Li Shi's words made them all happy.
Chen Qiuye immediately said: "Then I will definitely complete the project inspection today, and we will set off to Guishan Island together tomorrow!"
Seeing how excited she was, Li Shi said: "You can't make a decision in a hurry when it comes to investment. Take your time, or you may have to wait another day."
Chen Qiuye was finally willing to take her hands away from Wang Yuelan's arms and waist, walked over and took Li Shi's arm, kissed him first, and then said: "This is just an inspection. I will find a more professional team to carry out the project in the future." Only after evaluation can we make various decisions about whether to invest in the future, as well as the amount and method of investment... Speaking of which, it is also time to reorganize and structure the future entrepreneurial team, and some things must be prepared in advance."
Li Shi noticed that her hands were dishonest, so he put his mobile phone into his trouser pocket, reached his waist with his left hand, touched a soft and smooth jade hand, grabbed it, and then asked: "What are you going to do in this job now?" when?"
"At least I won't resign this year. Now this position and platform can play a great role in honing my abilities. I can also make a lot of high-quality contacts, which will be very helpful to start my own business in the future. I may continue to do it... …One to two years, anyway, now it’s mainly investment, I just need to open another vest and set up a simple investment management team.”
Speaking of this, she suddenly remembered something, raised her head and smiled at Li Shi: "By the way, Shi Shi, I told you before, in addition to the house in Xinyu Community, I also own two properties and two storefronts in Yangcheng. , I now plan to exchange one of the houses and the two storefronts for cash, and then go to Tanzhou to buy a house. The housing prices in Tanzhou are low, so I should have some extra money, which will just add to my investment funds."
Li Shi had long known that this rich woman had about 50 million in savings and financial management. Most of the money was obtained by selling her entrepreneurial results to her best friend last year.
The wealth she inherited from her deceased parents and the money she earned in the past have long been used to buy properties.
It's the two properties and two facades she just mentioned, plus the house in Xinyu Community.
In addition, there is an old house in her hometown of Bingcheng, where she grew up when she was a child.
Li Shi asked: "Just take care of it yourself. I support you, but is the investment this time big? Do you need to sell the house to replenish funds? Do you want to get some from me?"
Chen Qiuye smiled and pressed closer: "It's not really big, at most I invested about a thousand. The main reason is that I feel that my ability is stronger now than before, and I can control more funds, so I have I have more investment ideas and want to reallocate assets... and about buying a house in Tanzhou. I want to buy a villa first, so that we can have both a large flat and a villa there. We can live wherever we want in the future. .”
While chatting, the three of them had arrived at the door of the restaurant.
Walking in, their beautiful and eye-catching combination naturally attracts a lot of attention.
We're all used to it.
I took some food and found a seat to sit down.
While Li Shi was eating, he said, "If you need anything, please tell me anytime."
Chen Qiuye: "Hmm... But Li Shitou, I agreed that I will support you and Sister Lan, so don't compete with me."
She winked at Li Shi and whispered: "My house and two storefronts are in a good location. If I sell it, I can get at least four to five thousand yuan... Hehe, you and Sister Lan can just eat soft rice at home. .”
Li Shi knew that the housing prices in Yangcheng were much higher than those in Tanzhou, so he was not surprised. He took a sip of seafood porridge and said cooperatively: "Okay, I just like to eat soft food."
Chen Qiuye wrinkled her beautiful nose and made an expression at him, looked around, and whispered: "Yes, yes, you like to eat anything soft, and your favorite is the big meat buns made by Sister Lan, haha."
Looking at her little expression, Li Shi felt that she was a cold fairy transformed into a lively human beauty, and couldn't help but feel happy.
But Wang Yuelan next to her couldn't help but roll her eyes at them.
She was helpless for the two people closest to her to be so shameless.
She rolled her eyes, but she still placed the two hard-boiled eggs that had been peeled in front of them. Watching them eat the eggs she had peeled, a slight smile could not help but appear at the corner of her mouth.
After breakfast, he went back to the room to tidy up a little. Li Shi stayed in the hotel, took out the laptop in his backpack, and dealt with the submission of "Guide Map". Wang Yuelan came down with Chen Qiuye, and she drove Chen Qiuye to Wu Yiming's new home. company.
After getting in the car, Chen Qiuye sat in the passenger seat and made a phone call.
