In the middle of January 1979, the weather in Hong Kong had not yet cooled down, and the temperature in the more than 10 degrees Celsius made people feel very comfortable. Just last December, the opposite mainland just put forward the slogan of reform and opening up, but it has not yet been concretely implemented. Therefore, the town opposite Deep Bay in Hong Kong is still called Bao'an Town, and it will not be until two months later that it will be changed to the familiar name of later generations - Shenzhen City.

At this time, of course, the slogan on the other side has not affected Hong Kong, and now Sha Tin is still the center of gravity of Hong Kong's industrial development, with various industrial zones blooming everywhere, and the garment manufacturing, textile and plastic industries, which are the pillars of Hong Kong's economy, have taken root in them. In addition to the many industrial areas in Sha Tin, another more significant feature is the housing estates.

The so-called housing estate is actually the name of the public welfare low-rent housing provided by the political axe by Hong Kong citizens. In Hong Kong, where every inch of land is at a premium, it is certainly not suitable to build low-rent houses on a large scale, so these low-rent houses are often densely packed together to form huge villages. The people living in these housing villages are all poor citizens at the bottom of Hong Kong, and most of the population situation is relatively complicated.

The damp and dilapidated pavement, the crowded and narrow corridors, and the strangers up and down, the home of the ancient giant Xiao Zhengtai is in this housing village. Looking at the little guy jumping up the stairs in front, Li Xuan was really a little speechless, but he didn't expect to meet an "acquaintance" again. Although this "acquaintance" is a little small now, but it can't rely on the foundation, it looks very cute now, and from time to time when I meet an aunt and a little guy who goes downstairs, the face will be pinched.

"Brother!" Xiao Zhengtai had just rushed up the stairs on the fourth floor when a little boy of three or four years old suddenly rushed out and hugged him. It is estimated that he suddenly found that there were two strangers behind his brother, and the little boy hid behind his brother, quietly poked out half of his head and looked at Li Xuan and them curiously.

"Is Grandma back?" Gu Juji didn't care about the little guy's reaction, grabbed his younger brother's left hand and walked towards the corridor.

The younger brother put the index finger of his right hand in his mouth and took a bite, which was estimated to taste good, and said with a drop of saliva, "I'm back, I'm making dinner." ”

The younger brother answered a little late, and the elder brother had already led a group of people into a room. Li Xuan, who followed the two brothers, took a look at the door, only to find that there were several people in the room who were cooking dinner, and it was a stove for each person, just like the corridor of the tube building that Li Xuan had seen in the old movie before, full of all kinds of kitchen utensils, and it was obviously a large common living room.

"Grandma" Gu Ju shouted crisply to an old woman in her sixties who was stir-frying with her back to them.

"Hey, good grandson is out of school, you can ...... later, you guys? Terrass, are you in trouble again? Grandma Gu, who was stir-frying, replied half-sentenced, and inadvertently turned her head, but saw two strange men standing behind her eldest grandson looking at her, so she panicked, and hurriedly put down the spatula and said to Gu Ju, not even caring about the vegetables that were being fried in the pot.

"Grandma Gu, don't scold him. It's not that he's in trouble, it's that we're looking for you. Li Xuan hurriedly answered beside him, and by the way, he pointed to the still smoking vegetable pot: "Your dish ......"

"Ah, looking for me?" Grandma Gu was obviously a little surprised by this answer, but when she saw Li Xuan's prompt, she quickly turned around and fished the dish out of the pot, but unfortunately she could see that the dish was already a little mushy.

After finishing all this, Grandma Gu hurriedly wiped her hand on the bib and muttered, "Two firsts, sir, what's the matter with me?" Obviously, it was obvious that Li Xuan and the others were not dressed like people in this area, and Grandma Gu also began to be a little nervous.

"Uh......" Li Xuan looked at the aunts and sisters who had begun to look at their group curiously, and whispered to Grandma Gu: "Actually, Grandma Gu, the two of us are making movies." I see that your eldest grandson is very good, and I wonder if I can ask him to help me make a film, it doesn't take too much time, one day is enough. ”

"Making a movie?" Grandma Gu was stunned at this time, she never thought that this would be the case, and after thinking for a long time, she replied: "I can't do this, I have to ask his father." ”

"When will Daddy Gu come back?" Remembering that at the beginning, Xiao Zhengtai said that his father's place of work was far away, and Li Xuan had a bad feeling.

"This ......" Grandma Gu obviously felt that this was wrong: "It's usually after nine o'clock in the evening." ”

Sweat, nine o'clock! Sure enough, it was far away, Li Xuan was a little worried, he and Wang Fatzi didn't dare to stay in the housing village so late, who knew if they would encounter a few robberies at that time. After thinking for a while, Li Xuan hurriedly took out a pen and paper from his clothes, and said to Grandma Gu while writing: "Then Grandma Gu, I will leave a phone number, I will usually be at home at night." Wait for your son to come back and give him this, and we'll call you directly when the time comes. ”

As a result, Li Xuan waited at home for two days and didn't wait for Gu's father's call, and when he was still thinking about whether to come to the door in person at night to invite him that morning, two unexpected people came to the door.

