Chapter 38 Chapter Thirty-Six

The end of the year came in a hurry, and I rushed out the manuscript. Chen Ge and Tianbao were very optimistic about the manuscript, but there was no book number for this year, so I had to wait.If the book cannot be published before the end of the year, it means that I will not get any money before the Chinese New Year, and there will be almost no income this year.My small peasant mentality prompted me to keep in touch with other agencies, but within a few days, a large agency asked me to have an interview.The editor, Lao Pu, received me very politely. He happened to have an ISBN on hand. After reading the whole manuscript, he thought it was good. He immediately asked the leader for instructions and published it immediately.Lao Pu said: "Young man, you are really lucky."

"It's all thanks to you." I said hastily.The contract was finalized in a few words, met the president on the spot, and signed.Like the second book, it's a rush to order again, and it's even tighter, less than a month.Lao Pu put forward his opinion and asked me to finalize the draft within two weeks, and he immediately contacted the graphic design company. I revised the draft day and night, and I went to supervise the layout and cover with Lao Pu in the heavy snow, and I didn't go home until midnight.I also participated in proofreading, and finally rushed to the exhibition hall of the National Exhibition of Books with Xiao Yu after New Year's Day. Seeing the sample booklets stacked like a rotating lighthouse on the beautiful booth, it was like facing a child delivered from the emergency room.

Sitting on the bed, Xiaoyu took out the accounting book and calculator to do the calculation for me, crying with a mournful face: "Honey, add all these scraps of plaster articles to you, and your income this year is less than 60,000 yuan! At your speed, we can only buy a house in the year of the monkey—and your account?" In the face of the iron-like facts, I couldn't help being short-tempered, and said bitterly: "This year, I underpaid three or five dollars. The situation is special. I wasted two or three months in Xishan. Don't worry about the gains and losses of a city and a pool. We are a black horse stock. Before the time is up, bow your head to eat grass, and when the time is up, look up to the sky and scream."

"You are a dark horse, why didn't I see it? I always feel like a snail." She habitually stroked the back of my head. "Don't worry, don't we want to produce high-quality goods, this book will definitely be printed." "Just blow it up, the previous one hasn't been printed yet." Xiaoyu collapsed on the bed, "Hey, I'm the only one to support this family, isn't it miserable?" "If you can earn your pocket money, I will ask daddy to sue grandma." I undressed and went to bed, moved her and said, "I warn you, don't play job hopping for me again, if you want to jump, you have to get it." If you dance again after the year-end award, all fools know that if they die, they will be a full ghost."

She complained: "It would be nice if our dilapidated company can pay wages." Worried about this matter, Tianbao called and said that a bookseller friend had entrusted him to find a quick shooter to write a book, and he thought of me first.I would like to find out what kind of book it is: "I can't play the main theme. What we are good at is the lower three roads. It starts from the crotch, passes through the dantian, and reaches the heart and forehead. It is fatal and subversive." "It's not broken, it's not built, isn't it just a game for you? Just write about interpersonal relationships, between superiors and subordinates, between colleagues, between friends, between teachers and students, and so on."

"Do you still write about the relationship between husband and wife?" I laughed. "You can write whatever you want, as long as you have a constructive attitude." Tianbao suddenly became a little excited, "Dude! The first printing is 50,000, and 10% royalties—after tax." "A bit tempting." Tianbao went on to get excited: "They provide the money, you provide the brains, buddy get the publishing house, and then contact the media with all your strength to fan the flames, I'm not afraid it won't catch fire. Dude don't let the fat go to the outside world, just don't forget me if you make a fortune."

