Li Mo went to the United States at the end of last year, and it stands to reason that he broke the contract. But Li Mo also has his statement www.biquge.info I'm talking about the lunar year, not your American solar year.

That's right, according to the Chinese lunar year, he is not considered a breach of contract.

In fact, the reason is that last summer, in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, everyone was fighting the flood and rescuing the danger, and at this time, I asked my father to find leaders at all levels to apply for passports, which was ignorant of the severity. The summer vacation in June of the lunar calendar, the flood season is lifted, and you can apply for a passport.

However, when he thought of Powei, did Li Mo dare to go to the United States? He and his father went to the United States, and their hometown was in Powei......

So Li Mosheng dragged it out until the winter vacation.

Bantam Books didn't say anything, mainly selling more than three million copies, and the market is gradually becoming saturated. In addition, the book is selling so well, Li Mo is the uncle, and the Bantam Book Company is the grandson, and the score is clear.

After more than a year, Li Mo went to the United States and is still popular. Moreover...... The Li family has big eyes, Li Mo's nose is still relatively big, and it is more suitable for the aesthetic views of Westerners, more than a year later, Li Mo is not a fat bean sprout, he has become a normal body type, and he can barely be regarded as a handsome guy.

Those little girls in the United States are sensible early, and after Li Mo appeared on TV, Li Mo was sought after by many little girls.

That is, Li Mo's gimmick is still there, and as long as there is a gimmick, it will continue to be sought after by the media. Some reporters asked Li Mo about Big Brother, but Li Mo smiled and didn't answer...... The mobile phone he was talking about was a real phone, not a big brother.

A few days later, Li Mo returned to China with his father.

However, Reagan's wife invited him as a guest, not only because of his influence in the United States, but also because of ...... It's about politics!

To use an analogy, it was Mo Yan who won the Nobel Prize as a real Chinese. Why did he win the Nobel Prize, Norwegian salmon can't be sold.

Li Mo once thought with malice that Norway was still disgusting China that time, the reason is very simple, just flip through Mo Yan's novels, which describe the backward appearance of China in the past. It's not that it can't be written, but it can be placed on the Nobel Prize, which is somewhat awkward.

Therefore, when winning the award, the people below were ecstatic together, but the people above were unmoved, without him, and the sincerity was insufficient!

That's why Tu Youyou ......

Or why did so many people in the USSR win the Nobel Prize?

People are all Westerners, so look at the map to see how close the northwest corner of the Soviet Union is to the small countries of Northern Europe.

Not to mention Yuan Longping, not to mention Qian Xuesen, Qian Sanqiang, and Deng Jiaxian, the rest of Li Mo can still count a lot, Li Siguang, Zhu Kezhen, Hou Debang, Zhou Peiyuan, Mao Yisheng, Tong Dizhou, Qian Weichang, Yan Jici, Wu Youxun, Zhang Yuzhe, Tang Feifan, Ding Ying, and Liang Xi...... There are many outstanding scientists in all aspects, both near and far...... Especially Yuan Longping, a Nobel laureate, how many people have contributed as much as him?

This invitation, first, may indeed be that the Reagan couple are a little curious about him, and second, it is also a political need.

The Soviet Union is not in serious trouble, but it is still very strong, that is, the United States needs China to share the pressure brought by the Soviet Union for them.

It just so happened that Li Mo talked about the relationship between husband and wife, so this invitation has a strong political connotation.

But it's not that simple, it has nothing to do with the later Sino-US relations, the main thing is the money in Li Mo's hands, plus this meeting, which will make a very small number of leaders above have superfluous ideas.

Li Mo thought for a moment and said, "Let me think about it......"

"What's there to think about?"

"You don't just go back right away, I'll give you an answer when you leave. ”

Hao Like was a little puzzled, he said it, it was indeed a matter of this, and secondly, it showed that the United States still maintained a friendly and intimate attitude towards China, and Li Mo was worried that it was superfluous. Of course, he never dreamed that the mighty Soviet Union would fall, and I am afraid that Reagan would not have imagined it either.

