Not Even Halfway There

On the second day, Zhou Yu Tong took the Class 9 students to Mo Du Disney for an outing.
"Teacher Zhou, Teacher Xu just confessed to you yesterday, and today he's nowhere to be seen, he really doesn't think things through."
Chu Ya Wen walked beside Teacher Zhou, covering her mouth and laughing.
"Exactly, what kind of boyfriend is like that?"
Lin Tian Tian chimed in from the side.
"Teacher Xu must be too busy, otherwise, with his romantic nature, how could he not be with our charming Teacher Zhou to play at Disney?"
Yuan San San, on the other hand, defended Teacher Xu.
Zhou Yu Tong, surrounded by the girls, smiled and shook her head, teasing:
"You girls, have you all discussed this beforehand?"
"One sings, the other harmonizes, making it sound so real."
"Don't worry, I know where your esteemed Teacher Xu went, and I won't blame or resent him at all."
"You girls are thinking too much."
In Zhou Yu Tong's heart, she was both happy and emotional.
Since Xu Jie took over Class 9 of Grade 11, he had truly poured his heart and soul into the students in his class.
And these students, after overcoming psychological barriers to grow, how could they not think of their Teacher Xu?
Class monitor Chu Ya Wen, Lin Tian Tian – Xu Jie's adopted younger sister, were they blaming Xu Jie?
They were clearly speaking up for Xu Jie!
They were worried that Teacher Zhou might resent Teacher Xu for disappearing on the second day.
But in reality, Zhou Yu Tong had no resentment whatsoever.
She knew where Xu Jie had gone.
Xu Jie had also explained the situation to her clearly.
Although they had just established a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, after spending a semester together day and night, they had long understood each other's hearts.
Nurturing all students to become successful, this was the romance that belonged to both of them.
How could Zhou Yu Tong complain because Xu Jie didn't accompany her to Disney?
It was simply impossible!
Chu Ya Wen, Lin Tian Tian, Yuan San San, and the other girls exchanged glances, their lips curving slightly.
They didn't know where Teacher Xu had gone.
Early in the morning, only Teacher Zhou accompanied them to Disney.
This startled them.
Girls' imaginative abilities are often stronger than boys'.
Especially in matters of love.
They were worried that Teacher Zhou might be angry because Teacher Xu wasn't there.
That's why so many of them had discussed and put on such a dramatic show.
Although Teacher Zhou exposed them, they were still very happy.
It's good that she's not angry, it's good that she's not angry.
Their Teacher Xu couldn't possibly start an argument or a cold war with Teacher Zhou right after establishing their relationship!
Every girl secretly harbored a Disney princess dream.
After confirming that Teacher Zhou wasn't angry, Chu Ya Wen and the others pulled Teacher Zhou along, beginning a day of magical Disney adventure.
......
Xu Jie didn't go to Disney with the students; instead, he took Li Hu to the Zhong Dian Website headquarters.
"Teacher Xu, actually I could have gone alone, you didn't need to come with me."
"Before I came, Wu Da, Dong Ge, and others had already greeted Zhong Dian Website."
"They all take good care of me."
In the car, Li Hu said with a smile.
After returning from a trip to Bao Dao, he started to focus on writing again.
After more than half a year of serialization, the novel Dou Po Tian Di had entered its climax.
Its popularity across the entire Zhong Dian Website had become number one or two.
Even long-established great gods and platinum-tier web literature authors were overshadowed by Li Hu during this period.
In June, he topped the recommendation charts, monthly vote charts, reward charts, and subscription charts.
Li Hu's monthly royalties also surpassed one million for the first time.
It was no exaggeration to say that he was one of the most sought-after web novel authors on Zhong Dian Website now.
When his editor Old Yang told him that the anime and manga copyrights for Dou Po Tian Di had been sold.
Li Hu immediately reported this good news to Teacher Xu.
He temporarily didn't know that these two copyrights were actually purchased by his esteemed Teacher Xu.
Today, he was at the Zhong Dian Website headquarters to sign the contract.
"It's nothing, this time I'm accompanying you, besides helping you review and check the contract for any issues, I also have other things to do."
Xu Jie replied with a smile.
The "other things" were naturally, in his capacity as the boss of Jiang Dong Film and Television Company, to also buy the film and television rights for Dou Po Tian Di.
In the past decade or so, there had been many films on the Xianxia and Xuanhuan themes.
Such as Chen Qing Ling, Shan He Ling, Zhen Hun, and so on.
Going further back, there were San Sheng San Shi Shi Li Tao Hua, Xian Jian Qi Xia Zhuan, and so on.
But most Xianxia and Xuanhuan films were filmed very ordinarily, or even extremely poorly.
Immortals lacked immortal aura.
Heroes lacked heroic spirit.
Xuanhuan was even more nonsensical.
More often, they were awkward romantic comedies disguised as Xianxia or Xuanhuan.
These types of films also became important avenues for capital to expand celebrity traffic.
In layman's terms, it was force-feeding garbage to the audience.
Xu Jie naturally didn't want his student's novel to fall to that level.
He had an anime company and a film and television company in his hands.
So why not do it himself and help Li Hu create a super IP that belonged to him?
Once Li Hu's super IP was created, it would be equivalent to raising a golden goose.
From then on, it would continuously provide wealth accumulation for Li Hu.
Even Li Hu's second and third novels could benefit from the super IP.
Just like Dou Luo, who in the world doesn't know Tang San?
......
The Zhong Dian Website headquarters was located in a technology park surrounded by greenery.
After Xu Jie and Li Hu got out of the car, a young man wearing black-rimmed glasses came forward to greet them.
"Li Hu, you're here!"
"Mr. Xu, hello!"
The young man's name was Yang Yi, he was Li Hu's editor Old Yang at Zhong Dian Website.
He was only 28 this year, just two years older than Xu Jie.
But he had been working as an editor for four or five years.
In the web literature industry, the people working are all young.
After all, the largest readership of web literature is still young people.
The three entered a meeting room, and Yang Yi took out three copies of a contract, pushing them in front of Xu Jie and Li Hu.
"Please take a look first, if you have any questions, just tell me directly."
Xu Jie flipped through the contract, glancing at the signing amount.
He had spent 8 million yuan to buy the anime and manga copyrights for Dou Po Tian Di.
But in reality, the amount that reached Li Hu, according to the contract, was only 3 million yuan.
This was still because Li Hu was already a god-tier author.
If he were just an ordinary signed author, the actual copyright money received would probably be halved again.
Authors write novels, but the copyright doesn't belong to the author, it belongs to the platform.
This was a common ailment in the web literature industry.
Xu Jie knew that Zhong Dian Website was already considered a relatively conscientious website in the industry.
There were darker websites that wouldn't share a single cent with authors.