Chapter 135, Uncle Shen, what do you think of my conditions? (Subscribe)

"What's going on here?"

Chen Jiahuan turned to look at Shen Yanran. Although the two of them got along well, all this happened too suddenly.

Roommates become sisters?

"Well, there's another brother."

Chen Jiahuan turned to look at Shen Yixiao again, but the other party didn't notice Shen Qiushan in the western restaurant at all. This "younger brother" was talking on the phone with his girlfriend.

When they were having dinner together just now, she had already learned that Shen Yixiao had a girlfriend.

The two have been dating since high school. On the way out of the cafeteria, he was almost always talking on the phone with his girlfriend, and they seemed quite affectionate.

"My dad and your mom, this..."

Shen Yanran looked at Chen Jiahuan in astonishment. Of course, she was also confused at this moment.

If nothing unexpected happened, my father and Chen Jiahuan's mother should have met during the day.

As a result, the two of them went out on a date together in the evening!

This is developing too fast!

“Shen Yixiao, stop calling!”

Shen Yanran turned around and glared at her brother who had been on the phone.

"Ah, what's wrong?"

Shen Yixiao, who was immersed in a long phone call, turned his head blankly.

"Look for yourself!"

Shen Yanran pointed to the western restaurant.

Shen Yixiao looked in the direction of her finger, and couldn't help but sighed: "Oh my god, Dad is in love again!"

"Well?"

"Xiaoxiao, why do you want to add another?"

Lin Jiayu decisively caught the key words in her nephew's mouth and asked with a gossipy look on her face.

"Well, neither."

"I'm just guessing."

The reason why Shen Yixiao added "again" was of course because he thought of the class teacher Chen Xiangyu.

However, with his father entering college, their relationship should have ended. After all, neither of them had ever admitted it before.

And Shen Yixiao is also an adult, and he probably understands that his father and his class teacher Chen Xiangyu should be the legendary "card buddies" relationship.

"Baby, my dad might be secretly in love."

"I'm hanging up first!"

Shen Yixiao briefly explained the situation here, and then ended the call with Luo Yao.

Luo Yao, who was admitted to the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts, reported for duty a week earlier than Shen Yixiao and has already started military training.

The two people who are in different places would talk on the phone for more than two hours every day, and share videos, pictures and their own status with each other on Kuaiyin.

For two young people, being apart doesn't seem as scary as described on the Internet.

Inside the western restaurant.

After bargaining for a while, Shen Qiushan and Chen Min had reached an agreement.

If the sales volume is less than 100,000 copies, Shen Qiushan will receive 5% royalties; if the sales volume exceeds 100,000 copies, he will receive 8% royalties; if the sales volume exceeds 500,000 copies, he will receive 12% royalties.

If the sales volume exceeds 1 million copies, Shen Qiushan will receive 15% of the royalties!

If sales exceed 3 million copies, Shen Qiushan will get 20%, if sales exceed 5 million copies, he will get 25%, and if sales exceed 10 million copies, he will get 30%!

And 30% is the highest value.

Because the profits of a publishing house are also limited. Under normal circumstances, if a book is sold well, the profit margin of the publishing house is between 30% and 40%.

Therefore, the highest value that can be given to the author is 30%!

This has squeezed their profit margins to the limit.

Of course, the publisher's profit margin is mainly linked to the unit price and sales volume of the book.

The higher the sales volume, the higher the profit margin.

Because sales are high, the cost per book is lower, which is actually the same principle as making cars.

The initial basic investment remains unchanged. The more books you sell, the lower the cost per book will be.

Moreover, as more books are sold, the price at the printing factory can be lowered a little. Naturally, the price of printing 10,000 copies and printing 1 million copies cannot be the same.

During the negotiation, neither of them noticed what was happening outside the window.

After the agreement was reached, Shen Qiushan noticed that he and Chen Min were almost like gorillas in the zoo.

"Ahem, Sister Min, look outside."

At this moment, Chen Min was eating steak with her head down. She was so focused on the negotiation that she didn't eat a single bite of the steak.

After hearing what Shen Qiushan said, she turned her head subconsciously, and then looked at her daughter.

Chen Min put down the fork in her hand quite embarrassedly, and waved to the children outside.

It goes without saying that these kids must have misunderstood.

Shen Qiushan laughed and teased: "These kids must think we are on a date!"

"That's right, just look at their expressions!"

Chen Min shook his head slightly.

While the two were talking, the children saw Chen Min waving and had already walked into the western restaurant.

Shen Qiushan and Chen Min were sitting at a six-person table, and when five children came in at once, there naturally wasn't enough space.

Shen Yixiao asked the waiter for a separate chair and sat on the side of the table.

"Mom, what's going on between you and Uncle Shen?"

After everyone was seated, Chen Jiahuan couldn't help but ask.

"What else could it be? Of course we're talking about work."

“Your Uncle Shen has a novel to be published!”

Chen Min replied calmly.

"ah?"

"publishing?"

The five children's eyes immediately fell on Shen Qiushan.

Publishing a novel is naturally a very impressive thing in the eyes of several people.

Whether it makes money or not is another matter, but at least it is very cool.

For example, Shen Qiushan used to write novels on the Internet. Although his performance was very good, Shen Yanran and Shen Yixiao rarely took the initiative to share this with others.

Because the threshold for writing online novels is very low, you can publish it by simply registering an account, and others won’t think it’s a big deal.

Even in the minds of many people, online novels are vulgar and inferior.

But if your work is published and printed into a book, it’s a different story.

People will think you are a serious writer and very talented.

"Uncle Shen can also write books?"

