Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 510 Li Li formed a translation team

Unexpectedly, it will be the same tomorrow at Haidian Book City!
Shencheng, Huacheng. During this period, Fang Minghua was either at the autograph table in the bookstore or on the plane. The rest of the time he just lay on the bed in the hotel and took a nap. He was so damn tired!

It is now 5:30 in the evening. Fang Minghua is at the Xijing Bell Tower Bookstore. After signing the last book, he let out a long sigh.

it is finally over.

After the event, Manager Zhang of Bell Tower Bookstore wanted to invite everyone to have dinner at the Bell Tower Restaurant not far away, but Fang Minghua declined with a smile.

"Manager Zhang, you go with CEO Shu and CEO Jin. I need to go home. My wife is waiting for me at home."

What's good about the hotel's food?

How could a wife cook a bowl of fragrant and spicy noodles with oil, and then have a plate of pickled cucumbers and a clove of garlic? This life is so wonderful!
Fang Minghua had come here in his own car and was driving back now, rubbing his sore shoulders and wrists as he went upstairs. When he opened the door, he found that the person sitting in the living room was not his wife, but her cousin Li Li.

Wearing a black turtleneck sweater, he was watching TV intently. It turned out that CCTV was playing "Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck"!
A girl this old is still looking at this?

You haven't watched enough in the United States, so you want to watch it again after winter break?

Li Li saw Fang Minghua coming in, and quickly stood up and smiled sweetly: "Brother-in-law, you're back?"

"Um Lili, where's your cousin?"

Fang Minghua took off his coat and hung it on the coat rack.

"She drove to pick up Lele and Ruirui. She plans to take a day off tomorrow so she brought the children back to take care of them."

After hearing this, Fang Minghua said "oh" and sat down on the sofa.

"Brother-in-law, have you eaten?"

"Not yet. I'll make some oil-splashed noodles later. Have you eaten it?" Fang Minghua said while rubbing his right wrist.

"I've eaten at home. I'll make it for you," said the girl.

"Can you make oil-splashed noodles?" Fang Minghua was very skeptical.

"Of course, I've made it myself in the United States. Just wait." Li Li said and walked into the kitchen.

Fang Minghua didn't stop him.

To be honest, he doesn't want to move anything now.

"Lili, your cousin has already kneaded the dough, you just need to pull it apart." Fang Minghua thought for a moment and shouted towards the kitchen.

"I saw it."

While the girl was boiling water in the kitchen, Fang Minghua was watching TV in the living room out of boredom. There were no remote controls for TVs those days, and he was too lazy to go to the TV and manually change the channel.

Cartoons are just cartoons, right?

Just take a look.

However, "Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck" is not as good as "Tom and Jerry".

Oil-splashed noodles are not too complicated to make. The most important thing is to knead the dough and ferment it, then tear it into long strips and put it into the pan. After the noodles are cooked, sprinkle them with dry chili powder and pour cooked oil on them. The fragrant oil-splashed noodles are ready. Add soy sauce, vinegar, salt and MSG according to your taste and you can eat it.

Li Li was busy in the kitchen for a while, then came out with a big bowl of noodles, and did not forget to give Fang Minghua two cloves of garlic.

Um.
It smells delicious.

It looks like the oil is about the right temperature.

Li Li put down the big bowl and went to the kitchen to get soy sauce, vinegar and other seasonings. After Fang Minghua prepared the ingredients, he picked up a noodle and took a bite.

Oh my God
Why is the noodles so thick?!

It's obvious that the noodle-pulling technique is not up to par.

If you don't use force, either the noodles will break, or they will be like this, not pulled long and very thick.

Fortunately, the girl knew that the noodles were thick, so she cooked them a little longer, and at least they were cooked.

"Brother-in-law, how is it? Is it delicious?" Li Li asked.

"Hmm, it's delicious. Your technique of cooking chili peppers with oil is quite good." Fang Minghua praised.

Li Li was very happy to be praised: "How about I make you another bowl?"

"No, one bowl is enough. You can't eat too much at night."

"I'll go get you another bowl of noodle soup." Li Li said and went into the kitchen.

The old Qin people pay attention to eating the original soup and original food.

Fang Minghua didn't care and just tried hard to bite the thick noodles.

At this moment, the door opened and two children ran in, followed by her mother Song Tangtang. "Dad, dad, mom said my aunt is here?" Ruirui asked as soon as she entered the room.

"Yeah, in the kitchen."

"Aunt." The little girl immediately ran to the kitchen.

My son Lele called out "Dad" and sat down on the sofa to watch TV.

