Chapter 106 A sudden windfall made the small treasury burst to the brim!
What a pity!
In this era, copyright fees have not yet been restored. It will take several years for Wang Shuo to propose to the superiors before the copyright fees are gradually released!
Otherwise, the publication of a single volume will not be calculated based on the price of thousands of words, but will be calculated based on the sales volume plus the number of thousand words!
At that time, the highlight moment of publishing will come! By then, a book and a courtyard house may really be more than just words.
"The author of Wrangler is here, isn't he?"
Just when Cheng Xuemin and Li Qingquan were finished and ready to leave, another middle-aged man rushed into Li Shuguang's office and asked!
"You are Lao Xu, right? You came just in time, I was planning to find you here!"
The visitor's eyes fell on Cheng Xuemin for the first time and he asked.
"Who is this teacher?"
Cheng Xuemin was puzzled, wondering who this middle-aged man suddenly appeared and what was the purpose of looking for him?
Could it be that he also sent the manuscript fee bill to him?
But Cheng Xuemin did the math, and he apparently took all the royalties he deserved, but instead had to pay some back to October.
As for Xiaojinku, it’s hard to say. It’s impossible to publish a single book, not so soon, right?
"This is Pan Hua, the leader of the art editorial team of the Humanities Society. Scholars can just call him Lao Pan!" Li Shuguang said helpfully.
"Ah?! Hello, old teacher Pan Pan!" Cheng Xuemin said hello repeatedly after hearing this, and he became more and more puzzled. What could the leader of the art editing team do with him?
"Lao Pan, this is the author of Wrangler, Lao Xu, whose real name is Cheng Xuemin, and the son-in-law of Lao Feng Gu and their teachers!"
Immediately afterwards, Li Shuguang introduced Pan Hua again!
"I know, I know, Mr. Feng Gu's son-in-law, it turns out you are Lao Xu!" Old Pan nodded repeatedly. Of course he had already heard that the author of Wrangler, Lao Xu, was the son-in-law of Mr. Feng Gu, but I don’t know much about Wrangler author Lao Xu himself.
"Hello, Xuemin, hello!" Pan Hua greeted Cheng Xuemin formally again, and hurriedly took out some manuscripts and asked Cheng Xuemin, "Xuemin, were you the one who drew these?"
Cheng Xuemin was confused, so he took it and glanced at it twice, then asked in shock: "This is the storyboard I drew for Director Xie? Why is it in your hands, Teacher Pan?!"
This really surprised Cheng Xuemin. Isn't this the storyboard sketch he drew in the Wrangler script he wrote for Xie Jin?
Xie Jin agreed at that time, but Director Xie also had his own arrogance, so he had to make some inspired changes based on Cheng Xuemin's work.
Then I handed them all over to Yan Film Studio for review, and my uncle hasn’t received a reply yet.
But why did these storyboards end up in the hands of Lao Pan from the Humanities Society?
"Did you really draw it?" Lao Pan asked with disbelief.
"Ah! I was the one who painted it!" Cheng Xuemin nodded and said shyly, "However, the painting is indeed not very good. Director Xie repainted it himself, right?"
Now that all the storyboards are in the hands of Lao Pan, it means that Xie Jin has changed them and is not planning to use his drawings!
"These are all drawn by you, Xuemin?!" Li Shuguang took the draft and turned it over, and said with the same surprise, "I didn't expect that Xuemin, you are so good at writing articles and you are such a good painter?"
"It's fine if you draw it, Xuemin. Then, Lao Li, our art team will no longer hire another artist to do illustrations specifically for the single volume of "Wrangler". I will choose ten and use them directly!"
Pan Hua nodded and confirmed that it was drawn by the author of "Wrangler" himself, so there was no need to worry about finding another painter to help with the illustrations!
"Xuemin, can this be used?!" Li Shuguang was also surprised that Lao Pan came here to find the author himself. It turned out to be for this!
"Why can't it be used? Xuemin's paintings are no worse than those of those painters. I can use them directly!" Pan Hua nodded repeatedly. The illustrations made by the author of the novel can better reflect the theme of the article. When used as illustrations, it can be used directly. More than suitable!
"Okay, you are the leader of the art team, you have the final say on what illustrations to use!"
Li Shuguang didn't hesitate after hearing this and readily agreed in person!
