Chapter 100: Being Hit

Chapter 100: Being Hit

Chapter 100: Being Hit
[Editor-in-Chief Gao: All the remaining royalties from the serialization of Mr. Holmes have been transferred to you. Please check. As for the 5% royalties, there is really nothing we can do. Xiao Gu, you don’t have a successful published work to back you up. The highest that New Star Publishing House can give you is %, with a first print run of copies.]
The first half of the text message on the mobile phone is good news, and the second half is bad news.

"I'll go check tomorrow to see if the money has arrived. I miss the SMS notification service so much. It's really convenient." Gu Lu didn't know when CCB started to provide SMS notifications, but it hadn't been available for a year or two.

He will buy a computer as soon as the money arrives, but he doesn’t know anyone who knows about it, so Gu Lu is thinking about whether to go to a computer mall or a brand store.

"Don't think about this for now, there is another important thing..."

The royalties for newcomers are mostly within 8%, and % or even a buyout of a certain amount per thousand words is also normal. Therefore, the % given for "The Little Prince" is probably the result of President Jian's strong promotion.

"The first print run is 20 copies. The current price of a book is about yuan, plus %, which makes it about yuan." Gu Lu used advanced mathematics to calculate and quickly got the result.

"A little less."

After thinking about it, Gu Lu decided not to publish the book for the time being. As there was no successful bestseller as a foundation, the price was relatively low. However, "The Little Prince" would be on the market next month.

By then, Gu Lu will be promoted to a best-selling author, and his royalties will surely increase.

Gu Lu had the idea that the money must be spent on best-selling authors if the percentage was above 10%, but he was not in a hurry to use the money at the moment.

Following this idea, Gu Lu replied to Editor Gao. Then he noticed that someone had applied to become his friend.

Verification message: Hello, Mr. Gu, I am Xue Haiyang, the editor-in-chief of "Horror·New Reading". I was introduced by Brother Li and hope there will be a chance for us to cooperate.

Oh, it turned out to be the editor. After Gu Lu agreed to his friend's request, he immediately left a message: [I do have several articles with a more thriller style.]
Gu Lu was about to put down his phone because it was already past ten o'clock and the editor must have gone off work, but he never expected the other party to reply immediately.

[Laughing all the time: When will Teacher Xiao Gu finish writing? I absolutely believe in Teacher Xiao Gu's ability. In "One-inch Master", he beheaded a person on a stage in front of a large crowd and then used ventriloquism to pretend that the head spoke. The audience thought it was a performance and applauded... This plot is still fresh in my memory. There is logic hidden in the madness and bloodiness.

Always Smiling: People with dwarfism are discriminated against and insulted, so usually when authors write about revenge, they tend to write about it in a bloody way.

Smile: As long as it is a work of the same level as "Ichisun Hoshi", 200 words per thousand is no problem.]
He started with a barrage of praise, and regardless of whether it was sincere or not, the editor was quite enthusiastic.

The price of two hundred per thousand words was the highest price Gu Lu had ever encountered, even higher than what he paid for Sui Yi Si Lu, who had become a resident writer.

The reason why Xiao Xue dared to offer such a high price was because of the horrific sales of "Horror·New Reading". The third edition of ABC was a special three-month issue, priced at 6 yuan but with a buy one get one free offer, which was equivalent to yuan per copy, and it had a high sales volume among students.

"Boys and Girls" and "The E-Tribe" are no match in terms of sales.

Gu Lu calculated in his mind that he would be able to finish writing the response in about a week. On the other side, the editor Xiao Xue had a lot of replies, and he could summarize them in one sentence. He was looking forward to it.

Why is Xiao Xue so enthusiastic? Because the sales of "Horror" are high, but the content has not yet cultivated a horror writer who can take the lead.

"I heard that this talented writer particularly likes to change his style. Don't be impulsive. Master Yicun's style is very good." Xiao Xue prayed that Gu Lu would not let him down.

Disappointed?

He has won a horror short story award, so Gu Lu must be very confident.

"Done!" Gu Lu ate something simple and looked at the empty room, suddenly feeling a little empty.

"It's time to buy a computer." Gu Lu pointed out the reason.

The next day, I saw Dou Ke and his father in the classroom again early in the morning.

But this time, class monitor Lu Yi wanted to pay. She said, "Refrigeration definitely costs money. He has helped our class repair the air conditioner twice, which is already a bother for the uncle. We can't let the uncle pay for it, right? Originally, our whole class agreed to a fee for repairing the air conditioner."

"How expensive can fluoride be? It's okay, squad leader." Dou Ke waved his hand for a while, then looked at Dou's father, "Right, Dad. It's not worth much."

Dou Ke's eyes were filled with pleading, hoping that his father would not spoil the show. The vertical air conditioner in the classroom seemed to be 3 HP, and it would take three presses to fill it up. Although Gu Lu didn't know the cost of the refrigerant, it should be no less than yuan for three, which was not cheap!
Obviously, squad leader Lu Yi has a lot of life experience and he saw through this and insisted on paying.

"Our son Dou Ke is also in school. He is really not worth much money, so just consider it as your uncle's support for everyone. Please take good care of our son Dou Ke in school in the future." Dou's father said.

Dou Ke thanked his father for not ruining the show and smiled.

Having said that, squad leader Lu Yi no longer insisted.

During the lunch break, Gu Lu went to the bank to check his account and found more than 20,000 yuan in his bank card.

"Okay, okay, the world has been suffering from the black Internet cafes for a long time, I will definitely rise up this weekend!"

People feel refreshed when good things happen to them. Gu Lu went to school happily for the next two or three days.

It was Thursday, and Gu Lu was one day closer to buying a computer.

"Gu Lu, Li Guyuan from our class has quit the club." Qi Caiwei found Gu Lu after morning exercises.

"Li Guyuan quit the company? Why?" Gu Lu was surprised.

Qi Caiwei did not respond, but looked at Gu Lu with strange eyes, but the latter was still confused.

"Because I was hit by you!" Qi Caiwei explained, "Just think about how terrifying you are. The gap is totally unmatched."

I have a cheat, what's the point? Gu Lu thought, thinking back, he basically had no communication with Li Guyuan.

"During the event yesterday on Wednesday, the president was quite angry," said Qi Caiwei.

"Okay, I got it." Gu Lu thought that the other party had secretly targeted him.

Gu Lu asked Qi Caiwei a small question...

Grandma's Flower Pot

This is the article that Li Guyuan submitted to "Mengya". Li Guyuan often mentioned it to Qi Caiwei, so the latter still has an impression of it even if her memory is not very good.

It is quite easy to buy magazines from more than a year ago. Gu Lu knows a scrap collection station where old magazines are sold for one to two yuan each.

The story is about the death of his grandmother. Even though he had lived with her for more than ten years, he was not sad at all at the funeral.

I blamed myself very much in my heart, and even felt that I was an ungrateful person. It was obvious that he was the best to his grandson when his grandmother was alive. The whole article describes my feelings very delicately.

[Why did the flowers die? No one watered them. The sun shone on my thirteen-year-old face. At that moment, I realized that my grandma was really dead. …]
“It’s amazing that a freshman in high school can write like this,” Gu Lu thought.

After evening self-study, he walked up to Li Guyuan and threw a copy of "Years and Reasoning" to him.

"This is the magazine I serialized, and it has my signature on it."

nmb! Li Guyuan's eyes instantly turned red. What does that mean? It's too much to get too close to someone and he has already quit the company.

Before he could vent his anger, Gu Lu threw out another magazine, it was "Mengya".

"In exchange, you also sign for me."

(End of this chapter)