At the age of 38, he went to college and his children were classmates.

Chapter 135, Uncle Shen, what do you think of my conditions? (Please subscribe)

"What, what's going on?"

Chen Jiahuan turned to look at Shen Yanran. Although the two got along very well, it all happened too suddenly.

Can roommates become sisters?

"Yes, there's also a younger brother."

Chen Jiahuan turned to look at Shen Yixiao, but the other party hadn't even noticed Shen Qiushan in the Western restaurant. This "younger brother" was having a long phone conversation with his girlfriend.

She had already learned that Shen Yixiao had a girlfriend when they were having dinner together earlier.

The two had been dating since high school. On the way out of the cafeteria, he was on the phone with his girlfriend almost the entire time, and they seemed quite affectionate.

"My dad and your mom, this..."

Shen Yanran stared at Chen Jiahuan in astonishment; she was completely bewildered at this moment.

If nothing unexpected happens, Chen Jia Huan's father and mother should have met once during the day.

As a result, the two went out on a date that night!

This is developing way too fast!
"Shen Yixiao, stop making phone calls!"

Shen Yanran turned her head and glared at her younger brother, who was still on the phone.

"Ah, what's wrong?"

Shen Yixiao, engrossed in a long phone call, turned her head with a blank expression.

"See for yourself!"

Shen Yanran pointed to the Western restaurant.

Shen Yixiao looked in the direction she was pointing, and then couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, Dad's in love again!"

"Uh?"

"Xiaoxiao, why did you add 'again'?"

Lin Jiayu promptly caught the key words in her nephew's mouth and asked with a gossipy look on her face.

"No, not at all."

"I'm just guessing."

Shen Yixiao added "again" because he was thinking of his homeroom teacher, Chen Xiangyu.

However, with her father going to university, their relationship should have ended, since neither of them had ever admitted it before.

Shen Yixiao was an adult and probably understood that her father and homeroom teacher Chen Xiangyu were the legendary "card-playing buddies".

"Baby, my dad might be secretly dating someone."

"I'm hanging up now!"

Shen Yixiao briefly explained the situation here, and then ended the call with Luo Yao.

Luo Yao, who was admitted to the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts, was supposed to register a week earlier than Shen Yixiao, and she has already started military training.

The two people, who live in different places, talk on the phone for more than two hours every day and share videos, pictures and their status on Kuaiyin (a Chinese short video platform).

For the two young people, being in a long-distance relationship didn't seem as terrible as described online.

Inside a Western restaurant.

After some haggling, Shen Qiushan and Chen Min reached an agreement.

For sales of less than 10 copies, Shen Qiushan receives 5% royalties; for sales exceeding 10 copies, he receives 8% royalties; and for sales exceeding 50 copies, he receives 12% royalties.

If sales exceed 100 million copies, Shen Qiushan will receive 15% royalties!

销量超过300万册，沈秋山拿20%，销量超过500万册拿25％，销量超过1000万册拿30％！
And 30% is also the highest value.

Because publishers' profits are also limited, under normal circumstances, if a book is well-managed, the publisher's profit margin is only between 30% and 40%.

Therefore, the highest value we can give to the author is 30%!
This has already squeezed its profit margin to the limit.

Of course, a publisher's profit margin is mainly linked to the unit price and sales volume of the book.

The higher the sales volume, the higher the profit margin.

Because higher sales volume means lower costs per book, which is essentially the same principle as manufacturing cars.

The initial investment remains constant; the more books sold, the lower the cost per book becomes.

Moreover, if more books are sold, the printing price can be reduced a bit. The price for printing 100 copies is naturally not the same as printing 1 million copies.

During the negotiations, neither of them noticed what was happening outside the window.

After the agreement was reached, Shen Qiushan realized that he and Chen Min were almost like gorillas in a zoo.

"Ahem, Sister Min, look outside."

At this moment, Chen Min was eating her steak with her head down. She hadn't eaten a single bite of steak because she was so focused on the negotiation.

Upon hearing Shen Qiushan's words, she subconsciously turned her head and then met her daughter's gaze.

Chen Min awkwardly put down her fork and waved to the children outside.

It's obvious that these kids have completely misunderstood.

Shen Qiushan chuckled and joked, "These kids must think we're on a date!"

"That's right, you can tell just by looking at their expressions!"

Chen Min gently shook her head.

Just as the two were talking, the children who had seen Chen Min waving entered the Western restaurant.

Shen Qiushan and Chen Min were sitting at a table for six, but when five children came in at once, there weren't enough seats.

Shen Yixiao asked the waiter for a separate chair and sat down on the side of the table.

"Mom, what's going on between you and Uncle Shen?"

After everyone was seated, Chen Jiahuan couldn't help but ask.

"What else could it be but talking about work, of course?"

"Your Uncle Shen has a novel that's going to be published!"

Chen Min replied calmly.

"what?"

"publishing?"

The five children's eyes immediately fell on Shen Qiushan.

Publishing a novel was, in their eyes, a very impressive thing.

Whether it makes money or not is another matter, but at least it's very prestigious.

For example, Shen Qiushan used to write novels online, and although he achieved great success, Shen Yanran and Shen Yixiao rarely shared this with others.

Because the barrier to entry for online novels is very low—you can publish one simply by registering an account—others won't think it's anything special.

Many people even consider online novels to be vulgar and lowbrow.

But if your work is published and printed into a book, that's a different story.

People will think you're a real writer, very talented. "Uncle Shen can even write books?"

The most surprised person was naturally Chen Jiahuan. The other four knew that Shen Qiushan wrote novels online and that he was doing very well.

