"I don't want to eat your food in vain. Now I'll go back to Shenzhen and bring you a gift, okay?"

Lin Chaoyang nodded, "What a coincidence, our family happens to be short of a color TV."

Liu Xinwu:......

After the joke was over, Liu Xinwu mentioned the main purpose of coming back to Lin Chaoyang.

"Our publishing house wants you to write a preface."

"Want me to write a preface? Who should I write it to?"

Listening to Liu Xinwu's words, Lin Chaoyang felt a little surprised.

"Your book "The Death of Van Gogh" has been popular for several months and has a huge influence. It can be said to have made Van Gogh, a Western painter, a household name in China.

Our publishing house plans to take this opportunity to introduce Irving Stone's biography "Longing for Life".

Lao Wang knows that I have a good relationship with you, so he asked me to make an appointment with you.

The author of "The Death of Van Gogh" wrote a preface to "Longing for Life", and it became a good story when it was spread."

Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "Your publishing house really follows the trend."

"Who made your novel popular? By the way, will your novel be published? If "Longing for Life" can be published together with "The Death of Van Gogh"..."

Lin Chaoyang interrupted him, "Don't think about good things. "The Death of Van Gogh" was published under a special title. It has only been published for more than three months. It is published early. Besides, there is a humanities society."

Hearing what Lin Chaoyang said, Liu Xinwu was not disappointed. He originally said it casually. After chatting for a few words, he left.

A few days later, it was the weekend, and Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu went to Mianmian Hutong to see the progress of the repairs.

Geng Chuanfeng and his group all had jobs, so they had to take time off to earn extra money, but they were very efficient. After a week, they came to the courtyard again, and there were already quite a few changes in the courtyard.

This efficiency is much better than that of later decoration companies.

"They did it pretty fast!" Tao Yushu said.

"As a soldier, you can still work quickly. The key is to be organized and not to fool around."

Most of the courtyard houses have brick floors, and the green bricks are laid flat in the room, just like building walls. Before laying the floor, the bricks must be painted with raw tung oil and then waxed.

The floor tiles in the main house were already pitted due to disrepair. The damaged bricks had long been taken out and piled in the courtyard. At this moment, a young man was meticulously re-laying the bricks.

"Little brother, do people in your army still do this kind of work?" Lin Chaoyang asked curiously.

In his impression, the army's infrastructure is mainly practical and not very capable of such delicate work.

The young man raised his head and said with a smile: "Writer Lin, don't underestimate us. Not to mention your courtyard house, the buildings in ZNH are not a problem for us."

"You're not too shy, have you ever repaired a house in ZNH?"

"No. But my master repaired it. Back then he built a house for Mao Zedong and his old man."

"Then your master is extraordinary."

"Well, he is now the chief engineer of Yanjing No. 1 Construction Company."

Lin Chaoyang watched for a while and saw that the young man was meticulous in his work. He was glad that it was a wise choice to find these soldiers to repair the yard.

At noon, he specially invited the two young men who were working in the yard to have a meal, and they worked even harder in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, the couple returned to the Overseas Chinese Apartment from Mianmian Alley. They were stopped by the guard as they passed by the guard room, and a familiar face came out of the guard room.

"Comrade Chaoyang!"

"Lao Teng? Hello, hello."

The visitor was Teng Hongsheng from China Film Co-Production Company. The two shook hands, and Lin Chaoyang asked: "Why are you here..."

"Director Li has come to Yanjing, and the investment has been confirmed. Mr. He from Haojiang will invest. After negotiation with our company, Director Li's film will be co-produced by our China Film Co-production Company and New Kunlun Pictures Co., Ltd.

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Director Li is currently preparing a movie and would like to chat with you, the screenwriter, when will you be free?"

Lin Chaoyang glanced at his watch, "It's too late today. I'll take a day off tomorrow and go see him the day after tomorrow."

"Okay, then I'll leave first."

Lin Chaoyang took leave from work on Monday, and rode his bicycle to the Yanjing Hotel early on Tuesday morning.

He knocked on the door, waited for a while, and the door opened.

When Li Hanxiang saw it was him, he let out a rough laugh.

"Chaoyang, the investment is done and the movie can be shot!"

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "This is really a good thing. Do I have to pay my royalties as well?"

Hearing this, the smile on Li Hanxiang's face froze.
Chapter completed!