Chapter 37

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Translator: Cheese

A foolish person with a lot of money

The three people ran over together.

Liu Kaiyan received the letter handed to him by the postman, signing with a twitch of his fingers.

Su Tian looked at him with bated breath, looking more nervous than Liu Kaiyan.

Human beings were social animals, and one distinctive feature of social animals was the tendency to collaborate. For example, when one was listening to a horror story and saw another person was more scared than they were, their fear would lessen or disappear. One would even comfort the more terrified companion.

It was the same for anxiousness.

Liu Kaiyan was definitely nervous, but when he saw Su Tian was even more nervous than he was, he strangely stopped feeling tense. Instead, he even comforted her. “Don’t be scared. At worst, it’s just a rejection.”

Su Tian blinked. “I’m not scared.”

Liu Kaiyan looked at her clenched fist and smiled wordlessly.

Wang Haoxue looked at Su Tian, then at Liu Kaiyan, not understanding what the two were playing at.

“Tiantian, what are you two talking about?”

Su Tian looked at Liu Kaiyan. Liu Kaiyan, feeling that he didn’t need to hide it from Wang Haoxue, responded. “A response to my submission.”

Wang Haoxue: “Wow, your submission? What kind, composition or poetry?”

High school students normally submitted those kinds of manuscripts.

As they spoke, Liu Kaiyan had already torn open the large envelope and taken out the documents placed inside.

Su Tian stared at him. The youth’s beautiful brows gradually furrowed. Then he smiled in relief.

“How is it?” Su Tian asked. Now she was really nervous.

Wang Haoxue also looked at him, held in suspense.

He handed the letter to Su Tian, saying, “They asked me to make some changes.”

Su Tian rapidly scanned over the page, pursing her lips slightly.

No wonder he’d had that sort of expression just now. Su Tian was also dissatisfied after reading it.

The publishing company had requested that he make many revisions to the draft, to beautify the circus in a suitable manner. The ending was changed so that the circus master would realize his mistakes and no longer whip the circus animals. Finally, Kaka would forgive the circus master and work together with the other animals to bring laughter to the audience.

Su Tian almost laughed.

What made Kaka moving was the pursuit of freedom and dignity, as well as the fight against fate. If it was changed as described by the publisher, what value did this story have?

Painting a peaceful illusion1, giggling and laughing–was that what he wanted to express?

Wang Haoxue, not understanding what was going on, didn’t dare to open her mouth.

Taking advantage of a moment at noon, Su Tian called everyone together for a small meeting. The topic of the meeting was: should they modify the manuscript in accordance with the publishing house’s terms, and if not, what should they do?

There were customers in the dessert shop, so they found a stone table in the neighborhood and sat down.

In fact, the first topic didn’t need to be discussed; everyone would respect Liu Kaiyan’s opinion. Even Xi Yun, who wanted Kaka’s publishing to make money, said angrily, after changing, it wouldn’t be the Kaka he loved.

And Liu Kaiyan was definitely unwilling to make changes.

Kaka was a metaphor for himself. He could forget the pain of the past ten years, but it was definitely impossible for him to forgive.

The problem was that the manuscript wouldn’t be accepted if it wasn’t changed.

What to do?

Liu Kaiyan, not wanting everyone to be bothered for him, said, “Actually, it’s fine even if it isn’t published. Nemo should be more in line with the publishing company’s standards. It’s okay to wait for Nemo.”

During this period of time, he had studied many things related to manhua, and he knew why the publishing house requested this. The domestic manhua market mainly dealt with preschool-age children. Children didn’t have the ability to understand what Kaka wanted to express yet. If the publishing house wanted to make a profit, naturally they needed to cater to the aesthetics of the audience.

So now they were at an impasse.

Su Tian: “Why don’t we try entering a competition? I checked, and it just so happens to be the preliminary selection stage of the 6th Manhua Contest. If you can get an award, then publishing shouldn’t be a problem.”

Liu Kaiyan’s brows twitched slightly. Entering a competition. It’d be much easier to publish with an award.

At this moment, the eldest young miss slapped the tabletop and said, “Isn’t it just publishing? Leave it to me!”

The group stared at You Pinyan.

