Chapter 87.
Avenida Grande – Big World Playground.
Weekend.
“Ah Mo, why did you just come, we’ve been waiting for you for a while.” When Su Moer saw Cheng Mo, she went up and complained a little.
“I didn’t go to buy Commander Kai’s butterfly pastry for you guys.” Cheng Mo heatedly smiled and raised a bag in his hand.
Freshly baked Kaiser butterfly pastry.
Cheng Mo went to line up early in the morning and was the first to get it, and when he went late, people had already sold out.
“This is still hot, you went to line up early in the morning?” Su Moer took it, a touch to feel the tenderness outside the bag, a surprise cry, she knows, Kaiser’s Butterfly Crisp, the morning’s is the most difficult to buy, not queuing up is not able to buy.
“Buy for you, what does it matter to get up a little early, I’m not working today.” Cheng Mo spoiled, “Mor, try it, this hot one is the best.”
“Uh-huh.”
Su Moer reached out and took a piece from the bag and sent it into her mouth “Yummy”, then took out another piece and sent it to Cheng Mo’s mouth.
Cheng Mo took a bite into it.
“Cough cough ……” At this time a sour cough came from the side, not that Tan Xiaoya and which one is it.
She was embarrassed and regretful, embarrassed that she became the light bulb of Su Moer and Cheng Mo’s weekend date, regretting that it was herself who came today.
Su Moer also remembered at this time, she came with Tan Xiaoya today, busy red-faced introduction: “Xiaoya, this is Cheng Mo, doing things in the police department of the Ministry of Public Works Bureau, my boyfriend.”
“Tan Xiaoya, a nurse at Jiren Hospital, Su Moer’s good sister.” Tan Xiaoya graciously reached out to introduce herself and said.
“Cheng Mo, hello Ms. Tan.” Cheng Mo also politely reached out and shook his hand, then separated.
“Ah Mo, do you know how to skate?”
“A little bit, I learned when I was in Japan, I don’t skate much.” Cheng Mo said, this was the truth, no false elements.
The two women came to the New World Playground today, is to play, there is the largest roller skating rink in Shanghai Beach, there is also a Ferris wheel, theater, and bouncy house (billiard hall), of course, there is no shortage of restaurants to eat, a sect, the whole field of play, and eat for free, Chinese food, Western food, local cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Hunan cuisine and so on have all kinds of things.
Tickets are not too expensive, one silver dime per person.
Converted into French currency, it costs about one dollar per person.
However, the Big World Amusement Park has gone through several storms, and the owner has changed several times, and now the business is not as good as it used to be.
It’s all because of the emergence of a competitor, Boss Huang’s (Chu Jiu) New World Amusement Park.
It is better to have competition than to have a monopoly.
First we skated, then we ate, and in the afternoon we listened to the opera, what with the opera, kunqu, pian-bang, and Shanghai’s local stalls, burlesque and circus performances.
Although there was a three-month war, it didn’t have much of an impact on the tenement, except that during the war, people came less, and as soon as the war was over, business was good again.
Many of them are young parents with their children, children, naive, do not understand what is meant by national hatred.
They should not be criticized, they can grow up happily, is also one of the goals of this generation of Chinese people at the expense of bloodshed.
Whether it’s Su Moer or Tan Xiao Ya, both are simple and kind girls, they live in this chaotic world, I’m afraid it’s the biggest misfortune.
“Mori, accompany me to buy a book.”
“Buy a book, you still read books?” Su Moer was surprised, with her understanding of Tan Xiao Ya, she had never seen her so studious and progressive. “A novel, so many movie stars are recommending it.” Tan Xiao Ya said, “Mo Er, you usually just hold on to those medical books of yours and read them, you don’t understand, what is popular in this world now?”
Cheng Mo followed behind and couldn’t help but smile, Tan Xiaoya, this little nymph actually knew about Ghost Husband as well, it was obvious that his hype was successful.
Ever since Wang Hai did what he said, the sales of The Ghost Husband had doubled almost every day, and now the printing shop was still busy with three shifts.
