Chapter 99 Ma Weidu takes on outsourcing
At the end of February, Liu Hongmin had to return to Beijing.
Ma Weidu brought three bodyguards to the airport to pick up Liu Hongmin and helped him carry the luggage back to Shichahai.
In the evening, Liu Hongmin kept Ma Weidu.
"Old Ma, are you still writing articles recently?"
Ma Weidu nodded and said, "I have been writing all the time, but I am not very good at it. I just published "The Moon is Full Tonight"."
"Oh?" Liu Hongmin became interested and decided to take a look at it later.
But now it’s time to get down to business. “You should know about Lao Zou writing Justice Bao, right?”
"I know!" Ma Weidu's eyes flickered. "I heard that Justice Bao is very popular in Hong Kong."
"It's mainly because the TV series is popular. The novels are mainly sold in Green Island." Liu Hongmin briefly introduced the situation, and then asked: "Old Zou has written three books and is not planning to write any more. I wonder if you are interested in continuing?"
Ma Weidu had been waiting for this moment for a long time. He nodded quickly, "Of course I'm interested."
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "Since you are interested, I won't look for anyone else. Let me make it clear first, I won't get paid for the serialization of Justice Bao, but I still have the adaptation rights and royalties. Lao Zou and I split the adaptation fee equally, and all the royalties belonged to me. I wonder if you can accept this."
Ma Weidu said without hesitation, "Accept it."
Half of the adaptation fee for each episode of Justice Bao is Hong Kong dollars, which is yuan at the current exchange rate. If Ma Weidu hesitates, he will be sorry for his two years of waiting.
Liu Hongmin nodded, "Let's start with the villain and then the gentleman. You try to write a unit first. If there is no problem, the subsequent writing work of "Judge Bao" will be yours."
After Ma Weidu left Liu Hongmin's study, he couldn't calm down for a long time.
Since he followed Liu Hongmin, his income has been rising. He gets a basic salary of 100 yuan a month, and Liu Hongmin gives him a big unity as a bonus every time he buys antiques.
In a year, it can be around 3,000. In Beijing, this is definitely a high-income group. Moreover, this money comes from a legitimate source and can withstand investigation, so there will be no trouble.
But even so, it would take at least ten years to earn 40,000 yuan. Faced with such an opportunity, how could Ma Weidu not seize it?
After Ma Weidu left, Liu Hongmin took out a pen and paper and began to write an action report, clearly listing everything he had done in Hong Kong.
School will start in a few days, and he needs to report to Organization D. At the end of this semester, he will graduate, and whether he can get a Beijing hukou depends on whether he can be assigned to a unit in Beijing.
He opened a film company in Hong Kong, which basically cut off his hope of entering various departments. But he could join the Writers Association and obtain a Beijing hukou.
If that doesn't work, he can only be affiliated with Peking University Press like Zou Shifang.
Of course, these two are just medium-to-low-level options. If there is really a company that dares to hire him, he actually doesn't mind.
As long as the company doesn’t mind!
After writing the action report, Liu Hongmin wrote the outline of "Family Disaster", the first unit of the fourth part of "Justice Bao".
The next day, Ma Weidu came again, and Liu Hongmin gave him the outline of "Tian Lun Jie" and the first three parts of "Judge Bao".
"Finish reading these three books first, and then start writing."
Ma Weidu nodded and decided to study it carefully when he returned.
After returning home, he found that the writing level of "Judge Bao" was not very high. It was at the same level as his "Tonight's Full Moon", but the style was different. The style of "Judge Bao" imitated Shao Bao, but also had the characteristics of Zou Shifang. In terms of narrative, "Judge Bao" did not have too many twists and turns, and was more inclined to traditional novels.
After Ma Weidu made this judgment, he immediately started writing. However, after writing, he realized that this style was not easy to write, and the choice of words and sentences alone was not so easy to imitate.
He does not have a high level of education and he taught himself a lot of things, so his knowledge is not systematic.
Because of this, he is not so restrained and has an advantage in imitating styles.
While reading the book, he followed the outline and slowly dug out the story of "Tian Lun Jie". After the school started, Liu Hongmin handed in the action report first, and then went to find Professor Tao. In the last semester, they needed to prepare graduation papers. However, this did not include Liu Hongmin, who had been suppressed by Professor Tao for three papers, and any one of them could be used as a graduation paper.
However, after the meeting, Professor Tao asked him to write another graduation thesis.
"Those three papers of yours are not suitable for publication now. The situation is a bit complicated now, so you need to be patient for the time being."
Liu Hongmin asked: "Are they still the same group of people?"
"Not only that!" Professor Tao said, "but what you have done recently is too outrageous, making many people jealous."
Liu Hongmin expressed his understanding that in an era when the average wage per capita was only a few dozen yuan, earning hundreds of millions or even tens of millions would certainly make people jealous.
"Okay! I'll just write another one."
Those three papers are basically about the Ming Dynasty, and they are subversive papers. If they are released, it will be like releasing three mushroom clouds.
Professor Tao directly selected a topic for him, "You should write about the history of the Han and Tang dynasties!"
Liu Hongmin nodded, "No problem."
After leaving, Liu Hongmin began to worry. He really didn't have much desire to express about the Han and Tang dynasties. Forget it, I'd better go back and look through the historical materials to see if I can find anything interesting!
After searching through historical materials for more than half a month, Liu Hongmin still couldn't find a topic for his paper. Just when he was worried, Ma Weidu came.
Looking at the manuscript in front of him, Liu Hongmin was stunned.
"Have you finished writing? Have you finished reading the three volumes of Justice Bao?"
Ma Weidu answered truthfully, "No, I wrote while reading."
Liu Hongmin was stunned. Is this just imitation?
He picked up the manuscript and read it slowly. It was better than Zou Shifang's first writing.
Picking up the pen, Liu Hongmin gave some revision suggestions, and then asked, "Wait until you have finished revising it, then show it to me."
Ma Weidu nodded, took the manuscript and left.
Liu Hongmin couldn't help but laugh as he looked at Ma Weidu's happy back. Ma Weidu had been with him for two or three years and was now able to take charge of his own affairs.
In his heart, he had already decided to let Ma Weidu write "Judge Bao". Ma Weidu was talented, serious, and close to him, so he was the best choice to take over "Judge Bao".
"Brother, it's time to eat!"
Liu Hongying ran over and shouted at the study door.
"coming!"
After returning to Beijing, Liu Hongmin spent his evenings with his family. Because they did not have a hukou, their family would soon have to return to their hometown in Northeast China, and Liu Hongmin was reluctant to let them go.
After dinner, Liu Hongmin and his father sat on the recliners and chatted.
Perhaps influenced by the atmosphere at home, Liu's father picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and read it again. Suddenly he asked a question, "Boss, have you noticed that Xun Yu is a very capable person who actually introduced so many talents to Cao Cao?"
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "The people recommended by Xun Yu are from aristocratic families like him. I have known them since childhood, so I know their talents."
Father Liu was surprised and asked, "What's this about aristocratic families?"
(End of this chapter)
