Chapter 1039 1041 [Small fortune]
After negotiating with his family, Xiang Nan discussed the publication details with People's Literature Publishing House.
Then they handed over the first two parts of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", "Exquisite Ancient City" and "Longling Miku" to release.
First print of 500,000 copies, 7% royalties. Based on the price of 25 yuan per book, Xiang Nan can earn nearly 2 million royalties.
However, the two million royalties were not paid in one go, but half a million were paid first, and the remaining royalties were settled every three months.
This is also the rule of publishing now. Unlike the 1970s and 1980s, the full payment was made within two or three months.
After all, there are many people who write books now, but few books are sold well, and publishers don’t want to take risks and suppress funds, so they are all masters who don’t see rabbits and don’t spread eagles.
Xiang Nan didn't mind this. To be honest, he wished he could give less money at the beginning, so that the impact on his family could be controlled. After all, the old Chu family has been poor for decades, and it is not a good thing for them to become rich all of a sudden.
Moreover, he believed that the People's Literature Publishing House, as a state-owned unit, would not take money from a young author like him. That being the case, then give it slowly, he is not in a hurry.
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Subsequently, under the witness of Chu Guoqiang, Xiang Nan signed a contract with the People's Literature Publishing House and received the first royalties of 500,000 yuan.
With so much money, Chu Guoqiang and his wife went crazy with joy.
After working so hard for so many years, it’s the first time I’ve seen so much money, and there’s a big push full of it. How many fish have to be sold to earn it.
"Dad, Mom, let's go and see the house tomorrow." Xiang Nan looked at the two of them and said, "Buy a better elevator room, so that it will be convenient for you to go upstairs, and you don't have to crawl around."
"Tiantian, I discussed it with your father, and we both feel that there is no rush to buy a house. Although our house is broken, we can still live in it." He Yufen waved her hands and said, "Why don't you deposit this money in the bank, when the time comes , can earn a lot of interest a year."
Xiang Nan shook his head when he heard this.
"Mom, it's the most uneconomical thing to deposit money in the bank. Let me do the math for you. Suppose you deposit the money in the bank with an annual interest rate of up to 3%. If you deposit it for five years, it will only be 75,000." dollar interest.
But look again, what was the average housing price in Shanhai City five years ago, and what is the housing price in Shanhai City now, it has increased by more than 40%.
You want to use 500,000 yuan to buy a house. After five years, it can be raised to at least 700,000 yuan, so you have earned 200,000 yuan. Not to mention that you can live in a good house for free for five years. Xiang Nan laughed.
In terms of financial management, he is more than enough to be a teacher for Chu Guoqiang and He Yufen.
But he can understand their thoughts, they finally found some money, and they don't want to spend it all, but want to save it in the bank for emergency. This idea is understandable, but not worthy of support.
"Well, that makes sense." He Yufen nodded.
"Son, do you think housing prices can go up again? I read the news, why do you keep saying that housing prices are going to drop?" Chu Guoqiang asked worriedly.
"Dad, don't worry, the house price in Shanhai City will go up for at least ten years." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Let me talk to you about the future situation..."
He then talked in detail about the future development of China's economy, urbanization, and monetary easing.
He has Xu Wenchang's real estate sales knowledge and the memory support of more than ten years ahead, so he speaks with meaning naturally, and Chu Guoqiang and He Yufen are dumbfounded.
The two of them looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you, they were a little confused.
"Son, how can you know so much?" Chu Guoqiang asked in surprise.
"I can read newspapers at school. The information is public. As long as you think about it again, you can easily come up with the answer." Xiang Nan explained.
But they know that their son is smarter than them.
In this case, let’s listen to him.
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A few days later, Chu Guoqiang and He Yufen were wandering around the city buying houses.
In 2005, the average housing price in Shanhai City was only 28,000, and the houses in the top communities were only 5,000, so 500,000 is still very affordable.
Finally, under Xiang Nan's suggestion, they bought a 100-square-meter elevator room with two bedrooms and two halls in Jinhua Community. In addition, another 60-square-meter store was bought on Jiefang Road to sell fish.
In this way, there are new houses and stores, Chu Guoqiang and his wife are very happy, and there are much fewer quarrels than usual.
Seeing them like this, Xiang Nan also breathed a sigh of relief. What he is most afraid of is that the couple can share adversity, but cannot share wealth. After getting rich, I try to find ways to share more money, and I want more money for myself, and the other party gets less money.
So, let alone half a million, five million or fifty million is not enough for them to share.
The well-known Hollywood child star Macaulay Culkin starred in "Home Alone". After he became popular, his parents started a divorce lawsuit and competed for Culkin's custody, intending to keep this cash cow in his hands.
As a result, not only the whole family was destroyed, but also the son was destroyed.
Chu Guoqiang and He Yufen are in a very good state now. Although the sky has made a fortune, they are not doing well, and they are willing to live steadily.
This made Xiang Nan very content.
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After the incident was exposed, when Xiang Nan returned to school, no one talked about his family background.
After all, Xiang Nan is really too fierce. He is still a high school student, and he has already made so much money.
There are several million, it is scary to say it. They can't even reach one tenth of his, so what face is there to laugh at him.
On the contrary, Xiang Nan has more and more fanboys and girls. When walking on the road, eating in the cafeteria, and studying in the library, some people come up to ask for autographs, and they seem to have become campus celebrities.
"That person is Chu Tiankuo, he wrote "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", it's really amazing~"
"Looking at the same age as us, how can he be so awesome! It's really hard to figure out."
"I heard he sold millions of books! My God, I'm afraid I won't make that much money in my life."
After seeing him, many people talked about it.
Even Ling Xiangqian was a little surprised that Xiang Nan made millions in one go.
"Tian Kuo, will you be like JK Rowling in the future and become a rich man by writing books?" She asked curiously.
"You can't do it by writing books alone." Xiang Nan waved his hands and smiled, "Now the book market is shrinking, even the books that were once smashing like Wang Yi, Yu Qiuyu, and Baby Annie are not selling well now. .However, my books are quite suitable for adaptation into film and television dramas. By then, I should be able to make some money from this aspect."
"It's amazing." Ling Xiangqian said happily for him when she heard it.
As a fan of "Harry Potter", she knew that it was because Warner Pictures adapted "Harry Potter" into a movie that its popularity skyrocketed, which stimulated the sales of the original novel.
Every time a sequel to "Harry Potter" is released, readers all over the world will line up to buy it overnight, and tens of millions of copies will be sold as soon as it is sold.
Therefore, she can imagine that Xiang Nan's works will be as popular as "Harry Potter" one day.
(end of this chapter)