Reborn Scholar

Chapter 27

After asking about the editor, Meng Shi knew that the one who wanted to buy the copyright was Golden Globe Pictures.

This is a fairly well-known film and television production company and distribution company with an extremely long history.

Ke's editor said that the condition offered there was to buy out the right to adapt the film script, and the purchase price was 80 US dollars.

When calling, Meng Shi could hear how excited Ke's editor was.

Yes, 80 US dollars, almost equivalent to 250 million RMB!

Definitely a huge sum of money.

Probably no matter which countryman is placed on it today, they will be extremely excited and agree directly.

But Meng Shi didn't do it.

You know, the overall investment of the film is about 6300 million U.S. dollars, but the final global box office is as high as more than 9 million U.S. dollars.

As the cornerstone of a movie, the most fundamental copyright fee for the original work is only 80 US dollars, is it too much?
The discussion must be discussed with Jinqiu, but it is also a troublesome matter who will talk.

She used her father's name and identity, which means that the copyright of the movie belongs to her father.It has nothing to do with Science Magazine. She only entrusted Science Magazine to submit articles to science fiction magazines in country M. Other copyrights have nothing to do with them.

But now, who will help her talk to Golden Globe Films?Dad definitely can't do it, even her can't do it, her English is still bad, she can't even have a basic conversation, not to mention it depends on the conditions of the contract.

After thinking about it, Meng Shi found out with great difficulty that besides Han Cheng, she really couldn't find anyone who could help.

Sighing, she made a phone call to Han Cheng after considering the conditions she wanted to raise.

"Little girl, it's really rare that you would take the initiative to call me. Fortunately, I'm at home, otherwise you wouldn't be able to find me." Han Chengqiaobian's voice came, with a lazy look.

"What are you so happy for? What's the R index?" Meng Shi couldn't help poking him.

Han Cheng's voice suddenly turned pitiful, "It's already reached [-], and if it keeps going up, I'm really going to collapse."

Meng Shi raised his head and glanced at the calendar hanging on the wall. Today is December 12th.

She can't remember the time, but it will not be later than the end of December at the latest, the R economic index will reach its peak, and then... plummet.

"Well, don't collapse, I have something I want to ask you for help." Meng Shi coughed lightly, and said hastily.

"Ah? What's the matter? Let's talk about it. Whether I can help or not depends on my mood. Who makes you act like a girl every time? Hehe, it's time for you to beg me!" Han Cheng said deliberately in a gloating tone.

Meng Shi couldn't help snorting, "Okay, I'll tell you what it is, and I want to see if you can bear it and not help!"

So, Meng Shi roughly told what happened.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Han Cheng's interest rose, "Golden Globe Films is indeed a big company. Hey, aren't you excited for 80 US dollars? This is much better than the other ones where you write so tiringly and take so long. "

"It's only 80 US dollars, and I don't like it." Meng Shi deliberately joked.

"Pfft, you little girl, you still don't like it, and you're not afraid that the wind will flash your tongue. Tell me, what do you want me to do for you? They've already made an offer, so it's over after signing the contract? Oh, yes, you Want to find an agent to help you read the contract and sign the contract? Don't worry, it's on me. Brother has many elite soldiers and generals." Han Cheng had completely forgotten what he said just now that he had to ask Meng Shi to beg him before he would help.

"No, no, it's not that simple. If it's that simple, I can do it myself. What else do I need you for?"

Having said this, Han Cheng became even more curious, "Then what exactly do you want me to do for you? Could it be that you think the manuscript fee is too low and you want me to raise the price for you?"

After Meng Shi roughly expressed his thoughts, Han Cheng was speechless for a while.

"Shishi, are you right?" After listening to Meng Shi's words, Han Cheng was almost terrified. Could it be that this little girl is crazy.

"Yes."

"Cough..." Han Cheng coughed violently on the phone, "Then what, are you sure you want me to negotiate with Golden Globe Films on such terms?"

Meng Shi was a little helpless, but still nodded, "You heard me right."

The matter was handed over to Han Cheng. Although Han Cheng was not optimistic about her request, under her insistence, Han Cheng also agreed to help her with the negotiation with all his heart.

