Li Shifei immediately said that the royalties were astronomical as "50 yuan per thousand words". Not counting those before the founding of the People's Republic of China, this standard was definitely the first after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The fundamental reason why he called out such a sky-high figure was, of course, that he hoped that the novel written by Lin Chaoyang would be too difficult and would definitely not be possible for ordinary writers to write.
A work like this requires not only the writer's exquisite creative ability, but also strong perseverance, endurance, and indomitable tenacity.
Some of what Li Shifei said to Lin Chaoyang were compliments, but most of them were sincere.
Lin Chaoyang is only in his twenties now and has already written many novels. Since entering the literary world, his works have been well received by the literary world and have won the love of a large number of readers.
Within a few years, he won several domestic heavyweight literary awards, including the National Outstanding Short Story Award, the National Outstanding Novella Award, and the Mao Dun Literary Award... His talent and ability in literary creation have been recognized by the world. .
If such a work can be created, Li Shifei believes that it will not only be a blessing for "Flower City", but also a training for Lin Chaoyang himself, not to mention what kind of impact such a work will bring to the Chinese literary world. Shocking.
However, although Li Shifei seems to be full of passion and spends a lot of money, in fact he also has his own considerations.
He offered a sky-high remuneration to impress Lin Chaoyang, but the remuneration was not that easy to get.
It may take as little as two or three years, as many as five or six years, or even longer to create such a work.
Calculating based on the middle number of four years, it will be 1983 right now, and in four years it will be 1987. By then, the royalties will have to increase by one round.
Fifty yuan for a thousand words seems like a sky-high price now, but the royalties are not paid now, so they may not be so conspicuous by then.
Of course, he didn't want to fool Lin Chaoyang, but he wanted to go back to the club with this argument. He thought it wouldn't be a big problem.
Lin Chaoyang and Li Shifei agreed on the matter. He turned around and saw Tao Yushu standing at the junction of the living room and the corridor, staring at him with stern eyes. He immediately had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Chaoyang, are you going to write a work like "One Hundred Years of Solitude"?" she asked expectantly.
Lin Chaoyang's eyes revealed a familiar meaning that he had not seen for a long time, which could be summed up in four words - I hope my husband will become a successful man.
Different from a few years ago, Lin Chaoyang is now a popular young writer in China, but for Juan Wang, how can things in this world have a solution?
There are famous writers among the writers. After becoming a famous writer, do you have to have some international fame? Then you have to be called an internationally famous writer.
When you reach a certain stage, you have to call yourself an internationally renowned writer.
On the day when the coffin was sealed, he was lucky enough to be given the posthumous title of "Literary Man of the Generation". If he was unlucky and lacked talent, he would be nicknamed "Internationally Famous Writer (Dzogchen)".
Tao Yushu's eyes flickered, and he had already clearly understood Lin Chaoyang's journey in the second half of his life.
Lin Chaoyang said helplessly: "It's just an idea now, the novel at hand hasn't been finished yet."
Li Shifei also smiled and said: "Yes, you have to eat one bite at a time and do things step by step. Chaoyang should concentrate on finishing the novel at hand first, and then think about the next novel."
Tao Yushu nodded repeatedly, "This is natural."
While several people were talking, Zhang Guiqin called them to eat.
After eating, Li Shifei said goodbye to Lin Chaoyang. He planned to return to Guangzhou tomorrow. Before leaving, he did not forget to tell Lin Chaoyang to finish writing the novel in his hands as soon as possible.
No matter how good a work like "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is, it's just a castle in the air right now. As the saying goes, you have to eat it one bite at a time.
After Li Shifei left, Lin Chaoyang took a pair of diapers that Xiao Dongdong had just replaced and was about to wash them when Tao Yushu said, "I'll wash the diapers afterward."
"Mom won't let you get wet."
Tao Yushu is still in confinement, and has been given a series of rules by his two mothers. Regardless of whether they are scientific or not, they are old rules anyway.
Tao Yushu suddenly reduced his burden, and Lin Chaoyang knew it very well. This was definitely directly related to his conversation with Li Shifei that morning.
A masterpiece like "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is a KPI goal worth pursuing for Lin Chaoyang, who has already achieved success in his career.
For Tao Yushu, a scroll king who always hopes that her husband will become a dragon, how could she let go of such a good opportunity to urge Lin Chaoyang's progress?
She must ensure that Lin Chaoyang can devote himself wholeheartedly to the process of creating great works without any worries. During this period, everything that disturbs Lin Chaoyang's creation is trivial, and she must deal with it with all her strength.
"Yushu, I haven't started writing the novel yet. Don't act like you are facing a formidable enemy." Lin Chaoyang advised.
Tao Yushu ignored his words, "If you want to write a work like this, you can't do it unless you have no worries and devote yourself to it. Don't worry about family matters in the future."
Lin Chaoyang said helplessly: "Then we can't let mom do this job, right?"
There are two mothers taking care of the family, and everything is clearly arranged. He was assigned the job of washing diapers. It would be a bit irresponsible if he didn't even do this job.
Tao Yushu's eyes flickered and he said quietly: "It's okay, Yumo will be on winter vacation soon!"
Hearing this, Lin Chaoyang praised: "Daughter-in-law, you are still thoughtful!"
The couple looked at each other, understanding each other tacitly.
A few days after New Year's Day, Yan University had a holiday. Unlike the summer vacation, the winter vacation was not a good time to go out and play, so Tao Yumo had a rare opportunity to stay at home all day long.
In addition to Tao Yushu, Tao's family also has two primary school students who are on winter vacation. Tao's mother has been taking care of Tao Yushu for more than half a month. On this day, she and Tao Yushu agreed to go home and take care of the family.
Tao Yushu agreed happily, and then said: "Mom, please ask Yumo to come over."
