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2003 has passed and time has arrived in the new year. Most of the company's singers and actors have participated in the New Year's Day parties held by major TV stations.

Even Zhongchuan held a New Year's Eve party, but Lin Mu did not attend. That night, Lin Mu called his boss and they had a hot pot meal at home.

Let's drink and chat together. Everyone has a holiday tomorrow for New Year's Day. In the end, the three of them drank too much and slept at home.

During the day, Lin Mu and the second child attended dinner parties at the printing factory and the publishing house respectively. The second child went to the printing factory and had lunch with the workers of the printing factory.

Lin Mu invited the four senior students Xu and the three people from the publishing house to have lunch together. In Lin Mu's words, no matter how many people there are, since we are all lucky enough to meet each other, we should have a meal together to celebrate. New Year.

Everyone has a day off the next day, but the two girls in charge of"Makino Kozuki" have to continue working because today is the day when two new books go on sale, and they have to take orders, package and ship them.

At noon, Lin Mu posted the first chapter of"The Legend of the Shushan Swordsman" on his blog:"On a moonlit night, I sailed in a solitary boat, the apes crowed on the plank road in Wu Gorge, I met a close friend at the end of the world, and moved together to hide in the famous mountain."

From now on, he will publish a new piece of content on his blog at noon every day. He plans to publish fifty chapters on his blog. He plans to print the remaining content of the novel into a physical book and publish it.

On the third day of New Year's Day, the semester is over. This year's Spring Festival is on January 21st. Now there are only more than ten days left before the New Year. Lin Mu plans to return to his hometown after attending the Golden Melody Awards.

The Battle of the Gods last month has also ended."Conquer" sung by Li Xuejun finally came out on top in this Battle of the Gods without any surprise.

Next is a summary of various events in the past year, whether it is entertainment companies large or small, or the Golden Melody Awards, Golden Film Awards, or Golden Pen Awards jointly organized by literary and art associations and cultural departments.

This month, the award ceremonies for the Golden Melody Awards on the 8th, the Golden Film Awards on the 9th, and the Golden Pen Awards on the 10th will be held simultaneously at the National Center for the Performing Arts.

Lin Mu and Zhou Huiru, as well as many of their singers and actors, received invitations to attend the awards ceremony.

Because the organizer did not have Lin Mu's address, the invitation letter to him was sent to the company together with the invitation letters from other people in the company.

Lin Mu only found out about receiving the invitation letter after receiving a call from Aunt Zhou. On the phone, Aunt Zhou asked him to go to the company and said that he had other things to discuss with her, and also asked him to get the invitation letter.

Lin Mu was hesitating whether he should attend the Golden Melody Awards ceremony. If he did, his identity would definitely be exposed.

When the time comes, his identity and past will definitely be dug out, and he will definitely be exposed to the camera. He is hesitant to attend the award ceremony.

He hadn't made up his mind yet. He thought that when he returned to the company, he would talk to Aunt Zhou about his concerns and listen to her opinion.

There has been a lot of noise on the Internet these days. Many netizens, fans, movie fans, and fans are discussing which singer, actor, and writer can win the final grand prize...

Printing and publishing companies under Lin Mu's own name Publishing houses are no exception. In the past month, because there were no new books released this month, publishing revenue was much lower than last month.

The publishing house's income this month is only 1.5 million. After taxes and various expenses are deducted, only 800,000 is left.

The printing factory's income has increased a lot compared to last month. After deducting various expenses, there are still about three million left.

The total income of the publishing house and the printing house together is still 3.8 million yuan. After excluding the 10% dividend of the second son, there is still 3.5 million yuan left. The rest is Lin Mu's personal income. of income.

Last month, the printing department completed the printing of two million copies of the first volume of"Living with the Stewardess" and"Surrender to the Innocent Girl".

The printing tasks Lin Mu arranged for the printing house were two million copies of the second part of"Stewardess", one million copies of the first volume of"Black Cat Sheriff", and one million copies of the first part of"The Legend of Shushan Swordsman".