I was secretly delighted, and even said: "We always don't forget the well digger when we drink water. Can they get some advance payment?" "Fight for it. The day after tomorrow is the weekend. Let's go to the bookseller for an interview. They are in a hurry." After putting down the phone, Xiaoyu scolded: "Why are you so vulgar when others talk to you about serious business?" "It's not my nature to act big in front of my buddies. Dude is really a timely help!" I was gearing up.After listening to my introduction, Xiaoyu took the computer again and clicked it.Under my influence, she became clear about the publishing industry.In less than three minutes, Xiaoyu screamed: "Husband, even if a book is priced at 20 percent, the royalties are 10 percent, and the first print of 50,000 copies is worth 100,000 oceans!"

Xiaoyu was dumbfounded, and her eyes shone with green light.I added: "This is just a down payment! But I have to share the spoils with my buddies in tears." "How much is it?" "It must be thirty percent anyway." Xiaoyu stared: "He's going to give you a lead, and he'll just take 30%, that's so ruthless." "It's not that he's so ruthless, it's that my brother is righteous." I said.Xiaoyu pouted and muttered: "No, you are too righteous, are you so stupid? Give him 15% at most, writing a book is so tiring..."

"You don't care about this matter, what do women know! - go to bed!" I yelled, and Xiaoyu got into the quilt in fright. A few days later, I was full of energy and rushed to an office building near Zizhuyuan for half an hour, and Tianbao also arrived on time.I haven't seen him for a few days, he is exhausted and unshaven, and he has no old style.He said that he had just bought a house in "Xinxinjiayuan" and was furnishing it.I exclaimed, "You're so awesome, aren't you, are you getting together with those fake foreign devils and comprador capitalists?"

Tianbao said it was his wife, and said: "It is always said that being a neighbor with a rich person has unexpected added value. Maybe it is true. Many friends have many paths." "Your wife's financial quotient is not low. The place must be 11,000 square meters." "10,000? It's 160,000, and it's 20,000!" Old Beida's face was helpless, "Alexander, my brother, including the purchase and decoration, it's 1.5 million, why don't I make up my mind? ?” "Don't cry poorly, you have to be under a lot of pressure, I'm just under pressure, I'll just be crushed by this elevator."

