Chapter 520 The two daughters' unexpected discovery

It was beyond Li Luo's expectation.

Negotiations on the platinum contract went exceptionally smoothly.

Even when it comes to copyright-related requirements, Wenyue Group did not insist too much, which surprised Li Luo.

But at the dinner after the negotiations ended in the afternoon, Editor-in-Chief Nanfeng made it quite clear at the table.

"We have Penguin as our backer, Wenyue, and we have a great influence in the domestic film and television industry."

"For example, the movie Little Joy that you just sold this year was produced by Huayue Films, right?"

Nan Feng took a sip of juice and continued, "For the production of a TV series, perhaps they alone can handle it, but the subsequent approval, distribution, and promotion will involve other companies in every link."

"Even in terms of production, if Penguin thinks it's worth investing in, there will be people who will talk to us about it."

“To put it bluntly, copyright is more important to higher-level officials in terms of consolidating their own market position.”

"As long as you are still in Wenyue and are our platinum writer, the copyright will most likely still be circulated within Penguin. That's enough."

After listening to this, Li Luo nodded slightly.

When he was reborn, it was already 2014, and he was just a third-year junior high school student who was about to take the high school entrance examination.

He had never studied computer science in his previous life, and his family conditions did not allow him to make any arrangements in advance.

Wanting to learn from the great deeds of the reborn predecessors, punching Ali and stepping on the penguin, is undoubtedly a delusion.

Fortunately, he doesn't have any sense of superiority as a reborn person, so he can just earn some money within his ability.

He alone is powerless to change anything regarding copyright competition.

Having the opportunity to control the direction of your own copyright and hold the operating rights in your own hands is already a good result.

Lawyer Tian bought a plane ticket for the day after tomorrow. He originally expected that he would have to stay here for at least three days to roughly agree on the general framework.

Now it seems that I was overthinking it.

"We can take a walk around here. Has Lawyer Tian been to Yuzhong City before?" Li Luo said with a smile, "Just think of it as a trip."

"I've never been here before." Lawyer Tian said with a smile, "I won't be polite this time."

Because it was a business trip, all of Lawyer Tian’s travel expenses were borne by Chongran Culture.

These benefits were already made clear when Lawyer Tian and Chongran Culture signed the legal outsourcing contract.

As long as it was a legal issue related to contract signing, he basically took care of all the work.

For a lawyer, such long-term connections and channels are still very valuable.

……

In the afternoon and evening of the 9th, authors who came to participate in the salon event arrived at the hotel one after another.

Many authors asked Li Luo to have dinner with them. He couldn't refuse, so he told Ying Chanxi and others and brought Xu Youyu with him.

When attending the annual meeting in Qiongzhou City, many authors noticed the suspicious relationship between Li Luo and Xu Youyu, and everyone knew it.

One is a future platinum, and the other has the potential to be a great god. I heard that these two are both top students in Yuhang City.

"What the hell?! Top 50 in the province?"

At the dinner table, a female author who got along very well with Xu Youyu subconsciously swore after hearing Xu Youyu's college entrance examination results. She couldn't help it and her face was full of shock.

"Is going to bed early the college entrance examination you are taking this year?"

"correct."

"This is really amazing. Top 50 in the province. Can you get into Peking University or Tsinghua University?"

"I think so?" Xu Youyu said modestly, "But I don't plan to apply there. Qianjiang University is right next to my home, so I can study there."

"It's good to have a lot of money."

"Damn! The halo of this top student is too dazzling. It's blinding to me, a college student!"

Everyone complained and joked about it, but no one paid much attention to it.

It can be said that online writers are the group of people who are most disenchanted by university degrees.

No matter how high your diploma is, whether you are a mule or a horse, just take it out for a walk and you will know whether you are capable or not.

In the field of online literature, there is no shortage of authors who are top students from prestigious universities.

But there is a very interesting phenomenon: among well-known online writers, the number of science students is significantly greater than that of liberal arts students.

This is probably because, when it comes to writing online articles, scientific thinking is more important.

"The sister next to me asked me if I was in love with you." Xu Youyu leaned over to Li Luo's ear halfway through his meal and whispered with a smile, "How do you think I should respond?"

"Just tell the truth." Li Luo turned his head and whispered to Xu Youyu, "Or you want to say, you are my sister-in-law?"

