"Editor-in-chief Wang of Starlight Publishing House?"
When Ni Guangli received a call from the publishing house, he thought he was also coming to publish a book for him. He refused without waiting for the other party to finish:
"I have published many recipes and have no plans to publish new ones at the moment."
As the heir to a family of culinary experts and one of the most respected private restaurant chefs in the country, it is normal for publishers to approach him and ask him to publish books, and he rejects several of them every year.
But first of all, he has a habit of cooperating with the publishing house that always gives him the highest treatment. Secondly, he has been busy planning new programs and running new media at the same time. He is really too busy.
Since we don't have the time and intention to cooperate with the other party, simply refusing will not hurt feelings.
At any rate, the editor-in-chief called him personally, and the other party was sincere enough, and he would not deliberately hang on to others with ambiguity.
Hearing him say this on the other end of the phone felt a little embarrassed, but he still explained with a shameless smile:
"Mr. Ni, you misunderstood. The reason I'm calling this time is not to invite you to publish your works, but to ask you to do a favor and help persuade your daughter, Miss Ni. We are really sincere..."
When he heard that he was not looking for him, but wanted to discuss publishing matters with his daughter through him, Ni Guangli immediately became wary.
"My daughter is young, needs experience but not experience, and needs skills but not skills. What kind of book can she publish?"
Could it be that this publishing house wants to make money from his daughter's fame?
When my daughter disagreed, she came to him to argue. He was not the kind of ignorant and vain father.
My daughter is on the rise in her career, and her family is not short of money. She cannot afford to overextend her fame just for those three melons and two dates.
Hearing the rejection in his words, Editor Wang quickly explained:
"Mr. Ni, listen to me. This is what happened. Do you know? Miss Ni's Chinese painting is very good. As far as I know, she had a painting in an art exhibition before and sold it for a high price of 120,000 yuan. , plus she often posts some daily writing and painting activities on Weibo, many people are interested in her works, but she no longer sells paintings, so we thought that if she could publish a picture book, she would definitely very popular."
"If she doesn't agree, she must have considered it. I generally respect the child's opinion on this kind of thing."
Just hearing it from an outsider, he wouldn't give a definite answer.
"Hey, we contacted her agent and heard from her agent that the reason for Ms. Ni's rejection was that she felt she was not good enough. Tell me, if she doesn't praise her, how can others survive?"
"Wait a minute, you just said that her painting participated in an art exhibition and sold for 120,000?"
"Is this still fake? It hasn't been revealed on the Internet, but many people in our circle know about it. Otherwise, can you add me on WeChat and I will send you the photos of the art exhibition? I will go there on May Day I saw the exhibition and took photos, haha!”
Editor Wang secretly thought that it was a good thing that he was well prepared and asked Miss Wei for information in advance, otherwise this old ginger might not be so easy to persuade.
The two hung up the phone and immediately added WeChat.
Ni Guangli received the photo, enlarged it, looked at it again and again, and nodded while looking at it.
The Ni family has a lot of heritage and has a lot of antiques and paintings. Most people can only drool at the pictures on the Internet, but he has been able to look at the real things for enlightenment since he was a child. His eyes are quite sophisticated, and he can naturally see where his daughter is strong.
Personal hobbies are relatively private things, and his daughter has lived independently for many years. Even his father only knew that his daughter liked painting, but he didn't know that her level was already so high.
Art is something that attracts everyone's attention. To those who like it, it is worth a thousand dollars, but to those who don't like it, it is worthless. As long as there are people who pursue it, no one will care how old the artist is, and no one will care about her. Is it enough to publish a picture album?
The so-called cutting of leeks is based on the premise that most people in society think it is not worth it and think that people who buy this thing are stupid.
Her daughter's painting, even if a layman saw it, would say it was good.
At worst, the picture album will be sold cheaper when the time comes, and it has nothing to do with cutting leeks.
Ni Guangli felt confident and became interested in Editor Wang's proposal: "Hey? Can you tell me in detail?"
Since my daughter is so up to date, publishing a picture album for her would be much more exciting than publishing a book for myself. You can have this!
Editor Wang told him the publisher's plan in detail. Ni Guangli felt sincerity and did not agree to anything. He only said that he would ask his daughter's opinion for him and ended the conversation.
It was still early to watch, and his daughter was probably still on the set, so he was not in a hurry.