The eldest young miss proudly waved her hand. “Isn’t the publishing house not willing to publish because they’re afraid of losing money? I’m not afraid. We can buy our own books, print them ourselves, distribute them ourselves. Isn’t it just a matter of money? Easy.”

Su Tian coughed, unable to hold back a laugh. Liu Kaiyan’s eyes also held a smile. Xi Yun was even more straightforward; he looked at You Pinyan like he was looking at a stack of banknotes.

Su Tian: “I need to remind you that you only have a few hundreds of thousands of yuan on you right now. With your habits, it’ll be gone in three months.”

You Pinyan instantly went silent and sat down again in frustration.

That’s right. She was no longer someone who could lavishly throw around her money.

You Pinyan was now poor.

Everyone was instantly discouraged. After some thought, it seemed that entering a competition was the best way out.

Su Tian remembered that she had also sent an electronic submission to the Fangyuan Technology and Culture Corporation2, but the other party had never responded. She thought about it and decided not to tell Liu Kaiyan for now. Otherwise, if the other party also rejected the manuscript, it would really be a big blow to him.

In the end, everyone decided to try entering a competition first. The rest could be discussed later.

She quietly called Fangyuan Tech behind everyone’s back, and the other party replied they were still in the process of discussing, and the specific results hadn’t yet come out. They asked her to wait five business days, and she would be notified as soon as the decision came out.

Su Tian hung up the phone, hoping that a week later, they would have a favorable result.

Who could have known that before the results of Fangyuan Tech came out, the eldest young miss’s plotline would arrive first.

One weekend, Su Tian and Liu Kaiyan were assisting He Qingwan in the store. A black car suddenly stopped on the side of the road by the store, attracting the gazes of the customers in the store.

It was many people’s first time seeing such a luxury car; there were no such cars in Luocheng. The license plate showed that, sure enough, it wasn’t a local car. It was a car from Didu.

Su Tian followed their line of sight to the outside and just happened to see a young man open the car door and head down.

The man was very handsome, looking to be in his twenties. He wore a three-piece suit, causing customers to exclaim in a low voice, Wow, so handsome, just like a prince.

After all, Luocheng was in the countryside. Even if they had rich people, they rarely dressed up like this. Most people had only seen such clothing in idol dramas.

Su Tian’s heart moved slightly as she guessed who this person was.

She took out her phone and sent a message to You Pinyan. [There’s someone looking for you.]

Tang Qifeng was slightly surprised that a place like Luocheng had such a stylish dessert shop. When he entered the shop, he was even more surprised to see Su Tian and He Qingwan. Should he say that Luocheng was a place that produced outstanding people3? And such beauties.

Su Tian gave a small smile. “What would you like, sir?”

Tang Qifeng didn’t queue up. He circled around the others and walked up to Su Tian. He took out his wallet, pulled out a check, and gently placed it in front of Su Tian.

“If you tell me where the girl who went to the aquarium with you is, this check is yours.”

Su Tian looked down and saw it was a check for ten thousand yuan4.

She raised her brows. “Ten thousand?”

Tang Qifeng laughed. He took out another slip and stacked it on top, saying, “I understand she must have told you not to say anything. How about another hundred thousand?”

The shop instantly went quiet, especially the customers. They simply looked at the expression in Tang Qifeng’s eyes.

Liu Kaiyan was already annoyed when Tang Qifeng took out the first check. Seeing that he actually took out a second one, he said angrily, “If you don’t want to buy anything, please…”

Su Tian gently tugged Liu Kaiyan’s hand below the counter. Liu Kaiyan closed his mouth, looking at Tang Qifeng with unkind eyes.

Su Tian took the checks and pointed to the side, smiling. “Next door.”

After three seconds of silence, the store burst into laughter.

Tang Qifeng’s face flushed, and he said awkwardly, “Thanks.”

Then he hurried out of the dessert shop.

Su Tian shook her head and sighed. “Truly a foolish person with a lot of money.”

[1] 粉饰太平: to pretend that everything is going well; to present a false appearance of peace and prosperity

[2] 方圆科技文化公司

[3] 人杰地灵: greatness of a man lends glory to a place; alternatively, a fair place produces outstanding people

[4] A little over $10,000

Cheese: nobody saying no to free money. just sayin

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