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Chapter 254: "The Legend of the Demon God"? Cheng Long is also a big mouth?
The third day after the simplified Chinese version of the physical book of "The Mysterious Tower of Heaven and Earth" was released.

Badu, the capital of Huizhou Province.

Qian Hao, who was born in 1988 and is 13 years old this year, passed by a bookstore on his way home from school in the evening. He turned in and walked around for a while. He saw Zhongyuan Yidianhui's new book "The Linglong Tower of the Mysterious Heaven and Earth" and he immediately became interested.

Although he is young and is only in the first grade of junior high school, he has loved reading all kinds of books since he was a child, including classics, martial arts, and ancient books. As long as he can find a book, he will read it without being picky at all.

He has read more books than many adults.

He has read several books before Zhongyuan Yidianhui.

Today he saw that Zhongyuan Yidianhui’s new book was on the market. He opened the first volume and read it for a while, and was attracted by the beginning of the book.

The title of this book seemed very vague to him, and he couldn't tell what the book was about from the title.

But the very first chapter gave him a great surprise.

He didn't expect that Zhongyuan Yidianhui's new book would contain such a creative story.

Without much hesitation, he bought one or two copies and left.

As soon as I got home, I locked myself in my room and started reading this book formally.

He is only 13 years old and is currently unknown. Some adults are not even interested in listening to him seriously.

But in the original time and space, he published "The Tale of the Demonic God" in 2002 when he was 15 years old.

This book was once rated as one of the top ten classic fantasy novels.

Its fame is similar to works such as "Legend of the Little Soldier", "In Search of the Gods", "The Magic Apprentice", "Purple River", "Mercenary World", and "The Journey to the West".

It can be said that he is an absolutely talented writer.

While his peers were in the confused period of youth, ignorant of the opposite sex and eager to have affairs, the novels he wrote were already fascinated by countless adults.

But today, he was fascinated by Cao Sheng's "The Exquisite Tower of Heaven and Earth", and his whole mind was immersed in the world of the book.

After his mother prepared dinner, she knocked on his door. He didn't notice it at all when she knocked for the first time. It was only when she knocked with more force for the second time that he came to his senses and quickly answered the door.

……

That day, Huang Qingya came to visit Cao Sheng.

She stayed for a long time, and when she left, she took away two sample books of the simplified Chinese version of "The Mysterious Tower of Heaven and Earth", volume one and volume two, as a gift from Cao Sheng.

As his girlfriend, she has a set of sample copies of several of his books.

Similarly, she also gave Cao Sheng a sample copy of each volume of the two books she wrote.

When she got home, she put the two sample books on the bookshelf as she did before.

A few days later, she was seen by her elder brother Huang Qingfeng.

Huang Qingfeng looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he calmly reached out and took the two sample books and took them to his own study.

He has always been against his sister's relationship with Cao Sheng.

But since he read Cao Sheng's works, he has become a fan of Cao Sheng's books unknowingly, without him wanting to admit it.

Except for the love book "Living with a Flight Attendant", he has read all other books by Cao Sheng.

As a result, he gradually developed the habit of visiting his sister's room occasionally.

Every time he saw Cao Sheng’s new book on her bookshelf, he would go to his study room when no one at home was paying attention, read it secretly, and then quietly return the book to his sister’s bookshelf.

When he first opened the first volume of "The Mysterious and Yellow Pagoda of Heaven and Earth", his expression was grumpy, with a bit of scrutiny in his mind, wanting to see if Cao Sheng's new book was bad or not? Was the quality okay?

But as he watched, he forgot to examine.

He seemed to have walked into the world of the book, with surprise appearing in his eyes from time to time.

Occasionally he would frown.

For example, when he saw the male protagonist enter a movie world after his death, he subconsciously thought it was too ridiculous and thought: What's the point of entering a movie world after death? Isn't this just becoming a character in the movie?
But as he read half a chapter more, his brows relaxed and his expression became surprised.

He didn't expect that after the male protagonist entered the movie world, that movie world was as real as the real world. The male protagonist, who was supposed to have died, was still flesh and blood, just like a real person.

What surprised him even more was the story outline of the movie world of "One Man's Martial Arts".

In modern society, challenge the world's best in every field?

Who in modern society can do such a stupid thing?

Then he saw Feng Yuxiu.