This matter needs to be figured out slowly.
Just when I was thinking about how to make my daughter understand the benefits of gaining fame, I heard the phone ring.
I picked it up and saw that it was my daughter's agent.
After saving this number, I haven't contacted him yet. The other party called me suddenly. Could it be that something happened to the child?
His heartbeat quickened, and Ni Guangli picked up the phone without any hesitation.
"Hello?"
"Hello! Dad Ni! I am Xiao Ni's agent, Wei Shujie."
After receiving the news from Starlight Publishing House, Wei Shujie knew that it was almost done, so he immediately called Ni Guangli and planned to give him a ride.
"Hey? It's Xiao Wei! You called me. Is there anything wrong with Bingbing?"
Hearing that his tone was very nervous, Wei Shujie hurriedly reassured him:
"No, no, it's not that anything happened to her. I just have a small problem and I want to communicate with you."
My daughter has been a very well-behaved child since she was a child. After so many years of schooling, she has never been called a parent by the school.
Now that I have been working for several years, my agent suddenly contacted me privately, saying that I had a small problem that needed to be discussed. I thought with my toes and knew that it couldn't really be a small matter.
If it was really a trivial matter, would there be any need to go to him?
After all, his daughter is 26 years old, not 6 years old.
Ni Guangli's heart rose again after he had just put it down. He sat up straight and then carefully asked her: "I wonder what the 'small' problem is?"
"Is such that……"
Wei Shujie is also a mother. He also received a call from a school teacher. He understood his mood very well and said the matter directly without beating around the bush:
"I wonder if you have noticed that Bingbing seems to have a very low self-esteem..."
"Inferior self-esteem? How is that possible? She received enough love while growing up, and her living conditions were never bad. She got excellent grades in elementary school, gave speeches and performed on stage, and never had stage fright. She is really confident and generous..."
To say she has low self-esteem is like telling a joke!
Suddenly hearing such words, Ni Guangli didn't believe it at all!
"Mr. Ni, I didn't mean to say anything bad about her... I haven't finished speaking yet, why don't you listen to me first?"
Ni Guangli snorted and said no more.
At his age, unless he sells goods live to achieve results, it is impossible to get excited easily.
"I don't know what's going on, but she always feels like she's not good enough. Hey, her state is really hard to describe. Can I give you a few examples?"
"Okay, you say."
"When we were on the set, most of the other actors would be so tired that they would fall asleep after filming, or else they would just play games and relax, but she was different. Even after a night scene, she had to carry her back for a while when she got back to the car. Words, otherwise I’ll be tossing and turning in bed and unable to sleep.”
Ni Guangli frowned and listened, saying nothing.
"Not only that, when it's someone else's turn to perform, she won't be idle in the car. Even if it's only half an hour, she has to write half a set of papers, watch a few teaching videos, or practice speaking with international news... One time I also discovered that she was sharing fishing tips online for a fee."
This, this is so good at living!
Ni Guangli's eyes widened!
In the past, his daughter was also a good and motivated child, but she was not so motivated, right? !
A popular actress with an annual income of hundreds of millions actually has a side job online. Even if she is her biological father, he has to say something. Just hearing it makes me feel perverted!
"What is she studying?"
You are not a doctor, but you are still studying after so many years away from school. How much do you love learning?
Ni Guangli was a little panicked. His daughter had never been like this before!
"She prefers to learn languages. I can't tell you exactly how many languages she knows. She is still learning office software recently. She said it is to make it easier for her to share her life on the set with you."
Ni Guangli was moved.
Last night he received a Word document about the causes and consequences of his daughter's near-depression, with text descriptions and various photos. It was very detailed. After reading it, he finally felt relieved.
Unexpectedly, this kind of thing is not a one-time thing. My daughter actually plans to send him this kind of thing for a long time, just so that the old father at home will not worry about her.
This little cotton-padded jacket is really warm!
"At first I thought it was a good thing for her to be self-disciplined and motivated, but later, I discovered that she did this because she was extremely insecure and lacked a correct understanding of herself. She showed low self-esteem and lack of confidence."
"This is not a big deal, right?"
Looking at it from another perspective, isn’t it better for a motivated person to be humble?
Ni Guangli didn't understand. She called here specifically. What did she want to do?
