Xia Qiu felt like a piece of fat meat on a meat stall, but others could only pay the price of a catty of cabbage for a catty of meat. In the end, he was still young and not famous. It seemed that no one was willing to take the risk of 60 yuan per thousand words.
"Chief Editor Xu, what do you think of this book? How does it compare to Mi Ming's book?”
"Your book is indeed well written. To be honest, I personally like it very much. It's not any less exciting than Mi Ming's novels, but business is business. It's impossible to pay such a high price of 60 yuan per 1,000 words. Xiao Xia, it's not that I'm boasting, but no one in the entire Gang City can pay such a price. This is the rule of the industry. Every newcomer must experience it.”
"Chief Editor Xu, since you put it that way, let's change the method. How about this? We'll start with 400,000 words, and 30 yuan for 1,000 words. If it sells well, we'll add another 80 yuan for 1,000 words.”
Chief Editor Xu thought for a while before saying,"Your method is very good. There has never been such a contract before. Personally, I'm willing to sign such a contract. However, there are rules in the family and in the industry. If I sign it, I will break the industry rules. Xiangjiang City is so small. If I break the industry rules, I will be attacked by a group of people. Besides, if all the authors think like you in the future, the profits of our newspaper office will be greatly reduced. It's not worthwhile in the long run.
Xia Qiu had nothing to say after hearing this. She sighed and said,""Chief Editor Xu, thirty-five yuan is really not something I can accept. You take a step back, and I'll take a step back. Forty-five yuan, no more, no less. If he couldn't even agree to forty-five yuan, then there was no need to talk about it. Trust me, you guys got a great deal with this 45 yuan.”
Chief Editor Xu thought for a while and flipped through the book for a while before saying, It's very risky, but how can you not take risks in business? 45 yuan it is. Let's bet once."
" Deal." Xia Qiu didn't know that the reason why she agreed to this price was because Sing Tao Daily had just changed its boss. If Chief Editor Xu wanted to show off in front of the new boss, he had to do things that others didn't dare to do easily.
When Xia Qiu came out of the Sing Tao Daily, her bag was already filled with cash. These were the royalties. After deducting taxes, there was still more than 70,000 Jiangshi dollars. It was all cash. Xia Qiu had requested it because it felt comfortable.
Originally, it was impossible to pay Xia Qiu so much in one go. However, Xia Qiu was in a hurry to use the money. If she did not pay, she would not sign the contract. Editor Xu had no choice but to pay Xia Qiu the royalties in a hurry. However, he was afraid that there would be problems with the copyright in the future. As Xia Qiu was too young, he suspected that he was the author of the book, so he signed a contract with a high penalty fee. If Xia Qiu broke the contract, he would have to pay the penalty fee.
Xia Qiu's plan was to never submit novels to these newspapers again. It was simply a cheap sale. Even if she became famous in the future, a novel would not earn much money. No wonder later generations called online writers as wordwriters. This was really the case. She racked her brains for an entire day, but when she went to the author's backstage, she realized that the money she received was not even enough to buy a lighter, let alone cigarettes.
He found a small restaurant and ordered some food. He slowly ate alone. He was thinking about what he would do in the future with the tens of thousands of yuan. He also wanted to find a nanny for Nancy as soon as possible. He had wanted to find one for a long time, but he didn't have enough money at that time. In the future, he would have more free time with a nanny to wash clothes and cook.
"Stop, you brat. I've been looking for you for days. You dare to sell me fake things?”Xia Qiu, who was deep in thought, was interrupted by this shout. She looked out and saw a group of people surrounding a few people, punching and kicking them. This kind of thing happened every day in Gangcheng, so Xia Qiu didn't care. However, the word 'son' made Xia Qiu look at the people lying on the ground. However, she realized that there was a familiar person lying on the ground. Wasn't that Brother Yuanchao?
From these angry curses, it was known that this Yuanchao and a few other people who had been smuggled in were selling fake antiques here. Just like what they saw on the streets in the future, they pretended to be pitiful and sold ancestral items. Nowadays, many people who had been smuggled in could only sell some antiques that they had brought over because they could not survive. Li Yuanchao and the others could really use this method to deceive many people who were greedy for benefits. However, today, they were clearly unlucky and were found by the victims of the past.
