Mixed in 1980

Chapter 133 World IP
"Just think it over. You don't know how annoying Zheng Yana is. She kept annoying me in the office for the whole morning yesterday, saying all kinds of nice things to me. She almost drove me crazy."

Zeng Ali shudders when she recalls it. That older sister was five years older than her and her child was already three years old, but she acted like a little girl.

No normal person can bear it.

"Fortunately, Zheng Yana is a woman. If she was a man, she would probably have been hit by a brick." Chen Fan gathered the scrolls and picked them all up.

"Fuck you, I'm not a violent person."

Zeng Ali was angry, but Chen Fan did not refute him. He went to the backyard with the scroll in his arms. He just replied "Hehe" before leaving and quickened his pace.

This girl has no self-awareness and her violent tendencies are obvious, okay?
"Chen Fan, just wait and see!"

Zeng Ali was furious, a sly look flashed in her eyes, and she pulled Xu Jinqiu out: "Aunt Li asked you to stay at home for one night, you can squeeze in with Yuanyuan at night."

Xu Jinqiu didn't understand what was going on, so she said hello to Guan Yuemei and followed Zeng A Li and Zhao Yuanyuan back home. Only when she got home did she realize that she had been tricked by her elder sister.

The Xu family was naturally happy that their daughter had returned.

While everyone was busy, Li Xiuzhen called the girl into the room and asked, "Do you know that Xiaofan asked your second brother to buy a painting?"

"I just found out, what's wrong?"

"Those paintings are so expensive. One painting costs an average person one or two months' salary. I spent 450 yuan in one go. This is..." Li Xiuzhen didn't know what to say.

To be honest, he is not a spendthrift. His ability to make money is much better than that of ordinary people. Even his ability to spend money is much better than that of ordinary people.

The color TV, refrigerator and washing machine that we use now in our family were bought by my brother-in-law whenever he wanted. He spent money like water, which is scary to watch.

"Chen Fan said that these paintings will appreciate in value in the future and that they were bought as investments. He also said that he would give another thousand to my second brother tomorrow and let him continue to buy. You don't have to worry about it."

"Investment? That's one way."

Li Xiuzhen frowned slightly and pondered for a while: "Antiques were worth a lot of money in the past. They became worthless after the ban on private transactions. It may not be impossible to relax the ban in the future. As for modern famous paintings, there may be room for appreciation in the future."

"Are you also optimistic about investing in calligraphy and painting works?"

"It's just a possibility. Xiaofan has this idea, so it's okay to invest some. How are you two getting along recently? Have you had any conflicts?"

"Don't worry, we are fine."

"Then I'm relieved. Xiaofan really cares about you, but a good man needs to be taught by himself..."

Li Xiuzhen took the opportunity to once again instill in her daughter the "Secrets of Controlling Husbands", the core of which is that men must be exhausted so that they will not go out and mess around.

Finally, she asked about the situation. Xu Jinqiu blushed and finally couldn't help but stammered and told the actual situation: "Mom, what do you say we should do?"

“……”Li Xiuzhen was stunned.

Are there cows that can plow the field without dying? She had never heard of such a situation before. Anyway, she didn't know what to do, so she could only coax her daughter: "You picked up a treasure."

Xu Jinqiu was stunned. What does that mean?
Saying it means not saying it!

The next day, Chen Fan came over and gave Xu Jinxia another thousand yuan, asking him to continue helping to buy calligraphy and paintings. Zeng Ali also took the opportunity to pay out two hundred yuan.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yuanyuan also paid a hundred yuan. When she paid, she looked reluctant, as if she was cutting her flesh: "Second Brother Xu, you have to buy me something good."

After having dinner at his mother-in-law's house, Chen Fan and his friends rode their bikes back to the courtyard. Just as they were about to rest at night, Zeng Ali pulled Xu Jinqiu away.

I left a message: "Yuanyuan will be here tomorrow, Qiuer will stay with me for another night. I'm not used to sleeping alone."

Chen Fan's face turned black. This girl did it on purpose!
It was just a "haha", why do you hold a grudge against me? I'm not used to sleeping alone. You were annoyed when Xu Jinqiu sneaked into your room every day.

As expected, women are all narrow-minded.

Women who are used to being the eldest sister and always look like a big shot are no exception.

This is the long night...

In desperation, Chen Fan took out a pen and paper and continued writing something, all of which were related to what Zheng Yana wanted. If he could make this project a success, he would probably make a fortune.

I wrote this so late that I missed my morning exercise the next day. I yawned all the way to school: "Sister, notify Zheng Yana in the morning to come to the club office at noon."

Zeng Ali hummed, and Chen Fan continued, "Remember to talk to Li Aiguo and decide on his appointment as president."

Zeng Ali agreed, and Chen Fan said, "Notify a few more candidates for president and assistants to come to the club office for a meeting at noon tomorrow."

"Any more?"

"Go to each editing team and record their progress. When you have time, go to the Beijing Publishing House to follow up on the progress of the publication."

