Chapter 189 Overseas Sales
To be honest, Lin Yuzhu actually refused when the name was first decided. After all, it was the same as the name of a book by a very famous writer in later generations.
What if this book becomes popular and readers mistakenly identify the author?
But she didn't know how to persuade him. While she was still hesitating, Zhao Yanshu had already made an agreement with the publishing house. Lin Yuzhu lost the opportunity to stop him. Mainly, she hadn't thought of a reason to stop him. After all, the writer was not famous yet.
More importantly, the two look different. One is a gentleman type, going for a cool and aloof style, while the other is a sloppy puppy type, going for a funny style.
I hope future readers can tell the difference.
Thinking ahead, after learning that the book went on sale, Lin Yuzhu immediately spent a huge amount of money to buy more than ten copies and gave one to everyone she knew.
Of course, because there were too many people in the unit and she didn’t want to give any gifts to those she didn’t get along with, she only gave some to Director Liu and Sister Wang. She gave quite a few gifts to other relatives and friends.
All of a sudden, everyone knew that Zhao Yanshu had written a book, and they all began to praise him.
It’s just because he is a newcomer, so his sales were average at the beginning.
Zhao Yanshu and Lin Yuzhu were not worried. After all, they had already received so much royalties. All they had to do was wait for word of mouth to slowly spread.
However, the sales of foreign books gave them an unexpected surprise.
A week after Zhao Yanshu went on vacation, he received news from Professor Li.
His book sold more than 10,000 copies in just three months after it was released overseas.
When Lin Yuzhu heard this number, she was stunned.
"How many? Ten thousand?!"
"Um."
Zhao Yanshu nodded. "It's not a lot, actually. After all, it's sold in several countries at the same time. The publisher said that because I'm a newcomer, it's a bit difficult to promote it, and the sales are not ideal. But as word of mouth spreads, it will get better."
However, Lin Yuzhu could no longer hear what he said at this moment, as her mind was already occupied by the sale of ten thousand copies.
"Ten thousand copies, the royalties for each copy are two dollars and eighty thousand, so ten thousand copies is twenty-eight thousand. Thirty percent will be given to others, and the remaining seven layers are all ours. How much is seven layers? It must be over ten thousand, right? Oh my god, are we going to be millionaires now?!"
At this moment, Zhao Yanshu also heard her words. A smile flashed in his eyes. Seeing that she was not worried about the sales of the book, he was relieved.
Following her words, he continued: "Yes, Professor Li said that in addition to the labor fees for his friend and the money donated, my royalties this time are about 20,000 yuan.
He asked someone to talk to the embassy about the donation. The embassy was very happy to hear it and agreed to help me remit the royalties in US dollars.
We can just go to the bank to withdraw the money when the time comes. If you want to exchange it into Chinese currency, that’s fine too. We will pay the royalties every quarter in the future.”
Lin Yuzhu was now immersed in the surprise of 20,000 yuan.
Oh my god, being a writer is so lucrative!
How can she be so uneducated? If she could write books, she would become a writer! (ps: The author is also so envious!)
But thinking of what Zhao Yanshu had just said, Lin Yuzhu immediately said: "No need to change it yet. With so much money, just save it and use it later."
Moreover, the US dollar is more usable than the Chinese yuan in China now. Even if you buy the same thing, it will be much cheaper to use US dollars for foreign exchange.
Even the Friendship Store, which they had never been to before but only heard of, could be visited now that they had US dollars.
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