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"Happy cooperation!" Lin Han smiled and shook Zhao Han's hand.

In the future, he will continue to cooperate with the National People's Congress Press, and for now, he is very satisfied.

Zhao Han was also relieved, although he couldn't completely tie Lin Han to the publishing house, he finally alleviated the urgent need and would not be snatched away by other publishing groups.

"Lin Han, you rest more, don't worry about the new book, we can afford to wait. After the peak of the novel "Inception", Zhao Han did not want to see the level of Lin Han's new books decline.

"Don't worry, I know what to expect. That's what you're talking about, I wish I had given you a new book right away!"

Lin Han also plans to give himself a good vacation, and this year he clearly said that he would reduce the intensity of work, but he really talked about it.

Zhao Han looked at his confident appearance and asked with concern: "Then now you have thought about what to write newly?" Readers are looking forward to your return to the field of hard science fiction. ”

I said here that I am not in a hurry for a new book, and I am not in a hurry for a new book, but I immediately cared about the subject of the new book, and I couldn't be faster in the face!

"It's undecided for the time being, you don't have to worry, it's definitely not bad. Lin Han really hadn't figured out what to write, he decided to go back and think about it, and at the same time give readers a little relief.

Walking out of the office of the National People's Congress Publishing House, the June sun made their group can't help but squint their eyes, and after equipping their sunglasses, Lin Han said to the familiar lawyer: "I'm bothering you again, see you next time." ”

"It's not troublesome, my job is the most enviable in the firm. The work intensity is low, and you can still ask for your autograph. ”

After Chen Jiaxuan waved at him, he sat in the passenger seat of Lin Han's Audi and left with Lin Han.

This time I came to the Renmin University Publishing House, the renewal of the contract is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also a simple query on the sales situation in the previous months, so as to facilitate the subsequent verification of the manuscript fee!

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"It's still early, what are we going to do?" Chen Jiaxuan didn't understand where Lin Han's destination was this time, he drove very purposefully.

Lin Han shrugged his shoulders and said, "Isn't this just by looking at my bank card? I found that there was a lot of money in it, and it just so happened that I thought the house was a little small, so let's just change to a villa." Otherwise, you won't be able to fit so many clothes in your cloakroom, maybe you can buy one with a swimming pool, and you can swim at home in the summer. ”

"You've chosen a good place?"

"No, it's to meet the agent and save us some time. Let's talk about where to buy it!"

Money in a bank card can't beat inflation at all, since Lin Han can earn so much money every month, there is no need for him to make his life miserable.

Of course, if owning a high-rise house of more than 100 square meters in Yanjing is considered a hardship, it is estimated that the people of the whole country are willing to bear this hardship!

Chen Jiaxuan thought for a while and said: "I remember that the villas in Yanjing are mainly distributed in Mentougou in the west, Huairou and Miyun in the north, Chaoyang and Shunyi districts in the east, and Fangshan and Daxing districts in the south. In terms of price, it should be the most expensive in the east, and the rest of the places are cheaper. What's your psychological price?"

"Psychological price, half of the balance in the bank card. ”

"How much? half, are you going to buy a villa or a manor!" Chen Jiaxuan couldn't hold back her tone, she couldn't help but raise her voice a little!

Lin Han replied while driving: "Is this a lot? I thought the villas were very expensive, so I didn't buy them last year." ”

More than a year ago, Chen Jiaxuan's net worth was many times that of Lin Han, but it only took less than two years for Lin Han to successfully turn over and make a lot of money almost from scratch.

The royalties of domestic Chinese simplified Chinese and the download of e-books, as well as the packaging and buyout of the origin book city, these are already an astronomical amount!

However, that's not the bulk of Lin Han's income, the real bulk is the royalty income from overseas, he earns dollars, euros, Australian dollars and the like.

Of course, there are also some copyright sales that are trivial, such as movie adaptation rights, game adaptation rights, etc., these are just icing on the cake!

In October last year, Lin Han ranked third on the list of rich writers with a royalty of 21 million, which was actually his theoretical income, and he actually had to pay Chen Jiaxuan 10% of the literary agent's commission and so on.

From October to June this year, his income has snowballed, and now his deposit balance has become 9 figures!

From not being able to pay the rent to exceeding 100 million in assets, Lin Han's property accumulation speed is beyond the imagination of ordinary people, each book sells millions of copies, and physical sales and electronic channel sales go hand in hand, so he has the confidence to buy a villa in Yanjing.

Counting his total sales increase from October last year to the present, global sales have changed from 12 million copies to 31 million copies, of which the "Three-Body Problem" trilogy has contributed quite a lot, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" has lived up to expectations, "Bouquet for Algernon" is a surprise, and some previous books continue to sell well!

The royalties of the writers all arrived relatively late, and in fact, some of the money Lin Han got in June was actually in March this year, some in January this year, and even in December last year.

The time for settling the manuscript fee is different for each channel, and the Renmin University Publishing House is the most diligent one, almost paying Lin Han's manuscript fee out of his own pocket, and calculating Lin Han's manuscript fee according to the actual sales situation each month will be credited to his card.

