Chapter Eighty-Six: Li Han's Elementary School Teacher
Two days later, Li Han had typed out a full 1,000 brain teasers on the computer and copied them into a USB flash drive.
Today is the day to meet and discuss with Xia Yang.
At half past nine in the morning, Li Han rode a motorcycle to a teahouse in the county seat and opened a private room.
The appointed time was 10 o'clock in the morning, and Li Han was waiting for Xia Yang in the private room.
Xia Yang said on the phone that he had arrived at the county seat and was now rushing to the teahouse.
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Xia Yang came by car, and he was very much looking forward to meeting Li Han soon.
In the past two days, he carefully analyzed the market prospects of a brain teaser, and the more he analyzed, the more he felt that the market was bigger.
As long as it spreads, I am afraid that the vast majority of parents will choose to buy.
After all, there is no parent who is unwilling to train their child to think outside the box.
Xia Yang was already a little impatient.
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10 minutes later, Li Han met Xia Yang, young and capable in his early 30s.
"Mr. Li Han, hello!"
"Mr. Xia, hello!"
After the two exchanged a few words, Li Han handed the USB flash drive to Xia Yang and said, "Mr. Xia, it's all inside." ”
Xia Yang took it and said, "Okay, thank you! I'm very sorry, I'll take a look first." ”
Li Han said: "Mr. Xia, please!"
Xia Yang apologized again, and then took out the laptop he brought, inserted the USB flash drive, and found "Brain Teaser".
Click on!
You don't need to look at each question carefully, you just need to go through it roughly.
The more Xia Yang looked at it, the more he was delighted, and the more he looked at it, the more he admired, Li Han was able to come up with so many strange, very interesting and interesting questions and answers in just two days.
Some of the questions and answers are even amazing!
Li Han's mind is really admirable.
It's no wonder that he is so young and has a lot of fame in many fields.
After a general browsing, Xia Yang said with some excitement: "Mr. Li Han, there is no problem, no problem at all." And, better than I could have imagined. ”
Li Han smiled: "In this case, I will be relieved." ”
Now, it's time to get down to business.
Xia Yang said: "Mr. Li Han should know that when our publishing house publishes books, the remuneration given to authors is generally divided into two types, buyout and royalty system. I wonder which one Mr. Li Han prefers?"
A buyout is a one-shot deal, which is generally a direct buyout of how much money is a thousand words.
After the buyout, the sales of the book have nothing to do with the author.
The royalty system is that after the book is published, the publisher will give the author how many points of royalties according to the price of the book multiplied by the number of prints, that is, yards.
To put it in a way that is easy to understand, it is to divide.
Both approaches have their advantages and disadvantages for authors and publishers.
For authors, there is no risk of buying out, even after the book is published, one copy cannot be sold, and the loss will only be the publishing house.
But if after the book is published, it sells well, far better than the previously estimated sales, and the author can only watch. The money earned is all from the publishing house.
In the case of royalties, the better the book sells after publication, the more money the author can get.
But if it doesn't sell well, the author won't get any money.
How do you choose between the two methods? It depends on how confident the author is in the sales of his work?
If you feel that the sales may not be too good, then choose to buy out.
If you think the sales will be very hot, then choose the royalty system.
Of course, it depends on the meaning of the publisher, and what kind of way people are willing to give you?
This needs to be discussed in detail by both sides.
Li Han doesn't know about the buyout situation, and he doesn't know how much money is appropriate, so let's have a royalty system.
So he said, "Let's have a royalty system." How many percentage points can Mr. Xia give?"
Xia Yang nodded, he had already guessed that Li Han would choose the royalty system, and he had already thought about how many percentage points.
He said: "Mr. Li Han, the percentage points given by our publishing house are generally between 3 and 10 points. The majority are between 3 and 6 points. For Mr. Li Han's "Brain Teaser", we are willing to give the highest 10 points. What does Mr. Li Han think?"
Li Han nodded, he also knew something about this, and knew that generally only the top masters could get 10 points.
Now Xia Yang directly gave him 10 points, which is indeed very sincere.
In this case, Li Han is also willing to be happy and make a deal.
Next, the two began to discuss the layout and the illustrations.
These things were supposed to be done by the editorial department, but Xia Yang wanted to hear Li Han's opinion.
Li Han is also willing to give his opinion.
Speaking of which, this can be regarded as his first book published in this world, and he attaches great importance to it.
After the discussion, it was almost noon, and the two went to a nearby hotel for dinner together.
After eating, the two said goodbye.
Li Han got on his motorcycle and returned home.
As soon as I entered the yard, before I stopped, my mother heard the sound of the motorcycle, walked out of the house quickly, and said, "Baby, come quickly, Teacher Gan is here." ”
"Teacher Gan, which Teacher Gan?" Li Han asked subconsciously while leaning on the motorcycle.
"You baby, your elementary school teacher Gan!"
Teacher Gan in elementary school?
Li Han was shocked, it turned out to be Teacher Gan from the elementary school, he didn't expect this at all just now, so he would ask like that.
It's no wonder that my mother is a little dissatisfied, and this question shouldn't be asked.
Teacher Gan's name is Gan Huaqiong, Li Han's Chinese teacher in elementary school, and she is also the class teacher, who has taught Li Han for six years.
Li Han's class of students is the last class of students of Mr. Gan.
When Li Han's class of students graduated, Mr. Gan was already fifty-four years old. After Li Han graduated, Mr. Gan also retired.
After graduating from primary school, Li Han has never seen Teacher Gan again, and it has been nearly ten years.
Calculating the time, Mr. Gan should be sixty-five years old this year.
I didn't expect Mr. Gan to suddenly come to the house today, which made Li Han very surprised and ashamed.
He should have gone to visit the teacher, so how could the teacher come to his home?
Li Han's primary school was in Shuanglong Township Primary School, and the school was on Shuanglong Township Street.
Teacher Gan's home is in Meilin Village, Shuanglong Township, which is just two opposite directions to Yuanxi Village, where Li Han is located, and there is not a close distance.
Li Han has always been very respectful of Teacher Gan, and in surprise and shame, he hurriedly ran to the house.
After running a few steps, I saw a very familiar and somewhat unfamiliar old man come out of the house.
It's still a familiar face in my memory, but it's much older.
Teacher Gan is already old, and his temples already have gray hair. Fortunately, judging from the way he walked, his body was still very healthy, which made Li Han's heart not so sad.
Li Han ran up even faster, held the teacher's hand with both hands, and shouted with some excitement: "Teacher Gan!"
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