The winter vacation passed quickly. It is worth mentioning that Zhuo Ziyuan's birthday is February 9th. After the winter vacation, Zhuo Ziyuan officially turned 16, so he went to the police station to get his ID card.

Zhuo Ziyuan thought that he might have an opportunity to go abroad sometime, so he went to the city's Exit-Entry Administration Office to apply for a passport. The application process took three weeks. On the second weekend after school started, Zhuo Ziyuan got his passport as he wished.

The Twilight Saga - Twilight also completed the English version at the end of the winter vacation. Zhuo Ziyuan directly handed over the English version to Lu Tao and entrusted the law firm with full authority to complete the subsequent publishing matters. The requirements are the same as before, and the publisher only has the right to publish physical books.

, no online dissemination, compilation and publication, film and television adaptation, electronic and audio and video products, etc.

Rights, as well as the reservation of publishing rights in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and emphasized the gambling agreement with Lu Tao. Only 5% of the copyright fee will be charged for copies less than 50,000, 10% for copies between 50,000 and 200,000, and 10% for copies above 200,000.

If the 15% copyright fee exceeds 500,000, then try to get as much as possible, preferably the highest 25%.

At the same time, Lu Tao also helped Zhuo Ziyuan apply for an overseas bank card, which can directly deposit U.S. dollars. If you want to use U.S. dollars in the future, you can use the U.S. dollars. If you don’t want to use the U.S. dollars, you can exchange it into RMB. If you want to transfer the money directly to a domestic card, then it’s not

Sorry, the country now has mandatory foreign exchange settlement, that is, the other party gave us US dollars, and Zhuo Ziyuan only received RMB.

Zhuo Ziyuan gave the electronic manuscript to Lu Tao in mid-February. Zhuo Ziyuan gave himself an English pen name, "Phoenix", which means Phoenix, Fengqi Wutong, which corresponds to the Chinese pen name.

Lu Tao was very efficient. Within a week, he finalized the contract with the other party and gave it to Zhuo Ziyuan for signature. The only thing that was different from Zhuo Ziyuan's expectations was that the other party only gave a maximum of 23% of the copyright fee. Zhuo Ziyuan also

It doesn't matter, just

As long as we can open up this sales channel first, Zhuo Ziyuan signed the contract readily. The price of Twilight is US$14.99, which is basically the same price as ordinary domestic novels, but one is US dollars and the other is RMB, which is 8 times different.

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Happiness comes unexpectedly and unexpectedly. The American Press published only 50,000 books in the first issue, but the market response was very good. In just 2 weeks, 50,000 books were almost sold out.

The publishing house urgently issued an additional 150,000 copies. The American publishing house is really speechless. They always stick to the numbers in the contract and want to make the most money at the lowest price.

As a result, these 150,000 copies were sold faster, and it took only three weeks. The publisher had to issue an additional 300,000 copies. Still, it could not stop the enthusiasm of the American people, so it had to continue to issue additional copies. At the same time, it also published a price of 24.99

The hardcover version of Mei Dao has 50,000 copies, which means that Zhuo Ziyuan can get the maximum publishing fee in the contract.

Zhuo Ziyuan did the math. At this rate, selling 1 million copies this year is not a problem. That means he can earn more than 3 million US dollars. Taking into account the exchange rate of more than 8 o'clock, that's more than 2,000 US dollars.

Wan, this is really a step in the right direction, and this income will continue to increase in the future. I signed a contract with Zhuo Ziyuan.

American Publishing House has cooperative publishing houses in major countries around the world. It is foreseeable that Twilight will be sold in many countries, and with the name of American Bestseller as a publicity, I believe it will also sell well in other countries.

Yes, and the theme of Twilight is vampires, which is more popular in Europe.

Zhuo Ziyuan suddenly didn't want to publish books in China. In fact, compared with this, the income from domestic publishing was not even a fraction.

At the same time, Zhuo Ziyuan was wondering why the book was selling so well in the United States. Later, after communicating with Lu Tao, he understood the situation.

It turns out that the American empire attaches great importance to copyright. In the United States, it is almost impossible to see pirated books. The emphasis on intellectual property rights also makes American imperialist books very expensive. 14.99 is not a big number, but it is seven or eighty in the country.

times. Also, in the United States, reading is very important, whether it is novels or something else. I remember someone in the previous life made statistics that the per capita reading volume in the United States per year is the highest in the country.

10 times. In addition, there are no rental bookstores in the United States, but there are some video rental stores. And because American books are very expensive and there are no rental bookstores, another industry is very developed, that is, the second-hand book market, which is very rare in China.

The second-hand book market we saw was very common in this era of American imperialism. Even within a community, second-hand goods transactions were often organized, and books were one of them.

And Zhuo Ziyuan's novels have only sold hundreds of thousands of copies in China. Is it really only read by so many people? It's far more than that. In fact, Zhuo Ziyuan's novels are very popular. Ten Miles of Peach Blossom has already appeared on the market within two weeks of its release.

For pirated books, those with a conscience will keep the original author Wutong, while those without a conscience will just change the authors. Major schools

The nearby rental bookstores sell pirated books. A book only costs five or six yuan, and renting it for a day only costs 50 cents. For a bookstore, renting out a book can pay for itself in ten days, which is equivalent to a profit of ten thousand yuan. If this kind of bookstore is in the United States,

If the emperor appears, no one will come to rent books, and he will be punished immediately and lose all his money. This is the influence of a society's values.

If these pirated books are included, the sales volume of Zhuo Ziyuan's Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms in China will definitely exceed one million copies. If you also add in the bookstores rented by different people, the number of readers will have to increase several times. If all of them are genuine

If sold, a book can earn more than a million dollars at least. This is also

The tragedy of domestic authors is that overpopulation requires a lot of manpower and time to be invested in the implementation of various plans. The authorities want to take care of it, but are often powerless. This phenomenon has been greatly improved before Zhuo Ziyuan was reborn.

, at least no one dares to blatantly sell pirated copies.

It is said that money can make ghosts grind, clothes are a person's power, and money is a person's courage. Zhuo Ziyuan now has a deep understanding of this sentence. Before, Zhuo Ziyuan was still thinking about saving money until 2004 and making a fortune by buying stocks.

Well. Now that I have calculated it, I have reached the expected goal of 10 million, and it is more than enough. There will be more in the future. Zhuo Ziyuan feels that he should do more. Otherwise, will the money just stay in the bank and grow moldy?

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Buying a house? Zhuo Ziyuan, who knows the trend of housing prices in the next ten years, certainly knows that this is a good choice. The problem is that buying a house cannot compare with the appreciation of his two stock portfolios, and in the past few years,

The rise in house prices is also limited.

Zhuo Ziyuan thought about the supermarket chain plan, the logistics plan, and the bargain-hunting plan for the Internet crisis. He suddenly felt that these things were not so far away, and that he should make good use of this windfall from the American emperor.

, maybe it’s not certain that I can create a career in this life.

This wealth has indeed made Zhuo Ziyuan's ambitions expand. However, no matter how Zhuo Ziyuan's ambitions expand, his main task now is to study. He does not want to give up studying just because he has money. Zhuo Ziyuan knows that no matter what he does in the future, he will continue to study.

You can't go wrong with going to college.

With this money, Zhuo Ziyuan's need for money is no longer so urgent. Zhuo Ziyuan's writing progress is also slowing down. He now focuses on studying. At least he can't be worse in the midterm exam. The minor subjects need to spend more money.
Chapter completed!