Chapter 69 Good News for Halloween

Halloween night is very lively. When Kim Hyun-tae took his daughters Coco and Annie out of the house and came to the street in the community, he saw groups of children dragging cloth bags or small plastic buckets from house to house. The door-to-door is knocking.

Seeing so many children, Ke Ke was very excited for a while. She kept pointing at the children who were older than her, and shouted excitedly, "Give me candy, or make trouble if you don't!"

Jin Xiantai patted his daughter helplessly: "Those brothers and sisters also want candy, you have to ask the adults to get it."

The little guy Keke was very unfamiliar with how to spend Halloween. After all, it was her first time celebrating this festival, and she thought that she could ask for candy when she went out.

Hearing what his father said, Ke Ke was about to go to the ground immediately, and didn't plan to be held in his father's arms.

Ke Ke's 'earthworm magical skill + carp fighting skill' is very powerful, and in the end Kim Hyun-tae let her go.

Breaking away from her father's arms, Ke Ke, who was standing on the ground, took her father's hand: "Go! Go! Go to the adults and ask for candy, and Ke Ke wants candy."

Seeing Ke Ke's cute appearance anxiously going to the adults to get candy, Annie who was standing aside couldn't help laughing and bent over.

"Okay, okay, okay, why are you so impatient."

Smiling helplessly, Kim Hyun-tae looked at Annie who couldn't stop laughing.

"I will trouble you next time. Take the little guy to get some candy from the neighbors. Don't go too far, just be nearby. I have to stay and deal with the children who come to our house to ask for candy. If I leave Those kids who come over will be sad if they don’t get candy.”

Considering that his own children would come knocking on the door, Kim Hyun-tae decided to let Annie take Coco to ask for candy, while he stayed and waited for other children to come to the door.

Anne did not object to this arrangement.

On the contrary, Annie appreciates Kim Hyun-tae's consideration of other people.

"No problem, I'll take care of Coco."

Annie nodded and walked over, bent down and looked down at Ke Ke and asked, "I'll hold you and ask for candy, okay? Let's ask for a lot of candy together, more than anyone else."

As soon as Ke Ke heard that she would still object, she immediately raised her head and opened her arms to Annie, letting her immediately hug her to ask for candy.

"Cocoa wants the most sugar! More than anyone else."

"Sure, we will get the most sugar." Annie agreed to Coco dotingly, making the little guy very happy.

At the same time, Annie saw that not far away, her old housekeeper Nord was already standing outside his house, giving candy to every child who knocked on the door.

With someone of her own, is Annie afraid of losing her promise to Coco?

If you say you want the most sugar, you will definitely get the most sugar.

For this, Annie is still confident.

"Then I'll take Coco to play."

"Go ahead, think safe."

Sitting at the door of his house, Kim Hyun-tae watched Annie leave with her daughter in her arms. Fortunately, the security in the community is very good, so Kim Hyun-tae doesn't have to worry too much.

Suddenly, there was a vibration in his trouser pocket. It was someone calling him. Kim Hyun-tae immediately reached out and took out the phone from his pocket, and pressed the answer button.

"Happy Halloween!"

After connecting the phone, Dave's familiar voice immediately rang in his ears.

Jin Xiantai could hear that Dave's voice was a bit noisy, obviously the other party might also be with the children at home at this time, celebrating this happy festival.

"Happy Halloween, Mr. Dave."

Kim Hyun-tae also responded in the same way.

After greeting each other, Dave on the other side of the phone said directly to Kim Hyun-tae: "Your royalties for this month have been calculated. A Song of Ice and Fire sold a total of 2,203,000 copies in October. A total of 4,406,000 yuan copyright share,

We will deposit the money into your bank account tomorrow morning, and you can check it when the time comes. "

Well, this is good news, I have an income of more than 4 million yuan before tax.

After hearing Dave tell him the news, Jin Xiantai was already in a good mood, and immediately jumped a few steps.

"Oh, yes, that's really good news."

"There's more good news." Dave laughed a little, and continued: "Although your fairy tale book hasn't been on the market for a long time, the sales are booming. This is something no one in our publishing house has ever done. Thought-of."

After notifying Kim Hyun-tae of the copyright split of A Song of Ice and Fire, Dave brought up Kim Hyun-tae's collection of fairy tales.

Compared with "A Song of Ice and Fire" which is currently on sale, Kim Hyun Tae is also very concerned about the sales of "Fairy Tale".

After all, the first volume of "A Song of Ice and Fire" has just been published. Although it can sell well, the follow-up plot has not yet unfolded, and Kim Hyun-tae himself knows that such a big sale is still impossible.

Therefore, as long as the novel "A Song of Ice and Fire" can temporarily guarantee that he earns several million dollars every month, and the sales volume is stable.

He doesn't expect anything extra.

But because he saw the sales data of "Fairy Tale" when he entered the backstage of the publishing house a few days ago, he had higher expectations for "Fairy Tale".

At the same time, because of the booming sales expectations of fairy tales, Kim Hyun-tae had some other considerations.

For all the above reasons, Kim Hyun-tae attaches great importance to fairy tales now.

Before "A Song of Ice and Fire" became popular, and "Lord of the Rings" was not as popular, Kim Hyun-tae could count on "Fairy Tale" to make a lot of money.

So, when he heard what Dave said, he immediately asked: "Then Mr. Dave, can you tell me how the sales of fairy tales are going now? I haven't logged into the background of the publishing house to check these days." information on this.”

"Hey." Dave on the other end of the phone laughed, "Sales are booming! I can only answer you with such words. In less than ten days, according to the statistics of the publishing house, a total of 7 million copies have been sold in the United States. The number of people, and the people on our side estimate that this number is far from reaching the peak."

Did you sell 7 million copies of "Fairy Tale Collection" in less than ten days?

Kim Hyun-tae was also surprised after hearing this.

Earlier, he only read 960,000 volumes, but now there are more than 7 million volumes!

But considering the huge population base in this world, and after thinking about the 7 million sales data, Kim Hyun-tae gradually calmed down.

But even so, this sales volume is not too low, after all, it has only been on sale for ten days.

Dave continued to say to Kim Hyun-tae: "The sales of "Fairy Tale" are booming, and some people have seen business opportunities. Today, someone has approached me from the publishing house. Let me tell you what they want to cooperate with, such as "Fairy Tale" "Story" is animated, and some people have found me who want to translate it into other languages ​​and publish it abroad, and want to get agency rights..."

Listening to Dave talking about the good news here, Kim Hyun-tae was dealing with the children who began to come to ask for candies one after another. He would give a lot of candies to each child, and those little guys were so happy. of.

What Dave told himself is really good news.

Especially the foreign language version of "Fairy Tale", which is tantamount to creating wealth for oneself again.

Dave chattered a lot, and finally asked Kim Hyun-tae: "What do you mean here? How should I reply to them?"

Indeed, after Dave said so much, he finally had to ask Kim Hyun-tae for his opinion.

After all, the copyright of "Fairy Tales" is basically in the hands of Kim Hyun-tae himself, and the publishing house only has the agency rights for the English version in the United States.

Therefore, when someone came to ask about the animation of "Fairy Tale", or about translating "Fairy Tale" into a foreign language and then selling "Fairy Tale" abroad, neither the publisher nor Dave had the right to give the other party a definite answer.

You have to ask Kim Hyun-tae to see what he means.

It was precisely because of this that Dave made a quick phone call, telling him that the new royalty share had been counted, and at the same time asking about it.

And for those who have been sensitive to business opportunities since "Fairy Tale" became popular, Kim Hyun-tae really admires them.

He thought that if he were himself, he wouldn't have such a sensitive business sense.

After Jin Xiantai sighed in his heart, he began to quickly weigh the gains and losses in his mind.

Considering that he already had some plans, he only thought about it a little bit before deciding how to get Dave to respond to those people.

"I will authorize Mr. Dave and your publishing house to help me negotiate the foreign language publishing rights of "Fairy Tale" no matter which country. In the end, we will split the interests in half. I believe that Mr. Dave will help maintain the corresponding interests. , after all, I have been taken care of by you for so long..."

Thinking of Dave's 'help' to him all the time, Kim Hyun-tae also felt that he should reciprocate.

Doesn't he know that it is most appropriate for him to interview those who are interested in representing "Fairy Tale" and foreign agent sales rights?

Of course Kim Hyun Tae knew it.

But after his careful consideration, Jin Xiantai felt that it was best to entrust Dave to help him negotiate, because this was the most trouble-free way.

Money! One person can't earn all the money in the world. Although I love money very much and like to have as much money as possible, I also understand that sometimes I need to share some of it with others.

Kim Hyun Tae is not a novice, after all he has the soul of an adult.

What's more, Dave's publishing house has always taken good care of himself. Now that he has such an opportunity, it is normal to repay the other party.

It is the practice of a white-eyed wolf who only knows how to take but does not think about giving back.

As a traditional Chinese person, Kim Hyun-tae advocates the kindness of dripping water and springing up to repay each other. If you treat me well, I will treat you well.

So now that I have this opportunity, and it can be a win-win situation, and save myself a lot of trouble at the same time, why not do it.