The most surprised person was naturally Chen Jiahuan. The other four people knew that Shen Qiushan was writing novels online, and his performance was very good.

So for the four of them, the fact that Shen Qiushan’s novel was going to be published was just a bit of a surprise.

But Chen Jiahuan was really shocked. Since his mother was the editor-in-chief of a publishing house, Chen Jiahuan had some understanding of novel publishing through her mother's influence.

As the physical publishing market becomes worse and worse, the threshold for novel publishing is getting higher and higher.

Unless you spend money to buy a book number and run the publishing operation yourself, that is easier and you just have to spend money.

But if you take the normal route, it is still quite difficult.

It turns out that Shen Qiushan is not only an older top scorer in the college entrance examination, he can even publish a book, and his appearance is so outstanding, he is simply the Hexagon Dad!

Chen Jiahuan, who lacked fatherly love since childhood, began to envy his roommate Shen Yanran.

“I have already finished talking to your Uncle Shen, and if nothing unexpected happens, the novel will be published soon!”

Chen Min replied to her daughter with a smile on her face.

"Brother-in-law, is "I Really Don't Want to Be Reborn" going to be published?"

Lin Jiayu asked expectantly.

She is a die-hard fan of "Xiao Yuer". If the novel is really published, she will of course buy two copies to show her support.

"no."

Shen Qiushan shook his head: "It's a science fiction novel."

"Science fiction?"

"Brother-in-law, you can actually write science fiction?"

Lin Jiayu was shocked, her beautiful eyes widened.

Shen Yanran and Shen Yixiao, brother and sister, were also very surprised. They had never heard that their father was still writing science fiction novels.

Fang Xiaoya, who was standing aside, had little red hearts flashing in her eyes.

Lao Shen can also write science fiction novels!

It’s going to be published!

This is so amazing!

"Just writing it down."

"Don't have too high expectations."

Shen Qiushan waved his hand casually, and then changed the subject directly: "Have you finished your meal?"

"Still haven't eaten yet?"

"Old Shen, we've eaten."

Fang Xiaoya took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Jiayu and I will bring Yanran and Xiaoxiao to the commercial street to familiarize ourselves with the environment."

Shen Qiushan nodded slightly. He had known Fang Xiaoya's little thoughts for a long time because Lin Jiayu had told him before, but at that time Shen Qiushan just thought Lin Jiayu was joking and didn't take it seriously at all.

However, things later developed in the direction that Lin Jiayu said, because during the holidays, Fang Xiaoya sent WeChat messages to Shen Qiushan almost every day.

Good morning and good night are just the most basic things. She will also take the initiative to share some trivial things in her life.

To describe it with a word that young people nowadays prefer to use, it is: dog licker!

But this thing is really magical.

After all, most of the guys in real life are boys who act like bootlickers.

However, the situations of Shen Qiushan and Fang Xiaoya are completely opposite.

Women lick men without telling.

The two also have the biggest age gap.

Fang Xiaoya is 20 years old this year!

Shen Qiushan is 38 years old this year!

The age difference between the two is exactly the age of Shen Yanran and Shen Yixiao.

A young girl with a good figure, beautiful looks and high education licks a 38-year-old man.

If you tell this story to anyone, they will think it must be a scam!

This is the same principle as when an older single woman suddenly meets a domineering president who understands her feelings, can provide emotional value, and is both rich and handsome.

However, this kind of thing actually happened to Shen Qiushan.

During the holidays, Shen Qiushan once tactfully told Fang Xiaoya on WeChat not to waste time on him.

As a result, the little girl obviously didn't listen!

"Actually, it's not impossible to eat a little more..."

As soon as Fang Xiaoya finished speaking, the little foodie Lin Jiayu muttered something in a low voice.

"Jiayu, what do you want to eat?"

Shen Qiushan immediately asked with a smile.

"Well, maybe forget it!"

"I'm trying to lose weight recently..."

Lin Jiayu responded with difficulty while glancing at the durian pizza promotional poster on the wall.

Shen Qiushan knew his sister-in-law well. She was a typical stay-at-home girl with two hobbies: surfing the Internet and eating delicious food!

"Beauty, give me a durian pizza."

Shen Qiushan waved to the waiter, then looked at Lin Jiayu: "What else do you want to eat?"

“Wasabi shrimp!”

“Grilled Basa Fish!”

Lin Jiayu had obviously been to this restaurant before, and she said the name of the dish without even looking at the menu.

Shen Qiushan glanced at the other children again: "If you can't eat, just order some drinks and we'll go back to school together later!"

"Dad, I want rouge lemon!"

"I want a caramel macchiato..."

Around eight o'clock.

Shen Qiushan returned to the student dormitory.

However, as soon as he walked into dormitory 618, Bao Beibei, the little fat boy who was spoiled by the whole family, came up to him with a smile on his face.

“Uncle Shen, you smoke.”

While speaking, Bao Beibei directly handed Shen Qiushan a box of Huazi.

"What's up?"

Shen Qiushan didn't take the cigarette, but glanced at the little fat man.

If someone is too nice to you for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief!

"Uncle Shen, I want to confirm something with you."

“Is your daughter’s name Shen Yanran?”

Bao Beibei asked with a smile.

Shen Qiushan nodded: "Well, what's wrong?"

“It’s true!”

Bao Beibei's eyes lit up, a bright smile appeared on her face, and she puffed out her chest and said, "Uncle Shen, my family has three houses and two cars in Shanghai. My father runs a company, my mother is a civil servant, and my grandfather and grandmother are both retired cadres. What do you think of these conditions?"

(End of this chapter)