Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 114 Chuck’s surprising decision

Following Rebecca's strong recommendation, Serena also turned on her computer and clicked on the novel on the Gossip Queen's blog to read it.

It wasn't until the class bell rang that Serena realized that nearly half an hour had passed without her realizing it.

Even so, at least half of the students in the classroom refused to close their laptops.

Everyone was fascinated.

Mrs. Roberts, who was standing on the podium, was very angry. Her class did not require laptops to take notes, so she ordered everyone to close their laptops.

But not everyone will be obedient.

Poppy stood up from her seat, hugged her laptop and walked out of the classroom door.

Mrs. Roberts stopped Poppy and asked her what she wanted to do.

"Looking at the good attitude of your question, I can mercifully tell you that my stomach suddenly feels a little uncomfortable and I need to go to the bathroom."

Mrs. Roberts adjusted her glasses and was about to expose Poppy's lie.

Poppy shrugged upon seeing this.

Okay, I won’t pretend anymore!
"Okay, I admit that this excuse is a bit lame. You must want to ask me why I need to bring my laptop with me when I go to the bathroom. In fact, I just don't want to stay here and waste 10 minutes listening to your lecture. Now I just want to find It’s a classroom with no one around, and I can read the novel quietly.”

After saying that, he shook his head and walked out of the classroom arrogantly under the envious eyes of other girls.

Mrs. Roberts was very angry at Poppy's words and immediately announced that the class would be changed to self-study. She was going to go to the principal to complain about Poppy's bad behavior.

The girls in the classroom almost shouted long live.

As soon as Mrs. Roberts left, they would have time to finish the novel.

Even Rebecca joked with Serena that this was the first time she thought Poppy was cute.

Serena felt the same way, but she felt more regretful.

A small matter like openly contradicting the teacher in class was not enough for the principal to fire Poppy. At most, it was just some symbolic punishment.

And the reality was just as Serena expected.

Mrs. Roberts walked into the office under the leadership of the assistant principal. Mrs. House, the principal, hurriedly moved the mouse to minimize the web interface she was browsing on the computer screen.

Then she pretended to be busy in front of the computer, took the time to look up at Mrs. Roberts and asked her what happened.

Mrs. Roberts told Mrs. House about Poppy's evil deeds of striking school.

After listening, Mrs. House had a slightly strange expression.

If her prediction was correct, the novel that caused Poppy to continue reading without wanting to go to class should be the one she was reading just now.

As Constance's principal, Mrs. House certainly follows the gossip queen's blog.

However, she did not click on this novel because she was curious about the gossip about Chuck Bass, but was attracted by the title of the novel.

"Fifty Shades of Grey"!
She was curious what kind of novel would have such a name.

It wasn't until the assistant led Mrs. Roberts through the door that Mrs. House just had a clue.

Fifty Shades of Gray is supposed to be a pun.

It clearly refers to the color of the hero's favorite tie, but actually it alludes to the shadow of the hero's childhood.

This is a very important clue in the novel, because the male protagonist used this gray tie to tie the heroine's hands, and then both parties began to do some indescribable things.

It's literally indescribable.

When the Gossip Queen published this novel, she replaced some of the "key" content with ellipses.

Of course it made people very uncomfortable while reading it. Fortunately, Mrs. House did not forget her identity while reading the novel.

As the principal of Constance, she knows very well that most of the people who follow the Gossip Queen's blog are students from her school, and they all have one thing in common, they are all minors.

The Gossip Queen's approach undoubtedly saved the school a lot of trouble.

The most important thing is that the gossip queen knows how to code.

Although ellipses have been used to replace the restricted content, it does not affect reading.

In addition, the male protagonist is Chuck Bass, which gives Mrs. House some pleasure in peeking into other people's privacy while reading.

This is probably why she couldn't stop reading this novel.

"Mrs. House?"

Mrs. Roberts, who was across the desk, had already noticed something was wrong with the principal.

While she was complaining about the disobedient student, the principal actually got distracted.

"Sorry, I just thought of something else."

After coming back to her senses, Mrs. House looked seriously at her subordinate across the desk.

"Mrs. Roberts, I will personally talk to the student you complained about."

This was obviously not the outcome Mrs. Roberts expected, but she also knew that the principal had tried his best.

Constance rarely made the decision to expel a student unless it was a serious mistake that would seriously damage the school's reputation.

Even if the principal wants to do this, the school board will not agree.

After all, a problem student like Poppy can bring millions of dollars in sponsorship to the school alone.

However, the impact of the incident did not end there.

The news of Poppy's strike to read novels quickly spread throughout Constance, and even the boys' school received the news.

The boys were not interested in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" novel, but they were interested in the sadistic games mentioned in the novel.

During class, everyone was discussing the gameplay with great interest, and some even planned to persuade their girlfriends to try it together.

Nate, who had just had a big fight with Chuck two days ago, specifically found Jamie because of this incident.

"I've heard more than one person say that they plan to spend money to buy the unabridged version of the novel from the gossip queen."

"We must find a way to prevent the novel from continuing to spread online, especially the original version, otherwise it will be another Paris Hilton tape incident!"

Looking at Nate who was getting angry about this matter, Jamie shrugged and replied:
"I'm sure you haven't been in direct contact with Chuck, otherwise you wouldn't be telling me this."