After several months of dating, Jin Xiantai thinks that it is impossible for Dave to cheat himself. If he wanted to cheat him, he would have cheated him long ago, so why would he wait until now.

The new author's novel "A Song of Ice and Fire" was able to offer such a generous agreement, and it was obvious that Dave would not be black-hearted about this matter.

It's normal for Kim Hyun-tae to think this way.

People's hearts are fleshy. After a few months of contact with Dave, it can be said that he has a very good feeling for Dave.

It's just that Jin Xiantai didn't know at all, the reason why he received preferential treatment was mainly due to Anne's role.

Otherwise, would Dave treat him so favorably?

But after all, Jin Xiantai didn't understand, so he could only thank Dave wrongly.

And Dave on the other side of the phone obviously didn't expect Kim Hyun-tae to make such a decision, which is equivalent to sharing the profits for the publishing house.

In a country like the United States where money is paramount, people like Kim Hyun-tae are really... Dave can't even describe his mood at this moment.

Originally, he had a good sense of Jin Xiantai, a 'boy', but now because of this incident, his sense has been improved several levels.

Kind! Responsible! Good character too! Personal ethics are also good!

Dave wished he had a daughter... blah blah blah.

Therefore, Dave on the other end of the phone fell into a cranky state while holding the phone. Standing at the door of his house, the whole person looked dumb and stupid, which made the passing children laugh.

After a long time, he came back to his senses. At the same time, he looked like he was still dreaming, and said with a sigh: "I... I haven't heard of it, right? You mean..."

Although he didn't meet Dave face to face, Kim Hyun-tae could imagine Dave's current appearance through his imagination, and he must be in a daze.

Jin Xiantai smiled slightly and said: "You heard me right, I just want to hand over the agency rights of the foreign language version to the publishing house to help me negotiate with those who are interested. Because I believe in you, Mr. Dave, and I will also feel relieved, right, this is good for you and me."

Anyone who is not a fool knows that if he talks about it himself, he will gain more benefits, but Kim Hyun-tae knows this, but he still handed it over to the publishing house.

So it's impossible to say that Dave wasn't moved.

He has seen too many authors who are open to money, and few people can do what Kim Hyun-tae does in front of interests.

"Thank you for your trust in me and the publishing house. The language is too pale. I really can't say any words of gratitude to you, but I can use my personality to guarantee that I will protect your interests to the greatest extent. Everything Leave it all to me."

Dave has made a guarantee here, and Kim Hyun-tae can still trust his guarantee. After all, he has been dealing with Dave for a long time, and he knows Dave's personality quite well.

Thinking about it with his heart, Jin Xiantai also felt that he should trust Dave.

"As for the animation and so on, I don't plan to sell it, so you just reject those who are interested. I keep these copyrights in my own hands, and I naturally have my own plans."

Nonsense, filmed into animation, can affect how many children.

Take out the classic characters in fairy tales, and how much wealth can you bring yourself! ?

Therefore, if Kim Hyun-tae was not a fool, he wouldn't let him out.

This is what he has already decided.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be in a hurry. After logging into the backstage of the publishing house a few days ago and seeing the sales data of fairy tales, he immediately planned to buy a toy factory and an animation company.

Because he knows best what fairy tales can bring him.

Originally, it was just the idea of ​​not being used to the dark fairy tales in this world, which prompted Kim Hyun-tae to tinker with such a book of fairy tales.

I think that after writing this book, it can be regarded as a gift for my daughter in the future, so that she will not have to continue to be devastated by the world's wonderful fairy tales.

But looking at it now, there is actually such a result, which he himself did not expect.

But since this is the case, what else can Kim Hyun Tae do?

I can only happily accept it.

"Okay! I've written it down, and everything will be done according to your requirements." After Dave confirmed Jin Xiantai's thoughts, he made a promise again, and then the two chatted again before ending the call.

After finishing the call, Kim Hyun-tae raised his head and saw his daughter, who was accompanied by Annie, dragging a bulging blood-red cloth bag, walking home proudly.

The blood-red cloth bag was placed on a small four-wheeled cart, so it was very easy for Coco to pull it without any effort.

I don't know where the little guy got it from.

But obviously the little guy has gained a lot.

"Daddy! I got a lot of candy, and an old man gave me a lot, and he even gave me a small car."

Ke Ke, who had not yet arrived at home, was impatient, and began to show off her achievements to her father.

Looking at his happy daughter, Kim Hyun-tae showed his big white teeth and smiled brilliantly.

"Wow! Keke is amazing."

Ke Ke raised her face: "Of course, Ke Ke is very powerful."

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