Chen Yuan locked the door and was in a happy mood.

He washed up, bought some things in the supermarket, borrowed a bicycle from the owner of the Internet café, and rode all the way to Guanzhuang Village.

In 99, the main means of transportation in the small county town were bicycles, motorcycles, and agricultural tricycles. Occasionally, vans and cars will pass by on the road, which will always arouse people's envy. At this time, people would never have thought that 10 years later, private cars would be flooded, often causing traffic jams and embarrassing situations where there is no parking space to park.

The times are changing so fast that even Chen Yuan has to sigh.

When he came all the way to the entrance of Guanzhuang Village, he suddenly came to his senses. Although Su Muying invited him to be a guest at home, he didn't know the specific location of the Su family at this time! In his memory, when he and Su Muying went on a blind date, the Su family had already built a new house. But at this time, the place where the new house was built was still a wasteland, where does the Su family live now?

Chen Yuan secretly laughed in his heart, while Su Muying was a little confused, while looking for someone to inquire.

With the help of the villagers, Chen Yuan quickly found the Su family at this time.

The Su family was not wealthy, with only a few adobe houses that were common in this era.

When Su Jun heard the movement, he hurriedly went out and warmly invited Chen Yuan to the house. What made Chen Yuan strange was that Su Muying was not at home. Thinking that she should have not returned from grocery shopping, he was not very nervous. It's just that it's 12 o'clock, Su Muying still hasn't come back, Su Jun, Liu Ping, and Chen Yuan are all a little unable to sit still.

Chen Yuan offered to pick up Su Muying, but Su's father, who was already a little impatient, did not agree and wanted to go out by himself. But under Liu Ping's persuasion, they gave up their plans, and the two stayed at home and waited for news.

Chen Yuan came all the way to the entrance of the village, but he didn't see Su Muying. It occurred to him that maybe she had gone to his rental house to look for him again. Sure enough, when Chen Yuan ran all the way back to the rental house, he saw Su Muying squatting on the ground with a big bag of ingredients.

Su Muying was both anxious and aggrieved, secretly blaming Chen Yuan for being a villain, and didn't know how to explain to her parents after returning home. Unexpectedly, as soon as I looked up, I saw Chen Yuan. She was overjoyed, and then couldn't help but blame: "Where the hell have you been?" I've been waiting here for a long time! ”

Chen Yuan hurriedly apologized, and after obtaining Su Muying's forgiveness, he took her back to Su's house in Guanzhuang Village.

It was already a little late, but with Chen Yuan's helper, the six dishes of meat and vegetables were quickly served to the table.

At this time, in rural people, there are scrambled eggs, roast chicken, ham, vegetables, and canned food with green onions on the dinner table, which is already considered to be a grade.

For some reason, Chen Yuan, who was tired of eating these meals in his future memory, ate very comfortably today.

After eating, the wine and food were replaced with tea, and the Soviet army put the operation fee on the table and asked Chen Yuan to return it. Chen Yuan saw that there were even a lot of gross tickets among them, and then looked at Su Jun's face that was red because of drunkenness, and couldn't help but feel sad.

In the future memory, Su Muying still did not abandon Chen Yuan after the Chen family went bankrupt, the main reason was the harmony between husband and wife, but there must also be the factor of family education. Chen Yuan is very grateful to Su Jun and Liu Ping, who trained a good wife for him.

Therefore, no matter what, it is impossible for Chen Yuan to take this money.

"Uncle, aunt, you can keep this money for now." Chen Yuan said sincerely, "I'm not short of money now. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Auntie hasn't been good yet, so you should need this money more than I do. When you are financially well-off, you will be fine. ”

Despite this, Su Jun and Liu Ping still insisted that Chen Yuan accept the money. They don't have a good life, but they have nothing to do with others. Chen Yuan's advance payment of medical expenses is already a great kindness to them, and if they continue to default, they will not be able to pass the hurdle in their hearts.

Just when the two sides were pushing back and forth, Su Muying, who had been silent, spoke, "Dad, Mom, let's owe him first." You don't know, Chen Yuan is rich now, and he has earned 20,000 or 30,000 yuan after writing a few books! ”

"What?" Su Jun and Liu Ping were shocked.

In this era when most people's monthly income is only four or five hundred, twenty or thirty thousand is definitely a huge amount of money! Su Jun and Liu Ping couldn't help but look at the young man in front of them again, in addition to being shocked, they were still shocked! They could no longer describe their perception of Chen Yuan in words, this young man was beyond their imagination. The husband and wife worked hard to save money, and at the end of the year, they only had one or two thousand left. But Chen Yuan is just a child, and he is still in his first year of high school, and he has already earned 20,000 or 30,000 yuan?

Su Jun and Liu Ping put the money away. As Chen Yuan said, they really need this money more. Without this money, it would have been very difficult for them to pass this year.

Su Muying sent Chen Yuan to the entrance of the village. On the way, she kept her head down and didn't speak, not knowing what she was thinking.

Chen Yuan enjoys this atmosphere very much, and when he is accompanied by the other party, he will feel at ease.

Su Muying stopped, raised her head to look at Chen Yuan, and plucked up the courage to say, "I've thought about it, if you really like me, then I'll be your girlfriend!" ”

"What?" Chen Yuan didn't listen carefully for a while.

