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Chapter 258: The Impact of Appearing on the News Broadcast

The next morning.

Huizhou Teachers College.

Huang Zecheng, as usual, took his rice bowl to the school cafeteria, ordered a bowl of porridge, some fried dumplings, a tea egg, and a cup of soy milk.

It was breakfast time and the seats in the cafeteria were relatively empty. He took his prepared breakfast, randomly found an empty table, and started eating.

He is a computer teacher.

He is also the technical director of Cao Sheng’s Xitong Internet Cafe.

For him, today was an ordinary day, no different from any other day.

It was not until the other two male teachers sat down next to him with breakfast, greeted him, and mentioned to him that Cao Sheng had appeared on the "News Broadcast" last night.

One of the teachers, named Zhang, said with a smile, "Did you all watch the 'News Broadcast' last night? Hey! When I saw Zhongyuan Yidianhui and Cao Sheng on the 'News Broadcast', I couldn't believe my eyes. This student from our school is so fierce. He hasn't even graduated from college yet? He's even on the 'News Broadcast'. It seems that our school has never produced such a brilliant student, right?"

Teacher Wang smiled and continued, "I was also shocked at the time. I thought I had seen it wrong. After a closer look, it turned out to be Cao Sheng from our school. The name and pen name were correct, and the names of the novels he wrote were also correct. It must be right! Well, I have a hunch that our school leaders will definitely hold a meeting because of this matter, and maybe more than one meeting. What do you think?"

Teacher Zhang nodded, "Of course! For something like this that's very public, the leaders will definitely take this opportunity to hold a few meetings, summarize the situation, and say something encouraging."

Teacher Wang: "You think so too? I think there might be a meeting this morning!"

……

Teacher Zhang and Teacher Wang were chatting happily, and Huang Zecheng was stunned by what they heard. After listening for a while, he couldn't help asking, "What are you talking about? Zhongyuan Yidianhui? Cao Sheng? You said he was on the "News Broadcast" last night? Was it our local "News Broadcast"? "

Upon hearing this, Teacher Zhang and Teacher Wang looked at Huang Zecheng in surprise.

Teacher Zhang: “You don’t know?”

Teacher Wang: "Teacher Huang! Didn't you watch the News Broadcast last night?"

Huang Zecheng smiled, "I'm studying computer science! There's a computer in my dormitory. I watch whatever I want to watch on the computer. I haven't watched TV for a long time. By the way, you guys haven't told me which news broadcast Cao Sheng appeared on! Was it a local one? Or CCTV?"

Teacher Wang laughed, "Of course it's CCTV! He's already been on the local show, right? If he does it again, what's there to say?"

Teacher Zhang nodded, "Yes! This time he was on CCTV's "News Broadcast", so awesome!"

Huang Zecheng: ???

Teacher Wang: "Our school is so proud of this! I think the school leaders would wake up laughing in their dreams!"

Teacher Zhang: “Of course!”

Huang Zecheng: “…”

Cao Sheng actually appeared on CCTV's "News Broadcast"? This news had a great impact on Huang Zecheng's thinking.

He was a little bit unbelieving, but seeing that both Teacher Zhang and Teacher Wang said so and it didn't sound like a joke at all, he had to believe it.

Thinking that he had some relationship with Cao Sheng and was responsible for the technical issues of the Internet cafe invested by Cao Sheng, he suddenly lowered his head and quickened the pace of eating breakfast.

Teacher Zhang was surprised, "Teacher Huang, why are you eating so fast? Are you stimulated?"

Teacher Wang: "You wouldn't be jealous of a student, would you?"

Huang Zecheng raised his head and smiled, then shook his head, with food in his mouth, and denied vaguely, "No! Of course not!"

Then, continue eating and drinking.

After breakfast, he took the lunch box back to the dormitory, changed his coat, and walked towards the school gate, preparing to go to Xitong Internet Cafe to have a look and try to assemble two more computers before work hours.

He was already very concerned about the affairs of Xitong Internet Cafe, and today when he heard that Cao Sheng was on the "News Broadcast", he became even more concerned.

He didn't think about how Cao Sheng's greatness could benefit Huang Zecheng for the time being, but his intuition told him that if he worked hard and held on to Cao Sheng's support, it would definitely be beneficial to him in the future.

As for... isn't it shameful to cling to students?

He felt that compared to this, it must be more embarrassing to have such a big thigh but not hug it, or to be unable to hug it.

……

The same morning.

