1994: I Became a Literary Master in America

Chapter 37 The World Cup is here!!!

Duang! Duang! Duang!

The banging on the door woke Xu Shengjie up.

He struggled to open his eyes, pushed away the pink legs and jade arms pressing down on him, then rolled off the bed, grabbed his trousers from the foot of the bed, and pulled them up as he walked out, yawning, "Coming, coming, stop knocking!"

As they were talking, they reached the door.

The door opened, and James Huang stormed in angrily, shoving Xu Shengjie against the wall.

"You brat, I told you to go watch the game, and you went to fight?"

"I acted in self-defense."

"What are you defending yourselves for? You've almost killed that guy."

"You little bastard... fucking well done, I've had my eye on that black guy for ages."

"James!"

James Huang smiled.

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However, an angry shout came from the doorway.

"Who told you to dress like that? Put your clothes on."

James Huang immediately roared in anger.

From the bedroom, a red-haired man peeked out. Julie, still half asleep, asked, "Jeffrey, who is that?"

"Uncle, my uncle... Julie, you can go back to sleep."

"Forehead!"

Julie was clearly still half asleep; she gave a quick reply and went back inside.

Xu Shengjie glanced towards the door and saw a rather intellectual-looking middle-aged woman standing there with a smile.

"Aunt Susanna, I didn't expect you to come back. Please come in!"

Uh, just a moment!

He quickly turned around and jogged back to his bedroom.

"That brat..."

"This is youth, it's so good to be young."

Susanna laughed, but then her smile vanished, and she frowned as she looked at James and said, "James, you just swore."

"I just..."

James Huang quickly tried to explain.

However, Susanna changed the subject again, laughing and saying, "Jeffrey has a really good physique, those pecs, those V-lines, he's such a handsome young man."

LeBron James, you need to work out.

"You only have one abs left now, it looks terrible!"

"I'm almost fifty!"

James Huang replied irritably.

He was cursing inwardly: "Damn brat, he's got a fucking great body! I don't know how he grew up like that, he doesn't look like Lao Xu at all. He's taller than Lao Xu, more handsome than Lao Xu, and... unfortunately, I don't know who his mother is."

At this moment, Xu Shengjie put on a T-shirt and walked out of the bedroom.

"James, Aunt Susanna, I didn't expect you to come. The house is a bit messy."

"It's okay, it's our fault for not informing you in advance."

Susanna walked into the living room, looking at the closed bedroom door and the clothes scattered on the carpet...

The ominous sign and the underwear were particularly eye-catching.

Xu Shengjie noticed it too, and quickly ran over to collect the clothes.

He gave an embarrassed, somewhat shy smile and said, "Sorry, I went to bed a little late last night."

"Is she that girl from TV?"

"Uh, yes!"

James didn't say anything more, but just patted Xu Shengjie's shoulder hard.

"She's a hot girl."

"James, be serious."

Susanna coughed, then took a stack of manuscripts from her handbag and handed them to Xu Shengjie.

"This should be your new book. James came over yesterday and took the manuscript with him."

I read it until 5 a.m. It's a really good book, and personally, I feel it's even more captivating than *Buffy*... However, *Buffy* is also an excellent work with a very promising commercial future, and I'm sure it will be a bestseller.

"Thanks!"

Xu Shengjie took the manuscript; it was titled "Yunhe Street Subway Station".

He looked at James Huang.

James said, "When I came to pick up the manuscript yesterday, I saw two stacks of manuscripts together, so I took them both."

"It's okay!" Xu Shengjie smiled and put the manuscript on the worktable.

"When will you finish writing?"

Susanna asked, "I'm getting impatient to know how it ends."

"It's been in the last few days, the finishing touches are already in place."

"Then write well... By the way, has Mr. Gottlieb reported any news about its publication?"

"I only gave him the manuscript a week ago, it shouldn't be that quick."

"Please let me know if you have any news."

ABC is currently planning a similar project, the "youthful campus fantasy" you mentioned on the phone. However, even the concept isn't very clear yet; they only have a few ideas. I think they would like the story of Buffy.

I originally intended to return the book to you and, while I was at it, chat with you about the story of "Buffy".

I sense you're quite ambitious in this story... However, I expect you'll be very busy today, so I won't bother you any longer. Come over for dinner whenever you're free! My lemon sea bass was quite delicious.