Wei Shujie knew he was going to say this and sighed:
"Hey, I thought so before, but she is really tired like this! I'm really afraid that her body won't be able to bear it! Moreover, she really encountered many good opportunities, but it turned out that because of her character, she could easily reach out and reach out. The one who caught me was so stunned that he didn’t want to stretch out his hand!”
Ni Guangli listened for a long time and finally understood what she wanted to say.
"Oh? What a good opportunity?"
Wei Shujie had the courage to come to him, which meant that this matter was definitely not some evil thing, and Ni Guangli immediately felt relieved.
"Bingbing usually likes to write some essays. We all found them very interesting after reading them, so we suggested that she publish them and then auction the manuscripts later. After the auction, the proceeds will be used for charity. Killing two birds with one stone, no matter the name, Either way, it's harmless, but she has to say she can't do it."
Ni Guangli recalled the documents he received yesterday.
To be fair, without the old father filter, my daughter's writing style is also very good. The narrative is clear, and various anecdotes are readily available. The idioms are used freely and the rhythm is excellent. Anyone who reads it will say that this author is a great writer. A person with cultural heritage.
"Okay, I understand. I'll talk to her later when I have time."
What a shrewd person Ni Guangli is?
The two of them came together to persuade their daughter to publish her works. It was absolutely impossible to say that there was nothing wrong with them.
The matter is a bit complicated, and with full calculations, he will not easily promise anything substantial.
The two hung up the phone, and Ni Guangli called his assistant.
"What schedule do I have recently?"
"Boss, you have three live broadcasts, five meetings, and new projects this week..."
Ni Guangli frowned and interrupted him: "I'm almost seventy years old. Why do I have so many work arrangements?"
The assistant was confused.
[Aren’t these tasks decided by you yourself? I am just a person responsible for recording and reminding you on time! 】
Forget it, the boss’s roll is Schrödinger’s roll, and it’s normal to want to lie down occasionally.
After all, there is no prodigal son to raise in the family, so there is no need to work so hard.
The assistant said after careful consideration: "Do you want to rest for a while? Don't know where you want to go? I can book a ticket for you."
"Well. It's time to leave the preparations for the new project to a few of them. Call people here tonight and I will allocate things. As for the live broadcast, I feel that the old live broadcast of cooking is boring. I will go to the capital tomorrow to live broadcast me and me. The daily life of a daughter.”
The assistant's eyes widened immediately: "Didn't you say before that you were afraid of having a bad influence on Sister Bing?"
"What kind of influence? It's not like I'm shady. Besides, I'm my biological father, not my godfather. What kind of influence are we afraid of? Guawawa, why don't you hurry up and get things done! What a lot of nonsense!"
Well, the boss's influence is not good, and it is also Schrödinger's influence that is not good. He probably doesn't know whether it is good or not.
Boss Ni called six filial and good apprentices and sighed and said that he missed his daughter. The apprentices took over the burden without saying a word.
"Master, you should have stayed with Junior Sister more often. It's not that we don't like you, but you also have to feel sorry for Junior Sister that it's not easy for her to be alone outside."
The brothers and sisters nodded together, and Ni Guangli also nodded: "Then I will go live with her for a while, and the family will be up to you."
"Don't worry, Master, we are already several dozen years old!"
Seeing his apprentices beating their chests loudly and knowing that they were all reliable, Ni Guangli felt relieved and went to the capital the next day.
He didn't plan to bring any goods recently, and since it was inconvenient to live at his daughter's place, he took the luggage alone without an assistant.
When he arrived at his daughter's community, knowing that she was busy filming on the set, Ni Guangli didn't call her and went in with the key.
When he got home, he cooked a simple meal and after thinking about it, he went upstairs and opened the door to the study.
He respects his daughter's privacy. He hasn't liked entering her daughter's room since she was a child. It's a bit unaccustomed to being so sneaky.
But the facts Wei Shujie said were too scary. He would not believe it without verification.
Ni Bingyan's study is neatly tidied, with a table and a chair by the window, and the four walls are filled with top-to-top log bookcases with glass doors.
In the bookcase, except for the one facing the door, which houses more than a dozen trophies, the rest are full of books.
Ni Guangli entered the room and opened the bookcase door. The books inside were labeled and numbered like in a library, divided into categories, and placed neatly.
