Time has come to February in a flash, and this year’s New Year’s Eve is on February 5th.

In addition to writing novels these days, Zhao Hong accompanied Yazhi and the others to go shopping in major shopping malls. In fact, she didn't buy anything, she just picked out some things they liked.

I don’t want to go crazy and make big purchases like other people who buy Nian Harvest.

Zhao Hong carefully selected tasteful little things and gave them to them one by one. This has become a routine. He will choose a gift for them every year and festival.

Life still needs to have a sense of ritual!

This is how feelings are accumulated bit by bit.

I have been writing novels at home every day for the past ten days, and I feel a little bored. Occasionally I go out for a walk with Yazhi and the others, and it feels quite good.

Zhao Hong's novel "Da Ming Jiang Hu" has already been written to 2.6 million words, and it is only about 400,000 words away from the end. It is really not easy!

Eleven volumes have been published so far. The eleventh volume was just released on February 1st. It is not possible to calculate sales volume yet. After all, today is only February 1st.

Each of the first ten volumes exceeds 10 million copies. Zhao Hong's balance on his bank card has been rising steadily every month this year.

Part of the money was used to buy diamond raw materials with Lao Dou and store them, and part of it was used for collection and consumption in the mainland. Unknowingly, he had been shopping for goods in the mainland for five or six years.

At present, the value of antiques, calligraphy and paintings in the Mainland is rising rapidly. It is no longer possible to buy good things with just a few hundred soft coins in the past. In fact, it is not just Zhao Hong who has been hoarding these things in recent years.

Many collectors in the Mainland have realized that these things are treasures. As the saying goes, "gold is hidden in troubled times, and jade is hidden in prosperous times."

Anyone with a discerning eye can feel that a golden age is coming. At this time, bottles and cans that were worthless before become valuable. However, their money is not as rich as Zhao Hong's, so they have to sell and raise it.

Zhao Hong has always been interested in the best of the best, and he is also a giant in the collecting circle. Many well-connected people like to do business with him.

Because as long as the price of the thing he likes is good, he will be happy.

After spending 1.5 billion soft sister coins on this last year, Zhao Hong's main focus is still on jade carving. At present, many old masters can no longer do it.

From the peak of more than 200 pieces per year to the current number of 100 pieces per year, Zhao Hong had to set up a jade carving factory in the mainland, invite these masters with superb skills to teach, and cultivate a group of high-quality jade carvings for himself.

Talents.

Zhao Hong currently brings hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars worth of raw jadeite from Myanmar to Xiangjiang every year, and these items are stored in giant warehouses in Tin Shui Wai.

It is expected that DreamWorks will also be involved in the jade jewelry business after the millennium, so it is time to prepare for a rainy day.

After all, African diamonds are currently being sent to Xiangjiang one by one. These will still end up on the market in the future. It will be a loss if they are sold to other jewelry companies!

Zhao Hong will not do this kind of loss-making business!

He could imagine that after being stored like this for more than ten years, his rough stones would be much better.

Zhao Hong currently has more than 1,200 jade carvings in his collection in Mainland China, of which about 200 were obtained from the press boxes of major jade carving factories.

The remaining one thousand pieces were all carved by Zhao Hong by retired masters. He is very proud of this. It can be said that any one of these one thousand pieces will be worth hundreds of millions after 2010.

Soft sister coin.

In other words, the future value of his one thousand items will be 100 billion soft sister coins, and the money he currently spends is only more than 200 million soft sister coins.

Most of it is the money spent on selling raw materials, but the wages paid to the masters are really a drop in the bucket.

Zhao Hong predicts that some old masters can persist for five or six years and can still carve about 500 pieces. This investment is quite hidden. Unbeknownst to everyone, his investment in the future will be worth one to two hundred billion soft girls.

currency.

Just thinking about it makes me happy!

He could only imagine how many children would be frightened when his jade carving museum opened after the millennium.

Going back to Zhao Hong's novels, many media outlets have little enthusiasm for reporting at present. The main reason is that there is no suspense that the book "Da Ming Jiang Hu" will be a hit. Every volume is as stable as a dog.

But we still need to report it, because many citizens just like to see it and never tire of it.

What can they do?

They also want to have a meal!

"Hong Zai, the sales volume of your book "Da Ming Jiang Hu" really makes me envious."

In the teahouse of the Peninsula Hotel, Zhao Hong had tea and chatted with Mr. Jin. Today he suddenly received a call from Mr. Jin, asking him to have afternoon tea at the Peninsula Hotel.

"Old man, what are you talking about? The sales of your novels are even scarier than mine, okay?" Zhao Hong said very rudely.

He and Mr. Jin have a somewhat long-lasting friendship. They meet at any time during writer exchanges in Xiangjiang, and he discusses novel techniques with Mr. Jin at any time.

Therefore, there is a bit of casualness when speaking between the two parties.

"That's piracy, okay? My old man didn't get much money." Mr. Jin said angrily.

His novels are sold everywhere in the world where there are Chinese people, but most of them are pirated. He is very helpless about this!

"Old man, are you still short of money now?"

"What's wrong with piracy? They're helping you spread your popularity!"

Zhao Hong said with a smile.

"Why am I not short of money? Is it easy to save some money for me?" Mr. Jin immediately quit his job. Who doesn't like money?

He, Lao Jin, is also a layman, and the more money the better!

"Old man, your current sales of genuine copies are also very impressive!"

"Through our channels, your annual royalties are 10 to 20 million. Isn't this a lot of money?"

Genuine copies of Mr. Jin's books are sold all over the world through the channels of DreamWorks, which brings in a lot of income every year. Although he has closed the book, the royalties and novel copyright fees have never stopped.

"It's incomparable! It's not as much as the royalties for one of your books." Mr. Jin shook his head and said.

Among other writers in Xiangjiang, his royalties are also among the best, but compared with Zhao Hong's, they are nothing. In addition to old books that are still flowing slowly, the novel "Da Ming Jiang Hu" is published every two months, and

One volume can sell tens of millions of copies.

The royalties for this year are hundreds of millions, which is really incomparable!

Zhao Hong was speechless for a moment, could you please stop talking about my strengths? This would be detrimental to the fun of the two of us!

The two of them were drinking tea and chatting.

Today, Mr. Jin is particularly 'reminiscing about the past and the many vicissitudes of life'.

Talking about his birth, he was born in Yuanhua Town, Haining City, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, and his ancestral home is Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province.

His family is descended from the Cha family in Haining, Zhejiang, and his family is a scholarly family. He himself is a descendant of Cha Kui, the grandson of Cha Sheng.

The first book he published was a reference book he co-edited with his classmates to guide students in entering junior high school - "For Those Who Applicants for Junior High School Entrance Examination".

…

Ling Ling always talked about some of his past events, which made Zhao Hong feel weird.

"Mr. Jin, what's the matter with you?" Zhao Hong asked with great concern.

"Haha, you said I sold Ming Pao to you like this?" Mr. Jin looked at him with bright eyes and said.

Zhao Hong was a little surprised when he heard that this happened and said: "Mr. Jin, this is your lifeblood. Are you thinking about something, committing suicide, or something like that?"

"A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory, but my body and mind are very good!" Mr. Jin laughed and cursed.

"Then why are you doing this?" Zhao Hong said in confusion.
Chapter completed!