When communicating with outsiders, she naturally switches to working mode, and her expression becomes calm and calm. Her speaking speed is neither urgent nor slow, but she is quick and capable, and advances the work progress smoothly and quickly.
"After waiting, let's ask Wu Yiming to arrange a conference room and hold a meeting, and then do the follow-up inspection. You tell Qin Xiu that it must be efficient. After today's inspection, we will organize the office. You will treat me as Assistant, she is the office manager.”
"Okay, thank you for your hard work."
After hanging up the phone, she turned to look at Wang Yuelan who was driving, her eyes became softer: "Sister, after you drop me off, you can go back first. I will probably be busy until the evening today, and I won't be there to pick you up then. , I will let them arrange a car to take me to the hotel, and you and Shitou will just wait for me at the hotel."
Wang Yuelan replied: "Yeah, okay."
When she arrived at the place, she was afraid that Chen Qiuye would forget when he was busy with work, so she warned again: "Qiuye, you must remember to drink more water, after all..."
During this time, he started writing books and making videos. Li Shi usually takes his laptop with him when he goes out.
After Chen Qiuye and Wang Yuelan left, he turned on the phone, logged into QQ, chatted with Editor Peng for a while, and then revised the first chapter as a sample chapter according to some of his requirements and suggestions.
He was fast and very efficient. Within less than an hour, he had resent the corrected sample.
Editor Peng was quick to review the manuscript and quickly sent a reply message:
"Teacher Li, your efficiency is really great, and your basic skills are so good. Your writing style doesn't look like a newcomer at all. It's very sophisticated and concise."
"You don't know, some of the newcomers I met before, although some of their writings are interesting and have a publishing market, they act as if they have never studied Chinese. They use words and sentences with a lot of grammatical errors. Every time I ask them to correct them, they still get it. The feedback comes back with a lot of complaints, giving us editors a headache!”
"I was even criticized by an author who was not very good but liked to show off his literary talent. He said to me - 'You know a hammer'..."
"Teacher Li, your writing skills don't look like a newcomer at all... But that's right. After all, you are from a major in college. You majored in Chinese language in college. Your basic skills are definitely better than those who may have failed high school Chinese. .”
Li Shi clicked on the inciting penguin in the lower right corner and shook his head slightly after seeing the message.
He is not a professional, his original writing level is not as good as it is now. The main reason is that after he got the learning panel, he learned Chinese one more time, and learned the level of (proficient-), and also learned history and other contents. , which also improved his Chinese.
"The subsequent studies, especially my classical Chinese writing, have greatly improved my level."
He replied: "Thank you, do you think there is anything that needs to be revised in my chapter?"
Editor Peng: "No need. Now you can prepare the topic selection, table of contents, outline, and sample chapters. I will bring them to the club for discussion later. As long as they are approved, you can sign a publishing contract for your book."
Li Shi quickly asked: "So there will be results today?"
Editor Peng: "Yes, usually the results will be available at noon. According to my experience, your book is quite selling point, and the probability of passing is very high. Let's wait for the good news."
When Li Shi saw what he said, he naturally started to look forward to it.
After finishing chatting with Editor Peng, he came to the desk again, picked up the brush that had been confiscated from the table, dipped ink in the inkstone, and began to write the "Tao Te Ching". He wrote it once in his own way before continuing to post.
When it was almost ten o'clock, Li Shi had just finished practicing the ink in the inkstone, and was comparing the posts, thinking about what he needed to improve on, when the doorbell rang.
He stood up and opened the door, and outside the door was Wang Yuelan who had returned from seeing off Chen Qiuye.
What she is wearing today is the same color as Chen Qiuye, a flesh-colored long-sleeved shirt with an elastic waist and an impressive plumpness. The underneath is a light khaki long skirt, which is also waist-cinched and has a light glow. The pink color perfectly accentuates her graceful figure.
Because of the cold weather, she wore a long gray cardigan outside. After entering, she took off her coat and told Li Shi about sending Chen Qiuye off, and then asked: "Shitou, are we going to yesterday's ocean later?" Are there any water sports in the park?"
Li Shi admired her good figure that made people look straight, stretched out his hand to pull her over, and sat together on the chair in front of the desk.
"Don't worry, I have to wait for some important news. Let's rest in the room for a while... You didn't sleep last night, okay? Please wait a while and then have a good sleep."
