"Those things in the Ming Dynasty" were launched on Xinhua Bookstore purely because of luck. The snow at the beginning of the year made several books that were originally scheduled to be published at the beginning of the year stop.

I don’t know if it was the author who was lazy or Qin He’s luck broke out, but in the end, the publisher chose Qin He’s book.

Perhaps this book is suitable for primary and secondary school students to read. It is both a history book and a relaxed and humorous novel. This is also a luck. The first batch of 10,000 volumes were soon spread out in the new history classification books of Xinhua Bookstore.

Although the first batch of 10,000 books were all shipped, Xiao Han still did not dare to continue reprinting, but instead prepared to wait for feedback from Xinhua Bookstore.

In this era, paper books were the mainstream. Although there were many pirated books, the sales of genuine books were also good, especially the national Xinhua Bookstore.

Because it is a new author's book, the book "Things in the Ming Dynasty" was launched in Xinhua Bookstore, without even making any advertisements, and even classified the book into history books.

Generally, students, unless they particularly like history books, rarely come to this category to find books. On the first day of online launch, the book "Things in the Ming Dynasty" sold mediocrely, and did not even cause any trouble.

But classics will never be buried, they are just missing people who discover them.

Li Hao is a senior high school student in Nanjiang City. In his last semester, he is about to face the college entrance examination. Generally, senior high school students rarely go out to visit bookstores, but Li Hao's historical grades have always been average. The history teacher recommends him to choose a modern history book, so he came to the bookstore to take a look.

Li Hao's goal was to choose historical books of modern history, books such as XXX and XX. When he walked to the history classification area, he searched for a long time but couldn't find a suitable one. Suddenly he saw a book with a strange name, the name of which was "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

Originally, he thought it was a history book introducing the Ming Dynasty, but the title of this book is quite fun. Generally, normal history books are titles of a certain dynasty, an emperor, and an era. The title of this book is indeed interesting.

He looked at the electronic watch in his hand and found it was still early. After thinking about it, he drew out the book and prepared to take a look at it casually.

The first part of the events in the Ming Dynasty was to introduce Emperor Hongwu, namely Zhu Yuanzhang.

The first chapter introduces Zhu Yuanzhang's identity and background, describes it in a humorous and witty way. The story slowly unfolds, telling Zhu Yuanzhang's life in a very funny way.

Li Hao was soon attracted by this book. He even forgot the purpose of his visit today. It was not until a long time before he realized that the sun outside had shone in. He woke up and looked at the time. It was already noon.

He quickly put down the book and found the history book he wanted, but just a few steps, he gritted his teeth, turned around and took out the first part of the book "Things in the Ming Dynasty" from the bookshelf, put it together and went to the counter to check out.

In fact, genuine paper books have always been very expensive. The price of this book with a 280,000-word book is almost 80 cents. This was in 1998. At this price, you can buy three or four pirated books. This is also the reason why pirated books in China are so crazy.

Li Hao finally bought this book because it is indeed very attractive to young people.

Before this book, everyone was old-fashioned and solemn about history books, and perhaps some books introducing some interesting stories in history, but those history books that are often not popular and are not recognized by everyone.

As soon as the history book "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was released, it immediately attracted many people.

There are many people like Li Hao who accidentally discovered this book. Although there is no advertising or promotion, the sales of this book are quietly increasing.

By the end of March, the first and second books of this book, 10,000 books, were sold silently. When many bookstores started to check sales at the end of the month, they were surprised to find that a historical novel book actually sold very well. More than one Xinhua Bookstore had sold out, and many people were preparing to book this book.

Xiao Han, who received this notice, called Qin He immediately and informed him that the publishing house had decided to add prints, and the second printing number was 50,000 copies. In addition, the first batch of 10,000 copies of the royalties of more than 15,000 copies had been mailed to Qin He.

Xiao Han finally suggested that Qin He should send him the manuscripts behind him as soon as possible and ask him to contact the publisher to publish them as soon as possible.

But Qin He can only say hehe.

At this time, Qin He finally knew that he was about to succeed, and Xiao Han's tone also made him clear that this book would soon become popular!

Since it is popular, we naturally have to talk about money!

But Xiao Han might think that Qin He is still a novice and deliberately avoids this topic. Since he doesn't mention it, it doesn't matter to Qin He. After the second batch of sales comes out, the person who is anxious will naturally not be him!

In fact, Xiao Han was not sure at this time. Although the sales of this book were pretty good, it was not as good as it was just a snatch, so Xiao Han didn't know whether to mention the royalty price.

Xinhua Bookstore has more than 10,000 sales points across the country. This time, the 50,000 copies were printed, and there were only two copies, each of which was only 25,000 copies. Due to previous sales, the batch of 50,000 books were quickly dispersed to major bookstores.