The five thousand copies printed at the beginning have long been sold out, and the horizontal version is said to have a very good response from readers, many people not only bought the vertical version, but also want to buy another copy of the horizontal version, in addition to the different typography, there are also differences in the illustrations inside, so if you like it, buy it for your collection.
It is said that many movie actresses are interested in Yuan Lemei, the heroine of the book, and of course, there are those who like the maid Zi Yan.
They have been calling to ask what casting for the movie version of The Ghost Husband, and when will filming begin? Wang Hai is busy, these people do not dare to offend, but also not good to answer, in the end or Cheng Mo to help him busy, let him unified reply that the author script is in the process of creation, the script came out, will notify the right person to audition, which only these actresses to cope with the past.
In short, the wind up Lou Lan and his “ghost husband” is considered to be a fire, but this novel is all written in the vernacular language, a lot of words are refreshing, in addition to it is still classified in the “Sunday” faction, actually no one knows the author’s real identity.
As a result, the literary world was shaken.
However, Wang Hai signed a confidentiality agreement with Cheng Mo, and was not allowed to disclose any of Cheng Mo’s real identity to the outside world. Even internally, he only said that Cheng Mo was commissioned by someone to publish the novel, and that he was not the original author of the novel.
The members of the Flower Room Society were also asked not to reveal Cheng Mo’s identity, and once discovered, they would be fired and their bonuses would be deducted.
Just based on the popularity of The Ghost Husband, just this one book could eat a year’s worth of bonuses, or even longer, who would want to mess with their own interests?
As for the “Novel Monthly” editor-in-chief Gu Qiushi know “Ghost Husband” was originally submitted to his own, the results he did not even look at directly thrown into the paper basket, and then want to find the original manuscript, has not been able to find ……
In a fit of pique, he had a heart attack and was admitted to the hospital, and now he has not slowed down, and has become a joke in the publishing world.
What Cheng Mo did not know was that Tang Ling, the editor of Novel Monthly, had resigned and brought his original manuscript to the Zhengdong Library.
She came to seek employment.
Wang Hai was naturally surprised to see the original manuscript, thinking that Tang Ling was the original author who came to the door to look for trouble, only to find out that Cheng Mo had actually submitted a manuscript to Novel Monthly, but the result was that people didn’t look at it, and discarded it as if it were their own.
No wonder why he paid his own money to bring this novel to the fire, so that you have eyes not recognize the gold and jade, this time the intestines regret it! Of course, it is also the quality of the novel is hard enough, otherwise, so dry, I am afraid that it will not be able to fire.
Zhiyuan Bookstore.
“Boss, has the novel I ordered arrived?” Tan Xiaoya entered the door and directly asked the boss a question.
“Ms. Tan, if you didn’t reserve it in advance, I wouldn’t have left it for you, you don’t know how well the novel Ghost Husband is selling right now, basically as soon as it arrives, it’s gone immediately.” The boss fished out a book from under the counter and handed it to Tan Xiaoya, “As promised, thirty percent price increase.”
“What kind of novel, and you have to increase the price to buy it, Xiaoya, how much is your salary a month, don’t spend money indiscriminately.” Su Moer couldn’t help but remind.
“Mori, you are not aware, how popular this novel is now, many people buy it back, in addition to reading it themselves, there is also a collection.” Tan Xiaoya hurriedly took out money and paid the bill, deeply afraid that if she was late and someone else raised the price, the boss wouldn’t sell it to her once she backtracked.
“This novel is that good?” Su Moer let out a suspicion, she also reads novels, but there are more foreign ones, and the domestic ones, she just reads some masterpieces and so on, furthermore, with this job, she doesn’t have much time left for her private time.
Therefore, she really does not have much time to read novels in private, but by the good sister so amenable, this curiosity it, also be seduced up.
Cheng Mo could only stand behind her and pursed her lips and snickered, but she didn’t dare to tell the truth.
It’s not time yet.
I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to do this, but I’m sure I’ll be able to do it!