According to Kim Hyun-tae's original idea, publishers in European and Asian countries will not sell too badly for their novels and fairy tales.

But he never expected that after the settlement, it was only 48 million US dollars, which was too far from the amount he estimated.

In this time and space, the total population of European countries combined is also more than 6 billion.

Japan has a population of 1.2 billion in Asia, South Korea has a population of 800 million, not to mention China, which has a huge population of 15 billion.

Not counting South Asian countries such as the Philippines, Vietnam, or India.

Not even counting Taiwan.

Just the population base of European countries, as well as Japan, South Korea and China, should not be too bad for the sales of novels.

That's a huge group of more than 20 billion people, but it's ...... Why is that?

Kim Hyun-tae fell into confusion and contemplation for a while.

Joan on the other side of the phone seemed to guess Kim Hyun-tae's thoughts, so she told him what Dave thought.

"Boss, do you think that the income is too far from what you expected?"

In the face of Joan's inquiry, Kim Hyun Tae said honestly: "Yes, this is really different from my personal estimate. ”

Joan said to Kim Hyun Tae: "Mr. Dave said that which agents have given reasonable explanations in this regard, mainly because your novels and fairy tales have just been put on sale, and it will take a while to wait patiently if you want to have an increase in sales." ”

Indeed, novels and fairy tales are not the same as most goods.

Therefore, it is very unrealistic to dream of selling hundreds of millions and billions of them at once.

Don't look at the current $48 million seems to be very small, but you must know that after deducting the personal income tax of the United States, as well as the personal income tax of European and Asian countries, Kim Hyun Tae can actually get the income in his hand.

If you don't count those taxes that are deducted. Kim Hyun-tae's income must be in the hundreds of millions.

At the same time, it should also be remembered that the contract signed by Kim Hyun Tae and the agents is that he himself receives 20% of the royalties from the price of the book sold, the California publishing house takes 10%, and the agent gets 70%.

So you can imagine that in fact, Kim Hyun-tae's two novels and one fairy tale are actually selling very well.

It's just that compared to the mainland of the United States, it will be a little worse.

But when Kim Hyun-tae's novel first started selling, it only sold for a few million.

So, it all takes a process.

JoAnn will Dave's words. It's all far from the book to Kim Hyun-tae.

After listening to Dave's words conveyed by Joan, Kim Hyun-tae felt very reasonable.

So I don't have to worry about it anymore.

Come to think of it, 48 million is not too little, and it is more than 300 million in exchange for Huaxia soft sister coins, isn't it.

Even in the United States, tens of millions of dollars are enough for people to live comfortably for the rest of their lives, so what is there to be content with?

Could it be that my appetite has grown now?

In the end, Kim Hyun-tae even laughed at himself with such a thought.

You know, last year, he was still working as a car washer who paid $5 an hour. And also a part-time job as a dishwasher.

After a month of exhausting work, he still can't get $4,000 in income.

For him at that time, if he could earn $5,000 a month, he would die of laughter.

can now earn $48 million. He's still too little.

Isn't this a big change in mentality?

Thinking of himself last year, Kim Hyun-tae feels that his current mentality is not very good, which needs to be corrected.

"Alright, Joan. I know. It seems that I am thinking too much about myself, and obviously it is not necessary, after all, my two novels and that fairy tale. At the moment, I have only just started selling abroad, and I am overestimating myself, which is not right. ”

Kim Hyun-tae's mentality has always been very good, which is one of his strengths.

Anne also appreciates his good attitude.

Joan also admired Kim Hyun-tae's words after hearing this.

"My little boss, it's best if you think so, as long as those books can continue to be sold abroad, you will have a continuous income every month, and from another point of view, this is also a good thing, you don't have to care how much money foreign sales can bring, even a dollar is an extra profit, of course, a dollar is impossible. ”

Joan's meaning Kim Hyun Tae can understand that according to the meaning of this life assistant, foreign sales are equivalent to off-street money, and earning more is a benefit, so as long as Kim Hyun Tae treats this matter with a good attitude and doesn't think too much, he won't have so many troubles.

How could Kim Hyun-tae not understand this.

"Thank you, Joan, I see. ”

Kim Hyun Tae expressed his gratitude to Jo Ann for her comfort.

He's not a guy who doesn't understand.

After Jo Ann finished talking about it, she brought up the matter on the side of the animation production company.

"I contacted the animation production company during the day, and the second cartoon animation film is almost finished, but I haven't found a suitable singer to interpret the songs of some of these characters at the moment, so I ......"

I don't know why, when Joan talked about this, Kim Hyun-tae suddenly thought of the black girl named Whitney Houston he had seen at night.