In fact, the funds of those dealers had to be delayed for half a year before they returned to the People's Congress Publishing House, so Lin Han was willing to deal with them.

If you count the manuscript fees that have been delayed in the past few months, Lin Han's assets may be close to 200 million before tax!

However, the higher the income, the higher the tax revenue, and Lin Han has made a considerable contribution to the country. Royalties and remuneration are withheld by the publisher, so the range of individual operations is very small.

This is the income tax on manuscript fees, which cannot be avoided like personal income tax for private entrepreneurs, corporate executives can evade salaries, investors will choose to marry taxes, and nine out of ten painters do not pay taxes!

The people lying in Lin Han's bank card have already paid taxes and paid the agent's share ratio, so Chen Jiaxuan was surprised when he said that he could use half of the balance in the bank card to buy a villa!

Chen Jiaxuan, as Lin Han's agent, will see any of his income, so he knows that half of Lin Han's assets are nearly 70 million yuan.

She said, "Seventy million is too much, there is no need to spend that much. Now the price of villas in the east of Yanjing is generally about 10 million, and we only have two people to live, so just buy a normal size. ”

"The villa is so cheap? It costs millions to buy a house in Yanjing, but a villa is so cheap?"

"Ahem, it's not. Chen Jiaxuan was a little surprised, "10 million can only be bought in the suburbs, and a normal villa still costs 20 million." ”

Now when Lin Han buys a villa, he must not only consider the price, natural factors, etc., but also consider the supporting situation of the villa, such as whether there are relatively mature commercial, educational, medical and other supporting facilities, so as to make life more convenient, so as to improve the quality of family living.

There are a lot of particularities in buying villas, even in the same villa community, there is a gap in the price of villas with different locations, the total price of a good location is higher, and the total price of a good location is low!

Lin Han is not ready to buy a palace-style villa, it is too troublesome to live in that way, maybe he and Chen Jiaxuan will become hide-and-seek when they are looking for someone inside, as long as the house is enough.

The two agreed on this area, and the detached cottage was their best choice!

The intermediary has long known Lin Han's identity, and of course has great trust in the purchasing power of this best-selling author, so all kinds of good properties for sale are constantly introduced to Lin Han and the two.

After reading all of this, Lin Han and the others preliminarily decided to buy a house in the time-honored villa area of the Rose Garden, where the environment is very good, the Wenyu River does not freeze all year round, the greening facilities are perfect, and the quality of the neighbors is very high, and the community is harmonious.

The most important thing is that the villa community is surrounded by several universities in Yanjing, such as Yenching University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Central University of Finance and Economics, Yenjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China University of Mining and Technology, etc., with a strong scholarly atmosphere!

"The five-bedroom, three-living room, four-bathroom structure is perfect for your family, and there is also a 150-square-meter basement that can be used as a video room, wine cellar or multi-purpose study. There is a large garden of 1,000 square meters outside, and there is a lot of room for transformation. ”

Lin Han looked at Chen Jiaxuan, and he said with a smile: "17 million, take the time to decorate it yourself, this is our nest in the future." ”

"I think it's nice to have a garden, at least it's not so depressing, and it's very hidden. That's it. ”

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After deciding on this villa, the next steps were handed over to the assistant of the studio to communicate, especially in the decoration, Chen Jiaxuan was very important, and she decided to hire a professional home improvement company to carry out the interior design.

This is the benefit of rich people, more than 10 million villas can be bought in full without blinking, although they can't move in immediately, but there is always an inexplicable sense of excitement.

In the past two days, Lin Han has been busy buying a house, and he has not paid attention to the sales of "Inception", but after he is free, he found that the money he spent is estimated to be able to earn back soon!

When the pre-sale volume reached 1.18 million copies, the physical sales of "Inception" on the first day were also exceptionally good, selling 250,000 copies nationwide, and the next day it dropped slightly to 220,000 copies, which can be said to be a rock solid on the weekly sales list.

Of course, it sold half a month later than the rest of the novels, so it didn't win the championship on the monthly sales list, but in just two days, it reached the 19th place on the monthly list with 1.65 million copies sold, sprinting forward!

At No. 7 on the monthly list is Lin Han's last novel "A Bouquet for Algernon", which was released in May and sold 1.2 million copies that month, and another 2.1 million copies this month, so it can temporarily rank fifth on the annual sales list.

The physical version has excellent sales momentum, and the electronic version is not bad either!

Lin Han can't be called the overlord in physical sales, but he is a real No.1 in the Amazon online bookstore and the e-paper book download of Douban Reading, because the paid book download lists in these two places are firmly ruled by him.

His complete collection of "Three-Body Problem" has jumped to the first place since its release in January, pulling down the previous "Three-Body Problem 1" and "Jurassic Park", "The Martian" and other books!

This year's "Bouquet for Algernon" also performed very well, and was ruthlessly terminated by "Inception" after dominating the weekly charts for four weeks, which is the disadvantage of being too close to the release time and not enjoying more championship treatment.

