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Chapter 51
For Xiao Jian, [-] was a year of great changes in his life. After running for three years and failing many auditions, he finally got the chance to act in a movie through auditions.

Not long after, he accidentally became the assistant director of the TV drama crew, and then successfully obtained the position of assistant director in the movie Crazy Stone.

Xiao Jian learned a lot of knowledge about film shooting during the two times as an assistant director. In addition, he had carefully read various theoretical books. The combination of theory and practice made Xiao Jian grow up very fast, which made him decide to pay for the film himself. Determination.

Then there is writing novels. Xiao Jian, who was bored due to gaining weight, decided to write novels at the suggestion of Li Yonghao.He had no idea at first, but suddenly "inspiration" broke out and wrote a very "simple" novel.

What Xiao Jian never imagined was that this novel, which he thought to be very simple in his heart, as easy to read as a children's book, has an extraordinary appeal, attracting more and more people to read it .Just over two months brought him huge wealth.

Of course, the reason why the novel has such a good effect is due to the large number of exquisite illustrations of various Chinese-style sci-fi buildings, equipment, weapons and characters in the book.Without them, the reader's sense of substituting science fiction is much worse.

Science fiction is not as easy for readers to substitute as fantasy and magic novels. Everything in fantasy and magic can be explained with mysterious, magical power and energy, and then let the readers who have been influenced by various stories and legends of gods and ghosts since childhood It's up to the readers to make up for it themselves.Therefore, various exquisite illustrations in the novel "Dragon Teng" undoubtedly have a huge effect on the promotion of the novel.

Although he did not get the company's royalties belonging to Xiao Jian, the online manuscript fee (after tax) in November and December was more than 11, and the traditional Chinese royalties (after tax) of more than 12 have already arrived (overseas copyright belongs to Xiao Jian individual).

The traditional version of Guan Tian's novel, let me explain here, Changxin Publishing Company, the traditional publisher of "Dragon Teng", was originally a small company. In order to snatch the resources of the novel, it offered up to 15% of the royalties to the first-line masters. "Dragon Teng" became a best-selling novel once it was released in the mainland, so it naturally caught their attention.

At that time, Changxin was not the only one who wanted to act as an agent for Longteng's traditional Chinese distribution.Xiao Xiao was in charge of the negotiation, and Xiao Jian did not participate in the negotiation process.But the novel was finally signed to Changxin with 15% royalties. This result made Xiao Jian very satisfied and made him feel more and more at ease with Xiao Xiao.

Changxin was not ambiguous when he got the right to distribute the novel in traditional Chinese, and printed seven volumes with [-] characters per volume. Two volumes and fourteen volumes of "Longteng" have been published successively.The pricing is outrageous. Each volume costs NT$[-], which is a whole hundred bucks more than the normal NT$[-] a book.According to their propaganda, the large number of illustrations in the book increases the cost, and the price is still relatively cheap.Xiao Jian would not go around saying that the illustrations in the book did not charge extra money, and they were all included in the royalties.

The traditional Chinese version is such a super high price. It was launched in mid-December, and more than 12 copies were bought in December, and the word-of-mouth is so good.If mainland readers just say that "Dragon Teng" is the sci-fi version of "Harry", then in Hong Kong and Taiwan, it directly becomes the oriental version of "Harry".In fact, Xiao Jian really wanted to say, "My book is not second to other books, it is the uniqueness of "Dragon Teng", but who makes myself famous like no other, just bear with it."

Although the traditional Chinese version of "Dragon Teng" in January did not become very popular because of Xiao Jian's hype like the simplified Chinese version, it has always been ranked fourth in the TOP: 5 of the novel rankings. Changxin and Xinwei Space are the same because "Dragon Teng" has become a star in the industry.

Closer to home, Xiao Jian has 18 yuan in his pocket... Wait, the manuscript fee for the online version is more than 22 yuan, and the traditional Chinese royalties are more than 18 yuan. This adds up to more than [-] yuan. How come it is only [-] yuan?This is because Xiao Jian gave Xiao Xiao [-] pocket money as soon as the money arrived in the account. If his sister doesn't feel bad, who will feel bad?

I gave Liu Wen [-] pocket money, isn't my sister better than my own sister, so I'm embarrassed not to give it?
Liu Wen was embarrassed to ask for this girl at first, but Xiao Jianyi said: "You are a model, and you are in the high-end fashion industry. If you don't dress up beautifully, who would ask for it during the interview. This is not to throw me away as a 'big star' face? Take it, and buy it soon.” The child is so honest, and a coat cost more than 8000.Alas, let's not talk about it.But the clothes are really nothing to say on her body, the temperament and so on are fully lined up, much better looking than the endorsement model of the original clothes.

Xiao Jian gave her [-] yuan from his mother to let her spend it, but Xiao Jian reckoned that his mother would definitely be reluctant to spend it.

It was the remaining 10,000+ yuan that Xiao Jian had the money to start the preparatory work for the crew.

All in all, since Xiao Jian was struck by lightning, his life has completely changed.The family debts are paid off, my sister is in college, and my own career is starting.The results of novels and picture books are quite good, and the serialization response of comics in "Cartoon Weekly" is also quite good.Even Cao Lu, who was acting as the main writer, finally entered the state after being withdrawn by Xiao Jian four times in a row. Two chapters of the manuscript passed Xiao Jian's review and were only waiting for serialization in the weekly magazine.

Only the comics sent to RB for submission have no news. Xiao Jian heard that RB discriminates against domestic cartoonists. It is normal that there is no news about the submission. It is not surprising that Xiao Jian has learned about this matter, let alone think about it This matter.

On January 22, the Lunar New Year, Xiao Jian first went to the company to distribute year-end bonuses to six employees of the company with Wen Yong and Wu Bofan.

Not much, each person only has one month's salary, after all, the company has only been open for two or three months and can't pay much.Then three bosses, six employees, plus Xiao Xiao, the financial director who is half an employee and half a boss, held a year-end meeting to review the past and look forward to the future.

The last plenary meeting of the year ended under the vow of all the staff of the company to work together to improve the company.As for the holiday, how to let it go is a matter for the general manager Wen Yong, Xiao Jian doesn't care.

At noon, after the company dinner, Xiao Xiao went back to the rented room to tidy up and salute, while Xiao Jian went to meet Ning Hao, who was still working on the movie, and producer Bao Shihong.

The promotion of the movie on the Internet is very good, and the first official promotional video has a very good response among netizens.Xiao Jian also heard that the investor Liu Tianwang not only paid 100 million for promotional fees, but also helped to promote the film after a year, and also promised that if the box office exceeds 1000 million, the two of them will have a 5% share of the box office. I am full of energy, so far I have no plans to go home for the New Year.

Xiao Jian ate dinner with the two of them, during which they did not forget to care about the preparations for Xiao Jian's debut movie.He also told Xiao Jian his many years of experience, lessons and precautions, which benefited him a lot.

Xiao Jian, who had finished practicing early the next morning, told Mr. Xie, who was learning Wu Qin Xi with him, that he would go back to his hometown for the New Year.

That's right, the old man who practiced with Xiao Jian in the morning expressed his interest in his Wu Qin Xi, so Xiao Jian invited him to practice together, which can be regarded as the fulfillment of his grandfather's wish to pass on the health-preserving exercises to more people.Then, Xiao Jian knew that the old man's surname was Xie, and the old man also knew that his name was Xiao Jian, it was as simple as that.

Back at the rented house, Xiao Jian, Xiao Xiao, and Liu Wen, who took a shower and finished breakfast, took a taxi to the airport and went home for the New Year with their big bags and small bags.

(End of this chapter)