"Mr. Cha, please come in, please come in!" Li Xuan looked at Jin Yong and another strange middle-aged man standing outside the door with a surprised expression, he only went to Ming Pao to submit the manuscript the day before yesterday, what was Jin Yong doing at this time?

"Haha, I'll just say that you must be at home, little friend." Jin Yong walked in with a smile, and then let the person behind him introduce to Li Xuan: "Come on, come on, I'll introduce a friend to Xiaoyou, this is Hu Weiyong, editor of Sanlian Publishing House!" ”

Publishing House Editor? Before Li Xuan could react, Editor Hu on the opposite side stretched out his right hand to Li Xuan: "Mr. Li, hello!" ”

"Ah, Editor Hu, hello, hello, please come in, please come in!" Li Xuan also hurriedly stretched out his right hand and hurriedly invited the two of them in.

After the two of them sat down on the sofa, Li Xuan put down two cups of tea and asked with a little curiosity: "I wonder if the two of you are here today because of the fact that "Kunlun" is going to be published physically?" Taking advantage of the effort of pouring tea, Li Xuan had already sorted out his clues. This Jin Daxia brought an editor from a physical book publishing house to the door, which must have been for the physical publication of "Kunlun". You must know that at this time, Ming Pao did not have a physical book publishing house, and it was not until 1986 that Ming Pao founded Ming Pao Publishing House to publish physical books.

"Ha, it's still a little friend who is smart. But I'm just an introducer, you should discuss the specific things with Lao Hu, don't give me face. Knowing that Li Xuan already knew their intentions, Jin Yong immediately became the shopkeeper. The relationship between the two sides is good, but it is better to have little participation in this money matter.

You have brought people here, can you not give face? Li Xuan muttered a smile and turned his head to look at Hu Weiyong, who was sitting on the side.

"That's right, Mr. Lee." Seeing Li Xuan looking at him, Hu Weiyong hurriedly put down the teacup in his hand and said: "During this time, your "Kunlun" is very popular, and I heard Mr. Cha say that your book is estimated to have more than one million words. Therefore, our publishing house would like to publish your Kunlun. And Mr. Li, please rest assured, we will definitely give you a suitable price. ”

Li Xuan frowned and thought for a moment, his book had been published in Ming Pao for more than two months, nearly 400,000 words, which was more than the number of words in one volume, plus the 100,000-word manuscript that had just been sent out the day before yesterday, it was almost enough to print two volumes. So Li Xuan asked, "Are you going to print two volumes at once?" ”

"Eh......" Hu Weiyong didn't expect Li Xuan to ask this question first, and he was stunned for a moment before replying: "Yes, it will take about a month for this book to be reformatted and printed for publicity, and it will be possible to distribute two volumes in a row at that time, and we estimate that we will print 50,000 copies of each first." ”

"What are your plans for royalties and book pricing?" Li Xuan asked the question that he and Hu Weiyong were most concerned about.

Royalties are not taxes, but belong to a kind of remuneration and a kind of income to be taxed. Later, in order to avoid confusion of concepts, some people changed "royalties" to "copyright royalties", which is the truest way to refer to it. When an author publishes a book, the royalty he receives is the royalty rate multiplied by the unit price and then the sales volume. Therefore, the question asked by Li Xuan will be the direct benefit of his publication of these two physical books, and he can't help but not care.

"With an 8 percent royalty, we plan to set the price at 40 Hong Kong dollars per copy." Hu Weiyong gave a reasonable answer from Li Xuan. Don't think that eight percent is very little, that's already high for a rookie author. Just like Jin Yong's book, the royalty rate is only 15 percent. In this way, Li Xuan can get at least more than 300,000 Hong Kong dollars after a month, and if he prints it in the future, it will be even more. Of course, if Li Xuan chooses to buy out the copyright, the money can be obtained now, but the money for printing will be gone in the future. If Li Xuan had chosen to do this before the movie was planned, but now that the crew is almost looking for it, it will not be possible to choose a direct buyout now.

Li Xuan didn't think about it for long, then stretched out his right hand and said to Hu Weiyong: "Happy cooperation!" ”

Hearing this, Hu Weiyong looked overjoyed, Li Xuan agreed, and hurriedly stretched out his right hand to Li Xuan and replied: "Happy cooperation!" ”

After signing a contract to send Jin Yong and Hu Weiyong away, Li Xuan closed the door and smiled bitterly. He found himself a little unlucky, and every time something good happened to him, he would be one step slower. I just worshipped a music teacher, and I found a way to film. I just found a good person to film, and the money came one step slower. If he had more than 300,000 more than a week ago, the ghost would have filmed the movie "Curse", which was destined to hit the street.

"Jingle bell" The phone in the living room rang suddenly.

Who calls in the morning? Li Xuan was stunned for a moment and then picked up the microphone: "Hey, hello, I'm Li Xuan." ”

"Ah, Mr. Li, hello." A cramped middle-aged male voice came from the microphone: "I'm Gu Juji's father......"