Over the weekend, Fan Xi took his drawings to see Zhou Qingyun of the publishing department early in the morning. Zhou Qingyun was very enthusiastic when he saw that it was Fan Xi. "Fan Xizhi, have you prepared your drawings for October?"
Fan Xi handed over the most complete 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 flipped through the book carefully. After a long pause, he nodded. "I took a quick look. It's very good. I'll ask the editor-in-chief to review it later. If there are any questions, I'll contact you!"
Fan Xi nodded, "Thank you for your hard work, Editor Zhou!"
Editor Zhou smiled and shook his head. "If our publishing company could have encountered a few more talented authors like you, all the hard work would have been worth it! You have no idea how good the performance of your first illustration was! It simply surprised us, the entire publishing company!"
Fan Xi smiled and said, "I 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 ten thousand."
"That was the data from a week ago, and now it's over ten thousand copies! The sales of your illustrated book are comparable to the best-selling comic books. The publisher has already decided to print an initial run of twenty thousand copies for your October illustrated book!"
Fan Xi had never known what 15,000 volumes meant, but she was familiar with the comic books from the 1970s and 1980s. She had heard that in that era, some comic books based on famous works in the chapter format were particularly popular, and they still had collectible value even after decades!
Zhou Qingyun took out a thick envelope and said, "You are really foresighted, girl. This is the 55-month contract you signed with our publishing house. This is your royalties for last month. Please keep it, Fan Zhizhi!"
Fan Xi took the envelope excitedly, opened it and took a look. There were so many great unity pictures!
Zhou Qingyun was afraid she would be embarrassed to count, so he continued, "In September, a total of 15,000 copies were printed, and each book was sold for 2 yuan. As of the end of September, 12,000 copies had been sold. Excluding the printing cost, the total would be 850 yuan!"
Fan Jianqi was so excited that she went crazy. Eight hundred and fifty yuan was really 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 if she could serialize the painting for another ten days!
Zhou Qingyun looked at Fan Xi's excited expression and couldn't help but smile: "Remember to save it quickly later. It's not safe for a woman like you to handle so much money!"
Then he teased her, "I can't help but envy you. Your monthly manuscript fee is more than what most of us editors earn!"
Fan Xi smiled sheepishly before asking sincerely, "Editor Zhou, do you have time at noon? I'd like to invite you and Aunt Jiang to have lunch together!"
Zhou Qingyun smiled and said, "No need to treat us to a meal. I've been quite busy with editing tasks lately, so let's do it once I'm done with this!"
Seeing Zhou Qingyun said so, Fan Xi no longer insisted on inviting him and thought about giving Zhou Qingyun something as a gift later!
After leaving the publishing house, Fan Xi first went to save her money. In her passbook, she added the more than 3,500 yuan that Zhao Yi Lu had given her not long ago, as well as the little savings she had saved from making clothes and taking translation jobs in the past few months. Now she had more than 6,000 yuan in savings, and she was considered a wealthy woman.
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