New York, USA.
From the backwardness of Tuvalu to the prosperity of New York, the gap in Li Daniu's heart is very large.
As the current king of Tuvalu, Li Daniu can basically be said to have no chance with these international metropolises in his life, how can the lord of a country not stay in his own country every day, always running to foreign countries "Someday, my Tuvalu will be stronger than your broken New York."
Li Daniu sat in the taxi and made bold remarks.
Why is there no king's car Because I'm poor.
Although I have just received 200 million US dollars, and even after the necklace auction, it is possible to get more, but the money to be spent is too much.
Li Daniu can't spend money to buy a car in the United States for his own enjoyment, and I don't know how many times a year he can drive The taxi stopped and went, and Li Daniu finally arrived at the Moon Publishing House, the destination this time.
Although Burns didn't quite believe what Li Daniu said, write a few books first to earn hundreds of millions of dollars, but Li Daniu, as the king of Burns, could not ignore anything Burns said.
So through some of his only connections, he introduced Li Daniu to an editor-in-chief of the Moon Publishing House.
Originally, Burns was going to be by his king's side at all times, but Li Da Niu arranged for him to start negotiations on the purchase of the island as soon as possible, so he could only send two guards and a national lawyer from Tuvalu to follow.
"Your Majesty, we have arrived."
Seeing the huge sign of the Moon Press, Castro, who is a national lawyer and part-time assistant to the king, spoke.
"Your Majesty man, I heard you right, he calls you His Majesty" The taxi driver seemed unable to believe his ears.
"Yes, this nickname of mine is very domineering."
Li Daniu replied embarrassedly.
"It's so domineering, but you have to at least have a good car to live up to the nickname."
After getting out of the car, Li Daniu hurriedly said to a few people who were following him: "Don't call Your Majesty the King of China outside, just call me boss." ” "Yes" "No, it's an order."
Li Daniu waved his hand and took the lead towards the publishing house.
To tell the truth, Li Daniu really didn't want to take these people with him, looking at a few people around him, it was quite magnificent, but he didn't even have a car when he went out, so he could only take a taxi, which was very embarrassing, and these people still had a bite of His Majesty's, as if they were afraid that others would not know that this was the poorest king in the world.
But Li Daniu had never written a book before, let alone published a novel, so he had to take Castro, one of the only two lawyers in Tuvalu, with him.
And the two guards, naturally, were arranged by Burns, in the name of protecting the king's safety.
Protecting my safety Li Daniu sneered in his heart, he couldn't even bring a gun to the United States, how could he protect me in the United States, where basically every household has a gun It stands to reason that a sovereign country like Tuvalu, which is recognized by the United Nations, must have security personnel with him to carry weapons when visiting abroad, and even when the leaders of the Great Celestial Empire visit abroad, they can even fly their cars by themselves.
But this time, when Li Daniu came to the United States, when he submitted an application to carry weapons through diplomatic means, he was actually beaten back, on the grounds that the United States was very safe.
America is safe, you must be kidding me, right?
In a fit of rage, he was going to change countries to find a publishing house, but Burns dispelled Li Daniu's idea with a word.
"Your Majesty, when the old king visited abroad, there were no guards with guns."
Well, although it is said that a weak country has no diplomacy, you are too weak, and no country you go to, people can reject you.
Li Daniu, who gave up asking for guards because he couldn't bring a gun, was persuaded by Burns to bring two guards.
Burns' exact words were: "At least someone can carry a suitcase, open a car door, and have an umbrella on a rainy day." ” So, Li Daniu, who is like a small business owner more than the king of a country, walked into the door of the Moon Publishing House.
Moon Press took 41st place in last year's ranking of global publishers.
Don't think 41 is very low, this is 41 out of hundreds of thousands of publishing houses in the world, and Moon Press can even reach the top 10 in the United States.
If you look at the royalty income, the net profit of Moon Press can reach 300 million US dollars a year, while the GDP of Tuvalu, owned by Li Daniu, is only more than 10 million US dollars a year, which is one-thirtieth of the family.
When he arrived at the front desk, lawyer Castro asked Li Daniu to sit in the rest area with great eyes, and then he went to communicate with people.
Li Daniu sat in the lounge area and waited for a while, and Castro came over and said that the communication had been agreed and that he could go up to meet the editor-in-chief introduced by Burns.
The question of why he didn't come down to greet me was also in Li Daniu's mind for a while, and it passed away with the wind.
In the final analysis, the national strength is too weak, and it is not as good as even a company.
Upstairs, Li Daniu met the editor-in-chief introduced by Burns in an office, a middle-aged white man with an ordinary appearance.
"Hello Your Majesty, I'm Burns' friend Harry, and I heard Burns say that you've written a novel that is going to be published," Harry stood up and said hello, but not much respect.
