Chapter 103 My King, Artoria

Another week has passed since the trip to the San Juan Monastery, and Kim Hyun-tae's life in the rehabilitation center has temporarily returned to calm.

Basically, his daily life is restorative physical exercise, three physical examinations in the morning, noon and evening, acupuncture once a day, and physical therapy massage by a professional, etc., which is plain and boring.

As time goes by a little bit, it is almost at the end of December, Christmas, and the New Year's day.

Unlike the customs in China, Christmas in Europe and the United States is on December 25th, while New Year’s is on January 1st every year. There is no lunar calendar or lunar calendar, so the two festivals are very close to each other. Christmas is New Years.

Kim Hyun-tae himself has little interest in European and American New Years, but his daughter Xiao Keke looks forward to it very much, especially Christmas.

Seeing his daughter's behavior like this, even if Kim Hyun-tae himself is not interested, as a father, he must cooperate no matter what.

In this way, with Anne's help, Kim Hyun-tae bought back a lot of things for Christmas and New Year, and even decorated the room in the rehabilitation center where he lived, filling the room with a strong festive atmosphere.

The old people who live in the rehabilitation center have already started preparing for the holidays long before Kim Hyun-tae arranged their own rooms.

It's just that after Kim Hyun-tae arranged his own room, the old people who were recuperating in the rehabilitation center also followed suit and began to arrange their own rooms.

Therefore, in a short period of time, the entire rehabilitation center was filled with colorful ribbons bought from shopping malls, Christmas pine trees, and other hanging trinkets.

For the rehabilitation center to become like this, Little Keke seemed very excited.

At the same time, Dave also informed Jin Xiantai that the land on the top of Laguna Mountain had been bought for a total of 1.2 million US dollars, which was a very fair price.

In addition, Dave also went to the private housing construction approval department in Laguna County, applied for a construction permit, and hired one of the most famous construction companies in Los Angeles.

Kim Hyun-tae had seen the architectural sketch of the orphanage sent by the construction company. The other party's design was very good. After the whole building was completed, it had a strong American castle style, and the children would probably like it.

And there will be a swimming pool, a small amusement park, and a lawn paved with artificial turf for children to hee hee. Basically, the main building will ensure that each child has his own room, so it is not so shabby for several children to sleep in one room. up.

At the same time, the staff's rooms, dining room, and living room were all planned very meticulously. Jin Xiantai couldn't be more satisfied with the construction company that Dave found.

Of course, these only exist on the architectural drawings now, and everything can only be seen after the completion of the project. However, considering that in a country where reputation is paramount, such as the United States, the chances of such a situation should not be wrong, so Kim Hyun Tae is not very worried about this.

The quotation from the construction company, engineering plus decoration including all furniture, is a total of 13 million US dollars.

The offer was not high, at least it did not exceed Kim Hyun-tae's expectations, so he was able to accept it.

After all, he planned to spend 20 million US dollars to do this, but now it may not cost so much money, so why is he dissatisfied.

Of course, whether it is buying land or building a house, these are actually trivial matters. The biggest problem is how can Kim Hyun-tae ensure that the orphanage can be maintained for a long time, instead of being closed after a few months after it is completed.

You know, there is a real estate tax in the United States.

Even though Kim Hyun-tae is a privately established orphanage, he still has to pay this tax.

If you don't pay property taxes, then the state's public affairs department can seal your house without the federal government.

In parallel time and space, the real estate tax in California is not low, about 2.5%. That is to say, after Kim Hyun-tae’s orphanage is completed, he needs to report to the local Laguna County real estate department, and then the local real estate management department will appraise the value. Property taxes are paid on the appraised value.

Basically, based on the estimation of the land price and the house construction cost, the difference between the real estate management department's valuation and the owner's cost will not be too large.

Therefore, based on the price of the land that Jin Xiantai won, plus the quotation from the construction company, a total of 14.2 million can be calculated, and a preliminary estimate can be drawn. After the welfare home is completed, he will have to pay at least 35~ $400,000 in property taxes.

This tax can be paid twice a year, and the apportionment is only 30,000 to 40,000 US dollars per month.

Of course, this does not include house repairs, security, and the salary of the auntie in the orphanage who takes care of the children, as well as various miscellaneous utilities, as well as the children's food and drink expenses, and school tuition.

In order to maintain the normal operation of the orphanage, Jin Xiantai needs to prepare at least 500,000 yuan a month, or even 500,000 yuan is enough. If a child gets sick or something, the expenses will definitely be even greater.

It should be almost enough to prepare at least 1 million US dollars.

And preparing 1 million US dollars every month is also a lot of pressure for Kim Hyun-tae.

