Chapter 270: Chapter 185: Sky-High Copyright Price! (Including Old Book Notice)

Lin Yufei belongs to the sweet and beautiful girl type, a look that appeals to all ages and is very popular across all age groups.

Children are likely to call out “pretty sister” upon seeing her, and elders would probably sigh, “this girl is really beautiful.”

In the eyes of boys her age, she is a goddess.

She is the white moonlight in the hearts of many young boys experiencing their first crush!

If his own brat could actually find such a girlfriend, Shen Qiushan would naturally be very pleased.

After getting out of the car, Lin Yufei went to the trunk to get the wheelchair.

Seeing this, Lin Kaixuan quickly strode over: “Let me.”

He only has this one daughter, Lin Yufei, whom he spoils immensely, never letting her do any work.

The fact that his daughter actually had to help some brat with a wheelchair naturally didn’t sit well with Lin Kaixuan.

“Brother Lin, let me~”

Shen Qiushan hurried over to help. Having a daughter himself, he understood Lin Kaixuan’s feelings; the other party might seem proactive in helping, but who knows what he was really thinking.

Seeing Shen Qiushan come over, Lin Kaixuan indeed let go and pointed at Shen Qiushan to his daughter: “This is your Uncle Shen.”

Lin Yufei had already noticed Shen Qiushan and knew he was Shen Yixiao’s father.

She felt a little nervous.

She and Shen Yixiao had known each other for only three days, and now she’d met his parents!

“Hello, Uncle Shen.”

Lin Yufei greeted politely.

Shen Qiushan nodded with a smile: “Yufei, thank you for taking care of Xiaoxiao these past few days and for bringing him to see the flag-raising ceremony.”

“Uncle Shen, I shouldn’t have taken him around like that…”

Lin Yufei obviously misunderstood and thought Shen Qiushan was blaming her for taking the injured Shen Yixiao to the flag-raising ceremony.

“Don’t overthink it, I genuinely think it was great to see the flag-raising ceremony.”

Shen Qiushan laughed and waved his hand.

“Dad, can you let me sit down first, and then you can chat.”

Having gotten out of the car, Shen Yixiao, who was on crutches, couldn’t help feeling a little speechless seeing his dad holding the folded wheelchair and chatting with Lin Yufei.

“Uh, almost forgot about you, kid.”

Shen Qiushan quickly unfolded the wheelchair for his brat to sit in.

“Oh, right.”

“This is Yufei’s father, called Uncle Lin.”

Shen Qiushan pointed to Lin Kaixuan for introduction.

“Hello, Uncle Lin.”

Shen Yixiao immediately nodded and greeted.

Lin Kaixuan’s eyes had been on Shen Yixiao, fully scrutinizing; his daughter had been snatched away by this kid!

So before even meeting Shen Yixiao, Lin Kaixuan’s heart already harbored a negative impression. Upon seeing him in person, that negativity didn’t dissipate much.

In his eyes, although Shen Yixiao was decent-looking and tall, he didn’t appear to be a “good boy,” far from the “son-in-law” image he had imagined.

He hoped his future son-in-law would be a gentle, well-educated young man.

And Shen Yixiao didn’t seem to be that type at all.

But since he initiated the greeting, Lin Kaixuan responded politely.

The group returned to the hospital room.

After a morning of commotion, Shen Yixiao finally lay back on the hospital bed.

At this moment, Lin Xiamo returned from Director Liu’s office.

“What did the doctor say?”

Shen Qiushan quickly asked.

“It’s not too serious; the doctor said staying in the hospital for a few days and then recovering at home would be enough.”

“Attending school isn’t a problem, just slightly inconvenient for classes…”

Lin Xiamo repeated Director Liu’s words to her.

“Today is the 2nd, let’s discharge on the 6th and return to Sanjiang.”

Shen Qiushan immediately decided.

“Alright, I’ll book the hotel now.”

With that, Lin Xiamo opened her phone.

“Going back on the 6th means we can have three days to enjoy in Beijing?”

Shen Yanran showed a look of delight.

“Shen Yanran, don’t you feel any guilt? I’m like this, and you’re still thinking about having fun in Beijing!”

Lying on the hospital bed, Shen Yixiao immediately retorted.

“Since we’re here, of course, we’ve got to look around, you don’t need so many people accompanying you!”

Their sibling bond existed only at specific moments; seeing that Shen Yixiao was fine, Shen Yanran didn’t even consider him a patient.

Shen Qiushan was long accustomed to their sibling interactions, and he had Shen Yanran stay at the hospital to care for Shen Yixiao while he and Lin Xiamo went with Lin Kaixuan and Zhou Yamin to the police station to understand the situation.

Once the adults left.

Only a group of college students remained in the room.

“You must be Lin Yufei.”

“I’m Shen Yanran, Shen Yixiao’s sister. We’re twins, and I’m two minutes older!”

Shen Yanran had already noticed Lin Yufei, but with the adults around earlier, she didn’t have the chance to greet her.

“Hello, Sister Yanran.”

Lin Yufei positioned herself appropriately, calling out “Sister Yanran.”

“Yufei, it’s so you!”

“You’re already matching names with Brother Xiao!”

Kong Xiaoyi immediately joked on the side; she and Shen Yanran had chatted upstairs for quite a while and were already familiar.

Therefore, they didn’t mind teasing a little.

“Yufei, about you and Shen Yixiao, Xiaoyi just told me—are you two really dating?”

Shen Yanran promptly followed up with a question.

“Uh!”

“Not yet!”

Lin Yufei’s cheeks turned slightly pink, and she quickly shook her head to deny it.

“Not yet…”

“So, does that mean it’s soon?”