"That's not impossible." Xu Youyu smiled slyly, but he certainly wouldn't really say it.

After turning around and whispering with the female author on the other side, Xu Youyu turned back again and looked at Li Luo with a smile on his face, not knowing what he said to her.

Li Luo couldn't hold back his curiosity, so he asked in a low voice, "What did you say?"

"I said you are my potential boyfriend." Xu Youyu said with a smile, "Wait until you take the college entrance examination next year. If you can get into Qianjiang University, you can become my regular boyfriend."

"Really?" Li Luo raised his eyebrows. "If I am admitted to Qianjiang University next year, what benefits will I get after becoming a full-time employee?"

"Of course the treatment is..." Xu Youyu pulled his hand under the table, placed it on his thigh, and winked at him.

"You can do anything your boyfriend can do after you become his regular employee."

Xu Youyu was talking in front of him with a smile on his face, but when he felt Li Luo's thieving hand starting to mess around, he immediately pulled his hand out.

Li Luo felt a little unsatisfied, but after glancing at the authors at the table, he returned to his normal state and continued eating seriously.

After the two men finished their meal with the authors, they got up, said goodbye and left, going back to the hotel.

The next day, the salon activities officially opened in the afternoon.

Similar to last year, a similar essay writing competition was held this year, but Li Luo was not very interested and did not listen carefully.

Essay writing competitions like this can be roughly divided into two categories based on their purpose.

First, it is an attempt by Qidian itself to explore the future development direction. If it wants to guide authors to explore content on a certain topic, it will organize essay solicitations on related topics.

The other type is official endorsement, which requires online literature to set a certain example, just like last year's realistic essay writing competition.

However, Li Luo's current focus is a small part on continuing to update "I'm Really Not a Star", and the other part is all on the production of the TV series "Little Joy". He has no time to think about the essay contest.

……

After two days of salon activities, the framework of the platinum contract was initially finalized. Lawyer Tian took a tour of Yuzhong City and then boarded a plane back to Yuhang City. Li Luo saw off many of his author friends and soon welcomed Ying Zhicheng and Yuan Wanqing.

He accompanied Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng downstairs to pick someone up at the hotel entrance, and saw a taxi parked on the side of the road at the gate.

Ying Zhicheng got out of the car first and took out the luggage for two people from the trunk.

Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng stepped forward to help their parents with their luggage.

Afterwards, Yuan Wanqing, wearing a mask, also got out of the car and followed Ying Zhicheng, and the two went to the hotel front desk to register first.

Because their check-in time was different from Li Luo's, Ying Zhicheng and Yuan Wanqing's hotel rooms were booked on the 9th floor of the hotel.

Li Luo and the other two sent Ying Zhicheng and his partner upstairs to their hotel room. After they had packed up, Li Luo called the others and asked them to go out for lunch together.

After lunch, the group of ten people returned to the hotel to rest and then set out to visit nearby attractions.

Starting from Tongyuan Gate west of Jiefangbei, Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng made a lot of travel guides, which finally came in handy at this time.

Strolling along the streets of the characteristic old neighborhood, when we came across a scenic spot, Ying Chanxi raised his camera to take pictures for everyone.

In front of their parents, the three girls didn't dare to make overly intimate gestures with Li Luo when taking pictures.

But occasionally, when the parents weren't paying attention, Yan Zhusheng would boldly get close to Li Luo and ask Ying Chanxi to take pictures of them.

Ying Chanxi gritted his teeth while taking photos, and in the subsequent itinerary, he also began to look for opportunities to take some intimate photos with Li Luo.

Xu Youyu didn't care about these things. He just wandered around Li Luo, occasionally buying some snacks on the roadside and feeding Li Luo.

From Tongyuan Gate, the group passed through Consul Lane and then came to Shancheng Lane in the south.

The foreign consulates, Western churches, Sichuan and Chongqing stilt houses, old residences, air-raid shelters, and lanterns hung along the roads here are all characteristic buildings of old Sichuan and Chongqing, and they have a unique flavor at first glance.

Li Luo was not very interested in these things, and with the Memory Palace in his body, he could remember them at a glance, so there was no need to stare at them and admire them all the time.

On the way, Ying Zhicheng watched the children having fun, took photos, bought some snacks, and strolled along the way, and his mood also relaxed.

