Chapter 161: Chapter 161: Alright, Alright, Alright, So This Is How We’re Playing, Huh?
After getting Chen Xueyi and Liu Yue into the car, Jiang Xu and Zhou Qingyue stood on the roadside.
Jiang Xu looked at the woman standing in front of him. She had matured a lot, dressed even more attractively, and her figure had improved.
For a fleeting moment, he was stunned.
This woman was once his unattainable white moonlight.
Of course, that was because he was blind back then.
Where was the white moonlight? It was clearly a venomous snake.
He didn’t give Zhou Qingyue any pleasant expression, “If you have something to say, hurry up and say it. Don’t waste everyone’s time.”
Zhou Qingyue’s delicate brows furrowed slightly, “Can’t you be a little nicer to me? You weren’t like this before.”
Jiang Xu snorted coldly without saying a word.
Zhou Qingyue’s eyelids twitched incessantly, Jiang Xu’s expression made her very uncomfortable.
Taking a deep breath, she spoke solemnly, “I don’t want to argue with you, I just want to discuss a potential collaboration with you.”
Jiang Xu stared at her for a while before finally opening his mouth, “Let’s hear it.”
“I want you to write a novel for me too, one about me.”
As if afraid that Jiang Xu would refuse, Zhou Qingyue immediately added, “Around a hundred thousand words, I can offer a higher price than Sister Xueyi, eight hundred thousand!”
Jiang Xu laughed, “I cannot be bought with just any amount.”
Having said that, he turned around and left.
Zhou Qingyue was furious, “Jiang Xu, stand there!”
Jiang Xu turned a deaf ear.
He really needed money now.
But he didn’t want a single penny from that woman.
Unless it was tens of millions, perhaps even a billion, then maybe Jiang Xu would compromise a little on his principles.
The next day, Jiang Xu arrived early at Liu Yue’s company.
Companies like hers didn’t have weekends off, if there was filming to be done, they had to work overtime.
Seeing Liu Yue again, her face was showing the exhaustion from the hangover, she was drinking coffee.
Seeing Jiang Xu, she smiled, “I partied too hard last night, I must have embarrassed myself in front of you.”
Jiang Xu shook his head, “Not at all, have you had breakfast yet, Sister? I bought some on my way here.”
As he spoke, he placed the soy milk and doughsticks he had bought in front of her.
Liu Yue’s smile deepened, “Thank you, I haven’t eaten yet, let’s talk after I’m finished.”
Jiang Xu nodded.
When Liu Yue had finished breakfast, Jiang Xu took out the contract he had prepared.
The contract was self-drafted, simple, no nonsensical redundancies.
There were no traps, any reasonable person could see through it at a glance.
After Liu Yue read it and found no issues, she signed it.
It was in duplicate.
Jiang Xu collected the contract and gave a sunny boy-next-door smile, “Thank you, Sister.”
These couple of dramas and films could bring him many times returns in the future.
“Um, there’s another matter, I’m not sure if it would be too much to ask,” Liu Yue looked somewhat embarrassed, “I would also like to request you to write a novel for me.
The word count doesn’t have to be too high, around a hundred thousand words, and the price is the same as what Xueyi offered, is that okay?”
Since he would have several opportunities for future collaboration with Liu Yue, Jiang Xu naturally wouldn’t refuse.
He laughed and nodded, “Of course, does Sister have any requirements?”
As he said this, he took out a pen and paper from his backpack.
Liu Yue told her story in detail.
In fact, it wasn’t much different from Chen Xueyi’s case.
She wanted a novel with a perfect character setting.
All the copyright for the novel naturally belonged to Liu Yue.
Jiang Xu had no objections.
After all, it was only about a hundred thousand words.
Moreover, Jiang Xu knew what they were thinking.
They simply saw his potential and speculated that he might become a successful writer in the future.
For now, they were just ‘staking a claim’ in advance.
When Jiang Xu became famous in the future, they could announce to the public that Jiang Xu had once written a special novel for them.
This would significantly boost their fame.
Even if Jiang Xu didn’t become popular, five hundred thousand was not a large sum for them.
After settling the matter, Jiang Xu left.
In a nearby bank, he transferred two hundred thousand to Liu Yue’s company account.
With that, the transaction was completed.
He then spent some time locating Cheng Xing’s school.
He put on a face mask and sunglasses he’d purchased.
After buying a few packs of good cigarettes, he headed to the security room.
A harmless smile appeared on Jiang Xu’s face, “Uncle, I left a notebook in the classroom, could I go in and get it? I’ll be out quickly.”
The security guard silently accepted the cigarettes, “Make it quick, you youngsters, always liking these thrilling things.”
Jiang Xu didn’t understand what he was talking about.
It was enough, however, that he was letting Jiang Xu in.
The school was large, so Jiang Xu had some difficulty finding the senior three classrooms.
As he walked around, he saw a girl at the entrance of a corridor.
He quickly hid.
Why were there other people in the school?
He didn’t wait long before someone else came.
Jiang Xu looked closely.
Good lord, it was Cheng Xing!
Next, he saw the two of them…
Jiang Xu finally understood what the security guard had meant earlier.
So, he thought Jiang Xu was also the kind of shameless person like Cheng Xing.
Jiang Xu quickly pulled out his phone, turned off the flash, and wildly snapped pictures of the two.
Then he recorded a video.
Though the resolution wasn’t high, you could see Cheng Xing’s face clearly.
This was an unexpected gain.
With these, even if Cheng Xing becomes his enemy in the future, he can easily deal with him.
“I studied too late yesterday, I am only at one percent of my peak physical and mental state, I’m not usually like this,” said Cheng Xing thirty seconds later.
Upon hearing these words, Jiang Xu, who was hiding in the shadows, nearly laughed out loud.
Good lord.
He was still young, why was he so weak?
He didn’t look skinny.
This could only mean he was either weak on the inside, or he’d experienced hardships.
Jiang Xu was leaning towards the latter.
The girl softly said, “It’s okay, as long as you’re happy.”
Cheng Xing softly replied, “Let’s go to the classroom, I need to rest for a while.”
After waiting for a while, Jiang Xu quietly peeped out.
He saw the two of them walking into a school building and finally entering a classroom on the third floor.
Great, he located Cheng Xing’s classroom.
Jiang Xu didn’t go up, guessing the two of them wouldn’t take long before they came back down.
As expected.
Two and a half minutes later, the two of them came back down.
Including the time they took to climb the stairs, it probably wasn’t even thirty seconds.
Damn it.
To think he lost to such a loser in his previous life, it was utterly humiliating.
Vaguely, he could still hear their conversation.
“Just now a mosquito suddenly bit me and startled me.”
“Mm, it’s alright.”
“Hmph, let me go back and rest for a bit, then we can come back in the afternoon.”
“Mm, whatever you say.”
Jiang Xu, “Gross.”
After confirming that the two had left, Jiang Xu quickly went upstairs.
Arriving at Cheng Xing’s classroom, he first looked at some papers posted on the wall.
There were report cards and certificates of honor for some students.
Cheng Xing’s name appeared quite frequently.
Things like essay competition champion, math competition champion, sports competition champion, and so on.
Jiang Xu photographed all of these, then searched through the desks one by one.
He found some more useful things.
“Hmm, what’s this?”
Suddenly, Jiang Xu made a discovery.
