"You..." After arguing with Lin En for a few words, Fan Lun calmed down and cautiously inquired about his details, "Which newspaper found you? The Lezein Daily News in the Imperial Capital, the Imperial Newspaper, or——
"
"No newspapers in the imperial capital have offered me an olive branch yet."
"Then you said you want to go to the imperial capital to develop?"
"I have this plan. As for who is behind me, I think some local forces are more useful than the top newspapers far away." Linn asked specifically, "I wonder, have you heard of the Fernando family?
?”
Fan Lun's expression froze, then he forced out a disdainful smile: "You mean, the Fernando family has taken a fancy to you and wants you to terminate your contract with our Zward Daily News?"
"Yes."
"Pfft." Fan Lun couldn't help laughing.
Not to mention that the Fernando family is engaged in arms, there is no sign of getting involved in the newspaper or publishing industry.
For example, how could Linn, a mortal from the slums, be appreciated by the Fernando family?
Even if Lin En can now earn a lot of money a month by virtue of her fast writing.
But it is still not comparable to the Fernando family.
We are still people from two worlds.
The probability of these two groups of people meeting each other is lower than being struck by lightning. Want to be appreciated and let the Fernando family be their backer?
Idiot's dream!
"I suggest you do a thorough investigation before you make up lies." Fan Lun was convinced, and he began to be confident of suppressing Lin En and seizing the initiative. "It is impossible for the Fernando family to notice an ant like you, let alone have someone like you.
I will support you in my spare time."
"Do you think I, a mystery novelist, can make up a reason that allows you to see the loopholes at a glance?" Lin asked, holding his chin in his hand.
Fan Lun still didn't believe it. Even he couldn't match the Fernando family. He was a pariah in the slums. It was absolutely impossible: "Are you trying to say that someone from the Fernando family read your novel in the newspaper?
Then he admired you quite a bit and decided to train you vigorously, right?"
"I can barely... understand it that way." Linn nodded.
Fan Lun's analysis is quite different.
Just replace 'from the newspaper' with 'in the cleaning task' and 'novel' with 'performance', and it will make sense.
"Haha..." Fan Lun couldn't help laughing a few times, "The Fernando family appreciates you and wants to train you, and then what? Why don't they come forward to communicate directly with our newspaper? Instead, they let you talk here without any basis.
Do you want to terminate the contract without compensation?"
"It's probably not too late. If you don't believe it, you can go back and wait for the letter in the next few days." Lin En spread his hands and said.
Fan Lun's smile faded, and his face became more impatient: "Do you think I am a fool? I will believe whatever you say?"
Lin En found that it was really difficult for someone like Fan Lun to believe that he had a deep relationship with Reiner, the second young master of the Fernando family: "Believe it or not, this matter will be settled tomorrow at the latest."
"You want to trick me away, and you take the opportunity to escape to the imperial capital?" Fan Lun thought he had seen through Lin En's trick.
"What if it is really the Fernando family that comes forward? What will you do as a newspaper?" Linn raised an eyebrow, curious about what kind of energy the Fernando family, as the largest family in Tswold City, can exert.
"If you really have the support of the Fernando family, the contract can be treated as a piece of waste paper and burned. After all, no one in Tswold City will refuse to befriend them. Just tearing up a contract is a great deal."
Fan Lun hummed, "So do you understand? How stupid it is for you to steal the background of the Fernando family to support the scene. Even our newspaper office has to cooperate obediently, and there is no way they will notice you."
Oops.
Linn was startled.
He had heard a lot of rumors about the Fernando family before and knew that this was a person that no one dared to mess with in Tswold City.
However, Fan Lun's words today gave him a deeper understanding of the Fernando family.
My liquidated damages are as high as 2,400 gold.
Would the newspaper really write it off for the sake of the Fernando family?
Just to be friends with the Fernando family?
Or, in the face of such a behemoth, even if you suffer a loss, you don't dare to refuse and show it?
"Actually, you don't have any backers at all. You just think that your novel has become popular and that it would be a waste of your talent to stay at our newspaper. That's why you came up with this idea and wanted us to terminate the contract without compensation." Fan Lun speculated on Lin En's intention, "In this way,
You can rely on your glorious resume to go to the imperial capital to strive for better opportunities."
"You are overthinking. The thing is very simple. Mr. Reiner of the Fernando family admires me very much. We decided to travel to the Imperial Capital together, so he planned to help me terminate the contract so that I could study in the Imperial Capital without any distractions. You were supposed to be there
I will get the news in the next few days, but since I am here to receive the manuscript, I will explain the situation to you in advance so that you can prepare early." Lin En was amused by Fan Lun and patiently explained the process.
"Then why don't we go to the Fernando family's mansion now to see Master Reiner?" Fan Lun said.
This is a very convenient verification method.
But no luck.
Today was Reiner's day to perform a cleanup mission, and Linn wasn't sure whether the past would affect him.
"Leiner is not convenient today, let's do it tomorrow. He may even take the initiative to visit your newspaper office tomorrow." Lin En suggested to verify it tomorrow.
"Haha..." Fan Lun decided that Lin En was talking nonsense.
Say goodbye tomorrow, knowing that once it passes, your true colors will be revealed!
