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Chapter 22 Unexpected Visitors and the "Hexi Corridor"

Zhou Bingkun carefully placed the new book in his schoolbag, then contentedly rode his beloved bicycle, humming unconsciously as he went home.

As soon as he walked out of the school gate, he saw his cheap sister-in-law Hao Dongmei waiting there. Zhou Bingkun felt a little confused, "Sister-in-law, why are you waiting here?"

"Bingkun, I want to go home with you to see our mother!" Hao Dongmei finally saw Zhou Bingkun and said with an unconscious smile.

"Oh! Mom will definitely be very happy to see you back!"

Zhou Bingkun said this with a smile, then got on his bike again. Hao Dongmei quickly got on her bike and followed behind him.

After walking for a while, Hao Dongmei suddenly smiled and said, "Bingkun, I saw your article "The Rise of a Great Power" published in the National Daily!"

"Oh! I know about that!

However, the National Daily is too stingy!
I was only paid 1,200 yuan!" Zhou Bingkun said disapprovingly.

"Huh? Twelve hundred dollars is a huge sum of money!"

"What?! It doesn't last at all! I spent it all in just a few days!"

"Ah? Bingkun, what did you do?

It actually costs so much money?" Hao Dongmei widened her eyes in surprise.

"I didn't do anything! And then the money was gone!" Zhou Bingkun looked at the surprised Hao Dongmei and responded casually.

Looking at Zhou Bingkun's back as he rode a bicycle in front of her, Hao Dongmei once again lamented that it was too difficult to get along with her brother-in-law.

Zhou's mother, Li Suhua, was overjoyed to see her eldest daughter-in-law come home to visit her. "Dongmei, how come you have time to come home today?"

"Mom, we don't have classes at school today!

I just wanted to come back and see you!" Hao Dongmei explained with a smile.

"Great! That's great! Fortunately, you and Bingkun are both attending university in Jichun, so you can come back and visit whenever you miss home!"

"Yeah! Mom is right!
I will come back to see you often in the future!" Hao Dongmei said with some shame.

"Bingkun, your sister-in-law is back today!

The meal needs to be more substantial!" Zhou's mother, Li Suhua, suddenly said to Zhou Bingkun who was standing beside her.

"Okay! Don't worry! I'll arrange it!"

Hao Dongmei suddenly felt jealous when she saw Zhou Bingkun and his mother Li Suhua getting along so well. She then looked at Zheng Juan standing beside her and said, "Zheng Juan, are you pregnant again?

This efficiency is too high!"

"This isn't the last time, my sister Zhou Rong and brother-in-law came back and took Feng Yue away!

Bingkun and I really want a child, so we decided to have a daughter!" Zheng Juan explained with a smile.

"Have you checked? Girl?"

"Yes! We went to the hospital for a check-up! It's a girl!" Zheng Juan explained with a smile.

Looking at Zhou Bingkun's large family, Hao Dongmei suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. This was also one of the reasons why she was not very willing to return to the Zhou family.

Zhou Bingkun moved quickly and quickly prepared a simple meal of four dishes and a soup, which were then served on the table.

The family had a happy lunch. Since they had already had a meal with the old couple Zhou in the school cafeteria, Zhou Bingkun just ate a little more to make do.

Because of Zhou Bingkun's advance instructions, Zhou's mother Li Suhua and Zheng Juan did not mention Zhou Bingkun's plan to build a new house in front of Hao Dongmei.

The next day, Zhou Bingkun returned to school as usual, preparing to take another long vacation when Zheng Juan was about to give birth.

Counting the days, there are still four or five months left before Zheng Juan's due date.

As soon as I walked into the classroom and put my butt on the bench, I heard someone outside shouting, "Zhou Bingkun, someone's looking for you!"

Zhou Bingkun put down his schoolbag with some confusion and walked out. Then he saw a strange middle-aged man and a young man who looked like a secretary.

"Hello! I'm Zhou Bingkun. May I ask who you are?"

"Hello, classmate Zhou!
I am the editor-in-chief of Hong Kong's Oriental Daily News, and my name is Ma Tingfang! "Looking at Zhou Bingkun in front of him, the middle-aged man stretched out his hands and introduced himself.

Hearing Ma Tingfang's self-introduction, Zhou Bingkun's heart moved, and he reached out to shake hands with him, "Editor-in-Chief Ma, hello!
This is not the place to talk!
There's a Changxin Teahouse outside the Normal University. Let's go sit there! "Haha, the guest should follow the host's wishes! We're sorry to bother you!"

Zhou Bingkun greeted a classmate and asked him to tell the teacher, then he took Ma Tingfang and the other person to the Changxin Tea House at the gate of Northeast Normal University.

"What kind of tea does Mr. Ma like?"

“Just regular green tea will do!”

"Waiter, please give me a pot of Lu'an Guapian!" Zhou Bingkun said to the waiter beside him.

"Okay! Please wait!"

"Mr. Zhou, I saw the article "The Rise of a Great Power" in the National Daily in Shenzhen yesterday!
After we knew it was you who wrote it, we came to Jichun overnight!

"I want to ask Mr. Zhou, do you still own the copyright for 'The Rise of Great Powers'?" Ma Tingfang explained with a smile, then asked urgently.

"Huh? The copyright should still be there!
I just published it in the National Daily and didn’t sign any contract! ”

“That’s really great!

We at the Oriental Daily are very interested in this article “The Rise of a Great Power”!
I really want to publish it and then release a physical book of "The Rise of Great Powers!" Ma Tingfang explained with surprise.

"Then I wonder what conditions Mr. Ma can offer?"

"Two hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars, and a 10% commission on the distribution of physical books!" Ma Tingfang stated the conditions with a smile.

"No! It's too little!
Three hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars, twenty percent of the physical book sales!" Zhou Bingkun directly refused.

"Mr. Zhou, your conditions are too high!

You know, “The Rise of a Great Power” has already been published in the National Daily!

There is no prerequisite to make others shine! "Hearing Zhou Bingkun's conditions, Ma Tingfang shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Student Zhou, let's each take a step back!
Two hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars, and 15% commission on the physical book!

This is the utmost sincerity from our Oriental Daily! "

"Well! Okay! Let's do this!" Zhou Bingkun restrained his inner ecstasy and said in a pretentious tone.

"Haha, great!
Zhou, I wish us a happy cooperation! " Seeing Zhou Bingkun agreed, Ma Tingfang said happily.

"Happy cooperation!"

“However, I listen to what Mr. Ma says!
"If I still have unpublished articles, would you agree to my terms?" Zhou Bingkun suddenly asked with a puzzled smile.

"Ah? Mr. Zhou, do you mean that you still have unpublished articles?" Ma Tingfang said with surprise.

"Yes! There is a new book!

It's also a history book! It's called "Hexi Corridor"!
If Mr. Ma is interested, we can talk about it! " Zhou Bingkun saw Ma Tingfang in front of him and explained with a smile.

"Very good!

Interested! Of course I am interested!
Can I just take a look first?" Ma Tingfang said in surprise.

"Okay! Mr. Ma, you guys can have some tea here first, I'll go back to school!" Zhou Bingkun said with a smile.

"Mr. Zhou, please go ahead! We'll be waiting for you at the teahouse!"

Not long after, Zhou Bingkun came back with the newly completed manuscript of "Hexi Corridor" in his hand.

Ma Tingfang took the "Hexi Corridor" handed to him by Zhou Bingkun with great anticipation and flipped through it excitedly. As time passed, Ma Tingfang's breathing gradually became rapid.

"Mr. Zhou, our Oriental Daily wants this article on 'Hexi Corridor'!
The conditions are what Mr. Zhou just mentioned: 300,000 Hong Kong dollars and a 20% commission on the physical book's release!

"can!"

Ma Tingfang acted quickly and prepared two contracts the next day. Then, they signed the contracts separately under the witness of a lawyer.

Because Jichun is the provincial capital, there are plenty of large banks, so it didn't take much effort for Zhou Bingkun to complete the account opening procedures, and then 500,000 Hong Kong dollars were transferred into his account.

In order to save trouble, Zhou Bingkun directly exchanged it into 450,000 RMB.

(End of this chapter)