So for the four of them, the news that Shen Qiushan's novel was going to be published was just a bit of a surprise.

But Chen Jiahuan was shocked. Because his mother was the editor-in-chief of a publishing house, Chen Jiahuan had some understanding of novel publishing from an early age.

As the physical publishing market deteriorates, the barriers to publishing novels are becoming increasingly higher.

Unless you buy an ISBN yourself and handle the publishing process, which is much easier, you can just throw money at it.

However, it would be quite difficult to do so through normal channels.

As it turns out, Shen Qiushan is not only an older top scorer in the college entrance examination, but he can also publish books and has such excellent physical appearance. He is simply a perfect father!

Chen Jiahuan, who lacked fatherly love since childhood, began to envy his roommate Shen Yanran.

"Your Uncle Shen and I have finished our discussion. If all goes well, the novel will be published soon!"

Chen Min replied to her daughter with a smile.

"Brother-in-law, is 'I Really Didn't Want to Be Reborn' going to be published?"

Lin Jiayu asked with an expectant look on her face.

She's a huge fan of "Little Fish," and if the novel is actually published, she'll definitely buy two sets to support it.

"No."

Shen Qiushan shook his head: "It's a science fiction novel."

"Science fiction?"

"Brother-in-law, you can actually write science fiction?"

Lin Jiayu was shocked, her beautiful eyes widening in surprise.

Shen Yanran and Shen Yixiao were also very surprised, as they had never heard that their father was still writing science fiction novels.

Fang Xiaoya, standing to the side, had little red hearts flashing in her eyes.

Old Shen can also write science fiction novels!
It's actually going to be published!
This is too awesome!
"Just something I wrote casually."

"Don't have too high expectations."

Shen Qiushan waved his hand casually, then immediately changed the subject: "Have you finished eating?"

"Still haven't eaten?"

"Old Shen, we've already eaten."

Fang Xiaoya chimed in, smiling, "Jia Yu and I brought Yanran and Xiaoxiao to this commercial street to familiarize them with the environment."

Shen Qiushan nodded slightly. He had known about Fang Xiaoya's little thoughts for a long time, because Lin Jiayu had mentioned it before, but at that time Shen Qiushan thought it was just Lin Jiayu joking and didn't take it seriously at all.

However, things actually developed in the direction Lin Jiayu had predicted, because during the holiday, Fang Xiaoya sent WeChat messages to Shen Qiushan almost every day.

Good morning and good night are just the basics; she will also proactively share some trivial things in her life.

To use a term that young people like to use these days, it would be: a simp!
However, this whole thing is just too surreal.

After all, in reality, most guys are just "simps".

However, Shen Qiushan and Fang Xiaoya's situations were completely opposite.

The woman licks the man's lips, but that's not what happens.

The biggest difference between the two is their age gap.

Fang Xiaoya is 20 years old this year!
Shen Qiushan is 38 years old this year!
The difference between their ages is exactly the same as the ages of Shen Yanran and Shen Yixiao.

A young woman with a good figure, beautiful appearance, and high education goes after a 38-year-old man.

If you tell this story to anyone, they'll think it's a scam!

This is similar to an older single woman suddenly meeting a domineering CEO who is caring, provides emotional support, and is also rich and handsome.

However, this actually happened to Shen Qiushan.

During the holiday, Shen Qiushan subtly told Fang Xiaoya on WeChat not to waste her time on him.

As it turned out, the little girl clearly didn't listen!
"Actually, it wouldn't be a problem to eat a little more..."

As soon as Fang Xiaoya finished speaking, the little foodie Lin Jiayu muttered something under his breath.

"Jiayu, what would you like to eat?"

Shen Qiushan immediately asked with a smile.

"Uh, maybe we should just forget about it!"

"I'm on a diet recently..."

Lin Jiayu glanced at the durian pizza advertisement on the wall as she gave a strained reply.

Shen Qiushan knew his sister-in-law well; she was a typical homebody with two hobbies: surfing the internet and eating food!
"Beautiful lady, I'd like a durian pizza."

Shen Qiushan waved to the waiter, then looked at Lin Jiayu and asked, "What else would you like to eat?"

Wasabi shrimp!

Pan-fried basa fish!

Lin Jiayu had obviously been to this restaurant before, and she didn't even need to look at the menu before naming the dishes.

Shen Qiushan glanced at the other children again: "If you can't eat, order some drinks, and we'll go back to school together in a bit!"

"Dad, I want Rouge Lemon!"

"I want a caramel macchiato..."

Around 8 o'clock.

Shen Qiushan returned to the student dormitory.

However, as soon as he entered dormitory 618, Bao Beibei, the chubby boy who was spoiled by his whole family, came up to him with a big smile.

"Uncle Shen, have a smoke."

As she spoke, Bao Beibei handed Shen Qiushan a box of cigarettes.

"Is something wrong?"

Shen Qiushan didn't take the cigarette, but instead glanced at the chubby boy.

Showing courtesy for nothing is either cheating or stealing!

"Uncle Shen, I want to confirm something with you."

"Is your daughter named Shen Yanran?"

Bao Beibei asked with a smile.

Shen Qiushan nodded: "Yes, what's wrong?"

"It's true!"

Bao Beibei's eyes lit up, and a bright smile appeared on her face. She puffed out her chest and said, "Uncle Shen, my family has three houses and two cars in Shanghai. My dad owns a company, my mom is a civil servant, and my grandpa and grandma are both retired cadres. What do you think of these conditions?"

(End of this chapter)