Chapter 207 Letters are packed in sacks
Mother Lu saw that the fee for this time was 5,600 yuan, and the books printed before must have been quite a lot, but she didn't ask too much.
The two brothers in their family have already married and separated, so the economic situation of their son's family is no longer her responsibility.
Besides, the money is also earned by the daughter-in-law. In theory, the in-laws are more qualified than her to ask about these things.
Shi Tingyu opened the package and looked at the sample books of the collector's edition that were sent.
Mother Lu also came over curiously to take a look.
The three books were sealed with a waistband with a portrait of Zhuifeng, and there was a hardboard shell outside, with the words "loyal dog" in gold stamping on the shell.
Mother Lu didn't even dare to touch such a high-end packaging.
"Xiaoyu, your book is really good."
Shi Tingyu smiled and said, "This book still has the same content as before, but the outer packaging has been changed and three books are sold in a set."
When Shi Tingyu agreed to publish the collector's edition, he also drew some beautiful illustrations for the collector's edition of "The Loyal Dog", so this collector's edition is very collectible.
When she told the publisher at the time, she asked them to leave her a few more sets of sample books.
In the past, the comic books basically kept five sample books, and this time the publisher directly sent her ten sets of the collector's edition.
Mother Lu didn't quite understand these.
Shi Tingyu explained it to her, and Mother Lu understood.
This is a disguised way of taking money for free.
Of course, it doesn't mean that the daughter-in-law has no contribution at all, but this is a collection of previously published books after all, and there is no need to re-conceive.
Shi Tingyu flipped through the comic book again and found that the paper used in the collector's edition was much higher quality and more delicate than that used in previous comic books.
Whether it was the cross-page spreads or the clarity and color difference were better than those of the previous single volumes.
This is the quality of the collector's edition, and Shi Tingyu couldn't help but sigh.
Overall, Shi Tingyu was very satisfied.
Along with the package came a letter from the editor-in-chief of the publishing house.
The letter asked her if she didn't plan to continue drawing comic books in the future, and whether she wanted to send the letters from readers that had been sent to the publishing house to her.
Publishing a book is like starting a TV series. At the beginning, readers discussed a lot, and letters from readers were the most frequent at that time.
Now the number of letters from readers of "The Faithful Dog" has become stable, so I thought of sending some of them to Shi Tingyu.
Shi Tingyu thought about it and wrote back to the publisher.
She was very grateful to those readers who liked "The Faithful Dog". Those
who were able to send letters must really like it.
It was just right for her to read it and make the readers' love worthwhile.
When Lu's mother heard that there were still readers writing letters to Shi Tingyu, her eyes were full of pride, thinking that Xiaoyu was also a celebrity at her age.
Her daughter-in-law was amazing.
After Lu Weiguo came back from training, Shi Tingyu gave him the letter and the remittance slip, "If you have time, please help me mail the letter and put the money in the passbook."
Lu Weiguo nodded, "Okay, I have to go to the city tomorrow to do some work, and it will be convenient on my way back."
About a week after the letter was mailed, the loudspeaker in the family compound sounded.
Shi Tingyu heard his name and knew that it must be a letter from readers.
When Lu's mother and Shi Tingyu walked to the door, they noticed several large sacks at the door from a distance.
Shi Tingyu knew that there should be a lot of letters.
According to what Editor-in-Chief Luo said before, there were at least thousands of letters.
Thinking about her comic strips, more than one million copies have been printed, so it doesn't seem too unusual.
When the two approached and confirmed that the three large sacks were their stuff, Lu's mother's eyes widened.
"Xiaoyu, didn't they say they were letters from readers? Why are they packed in sacks?"
In Lu's mother's view, the letters were just thin letters, so how many more could there be? At most, a few dozen.
Who would have thought that the letters were packed in sacks.
She stepped forward to lift the weight. Although the pressure was not as heavy as a sack of food, it was definitely not light. "How much are these?" Only
then did the people around know that what was packed here were actually letters written by readers to Shi Tingyu.
My goodness, with these sacks, it felt like there must be at least a thousand letters.
For a moment, everyone looked at her with awe.
How famous does one have to be to receive so many letters from readers?
Feeling the gazes of the people around her, Lu's mother straightened her back instantly, with a look of honor on her face, "Xiaoyu, these things are heavy, mom will carry them back for you, after all, they are all the kindness of your readers." Shi
Tingyu looked at so many letters, and it would definitely not work to rely on Lu's mother to carry them, "Mom,
let's go back and ride a bike to drag them." Lu's mother thought about it and agreed, otherwise it would take a lot of effort to carry all these bags back. It
would be okay if her husband Lu came with her, but it was really a bit difficult for her to do it alone.
If there were people in the family compound who had a cart or a wheelbarrow, they could borrow it and use it to transport it all back at once.
But the people in the family compound had no land or food here, so these carts were of no use at all, and no one really had them.
The guard looked at Shi Tingyu's slightly bulging belly, and then looked at Lu's mother who was also quite old, and said, "Auntie, sister-in-law, if you are at ease, just leave these letters with us first. When Commander Lu comes back from training, I will tell him and let him take them back."
Shi Tingyu had no objection, but was just worried about causing trouble for the guards.
"There are a lot of these things, will they bother you?"
The guard smiled and said, "No, they just take up some space."
The two of them felt relieved, thanked the guards and left.
After the two left, these sacks of letters became a landscape at the door.
Some people who heard about it and had never seen so many letters came over to see them.
Lu Weiguo came back from training and was about to enter the family compound when he was stopped by the guards nearby.
"Captain, here are some letters from my sister-in-law. There are too many. It's hard for my aunt and sister-in-law to carry them. I'll leave them here for you to take back."
Lu Weiguo looked in the direction the other party pointed.
Wow, so many?
Facing the puzzled look of Captain Lu, the guard nodded solemnly, "These three sacks are all."
Lu Weiguo didn't say anything, and carried them one by one.
He had to go back for the remaining bag.
In terms of weight, he could carry three of them, but they were a bit large and difficult to use.
At this time, Lu's mother was cooking. When she saw her son carrying two sacks of things back, she immediately came over
and helped him unload the sacks carefully.
Lu Weiguo said, "This letter is quite important."
Lu's mother said proudly, "Of course, this is honor, so it's important."
After carrying the things back to the main room, Lu Weiguo went to the door again and finally got all the letters back.
Shi Tingyu roughly sorted out the letters and made a preliminary estimate of the number. It was less than 2,000, but there were also about 1,000 or so. This was the result after the publisher roughly screened them.