Chapter 480 Happy Birthday
【Ying Chanxi:】

[When you receive the letter, if the courier is not delayed, it should be your birthday]

[On special days, it is better to greet people with formal titles]

[When writing this letter, there were many postcards to choose from in the Love Post Office]

[When I saw the picture of the sunrise over the sea, I thought it would be a perfect gift for you]

[People come from water. Childhood is like the morning of a day, just like the rising sun from the sea, and also like the companionship between the two of us from childhood to adulthood.]

[This trip to Qiongzhou was a great experience, and it will surely become an unforgettable and beautiful memory in my life]

[On your birthday, I also hope that I have not disappointed you too much and helped you have an unforgettable birthday.]

[If you feel happy about your birthday, you might as well respond to me. For example, when you read this letter, don’t say anything, just give me a smile.]

Seeing this, Ying Chanxi felt warm in his heart and couldn't help but smile on his face. He couldn't help but turn his head and want to smile at Li Luo.

As a result, when he turned around, he saw Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng secretly passing notes to each other during morning self-study. Ying Chanxi's face suddenly froze, and then he turned his head silently and snorted.

[Of course, if your birthday makes you feel bad, you can also punch me.]

When he saw the next sentence, Ying Chanxi raised his eyebrows and almost turned around again to punch Li Luo.

However, considering that it was still morning self-study, Ying Chanxi suppressed his thoughts and let him go for the time being.

Li Luo's letters continue.

[If I'm lucky, this letter might be delivered to my home early in the morning]

[However, according to your personality, you will probably wait until school to watch it, after all, you have to go jogging in the morning.]

[Xixi is such a well-behaved girl, she shouldn't be watching during morning self-study, right? ]

[I guess I will finish reading it before the morning self-study. I don’t know if my guess is right.]

When he saw this, Ying Chanxi hummed.

She spoke as if she was very naughty, and it was all because of what he wrote on the postcard, which made her read it over and over again for a long time and not finish it before morning self-study.

Ying Chanxi thought so in his mind and continued reading the letter.

[Of course, if we are a little unlucky and the letter is delivered at night, then our Xixi will probably hold the letter, sneak back to her bedroom, and read it secretly under the covers.]

Humph.

I won’t hide under the quilt and watch!

At most, I would go back to my room and sit at my desk to read!
[If it doesn’t arrive on your birthday, that’s okay, I will definitely write another one on the same day and have someone pretend to deliver it to your door]

[By the way, please ask Butler Liu to give a bad review to the Love Post Office at the Peak Park]

【Back to the topic】

[Today is your birthday, I wish you all the best and a good mood]

[This is not the first time I celebrate your birthday, and it certainly won’t be the last]

[I hope I can bless you like this every year in the future]

[I am already in my second year of high school, and will soon be my third year. It seems like college is just around the corner.]

[If possible, I hope that days like this can last forever]

【Finally, happy birthday】

【——Li Luo】

During the entire morning self-study session, Ying Chanxi did nothing else but secretly read the letter that Li Luo wrote to her.

When the morning self-study session was over, Qiao Xinyan walked down from the podium and returned to her seat. She laughed and said, "You don't know how to restrain yourself. Teacher Kong looked at you several times just now."

"Ah?" Ying Chanxi was stunned for a moment, and didn't quite react. Then he stammered, "Why is Mr. Kong looking at me?"

"What else could it be?" Qiao Xinyan said speechlessly, and poked the Chinese textbook on her desk. "You put the letter in the book, do you really think others can't see it?"

"Is it so obvious?" Ying Chanxi was immediately embarrassed. He scratched his face awkwardly and couldn't help asking, "Did Teacher Kong see it?"

"Xixi, you are good at studying, but you lack experience in this area." Qiao Xinyan shook her finger and said with a smile, "Standing on the podium, you can tell who is reading seriously and who is slacking off. It's just that Teacher Kong is too lazy to tell you."

"Then why didn't you remind me?" Ying Chanxi's pretty face turned red, and she silently put away Li Luo's letter.

"I blinked at you several times, okay?" Qiao Xinyan rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "But someone has been staring at the Chinese textbook, reading it very carefully, with a very rich expression on his face. It seems that he is completely immersed in the emotions of the textbook article. He really deserves to be the top student in our grade."

Ying Chanxi's cheeks turned red because of what she said. She stammered and couldn't say anything. Finally, she turned around and punched Li Luo: "It's all your fault."

Li Luo looked at her in confusion, wondering what he had done that made her hit him suddenly?

Women are really strange creatures, always making people confused.

……

March 3th is Ying Chanxi’s birthday. Although Li Luo and others had already celebrated her birthday on the weekend, there are still some other classmates in the school who will prepare gifts for Ying Chanxi.

However, for Ying Chanxi, there was probably no gift more precious than this letter from Li Luo.

She had already read it several times during morning self-study, and then read it again during lunch break. When it was evening self-study, after finishing her homework, Ying Chanxi read it several more times. She had no idea what was there to read, which left Qiao Xinyan puzzled. She could only sigh in her heart that this girl was really hopeless.

After evening self-study, Ying Chanxi followed Li Luo and others back home. After taking a shower, she took out the letter again and sat at the desk to read it again.

Then she put the letter in a special box, together with all the pen pal letters Li Luo had written to her before, and kept them all. At this moment, Ying Chanxi's cell phone rang. She looked carefully and found that it was her father calling, so she immediately picked up the phone and answered it.

The father and daughter exchanged pleasantries on the phone. Ying Zhicheng obviously remembered that today was his daughter's birthday. After wishing her a happy birthday, he reminded her, "I've transferred 10,000 yuan to your card. It's spring now, so remember to buy some new clothes."

