Although with a typewriter, the work of coding words will be much easier in the future, but Yan Shao was not very happy when he left the store. It's like this, it's all because of what happened in the store.

It's just that Yan Shao also understands that the discrimination of Chinese people today is entirely because of the times, no matter how unwilling he is, there is nothing he can do.

"Unless..."

Putting the typewriter on the table, Yan Shao sat on the edge of the bed.

He hasn't read much online novels in the past, and he has been YY many times what to do if he goes back to the past, but...

"Can I do that kind of thing..."

Looking at his hands, Yan Shao smiled bitterly.

He knows himself by himself, as an ordinary young man in later generations, it is okay for him to copy the novels that he often reads in later generations, but it would be really difficult for him to be like the protagonists in those novels.

However, he didn't plan to really just do it for the rest of his life, after all, he knew very well what would happen in the next few decades.

In fact, the situation of Chinese discrimination can be easily solved, that is, to build a strong China.

However, building a strong China is easier said than done, because China in this era can no longer be described as poor and weak.

"Or will I donate most of my manuscript money to the revolutionary party?"

It's a good idea, but the question is who to donate to? In this era, there is not just one revolutionary party, and although those revolutionary parties are not all rabble, the evaluation of insufficient success and more defeat may not be unreliable...

"It's really hard..."

Scratching his head, Yan Shao simply didn't want to.

Now he has neither money nor name, supporting the revolution? He has neither the qualifications nor the capital for this kind of thing...

"The most important thing now is to support yourself..."

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With a few thousand francs of savings in his hand, Yan Shao was not so anxious, and at this time, Tharris's publishing house also began the distribution of "Tarzan of the Apes".

To be honest, although I am very optimistic about this book, I am not very confident that it can create miracles, after all, many times it is not the work that can get good results. If it is really a good work that can get good results, there will not be so many works that are not popular in the future.

However, to Tharris's surprise, after a slight stagnation in the first month, all 5,000 copies of the first print were sold out in the second month, which forced Tharis to prepare for a second reprint.

Although the publishing house was in a hurry to reprint, the entire publishing house had a satisfied expression. After all, no matter how busy he is, it is much better than losing his job due to the closure of the publishing house, not to mention that Taris is not a harsh boss, and while the dozen or so employees are working overtime, he has not paid less overtime.

With the hot sales of the first and second parts of "Tarzan of the Apes", Yan Shao's name was also remembered by many people, especially when many people were surprised when they learned that Yan Shao was Chinese.

On the other side, in the office of the publishing house, Tharis was also walking back and forth.

Recently, Yan Shao's two novels are definitely hot sellers, which has also brought certain benefits to the publishing house. However, if you want to save that newspaper, these two novels alone are obviously unlikely.

Unless, Yan Shao can come up with a few more works...

"Boss, this is the manuscript fee for this printing, if you are sure that there is no problem, I will send it to the hotel..."

While Tharis was still walking back and forth in his office, the same young man from last time walked in.

According to the agreement reached, if Yan Shao's novel was reprinted, the publisher would have to pay an additional manuscript fee, and this would be the case for each reprint. Although it is unlikely that the manuscript fee will be paid more than the first payment, it can be thousands of francs.

And what the young man held in his hand was the fee for printing the manuscript that needed to be paid to Yan Shao.

At this time, the young man was also admiring Tharris's vision, although Yan Shao's "Tarzan" series has only sold less than 10,000 copies so far, and the profits brought to the publishing house are not very rich, but this kind of thing is never a one-shot deal.

Just like Verne's "Five Weeks in a Balloon", 3,000 copies were sold in the first year, and by 1905, 76,000 copies were sold in the unillustrated version alone, and the profit can be imagined.

This is also the reason why the YMCA is willing to send the manuscript fee in person, although he still has some contempt for Yan Shao's country, but when the other party brings him enough benefits, he doesn't care so much.

After hearing the young man's words, Tharris, who was still pondering, seemed to wake up as well.

After a moment of silence, Tarys spoke.

"I'll send the manuscript fee myself..."

"This..."

The young man was taken aback, but before he could say anything, Tharis had already taken the manuscript fee from his hand, and then walked out of the office directly, leaving the young man alone there and still wondering what was going on...

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After collecting the manuscript fee, Taris walked alone on the road to the hotel.