Nate looked confused.

What do you mean?
"Do you think Chuck can't think of things that others can think of? In fact, he has contacted the gossip queen and offered to use money to buy the manuscript of the novel from her."

Jamie's words made Nate relieved, but he was more concerned about the outcome of this matter at this time.

"Does the Gossip Queen agree?"

Nate asked expectantly.Based on Nate's understanding of Chuck, since he decided to spend money to settle this matter, he would definitely offer a price that the gossip queen could not refuse.

As he expected, Chuck directly offered a sky-high price of $50.

As a result, he was rejected by the Gossip Queen...!

Nate looked at Jamie who told him the result with disbelief.

"The gossip queen told Chuck the email address of the whistleblower and asked Chuck to go directly to the original author to talk."

Nate asked immediately.

"Have you negotiated?"

Jamie shrugged.

"It's not clear yet, but it should be soon."

Nate nodded and told Jamie to let him know as soon as he had any news.

As a result, the two heard news as soon as they returned to the classroom.

The gossip queen has deleted the novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" from her blog.

Nate was relieved on the spot, knowing that Chuck had reached an agreement with the original author of the novel.

Jamie returned to his seat and received a text message from Dan on his phone.

The content is: "I have received an email from the original author requesting to withdraw the revelations."

After reading the text message, Jamie looked back at Dan in the back seat.

He noticed that Dan's expression was a bit hesitant to speak, so he sent a text message asking Dan what happened.

Dan responded quickly, telling Jamie it was okay.

It was obvious that Dan had lied.

Because the incident happened suddenly in the morning, Dan didn't have much time to think deeply about it.

Everything that happened later proved that listening to Jamie was right, but Dan also had some other ideas.

He learned from his sister Jenny that girls were fascinated by the novel.

Especially after hearing about Poppy taking the lead in a class strike to read novels, Dan realized that everyone was so interested in novels with real-life character prototypes.

This reminded Dan again of the previous publisher's proposal to write a novel based on Jamie. The response would definitely be greater than "Fifty Shades of Grey".

At the same time, Jamie also received a text message from Serena.

The gossip queen suddenly deleted "Fifty Shades of Grey" from her blog. Although the supplementary statement stated that she did so at the request of the original author, Serena immediately guessed that the reason behind this must be related to Chuck. .

Jamie repeated what he said to Nate to his girlfriend in the text message.

A few minutes later, Serena sent another text message.

Lily and Bart invite Jamie to their house for dinner tonight.

After receiving the text message, Jamie was stunned for a moment.

At this time, a second text message from Serena was received on the phone.

Serena confessed to Jamie in a text message that she had told Lily and Bart about Fifty Shades of Grey.

Bart was very angry and decided to have a talk with Chuck tonight.

That night, as soon as Jamie and Serena arrived home, they saw Chuck walking over with a gloomy face.

"You shameful snitch!"

Serena countered not to be outdone:
"That's because I don't want my brother to become as infamous as Paris Hilton!"

Chuck sneered and replied:

"Do you need me to say thank you? Thank you for your unnecessary effort!"

Serena said coldly:
"you are welcome!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked upstairs.

After Chuck and Jamie were alone in the living room, Chuck raised his eyebrows at Jamie proudly.

"Well, my acting skills are not bad, right?"

Jamie reminds Chuck not to be happy too early.

The real test comes at dinner, when hopefully Chuck has memorized the lines he taught him!

At the dinner table, Bart didn't get as angry as he expected.

All thanks to Lily.

She calms down Bart's anger and convinces her husband to let her talk to Chuck about the whole thing.

Chuck used the same words Jamie used to answer Nate.

Bart's face looked a little better after learning that Chuck had spent money to buy the original manuscript of "Fifty Shades of Grey" from the original author.

Lily was still a little worried and kindly reminded Chuck that it would be best to find a lawyer and would rather spend a little more money to buy the copyright of "Fifty Shades of Grey" directly.

In this way, if someone spreads the content of the novel at will, Chuck can justifiably take legal measures to sue the other party for infringement.

This is much easier to fight than a defamation lawsuit.

Chuck "humbly" accepted Lily's suggestion and said he would handle the matter.

Serena couldn't stand Chuck's self-righteous and proud face, and protested on the spot:
"So you all think that as long as you spend money to silence the author, this matter will be over, right?"

"Doesn't anyone care about whether the things written in the novel are true?"

In fact, Bart found someone to investigate the matter as soon as he knew about it. Except for Chuck, no other characters involved in the novel, including the heroine, could find their corresponding prototypes in reality.

Obviously, this story was fabricated out of thin air by the original author.

But even so, Bart and Lily still hope that Chuck can give everyone an explanation.

The corners of Chuck's mouth turned up, showing his trademark crooked-mouthed Dragon King expression.

"Even if I say these are all false, some people will still suspect that I am lying, so why should I bother to clarify and explain?"

"Do you think I bought the copyright of the novel because I had a guilty conscience and wanted to destroy the evidence? No, you are all wrong. I heard that many people like this novel, so I plan to publish it publicly! Not only that, I also plan to film the novel Make it into a movie, and then star in the leading role myself! Let everyone who doubts me go to hell!"

(End of this chapter)