“Third-year middle school student…” Noah Foster was stunned. He never expected that the author of this highly acclaimed work he admired so much would turn out to be just a third-year middle school student. Regaining his composure, he continued to ask, “We’d like to purchase all domestic and overseas publishing rights for the Three Character Classic. Are you interested?”

“Only revenue sharing, no outright sale,” Henry Carter replied crisply.

Noah Foster understood. Although the other party was just a junior high student, he was clearly well aware that the copyright to this Three Character Classic was by no means worthless. The other party was absolutely confident—no wonder he had sent it directly to the Jingdu Newspaper Group without any preamble. From the very beginning, he had planned to rely on the Jingdu Newspaper Group to pursue the copyright route!

“Here’s the situation: I’ll personally go to Luoyang next week to discuss the copyright cooperation with you. Tomorrow, your Three Character Classic will be published as the headline on page three of the Jingdu Daily, and I’ll bring your manuscript fee with me as well. Is that alright?”

“That’s fine,” Henry Carter agreed. So far, communication between both parties had been smooth. As the leading print media group in the country, Jingdu Newspaper Group was indeed the best platform for him to earn his first pot of gold.

After hanging up Noah Foster’s call, Henry Carter lay down on the bed. In this new life, he wasn’t aiming for great wealth or fame; he just wanted to walk the path of regrets from his previous life again, to do all the things he had wanted to do but never did!

As for literature, to him, it was merely a means of survival, not a dream.

After Henry Carter fell asleep, he dreamed of himself wearing a white ski jacket, goggles, and skis on his feet. With a slight movement, he shot down from the summit of a snow-capped mountain, his figure drifting gracefully through the white world, snow waves splitting on either side, and even the wind making way for him!

Somehow, the scene shifted, and he suddenly saw a girl standing in the sunset on the snowy mountain, breathtakingly beautiful.

Chapter 6: One Alliance, One Update!

The first thing Henry Carter did every morning now was to check the comments and rewards for his divine book on his phone. Although he had recently secured the top spot on the new book chart and the comments were increasing, there still hadn’t been much improvement in the rewards.

After all, it was still a new seedling of a book—no rush. Having two alliance leaders was already pretty good.

While washing up, he looked in the mirror and found that half a month of exercise had already yielded significant results; his body was much stronger. The skills the Heaven’s Punishment System had instilled in him for the running long jump were actually quite simple: when taking off, the take-off leg must be straight—absolutely straight! Then, immediately after take-off, maintain the running motion in the air. If you take off with your left leg, keep your left leg straight and raise your right leg, chest out. These are all important basic movements. After that, just move freely—whatever feels comfortable. The movements in the air help him maintain balance. Finally, when landing, just squat down and protect your shoulders with your hands.

The most important thing to pay attention to is actually the key point of stretching your body in the air. The body must be fully extended.

After practicing this for so long, Henry Carter had become very proficient. He found that the things directly instilled by the Heaven’s Punishment System seemed easier to grasp!

This made him fantasize: in the future, if he tried other extreme sports, could he also directly obtain the most scientific methods from the Heaven’s Punishment System?

When he arrived in class in the morning, his chubby deskmate suddenly asked, “Henry Carter, did you hear? Logan Bennett and the others are organizing a National Day outing, probably to Chongdugou in Luanchuan. Everyone can sign up freely, AA system. Are you going?”

Henry Carter glanced at him and realized that although his chubby deskmate looked quiet, he was actually a bit of a closet show-off. He replied irritably, “I only have a little pocket money, can’t afford to go. You guys go ahead.” Henry Carter wasn’t lying—he only had 50 cents in his pocket. No way he could go have fun. The great Hongchen and that enthusiastic reader had each rewarded him with an alliance, which was 2,000 yuan, but the manuscript fee from Shengshi Chinese Network was paid monthly, and it wasn’t time for payment yet.

As for the Three Character Classic’s manuscript fee, they’d bring it over next week. Old Zhou said it would be paid according to the A-level poetry standard, but he didn’t know what that standard was.

Instead of worrying about these trivial matters, he might as well practice his running long jump more.

These past two days, Henry Carter had been pondering whether he should find a lower place to try first. But after half a day, he couldn’t find a suitable spot—there was only one, a four-story building with a 2.9-meter gap between buildings, which was about right. He could try it there, but the problem was, if he failed from the fourth floor, it would be either death or disability. If he ended up disabled, he could forget about completing the mission—he’d definitely be wiped out. He might as well wait until he was fully prepared and just jump from the teaching building. Life or death, it would only be that one time.

“You really aren’t going?” The chubby deskmate asked again after school, unwilling to give up. “You used to like Logan Bennett so much you were head over heels, but now you’re like a different person?”

“Go, go, go, get lost! You talk too much!”

Suddenly, a girl in the front row, her face full of excitement, said to her deskmate, “Hey, look, look! Superstar Sophie Harris and Charles Harris actually released new albums at the same time. Wow, this is huge—king and queen are going to compete on the charts together!”