After Monroe left, Jiang Hao picked up the phone and called the lawyer, "Lawyer Robert, I'm Jon Hall, please come to me, I've got the money ready." ”

"You're going to pay $30,000?" The lawyer said in surprise.

"Yes."

Hanging up the phone, Jiang Hao took out all the money he had harvested last night, put a full coffee table, Jiang Hao counted it in a pile, and finally came up with a number, 625,700 US dollars, which was definitely a lot of money in the United States in the 60s.

Thirty thousand dollars were taken out of it and placed on the table, which was a ransom for Monroe.

An hour later, lawyer Robert came over, and when he saw the thick wad of money on the table, the lawyer spread his hands and said, "Mr. Hall, in fact, I think that if you go to court with that brokerage company, you can at least reduce the price by more than half, and even if the judge is biased towards them, it is impossible to completely follow his request." ”

Speaking of this, Lawyer Robert lowered his voice and said: "And I also heard a news, it seems that Don Stark, the boss of the 3K Gang, was assassinated last night, and now the brokerage company has less influence on the judge, this case is handed over to me, at most two months, you can save a lot of money." ”

Jiang Hao smiled, "I just want to get the contract as soon as possible, the sooner the better, preferably today." ”

"I have carte blanche to entrust this matter to your lawyer Robert, of course, if you can help me save money, I am naturally happy, here is 30,000, you can get one-fifth of the savings, and the lawyer's fees are calculated alone." Jiang Hao said with a smile.

Robert's eyes lit up, he wanted Jiang Hao to fight a lawsuit before, but also to give him more time and get more lawyer fees.

"Mr. Hall, you are such a shrewd man that you can win a woman's heart and spend less, but I think a third is more reasonable." Robert said with a smile.

"One-third, that seems like a bit much."

"I'll do my best that way."

Jiang Hao didn't plan to dwell on this little money, "Okay, then a third, I hope to see Monroe's contract before dinner today." ”

"I'll do my best!"

After signing the power of attorney, Robert happily left with the money, and I have to say that the magic of money is infinite.

It was only at noon that Lawyer Robert came back, took out a contract from his purse, and put it in front of Jiang Hao, "Mr. Hall, Ms. Marilyn Monroe's contract, from now on, this contract is transferred to you, that is, you have the same rights to Ms. Monroe as the brokerage company." ”

Then he took out a wad of money from his purse and put it on the table, "Mr. Hall, this is $10,000, I saved it for you, I talked to Ms. Monroe's agent Blanks for a long time, including what happened at Don Starck Manor last night, and that Blanks immediately relented and agreed to hand over the contract for $15,000." ”

"According to our previous verbal agreement, I get the remaining one-third, and I have withheld the $5,000."

Lawyer Robert's face was full of smiles at the moment, a small case, but he made a lot of money, and this money has nothing to do with the law firm, he can completely put it into his own pocket.

Maybe you can get the sports car you like, Attorney Robert thought when he returned.

Jiang Hao didn't care much about the remaining 10,000 yuan, he picked up Monroe's contract and read it carefully from beginning to end, he had read a lot of legal books, and now this contract is no problem at all.

"Very good, thank you for your work Attorney Robert." Jiang Hao put away the contract and said to Robert with a smile.

"Mr. Hall, if there's anything else you need my help with in the future, just call, you have my business card." Robert is ready to take on this big customer, and he is still a cheerful customer.

As soon as Robert said this, Jiang Hao really remembered something, "Robert, can I call you like this?" ”

"Of course,"

Robert said with a smile that being able to make friends with customers is the highest level of a salesman.

"Robert, I wonder if you're familiar with the publishing industry?"

"Publishing, you mean?"

"I'm a writer, I've written 2 books, I'm looking for a publisher to publish, I'm looking for someone to help me run it, contact the publisher, and get all the contracts at the same time." Jiang Hao said.

"Publishing a book, are you going to publish it regularly, semi-self-financed, or fully self-funded?" Robert asked.

Conventional publishing is to submit the book to the publishing house, the publishing house thinks that it has publishing value, the publication and distribution are put into the market, and the author's income is mainly royalties, just like Mr. Seven Years of Itch and Jiang Hao said before.

The royalties of well-known writers are high, of course, it is mainly the celebrity effect of others, which can ensure a certain amount of sales, and the royalties of new writers are very small, two or three percent are normal, and in many cases, the authors of newcomers' books are already very happy.

Semi-self-funded is a way for the manuscript to be of high quality, the author and the publisher expect the distribution market to be very good, and the two sides cooperate in the distribution, of course, the benefits are win-win, and the risks are also shared, which is more popular in later generations.

