I am a literary giant in Russia

Chapter 72 Getting familiar with the environment
Seeing the nervous, shy young man return, Belinsky could not help but exchange a glance with Nekrasov. Just as they were wondering what was going on, Dostoevsky could no longer hold back and asked:

"I heard that the respected Mikhail seems to be making a big gamble. What exactly is this big gamble?"

To be honest, when the word "gamble" was mentioned, Lao Tuo's heart suddenly started beating wildly. He felt an inexplicable excitement, and at the same time his heart was throbbing with pain.

God only knows how much he misses those lost rubles
When Dostoevsky asked this, Belinsky and Nekrasov couldn't help but smile at each other, and then Nekrasov said with a smile:

"The big gamble they're talking about should be the collection of essays we're planning together, and your novel will be placed at the beginning of this collection."

"Oh?"

Perhaps because he was so eager to know the details, the young man forgot about his novel for a moment and continued to ask, "If it's just a collection of essays, why is it called a gamble?"

In Dostoevsky's impression, publishing a collection of essays did not seem to make a lot of money, and there seemed to be no such precedent. Moreover, how much money could it cost to publish just one collection of essays?

"Because Mikhail has already invested nearly two thousand rubles in this."

After a quick mental calculation, Nekrasov continued with some emotion, "This doesn't even include the price of the manuscript he provided for this collection. You know, Mikhail's novels, even from the rather stingy Mr. Kraevsky, can fetch a high price that many people simply can't get."

"Almost two thousand rubles?!"

Dostoevsky was stunned when he heard this figure, and subconsciously asked, "Then the respected Mikhail must be very rich, right?"

"No, his situation is quite ordinary." After a long pause, Nekrasov continued, "Not long ago, he lived on a small amount of royalties, and he still does. As for the money he invested in the collection, some of it was donated by others, and some of it seems he borrowed."

"what?"

Hearing this, Dostoevsky felt his blood rushing to his head, and soon his slightly pale face flushed with excitement. After confirming that Nekrasov was not joking and taking another close look at Mikhail's clothes, Dostoevsky sighed in a trembling voice, like a wail:

"Oh my God, how could he do this? Doesn't he have any regard for his own life? Not only did he invest so much money, but he even borrowed it. I really can't imagine what the respected Mikhail would do if the collection didn't sell so well."

At this moment, the young Dostoevsky even wanted to rush over to have a good talk with Mikhail, even if it meant using himself as an example!

Well, although Lao Tuo is a gambler at this stage, he has not yet become a real gambler, not to mention that the consequences of the last gambling really made him heartbroken.

So the current situation can be roughly described as follows: Lao Tuo, the little gambler, was really frightened by a real gambler.
"We advised Mikhail in the same way."

Seeing Dostoevsky's reaction, Nekrasov seemed to see his former self, so he empathized with him and said: "But from the beginning to the end, Mikhail seemed to have strong confidence in his decision. After a long time, I couldn't help but want to take a risk with him!

Just like what he once told us all at the party: There is no road in the world, but when more people walk on it, it becomes a road! Of course, I know that this sentence is definitely not limited to this, and there will definitely be more people who will repeat Mikhail's words in the future!

But at the moment, you can hear from this sentence that Mikhail is determined and determined to move forward with this matter."

There are no roads in the world, but when more people walk on them, they become roads.
Dostoevsky repeated this sentence several times in his mind and couldn't help but look at Mikhail.

At this moment, the handsome young man was still wearing his somewhat worn coat. There was not much expression on his face, only an indescribable tranquility. His movements were so relaxed, he leaned back in his chair and put one leg over the other.

When it was not his turn, he would prop up his head with his wrist and calmly watch the game on the field.

Despite his attitude, none of the well-dressed gentlemen present had any unpleasant expressions on their faces. Some even looked at him from time to time, as if they were asking for his opinion on something.

When the scattered sunlight hit him, Dostoevsky actually thought he saw an angel for a moment.
Perhaps Dostoevsky stared at him for a little too long, so Mikhail, who was still worried about the pain in his neck, finally realized something and looked at him.

The reason for neck pain is very simple. Anyone who sleeps on a hard sofa for a long time will have a painful neck.
And when Mikhail met Lao Tuo's eyes again.
Mikhail: “???”

What kind of look is that? Brother, I'm really a little scared by what you're looking at.
And Belinsky and Nekrasov, please stop saying unnecessary things, okay?!

After thinking about what Lao Tuo would do after hearing what they said, Mikhail's mouth twitched. But now that things had come to this, Mikhail could only play all the remaining cards in his hand, then sighed and said:
"I won."

He had just finished sighing when others immediately began to denounce Mikhail:

"Mikhail, why are you sighing even though you won? Could it be that you're possessed by the devil?"

"Just because you sighed, you should be declared the loser!"

"Come on, Mikhail, how can you win like that? Even if I go to the casino, I can at least win a couple of times there!"

Faced with such condemnation, Mikhail, watching Belinsky and his group anxiously, felt that it was just a commotion. But when he saw Dostoevsky suddenly become excited and talk to Belinsky and his group eagerly, Mikhail's heart skipped a beat and finally darkened.
You've really made me afraid to publish this collection.
Forget it, forget it, let’s publish it as soon as possible.

Otherwise, I might have been put in jail for debt before being imprisoned for my articles. I would have been put in jail to get familiar with the environment.
Thanks to a wave of rewards from big guys like "Shanhai Feiyu", "Youshui", "Western Bayi", "Luoluo Tiaomian", "Donskoy", "Zuojuyou", and "The weather always turns cooler after a few rains in autumn". Thank you very much!

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The story of contemporary Russia, if you are interested you can go and have a look.

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