Silicon Valley

Henry traveled all over the neighborhood, and there was only one publishing house, Giraffe. No matter how far away, he had to take a ride to the city center. Henry was penniless and naturally couldn't go. As for the manuscript submission, there is neither postage nor money for copying the manuscript. Henry thought hard while walking on the road. After thinking about it, I finally came to a conclusion: that is to find a job first!

After working part-time to earn money, and then copying manuscripts for submission to major publishing houses, there must be a publishing house with a good vision that will favor my novels.

But what kind of job? Henry was troubled again. Henry wandered around the train station in the afternoon, and finally got him a job, a job selling newspapers. This is an unremarkable tabloid in London called "London Entertainment News", which gossips about the scandals of various stars every day, and sells thousands of them.

Henry has been busy since then. After finishing his housework during the day, he will sell newspapers and write novels at night. Since Henry talked back to Mrs. Rosa last time, Mrs. Rosa has restrained a little, which has allowed Henry to have more free time. The Peter family also knew about Henry's writing of the novel. Naturally, editor-in-chief Pulis told Peter the news.

Of course, Price certainly did not forget to express his attitude towards this novel - extremely naive and ridiculous! ! !

Therefore, Mrs. Rosa often satirized his novels in front of Henry, but Henry was too lazy to pay attention to her and still went his own way.

Seeing Henry's back carrying a small bag with newspapers on his back every day, Mrs. Rosa always viciously cursed and mocked: "You broom star, no one will like your novels!!!"

There are lots of people around London train stations, but very few people buy newspapers, especially such obscure tabloids. Henry broke his leg and shouted, and only sold more than 100 copies a day. And for each newspaper, Henry only gets 0.01 pounds, which is equivalent to earning one pound a day. After 20 days like this, Henry collected 20 or 30 pounds to copy three novels and submit them to three relatively well-known publishing houses.

Waiting is the most painful day.

Henry checked the mailbox outside the door every day to see if anyone replied, but he was always disappointed every time, either the mailbox was always empty, or there was a thick pile of rejected manuscripts. On one occasion, a publisher attached a piece of paper to Henry's rejection of the manuscript, on which was written advice to Henry: "Please find a job with peace of mind, you are not suitable for writing books to get rich!" Despite this, Henry was rejected by eight publishers back and forth, but he did not give up.

Mrs. Rosa also checked her mailbox every day, and she sometimes thought that if a publisher took a fancy to Henry's novels, they could sell them for money. So, although Mrs. Rosa laughed at Henry every day, she also had a bit of luck. Whenever the mailman passed by the house, Mrs. Rosa would always ask: "Hi, sir, do you have any mail from our house today? "

But as time went by, no publishers sent contracts, and Madame Rosa no longer had any hope, but instead, she hated little Henry more and more. One night Rosa said to Peter, "Peter, let's send Henry away, I can't bear him any longer! He's arrogant and rude and doesn't take me seriously at all. He's just an unfamiliar white eye. Wolf!!!"

"Rosa, we signed the agreement..." Peter wondered.

Rosa cried: "What is this! We can't raise two children, and the law can't tell us to starve to death. Ask the lawyer if we can give the child to someone else to raise."

"OK."

The next day, Peter went to ask a lawyer. Henry was kept in the dark, and was still looking forward to the publisher's reply. A week later, a guest suddenly came to the house.

"Mr. Will, please take a seat!" Rosa greeted excitedly, and Peter hurriedly brought Mr. Will a drink.

Will is dressed like a successful person, about thirty years old, his hair is shiny, and he is very energetic. His eyes were shrewd and bright, with a gleam of wisdom.

"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, I am an attorney at the American Brothers Law Firm, and I am now authorizing Mr. Roger Nicholas to sign with you about the transfer of custody of Henry Williams. This is the content of the agreement, please you Take a look. If there is no problem, please sign it!" Will handed a document to the Peters.

When Peter and Rosa huddled together to read the agreement, Henry hid upstairs early to eavesdrop on their speech. At this time, Henry's face was very ugly, because he felt that his self-esteem had been severely hit, and he was being sold like a commodity. Henry clenched his fists, and his fingernails were inserted into the flesh, almost bleeding out. There was a sudden anger in my heart, but there was nowhere to vent it.

He knew that he might be "sold" tonight! ! !

A few minutes later, Peter and Rosa ecstatically put down the document, and said to Will impatiently: "There is nothing wrong with the content of the agreement, we can sign it now!!!" With that, Peter hurriedly said Looking for a pen, ready to sign his name. And the urgency was because they read the agreement that Roger Nicholas would pay them £5,000.

Originally, Peter and his wife were going to throw away the burden, but they didn't expect to make a fortune, so naturally they couldn't help it! ! !

Both sides sign and shake hands. At this time, Peter asked embarrassedly, "Mr. Will, when will this... money arrive?"

Will smiled slightly and took a check out of his clothes.

Peter and Rosa's eyes lit up.

...

Henry tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep all night. It's disgusting to think of the delighted and greedy faces of the Peters after they signed. Maybe they haven't slept yet, still staring at the check and laughing. The corner of Henry's mouth moved, and a trace of disdain and ridicule appeared.

Tomorrow, tomorrow, where will I go tomorrow? Henry is a little dazed!