There is no need to explain the self-funded distribution, many of it is because no one can look at it, and the author thinks that he can succeed, and spends money out of his own pocket to buy the edition number, print, and pay for the publisher to operate, in short, all the risks are borne by the author himself.

Jiang Hao thought about it, writing books can make money, but the money that can be earned is dispensable for him, what he wants is to be famous, whether people are famous or not is secondary, and more importantly, the work must be famous, which will be of great help to his future film plans.

A big part of the movie adaptation is called big IP in modern times.

"Semi-self-financed or self-financed, I hope as soon as possible, of course, on the premise of ensuring my interests." Jiang Hao said.

Just looking at Jiang Hao's attitude towards money, Robert has already concluded that he is a rich man, Robert said in his heart, it is good to have money, and he can publish a book if he wants to, even if no one buys it.

"Of course, it is my responsibility to ensure the interests of my customers."

"You can leave this piece to me, I will run you, we sign a formal contract, you give me the manuscript, and I will help you negotiate with the publishing house." Robert said with a smile.

The two officially signed the contract, Jiang Hao took out two thick document bags from the cabinet, Robert opened them curiously, and read out the title of the book written on the manuscript in his mouth, "Dream of the Covered Bridge" and "Smell the Fragrance and Know the Woman". ”

"The Dream of the Covered Bridge" Jiang Hao wrote very quickly, the number of words is also small, it only took half a day to finish, "Smell the Fragrance and Know the Woman" is Jiang Hao's second book, this book has a lot of words, and it needs to be adapted in some places, Jiang Hao has been working on this book in addition to robbery in the past few days.

Robert looked up at Jiang Hao, Jiang Hao nodded at him, and Robert squeezed out a smile, "Okay, I'll work them, Mr. Hall." ”

Attorney Robert was very happy when he left, he got the legal fees for the previous business, and he also got a $5,000 commission, and he got a new business, and this Mr. Hall was really a big client.

Back at the law firm, Robert happily handed over the bill, the legal fees were credited, he returned to his office, made a cup of coffee, and took a few sips in his chair.

"Publishing business, this is the first time I have received such a business, but it doesn't matter, as a lawyer, you can learn if you don't understand, and the most important thing is business."

Open the briefcase, take out the manuscript given to him by Jiang Hao, and before doing a case, you must first have an in-depth understanding of the content of the case, which is the basic requirement of being a lawyer.

To be honest, Robert is not very optimistic about Jiang Hao, he is ready to endure a few hours of torment, in his opinion, that Mr. Hall is definitely a rich son.

It's tens of thousands of dollars for a small model, oh, tens of thousands of dollars, what kind of woman can't play.

Although the woman named Marilyn Monroe was very beautiful and sexy, he still didn't think it was worth spending tens of thousands of dollars, she was just a little young model, and she was not a big star, and there were so many beautiful women that they were not worth anything in New York.

Brother Gongzi's writer, ha, I don't know what I will write, he looked at the two manuscripts, "The Dream of the Covered Bridge" and "Smell the Fragrance and Know the Woman", which one to read first?

In the end, he still chose "Smelling the Fragrance and Knowing the Woman", because this book has the word woman, I don't know if the writer wrote the story of him and the little model rolling on the bed, and the boy smelling the fragrance of the woman and being intoxicated.

Maybe that's a little more refreshing.

Flipping through the manuscript, Robert began to look at the constant reminders in his mind that this was work, work.

But slowly, he was attracted to the content of the book.

A blind officer, a frank and shy middle school student, an unexpected encounter, a "sexy" tango, a wanton drag racing and a hearty speech, a story about the journey of the heart, withering and rebirth.

The original work by Italian writer Giovanni Alpino, published in 1969 as "Darkness and Honey", is the story of an Italian military officer, somewhat obscure, and not appreciated at first.

And Jiang Hao's book is adapted from the content of the movie, the characters and stories have been moved to the United States, and the content is more vivid, with sharp language and rich plots, which are naturally much more attractive than the original book, otherwise they would not have won the Oscar for Best Picture.

When he looked up, he found that more than two hours had passed, and he had already read half of the book, but the story behind it still fascinated him, and he looked at the sun outside the window and decided to finish it tonight.

Got up and stretched, came to the coffee machine, and looked at the rising heat of the slowly boiling hot water, Robert suddenly realized that this book is so good, as long as the publicity is done well, it can definitely become a bestseller, it seems that he underestimated the playboy before.

Returning to his desk with his coffee, he sat down and opened the manuscript again, reading page by page, the steaming cup of coffee slowly cooled, but Robert didn't reach for it again, he was immersed in the story again.