Huayu: When the director changed his major

Chapter 79: Winter Vacation with Reba

The next morning, Cheng Xi opened his eyes and saw that Xu Dongdong had already woken up.

She also put on her own underwear and T-shirt, and her long legs were covered with semi-transparent black stockings.

She was lying on the bed with disheveled hair, staring at herself intently.

I was woken up like this so early in the morning.
This means he's not going to let me go.

This is a bit difficult to do.

Well, I'll just work hard once more.

Then, the wake-up service starts timing.

That means you have to practice well, otherwise how could you withstand it?
Because he had something to do today, after finishing the work once, Cheng Xi returned to the studio with a feeling of unsatisfied desire.

As soon as I opened the computer, I saw the final edited version of the advertisement that Dapeng sent me.

In fact, he had already told Dapeng yesterday that he could just edit it and he could make the decision.

But Dapeng was still very stubborn and wanted to send it to himself for review.

Cheng Xi couldn't help but sigh that Dapeng was a very interesting person.

Cheng Xi watched it once and found that Dapeng's editing skills had improved again.

So I replied and agreed to him.

I have to work harder too.

Recently, it seems that apart from being busy promoting "Diaosi Men" and being obsessed with that, I have started to slack off in my studies.

This is not a good sign.

Although I have foresight because I am a reborn person, it is better for me to keep up with the hard power at the same time, so that my upper limit will be higher.

Fortunately, Li Wentao brought me good news today.

"I contacted Liu Cixin yesterday through Science Fiction World magazine."

When Cheng Xi heard this, he was shocked. This was really good news.

I had previously handed the matter over to Jin Xiaoluo, but because of the "Fortune Telling" incident and the recent publicity campaign for "Diaosi Men", she has not had the time to deal with this matter.

At that time, Liu Cixin was still working as a computer engineer at the Yangquan Niangziguan Power Plant, and Cheng Xi could be considered a fan of Liu.

So we know that he is not working as an electrician there. Liu Cixin has been called an electrician several times and has been communicating with people online using a secondary account, which shows that he cares about this matter very much.

It's good to be able to get in touch.

"So, are the film and television rights to the books I mentioned still available?"

Cheng Xi asked a little anxiously.

"The film and television rights to 'The Wandering Earth,' 'The Rural Teacher,' 'Ball Lightning,' 'Hearing the Truth in the Morning,' and 'Sustaining Humanity' are all in our possession, but the rights to 'The Three-Body Problem,' which you mentioned so strongly, were bought by someone in 2009 for 10 yuan!"

Alas, he was still a step too late. He had the impression that Liu Cixin had indeed sold the copyright of "The Three-Body Problem" at a low price, but he didn't expect it to be so early in 2009.

And it only sold for 10!
Who could have imagined that the film and television adaptation rights of this book would later rise to hundreds of millions?
The value of the Three-Body Universe cannot be measured by money.

Originally, Cheng Xi had planned to buy all of Liu Cixin's books' film and television rights, but now the studio needs some funds to operate.

We also have to pay everyone, promote the artists, and find resources.

This all costs money, so we can only take it step by step.

Take care of the most important things first, and then when you have enough money later, you can buy it from Liu Da.

Cheng Xi was planning to get the inside scoop on Liu.

One is that I really liked his works in my previous life and had basically read them all.

The second is that if you don’t buy it yourself, someone else will buy it cheaply, and the price may not be as high as yours.

As for the copyright of The Three-Body Problem, he also had to find a way to obtain it. Now he had sold it to someone else for 100,000 yuan.

If I could intercept the opportunity halfway, maybe I could save the Youzu boss once.

You should know that the boss of Youzu in later generations had a disagreement with his subordinates over the copyright issue of "The Three-Body Problem", which eventually led to the tragedy.

In this way, rounding up can be considered a good thing.

So he said to Li Wentao:
"Well, continue to follow up on this matter and acquire the copyrights to the works mentioned above. I'll give you a budget of 150 million. In addition, I'll give you a separate budget of 100 million for the copyright to 'The Wandering Earth'. You must secure it."

Li Wentao was very surprised when he heard the number of 150 million. Is this Liu Cixin so talented? Why is his boss so optimistic about him?
And The Wandering Earth actually gave a separate copyright purchase budget of 100 million. Is the boss crazy?
"The second thing is to contact Liu Cixin as soon as possible and find out who actually bought the film and television rights to his 'The Three-Body Problem'. Ask them if they're willing to resell it and what their target price is."

After saying that, Cheng Xi still felt uneasy. "The Three-Body Problem" had been bought, but he didn't want to be a step behind in getting the film and television rights to "The Wandering Earth".

Now that I have met Guo Fan and have found a director, I just need to wait for the technology to be upgraded, and there is a high probability that I can produce this movie myself.

How could Cheng Xi let go of such a good opportunity?
Then he said to Li Wentao:

"Well, put the recent studio matters aside for now. Go to Yangquan in person tomorrow and sign the film and television rights for the works I just mentioned."