In this era, automobiles have not yet been put into practical use, so people usually travel by horse-drawn carriage or train. It's just that with the development of technology, more and more people take trains when traveling, especially in 1904, the four-wheeled horse-drawn stagecoach and steam train finally failed, and the most famous stagecoach between Snoopa and Gofeel, a wealthy town in Nevada, USA, was stopped, and the golden age of horse-drawn carriages came to an end.

However, if it is a short distance or in the city, horse-drawn carriages are still the first choice.

As the owner of a publishing house and a newspaper, Tharis also had his own carriage, but unfortunately because of the crisis in the newspaper some time ago, he had to fire his coachman, so when he went out recently, he usually hired a car or walked on foot.

Originally, the situation of the publishing house had begun to improve recently because of the big sales of those two novels, but he was thinking about something now, so he didn't mind walking to the hotel.

With the current situation of the publishing house, it is obviously impossible to save the life with only two novels, and even if Yan Shao finishes all four novels, it may not be.

What's more, although those two novels are on sale, the sales of tens of thousands of copies actually don't make much money. And by the time the entire "Tarzan of the Apes" is finished and tens of thousands of copies have been sold, I'm afraid the publishing house has been closed for a long time.

So the top priority is to see if Yan Shao can take out a few more copies, preferably of higher quality than that "Tarzan of the Apes".

Of course, Tharis himself knows very well that it is indeed difficult for an author to open a new novel with the same quality as the previous one. If it weren't for the fact that the publisher was in a bad situation and had been replaced by another author, perhaps Taris wouldn't have done it.

However, if the object is Yan Shao, Tharis still has some expectations in his heart...

After all, Yan Shao came up with a sequel of similar quality in more than a month after submission, who dares to say that he can't come up with a book again in a short period of time? Anyway, just asking, it won't waste much time.

Yan Shao is not a high-end hotel, can only say that the environment is good, so there are still more guests inside, when Taris walked in, there are a few people in the lobby chatting while drinking coffee, one of them is even holding a copy of "Tarzan of the Apes" in his hand looking at the hotel where he lives—————— there is actually a writer who writes novels, and those guests are also very curious, so a few guests also bought a few copies back, and contributed a little bit of strength to the sales of tens of thousands of copies.

Walking to the front desk, Tharis explained his intention directly to Morgana, who was standing at the front desk.

Hearing Tharis say that he was from the publishing house, Morgana didn't dare to slack off, and took him directly to Yan Shao's room.

After hearing the knock on the door, Yan Shao, who opened the door, was also taken aback when he saw Tarys outside the door, but he still hurriedly welcomed Tharis in, after all, Tharis can be regarded as Yan Shao's food and clothing parents.

casually found a seat and sat down, and after handing over the manuscript fee for the printing to Yan Shao, Tharis quickly explained his intentions, hoping that Yan Shao could create a work of no less quality than "Tarzan of the Apes" again in a short time.

Of course, he also knew that this was very difficult, so he quickly proposed that he could make preferential treatment in terms of manuscript fees, and even pay remuneration in the form of royalties.

After listening to Tharis's intention, Yan Shao, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, was silent for a while.

At this time, he already had the idea of supporting the domestic revolution, and there were generally two ways to fund it, one was to give money, and the other was to use his own fame.

And Yan Shao plans to come together...

It's been a while since he came to this world, and to be honest, Yan Shao is a little fed up with the eyes of the people around him, although not every Frenchman will discriminate against him, but he still often encounters this kind of person when he goes out. In fact, after earning thousands of francs, Yan Shao has not moved out of this hotel, on the one hand, because Yan Shao has some habits of living, and on the other hand, he does not dare to guarantee that after he moves to another place, he will not be unhappy because of the relationship between the neighbors.

If he travels to the United States, there is no problem to arrive, after all, even if it is a white country, there is still a Chinatown, and Chinatown is basically Chinese, if you move in, you naturally don't need to care about discrimination, but this is France...

So...

Seeing that Yan Shao was silent, Tharis also looked a little apprehensive.

Originally, with his experience, he should not have this kind of emotion, at least not because of this kind of thing, but this incident is related to the fate of the publishing house, and he has no choice.

After more than ten seconds of silence, Yan Shao stood up from the side of the bed, and then took out a part of the manuscript from the drawer and handed it to Taris.

"This, it should be what you want..."

On the cover of the manuscript, there is only a string of names written in scribbled English

The Lord of the Rings

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