Chapter 30: Halloween Eve

Although there are always some small disputes between Demi and his brother Jack, many of them show the innocuous prank joke and warmth between brothers and sisters in a happy family, which makes Kim Hyun Tae very envious.

And Nat's family is also a typical American family, and the brothers and sisters Demi and Jack also represent the kind of interaction between brothers and sisters in most American families.

Kim Hyun-tae is very envious of this.

At least my family is not complete, which is a pity.

Kim Hyun-tae, who returned home, did not go to the publishing house or anything as he said, but stayed at home all day.

What he said to his wife Anna at the Nat house was just an excuse, and Kim Hyun-tae had no intention of going to the publishing house to see Dave today.

For a whole day, Kim Hyun Tae stayed at home, tinkering with his "Fairy Tale" piracy, and completed the entire "Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales" in one day.

Not every fairy tale in "Brothers Grimm" is suitable for children, and there are also some strange bloody and dark stories, which need to be eliminated, so Kim Hyun Tae just picked out some fairy tales that are more suitable and do not exist in this parallel time and space.

In this way, Kim Hyun-tae wrote at home, and also recovered some of the sequelae caused by last night's hangover, which can be regarded as spending the day.

The daughter was very happy to play alone, and she didn't make any noise because she couldn't go out to play.

When coaxing his daughter to sleep at night, the little guy made a fuss, nothing more than clamoring for his mother, which made Kim Hyun-tae sad.

In the end, the little guy was coaxed to sleep by Kim Hyun-tae, which made Kim Hyun-tae breathe a sigh of relief.

Although I'm sorry for my daughter, Kim Hyun-tae is really powerless on this issue.

First of all, he is only 16 years old, where do you ask him to find the right woman to be his wife?

And if you find a girlfriend casually, people may not be happy to bring cocoa.

What's more, the most important thing is that Kim Hyun-tae has no place for other women in his heart, and he has never thought of accepting another woman into the life of the father and daughter.

After all, the current Kim Hyun-tae's mind is full of images of his wife, and he can't get rid of it at all.

It is precisely for this reason that Kim Hyun Tae feels that he can't realize the needs of his daughter Coco because of his own reasons, so he feels very guilty in his heart.

Now that her daughter is growing up, she knows that she is clamoring for a mother, and Kim Hyun-tae feels very distressed about this.

"Well, let's take a step at a time. In the end, Kim Hyun-tae could only sigh secretly.

Coming to the living room alone, Kim Hyun Tae turned on the LCD TV, intending to watch the midnight show to kill time and improve his mood at the same time.

It's a pity that the TV shows on each station are extremely boring soap operas, which are not funny or good-looking, which makes Kim Hyun-tae's mood even worse.

Simply, Kim Hyun-tae played the game console and didn't wash up and sleep until 23 o'clock.

The next day, Kim Hyun-tae changed his daughter's clothes as usual, and made breakfast for his daughter, and then took his daughter to pick up the car and left the house.

Today, he really went to the publishing house.

After all, he was going to show Dave the new novel "The Lord of the Rings" and talk about the publication and the publication of "William's Fairy Tales", which he 'created' in two days.

Obviously, it is very impolite to contact you by phone or email, and only the interview will appear formal.

Armed with the manuscripts of novels and fairy tales, Kim Hyun-tae drove his Audi A8 and put his daughter in the back seat and drove all the way in the direction of Los Angeles.

In the morning, the highway from Monica to Los Angeles was crowded with cars, so it can be seen that there are many people who live outside of Los Angeles but have to go to Los Angeles for work.

Fortunately, Kim Hyun-tae is not short of time, so he doesn't care at all about the slow traffic at high speed due to the congested traffic.

Turning on the car CD and playing soft and soothing pure music, Kim Hyun-tae enjoyed himself while driving the car slowly.

When the car passed by a certain location on the highway, Kim Hyun-tae was curious to find that in front of each shop in this commercial street, all kinds of alternative costumes, masks, and fun clowns and jack-o-lanterns were placed in front of each shop.

Oh yes, it's almost Halloween!

Kim Hyun-tae was initially confused, but he quickly remembered it.

The end of October, the 31st, is Halloween in the United States.

On this day, every child dresses up as a quirky person and goes from house to door knocking on the door to get candy to eat, and shouting slogans like 'Trick or Treat'.

I brought my daughter to the United States in this time and space, it was January 1st Christmas, but unfortunately since then, I have been thinking about how to support my family, so until now, he has not had those holidays in the United States, basically either washing his car in the car wash or brushing dishes in the restaurant.

Even with her daughter Coco, I haven't felt the festive atmosphere here.

But now it's different, my economic conditions have completely improved, and I don't have to worry about money anymore, so of course I can have a decent festival with my daughter, right?

Kim Hyun-tae, who feels that he has lost a lot of money and his daughter, decides to spend this Halloween with his daughter, so that the little guy can also feel this fun Halloween atmosphere, and at the same time make the little guy happy.

