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Chapter 126 A Price of Two Hundred Thousand, Huang Qingya's Opportunity

On the way back to the hotel, Zhao Guobin still felt incredible.

He had only read "I Want to Become an Immortal" by Cao Sheng before, and today he read "Living with the Air Hostess". When he was reading it, he did not think about how different this book was from "I Want to Become an Immortal".

Now I have left the Internet cafe and walked for a while, and suddenly I realized that the styles of these two books are very different and completely different.

In "I Want to Become an Immortal", characters from all walks of life fly into the sky and hide in the ground, and the flying swords, magic weapons, magical powers and spells are dazzling, and the excitement is simply maximized.

There is very little focus on love.

But "Living with a Stewardess" is a simple story about a otaku and a stewardess living together. There are very few characters, so few that it can be compared to the short films in the island countries.

It seems that the life theme of the hero and heroine is love.

When he read this book, the only thing on his mind was love.

How could these two completely different books be written by the same author?
It was even more incredible when he thought that Cao Sheng was only 19 years old and just a sophomore.

I heard that Cao Sheng is a college student who failed to get into an undergraduate program through the college entrance examination.

This made him wonder: if a college student is so good, how good must the undergraduate students in the mainland be?
On second thought, Cao Sheng seems to be just an isolated case. In the vast mainland, no undergraduate, graduate, or even doctoral student has surpassed Cao Sheng in novel writing performance.

……

noon the next day.

As promised, Cao Sheng arrived at the hotel where Zhao Guobin and Lin Baohui were staying, and had a meal with them in the hotel restaurant.

Within the time it took to have a meal, he signed the traditional Chinese copyright of "Living with the Air Hostess" to them.

Nor did he insist on a share of royalties.

After some bargaining, the traditional Chinese copyright of this book was signed for RMB 200,000.

In fact, Cao Sheng also wanted a share of the royalties.

But he knew how difficult this matter was.

If the president of Xinchang hadn't made the final decision himself, probably no one would agree to give him a share.

Today he told Zhao Guobin that he wanted to share the royalties, and Zhao Guobin said that their company had no such precedent. If he insisted on sharing the royalties, he would have to consult the headquarters and wait for their opinion.

Then, Zhao Guobin said that he could pay him 100,000 yuan in royalties and buy out the traditional Chinese publishing rights for the book.

When Cao Sheng heard the number of 100,000, he suddenly felt that it was not necessary to share the royalties, but the price had to be a little higher.

One hundred thousand is not enough, at least two hundred thousand.

He actually didn't have very high expectations for the sales of this book in Taiwan.

Because this book was serialized online in February last year.

It has been more than a year now.

Some Taiwanese readers have already read this book online. Some Taiwanese netizens may have converted the book into traditional Chinese version and reposted it on Taiwanese websites or forums.

You know, these days, there are too many free porters on the Internet.

Many netizens like to move good things to other places and share them with others when they see them.

Therefore, he estimated that if the book was published there now, the sales would not be very high.

Therefore, he did not insist on a share of royalties.

As for this work with only 28 words, why can a traditional Chinese copyright be sold at a high price of 20?

The reason Cao Sheng gave was that the sales of this book in simplified Chinese in mainland China had exceeded 1.2 million copies.

He has already received hundreds of thousands of yuan in royalties from the simplified Chinese version of this book alone, and will receive a lot more in the future.

These data cannot be falsified and are very convincing.

Zhao Guobin used the excuse of going to the restroom and called the headquarters for instructions. When he came back, he agreed to Cao Sheng's price and asked Lin Baohui to prepare the contract on the spot.

The contract was signed when the dinner was over.

The signing was done so quickly because Cao Sheng felt that being able to sell the traditional Chinese copyright of this book was a pleasant surprise and there was no need to worry too much about the price.

It is also related to the fact that Zhao Guobin needs to give an explanation to the headquarters.

This time when he and Lin Baohui came to the mainland, his first task was to sign Cao Sheng's new book, but he was unable to complete this task because Cao Sheng had already signed the new book to Xinchang.

But if we can sign the traditional Chinese copyright of Cao Sheng's other work, it will at least give an explanation to the headquarters.

Therefore, when he called the headquarters for instructions, he endorsed the quality of the book and focused on the book's sales and reputation in the mainland.

It was because he and Cao Sheng both wanted to reach this signing that the signing went so smoothly.

……

"What? You want me to use a pseudonym? Write for you under another pseudonym?"

That night.

First floor of Old Street.

Cao Sheng was very surprised after hearing Bai Fengyin's proposal.

This afternoon, after he and Zhao Guobin signed the contract and returned to his residence, he saw Huang Qingya coming again.

Huang Qingya brought a piece of news.

——The representative of Shuopin insisted on treating him to a meal, saying that they wanted to discuss other cooperation with him.

Huang Qingya hopes that he will give her face and meet her.

Just think of it as giving face to her boss Wang Rong. After all, this was the task assigned to her by Wang Rong.

Cao Sheng thought about it and agreed. This is what happened.

Wang Rong, president of the Huizhou Writers Association, Zheng, president of the Guangzhou Writers Association, and Huang Qingya were there to accompany them, while Bai Fengyin, who was speaking frequently, sat next to Cao Sheng.

