Chapter 173 Coincidence
Judging from the timeline, Li Bai sent the manuscript to Tong Tong on the night of August 2, and the time it sent to Zhang Yaoyao was on the morning of August 2.
Tong Tong was really stunned for such a pair of times. Zhang Yaoyao finally beat Tong Tong once, and his tail was about to rise to the sky. Hao Mengyuan stroked her hair and said, "Zhang Yaoyao, have he said anything when he posted these to your screenwriter?"
"If I had said it, would I still use it?" Zhang Yaoyao said: "I heard from the screenwriter that he had read Li Bai's novels on the website a long time ago. Although there was only one article, he kept thinking about it, so he made an appointment with Li Bai. "Twins" only has about 5,000 words, but we still spent 10,000 yuan on the manuscript fee, which was considered to have bought his copyright. By the way, how much manuscript fee did you give him?"
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The price offered by Zhang Yaoyao was 2,000 thousand words, and Tong Tong gave 100 thousand words. So, this comparison really made Tong Tong feel a little embarrassed. However, he said without being humble and arrogant: "The manuscript fee I paid is one-twentieth of yours. You are indeed generous, and I feel ashamed of myself."
It would be great if Tong Tong was ashamed of himself, or was angry and angry, but he was so calm. In Zhang Yaoyao's opinion, there seemed to be an old man living in Tong Tong's body. No matter what the situation was, he was so open-minded and fearless.
Zhang Yaoyao lost an opportunity to make a sarcasm and was very unhappy about it. At this moment, Li Bai finally replied to Tong Tong's message. He said that it was in class and it was not convenient to answer Tong Tong's phone number, so he could only answer it through text.
After learning the truth about the matter, Li Bai had several "smiling" expressions and replied: "Where is the copyright fee of 10,000 yuan? They didn't even ask me for the card number, so who did they send the money to?"
Tong Tong hurriedly said, "Is that so? But you did send him the manuscript first!"
"Yes, the person named 'Disunder' contacted me and asked me if I could post an original novel to him. I said there was no one for the time being, only one article that I wanted to submit. He said it was okay, as long as it was new, it wouldn't matter even if it was published elsewhere. I emphasized to him again that I had decided to contribute, and this article "Twins" cannot be used for commercial use. He said it was okay, and if it was used, he would tell me in advance. However, no one has notified me until now."
Tong Tong asked, "Since someone already wants to use it, why do you still send it to me?"
"Because I like 'Thornbeam', I want to work with people who are in love."
To be honest, Tong Tong was still very moved when he saw this passage. After expressing his emotions, he blamed him gently: "Then you shouldn't submit more articles!"
"I made a mistake, but I didn't expect them to be so shameless."
"Did you hide something from me?"
Li Bai was silent for a while before replying: "I just wanted to tease them. I know too much about who he is. I just wanted to shoot him and catch him off guard."
Tong Tong replied again: "Then why are you so sure? You can definitely cure him?"
"I'm not very confident. There are too many coincidences here. For example, you both have liked my articles and the difficulties are as shameful as ever. However, I have always believed in you. You will protect the author and will definitely seek justice for me. So, I really am not using you, everything is inseparable from coincidences."
Tong Tong felt relieved, and he knew that he had read the wrong person. He showed some of the chat content to Zhang Yaoyao. Zhang Yaoyao's face turned red again, and he turned around several times in anger and said, "What are these people doing? Who is lying?"
It was already the beginning of autumn, and the wind became cooler, but the mosquitoes were still raging. Mr. Zhang couldn't stand the bite anymore, so he took them to the club to sit for a while. Tong Tong and Hao Mengyuan were not going to go in, but in order to accommodate Mr. Zhang, they still followed in obediently.
There is a large bar in the lounge area. Sitting on the wide leather sofa, Zhang Yaoyao calmly raised his legs and waved his hand. A waiter came over to ask him what service he needed. Zhang Yaoyao raised his chin slightly, and Tong Tong said, "I drove here and I can't drink anything."
Zhang Yaoyao continued to raise his chin and asked Hao Mengyuan: "Where is Teacher Hao?"
Hao Mengyuan also shook her head wildly: "I didn't drink at all."
"Since you're here, you'll have a drink at least! The champagne here is very good. Do you want to try it?"
Hao Mengyuan still refused and said, "Thank you, but there is nothing to celebrate, so I'll stop drinking."
Zhang Yaoyao curled the corner of his mouth and smiled evilly: "Who said that you can drink champagne only when celebrating? For girls, champagne is a good friend who will accompany you all your life. Marilyn Monroe has said that only Chanel No. 5 and champagne will not abandon me."
After saying that, he blinked, Hao Mengyuan was almost greasy to death by him.
He knows more about these knowledge in the field of romance than anyone else. If he uses this energy to read books and learn to study, he will probably not be so ignorant.
When Zhang Yaoyao talked about this, Hao Mengyuan was still strictly guarding her guard: "I'm sorry, from a safety perspective, it's better not to drink in front of strange men."
Zhang Yaoyao was disappointed: "I finally asked you to sit down, but you didn't even give me a chance to spend money."
Hao Mengyuan thought to herself that it might be more precise to change "budget" to "pretending to behave".
Zhang Yaoyao didn't give up and asked again: "You can't sit dryly, and you can't just drink boiled water!"
"Well, I want a bottle of nutritional express, pineapple-flavored."
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Teacher Hao’s requirements were not high, but he had a tricky angle. Zhang Yaoyao had no choice but to order two glasses of freshly squeezed juice, and finally spent the money, he felt a little relieved.
