Chapter 703: Chapter 703: Sixty Million, No Bargaining Chapter 703: Chapter 703: Sixty Million, No Bargaining Previously, to intimidate Duan Feihan into giving up, she had silently copied the “Longevity Art” her sworn brother once wrote, a chant of just over a hundred characters but exceptionally obscure and difficult to understand.

Now she could take some secret manuals that could accelerate cultivation, and there were plenty of these items in the Clouds Above Qingque.

Xue Qiu looked on with a confused face as the old ancestor flashed away, turning into a streak of light shooting towards the sky, and quickly disappeared from sight.

A sense of crisis suddenly rose in Xue Qiu’s heart!

Could it be that President Duan’s status in the old ancestor’s heart has quietly surpassed its own?

Xue Qiu felt indignant, having worked so diligently for the old ancestor, how could it be overtaken by President Duan?

Xue Qiu’s paws tapped away at the keyboard, responding to the email with Director Li’s contact information.

Actually, Director Li had already included his contact information in the email, but Xue Qiu always remembered the old ancestor’s words about keeping up appearances, never to take initiative, always waiting for them to come begging.

Within just two minutes of replying to the email, WeChat received a friend request.

Director Li quickly explained his intentions, expressing great appreciation for the sequel work, hoping to purchase the rights for use in this follow-up remake.

As for the price, well, that’s negotiable.

[Your Old Ancestor: Sixty million.]
“Pfft–”
Director Li, holding his phone, was so startled by the number that he spat out.

What the hell? Sixty million?

Director Li thought he had misread, instinctively rubbed his eyes, but the screen still showed sixty million.

Is this… madness?

Or does the author really not know the current market situation?

Ordinary writers’ rights can be bought for several hundred thousand, and even best-selling novels only cost ten million or so; even a well-known writer like Liu Yuyou, who is also the great-granddaughter of the esteemed Mr. Liu Guansheng, set the initial price for this sequel work at only twenty million.

Director Li couldn’t help but laugh rather than get angry; this was sheer extortion.

This author had no reputation whatsoever and was demanding sixty million right off the bat, as if he thought money were as cheap as scrap paper, easily grabbed?

[Director Li Dongyu: This price is absolutely impossible to meet, let’s discuss it further.]
[Your Old Ancestor: Sixty million, non-negotiable.]
Xue Qiu sat in front of the palm-sized computer, took a bite of a cucumber slice, and even felt like the old ancestor was being charitable.

The rights to the first twenty chapters of “Records of the Mountain Moon” hadn’t even been asked for by the old ancestor!

Non-negotiable.

Not the slightest room for discussion, Director Li found this to be somewhat speechless.

Wasn’t this a bit too arrogant? Still not yet a well-known writer but relying on the windfall from Mr. Bai’s work, he really thought he was a great author, demanding sky-high prices for the rights?

Director Li was a bit at a loss for words for a moment.

Hesitating, Liu Yuyou had already sent an inquiring message on WeChat, implying her stance–
“Director Li, all the major remakes of ‘Records of the Mountain Moon’ have used the content my great-grandfather wrote, so I hope to be the screenwriter for the latest version, and as for the rights fee, we can lower it from twenty million to ten million.”

That’s a five million reduction!

Five million could do a lot of things…

Even Director Li couldn’t help but be tempted by this message.

One was asking for fifteen million, and the other, sixty million, making a staggering difference of forty-five million in cost…

And Liu Yuyou had fame, which could be used for promotion later on.

Director Li fell into deep hesitancy.

A smile curled the corners of Liu Yuyou’s lips, having compromised this much, could Director Li still choose a newcomer screenwriter? That would be too disrespectful to her Liu Family!