The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 70 Is it really a coincidence?

Although he spent New Year's Eve alone, Xu Jiuyang did not feel lonely at all. After all, his mentality was so familiar that it could not be more familiar. Moreover, when he spent this time alone in his previous life, although he missed home a little, he never cried.

However, he still called home to wish them a happy new year on the night of New Year's Eve, and he used a public phone - he couldn't give out his cell phone number, because who knew if his father would use his connections to track him down in Beijing.

After the Chinese New Year, Xu Jiuyang began to think about what projects were suitable for him at this point in time, were not illegal, and could make him a lot of money.

Actually, my income is okay now, but it's sporadic. I can usually get six or seven thousand yuan in royalties by writing for "Science Fiction World". What's more, "Interstellar" has been completed, so it just depends on when it will be published.

Before the New Year, he finally spent some money, went to Zhongguancun to buy some accessories, assembled a computer by himself, and then opened an Internet cable, so he could communicate with editors through QQ and email at home.

The Chinese version of "Interstellar" he wrote has a total of 23 words, and the price there is 120 yuan per thousand words, which is already the highest standard.

After all, no matter how well this novel is translated into Chinese, it cannot be compared with "The Three-Body Problem" and is not worth the price of 150 yuan per thousand words.

However, being able to serialize "Science Fiction World" for seven or eight issues before Liu Cixin did can be considered a small achievement in his life.

All in all, this novel could bring him close to 30,000 yuan in royalties, but the royalties were still a matter of debate. If the series was popular enough, it would naturally be published soon, but if it wasn't so popular...

Xu Jiuyang thinks that the Chinese translation is pretty good, and some plots may seem awkward or even inexplicable in movies, but are quite suitable in novels, such as love that transcends time and space.

The strongest point of movies over text is the visual feast, while the strongest point of text over movies is that it allows for imagination.

In addition, in the name of a little thinking, he drew a picture of a black hole and a five-dimensional space, and sent it to the editorial department together with the manuscript. It can be said that he almost squeezed out every last bit of "Interstellar".

Back to the topic, in addition to this, there are also some royalties from the science fiction series. Although they are not much, or even can be said to be relatively small, but every little bit is still money.

Then there was the copywriting work at an advertising company. Fatty Lei used the excuse of new year and new atmosphere to raise his monthly salary to 1500 yuan.

Then, at Gao Yuanyuan's insistence, he got a job in her cultural shell company and received a monthly salary of 2000 yuan.

As well as the consulting fees from Fan Qiaoqiao and the lyrics fees for several songs - these were all one-time payments.

All in all, his current savings are not even a hundred thousand, although when he was sorting out his memories, he also recalled some stocks that were suitable for purchase this year, and they could double in value if held for half a year, such as Zhongtian City Investment.

But... if you invest too little, doubling the money won't make much, but if you invest too much, how can you maintain your daily life?

Li Dabai is sincere to me and obeys me in everything. As a reborn person, I won’t let her suffer or be wronged, right?

"I was so busy planning how to get laid that I didn't expect to find a wife when I arrived in Beijing." Xu Jiuyang was very depressed.

Actually, it’s not that bad. After next year, the situation will be much better, but how to accommodate Li Dabai is another problem.

She definitely can't get involved in the entertainment industry, and it's easy for her to quit. Although she also has a contract with Xinbaoyuan like he did in his previous life, perhaps due to the interference of the US dollar, the contract is not harsh, so she is more like a lone wolf.

However, after retiring from the entertainment industry, one must find something to do, even if it doesn’t make much money, such as opening a milk tea shop or something. People still have to find something to do, otherwise if they are brainwashed by certain remarks, it will not be beautiful. Therefore——

"Didn't we agree to go to the company to discuss the album's profits? This doesn't look like the way to your company," Xu Jiuyang looked at the street view outside the car window and said to Fan Qiaoqiao who was sitting next to him.

"I got a call on the way here. A friend of mine is in Beijing. Her brother is sick. I helped her contact the 301 Hospital. It's only natural for her to go see him," Fan Qiaoqiao said. "It won't take too long."

"Okay." Xu Jiuyang didn't say much.

There was no way. He was poor and had low aspirations. He really didn't want to have much to do with Fan Xiaoyanzi, especially since the other party was now clearly showing off and looked like she was determined to pursue him.

But who could have asked him to accept the offer from her at the moment? So even though he knew she was trying to manipulate him by making such concessions, he still had to agree.

The good news is that she's quite tactful. When she learned he wouldn't be coming home for the Lunar New Year this year, she only sent him a text message on New Year's Eve. This time, when she invited him to sign the supplementary contract, she did so in a negotiating tone, not directly stating how much she would give him in terms of a share of the album's profits.

Otherwise he would turn around and run.

Xu Jiuyang calculated that if Fan Xiaoyanzi's second album could sell 150 million copies like Wei Zhentian in his previous life, even if he was only given a 5% share, and this share came from Fan Xiaoyanzi's own profits - which was almost certain, because who would give a share to the lyricist these days - he would still have an income of at least .

Of course, it is difficult to calculate the actual sales volume in this era of rampant piracy. It is hard to say whether the sales of millions of Wei Zhentian’s albums in the previous life were inflated.

In the first few years of the 21st century, singers or artists made money through film fees, endorsements and commercial performances. In this case, the more famous they were, the better, and it was normal to manipulate album sales.

This approach is essentially no different from buying traffic 20 years later, except that the celebrity artists these days still have some weight, while the traffic 20 years later is pure waste.

But then again, no matter which Little Swallow it is, her popularity is undeniable.

Xu Jiuyang's feeling is actually very subtle. Although Fan Xiaoyanzi in this time and space released an album later than Wei Zhentian in the previous life, for example, the first album was released in August 99, but the sales volume has not changed much, still 8 to 80 million copies.

Not only that, she also fell behind in the songs sung by Wei Zhentian, such as "When the Mountains Have No Angular Edges" or "Rattle", as if she really transferred that Xiaoyanzi to this Xiaoyanzi, which coincides with his previous judgment that "from Jinsuo to Xiaoyanzi, things may be done more exaggeratedly".

I am indeed the most unlucky and miserable person to be reborn. Xu Jiuyang sighed inwardly. Five years after rebirth and no achievements, it would be fine, but I can't even compare to those who haven't been reborn, and I'm even being dominated by them.

Although they were very capable people in their previous lives, and although their current achievements were also contributed by themselves, they are still very depressed.

In this mood, the car arrived at the 301 General Hospital. Fan Xiaoyanzi got off the car first, found the inpatient department as if she was familiar with it, and went directly to the 15th floor.

"Bingbing, you don't have to come. I've already troubled you a lot." The young girl waiting at the ward door hugged Fan Xiaoyanzi excitedly after seeing her.

"It's nothing, Sister Dan, I just helped a little." Fan Xiaoyanzi said comfortingly.

Xu Jiuyang, who was following behind him, was stunned at this moment, because this girl guarding outside the ward... was actually Hanxiang?!

(End of this chapter)