Among the several places he visited in Yundian, Zhang Zhong’s favorite was Xishuangbanna.
People say the weather is hot, but Zhang Zhong actually doesn't feel this way. He is a summer lover himself, so he can still bear this temperature, and Jiangyang's summer is even hotter.
However, although the temperature in Xishuangbanna is not too high, the sun is very hot. If you go out without an umbrella, your skin will feel a little painful after just a short walk.
And bringing umbrellas is not just for shade. Zhang Zhong and the others came at the wrong time. It happened to be the rainy season and it rained almost every day.
The rain in Xishuangbanna is very naughty. It always falls without any warning. However, the rain also comes and goes quickly. Sometimes it may stop by the time the umbrella is opened.
Although Zhang Zhong thought Xishuangbanna was good, they left after not staying here for a few days. There were really many mosquitoes here.
In order to prevent mosquitoes, they need to be careful at all times, otherwise they will be easily infected.
"I heard that there is a Water Splashing Festival in April, but it's a pity that we came at the wrong time."
On the way back to Jiangyang, Zhang Xingjun looked at the photos in the camera with regret.
When Pengpeng heard about the Water Splashing Festival, she immediately said, "I know about the Water Splashing Festival. We even learned about it in class."
"You have also learned about the Water Splashing Festival." Zhang Xingjun smiled.
"Of course." Pengpeng raised his head, "I can also memorize the text in it. On this day, people came to the street early carrying buckets and basins. Water was already prepared on both sides.
Some put perfume on the ground, and some sprinkled flower petals."
"Then what?"
"We only need to carry this much." Pengpeng said confidently.
Several adults were amused. The primary school students' text cannot be explained in detail. Pengpeng also knew that there was a Water Splashing Festival. As for the origin of the Water Splashing Festival, if the teacher extended it, he would explain it to them. No extension.
They just don't know.
And even if you extend it to them, it will probably only leave an impression.
"The Water Splashing Festival is a festival unique to some ethnic groups, such as..." While she was idle, Hu Huifang began to spread the knowledge about the Water Splashing Festival to her granddaughter.
Taking her on a trip is not just for her to play, but also for her to appreciate cultures from around the world and open her eyes.
Although they didn't catch up with the Water Splashing Festival this time, they came here at least and told her about it.
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After returning to Jiangyang, Zhang Zhong sent the manuscript of "Blind Spot 2" to Chen Qing.
None of the company's writers have any new works recently, so Chen Qing's main busyness recently is to help Feng He, who just won the Nebula Award, build momentum.
Chen Qing was quite concerned about this matter.
Chen Qing said that doing publicity for Zhang Zhong is less fulfilling, because it seems that Zhang Zhong’s popularity naturally rises without any effort. In the face of countless excellent works, those publicity seems to have become insignificant.
none.
Zhang Zhong could understand Chen Qing, because when he came to find Chen Qing, Zhang Zhong didn't have the idea of letting Chen Qing build his reputation, he just wanted him to help him take care of his mundane affairs.
Now that Chen Qing has found what he wants to do, Zhang Zhong thinks it's pretty good. Anyway, now that the company has taken shape and Xu Yang is helping with many things, it's not a big deal if Chen Qing wants to do more work as a writer's agent.
Xu Yang and Chen Qing are very different.
Chen Qing was born as a lawyer. She loved reading literary and historical classics since she was a child. Later, she became interested in writers and agents and wanted to join the book industry.
Although Xu Yang has been involved in the publishing industry, he is not a cultural person himself, but a pure manager and a businessman.
In Xu Yang's mind, the first priority is always how to earn more profits.
Chen Qing gradually handed over the business management of the company to him, and he took it very smoothly.
When chatting before, Chen Qing even joked that the more leisurely he is now, the more salary he will get.
At first, Chen Qing's annual salary was only more than 200,000 yuan, which was slightly less than what he had earned as a lawyer before. However, his workload was much greater than that of a lawyer, and he often did not take a break during holidays.
In the past few years, his salary has been raised by a small amount every quarter and a large amount every year. Now his salary before tax is more than 30 million, and after paying taxes, it is more than 10 million.
Although he is still far behind the top professional managers, Chen Qing is only less than 40 years old.
There aren't many people in the country who can't find many people in their thirties who earn an annual salary of more than 10 million yuan after tax just from working part-time.
Moreover, Zhang Zhong is already planning to revise his salary structure. Since he wants to do more work related to writers’ agents, in the future, the writer’s royalties he signs will be given to him in proportion.
For example, if he signed a contract with a certain writer for a 20% share, then he would take 5% or 10% of the 20%, and the remaining 10% would be 10% or 10%.
Fifteen percent is reserved for the company.
This is not the final ratio, but the meaning is probably this. Chen Qing has directly changed from a fixed annual salary to more reward for more work.
If Chen Qing is very powerful and signs a writer like Zhang Zhong whose annual royalties are billions or even tens of billions, even a 1% commission would be very scary.
Of course, it is unrealistic to sign another Zhang Zhong, but it is still possible to sign a few more Feng He or Zhao Re.
The combined annual royalties of several Feng He or Zhao Re would be hundreds of millions of Chinese coins, and the commission would definitely be quite high.
Although Zhang Zhong has not told Chen Qing about this proposal, Chen Qing is very enthusiastic about signing authors.
In addition to helping and building momentum recently, he is also preparing for the World Science Fiction Convention to be held in Jiangyang. He hopes to get in touch with more science fiction writers by then, and maybe reach cooperation with some writers.
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Zhang Chong was unprepared. After writing "Blind Spot 2", he began to prepare to write the "Clockwork Girl" series.
Like the readers, he also felt that it would be a pity to keep the world view of "Clockwork Girl" there, so he wanted to write some other stories based on the world view of "Clockwork Girl".
Recently, he has been thinking about this matter, what to write, where to start, whether to write a spin-off or a sequel.
In the end, he decided to write a side story first to try out his skills, and then start writing a full-length novel when he was sure he could write one.
There are many stories to write in "Clockwork Girl". For example, Gibson, a scientific madman with an ugly image and a somewhat perverted mind, appears once and a half in the book. He is a very interesting character and very perverted.
But what is the reason for his abnormality?
Through the character of Gibson, Zhang Zhong developed his own associations and prepared to use Gibson to complete the world of "Clockwork Girl".