Professor Yu's son's name is Yu Dong, and he is the president of Jinghua University Press.

This is what Tang Mingyao knew through the other party's self-introduction when he came to Professor Yu's house again.

He sat down with Yu Dong in the study, and the other party said: "I felt that your name was a little familiar at noon, and I checked it in the afternoon, and it turned out that you were the very famous genius student, who was specially reported by the media and wrote several ......."

Tang Mingyao smiled modestly and did not answer.

Yu Dong continued: "I finished reading the book in the afternoon, and I didn't read it carefully, but I probably know its quality, it's a good book!" No wonder my dad made an exception to give you a preface. There's nothing wrong with publishing, I'll go back to the publisher and arrange for someone to do it. I asked you to come here to talk to you about royalties. If it's convenient, can you reveal what level your previous royalties were? ”

Tang Mingyao did not hide it: "In the last book, the publication royalty was 12%. ”

"So tall?"

Yu Dong frowned: "I still plan to impress you with 12%, I didn't expect you to get this number before." ”

He stood up and walked up and down the room a few times before he made up his mind and said:

"You're a student at this school, and you've been introduced by my father, so you have to take care of it. However, you are also a person who has published a few books, and you know that the publishing industry seems to be glamorous, but in fact, the profits of publishing houses are not high. The price of a book is 20 yuan, excluding operating costs, printing costs, transportation costs, and profits for sellers at all levels, there is not much left in hand, and what can be given to the author is generally 12% to the top. Unless it is an extremely best-selling author, the publisher can make money through small profits and quick turnover, and will offer a higher price......"

He paused: "Well, I'll add two more points to you, 14%...... That's the biggest care I can give, and if sales don't pick up, the publisher is likely to lose money. ”

Tang Mingyao doesn't believe that if it rises by two points, the publishing house will lose money, at most, the profit is a little thinner.

However, this division is basically impossible to talk about outside, Yu Dong did give him enough face, or rather, enough face for Professor Yu and He Ning.

He didn't have to fight for more, but readily agreed: "Then thank you Brother Yu, I am grateful for my support." ”

This title came from He Ning, He Ning called Yu Dong Senior Brother or Brother Yu, and Tang Mingyao also called him that.

After the matter was negotiated, he got the publishing house's mailbox from Yu Dong, and when he returned to the dormitory, he copied the electronic manuscript to a USB flash drive, and then went to the Internet café to send an email.

The issue of the publication of this book is properly settled.

It's easier than finding a channel yourself.

Of course, if you inherit someone else's love, you will have to pay it back in the future.

Tang Mingyao pondered when to officially invite his senior sister to a meal, not as simple as the cafeteria, but to be a little more advanced.

and Professor Yu, I have to greet him often in the future.

…………

"Tang Mingyao, the final exam notice is out, the exam will start on the 25th, the exam will be finished on the 29th, and there will be a holiday at the end of the month!"

Before going to bed, Xu Ang suddenly spoke.

"yes, I know."

Tang Mingyao replied absentmindedly.

"Did you review?"

"Not yet, but it should be almost the same when you look at the book, and if you study it seriously, it won't be a problem to get a 90 score on the difficulty of the final exam of the university."

"I heard that this year, the school has set up a new scholarship, which is sponsored by HSBC or which bank, with 4,000 yuan! There are also various traditional scholarships, if you can get them all, one person can get almost 8,000 yuan! ”

Tang Mingyao hummed and said, "Do you want to take it?" ”

"Yes, but it's difficult! At least half of the class is staring at these scholarships. ”

It's true.

Jinghua University is not like the university that Tang Mingyao studied in his previous life, everyone is messing around, the students here are not less enthusiastic about learning than in high school, affected by the atmosphere, there is basically no one skipping class in the class throughout the semester, if the final exam is not difficult, it is likely that there will be the same phenomenon when Tang Mingyao was in junior high school, that is, the average score of the whole class is above 90 points.

There is not much difference between everyone, and everyone is a strong contender for the scholarship.

Even the few people in their dormitory wanted to give it a try. For example, Xu Ang and Ran Xiaomin entered the state of final review as early as a week ago, and Yang Zhiwei was even earlier.

Only Tang Mingyao is still wandering around, and he doesn't take it seriously.

Of course, after his other things are dealt with, he will now try his best to get a scholarship.

Not for the money, but for that honor.

After all, he is the top student in the college entrance examination, and he has only been in college for one semester, so it would be too embarrassing if he couldn't even get a scholarship.

In the following days, Tang Mingyao entered a state of review with the rest of the dormitory.

For subjects such as mathematics, you can do problems to consolidate, and most of the other subjects only need to be memorized by your brain. Every day, I go out early and return late, and I go to the classroom or cafeteria when there is no place in the library and study room, and it is impossible to go outside in the winter anyway.

After more than ten days in the blink of an eye, it was almost the twentieth, and on this day he suddenly received a call from Luo Wenxi. The girl cried on the phone and said, "The editor called me and urged me to submit the manuscript, but I haven't finished drawing yet, what should I do?" ”

Tang Mingyao was puzzled: "I remember that before you submitted your manuscript for the first time, there were more than 30 pages of manuscripts?" It doesn't matter if you don't draw this month. ”

"I read on the Internet that I couldn't draw well, so I re-painted."

"You send me an email, I'll go to the Internet café to have a look."

When he arrived at the Internet café, he opened the new manuscript from the mailbox and found that there were many subtle differences from those sent by Luo Wenxi last time.

Specifically, the novice mistakes criticized on the Internet have been basically corrected in this draft.

Tang Mingyao couldn't help but feel a little distressed, this stupid girl, actually re-painted, what a lot of work!

She still has to study normally, and she has to attend art classes, and the task is already heavier than that of ordinary students, but now she has more than a dozen manuscripts every month, and I am afraid that she will not even have time to rest.

He checked the manuscript and found no major problems, so he told her on QQ: "These are already very good, much better than the last time, no need to change them." ”

"But I still don't think it's good enough......"

"Believe me, it's better for you to send it to the editor first, if the editor thinks it's not good, it's not too late for you to revise it. What do you think? ”

To put it mildly, I finally asked the girl to hand in the manuscript first.

After a while, Luo Wenxi replied: "I let the editor see it, and he said there is no problem." ”

Tang Mingyao analyzed: "You are now affected by online comments, and you feel that no matter how you paint, you will be criticized, so you have not been able to draw well. In fact, we just need to find our own strengths, such as you have a good grasp of the rhythm of the comics, the characters are also very spiritual, and the painting style is beautiful, these are your advantages. And this time it has been modified, and it is obviously an improvement over the last time, which is enough. Come on, I'm sure you'll get better and better. ”8)