Chapter 22: Killing Banquet
A few days after Xu Fei left, Mr. Jin arrived as promised and brought someone to him.
"Haha, I haven't seen each other for a while, and my friend is getting more and more surprised." Jin Yong laughed and walked in, then introduced Li Xuan and said, "Come on, I will introduce a friend to me, this is the editor of Hu Weiyong of Sanlian Publishing House."
"Ah, hello Editor Hu, please come in!" Li Xuechu invited the two of them into the room.
After the two of them sat down on the sofa, Li Xuechu made tea and exchanged casual greetings and talked for a few words.
"It's like this Mr. Li." Hu Weiyong did not make too much politeness. After saying a few gossips, he quickly got to the topic: "Your novel is very popular during this period, and the total number of words is enough to meet the number of words required for publishing the book. Therefore, our Sanlian Publishing House wants to publish your work. Mr. Li, please rest assured, we came with sincerity and will definitely give you a suitable price."
Li Xuechu looked at Mr. Jin, and Jin Yong waved his hand with a smile and said, "Let me talk about specific matters with Editor Hu. I am just an introducer. I am responsible for introducing two of you to know each other, so I don't have to care about me."
Li Xuechu got to know it, but he didn't beat around the bush and asked the two of them the most concerned questions: "What are your plans for the pricing of royalties and books?" Li Xuechu did not propose a copyright buyout. Now if you buy it, it is at most hundreds of thousands, so it is better to keep the copyright in your own hands. Moreover, these works were all Hollywood comedy, so maybe they would come to ask for adaptation and remake? The money of the Americans is much better than that of the Hong Kong people. It would be more than one million Hong Kong coins for a story worth $200,000.
"We plan to set the price for 40 Xiangjiang coins per book, with a royalty of 8%. We can pay 100,000 in advance. If the sales volume of the novel does not reach the predetermined amount, the money can be refunded. Of course, we are still confident in Mr. Li's novels." Hu Weiyong continued: "We plan to publish the four serialized comedy novels by Mr. Li. Of course, we are also very interested in the killer Lyon, who is serialized by Mr. Li. Moreover, according to past experience, this novel may be more popular in the novel market than the serialized newspapers, but the length is still too short and we need to be jointly organized with other novels."
This royalty is pretty good for the new author. After Li Xuechu had Xu Fei's tips before, he also learned about it specifically. He felt that there was not much room for bargaining. Li Xuechu stretched out his hand: "Happy cooperation."
Hearing this, Hu Weiyong's face was happy and he quickly stretched out his right hand: "Happy cooperation."
The cooperation between the novel was completed, and both parties were in a good mood. Jin Yong also congratulated the two of them for a few words, and then started chatting easily. However, Li Xuechu remembered what Mr. Jin was here today, but he didn't even mention it, and he couldn't ask on his own initiative. For a moment, his heart was so itchy like a cat crawling.
After a while, seeing Li Xuechu being unable to sit still, Jin Yong smiled leisurely, took out a manuscript agreement from the file bag he carried with him and handed it to Li Xuechu.
"My friend is really not simple. In less than two months, the work can make a sensation into this momentum. Our Ming Pao also suffered a lot of benefits. The sales volume has increased sharply. The original royalties must be inappropriate. I have rewritten a contract here, and my friend, please take a look."
Li Xuechu took it with a smile on his face. When he saw that the manuscript fee had been written directly on it, with a thousand words and hundreds of yuan. It seemed that Mr. Jin didn't plan to discuss it with him.
"Uh, Mr. Cha, can you please add more about this royalty fee?" Li Xuechu asked unwillingly.
So then Mr. Jin Yong began the money theory he had told many people. To sum up, it was just these few sentences: There is no use if there is too much money. Comrade Li, you are still young and have no family to support you, and you don’t need to spend any money. If you have too much money, you can just deposit it in the bank. The amount of money is the same...
It seems that Jin Yong didn't plan to add any more. Li Xuechu accepted the price with a wry smile. Hu Weiyong must have heard of the rumors about Mr. Jin, and he smiled and didn't talk to watch the fun. He had the opportunity to see the legendary Mr. Jin's dialectics of money, and occasionally nodded in agreement.
The contract was agreed that Li Xuechu handed over the novel he wrote later. The soul catcher stopped writing after Xu Fei said that. Li Xuechu handed over the newly written mouse catcher to Jin Yong. The killer Leon was about to be serialized, and the manuscript was about to start publishing in the newspaper in less than two days, so it was accepted in time. But thinking about it, he had cheated Hollywood again without anyone knowing it, haha.
