extravagance
The extravagant Gu Long came from a poor background. He had once frankly said: "Because my torn pockets were often penniless, and I had to eat, drink [alcohol], travel, meet the opposite sex, watch films and be accommodated. I?d simply just write a few things on paper then quickly exchange them for money."
His early works were careless, lavish wastes, due to his high creative productivity and also because he had to keep writing in order to survive.
Even Gu Long himself could not deny this. He?d often ask for advanced royalties: writing the beginning of the first chapter then demanding the advancement for twenty chapters.
However, the money would be all spent the second he received them. A publisher who knew Gu Long well said, I bet you he?d only have TW $1000 left by tomorrow night.
Gu Long could spend TW £40,000 (HK $5000), which could buy a decent little house, on meaningless purposes in one day.
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