Chapter 296
After some pleasant exchanges, Qiao Sen finally obtained the publishing rights of the three works "The Horseman", "The Pursuit" and "The Lover" on behalf of Random House as he wished.

After signing the agreement, Qiao Sen said to Lin Weimin, "Lin, I forgot to tell you some good news!"

"What good news?"

"Farewell My Concubine is coming to several Commonwealth countries soon!"

The agreement signed by Lin Weimin and Random House includes the more important English-speaking countries in the world, because Random House has publishing and distribution channels in these countries.

It's just that nearly two years ago, "Farewell My Concubine" was only released and sold in the United States.

Today's expansion of distribution and sales scope also shows that Random House is optimistic about this novel.

"This is really good news. It seems that I will receive a lot of money in the future."

Qiao Sen proudly said: "Lin, it's not just about the manuscript fee. You have to understand that with the influence of our Random House, in the near future, your reputation will be world-renowned and you will become a world-renowned writer!"

I believe in a ghost!
This group of old rice is really bragging and not drafting.

"Farewell My Concubine" has only sold hundreds of thousands of copies in two years since it was published, and you dare to boast that you have made me famous internationally. How can you embarrass those writers who have sold tens of millions of copies in later generations?

However, Qiao Sen's words were not without purpose.

First of all, Random House, as a multinational publishing group, does have this ability.

When they first operated the novel "Farewell My Concubine", they took very small steps, to be precise, they had the idea of ​​​​making three shots.

"Farewell My Concubine" has been in the United States for two years, and it has hardly consumed any decent publicity and promotion resources of Random House.

Under such circumstances, the fact that this novel can exceed the minimum standard of 10 best-sellers for two consecutive years is enough to prove the potential of this novel.

Now, after two years, the market popularity of "Farewell My Concubine" has been preliminarily verified, and Random House is naturally unwilling to sell this novel only in the United States.

Because of the convenient conditions of language and culture, Random House has a strong publishing and distribution channel in other English-speaking countries around the world, and there is no reason not to use it at this time.

They believe that as long as the operation is done properly, the novel "Farewell My Concubine" will definitely bring a lot of profits to the company.

After all, in the past two years, with almost no investment of resources, "Farewell My Concubine" has created a net profit of hundreds of thousands of dollars for the company.

Compared with the United States, English-speaking countries around the world are the bulk of their book sales.

That's why Qiao Sen said that Lin Weimin's "Farewell My Concubine" has the tendency to become a bestseller.

In the book market in the United States, there are many bestsellers every year, but only those books that occupy the bestseller list all the year round are called "bestsellers".

This type of book is the lifeblood of almost every publishing house. With such a book, the publishing house is equivalent to having a stable cash flow, which has greatly stabilized the development of the company.

After the agreement is signed, Lin Weimin has only two things to do.

One is to wait for Random House to translate the manuscript and confirm the content, including the book cover and binding design.

The second is to wait for the manuscript fee.

Compared with the cautiousness when publishing "Farewell My Concubine" at the beginning, Random House's handwriting is much bigger this time.

"Farewell My Concubine" is about to be sold in most English-speaking countries. Counting the number of reprints in the United States, the number of reprints this time has reached an astonishing 60 copies.

Coupled with the further increase in the manuscript fee standard, this reprint alone brought Lin Weimin an income of nearly 78 yuan.

When Lao Meng heard Lin Weimin talk about his income from royalties, he almost lost his breath.

"You... you said...how much?"

Lin Weimin stepped forward to support him, "Don't pass by all at once."

"How much?" Lao Meng didn't care about his own health, he only cared about Lin Weimin's manuscript fee. He had never cared so much about Comrade Weimin.

"78 meters. Didn't we discuss raising the manuscript fee standard this time? It's more than half of the price. Wouldn't the manuscript fee increase all of a sudden?"

Meng Weizai looked at Lin Weimin. In the past, "Farewell My Concubine" was published in the United States with a manuscript fee of 10,000+ meters, but this time it suddenly jumped to 78 meters. It is not so fast to steal money!

"Oh! How do you think the money should be spent?" Lin Weimin was a little worried.

Meng Weizai looked at his expression, as if he had eaten his defense.

How to spend it?
Throw it in the water and listen to it!

Virtue!
Tan Chaoyang asked, "Aren't they going to take away several of your novels when they come back? What about the royalties?"

"Those novels haven't been translated yet, and the fastest time to receive the manuscript fee will be the second half of the year. If all three manuscript fees arrive in the account, the middle of next year will be considered soon."

Tan Chaoyang gossiped, "How much money can I have?"

"It's estimated to add up to 30 to [-]."

Qin Zhaoyang was surprised, "Why so little?"

"That much?" Lin Weimin looked at Comrade Lao Tan.

Comrade Jie, I will give you a chance to organize your language well!

"I mean compared with your "Farewell My Concubine"." Tan Chaoyang explained.

"It can't be compared like this. How long has it been since "Farewell My Concubine" was published? This time, only 60 copies have been printed. Those three novels have not been verified by the market. Qiao Sen and the others plan to print [-] copies for the first time. Test the waters.

Back then, "Farewell My Concubine" was printed for the first time with only [-] copies, which is already a great improvement. "

Qin Zhaoyang nodded after listening to Lin Weimin's explanation, "Then when you receive the manuscript fee is still behind!"

"Not necessarily, if the market response is not good, people may not reprint it, and what kind of manuscript fee will they charge!"

At this time, Meng Weizai said quietly: "So, this time, the manuscript fee you received from Random House exceeded 100 million dollars?"

