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Chapter 10 The first day I got the manuscript fee, I miss it
Hu Yunying frowned a little at this sentence, not saying that Li Jingkun shouldn't ask, but asking a bit early, because many other issues have not been discussed yet.For example, the payment method of the manuscript fee and so on.

And his anxious appearance reminded her of another utilitarian young writer whom she met before.

"I'm in a hurry for money recently, otherwise I won't even have the money to write novels in Internet cafes. You don't need to pay too much first, you can pay a few hundred yuan first-I have sent tens of thousands of words of novels, it should be worth a few hundred yuan Bar?"

Maybe seeing that she didn't reply for so long, Hu Yunying couldn't help laughing when she called again.

She immediately replied: "Your writing is only worth a few hundred yuan. Okay, I will report your situation when I go to work tomorrow. We can't let our writers not even have the conditions to write."

Then they chatted about the payment methods of manuscript remuneration. There are three or four methods in total.But generally there are two main methods, one is to calculate the remuneration based on the number of words, and the other is to calculate based on the royalties.

Of course, Li Jingkun chose the way of royalties.

The royalty rate of most authors is between 5% and 10%, and a few can get higher.However, Li Jingkun is now an unknown newcomer, and he has to rely on the platform of "Tender Sprouts" for promotion, so the royalty rate is not high.

Hu Yunying said it was 6%.

Of course, Li Jingkun felt that this royalty rate was a bit low; but there was no way, almost every newcomer came here like this, so he didn't raise any objections.

It's just that Hu Yunying later invited him to participate in the next "New Thinking Composition Contest" but he refused.

"I have a lot of studies now, and I don't have much time and thought to go to Shanghai. It's too far away." Li Jingkun said.

"Participating in the New Thinking Composition Contest, and getting a ranking is also good for the promotion of your work. And the college entrance examination will also add points." Hu Yunying said.

"It's okay, my academic performance is not bad, and I don't need extra points."

Li Jingkun's words stunned Hu Yunying.

This tone is really big!

But then she grasped the key point.

"Are you doing well in your studies?"

"It's okay, I just got into the provincial key high school this year, and I just finished the first monthly exam not long ago. I got No.10 in the class and 113th in the whole grade."

This time Hu Yunying was surprised again. She herself is engaged in cultural work, so of course she doesn't think the 113th place is a bad ranking.

If it is really a provincial key high school and can get the 113th place in the whole school, then in the college entrance examination, it can basically be said to be able to enter the first-tier universities.

This is a very important piece of information!
Because there is a gimmick, because he can use the title of "Xueba" to promote his new book.

And the timing in recent years is also very suitable to promote from this direction.

Because of the existence of Han Han in the past few years, the "Han Han phenomenon" has occurred.In other words, his academic performance is poor, but he is extremely talented.Is there something wrong with our education?
At this time, if there is another very talented young writer who is an academic master, can he refute some points?

Is it possible to catch up with hot people?

"Can you tell me which high school it is?" Hu Yunying said.

This time it was Li Jingkun's turn to be quiet for a while, and then replied: "I know what you think, but I don't want to do it.

And I don't want too many people to know about my novel writing for the time being.It's just that I'm really short of money recently, so I'm in a hurry to publish the novel. "

Hu Yunying was a little speechless, surprised at his cleverness, and complained: Why do young people nowadays have such individuality?
Han Han does not accept interviews, does not participate in signing parties, and does not accept advertisements; Anne Beibei simply does not see her people.Do you want one more now?
But then she thought of something else: Could such an author with personality be the next Han Han?
Hey, after working as an editor for a long time, there will always be some common problems of journalists involuntarily.

I always want to take advantage of the heat for my new book.

In fact, since the appearance of Han Han and Guo Jingming, although the subsequent authors are also very talented, it is difficult for them to appear as phenomenal characters.

In the future, Li Jingkun will at most be a well-known young writer.

"You really don't think about participating in the competition? It won't take much of your time, and your books will sell more in the future."

"No, it's not easy to maintain a good grade. I don't have many skills. Moreover, my book is promoted by your platform, and I believe it can sell well.

Don't worry, it was "Tender Shoots" magazine that let me publish my first novel, and of course I will also belong to the author who came out of "Tender Shoots". "

Hu Yunying was speechless again, she suddenly felt that these young authors should not be too smart.

……

Generally, before the contract is signed and all the works are delivered, money is rarely paid first, but of course many things depend on the situation.

If the publishing house must pay some remuneration to the author first, then the author has no choice but to accept it first.

A few days later, after sending another 3000 words to "Tender Sprouts", Li Jingkun received [-] yuan in remuneration for the bank card he had just opened.

And the other party also told him that the contract had already been mailed to his home, and he would sign and send it back after confirming that it was correct.After starting the serialization, a part of the remuneration will be paid first.

After the general novel is delivered, there will also be an advance payment of royalties within two months before publication.The prepaid royalties account for at least 50% of the total royalties.

It's just that the serialization is still very early, and the publication is even earlier, so we still have to wait to get the "big money".

The current 3000 yuan is not too much, and it is not too little.You must know that a cup of pearl milk tea is only four yuan now, so the current price is much lower than that in ten years.

So with 3000 yuan in hand, Li Jingkun's urgent need was finally solved.

The first thing I did was to buy a guitar that cost several hundred yuan. It wasn't very good, but it was enough for the time being.The second thing is to prepare to invite roommates and tablemates out for dinner.

But the matter of buying a mobile phone has been put on hold for the time being, not because there is not enough money, but because the mobile phone must be taken home when the time comes.You have to report the source of the money to your parents before you buy such a "luxury" item.

Inviting roommates out for dinner is actually not for anything else, just because two roommates have invited them out twice.And since most of them are richer than himself, and usually distributed snacks to everyone, he had to pay them back slowly.

"What do you mean? Got rich?" Song Hairong asked.

Although I don't know what Li Jingkun's family does, but seeing that he is usually frugal, he can guess that he doesn't have much money.

"I found the money, okay?" Li Jingkun said.

"Okay, why don't we pick up such good things together?" Another roommate Wang Honglang said.

There are eight people in a dormitory, some of them must have a better relationship, and some have a worse relationship; but after all, after living in the same dormitory for a long time, they must be closer to roommates than other people.

And Lin Yunkai is his deskmate, he doesn't live in school, but he also eats most of his lunch at school.So of course I invite him to go too.

Of course, they usually eat out, but unless they agree to eat something better, they still eat for a few dollars.

This time I went to the food stall near the school, I have been there twice before.The meals were all good, so we had dinner here again.

　Ask for a ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)