Chapter 55: Returning Home
Lin Lili was still in shock, and the other teachers in the office had already gathered around and talked about it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Previously, they knew that Zheng Long went to participate in the author conference of "Budding" magazine, which has been widely praised in the school, after all, Pucheng is a very small city, and everyone is still very new to this kind of thing.
Wu You is Zheng Long's history teacher, and he usually admires Zheng Long, after all, Zheng Long's history grades have always been good. It just so happened that Wu You still cares more about current affairs, and often reads some newspapers and website news from other provinces and cities, so he probably knows that Zheng Long is famous in the overseas market.
"Teacher Lin, as far as I can see, this business card in Zheng Long's hand is likely to be true!"
Lin Lili was still in a trance, not knowing what was going on, after all, for teachers in small cities, these things were like a fantasy.
"Mr. Wu, what do you mean..."
Lin Lili looked at Wu You.
"That's right, some time ago, I read the Shanghai Daily, and found that Zheng Long seemed to be famous in the Haishi market, and he also participated in a banquet and wrote a poem, well, you see, it was published in the newspaper."
Lin Lili was very speechless. As Zheng Long's Chinese teacher and class teacher, he didn't know that Zheng Long had such strong literary skills. To say that he usually likes to read some martial arts novels in class, but his Chinese grades are also very ordinary.
Lin Lili took the newspaper handed over by Wu You and looked at it suspiciously. It was a newspaper a few days ago, and the whole page on it described the process of Zheng Long fighting poems with Liu Cheng at the banquet, and also published the full text of the already popular "In the Mirror".
Lin Lili saw the word "Zheng Long" written in the newspaper, and she still couldn't believe it, so she asked Zheng Long:
"Did you really do this?"
Zheng Long glanced at the newspaper and said:
"Well, yes..."
Lin Lili was speechless...
The current situation is that she is not scolding, nor is she boasting. praised Zheng Long's words, and what he said just now just became a slap in the face; But if you continue to scold Zheng Long, it doesn't seem to be appropriate.
So, Lin Lili had no choice but to say to Zheng Long:
"Then you go home first, this matter ends here, if you ask for leave in the future, you must go back to school in time to cancel the vacation, not an example!"
Zheng Long saluted Lin Lili:
"Guaranteed!"
After leaving Lin Lili's office, Zheng Long walked leisurely on the campus path.
Because it was during the class that there were no other idle people on campus except for those who were in physical education class.
Zheng Long enjoys this campus atmosphere.
Suddenly, he received a phone call.
"Zheng Long, we have already made your contract, please provide your address, and we will send it to you immediately."
As soon as I heard the voice, I knew that it was Xiao Hongda's, because there was a very strong curved tone, although he had tried his best to imitate the Mandarin with the correct and round words.
"Uh-huh, okay, the address is ......"
"Good! Because you're still a newcomer, we can't give you too high royalties, so we're going to give you a 9% royalty for the time being, do you think that's okay? ”
Zheng Long replied without hesitation:
"Okay, you can do it! There's nothing wrong with me, after all, you have a good understanding of me, and I should agree to it anyway! ”
Xiao Hongda also looked very satisfied, and said:
"Well, I'm really sorry this time, but our company also has a cost accounting factor to consider. But I promise you, our next cooperation, I will give you a more favorable price, I also believe that your works will stand the test of the market, your value will be doubled! At that time, I hope you can still give priority to cooperating with our company! ”
Zheng Long replied affirmatively:
"Well, it must be! I believe in the professionalism of your company! If there are any works in the future, I will definitely give priority to your company for overseas copyrights! If you are willing to set up a company in Huaxia Mainland and can act as an agent for my simplified copyright, I will also give you priority to the simplified copyright! ”
"Great! Thank you, Zheng Long! Happy working together! By the way, you need to provide me with a copy of your ID card and a copy of your bank card, which must be the head of your household. Since the copy may be a bit blurry, I recommend that you copy the card number again in the blank space of the copy. You can send us a live fax by courier, see your convenience! We will send your first manuscript fee to your card as soon as possible, and our company is still very happy, you definitely don't have to worry about this! ”
"Good! I'll take care of this soon! ”
The two exchanged some more pleasantries, and Zheng Long hung up the phone.
Zheng Long calculated the first manuscript fee: the price of the book over there is relatively high, and the price of Zheng Long's book will probably be around 250 new coins, which is equivalent to about 50 yuan. The number of first printing is 50,000 copies, so Zheng Long's manuscript fee is 5 times 50 times 9%, a total of about 225,000, and the first manuscript fee is about 30%, that is, Lu Wanqi and Wu Baiyuan. This was still a considerable amount of money in 2001.
The more Zheng Long thought about it, the more beautiful his heart became, and he walked home humming a little song.
Because it was a working day, Qian Lizhen and Zheng Nanxing were still working in the unit and did not come home. Zheng Long returned to his long-lost home and felt very cordial - after all, this was the first time in this life that he had left this familiar home, and people who had been wandering outside for a long time were often even more homesick.
Zheng Long took a shower, sorted out his luggage again, and counted the cost of going to the overseas market this time, and found that he had saved about 500 yuan. Although he often takes a taxi in the overseas market, because the magazine and August people gave him a lot of money, and Cheng Daren also gave him some funds, although he has spent a bit of a lot of money, but there is still a lot of money left.
Zheng Long found a red envelope and wrapped the more than 500 yuan, ready to give it to his parents as a gift to honor them. After all, his parents have given birth to him for so many years, and he has not done too much for their sake, which has always made Zheng Long very unhappy.
Of course, after arranging all this, he was still too sleepy, after all, he had hardly slept well these days. He soon fell into a deep sleep in his bed.
When he woke up, it was already time for Qian Lizhen to wake him up and eat.
It was dark outside, and it was dinner time.
"Get up and eat, son!"
"Okay, Mom, you wait for me a while..."
Zheng Long looked a little embarrassed, but he tiptoed to hide the red envelope in his pocket, so that Qian Lizhen wouldn't find out first...