The books are very miscellaneous, many of them have traces of having been read before, and there is nothing unusual about them.
On the right side of the door, there was a bookcase full of scripts. He took out a book at random and opened it to see the various annotations on it, only the numbers he couldn't understand. If he looked carefully, he had to read them against the notebook.
She looked up and found a dozen notebooks. She took out one and opened it at random. If the date was correct, she would fill it up in less than half a month.
Everyone in Ni Guangli is numb!
It’s too harmful to my daughter’s health if she does this!
Nowadays, so many young people die suddenly, so we have to be on guard!
That's it, it's just part of it.
Next, he saw two storage boxes stacked together in the corner.
When I opened it, I saw that it was all written papers.
No wonder, in addition to the brush holder, inkstone, pen washer and other items on the desk, there is also a high-end printer.
"Why don't you even install a computer?"
A closer look shows that the printer supports wireless printing from mobile phones.
"What do you learn all day long..."
He casually opened the paper and looked at it, and Ni Guangli suddenly felt dizzy!
What are these words? I don’t understand watching football!
After walking out of the study, Ni Guangli went downstairs and saw the books and notebooks with pens everywhere in the living room. He tidied them up silently before sitting on the sofa and sighing.
In the past, my daughter had always been very stubborn, but her sudden relapse started after she broke up with Jiang Sheng.
Emotional influence definitely plays a big factor.
However, his efforts probably put a lot of pressure on his daughter, right?
After all, at such an old age, he is still working hard in his career. His daughter probably doesn’t want to lose to him!
Feeling upset, he waited for his daughter to arrive home, but he didn't show anything. He just started to observe silently with a pair of sharp eyes.
When her daughter saw him, she was really surprised. After eating the dinner he carefully prepared, she took the initiative to clean up the kitchen.
"Dad, I still have some things to do, so I'm going to work first!"
Sure enough, after watching TV with him for less than half an hour, she felt on pins and needles and found an excuse to go to the study.
Ni Guangli knew that she was used to going to bed at ten o'clock, and now it was nine o'clock. If she wanted to study, she must seize the time, so he took a look at the study while delivering hot milk.
Sure enough, my daughter was happily swiping the papers, while the printer was spitting out new test papers.
"I'm currently learning office software. Print out these questions and bring them to the crew tomorrow..."
Seeing that his father looked very ugly, Ni Bingyan was very concerned: "Dad, what's wrong with you?"
Ni Guangli gritted his teeth: "Others bring rice pails to work, but you bring papers?"
"I often have to rest for a long time between two scenes. I have memorized all the lines. Isn't this time wasted? I have so many skills that I can't overwhelm myself, Dad!"
Seeing his daughter looking at him with a look like "Why don't you understand this?", Ni Guangli took a deep breath and made an aggrieved face:
"I finally found time to see you, but you don't even stay with me for a while, ugh!"
Ni Bingyan scratched his head, something seemed wrong.
So, the next night, she no longer went upstairs to the study, but sat next to him with her earphones plugged in, reading beautiful German articles on the foreign language app on her phone.
German grammar is much more complicated than English. She has been studying it for a long time but still can't communicate with Germans without any barriers. Whenever she has time, she will study it for a while.
Ni Guangli was completely speechless now.
On the third night, I simply estimated the time for her to finish work and went directly to the set to pick someone up.
This child really doesn't understand the fun of playing, so he thinks learning is fun. If he continues to learn like this, he will be ruined!
Publishing and everything else are trivial matters, so she needs to get rid of this bad habit!
So Boss Ni, who was nearly seventy years old, personally took his daughter to the dance hall.
Young people, how can you not go to disco?
It really makes the old father sad that his good youth is wasted on papers!
Jump up, you must jump up!
Across the street, Ni Bingyan had already heard the deafening music. It was probably because the public disliked her because she had no cards. In the past few days, her father had picked up a hot red Maserati and now he drove her there. At the door of the ballroom, a doorman immediately ran over.
"Dad, Dad, what do you want to do?"
Ni Bingyan is almost numb!
A group of people jumping around together was like a fool. It was not only a waste of time but also a waste of money. She must not do it!
But dad has a way.
"I'm so old. If I get excited, have a cerebral hemorrhage, fall down, or be trampled to death, I won't even know."
All right! Ni Bingyan had no choice but to follow him in.
Biquge