If you want to talk about how to spend Halloween, it's actually very simple.

It's nothing more than decorating your backyard and front door, such as putting up a few jack-o'-lanterns, some scarecrows, scary clowns and other gadgets, and don't forget to prepare a lot of candy.

At that time, I and my children also had to dress up and put on some weird and alternative costumes.

On Halloween night, children come out in droves to get candy from everyone's house.

And the Monica Beach community where I live is a community with mainly white residents, so I obviously won't miss a holiday like Halloween.

Although there are not many families in the community, only seven or eight hundred, considering that there is no family planning on the part of the Americans, basically every family will have two or three children, even excluding those single men and women who are not married, they must prepare candy for themselves.

But what is this for Kim Hyun Tae!

He now has money and can buy a lot of sweets, so he won't let the kids down.

Besides, he can also dress up his daughter and take her out to get candy everywhere.

It took about an hour for Kim Hyun Tae to drive to the publishing house, and compared to the usual half an hour of driving, Kim Hyun Tae spent twice as much time on the road due to the poor condition of the morning rush hour.

When he went out, Kim Hyun-tae looked at the time, it was 8 o'clock in the morning.

And now when I arrived at the publishing house, it was already more than 9 o'clock.

After parking the car in the parking lot of the publishing house, Kim Hyun-tae took his daughter from the elevator in the parking lot and went directly to the fifth floor of the publishing house to Dave's office.

Dave wasn't very busy today, and when Kim Hyun-tae found him, Dave was sitting behind his desk drinking coffee leisurely, watching the bustling flow of people and cars on the street through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows on the side.

Standing at the door, Kim Hyun-tae politely knocked on the open office door instead of walking straight in.

A knock on the door interrupted Dave, who was leisurely sipping his coffee, and asked him to turn his head to see who was coming.

Dave's secretary Lola took over the little one in Kim Hyun Tae's arms in time, and she began to take care of it as last time, and the little one obviously likes to play with all kinds of women, so Coco's attention has been shifted to Lola's side.

Seeing that Dave saw himself, Kim Hyun Tae walked into the office and said his intention directly.

"We communicated on the phone last time, so I won't be verbose, this is the manuscript of the first volume of the new novel "The Lord of the Rings", you can take a look at it first. ”

Kim Hyun-tae walked to the sofa and sat down on the sofa while placing the first manuscript of The Lord of the Rings on the coffee table in front of him.

Dave also got up from behind his desk at this time, walked to sit opposite Kim Hyun Tae, then leaned forward slightly, reached out and picked up the "Lord of the Rings" manuscript on the coffee table and flipped through it.

Although Dave's appearance is not very good-looking, as a senior executive of a publishing house, he has a very good vision.

After a cursory look at the manuscript of "The Lord of the Rings", he could basically conclude in his mind that this was a magical novel that could sell well.

Therefore, he raised his head, looked at Kim Hyun Tae seriously and said, "This is a novel that can be sold well, how about it, let us publish it by California Culture Press." I can even give you a little bit more on royalties here, how about 20%?"

Ooh!

For the manuscript of the first novel, A Song of Ice and Fire, Dave only gave himself a 10% royalty share, but even then he made a lot of money.

Now the Lord of the Rings is only a manuscript of the Lord of the Rings, but Dave has offered a 20% royalty share, which is a big jump.

"Don't be surprised, you're a big seller of fiction now, so I can't treat you like a rookie author, and you have a lot of potential, and I don't want to hurt a potential teenage writer like you. ”

Dave gives an explanation, which makes some sense, but it's a bit far-fetched.

To be honest, even if "A Song of Ice and Fire" is a big hit, and Kim Hyun Tae has a lot of potential, it doesn't deserve Dave's treatment.

You know, this is a forced royalty split, doubling it!

But Kim Hyun-tae didn't bother to think about the factors, anyway, it's a good thing for him, isn't it.

"I have no opinion, I accept the 20% royalty share, and "The Lord of the Rings" can be handed over to the publisher for publishing, but only for the publishing agency of English paper books. ”

Kim Hyun-tae hadn't gotten dizzy yet, and reminded Dave a little.

Dave smiled and didn't care at all: "What our publishing house wants is only the agency in the United States, and the English version of the paper book publishing agency, which is no different from "A Song of Ice and Fire". ”

These words made Kim Hyun Tae relax, and everything was still so smooth, which made Kim Hyun Tae feel relaxed and happy from the bottom of his heart, and began to like dealing with Dave.

Kim Hyun-tae, who was in a good mood, took out another manuscript and put it on the coffee table, which was his pirated manuscript of "William's Fairy Tales".

Dave looked at Kim Hyun-tae curiously, and then at the manuscript on the coffee table.

"...... this?"

Kim Hyun Tae said: "I created a fairy tale, can you help me see if it works?"

Ah, it's not just a magic story, it's a fairy tale, and you're too fast to create.

Hearing Kim Hyun Tae say this, Dave suddenly showed a surprised expression on his face.