"Isn't our pressure changing to motivation now? You should hurry up and buy a house. Once you buy a house, you will be at ease. Then a young and beautiful wife, don't let her run away." Tianbao said, and sighed, "These days, only corrupt officials and women are difficult to support. Also, desire is hard to fill!" "That's it." I agreed. Talking, laughing, and walking into an office, two well-dressed middle-aged men came out, one fat and one thin, all pale complexioned and polite, with a Jiangsu-Zhejiang accent.Mr. Fat Cheng pointed to the computer and said that they had been looking at my profile on the Internet just now: "You are very good at finding excitement." Seeing that it was the topic of the previous books, he pretended to be humble: "Tickle the itch, if you don't scratch it, it's fine. If you want to scratch, find the right acupuncture point. If you don't have an orgasm, you will scream." Mr. Cheng said that this analogy is very good, it is a bit like an erotic massage. They are not booksellers, they are consulting and want to develop new business.We talked for two or three hours in a serious manner.This book is positioned as a bedside book on interpersonal relationships, pretending to be a wolf with a big tail, and pointing out the maze of life.Find theories and cases from traditional culture and Western culture, use the past for the present and use the foreign for China.The style of writing is simple, easy to understand, and appropriately humorous.The length is 140,000 to 50,000 words, with some case illustrations or something. It's the same as what Tianbao said, they paid for it and I contributed to Tianbao's ISBN and publicity.Catch the spring order meeting, the deadline is at the end of February.I figured it out, leaving aside the more than ten days during the Spring Festival, the time that can really be used for writing is less than a month, and despite drawing outlines and revisions, even if you don't rest for a day, you have to code at least 8,000 words a day, which is more than I More nervous than imagined.Before I made a statement, Tianbao agreed for me: "No problem, our buddies are fast shooters, and our thoughts are like a spring. Come as soon as you say it, and it's crackling." "Sounds like premature ejaculation." I interrupted just in time.Tianbao was like showing off the professional killer he hired: "Look at this reaction, isn't it quick enough? This is called divergent thinking." "This is called a hungry dog ​​rushing for food, and the sense of smell and skill go hand in hand." I added. "Teach me, teach me!" The two laughed loudly.Inevitably talking about the contract, Mr. Cheng said that there is a contract sample, just fill in a few blanks.I had to bring up the prepayment thing.Mr. Cheng was all smiles. After all, it was the first time to cooperate, and because Tianbao recommended it repeatedly, they actually already had a candidate. Mr. Huang said: "Now we are buddies, and things are getting done, so it's just a word." This was so uncreative, I looked embarrassed, and Boss Cheng seemed even more embarrassed than me: "You can also see that the company is a small chicken feather shop, and it is only trying to operate under pressure. To be honest, the first printing of 50,000 is already very risky. If Tianbao had recommended it again and again, we would not take the risk of spending hundreds of thousands." President Huang kept helping.Tianbao laughed along, don't worry, talk slowly.Mr. Cheng looked at his watch and said that it was time for lunch, so he talked while eating. I really wanted to refuse this meal, so I couldn't help persuading them to go to a restaurant next to the staff cafeteria in the basement, and the four of us ate 110 oceans.Seeing that they are very attentive, Tianbao also tends to say "buddies do great things together", and his mouth becomes hopelessly weak after eating other people's mouths.Everyone was happy, I hooked my shoulders and went upstairs to sign the contract. I didn't even look at it carefully. I just filled in the names in a few blanks, signed the contract and stamped it, and I was done.I was like a wind-up clockwork. I started to think about the manuscript on the way back "home", and I plunged into work that afternoon. Hearing that I signed the contract, Xiaoyu was as happy as a turned serf, and resigned the next day, making me dizzy with anger.While massaging my back and neck, Xiaoyu said: "My husband has become a cash cow, so of course I will take care of him at home!" "You pressed the place but not the time." I broke free.She let go: "I'll press it for my husband that night." "What do you press? You're making trouble for me. We're all at home, staring at each other. How can I work? It's only been 20 days!" I was furious, and I couldn't help but send her away.Xiao Yu didn't dare to tell her family that she had resigned, and stayed at Bai Juan's house for two days before being escorted back.I couldn’t have seizures, so I gave her a three-chapter agreement: First, go back to grandma’s house on weekends, and go to the Capital Library to read books from Monday to Friday. In addition to treating dyslexia, I will learn a recipe every day. Buy vegetables and cook; second, read after dinner, don’t make noise, don’t seduce your husband, and must go to bed peacefully at nine o’clock in the evening (no snoring or grinding teeth); third, use this time to do everything possible to get two tickets to the city Hard sleeper train tickets. "Ah, you're taking me to Sichuan?" Xiaoyu was inexplicably excited, "I haven't been out of