Tong Tong followed the principle of solving problems and didn't want to see him pretending, but just wanted to finish the talk as soon as possible and leave quickly. He urged him a few times, but Zhang Yaoyao said slowly: "Boss Tong, you can't urge to do things like this or that's so direct, otherwise it's easy to force people into a hurry."
Tong Tong stayed on campus all year round, and he naturally understood the twists and turns of his work, but he didn't want to spoil these problems, and he didn't want Zhang Yaoyao to teach him how to do things. His face was gloomy and said, "You'd better call your screenwriter and ask him what's going on!"
Zhang Yaoyao was chatting with "Quanjian" on WeChat, so he gave Tong Tong an impatient look. Qianjun said that he forgot what Li Bai said to him, and he didn't take the voice call he made at that time.
The troubled man was afraid that Zhang Yaoyao would scold him, so he sent a series of messages: "I really don't remember what he said at that time. Besides, it's not up to you, why do you believe him? Anyway, he sent the manuscript to us first and then to others, which is wrong."
"What about the royalties? Did you call them?"
"Not yet, this kind of young author cannot be too spoiled. We already value him by using him. We will definitely give him the royalties, so don't worry."
Zhang Yaoyao had a headache and took a more secret posture, replying: "But he said he sent you another message to you, telling you not to use it. If you use it, you must say hello to him."
Junjun said, "Why don't I remember it? Maybe there is too much information, and I forget it when I see it."
If he was trapped in front of him, Zhang Yaoyao could use his mobile phone to blow his head. Tong Tong sat opposite him and guessed the progress of the matter with his expression. Zhang Yaoyao was hesitating. If he refused to admit it, what would happen? If this matter was left to his father to deal with, would he blame Li Bai?
"Yaoyao, what are you doing? It's been more than half an hour, and I haven't finished my work yet?"
Several people looked in the sound and saw a middle-aged man wearing a gray T-shirt standing behind Zhang Yaoyao. His figure was very well maintained, and the T-shirt was pressed against his body, and the outline of his abdominal muscles could be vaguely seen. He was very tall, and he wore a luxury watch with a dark blue dial on his wrist. The outline of his face was very clear and his facial features were very beautiful. Even when he was old, he was still a very handsome person.
Zhang Yaoyao turned around and said, "Well, uncle, that... there was something wrong with the video I took. I will go in after it is solved."
After Zhang Yaoyao finished speaking, he did not receive a reply from "uncle". The "uncle"'s eyes passed by him and fell straight on someone, and that person was Tong Tong.
Tong Tong stared at him in the same way, his whole body trembling slightly.
Zhang Yaoyao asked curiously: "Do you know each other?"
Not just knowing each other? The man opposite was Zhang Yaoyao's "uncle" who could barely beat him, but he was Tong Tong's closest relative, his uncle Su Zilong.
Tong Tong had too many questions to ask him, from his mother to Teacher Meng, and his "lost". But Hao Mengyuan grabbed his clothes and said loudly: "Boss Tong, we have to go back soon, Xiaoqing is still waiting for you."
Tong Tong knew that she was reminding him in disguise not to be impulsive. But he endured it for so long and finally met him, how could he not be excited?
Su Zilong felt the strong murderous aura on his body, but he was not afraid. He smiled and said, "This gentleman seems to be a lot of hostility towards me!"
If Hao Mengyuan hadn't pulled him, Tong Tong would have made him bleeding from his nose with a punch.
He calmed down for a moment and said without rushing: "Probably, it is because you have done a lot of things you shouldn't do."
While speaking, two strong men surrounded him, as if they were confirming whether "General Su" was in trouble. Su Zilong smiled indifferently like a peerless master and said, "Don't be nervous, don't scare the children."
"Go to you, mom's kid!" Tong Tong kicked the juice away with one kick, and the juice was sprinkled on Zhang Yaoyao, and the cup hit the sofa. Zhang Yaoyao cursed, and Su Zilong was also surprised, but Tong Tong was not satisfied and pointed at Su Zilong and cursed: "You have carried several lives on your back and are still pretending to be noble here, so you deserve it!"
His eyes gathered from all directions, and it was difficult for Su Zilong to disguise him. His eyes changed subtly, and Tong Tong took all this. He was not afraid at all, and he snatched his neck and shouted: "What have you done to Meng Xinghe? Do you dare to say it?"
A big battle was about to break out, Su Zilong's two bodyguards rolled up their sleeves, and a light of contempt appeared in their eyes. Tong Tong was not afraid of fighting with them, and when he was impulsive, he forgot everything.
Zhang Yaoyao was confused and didn't know if this war had anything to do with him. He subconsciously took a few steps back. Hao Mengyuan no longer avoided suspicion. She grabbed Tong Tong's arm tightly and said, "If you do it, you have to go to prison. Tong Tong, I beg you, don't be impulsive."
Hao Mengyuan's begging made Tong Tong regain a trace of reason - he was here to hold Zhang Yaoyao accountable, not to cause trouble.
Seeing that his expression was loose, Hao Mengyuan advised again: "Boss Tong, the old man is long, you must endure it...ah!"
Before Hao Mengyuan finished speaking, she screamed. It turned out that a golf ball fell vertically from the second floor and hit her back without any bias.
Su Zilong looked up and said, "I'm afraid my son didn't take it firmly and happened to hit you. I'm so sorry!"
This coincidence is really not very harmful and insulting.
But Hao Mengyuan didn't seem to care. She said calmly: "I believe this is just an accident. I accept your apology too - but I remind you that from here, the glass fence on the second floor only reaches the waist of an adult. If a baby throws a ball from the fence, the risk factor is quite high. You should let the caregiver take good care of it."
Chapter completed!