"Okay, Lao Li, please pay Xuemin the royalties as well! I'll choose ten of them as illustrations, and we'll settle with him for twelve yuan each!"
Pan Hua also made the decision directly in front of Cheng Xuemin. Before Cheng Xuemin could say "f*ck", Pan Hua added later, "Xuemin, since you can draw it yourself, then help you paint "Yu You Cun" I also drew the illustrations for the single volume of "Grass Heart"!
"This article is a bit long. I estimate that I will use fifteen illustrations. I will give you the price of twelve yuan per illustration, okay?"
After saying that, he looked at Cheng Xuemin, waiting for his answer!
"Teacher Pan, were you paid for this illustration?!"
Cheng Xuemin was dumbfounded. He sincerely said yes, yes, he can do ten thousand!
Stay steady, don’t act like you’ve never seen money before. He tried his best to control the mania in his heart and asked, but his tone was a little trembling.
Can I get paid for illustrating a single book? And the price of a single sheet is as high as twelve yuan?
Twelve yuan! Twelve yuan!
What a concept! ?
The manuscript fee he just received from Li Shuguang was only 315 yuan!
But Lao Pan asked for ten plus fifteen pictures, which is twenty-five illustrations. Each picture is calculated as twelve yuan. How much is the art fee?
Three hundred dollars!
Oh, it’s directly equivalent to the royalties of his two manuscripts. Is this an additional benefit of publishing a single volume?
Not to mention the money for the second royalties, can you still make another amount of money by doing illustrations?
“Of course we have to pay for the manuscript! Even if we hire another artist, the price will be at least ten yuan per piece!”
"Xuemin, you are the author of the original work, and you are indeed a good painter. Why can't the price of twelve yuan be good? Isn't it Lao Li?"
Lao Pan said in a matter-of-fact tone, and finally asked Li Shuguang!
"Yes, yes, Xuemin, I didn't expect you to have such accomplishments in illustration. It's amazing!"
Li Shuguang nodded and praised without hesitation, and at the same time said, "Lao Pan, just submit twenty-five illustrations to me, and I will remit the royalties to you later!"
"Don't look back. Let's go together now. I'll go and apply immediately. Xuemin, just wait here. I'll be there soon!"
Pan Hua Lei Fengxing came and left as soon as he said he wanted, dragging Li Shuguang and leaving without giving Cheng Xuemin any time to react.
"Can you really get paid for doing illustrations?!" Cheng Xuemin was still confused and muttered to Li Qingquan next to him.
"Hey, I didn't expect you, Xuemin, to be such a good painter?"
"I won't talk about the previous ones. Let's go back to the illustrations for your novella. I also helped draw them!"
Li Qingquan did not reply to Cheng Xuemin's words, but sighed and assigned the task directly!
"ah?!"
Cheng Xuemin just asked casually, do you have any work to do again?
"Ah what?! Anyway, we have to find another painter to do it. If you have time, Xuemin, you can do it with us!"
"However, we at Yanjing Literature are not as wealthy as the Humanities Society. We can only give you eight yuan per leaflet!"
"For your novella, we don't want as much as the single volume. The total adds up to fifty or sixty copies!"
Li Qingquan made some calculations. If one illustration is about 5,000 words, he would have to prepare 50 or 60 pictures for the 200,000-word novella!
Pop!
As soon as Li Qingquan finished speaking, Cheng Xuemin took action, slapped his hands hard, held them tightly and said excitedly and in a low voice: "Old Li, can we have a one-way contact about the royalties for this illustration?"
Regardless of whether the leaflet is eight yuan or not, the amount Li Qingquan wants is enough to make Cheng Xuemin take the risk!
Because Cheng Xuemin doesn’t know about this illustration, and Feng Jiayou definitely doesn’t know either!
Therefore, can the royalties from these illustrations be directly and secretly put into one's own coffers?
Good guy!
Lao Li asked him to prepare fifty or sixty sheets. Although the price per sheet was not as good as what Lao Pan had here, the quantity was large enough to satisfy him!
A single sheet is eight yuan, and fifty or sixty sheets are four to five hundred yuan?
Including the three hundred from Lao Pan Humanities Society, Cheng Xuemin's small treasury will skyrocket by seven to eight hundred, and it will finally exceed one thousand!