Cao Sheng's counselor Lu Xiangwei, as soon as he arrived at the office building, ran excitedly to the office of the department director Wu Chengping. Before entering, he knocked on the open office door.

"Director! Can I come in?"

Wu Chengping, who was drinking tea behind his desk, looked up, smiled and nodded, "Come in!"

Lu Xiangwei strode in and shouted as he walked: "Director! Did you watch the News Broadcast last night? Do you know Cao Sheng..."

Just as he said this, Wu Chengping raised his hand to stop him.

Lu Xiangwei shut up subconsciously.

Wu Chengping smiled, "I have the habit of watching the 'News Broadcast' every day. Do you think I know about it? You want to talk about your student Cao Sheng appearing on the 'News Broadcast', right?"

Lu Xiangwei nodded repeatedly, "Yes! Yes! Director, you see Cao Sheng is now on the "News Broadcast", but he still has a junior college degree. Isn't this inappropriate? What do you think? I think we should consider letting him upgrade his junior college degree to a bachelor's degree, don't you think?"

Wu Chengping still smiled, "Look how anxious you are! Do you think you're the only one who has thought of this? To be honest, before the News Broadcast was over last night, I received a call from the principal. The principal personally told me on the phone to arrange a college entrance examination for him as soon as possible. So, you don't need to tell me about this, the principal has already arranged it."

Lu Xiangwei was pleasantly surprised when he heard this. "Really? Director! That's great! Is this settled? Can I call Cao Sheng right now and tell him the good news?"

Wu Chengping pointed at him and said with a smile, "You! Don't be so impatient! Don't you know that writers usually like to write in the dead of night? They go to bed late and usually get up late in the morning. Call him later! Don't disturb his rest!"

Lu Xiangwei: “???”

Teachers, please stop disturbing students during their breaks? Is this what the department head said?
When has the department head Wu Chengping ever been so concerned about a student’s rest?

Surprised, Lu Xiangwei nodded vigorously, "Okay! Okay! Then I'll wait until the sun is high in the sky and call him!" Wu Chengping nodded, "Xiao Lu! You are lucky! You have brought up such a student. Do a good job in the future! I personally think that with such a student, deputy director will not be your end. In two years, you may be able to move up a level."

Lu Xiangwei was not modest this time. He chuckled twice and nodded, saying, "Director! I'm grateful for your good words. I think so too. Haha..."

Wu Chengping was amused.

……

The same morning.

Cao Sheng’s hometown.

As usual, Cao Sheng's mother cooked porridge early in the morning, but before eating, she carried a bamboo basket and went to her vegetable garden.

This is the daily life of many rural women.

Go to the vegetable garden early every day to do some work. When you come back, pick some vegetables to eat at noon and in the evening. Peel off the older stalks of the vegetables and throw them to the chickens, ducks, pigs or sheep at home.

Moreover, if you go to the fields to do some work before breakfast in the morning, your appetite will be better when you come back.

Before the sun rose, she went to the vegetable patch.

When I came back, the sun was rising and the sky was full of bright rays of light.

As she was walking back with her basket, she was stopped by a woman as she entered the village: "Hey! Ah Sheng's mother! Your son was on the News Broadcast yesterday. Why didn't you sleep in this morning? Why did you get up so early?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Sheng's mother stopped in surprise and looked over.

Before she could react.

Not far away, another woman who was washing clothes by the water said, "Asheng's child is really scary! In our poor village, we can actually have such a child. Hey! You said that we all have been pregnant for ten months, so why are the children we give birth to so different? Could it be that all the blessings of our village have been brought to Asheng alone? Tsk tsk! He's on the "News Broadcast"! Our ancestors are so proud!"

Cao Sheng's mother looked at this woman, then at the previous woman, and asked in surprise: "What are you talking about? My son A Sheng was on the "News Broadcast"? Is this true? How come I didn't know? My son A Sheng didn't tell us!"

The woman who first called out to her laughed, "Then you definitely didn't watch the News Broadcast last night?"

Cao Sheng's mother smiled and nodded, "Yes! What's so interesting about the news? It's a waste of electricity!"

The woman doing the laundry: "Then you should watch more often in the future! You never know when your son A Sheng will be on the News Broadcast again!"

……

Cao Sheng's mother returned home, put down her basket, and went to her own dining room. She said to her husband, "Hey! I just came back and heard someone say that Ah Sheng was on the News Broadcast last night. Did you hear about it?"