Song Tangtang was carrying a lot of things - all of which were gifts from her mother when she returned to her parents' home. When she saw Fang Minghua eating noodles with big mouthfuls while changing her shoes, she asked, "Did you cook it yourself?"

"No, it was Lili who did it."

"Lili can make oil-splashed noodles?!"

Song Tangtang leaned in to take a closer look, and a look of sympathy immediately appeared on her face.

That's it? !
Just enjoy it slowly.

When the mother and her two children came back, the living room suddenly became lively, especially when Ruirui lay in Li Li's arms and chattered non-stop. The little girl had a good relationship with her aunt since she was a child.

After finishing his meal, Fang Minghua took the initiative to wash the pot, then sat in the living room and chatted with everyone.

“Minghua, Li Li brought back all the English translations of your books published in the United States.

"Song Tangtang held her son Lele and said to Fang Minghua: Lili also organized a small group in San Francisco with Howard Goldblatt and two other people to translate the works of our country's writers."

"Really? Lili?" Fang Minghua looked at the girl.

"Yes, since the reform and opening up, a large number of young and middle-aged writers have emerged in our country and have written many excellent works. I think they should be translated into English so that readers in Europe and the United States can see them. I told Professor Howard Goldblatt about this idea and he agreed very much. He contacted several translation scholars and began to systematically translate the literary works published in our country in recent years." Lili explained.

"That's a good thing," Fang Minghua expressed his appreciation.

He thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "Lili, how much money do I have in my account in the United States now?"

Li Li didn't expect Fang Minghua to suddenly turn the topic to this. She was stunned for a moment before she said, "I checked the funds in your account last month. There are about 700 million US dollars. In addition to the dividends from your investment in Sun Lizhe's company in the United States and the royalties from the book, the main source of funds came from Japan, which accounts for the majority."

Not bad. He invested all his funds in the Nasdaq stock market two years ago, and now he has so much again. Fang Minghua is very satisfied.

Since Fang Minghua opened an account in the United States, he has requested that all his book and film and television royalties from Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan be deposited into his account in the United States, and he asked Li Li to help take care of all of this.

The book "Our Journey Is the Sea of ​​Stars" that I wrote a few years ago was published in Japan and adapted into comics, film and television, making a lot of money.

After hearing what Li Li said, Fang Minghua thought for a moment and said, "Li Li, when you go back, take out $20 from my account and set up something like a fund to reward and subsidize translators of domestic literary works. As for how to do it, consider writing something and then tell me. If it's not enough in the future, I'll add more."

"Then I'd like to thank you on behalf of my colleagues." Li Li did not refuse.

Translations require payment.

But these domestic writers are relatively poor, how can they afford to pay US dollars to translators? Generally, when translated works are published, the royalties are used to pay the translators, which takes a long time. Fang Minghua's funds solved this problem.

Major translations are paid immediately!

"No need to thank me. We not only need to import culture, but also export it vigorously." Fang Minghua smiled.

"Hey, brother-in-law, I heard from my cousin that your new book has been published?" Li Li said again.

"Yes, I forgot. I'll give you one." Fang Minghua went to the study and took out a brand new copy of "Skywalker" and gave it to Li Li.

"Brother-in-law, I'll take it back and read it carefully first. After I finish translating your science fiction novel, I will start translating your book." Li Li said as she put the book into her small purse.

Li Li told me that Tor Books, the largest science fiction publisher in the United States, is very interested in the space science fiction drama "Our Journey is the Sea of ​​Stars". After translating it, she plans to hand it over to them for publication, which is expected to be completed in another month.

"Thank you."

The two chatted for a while about Li Li's work and life in San Francisco. Fang Minghua wanted to ask her how her relationship with the rich second-generation Chinese guy was going, but he felt it was difficult to ask.

Ruirui kept pestering Li Li to talk, so Fang Minghua had to give up.

Li Li wanted to go back when it was almost ten o'clock, and Song Tangtang did not try to keep her, but said he would drive her back.

Ruirui was reluctant to leave, so she snuggled in Li Li's arms and said, "Aunt, come to my house tomorrow and we'll go to the zoo to see the giant pandas, okay?"

"Don't keep pestering your aunt. Mom will take you there tomorrow."

"No. I want my aunt to take me there!" The little girl was unhappy.

Seeing this, Li Li quickly said, "Cousin, you are very tired from work. I have nothing to do when I come back. I will take Lele and Ruirui to the zoo tomorrow. You can rest."

"Then let's go together. You can't drive without a domestic driver's license, and it's so cold outside." Song Tangtang made the decision.

"Okay, you guys go. I need to have a good rest. I'm tired after today's day." Fang Minghua stretched.

(End of this chapter)