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Chapter VII Remuneration

When Miao Qiaowei looked at Ye Tian, ​​Ye Tian also recognized him. He watched "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" countless times. How could Yang Kang not recognize him? As for the handsome guy around him, Ye Tian felt unfamiliar with no impression. There were too many stars. The one who greeted Miao Qiaowei just now was Huang Yuehua, who looked the same as Guo Jing. The five tigers will come two... Five tigers?

Wait, is he Tang Zhenye? I heard that Tang Zhenye was very handsome when he was young, but the changes were really so big? It doesn’t match his characteristics at all.

The atmosphere was a bit cold, and Ye Tian cursed in secret that he should focus on the main business again. He looked at Zhao Luizhi, and the beauty was secretly wiping her tears.

"Sister Zhi, are you okay?"

"It's okay, I remember some things, Tianzai, I heard you apply for the wireless training class that day?"

"Yes, the wireless training class can learn knowledge." Ye Tian added sugar to the coffee and compared the topic of the training class, he still liked to listen to Zhao Luizhi's thoughts.

Zhao Luizhi analyzed: "I know a few tutors of the training class. In fact, the training class is not as simple as you think. Even if you are successfully admitted, you may be eliminated. In short, at most half of the students will be left in each period, and less than one-fifth of the students graduated in the previous few periods."

Ye Tian smiled confidently and said, "Sister Zhi, if you are eliminated in the training class, it proves that I am not suitable for this industry. However, I am confident of graduating. Although I am not very handsome, it is still OK to break out my own world in the entertainment industry."

"I can't tell that your ambition is quite great." Zhao Luizhi smiled pursed her lips and made a world of her own. It's not easy. She has not achieved this for so many years.

Ye Tian didn't want Zhao Luizhi to give her favors in this regard, and changed the topic: "Sister Zhi, it's not that I'm talking too much. You really should spend more time with Xiaohong. Now he is at a sensitive age and is not suitable for sending to nurseries. The lack of maternal love will have a great impact on him in the future."

"Oh, it's all my fault." Zhao Luizhi immediately changed color and felt sad. It's not that she didn't want to accompany her son. Filming was the business of the entire crew. She couldn't delay it just because she wanted to accompany her son. Recently, she took on five TV series and three movies. The schedule was scheduled until next year. She had to be interrogated by her mother-in-law every day when she went home. She was under a lot of pressure and sometimes even wanted to divorce.

Ye Tian tentatively said: "Sister Zhi has any hidden secrets?"

Zhao Luizhi remained silent. She would not tell others about these sufferings. Moreover, Ye Tian was just a friend he had just met. Last time, he accidentally revealed that his wife had a bad relationship. Who knew that the reporter immediately received this news. The media and newspapers fueled the fire, and the hype was very popular, which almost caused her family to collapse.

Ye Tian touched his nose and said embarrassedly: "I'm too much."

"It's nothing, but you Tianzai, you'll consider what I said." Today is mainly to thank Ye Tian. Zhao Luizhi hopes to help Ye Tian as soon as possible and give him a favor.

Ye Tian thought about it and suggested with a smile: "If Sister Zhi really helps me, why not wait for me to officially join the wireless TV station and experience training class. I want to pass it by my own ability."

"Okay." Zhao Luizhi was not angry, but instead admired Ye Tianlai.

Ye Tian mustered up the courage and tentatively said: "Sister Zhi, are you free recently?"

Zhao Luizhi hesitated for a moment, thinking that Ye Tian had asked her, so he refused: "The Female Black Hero Mulan Flower" has not been on the filming for a long time, and it has been very busy every day.

Ye Tian frowned and recovered. He wanted to apply for the wireless training class and live in the TV City. After all, his residence is a distance from the TV City, but in this way, he can't take care of Xiao Budian and Xiao Hong. It's not possible to count on the landlord's hot mom.

Zhao Luigizhi felt unbearable and hinted: "You can take a day off next month."

Ye Tian had made up his mind to stay at Xiaobudian's house for a long time, so that he could accompany Xiaobudian and continue to maintain a relationship with Zhao Luizhi. He solemnly suggested: "Sister Zhi, if possible, can I come to pick up Xiaohong in person? That aunt is very busy."

"This way..." Thinking of her husband and mother-in-law's suspicious personality, Zhao Luizhi felt a little embarrassed. After weighing the pros and cons, she thought of a solution and smiled and explained: "Tianzai, I have a reluctant request. I wonder if you can agree."

"Sister Zhi, please tell me."

