Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 7
Seeing that Lily didn't want to recognize him at the moment, Rufus could only pretend to be meeting for the first time and politely invited Lily and Nate into the house.

Serena pulled Jamie and ran out of the kitchen. While hugging Lily, she did not neglect her boyfriend.

"Mom, this is Jamie."

"Hello."

After Lily separated from her daughter, she took the initiative to pass her hand to Jamie.

"Hello, Ms. Woodson."

As they shook hands, Lily couldn't help but look at Jamie a little more.

Coming from a cowboy family, Jamie has a tough-guy temperament that is very different from those rich boys from the Upper East Side.

Not only her appearance, but also her family background are a perfect match for her daughter.

Moreover, at a young age, he is already a well-known best-selling novel writer in the United States and has a bright future.

My daughter's taste in choosing boyfriends is much better than my own back then.

After the handshake was over, Lily took out a novel from the Chanel bag she carried with her.

"Oh, Mom! What are you-"

Serena covered her mouth in surprise.

Because what Lily took out was the novel that Jamie was selling - "Percy Jackson and the Fire Thief".

"Eric has mentioned this novel to me more than once. I think he will be very happy to give him a novel signed by the author."

Lily said handing the novel to Jamie.

She even had her pens ready.

Eric is Serena's half-brother. He is being treated in a nursing home because of psychological problems related to suicidal tendencies.

Lily also wanted to use this method to gently remind Serena not to forget her family when she has a boyfriend.

Serena calmly took out a thick stack of typed manuscripts from her bag and handed them to her mother.

“Even the publishers have not yet obtained all the manuscripts of the second volume of the Percy Jackson series of novels, Sea of ​​Monsters, and the third volume, Curse of the Titan.”

"This is the gift I prepared for Eric. Say hello to him for me."

Lily gave her daughter a meaningful look.

In this round of confrontation between mother and daughter, she actually lost.

Rufus' eyes widened on the side. He didn't expect Jamie to be so fast. "The God of Fire" is still selling well, and the second and third parts have already been written.

Rufus remembered that Jamie had mentioned before that Percy Jackson would be divided into two series, and each series would write five novels.

The manuscript Serena took out means that Jamie has completed at least three-tenths of the writing progress.

In fact, as a qualified copyist, Jamie has already copied the first five novels in the series.

In the previous life, the Percy Jackson series sold more than 1.8 million copies worldwide.

Although the sales volume is not as good as the more than 2 million copies of the No. 2 "Twilight" series and the more than 1 million copies of the No. 5.1 "Harry Potter" series, the "Percy Jackson" series has the first two volumes. An advantage that no novel can match.

"Harry Potter" and "Twilight" both started to take off after the movies became popular.

The "Percy Jackson" series is different.

In the previous life, [-]th Century Fox bought the rights to this novel and made two movies. As a result, the box office failed one after another, causing subsequent filming plans to be indefinitely shelved.

Without receiving any dividends from movie adaptations, and even being held back, the "Percy Jackson" series still sold more than 1.8 million copies worldwide.

Even so, replicating the success of "Percy Jackson" in this world will not be easy.

According to Jamie's initial expectations, as long as he comes up with this novel, the big publishing houses will definitely compete to help him publish it.

However, the actual situation is that after the novel was sent to major publishing houses, it was rejected one after another. In the end, only one publishing house that was about to go bankrupt was willing to publish the novel.

If his father, John, hadn't stepped in and used his money and power to help Jamie with public relations, his novels might still be gathering dust in the warehouses of various bookstores.

Facts have proved that if the second generation of rich people want to achieve success through their own efforts without relying on their family, the probability of counterattack may be lower than that of the poor.

The line of sight returns to the present.

Jamie signed the title page of the novel that Lily took out, and also included a chicken soup motto about facing life bravely.

Lily was particularly satisfied after seeing it.

Rufus also took this opportunity to invite Lily and Nate to stay for dinner.Anyway, they prepared a lot of food today, and it would be more lively with two more people.

This is of course an excuse.

In fact, Rufus wanted to find an opportunity to catch up with Lily by having dinner together.

It just so happened that Lily had this intention.

Nate then became the most embarrassed person there.

He told Lily about Serena in the hope that Lily could take Serena away.

Who knew that Lily had no such intention at all and was planning to stay and have dinner together.

As Serena's mother, of course Lily could stay.

But not Nate.

Among the people present, he only knew Serena.

But when he just greeted Serena, Serena's attitude towards him was very cold.

Looking at Rufus, Lily, Serena, and Jamie chatting happily at the dinner table, Nate felt that he was simply superfluous.

Dan had the same idea as Nate.

The moment Lily walked in, Dan still had a little expectation in his heart.

I thought Lily would object to Serena and Jamie being together, but Lily actually took out a novel and asked Jamie to sign it.

The two frustrated people sat on the sofa, watching with depression as Serena talked to Lily about the itinerary of the RV trip with excitement on her face.

Lily listened carefully and nodded from time to time.

It wasn't until she heard that Serena and Jamie were planning to drive across a dozen states, all the way from the east coast to the west coast, that Lily's face showed some concern.

She asked Jamie how he prepared to deal with various safety issues that might occur on the road.

Jamie shrugged and replied:

"I prepared an M16 and two pistols in the RV, which are enough to deal with all emergencies on the road."

"OMG!"

Lily couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

Rufus on the side also put on a parental attitude and was ready to persuade.

Jamie spoke first:
"Rest assured, these guns are legal."

"I have applied for a gun license in 42 states in the United States that allow gun ownership. By the way, my father is also one of the 75 members of the NRA Board of Directors, and was elected as a term director last year."

NRA?

Rufus looked confused and was about to ask what kind of organization this was. It sounded very powerful.

At this time Lily's voice rang.

"It's the National Rifle Association, a famous or infamous organization."

The reason why it is famous is that several presidents of the United States have joined the NRA, and its influence spreads across all walks of life in the United States.

The reason for its notoriety is also very simple. The proliferation of guns in the United States is directly related to the NRA's steadfast obstruction of states and the federal government in promoting strict gun control legislation.

Serena chose to stand firmly on her boyfriend's side.

"Mom, Jamie prepared those firearms just for self-protection. This is the right granted to every citizen by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution."

Jamie hugged his girlfriend and explained:

"In fact, unless we encounter an extremely dangerous situation where the other party shoots directly at us, even if we encounter armed robbery, my approach is to first meet the other party's requirements in exchange for safety, and then call the police afterwards."

These words finally made Lily feel at ease.

At least Jamie isn't a fool.

"Okay, one last question."

Lily looked at her daughter and Jamie curiously.

"Why do you have to choose to travel in September?"

(End of this chapter)