'Looks like Brother Yuanchao is going to die here today,' Xia Qiu thought to herself. This was because this group of people had actually stabbed him with a few big holes, and his blood was all over the ground. He was probably a leader. Otherwise, he was an active member when he sold fake antiques or had made some life-and-death guarantee to the victims. Otherwise, why would he be the one being stabbed while others were beaten up?
Xia Qiu did not care about these things. Since he came to Gang City to fish for the world, he had to bear the consequences of fishing for the world. Moreover, this aid to the North was not a good thing. Xia Qiu did not even think about paying attention to him. Whether he lived or died was none of his business. At this moment, a police officer was already running over from afar. The sirens were getting closer and closer. When the victims saw the police officer coming, they also scattered in all directions. In an instant, they ran away. However, when they ran away, they forced the cars on the road to avoid them, causing quite a commotion. Xia Qiu glanced at Yuanchao, who was lying on the ground. At this moment, he was already breathing heavily. It seemed that he couldn't live anymore. After Xia Qiu finished eating, she carried a bag of money and went straight back. She didn't even look at Li Yuanchao, who was lying on the ground.
That night, Xia Qiu returned to her rented place and saw Liu Qianqian watching TV alone. There was already dinner on the table. These days, Liu Qianqian had been like a well-behaved little wife washing Xia Qiu's clothes and cooking. She would take a bowl of rice and wait for Xia Qiu to eat together. This kind of life made Xia Qiu feel like he was at home. It was very warm. Although she was only in her teens, her mental age was already in her forties.
Seeing Xia Qiu come back, she quickly took the briefcase and asked,""How was it today? Did any newspaper companies agree to serialize it?”
She had seen the hard work of the past month, so of course, she hoped that this novel could be published successfully.
"Nancy, take a look at what's in the bag.”
Liu Qianqian opened the briefcase suspiciously and was shocked by the money inside."So much money?"
"That's a lot. I regret it to death. This is simply a cheap sale. I'll never submit to a newspaper again.”Xia Qiu's heart ached. "Other people's royalties are 70 yuan for 1,000 words, but I only get 45 yuan for my work. I'm so angry. In the future, if I publish and sell my own novels, I'll earn more than ten times more than this.”
Liu Qianqian's heart ached when she heard Xia Qiu's words. She hated those news agencies."Are you still going to write in the future?"
"Of course. Not only will I write in the future, but I will also write more. I will also set up my own newspaper. In the future, my novels will be published in my own newspaper and those people will be angered to death. That's why I said that you have to read more books and come over to help me when the time comes.”
"Yes, I'll listen to you. I'm already reading books on this topic.”
"That's a good girl. In the future, follow me to conquer the world. Since you've come to Gang City, then you should make a name for yourself. Besides, I promised to raise you into a great beauty, so of course I'll let you eat, drink, and sleep well.”
Liu Qianqian's eyes turned red when she heard this."Why are you so good to me?"
Xia Qiu was taken aback. He had said all this unconsciously, but when she thought about it carefully, she felt like a husband who cared about his wife." Hey, why do you cry so much? It's not easy for your skin to become smoother and fairer, but you're getting wrinkles from crying. It's not good to look like this. It looks like your mission of becoming a beauty is going to be difficult to complete."”
" Slippery tongue." Liu Qianqian lowered her head and started eating, no longer paying attention to this frivolous young man.
Xia Qiu said to Liu Qianqian while eating,""There's 70,000 yuan in the bag. I'll give you 10,000 yuan for your family expenses first. I'll keep the rest for other purposes. I'm going to set up my own company and be my own boss in the future.”
"I don't want so much. If you need money, take it.”She had long stopped treating Xia Qiu as a young man. Other than his body, his mind was unusually mature. Ever since Xia Qiu wrote the Quest for Qin, she knew that Xia Qiu knew more than her. Since he said he needed money, he definitely needed money. Besides, Xia Qiu had worked hard to earn this money.
" This 10,000 yuan might not be enough. I want to hire a nanny. I usually have to write novels, and you have to learn Cantonese. You also have to help me organize my manuscripts. I don't have time to do anything else. Find a nanny to take care of us. We're all young people, so it's only right to find someone to take care of us. But it's okay. As long as we can last for three months, it'll be fine. When the time comes, I'll earn you a lot of money."
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