Seeing him mention what happened last night, Wang Yuelan's pretty face was filled with shame.
She lowered her head, not daring to look at him, and said softly, "I slept well."
"Really?" Li Shi deliberately asked loudly. He exerted a little force on his legs, moved his head to her ear, lowered his voice and asked, "Sister Lan, you said you are so good, how should I reward you?"
Wang Yuelan naturally understands him.
Although her pretty face was hot, she still turned her soft body and looked back at him, her beautiful eyes filled with water and infinite tenderness: "I want to serve you."
Li Shi looked at her, feeling the silent surge, and nodded.
"Um."
At this time, a gust of sea breeze blew outside the window, and the rice paper covered with ink-colored dragons and snakes on the desk was rolled under the desk.
Editor Peng's experience was correct. When it was almost 10:30, the laptop placed aside kept making beeps.
Li Shi took it over and looked at it. They were all QQ messages sent by him.
"Is Teacher Li here?"
"We can continue to talk about the signing."
"Are you there? If you don't reply, I'll call you later."
Li Shi looked down and quickly stretched out his hands to type a reply: "Editor Peng, has my book been drafted?"
Editor Peng: "Yes! Haha, you have set a record for the fastest draft in my editing career. Speaking of which, the video you posted on station B played a big role. After our editor-in-chief watched your video, I liked it very much and felt that your book was written based on those videos and must be very marketable, so I made the final decision and published it directly!"
Li Shi: "Well, that logic is wrong. It's not a book based on videos, it's a video based on writing."
Editor Peng: "(Squint-eyed dog head), what does it matter? The important thing is that the manuscript is finished!"
Li Shi thought it right and typed with a smile: "It makes sense."
Editor Peng: "Let's talk about the details of the publishing contract now."
Next, the two communicated about the publishing language, region, carrier, authorization period, finance, royalties, publishing cycle, etc.
As a newbie, there really isn’t much to talk about.
Authorize Simplified Chinese to be published in domestic paper books. Exclusive authorization for five years. The first printing volume is 5,000 copies. We will first see the market effect. If the effect is good, we will print it later.
The most critical issue is naturally the royalty issue.
Li Shi was a newcomer, and the other party was only willing to give him a 7% royalty, which was relatively low among newcomers. So he proposed a tiered royalty rate based on the information he had checked long ago, and the other party immediately agreed.
The final results are: within 5,000 volumes (7%), within 10,000 volumes (8%), within 30,000 volumes (10%), and above 30,000 volumes (12%).
After discussing many details, Editor Peng added: "Actually, according to my experience, the probability of your book selling more than 10,000 copies is very low, and the possibility of selling more than 30,000 copies is even slimmer. However, the tiered price is a bit better. It can leave a thought for others, just in case, you say so."
Li Shi smiled. In fact, the price of the book is difficult to exceed fifty yuan. At fifty yuan, even if it sells an incredible 100,000 copies, the royalties Li Shi can get in an ideal situation will only be 600,000 yuan before tax. That’s all.
To him now, six hundred thousand is not a big sum of money.
Moreover, the current paper book market is indeed very difficult to sell. If the final result is that the first 5,000 copies are not sold, then he will most likely only get the "down payment"-that is, 100% of the first edition printing volume. Fifty royalties.
Calculated based on the price of 50 yuan, that is: the price is 50*5000 copies*7%*50%=8750 yuan.
Speaking of which, whether it is the worst or the best result in terms of sales, it actually doesn’t matter much.
But what he cares about is not the amount of money, but that the money is earned from writing books and creating books.
The meaning is different!
He wanted to preserve the possibility of a better outcome!
Editor Peng: "Congratulations to Mr. Li, see you when we sign the contract."
Li Shi: "Thank you, see you after signing the contract."
Li Shi quit QQ, and the suppressed excitement in his heart could no longer be suppressed. He reached out and stroked her silky hair, and hummed a tune to the rhythm. He suddenly pulled her up from the desk, walked a few steps with her arms crossed, and threw her to on the bed.
The publication of "Guide Map" went so smoothly!
He was so happy and excited.
It must be celebrated.
one two three……
Well, just five times!
Thank you for the rewards from fellow Taoists such as You Xinwuwenshi, Long Name, Tao Qianqian, Hardworking Scholar, 12429106839, 20180901, etc. Thank you!
(End of chapter)
