Chapter 12

Harvey was waiting in the street for a black carriage. When he opened the door of the carriage, he found that there were already guests in it. It was the first person he met when he crossed into the world. Lester, the person in charge of debt recovery, was dressed in an old-fashioned suit and wearing a high hat. He sat on one side of the carriage, holding the symbolic gentleman's stick in both hands.

Harvey looked up at the coachman sitting on the top of the car. His bulky figure could not be covered by his simple suit. After getting on the car, Harvey sat opposite Leicester and said, "please go to Leonard press."

Leicester looked at Harvey's outfit with scornful eyes as the carriage started slowly. "Mr. Adrian, you must know that even the cost of the carriage belongs to us before your debt is paid off."

Harvey replied humbly, "Mr. Lester, you should have promised me a month's grace."

"Of course, the most important thing for our businessmen is credibility, which I hope is the same for you, Mr. Adrian. This time we will give you a free ride to show our respect for you." Lester laughs and looks at him with indescribable indifference and banter, which is a direct indication that they are monitoring Harvey. The purpose of this meeting with Harvey is to convey this message to him, so as to dispel his escape or other ideas.

Harvey was not used to beating around the Bush and said, "thank you. I'm trying to raise 30 barons to pay off my debt."

"The prize money for Leonard's solicitation is 5000 barons. It seems a good choice to pay off Mr. Adrian's debts and leave a lot of money."

Harvey looked at him blandly. "That's true. What's the problem?"

Since this group of people are watching him, they should know about his trip to the library and asking Shirley to send the manuscript to Leonard's publishing house. It's not hard to guess Harvey's plan.

Lester leaned back on his chair and cocked his legs: "no, I just want to congratulate Mr. Adrian on the big sale of his work in advance. Please allow me to ask a rude question. Did your work appear in this morning's newspaper?"

Harvey shrugged. "It should have been, but there was a small accident. I need to go to Leonard's to confirm it."

"It's a masterpiece. Mr. Adrian is as naive as ever."

Hearing the words, Lester expected the result and laughed impolitely, full of ridicule for a man who was beyond his ability. Harvey Adrian once naively thought that it's OK to borrow money from private banks. Naively, he thought Leicester didn't dare to do anything to such a hereditary aristocrat as him. In Leicester's opinion, Harvey just repeated this mistake now, but the object became others.

Before the carriage took Harvey to Leonard's publishing house, Lester gave him an ultimatum: "Dear Mr. Adrian, we hope you can understand that there are only 18 days before your repayment date. Instead of doing stupid things, you'd better think about how to ask your fiancee for help or sell your maid."

"Thank you for your advice, Mr. Lester. I can't be clearer about my situation."

Harvey watched the carriage leave with a more ugly face, bewildered and oppressed by others. Lester didn't say a word impolitely. His arrogant attitude and sarcasm made him feel bad. It was just as Lester had expected, The count of Monte Cristo, which he created, did not even have a chance to publish.

"Damn it

With a curse, he turned to see the duplex office building in front of him. The architectural style is Baroque, with a total of two floors. The exterior decoration of the building is extremely luxurious and complex. Some of the exterior walls are painted with light blue wall paint. Two thick marble columns beside the gate are carved with exquisite and complex patterns, full of artistic style. The window design is modern, Line by line in order, through the transparent glass, you can see the moving figures inside.

This kind of architectural style may have been criticized as heresy in the earlier period. However, with the development of art, the revival of classicism and the conflict of new culture, such a passionate and free architectural culture will usher in new development just like the field of literature.

After entering, he found that the interior was much more lively than he had imagined. Many well-dressed people came in and out, with different ages. The youngest one was similar to him, and the older one had frosty hair. These people were obviously not employees of Leonard press.

"Just like myself."

Harvey sighed with a heavy heart. He guessed that these people were just like him. Most of them had blind confidence in their works. As a result, they didn't even have a chance to publish. They would come to ask for help. He explained his intention to the receptionist and was assigned to the reviewer's open office. According to the instructions of the receptionist, he found the reviewer of count of Monte Cristo, Pran Garcia.

Harvey is a mature man who seems to have rich experience. He is dealing with a contributor with the same purpose as Adrian. Harvey comes forward to show his intention and sits aside to wait quietly.

More than ten minutes later, Pran sent away the contributors who came to question the failure of his work, and then turned to Harwick and said, "Sir, I'm Pran Garcia. Who are you?"

Harvey's dress is not bad now, and his mature and polite attitude makes him look up.

Harvey held out his right hand to show his identity: "Harvey Adrian, the author of your novel the count of Monte Cristo, the purpose of this trip is to get back the novel contribution of the count of Monte Cristo."

This is Harvey Adrian?

Pulan was a little stunned. Is this young man with good manners the legendary social Playboy Harvey Adrian? It's not that the person he just dealt with has no higher status than Harvey, but Harvey surprised him. He shook his head and sighed: "ah, it's a pity that your works have not passed this audit. There is no doubt that the quality of your works is excellent. However, there are too many writers participating in the solicitation, and excellent works emerge in endlessly. After careful selection, we have to choose the batch with the most potential for publishing."

If Harvey didn't know the world's popular tactful style and had confidence in the quality of the count of Monte Cristo, he would have believed this statement. The purpose of his visit was to confirm whether the reviewers had a good look at the count of Monte Cristo. The polite statement has given the answer.

"The failure of my work really hit me a lot, but when I came here to see today's battle of your publishing house, I felt much better. There are so many people who come back with the same hope but disappointment as me. At least my work is not the worst one." Harvey chuckled and replied politely.

Pran looks at Harvey by accident. As a contributor, he doesn't explain his work.

After a few words of chatting, Pulan finds the manuscript of count of Monte Cristo delivered by Shirley and returns it to Harvey. He opens the folder to make sure that the manuscript is as fresh as new.

When Leonard's gave up count of Monte Cristo, Harvey could not spare the face to argue with them about whether the novel was worth publishing.

"It's better to plead with Diana than to make a fool of herself here. There's still more than half a month left. If we really can't, we can only rely on our cheap fiancee." Harvey thought, frustrated.