Meng Shi didn't write anything during this time, and went to see his grandma whenever he had time.

Grandma's stroke was indeed not too serious, and her mouth was still a little crooked, but gradually, it almost returned to its original shape, but her speech was still a little unclear.

Meng Shi also made a special call to City Z. The expert who treated grandma he found based on the relationship of the Han family carefully told her many things to pay attention to.

Grandma's condition was finally under control.

Western medicine has a very good effect on lowering blood pressure, but this is only a temporary solution, not the root cause. Fundamentally, it is still necessary to reduce blood lipid concentration and dilute the blood, rather than blindly using western medicine to dilate blood vessels or slow down blood flow.

Diet therapy, traditional Chinese medicine, and exercise to lose weight are all necessary.

Probably because Meng Shi cared too much about grandma and paid too much attention to her, so everyone said she was too filial.

But only Meng Shi, who had really experienced life and death, knew that she just didn't want to regret it.Thinking of the tragic death of her grandma, she felt chills all over, and she absolutely didn't want to face it again.

Now it is the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, the summer and autumn crops have been harvested, and the wheat has been planted.

But this year, the drought is very severe. After the heavy rain that lasted for a week when the wheat was harvested, there has been very little rain. The crops in summer and autumn are too dry, so people have to water them.

But this year, cotton and sesame are considered a bumper harvest.

But just as Meng Shi said, the government issued a document, coupled with the low amount of cotton, the price went up all of a sudden, but the price of sesame fell.Because there are too many people growing sesame this year!
The cotton grown by the Meng family has brought the family several thousand yuan in income, which is quite good.Sesame seeds are cheaper, and there are not many homegrown ones, so we keep the pressed oil for eating.Except for the peanuts, the others are also pressed for oil.

After the wheat was planted, the field was dry again. I watered it once when the wheat just came out, and now I have to water it again, otherwise the wheat will not look good.Wheat is the most important ration for a family and cannot be delayed.

Just in the past two days, when the house was watering, the aunt's family came back.

On Saturday, the eldest uncle didn't go to work, so he and the eldest aunt each rode a bicycle, and brought the three girls and one boy back to their natal home.

Meng Shi's eldest cousin didn't come, because two bicycles, one sitting on the front bumper and the other on the back seat, could only bring four children, so the eldest cousin stayed at home to watch the door.

When they came back, Meng Qingshan and Lu Caixia were watering with the help of their uncle Lu Yingpeng.

Watering has always been a tiring job, and we have to fight for water and time.

Meng Shi and his younger brother also returned to the old house in Mengzhai Village today.

Meng Shi hasn't been back since grandma came back last time.

When she came back, grandma treated her and her younger brother very affectionately, and even put corn cakes for them to eat.

Meng Shi couldn't help sighing, forget it, why worry so much about some things, things that I have been brooding about in my heart, maybe... maybe grandma didn't notice at all...

It's not cost-effective to worry too much, and I'm too tired.

Meng Shi is such a soft-hearted person. Although he usually thinks that he is pretending to be like a hedgehog, he can buy her if he is good.

So mother Lu Caixia often said that she had a bad temper.

This is the dialect of my hometown. Having a bad temper does not mean that you have a bad temper and love to lose your temper. To use a classic word from later generations to explain it is: rough nerves.

That's right, in the dialect of Meng Shi's family here, a bad temper is equal to a rough nerve.

She is very forgetful.Except for a few obsessions, such as the death of her grandmother and uncle, she quickly forgot many things.

She doesn't want to remember too many bad things, she just wants to remember the good things.

pity……

Meng Shi and his younger brother Meng Xiangfei were playing in the courtyard of the old house.

The courtyard of the old house is also very large, the gate of Longmen faces west, and the main road of the village is in front of the gate.

It is about 20 meters wide from east to west and about 30 meters long from south to north.Facing the mainland on the west side, there are two gates. The south one is an old-fashioned Longmen, and the north one is a Longmen transformed by opening the courtyard wall.

