On the weekend, Fan Hua took her drawings to see Zhou Qingyun of the publishing house early in the morning. Zhou Qingyun was very enthusiastic when he saw that it was Fan Hua who came. "Comrade Fan, have you prepared your drawings for October?"
Fan Hua handed over the latest completed draft with both hands, "Editor Zhou, please take a look and see if there is anything that needs to be revised."
Zhou Qingyun adjusted his black-framed glasses and looked through it carefully. After a long while, he nodded and said, "I took a quick look at it. It's very good. I will ask the editor-in-chief to review it again. If there are any questions, I will contact you!"
Fan Hua nodded, "Thank you for your hard work, Editor Zhou!"
Editor Zhou smiled and shook his head. "If our publishing house can meet a few more talented authors like you, then all the hard work will be worth it! You have no idea how well your first picture book did! It really surprised our entire publishing house!"
Fan Hua smiled and said, "I just happened to run into Aunt Jiang a few days ago. She chatted with me for a while and said that the number of copies has almost reached 10,000."
"That was the data from a week ago. Now it has exceeded 10,000 copies! The sales of your picture book are comparable to the best-selling comic books. The publisher has decided to print 20,000 copies of your picture book in October!"
Fan Hua originally had no idea what 15,000 copies meant, but she was familiar with the comic books from the 1970s and 1980s. She had heard that in that era, some comic books in the chapter-based format of famous novels were particularly popular, and they still had collectible value even decades later!
Zhou Qingyun took out a thick envelope and said, "You are a very foresighted girl. You signed a 50-50 split agreement with our publishing house. This is your royalties for last month. Comrade Fan, please keep it!"
Fan Hua took the envelope excitedly, opened it and saw so many big unity pictures!
Zhou Qingyun was afraid that she would be embarrassed to count, so he said directly, "In September, a total of 15,000 copies were printed, and each book was sold at 20 cents. As of the end of September, 12,000 copies have been sold. After deducting the printing cost, I will split the profits with you 50-50, which is 850 yuan!"
Fan Hua was so excited that she went crazy. Eight hundred and fifty yuan was a lot of money in that era. She never expected that her impulsive behavior could earn her so much money. If she continued like this, she could become a millionaire by serializing the picture book for a year!
Zhou Qingyun looked at Fan Hua's excitement and couldn't help laughing: "Remember to save it later. It's not safe for a woman like you to carry so much money!"
Then he joked, "I can't help but envy you. Your monthly royalties are more than what we editors earn in a year!"
Fan Hua smiled sheepishly, then asked sincerely, "Editor Zhou, do you have time at noon? I would like to invite you and Aunt Jiang to have a meal together!"
Zhou Qingyun smiled and said, "No need to treat us to a meal. The editorial office has been quite busy lately. Let's wait until we are done with this busy period!"
Seeing Zhou Qingyun said so, Fan Hua no longer insisted on inviting him and thought about giving Zhou Qingyun something later!
After leaving the publishing house, Fan Hua first went to save her money. With the more than 3,500 yuan that Zhao Yilu gave her not long ago, as well as the little savings she had saved in the past few months from making clothes and taking translation jobs, the money in her passbook now amounted to over 6,000 yuan. She was considered a small wealthy woman.
Thinking of what Zheng Zening had talked to her about before, that Yangcheng was planning its first commercial housing community and that construction was expected to start at the end of this year, she became full of anticipation.
By August next year, Shenzhen and other special economic zones will be officially established, and the state will also promulgate the "Regulations on Individual Business Owners" to allow private individuals to conduct business activities. The environment will get better and better! She has to work hard to make money and save enough start-up capital as soon as possible to catch up with the wave of entrepreneurship in the 1980s and do a great job!
Since receiving the first payment for her works, Fan Hua has started to prepare her drawings more attentively. Apart from the time spent in classes and spending time with her children, she has basically spent the rest of her free time preparing her drawings.
About ten days later, Fan Hua finally received a call from Zhao Yilu from the Yangcheng Army, and learned that he had been successfully transferred to the Yangcheng Army...
The distance between Yangcheng Army Corps and Yangcheng University is not too far, about ten kilometers.
In the 1970s, the management of the army was not as strict as it is now. When there was no training, soldiers were allowed to go out of the camp for daily shopping. This made it convenient for Zhao Yilu to visit Fan Hua at Yangcheng University frequently when he was not in training.
In this way, Fan Hua attended classes during the day, took care of her children at night, and used her free time to finish her manuscripts. From time to time, she could also meet with Zhao Yilu, who was in a hurry. She felt that her life was very fulfilling and beautiful.
As for the work of making clothes, it now depends entirely on old customers and referrals. If there is an order, she is only responsible for spending ten minutes or so to come up with a design drawing, and the rest of the work has been handed over to Sister Ailing.
She insisted on changing the previous 50-50 split to 30-70. In the end, Sister Ailing couldn't persuade her and had to agree. The two of them worked together very well, and their monthly income was around 100 to 200 yuan, which was very stable.
If Su Wen wasn't really too busy and asked her for help, she would not have taken the translation work.
The days are busy, and the people around Fan Hua have adapted to the new pace of life. In this good era full of changes, they are actively and enthusiastically pursuing their dreams.
Even Su Qingqing, the little troublemaker, has been particularly well-behaved and motivated recently. Whenever she has free time, she goes to Zheng Zening to take political economy classes. In order to keep up with the learning pace of the political economy major in her sophomore year, she goes to the library frequently and has turned into a top student.
In addition, she has been exposed to various businesses since she was a child, and she also has her own unique insights into the current national economic development, which made Zheng Zening couldn't help but look up to her!
Inspired by Su Qingqing's free classes, Wang Xiyue also started to attend literature classes, learned a lot of more professional things, and the quality of the articles she published in the Yangchang newspapers became higher and higher. Not only did she have more money, she also sent some money home, and she became more confident and beautiful! She completely shed the inferiority and rusticity she had when she first entered school, and exuded a literary and tranquil bookish air from the inside out.
Because of the butterfly effect caused by Fan Hua traveling through the book, everything around her is moving in a better direction!
The days passed quickly, and it was already the twelfth lunar month. This semester was drawing to a close, and it would be the New Year holiday in a few days...
That day, Fan Hua wore a yellow woolen coat, which made her look bright and charming. As soon as she walked out of the school gate, she saw a handsome man in military uniform standing at the school gate. Who else could this man be but her cheap husband Zhao Yilu? !
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