Kong Xiaoyi caught on to the slip in Lin Yufei’s words and continued her offensive.

“Kong Yiji, give it a rest already!”

“You’re so gossipy!”

Lying on the bed, Shen Yixiao stood up to help Lin Yufei out of the situation.

A group of young people started chatting like this, one word at a time…

On the other side.

Shen Qiushan and his party had already reached the entrance of the hospital.

“Younger Brother Shen, I haven’t had a chance to ask, is this your girlfriend?”

While waiting for the ride-share car, Lin Kaixuan looked at Lin Xiamo and asked.

Upstairs, he was quite curious about Lin Xiamo’s identity. She looked under thirty, so she couldn’t be Shen Yixiao and Shen Yanran’s mom.

And yesterday, when his wife Zhou Yamin was talking to him about Shen Yixiao’s family situation, she mentioned that Shen Yixiao was from a single-parent family, with his mother passing away at his birth.

So the mother option was directly ruled out, and Lin Xiamo seemed very familiar with both Shen Yixiao and Shen Yanran.

“I’m Lin Xiamo.”

“I’m Yanran and Xiaoxiao’s second aunt.”

Without waiting for Shen Qiushan to answer, Lin Xiamo introduced herself.

“Lin Xiamo?”

“Red Rose!!”

Upon hearing the name Lin Xiamo, Lin Kaixuan was somewhat surprised. Not long ago, the “Red Rose Band” had been quite popular online, and as an internet-famous lawyer, Lin Kaixuan naturally followed hot events on the internet.

He had watched several of Lin Xiamo’s performance videos, but in the videos, Lin Xiamo’s appearances were quite exaggerated, always wearing various wigs, making her hard to recognize in person.

“When I saw your performance video, I even said, maybe we were family 500 years ago, both descendants of the Lin clan.”

Lin Kaixuan tried to establish a kinship and then said to Shen Qiushan, “By the way, Younger Brother Shen, I’ve seen the video of you singing in a bar, that song ’Red Rose’ has such a vibe, I’ve played it on loop in my car for a long time.”

“This shows Brother Lin has good taste.”

Shen Qiushan laughed heartily.

Moments later, the car they ordered arrived.

The four of them got into the car and headed straight for the police station.

Lin Kaixuan, being a lawyer, naturally took on the job of communicating with the police.

But after understanding the situation, Lin Kaixuan was stunned. According to the police, during the interrogation of the thugs, they uncovered other cases. That big bald guy was also running an underground casino, with a significant amount of gambling money involved. Coupled with his criminal record, he might not see the light of day for ten years under multiple charges.

In this way, Lin Kaixuan didn’t need to keep an eye on this case anymore.

Upon hearing this news, Shen Qiushan was quite pleased. Although in this situation the other party wouldn’t be able to compensate the medical expenses or anything, it was satisfying to see the villain legally punished.

Moreover, Shen Qiushan was not short of money now.

What compensation, what medical expenses, nothing compares to the satisfaction of seeing a villain legally punished!

The incident reached a temporary conclusion.

Lin Kaixuan and Zhou Yamin were planning to fly to Hu City to continue with their previous work.

Meanwhile, Shen Qiushan and Lin Xiamo went to the Hilton Garden Inn she booked online to check in.

During the holiday season, hotel prices soared, with usual rates over one thousand increasing to over two thousand.

But money was not an issue for Shen Qiushan now.

With a room card in hand, he entered the room.

Shen Qiushan planned to rest a bit before heading to the hospital, given he had been up all morning.

But just as he lay down, his phone rang.

It was Chen Min, the chief editor at Huawen Publishing House.

“Sister Min, what’s up?”

Shen Qiushan had a good impression of this charismatic editor, who was efficient and competent, and also happened to be the mother of his daughter’s roommate.

She was a kind of sustainable networking resource.

“Old Shen, a film company wants to buy the rights to ’Three-Body Civilization,’ they couldn’t reach you and contacted me instead.”

“Sister Min, I think you mentioned this to me.”

On the release day of ’Three-Body Civilization,’ Chen Min told Shen Qiushan that a film company wanted to buy the film rights.

“The ones who reached out before were small companies, this time it’s different, it’s Pentium Film and Television.”

“Do you know about Pentium Film and Television?”

“I really don’t.”

Shen Qiushan thought about it and couldn’t recall anything about Pentium Film and Television mentioned by Chen Min.

“A writer who doesn’t care about potential big clients!”

“Someone might think you regard money as dirt!”

Chen Min teased and explained, “Pentium Film and Television is one of the top three film companies in the country, they’ve produced multiple films with box office earnings over 3 billion, and are valued over 100 billion, very powerful.”

“I see.”

“Then let’s have a chat!”

Shen Qiushan nonchalantly stretched with a yawn.

“I’ll give them your phone number then.”

“OK!”

“By the way, the book needs an additional print of 300,000 copies, I’ll send the electronic contract to your email.”

“OK!”

“That’s all for now!”

Chen Min was about to end the call, but Shen Qiushan, who had already responded with two “OKs,” suddenly stopped her: “Sister Min, wait a moment.”

“I’m not very familiar with the pricing of rights. How much do you think would be appropriate to sell the film rights of ’Three-Body Civilization’?”

Chen Min hesitated slightly upon hearing this question, and then replied, “That depends on whether it’s an exclusive buyout or a segmented authorization.”

“If it’s an exclusive buyout, I’d start negotiations at 500 million!”

“500 million??”

Hearing this number, Shen Qiushan, who had been very tired, immediately perked up.

“I mean start negotiations at 500 million, not that it will definitely settle at 500 million.”

“Negotiations are always about asking for a high price and settling for less!”

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