After the cooperation was settled, the two negotiated about the sharing. One of them asked for a high price, and the other paid back the money. In the end, it was settled that Jimmy should be divided into 25 points from the royalties of the two works.
This point is relatively high for ordinary writers' agents, but for the time being, Yu Dong relies more on Jimmy for the cooperation between the two of them. Moreover, the United States and China are far away, so it is not convenient to go back and forth, and consumption is also difficult.
If it's less, it's normal for Jimmy to take a little more.
In fact, if Yu Dong hadn't said that he would also make the novel "One Day", Jimmy would have asked for a higher price, at least the same thirty points as the last collaboration. Because Jimmy is more optimistic about "One Day", and he thinks that this novel
Collection can definitely make money, the only difference is whether you make more or less.
But Jimmy is a man who gets paid to do things seriously. When he heard that Yu Dong was thinking about translation, he took over the matter with a pat on his chest.
"Mr. Yu, you are a writer, so you should write well. And you also have a teaching position, so you don't have time to take care of these things. Regarding translation, please decide which translator you want to hire, and I will contact you."
When Yu Dong heard what he said, he thought it was pretty good, so he agreed, and then told him that he was going to find translator Guo Jianzhong who often published translations in "Science Fiction World".
The discussion about cooperation was almost over, and when Yu Dong was about to add water to Jimmy, Feng Ming rushed over in a hurry.
"Lao Yu, what are you doing..." Feng Ming was mid-sentence when he suddenly saw Jimmy, "Oh, there are foreign friends here, hello, hello."
Yu Dong smiled and introduced, "This is Jimmy James from the United States. James, this is my good friend and Jin Yi teacher, Feng Ming."
Jimmy immediately stood up and stretched out his hand to Feng Ming: "Hello, Teacher Feng, nice to meet you, nice to meet you."
Feng Ming held Jimmy's hand blankly, "Your Mandarin is too authentic, and it smells like a Beijing movie."
"Hey, I've been in Yanjing for many years, so I'm used to it. Are you looking for something to do with Mr. Yu?" Jimmy said modestly.
Feng Ming smiled and said, "It's nothing important. We were doing a sample survey together to make general statistics. He suddenly left and we were missing a sample. It doesn't matter. If you have serious business, just talk about it first. I'll come back after you finish talking."
Yu Dong put down the tea cup with a smile and said: "The matter has almost been discussed. Let's go over to your place. After that, we will have a meal together in the evening. James, do you mind joining us tonight?"
"Of course I don't mind. It would be a great honor for me to have dinner with you and your friends."
With that said, the three of them walked towards Feng Ming's dormitory. On the way, Jimmy asked curiously: "Mr. Yu, what is the introduction to sampling survey statistics that Mr. Feng just mentioned? It sounds like it has something to do with mathematics. You are not a graduate of the Chinese Department.
Do you want to participate in this too?"
Yu Dong held back a smile and said, "You'll know when you get there."
"Oh well."
When Jimmy entered Feng Ming's dormitory and saw the playing cards on the stool, his eyes almost popped out of his head, "This, this is the general statistics of sampling survey you are talking about?"
Feng Ming explained with a smile: "Isn't that right? There are 108 cards in two decks of poker. The four of us randomly selected 27 cards each, and then studied the combination probability of the obtained cards..."
"Don't listen to his nonsense." Liu Changmin interrupted Feng Ming with a smile, and then said to Dong, "Who is this gentleman?"
Then Yu Dong introduced Jimmy to Liu Changmin and He Yu. After they got to know each other, Yu Dong asked Jimmy again: "Mr. James, can you play egg beating?"
"I am very ignorant about this. I have never heard of egg-breaking." Jimmy waved his hand.
Yu Dong smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, let them teach you."
"Isn't this appropriate? Why don't you play with them and I'll watch from the side?"
"There's nothing inappropriate." Yu Dong pulled Jimmy to sit down, "I'm a visitor, so it's inappropriate for you to watch from the side. This egg-breaking method is not difficult. You have been in China for so long, and you must have played other cards.
, you should be able to learn it quickly.”
"Then I'd rather be respectful than obey."
Feng Ming and the others were very enthusiastic about Jimmy's joining, not only because Jimmy was a foreign friend, but also because Jimmy was a newbie.
The three of them have been tortured by Yu Dong before, and their skills have finally improved after recent training. When they meet a new person, they naturally want to try the feeling of torture, and at the same time, they also want to taste the feeling of teaching newbies.
So the three of them were very considerate and rushed to explain to Jimmy the technical essentials of egg-cracking.
Although their calculations were sound, the results were beyond their expectations.
Jimmy seems to be very talented at playing cards. After only a few rounds, he has mastered the gameplay and is playing cards smoothly.
When the card game ended in the evening, Jimmy said with gusto: "This game is very interesting. I will teach my American friends how to play it if I have the chance. What I played most in China before was running fast, and this egg-beating game
It’s not that interesting compared to running fast.”
After this battle, Feng Ming and the others were completely convinced.
They discovered that this Jimmy was not only very talented at playing cards, but his understanding of China was beyond their expectation. If you didn't look at his face, you wouldn't know that he was a foreigner at all.
Feng Ming and the others didn't ask Jimmy specifically what he did, but they all guessed that he was probably related to the sale of Yu Dong's science fiction novels to the United States.
Everyone had dinner together in the evening. When they were done, Jimmy said to Dong, "Mr. Yu, I won't come to see you tomorrow. I will contact "Science Fiction World" first and go to the person you mentioned through them.
Mr. Guo Jianzhong’s address, if everything goes well, I will go find him in the next two days.”
"Thank you for taking the trouble to do this."
Jimmy waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's all what I should do. Just feel free to write, try to write a few more short stories, and save the "One Day" novel collection."
After Jimmy left, Liu Changmin said to Dong, "Yu Dong, this James seems to be quite naughty. If you want to cooperate with him, you have to be careful."
"It's okay, he has no reason to cheat me yet." Yu Dong smiled.
Liu Changmin nodded, "Well, you just have to know it yourself."
Yu Dong understood Liu Changmin's worries very well, but as he said, Jimmy had no reason to cheat him for the time being.
At least that was the case in this matter, because he also expected Yu Dong to give him money. In terms of interests, their directions were consistent.
Chapter completed!