Durin's Diary

Chapter 51 The Old Man and the Cub
Duterte Marcus looked at the little guy sitting in the back car and felt a little envious.

The object of his envy was naturally Yi Xu. This old friend of his had seven daughters and finally had an adopted grandson who spoke well and was sensible.

Although his father is from the Corleone family, this dragon seed that appeared looks a little different from Brother Ish, but it is exactly the same as the young lady in his memory.

That’s right, it must be Yixu’s child, there’s no doubt about it.

Moreover, Duterte remembered that he had met the child when he was four years old, and he didn't expect that he still remembered him.

Duterte felt that none of his children could match his memory.

"Sit tight, little guy." Thinking of this, Duterte used the key to open the accelerator and drove his car out of the school gate.

I also said hello to the guards - they were all big, Osso guys.

Not long after getting on the road, the traffic was stuck, which made Duterte very angry and slapped the steering wheel: "Kid, you know, the older the city, the more likely this kind of damn thing will happen."

The child sitting in the back of the car smiled and said: "When there are more cars in the future, you will encounter more such things."

"True, but I still think newer vehicles are better than horse-drawn carriages. Look at this carriage turning, it's like it's torturing an old man like me." Having said this, Duterte finally waited until the carriage completed the turn and stepped on the accelerator. "Speaking of which, your Artisan Guild in the Eastern Elf Territory is really impressive. They can even build a mechanical vehicle that can be driven by one person and still go fast."

"The old men are all very nice and have good ideas on improving the car." Du Lin said calmly.

"My old friend Ode said that you also contributed a lot. Did you draw the drawings of this car?" Duterte asked.

"Because I want to make money." The young child gave such a pure answer.

This made Duterte very curious: "Do you have a goal for making money?"

"Yes, to do what I want to do, to travel, to take girls to eat delicious food, all these require money." Du Lin's answer made Duterte laugh.

This kid is really interesting. However, although he has a relationship with Brother Yi Xu, this kid has been talking big, so as his uncle, he has to test him.

"Kid, when we get to my studio, I'm going to give you a good test."

"I will definitely learn with an open mind."

The childish yet serious answer made Duterte very happy - for this attitude, he really envied Brother Ish.

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When Duterte entered the film studio, he stopped the car and his boss, Shesher Najibin, was waving at him.

Duterte has not been happy with this old friend recently. This old dog of the Ganai breed has nothing to do all day long. He either brags about how good the detective and doctor stories written by the author named Arthur under his name are, or criticizes young film directors for going backwards in history and patting girls' thighs all day long.

Yes, The Detective and the Doctor is indeed interesting, but if you, old dog, have the guts, why don’t you ask the author to come out and talk to me about the adaptation.

As for young directors, how they want to make movies is their own business. The market likes girls' snow-white thighs. What should young directors who are not capable of making big productions do? Suka will starve to death if he doesn't shoot legs.

But Shesher is the head of the Royal Bookstore and the Royal Film Association of the Northern Kingdom after all, so Duterte has to respect him no matter what.

"Duter, where did you kidnap this kid from?" The old Raitel dog came over, slightly hunched over. "Hello, kid."

"Hello, you must be Mr. Shesher Najibin, the editor-in-chief."

Du Lin's words startled Shesher, and then he looked at Duterte: "Duterte, did you introduce me to this kid?" "I didn't." After saying that, Duterte turned his head and looked at Du Lin: "Kid, how do you know him?"

"Mr. Schesher wrote me back when I was writing my book." After saying that, Dulin opened the car door himself. The child got out of the car in front of Duterte, stood in front of Schesher and extended his hand: "Hello, Mr. Editor-in-Chief, I'm Arthur, and the ID number you gave me is NRB10001."

Duterte stared at the old dog beside his car door. The latter was silent for a long time, took out his little notebook from his pocket and flipped through it for a while.

Finally, he took a deep breath and said, "Hello, Mr. Arthur."

Duterte blinked. "He's Doolin Elsh."

"It's Arthur Conan Doyle too." Shesher said this and looked at Duterte: "Is he the young man you said would make movies great?"

"Yes, it seems to be the mysterious author you have been bragging about for the past two years." Duterte said, and took out a cigarette box from his pocket: "Son, how did you come up with the idea of ​​writing a book?"

"To make money," the child said with a smile. "But then I realized I couldn't make much money writing books, so I started making guns."

"Did Ish not give you pocket money?" Duterte and Shesher asked in unison.

The child in their eyes smiled and shook his head: "I can make more than 100,000 yuan a year making guns."

Duterte looked at Shesher and asked, "How much does he make in a year writing books?"

"The first payment was 8,762 Northern Gold Notes, and the remaining 3,200 in follow-up royalties was just transferred to him last month."

Duterte laughed happily and said, "My child, you made the right choice, but I believe that you will make more money after you learn how to make movies!"

"I think so too, kid. You can write such wonderful novels, so you will definitely be able to make even better films. Then you will be the most important director in film history." Shesher sighed at this point. "But it seems that you plan to keep the detective and the doctor for yourself, right?"

This topic made Duterte look depressed.

To be honest, obtaining the adaptation rights for "Detective and Doctor" is what these veteran directors dream of - who wouldn't want it? You see, this is the hottest novel in the past decade. The two volumes are selling like hotcakes throughout the West Continent, from the Northern Kingdom to the Savoy Business Alliance. Everyone likes the detective who speaks Sidney Lowland and the doctor who speaks Northern Highland. They have different personalities, but they can complement each other in cases.

Most importantly, the friendship and bond between them is, ah, so beautiful.

It’s a pity that this young man will definitely not give up this glory that is within his reach.

Just as Duterte was thinking this, he suddenly heard the heavenly sound from the child.

“I’d like to let Grandpa Duterte adapt Detective and Doctor into a movie.”

As he said this, Duterte rubbed the tip of his nose and looked at the young man: "Kid, do you know what you are talking about?"

"I know, but I am confident that I can make better movies in the future, including better detectives and doctors," the child replied with a smile.

Duter smiled, pointed at Dulin and looked at Xie Sheer: "Xie Sheer, do you know how much I envy old man Yi Xu?"

He is low-key but confident in himself; he is humble to others and proud but not complacent; Brother Yixu is so lucky to have such a good boy.

"You say that as if I'm not envious. From now on, it really will be a young person's world."

After Shesher finished speaking, the two old friends laughed together.

(End of this chapter)