Whether it is Keigo Higashino's work "Anxiety Relief Grocery Store" or "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", which has been popular for a long time in Mingyue, can't shake the hegemony of Lin Han's e-book paid download!

The new king of the weekly list, "Inception", showed his super sales strength as soon as it was listed, which is 5% higher than the sales performance of the complete works of "Three-Body Problem" in the same period!

Here, he has no opponents, he can only surpass himself by himself, maybe this is the loneliness of the master.

It's just that with the development of sales, the Douban score of "Inception" slowly began to decline from 9.7 points, which is an extremely normal phenomenon, and even various literary classics cannot be stable in such a high position, he is mentally prepared.

Even if the rating drops to 9.5, it is enough to crush quite a few books, although many one-star reviews are deliberately typed out by others, just because the rating is too high, threatening other literary classics!

In the past, books had to be purchased before they could be rated, but this time Lin Han's book was serialized on Weibo and couldn't confirm whether he bought the book or not, so there were a lot of people participating in the evaluation, and it was mixed.

This kind of newcomer emerges and is suppressed by the old man has been staged many times on the foreign movie rating website IMDB, the most famous of which is the movie "Batman 2: The Dark Knight" directed by Nolan, which once rushed to the first place in IMDBTOP250 in the early days of release!

Pulling down the long-famous classic "The Godfather", the battle for first place is extremely dangerous, and fans of both movies brush each other with a star, and they want to prevent each other from reaching the top.

However, the snipe and the clam competed for the fisherman's profit, and the original second millennium "The Shawshank Redemption" became the first for this reason!

Now the rise of "Inception" has also made Douban's literary youth very angry, they simply can't tolerate a novel surpassing literary classics, and it just so happens that you don't need to buy a book to evaluate it, so under the offensive of their friends, the score of the novel began to decline slowly.

Fortunately, there is also the support of true love fans, one bad review, I come ten good reviews, and I can always drag some back. Lin Han has tens of millions of fans, as long as a small number of people come to Douban to help him score, he can barely maintain the status quo!

Fortunately, because Lin Han's fans are still more sensible, they just maintain the score of the novel on their own turf, and they do not retaliate to give one star to the rest of the literary classics, otherwise Lin Han will take the blame for this kind of thing.

Who makes fans make mistakes, and idols will bear the consequences!

This June, not only the film market is constantly noisy, but even the book market is full of wolves, fighting for publicity, quality, and fame, no matter how they compete, the rest of the novels have to bow down under the banner of "Inception".

Compared with overseas readers who are waiting to be fed, domestic readers are undoubtedly happy.

They can give priority to reading "Bouquet for Algernon", and now they enjoy the benefits of "Inception", which makes foreign readers who can't understand Chinese envious!

Because "Inception" involves a lot of special words, the UK-based Penguin Publishing Group is not at all at ease to hand it over to others to translate, so it has to entrust Lin Han, the original author, to translate it.

Who would have thought that Lin Han, who was originally working against the sky, would actually become three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, I am afraid that readers in Europe and the United States will have to wait for a while if they want to see this novel that has shocked countless Chinese netizens!

In the face of the all-round siege of readers, Penguin Publishing Group pushed Lin Han out as a shield early, it's not that we don't want to publish, it's really that the author Lin Han is too inefficient, if you want to urge him, urge him to go!

Fans who are familiar with Lin Han know that he is generally using Weibo, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc., are automatically synchronized by the system, so if you want to find Lin Han, you have to come here.

In half a day, these angry overseas readers came to Lin Han's Weibo in a menacing group, and the rows of English replies blinded domestic netizens!

"Dear Lin, we eagerly look forward to seeing this wonderful novel as soon as possible, and hope that we can enjoy the same treatment as you readers!"

"I've heard about you serializing novels on Weibo, so why don't you serialize them in English on Facebook? ”

"Please, please, please! I can't sleep all night, when will I see this book?"

"God, if it weren't for listening to my friends on Facebook, I wouldn't have known there was such a wonderful novel. With so many hundreds of millions of reads in China, it sounds terrifying!"

"I have never hoped so much that Lim Han is us Koreans, long live the Republic of Korea!"

"Lin Jun's novel is very popular in our island country, I hope Lin Jun can write a science fiction novel related to the island country, please!"

"I must admit that I'm still reading 'Bouquet for Algernon', but that doesn't stop me from urging it!"

Under Lin Han's latest Weibo, there are not only English messages, but also French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, etc., which is like a gathering of Chinese languages in the world!

People who don't have any knowledge really don't dare to read these comments, even Lin Han himself barely understands the readers' meaning through Google Translate.

After thinking about it, he replied to the English version of "Inception" on Facebook, Twitter, and Weibo: "The novel is currently being translated seriously, please be patient." But I can tell you one thing, the English name of the novel is "Inception" (foundation)!"

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The 5,000-word chapter is considered a two-in-one chapter, fortunately, the three more are completed!

Tomorrow will explode.,The author bacteria want to challenge the lazy gene.,Strive to break through the million words as soon as possible.,Book friends also vote for it.,Everyone picks up firewood and the flame is high!(To be continued.) )