After finishing the business, he signed a contract to send off Jin Yong and Hu Weiyong. Li Xuechu closed the door and then smiled bitterly. In fact, this was expected. The money was added on its own initiative. The amount of money added is counting as much as it earns. Anyway, he doesn't lack these two money.
With the 100,000 yuan cash from the publishing house, his pocket became fuller again. Ming Pao's manuscript fee will be transferred to his account tomorrow according to regulations. Li Xuechu, who has been poor for a few days, has become rich again, and his mind to buy a car has become more active. Thinking about it, it is appropriate to buy a car now. According to later experience, Xiangjiang coins will start to depreciate next year, and Xiangjiang itself does not produce cars, so it is more cost-effective to buy it now.
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"Click!" Fatty Wang shouted loudly, and everyone looked at him.
Wang Jin smiled and announced loudly: "I announce: From now on, the King of Big Talk will be officially completed!"
"Ye!..." Everyone cheered in unison. The movie that had been filming for more than 20 days was finally completed.
"Everyone has a good afternoon rest and go to Fumantang Hotel to hold a final banquet at 7 o'clock in the evening. Everyone has fun."
Everyone cheered again, and it was a surprise that the final banquet of such a small crew could be eaten in the hotel.
"Okay, OK, the crew stayed to clean up the things, and paid them back what should be paid. The rented ones will get the deposit back. The others will disperse."
After a while of noisy, the crowd slowly dispersed, leaving only Fatty Wang, Li Xuechu and Fa Ge on the scene.
"Brother Fa, the performance is great." Li Xuechu gave Zhou Runfa a thumbs up.
"Haha, I have to thank you for watching Zhou Mou last time." Zhou Runfa smiled modestly.
"I'm afraid I have no food to eat when I have good acting skills? You can give us face. Don't worry, this drama is guaranteed to be popular." Wang Jin recognized Fa Ge's acting skills. Speaking of which, this drama is mainly supported by Zhou Runfa's acting skills. Although it is a bit different from the nonsensical and exaggerated body movements and expressions seen by Li Xuechu in his later generations, Fa Ge's style also has a unique flavor, especially the serious and a little bit of ruffianism that Wang and Li are quite satisfied.
"I wonder if this drama can improve Brother Xia Fa's 'bad luck'? But the drama itself is good. If there is no accident, it should be a hot sale. It will change a little, right?" Li Xuechu thought to himself that Zhou Runfa had been in a row for six consecutive years in history.
"Okay, let's go back too." Fatty Wang said.
After the three left the venue, they said goodbye and left. Wang and Li began to invite guests of the final banquet. Wang Jin contacted Chen Baixiang, Tan Yonglin and other investors, and Li Xuechu invited the Hong family class. In the afternoon, Li Xuechu was fine and was at home, and Wang Fatty also had to contact post-production.
"Come on! Cheers!" Fatty Wang roared.
"Damn!" Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all in one go.
Wang and Li sat together with Zhou Runfa, Chen Baixiang, Tan Yonglin, Feng Suifan, Wu Yaohan and others, as well as Hong Jinbao, Wuma, Lin Zhengying and other members of the Hong family. On the table, there were almost all wine barrels, and their voices were as big as one, which made the scene so lively that it was so lively. Li Xuechu was young, and Tan Yonglin seemed to be inappropriate for drinking, but the two used tea instead of wine, and they joined in the fun together, and the atmosphere was quite hot.
"Chuzi, I didn't expect that your drama will be completed so soon, and it is no less than our Hong family class!" Hong Jinbao said in a loud voice.
"Haha, it's not good to be fast. It's October now. If you slow down, you have to compete with you for the schedule. It's not cost-effective to squeeze them all together at that time."
The Hong Family Class’s drunk heroes were a few days earlier. They have finished filming a few days later, but they are about to be released in January. Although the current film industry has not clearly stipulated what summer vacation, Christmas, and Spring Festival periods, it is a long time when the audience is more popular, but it is generally reminiscent of the taste. The Hong Family Class is the direct descendant of Jiahe and enjoys privileges, but the schedules of Wang and Li must be released in advance. However, the two who are confident in the quality of the movie do not think so. Good schedules are also when good movies are crowded. The box office is very good, and eating alone at the next schedule may not be bad.
"Okay, you guys should do it quickly in the future. Then I will find Boss Zou with you." Hong Jinbao said with a big bag.
Wang and Li were overjoyed. Hong Jinbao said that Xiang was not only a little bit cheap. "Then thank you Brother Sanmao. We both respect Brother Sanmao for a cup."
"It's easy to say, everyone is friends, and there are still opportunities to cooperate in the future."
Chapter completed!