Being a director starts with fighting domestic violence

Chapter 164 Down to Earth

Every time Gu Donghua went to see Gao You, he would bring her a big bag of letters from readers.

This time, in addition to picking up the manuscript, Gu Donghua mainly came to discuss the issue of royalties with Gao You.

She talked to Li Zhu about it. Gao You's novel was very important to "Novel Literature Magazine". If they didn't increase the royalties, they were afraid that Gao You would run away.

Therefore, the magazine decided to increase the manuscript fee from 50 yuan per thousand words to 100 yuan per thousand words.

This is already the highest remuneration that general magazines and newspapers can offer.

In order to attract authors, some magazines offer 500 yuan per thousand words, or even 1,000 yuan per thousand words. In fact, few authors can meet that standard, unless the work is phenomenal or the writer is top-notch.

Gao You's "Fantasy Dragon Universe" is a very popular work among the vast readership, and readers from both the north and the south love to read it, regardless of region.

The letters they received from readers include people of all ages.

There are students, teachers, scientific researchers, and even restoration experts from cultural relics protection units.

This is very rare.

If Gao You can maintain this level in the future, it should not be difficult for his work to become a nationwide hit before its completion.

Next you can consider publishing.

Gu Donghua also specifically told Gao You about this matter and asked Gao You what he thought.

Gao You had thought about it before and just said that he would think about it carefully when the time comes.

She made no immediate promises.

Gu Donghua didn't say much. He pointed out a few areas that could be improved to Gao You before leaving with the manuscript.

Gao You put the readers' letters in the storage room of Gao Fei Imaging.

There were already several boxes of letters from readers piled up there.

When she has time, she will open it and take a look.

Some of the letters from readers are also quite interesting.

Some people are speculating about how the plot will develop later, while others think that Dr. Long’s identity is very suspicious.

Some people have made very bold speculations about the Dragon Universe, wondering whether this Dragon Universe is a product left behind by aliens, and whether the Hua Zhibi is the key to time travel.

Gao You sometimes feels that these readers have more creative imaginations than her.

As Gao Fei's imaging business gradually got on track and gained a reputation in the circle, he also received some advertising and calendar shooting business.

Gao You also called Yu Silan and asked her how her business was going.

Yu Silan was a little worried.

Business has been pretty good. From taking photos and shooting advertising posters, the income has been relatively stable.

But Yu Silan gradually felt a little bored.

Gao You asked her if she would like to come to Beijing, as she also opened a photography studio here.

Yu Silan hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed.

She has been protected at home for too long and has become too lazy. She also wants to see the outside world.

Gao You also called and asked about Gao Ping's situation.

Gao Ping smiled and said that after the weather got cold, their roujiamo business became better and better.

They also plan to rent a storefront near Xiangning Road to officially open a store, and are currently looking for a vacant shop.

Gao You was also very happy for them. He could hear a vitality and confidence in Gao Ping's voice.

"After your store becomes popular, come to Beijing to open a branch!" said Gao You.

"Okay, then we will open a branch in Beijing." Gao Ping was full of confidence. For her, this was no longer an unattainable thing.

In the past few months, she and Liu Yue'e have saved a lot of money and have been planning to open a store.

They already had the capital, but both of them are down-to-earth and would rather take it step by step, even if it's a little slow.

I don’t want to be like Liu Daqiang’s brothers.

After their fried rice stall went out of business, Liu Beibei went to the wholesale market to buy some hair ornaments and hair bands to sell.

The business was good at the beginning, but Liu Beibei met a college student.

She didn't know what possessed her, but she became obsessed with him. She went to school to pester him all day long and even gave up her business.

The Liu Daqiang brothers also wanted to sell roujiamo, just like Liu Yue'e and Gao Ping, but their cooking skills were not good enough and they wanted to start a price war, but they ended up making their customers sick again.

The two brothers were arrested and put in jail again.

After they came out, the two brothers didn't dare to cook anymore.

They borrowed some money from their nanny, Li Sufen, and bought a batch of toys to sell at the night market.

In fact, the business is not bad, but once Liu Dabao had some money, he started to become arrogant.

He got mixed up with some ruffians.

The little money Liu Daqiang earned from his hard work every day was not enough for Liu Dabao to squander.

Liu Dabao and his drinking buddies also beat up Liu Daqiang.

The two brothers became enemies because of this.

In short, people should be down-to-earth and stop thinking too much.

This is the experience Gao Ping gained.

There were also some men who came over when they saw that the mother and daughter had made some money.

There was a man who claimed to be a local of the provincial capital and worked in a unit. He took a fancy to Gao Ping.

He asked a matchmaker to come to his house, hoping that Gao Ping would marry into his family.

When Liu Yue'e asked about the other party's conditions, she found out that the man had a wife before, who died of illness.

Left behind three children.

Not only Gao Ping, but even Liu Yue'e looked down on this kind of family and rejected it.

Who would have thought that the man would not give up and would come to bother her every day.

Gao Ping raised the kitchen knife she used to cut meat, gestured at the man twice, and said that she could marry him.

She said that she had a problem. She liked to scratch people. She couldn't sleep if she didn't do it every day.

If he could accept her flaw, she could marry him.

This frightened the man so much that he ran away and was never seen again.

Since then, there are fewer men who want to take advantage of Gao Ping.

A week later, Gao You met Yu Silan, Leng Mei and Lawyer Qin.

Leng Mei and Kong Sha actually did quite well in the fitness class.

But Leng Mei thought photography was more interesting, so she followed Yu Silan to Beijing this time.

Yu Silan transferred the photography studio in the provincial capital to a classmate.

With the arrival of Yu Silan, Gaofei Image has two more regular photographers, and they can finally let go and take on some orders.

Lawyer Qin was hired by Gao You.

She plans to rent the entire glass factory.

This is a big move, and requires a professional like Lawyer Qin to help Gao You deal with some legal matters.

Lawyer Qin has worked with Gao You many times and was very happy to accept this commission.

Now, in addition to attending classes, Gao You is also busy preparing to shoot a short film based on Lu Xue's script with other people in the dormitory.

Lu Xue's script is called "Mistake" and was completed together with Gao You.

The inspiration also came from Gao You's anti-sexual harassment photography exhibition.

It tells the story of An Li, a newly graduated student, who applies for the position of assistant to a well-known screenwriter.

The screenwriter led An Li to the study and wanted to do something bad to her.

When An Li resisted, she threw the paperweight on the table at the screenwriter and accidentally killed him.

When Anli was in a panic, the maid hired by the screenwriter suddenly came into the study and saw the screenwriter lying on the floor.