"Xiaoguang, the procedures for the magazine have been completed. The only problem now is the appointment of manuscripts. You can't just ignore it." Xia Lan looked at him with a smile.
Lin Xiaoguang thought for a moment and simply nodded: "Eight novels, "Heroes", "Kunlun", "The Legend of Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", "Buddha is the Tao", "Zhu Xian", "The Romance of Dragon and Snake", "The Fighting Sword in the Snow" and "The Story of Qin"
, that’s all, you can serialize it slowly, but the royalties cannot be low.”
With these eight books, people born in the 70s and 80s will grow up reading his books instead of reading Jin Daxia's books. In the future, he will probably become the Taishan Beidou in the mainland martial arts novel world.
Thinking about it, I'm still a little proud.
This kind of reputation is an opportunity that cannot be missed and cannot be bought with money.
There are eight books with 20 million words. If you count 1000 words for 10 yuan, it will cost 200,000 yuan. Thinking about it, Xia Lan feels a bit toothache: "Xiaoguang, you are already so rich, but you still need this little manuscript fee."
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Of course, Lin Xiaoguang can choose not to charge money, or even receive a symbolic dollar like Daxia Jin did.
However, the effect of free is only to reduce the cost of the publisher. When the modern and ancient legends are serialized, they will not be given to readers for free, so it is better to save money.
Instead of saving money for these people, it is better to use the money to do charity yourself later.
"Aunt Lan, the emperor has no shortage of soldiers. We writers earn royalties from our intellectual work. You channel dealers don't want us to generate electricity for love, right? Let's talk about free changes. We can't break the rules in the industry. Let's talk about it.
I also want to earn money for milk powder for my children." Lin Xiaoguang said righteously.
When Xia Lan heard this, she felt secretly ashamed, but her attention was randomly attracted by his last sentence and she asked: "What kind of child, what kind of milk powder money?"
Anyang listened, his face suddenly turned pale, and his eyes stared over.
"Nothing, nothing, aren't An'an and I getting married soon? Not long after we get married, we will have children, so we have to make plans for the future." He said haha.
"Okay..." Xia Lan didn't care, and nodded after thinking for a moment: "Actually, that's what I said, the royalties that should be paid will definitely not be less, but it is still a bit difficult for the agency to pay so much in one go.
Is it okay to pay in batches? One payment per month, and all the rest within half a year. The price will still be the highest, ten yuan per thousand words, so you won’t suffer any loss, how about that?”
Anyway, he was not in a hurry, so he agreed: "Okay."
The matter was resolved, both parties were very happy, and then they started to make family arrangements again. Somehow, Xia Lan was a little worried when she mentioned her son Han Jun, who was planning to go abroad in the second half of the year: "When I came to Xiangjiang, I was afraid that I would not be able to adapt to it. The United States is so far away.
, I’m really worried.
"I used to hear people who went abroad say that guns are not banned in the United States, and I was very worried. The laws of each state are different, and troubles would happen from time to time. I really don't want him to go out, but I can't persuade him."
During the Spring Festival of 1979, Duke Deng visited the United States. Among the welcoming crowd were a group of young people with yellow skin and dark eyes. They were the 52 international students sent to the United States by the government a month ago.
This is the earliest batch of international students after the reform.
But in fact, the true identities of these 52 people were not college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination, but young teachers from colleges and universities, with the youngest being in their thirties and forties.
In the second half of this year, when the 77-level college students graduate on a large scale, we will usher in the first real wave of going abroad.
For the 77-year-old college students, the resumption of the college entrance examination has changed their destiny, but people always yearn for a better life. At that time, the United States was undoubtedly synonymous with advanced, developed, modern and beautiful, and was the ideal country in the minds of intellectuals.
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I don’t know how many people are eager to go abroad.
It is said that at that time, the Triangular Garden on Fuxing Road in Zhonghai was crowded every day. Young people who yearned to go abroad formed a spontaneous "information exchange center" here. The entrance of the US Consulate General in Zhonghai was even more lively, and people who applied to go abroad were here.
The queue for visas sometimes stretches several miles away.
But what awaits them after they go abroad?
Racial issues can often be seen on TV. White police officers ignore the law and arbitrarily violate the personal safety of people of other skin colors.
Regarding the issue of rich and poor, we can also see a large number of homeless people living on the streets in the United States.
Regarding the unemployment problem, although the social security system in the United States is perfect, in a country with high consumption, it is very difficult to survive without a job.
Finally, there is the rise of unilateralism and American hegemony with the collapse of the Soviet Union.
For Chinese people who go abroad, they face more problems. International students are not allowed to work to make money. This is prohibited by law, and I don’t know how many people have fallen into this problem.
When a high-level intellectual in China goes to the United States, there are not that many high-end jobs waiting for him, so he can only wash dishes in a Chinese restaurant run by Chinese.
I don’t know how many people made their first pot of gold by washing dishes.
Lin Xiaoguang thought of the TV series "Beijingers in New York", and suddenly he wanted to write a novel as a must-have guide for going abroad, so that people who long to go abroad can see that the United States is not so beautiful.
So, he looked at Xia Lan and said, "Aunt Lan, I just heard what you said and I had an idea to write an inspirational novel."
"Inspirational novel?" Xia Lan was indeed attracted to it.
"What I'm talking about is a series of stories about mainland students from the 77th grade who went to study in the United States, involving factors such as love, studies, career, etc. Aren't there many people who are eager to go abroad now? I spent three months writing it.
Once it is published, I don’t know how many people will buy this guide to going abroad.”
This idea was not a great one, but it was better than the fact that the trend of going abroad was about to come. After thinking about it, Xia Lan suddenly felt that there was a lot to do and became excited.
"Yes, yes, there are hundreds of thousands of college students in the country, everyone has a copy, and hundreds of thousands of copies have been sold."
However, she thought of something else and looked at him doubtfully: "Xiaoguang, as far as I know, you have never been to the United States and have no personal experience. How can you guarantee that what you write will stand up to scrutiny?"
"Aunt Lan, just because I haven't been there doesn't mean that I don't understand the United States. My roommate is an authentic American."
He smiled: "Besides, why don't you wait until you see the manuscript before drawing any conclusions."
This makes sense. Xia Lan thought about it and felt that there was no problem. She smiled cheerfully and said: "Okay, then you can write 30,000 words first. If our agency thinks it's okay, I will ask you for a manuscript then. Don't worry.
, the manuscript fee will definitely be calculated based on the highest price.”
Lin Xiaoguang smiled.
For this book "Beijingers in New York", he doesn't care about the royalties, as long as it can expose the cruel side of the United States, let intellectuals see that the United States is not so bright and majestic, and then it can influence a few more international students, so that they can learn from it.
Serving the motherland, let alone serving the motherland, going to Europe, as long as he does not help the United States, his goal will be achieved.
The previous eight novels hope to influence a generation of readers of martial arts novels, and he can become the Taishan Beidou of mainland martial arts. With this novel, he hopes to influence a generation of intellectuals and become some kind of spiritual guide.
A person spends his whole life fighting against the sky, the earth, and the air. For him, of course he has to fight against the beauty.
After dinner, Lin Xiaoguang took a taxi to send Xia Lan and Han Yiyi away together, and then took them to the hotel where they were staying before leaving.
As soon as he left, Han Yiyi couldn't help but ask: "Mom, what kind of medicine are folic acid tablets?"
"Folic acid tablets, those are for pregnant women..." As she was talking, Xia Lan was suddenly startled. Pregnant women? Milk powder money?