"OK!"

Susanna was perceptive; she knew Xu Shengjie was keeping a mistress and figured he didn't have time.

"What happened yesterday? How do you explain it?"

James asked.

Xu Shengjie's mind had cleared up a bit by now, so he replied, "Mr. Ernie, the Knicks' general manager, assured me that there wouldn't be any problems. If the Rockets want to cause me trouble, the Knicks will handle everything."

However, I think HOU wouldn't go looking for trouble.

After all, it was their player who attacked Julie… Stern takes this kind of behavior very seriously. If the Rockets don't want trouble and still want to compete for the championship, they will most likely swallow their anger. So James, don't worry.”

"I'm not worried about anything. The mayor's office called this morning to ask if I knew you."

Mayor Giuliani was very pleased with your performance yesterday, saying that you upheld the dignity of New York…

So, James Huang is Giuliani's man?

Xu Shengjie immediately realized who James Huang's backer was.

However, it was quite unexpected.

In the 1990s, most Chinese Americans leaned towards the Elephant Party, while there weren't many Donald Party supporters.

No, quite a few, it seems that future "Big Shit" (a nickname for a prominent figure in the US) is also a member of the Democratic Party. It should be the year after next; he will become the first Chinese-American governor in US history. A very typical elite ABC (American-born Chinese)... I wonder if James is that kind of person.

James came to comfort Xu Shengjie and tell him that the matter was not serious.

The mayor's office inquired, indicating that Giuliani was also aware of the matter...

Whether the mayor of New York City cares or not is irrelevant to Xu Shengjie. In fact, after leaving the arena yesterday, he had already put the matter out of his mind and didn't care much at all.

"Okay, I still have to take Susanna to work."

Focus on writing your book, don't cause trouble... Anyway, the World Cup is about to start, so it's best to stay out of the way for now, understand?

"receive!"

Mayor Chu is trying to improve New York's image.

He saw the James couple off from their apartment building. Before getting into the car, Susanna reminded Xu Shengjie to finish writing "Canal Street Metro Station" as soon as possible. In her opinion, "Buffy" was very commercially viable, but inferior to "Canal Street" in terms of literary merit.

As a female literary youth, she prefers heartwarming stories like "Canal Street".

Is it warm?

Uncle Atu struggled his whole life.

Xu Shengjie scratched his head, watched James and his wife leave, and then bought two breakfasts and a newspaper at the nearby Hong Kong Island Supermarket.

I'll have to subscribe to a few newspapers later.

In this era, the internet was not yet well-developed, and information dissemination mainly relied on newspapers. For Xu Shengjie to obtain more information, newspapers were indispensable. However, the cost of subscribing to newspapers was considerable, and he dared not touch the money in his bank account now.

Let's think about subscribing to a newspaper after the World Cup is over.

On the way back, I also ran into Ashish.

This guy seemed very excited when he saw Xu Shengjie, gesturing wildly in front of him.

"Kungfu, right? The one you used yesterday must have been Chinese Kungfu! Jeffrey, could you teach me a few moves?"

"We'll see how it goes, we'll talk about it later."

"Jeffrey, that tomato-head girl is a real stunner, is her family rich?"

"Um, that girl is really poor."

Ashish looked disappointed.

"Forget it then... Jeffrey, I suggest you just have fun with her and forget about it. Women without money are greedy and difficult to please. You can find pretty women, but when it comes to marriage, you should definitely find a wealthy woman."

The door creaked open.

Julie poked her head out from inside. "Honey, why are you so late!"

"you……"

Ashish stared at Julie, dumbfounded.

He pointed at Xu Shengjie, then at Julie.

"Yes, we had a great time last night, damn Indians."

Julie wasn't one to back down. Wearing a white T-shirt that almost reached her knees, she stepped forward, wrapped her arms around Xu Shengjie's neck, gave him a wet kiss, and then yelled at Ashish, "I may not have any money, but I'm hot!"

After saying that, she pulled Xu Shengjie into the house.

Just as the door closed, Xu Shengjie smiled and shrugged at Ashish.

boom!

The door was closed.

Ashish then realized what was happening, suddenly clenched his fist in the corridor, and let out a long howl, filled with anger and resentment.

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