Li Mo added: "George, I was born on December 26, 72, that is, this book was written when I was not yet ten years old. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Once these books are published continuously, I am sure that they will generate a large number of fans in your country. As I get older, my writing skills will gradually improve, and I will inevitably revise these books when the time comes. Every time it is revised, it can be published once, and there will be fans who buy it once. Needless to say, these books are a sensation when they are adapted into movies. ”

George in the back didn't care too much, what he cared about was the front, Li Mo was only ten years old, and this potential was ...... How scary!

"Lee, I'm sure you've convinced me, but I can't call the shots, I have to call back. ”

"Okay, I'll accompany you to town to make a call. ”

"Shoot," said George harshly, he couldn't say that China was too backward at this time, it was too rude, but he had to go to town again, and come back from town, and think about the terrible way back and forth for miles.

"George, don't worry, after all, it's getting late, and you have to go back to town to book a reception first...... Hotel. ”

"Leaders, it doesn't matter if they live in the town's guest house, right?"

"Classmate Li Mo, don't worry, we'll arrange it," said a leader in the town.

George is here to sign the contract, that is a foreign guest!

Li Mo and the others accompanied George to the town to make a phone call, and Li Mo said halfway through: "Mr. George, I have a small request, if your company agrees to my conditions, please send a deposit of $10,000 first." ”

In fact, these conditions are not excessive.

George was stunned for a moment, then nodded in understanding.

The Li family's conditions are too difficult and they need money!

It's not like that, it's Li Guangping who needs to see 10,000 yuan. You don't have to use it, you have to let your father see the money, and you won't have to talk about it in the future.

When I got to the town, there was a telephone, the town government had it, and the post office had it.

The leaders took them to the town government, and the "foreign friends" came, and they had to pay out of their pockets if they couldn't make a phone call.

George talked for a long time on the phone, told the whole situation, and then turned his head to Li Mo and said: "Mo Li, my boss said that he agreed to your conditions, but the rest of the book must be handed over to our company for publication." ”

"I can't agree to this condition, and you can't agree to it, in case I don't write well, will you still give me this condition, I can only say that under the same circumstances, I will give your company priority. Of course, the book I wrote in my hand can be contracted on this condition. ”

The two negotiate the contract.

Li Mo also corrected them one by one, but no matter how he corrected them, there must be some loopholes in this contract that he didn't know. However, it is not a big problem, and the next contract, where can you go to the United States to hire a lawyer to sign it.

Even if there are loopholes in this contract, as long as the books continue to sell, bantams will not use it to make a fuss. Even after these two books became popular, the lawyer was able to force Bantam to sign a new contract.

He really guessed it......

Of course, let Li Mo fight for the key points, otherwise the bantam will not agree. First George signed the chicken on behalf of the bantam and stamped it, then Li Mo signed it, and then Li Guangping signed and sealed, Li Guangping couldn't write, so he had to press his handprint and then stamp his private seal.

This is the helplessness of minors, and to sign a contract with an American, a guardian must sign it. This is in China, once you go abroad, or it is more troublesome to sign abroad, and even Li Mo has to run around with his father......

It is herb, George has to take it back and print it out, and then send it to the Li family, Li Guangping and his son re-signed and stamped, and sent it back to the United States, after the bantam stamped the relevant seal, he kept a copy for himself, and then sent another copy to the Li family, and that contract was the official contract. However, the contract already has legal effect. But even no, Li Mo is not afraid, because his request is not excessive, it is Bantam Books that begs for himself, not for Bantam.

"It was a pleasure to work with. ”

"It was a pleasure to work with. ”

Li Mo shook hands with George again.

Li Guangping took the opportunity to buy roast duck outside.

Since the book has been published, there must be a manuscript fee, but there is no manuscript fee, and it is a guest from afar, and it must be entertained. But now there is nothing to entertain in the countryside, even if you want to buy vegetables, the Caozhen vegetable market is a morning market, that is, at noon, there is nothing to sell in the vegetable market. had to let Li Mo's mother kill chickens at home and buy roast duck to entertain, while Li Mo bought two spoons.

Back at Li's house, George took photos for Li Mo, wanting books to be bought well and promoted, not China, like Li Mo's "Guardian" quietly placed in Xinhua Bookstore, buy if you like, and pull it down if you don't buy it.

Li Mo also agreed, took many photos with George, and took out several of his drafts in Chinese and English to take a few photos as proof.

But when taking pictures, Li Mo took out a pair of glasses from the small room and put them on, and the ones without prescription were bought by Li Mo deliberately after spending a lot of effort in Chao City.

It's not to pretend to be forced, it's not to pretend to be forced.

The current information in China is so closed that future generations can't imagine it, but once this book is officially published and released, coupled with his age and nationality, it will inevitably cause a sensation. There are also some international students abroad, and if the news comes back and goes to the newspaper, and the school sees it, it will inevitably be exposed.

This is not a collection of essays, but a novel published in the United States, will the school promote it?

