"Ran Ran, I'm back!" The woman with sunglasses opened her arms and hugged Bai Jingran, but was dodged by him.
"Alas, my daughter has grown up and doesn't like her mother anymore."
The woman took off her sunglasses, revealing a delicate and soft face, and her words were full of loneliness.
Bai Jingran said with disdain: "Whose mother would leave her daughter alone at home and go out to travel for half a year."
"No, no, no." The woman shook her finger and smiled mysteriously: "I went out for an 'investigation' this time."
"Investigation of what?" Bai Jingran was helpless. She knew that her mother was an unreliable person and didn't know what she was doing.
"Of course it's for the future of my baby daughter!"
The woman pulled Bai Jingran over and hugged her in her arms.
"This time I went back to my alma mater and talked to the teacher."
"You want me to go abroad?" Before the woman finished speaking, Bai Jingran had already seen her thoughts.
"As expected of my daughter, you are so smart." The woman chuckled and snapped her fingers.
"I won't go." Bai Jingran turned his head away, and the atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
"Why, you should at least tell your mother the reason for your refusal, and studying abroad does not mean you have to stay there, you can still come back."
"I..."
Bai Jingran bit her lip, she didn't know why she was so resistant.
Thinking that she had to go to a strange country alone, where she had no familiar family or friends, she felt a little flustered.
"I don't like it." Bai Jingran finally uttered four words.
All the reasons came together in these four words, I don't like it.
"It's exactly the same as when I was a child." The woman sighed and said, "I also said this to your grandfather, but the old man only replied me with one word in the end."
"Do you know which word it is?"
"I don't know."
Bai Jingran shook her head blankly. In her impression, her grandfather was a kind and amiable person.
"Get out!" The woman imitated her father's frowning and glaring.
Then she laughed again and said, "At that time, I was thinking that if I had a child, I would definitely not treat her like this."
"So I won't force you to go, but Ranran, you have to know that the path I chose for you may not be your favorite, but it must be the easiest path that I have practiced for a long time."
"Okay, let's stop here for the mother-daughter whisper. What do you want to eat in the evening? Mom will cook for you personally."
Bai Jingran watched her mother put on an apron. This modern beauty who was at the forefront of fashion seemed to have turned back into the housewife she was familiar with.
…
Jiang Shi ordered a cappuccino. The coffee cup was very beautiful. It could be seen that it was carefully selected. She was wondering whether she should ask the waiter where she could buy such a beautiful cup.
As for the taste of the coffee, she couldn't taste it. She always felt that all the coffee in the world was slightly bitter.
Shi Qinglan waited for five minutes before finally confirming that the girl in front of her, who was only 28 years old, was Jiang Lai who submitted her article.
She had thought about whether the other party had used the manuscript of the parents to bully others.
But after the two had a preliminary exchange of the first draft, Shi Qinglan gave up this idea.
The other party had a good grasp of the details, and this was definitely the original author of "The Silence of the Lambs".
This really is a lot of talent...
She remembered that when she was sixteen, she was still fighting wits and courage with the teacher just to secretly read two romance novels during class breaks.
This also made some of her previously thought of rhetoric useless, but the trick of "adding money" is useful anytime and anywhere.
But Shi Qinglan quickly adjusted her mood, she had seen geniuses before.
"The editorial department is very optimistic about your work and is going to take it out separately and serialize it in a separate journal together with other novels."
Shi Qinglan took out the company's decision-making documents, which were not allowed to be shown to the author.
But the higher-ups are very concerned about "The Lambs", so this can also better attract the author.
"If it is serialized, how will the manuscript fee be calculated?" Jiang Shi touched his chin.
She was not interested in the journal splitting, but was more concerned about how much money she could get.
Shi Qinglan pushed her glasses and smiled: "There are two parts, the guaranteed manuscript fee of 1,000 words and the profit sharing, which is calculated according to the sales of the journal."
"If you can provide the whole manuscript at one time, you can also buy it out directly according to the quality of the manuscript."
Jiang Shi's eyes lit up, you can buy it out directly!
What else can I say? Of course, it is best to get the money directly.
With the smart minds of these big companies, if they want to share the profit, they will lower the price for the guaranteed 1,000 words, andIt's better to sell it directly, and both the money and the goods are clear.
Anyway, she still has a lot of good things to write in her mind.
Shi Qinglan was not surprised by Jiang Shi's choice. After all, she was just a young girl.
She certainly didn't understand the twists and turns of these businesses. She just knew that getting the money was the best.
For a magazine of the size of "Story", the share is a treatment that many authors want but can't get.
It was also because the magazine was unsure about the split of the journal this time that such generous conditions were offered to attract some authors to submit their works.
Jiang Shi sent the full manuscript to Shi Qinglan, who read it roughly for a while and breathed a sigh of relief.
"If there are no problems, we can sign the contract now."
The amount involved in the long-length buyout is relatively large, and there are also issues such as copyright.
Shi Qinglan also carries a general contract template with her.
You just need to fill in the amount and date.
The main text of the novel has a total of 200,000 words, and the remuneration is 50,000 yuan.
"Okay." Jiang Shi took the contract and read it carefully. After confirming that there were no problems, he signed his name.
There were two copies, and Jiang Shi carefully put his copy into his schoolbag.
50,000 yuan, which directly completed most of her tasks.
For these five free attributes, she was also very diligent.
However, Jiang Shi did not have a bank card, and Shi Qinglan could not carry so much cash with her.
She could only wait for Jiang Shi to get a bank card and then let Shi Qinglan transfer the money to her.
After talking about the business, the two began to chat.
Shi Qinglan asked Jiang Shi indirectly whether he was willing to sign a contract with "Story", but was finally rejected by the other party.
"Sister Qinglan, you can see that I am still a student, and I am afraid I can't provide you with manuscripts steadily." Jiang Shi said embarrassedly.
It's not that she doesn't want to sign the contract, but after signing the contract, it is equivalent to her main job, which will definitely take up a large part of her time.
After listening to Jiang Shi's explanation, Shi Qinglan did not force him, and turned to talk about why Jiang Shi wrote such a novel.
The contrast between the crime theme and her lively and beautiful appearance as a high school student was too great.
Jiang Shi laughed dryly and said that he just liked to read Sherlock Holmes, so he wrote such a theme.
As for whether the other party believed it or not, she was too lazy to care.
After chatting for a while, Shi Qinglan offered to treat Jiang Shi to lunch, but was rejected by Jiang Shi.
Then Jiang Shi said goodbye to him and left the cafe.
Only Shi Qinglan was left alone, flipping through the manuscript again and again.
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