"I want to recognize you as my cousin, don't get me wrong, this is for people outside to see." Zhao Luzhi's pretty face was hot, and he rashly proposed to recognize his relatives. It was quite embarrassing, but... who told her son to recognize a little girl as a playmate.

"That's great, no, my consciousness is something I can't ask for!" Ye Tian smiled happily. He was Zhao Luizhi's cousin. If he remembered it well, Zhao Luizhi would divorce in a year or two. Wouldn't it be... Cough cough, there are many more opportunities to contact.

Zhao Luizhi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little awkward. She didn't understand Ye Tian's character, but in the past two days of contact, she understood that Ye Tian was her fan, otherwise she would not have helped her without asking for anything in return.

"You will use my cousin's identity to pick up Xiaohong in the future, so as to avoid misunderstandings." Zhao Luizhi took out a pen and paper from his bag, copied the address, and handed it to Ye Tian: "This is my address. If my mother-in-law makes things difficult for you..."

Ye Tian immediately expressed his opinion: "Don't worry, Sister Zhi, I am your cousin. No matter how my mother-in-law talks about me, I will give in to her."

Zhao Luizhi's expression relaxed and said gratefully: "Thank you, Tianzai."

"No, haha, aren't we siblings?" Ye Tian smiled playfully. He took care of Xiao Hong hard, not liked the little boy, but to get close to Zhao Luizhi. At this point, he felt a little ill-intentioned, so he looked at Zhao Luizhi again and looked at him and covered up his true intentions.

I wonder if Zhao Luizhi can see it?

...

On September, the end of the book "The Legend of Wukong" was completed. Because of the sloppy handwriting and many places to modify it, Ye Tian specially bought manuscript paper and spent three days to excerpt it and contributed it to Ming Pao by address.

Ming Pao responded quickly. Two days later, he called and said that he was willing to acquire the copyright of "The Legend of Wukong" and asked him to rush to the newspaper to sign a contract. Ye Tian, ​​who was short of money, hung up the phone and arrived immediately. The signing editor was Zhang Junyun. Seeing Ye Tian unconcealed surprise, he looked at him and said:

"Hello, Mr. Ye, please forgive me for taking the liberty. Are you the author of "The Legend of Wukong"?"

"Yes!" Ye Tian raised his eyebrows. He was indeed too young at the age of nineteen.

Zhang Junyun smiled and said, "There are people who have been circulating in the world. Mr. Ye is young and talented and in his prime. I am fascinated by the movie "The Legend of Wukong". It can be said that it is a rising star in the cultural world."

"Editor Zhang has gone too far."

Ye Tian's face was red and hot, and Zhang Junyun only thought that the other party was young and thin, so she was embarrassed to be praised.

"Mr. Ye, with the approval of Editor-in-Chief Pan, Ming Pao is willing to sign a contract with "The Legend of Wukong". This is a contract." Zhang Junyun took out two contracts from the drawer and handed them to Ye Tian.

Ye Tian saw that there was still white paper in the drawer, and he felt a little moved and looked at the contract price, which was 20 thousand words.

"Editor Zhang, everything else is easy to say. Is the price a little lower? "The Legend of Wukong" is not a novel, with a total number of words only 150,000. According to the price on the contract, there is no HK$3,000, which is really unacceptable."

Zhang Junyun lowered his head and thought, he had difficulties. The expenses of Ming Pao in royalties have increased year by year, but it does not mean that the newspaper’s supplementary manuscript fee is higher than that of his peers, and Ming Pao does not have a set of standards for setting manuscript fees.

In the early days of its establishment, Ming Pao did make an appointment with a number of journalists or columnists at a high price, with a total of 100 words. From the late 1950s to the early 1960s, the Hong Kong newspaper industry's manuscript fee was about 5 to 60 yuan per thousand words. In the 1970s, Ming Pao had become a major newspaper in Hong Kong, but the manuscript fee for supplements was not the highest in the industry. The manuscript fee for many supplements has not been increased for many years. Many professional writers and employees of Ming Pao who wrote columns in Ming Pao supplements have greatly increased their popularity. For example, the science fiction novels with Wesley as the pen name, and the love novels written by Ni Kuang's sister under Yi Shu, have not changed.

Nowadays, Ming Pao Monthly magazine only determines the level of manuscript fees based on the academic status of contributors. The university lecturer-level submission is 80 yuan per thousand words, and the professor-level submission is 100 to 150 yuan per thousand words. Newcomers like Ye Tian contribute all of them, including twenty thousand words, twenty thousand words, twenty thousand words, but for newcomers, it is already very good. If you write three thousand words a day, your salary can be comparable to that of senior clerks.