In Harry's view, although his friend Burns is a prime minister, his salary and benefits are not as high as his own, and Tuvalu, where he serves, is also a small country that cannot be smaller.
Alas, he should have been advised to stay in the United States and not return to Tuvalu.
If Li Da Niu knew what Harry was thinking, he would definitely spit on him, and when my Tuvalu catches up with Britain and the United States, you want to hug Burns' thigh, but you may not be able to hug it, at least I won't agree.
"Yes, Mr.
Harry.
Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule, and if you want to read my manuscript first?"
"Of course, the manuscript is the most critical."
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Harry smiled, took the stack of A4 papers that Castro handed him, and looked through them absentmindedly.
Ever since he received a call from Burns, Harry had assumed that the young king, who had just taken over the position of head of a country, was just seeking some fame, like those who had been in power before.
Moon Press doesn't know how many it has received, this kind of work of publishing books at their own expense for the sake of fame.
After a few minutes of reading, Harry had already turned over a dozen pages of the manuscript.
"I've read it, and you've written it very well, so let's talk about publishing."
You're teasing me after reading it Li Daniu thinks that with the reading speed he has cultivated from more than ten years of reading novels, he can't read this stack of manuscript papers in a few minutes.
What's more, as a classic masterpiece that took twelve years to brew, this Lord of the Rings itself has a very high reading value, not a word for word, and there is no way to comprehend the essence of this story.
Could it be that this editor-in-chief is born to remember ten lines at a glance "I'll let my lawyer talk to you about the publication."
Li Daniu thought to himself, since he can achieve the position of editor-in-chief, he must have something extraordinary, and it is better for him to be patient.
"Okay."
Harry didn't care who he talked to, and in his opinion, arranging for someone else to talk to him about publishing a book proved that the book was of little value, just for the sake of fame.
"Mr.
Harry, I am Fidel Castro, the national lawyer of Tuvalu, and you can talk to me about the publication of this book by His Majesty the King."
Castro confidently declared his name, as Tuvalu's national lawyer, this is the second time he has negotiated on behalf of the Tuvalu royal family, the first time is the old king's plane crash, and he negotiated with the airline about compensation.
"Hello Mr.
Castro, yes, we at Moon Press often receive similar publishing requests, such as so-and-so singers, so-and-so congressmen," Harry said after reporting a list of American celebrities, "Our publishing requirements are all charged according to the cost of $5 per book.
Because the printing house needs to typeset first, this price can be changed according to the size of the printing volume.
If you have a print run of less than 50,000 copies, then $5 a copy is a penny, and if you have a print run of 100,000 copies, then the cost can be controlled at $45 a copy. ” Ignoring Li Daniu and Castro, who were already dumbfounded, Harry continued: "Of course, I also hope that you don't make any noise about the price I said, because normally, our publishing house will add $2 to each book, after all, we have to typeset, contact the publishing house, and even put these printed books into bookstores all over the United States through our channels."
Because of Burns's relationship and the actual situation in your country, I can make the decision and not charge this $2 per book. ” By now, Li Da Niu was finally sure that Harry hadn't even read the Lord of the Rings novel at all, and he could even say that he hadn't even read it once, otherwise, it would be impossible to say such a thing.
Because the United States has cracked down on piracy very hard, the royalties of writers are much higher than those of other countries, the highest can reach 60, and the lowest is basically about 20.
And the price of a book is uncertain, similar to a novel like The Lord of the Rings, Li Daniu looked at the pricing of similar novels in this world, and expected it to be about $20 a book.
On the way here, Li Daniu had already thought about it, although the book The Lord of the Rings was very charming, but after all, he was a rookie writer, so it was impossible to get the legendary 60% royalty share.
But this book has sold more than 100 million copies in the world before it traveled, and it can be said that even a royalty of 1 is a huge wealth of nearly 20 million US dollars.
Therefore, Li Daniu's requirement for Castro is that the royalty of this book cannot be less than 40.
Now, however, Harry doesn't even mention royalties, instead treating him as a who publishes a book at his own expense, and directly quotes you how much it costs to print a copy.
Castro is circled, this is not according to the routine at all, so how can I talk about my own country's lawyer for the second time, that is, it ended in failure, then His Majesty the King will fire me, but this is really not my fault.
"Mr.
Harry, are you sure you don't need to look at the manuscript again" Li Daniu was ready to give Harry another chance for the sake of Burns's face.
"Well, Your Majesty, I think I've finished reading it, and there's no need to watch it a second time.
I'm sure there will be a lot of stock for me to read when this book hits the shelves.
Harry even put the manuscript together and placed it on the edge of his desk as he finished saying that.
Li Daniu sighed, Burns, it's not that I don't give you face, it's really that your friend is too capable of dying. t1706231537: