Morax is dead, Liyue will fall into my hands.

In short, Mr. Li needs to return to Jiaxuan Teahouse to discuss the specifics with this young master Xingqiu. As for editors and other talent for reviewing manuscripts, I do have a few on my side, which should be enough to meet the newspaper's needs.

As long as Mr. Li reaches an agreement with the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce, the newspaper can begin operations at any time.

Seeing this, Li Ye took the initiative to say goodbye to Ningguang, saying, "The newspaper's affairs are still very important. The sooner we get things done, the sooner we can solidify the foundation for our development."

Since such a coincidence has occurred, I won't waste any more time and will take my leave of Boss Ji now.

"Mr. Li, please."

Ningguang watched Li Ye leave in a hurry, then looked back at the "Wanmin Money Shop" behind him. She could sense that if no one interfered, Li Ye might really be able to reach the same level as her, or even go further.

It's a pity. If he had appeared when I was still working day and night to attract customers at a stall in order to earn my first pot of gold, perhaps I would have sincerely cooperated with him?

Chapter 40: A Perfect Match

Li Ye rushed back to Jiaxuan Teahouse and found that Xiao was missing. He asked Manager Zhang for the reason, but he knew nothing about it.

It disappeared as soon as I brought it back to Liyue Harbor. It's really a worry!

He went to the Hall of Rebirth to see Master Zhongli? That can't be that far-fetched, can it?

Li Ye took out his phone and asked Zhong Li, and found that she was indeed not in the Hall of Rebirth.

However, Zhongli advised Li Ye not to worry about Yuan Hua's safety. Liyue Harbor was quite safe, and besides, with Yuan Hua's abilities, as long as he didn't cause trouble, he shouldn't be bullied. Perhaps they should wait and see; he might be back tonight.

Li Ye thought it made sense. Someone this old shouldn't be lost. If he wasn't back by tomorrow morning, he would trouble Qian Yanjun to help him look for him.

......

After the storyteller finished speaking, the waiter went to the VIP seats, found the two handsome young men the boss had mentioned, and whispered, "Distinguished guests, my boss has something he would like to discuss with you. Would you do me the honor?"

The young man dressed in a blue blouse was Xing Qiu. He didn't look up, but frowned slightly and said with a hint of displeasure, "Boss? Whose boss?"

The waiter smiled apologetically and said, "This distinguished guest is too kind. Our Jiaxuan Teahouse only has one owner, Mr. Li Ye."

"Jiaxuan Teahouse? Li Ye?"

Xingqiu's eyes lit up when he heard Li Ye's name. He looked up and noticed that the person who came to ask the question was a waiter from Jiaxuan Teahouse. He quickly asked, "I heard that all the storytelling works at Jiaxuan Teahouse are written by your boss. Even the story of the White Snake that Miss Yun Jin sang a while ago was written by your boss."

The waiter hurriedly replied, "The dishes at our Jiaxuan Teahouse are indeed all made by our boss. As for whether the opera sung by Miss Yun Jin was composed by our boss, we don't know."

"Okay, take me to see your boss!"

After Xingqiu finished speaking, he looked at his partner Chongyun and said, "Chongyun, let's go meet this highly respected Boss Li."

Upon hearing this, Chongyun also became interested in this Mr. Li, and quickly got up to follow Xingqiu.

When Li Ye saw Xingqiu and Chongyun walk in, he immediately recognized their identities. He stood up and bowed, saying, "Second Young Master of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce, I have long admired you."

Xingqiu returned the greeting with a bow, saying, "Mr. Li, it's an honor to meet you. I had only heard that the owner of Jiaxuan Teahouse was young and accomplished, but I never expected that Mr. Li would be around our age."

"To say I'm young and promising, I dare not accept such praise in front of you two." After saying that, Li Ye looked at Chong Yun beside him: "This must be Young Master Xingqiu's friend, the young master Chong Yun, right?"

Chongyun returned the greeting with a bow and said, "I am Chongyun, hello."

"Come, let's sit down and chat over tea." After inviting the two to sit down, Li Ye went straight to the point: "I came in a hurry today because I have a business deal I'd like to discuss with Young Master Xingqiu."

Xingqiu immediately understood Li Ye's purpose and said, "Is it about the printing workshop? Someone came to me this morning, saying that the boss asked me to inquire about the printing workshop."

Although I was somewhat prepared, I still didn't expect Mr. Li to come looking for me so early in the afternoon.

Upon hearing Xingqiu's answer, Li Ye asked with some curiosity, "If I may ask, are you not familiar with Boss Ji, Young Master Xingqiu?"

