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Chapter 60 Expected Remuneration
That afternoon.

Bay Bay.

Xinchang Publishing House Headquarters.

President Lan Tianhu saw the email sent by Chang Qingshu. When he saw the three words "Chang Qingshu", a smile appeared on his face.

He was very satisfied with Chang Qingshu's work over the past six months, especially the manuscript of "I Want to Become an Immortal" that Chang Qingshu received for the publishing house. This book not only increased the publishing house's income, but also greatly enhanced the reputation of Xinchang Publishing House in the past six months.

So, when Lan Tianhu saw the email sent by Chang Qingshu, he was in a good mood.

Until he started to read the content of the email sent by Chang Qingshu, the more he read, the more surprised his expression became. After he compared the manuscripts of the ninth episode of "I Want to Become a Fairy" and the first episode of "I Want to Become a Fairy 2", Lan Tianhu fell silent.

After a long silence, he laughed and shook his head slightly.

With a complicated look in his eyes, he replied to Chang Qingshu: "Tell him that the beginning of I Want to Become a Fairy 2 has passed our publishing review and has been approved for publication. Ask him how much he wants for the manuscript fee and report to me in a timely manner."

……

9 month 2 day.

Huizhou.

That morning, Cao Sheng went to school, completed the registration procedures for the new school year, and paid the tuition.

When registering, he met Pang Yunhai and Zhai Jun who were in the same dormitory. They were very happy to see Cao Sheng. Pang Yunhai suggested that they get together at noon, and patted his chest generously, saying that he would treat them today, acting like the boss of the dormitory.

Cao Sheng hadn't seen many of his acquaintances during the entire summer vacation. So he was very happy to see his two roommates today and didn't refuse.

At around 10 o'clock in the morning, the three of them arrived at a food stall outside the school.

Nowadays, when students treat others to a meal, most of the time they either go to the school cafeteria or to food stalls. Only those from well-off families will go to small restaurants, and only those from extremely wealthy families may go to places like hotels.

After entering the food stall, Pang Yunhai took the initiative to order a dish of catfish and tofu, a dish of scrambled eggs with leeks, and a dish of twice-cooked pork, and then enthusiastically asked Cao Sheng and Zhai Jun to order two dishes as well.

Cao Sheng didn't order anything, but Zhai Jun ordered a braised tofu.

In Huizhou, many people like to eat braised hairy tofu, which tastes good.

Pang Yunhai ordered another serving of fried peanuts and three bottles of cold beer.

The dishes were served one by one and the three of them started drinking.

Zhai Jun asked curiously: "Boss, why are you so generous today and take the initiative to treat us to a meal? Is there something happy?"

Pang Yunhai laughed, his face full of smiles, "There is a happy event. This summer, I found a girlfriend! She is my former high school classmate, very pretty. I have made an agreement with her. During the National Day, I will ask her to come to our school to play. Then I will introduce her to you and let you see if she is pretty or not! Hehe."

Cao Sheng was a little surprised.

Suddenly I remembered that such a thing did happen in the original time and space. Pang Yunhai did find a girlfriend during the past summer vacation.

But we broke up before the end of the semester.

After the breakup, Pang Yunhai was depressed for a few days and found another junior girl in the same school. This time, he was dumped again before the end of a month.

Both times I was dumped by women.

For the next seven or eight years, Pang Yunhai seemed not to have found a girlfriend and focused on starting his own business. Until he had his own business and opened three tea shops and two dry goods stores in Huizhou, he suddenly announced that he was getting married and invited everyone to come to his wedding.

In Cao Sheng's memory, Pang Yunhai has always had a strong personality.

Maybe it was this strong character that caused him to have so many crushes on every girlfriend he dated when he was young, and no girl could stand him.

It was not until Pang Yunhai had a career and became rich that there was finally a woman who could tolerate his dominance and was willing to marry him.

"Congratulations, Boss! Are you the second one in our dormitory who has found a girlfriend? Awesome!"

Zhai Jun gave a thumbs up in surprise.

Pang Yunhai laughed happily, but he still remembered to be modest. He waved his hands and said, "It's just so-so! It's mainly because the third brother doesn't want to fall in love. Otherwise, with his conditions, he would have had a girlfriend a long time ago!"

The third one refers to Cao Sheng.

Cao Sheng smiled. He had already remembered Pang Yunhai's rough love life in the original time and space, and when he saw Pang Yunhai's cheerful look, he couldn't help but feel a little sympathy.

It must have been very hard to not have a romantic relationship for seven or eight years and to focus on your career.

Cao Sheng raised his glass and said, "Congratulations! Come! I'll toast you a glass and wish you a long and happy marriage and a son soon!"

“Puchi…” Zhai Jun burst into laughter.

Pang Yunhai glanced at Cao Sheng with a helpless look, but still raised his glass and clinked it with Cao Sheng's. "Don't curse me! I'm only a sophomore, what do you mean by having a baby soon? Don't talk nonsense!"

After the meal, the three of them went their separate ways.

When they arrived at the school gate, Cao Sheng stopped and said, "I won't go back to the dormitory with you. Let's part ways here."

Pang Yunhai and Zhai Jun stopped in surprise.

Pang Yunhai: "Do you need to go out for something?"

Cao Sheng smiled, "No! I recently rented a house outside the school, so I won't be living in the dormitory this semester."

He still wanted to keep a low profile as much as possible and not say that he bought the house.

Pang Yunhai: “???”

Zhai Jun: “???”

Zhai Jun: "Did you rent this house specifically to write a novel?"

Cao Sheng nodded.

Pang Yunhai nodded and patted Cao Sheng on the shoulder. "Now that you put it that way, I understand. There are too many people in the dormitory and it's usually a mess. It's really not suitable for you to write. OK! Then let's separate here! Come back to the dormitory often when you have time. We'll go to the place you rent later. OK, you go first!"

Zhai Jun: "Bye!"

……

Cao Sheng returned to the yard on Binjiang Road.

I made a cup of Keemun black tea, went to the study on the second floor and turned on the computer.

The computer boots successfully.

He logged into his email to see if there was any reply from Xinchang.

It turns out.

Chang Qingshu: "In view of our previous pleasant cooperation, our editorial team has accelerated the review process for your new book "I Want to Become an Immortal 2". Congratulations! This book has passed our final review and can be published. We will give you an appropriate increase in remuneration according to industry practice. I wonder what your intended remuneration is?"

After reading this email, Cao Sheng's mouth corners slightly raised.

He felt he had won the bet.

As expected, Xinchang Publishing House did not choose to part ways with him, but chose to acknowledge that the manuscript of the tenth volume was his new book.

He copied the electronic contract sent by Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House, including the terms regarding royalties, and sent it to Chang Qingshu.

In the reply email, he said: "Hello! This is the condition given to me by Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House. The publishing house and I signed the simplified Chinese publishing rights for the first part of I Want to Become a Fairy. In view of the pleasant cooperation between your publishing house and me, the remuneration for I Want to Become a Fairy 2 only needs to be consistent with this."

It was around 3pm that day.

Chang Qingshu replied: "Sorry! The royalty sharing is the practice of your mainland publishing houses. Our practice is to set a fixed remuneration. We cannot change the rules of the entire industry for your book. Please understand. You can give a specific expected remuneration, such as 5000 per episode."

5000 per episode?

In the evening, when Cao Sheng saw the price, he shook his head slightly.

After a moment of hesitation, he replied to Chang Qingshu: "Okay! Since you said it is the industry rule, then I respect your industry rule. For the remuneration of I Want to Become a Fairy 2, I hope it will be RMB per episode."

(End of this chapter)