This was originally just a big house, but because of the separation of grandparents, although the whole house is still figured out, it is basically equivalent to two houses.

Enter the Longmen in the south, and next to the right side of the Longmen is a side room, which is used for stacking sundries on weekdays.Going further inside, on the east side of the ear room, there is a stove room, which was built later and is dedicated to grandma.To the south of the kitchen room and the ear room, about one room away, is a pigsty.

Walking straight in from the Longmen in the south, there are three green brick and tile houses, and the main room is directly opposite.

To the north of the three main rooms, there is also a side room. This is the old kitchen room, which is now used by grandpa.

Further to the north is the northernmost part of the whole house. There are three old adobe tile houses, which are the old halls.Sit north and face south.

On the west side of the old main room, there is another side room, where sundries are piled up.

On the side of the side room is the long gate on the north side of the house that opened the courtyard wall for renovation.

Between the two long gates is a shed built with asbestos tiles, a cow shed. Now there are no cattle, but sheep are tied up.

Grandma likes to raise sheep. I don’t want to mention that I lived at my aunt’s house before. After I came back last time, I bought a few more lambs.

One of Meng Shi's favorite things when he was a child was to go out to herd sheep.

Find a place with rich grass, tie the sheep, and then lie down under the poplar or willow tree by the roadside and watch the sky...

When the aunt's family came back, Meng Shi was playing catch with his younger brother in the middle of the yard, in front of the cowshed.

"Yo, Shi Shi is playing with Xiao Fei, where's your grandma?" The aunt came in and asked with a smile when she saw Meng Shi.

Meng Shi and Meng Xiangfei quickly stood up, "Auntie is here, Grandma is in the room. Grandma, Auntie is here!"

Soon, grandma came out.

Seeing that the aunt's family had come, grandma immediately had a smile on her face.

"Fanfan, Yuanyuan, Qingqing, and Xiaoning are all here. Where's Pingping?" Grandma held her grandson and granddaughter's hand very enthusiastically as soon as she arrived.

The eldest aunt said, "Pingping is guarding the door at home, big girl, it's the most important thing. What about Qingshan and Caixia, haven't you come back from the town? It's Sunday, and it's time to bring the children back to have dinner with your two elders, what? Just leave the two babies with you and let you take care of them."

Upon hearing this, Meng Shi was speechless.It seems to be accusing her parents of throwing their siblings to grandma.

Don't say that there is no such thing at all, even if it is true, so what?Is there any family in the countryside where the grandma takes care of the children and the son and daughter-in-law work?

Grandma laughed, "They went to water the fields, the wheat is so dry."

"Oh, I said so." The aunt smiled and put the bicycle away, took off the pot of oil hanging on the handlebar, and walked to the main room with it, "There are a lot of sesame seeds planted this year, and they can't be sold at a high price. I ordered two jugs of oil, and I'll bring you one."

"Come here, what do you do with this, just leave it at home and eat it yourself. Qingshan also planted sesame seeds this year, and also planted a lot of peanuts, some of which are oil to eat. Take it back when you go back in the afternoon." Said, Grandma greeted the eldest uncle again, "Xu Xianggong, come and sit in the room and drink some tea."

Grandma is still called by the older generation. The son-in-law is called Xianggong, the eldest uncle's surname is Xu, which is Xu Xianggong, the second uncle's surname is Feng, which is Feng Xianggong, and the third uncle's surname is Tang, which is Tang Xianggong.

The eldest uncle was also a shy person, he didn't like to talk, so he smiled and agreed to go into the house.The cheap tea in the countryside can buy half a catty for one yuan, and I can make a bowl of strong tea for my uncle.

"Grandma, I'm hungry, do you have any buns?" Xu Ning was a few months older than Meng Shi, shouting while running into the house.

Grandma hurriedly said, "Oh, why didn't you eat this morning? Wait a minute, eat the tortillas just posted while they're hot. I'll cook some more eggs for you."

"Grandma, I want to eat too." The three sisters Xu Fan, Xu Yuan, and Xu Qing also said vyingly.

"All right, I have it!" Grandma smiled happily, and hurried to work in the kitchen.