Cao Sheng's father, who was eating porridge with pickles, nodded and said, "I heard about it! Just now, the village head, secretary, accountant, women's director, and many others came to our house and told me about it. I think it would be wrong for me not to know about it!"

Seeing that her husband had no smile on his face, Cao Sheng's mother couldn't help but frown and wonder, "Why do you look unhappy? Ah Sheng is on the News Broadcast, isn't that a good thing? Your expression... why do you make it seem like your son is not your biological son? What's wrong with you?"

Cao Sheng's father turned to look at her, sighed, and said helplessly, "It's a good thing, but it's not a good thing! People are afraid of being famous, just like pigs are afraid of being fat. Haven't you heard of this old saying?"

Cao Sheng's mother walked over in surprise, pulled out another bench next to the eight-immortal table and sat down, asking in confusion: "What do you mean? How come it's not a good thing?"

Cao Sheng's father sighed again, "The village head and the secretary just came over. Besides congratulating me, do you know what their other purpose was?"

Cao Sheng's mother: "What's the purpose?"

Cao Sheng’s father: “They said they hope A Sheng can donate some money to the village to build a cement road. They said that it was mentioned in the News Broadcast that A Sheng’s recent script sold for 220 million US dollars, which is worth at least million RMB. They said that A Sheng is so rich now, he should consider helping the folks in his hometown. Think about it! How much does it cost to build a cement road? It’s not easy for A Sheng to make some money, right? It’s all earned word by word! But since they have opened this question, if A Sheng doesn’t donate, some people may not look at him well when he returns to the village in the future! Do you think this is still a good thing?”

Cao Sheng’s mother: “???”

After a moment of surprise, Cao Sheng's mother sighed with a complicated expression, "It's true that people are afraid of being famous, just like pigs are afraid of being fat. In the past, we could help Ah Sheng hide it a little, saying that he didn't make much, and that he spent all his royalties on building our house and buying a car for himself! But you just said that on the "News Broadcast", you actually revealed how much money he made. This will definitely attract attention! What do you think we should do about this? Should we call Ah Sheng to tell him?"

Cao's father absentmindedly used chopsticks to pick at the pickles in his bowl. After a moment of silence, he sighed, "Call him later and let him talk about it! Whether to donate or not, let him make the decision. After all, if he can really donate a road to his hometown, it will also be a good thing to accumulate blessings for future generations. Let him make the decision!"

Mother Cao sighed again, her expression quite complicated.

For people like them who are used to being poor, asking them to donate a road is like cutting off their own flesh.

……

Huizhou.

tax office.

After the morning meeting, Yu Bing returned to his department, sat down behind his desk, picked up the teacup, and took a sip of the jasmine tea that he had just brewed that morning.

At this moment, the section chief walked over to her desk and knocked on it casually, attracting her and the other people in the office's attention. He smiled and said, "Yu Bing! You and Wu Feng will come with me later. You have a good image, and Cao Sheng should be able to give us a good attitude when he sees you, okay? Get ready! We'll set off in 10 minutes."

Yu Bing was very surprised. Who is Cao Sheng? She had heard of him before. At the regular meeting this morning, the leaders mentioned this name many times. So, when the section chief mentioned Cao Sheng, she knew who he was and why he asked her to go find Cao Sheng.

At today's regular meeting, the leaders have already said that they will go to Cao Sheng to collect taxes!

It was reported on the "Xinwen Broadcast" that one of his recent scripts was sold to Hollywood for 220 million US dollars.

This money should be before tax.

With so much money, a lot of tax will have to be paid according to the tax rate on royalties.

They have not yet found any tax records for this money from Cao Sheng.

Therefore, at today's regular meeting, the leaders specifically emphasized the need to send someone to collect the tax from Cao Sheng.

The leaders also emphasized: Taxes must be collected, but the attitude must be good, and Cao Sheng must not be offended. After all, he had just appeared on the "News Broadcast". If there was any unpleasantness over the tax issue immediately afterwards, it would be bad for everyone. If Cao Sheng was forced to move to another city, there would be no way they could collect taxes from him in the future.

During the meeting, Yu Bing was still thinking: This kind of great writer whose income is comparable to a company's annual profit is so free! He can settle down wherever he wants, unlike those companies, which want to move to other cities, but it is not easy.

That is why those who work in the tax department have to consider other people's feelings when they go to collect taxes, for fear of making them unhappy.

Since she joined the tax bureau, she has never collected taxes in such a humble manner.

(End of this chapter)