Entering the middle of November.

Huo Yaowen goes back and forth between the school and the company and the foundation every day, it can be said that he is busy and dizzy, in addition to running back and forth, he also has to write "Tang Heavenly Demon Chronicles" for Ming Pao, and on the side of Oriental Daily, Li Daoguang also came to the school to find it a few times in person, all of which were urging the third part of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".

This once again made Fok Yaowen think of resigning from his teaching position at the University of Hong Kong.

Although he has been transferred to a full-time teaching staff, Huo Yaowen's monthly salary is only less than 2,000 yuan, compared with the current average monthly salary in Hong Kong of less than 800 yuan, 2,000 yuan is indeed a lot, but Huo Yaowen is not short of this money now.

Not to mention the publication of several books abroad, just the manuscript fee given to him by Ming Bao, he writes a little casually a month, which is tens of thousands of yuan.

If you add the ghost blowing lamp for the Oriental Daily, his monthly manuscript fee will be more.

So Huo Yaowen really can't look down on the school's salary.

Once the idea of resignation came to him, Huo Yaowen thought about it for several days, and finally made up his mind to report his resignation to the school after the end of the class he taught this semester.

Within the Hong Kong Education Foundation.

Zhang Chengyi was surprised: "You want to resign?"

"Hmm. ”

Huo Yaowen nodded and said, "Teacher, I've been thinking about this for a few days, and now I'm busy with the affairs of the publishing house and the company, and I have to come to the foundation to see it often, plus I have to write for several newspapers, so I really don't have much energy to teach in the school." Resignation is a good thing for me and for the school and for the students, because it doesn't delay the students' studies and my own affairs. ”

Zhang Chengyi is not a pedantic person, although he feels sorry for Huo Yaowen's resignation, but who made him not only a teacher, but also a writer and a boss.

Sighing, Zhang Chengyi said: "Resign, resign, you are also a well-known writer in Hong Kong now, and you have been teaching in school, which is indeed a little busy, but don't resign now." ”

Huo Yaowen said: "I know this, I am preparing to report my resignation to the school after the end of this semester." ”

Zhang Chengyi said: "Well, it's better to resign after the semester is over, so that the school can arrange other teachers to take over your work." ”

After chatting about the resignation, Huo Yaowen suddenly asked, "Director Luo is not here today?"

"She went to Diocesan Boys' School. ”

Zhang Chengyi replied: "After the list of the first batch of subsidized students is ready, Xiao Luo is going to hold a bigger event, saying that she is going to hold a charity education meeting, and calling on all Hong Kong citizens to actively participate. ”

"Charity Education Association?" Huo Yaowen frowned.

Zhang Chengyi said: "Yes, let's wait for her to come back and tell you about this, I don't know the specifics." ”

Huo Yaowen nodded: "Hmm." ”

...

Huo Yaowen waited in the Foundation for half an hour but didn't see Luo Qiaozhen come back, and he drove back without patience.

Just arrived at the school gate.

He saw Litu standing at the school gate talking to the guard.

Huo Yaowen rolled down the window and asked Litu at the gate, "When did you come back?"

"Hey, Boss!"

After seeing Huo Yaowen, Lituo said excitedly: "I finally found the boss you, I went to your company, they said you were in school, so I hurried over." ”

"Get in the car and say. ”

"Good. Litt opened the car door and got inside.

After Lituo got into the car, Huo Yaowen did not go back to school, but turned around and found a teahouse.

Wait until you get to the teahouse and sit down.

Huo Yaowen poured a cup of oolong tea for Lituo, and asked curiously, "When did you come back?"

"Just arrived in Hong Kong in the morning. ”

Lituo was also a little thirsty, and he had been looking for Huo Yaowen since the morning, and he didn't even drink saliva, so he picked up the tea and blew it, so he was busy drinking it, but as soon as he entered it, he found that the tea was so bitter, and he wanted to vomit but was embarrassed, so he could only swallow the dates and drink it cleanly with a gulp.

After drinking, Litu found that his thirst had been relieved a lot, but his mouth was still very bitter, so he pursed his lips and said, "The boss has three things to tell you, two good news and one bad news." ”

"Three messages?"

Huo Yaowen smiled, shouldn't one be good and one bad?

"Since there is two pieces of good news, let's start with one piece of good news for me to hear. ”

Lidoff paused and said: "The first good news is that BOSS you have won the Nebula Award for Medium and Long Novels from the American Society of Science Fiction and Writers, with a prize of 10,000 US dollars. ”

Huo Yaowen was surprised: "Didn't you go to the Hugo Award for public relations?

"That's the bad news. ”

Lituo said with a bitter face: "I'm sorry boss, I did a bad job, when I was in the public relations Hugo Awards, in the last round of voting, in order to save money, I didn't increase my public relations efforts, which led to a tie with another person's work, which also made the Hugo Award jury conduct an internal vote, and the other party's votes were ...... higher than yours."

Huo Yaowen frowned: "That means I didn't win the Hugo Award?"

"Sorry boss. ”

With a look of guilt on his face, he said: "Not only did I not win the Hugo Award, but the public relations fee of 200,000 US dollars was also overspent, and a total of 267,000 US dollars of public relations fees were paid, which was paid by Bantan Book Publishing Company, and they will deduct it from the manuscript fee of BOSS your second "1999". ”

Heartache......

270,000 US dollars, equivalent to 1.35 million Hong Kong dollars, is enough for Huo Yaowen to buy one or two luxury houses in the Mid-Levels villa area in Hong Kong.

Although his heart hurts, Huo Yaowen did not blame Lituo, although he promised to win the award, but failure is failure, no matter how much blame is irreparable, he just asked with a calm face: "What about another good news?"

"The other good news is that I sold the rights to '1999' to seven countries, and the percentage is also very high. At the same time, the people at Bantan Books also agreed to my previous offer, and they will take over the publishing rights of the book "Virtual World" in the United States with an 18% share. ”

Huo Yaowen nodded slightly, sold the copyrights of seven more countries, and successfully reached a new book cooperation with Bantan Books, which is good news for him.

It's just that when he thinks of the 270,000 US dollars thrown into the water in vain, Huo Yaowen still has a little bit of heartache, but this heartache dissipates after a while, who let this money not come out of his hands directly?

Li Tuo may have seen Huo Yaowen's sadness, and hurriedly said: "BOSS, when I was in the United States, I was still negotiating the publishing copyright of "1999" with people from publishing companies in France, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, etc., and if nothing else, they would definitely agree to my offer." ”

"Well, that's good news. ”

For the copyright of "1999" that can sell more, it can be regarded as a little more income for Huo Yaowen.

Suddenly, he remembered that the books he wrote in Hong Kong, "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and "Sweet Honey", although there may not be a market in Europe and the United States, there is still a certain market in Asia.

Fok asked, "Do you have any familiar publishing companies in Asia?"

"I only know one publishing company in Japan, Publishing Co., Ltd., and they won the copyright of your "1999" in Japan. ”

Publishing Co., Ltd.?

Huo Yaowen hadn't heard of this publishing company, but since he was able to send someone to the Hugo Awards to squat, he didn't think it was a small company, so he thought about it and said: "You are tired from a day's flight, first find a hotel to rest for the night, and I will take you to the company tomorrow, I have something to tell you." ”

"Well, good boss. ”

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