"Mom, let me help you." The aunt walked over to help.

"Brother Ning, can we play marbles?" Meng Xiangfei was also very happy to see this boy Xu Ning.

Meng Shi didn't like playing games like marbles for boys, and Meng Xiangfei usually played with the little boys around him.I came back today, instead of going outside, I just played a girly game like catch with my sister at home.

Seeing Xu Ning coming now, he became happy.

"Go, who wants to play with you." Xu Ning pushed Meng Xiangfei unceremoniously.

Meng Xiangfei didn't pay attention, he was pushed and sat on the ground, and immediately began to curl his lips and want to cry.

Meng Shi hurriedly pulled Meng Xiangfei up, "Okay, manly man, cry about little things, do you think you look like a girl?"

Meng Xiangfei pouted unwillingly, "I didn't mess with him, why did he push me?"

This push, it doesn't hurt to fall, the rural child is resistant to falling.But children are like this, it doesn't hurt, but he feels wronged and cries.

Meng Shi glanced at Xu Ning indifferently, and then looked at Meng Xiangfei, "Xiao Fei, don't be as knowledgeable as your brother Ning, brother Ning didn't eat enough, and his mind didn't turn around, he forgot all about manners and upbringing, you It can't be like this."

Meng Xiangfei nodded half-understood, and played marbles on the ground self-consciously.

Xu Ning didn't quite understand the meaning of Meng Shi's words, but he could guess it from Meng Shi's appearance, and it was definitely not a good word.

So, Xu Ning held the cornbread in one hand and pushed Meng Shi with the other.

Meng Shi was not Meng Xiangfei, she reacted quickly, when Xu Ning reached out to push her, she quickly reached out to the side, and before Xu Ning could react, she pinched Xu Ning's waist.

It was quite painful to pinch the flesh in the waist, and her strength would not give him bruises anymore.

Xu Ning immediately burst into tears, threw the tortilla in his hand on the ground, and rolled on the ground, crying loudly.

As soon as Xu Ning was crying, the grandma and aunt in the kitchen rushed out.

"What's the matter, why are you crying?" The aunt was so distressed that she quickly hugged Xu Ning and patted the ashes on her body.

You know, Xu Ning is several months older than Meng Shi, and is already ten years old. When he was crying, his aunt actually hugged him like a baby.This is the countryside!

Grandma came over with a dark face, "Put your hand on Xu Ning's back, what's the matter, Xiao Ning, don't cry, whoever provoked you, grandma hit him!"

Xu Ning stopped immediately, "Meng Shi and Meng Xiangfei! They hit me!"

Grandma immediately glared at the siblings, "You two are bullying people, aren't you? Why did your mother discipline you!"

Meng Shi's heart suddenly turned cold.

"Grandma, you don't even ask us what's going on, what Xu Ning said is what you think it is?" she said.

"Xiao Ning doesn't tell lies! You little girl has the most troubles, and you are the one who picks things up every time!" Grandma's eyes were stern.

Meng Shi pursed his lips.

She really wanted to tell herself, don't bother with these people, but...but she just felt depressed.

"Xiao Fei wanted to play with Xu Ning, but Xu Ning pushed him to the ground without saying anything. I just said a word, and Xu Ning also came to push me. I returned my hand, and he started crying. Is it just Allow him to push me, and not allow me to fight back?" Meng Shi finished the story briefly.

When the aunt heard this, her face was very ugly, and she began to scold Xu Ning, "Xiao Ning, you too, hit you every now and then, how painful can it be? Why are you crying!"

Meng Shi laughed angrily.

To be honest, because of her rough nerves, she doesn't remember many things at this age, and so on, too many.

But in her memory, it is deeply rooted that whenever guests (aunts and cousins) come, she and her brother are ignored.

Good food should be given to these guests, TV should be given to these guests to watch, good clothes should be given to these guests to wear, when eating, these guests should serve on the table, and their siblings should serve meals in the yard by themselves... …

She doesn't remember the details, but she remembers these.

Now, don't you match up the impression in your memory with the details of reality?

