse of Mr. Hikawa’s contract next to the pillow last night, and suddenly thought of hearing the roar from the editorial department that day: 32,000 prints, you When I beg for food!

... Not to mention who the crazy fox is, the current magazine lineup of authors who have come out of the editorial department of "Moonlight" is no better than Hiukawa... So, Chu Li was worried that when she handed over the contract to Hiukawa, The other party will throw the contract back in her face as soon as she sees the first printing.

First ceremony: "..."

Chu Li wiped her face, and had to accept the fact that this moment seems to be the beginning of a nightmare—she is not stupid, she can understand it with her toes. If there is really any unhappiness, it can only be the unhappiness caused by the "45,000 seals" on this broken contract.

But since the magazine has entrusted her with this task, she will do it well.

After getting up, taking a shower and drying her hair, Chu Li went out with the folder.

The house that Hiukawa bought in City G is located in an expensive high-end neighborhood near the city center, and visitors who come to visit need to register as visitors. Chuli found the corresponding house number according to the address given by Lao Miao. When she looked up and saw a single-family duplex house with a yard, she stood outside the door and was silent for a while, thinking of her 40-square-meter office where she had to sit in a room. Half an hour's drive to the kennel, she didn't know how many lifetimes she had to struggle to afford such a house—

The great author, who has money, time, and a chic life, is a winner in life.

I never imagined that in this life, I would be able to say something other than "I really like your writing" to the Great Master, "Teacher, I love you so much even though you are an actor"

Amidst the excitement, Chu Li pressed the doorbell with a pious heart.

The doorbell rang for a long time.

While ringing the doorbell, Chu Li stood up on tiptoe and looked inside through the big iron gate. Waiting anxiously, the one who opened the door was an Alaskan sled dog who stood up and gave the first salute 50-50—the big dog stood up and lay on the door. On the ground, with ears upside down and tail twitching, the whole face was squeezed into the crack of the iron door, when Chu Li stretched out his hand to scratch its forehead, its tail was about to fall off, Chu Li whispered to the dog and said: " Little boy, where is your father? Where is your father? Ask your father to open the door!"

Alaska barked twice.

Then Chu Li heard a deep, drowsy, hoarse male voice coming from the voice communication system close at hand: "It's called Ergou, not Xiaoguaiguai. I'm not its father, but brother. Who is outside the door?"

First ceremony: "..."

What

Chu Li was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that the call button was connected at some point on the doorbell - the man's hoarse voice in the early morning made her blush - no wonder some people say that just by hearing the voice, they think Hiukawa is a handsome guy...

It's Hikawa.

It's Mr. Hikawa.

The one living inside the door, and the one talking to her at this moment is Mr. Hikawa!

Chu Li couldn't hide the excitement in his heart. He patted the head of the big dog named "Er Gou", cleared his throat and pretended to be calm: "Mr. Zhou Chuan? Hello, I am the new editor of the "Moonlight" magazine of Yuanyue Society Chuli, I'm here today to give you the publishing contract of "Luohe Divine Book"..."

There was silence at the doorbell.

For a long time, Chu Li wondered if he had fallen asleep leaning against the door, only to hear his calm voice—

"Turn the contract to the first page."

"Oh."

"Have you opened it?"

"Open it."

"First print run, read."

The man's voice seemed to have a strong nasal tone.

"Teacher, do you have a cold?"

"read."

"Forty-five thousand."

"..."

"..."

"Ergou, see off the guests."

"Wow!"

“………………”

Standing dumbfounded for a few seconds outside the gate, Chu Li finally realized that he didn't even have a chance to be slapped in the face by Hiukawa, so he was shut down—

This can't work!

Teacher, come out and slap the contract on my face! ! !

With the determination to die, Chu Li began to ring the doorbell of Zhou Chuan's house over and over again, and the two dogs jumped up and down in anxiety, wanting Chu Li to come in and scratch his ears... So one person and one dog rang the doorbell of this morning. The tranquility was completely shattered. When Shi Li called the doorbell for the tenth time, Er Gou shook the iron door and rattled, and the neighbor might have raised the phone to call the police—

The closed door of the small duplex western-style building finally opened with a bang!

The hand who was about to ring the doorbell for the first time paused, and watched a tall man wearing Crayon Shinchan cartoon pajamas walking out of the house quickly. Flushed, wearing slippers, poor image, pale complexion but still not concealing his handsome nature—

At this moment, the man walked quickly to the iron gate with a murderous look under his feet: "I wrote the manuscript last night until four o'clock in the morning! I was woken up at half past ten this morning! Even if I wake up, I will be paid forty thousand The first printing of five is a shame!—Forty-five thousand! What crime did I do! Forty-five thousand! From the previous thirty-two thousand, I added a very sincere 13,000! beg-"

Hiukawa couldn't finish his sentence.

Eyelids were lifted inadvertently, and those brown eyes stared coldly at the man on the other side of the iron railing with a face full of heaven and earth.

The man wrinkled his nose, revealing a very familiar arrogance and provocation, but at this time his voice had a strong nasal tone due to a cold, and his majesty declined: "How?"

The person on the other side of the iron railing took a step back... with her face still cracked, and her three views—

It's a fox.

The fox is Hikawa.

The fox is Hikawa.

This uncle fox in Crayon Shin-chan's pajamas is the gentle and jade-like son Chuan!

excuse me! ! ! !

Chu Li was silent in "Wen and moist as jade, Mr. Chuan seems to be really different from what he said" "Besides being an actor, he is still a fox" "Tell me a joke,

I once had a spring dream with Hiukawa and me as the protagonists." During the messy wind, it took more than ten seconds to realize what she was doing here, so she bit the bullet and went back to lie down on the iron gate, with a sincere face On the other side of the gate, probably because of getting up, the angry human said: "No, teacher, listen to me..."

Hiukawa raised the corners of his lips in disgust: "I won't listen."

"...Wait, wait!" Chu Li slammed the iron door, "You can't treat a lady like this."

"No lady would humiliate me with a run of forty-five thousand copies."

"..."

Crazy lion, arrogant fox, from Kyogoku Natsuhiko to "Longyang Eighteen Styles".

Chu Li realized that he was very wrong—

Not everyone in this circle is mostly double-faced lunatics.

The only one who is crazy is Hiukawa and his old man.