At the end of January 2014, on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Stephen Zhao received the first manuscript fee after the crossing, and he was overjoyed.

Different from the 5% royalty when the contract was signed, in view of the great success of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" and the expected cooperation with "Three Kingdoms" in the future, Silian Publishing Co., Ltd. sincerely re-signed the contract with Zhao Xingchi and increased the royalty to 10%, which is an amazing height!

At present, it is known that in China, the highest royalty that a writer can get is 15%, which was created by the most well-known martial arts master in China, "Qinglongzi".

"Qinglongzi", whose real name is Liang Qing, was born in the 60s of the last century, and is now 50 years old, starting to create martial arts novels at the age of 20, and has been working hard for 30 years, creating a series of classic martial arts novels such as "Tianjiao" series, "Tianfeng" series, and "Divine Sword" series, which are popular at home and abroad.

Qinglongzi abandoned the tendency of the old school of martial arts novels to blindly vendetta and murder, built martial arts on the basis of justice, dignity and love for the people, and put forward the concept of "winning martial arts with chivalry", and was the founder and pioneer of the new school of martial arts. If it is said that a martial arts alliance leader in the martial arts novel industry is elected in China today, then Qinglongzi deserves it.

Although few works of Qinglongzi have come out in recent years, and the martial arts novel industry has begun to be dominated by the "Three Musketeers" of Tianhe Sanren, Wolong, and Chen Qingyun, who are now popular, but no one can ignore the existence of "Qinglongzi", and even the "Three Musketeers" have to perform disciple salutes in front of Qinglongzi.

In 2010, Qinglongzi published his work "Wulin Tianjiao".

When the news came out, countless publishing houses moved when they heard the news, hoping to get the first copyright of "Wulin Tianjiao". In the end, Quadruple Press defeated many opponents with the highest offer of 15% and won the most reluctant.

Generally, the royalty of books is between 6% and 10%, but this is only theoretical, in fact, many people do not have such high royalties, and there are many people whose royalties exceed this figure. Generally speaking, the amount of royalties depends on the author's fame.

Newcomers and new works, no matter how well they are written, the publisher should still lower the price.

Authors with fame are different, and the greater the fame, the master-slave relationship will be displaced. Originally, the publisher took the initiative, but gradually it will become the author to take the initiative.

Martial arts masters such as Tianhe Sanren, Wolong, Chen Qingyun, and Qinglongzi generally give a reasonable number of royalties themselves, and the publishing house rarely disagrees.

However, the royalty also fluctuates around 10%.

The reason why the 15% royalty is unprecedented, creating the highest royalty record in Huaxia, is because Qinglongzi is too famous, and the other is because "Wulin Tianjiao" is Qinglongzi's sealed work, which is of extraordinary significance.

On the other hand, Stephen Zhao received 10% of the royalties for his first work as a pure newcomer, which is undoubtedly a treatment that all authors envy and hate.

The manuscript fee was originally settled every six months, but "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was very popular, and it coincided with the Chinese New Year, so Silian Publishing House was rare and refreshed, and issued the first manuscript fee to Zhao Xingchi in advance, and the reference data was the first episode of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", because it was not until February 1, the first day of the Lunar New Year, that the second episode of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" had just been listed.

By the end of January, the first episode of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" had sold just over one million copies.

Calculate the manuscript fee with one million copies, 10% royalty, and then remove taxes, Stephen Zhao's bank card is the last to enter a sum of money

"This income tax is too much, right, deducting me 168,000?" Zhao Xingchi looked at the bill, but said with some pain in the end. 168,000, how many "Dongfeng Break" does he have to sell to earn it back?

"You can be content, my great writer, you have earned more than one million in a few months, and there are at least six million in the back, if it were me, I would wake up laughing in my dreams!" Qian Minli smiled and said with disdain, but her eyes when she looked at Zhao Xingchi were filled with a mixture of amazement and admiration, and she was even a little intoxicated.

Successful men are always the ones who make women look up to them, not to mention the man in front of them or the one who pulls her out of her troubles.

is talented, successful, and good to her, Qian Minli sometimes even wonders if she is dreaming, or whether Stephen Zhao wants to pursue her? At the same time, she sometimes thinks secretly that Zhao Xingchi is actually very good, why don't you take the initiative to chase a man by a woman?

Women chase men, interlayer yarn, Qian Minli also knows that she is beautiful, a big beauty.

In the past, Qian Minli was very confident, if she put down her body and took the initiative to pursue Zhao Xingchi, it would be absolutely impossible for Zhao Xingchi to escape from the palm of her hand.

But now, looking at the man in front of her who was about to burst into dazzling light, Qian Minli felt deeply unconfident for the first time.

The first manuscript fee is as high as 1.33 million soft coins, plus more than 6 to 7 million after that, it is conceivable that in the next year, Stephen Zhao will gain a net worth of nearly 10 million with "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", what a dizzying achievement!

At that time, fame, status, money, and talent, and looking at Zhao Xingchi's good looks, he can really be described as a real rich and handsome, and he is also a self-made rich generation and a great talent. What kind of girlfriend would you have not? I believe that any one of them can blow her up.

Qian Minli thought about it, and couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Zhao Xingchi naturally couldn't see the tangled thoughts of these daughters, after all, he didn't have the ability to read minds, and he was not the kind of romantic character who had been among the flowers and didn't touch the leaves, so he was still distressed to death about the income tax of 168,000.

He asked Qian Minli: "Minmin, you calculate it for me, how did I calculate my 168,000?" That's a lot! ”

"......" Qian Minli was speechless for a while, and she was still "relieved" in her heart, she was almost a multimillionaire, and she was still suffering from 168,000 flesh, and it seemed that she was a good family man who lived a good life. So she immediately explained seriously: "In the calculation of manuscript tax, we have to talk about a taxable income, that is, the part of the manuscript fee to be taxed, because there must be a threshold in it." Just as we have to pay taxes on our wages, we must have a line, and if we do not have to pay taxes if we do not have this line, we will not have to pay taxes if we exceed them. The taxable income in the manuscript tax is more than 4,000 yuan, but not 4,000 yuan, but 80% of the 4,000 yuan. You understand that, right? ”

"I see, the part to be taxed is 80% of the total remuneration, if the remuneration is more than 4,000 yuan." Stephen Zhao nodded in understanding.

"That's right, that's it!" Qian Minli then said: "The manuscript tax is collected according to 20% of the taxable income, and then reduced by 30%, and the last amount is the manuscript tax to be paid." Based on your entire manuscript fee of 1.5 million, the taxable income is 80% of 1.5 million, which is 1.2 million. According to the calculation of 20%, and then reduce by 30%, that is, 1.2 million times 20% and then multiplied by 70%, and finally get 168,000 manuscript tax. ”

Zhao Xingchi finally understood the calculation method of Huaxia Kingdom's manuscript tax, he nodded suddenly, and finally said again: "It's still a little too much!" ”

"......" Qian Minli was speechless again.