"I promised to be your girlfriend, but definitely not because you helped our family, but because I think you are really good!" Su Muying bit her lip and said.

After Chen Yuan heard this, his heart suddenly made waves, and he felt happy, but he didn't show it excessively.

Chen Yuan looked at the little girl in front of him with a smile, sighed for a long time, and said when Su Muying was about to be embarrassed: "Have you thought about it clearly?" You're only 13 years old now, and you're only in your first year of junior high school, if someone else knows about you......"

"Humph! You bad guy! Su Muying stomped her feet and said, "It's you who want to chase others, and now that everyone has promised you, why do you still have so many questions?" It's annoying! ”

After speaking, Su Muying threw Chen Yuan two white eyes, blushed with shame, and trotted back.

Chen Yuan smiled, feeling that life is so beautiful!

When Su Muying returned home, his father Su Jun had already fallen asleep. Chen Yuan did not drink alcohol, but the Soviet army did not drink less. He was already silent, but now he can't find a topic for a high school student. He couldn't say those words of gratitude, so he could only get himself drunk in a daze. Thanks to Liu Ping at the dinner table, there is some atmosphere.

"I'm back," Liu Ping greeted Su Muying when she saw her enter the house.

Su Muying helped Liu Ping onto the kang, covered the quilt, and then snuggled up to Liu Ping. The two whispered.

"Muying, I found that Chen Yuan looked at you very wrongly, he won't like you, right?"

"Mom, what are you talking about?"

"Girl, my mother is from here. Look at the way your father looks at me, it's not as hot as Chen Yuan's eyes when he looks at you! ”

"Mom, don't say it. I'm only 13 years old, how can that happen? ”

"Silly girl, what's wrong with 13 years old? In these ten miles and eight villages, have you heard of any young man who is more talented than Chen Yuan? Such a young man can't be found with a lantern. If he really likes you, you should think about it......"

Su Muying plunged into the quilt, and her voice came out of the quilt, saying, "That's not to be laughed at!" ”

Liu Ping frowned, but quickly let go again, "What about jokes?" If such a young man misses it, he will never find it again! Well...... I'll talk to your dad about it! ”

Chen Yuan would never have imagined that things were developing in a direction that he had never imagined. If he knew that his future mother-in-law was so aware of righteousness, he was afraid that he would wake up laughing in his sleep.

Time passed quietly.

The book "Sealing the Demon" became a big hit in Taiwan and was sold to Xiangjiang and Southeast Asia.

At the same time, the rights to its simplified publishing were finally signed.

Simplified publishing is different from traditional publishing.

A traditional volume is about 6 to 80,000 words, while a simplified volume requires more than 200,000 words.

According to Chen Yuan's plan, a volume of "Sealing Demons" is an episode published in simplified Chinese. In traditional Chinese, you can divide a volume into four episodes.

There are two options given by the publishing house, one is to buy out directly, 60 yuan per thousand words. There is also a share, that is, according to royalties, 3% to 10%.

Of course, this is just a general situation. The book "Sealing the Demon" is 26 million words, and it takes 7 or 8 years to write it normally. Such a novel can be someone else's 2 or 30! Chen Yuan naturally didn't want to sign a contract with such a low share. And its popularity in Taiwan has proven the market potential of this book!

The reason why the copyright contract for Simplified Chinese publishing has not been signed until now is precisely because of this problem.

It would be the most stupid thing to sell this 26 million-word masterpiece at a low price.

Now, Chen Yuan finally got a relatively satisfactory contract.

The contract stipulates that the royalty rate is 7% within 10,000 copies; 8% for 10,000 to 30,000 copies; 10% royalty rate for more than 30,000 copies; More than 100,000 copies, 15%; more than 500,000 copies, 20%; more than 1 million copies, 25%; More than 10 million copies, 30%.

30% is the highest royalty that Chen Yuan can get.

Although the publishing house gave this special contract, it did not believe that a newcomer like Chen Yuan could get more than 10% of the royalties. Although the creativity and plot of "Sealing the Demon" are indeed very good, whether it can stand the test of the market is still between the two. They didn't know how "Sealed Demon" was selling in the Taiwanese market. That's why this special contract was introduced.

After mailing the signed contract, Chen Yuan had another thought.

After the first snow fell in '99, people thoroughly understood what it means to be a cold winter!

Everyone put on thick cotton jackets, and the stove was lit in the classroom. Classes can be unpleasant, but there are still many students who find fun outside of class.

Chen Yuan has never changed, as he did at the beginning, lying on the desk, constantly writing and drawing.

Today's Chen Yuan has become a scene in the fourth class of high school. Countless students come here. Chen Yuan has become a man of the year in Qingyun No. 1 Middle School! Now as long as Chen Yuan's name is mentioned, there is nothing in the entire No. 1 Middle School that he does not know. Of course, it's not a good reputation. Many people thought that Chen Yuan had a problem with his brain, and this perception was quickly recognized by most people.

After Chen Yuan knew about this, he smiled. He is not in the comments of the unexpected world.

Looking at the snowflakes falling outside, Chen Yuan silently thought that maybe he had to add two new clothes for his little girlfriend......