Li Mo took Hao Like upstairs.

Johnson was still looking at Li Mo's book, and Li Mo asked, "Mr. Johnson, can you meet your company's publishing requirements?"

"Reached, reached. Johnson nodded repeatedly. Its selling points and creativity are certainly not as good as "Jurassic Park", but there are still many selling points, besides, Li Mo's age, and the many fans he already has in the United States, can doom the book to sell no less, but it can't reach the height of "Jurassic Park".

Li Menu pouted, Hollick understood, and he began to negotiate with Johnson.

The two argued, and Hollick wanted a 13% share of the copyright, that is, the share of the top American writers.

Johnson said he couldn't accept it, and said, "We, Bantam Books, give Lee a lot of money."

American writers are also hard-working, unlike Chinese writers, who can still do an errand in various government departments. A handful of best-selling authors must have had a good time, but most writers tend to sell only a few thousand copies of a book, resulting in 95 percent of writers working part-time or having spouses to support their lives.

Moreover, American professional writers do not write like Li Mo, they use typewriters, so they have to have offices, so they incur utility bills, telephone bills, postal and telecommunications expenses, typing secretary salaries, lawyer fees, accountant fees, research, travel, books and other expenses, and most importantly, the total income of 10 to 15 percent of the literary agent fees or brokers (without an agent, it is difficult to sell your products). Together, these costs cover at least 35 per cent of the total revenue.

This is also the reason why Li Mo found someone.

If it weren't for someone using his own name to recommend it for Li Mo, and Li Mo had no economic person, even if he found the address of Bantam Books and sent it, I don't know how long it would take for people to look through it.

The rest is not yours, and you have to pay taxes...... Pay your taxes, that's yours.

In addition, there is the paperback book revolution, in order to increase sales, major book companies have released a large number of softcover books, and then squeeze the income of writers, the average average writer's hardcover version is 10 percent, and the hardcover version is only 6 percent.

From this point of view, the contract signed between Bantam and Li Mo last time did not treat Li Mo badly, although the hardcover version is also 9 percent, and the simple version is also 9 percent, the key is that the simple version is the bulk of sales.

Hollick was furious and said, "What mediocre writers do you use to compare to our little aliens?"

Hollick has a point.

Nine out of ten American writers are living hard, but a very small number of writers have a staggering income.

For example, in 12 years, George R.R. Martin, the author of "A Song of Ice and Fire", earned more than $15 million in rights that year, and J.K. Rowling, the author of the "Harry Potter" series, earned even more than him. Of course, at that time, prices rose, and the price of books also increased several times, and there was no doubt that the share of copyright also rose.

Li Mo stopped them, and then took out another stack of manuscripts from the drawer: "This is my third book, this is the first draft, and I just started to revise, you see." ”

Before Li Mo went to the United States, "Snowpiercer" was finished, and the final draft was finished.

But he never told anyone from Bantam Books to come and read the manuscript because he was a little younger last year.

There are some ideological things in this book, which are too bizarre, although no one will really move him to the operating table and slice it, but it can't be explained, so it has been pressed until now, and after the bantam is approved, the typesetting will be corrected, and it will be close to the end of the year.

At that time, Li Mo was a year older, and he could explain the past a little, and I believe that the author of the comic strip in France may not have had time to generate relevant inspiration, and the time is also in time.

After it was over, Li Mo plagiarized the third book, which he was also very impressed, he had read the original book, watched the movie, and did not finish it until the end of summer. However, with the increase of English ability, especially this kind of paper book is not an online text, in order to pursue the update of the number of words, it will not be scrutinized word by word, and writing these books is to be repeatedly scrutinized every word and sentence, so the writing has increased rapidly.

Although it is being revised, it is not like the first time he saw "Jurassic Park", which has been renovated into ghost paintings.

"Good. Johnson immediately took it with joy, and it was a big deal for the bantam...... The Chinese have not yet bare into the eyes of money for the time being, but the Americans have long been in the eyes of money.

Li Mo looked at the sky and said, "I'll take you to dinner." ”

He took the two of them to a more luxurious restaurant for dinner, but the most luxurious restaurant in Chao City was just that, and everyone in the restaurant looked at them curiously.

