Chapter 168 Ten Million Dollars in Remuneration
In August 1985, Liu Hongmin completed his thesis defense and completed his master's degree. However, he will next study for a PhD with Professor Tao.
Just after completing the thesis defense, Liu Hongmin took Chen Yu to drive Liu Hongjun to Hunan Province to report.
Father Liu and mother Liu were extremely happy. They did not expect their second son to be so successful and actually admitted to the National Defense University. However, what followed was concern about whether Liu Hongjun would be in danger if he really became a soldier in the future.
Liu Hongmin does not have this worry. In the next 40 years of peace in the country, there will be no war with other countries except Yue Monkey.
The Yue Monkeys were fully prepared in Laoshan before, but we were not prepared enough, so there were a lot of casualties. When we reacted and made adjustments immediately, the casualties were gradually reduced. In four years' time, our military industry will be even stronger, and Yuehou's strength will be even weaker, and we can only rely on the terrain to survive.
When Liu Hongjun graduates, Yue Hou will be at the end of his game, and the chance of him going to the battlefield will be very small. When Lao Su collapses, Yue Hou will withdraw his troops, and he will have no chance to go to the battlefield.
When they arrived in Hunan Province, Liu Hongmin and others stayed in a guest house near the National Defense University. I took Liu Hongjun around the university to get familiar with the environment. On the registration day, Liu Hongmin drove his car near the school, and then asked Liu Hongjun to walk to the school to report.
"The Red Army, National Defense University is different from other schools. You must restrain your habits at home and be responsible like a soldier."
Liu Hongjun raised the salute, " I understand, brother, don’t worry! I will definitely make results, you and dad will see.”
After saying that, he waved to Liu Hongmin and strode towards the school gate.
Looking at his back, Liu Hongmin couldn't help laughing, "You brat, you finally look like an adult."
Chen Yu said from the side: "The Red Army just looked at it for fun. , In fact, he is very careful in doing things. He is different from those dudes. He knows what can and cannot be done."
Liu Hongmin: "When I was in college, he was basically the one who taught Hongying. . ”
Children of poor people become rich early, and Liu Hongjun is indeed mentally more mature than the children in the city. However, if he had not come to the capital to study, and if Liu Hongmin had spent a lot of money to give him tutoring, Liu Hongjun would not have been able to get into the National Defense University.
The gap in educational resources cannot be made up in ten years.
“Let’s go back!”
My younger brother has already started his own affairs in the army of life. Liu Hongmin can’t help and can only look at his own affairs.
As soon as he returned to the capital, Ma Weidu came over.
"Richard from Random House called you a few days ago, and my uncle answered the phone. My uncle couldn't understand English, so he informed me to answer the phone."
Liu Hongmin became more energetic, "What did he say?"
"He said that he needs to report the sales volume to you every month. Last month, the sales volume of "Terror Cruise" reached 1.6 million copies. . ”
“It’s okay, including the 10 million copies from the past few months, right?”
Ma Weidu picked up the notepad from the desk and looked at it. Record, "Just over 10 million copies. Hongmin, I didn't expect your book to be quite popular in the European and American markets."
Liu Hongmin shook his head, "It's not just the European and American markets. This time Sanlian Publishing House is only responsible for The copyrights for the traditional Chinese version and other texts belong to Random House. They have translated "Terror Cruise" into more than a dozen languages and sold it around the world, including Japs and Southern Dynasties."
" The Japanese have stopped banning you?”
“It’s not the first time that Random House has done this by changing a pen name.” Ma Weidu asked in confusion: “But this method only requires one or two. It's okay once, if you use it too much, the little devil will definitely know it."
"Don't you know that you are a little devil? They know it very well, but they can't do anything about Random House. That's all, so I just pretend I don't know."
Ma Weidu opened his mouth, "You little devil...you really bully the weak and fear the strong!"
"Otherwise, what do you think?" Liu Hongmin said disdainfully: "We are afraid of power but not immoral. Only by beating them painfully will they be honest for a while. After World War II, their economy was in depression. If the United States and the United States had not launched the two-Korean war, After fighting against us, they supported the Japanese. However, the Japanese did not appreciate Lao America at all. Now that the economy has improved, they gradually started to ignore Lao America. If Lao America had not stationed troops in the Japanese army, they might not have done so. I want to start a war with the United States.”
“Tsk, tsk, tsk!” Ma Weidu said, “Is it so complicated?”
It’s hard for him to be exposed to these things at first glance. These things feel quite novel.
"Hongmin, if your book has sold 10 million copies, the royalties must be millions of dollars?"
"More than that!" Liu Hongmin explained: "What about the European and American markets? Books here are very expensive, about ten dollars a book. Books elsewhere are cheaper, ranging from one to two dollars, or three to four dollars. In total, I can get one dollar for each book.”
“Wouldn’t it be possible to get ten million US dollars in royalties for those 10 million copies?”
Ma Weidu knew that Liu Hongmin was worth at least hundreds of millions of US dollars, but that was earned through Transformers of. He watched Liu Hongmin find an old craftsman to make Transformers models, and the labor cost alone was tens of thousands of yuan. Ma Weidu thought he couldn't invest so much money before there was any profit.
Now Liu Hongmin has earned tens of millions of dollars from writing a book, which still shocks him. Now 1 U.S. dollar can be exchanged for nearly 3 yuan, and 10 million U.S. dollars can be converted into 30 million yuan. The key U.S. dollar is foreign exchange. Ten million U.S. dollars is a hot commodity, and major banks will rush for it.
Ma Weidu is really envious. It would be great if he also had such writing style. No, even a tenth will do. He is not greedy either. Earning one million US dollars is enough for him to spend in his lifetime.
Liu Hongmin picked up the phone and called Richard.
"Richard, when can the remuneration be sent to me?"
"Mr. Liu, the remuneration needs to be paid personal income tax. We will pay you after we file the tax for you. Is it you? The account in Xiangjiang, or the account with the Japanese?”
“It’s useful for me to reach my account in Beijing.”
“Okay, Mr. Liu, first. The batch will be about two million US dollars, and it can be sent within a week. Please check it."
"Thank you!"
After hanging up the phone, Liu Hongmin said to Ma Weidu: "These are the few. Tian asked Finance to pay attention to the bank and let me know when the money has arrived."
"Okay!" Ma Weidu nodded and was about to leave, but stopped again.
"I almost forgot! Hongmin, Yangxi has something to do with you."
Liu Hongmin was stunned, "Yangxi?"
Yangxi is not in Shichahai Even though they are far away, they are still neighbors. However, Liu Hongmin and Yang Opera have never had much contact. Whether it is a book or a movie, it is difficult to catch the eyes of Yang Opera.
(End of this chapter)