But since Dave had told him the good news on his return from San Juan a week earlier, it seemed like it wasn't much pressure.

During this week, Kim Hyun-tae has already visited the publishing house, met with those foreign agents together with Dave, and successfully signed the agency rights for more than a dozen foreign sales editions of "William's Fairy Tales Collection".

Based on the 30% royalties that Dave worked hard to get for him, even if Kim Hyun-tae has to pay two taxes, he can actually get the royalties in his hands, which is very considerable.

After all, one fact cannot be ignored, that is, the population base of this world is ten times that of his previous life...

The area where the agent is located in the European countries has a combined population of more than 10 billion. Although I dare not say that everyone buys Jin Xiantai's fairy tale books, as long as one tenth of the people can buy it, they can almost buy it. Bring him over a billion in revenue outlook.

After all, one-tenth is 1 billion people. "William's Fairy Tales" is also priced at 20 US dollars a volume in these countries, and you can get 20 billion US dollars. Kim Hyun-tae personally gets 30%, and you can get 6 billion before tax. Dollar……

Then pay the European and American royalties at the same time, 35% in Europe is 2.1 billion U.S. dollars, 35% in the United States is 2.1 billion U.S. dollars, and Kim Hyun-tae’s actual personal income after tax is 1.8 billion U.S. dollars.

This data can be preliminarily estimated.

Of course, we have to admit one thing, that is, the large amount of personal income tax in Parallel Time and Space is really ridiculously high.

But even so, Kim Hyun-tae's income is expected to be considerable.

But according to the popularity of the sales of Kim Hyun-tae's "William's Fairy Tales Collection", it is obvious that his income estimate cannot be only this small, and it must be higher.

After all, this is just a very conservative estimate.

And this is only an estimate of sales in Europe, not counting the countries and regions represented by agents in Japan, China, India, and Southeast Asia.

If the sales estimates in these countries and regions are included, hehe, Kim Hyun Tae's income is expected to be even higher.

It can be seen that it is not difficult for Kim Hyun-tae to maintain the operation of the orphanage in the future by relying on his own fairy tales.

Of course, what will happen to the actual situation, we have to wait until the agents publish the foreign language version for sale before we can get the real data.

At the same time, these foreign agents have not only won the agency rights of foreign language versions of "William's Fairy Tales", such as "A Song of Ice and Fire" and "Lord of the Rings" are also created by Kim Hyun-tae. 'The novel was also taken by them and they won the agency right to take it back to China and sell it together.

Therefore, no matter what, Kim Hyun-tae is very optimistic about his future income expectations.

In such a time and space with strong intellectual and cultural property protection, Kim Hyun-tae discovered for the first time how happy it is to be a 'writer'.

In this way, time passed by little by little, and in a blink of an eye, it was the first time for Little Keke to shoot a chocolate commercial and endorsement.

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In the United States in a parallel time and space, Los Angeles Hollywood is the same as another time and space. The film and television entertainment industry is thriving. Even though the United States is roughly suppressed by the Soviet Union in the international community, the United States can still export culture.

In this time and space, American blockbusters have a good reputation internationally, and Hollywood productions are even more popular. Under the influence of this effect, it is difficult for the film and television industry in Los Angeles to not be popular.

Of course, the current Kim Hyun Tae is still far away from the Hollywood entertainment circle, and he himself has no idea of ​​entering the entertainment circle at all.

And he came to the studio of a Hollywood film studio today just to be with his daughter Ke Ke.

The old Mike in the rehabilitation center acted very quickly, and everything was done within a week, and everything was properly prepared.

The lawyer Anne secretly found has already negotiated a very generous contract with Old Mike, guaranteeing all of Little Coco's personal rights and interests.

Now that everything is in place, what are you waiting for?

In the studio, Little Keke felt very fresh about everything here, and kept looking left and right.

The little guy has changed into a red princess dress, with a crystal crown on his head, and a Western-style knight sword that looks real but is actually a plastic product on his back.

Sitting on the sidelines and looking at his daughter standing in front of the camera, her small face is extremely excited, but she is very obedient and obedient, and carefully poses according to the director's requirements. Kim Hyun-tae always feels that this image of her daughter is familiar.

After exploring the memories in his mind, Jin Xiantai finally found the relatively familiar image, and a strange smile flashed across the corner of his mouth.

"I'll go! Isn't this image [My King Artoria]!"

Yes, through memories, Kim Hyun-tae recalled this anime character in his previous life.

He looked again at the daughter not far away, who was waving the knight sword in his hand as requested by the director, and suddenly he felt a feeling of dumbfounding.

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