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Chapter 256 Shocking
"I'm coming!"

"It's out! It's finally out!"

"Fuck! Is this guy more handsome in person than in the photo?"

"A little bit of dust in the Central Plains...Cao Sheng..."

"Damn it! My legs are numb from squatting, and he finally comes out!"

……

Reporters saw Cao Sheng walking towards the gate of the courtyard and swarmed over him, shouting something. The scene suddenly became noisy.

Pedestrians on the street looked over here, and passing vehicles slowed down. Some cars' windows facing this side were slowly lowered, revealing curious faces.

Listening to the noisy voices, Cao Sheng suddenly decided not to open the gate and just accept their interview through the gate.

Otherwise, if all these reporters rushed over, he wouldn't be able to handle it alone.

If he doesn't want to be interviewed through the gate, he can turn around and go back at any time.

It was such a happy decision.

When he arrived at the gate, he did not open it. Instead, he raised his hand and greeted the reporters outside through the gate, "Hello, everyone!"

"Open the door? Open the door quickly!"

"Yes! Yes! Cao Sheng, open the door quickly!"

"No? He's not going to open the door?"

……

Reporters were crowding and shouting outside the gate of the courtyard. The scene was crowded and a bit chaotic.

Cao Sheng raised his hands and lightly pressed them down to signal several times. Only then did the reporters gradually quiet down and look at him. Microphones were extended to the gate of the courtyard.

Cao Sheng: "Thank you for your hard work! I know many friends have been waiting here for a long time. I didn't intend to accept an interview, but seeing how hard you have worked, I have to come out and meet you all."

Before he finished speaking, a reporter asked, "Cao Sheng! I heard that you sold a script to Paramount for 220 million US dollars? Is that true?"

"Yes! Is that true?"

"Cao Sheng! Can you give me a positive response?"

"Cao Sheng! What's the name of your script? Is it a story about China? Or is it a story about Europe and America?"

……

The scene became noisy again.

Cao Sheng pressed down with both hands again, and the scene returned to silence.

Cao Sheng smiled and said, "Dear friends! Can you all ask questions one by one? Now that I am out here, I will definitely answer your questions. But if everyone asks at the same time like you just did, I won't be able to answer them."

"it is good!"

"can!"

“Hit!”

"Ok!"

……

The reporters agreed.

Cao Sheng pointed at a short-haired female reporter with a dark complexion and a capable look, "This beautiful lady! You go first!"

The female reporter smiled and quickly squeezed forward. "Mr. Cao! Are you willing to accept our interview through the gate? Are you afraid that there are so many of us and without the gate blocking us, it will pose a threat to your life and safety? Are you afraid?"

This not only made Cao Sheng laugh, but also made other reporters laugh.

There was a lot of smiles at the scene.

Cao Sheng waited until the laughter died down a little before saying, "Women are very careful. You saw through me. Yes! I am indeed scared. Let this friend take the next question!"

In this matter, Cao Sheng, who didn't care much about his face, acknowledged the other party's guess in a joking tone and pointed at a male reporter.

Male reporter: "Cao Sheng! What I want to ask is, did you really sell a script to Paramount? Did you really sell it for 220 million US dollars?"

Cao Sheng nodded and pointed to a male reporter, "Next question, big brother, you go!"

Male reporter: "Cao Sheng! What I want to ask is, have you signed the contract with Paramount? Have you received the script fee? Do you think there will be any twists and turns in this matter?"

This question was interesting, and Cao Sheng couldn't help but look at this man again.

Other reporters also became interested.

Cao Sheng: "The contract has been signed and sent over. The script fee should be received soon. As for whether there will be any twists and turns? I don't know."

When he said "I don't know either", Cao Sheng spread his hands.

……

When Cao Sheng was being interviewed by dozens of reporters through the courtyard gate, many pedestrians and merchants nearby gathered curiously and stood not far away to watch the excitement.

For the locals, most of them have only seen so many reporters interviewing one person on TV. This is the first time they have seen such a scene in real life.

These people gathered in twos and threes, watching the fun and whispering to each other.

Two young women were talking in low voices on the side of the road.

"What's going on? Are these people all reporters? They have microphones and cameras in their hands, and some are even holding video cameras? Are those video cameras?"

