Henry ran around, only the publishing house Giraffe, no matter how far away, you have to take a ride to the city center. Henry was penniless, so naturally he could not go. As for the submission, there was neither postage nor money for copying the manuscript. Henry walked on the road while thinking hard. After thinking about it, I finally came to a conclusion: that is to find a job first!
I earn money by working part-time, and then copy the manuscripts and submit them to major publishing houses. I think there will be publishing houses with a good vision to favor their novels.
But what kind of job are you looking for? Henry was upset again. Henry wandered around the train station in the afternoon, and finally got him a job, a job selling newspapers. This is a small London tabloid called "London Entertainment News", which is gossiping about various celebrities' scandals every day and sells thousands of them.
Henry has been busy ever since. After finishing his housework during the day, he went to sell newspapers and took time to write novels at night. Since the last time Henry talked back to Mrs. Rosa, Mrs. Rosa has a little restrained, which allows Henry to have more free time. As for Henry's writing of the novel, Peter's family also knew about it. Naturally, the editor-in-chief of Pulis told Peter the news.
Of course, Pulis certainly did not forget to express his attitude towards this novel-extremely naive and ridiculous! !
Therefore, Mrs. Rosa often satirizes his novels in front of Henry, but Henry does not bother to care about her, and still does her own way.
Every day, watching Henry go away with a small bag with newspapers on his back, Mrs. Rosa always curses and mocks viciously: "You broom star, no one likes your novel!!"
There is a rush of people near the London railway station, but very few people buy newspapers, especially such obscure tabloids. Henry ran and broke his leg and screamed his throat, only to sell more than a hundred copies a day. For each newspaper, Henry only got 0.01 pounds, which is equivalent to one pound a day. Twenty days later, Henry collected twenty or thirty pounds to copy three novels and submit them to three well-known publishing houses.
Waiting is the most painful day.
Henry checks the mailbox outside the door every day to see if there is a reply, but he is always disappointed every time. Either the mailbox is always empty, or there are a lot of rejections. On one of these occasions, a publisher included a piece of paper in the rejection manuscript with a piece of advice to Henry: "Please feel free to find a job, you are not suitable for writing a book to become rich in this life!" Henry was flushed after reading it! Despite this, Henry was rejected by eight publishers back and forth, but he still did not give up.
Mrs. Rosa also checks her mailbox every day. She sometimes thinks that if a publisher takes a fancy to Henry's novel, she can sell it for money. Therefore, although Mrs. Rosa laughs at Henry every day, she still has a hint of luck. Whenever the mailman passes by the house, Mrs. Rosa always asks: "hi, sir, do you have our mail today? "
But after a long time, I didn't see any publisher sending a contract, and Madame Rosa no longer had any hope, but instead hated little Henry more and more. One night, Rosa said to Peter: "Peter, let's send Henry away, I can't stand him anymore! He is arrogant and rude and doesn't put me in the eyes at all. He is just an unfamiliar white eye. Wolf!!"
"Rosa, we signed the agreement..." Peter said.
Rosa shouted: "What's this! We can't afford to raise two children, and the law can't make us starve to death. You can ask the lawyer if we can send the children to other people to raise them."
"Ok."
The next day, Peter went to ask the lawyer. Henry was kept in the dark, and has been looking forward to the publisher's reply. A week later, a guest suddenly arrived at home.
"Mr. Will, please sit down!" Rosa said excitedly, and Peter hurriedly brought Mr. Will a drink.
Will is dressed as a successful person. He is about 30 years old. His hair is sleek and shiny, and he is very energetic. His eyes were shrewd and bright, with a hint of wisdom shining.
"Mr. and Mrs. Williams, hello, I am an attorney from the Brothers Law Firm of the United States. I am now plenipotentiating Mr. Roger Nicholas to sign with you the right of custody transfer of Henry Williams. This is the content of the agreement. Please 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 early upstairs and listened to 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 sold as if he were goods. Henry clenched his fist, nailing his nails into the flesh, almost squeezing out blood. There was a sudden burst of anger in my heart, but there was nowhere to vent.
He knew that he might be "sold away" tonight! !
A few minutes later, Peter and Rosa laid down the document ecstatically, and said to Will in a hurry, "There is nothing wrong with the content of the agreement, we can sign it now!!" With that, Peter hurriedly looked for a pen. , Ready to sign his name. The reason why they are so urgent is because they saw the agreement that Roger Nicholas will pay them five thousand pounds.
Originally, the Peters were planning to throw away their burdens, but they didn't expect to make a fortune, so naturally they couldn't help it! !
Both parties sign and shake hands. At this time, Peter asked embarrassedly: "Mr. Will, this... when will the money arrive?"
Will smiled slightly and took out a check from his clothes.