In fact, Qin He knew this book was in his mind. Qin He certainly believed that this book would become popular if it could enter the top few annual sales for several years.

Moreover, Qin He is not planning to continue writing other books for the time being. After the book "Things in the Ming Dynasty" is published, he will find a way to publish the book "Three-Body" by himself, and it will be almost time to calculate the time.

Sure enough, by early May, Xiao Han had called Qin He three times, hoping to get the subsequent manuscripts as soon as possible, organize and publish them, and also started to bid, with the royalties rising from 10% to 12%.

However, Qin He’s bottom line is more than 15%, and the two are still in negotiations.

Finally, at the end of May, the third time he reprinted 200,000 copies, which made Xiao Han completely unable to sit still. He finally ran to the small county town of Qinhe and came to negotiate with Qinhe to get in love.

When Xiao Han saw a thin man riding a second-hand motorcycle to pick him up at the station, he was surprised to find that the man turned out to be Teacher Li Yuncong.

Qin He was wearing a half-old T-shirt on his thin body, which was dirty. He had just worked in the wholesale department and hurriedly received a call from Xiao Han and rushed over on a motorcycle.

There was no surprise when the two met. Qin He arranged for him to a hotel and took him to a small restaurant for a meal. The first meal was nothing to say except for Xiao Han's compliment and familiarity with the two.

Xiao Han came with a mission this time, and he had to negotiate this cooperation. He brought all the contracts, and the bottom line given to him by the above is 15%, which is already the royalty standard for a well-known writer.

Qin He did not agree or refuse, but instead took Xiao Han to play nearby for two days, without talking about work at all. He took him to travel around like a friend.

To be honest, Qin He has been reborn in this world for almost two years and has not traveled seriously. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qin He took advantage of the holiday and played in the nearby scenic area with his four children and Xiao Han for two days.

Two days later, Qin He handed his three-body manuscript to Xiao Han.

It is OK to sign the contract, but Qin He’s request is to sign this three-body series together.

Xiao Han was stunned on the spot. After seeing it as a science fiction novel, Xiao Han's face turned green. Science fiction novels of this era are real niche novels. In addition to adolescent children, several people are concerned about science fiction novels. Most of the most popular novels in the past few years were reality novels, and everyone is more willing to read real things.

And Xiao Han secretly sent the book to his boss. After checking, he found that the first part of the Three-Body Problem has been published, but the sales volume has not even increased, so he immediately did not dare to agree so happily.

Qin He's attitude was firm, and Xiao Han had no choice but to call his boss, who asked him to deal with it at his discretion, and ignore the Three-Body Problem for now, but you must get the last few books of the book "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

The reason why Xiao Han is so anxious is naturally because with the increase in sales of this book, it has gradually become the most popular historical novel in 1998. Once some trends are formed, it cannot be stopped. Recently, booksellers have been asking about the author of this book.

Not only booksellers are asking, but even Lao Cui, who has been working with Qin He, has known about this in the past two months. Lao Cui was on the phone and wanted to slap himself twice and apologize to Qin He several times, but what he got was a perfunctory attitude.

In the end, Qin He signed a contract with Xiao Han, and gave him the complete collection of the book "Things in the Ming Dynasty", with a royalty of 15%.

In addition, the three-body series trilogy also signed a contract with a royalty of 10%. Within two years, the first contract with no less than 100,000 volumes will be printed!

Qin He finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the two contracts. Lin Yiqing's mission can finally be completed. There will be one and a half years left to ferment. The name Lin Yiqing will definitely become a well-known writer.

In fact, the name of the author Lin Yiqing is now quite famous in the circle. After all, a new author can add prints three times in just a few months, and the sales volume is higher than that in one go. This kind of new author will naturally be paid attention to by some people.

However, among the readers, more than 100,000 novels are scattered all over the country. Except for a small number of readers who pay attention to the author's name, who else will pay attention to the author's name? The sales of more than 100,000 copies can only be said that it has just caused some trouble.

After Qin He handed over the two books to Xiao Han, he was completely relieved. It was already early June. Qin He calculated the time and the remaining time was less than five hundred days.

I just hope that within five hundred days, these two novels will cause a sensation, so that the name Lin Yiqing will be completely familiar to the people of the whole country.

Qin He was also thinking about whether to write a book as a last work. Generally, whether it is a writer or a painter, the last work in his life is the most valuable.

But Qin He hasn't figured out what book to write yet. Since it is a posthumous work, there is still plenty of time, so there is no hurry to do this.

In mid-August, Xiao Han called Qin He and the sales of "Things in the Ming Dynasty" officially exceeded 500,000 copies, and the market response was very good. The publishing house also plans to promote this book and promote it in major universities, so that this book can completely ignite the market.

