Chapter 3: It's all money
Chen Xiao wanted to remind Professor Guo how to calculate his royalties.
However, thinking that Professor Guo's temper was not very good, he stopped talking several times, and couldn't leave, so he simply sat aside and indulged in mobile games.
In the end, it was Professor Guo's laughter that woke him up, Chen Xiao looked at the time, and unconsciously more than an hour had passed.
The game is harmful!
Looking at Professor Guo again, he excitedly took the previous piece of paper and came over to show him, Chen Xiao was a tingling scalp, wouldn't he ask him how to translate again.
As soon as he wanted to refuse sternly, he heard Professor Guo laugh and say, "Do you think my translation is correct?"
"Hmm?...... Translated?"
"Yes, the translation is out, you said it really well, although it is all basic things, but it has saved me a lot of time, and I am now going straight to the beginning. β
Professor Guo seemed very happy.
Chen Xiao was stunned, did he understand?
How can it be?
He didn't know what he was talking about, but someone could understand it?
He thought carefully about what he said again, yes, it was messy, how could he understand it.
However, Professor Guo's expression did not look like a fake, and he looked at the paper curiously.
Translation: My knife sparkles.
βsicil ninya sΓla ve telpeγ β
Forehead?
What is this? Is it true or not?
Translation: I took a bite of the fruit.
β......β
Well, it's still something like a ghost drawing.
However, he could only smile and nod in agreement.
Professor Guo was very happy and pulled Chen Xiao: "How about it, I said that I am very good at teaching, let's go, there is a good restaurant in front, I will take you to drink, and by the way, you can also discuss academic issues, I haven't seen such a knowledgeable young man as you for a long time, and the graduate students I took are really far from you." β
Chen Xiao's face darkened, and he quickly looked at the time: "I don't need this, I have a train ticket at five o'clock, and I'm going to leave now, I'm afraid it will be too late if I don't leave." β
As for train tickets, of course, there are none, but in order to avoid literary discussions, train tickets are still available.
"Ahh β
"Yes, next time, next time!"
"There's no need for next time, there is a Chinese cultural exchange meeting in Kyoto at the end of June, I have an invitation quota, I will book one for you, and come directly to participate when the time comes. β
"Huh?"
"What are you, you have to be here for me then!"
"Oh, okay......"
The cultural festival in June, it is not yet April, there are still more than two months, and the future will be troublesome in the future, and it is the last word to get out of it now.
Professor Guo patted Chen Xiao on the shoulder again: "Xiao Chen, I am very optimistic about you, create a language...... Tsk, I didn't even dare to think so, I was made by you, what a genius!"
Chen Xiao's face turned red: "Professor, what about the contract?"
Professor Guo was also testing Chen Xiao just now, boasting to see how his mind was, but he didn't see any smug expression in his eyes, but was praised and uncomfortable.
He nodded secretly: "It's good to be talented and not arrogant." β
"Don't worry, I'll go get the contract now, and the 12% royalty I said will not be less than you. β
Soon the two contracts were taken, Professor Guo stamped the official seal, and Chen Xiao signed his name.
Chen Xiao's two-character dragon flying phoenix dance, very elegant, Professor Guo couldn't help but praise: "Xiao Chen, your writing is beautiful, I just found out now that the words you wrote in the previous form are also very unique." β
Chen Xiao: "It's nothing, this is a thin gold body." β
"Thin gold? well, yes, yes, this font is elegant, interesting. β
What the hell, this era won't be without a thin gold body.
In fact, what he wrote is not an authentic thin gold body, but a mutation, the authentic thin gold body is like a bamboo orchid, his words are less flavorful, but more elegant.
"The Lord of the Rings three parts, each priced at 48 yuan, 12% royalties, and a first printing of 50,000 sets......" Chen Xiao looked at the terms of the contract.
"What? Not satisfied with the pricing?"
"Satisfied, satisfied. β
Just kidding, he originally thought that a book priced at 40 yuan would be good, but this time it was directly priced at 48 yuan, each book was 8 yuan more, and a set was 24 yuan more, and he could get nearly 3 yuan more when he sold it, and 50,000 sets was ......
Nearly 150,000!
Of course he is satisfied, regardless of whether he can sell it or not, he will get the money for the first printing first.
The first printing is written in the contract, and after the printing is completed, the money has to be paid, and even if it is pressed, it is the business of the publishing house.
got the contract, and Chen Xiao escaped out of the publishing house.
In the next time, he just had to wait for the money to arrive, and it was not until he could no longer see the door of the publishing house that Chen Xiao was in the mood to calculate the royalties he could get.
A set of 48 yuan, a set of 144 yuan, 50,000 sets of 7.2 million, 12% royalties a total of 864,000.
Chen Xiao's breathing became short, he originally thought that it would be good to get more than 500,000 yuan, but he didn't expect it to be two-thirds more all of a sudden.
More than 860,000 !!
For him now, it is definitely a huge amount of money, and he does not think that "The Lord of the Rings" can only sell 50,000 copies, so the subsequent release will also be an endless stream of money.
It's no wonder that those who write books are all called writers.
It's really a lot.
If you write a book, you must also write a book, and strive to become a generation of writers.
Chen Xiao was so excited that he felt that he had completely lost his dream, and only money was left floating in front of him.
......
returned to his rental house, for a whole week, Chen Xiao didn't do anything, or he was not in a state of doing anything, and he was not in the mood.
The main thing these days is staring at the phone.
"Jingle Bell ......"
The phone rang suddenly, startling him, and the phone reminded him that it was a courier number.
"Hello?"
"Is it dawn, here's your delivery, are you at home now?"
"Yes, I'm Daybreak, at home!"
Chen Xiao's heart moved, this must have been sent by the publishing house, I don't know why his pen name is still written, could it be that the money was mailed directly?
"I'm downstairs with you right now, please come down and sign for it. β
"Okay, I'll go down right away. β
got his own thick express, Chen Xiao knew that this was not money, but his own sample book, and there was more than one set of thickness.
He hadn't published a book before, and he didn't know that the publisher would send a sample book to the author.
After signing the name, Chen Xiao ran upstairs again.
After opening it, I smelled a faint smell of books, a total of six books, each set of books is three, just two sets.
I took a look at the covers, the three covers are completely different from the covers of the previous world, but they are similar, after all, there are illustrations in his books, and looking at the covers of the three books, it is obvious that he refers to his illustrations.
When I opened the book, the paper inside was relatively good paper, and the pirated books that circulated privately could not be compared to it at all.
I put a set of books in place and took a picture seriously.
Then I opened my Weibo, uploaded the picture, and then accompanied it with text:
"A new book is published, a decade of masterpieces, a magnificent magical world. β
He doesn't know how long the author of his previous life has written, but he is sure that the time will not be short, so he will just make it up and write it for ten years.