Chapter 275: Bitten by a Pig (Ch 275)

Seeing that the calling number was Chen Baoguo, Qi Jia guessed that he was calling because of the online trending search.

“Hey Uncle Chen, what do you want from me?”

A slightly hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone: “Xiao Qi, this is Li Xuejian, are you free now? I have something I want to talk to you about.”

“Uncle Li, just tell me what you want to say.”

Qi Jia smiled and said, then stood up and left the office.

Zhang Ruonan happened to pass by holding a box of takoyaki. When she saw him coming out, she poked one and handed it to him. Qi Jia looked at the takoyaki that was still steaming.

I thought, are you trying to feed me or burn me to death? He smiled and shook his head, pointed at his phone, and then went into his rest room. Zhang Ruonan followed him in.

Lying on the sofa, swinging his legs, eating and playing with his phone, Qi Jia didn’t bother to care and listened carefully to what the old man said on the phone.

“It’s like this. Lao Chen, a few friends and I discussed it and pooled some money together.

I want to buy the copyright of “China in Classics” from you, what do you think?”

Qi Jia was stunned. He thought the old man had seen the trending searches online and wanted to talk to him about them. He didn’t expect that he had raised money to buy the copyright.

Why would such an idea suddenly come up? Qi Jia never suspected that the old man wanted to take advantage of him. Given his character, he would never do such a thing.

On the other end of the phone, Li Xuejian asked this question because he had his own considerations.

If he said clearly that he saw the trending searches and was worried that Qi Jia would let a Japanese play Emperor Wu of Han, so he raised money to buy the copyright,

Doing so is somewhat like moral kidnapping, so he chose to ignore the hot search.

“Grandpa, how much money did you raise?” Qi Jia couldn’t help but ask out of curiosity.

Li Xuejian’s heart darkened after hearing this. He didn’t expect that Qi Jia was most concerned about how much money he would get.

Although it was indeed right to do so, he still felt that some things were more important than money, and he was somewhat disappointed with Qi Jia.

I feel that people will always change. I thought Qi Jia could withstand the temptation of the entertainment industry, but I didn’t expect that he has fallen and become profit-driven.

“Sixty million, do you think it’s okay?” Li Xuejian said a number.

Qi Jia was shocked. This price was really high for the old men.

After all, their pay is not as good as that of young actors who easily earn over 100 million yuan. They wouldn’t even use up their pensions, right?

Qi Jia was just thinking about it. On the other end of the phone, Li Xuejian saw that he was silent and thought that he was dissatisfied with the amount of money.

My impression of Qi Jia became even worse. I sighed slightly and continued,

“If you think it’s too little, tell us a number and we’ll make up the difference.”

The tone was stiff and the distance between them was already very large.

Qi Jia didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, thinking that this old man was so old, but he was still like a child, throwing tantrums at every turn.

“Uncle Li, I won’t sell it no matter how much money you offer…”

Before he finished speaking, there was a heavy gasp from the other end of the phone, followed by another voice saying anxiously,

“Are you really going to cooperate with Japan and let the Japanese play the role of our ancestors? What benefits did the Japanese give you?!”

Then Li Xuejian’s voice was heard: “Xiao Qi, just give me some face.

You must never ask a Japanese to play the role of an ancestor.

If you do this, it will be recorded in history books and you will be called a traitor by future generations.”

Qi Jia really felt that he was being wrongly killed. He had done nothing, so why was he being called a traitor?

“Uncle Li, Uncle Chen, wait a moment, it seems to be snowing outside the window, I’ll go take a look.”

After Qi Jia finished speaking, he picked up a piece of bread from the table and threw it at Zhang Ruonan, who was lying on the sofa and laughing like a maggot.

“What?” Zhang Ruonan put down his phone and looked over.

Qi Jia covered the microphone and pointed out the window, “Go open the curtains and help me see if it’s snowing outside?”

“Deep well ice, it’s only August, why is it snowing?”

Zhang Ruonan rolled her eyes at him, picked up the bread on the ground and was about to throw it at him, but after thinking it over she couldn’t bear to do so and put her hand down, tore it open and started eating.

On the other end of the phone, the two old men looked at each other, walked to the window together, and looked at the bright and clear sky.

“Qi Jia, are you confused? How can it snow in this month?” Chen Baoguo said first.

On the other end of the phone, Qi Jia was pinching Zhang Ruonan’s face and asking her to spit out the bread, saying that it had been expired for a week.

Unexpectedly, the unfortunate child covered his mouth tightly with his hands and refused to open it.

“Of course not. I am more wronged than Dou E. She could have snow in June, so isn’t it normal for me to have snow in August?”

“Uncle Chen, Uncle Li, NHK has approached me and wants a Japanese to play Emperor Wu of Han. The copyright price is 15 million per episode.

But how could I possibly do something like recognizing a thief as my ancestor? I just refused, ah~”

Li Xuejian and Chen Baoguo were stunned by what they heard. They didn’t expect it to be like this. It turned out that they had misunderstood Qi Jia.

15 million per episode, 11 episodes means more than 100 million in copyright fees. Qi Jia refused without even thinking about it.

I feel ashamed to think that I actually suspected that this young man with such a strong sense of national responsibility had a distorted outlook on life.

Just when the two were about to apologize to Qi Jia, they suddenly heard a shrill cry from the other side. They hurriedly asked,

“Xiao Qi, what happened? Why are you screaming so miserably?”

Qi Jia blew on his bitten finger, glared at Zhang Ruonan who looked smug, and said casually,

“It’s okay, I was just bitten by a pig.”

After hearing this, the two of them felt relieved and their tone returned to their previous concern.

“Then you have to be careful and remember to get the rabies vaccine.”

“It’s okay, Uncle Li, this is a domestic pig, it needs to brush its teeth every day.” Qi Jia dodged the slippers thrown by Zhang Ruonan and said nonchalantly,

Although Li Xuejian was wondering why there was always so much noise over there, he was not a gossipy person, so he brought the topic back to the main point.

“Xiao Qi, I’m so sorry. Lao Chen and I misunderstood you at first.”

The old man’s intention was good, so Qi Jia naturally wouldn’t care.

“Uncle Li, what are you saying? Don’t I know you and Uncle Chen? It’s just a small misunderstanding, don’t worry about it.”

“Hahaha, okay. Then we’ll take advantage of our seniority and not be polite with you. Tell me, how did NHK talk to you?”

Li Xuejian smiled with satisfaction and then asked about the details of the negotiation.

Qi Jia simply picked out a few key points and told them about them, especially the popularity of the program overseas.

We talked for more than half an hour before hanging up the phone.

Chen Baoguo sighed,

“Xiao Qi is really amazing. If it were someone else, I’m afraid they wouldn’t be able to resist temptation like him.”

Li Xuejian nodded and said seriously: “So, this kind of behavior must be encouraged, and people should not be discouraged.

Please help me think about whether there are any resources that are suitable for him, and we can recommend them to him.”

While the two were thinking hard, Qi Jia put away his phone, got up and prepared to go out.

“Where are you going?” Zhang Ruonan raised his head and asked.

Qi Jia said with a stern face, “You were bitten by a pig. Go get a rabies vaccine.”

Zhang Ruonan gritted his teeth, climbed up, took a seven-speed run, and bumped into Qi Jia’s waist.