Chapter 1711 The Manuscript Fee Is over 30,000 Yuan, and Huang Ling Is Shocked

From the second half of 1979 to the Spring Festival of 1980, Zhou Chen submitted four more fairy tales in addition to the first four, all of which were accepted by "Children's Literature" and earned more than 700 yuan. royalties.

As for the comic book, he did not continue to contribute. The previous work "Seven Gems" was published by the publishing house as a complete comic book in November.

The method of settling royalties for published comic works is different from that of fairy tales submitted to "children's literature". There are basic royalties and royalties for each print run. Generally, the royalties are paid every six months or once a year, but Zhou Chen's For this work, the royalties will be settled once every six months, and will not be settled until after the spring.

However, the publishing house is very optimistic about Zhou Chen's work, because Zhou Chen is a master painter, and the seven-jewel comic strip he drew is definitely a step further than the original one, so the publisher was very excited after seeing Zhou Chen's draft. Satisfied, I decided to print 50,000 copies for the first time.

This year is not like the Internet era. The sales of paper magazines and other books are actually very good. Comics are also very popular among middle-aged and teenagers. Many popular comic books can sell more than 100,000 copies. To some extent, it can be said that the sales volume is even higher than that of novels.

If the sales volume is good, Zhou Chen can easily reach households worth 10,000 yuan, 100,000 yuan, or even more with this comic book work.

In this era, there are indeed many ways for outstanding writers and literati to make money. If they can have a popular work, they can really make money for a lifetime.

Zhou Chen is still very confident, so now he no longer thinks about how much money he makes, because the money is enough. For the eight fairy tales alone, he has earned more than 1,500 in basic royalties. This does not include possible subsequent royalties and other fees.

During this year's Spring Festival, Zhou Chen and his family went to his grandparents' house and stayed there for several days.

Grandpa and grandma were very happy and relieved to learn that the three children were studying very well and were excellent. Before leaving, they bought them a lot of things to take back, and secretly gave Huang Ling some money. , it doesn’t matter if you don’t want to.

Zhou Chen actually prefers his grandparents. Compared to the two old guys from the banker, these grandparents really think about them wholeheartedly. In fact, if they can live in the same city as Huang Ling, Huang Ling will marry her. Those years were definitely not that difficult.

After the beginning of spring, Huang Ling began to plant seeds in the small vegetable garden of the courtyard again, but this time she no longer planted snake melons, but other vegetables, such as tomatoes and eggplants.

The four adults chatted while taking care of the vegetable garden shelves, talking about recent policies.

"The efficiency of the cotton spinning factory is not as good as before. Many houses have had their walls demolished and rented out to self-employed people. This has made many people in the factory feel panicked."

"It's not just cotton spinning factories. Many factories are not very efficient now. They have begun to promote salary increases and job retention. Your cotton spinning factories are also the same."

"Yes, it sounds nice, but no one responds at all. There is no factory stability if you go out to work. The salary is a bit low, but you have a house, medical care, and pension insurance in the future. Who is willing to go out and work."

"We have meetings every once in a while, talking about reform and opening up. Every time we have a meeting, I doze off. But in the end, we are still working three shifts, and we are still blocking the trains for wiring. It doesn't make any difference."

"Yeah, they always say break through the wall to open a shop and lay off their jobs without pay."

"It's okay to break through the wall and open a shop, but forget about suspending your job without pay."

Zhou Chen walked out of the house, heard their discussion, and couldn't help but said: "Mom, Aunt Song, Uncle Lin, I know a lot about reform and opening up."

Lin Wufeng turned his head and looked at Zhou Chen in surprise: "Tuxi, do you still understand reform and opening up?"

Zhou Chen said: "I have read the newspapers and know a little bit about it. I think this is a very good policy and it is also the main trend of future development. Old state-owned factories like cotton spinning mills will slowly be eliminated by the times, and instead self-employed and private companies will , it may become even stronger in the future.”

"oh?"

When the four adults heard this, they were all surprised. Twelve-year-old Zhou Chen actually still understands the development of the country?

Zhuang Chaoying asked: "Tusi, where did you hear this statement?"

"I just thought about it myself. Factories are good for people who pursue stability, but their development is limited. On the contrary, there are more opportunities for individuals and private businesses. Take Brother Yiming next door to us, don't even look at him setting up a stall to sell things. But he actually earns much more than the workers.”

None of the adults believed Zhou Chen's words. After all, Zhou Chen was still young in their eyes. How could an individual private enterprise be compared with a national enterprise?

In April after the beginning of spring, Zhou Chen received his first payment for the comic book. When he saw the number on the money order, Huang Ling was stunned.

It has been half a year since the "Seven Gems" comic book illustrations were put on the shelves. The first batch of 50,000 printed copies was sold out in more than a month. Now the sales volume has reached almost 100,000 copies and is still being sold. , this work is priced at five yuan per volume.

Because it was from 1979 to 1980, the unit price of one volume was relatively low. In the next few years, the unit price of this kind of comic strips will become higher and higher, ranging from ten yuan to tens of yuan, or even higher.

And this time, Zhou Chen's settlement fee reached an astonishing more than 30,000 yuan, which is why Huang Ling was so shocked.

Let alone more than 30,000 yuan, at this time, Huang Ling didn't even have 3,000 yuan in savings. Most of her savings were from Zhou Chen's previous fairy tale royalties, but with her own salary, her savings were barely 2,000 yuan.

The 30,000 yuan in royalties really scared her. She became a millionaire all of a sudden.

"How could it be so much?"

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Huang Ling couldn't believe it. She and Zhuang Chaoying had been working hard for more than ten or twenty years and had never made so much money. But Zhou Chen's comic book sold so much money in half a year. This was too scary.

Zhou Chen explained: "Mom, this is royalties. The more this comic book sells, the more I earn. This is only for half a year. There will be more in the future, but it may not be that much. Compared with real great writers, this 30,000 yuan is not much at all."

"Isn't this not much?"

Huang Ling was frightened by her son's tone. Only then did she realize that when her son saw the number of more than 30,000 yuan, he was not very shocked and acted very calmly.

"Tusi, do you know how much money this is?"

"Mom, I know. I told you that I would let you enjoy happiness in the future. This is just the beginning."

Huang Ling stopped talking. She really didn't know what to say. She felt that she had no virtue to raise such an excellent son.

He is only twelve years old, and he can make so much money. If this gets out, people will be scared to death.

Thinking of this, she suddenly shuddered.

No, this matter must not be spread out, otherwise it will be a big trouble.

"Tusi, you must not tell anyone about this royalty except mom, understand?" Huang Ling instructed very seriously.

Zhou Chen nodded and agreed: "Mom, I know, you keep this money, I won't tell anyone."

Huang Ling was still very confident in Zhou Chen. She was even worried about herself because the money was too much and she was afraid that she could not control it.