Among them,"Black Cat Sheriff" is a comic version. The first volume contains the first fifty chapters, and the second volume contains the last fifty paintings. According to Lin Mu's plan,"Black Cat Sheriff" has a total of one hundred paintings, divided into two volumes.

The retail price of the two volumes is 28 yuan. Because there are relatively few words in the book and more comics, the retail price is relatively higher.

Currently, Sister Xu has only completed the first seventy paintings, and there are still more than twenty paintings in the process of creation, but this does not hinder the printing of the first volume.

The retail price of"Stewardess 2" is the same as the first one, which is fifteen yuan. The first volume of"The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" is about 350,000 to 50,000 words, containing the first thirty chapters, and the retail price is set at twenty-two yuan. money.

These three books have also received ISBNs, and it’s a good time to start printing now, otherwise there will be no other work at the printing house.

Lin Mu and Lao Er discussed it and decided to give the printing factory a holiday on the 10th of this month. The holiday would last for 20 days and work would resume on February 1st.

In addition, all workers and managers in the factory will be given an extra month's salary as a bonus. Because they have only taken over the printing factory for more than two months, there is no need to pay too many bonuses to everyone.

If it takes longer to take over, we can also give everyone more bonuses. Now giving everyone an extra month's salary as a bonus should be said to be not bad.

The bonuses at the publishing house are the same. Each person is given an extra month's salary, and the vacation time is similar. However, the two girls in charge of"Makino House" only have one week of vacation, two days before the new year, and two days after the new year. Five days.

However, Lin Mu will prepare a generous bonus for the two of them as a reward for their Spring Festival holiday.

In addition, Lin Mu paid Senior Xu 300,000 yuan as the copyright share of"Black Cat Sheriff". Lin Mu valued the copyright of the physical book of"Black Cat Sheriff" at 1 million.

At first, he promised to give Senior Xu a 30% share of the royalties. Later, Lin Mu would also give Senior Xu a 30% royalty share in terms of physical book sales.

The 20% royalties are divided into 30%, which is 6% of the sales. This will be a huge amount of income.

For Senior Xu and the two little girls, the income from this book"Black Cat Sheriff" will bring a certain degree of security to their future lives. They don't have to worry about their future lives.

Starting from the 1st of this month, the first part of"The Stewardess" and"Surrender to the Innocent Girl" have also started to be sold.

In order to increase sales, Lin Mu announced the sale of two new books on the blogs of"Mumu" and"Muzi" respectively.

Among them, the news posted on the blog of"Mumu" is:"The first part of my friend's Makiko's new book"The Days of Living with the Stewardess" and"Surrender to the Innocent Girl" have been released on the online store 'Makino Xiaozhu' and Eight bookstores are on sale. Friends who like reading should not miss it."

"The news posted on Makiko's blog was similar, except that he also announced the start of serialization of a new book.:

"My new book, the martial arts novel"The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" will be serialized starting from today. This book is a martial arts novel. I hope you all like it."

《The retail price of the two books"Stewardess 1" and"Surrender to the Innocent Girl" is 15 yuan, and the wholesale price to the eight bookstores is 10 yuan. They will have an income of 5 yuan for each book sold.

The price in the"Makino Xiaozhu" store under the name of the publishing house is also 15 yuan.

The two books cost about five dollars to print. Every time a book is distributed to several bookstores, the publisher can earn five yuan.

Among the eight bookstores, except Xinhua Bookstore, which requested 300,000 copies of two books each, the other seven bookstores requested 100,000 copies of two books each.

Two million copies of each of these two books were printed. Excluding those sold by various bookstores and wholesale markets, there are still 900,000 copies of each book left. The rest should basically be completed by"Makino Xiaozhu" sales.

Of course, we don’t rule out the possibility that those bookstores may need to restock after the books they took away are sold out.

January 3rd is the day that the semester ends. From today on, Lin Mu no longer has to go to Zhongchuan for classes this semester. The next semester will start in early March, and Lin Mu has nearly two months of vacation time..

