Culture Conquers Foreign Worlds

Chapter 30 Different abacus

Harvey and Puran talked in the living room all morning. Puran’s suggestion to Harvey is that they work together to publish “The Count of Monte Cristo” at their own expense.

Although the novel did not win prizes in this Leonard Press’s solicitation for contributions, according to Puran’s private survey, the popularity of the novel is actually not low. It may not be seen by as many people as the “Wild Rose”, but they have a lot of interest in “The Count of Monte Cristo”. There are many readers who are very interested. This is just like Harvey’s online novels in his previous life. After the “Wild Rose” has been vigorously promoted, there are a lot of novel collections, but readers may not necessarily pay for it when it is on the shelves. The excellent quality of the “Count of Monte Cristo” has attracted a group of core readers. , Such readers usually don’t hesitate to support their favorite works.

In the past few days, Puland is investigating all the data of the “Count of Monte Cristo”, and the result is much better than he expected, even if the risk of publishing at his own expense is not great.

On the issue of profit distribution, Pulan became Harvey’s acting author, responsible for supervising the editing, proofreading, and printing of the novel. At the same time, he was also responsible for attracting sponsors and demanding a 10% profit. As an author, Harvey owns all the copyrights of the novel and can get 50% of the profits. The remaining 40% is basically distributed to sponsors or various channels for publicity expenses.

As long as Harvey nodded, Puran can now contact people who are willing to sponsor the “Count of Monte Cristo”.

All the conditions are very appetizing for Harvey. He only needs to pay for the novel to continuously obtain the follow-up copyright income. The troublesome reviewer will help him solve the trouble. The only problem is that a stable source of funds cannot be guaranteed in a short period of time.

Harvey considered it for a while. Since “Count of Monte Cristo” was completely defeated in this call for contributions, there was nothing to worry about, and he readily agreed to Puran’s terms.

negotiated the terms, and the two sitting on the sofa in the living room stood up.

“Mr. Adrian, this will be a win-win situation. I believe it won’t take long for “Count of Monte Cristo” to become popular throughout the city of El Roy and even the kingdom. Both noble merchants and civilians will be amazed by your imagination. !” Pulan held Harvey’s right hand tightly with both hands, her voice trembling with excitement!

“I hope so, then I beg you next.” Harvey responded with a smile.

Sending Pulan away, Harvey sat on the sofa with a headache and rubbed his temples. The grand plan that Pulan portrayed to him was not so beautiful. His influence on “The Count of Monte Cristo” is very clear, but compared to the future, his urgent need is still higher. not solved.

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The countess’s head dropped, and the shadow of the black veil covered her cheeks, as if buried in an extremely painful thought. “Is this man kind to you, Albert?”

When she asked this sentence, she had a nervous shiver, she knew the identity of that person.

Albert replied unsure: “I think so.”

“do you like him?”

“Oh, he pleases me very much, although Franz Ipinay has always wanted to convince me that he is a person from a certain world, and we are destined to be a different type of person.”

The countess shuddered in horror. She raised her head and said emotionally: “Albe, every time you make a new friend, I always come to ask. Now you are an adult and have your own judgment, but I still have to Tell you, Albert, be cautious.”

Albert could not understand his mother’s vague warning, and said in doubt: “My dear mother, in order to understand your advice, I must know what you are afraid of. The earl never plays cards. He only drinks water with a little bit of water. White wine, he is very rich. He would never borrow money from me if he didn’t intend to mock me. Then, what terrible thing he has for me. Compared to him, I have no place to look at, do I? ”

“Ah, you are right,” the countess looked uncertain, and finally drooped her head and murmured tiredly: “I shouldn’t have this kind of worry, especially for a benefactor who saved your life. Your father. How did you receive him? Albert, we should be more polite to the Count of Monte Cristo. Mr. Morcerf is sometimes upset, he always thinks about his business, and he may unknowingly behave unconsciously. courtesy.”

She was still trying. She wondered if her husband recognized the identity of the earl. The earl of Monte Cristo was the person she was waiting for in the portrait hanging in the living room.

“Father’s attitude could not be better.” Albert said affirmatively, “More than that, he seems to like the few compliments the earl said to him. The earl’s words are very clever, and his attitude is peaceful, just like the art of language. The relationship between the two became as close as they had known each other for thirty years.” Albert laughed: “So when they separated, they had become best friends, and my father even wanted to take him to the House of Representatives to listen to a speech.”

The countess did not speak any more, she was deeply in thought, her eyes gradually closed. The young man standing in front of her looked at her tenderly, his eyes showing sincere love between mother and child. Later, seeing her eyes closed and hearing her even breathing, Albert believed that she was asleep, so he tiptoed out of the room and closed the door very carefully.

“Earl, what a weird person.” He shook his head and said to himself: “I said he would cause a sensation here, even my mother noticed him.”

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Diana carefully closed the “Leonard Publishing Fiction Collection” with her slender hands. Her heart couldn’t be calm for a long time. She bought the “Leonard Publishing Fiction Collection” for the purpose of not knowing when she changed from reading her own novels to paying attention to “Christ.” “Earl of the Mountain”, she has to admit that this is an extremely good work, more attractive than all the literary works she has seen before, and there is a magical power that makes her intoxicated, like scratching her boots, looking forward to it every time she finishes it. In the follow-up plot, she never thought that she would look forward to it like a girl in love.

“The Count of Monte Cristo” has never let her down, she has been overwhelmed by the whimsical ideas inside for more than ten days, UU reading www.uukanshu. com, she couldn’t imagine her superficial fiancé could write novel characters so vividly, the sinister hearts, the feelings between Edmond and Mercedes, the depression when Edmond was in prison. The atmosphere made her look scared, praying that the hero will not die easily.

can shake her will and change her mind. This alone can judge the value of “The Count of Monte Cristo”. Works that can achieve this level throughout the ages are regarded as classics.

Under the soft lighting, there is a newspaper next to the collection of novels on the desk. It is a new issue of Leonard Press this morning. The main content is the announcement of this call for papers.

The winner is “Wild Rose”. Secondly, “His Daughter” also got the opportunity to publish separately, except for the work “Count of Monte Cristo” that she cares most about. Diana was unhappy, so she wrote to Leonard Press at noon and declined the opportunity to publish the novel alone.

Her frowning Liu Mei stared at the contents of the newspaper: “The work that should have been awarded has not even been qualified for publication. A publishing house doesn’t even have a basic love for literature. It’s really superficial. But such an excellent novel is really superficial. Is it by Adrian?”

She believes that the person who can write this novel must not be simple, but Harvey belongs to the simple and superficial type.

It is because “The Count of Monte Cristo” is so good that the publisher of “Wild Rose” had to refrigerate the novel, but her “His Daughter” was on the publication list, not for Diana. Yayu slapped her personally, as if to say again, even if the opportunity to publish “His Daughter” was obtained because of the unfair treatment of “The Count of Monte Cristo”, the quality of her work is far inferior to “The Wild Rose” The Count of Monte Cristo.