Chapter 232 The landlord’s family doesn’t have enough food left either
One afternoon, Fang Yan, accompanied by the curator and others, visited some of the 9046 paintings in the inventory of the Foreign Guest Service Department.
"Teacher Fang, you have to think carefully."
The curator said with a serious face: "This is not a small sum, not ten or twenty thousand, but more than two hundred thousand. ! ”
“Just as you can’t bear to let these calligraphy and paintings spread overseas, I can’t bear it either. ”
Fang Yan said, "If I don't go to hell, who will?" After all, such opportunities to "go to hell" are rare.
Even if you lose everything, you still have to raise money!
Stud is a kind of wisdom!
“…”
The curator and others looked at each other with excitement.
Dialect Wei Qian: "But you have to allow me to raise it for a while. After all, this is a big sum."
"Understood, we can totally understand."
The curator nodded and said Disbanding the Foreign Guest Service Department requires going through procedures, and it will take at least until the beginning of next year to complete all procedures.
In addition, counting and sorting out these more than 9,000 paintings requires comparing the ledgers, which takes a long time.
A rough calculation shows that we have five months to raise money.
"That's great."
Fang Yan opened his briefcase and prepared to pay part of the deposit first.
A large pile of large balls fell on the table, as if it hit the hearts of everyone present. This picture is so visually impactful!
The curator and others were very happy to see the economic strength of dialect.
But the state-owned unit cannot accept his method of paying a deposit. The money must be paid with one hand and delivered with the other hand, and the property must be paid in both directions.
"Okay then."
Fang Yan sighed: "But if this news is known to those foreign businessmen..."
"Teacher Fang, don't worry!"
The curator vowed: "Even if they want to buy, we will give priority to you."
"Thank you, curator!"
Fang Yan shook hands with him.
"If anything, we have to thank Teacher Fang."
The curator said: "It is better to give these paintings to you than to those foreign businessmen."
< br>“I’m going to find a way to raise money now.”
Fang Yan was thinking in his mind.
The average price of each painting is 24 yuan, and a total of 217,000 yuan is required.
If you add up the royalties for "Once Upon a Time in China" and the screenwriting fees for "Wreaths Under the Mountain", they are just a hair on a cow.
However, the reason why I dared to make bold statements and make things right was because of "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" published in Japan.
The sales volume of the novel was not satisfactory, with 15,100 copies sold, and a copy sold for 600 yen.
The first printing of 10,000 copies by Youfei Pavilion was sold out within 2 months. After that, it was printed three times, each time with 2,000 copies.
Although only more than 4,200 individual readers bought the single volume, fortunately most of it was absorbed by the post office system's internal procurement.
There is still a long way to go before Your Excellency Youfei can print again.
It is estimated that it will have to wait until the movie "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" is released in Japan and becomes famous, which can help the novel to open up.
No matter what, the manuscript fee will be based on the total printing volume of 16,000 copies. Dialect has successively received about 110,000 foreign exchange coupons, all of which are after tax.
According to the exchange rate of "1:1.3" on the black market, it can be exchanged for 143,000 RMB.
Adding in the remaining manuscript fees that were previously spent, there is still a shortfall of 30,000 to 40,000 yuan from 217,000 yuan.
With Young General Fang’s connections, this money can be easily borrowed.
But why borrow it if you don’t have to?
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Walking out of the warehouse with the curator and others, Fang Yan met Han Yuemin and the others who had been waiting for a long time, and saw that Mike had already picked out the gifts for his family, starting from the package He took out a stack of foreign exchange coupons.
The money has been counted, the change has been made, the invoice has been issued, the handicrafts have been packed and sorted, and the money and goods have been paid.
The curator and others enthusiastically sent Dialect and the others out of the history museum and stood at the door, waving goodbye.
Han Yuemin was very confused, as if he was living in a dream and had not yet woken up, especially after hearing the decision made in dialect.
"Yanzi, do you really plan to spend so much money to buy paintings?" "Brother-in-law, what do you think?"
"But...but..."
Han Yuemin felt unworthy.
With this kind of money, you can do a lot of more meaningful things. Let’s just say that if you have this huge sum of money, you can buy a bunch of sock knitting machines and directly open a sock knitting machine. factory.
But my brother-in-law spent so much money on seemingly worthless calligraphy and paintings. It was a huge waste!
“Brother-in-law, have you ever heard of the saying, ‘Gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times’?”
Fang Yan smiled: "There is a lot of room for appreciation in the value of these calligraphy and paintings. By doing this, I am investing in the future."
"Investing in the future?"
Han Yuemin blinked and thought about it. Come.
Fang Yan said with a smile: "Gold will always shine."
Han Yuemin said dubiously: "But this amount is too big. Can you really afford it?"
"Indeed, I can't come up with that much for the time being."
Fang Yan spread his hands and already had an idea in his mind.
“If I didn’t use the money to buy a sock knitting machine, I could lend it all to you.”
“You should keep this money for business and let the chicken lay eggs. When the time comes, I will ask you to help me.”
“It doesn’t matter, which one of us will follow?”
Han Yuemin patted his chest.
Fang Yan shook his head and laughed. After buying more than 9,000 paintings, he returned to the pre-liberation period overnight and had no food left.
"Teacher Fang, do you need money very much?"
Mike looked left and right, "How much do you want? If it's not much, I can lend it to you."
Fang Yan said: "No need to borrow money, but I need you to do me a favor."
"Say."
"Can you lend me those materials of yours? I am going to write a military novel during World War II."
"What?!"
Mike was surprised at first, and then overjoyed, "Wow, of course it's no problem, just take it and use it."
Fang Yan walked towards the motorcycle and said, "After I finish writing, I hope this The novel can be published in the United States ”
Mike couldn't help but realize: "You want me to help you find a publishing company that is willing to publish, right?"
"Yes, help me find a suitable publishing company."
Fang Yan got on the motorcycle and asked, "Is there any difficulty?"
"It mainly depends on Regarding the quality of the novel, but with your level, I believe there will be no problem.”
Mike named Random House, Penguin and other well-known publishing companies, but his most recommended one was Random House. Random House, because I plan to find Random House to publish "Blood and Sand".
"I'll leave this to you. I can rest assured that you can handle the matter."
Fang Yan patted his shoulder.
"Teacher Fang, can I ask one more question, how do you plan to write?" Mike tied the box containing the crafts to the back frame of the motorcycle with a rope.
Fang Yan said bluntly: "I plan to use Fritz Nilan's memoirs as a model."
"Is this the Nilan who returned to China in compliance with the 'single survivor policy'?"
Mike was surprised.
“That’s him!”
Fang Yan showed a meaningful smile.
Mike has collected a lot of information and it is very complete.
Faced with so much material about the 101st Airborne Division, I actually had two choices, one was "Saving Private Ryan".
The other one is "Band of Brothers".
But the materials Mike has on hand alone are not enough to write the entire story of "Band of Brothers", as key information is missing.
At this point, make a decision.
Originally I had no intention of writing "Saving Private Ryan", but now I have it, for the sake of the more than 9,000 paintings and calligraphy!
Now, even the donkeys of the production team dare not rest!
(End of this chapter)