That afternoon, Lin Mu loaded up the script of the TV series"Please Don't Fall in Love with Me" and drove to the company in the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter assigned to him by the company.

Lin Mu began to miss SUVs again. He felt that he still preferred off-road vehicles and was thinking about buying another G63.

He took the elevator directly to Zhou Huiru's office on the top floor, and unexpectedly saw Zhang Wenbo here. Lin Mu had been to the company so many times, but he had never seen him before.

A-list singers are indeed busy. They are either on shows or participating in commercial performances, or they are on their way to attend shows or commercial performances. plusWenbo has a relatively introverted personality and likes to be quiet. When he has nothing to do, he doesn't come to the company and stays at home with his mother.

After seeing Lin Mu, Zhang Wenbo quickly came to him and bowed to Lin Mu seriously before saying thank you to Lin Mu.

Thank you for the songs he wrote for me. He said that he has been busy outside and wanted to treat Lin Mu to a meal to express his gratitude but never had the chance. Now that we met him today, he would like to treat Lin Mu to a meal no matter what.

The helpless Lin Mu had no choice but to agree, jokingly saying that it was too early to eat at this time, and that he, a king-level wealthy man, would eat in the evening.

After Zhang Wenbo left, Lin Mucai talked to Aunt Zhou Li about things. The first thing was about the Golden Melody Award Ceremony.

It will be held at the National Center for the Performing Arts on the 8th of this month. Entrance is at 7 o'clock and the show officially starts at 8 o'clock. According to Aunt Zhou's estimation, Zhang Wenbo is likely to win the awards for Best Male Singer and Best Album.

Du Shige is likely to win the Best Album Producer Award and the Best Arranger Award.

Lin Mu is likely to win the Best Songwriter Award and the Golden Melody Award, and it is very likely that several songs will be shortlisted for the top ten golden songs.

Such as"The Red Flag" sung by Zhang Wenjie,"Loyalty to the Country" sung by Liu Xuehai,"When Will the Bright Moon Come" and"Valentine Without a Lover" sung by Wang Yihan,"Wait a Minute" sung by Xue Qianqian, and"Conquer" sung by Li Xuejun.

As well as many songs from Zhang Wenbo's album,"My Deskmate"》，《lifetime with you》，《Goodbye" and so on.

Several people from the company were also nominated for the Best Newcomer Award, including Wang Yihan, Zhang Wenjie, and Xue Qianqian.

Lin Mu told Aunt Zhou about his concerns about participating in the award ceremony, and Aunt Zhou comforted Lin Mu and told him not to worry about his identity being exposed.

Because he is not a singer or actor, he is just a creator. Most of the time he only works behind the scenes and rarely appears in front of the stage.

Even if his identity is exposed, it won't have much impact, there won't be any harm, and maybe there will be some unexpected benefits.

Lin Mu thought for a while and it seemed that this was really the case, because there was nothing worth digging into about his identity and past.

At most, he is still a senior in school, and other entertainment companies may doubt his creative ability.

Maybe there is a team behind him that provides him with works and then allows him to publish them in his own name, and there will be nothing else.

Thinking of this, Lin Mu decided to attend the award ceremony and let his identity be exposed, without any worries.

I just don’t know how Yangyin’s teachers and classmates will react when they find out that he is a"wooden person".

Then there is the reaction of the teachers and classmates who Lin Mu met while attending the Painting Department and the Directing Department of China Communication University of China when they found out that he was"wooden".

Fortunately, this semester has ended, and there are still two months until the next semester starts. It will already be two months before I can continue to attend Zhongchuan next semester. By then, no matter how big the disturbance is, it will have calmed down.

Aunt Zhou asked Lin Mu to buy it immediately after returning homeWear formal attire, because everyone attending the award ceremony wears suits and leather shoes. You may or may not wear a tie.

When it came to wearing a suit, Lin Mu was a little shy and said that he had not worn a suit yet, so he would just go buy one tomorrow.