The day after he was released from prison, Xu An returned to his apartment. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The apartment room is quite tidy, Lance will find someone to clean it regularly, and Xu An only needs to open the window for ventilation after Xu An comes.

Soon, Lance also rushed over.

He brought with him a USB flash drive containing the artwork for Twilight.

"How's the preparation going over there at Boulder Random House?" Xu An asked, before he was imprisoned, the manuscript of "Twilight" had been completed, and he asked Lance to take the manuscript away and have it reviewed by the publishing house, and in the end, it was Boulder Random who won the publishing rights.

"They move quickly, and almost all of the newspapers this month are about you and Andrew, so Boulder Random also wants to take this opportunity to publish a new book sooner." Lance took out a contract, handed it to Xu An, and said: "The launch date is set in three days, and you may need to cooperate with some on-site activities at that time, and the publishing company hopes that you can participate in more interviews to maximize your popularity, which is good for the sales of new books." ”

Xu An took the contract and looked at it, and found that he couldn't understand it, so he put it aside, and Matthew would come over later, and it would be better to leave legal-related matters to professionals.

Xu An was not very interested in various activities, he said: "I'll try my best, to be honest, I don't like these too much, and I'm afraid I've been very busy lately, I have to prepare song and dance scripts, write new books, and I'm also going to learn a musical instrument, guitar or whatever." ”

"New books?" Lance's eyes lit up and he said, "You wrote a new book in prison?" ”

"That's right, a story about revenge." Xu An found the manuscript from the side and handed it to Lance.

Lance took it in his hand and looked at it, and read: "The Count of Monte Cristo? How much has been done? ”

"It's probably less than half, it's a long story, and it will probably be published in two or more volumes in the future." Xu An said.

"Seriously, you're such a prolific writer, look at "Bones", "Fire and Ice", "Twilight", and now "The Count of Monte Cristo", and it's all wonderful, it looks like I'm going to be developed soon!" Lance sighed, "Oh, by the way, the pre-sales of "Bones" have come out, do you know how much it sold in the first month of its release? ”

"How much?"

"460,000 copies! They sold 460,000 copies! Speaking of this number, Lance was also amazed, "Now almost all agents are envious of me, envy that I have found a super best-selling author!" ”

"Can it sell 2 million copies a year?" Xu An is more concerned about this issue, and the final sales volume is related to the proportion of his remuneration.

This book he signed a gambling agreement with Boulder Langdon, and if the annual sales exceed two million, Jushi Langdon needs to pay 20% of the yard as a remuneration, and if the sales are too low, the remuneration may even drop below the level of a new author.

"It's very likely, you didn't see Stanley's face, it's just amazing!" Lance gloated and laughed, Stanley was credited with the high sales of the book, but the publishing company was also paying ever, which would continue to erase Stanley's credit, and he discovered the bestsellers, but he also proposed the VAM agreement.

Less than 15% is the best result, enough to sell well, and the remuneration is within the affordable range, but more than 2 million copies, the increase in sales is not proportional to the remuneration that needs to be paid.

Stanley's current feelings can be described as painful and happy, and what he is most looking forward to is that the book will eventually sell well over 2 million copies, not about 2 million!

"What about you?" Xu An asked, "You don't have any commission for this book!" ”

"No, no, I've advanced the best pay, and that original manuscript can't be exchanged for me for any amount of money." "Besides, we have other works, and I'm sure you'll be on the bestseller list in the future." ”

"I promise, you won't be disappointed!" Xu An also said seriously, "The VAM agreement is very good, but unfortunately the remuneration will not be settled until a year later." ”

Xu An originally wanted to use the manuscript fee of "Bones" to change to a better place to live, and prepare a quiet and spacious studio or large study, but now it seems that he can't count on it.

"It's okay, the payment for "Twilight" will arrive before you spend the advance payment!" "It's a pity that I only got 15 percent of the royalties, and Boulder Langdon didn't let go of it." ”

"It's okay, Twilight is just the first part of this series, and when the second part comes, they will take the initiative to raise the royalties!" Xu An is very confident that no matter how best-selling the series is, the sales will always be higher than the other.

The two discussed some questions about the new book, and Matthew arrived.

Matthew's first words after arriving were about Andrew, "Ann, what are you going to do with Andrew?" ”

Yesterday, on the first day of Xu An's release from prison, everyone didn't talk about Andrew at the party, so as not to affect the mood, and now there is no such evasion, which is also the scope of Matthew's work.

"Sue, on the charge of racial discrimination, I want him to return the 80,000 US dollars he took from me, and I will also pay additional compensation!" Xu An gritted his teeth and said, he has never been a magnanimous person, Andrew hurt him so badly, he will not let that guy go no matter what.

"Haha, that's what Chris wants, it looks like the good show of beating the water dogs is about to be staged." Matthew laughed.

Lance also laughed, "By the way, Matthew, I heard that you are still Andrew's lawyer now?" ”

Hearing this, Xu An was stunned for a moment and asked curiously: "What does this mean, how can Matthew be Andrew's lawyer?" ”

Matthew and Lance looked at each other and smiled, and told Xu An what had happened.

The matter is actually very simple, Chris is dissatisfied with Andrew's framing of Xu An, and uses Xu An's fame to talk nonsense in the newspaper for his own benefit, and arranges for his assistant to dig a pit for Andrew, ready to pit Andrew for a sum of money.

A few hundred thousand dollars is a small amount for Chris, but it is enough to make Andrew feel very distressed.

This ploy has been successful after Andrew paid $150,000 in legal fees, and Matthew will not help him again in any case, if it weren't for Stanley's counterattack too quickly, Matthew would even delay Andrew in the later litigation proceedings.

"Oh, that's so exciting, why didn't anyone tell me?" Xu An exclaimed.

"Chris just wanted to vent for you, he was going to tell you after you got out of prison to make you happy." Matthew laughed.

Xu An knew how much risk it would take for Chris and Matthew, professional lawyers who work in high-level law firms, to design such a trap for Andrew, in case the matter is revealed, it will be their entire career that will be hit, so he is both grateful and a little guilty: "Thank you, Matthew, and thank Chris." ”

"It's a trivial matter, don't take it to heart, for a professional lawyer, this kind of thing is too simple!" Matthew smiled mysteriously.

"No wonder people call you vampires!" Lance scolded with a laugh.

"Thanks for the compliment, I hope one day I can be promoted to the vampire prince!" Matthew said proudly, "By the way, did you watch today's news?" ”

"What?" Xu An asked, "I came over early in the morning to tidy up the room, and I haven't had time to see it, what happened?" ”

"When you were released from prison yesterday, were you interviewed?" Matthew asked.

Out? Xu An thought for a while, "There was no formal interview, but there were too many people at that time, and everyone was talking to me, and then I really wanted to respond a few words, there was a problem with those words?" ”

"Of course, the problem is not small!"