If you put on a pair of glasses, even if you read it in the newspaper and the school sees it, most of the time you won't pay much attention to it.

This is just in case, I really want the school to know, so I have to beg the school to keep it a secret.

After dinner, Li Guangping poured wine, George took a sip, this is more than 50 degrees old white dry, he choked so much that even his eyes almost flowed out.

Li Mo said: "Dad, he is an American, he can't drink liquor, and the customs are different, so don't persuade him anymore." ”

There is a very bad custom in the Caozhen area at this time, entertaining guests, if you have to drink the guests down, that is called warm hospitality. In the previous life, the Li family built a house, and invited everyone to drink on the day of Shangliang, but more than a dozen laborers drank nearly 20 catties of wine, one person went to the hospital, and half of them lay on the ground and couldn't move, some slept in the middle of the house, some slept on the edge of the toilet, and one person held the pigsty door to the two pigs with his hand, and refused to get up singing a small song in his mouth.

Li Mo also liked to drink when he was young, inherited from Lao Tzu, half a catty of liquor at noon, and half a catty of liquor at night, if he was happy, at least one and a half catties of liquor a day, he drank his stomach into chronic gastritis, and then quit drinking, and only one cigarette addiction did not quit. But by that time, he was becoming more and more calm, and with his awkward personality, he sometimes looked like a hermit.

"Leaders, you are free. ”

But George is the host and guest, he doesn't drink anymore, and the leaders are embarrassed to drink, so let's eat.

Li Mo took two spoons and handed them to George and Kim. Kim is Chinese, but he has become a banana man completely, he can't speak Mandarin well, and he may not be able to use chopsticks.

However, without a knife and fork, George still tasted very awkward, thought about it, and grabbed it directly with his hands.

Xiaomei said: "The monster is so stupid that he can't even use chopsticks." ”

"Little sister, don't talk nonsense, people eat with knives and forks, give you knives and forks, can you use them to eat?"

But when everyone saw George's appearance, they couldn't help laughing.

It was getting dark.

Li Mo said: "George, you can take pictures, but don't disturb me. ”

If you don't bother, it's impossible, and Li Mo can't write a novel instead, so he does summer homework instead. He took out his summer homework and smeared mosquito water on his body. It doesn't work, the lights are turned on, the light is bright enough, and it attracts mosquitoes. This is not the point, Li Guangping was originally going to fish for soft-shelled turtles at night, and put the pork liver on the fishing needle. There are guests at home, and they are still valuable guests, and they can't fish for soft-shelled turtles.

The basket containing the soft-shelled turtle was placed in the corner of the hall and covered with a snakeskin bag, so as not to affect everyone's vision, and also to prevent the old cat written in Li Mo's essay from stealing food.

It was hot, and the fishy smell of pork liver came out, which attracted many mosquitoes. Although Li Mo was coated with mosquito water, there were still many mosquitoes that stung him out one by one, and the sultry summer night made Li Mo sweat like rain.

George and Translator Jin exchanged words in a low voice, and Translator Jin asked Li Guangping in awkward Chinese, "Does your son come over like this in the summer?"

"Yes," Li Guangping replied without thinking.

Is there anything wrong? If you want to study well, you have to do this, saying bitter, Lao Tzu is even more bitter, fishing for blackfish and soft-shelled turtles still sleeping in the wild. He thought it was normal, and both George and Kim were a little heartbroken.

George took several precious and painful photographs.

Before parting, he clasped Li Mo's hand and said, "I believe Edison's sentence, and none of my inventions are obtained by chance." When I saw a social need that was worthy of people's energy and material resources to be satisfied, I experimented again and again until it became a reality. In the end, it comes down to 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. Your intelligence, imagination and a lot of sweat have made this imaginative novel. ”

A smart person can only be envied, and a smart person who can endure hardships can really move people's hearts.

He had already thought of a propaganda plan in his mind.

"If you want to succeed, you have to work hard, George, here's the bank account number and my contact address. ”

The bank account number is Li Guangping's account in the credit union passbook, and the address has two addresses, if it is a holiday, what is the situation with the bantam, write to Li Mo's home, if it is when Li Mo is studying, write to Su's house. This is temporary, once Li Mo officially gets the manuscript fee, he plans to buy a house, and he will also press the phone, and it will be convenient to contact at that time.

Unexpectedly, several leaders of the commune also heard it, and ran over blindly, and Secretary Cao asked, "The Americans want to publish your book?"

"Hmm. ”

"What book?"

"I didn't want to learn English, English was too boring, so I tried to write a novel in English and sent it to the United States. Maybe the manuscript fee is a little more than my essay collection, and there is nothing else, and learning is the main thing. ”

The manuscript fee is only a little more than his essay collection...... and the bantam president can die of anger if he hears it.

Li Mo further downplayed its influence, so that everyone wouldn't care too much about it, and even Li Guangping added: "Xiao Mo, do you have five hundred yuan?"