Seeing Cao Sheng so surprised, Bai Fengyin smiled and advised: "Brother Cao! Do you think the royalties are too much? Besides, Xinchang's royalties can be used to buy things, so can't the royalties from our Shuopin be used to buy things? Besides, you are not an employee of Xinchang, you are just cooperating with them. You can even use the name Zhongyuan Yidianhui without changing your pen name and publish your works on our Shuopin. Can Xinchang sue you?"

Chairman Zheng laughed and interrupted, "That's right! Xiao Cao! For writers like us, it's normal to write two books at the same time. I used to contribute to several newspapers at the same time! What's the big deal? We writers are all freelancers. We sell our works, not ourselves, right?"

Wang Rong smiled and said nothing.

Huang Qingya looked at Cao Sheng curiously.

Cao Sheng shook his head. "Sorry! I'm used to writing only one book at a time. I can't do this kind of operation with two accounts."

Bai Fengyin frowned, "Would you like to think about it again? The remuneration is easy to negotiate. How much do you want? Just tell me the number."

Cao Sheng still shook his head.

It's not about the money.

Before his rebirth, he had tried to open two accounts at the same time.

At that time, as a mediocre loser, I could only earn tens of thousands of yuan a month. Sometimes, if I failed very badly, I could only earn a few thousand.

He knew that some of his peers in the industry were double-opened, or even triple-opened, and were making a ton of money. He was jealous, and of course he also wanted to try to see if he could get double-opened.

But he soon found that he couldn't do it.

Unless you are willing to write nonsense without using your brain.

If he does not pursue the spirit of his work and only uses technical routines to write, then he can indeed do it.

But if he did that, he was afraid that his writing would get worse and worse and he would never be able to improve.

Maybe in a few years, he will be eliminated from this industry.

From then on, he never thought about double or even triple opening again.

He can't even produce an outstanding work by concentrating on one book, so how can he write anything good if he is distracted by two or even three books?

Bai Fengyin was still persuading.

Chairman Zheng also helped to give some advice from time to time.

But Cao Sheng never agreed.

He can accept that his work will be outdone by others in the future.

But he could not accept that his work was inferior to others because he was not focused enough and was distracted.

Because that means his work has been surpassed by others, and he deserves it.

Bai Fengyin tried to persuade him for a long time, but seeing that Cao Sheng showed no sign of being interested, she couldn't help feeling a little discouraged.

Looking around, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with the way Huang Qingya looked at Cao Sheng.

She is also a woman.

And she is a woman in her thirties.

I have long known what the look in a person's eyes looks like when he or she likes another person.

When she noticed the way Huang Qingya looked at Cao Sheng, she was stunned. She had never thought about it in this way before.

The age difference between Cao Sheng and Huang Qingya is really visible to the naked eye.

Moreover, Huang Qingya has the figure of a mature young woman and is dressed maturely. She doesn't look like she is unmarried at all.

But now, she began to fantasize about the relationship between Huang Qingya and Cao Sheng.

She is a thoughtful person.

After discovering that Huang Qingya and Cao Sheng might have an unusual relationship, she thought for a while and suddenly turned the topic to Huang Qingya.

"Mr. Huang! You are from the Writers Association, so you should write something regularly, right? Can you write a novel? Well, I mean a long novel suitable for serialization."

Huang Qingya was a little surprised that Bai Fengyin suddenly asked her this question.

She looked at Bai Fengyin, then at Cao Sheng who was also a little surprised.

Then he smiled and nodded, "Well, I usually write something, but in the past I only wrote short articles and published them in newspapers or magazines. I have only recently started to try to write novels, and the number of words is not much at present, only about 30,000 or 40,000 words."

Bai Fengyin, Wang Rong and Chairman Zheng were all surprised.

Wang Rong: "Qingya, when did you start writing a novel? How come I didn't know?"

Chairman Zheng: "You have already written 30,000 or 40,000 words? That's very long! Excuse me! Come, Secretary Huang, let me toast you!"

Bai Fengyin smiled as she watched President Zheng toast Huang Qingya.

Bai Fengyin glanced at Huang Qingya and Cao Sheng's faces, and after Huang Qingya put down her wine glass, she asked again, "I heard that Brother Cao was able to come to the banquet this time because Secretary Huang helped to invite him, right? So Secretary Huang should be familiar with Brother Cao? I wonder if Secretary Huang consulted Brother Cao when you were writing your novel? Did Brother Cao give her any advice?"

Cao Sheng glanced at her and didn't respond.

Huang Qingya ate a piece of food with chopsticks. After hearing this, she didn't think much about it and hummed, "I did ask him for advice. He also helped me point out some problems and even helped me sort out the main plot of the story. So, I am very grateful to him."

As she spoke, she looked at Cao Sheng with smiling eyes.

Wang Rong and Chairman Zheng didn't care about that look.

Bai Fengyin saw it clearly, and at this moment, Bai Fengyin wanted to laugh out loud.

She resisted the urge to laugh, smiled and stood up, raising her glass, "Come on! Secretary Huang, I'll toast you too! I hope Secretary Huang will let me appreciate your masterpiece later. If you can also let me take a look at the main storyline that Brother Cao has sorted out for you, maybe we can work together!"

(End of this chapter)