Qin He was also very happy when he learned the news, but he was more concerned about the publication of the Three-Body Problem Series.

Xiao Han stammered and finally said that at the end of September, 50,000 copies would be printed first, and the next 50,000 copies would be published within two years. Qin He then remembered the contract, which was indeed to say that 100,000 copies would be published within two years, and he couldn't help but shake his head helplessly.

Since the book "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" has become less popular, Qin He can only wait patiently. As time gets closer, Qin He has also begun to prepare for his funeral after his death.

Lin Yifeng also passed the high school entrance examination in July and ranked ninth in the school and was now a first-year high school student.

In fact, Qin He was not too worried about the affairs of several children. Even if he left, relying on the copyright and royalties of the two books would be enough for them to have enough food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

But Qin He did not want to be in the future. In order to compete for this huge amount of wealth, they had to deal with it before leaving!

So Qin He chose to find a law firm to prepare the will and all his property must be distributed!

This matter is not very urgent, Qin He will handle the matter within the year!

In the early October, Qin He received a sample book of the Three-Body Novel, and also had a royalty income of 500,000 yuan. This is the third royalty income that Qin He received, and there are more in the future!

As the sales of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" continued to rise, Qin He no longer had to worry about money. At the end of August, he completely canceled the contract with Zhiyin Magazine and completely gave up the pen name Li Yuncong. After Lao Cui learned about it, he also called to persuade him several times, but in the end he could only break up peacefully.

Because in the following days, with the promotion of the publishing house, Qin He also went to several provincial capital cities to sign and his fame slowly increased.

It was the end of the year in a flash. The author Lin Yiqing finally gained some fame among the student group, and the book "Three-Body Problem Series" gradually attracted the attention of some science fiction fans, but the attention in the science fiction circle is far from well-known.

The Spring Festival in 1998 is the third Spring Festival that Qin He has been here in this world. It has been more than two years since he came to this world. He has not had many days left. Qin He deliberately avoided this idea and thought about it.

Although he knew that he was just leaving this world, as time slowly arrived, Qin He felt more and more panic in his heart.

After more than two years of getting along, he has even engraved some marks of Lin Yiqing. As his fame becomes more and more popular, when others call the name Lin Yiqing, he subconsciously nods and responds.

Every time he gets along with a few children, Qin He tries to return to his family and his own identity as a chef. Every time he is on holiday, Qin He takes time to go home to make a sumptuous dinner and wait for the children to come home.

Although Qin He is already a well-known writer outside, he rarely talks about his identity as a writer in this family. Even last time Yan Zi took out a book about the Ming Dynasty and read it, but he didn't notice that the author's name was his second brother.

Because in the eyes of Yan Zi and his children, his second brother seems to have always written magazines, and he is also a bloody magazine article like Zhiyin.

In addition, there was no Internet in this era and Qin He did not use TV, so the identity of this well-known author has always remained mysterious.

Within a thousand days, less than two hundred days left, Qin He had already forgotten his last work because he was really not in the mood to copy any books and was not in the mood to care about the supermarket. He tried hard to avoid reality and went to more than 30 bookstores to sign for sale within two months.

In fact, as he became more and more skilled in business, Hu Xingwang could handle the matters of supermarkets and wholesale departments by himself. In addition, the business circle was only county towns and several towns. In fact, after playing around, he would repeat it every day. Moreover, Qin He deliberately did not let Hu Xingwang continue to expand the supermarkets and markets.

Qin He asked Hu Xingwang to buy the real estate in the supermarket and wholesale department as much as possible, taking advantage of the current housing prices.

Hu Xingwang's weight gradually increased with his wealth. He also had a girlfriend. He was not very beautiful, but he was eloquent and a powerful character. Qin He was a little worried that he would entrust his funeral to him, so would this woman stop him?

However, Qin He thought about it and felt that Hu Xingwang was not that kind of person. Besides, Qin He’s current wealth was enough to let several children live without Hu Xingwang’s help.

As the date of departure got closer, Qin He felt that his body was not sure whether it was a mental effect or something was really wrong. He felt weaker and weaker. He had not recovered for several days in a row.

Time gradually came to early July, and there were only thirty days left before a thousand days.

Qin He received a system prompt two months ago that Lin Yiqing's last wish had been completed.

The rest of the time should have been happy and relaxed, but Qin He did not feel relaxed and happy at all, but only felt extremely depressed and panic.

He felt a little confused recently. When several children were on holiday, he got up very early every day, made three meals for the children, and talked to them for one or two hours.

The sensitive Yanzi also noticed that something was wrong with his second brother during this period, as if he was giving his last words, and seemed to have arranged everything for the future of several people.
To be continued...