"Yeah, I get it." Ying Chanxi nodded obediently, "In fact, the money is enough."

And if it’s buying clothes, when I go shopping with Li Luo to look at clothes, most of the time Li Luo pays directly.

Ying Chanxi, on the other hand, had no chance to spend money, so he could only feed Li Luo more when he swiped his meal card at school.

Ying Zhicheng didn't think much about it, and continued: "Is Li Luo next to you? I have something to tell him. If he is, I won't call him again."

"He should be typing. Dad, don't hang up. I'll go find him." Ying Chanxi quickly stood up and walked towards Li Luo's bedroom in his slippers.

After knocking on Li Luo's door, Ying Chanxi pushed it open and saw Yan Zhusheng lying on Li Luo's bed, swinging her legs and reading a novel on her phone.

When Ying Chanxi saw this scene, he puffed his lips a little, but he still knew that the business was more important, so he immediately walked to Li Luo and handed him the phone.

"What's wrong?" Li Luo asked puzzledly.

"My dad wants to talk to you, please answer the phone."

"Oh." Li Luo reacted and quickly took the phone and greeted the person on the other end of the phone, "Uncle Ying, are you looking for me?"

"Yes." Ying Zhicheng nodded and said straight to the point on the phone, "The film and television copyright of your book "Little Joy" has been almost negotiated, and the contract details have been basically finalized. I think we will need to confirm it later. You can ask your lawyer for details."

"If there are no problems, get it done as soon as possible and take some time to sign the contract."

"If you confirm it sooner, I can start working sooner. The director is also ready to start the project."

"Oh, OK, no problem." Li Luo nodded to show that he understood. He held the mouse in his right hand and looked through the message he had received before. "Lawyer Tian just talked to me about it. There shouldn't be any major problems. If it's OK, I can sign the contract this weekend."

"Well, that's fine." Ying Zhicheng nodded with a smile. "Director Wang Jun is very optimistic about you. This time, in addition to his usual screenwriter serving as your assistant, he will not interfere too much with the specific script."

"But this is your first time creating a TV series, and the logic of this thing is slightly different from that of online articles."

"So if people have any opinions or suggestions, you can listen to them appropriately."

"This is not just a problem of the script, but also a problem of cooperation among the team. This is completely different from online novels where the author can work alone."

"If there's anything you feel you can't handle, just tell me in private."

Ying Zhicheng's words were a little euphemistic, but Li Luo still roughly understood what he meant, so he nodded and said, "My request is actually very simple, just try not to change the original main plot."

"That point..." Ying Zhicheng pondered for a moment, then asked, "Do you still remember something you mentioned during the Chinese New Year?"

"What's the matter?" Li Luo recalled, and with the help of the Memory Palace, he quickly responded, "Is it about the investment?"

"Yes." Ying Zhicheng's tone was a little solemn, "Some people on the board of directors are not optimistic about your project."

"Huayue Film and Television has another TV series project in the works at the same time. It is the work of a female author we have cooperated with before. Whether it is quality or experience in adaptation, the board of directors has a higher score than you."

"As for our company's investment method, the company itself actually only provides people, and the capital accounts for a relatively small proportion. The majority of the investment in TV series comes from people on the board of directors."

"In addition to the investment in film and television copyright, Little Joy will receive about 15 million yuan in funding this time."

"Of course, there are still some people on the board who have not expressed their views, and they may make additional investments as appropriate in the future."

"If you, the original author, dare to invest some money, maybe it will change some people's minds, and then we will have more funds."

"On the other hand, you are not just a screenwriter or the author of the original work in the crew, but one of the financiers of the entire project."

"The difference in the right to speak before and after is quite big."

"But you'd better think it over carefully. No matter how confident you are in your book, online novels and TV dramas are not the same thing."

"To be frank, your uncle is just an employee. The investment is all made with the company's money. Even if he loses money, it will at most affect my position."

"But if you really want to invest, this is real money."

After all, he is the son of his childhood friend, and Li Luo has a close relationship with his daughter. Ying Zhicheng spoke very sincerely and basically considered all aspects of the matter.

After listening to this, Li Luo thought for a moment, then looked back at the conversation between him and Lawyer Tian, ​​and then confirmed again: "So Uncle Ying, is the transaction price of the copyright this time confirmed to be 12 million?"

"Of course." Ying Zhicheng smiled. "After all, it's your book, so I didn't bargain much."

We are all family, so Ying Zhicheng should just say some things directly without hiding anything.

Normally, Wenyue Group offered 15 million yuan, and if Ying Zhicheng tried hard, it should be no problem to bargain it down to 10 million yuan.

But on the one hand, he was in a hurry to advance the project, and on the other hand, this was Li Luo's book after all, so he didn't bother about it.

According to Ying Zhicheng, it was not his money that was being spent anyway.

After Li Luo got a definite answer, he smiled, nodded to the other end of the phone and said, "Then I should be able to confirm it. Then I will invest 5 million and give it a try."

Well... this is roughly the amount of money he will get after selling the copyright.

Maybe after deducting taxes it will be less, and if it gets serious, he can just make up a little more, anyway he doesn't need that much right now.

If the money is not spent, the company will have to pay taxes later, so it is better to invest it like this.

At least on the project of "Little Joy", Li Luo is still quite confident as long as director Wang Jun doesn't do anything weird to him.

"Okay, let's do this for now." Ying Zhicheng nodded and said, "We'll discuss the details when we meet this weekend."

(End of this chapter)