"Can you please watch your words? We are on the street! What did you mean by 'machine bar'?"

"Fuck! Your thoughts... are too dirty!"

"Those people are obviously reporters! Is there any need to ask?"

"No! I think your thoughts are too dirty!"

"Hey! Do you know how much that camera is worth?"

"Fuck! Did you hear me?"

"You keep saying 'what the hell' and 'what the hell'. Can you be more civilized?"

……

Elsewhere, several merchants gathered together, also watching the interview at the gate and whispering.

"Who are those young people the reporters are interviewing? Are there any celebrities like them in our area?"

"You do not know?"

"What? Should I know?"

"Nonsense! Zhongyuan Yidianhui lives on our street, don't you know? That's right! You don't know Zhongyuan Yidianhui, do you?"

"Zhongyuan Yidianhui? Is this a person's name? A Japanese devil? Is the name so long?"

"Damn! How can there be a 'Zhongyuan' among the devils? This is a pen name! A writer's pen name, don't you know?"

"Writer? You said that young man is a great writer? Is Zhongyuan Yidianhui his pen name?"

"Damn! You really don't know about Zhongyuan Yidianhui? This young man is the youngest and most powerful writer in our country. You really don't know? You are too ignorant of the news, aren't you?"

……

On the sidewalk farther away, several men and women of different ages surrounded a man in a black jacket, watching the interview and talking quietly. A woman: "Tsk tsk! This scene should be comparable to that of a big star, right? I didn't expect that there is such a celebrity living on our street! Director! You have never enjoyed such a scene, right?"

The middle-aged man in a black jacket laughed when he heard this. "I'm a street office director. How could these reporters come to interview me? If so many of them really come to interview me one day, it can only mean one thing."

A young man: "Director! What are you talking about?"

Director: "Oh, I must have committed some serious crime! Otherwise, how could so many reporters come to interview me?"

At this time, one of the middle-aged men came closer and whispered, "Director! You see, there is such a great writer living on our street. Do you think we can apply for more funding from the higher authorities?"

"Apply for funding? What for?"

The director didn't react for a moment.

The middle-aged man pointed to the green belt, street lights, and road surface not far away, and smiled and said, "Do a better job of greening, upgrade the street lights, hire more cleaners to clean the road surface every day, and so on! There are so many things that can be done. With such a great writer living on our street, I think this place may become a tourist attraction in the future. So, let's apply to the higher authorities to make this place more beautiful. Don't you think it's reasonable?"

The director's eyebrows moved slightly when he heard this. He looked at the man twice more and nodded with satisfaction. "Not bad! What you said makes sense. How about this! You write this application report later. When you're done, give it to me!"

The middle-aged man nodded quickly.

……

Cao Sheng, who was being interviewed by a group of reporters, never dreamed that this interview might lead to a major upgrade for this street.

When a reporter began to ask: "Cao Sheng! May I ask what you two do when you are alone with Wang Zuxian? Just chatting? Chatting for hours? Don't your mouths get dry?"

What do you care whether I keep my mouth shut or not?

Cao Sheng glanced at the man with dissatisfaction and thought: It seems that these people have asked all the serious questions and are now asking me gossip. It’s time to end this interview.

"My friend! This is a serious interview, please don't ask such frivolous questions, thank you!"

Cao Sheng jokingly replied to the reporter, and before the reporter could speak again, he put his hands together and said to the group of reporters outside the courtyard gate: "Everyone! It seems that everyone has asked almost all the questions they wanted to ask, so let's stop here today? Goodbye! Have a nice trip, everyone!"

As he spoke, Cao Sheng waved goodbye to them, waved twice, and then turned back.

No matter how loudly the reporters outside the hospital asked questions and tried to keep him, he no longer answered any questions or stopped, but just turned back and waved goodbye from time to time.

……

The reporters who got the first-hand interview materials left.

That morning, some mainland media released related news.

Of course, those media with such fast speeds are all online media.

Each title is more eye-catching than the other.

For example: "Cao Sheng: I did sell a script for 220 million US dollars!"

"Cao Sheng: Is it difficult to write a script? I think it's OK!"

"Zhongyuan Yidianhui personally admitted that he recently made 220 million US dollars!"