Qin Zhaoyang was shocked, it seemed to be true!

Lin Weimin said: "It must be added together, but you can't count it like this. I also collect the manuscript fees in batches. It will take at least a year to get them all."

"Last time, there was 40 manuscript fees for the publication of your novels in Xiangjiang, right?" Meng Weizai said again.

"Hey, it's all in Hong Kong dollars. It's not worth anything. It's only tens of thousands of dollars. Besides, I have only received two "Sing Tao Evening News" until now, and the rest have not been moved yet."

Qin Chaoyang thought to himself, the word "talent" is well used and very spiritual.

"In our Guowen Society, there is no one richer than you!" Meng Weizai concluded.

"Leader, what you said is inaccurate." Lin Weimin smiled a bit, "It should be said that there is no one in the domestic literary world who is richer than me!"

The two old comrades looked at Lin Weimin.

This kid really deserves a beating!
"Okay, it's enough for the few of us to know about the manuscript fee, don't go out and talk nonsense in the future." Meng Weizai urged.

Lin Weimin didn't speak, but looked at Tan Chaoyang.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Comrade Lao Tan, you are very self-conscious, why do you not know what to look at you?
It's a pity that Comrade Lao Meng still underestimated the speed of gossip news circulation within the Guowen Society.

Just one day after Lin Weimin signed the agreement, the news that he had received a million-dollar manuscript fee was already circulating inside the Guowen Society.

After hearing the news, all colleagues were so shocked that they could not speak for a long time.

In 1983, the country's foreign exchange reserves reached 147 billion knives.

One million dollars is one fourteen thousand and seven percent of the country's foreign exchange reserves.

More than 1 Lin Weimin's income from manuscript fees is equivalent to the foreign exchange reserves of this huge country, can you believe it?

Putting the analogy in later generations, Lin Weimin's manuscript fee must be at least two to three hundred million meters.

And this does not include the manuscript fees that Lin Weimin received before and may receive in the future. If all of them are included, what a terrifying figure it would be!
The impact of astronomical royalties on outsiders is huge, but for Lin Weimin, he still has to do what he should do. His life has not undergone any special changes because of these royalties.

It's just that Comrade Lao Yan has worked so hard, and for his foreign exchange, he made a report to the top again.

These years, the foreign exchange remitted overseas to China must be sold to the Bank of China forcibly. According to the official exchange rate, individuals will die if they lose money.

Before Lin Weimin received manuscript fees from abroad, he reported them and converted them into foreign exchange certificates through special channels, and this time is no exception.

The issuing bank of the foreign exchange certificates is the Bank of China, which is also the foreign exchange management bank.

People also murmured when they saw this situation.

In the past, when I made a report, it was more than 20 foreign exchange certificates.

The first manuscript fee Lin Weimin received this time was as high as 78 knives, and it is said that there will be more follow-ups. After this calculation, it is likely to be in the millions of knives.

If they are all exchanged for him at once, if these foreign exchange certificates are circulated on the market in a short period of time, it will have a certain impact on the domestic foreign exchange certificate market, and in severe cases, it will even directly affect the circulation and use of foreign exchange certificates.

You must know that foreign exchange certificates are directly linked to the renminbi, and if it goes wrong, it will be a big deal.

But it would be unreasonable to force Lin Weimin to sell these foreign currencies. His overseas manuscript fee is more than this, and it can be regarded as earning foreign exchange for the country.

Not only is it unreasonable to do so, but Mr. Lin also has a great influence as a writer, and it will be even more troublesome if one is dissatisfied and makes a fuss.

After discussing and discussing, the bank came up with a solution for Lin Weimin.

Don't change the foreign exchange certificate, I will open a foreign exchange account for you, and keep the money for you.

Later in China, you can exchange up to 20 foreign exchange certificates per year.If you go overseas, the money in this account is also 20 meters a year.

Lin Weimin was overjoyed immediately, but he didn't expect that there would be unexpected joy.

He currently has more than 30 foreign exchange certificates in the People's Bank, and he doesn't know how to use them. If they are all converted into foreign exchange certificates, he will actually have a headache.

But there is no other way, it would be even worse to sell it to the bank. On balance, exchanging the manuscript fee into foreign exchange certificates is also a helpless move.

Now the bank is willing to open an account for itself, which is the best thing.

It is impossible to keep foreign exchange in personal hands these days, let alone trade.That is to say, only some units and institutions involved in foreign transactions have the right to keep foreign exchange, which is also subject to supervision.

If I have this foreign exchange account, I don’t have to report every time I receive overseas manuscript fees, and I have to go to the People’s Bank to deposit foreign exchange certificates. I don’t know how convenient it is.

As for the annual limit of 20, Lin Weimin didn't care.

In the past year, he has opened up his flowers and bought antique calligraphy and paintings casually. He only spent about 10 yuan in foreign exchange certificates, and 20 foreign exchange certificates are enough for him to squander in the country.

"Then what, I still have more than 30 foreign exchange certificates in the safe at the People's Bank. Do you think they can be exchanged for foreign exchange and deposited in my account?"

Sitting in front of Lin Weimin was the president of the Yanjing branch of the Bank of China. It involved one ten thousandth of a country's foreign exchange reserves, which was enough to alarm him.

President Zhou was speechless, are you here to scoop up our wool?
"This is unlikely."

After getting this answer, Lin Weimin felt a little disappointed.

It seems that those foreign exchange certificates will have to be kept in the safe for a long time.

He sighed and said, "Oh, I'll tell you the truth. It's really worrying that I can't spend my money!"

President Zhou:? ? ?

(End of this chapter)

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