Beijing yet." "It's not that I want you to go, it's that my family wants you to go—to inspect the goods, hasn't your family inspected me." I said, emphasizing again, "If you can't do the first two things well, don't go, I will Don't waste travel expenses." Xiaoyu was full of emotions: "Okay, if you don't go, it's not for nothing, as long as you don't have to pay for the travel expenses yourself - I'm in a financial crisis again." "When will you not have a financial crisis?" I laughed at her. "Now you can enjoy your food." Bai Juan said.Xiao Yu teased her: "Who told you to find someone in Beijing, there is no place to go except Xin (Jiekou) Ma (Dian) Tai (Pingzhuang)." "It's just you." Bai Juan gave her a white look. I invited them to have a meal in the restaurant downstairs and sent them away.I hurried back to the computer and checked the outline listed.This broken book is not taken seriously at all, and its real name is not signed, but it can be exchanged for real money.In addition to drinking "Sanlu", I also started to make strong tea and drink bitter coffee.I was fully excited and started the most urgent period of my coding career.Xiaoyu puts what she has learned into practice, and changes the menu every day so that it will not be difficult to swallow.She also made the next day's lunch, and on Friday, made several meals for weekends and stored them in the refrigerator, which saved a lot of trouble. Close the door, turn on the computer, the music is lingering, concentrate on the keystrokes like a robot.The minimum is 7,000, and the maximum is 11,000. I average more than 8,000 words per day. I didn't touch Xiaoyu's warm bed until my waist was sore and my back was hurting, my eyes were tearing and my fingers were numb. Damn, for this money, even Wencun and Xiaoyu are perfunctory, she touched my unshaven face and laughed: "Husband, what's wrong, even the 'payment of public grain' is short of a small amount?" I was in a state of embarrassment: "It's not that I'm cheating. In the midwinter season, the earth is sleeping and everything is restrained. In addition, the pressure is too high, and the endocrine is disordered." "According to what you say, the Eskimos have long been extinct." Xiaoyu lazily said, "That's okay, I also rarely rest for a while, and I will treat it as hibernation." After twenty days of darkness and darkness, I finished the first draft without daring to take a breath, and immediately put it into revision. One evening when the sky was filled with heavy snow and the sky was dark, Xiao Yu came into the house.I saw her face was red from the cold, her nose was bruised and her face was swollen, and her clothes were all dirty. When I asked, she began to whimper and cry like a wounded bird: "A dog fell in the alley and ate shit." "Why are you so careless?" I pulled her over to check the injury. "It hurts—" she said tremblingly.Fortunately, it was just a skin trauma, so I took off her down jacket first, and was going to go out to buy purple potion. "Don't worry, look, what is this?" Xiaoyu smiled through tears, and clenched one hand into a fist.While she was struggling, I opened it and saw that it was a train ticket to Dicheng three days later, express and hard sleeper.The Chinese New Year is only a few days away, and I was so busy that I forgot about it long ago.I picked her up and twirled her around: "It's really you!" "It's all because of the ticket, how difficult it is! I ran downstairs to show my husband that my wife is capable. When a brick hits—I fell down." Xiaoyu said, and then said triumphantly How she got the ticket.She first went to the train station for two days, and the battle almost scared her to death. After several days of watching the forums on the Internet, she finally caught two. Get your first revision done before you go home.Taking a rare breath, I went out to eat and watch movies with Xiao Yu.Back home, taking a bath and getting ready for bed, Xiaoyu turned off the headlights, only turned on the desk lamp, turned on the music on the computer, filled two glasses of red wine and put them on the radiator, then blindfolded me with a pillow towel, saying surprise.I was a little flustered, Xiao Yu motioned me not to move. After a rustle, Xiao Yu asked me to untie the towel, I couldn't wait to open my eyes, and the eyes suddenly lit up.Not to mention Xiaoyu's heavy makeup, she is actually wearing a see-through sexy lingerie!At this moment, her small black triangle bra struggled to support her swollen breasts, and her plump buttocks were covered with thin black stockings.The scarlet thong panties are looming under the layered small diamond-shaped checkered stockings.On the feet are sharp and shiny black leather boots.Closing her eyes and opening her eyes, Xiaoyu showed off her confident body in various angles and postures, just like on a catwalk.Afterwards, she walked towards me in a slow catwalk, her gait was enchanting, and her expression was intoxicated.The little girl who had just turned up to the sky looked like Cleopatra in an instant.Xiaoyu's body teased me irresistibly, I stood up dumbfounded, and danced with her.I asked in surprise, "Where did you get it?" "On the Internet, there are several sets." In the hazy light, Xiao Yu whispered to me infinitely tenderly, "Husband, you are exhausted during this period, I will reward you well!" Gradually, her bare feet stepped on mine.We are glued together like glue, and the warm red wine gradually fumigates in the body, until every nerve cell is fumigated.Drunken and drowsy, we sway like a dream volcano.