And who told Lynn that he had a "criminal record" and once disguised himself as the son of a brewery owner in Kip City!
——Although in fact, Linn's motive at the time was pure. He just wanted to make Fan Lun, who likes to exploit and exploit, realize that he is not easy to mess with, so that he can restrain himself and avoid losing too much royalties.
Fan Lun now knows it well, and naturally follows the trend and believes that Lin En is moving out of the Fernando family now just to make himself feel that he is not easy to mess with, so that he will be forced to give in and acquiesce to his free termination of the contract.
His attitude towards this was simple.
Never make the same mistake a second time!
"That's enough, I won't believe what your novelists say, especially mystery novelists." Fan Lun interrupted Lin En, "I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you. I'll ask the landlord, Old Noel, to report the case and call the security.
The officials will come and keep an eye on you first. After that, your breach of contract and your use of the name of the Fernando family to defraud the newspaper will be settled one by one."
Um?
Why do things seem to be getting bigger and bigger?
Lin En's original intention was not to trouble Reiner, so he should explain it clearly to Fan Lun.
"Mr. Noel, Mr. Noel." Fan Lun didn't care, opened the door, and shouted the name of the landlord, old Noel, into the corridor.
"What's wrong? Editor Fan Lun?" Old Noel heard the voice on the first floor and quickly climbed the stairs to meet Fan Lun who was standing at the door of Lynn's room.
Fan Lun glanced at Linn and said in a voice he could hear clearly: "Mr. Noel, please contact the Public Security Bureau and ask them to send someone over to assist in the investigation."
"Assist in the investigation? Fa, what happened?" Old Noel felt anxious and asked hurriedly.
"This tenant breached the contract, committed fraud, and was of extremely bad nature." Fan Lun directly charged Lin En with it.
"Lynn breached the contract? And committed fraud?" Old Noel walked to the door and looked at Linn who was sitting leisurely in the room, "What's going on?"
"You don't need to know the situation. You just need to call the Sheriff. By the way, tell the Sheriff that this matter has a lot to do with the Fernando family. You must not be careless." Fan Lun was ready to rely on the Sheriff.
Lin En's preparation was frightened.
Just hold on to Lynn.
Everything is easy to say.
Tie him to your side for the rest of your life and obediently write manuscripts, which is equivalent to having an extra money-dispensing machine.
"Lynn, you..." Old Noel had a good relationship with Linn. Seeing that Fan Lun didn't reveal anything, he entered the house and asked Linn about the situation.
"It's nothing. Since Editor Fan Lun thinks that the Public Security Bureau must come forward to solve the problem, let's contact him." Lin En thought of Adjutant Eden, whom he had just met, and inviting him over should be able to minimize the impact and avoid extra costs to Lai.
"I happen to have a friend in the Public Security Bureau named Eden. When you contact me, please ask Eden to come over."
Fan Lun had vaguely heard of the name Eden, but he linked Eden to the Sheriff Arthur who had collaborated with Lynn to deceive him: "Do you think you are the only one who has friends with the Sheriff? Do you think you have your Sheriff Arthur?"
If your official friend is called over, things can be settled today?"
"What about you?" Linn raised the corner of his mouth.
"Mr. Noel, when you contact the Sheriff's Department, call Sheriff Beavis for me and ask him to come over and assist in the investigation." Van Lun was confident, "I want to see if the Sheriffs are on the side of our newspaper.
I will still defend you, a liar like you."
"Lynn..." Old Noel looked at Linn.
"Just do as he said, please." Linn nodded.
Today, he will never pay liquidated damages.
Give liquidated damages to a person who breached the contract first and kept deducting his royalties?
If Linn was not capable, he might have endured it.
But now, there is absolutely no need to give in!
The landlord, Old Noel, had to leave first and call the Sheriff's Department.
"Sit." Linn motioned to Fan Lun to sit down and wait.
"It's too late for you to regret it now." Fan Lun raised his head and sat over arrogantly, "As long as you agree to sign another contract, I can hide the matter of you stealing the name of the Fernando family from you."
"Oh? New contract? Tell me about it." Lynn crossed her arms and listened with interest.
"We will provide two Sherlock Holmes series novels every week, each with no less than 10,000 words, for two years." Fan Lun took the opportunity to issue an overlord contract.
This is more than two hundred manuscripts.
If the previous quality can be maintained, it will be enough for Zwold Daily to gradually double its sales and make a lot of money!
"Where's the royalties?"
"Five silvers per thousand words!"
Five silvers, that is, half gold.
Compared with before, the manuscript fee has been cut in half.
Fan Lun made it clear that he felt that he had leverage over Lin En and wanted to make a lot of money.
As long as he can succeed in this, he won't have to worry about it for the rest of his life!
"Here, drink water." Lin En suppressed laughter and poured another glass of water for Fan Lun, "I want to ask you a question."
"You know you're wrong?" Fan Lun picked up the water glass and took a sip like a winner, "Tell me, what's the problem?"
Lin En poured himself a glass, took a small sip first, and then slowly raised his eyes to look at Fan Lun: "Even if I dare to sign the contract, do you dare to actually sign it?"