Speaking of which, Kim Hyun-tae's animation production company, the second animation script he gave took the song and dance route, in which there will be a large number of scenes of the protagonist singing.

Speaking of which, this method was not less used by Disney in the previous life, and even Disney did not give up on it in 21.

But in this plane, it's a new one.

But it is precisely because of this reason that the animation production company could not find a suitable singer to interpret the songs for the animated characters for a while.

Of course, it's not that there is really no suitable, it's just that the singers' asking prices are too high, which is very uneconomical, so this is why the current situation is caused.

At the same time, Kim Hyun-tae himself thinks so, rather than spending tens of millions of dollars to invite famous singers. It's better to use the money for animation.

In short, in his opinion, it is very unnecessary to invite big-name singers or something.

He, the boss, has this mentality, so it's not hard to guess what choice the animation production company will make.

"Alright, I know this, I'll take care of it. So is there anything else?"

With this in mind, Kim Hyun-tae was ready to get in touch with the black girl to see if she would be interested in dubbing for the anime.

Kim Hyun-tae felt that this girl had a good voice. A lot of potential.

If she wanted to, she would be a good fit.

Of course, the most important thing is that he doesn't have to spend too much money.

I have to say that Kim Hyun Tae now has the potential of some profiteers, otherwise he wouldn't have thought about this issue now.

"The toy factory was selling well, with $8 million in revenue this month after all sorts of miscellaneous items and salaries, as well as taxes and fees. ”

Joan reported to Kim Hyun Tae about the current operation of the toy factory.

It can be said that these things are now. Kim Hyun Tae handed it over to Jo An to inquire and deal with, and he himself saved a lot of heart.

Life assistants are the ones who deal with these chores.

For the companies under his name, Kim Hyun Tae only needs to control the funds and operations.

"8 million net profit. That's not bad. ”

The corners of Kim Hyun-tae's mouth curled, obviously he was still very satisfied with the current situation of the toy factory.

"The director of the Discourse TV station mentioned to me, I hope you can come over and have a look as soon as possible. Nowadays, the operation of TV stations is not very good, there are basically no advertisers, and the ratings of programs have repeatedly declined. If we don't improve the situation, the future will be very bad. ”

For the Chinese TV station he acquired, Kim Hyun-tae really didn't care.

But now that Joan had brought it up, it was clear that she couldn't ignore it like this.

And his money didn't come from the wind, he bought such a Chinese TV station, and just left it there and didn't ask.

Isn't that a joke!

So Kim Hyun-tae said to Joan: "Today is Thursday, I have to continue to have classes tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday the college is closed, you tell the people on the TV station that I will go over on Saturday to have a look, and by the way, discuss with them about the TV station to modify the content of the program."

At the same time, you also told the animation company that I would bring a girl over on Sunday to see if it was suitable for the songs. ”

The problem of the animation production company needs to be solved, and after solving this small trouble, he can wait for the second animated film to land in major theaters, and then sit and collect the money.

After all, this is something that can bring him a good income, so how could Kim Hyun Tae ignore it.

And the problem of that Chinese-language TV station, Kim Hyun-tae also needs to be solved.

Although this TV station is still small and has reached the verge of bankruptcy due to poor management, it is the only media promotion channel in Kim Hyun-tae's hands, so it is still necessary for him to re-operate.

And he also has ambitions to make the TV station bigger, at least to become the mainstream TV media in the California region.

Well, now Kim Hyun Tae, that's how ambitious it is.

It's too big, he doesn't dare to think about it himself.

California's mainstream TV station, this ambition is not small, okay.

"Okay, Joan, I won't bother you, you can also finish work and rest as soon as possible, tomorrow you have lunch, and come back with Coco. ”

In the end, Kim Hyun-tae and Jo Ann explained their daughter's affairs, and then hung up the phone.

I looked up and looked at the wall clock on the wall, and it was exactly 24 o'clock at midnight.

It was not early, Kim Hyun-tae went to the second floor to take off his clothes, went to the bathroom to take a hot shower, and then went downstairs to the living room to turn on the TV, ready to watch the midnight news for half an hour before going to bed.

The TV was turned on, and Kim Hyun-tae picked up the remote control and turned to the news station.

It just so happened that the economic report was not over yet, and it happened to be the reported yen exchange rate, which suddenly made Kim Hyun-tae feel refreshed.

[The yen has been hawkish in recent days, rising 2.3% against the US dollar, and the latest quotation is ......]

Looking at the economic news that had been reported during the day on the TV screen and was repeated at midnight, Kim Hyun-tae cheered in his heart.

Wow!

The feast has begun!

Banzai!

Make a lot of money!

Well, Kim Hyun-tae's mentality at this time is obviously gloating. (To be continued.) )