Xingqiu said, "Boss Ji? The boss that person was talking about is Boss Ji? I don't know her at all, and I had never even heard of her before today."

This is normal, though. Liyue has a long history, and many powerful families have risen and fallen. It's normal that there are some you haven't dealt with before.

"Does what Mr. Ji means is that Mr. Li plans to start a newspaper and publish martial arts novels in it?"

"Yes."

Li Ye got up and walked to the bookshelf behind him. He picked up a book and handed it to Xing Qiu, saying, "This book, 'Liyue Eight Parts,' is only half-finished. I plan to serialize it daily through a newspaper."

Liyue Babu is a localized product adapted from Tian Long Ba Bu, which can be considered a Chinese-to-Chinese translation.

Steve Jobs was a man of integrity and upright character. His life was full of hardships and tragedy, but he possessed a magnanimous spirit and embodied the spirit of a great hero who served his country and its people. He truly embodied the essence of a hero.

The story of "Liyue Babu" has been edited and is mainly told from the perspective of Steve Roger, who possesses the Vision of God.

Whether it's Xingqiu, who loves to fight for justice, or Chongyun, who takes it upon himself to punish evil, Qiao Feng is such a charming character that he immediately captures the attention of both of them upon his first appearance.

Li Ye wasn't in a hurry. He just sat in the chair and watched the two of them turn the pages one by one until it got dark. The two of them were still reading the novel tirelessly.

Thankfully, it was only half of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" that was copied. If it had been the entire "X Breaking the Sky," Li Ye wouldn't have had to do anything tonight.

After finally finishing reading about half of the book, the two of them looked up, still wanting more.

Li Ye didn't mind. He smiled and said, "Young Master Xingqiu, most novels on the market are printed as a whole after they are written. Some are printed one volume at a time, but in general, there is a long interval between them, and readers often get impatient while waiting."

I plan to take advantage of the characteristics of newspapers by publishing newly written articles regularly, either daily or weekly. This will shorten readers' waiting time and also allow newspapers to expand beyond simply publishing overly serious political topics.

He speaks differently to different people. When talking to Ningguang, Li Ye would talk about the value of newspapers; but when talking to Xingqiu, he would simply tell him that it would be more convenient for him to read novels, and he wouldn't care about anything else.

As expected, upon hearing Li Ye's suggestion, Xing Qiu nodded and thought for a moment before agreeing, saying, "Good idea! When I was writing novels before, I always wondered why we couldn't see new content every day?"

However, the books printed by publishing houses are at least one volume long, and the waiting time is too long, sometimes even wearing down the anticipation.

Newspapers publish less content than books, making them easier to read. Most importantly, once a volume of a novel is finished, it can be printed and sold as a book.

Especially for readers who want to collect books, they are even willing to pay twice for the same book.

When Li Ye heard Xing Qiu mention that a book was sold twice, he thought to himself, "Serves you right for making money. You're quite the clever one to have figured this out." He then asked, "So, Mr. Xing Qiu, what are your thoughts on this collaboration?"

Xingqiu solemnly stood up, bowed, and agreed, saying, "I have long heard of Mr. Li's deeds. One should not forget the friends made in poverty and hardship, and one should not forget the friends at the dock even after becoming successful, just like the characters in your writing."

It is an honor for me, Xingqiu, to work with someone like Mr. Li.

Chapter 41: There is a kind of ghost called the ghost of poverty.

Once Li Ye and Xing Qiu reached an agreement, Chong Yun, who was standing next to him, finally couldn't contain his anticipation and asked Li Ye, "Mr. Li Ye, do the demons and monsters in 'Journey to the West' really exist on the Teyvat continent?"

And also, I'd like to know if the character Tang Sanzang has a real-life counterpart? Like, someone all the demons and monsters wanted to harm.

Huh? Li Ye was a little confused when he heard Chong Yun's question.

After listening to "Journey to the West," wouldn't a normal person be more interested in the monkeys? Even if they weren't interested in the monkeys, wouldn't they be more interested in the female demons?

Why is this little Chongyun more interested in Tang Sanzang?

But after thinking about Chongyun's situation, Li Ye quickly understood.

There are many sorcerers in Liyue, but Chongyun is unique because he has an extremely rare "pure yang body".

When exorcising evil spirits, you don't even need to lift a finger. Just stand there, and regardless of day or night, demons and monsters will run away like mice seeing a cat.

This leads to a ridiculous fact: although Chongyun has exorcised countless ghosts, he has never even seen the appearance of a demon.

Thus, Chongyun's painstaking cultivation of magic and martial arts became completely useless, and his efforts of more than ten years went down the drain. He didn't even have the chance to prove himself.