Moreover, these are the illustrations that Li Qingquan’s Yanjing Literary Magazine needs. After his novella is published, and the Humanities Society’s single volume follows suit, will illustrations be required as well?
Moreover, the amount of illustrations used in the single volume of the Humanities Society is obviously much greater than that of Li Qingquan's magazine.
Just these two short stories require twenty-five illustrations. How can a two-hundred-thousand-word novella require hundreds of illustrations?
The most important thing is that the price is high!
Twelve yuan for a single piece, and the royalties for hundreds of illustrations must not exceed a thousand?
In addition to the manuscript fee of more than 1,600 yuan for the single book itself, Cheng Xuemin can get nearly 3,000 yuan for the single book. Is this how it is calculated?
"I understand this, I understand, of course, of course!" Li Qingquan also smiled happily, and then said mischievously, "Then in terms of the manuscript..."
"Don't worry, Mr. Li, but if you need it, I'll try to write you an article every six months... every quarter, how about it?"
Lao Li was so happy that Cheng Xuemin was even more happy. Anyway, it was just a tribute. The manuscripts in his mind were like those in a library, so he could just copy them as he pleased!
"Okay, let's make it a deal, one article every quarter!"
"Then Xuemin, please take the time to complete the illustrations first!"
They hit it off immediately, and Li Qingquan figured out another secret like Cheng Xuemin, and he really didn't have to worry about Wrangler Lao Xu's manuscripts from now on.
There is no need to look at the face of his mother-in-law, Teacher Gu, to get the manuscript!
Then I got to know Li Qingquan again, and I realized that in this era, apart from writing manuscripts to make a fortune in silence, in fact, those beautiful art students have also been making a fortune in silence!
According to what Lao Li said, just for the illustrations or covers required by their newspaper and magazine publishers, the fee for a single copy has ranged from six yuan to fifteen yuan!
Apart from this, the most profitable thing is actually the little book. Although the price of a single book is only five yuan to eight yuan, the main body of a little book is the illustrations, and the volume of the little book has hundreds of pages. Light painters are paid well over a thousand dollars!
And the Little People's Book has begun to gain momentum. As for Li Qingquan and the printing factory behind "Yanjing Literature", in addition to publishing magazines, they are also publishing Little People's Books day and night, which is much more popular than magazines.
Moreover, they only have an art editing team, but no dedicated painters. They usually hire outside painters to paint, and the most beautiful ones are the most beautiful ones.
Being reminded by Li Qingquan, something related came to Cheng Xuemin's mind!
Indeed, as Li Qingquan said, now is the time for those art students in Qingmei to make a fortune, and each of them may be sneaking into a household worth ten thousand yuan!
What is the concept of a ten-thousand-yuan household in this era?
Ordinary people would not dare to think about it, but now for Cheng Xuemin, it is exciting!
If you have a good way to make money, your little treasury will be overflowing in no time!
So Cheng Xuemin secretly decided in his heart that in the future, in terms of small treasury, he would focus on illustrations!
I'll go back to Lao Pan to learn more about the little book and see if I can get started with it.
"Xuemin, here, here are the fee slips for twenty-five illustrations. Collect them!"
Soon Li Shuguang and Lao Pan returned to the office again. Li Shuguang held a fee slip in his hand and handed it to Cheng Xuemin.
"Xuemin, you have to hand in the fifteen illustrations of "The Heart of the Grass" as soon as possible, so that I can type them and produce a sample book as soon as possible!" Lao Pan also explained.
"Okay, Teacher Li, Teacher Pan, I will hand over the illustration as soon as possible!"
While chatting with Li Qingquan, Cheng Xuemin also had several separate volumes of "The Wrangler" and "The Heart of the Grass" pop up in his mind. There were indeed many illustrations in them. In fact, they could be copied and drawn. With Cheng Xuemin's painting skills, he would not It's hard.
After this was settled, there was nothing else to do. Under the watch of Li Shuguang and Lao Pan, he and Li Qingquan left the Humanities Club.
Separating from Li Qingquan at the door again, Cheng Xuemin first went to his mother-in-law's workplace, "October," and in his hand was a copy of Mr. Wu's approval document for the additional issue of "October," which he asked him to deliver in person.
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