At dawn, Rosa knocked on the door of the storeroom.

"Henry, get up!" Rosa's voice was different from usual today, looking very happy.

Henry opened the door, and Rosa was stunned, because she saw Henry's large and small bags saluted and packed up.

"Yo, it seems that you are quite self-conscious too. Did you eavesdrop on our speech yesterday?!"

"Hehe, don't worry, we found a very rich family for you. Don't forget your uncle's family in the future!!!" Rosa said with a smile.

Henry didn't speak, and followed her downstairs with a salute.

Attorney Will drove to Peter's house early and is now sitting in the living room drinking coffee. Seeing Henry and Rosa coming down, Will stood up, walked to Henry's side to help him hold the salute, and introduced himself: "Hello, Henry! I'm Will's lawyer! Your uncle has handed over your custody to Mr. Roger Nicholas, I'll take you to America today!"

"America?!!" Henry was startled, he didn't expect to be sold so far! Well, America is America...

Henry didn't speak, lowered his head and followed Will. Behind him, Henry vaguely heard the triumphant laughter of Peter and his wife...

San Francisco, U.S.

Henry and Will got off the plane and a Ford drove up to them. Immediately, a white-haired old man walked out. The old man was very excited, and looked at Henry's eyes full of love. The old man stepped forward and hugged Henry hard, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Little Henry, my poor grandson, grandpa finally sees you!!!" The old man burst into tears.

Henry was suddenly stunned, why did he suddenly have a grandfather?

Just when Henry was stunned, the old man told him the reason. It turned out that the old man was really Henry's grandfather. When the mother married her father, the old man was extremely opposed to it, and even declared to the public that if she dared to marry Henry's father, the old man would not recognize the daughter. As a result, after Henry's parents got married, his mother accompanied his father to live in England. The old man only had such a daughter under his knees. After a long time, he regretted what he said at the beginning.

And Henry's grandmother is also a Chinese woman, so it's no wonder that she looks very Chinese, with black hair and yellow skin, but her eyes are blue.

Some time ago, the old man sent someone to inquire about Henry's parents, and he actually got the news that his daughter's family was killed. The old man with white hair gave the man with black hair, grief-stricken, and instantly aged more than ten years. Then he learned that his grandson was actually fostered in the house of an extremely mean and greedy uncle, and the old man always wanted to bring his grandson to live by his side.

Now that he finally saw his little grandson, the old man couldn't help but burst into tears!

Henry couldn't help feeling sad when he saw the old man's snot and tears. At the same time, I also felt that the old man was full of love for him, and I only felt that my heart was warm, and it was the warmest time since I passed through. Henry hugged the old man and comforted: "Grandpa, don't cry, mom is gone, you still have me, I will take care of you in the future!"

The old man smiled reassuringly and held Henry's little hand: "Yes, I still have a good grandson, and God has not abandoned me, this bad old man!"

Everyone then got into the car, drove for half an hour, and arrived at a European-style villa of five or six hundred square meters. There is a large garage in the villa, and three cars have been parked in it, including American Ford, Japanese Honda, and German Mercedes-Benz. In front of the villa is a small garden, which is full of various flowers and plants, and there is a small swimming pool at the back of the villa. The interior decoration of the villa is not very luxurious, but it is very delicate.

"Henry, grandpa will take you to see your new room!" The old man looked very happy, holding Henry's hand and saying while walking.

Pushing the door open, you can see a bright glass window with lush green trees and sunshine outside. There is a separate bathroom in the room, and all kinds of household equipment are available. The old man also specially bought Henry an Atari game console and put it next to the TV, even before opening the box.

"Henry, do you like it here?"

"I like it!" Henry showed himself very happy to the old man. Although the conditions here were not comparable to the five-star hotel that Henry used to live in in his previous life, the old man's heart was rare.

"If you like it, you can live here in peace in the future."

Henry nodded, and settled down in the United States.

Later, Henry learned that his grandfather, Roger Nicholas, was the owner of a well-known bookstore chain in California, with assets of more than 20 million US dollars and a total of 25 bookstores.

On the third day after Henry left the UK, a British publishing house intended to publish Henry's novels. When Rosa opened the mailbox, she suddenly found a package, which turned out to be a publishing contract. Rosa was immediately surprised and hurriedly called Peter, and the two couldn't help discussing the contract at night.

"I can't tell that any publishers really like Broomstar's novels!" Rosa grinned, her tone sour.

"Yeah, that guy from Price insisted that this novel is naive and ridiculous, and no publisher is willing to publish this novel. It's good, someone else has sent a publishing contract!" Peter hated Price. up.

"If you buy it out, you'll get £20,000, with an 8% royalty," Rosa said with a remorseful expression, "Oh, Peter, we lost. We only got £5,000, and we lost more! "

Both of them stared at the contract in a daze, with regrets on their faces.

"Rosa, we're going to tell Henry if there is a publisher willing to help him publish a book?" Peter asked.

Rosa screamed: "Tell him, and then let him show off in front of us?!! Tear up! Tear up the contract!!!"

hiss! ! ! !

Rosa was almost crazy, she tore the contract into shreds with both hands, and then threw it on the ground, scattered like peach blossoms...

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