Chapter 184 How to spend money
"ten times."
"ten times?"
Lin Yuzhu was stunned. "Doesn't that mean it will cost more than twenty yuan a copy abroad? The price of this book is almost as much as a month's salary. Can it be sold?"
Although Lin Yuzhu had experienced the future and knew that the income level abroad was much higher than that in China, this was the 1970s. Could a book that cost more than 20 yuan per copy really sell?
Zhao Yanshu shook his head. "I don't know. This is the price set by the publisher. Since they set it this way, it should be able to sell. It has already started selling. There is no news on the specifics yet, but it will probably be soon."
"Oh my goodness!"
Lin Yuzhu was so excited that she spoke in a dialect she heard from somewhere.
"This is too expensive. If you sell a copy for more than 20 yuan, you can earn more than 2 yuan. If you sell 1,000 copies, you will have more than 2,000 yuan in royalties. If you sell 10,000 copies, you will have more than 20,000 yuan! Then we will be rich!"
Seeing her like this, Zhao Yanshu couldn't help but shatter her beautiful fantasy.
"You think too much. To foreign countries, especially those in Europe, I am just a stranger from an Eastern country. Not everyone is willing to read my works. Maybe I can't even sell 1,000 copies."
"That doesn't matter. Even if you sell 10 copies, you can still earn more than 20, which is almost a month's salary. The world is so big, with so many countries, it's impossible that you can't even sell 10 copies, right?"
After hearing what she said and seeing that she really didn't have too high expectations, Zhao Yanshu finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that she would have too high expectations and be disappointed later.
After all, she had always thought that her book would be a big seller, which inevitably put some pressure on him.
Lin Yuzhu didn't know what Zhao Yanshu was thinking. To her, as long as Zhao Yanshu's book was published and he didn't fail, she would make money. She didn't really think that she could make a lot of money from it.
After all, she had heard a lot about discrimination against their country by Western countries in later generations, so she didn't have much hope that Zhao Yanshu's works would be published abroad.
But when she thought of this, she suddenly became a little worried. "What if the book doesn't sell well and I can't pay Professor Li's friend for his services? And I won't be able to donate money to the embassy."
Seeing that she was already worried about this, Zhao Yanshu smiled and explained: "It's okay. Professor Li's friends are helping out on a voluntary basis. It would be better if they can give some compensation. If they can't, we can find a way later. As for the embassy, we haven't talked to it yet. We can talk about it after the sales volume comes out."
Lin Yuzhu was relieved, "That's good."
In this case, she was no longer worried. No matter how high the price of foreign books was, the money had not yet reached them. Her excitement would pass after a while. However, she had a plan in mind for the two thousand yuan.
"How do you think we should spend these two thousand dollars?"
"Do you have any ideas?" Zhao Yanshu had some guesses when he heard her ask this.
Seeing that he had guessed it, Lin Yuzhu said directly, "Yes, the current project of our unit is about to end, and the houses will be distributed almost before the New Year. By then, the Housing Authority will also have some quotas. I think the location of that building is good, should we buy one too?"
Zhao Yanshu was a little confused after hearing this, "Are you eligible to buy it now that you have just been promoted?"
Lin Yuzhu nodded. "Almost. I asked around before. Because our company is poor and can't provide loans to employees, if you want to buy a house you have to pay in full. This way, there aren't many people who can't afford it. If I want to buy one, I should be able to get a number."
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