When Li Wentao heard this, he knew that his boss was determined to win and took it very seriously.

So Li Wentao immediately handed over the necessary matters in his hands to Jin Xiaoluo, and immediately booked a flight from Yanjing to Taiyuan for tomorrow morning.

During this period, I was basically running between the studio and Sohu headquarters. I rarely returned to the school. At most, I would go back to the dormitory to sleep, and most of the time I slept in a hotel.

This even caused his beautiful class monitor Luo Xinran to call him and ask him if he was still a student of Class 10, Management Department, Grade 1.

Winter vacation is about to start. You have basically not participated in any school or class activities in the past six months, and everyone has to sign in for you every day to cover for you.

Moreover, the leave I requested for my counselor Cao Jinnan is almost used up.

So I arranged my things and came to the college to attend classes in the afternoon.

When everyone saw the busy teacher "Zuibai" coming back, they all welcomed him warmly, and of course there was also some good-natured teasing.

"Teacher Zuibai, this is a secret visit to our class to inspect the work of the Diaosi."

Some students also said with a bit of compliment:

"Cheng Xi, your recent show 'Diaosi Men' is really good. Please bring us Diaosi to guest star in the next season."

Cheng Xi greeted and responded to each of the enthusiastic classmates.

Only his squad leader, Luo Xinran, ignored him.

No, you asked me to come to class, but you are not happy even though I came.

But Cheng Xi could understand it. After all, he had indeed gone a bit too far this semester.

I rarely attend classes and am often on leave.
It seems that apart from playing games in the dormitory, he has never participated in any other activities.

Alas, I have to enjoy my college life as much as I can in this life. I should be more restrained next semester.

I wish I could do it.
In the evening, Cheng Xi of course asked Reba to go out for a walk.

As a brother, I am too irresponsible. If I don't keep such a beautiful girl, she will be taken away by someone else.

Reba was so happy when she saw her brother took the initiative to ask her out to walk around the campus in the evening.

She has missed her brother a lot recently, but there is nothing she can do. She knows that her brother has been very busy lately and is also very busy with "Report to the Boss".

So I was very well behaved and didn't disturb him except to have breakfast with him.

In order to compensate Reba for being such a well-behaved girl, Cheng Xi suggested going out for hotpot together in the evening.

This made Reba very happy.

Since Reba is from the Western Regions, she generally does not eat pork.

But hot pot is different. Most of the meat is beef and mutton, and she likes it very much.

So the two of them happily went to "Nanmen Shabu-shabu" in the Temple of Heaven Park on the South Second Ring Road.

This is an old shop that has been around for more than ten years, and its main dish is the traditional halal hot pot of Yanjing cuisine.

When Reba saw that her brother had chosen this restaurant on purpose, she felt that he was very considerate and was thinking about her all the time.

After happily eating hot pot, the two of them strolled around the park.

It is now mid-January and the school is about to start its winter vacation.

So Cheng Xi asked about Reba's winter vacation plans. He hoped that Reba could go back a few days later.

This way, when I have free time, I can take her for a good stroll around Yanjing City.

Reba grew up in the Western Regions and came to Yanjing just to study. In fact, she has never really visited this ancient capital of the Six Dynasties.

Cheng Xi knew that Reba had always wanted to climb the Great Wall, visit the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Jingshan, Nanluoguxiang, and the Summer Palace.

Cheng Xi told him about this idea, and Reba was very happy. She had wanted to visit Yanjing with her brother for a long time, but she never had the chance.

Seeing that her brother looked very tired, Reba suggested that they go to the movies together.

Cheng Xi still felt very happy when he heard Reba say that.

I accompanied her to eat hotpot and promised to take time to accompany her to visit Yanjing, but she just wanted to accompany me to watch a movie.

She probably remembered what she said when they watched a movie last time: if her brother is tired, he can sleep on her lap.

So Cheng Xi did not refuse Reba's kindness, and the two went to see a movie together again.

This time, the movie I chose was "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1", which was a hit last month. This movie is currently in the Christmas and New Year's Day schedule and is basically a random kill.

The previous box office competition between "Let the Bullets Fly" and "If You Are the One 2" has also come to an end.

Just like before, "Let the Bullets Fly" finally surpassed "If You Are the One 2" at the box office thanks to its reputation, with the former taking in more than 6.7 million yuan and the latter taking in 4.7 million yuan.

The difference is as much as 200 million, which shows that the audience's aesthetic taste was still very high at that time.

Cheng Xi looked at the familiar scene on the screen, and gradually, under Voldemort's magic, he lay on Reba's warm thighs.

While watching a movie, Reba gently massaged her temples.

That cautious look made Cheng Xi feel sorry for this well-behaved girl from the Western Regions.

As the warmth of Reba's thighs and a faint fragrance slowly spread, Cheng Xi slowly fell asleep.
Cheng Xi slept very soundly this time.

　I have typed 10,000 words for four or five consecutive days, and my fingers are so sore that they are shaking. Please forgive me if I type a little less tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)