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Chapter 291: Contribution to "Honghuang Romance"

Time passes day by day.

In the blink of an eye, more than a week has passed.

The total box office of "Ip Man" reached more than 5100 million, and it was taken off the screen, ending its screening in mainland China.

Facts have proved that the negative information about Ip Man exposed on the Internet had little impact on the box office of this movie. After all, only a few people go online these days, and the Internet fee of two or three yuan an hour isolates most people from the Internet.

"If You Are the One" was released three days later than "Ip Man".

When it was taken off the screen, the total box office of If You Are the One reached over 5900 million, almost breaking 6000 million.

The huge sales of these two films have excited many people working in the film industry, some of whom have expressed their optimism about the mainland film market in various media.

For example, when Zhang Yimou was interviewed by reporters, he said with a smile on his face: "The box office success of If You Are the One and Ip Man shows that our mainland box office market has made great progress and is much better than the previous two years. This is the success of these two films, and also the success of our entire mainland film market!"

Chen Kaige also expressed optimism when he was a guest on a TV interview program. "You can't compare the box office of these two movies with that of my previous movies! There is no comparison. Why? Because this year's film market is obviously much better than in previous years. If my previous movies were released this year, the box office would definitely be much higher. Do you believe it? For example, my Farewell My Concubine!"

Many film professionals also expressed similar views on online forums.

It is generally believed that this year's mainland film market has ushered in a big boom.

Just when the film and television industry was generally immersed in this optimistic mood.

It's December.

November is not a popular season.

But in November this year, the film market was very cold.

For the entire month, there wasn't a single movie that grossed over 10 million yuan.

It was like a bucket of cold water poured on the heads of industry insiders, leaving many people dumbfounded. They couldn't understand why in October, two movies, "If You Are the One" and "Ip Man", both had box office revenues of over 10 million yuan, and there were also two movies with box office revenues of over million yuan in the same period.

How come the entire mainland film market has become so cold in November?
Did the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies disappear in October? Has it not recovered yet?

No one could give them an answer.

Many people are pinning their hopes on the Christmas season in December.

Based on past experience, the box office will also increase during Christmas, especially for romance movies.

Huizhou.

Cao Sheng has long stopped paying attention to the film market.

That night at the end of November, he finally finished writing the last chapter of "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth".

The ending of this book was beyond his plan.

He originally planned to finish it by the end of October.

But I managed to write until the end of November.

The reason for exceeding the plan was that he suddenly felt that the connection between this book and his other works was not strong enough.

Apart from the name "Tian Di Xuan Huang Linglong Tower" and an original movie world "Legend of the Demon Lord in the Tomb of the Gods", this book has no connection with his other works.

He suddenly wanted to add some cross-plot.

For example: some plots in the new book "Honghuang Romance".

Doing this has two benefits.

First, it can enhance the linkage between "The Mysterious Tower of Heaven and Earth" and "The Story of Honghuang". Second, it can warm up "The Story of Honghuang" and serve as an advertisement for the new book.

Driven by this idea, he added three movie worlds to the ending of "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth".

These three movie worlds are actually a series of movies.

He named the movie "Witchcraft and the Dark Web".

It describes the wars between the witch clan and the demon clan for the dominance of heaven and earth in ancient times.

The main characters in these three movie worlds include the twelve ancient witches, Emperor Jun of the demon clan, Donghuang Taiyi, Nuwa, Fuxi, Kunpeng, the prince of the demon clan - the three-legged golden crow, and so on.

They are all characters from mythology.

Each of them has great magical powers, and various magic weapons, such as: Emperor Jun's River Map and Luoshu, Donghuang Taiyi's Donghuang Bell, Nuwa's Mountain, River, and State Map, etc., all appear.

By the time Cao Sheng reached the third installment in this film series, he was so excited about it.

Because the main plot of the third movie is the battle between the witch clan's Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array and the demon clan's Zhoutian Star Array.

When he read prehistoric novels in the past, he thought these two formations were awesome and always got his blood boiling. And this time, when he wrote about the duel between these two formations, he was very excited.

But I didn’t enjoy writing it.

Because the plots of these three movies are not the whole picture as presented in "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth".

The protagonist is not anyone from the two races of wizards and liches, but a reincarnation who comes to the world of these three movies to adventure.

Cao Sheng presents the plot of "Warcraft and the Lich King" from the perspective of a reincarnation.