Tao's mother immediately understood what she meant. She didn't feel sorry for her little daughter at all, so she happily agreed.
Back at Langrun Lake Apartment, Tao's mother found an excuse and sent Tao Yumo over. She was very happy.
The heating quality in the Overseas Chinese Apartment is good. You can take a hot bath at any time, and you can also eat and drink. How great!
Unfortunately, she was only happy for a long time, and then the smile on her face moved to Lin Chaoyang.
"Yu Mo, your nephew has peed. Please change his diaper!"
"Yu Mo, wash this diaper."
"Yu Mo, Yu Mo..."
"Yu Mo..."
Xiaodongdong, who was not yet a full moon, basically didn't need to be coaxed to sleep, and slept most of the day. After he fell asleep, Tao Yushu asked Zhang Guiqin to watch, and she quietly left the room, planning to read the manuscript.
As soon as she left the room, she saw Tao Yumo, who was sitting on the sofa and sulking. When she saw her sister coming out, she simply crossed her arms, which meant: I am very angry now.
"Why don't you go and rest?" Tao Yushu asked knowingly.
Tao Yumo looked at her sideways, "Stop pretending to be stupid! Don't think I don't know why you asked me to come!"
Tao Yushu said in a light tone, "Look at you, you are so full of resentment just because you are helping to take care of your nephew."
Her tone greatly stimulated Tao Yumo, "You said it easily, just read the manuscript when you have nothing to do. My brother-in-law has been staying in the study. Is Xiaodongzi your son or mine?"
"Aren't you his aunt?"
"You are so immoral and kidnapped me!"
The two sisters stared at each other tit for tat. In the end, Tao Yushu spoke first.
"You also have to take Xiwen with you at home. Xiwu is disgusted by those two dogs, and you have to be scolded by your mother from time to time.
Your nephew doesn't understand anything now, so it's best to coax him, and the food here is much better than at home."
Her words hit the mark and immediately shook Tao Yumo's belief.
"You two are so busy working so hard, I'm so exhausted."
Tao Yumo's tone was no longer as firm as before, but his heart was still unbalanced.
"How about I give you some pocket money?" Tao Yushu asked tentatively.
Tao Yumo was silent again. She wanted to scold her sister: Who do you think I am?
But when the words came to his lips, they turned into: "How much?"
Tao Yumo hated himself in his heart, he was so spineless and principled.
"One dollar a day!"
As soon as Tao Yushu finished speaking, Tao Yumo immediately thought, how can relatives talk about principles?
"make a deal!"
With wages, Tao Yumo's enthusiasm for work has greatly increased.
For one dollar a day, you may not be able to hire a migrant worker who sells his strength, but you can get a young female college student from the 1980s to serve you enthusiastically.
If you want to be a cow or a horse, you have to be a college student!
On the last day of early January, Lin Chaoyang finished writing the novel at hand and called Li Shifei to discuss with him whether the editorial department would have someone pick it up or mail it directly.
Li Shifei thought for a while and thought it would be better to mail it.
For some important manuscripts, the editorial department or writers have always had the habit of hand-delivering (sending) the manuscripts, mainly because they are afraid that problems will occur during the mailing process and the manuscripts will be lost.
However, in the past two years, the public security environment in some places in the country has become worse and worse. Especially when taking trains and buses, it has become common for passengers' luggage and packages to be stolen and robbed. Mailing is a safer option.
After the two discussed it, Lin Chaoyang found a time to go out and submit the manuscript.
He was not afraid of losing manuscripts. Tao Yushu would carefully copy a manuscript while reading each of his works.
Firstly, it is to prevent the manuscript from being damaged, and secondly, it is to keep a souvenir.
When he got home, Lin Erchun was sitting in the living room. When he saw him coming back, he waved to him.
"I have something to tell you."
"What's up?"
"Some people from my hometown contacted me a few days ago and said they wanted to come and visit you. When Yu Shu gave birth to a child, I didn't mention it to you."
Lin Chaoyang pondered, "Did you tell me what happened?"
"I didn't say anything, I just said I came to congratulate you on winning the award."
When there is a famous person in his hometown, it is normal for the government to want to contact him and establish a relationship. Two years ago, when he returned to his hometown for the New Year, the county leaders even visited him.
Among the people around Lin Chaoyang, people like Wang Zengqi have to stand up for their hometown from time to time.
After Lin Chaoyang became famous, he had little contact with his hometown, mainly because he was intolerant of secular affairs.
Now that people find Lin Erchun here, he can't shirk it.
He accepted the matter and took the initiative to contact his hometown.
Within two days, people came from my hometown. They were two deputy directors of culture and publicity, one surnamed Zheng and the other Fan. Director Zheng also served as the head of the County Cultural Association.
The two of them brought a lot of things that were local specialties from their hometown, and they were very polite.
After entering the door, he first said congratulations to Lin Chaoyang, and Lin Chaoyang greeted the two of them politely for a while.
After chatting about the awards, complimenting Lin Chaoyang's creations, and then talking about the changes in his hometown, the meeting process was nothing new.
It wasn't until the end that the two of them talked about hoping that Lin Chaoyang could go back to his hometown to visit when he had time.
Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "It's true that I haven't been back for two years. I will definitely go back and take a look when I have time after the New Year."
Zheng and Fan came here under the instructions of their leaders to contact Lin Chaoyang and lay the groundwork. They didn't expect to be able to invite Lin Chaoyang in one go. They didn't expect Lin Chaoyang to be so happy.
The two of them were immediately overjoyed and thanked Lin Chaoyang profusely. With Lin Chaoyang's words, they had overfulfilled their mission on this business trip.
Lin Chaoyang exchanged polite words with the two of them before adding, "Actually, I want to go back this time for some other reasons."
Chapter completed!