Others can accept it, but Ye Tian can't. Thousand words are too few. After writing for half a month, is it just for 3,000 Hong Kong dollars?

"Editor Zhang, if you can't make any changes in your newspaper, I'll forgive you for being rude and the writer will have to have a meal."

"Mr. Ye, please wait!"

Seeing that the transaction was not completed, Zhang Junyun hurriedly spoke out and explained: "In fact, the manuscript fee for the supplementary novel of Ming Pao is paid in a unit of monthly or word count. There is no one missing manuscript for 365 days a year. By the end of the year, one month's manuscript fee will be issued as a reward. Exclusively writing for Ming Pao, the manuscript fee will generally be higher than that of non-exclusive, and the average difference between the two is nearly 50% to 60%.

Ye Tian continued: "The Book of Wukong has been completed, and I don't want to write a sequel yet. As for copyright, I decided to authorize Ming Pao and will not be published in other newspapers and magazines. Please rest assured."

Jin Yong is good in other places, but he is too stingy with the writers. Hong Kong female writers Lin Yanni and Yishu wrote columns for the Ming Pao edited by Jin Yong. One article a day is very hard.

A year later, when the contract was renewed, Lin Yanni came to Jin Yong to ask for a increase in the royalties. Jin Yong disagreed: "You love spending money so much, no matter how much you give, you will spend it all. Don't give it!"

A few days later, Yishu also asked for a royal fee increase, and Jin Yong also refused: "You are so frugal, no matter how much you give you, you will not be willing to spend it, and you will not give it to me!"

From this we can see that Jin Yong is absolutely stingy in his attitude towards his peers. He was absolutely stingy in the royalties. Ye Tian submitted his articles on Ming Pao and did not understand these. In addition to the royalties, Ye Tian also valued the influence of "Minghui". The "Biography of Wukong" was published in Ming Pao, which was very helpful for him to apply for the wireless training class.

"What is the price in Mr. Ye's mind?"

"In terms of value, I think it is not an exaggeration to have a thousand words of two hundred yuan. "The Biography of Wukong" is a fine article."

"Two hundred words, a thousand words..." Zhang Junyun pondered for a long time, which was 30,000. The value of "The Legend of Wukong" was definitely more than 30,000 Hong Kong dollars, but the price of "Two hundred words," was too terrifying. If it was announced, I wonder how many old writers would be dissatisfied. "Ming Pao" would offend those literary tycoons for a newcomer?

"Mr. Ye, it is absolutely impossible to have a thousand words of two hundred. If you sell it at this price, to be honest, I'm afraid my year-end bonus will be ruined. The bottom line that I can decide is 80 thousand words of eighty."

"What does Editor Zhang mean?"

"A thousand words eighty!"

"Eighty...Okay, deal!"

Zhang Junyun took out the second contract, the price was 80 yuan, which was within Ye Tian's expected range. After signing the contract, Zhang Junyun paid the royalties in one go, HK$12,340 and 24 500 yuan bills, which made Ye Tian dazzled.

After getting the royalties, Ye Tian went to Miaojie to buy gifts, and had a lot of free lunch this month. He picked a set of cosmetics for the hot mom, a set of princess clothes for Xiaobudian, and then went to the bookstore to buy a few comic strips for children. Finally, he bought himself a suit worth 500 Hong Kong dollars. In the eyes of ordinary people, he was considered a high-end product. After a lot of trouble, he still had 100 million yuan left in his bag.

When I returned to my residence, I heard that I had one of my own. The landlord's hot mom took the gift in surprise. The price was estimated at the speed of light. She held her hand and was unwilling to let go. She smiled and talked about some social engagements such as spending money. In the past, my daughter Meimei said that Ye Tian was so good, but now she has realized that it was worth it to get so many rewards in just a few meals.

What made Ye Tian feel warm was still a little bit. He was surprised and curious at first, then he was happy, jumping back to the room to change clothes, change into the princess's clothes, holding a comic strip in his hand, which looked like the little princess in a fairy tale, deliberately walking around in front of Ye Tian, ​​very cute.

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PS: Celebrating the return of old book friends, the two chapters are combined into one chapter, sweat! It is equivalent to posting four chapters today, the new book period is so fierce, it is a cliché, please give me some recommendation votes, I think it is good and can be collected, and it is still a long way from the 300 mark.
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