Chapter 69 Section 109

May 2008 was definitely a season cursed by the devil. When I was immersed in the grief of losing Ye Ling, the Wenchuan Earthquake occurred on May 12th, and at this time, Du Yali was in Sichuan to shoot the cover of my "Emei" series. I know that she has always been fond of photography, but the emphasis on "Emei" is beyond my expectation. Hu Dongduo said, this is probably because you cherish your big head. She said, let Ma Xiaozhuo take pictures for you, and Ma Xiaozhuo would rather give you a golden Mount Emei. Oh, I forgot to mention, now Hu Dongduo has returned to Ma Xiaozhuo's company, because the boss of the studio that cooperated with Jiang Kemeng was suddenly arrested and imprisoned, which led to a series of failures, so, with nowhere to go, Jiang Kemeng Meng returned to Ma Xiaozhuo with Hu Dongduo.

Ma Xiaozhuo has always had one of his greatest strengths, that is, he has a generous heart and doesn't care about past suspicions. However, I almost wanted to kill Hu Dongduo - the reason was "So Hurt". Hu Dongduo left in desolation, and she told me that for some reason, the authors who used to greet her with smiles suddenly stopped contributing to her, which made her and Jiang Kemeng's new magazine read the world. Originally, "So Hurt" was introduced to Du Yali by someone else. When Du Yali mentioned it to me, I refused, because Hu Dongduo wanted to ask for it for Jiang Kemeng, so as to promote the later books of their studio.

Ma Xiaozhuo also wants this book, Ma Xiaozhuo has always liked to throw money at people, he asked Xia Tong to tell me that he is willing to take this book at half of my current manuscript fee--Actually, I understand that Ma Xiaozhuo is willing to spend It's not the book "So Hurt" that Qian wants, but his anger at Jiang Kemeng and Hu Dongduo's departure. So much extra royalties were a lot of money for me at the time, but I refused without blinking my eyes. I really didn’t blink my eyes. Now that I recall it, I really didn’t blink my eyes. Without moving my heart, I gave it to Jiang Kemeng at a low price.

That year, I was twenty-three years old, and I was still at the age of believing in affection. I knew my best friend's studio needed a book like this in their struggling entrepreneurial days. Of course, for Jiang Kemeng, the manuscript fee for this book had to be paid by mortgaging the house. The way I collected the manuscript fee was 50% of the down payment after signing the contract, and 50% after the manuscript was delivered.However, because Jiang Kemeng was starting a business, I didn't ask for a down payment, and paid it directly after the manuscript was delivered.Jiang Kemeng later asked Hu Dongduo to discuss with me

Is it possible to pay 50% after the manuscript is delivered, and the other 50% to be paid two or three months after publication. I refused, because Ma Xiaozhuo frightened me and said, Tianya, let me tell you secretly, your contract was signed with another boss in Changsha, not with Jiang Kemeng, you have to be careful, that boss The reputation is not good, not all bosses are like me who do not default on manuscript fees. Hanging up Ma Xiaozhuo's phone call, I, a bastard, hurried back to take a look at the contract. It was indeed not Jiang Kemeng who signed it—so, according to the usual practice, I was also worried that Jiang Kemeng would not be able to take care of me if something happened to the boss. It was rejected.

This made Jiang Kemeng unhappy. I always thought that my behavior was extremely righteous, but the lessons later told me that it was just my opinion-it is not necessarily a good thing to help people in desperate situations. You think that what you give someone is a life-saving stick The straw, on the contrary, the straw that often turns out to be the straw that breaks the camel's back! The boss went to jail not long after, and "So Hurt" became a motherless child immediately after it was published, and Jiang Kemeng's studio was also unsuccessful. Everything is back in place.

Hu Dongduo followed Jiang Kemeng back to Ma Xiaozhuo's place, and I told Hu Dongduo that what I admire most is Ma Xiaozhuo's measure. Hu Dongduo said that she felt most sorry for me for not doing a good job of "So Hurt", wasting such a good book, and living up to my expectations. I comforted her and said, it's okay, I didn't have any expectations, I just hoped to help you and Jiang Kemeng you followed, unfortunately, it's still like this... Later, I often think of this book called "So Hurt". If I was not 23 years old at the time, but 27 years old, 33 years old... Would I still be able to read the book without blinking or beating my heart? So stupid? !

Many years later, in 2011, Ma Xiaozhuo and I were reading the past time in a coffee shop. When talking about "So Hurt", I said, in fact, the saddest thing about this book is that I always think of Xia Tong's look in the taxi begging me to leave this book to Ma Xiaozhuo. Those eyes were almost twinkling with tears, and I refused them outright. It's not that she or Hu Dongduo is more important. If she was the one who followed Jiang Kemeng back then, then I would also leave this book to her. Ma Xiaozhuo said, at least, you can change someone's heart. At this moment, it was 2008, there was no Ma Xiaozhuo, no coffee shop, only Du Yali's cell phone, which I couldn't reach, so I was very worried at that time.

I think Du Yali won't be taken away by the earthquake because of my new book, right?Then watching the sad post-earthquake picture on TV, I started texting her. ... It wasn't until a week later that my phone finally rang hers. The moment I heard her voice, my hanging heart finally fell. Her voice was a little tired, and she said that she was fine and lost contact with the outside world because the communication was interrupted. She said that after experiencing a life and death that was so close to her, she suddenly felt that she had a better understanding of human life, and everything seemed lighter and clearer.

Then, she said, Tianya, the photo was taken very well, it must be suitable for our new book. She said "we". Before the publication of "Emei 1", the manuscript was leaked on the Internet, which had a great negative effect on the sales of the physical book. Du Yali could have broken the contract at the beginning, and he could even pursue my legal responsibility, but he didn't. He insisted on publishing this book. this book. Her decision at the time had a huge impact on my subsequent life choices. When I said sorry to her, she said this to me, she said, this is not about you alone, this is something we should face together.

It was probably at that moment that I felt that I was no longer a lonely person, but that I was accompanied by someone who stood firm and shared. Needless to say, the gratitude and gratitude in it. It's just that I haven't figured out how it was leaked until now. Apart from Du Yali, the only ones who have read the draft of "Emei 1" are Hu Dongduo and Wanwan.