"Chen Fan, do you really treat me like a beast of burden?" Zeng Ali finally realized that this little bastard was taking revenge on her for taking Xu Jinqiu away for two nights.

It's impossible to get everything done in one day.

"Sister, winter is coming soon, so we have to hurry. If we really can't finish it, we don't have to go to the publishing house for the time being." After Chen Fan said this, he rode away on his bicycle.

"You little bastard, you are trying to take revenge on me."

Watching Chen Fan walk away, Zeng Ali was at a loss whether to laugh or cry: "If you want to play this way, then I will accompany you to the end and see who can't hold on first." Zeng Ali didn't hesitate. It was just a little busy and a little tiring. Even if she ran herself to pieces today, she would not give in. Her first stop was to find Zheng Yana.

She was really afraid of this elder sister, she was so annoying!

……

Zeng Ali rode her bicycle around the Peking University campus for who knows how many laps, but Chen Fan, on the other hand, was leisurely walking to the club office with his written work.

Today's society office is also well-presented, with a row of bookshelves against the wall and several desks in the middle.

Normally, the desks are placed scattered around. During meetings, they can be arranged together to form a conference room with a movable blackboard on the side.

Chen Fan poured a glass of water and asked Zheng Yana to find a place to sit down. "Let's get down to business. I have two projects here, one for the community and one for private use. Both can make money. See which one you want to do."

"The club's current project is to set up a tutoring class to help some high school students with their homework, with only one day of class per week."

"With our reputation as a Peking University, the fees will definitely not be low. After a week, it's not bad to make a few dollars."

"What about personal projects?" Zheng Yana thought about it and was not very interested because they made too little money.

If there is no better choice, you have to do it. It's a few dollars a week, and it's more than ten or twenty dollars a month, which is not a small amount.

"Can you translate foreign languages?" Chen Fan asked.

Zheng Yana's eyes lit up: "Of course, my grandfather and my mother both worked as translators before, and I also learned English since elementary school, and then..."

Later, of course, it was that period of time!

The family has fallen into poverty!

Chen Fan understood without being told: "Then can you translate the Chinese novel into English?"

Zheng Yana nodded and said, "I have helped people translate papers before. They were submitted to European and American magazines and were successfully published."

Chen Fan opened his bag and took out a manuscript of about ten pages: "See if you can translate it."

Zheng Yana opened it and frowned slightly: "Is this your novel?"

"I have just written an introduction. If you can translate it, I will continue writing and submit it to foreign publishers." Chen Fan explained.

"a bit difficult!"

Zheng Yana scratched her head and pondered for a while: "It is quite difficult to translate the context in the novel into different languages."

Translating novels is extremely difficult!
The quality of translation depends on many factors, including the translator's language ability and understanding of the original text. Only when the original text's ideas and language style can be well conveyed can readers better understand the connotation of the work.

However, many translations suffer from loss and cannot fully reproduce the intent and style of the original text.

In fact, this is all normal. Under different cultural backgrounds, differences in expression and thinking habits will lead to losses in the translation process. This is the biggest challenge in translating novels.

Another very important point is that the translator’s style should eliminate personal style, hide behind the author and the work, and be as faithful to the original as possible.

“But I think we can give it a try!”

"Then give it a try. Let me tell you the price first. The translation fee is calculated in two parts. The first part is the basic translation fee, which is 5 yuan per thousand words."

"So many?" Zheng Yana was surprised.

When publishing teaching aids, Zheng Yana spent several days in the publishing house and was very clear about the price of translated texts. The highest price was only 7 yuan per thousand words.

"If the novel can be published abroad, this amount of royalties will be nothing."

“I will definitely give my best!”

"You must be at your best. As I said just now, the manuscript fee is divided into two parts. The other part is a reward. If the novel is successfully published, there will be another reward of 10 yuan per thousand words."

Hearing this, Zheng Yana's eyes widened, and she even felt a little embarrassed: "Chen Fan, this condition is too generous. There is no such price in China."

Chen Fan smiled and explained, "Translating foreign novels into Chinese and publishing them in China will give you a basic remuneration and a print-based remuneration. I can't give you a print-based remuneration, so this part of the reward is equivalent to buying out the royalties."

Zheng Yana hesitated for a moment and said thank you first: "I'll take this job. Don't worry, I will definitely translate it authentically."

"I believe you can do it."

Being able to participate in the editing of teaching aids and serve as the chief editor, Zheng Yana's level is certainly not bad: "Thank you for your trust. By the way, what is the name of your book?"

Chen Fan then remembered that there was no name written on the manuscript, so he took out a pen and wrote two English words on the first page: The Matrix!

"Matrix?" Zheng Yana asked.

"It can also be understood as the mother body!"

Chen Fan frowned and wrote down four more Chinese characters: The Matrix!

If Zheng Yana hadn't been chasing for the project, Chen Fan would never have thought of this. He could have set his sights on those big IPs in Europe and the United States.

The Matrix was the first test!
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