Li Mo had no choice but to find a box and sit down.

Johnson asked, "Lee, why did you go to the United States wearing glasses?"

"I don't want others to know, including my two alma maters, and no one knows about them yet, so that I can study with peace of mind. ”

"Why don't you come to the U.S. to study?"

At this time, the quality of education in the United States is indeed better than that in China.

But Li Mo is a person with a strong sense of national self-esteem, and he will definitely not go to the United States to study, not only now, but also in the future when he goes to college, he will not go to the United States, but he can't answer like this, he said: "I am a person who is more homesick, and the United States is too far away." ”

"I've also heard this saying that you Chinese love home. ”

The dish began to come up.

Li Mo asked for a few bottles of beer for them, but Li Mo didn't drink it himself.

Johnson didn't drink much, first, because he was tired, and second, he wanted to go back to the hotel quickly to finish reading the two manuscripts.

After eating in a hurry, Johnson was about to go back to rest, and Li Mo said, "Hao Lick, you stay." ”

Changing Chinese here, it must be a little unhappy, but Americans, they generally like to do things directly, Johnson doesn't care, besides, Hao Lick is Li Mo's legal adviser, in fact, Li Mo's economic and personal lawyer, they have something to discuss.

After Johnson left, Li Mo didn't say anything, only said: "Hao Like, this negotiation, as long as they don't go too far, just accept it." ”

"Lee, do you know how much money your book made for Bantam Books? at least over four million dollars. But how much did they give you?"

"You can't calculate it that way, and if you calculate it that way, how much money did Tim Patterson lose, and how much did Seattle Computer lose money?"

In fact, what Li Mo didn't know was that Seattle Computer Company saw Microsoft's revenue surge, and their eyes were red, and from next year, they began to fight a lawsuit with Microsoft, and it was not until the year after next that Microsoft paid them one million dollars, and the two sides were settled. In fact, the Seattle computer company is really losing, don't be in such a hurry to settle it. In the second half of the 90s, they asked Microsoft for 10 million, and Microsoft would give it to them...... It's still a big loss.

"Hao Like, I don't have much to do with other people's interests now, and there will definitely be many enemies in the future, so I also hope to have some friends. ”

"Li ......"

"Nine percent is impossible, thirteen percent for the hardcover version, 10 percent for the lite version, each one step along, and they're happy. ”

In fact, in the past two years, Li Mo needs this manuscript fee, and in a few years, Li Mo will not attach too much importance to this manuscript fee, but what he needs is still needed, and what he needs is not the manuscript fee, but fame and influence.

I don't do this because I'm afraid.

Li Mo was a human being in two lifetimes, and he was not timid, and he was timid, so he would not have knocked out the dagger in the hands of that little rascal with a stick that day.

It's called prudence and wisdom.

All kinds of interests are entangled, and the US government will not dare to attack him. Time is also fast, but in a year and a half, he will have to attack another company, which is a real piece of big fat. Of course, these meats are delicious, but if you eat too much, you will be more or less panicked......

Hao Like thought for a moment and nodded with some regret.

Go back to each other.

The next morning, the two were still alive.

This is generally the case, because Americans also have a biological clock.

Li Mo made a phone call.

Changed the operator, this time a gay man. After a while, he called the military leader.

"Li Mo, are you in trouble again?"

"No trouble, just a problem, you know, the contract I signed with Bantam Books was to promote them once a year for 10 years. ”

"You know, it's not hard to get a passport. ”

"It's not a passport, it's Mrs. Nancy's desire to invite me to the White House when I go to the United States at the end of the year to promote it. ”

"You are really good...... the next word Wu leader insisted on suppressing it, without saying it, he was stunned for a while before saying: "You are really good!"

Who is Mrs. Nancy? Reagan's wife, Mrs. Nancy's invitation to Li Mo as a guest is equivalent to Reagan's invitation to Li Mo as a guest, and this relationship has been sorted out, and the military leader feels a little confused. (To be continued.) )