Chapter 645 Meeting
After arriving in Hong Kong City, Tian Shao lives in an apartment, while Ling Xiumei lives in a high-end hotel arranged by Xing Shaohui. To accompany Tian Shao this time, besides Yuan Jin, he also arranged for an ordinary-looking female bodyguard named Ling Su. Tian Shao's apartment has three rooms, just enough.
Knowing that Tian Shao will be staying for a while, the apartment also installed a telephone. The first thing Tian Shao did when he moved in was to call Zhao Xiaorou, but he didn't want to call Zhao Xiaorou several times from noon to four o'clock in the afternoon.
Tian Shao couldn't help worrying about Zhao Xiaorou. She didn't know Bao Huamao's phone number, so she called Xing Shaohui. In the end, there was no one on Xing Shaohui's phone, so she patted her head. At this time, Uncle Xing should be with Xiumei.
After thinking for a while, Tian Shao asked Yuan Jin to go to Zhao Xiaorou's apartment. The two places are not far apart, and Yuan Jin doesn't need to take a taxi for an hour to go back and forth.
Yuan Jin said: "The security of the apartment said that Ms. Zhao went to Maldives for vacation half a month ago."
Hearing that Zhao Xiaorou was going on vacation, Tian Shao felt relieved.
Xing Shaohui came over in the evening, and this time he mainly talked about cooperation with Bay Island. Tian Shao repeated what he said to Ling Xiumei at the beginning, and then said: "My bottom line is 37 points, and it would be great if I can talk about 28 points."
Xing Shaohui felt that he could only talk about four or six points at most, three or seven points was difficult, and two or eight points was even more impossible.
Tian Shao said: "Three to seven points is the bottom line, if you don't want to, forget it."
Seeing that Xing Shaohui was still talking, Tian Shao waved his hands and said, "Uncle Xing, you have to know that Wandao is not his comic newspaper, they don't agree to find another one. Anyway, it's impossible for me to agree if it's lower than this percentage. "
Xing Shaohui knew that she would not change her mind, so she nodded and said, "Xiao Shao, Xiumei doesn't understand comics, and I'm worried that she will be suspected by the other party if she comes forward to negotiate a meeting."
Although Ling Xiumei has been with Tian Shao for so long, she doesn't like comics, she is a typical layman. K is known as a talented cartoonist, and when the time comes, the other party will reveal his secrets as soon as he tries it.
Tian Shao thought for a while and said: "Then don't show up. When the time comes to negotiate, just say that K doesn't like to be in a crowded place. If you have anything to say, you can just pass it on. Uncle Xing, if there is nothing important during this time, let's just talk about it." Let's call!"
Xing Shaohui nodded in response, and then showed him some of the manuscripts he brought: "Xiao Shao, these are the manuscripts selected by Editor-in-Chief Gong. He thinks they are very good. I don't see the good or the bad."
Tian Shao took it over and read it. There were more than a dozen manuscripts with a variety of types, including criminal investigation, suspense and supernatural, and upgrades to fight monsters. It is not difficult to find that these are somewhat imitating the types of their comic newspapers.
After reading it, she selected six manuscripts and said: "The plots of these more than ten manuscripts are all good, especially the one that solves the case is of a high standard. However, the portraits of the characters are still a bit poor."
She put it mildly, these cartoon characters are not good-looking in her aesthetics.
Xing Shaohui smiled and said: "The characters can be modified at that time, but the story is really good. Editor Gong said, you will definitely like this manuscript. Xiao Shao, how much do you think this manuscript should be paid for?"
Newcomers usually have a price of 20 to 30, which is not very high. Tian Shao really thought this manuscript was good, she thought for a while and said: "The 51st issue, if it sells well, we will raise the price. As for how much to raise, let Editor-in-Chief Gong decide."
"good."
Subsequently, Xing Shaohui reported to Tian Shao the company's operating conditions in the recent period. It was so big that it signed another publisher, specializing in single-volume comics; it was so small that it recruited three front desks. In addition to being responsible for visitors and contributors, these three front desks are also responsible for opening letters.
Now there is no need for advanced communications in later generations, readers now write letters to express their love. Of course, those who don't like it will write letters and scold them, and even send **** blades and so on. This is thanks to the fact that everyone in Hong Kong City knows that K is in Maple Leaf Country and not in Hong Kong City, otherwise he would have to recruit a few more people to handle these letters.
The conversation between the two of them started after ten o'clock in the evening.
When Xing Shaohui left, he said to Tian Shao: "Xiao Shao, Ms. Zhao went to Las Vegas to play half a month ago. She left a phone number when she got there, saying that you came and called her."
Tian Shao knew there was a problem as soon as she heard it: "I asked Yuan Jin to go to her apartment in the afternoon, and the security guard at the apartment said that he had gone to the Maldives. Uncle Xing, did Xiao Rou encounter any trouble?"
Xing Shaohui felt that Tian Shao was really too perceptive. He nodded and said, "It's a little trouble. Her mother gambled more and more, and even started borrowing usurious loans. Last year, Ms. Zhao helped him repay 20,000 yuan, but she didn't expect to pay more money this year." Ruthless, you have to repay 50,000 yuan with interest. Ms. Zhao must have figured it out, she said she would not pay back the money, and she avoided the casino because she was afraid of her mother's harassment."
Tian Shao understood, and deliberately said that she was going to the Maldives because she was afraid that her mother would come to Las Vegas to find her: "Why did you gamble so big?"
She doesn't know what the average salary in Hong Kong City is now, but the basic salary of the salesmen who sell clothes in the mall is one or two thousand. The workers at the bottom are even lower, and losing 50,000 in one breath is too exaggerated.
Xing Shaohui checked Zhao's mother and said: "She used to win and lose thousands of cards every month, but at that time she relied on luck and poker skills. Since Miss Zhao dated Mr. Bao, she gambled more and more, and changed casinos. Winning or losing is not decided by the banker.”
"I hope Xiaorou can hold on this time and not repay her debt."
Xing Shaohui shook his head and said: "You don't have to worry about this, the gambling debt has been paid off. Qin Fang asked her youngest daughter to go to a nightclub to be a princess, and the gambling debt can be paid off in less than three months."
This nightclub is like a golden cave, Zhao Xiaorou's younger sister is pretty and has a sweet mouth, so she should be able to get along.
Tian Shao is numb. The last time Zhao Xiaorou came here, she also said that her mother's neighbor next door took her daughter to pay off the debt, and it would be her turn so soon, it would be better not to have such a mother and daughter. I hope that what happened this time can keep Zhao Xiaorou away from that woman, otherwise she will be implicated sooner or later.
It was already late at this time, Tian Shao didn't call. The next morning, when no one answered the call, Tian Shao called the front desk and left a message. When Zhao Xiaorou got the news, he would call her back.
Tian Shao had had breakfast and was about to go out for a stroll when someone knocked on the door. Yuan Jin opened the door and saw the unfamiliar Zhang Jianhe, and asked cautiously, "Who are you?"
Zhang Jianhe said in Cantonese: "I am Zhong Gao, a friend of Ms. Zhao. She recommended me to find Ms. Xing."
Yuan Jin has also learned Cantonese after returning home, and simple communication is not a problem: "You have to pass it."
Tian Shao didn't know what Zhang Jianhe changed his name to, but when he heard that Zhao Xiaorou recommended him, he guessed it was him. After inviting people in, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhang Jianhe. Although Pei Yue said that he found a reliable person, Zhang Jianhe will definitely arrive in Hong Kong safely. But there is no such thing as a 100% smuggling. Now that the person is standing in front of her intact, she is really relieved.
(end of this chapter)