In the subsequent plot, the male protagonist and others encountered malicious targeting from this movie world. Various incredible accidents took their lives one after another. Huang Qingfeng felt the cruelty of this movie world towards outsiders.

But I also felt my adrenaline rushing and it was very exciting.

At this time, his mind was filled with the characters and plot of the book, and he didn't even think about the fact that it was the work of Cao Sheng.

……

The next morning.

Huang Qingfeng and his family had breakfast together as usual, but today while he was having breakfast, his eyes kept glancing at his sister Huang Qingya.

After a few times, Huang Qingya frowned and asked, "Brother! Why do you keep looking at me? Is there something dirty on my face?"

Hearing this, the others looked at the siblings curiously.

Huang Qingfeng shook his head and said perfunctorily: "Nothing."

In fact, after reading a copy of "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth" last night, he was amazed by Cao Sheng's creativity and talent, so when he saw his sister early this morning, he couldn't help but look at her a few more times.

Every time he read it, he always felt that although his sister was beautiful, had a good figure and good temperament, she was still not worthy of a talented writer like Cao Sheng.

The main reason is that she is much older than Cao Sheng.

And Cao Sheng is a talented writer who is also good-looking. What kind of woman can't he find?

Let's put it this way! After reading the first volume of "The Mysterious and Yellow Pagoda of Heaven and Earth", he became more determined to oppose her relationship with Cao Sheng.

Previously he had objected only because of their age difference.

And now, there is one more reason - talent!
As a man, he thought he understood men very well.

He didn't believe that any man could withstand being pursued by beautiful women one after another.

Therefore, he didn't believe that his sister could keep a genius like Cao Sheng.

But he did not mention Cao Sheng today.

Because of the scandal between Cao Sheng and Wang Zuxian a few days ago, he began to feel sorry for his sister and couldn't bear to put pressure on her at this time.

……

With the release of the first and second volumes of the physical book "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth", more and more people in the book review section of "Under the Banyan Tree" called Zhongyuan Yidianhui a genius writer.

The creativity of this book and the several original movie worlds created in the book are simply showing off to the readers.

Any reader who can get into this book will be amazed by the author's talent.

In the eyes of many readers, being able to come up with a good idea for a work is already a sign of talent.

Being able to create several wonderful movie worlds originally would far exceed the expectations of all readers.

Cao Sheng saw these book reviews.

But he didn't get carried away, nor did he think he was some kind of genius.

He knew very well why he was able to write such a book.

The creativity of the work comes from the infinite flow of original time and space.

The movie world in the book is a movie that has been released in the original time and space future world.

He is just a porter, or a patchwork freak, combining the creativity of infinite flow with some movie worlds of the original time and space.

That's it.

He was in his normal state of mind, and he continued to write on time every day as usual. After finishing a chapter, he still patiently revised the content of each chapter.

The book has not had a good reputation, so we have not relaxed our requirements on the quality of the work.

He feels that if the current good reputation continues until the book is finished, his first batch of die-hard fans will be formed.

With such a group of book fans around, it will be difficult for his next few books to fail unless they are very badly written.

……

A few more days later.

Hong Kong.

morning.

Cheng Long attended a brand promotion event.

Many reporters came to the scene.

When it came to the interview session, microphones were pointed at Cheng Long, and a reporter suddenly asked: "Brother Cheng Long! Can you explain what happened when you had dinner with Miss Lin a few days ago? Can you tell me what your relationship with her is? Do you like her? Are you two dating?"

As soon as this question was asked, many reporters at the scene started to make a fuss, shouting for Cheng Long to give a direct response.

Cheng Long has long been accustomed to this kind of problem.

No panic at all.

He looked at the reporter who had asked the question and said with a smile, "You guys are too out of touch with the news! Why don't you report or interview me about important news? I'm a man and it doesn't matter to me. Miss Lin will date someone and get married in the future, right? Go interview Mr. Cao! Stop focusing on my private affairs, okay?"

Before he finished speaking, reporters started asking questions one after another.

"Brother! Who is the Cao Sheng you are talking about?"

"Brother Cheng Long! Is the Cao Sheng you mentioned the one from Zhongyuan? Are you referring to the scandal between him and Joey Wong?"

"Brother! Didn't you say they were innocent? Why did you ask us to interview him again? Are you saying you lied last time?"

……

The scene was noisy.