It's like a very ambitious student who, because he's from a wealthy family, can't get recognition no matter what achievements he makes, which makes him feel desperate.

Faced with this despair, Li Ye only wished... for more!

Damn, the troubles of the rich are all so Versailles-like!

Li Ye felt that as someone who had been through it all, he needed to give Chongyun a little bit of toxic positivity, and also tell him that learning exorcism techniques wouldn't save the people of Liyue.

"Is Chongyun trying to suppress the ghosts and demons?"

Feeling a little embarrassed that his thoughts had been seen through, Chongyun scratched his head and said, "Hehe, Mr. Li Ye still figured it out."

Li Ye got up and walked to the window, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the dim sky outside the window. He looked like a wise man who had seen through everything in the world. In an instant, he established the image of a great hermit in Chong Yun's heart.

"Although I don't know how to exorcise ghosts and suppress demons, ordinary evil spirits and demons are afraid of your physique. Let alone fighting you, they would probably run away as soon as you appear within a ten-mile radius."

If there are truly demons and ghosts that are not even afraid of a "pure yang body," then I think the one who should run away is you.

Upon hearing Li Ye's words, Chongyun instinctively wanted to retort, but after taking a step forward, he retreated.

This wasn't the first time he'd heard such a thing.

Chongyun was born into a renowned exorcist family in Liyue, and his parents and elders were all famous sorcerers.

They had told Chongyun long ago that if there were truly demons and ghosts in the world that were not afraid of the "pure yang body," they must be beings as powerful as demon gods!

That was an opponent that human sorcerers could never reach.

However, Chongyun did not believe it. He believed that one day he would become the top exorcist in Liyue and control his pure yang body to make all the evil spirits in the world disappear.

Chongyun: "Mr. Li Ye, I..."

Before Chongyun could continue, Li Ye reached out to stop him: "But I know there is such a ghost in the world that is not afraid of your 'pure yang body' and is a thousand or ten thousand times more terrifying than those ordinary ghosts that disturb the living."

I hope to eradicate it in my lifetime, but I know it's an almost impossible task, even though I've been working towards it.

Do such demons and monsters really exist? And is Mr. Li Ye also a sorcerer? Could it be that the demons and monsters in "Journey to the West" are the evil spirits and monsters that Li Ye suppressed in the past? Chongyun couldn't help but get excited when he heard this.

"Mr. Li Ye, what the hell is this?!"

Li Ye turned to look at the excited Chong Yun and immediately poured a bucket of cold water on him: "You poor wretch!"

"Poor...poor ghost?" Chongyun was stunned. What kind of ghost is a poor ghost?

"The ghost that makes people poor is called the poor ghost."

Li Ye walked to Chongyun's side, then looked at Xingqiu who seemed to be deep in thought and said, "This kind of ghost can leave a person penniless, can leave a person heavily in debt, and can leave a person who can't see any hope no matter how hard they try."

Young Master Chongyun was born into a family of exorcists. Although he may not have seen or heard of ghosts, he must have heard of many kinds of ghosts. Some ghosts are restless and keep people awake all night; some ghosts possess the living and do evil to harm people; some ghosts want to eat people's hearts and livers; and some fierce ghosts take lives.

These ghosts can only harm one or two people at most, seven or eight more at most, and that's the limit for an entire village. But the Poverty Ghost is different; it can make the lives of countless people in Liyue worse than death, forcing them to live like walking corpses.

Xingqiu, having discerned something, took the initiative to ask, "Among the thousands of Liyue people, there are also thousands of poor ghosts. Mr. Li Ye has suppressed the poor ghosts around him, but other Liyue people do not have Mr. Li Ye's ability to exorcise ghosts and suppress evil spirits."

Li Ye replied matter-of-factly, "Then help them suppress them. Do you think the exorcism techniques learned by sorcerers are only for their own benefit?"

Xingqiu nodded, bowed to Li Ye, and said, "Xingqiu has learned a lot."

Chongyun, standing to the side, was in a dilemma. Was a poor ghost even considered a ghost? And if it was, the exorcism techniques he had learned didn't teach him how to exorcise a poor ghost.

Chongyun scratched his head and said, "Mr. Li Ye, it seems that the methods for exorcising evil spirits don't include a way to suppress the ghost of poverty..."

Of course! The great proletariat, unite!

Li Ye really wanted to say that, but he held back.

He looked at the two of them and said, "I haven't taught the method of exorcism, but I can teach you if you want to learn. However, I seem to need to prove my ability to teach you before that."

Unlike the somewhat straightforward Chongyun, Xingqiu, born into a merchant family, has loved chivalry since childhood, but he won't be easily swayed by Li Ye's words and become passionate enough to vow to work with Li Ye.