But even so, he did not forget about work.

"Little Joy will start filming next month," Ying Zhicheng said. "There's nothing wrong with the script. As for the actual filming, do you want to be there to watch?"

"Let's take a look." Li Luo nodded and said, "I don't know if it's convenient."

"Of course it's convenient." Ying Zhicheng laughed and said, "You are a screenwriter and an investor, how can it be inconvenient? Just don't let it interfere with your studies."

"It's just a matter of taking the exam to get a high score. There's nothing to delay."

Ying Zhicheng glanced at Li Luo, who was full of confidence, and felt quite emotional.

Two years ago, if someone had told him that Li Luo would be able to be admitted to Qianjiang University in the future and continue to be classmates with his daughter, Ying Zhicheng would definitely not have believed it.

But sometimes, there really are such things as miracles, right?

I don’t know what’s going on in Li Luo’s brain.

Since Li Luo was born, Ying Zhicheng can be said to have watched this kid grow up.

He could never have imagined that this guy had changed so much since the high school entrance examination.

Not to mention his achievements and earnings in the field of online literature and songs, Ying Zhicheng felt that his academic performance alone was outrageous.

A student who was originally a poor student in junior high school suddenly became the second in the grade in the best high school in the district.

Such a transformation would be a very standard and classic counterattack story no matter where it happened.

Ying Zhicheng is very satisfied with Li Luo now.

But... there is only one thing...

Looking at the three little girls following Li Luo, Ying Zhicheng raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, still feeling a little helpless.

Isn’t this guy’s luck with women a little too good?

Having just one girl, Xixi, in their family isn’t enough, right?
Why is he flirting with other girls everywhere?

Especially there is a little girl named Yan Zhusheng...

Ying Zhicheng's face looked quite helpless, after all, that was Yuan Wanqing's daughter.

To be honest, she is his niece!
If the two sisters really quarrel over relationship problems in the future, who should he and Yuan Wanqing help?

This is really a headache.

Fortunately, the children are still young now, so we can worry about this kind of thing after they graduate from college.

……

In the afternoon, the group strolled from Tongyuan Gate to Baixiang Street and then to Dongshui Gate.

We had dinner in the evening and arrived at Hongya Cave at night.

Although it is summer vacation and Yuzhong City is extremely hot, the passenger flow during the summer vacation is still quite large.

When we arrived at the famous scenic spot Hongyadong, we were almost shoulder to shoulder.

Coupled with the flashing lights around, the ten people accidentally got separated in the blink of an eye.

Li Luo was dragged by Xu Youyu to buy some snacks, and when he came back he couldn't find anyone else.

Xu Rongsheng and several other parents were missing, so they sent messages in the WeChat group to look for them, but no one was familiar with the area and they couldn't rely on the nearby buildings to locate them.

So after making sure that everyone was fine, I told them to go for a walk and then gather at Jiefangbei at nine o'clock in the evening.

"I didn't expect that we could go shopping together alone." Xu Youyu was quite happy. He immediately hugged Li Luo's arm without any hesitation and said with a smile.

"Be careful not to get the ice cream on my clothes."

"No way." Xu Youyu held up the ice cream, "Here, have a bite too."

Li Luo lowered his head and took a sip, then called Ying Chanxi again. He was relieved only after confirming that she was with Yan Zhusheng and there was no safety issue.

After explaining the place they were going to on the phone, Ying Chanxi responded and said that he would go there with Yan Zhusheng.

Maybe they don't have to gather at Jiefangbei, they can meet up in advance.

But just when Ying Chanxi was talking to Li Luo on the phone, her arm was pulled hard by Yan Zhusheng and she was suddenly pulled into a small alley.

"Zhu Sheng...what are you doing?" Ying Chanxi had just hung up the phone and looked at Yan Zhusheng with confusion. He saw that she was holding her breath, staring in a certain direction outside the alley, without saying a word.

Yan Zhusheng said nothing, just remained silent, raised his hand and pointed at two figures not far away.

Ying Chanxi was confused and thought that she had seen Li Luo and Xu Youyu, but he didn't understand why she hid him.

But when she looked up and realized who the two figures Yan Zhusheng was pointing at were, her breathing suddenly stopped and she stood there in a daze.

(End of this chapter)