"It's not even halfway through this year, and Zhongyuan Yidianhui has already earned more than 2000 million RMB!"

"Zhongyuan Yidianhui is too fierce! It should be renamed 'Dugu Qiubai'!"

"The mainland screenwriters should work harder. Aren't you ashamed to lose to a novelist?"

"The success of Zhongyuan Yidianhui is a silent irony to our college entrance examination system!"

……

Netizens are attracted by these news and waste a lot of time reading them.

But it really shocked many people's hearts.

Tang Wenhua, 26 years old this year, also studied at a junior college before. He always felt that he was inferior to those who were admitted to undergraduate programs.

Even though he now runs an Internet cafe and his annual income exceeds that of many undergraduate graduates, he is always insecure about his academic qualifications.

Today, after he read the news about Zhongyuan Yidianhui on the Internet, his eyes widened a little.

When others read this news, they may pay most attention to the fact that Zhongyuan Yidianhui has earned more than 2000 million yuan this year, but what Tang Wenhua is most concerned about is Zhongyuan Yidianhui's academic qualifications - college degree.

He thought about how when he was in school, his performance in Chinese was the best among all the subjects, and his performance was quite unbalanced.

Looking at the news or deeds about Zhongyuan Yidianhui at this time, he suddenly had the idea of ​​trying to write a novel.

It just so happened that he had an Internet cafe, so it was very convenient for him to go online every day, and he had all the conditions to write novels online.

……

Guo Xiaosi was so surprised when he saw in the news that Cao Sheng had earned more than 20 million this year that he couldn't close his mouth.

More than 20 million, what does this mean?
Do the Shaw buildings in many schools cost tens of millions? Probably not, right?

After all, there are so many Yifu buildings donated across the country. If each one costs tens of millions, how much would it be worth? He thinks that with more than 20 million, he could probably build several Yifu buildings.

And these more than 20 million were the money Cao Sheng earned from several scripts this year.

How many months has it been?

Just like what was said in the news - the year is not even halfway through.

At this rate, Zhongyuan Yidianhui must have earned 50 or 60 million this year? If you put that much money in 100-yuan bills and stack them together, they could be used as a bed, right?
He fantasized: If he had so much money, and he changed it all into hundred-dollar bills and stacked them together, and then he rolled around on them while sleeping, how good would that feel?

As he thought about it, the five words "A little gray in the Central Plains" seemed to be shining with golden light in his eyes.

……

On that day, tens of thousands of netizens saw the news about Cao Sheng on the Internet.

More people saw it on the TV midday news and in newspapers in real life.

There are many businessmen who earn more than 20 million in a few months.

The media generally doesn't pay attention.

But if a writer earned more than 20 million yuan in just a few months with just a few scripts, that would be big news that would shock the whole country.

To many people, this is news!
It's unheard of.

This feeling is particularly strong for those who have a little culture.

As the saying goes, "There is no second in martial arts and no first in literature."

For people who practice martial arts, it is easy to tell the strong from the weak and the winner from the loser.

But among those who study literature, who will submit to whom?
You say you are very talented? I say you are just self-righteous! Actually, you can only recite a few ancient Chinese texts.

You said your article is better than mine? What a joke! You said you wrote better than me, so you wrote better than me? I also said I wrote better than you!
And so on various psychological.

So it's hard to tell who's winning.

but……

They sold several scripts for more than 20 million. If you can do it, come and try it! Sell a script for me! Can you make more than 20 million from scripts?
Money can often make people shut up.

On this day, many children were educated by their parents who watched Cao Sheng News.

For example: "Don't you like reading novels? You know Zhongyuan Yidianhui, right? He made more than 20 million this year from a few scripts, did you know that? If you don't study hard now, you won't be able to write a good novel in the future!"

"You little brat! Didn't you say that studying is useless? Look at him! He went to a crappy junior college and made so much money. If you were admitted to a university, what would you have done?"

"My daughter! You must read books carefully! I told you before that books are the golden house, but you still didn't believe it. Look at that Zhongyuan, who became rich by writing books! He made more than 20 million in just a few months! Do you know how many lollipops and hawthorn slices you can buy with more than 20 million? Those are your favorite foods, right? Do you want to make that much money?"

(End of this chapter)