Hu Yunying frowned a little at this sentence, not that Li Jingkun shouldn't have asked, but that he asked a little early, because many other questions had not yet been discussed. For example, the payment method of the manuscript fee and so on.

And his anxious appearance reminded her of another somewhat utilitarian young writer she had come into contact with before.

"I've been in a bit of a hurry lately, otherwise I wouldn't even have the money to write novels in Internet cafes. You don't have to give too much first, you can pay a few hundred yuan first-I've sent tens of thousands of words of novels, it should be worth a few hundred dollars, right? ”

may have seen that she hadn't replied for so long, and another line of words came from the other side, which made Hu Yunying couldn't help laughing.

She immediately replied: "Where is your text only worth a few hundred dollars?" Okay, I'll give you a picture of your situation when I go to work tomorrow, and we can't let our writers even have the conditions to write. ”

Then they talked about the payment methods, and there were three or four in total. But in general, there are two main ways, one is to calculate the remuneration according to the number of words, and the other is to calculate the royalty.

Li Jingkun, of course, chose the way of royalties.

Most authors are taxed at 5% to 10%, and a few can get more. However, Li Jingkun is now a newcomer who is not famous, and he still has to rely on the platform of "Shoots" to promote, so the royalty rate is not high.

Hu Yunying said it was 6%.

Of course, Li Jingkun thinks this royalty rate is a bit low; But it can't be helped, almost every newcomer comes over like this, so he doesn't raise any objections.

It's just that Hu Yunying's invitation to participate in the next "New Thinking Essay Contest" was rejected by him.

"I have a lot of studies now, and I don't have much time and energy to go to the magic capital. It's too far. Li Jingkun said.

"Participating in the New Thinking Essay Contest and getting a ranking is also good for the promotion of your work. And then the college entrance examination will also add points. Hu Yunying said.

"It's okay, my academic performance is okay, I don't need extra points."

Li Jingkun's words thundered Hu Yunying.

That's a big breath!

But then she grabbed the point.

"You're doing well in school?"

"It's okay, I just got admitted to the provincial key high school this year, and I just finished my first monthly exam not long ago. He was 10th in his class and 113th in his grade. ”

Hu Yunying was surprised again, she herself is engaged in cultural work, of course, she doesn't think that 113th place is a bad ranking.

If it is really a provincial key high school and can get the 113th place in the school, then when you take the college entrance examination, it can basically be said that you can go to a first-line university.

This is a very important piece of information!

Because there is a gimmick, because he can use the name of "Xueba" to promote his new book.

And the timing of recent years is also very suitable for promotion in this direction.

Because of the existence of Han Han in recent years, the "Han Han phenomenon" has occurred. In other words, he has a poor academic record, but he is extremely talented. Is there something wrong with our education?

And at this time, if there is a very talented young writer, but his identity is a scholar, then can some points of view be refuted?

Is it possible to rub the hot characters?

"Can you tell me which high school it is?" Hu Yunying said.

This time, it was Li Jingkun's turn to be quiet for a while, and then replied to her: "I know what you think, but I don't want to do it."

And I don't want too many people to know about my novels just yet. It's just that I've been short of money lately, so I'm in a hurry to publish a novel. ”

Hu Yunying was a little speechless, and while being surprised by his cleverness, he complained: Why are all young people nowadays so individual?

Han Han does not accept interviews, does not participate in book signings, and does not accept advertisements; Anne Bebe simply couldn't see her people. Is there another one now?

But then she thought of one more thing: Could such a unique author be the next Han Han?

Hey, after being an editor for a long time, there will always be some common problems of news people.

I always want to take advantage of the heat for my new book.

In fact, since the emergence of Han Han and Guo Jingming, although the authors behind them are also very talented, it is difficult for phenomenal characters like them to appear.

Li Jingkun will be a somewhat famous juvenile writer at most in the future.

"You really don't think about coming to the competition? It won't take much time, and your books will sell more in the future. ”

"No, it's not easy to maintain a good grade, I'm not skilled. And my book is being promoted by your platform, and I believe it can sell very well.

Don't worry, it was "Shoots" magazine that made me publish my debut novel, and of course I will be the author of "Shoots" in the future. ”

Hu Yunying was speechless again, she suddenly felt that these young authors, one by one, it was better not to be too smart.

……

Generally, before the contract is signed and the manuscript is not fully delivered, it is rare to pay the money first, but many things of course depend on the situation.

If the publisher must pay the author some remuneration first, then the author has no choice but to accept it first.

A few days later, after sending 20,000 words to "Shoots" again, Li Jingkun received a remuneration of 3,000 yuan for his bank card not long after he completed it.

And the other party also told him that the contract had been sent to his home, and he would sign it and send it back when it was confirmed. And after the serialization begins, a part of the remuneration will be paid first.

Generally, after the novel is delivered, there will be an advance royalty within two months before publication. This prepaid royalty is at least 50% of the total royalty.

It's just that it's still very early before it is serialized, and it is even earlier before it is published, so you have to wait to get "big money".

The current 3,000 yuan is not too much, and it is not too little. You must know that a cup of bubble tea is only four yuan now, so the price is much lower now than in more than ten years.

So the 3,000 yuan was in hand, and Li Jingkun's urgent need was finally solved.

The first thing I did was to buy a guitar for a few hundred dollars, which wasn't very good, but it was enough for the time being. The second thing is to prepare to invite your roommate and your tablemate out for a meal.

The matter of buying a mobile phone has been put on hold for the time being, not because the money is not enough, but because the mobile phone will be taken home when the time comes. You have to report the source of money to your parents before you buy such a "luxury" object.

Inviting roommates out to dinner is not for anything else, just because two roommates have invited them twice. And since most of them are richer than himself, and they usually distribute snacks to everyone, he has to pay them back slowly.

"What do you mean? Got rich? Song Hairong asked.

Although I don't know what Li Jingkun does at home, seeing that he is usually very thrifty, I can guess that he doesn't have much money.

"Got the money, okay?" Li Jingkun said.

"Okay, if there is such a good thing, why don't we pick it up together?" Another roommate, Wang Honglang, said.

There are eight people in a dormitory, and some must have better feelings and some have worse feelings; But after all, I have lived in the same dormitory for a long time, and I am definitely closer to my roommates than others.

And Lin Yunkai is his tablemate and does not live on campus, but most of the lunch is also eaten at school. So, of course, I asked him to go with me.

Of course, they have eaten out in normal times, but unless they say that they want to eat something better, they all eat a few yuan of food.

This time I also went to a food stall near the school, and I have been here twice before. The meals were good, so the dinner was also here.