Cheng Long pressed down with both hands several times before the scene gradually quieted down.

He said with a smile on his face: "Yes! Cao Sheng is a speck of dust in the Central Plains. He and Zu Xian are indeed innocent. I asked you to interview him, not to interview his scandals..."

As soon as he said this, a reporter shouted, "Then what do you want us to interview him about?"

Cheng Long glanced at the reporter and laughed, "You guys are too out of touch! Didn't you hear that he recently sold a script to Paramount for $220 million? Or do you think that such a price and such news are not worth news? Huh?"

He shifted the blame to Cao Sheng, and was enjoying what he said, completely forgetting that when he had a phone call with Cao Sheng a few days ago and learned the price of the script, Cao Sheng asked him to keep it a secret.

What satisfied him was that when the news came out, the reporters at the scene were all surprised and many of them opened their eyes wide.

"How many?"

"220 million US dollars? Are you sure you said it right? Is it really US dollars?"

"Brother Cheng Long! Did you say two hundred more? Is it 220 million US dollars? Or is it 20 US dollars?"

"Fuck! Impossible? 220 million US dollars for a script? How much is one word in this script? Is Paramount crazy?"

"Is this true? How is this possible?"

……

Poverty limited the imagination of this group of journalists.

For American journalists, a script worth 220 million US dollars may not be uncommon, but they are journalists from Hong Kong. Growing up, they have never heard of any Chinese screenwriter selling a script at such a sky-high price.

Even for a screenwriter like Ni Kuang, it is impossible to sell a script at such a price.

Cheng Long was very satisfied with their reaction. He nodded repeatedly with a smile on his face. "That's right! You didn't hear me wrong, and I didn't say it wrong! Cao Sheng... that's what you call Zhongyuan Yidianhui. He recently sold a script to Paramount for 220 million US dollars. Moreover, I helped him find someone to translate the script and then submitted it to Paramount. So, in this matter, my information must be accurate, absolutely true!"

……

After the event, Cheng Long returned to the nanny car surrounded by a group of bodyguards. Then he remembered that Cao Sheng seemed to ask him to keep this matter a secret.

He was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and slapped his forehead in annoyance.

Then, he asked his assistant to hand him the phone and called Cao Sheng to apologize.

When Cao Sheng received his call and heard the reason for his apology, he couldn't help laughing.

He didn't expect that Cheng Long was also a big mouth.

I had clearly told him to keep it a secret, but what happened? Just a few days later, Cheng Long revealed the news in front of a group of reporters at an event.

How many days of his peaceful life have lasted?
He could already anticipate how the media would report the news.

220 million US dollars, if converted at a ratio of 1 to 7, is more than 1500 million RMB.

He is not sure whether such a sky-high script fee can make the front page headlines of major news in Hong Kong, but he is sure that many mainland media will report this news on their front pages.

On the phone, Cheng Long's tone of apology was very sincere. He kept apologizing as soon as the call was connected. His attitude was so sincere that Cao Sheng could not get angry at all.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that he himself did not take the matter seriously.

He had long known that this news could not be concealed.

It can only be kept secret for a while at most. Even if Jackie Chan doesn't reveal the news today, Paramount will definitely promote it vigorously after a while, unless Paramount doesn't want the box office in the Chinese-speaking regions.

So, Cao Sheng comforted Cheng Long instead.

"It's okay! I believe you didn't mean it, and it's not a bad thing. I asked you to keep it a secret before, just to live a peaceful life for a few days. Now that you've said it, just tell me! It's not a big deal? Okay! I forgive you, isn't that enough?"

Cheng Long: "Okay! Okay! Okay! Thank you very much! I will apologize to you when you come to Hong Kong next time."

……

The two spoke a few more words before ending the call.

After hanging up the phone.

Sitting on the second-floor balcony, basking in the sun and reading a book, Cao Sheng frowned and thought for a moment, then looked back at the living room, thinking: After the recent scandal with Zu Xian spread, many reporters have come here and blocked me from leaving. Now that the news of the sky-high script fee for Pacific Rim has spread, I'm afraid more reporters will come to block me. Should I move to another place recently? Or, buy another house?
After thinking for a while, he gave up the idea.

I feel there is no need to hide from reporters for this kind of news.

In career, being high-profile occasionally is also a form of publicity for yourself and your work.

Be brave to face it.

(End of this chapter)