Chapter 8

Send money? Is Ren He crazy? I think.

As a result, the voice just now was a little loud, and several students in front of them who were packing also heard it. They looked at each other and laughed and whispered: "they didn't even have the money to go out to play. What are they doing here?"

After school, the crowd bustles out. At this time, there is a prominent old man in a simple cotton shirt, but he has outstanding temperament and is hale and hearty. He doesn't know who is waiting at the school gate.

"Why do I look so familiar?"

"I can't remember. It seems familiar."

For junior high school students, they may meet Mr. Zhou on some news, but it may be difficult for them to remember that such a distant figure is not a star.

Ren He had done his homework after receiving the call from Mr. Zhou, so as soon as he saw the real person, he welcomed him: "Hello, Mr. Zhou, I'm Ren He."

After hearing this, Mr. Zhou looked at Ren He with a smile: "young man is very energetic. Let's exercise regularly. Let's talk while walking."

Mr. Zhou was the only one who came. He didn't have a luxury car or a driver. As a result, Ren He was impressed by such a detail. When he was walking with him, he suddenly changed from a dignified old man to an old man who came to pick up his grandson from school.

This is Ren He's first impression of Zhou. It's not like the heroes in my imagination, they all rush around and don't even have a special car. Maybe I got off the train and came by bus.

After receiving Zhou's phone call, Ren he collected the old man's news seriously: he is famous for his simplicity. It seems that most of his social activities are holding classic literary works. When he finds good works, he spares no effort to hold them.

Now, it's not too much to say that Mr. Zhou's students are all over the country. Many politicians and businessmen even hope to become his students.

However, he never accepted students, but the writers or admirers he brought forward willingly called him teacher Zhou.

"Why do you want to write the Three Character Classic? Did you really write it? " Mr. Zhou asked with a smile. In fact, after a week, it was still very difficult for him to calm down. The classic three Character Classic was written by a 14-year-old child, who lived to the stomach of a dog.

"Can this question be left unanswered?" Ren He wry smile: "I believe you must be very surprised, but I can guarantee that if there is a copyright dispute, all the consequences will be borne by me alone. Mr. Zhou does not need to worry about this."

To tell you the truth, although he copied the classics, he just wanted to make money and didn't think of anything else. He didn't need to be famous or recognized by others for his literary level. He just wanted to make money. That's it.

In the final analysis, Ren He is just a vulgar man. If you really want to say that he has so many resources to use but doesn't, it's not in line with the character of a vulgar man. Is there any psychological pressure? Yes, but that's all.

Ren He actually thought about it carefully. In fact, if most people experience the same things as him, he doesn't believe that he will put the classic away.

We're all laymen. There's nothing to be honest about. It's just that lipstick tooth insists that it's his own creation, and it's another thing to be intoxicated with it.

After thinking about it, Mr. Zhou shrugged: "since you don't want to talk about it, the main purpose of this visit is to talk about the copyright issue with you, and then fix the royalty."

"I think about it. 6% is good, but it's 6% of the price, not the wholesale price," Ren said.

The so-called royalty is a kind of payment method of manuscript tax that has been used all over the world for hundreds of years, that is, the royalty that Ren He can get = Book Pricing x circulation x 6%.

In fact, 8% royalty is more common in general, but it is calculated on the basis of 65% wholesale price. From this point of view, 6% is Ren He's most important.

Mr. Zhou stopped and looked at Ren he deeply. He couldn't say who was the loser of the 6% decision. He could only say that everyone still had money to earn. He suddenly said with a smile, "OK, let's do it. This is my first negotiation with a 14-year-old boy. I don't know where to start. If I talk too much, people will say that I'm old enough to bully you."

"Mr. Zhou won't bully me," said Ren hehe.

"Let's go, find a place where you can treat me to dinner and sign the contract. I've brought the contract."

"There's a noodle shop in front of us, which is good for eating, and the contribution fee of the third edition of Kyoto daily..." Ren he rubbed his hands embarrassed.

Old Zhou's eyes suddenly widened: "will you treat me to noodles?"

"That's it. I have to ask for the contribution you gave me," Ren He said, turning his pocket to indicate that there was only 50 cents in it. "If I say I wrote the Three Character Classic for money, do you believe it?"

Mr. Zhou burst out laughing: "just eat noodles! When I was in Kyoto, I always wanted to eat a bowl of fried noodles with soy sauce, but I didn't have time. Today I count it as a blessing to you! " Then he took an envelope out of his arms and patted it on Ren He's hand: "I'll give you 48 yuan per line for grade a poetry."

The contribution fee of poetry has always been calculated according to the number of lines, but most of the so-called literati's poems are only 100 yuan, and there are also works of 1 yuan per line. So Ren He had no idea about the contribution fee of the Three Character Classic before, because he didn't know how much money the other party could give him.

Ren He started to make money directly in front of Mr. Zhou, totaling more than 8000“ A line of 48 yuan, I knew how to divide more lines... "Ren he muttered“ I believe it now. " Ren He Leng: "believe what?" Zhou said with a complicated face: "I believe you wrote the Three Character Classic for money. For the first time, someone counted the contribution fee in front of me. Those literati were afraid that this action would make their works stink of copper. They hoped that they would always be superior in the eyes of others Ren He laughed: "you don't mind. I'm a layman. I don't have so much affectation, but have you heard a word? Great customs are great elegance. "“ "Big custom is big elegance..." Zhou Lao pondered the flavor of this saying: "ha ha, what a big custom is big elegance!" To be honest, it's not surprising that he heard this sentence for the first time, because even this sentence was brought by Ren He from the parallel world. In this way, Zhou Wumeng brought more than 8000 contributions to Ren He, and there may be a steady stream of royalties in the future. As a result, Ren He invited Zhou Wumeng to eat egg noodles in a roadside restaurant. Zhou Wumeng seems to be happier. Before leaving, Zhou Wumeng asked: "there will be works like the Three Character Classic in the future. We can continue to cooperate. In the history of literature, we have experienced too many things, such as burning books, pitching scholars, and promoting literary inquisition. As a result, our literature has not made much progress since the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, and too many famous historical works have been buried in the long river of history. " Ren He felt his chin and thought that the cultural trajectory of this parallel world might have been led astray by some actions of destroying knowledge in history. It is estimated that there are also some magnificent works like those in his previous life in history, but they have all been wiped out. However, he copied the classics with his life. He didn't plan to play with his life frequently in a short time. He replied, "not for the time being. This is in exchange for his life."“ Well Zhou Wumeng didn't understand. What did he get in exchange for his life“ It's OK. I mean it's almost too hard to write about it. "Ren He can't tell others that he has been in trouble with the natural punishment system now... When he sent Mr. Zhou to leave, Ren He didn't find that he was behind them. Duan Xiaolou had already seen this scene. There was a look of doubt in her eyes. She always felt that she had seen the old man somewhere, as if it was the news a few days ago. Duan Xiaolou went into her room, turned on her computer and began to search for the news in her mind. It wasn't until half an hour that she finally found it: Interview with Zhou Wumeng, editor in chief of Kyoto Daily: the Three Character Classic is a milestone in the history of Mongolian education.