Peter and Rosa's eyes lit up suddenly.
...
Henry lay on the bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep all night. It is disgusting to think of the happy and greedy faces of the Peters and his wife after signing. Maybe they are not asleep at the moment, they are still staring at the check and laughing. The corner of Henry's mouth moved, and there was a touch of disdain and ridicule.
Tomorrow, tomorrow, where will I go tomorrow? Henry was at a loss!
At dawn, Rosa knocked on the door of the storage room.
"Henry, get up!" Rosa's voice today was different from usual, which seemed very pleasant.
Henry opened the door, Rosa was stunned, because she saw Henry cleaned up the big bags.
"Yeah, you seem to be quite conscious. Did you overhear us yesterday?!"
"Hehe, don't worry, we have helped you find a very rich family. Don't forget your uncle's family in the future if you are rich and wealthy!!" Rosa said with a grin.
Henry did not 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 come down, Will stood up, walked to Henry's side to give him a salute, and introduced himself: "Hello, Henry! I'm Lawyer Will! Your uncle has transferred your custody to Mr. Roger Nicholas, I will take you to America today!"
"America?!" Henry was startled, but he didn't expect that he would be sold so far! Well, America is America...
Henry did not speak, and followed Will with his head down. 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 car drove towards them. Immediately, an old man with gray hair came out. The old man looked very excited, his eyes full of love when he saw Henry. The old man stepped forward and hugged Henry hard, tears bursting into his eyes.
"Little Henry, my poor grandson, grandpa finally saw you!!" The old man burst into tears.
Henry suddenly froze, why did he suddenly have a grandpa?
Just when Henry was stunned, the old man told him the reason. It turns out that the old man is really Henry's pro-grandpa. Back then, the old man was extremely opposed to his mother marrying his father. He even claimed 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 the UK. The old man has only one daughter under his knees, and time is up, and he regrets what he said.
Some time ago, I sent someone to inquire about their news, and I got news of the death of my daughter's family. The old man with white hair gave him away with black hair, griefing, and he was more than ten years old in an instant. After learning that his grandson was actually fostered in an extremely mean and greedy uncle's house, the old man didn't want to take his grandson to live with him all the time.
Now that I finally saw my little grandson, the old man couldn't help but burst into tears!
Henry looked at the old man's snot and tears, and couldn't help feeling sad. At the same time, I also felt the old man's full love for him, and I only felt a warmth in my heart. 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 laughed relievedly and held Henry's little hand: "Yes, I also have a good grandson, and God hasn't abandoned me, this bad old man!"
Everyone got into the car and drove for half an hour to a European-style villa of five to six hundred square meters. There is a large garage in the villa, and three cars have been parked in it, including the American Ford, the Japanese Honda, and the German Benz. In front of the villa is a small garden filled with various flowers and plants, and there is a small swimming pool behind the villa. The decoration in the villa is not very luxurious, but it is very delicate.
"Henry, grandpa takes you to see your new room!" The old man looked very happy, and took Henry's hand as he walked.
opened the door, and you saw a bright glass window outside, with green trees and sunshine. There is a separate bathroom in the room, with all kinds of household equipment. The old man also bought Henry an Atari game console and placed it next to the TV, even the packing box had not been opened.
"Henry, do you like this place?"
"Like!" Henry showed his happiness to the old man. Although the conditions here are no better than the five-star hotel where Henry used to live in his previous life, the old man's heart is rare.
"If you like, will live here with peace of mind after reading ."
Henry nodded, as he settled down in America.
Later, Henry learned that his grandfather Roger Nicholas was the owner of a small and 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 of Henry's departure from the UK, a British publishing house intended to publish Henry's novels. When Rosa opened the mailbox, she suddenly found a package. After opening it, she found that it was a publishing contract. Rosa was suddenly surprised, and quickly called Peter, and the two could not help discussing the contract in the evening.
"I can't see that a publisher really has fancy Broom Star's novels!" Rosa grinned, her tone of sourness.
"Yes, the Puliss guy insisted that this novel is naive and ridiculous. No publisher is willing to publish this novel. Now it's okay, someone else has already sent in a publishing contract!" Peter hates Puliss. On it.
"If you buy out, you can get 20,000 pounds, and you will get 8% of royalties." Rosa said with regret, "Oh, Peter, we lost. We only got 5,000 pounds, but we lost more! "
Both looked at the contract in a daze, with regrets on their faces.
"Rosa, we are going to tell Henry, is there a publisher willing to help him publish books?" Peter asked.
Rosa screamed: "Tell him so that he can show off in front of us?! Tear it! Tear the contract!!"
hiss! !
Rosa was almost crazy, tearing the contract to shreds with both hands, and then throwing it on the ground, scattered like a peach...