Originally, guests should be more polite and give priority to guests, but... I am a child after all, I really don't understand why in the eyes of my grandma, I am treated completely differently from my cousins.Nothing but a sigh.

Sure enough, as soon as the aunt finished speaking, grandma's face became extremely ugly.

"You ghost girl, you still don't admit to beating someone? You're a little girl, with such slippery skin, I don't know what she'll be like when she grows up!" Grandma said angrily.

Seeing that Meng Shi was not beaten, Xu Ning started crying again.

"Xiao Ning, don't cry, grandma will beat her right now, let's see if she dares to bully you again in the future!"

As she said that, grandma grabbed Meng Shi's arm and wanted to beat her.

Meng Shi's heart felt cold, so she just stared at grandma, her eyes... very cold, without fear, not like the eyes of a child.

Probably because her eyes were too weird, the slap that grandma should have slapped her on the face finally landed on her back.

Seeing her being beaten, Xu Ning finally burst into laughter, "Grandma, are the eggs ready? I want to eat eggs."

"Okay, okay, I'll get it for you."

Grandma went to the kitchen to get eggs, and Xu Ning looked at Meng Shi's siblings in protest.

Meng Shi's expression didn't change, but Meng Xiangfei pulled Meng Shi's hand, "Sister, does it hurt? Don't cry, I won't play with him anymore."

This sentence was stronger than anything else, Meng Shi laughed immediately, "It's okay, it doesn't hurt at all."

Grandma cooked six white eggs, one for each of the three cousins, and the remaining three were all in Xu Ning's hands.

The aunt deliberately smiled and said, "Oh, Xiao Ning, what are you doing with all those? Give one to Shi Shi and Xiao Fei."

"I don't! Grandma cooked it for me, so I don't want it for them."

Grandma also smiled and said, "All right, you eat. They have all eaten and are not hungry."

Xu Ning succeeded and smiled happily.He also purposely brought eggs to Meng Shi's place, envious of the two of them.

Of course Meng Shi wouldn't take this trick, but Meng Xiangfei couldn't.

He is still a child, and he also has a mentality of comparison. No matter whether the eggs are delicious or not, he feels wronged if others have them. What's more, the person who boils the eggs is his grandma, but he has no eggs to eat.

Few children eat well, and Meng Xiangfei didn't eat much in the morning, so he was already hungry by now, smelling the smell of eggs, how could he not be hungry.

He looked at Xu Ning helplessly without making a fuss, but Meng Shi couldn't bear that look.

Xu Ning also deliberately peeled the egg, walked around in front of Meng Xiangfei, took a bite, "It's so fragrant, so delicious!"

Meng Xiangfei had already started to swallow his saliva.

Meng Shi sneered, and dragged Meng Xiangfei to the kitchen.

At this moment, grandma was picking leeks in the main room, chatting with her aunt and uncle while picking them, leaving the children alone.

When he arrived at the stove, Meng Shi directly poured two ladles of water into the pot, turned on the fire and started to boil the water, and asked Meng Xiangfei to watch the fire.

She took three eggs from the jar under the chopping board, cracked them in a bowl, beat them well with chopsticks, skimmed off the foam on them, and put a little salt on them.

The earthen stove boiled the water very quickly, and the water boiled. She put the porcelain bowl containing the beaten egg liquid into the pot, and the water filled more than half of the porcelain bowl, but did not overflow the porcelain bowl. plate.

Start the fire again.

In less than 5 minutes, a bowl of custard stew is ready.

Because they are all native eggs now, the stewed custard is yellow and clear, and because the froth on the egg liquid is skimmed before stewing, the stewed custard has no honeycomb, is very delicate and smooth, and looks like pudding.

Add a few drops of sesame oil, Meng Shi used chopsticks to break the custard into small pieces, and turned it over to speed up the heat dissipation.

Meng Xiangfei was not afraid of being hot, so he started to eat impatiently.

How could Xu Ning not see such a movement.

He was going to see what Meng Shi was going to do first, and when the steaming and fragrant custard was ready, Xu Ning had already started screaming.

My aunt and grandma ran over again when they heard Xu Ning yell...

(End of this chapter)