TSMVHATRM Chapter 82

Time Space: the Male Villain Has the Ability To Read Minds Chapter 82: The Substituted Contract

Pei Tiantian frowned.

It would be fine if she didn’t know about this, but now that she knew, she couldn’t just sit back and watch.

Editor-in-Chief Xing could stand by her work despite so many protests, allowing her work to continue to be published in the magazine.

So no matter what, she had to do something to repay him.

As long as the copyright hadn’t been sold, everything could be salvaged.

In this way, Xing Weigang wouldn’t have to go through more than ten years of rights protection, only to end up in vain.

But how should she tell Editor-in-Chief Xing?

Pei Tiantian pondered for a while, and suddenly an idea flashed in her mind. She took out the manuscript she was about to send out and quickly added some content to it.

Then, as usual, she gave this month’s manuscript to her uncles and asked them to send it to the magazine.

By the way, she also asked them to buy Xing Weigang’s personal works from the bookstore.

Pei Zhiwen and Pei Zhiqiang quickly brought back Xing Weigang’s works.

Xing Weigang currently has three books published, the other two are short stories, and the only novel is “Jinghong”.

After receiving the books, Pei Tiantian devoured all three of Xing Weigang’s works.

Xing Weigang’s writings primarily focus on local literature and nonfiction, and the profound meanings hidden within his novels are truly stirring and unsettling.

After finishing the books, Pei Tiantian felt a surge of self-esteem.

Compared to Xing Weigang’s work, her novels seemed superficial, like a kind of fast-food literature.

However, Editor-in-Chief Xing, far from discriminating against her novels, was actually supportive. This demonstrated his broad literary vision and willingness to embrace all literary genres.

He was unlike some traditional writers, who were rigid and conservative.

This was perhaps one of the reasons Xing Weigang was able to become editor-in-chief of “Story Collection” in his thirties.

Pei Tiantian’s manuscript arrived at the magazine’s office quickly after it was mailed.

While reviewing all the manuscripts due for publication in the following month’s issue, Xing Weigang naturally came across Pei Tiantian’s new manuscript.

He quickly read through it and couldn’t help but smile.

He wondered who this anonymous person was, with such a wild imagination.

It always brought him surprises.

But just as he was about to put the manuscript down, he suddenly noticed something.

He flipped through the pages again and finally found a plot point.

This issue revealed another of the heroine’s aliases: a genius writer.

It mentioned how a leading film and television company intended to purchase the rights to her novel, assuming she knew nothing, and rigged the contract to obtain the rights, only to be slapped in the face by her.

Upon reading this, Xing Weigang recalled the contract he had received from a company two days earlier for the sale of the novel’s copyright.

Six months prior, his wife had contracted a mysterious illness and remained hospitalized, spending nearly all of their savings. Already struggling financially, he suddenly received a letter from this company offering to purchase the rights to his novel for five years for 100,000 yuan.

Xing Weigang had put so much effort into the novel “Jinghong” that he was reluctant to sell it, but the 100,000 yuan would solve his immediate needs, so he finally agreed.

Xing Weigang dug into a file bag in a drawer, opened the sealed envelope, and took out the contract.

His signature had already been placed on the last page of the contract.

Xing Weigang had been extremely busy for the past six months, running back and forth between the magazine and the hospital.

He had lost a considerable amount of weight over the past few months.

Therefore, he had entrusted his fellow lawyer, Jiang Qi, with full authority to negotiate with the company regarding the contract.

Although he had previously reviewed the contract, influenced by Pei Tiantian’s novel, Xing Weigang unconsciously flipped back to the terms and conditions at the front of the contract and read them carefully.

Suddenly, the word “buyout” written in the most inconspicuous corner at the bottom of the document caught his eye.

Xing Weigang’s pupils shrank.

Even if he didn’t understand the law, he knew what a buyout meant.

This meant that after the copyright to his novel, “Jinghong,” was sold, he would no longer have any connection to it.

Xing Weigang’s eyes were filled with astonishment.

This version of the contract was clearly different from the one Jiang Qi had shown him.

He hadn’t even noticed it had been swapped.

A cold sweat broke out on Xing Weigang’s back.

He nearly mailed the document package.

Fortunately, he had just taken it out and taken a look.

Xing Weigang quickly calmed down, realizing that his old classmate Jiang Qi must have been secretly colluding with the company to seize the permanent copyright to his book.

Xing Weigang was furious and quickly tore up the contract and threw it into the trash.

His eyes lingered on the anonymous manuscript, and Xing Weigang felt an inexplicable sense of wonder.

How could it be such a coincidence?

The events in the novel overlapped with his real life.

Was he overthinking it?

Xing Weigang dug out the address left by the anonymous person.

“Huangsha Village…”

Xing Weigang’s eyes darkened as he murmured.

He suddenly had an urge to meet the anonymous writer in person.

…

Pei Tiantian didn’t know what happened to Xing Weigang, she was just gambling that Xing Weigang could find the connection.

At the same time, the Pei family also completed the admission procedures for her and Gu Rong.

Tao Jing also bought a new backpack for her and Gu Rong in the city, both of which were cartoon and anime bags.

Gu Rong’s bag was a little bigger, with a white background and a picture of Astro Boy on it.

Pei Tiantian’s backpack was smaller, similar to the small floral bag she usually carried, with a red background and a picture of Sailor Moon.

Pei Tiantian touched the Sailor Moon painted on her backpack, and then looked at the Astro Boy on Gu Rong’s backpack.

She sighed silently, what tears of an era.

She raised her little face and said to Tao Jing: “Thank you, godmother! The schoolbag is so beautiful! Tiantian likes it very much!”

Even Gu Rong, who was usually as calm as a little adult, had some light in his eyes when he looked at the schoolbag.

“Brother Gu Rong, do you like Astro Boy very much?”

Pei Tiantian asked when she saw Gu Rong also holding her small schoolbag tightly.

After hearing what Pei Tiantian said, Gu Rong shook his head.

He had heard of this cartoon character, and he had seen such cards and comic books sold at the school gate before, but he didn’t have the spare money to buy them.

So he didn’t know what Astro Boy was about, let alone like it.

He was just happy that he had a schoolbag of his own.

When he went to school before, he used Gu Yang’s worn-out canvas bag to carry his books, and the strap of the schoolbag would always fall off on the way to school.