This evening.

Cao Sheng, who finally finished writing the last chapter, felt lost.

I always have this feeling when I finish writing a book.

It's like a job that you have been doing for a long time suddenly ends and you become unemployed.

But then again, the longer he has been writing novels, the more he feels that writing novels is similar to doing business. Every time he publishes a new book, it's like investing in a new store, and it's hard to guarantee whether the new store's business will be good or not.

Sitting in front of the computer, he looked at the three words "The End of the Book" in brackets at the end of the last chapter he had just written. He stared at them for a long time before he smiled.

I thought: since I didn’t have enough fun writing “War of the Liches”, I should publish “The Legend of the Great Desolation” as soon as possible! Once it is published, there will be pressure to update, and the writing speed will be faster.

Without published works and pressure to update, the speed will never be fast enough.

However, he didn't plan to write tonight.

Although it is not yet 10 o'clock, it is still early.

But he had just finished writing a book and wanted to take a short break. Starting tomorrow, he would concentrate all his attention on writing "The Legend of Hong Huang".

I also plan to submit my new book to a publishing house tomorrow.

Of course, the manuscripts of the latest three episodes of "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth" must also be sent to the publishing house.

After saving the manuscript he had just written, Cao Sheng turned off the computer, got up and went downstairs.

Tonight, as it's a rare night without having to type until late at night, he wants to go out for a walk.

……

He drove the BMW, which had not been driven for some days, out of the courtyard and headed straight for Binjiang Road. At this time, there were few pedestrians and vehicles on Binjiang Road.

Good for a ride.

This actually has something to do with the season.

If it were summer, Binjiang Road would be very lively around 10 o'clock, but now it is the end of November and the weather has turned cold.

Especially the cold wind at night makes most people reluctant to go out.

Cao Sheng drove along Binjiang Road for more than half an hour before driving back. He had two thoughts in his mind. One was to go to the night market in the middle of the night, shop and have a midnight snack, just like he did before his rebirth.

Another thought was to find Huang Qingya.

About half an hour later, he drove to the downstairs of the residential area where Huang Qingya lived.

After parking the car under the shade of a tree in the community, he took out his cell phone and called her.

After a few seconds, the call is connected.

Huang Qingya's low voice came from the phone, "Why did you think of calling me in the middle of the night? What's the matter? Did you miss me?"

Cao Sheng smiled at the light in her window and said calmly, "I'm downstairs at your house. Can I come down to chat for a few cents?"

Huang Qingya: “…”

After a moment of silence, Cao Sheng saw a window in her house was pushed open a little, and her figure seemed to appear behind the window. "Really? You came at this time? Do you really miss me? You are not lying to me, are you?"

Cao Sheng chuckled, "You'll know if you come down and take a look. Can you come down?"

Huang Qingya: "Well, don't be impatient! Wait a minute, let me see if there is anyone else in the living room..."

After a moment, she lowered her voice and said, "Hey, the lights are off in the living room. It's very quiet. There's no one here. Wait, I'll come down to find you. Did you drive here? Are you in the car?"

Cao Sheng: "Well, then hurry up."

Huang Qingya: "Okay, see you later, by the way."

The phone hangs up.

Cao Sheng lowered half of the car window, breathed in the cool air outside the window, and waited patiently.

He will concentrate on writing "Hong Huang Romance" tomorrow. It won't be long before the book is published. Once it is published, he will be under great pressure to update it.

Therefore, he wanted to seize the time to spend with his girlfriend while the book was not yet published and there was no pressure to update it.

After The Legend of Hong Huang is published, he will be under pressure to update it, and he probably won't be in the mood to meet her in the middle of the night.

A few minutes later.

Huang Qingya appeared not far away, looking around, as if he was looking for his car.

If it were daytime, she would be able to see his car at a glance.

But on a night like this, and his BMW was black, it was not so easy to find.

Seeing her looking around, Cao Sheng smiled, stretched his left hand out of the car window and waved to her.

At first, she didn't notice.

But soon I saw it.

Cao Sheng saw her quicken her pace and jog towards him.

After a moment, she opened the passenger door and got in.

As she got into the car, a fragrant breeze drifted into Cao Sheng's nose. Cao Sheng noticed that she was wearing a purple nightgown with a black windbreaker over the silk nightgown.

