Chapter 30 Halloween
Although there are always some small disputes between Demi and his brother Jack, there are many of them that show the harmless prank and joking between brothers and sisters in a happy family, which makes Kim Hyun-tae envious.
Nath's family is also a typical American family. Demi and Jack brothers also represent the kind of interaction between most American family siblings.
Kim Hyun-tae was very envious of this.
At least my family is not complete, which is a pity.
Kim Hyun-tae, who returned home, did not go to the publishing house as he said, but stayed at home all day long.
What he told his wife Anna at Nath's house was just an excuse, and Kim Hyun-tae had no plans to meet Dave at the publishing house today.
During this whole day, Kim Hyun-tae stayed at home, tinkering with his "Fairy Tale" piracy, and within that day he completed the entire short story he selected from "Brothers Grimm's Fairy Tale".
Not every fairy tale in "Brothers Grimm" is suitable for children, and there are also some strange, bloody and dark stories, which need to be eliminated. Therefore, Kim Hyun-tae only selected some more suitable fairy tales that are not available in this parallel time and space.
In this way, Kim Hyun-tae wrote at home and recovered some of the sequelae brought by the hangover last night, which was considered a day of spending.
My daughter was having fun alone, and she didn't make any noise because she couldn't go out to play.
When he was coaxing his daughter to bed at night, the little guy made a fuss for a while, just clamoring for his mother, which made Kim Hyun-tae very sad.
In the end, the little guy was coaxed to sleep by Kim Hyun-tae, which made Kim Hyun-tae breathe a sigh of relief.
Although I'm sorry for my daughter, Kim Hyun-tae is really powerless on this issue.
First of all, he looks only 16 years old. Where did you ask him to find the right woman to be his wife?
If you just want to find a girlfriend, you may not be happy to bring Cocoa.
Besides, Kim Hyun-tae has no place for other women in his heart, and he has never thought of accepting another woman into the life of father and daughter.
After all, Kim Hyun-tae's mind is still full of images of his wife, and he can't get rid of it at all.
It is precisely because of this reason that Kim Hyun-tae felt that it was because of his own reasons that he could not realize his daughter Coco's needs, so he felt very guilty.
My daughter is growing up now and knows she is clamoring for her mother, so Kim Hyun-tae is very distressed about this.
"Oh! It's better to take a step by step." In the end, Kim Hyun-tae could only sigh secretly to finish the matter.
When he came to the living room alone, Kim Hyun-tae turned on the LCD TV, intending to watch the midnight program to kill time and improve his mood.
Unfortunately, the TV shows on each station are extremely boring soap operas, which are neither funny nor good-looking, which makes Kim Hyun-tae feel even worse.
So, Kim Hyun-tae started playing the game console and did not wash up until 23 o'clock and sleep.
The next day, Kim Hyun-tae changed his daughter's clothes as usual and had diapers. After making breakfast for her to eat her daughter, she took her daughter to the car and left the house.
Today, he really went to the publishing house.
After all, I want to show Dave the new novel "Lord of the Rings" and talk about the publishing matters, as well as the publication of "William's Fairy Tale" he "created" in two days.
These things are obviously very impolite by phone or email, and only the interview seems more formal.
With the manuscript of the novel and fairy tale, Kim Hyun-tae drove his Audi A8 and put his daughter in the back seat and drove all the way to Los Angeles.
In the morning, the expressway from Monica to Los Angeles was densely packed with cars. It can be seen that there are many people living outside Los Angeles, but there are still many people who have to go to Los Angeles to work.
Fortunately, Kim Hyun-tae is not tight, so he doesn't care about the slow traffic of highway traffic.
Turn on the on-board CD and play the soft and soothing pure music. Kim Hyun-tae slowly drove forward while enjoying it.
When the car passed a certain location on the expressway, Kim Hyun-tae curiously discovered that in front of each shop in this commercial area, there were all kinds of alternative clothing, masks, and fun clowns and pumpkin lanterns in front of each shop in this commercial area.
Oh, yes, Halloween is coming!
Kim Hyun-tae was confused at first, but he quickly remembered this.
At the end of October, the 31st, it is Halloween in the United States.
On this day, every child will dress up as a quirky, then knock on the door and eat candy, and shout the slogan "If you don't give the candy, just mess up."
I brought my daughter to this time and space in the United States on Christmas Day on January 1. Unfortunately, since that time, I was full of my mind and thought about how to support my family. So until now, I have never spent any festivals in the United States. I basically either wash my cars in the car yard or wash dishes in restaurants.
Even with my daughter Coco, I have never felt the festive atmosphere here.
But now it’s different. My financial conditions have been completely improved and I no longer have to worry about money. Of course, I can also have a decent festival with my daughter, right?
Kim Hyun-tae, who feels that his daughter has lost a lot of money, decided to spend this Halloween with her daughter so that the little guy can also experience this fun Halloween atmosphere and also make the little guy happy.
