& On Monday, March 5, at half past three in the afternoon, Xiao Jian wrote and drew in his home.

It has been more than half a month since I came back to Hong Kong after the Lantern Festival, and during this time, except for going out to buy things and staying at Huimin's house last week, Xiao Jian has not gone out once, and TVB has not even went.

Xiao Xiaoxiao sat opposite Xiao Jian with his chin on the opposite side of Xiao Jian, looking at his brother who was writing and painting, and couldn't help but ask, "Brother, how long do you plan to stay at home?" ”

&? You're afraid I won't be able to feed you, what's wrong? Xiao Jian didn't raise his head, and asked without the slightest pause in the movements in his hands.

&Not really. Xiao Xiaoxiao shook her head, "It's just that you're old at home like this, I'm afraid you'll be suffocated." ”

Stopping his movements, Xiao Jian raised his head and softened the little girl's head, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, your brother and I are not so fragile." ”

&? Xiao Xiaoxiao's little face looked at Xiao Jian with a look of doubt: "But the book says that young people who are in adolescence will suffocate their bodies if they hold it for too long." ”

Xiao Jian: ""

Looking at Xiao Xiaoxiao, who had an innocent face, the corners of his mouth twitched, and Xiao Jian had a feeling of facing his ancestors and ancestors without shame.

& >

Xiao Jian was about to say something when he was interrupted by a knock on the door.

&It must be Sister Amin, I'll open the door. Xiao Xiaoxiao jumped up excitedly, and ran to open the door.

Looking at the figure of the little sister, Xiao Jian's face was gloomy and uncertain, he felt that he had to put his work things down, and he had to take the time to educate this girl well, otherwise this girl would definitely become a female man in the future, and she would not be able to marry properly.

Although Xiao Jian, who is a sister control, thinks that even if his sister can't get married, it's okay, it's a big deal to take care of this girl for the rest of her life, but whenever this thought flashes, he always has a feeling that he is committing a crime, which makes him hesitate.

"Sister Min, are you looking for my brother?" He's in the house, who is this uncle? ”

& Laugh, this is Uncle Lee, my editor with your brother. ”

& Hello Uncle Lee. ”

&Laugh, it's cute, but you don't need to call me uncle, I'm just a few years older than your brother, you can just call me Brother Li. ”

>> Okay, my brother said that I will call all men older than him, uncle, if my uncle insists on asking me to call you brother, then it means that you are to blame Shuli. ”

“”

Listening to the sound of talk coming from the door, the corners of Xiao Jian's mouth couldn't help twitching again, and secretly scolded that she was really stupid, it would be good to keep it in her heart, how hurtful it would be to say it.

Thinking about it, Xiao Jian greeted him with a smile on his face: "Brother Li, I'm sorry, the child is not sensible, don't be careful." ”、

& thing. Li Zhicheng shook his head with a stiff smile: "Xiaoxiao is very cute and smart." ”

&Well-, Uncle Li is so powerful, you can see that I hide it so deeply, it's really bullish. Xiao Xiaoxiao's little face was full of appreciative nods, and his face was proud.

Three: ""

After a few polite words to each other, the four of them sat down in the living room, and Xiao Jian asked Li Zhicheng: "Brother Li, today is not the time to deliver the manuscript, why are you free?" ”

>> In this way, the response to the serialization of "Dragon Ball" was good, so the company decided to raise the price for you and sign a new contract. Li Zhicheng said with a smile, and after speaking, he took out a contract from his bag and handed it over.

His eyes flickered, Xiao Jian's face looked at the other party with a smile on his face, stretched out his hand, took the contract, didn't look at it, and put it aside.

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Looking at Li Zhicheng, who was a little stunned, Xiao Jian smiled and said, "Brother Li, everyone is not an outsider, so I will have something to say to you." ”

Hearing this, Li Zhicheng was awe-inspiring in his heart, knowing that things were not as simple as he thought, but on the surface, he nodded calmly and did not speak.

& Dragon Ball" serialization, except for the first few issues, the sales volume of each subsequent issue has made the weekly magazine reach more than 250,000 copies sold, which is 50,000 copies higher than the previous maximum of 200,000 copies, and among the people, the fame of "Dragon Ball" far surpasses that of well-known comics such as "Chinese Heroes", "Bruce Lee" and "Dragon Tiger Gate". ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Jian did not continue to say anything else, but changed the topic and said: "I won't read the contract either, Brother Li will tell me the highest price, I'll just listen to it." ”

Looking at Xiao Jian with a calm face, Li Zhi secretly smiled bitterly, he knew that the guy in front of him was not so easy to fool, and he had taken on an impossible task.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Zhicheng did not speak, but took out a contract from his bag again and handed it to Xiao Jian, and said solemnly: "This is the best contract that the company can give you, I won't say much about the rest, you take a look first, if it doesn't work, I can't do it." ”

Looking at the two people talking, Zhou Huimin and Xiao Xiaoxiao were both curious, but they didn't speak, but sat quietly and watched.

Ignoring the other party's words, Xiao Jian took the contract and flipped through it.

Ten minutes later, Xiao Jian closed the contract, shook his head directly, and said: "Brother Li, a page is 3,000 Hong Kong dollars, eight percent of the single book, and the copyright of other languages is handed over to the Jade Dynasty, this contract is absolutely impossible, if the Jade Dynasty really uses this contract to perfunctory me, then I can only take "Dragon Ball" to find another way." ”

As far as Xiao Jian's understanding goes, Ma Rongcheng, who is now serializing "Chinese Heroes", is 4000 pages and 15% of the single book, but he has lost so much here, especially the interests of the single book, which has been cut in half, which is treating him as an idiot to play the rhythm.

Frowning and looking at Xiao Jian with a calm face, Li Zhicheng's voice was slightly cold: "Ah Jian, you signed a contract with the company at the beginning, and you have to pay liquidated damages for breach of contract." ”

Looking at Li Zhicheng with a warning face, Xiao Jian shook his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, the liquidated damages are only one million, with "Dragon Ball", I believe that I can definitely support a comic magazine, and naturally some people will pay liquidated damages for me." ”

Li Zhicheng's face became a little ugly, he knew that Xiao Jian was not lying, with the potential of "Dragon Ball", he could definitely break the dominance of the Jade Dynasty, and the interests it represented were only a million people who would buy for it.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Zhicheng turned his head to Zhou Huimin on the side and said, "Teacher Zhou, what do you think, this price is not low, and our Jade Dynasty is the No. 1 comic magazine in Hong Kong, you have to think clearly before making a decision." ”

& Listen to Brother Xiao's. Zhou Huimin shook his head and said.

Lee instructed: "

After a moment of silence, Li Cheng said helplessly: "I can't be the master of this matter, I have to ask the above." ”

& Meaning. Xiao Jian nodded with a smile.

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