"Why are you here at this hour? Do you really miss me?"

As soon as she got in the car, Huang Qingya asked with a smile on her face.

Cao Sheng smiled, rested his right elbow on the armrest, leaned his upper body towards her, and hooked his finger at her with his right hand.

"Don't talk! Say hello first!"

"whispering sound!"

Huang Qingya rolled her eyes at him and the smile on her face grew even wider.

Seeing this, Cao Sheng didn't waste any words. He put his arms around her neck and pulled her head over, just like when he was a child picking persimmons, he stretched out his hands to stretch the branches of the persimmon tree.

As long as you pull the branches over, the persimmons will naturally come over with them.

"Um...uh..."

Huang Qingya, who wanted to say something, was silenced.

After kissing for a long time, Cao Sheng finally let her go.

Huang Qingya panted and wiped her mouth with her hand, complaining, "You are really hungry! I thought you were going to eat me!"

Hearing her say she was hungry, Cao Sheng laughed and asked, "Are you hungry? I'll take you out for a midnight snack?"

Huang Qingya shook her head. "Forget it! Eating midnight snacks will make you fat. I can't gain any more weight. If I gain any more weight, I'll get really fat."

Cao Sheng tried not to laugh out loud and advised, "It's okay! I'll take you out for a midnight snack that can help you lose weight."

"Diet meal? Eating a diet meal in the middle of the night?"

Huang Qingya has not yet seen through his sinister intentions.

Cao Sheng suppressed his smile, nodded, restarted the car, turned around and drove away.

Huang Qingya looked at him speechlessly.

As the car was about to leave the community, she sighed, "You are really crazy! You took me to a diet meal in the middle of the night. This is totally unheard of."

It was not until the car drove directly into the gate of his villa that she began to understand what the diet meal he was talking about was.

I couldn't help but laugh and curse: "Rogue!"

This was destined to be an indulgent night.

The next morning.

When Huang Qingya woke up, she was full of energy and looked exceptionally good.

Cao Sheng, however, seemed a little listless and yawned from time to time.

She finished her breakfast contentedly, hugged him goodbye, and left.

Cao Sheng packed up, changed his clothes, and went to school.

After returning at noon, he went to the study on the third floor, turned on the computer, logged into QQ, and contacted Chang Qingshu, the manuscript editor of Xinchang.

Yes, he has started using QQ recently.

The number of QQ users is increasing.

The convenience of instant communication with multiple people far surpasses email and has captured the hearts of many young people.

When Cao Sheng registered a QQ account in October, he also thought about investing some money in Tencent and getting some shares before it really grew big.

But after buying the house, he had little money left.

Secondly, he knew that a company like Tencent, even if it accepted investment from others, would not only want money, but also require investors to provide other benefits to Tencent, such as connections, background, etc.

Three... He thought it would be better to wait a little longer until his new book was published and the script of "Twilight" was sold, and he had sufficient funds again, and then try to invest in Tengxun.

Therefore, he did not ask for Tengxun's contact information for the time being.

"I'm here! Brother Cao, tell me what you want to say!"

Evergreen's reply came.

Cao Sheng: "Submit your manuscript! Also, would you like to submit your new book?"

Chang Qingshu replied quickly this time, "A new book is out? So, you've finished writing Linglong Tower? Is this the last time you submit the manuscript for Linglong Tower? Yes! Yes! Send it to me now!"

Cao Sheng: "Wait a moment!"

Without saying any more nonsense, Cao Sheng retrieved the manuscripts of the last three episodes of Linglong Tower from his computer hard drive and sent them over.

Then, he sent over the manuscript of the first episode of "Honghuang Romance" which had been prepared long ago.

……

Magic City.

Evergreen was pleasantly surprised to see that Linglong Tower had three episodes this month.

But when he saw the title of the new book sent by Cao Sheng: "The Romance of Honghuang", he was a little surprised.

"Honghuang Romance? Romance? No way? What era is this? Are you still writing a romance? This title..."

In his impression, books with the word "Romance" in their titles are almost all ancient books, such as "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "The Investiture of the Gods".

As for modern writers, he really doesn't know any who have written novels.

I didn’t expect that the word “Romance” would be included in the title of Cao Sheng’s new book.

However, the two words "Honghuang" left him confused, and he was unable to judge what kind of story this was from the title.

(End of this chapter)