Chapter 100: Being hit
[Editor Gao: All royalties for the remaining serials of "Mr. Holmes" have been transferred to you, please check them carefully. As for the 9% royalties, there is really nothing we can do about it. Xiao Gu, you don’t have any successful published work yet. Xinxing Publishing House can give you up to 7% and a first printing of 50,000 copies. ]
The first half of a text message message on a mobile phone is good news, and the second half is bad news.
"I'm going to see if the account has arrived tomorrow. I really miss the SMS notification service. It's so convenient." Gu Lu didn't know when CCB's SMS notifications started. Anyway, they haven't been there for a year or two.
After getting the money, he quickly bought a computer, but no one he knew so far knew anything about it. Gu Lu thought about whether to go to a computer mall or a brand store.
"Don't think about this for now, there is another important thing..."
Most newcomers' royalties are within 8%, and it is normal to buy out at 5% or even directly for a thousand words, so "The Little Prince" was given 9%, which is probably the result of President Jian's strong recommendation.
"The first printing was 50,000 copies. Now the price of a book is about 20 yuan, plus 7%, which works out to more than 70,000 yuan." Gu Lu calculated it with high numbers and quickly got the result. result.
“It’s a bit less.”
After thinking about it, Gu Lu decided not to publish it for the time being. Because there was no successful best-seller, the price was low. But next month, "The Little Prince" 》It’s now on the market.
By then, Gu Lu will be promoted to a best-selling author, and the royalties will definitely increase.
Ten percent or more must be a best-selling author. Gu Lu has this idea. Anyway, he is not in a hurry to spend money at the moment.
According to this idea, Gu Lu replied to Editor Gao. Then I noticed that someone applied to be a friend.
Verification message: Hello, Mr. Xiao Gu, I am Xue Haiyang, the editor of "Bike·New Reading". I was introduced by Brother Li. I hope there will be opportunities for cooperation.
Oh, it turns out to be the editor. After Gu Lu agreed to be a friend, he immediately left a message: "I do have several articles here that are quite scary in style. ]
Gu Lu was about to put down his phone, because it was already past ten o'clock and the editor must be off work, but he never expected the other party to reply right away.
[Laugh often: When will Teacher Xiao Gu finish writing? I absolutely believe in Teacher Xiao Gu's ability. In "The One-Inch Master", he beheaded a person on a public stage and then used ventriloquism to pretend the head spoke. The audience thought it was a performance and applauded... This plot still reminds me Still new, there is logic in the madness and gore.
Always laugh: People with dwarfism are discriminated against and insulted. Generally, when authors write revenge, they write in a bloody way.
Always smile: As long as it is a work of the caliber of "The One-Inch Master", 200 words per thousand words is no problem. ]
It was just a compliment, no matter whether it was sincere or not, the editor was very enthusiastic.
The price of two hundred words for a thousand words was the highest price Gu Lu had ever encountered, even higher than the years of reasoning he had become a resident writer.
The reason why Xiao Xue dared to offer such a high price was the terrifying sales volume of "Bookie·New Reading". The third edition of ABC is a special three-month issue. It is priced at 6 yuan but buy one and get one free, which is equivalent to 3 yuan per book. The sales volume among students is very high.
"Boys and Girls" and "Thriller E" are no match at all in terms of sales.
Gu Lu calculated in his mind that he could finish writing the response in about a week. On the opposite side, the editor-in-chief Xiao Xue gave a lot of replies, and he summed it up in one sentence, "I'm looking forward to it."
Why is Xiao Xue so enthusiastic? Because the sales volume of "The Horror" is high, but because of the content, it has never cultivated a thriller writer who can carry the title.
"I heard that this talented writer likes to change his style. Don't be impulsive. One-inch Master's style is very good." Xiao Xue prayed that Gu Lu would not disappoint him.
Disappointed?
He has won the Thriller Short Story Award. Gu Lu doesn’t know how confident he is.
"Done!" Gu Lu simply ate something and looked at the empty room, suddenly feeling a little empty.
“It’s time to buy a computer.” Gu Lu pointed out the reason.
The next day, I saw Dou Ke and Dou's father in the classroom early in the morning.
However, Lu Yi, the squad leader, wanted to give money this time. She said, "Refrigerant must cost money. He helped our class repair the air conditioner twice. It was already a trouble for my uncle. I can't let him pay for it." Money, right? Our whole class originally agreed to pay for the repair of the air conditioner."
"How expensive is it to add fluoride?" Dou Ke raised his hand for a moment and then looked at it. Dou's father, "Right, dad. It's not worth a lot of money."
Dou Ke's eyes showed pleading, hoping that his father would not cause trouble. The vertical air conditioner in the classroom seems to have three units. It takes three units to fill it up. Although Gu Lu doesn't know the cost of the refrigerant, it should cost no less than a hundred yuan for three units. It's not cheap!
Obviously, squad leader Lu Yi has quite a lot of life experience. He saw through this and insisted on paying.
"Our Dou Ke also attends school. It is really not worth a lot of money. I will support everyone as an uncle. Please take care of our Dou Ke at school in the future." Dou's father said this.
Dou Ke thanked his father for not causing trouble and smiled.
Having said this, squad leader Lu Yi no longer insisted.
While taking advantage of his lunch break, Gu Lu went to the bank to check his account. He found more than 20,000 yuan in his bank card.
"Okay, okay, the world has been miserable in Internet cafes for a long time. I will definitely rise up this weekend!"
People are in high spirits when happy events happen, and Gu Lu went to school happily for the next two or three days.
On Thursday, it was one day closer to Gu Lu’s time to buy a computer.
"Gu Lu, Li Guyuan from our class has quit the club." Qi Caiwei found Gu Lu after morning exercises.
"Li Guyuan resigned from the club? Why?" Gu Lu was surprised.
Qi Caiwei didn't respond, but looked at Gu Lu with strange eyes, but the latter should be confused, but he was still confused.
“Because I was hit by you!” Qi Caiwei explained, “Just think about how terrifying you are, it’s completely unmatched.”
I have a plug-in, what is there to compare with? Gu Lu thought to himself, recalling that he had basically never had any communication with Li Guyuan.
“During yesterday’s Wednesday event, the president was quite angry.” Qi Caiwei said.
"Okay, I understand." Gu Lu thought that the other party secretly regarded him as a target.
Gu Lu asked Qi Caiwei a small question...
"Grandma's Flowerpot"
This is the article Li Guyuan submitted to "Sprout". Li Guyuan often mentioned it to Qi Caiwei, so later No matter how bad the memory is, the person still has an impression.
It is quite simple to buy magazines that are more than a year old. Gu Lu knows a scrap collection station, and old magazines there cost one to two yuan a piece.
The story is about the death of his grandmother. Even though he and his grandmother had lived together for more than ten years, he was not sad at all at the funeral.
I blame myself very much in my heart, and even feel that I am a white-eyed wolf. It is clear that grandma was the best to her grandson when she was alive. The whole text describes the feelings of "I" very delicately.
[Why is the flower dead and no one watering it? The sun shone on my thirteen-year-old face, and at that moment I realized that my grandma was really dead. …]
“It’s very strong for a freshman in high school to write like this.” Gu Lu thought to himself.
When he was finishing his evening self-study, he walked up to Li Guyuan and threw over a copy of "Years and Reasoning".
“This is my serialized magazine, with my signature on it.”
nmb! Li Guyuan's eyes turned red instantly. What do you mean? He was so cheeky that he even quit the company.
Before his anger could be vented, Gu Lu threw out another magazine, which was "Grudge".
"In exchange, you also sign your name for me."
(End of this chapter)