A widower's entertainment

Chapter 286 [A Stone Stirs Up a Thousand Waves] (Subscribe)
Lin Youcheng is planning to propose a royalty system, but it is undoubtedly not that easy.

You should know that three years later, Huayi Publishing House also had some discussions when faced with Wang Li’s request for royalties and remuneration, but did not agree directly.

No matter what time it is, it will not be easy for the first person to try something new.

Now people are eating crabs in Lin Youcheng’s courtyard in Xinghua Hutong, and it is the first time for some of them to eat crabs.

"Uncle, this crab is not tasty at all. There is not much meat on it!"

Lin Zhaoping doesn't like eating crabs and thinks they are troublesome and there is not much meat in them.

However, Lin Zhaoan likes the spicy crab.

This was also because Lin Zhaoping, Lin Zhaoan, and Zhao Gensheng's family came to Beijing, and Lin Youcheng specially asked Song Ma to prepare seafood for the children to try.

Although Lin Youcheng's family has lived in Beijing for some time, their tastes still tend to be from southern Hunan, so most of the dishes cooked by Song Ma also have southern Hunan flavors.

Lin Youcheng couldn't help laughing when he saw Lin Zhaoping chewing the crab claws. He said, "If you tear along the crab legs, you can pick out the crab meat. Cut the crab legs into three sections. The tip of the crab legs at the end can be used as a tool. Use the tip of the crab legs to push the crab..."

As Lin Youcheng spoke, he demonstrated to Lin Zhaoping that each crab toe only targeted the crab leg it was on.

Lin Zhaoping learned how to cook crab meat, but he still felt unsatisfied and said, "KFC is still better!"

Lin Zhaohuan immediately followed suit and said, “Yes, fried chicken is the best!”

A few days ago, Lin Youcheng brought a few children to eat at KFC. You should know that there is no such restaurant in Germany. Even in Beijing, it was not until two years ago, at the end of 1987, that the first KFC restaurant in China was officially opened in Qianmen, Beijing. At that time, KFC's opening menu had a set meal, which included 2 pieces of original chicken, mashed potatoes with chicken sauce, shredded vegetable salad and small buns. The price was not cheap, 7.3 yuan per serving.

When Lin Youcheng heard what Lin Zhaoping said, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Then I'll take you to KFC tomorrow."

Lin Youcheng's words instantly made the group of children at the table excited and happy, and they were all very happy.

Seeing Lin Youcheng like this, Jiang Xiulian was a little worried that this group of people were spending too much. After all, KFC was not cheap at all. It was an absolute luxury item. A few chicken wings cost six dollars and fifty cents. If a group of children ate it, it would cost a lot of money.

But Jiang Xiulian was also a junior, so naturally she couldn't say anything. She was just thinking about saving money, so they decided not to go tomorrow.

Lin Zhaoqing looked at Lin Zhaoping and said happily, "It's good that you guys are here, Zhaoping. Before, you only took us out to eat on birthdays."

Although Lin Youcheng had taken Lin Zhaoqing and his children to KFC before, they didn't go there very often. It should be said that although Lin Youcheng did not make his children suffer, he definitely did not let them live an extravagant life. He would only take them to KFC on their birthdays or other occasions.

Lin Zhaoxi patted Lin Zhaoqing on the back and said unhappily, "Dad bought it for you last time and brought it back. Don't you remember?"

Lin Zhaoqing smiled shyly. He knew that his father had always been very kind to them and would bring them a lot of delicious food. He said hurriedly, "I like crabs. Crabs are delicious."

Whether crabs are delicious or not, only those who have eaten them will know. Now Lin Youcheng has proposed a royalty system, which is absolutely the first time for the publishing house to try it out. Now Lin Youcheng's request will naturally cause a lot of discussion at the publishing house.

Huayi Publishing House is currently discussing the royalty system proposed by Lin Youcheng. If it were any other writer, they might not care much about it, but the person who proposed it is Lin Youcheng.

In fact, even if there is no selection or discussion, Lin Youcheng's status in the literary circle is definitely quite high.

Last year, the most discussed writer was Wang Qu. His novels such as "The Troublemakers", "Half Flame, Half Seawater", "Floating Out of the Sea" and "Rubber Man" were all made into movies. After the movies were widely circulated, they gained countless fans overnight, and his works began to be spread by word of mouth on the streets, saying things like "I love you without negotiation", "It's all about the heartbeat", "I'll die after having enough fun", "Don't treat me like a human being"... It was because of this huge influence that the literary, film and commentary circles all called 1988 the "Wang Qu Year".

But a few years ago, Lin Youcheng's love trilogy, especially "Love Letter", triggered a love letter craze. That was truly overnight, and people all over the country were writing love letters.

The recent novel "The Lurker" is like the Emei Mountain in the literary world, a unique portrait with a romantic atmosphere!
That’s right, it’s the unique literary world!
Even though it is said that in addition to Wang Lu, the three horses of Shaanxi are also in their heyday in the entire literary circle, the writer who has always been at the core of the literary circle is Lin Youcheng. You should know that even Lu Yao, one of the three horses of Shaanxi, only won the Mao Dun Literature Prize last year for "Ordinary World", while Lin Youcheng won the Mao Dun Literature Prize even earlier.

As for Mo Ao, whose novel "Red Sorghum" was adapted into a movie of the same name and won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival not long ago, he cannot be compared with Lin Youcheng. After all, Lin Youcheng's novel "The Devotion of Suspect X" had already won the Edogawa Ranpo Special Award and the Mystery Writers Association Special Award in the island country. The adapted movie also won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival under the shooting of Hou Xiaoxian. He is truly unique.

Otherwise, why would Lin Youcheng be specially invited to give lectures to the creative graduate class of Lu Xun Academy of Literature? You should know that the students sitting below include Mo Ting, Liu Zhenyun, and Yu Hua.

Not to mention, Lin Youcheng has been publishing novels one after another, and each of them has received a warm response. Moreover, because many of his romance novels are extremely classics, they have been crazily sought after by a group of literary young people. It can be said that no one in the literary circle can compare with him.

Obviously, it is precisely because of Lin Youcheng's status and the influence of his novels that Huayi Publishing House now has to seriously discuss the royalty system proposed by Lin Youcheng.

"In addition to us, other publishing houses, such as People's Literature Publishing House, Xinhua Publishing House, and Yanjing Literature and Art Publishing House, all want to publish Lin Youcheng's novel "Lush". They all know that this novel is very good and will definitely perform well after publication."

"To be honest, nowadays everyone says it's a market economy, and the housing prices have risen to such an extent that it's all reported in the newspapers. What Lin Youcheng proposed is not without reason."

"I think if the negotiations fail, Lin Youcheng can also look for another publishing house."

"Of course. Lin Youcheng's previous novels were all published by the People's Literature Publishing House, and each one was quite popular. It can be said that any novel published by Lin Youcheng will definitely not be bad. After all, we all know that Lin Youcheng has a huge market appeal."

……

The publishers are discussing this, and there is no doubt that the key point is -

Lin Youcheng has enormous market appeal.

No matter how Huayi Publishing House discusses it, the news will naturally spread.

It can be said that for a time, the news about the "royalty system" proposed by Lin Youcheng and Huayi Publishing House gradually spread throughout the Beijing literary circle.

In an instant, one stone caused a thousand waves!

(End of this chapter)