How to celebrate Halloween is actually very simple.
It’s nothing more than decorating your own backyard and in front of your door, such as placing a few pumpkin lanterns, scarecrows, scary clowns and other gadgets, and don’t forget to prepare a lot of candy.
At that time, I had to dress up and wear some weird and alternative clothes.
On Halloween night, the children would appear in groups and go to everyone's house to get candy.
The Monica Beach community I rented is a community composed mainly of white residents. Obviously, I will definitely not miss a festival like Halloween.
Although there are not many families in the community, only seven or eight hundred households, considering that Americans do not have family planning, basically every family will have two or three children. Even if single men and women who are not married are excluded, the candy they have to prepare must not be missing.
But what does this matter to Kim Hyun-tae!
He has money now and can buy a lot of candy, so he won't let those kids down.
Besides, he could dress up his daughter and take her out to get candy everywhere.
It took about an hour for Kim Hyun-tae to drive to the publishing house. Compared to the usual half-hour drive, Kim Hyun-tae spent twice as much time on the road due to poor conditions during the morning rush hour highway.
When we went out, Kim Hyun-tae looked at the time and it was exactly 8 o'clock in the morning.
But now it is already past 9 o'clock when we arrive at the publishing house.
After parking the car in the publishing house's parking lot, Kim Hyun-tae took his daughter from the elevator in the parking lot and went directly to the fifth floor of the publishing house to Dave's office.
Dave was not very busy today. When Kim Hyun-tae found him, Dave was sitting behind the desk drinking coffee leisurely. Through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows on the side, he was watching the bustling crowds of people and traffic on the street.
Standing at the door, Kim Hyun-tae politely knocked on the open office door instead of walking straight in casually.
The knock on the door interrupted Dave, who was leisurely tasting coffee, and asked him to turn his head to see who was coming.
Dave's secretary Lola took over the little guy in Kim Hyun-tae's arms at the right time, and she started taking care of him as last time. The little guy also obviously likes to play with all kinds of women, so Coco's attention was shifted to Lola's side.
Seeing Dave see himself, Kim Hyun-tae walked into the office and said his intention directly.
"We communicated on the phone last time, so I won't talk about it anymore. This is the manuscript of the first volume of the new novel "Lord of the Rings". You can take a look first."
Kim Hyun-tae walked to the sofa with a familiarity, then sat on the sofa, and placed the first volume of the "Lord of the Rings" he brought on the coffee table in front of him.
At this time, Dave also got up from behind the desk, walked to the opposite side of Kim Hyun-tae, sat down, then leaned forward slightly, reached out to pick up the manuscript of "Lord of the Rings" on the coffee table and started reading it.
Although Dave doesn't look very good, as a senior executive of a publishing house, he has a very good vision.
After a brief look at the manuscript of "Lord of the Rings", he could basically conclude in his heart that this is a magic novel that can be sold well.
So, he raised his head and looked at Kim Hyun-tae seriously and said, "This is a novel that can be sold well. How about it? Leave it to our California Culture Press for publication. I can even give you more discounts on royalties here. How about 20%?"
Wow!
Dave only gave himself 10% of the royalty share of the first novel "Song of Ice and Fire", but even so, he made a fortune.
Now I have only received one volume of the manuscript of "Lord of the Rings", but Dave issued a 20% royalty share, which is simply a big jump.
"Don't be surprised. Now you are a writer who sells novels, so I can't treat you as a new writer. And you have great potential. I don't want to make a fussy young writer like you."
Dave gave an explanation, although it makes sense, but it is a bit far-fetched.
To be honest, even if "Song of Ice and Fire" is a big hit and Kim Hyun-tae has great potential, it is not worth Dave's treatment like this.
You know, this is a double increase in the royalty share!
But Kim Hyun-tae was too lazy to think about the factors, anyway, this is a good thing for him, right?
"I have no objection. I accept the 20% royalty share. The Lord of the Rings can be handed over to the publishing house for publishing, but it is only the publishing agency for English paper books."
Kim Hyun-tae was not confused yet and a little reminder of Dave.
Dave smiled and didn't care at all: "What our publisher wants is only the agency rights in the United States and the agency rights in the English version of paper books, which is no different from "Song of Ice and Fire."
These words made Kim Hyun-tae relax, and everything went so smoothly, which made Kim Hyun-tae feel relaxed and happy from the bottom of her heart, and began to fall in love with dealing with Dave.
Kim Hyun-tae, who was in a good mood, took out another manuscript and placed it on the coffee table. This was his pirated manuscript of "William's Fairy Tale".
Dave looked at Kim Hyun-tae curiously, and then looked at the manuscript on the coffee table.
"This is……?"
Kim Hyun-tae said: "I created a fairy tale. Can you help me see if it is OK? Can it be published?"
Ah, it’s not just a magical story, but also a fairy tale. Your creation speed is too fast.
Chapter completed!