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Chapter 36 Excess

"It is reported that the target of the robbers in the Zhongfu Building robbery was bearer bonds worth US$640 million in the building's vault. Currently, all the robbers have been arrested, but the bonds are missing. Zhongfu Group urges the police...

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The news on the TV was still about the Nakatomi Building robbery. This news was really too exciting. It also involved 640 million US aid. It had spread throughout the United States in just one night.

"You look in a good mood?" Jennifer came and sat down next to Locke.

"Maybe it's because I like to see those Japanese people being unlucky." Locke shrugged his shoulders and pulled Jennifer into his arms: "Yesterday's scene was spectacular enough."

"Those guys are really unlucky. I heard that 640 million US dollars disappeared for some unknown reason, and they still haven't..." Jennifer held Locke's hand that caused trouble: "Isn't that enough?

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"How is it possible? I can play with your legs for a year!"

Originally, Locke planned to stay in Los Angeles for a few more days, but in order to deal with the $640 million in bonds he had just received, he left after one day.

In the next two weeks, Locke traveled around Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, and Paris, selling the bonds in his hands and converting them into a family fund, and then returned to Dallas, waiting to "inherit" this huge inheritance.

In order to ensure safety, these bonds only inherited US$420 million in the end. Fortunately, they have been converted into "legal" property, and there is no need to worry about being investigated. This loss is also necessary.

With these preparations, the chance of Locke being found out is almost zero. Just like what Hans said before, if they stole 600 million, they will definitely find you at all costs, otherwise they think you are dead.

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Locke's IQ at this time has surpassed that of Little Sheldon and Peggy, and he uses far more time every day than Sheldon, so his brain's knowledge reserve naturally accumulates at an astonishing speed.

It's been a month since it was released, and the results don't quite meet Locke's expectations, with only a little over a thousand copies sold.

Not to mention whether the FBI would investigate the people in this building during the investigation. Even if it did, he wouldn't worry, because the intensity of the investigation would definitely be far inferior to that of the people in the Zhongfu Building.

But their learning efficiency is really too high. With their super high IQ, they can basically understand everything once they are told, and they can also draw inferences from one instance to another. Sometimes the professors are stunned when asked and cannot answer. Some

The professors have to discuss their opinions with them.

Time flew by and he was about to graduate from high school. Locke made a special trip to Princeton University to get the interview done. Then he waited for a while and successfully got what he wanted.

Once a publishing house establishes good channels, it can sit back and make money comfortably, but if it still thinks of ways to squeeze us authors, it is simply not giving the authors a way to survive.

Especially after discovering that this world not only has sitcoms, but also some gunfight movie plots, Locke became even more concerned. After all, the scenes in many gunfight movies are not small at all.

At the beginning, it was a buyout price of US$10,000. After Locke stood up to leave, he chose a 4% share and full copyright. He was not even willing to give newcomers the usual 6%-14% price.

"Harry Potter" has become popular all over the world. In addition to the quality of the book itself, Warner Media Group's key promotion is also indispensable. The two achieve mutual success.

When it comes to the sales performance of a book, who plays a greater role, the author or the publishing house, is simply an unclear question.

If Locke can become the major shareholder of a large media group, he will naturally be able to promote his works around the world through similar operations. In this way, he can better enhance his reputation and gain potential points.

Shortly after returning to Dallas, Locke received a call from Random House, which was required to report to him on the sales of "Arcane Throne" in accordance with the contract.

The first volume has 240,000 words, with an initial printing of 100,000 copies. It was sold through the channels of Random House, with simple publicity.

That is to say, occasionally relax and balance needs. This kind of unopened friendship starts quietly and then ends naturally.

Publishing houses, however, believe that channels are king. With channels at hand, even books with ordinary content can be artificially popular.

Authors naturally believe that they have the greatest role and that the quality of a book is the core. After all, readers come for books. If the content of the book is not recognized by readers, where will the sales come from?

This method is much better than simply spending money on publicity, and can save a lot of publicity funds. After all, the efficiency and utilization of funds are completely different between the two.

After thinking about it, he did not rush to spend money to expand publicity, and planned to wait for word-of-mouth to ferment. After all, although he now has a small amount of assets, large-scale publicity requires a large amount of funds, and the effect may not be as expected, and it is easy to waste money.

After haggling with the publisher for a long time, we still couldn't reach an agreement.

At this time, Locke suddenly understood one thing, that is, no matter what "sky-high price" the other party offered, in his opinion, it was a low price, and the psychological expectations of the two were not at the same level.

The publisher's reason for this is that as a new author, Locke is not famous, and distribution depends entirely on the publisher's channels. In this case, the risk of publishing lies entirely with the publisher. The publisher needs to invest in printing books, distributing them, and building and maintaining channels.

The cost is not a small amount either.

At other times, Locke is either studying or using meditation to practice skills, which averages eighteen hours a day.

It can be said that little Sheldon wastes too much time every day. Peggy is better than Sheldon, but as a child, she also likes to play by nature and is curious about many things, so she also wastes a lot of time.

During the short time he left, everyone was busy looking at the situation in the Zhongtong Building. No one paid attention to how long he had been gone, not even Jennifer.

There is actually nothing to say about Locke's subsequent high school career. Although he "inherited" billions of wealth, he did not make too high a profile and just invested the funds in the stock market.

As for Peggy, she got an offer from Princeton University earlier than Locke.

After understanding this, Locke simply decided to publish at his own expense, so that he could naturally get a high enough share, even exceeding the ideal share at the beginning, and still hold the copyright in his own hands.

But he is not in a hurry. After all, he is just a newcomer with no reputation at all, and his previous publicity was relatively ordinary.

In particular, Locke greeted and chatted with many of them, and many of them were deeply impressed by Jennifer's handsome boyfriend. This was equivalent to having a sufficient alibi.

"Now that I have funds on hand, maybe I should invest in a large media company." Thinking of this, Locke thought.

Hans was indeed dead at this time, and Locke was a passerby who had nothing to do with the incident. He was just opposite the Nakatomi Building at the time.

From this point of view, Locke works much harder than Little Sheldon. Little Sheldon always goes to bed at nine o'clock. He also likes to read comics, play games, play musical instruments, and watch TV...

In addition to stocks of companies he identified as having potential, Locke also invested a large amount of money in Disney for his plans, and his usual study and life did not change much.

The publication of this book was at his own expense, and the reason was very simple: the price given by the publisher was too low.

Young Sheldon also chose Princeton University, which is different from the plot of The Big Bang Theory.

Regarding this matter, little Sheldon's mother Mary was strongly opposed to it at first. After all, if Sheldon went to Princeton, she would not be able to take care of him. Mary was not at ease letting her baby Shelly run away alone.

Go to college so far away.

But Beverly is also an expert. As early as when she first met Sheldon, she began to use various methods to soften Mary's thoughts and reduce Mary's rejection.

In addition, young Sheldon himself also strongly wanted to go to Princeton, and even chose a special method of confrontation for this purpose. In the end, Mary had no choice but to compromise.

(End of chapter)