Lin Yuan’s total income last month was about 700,000.
It should have been more. After all, in addition to the commission, Lin Yuan now has two songs to earn share of the money.
In the second month after its release, although without the bonus from the Newcomer List, "Born Like Summer Flowers" still brought him considerable income.
The song has already been downloaded 700,000 times, and it will definitely reach one million within a few months.
What’s more, there is also “Big Fish” which was released in the middle of the month.
But the more money you earn, the more tax you will be charged. The tax on a few tens of thousands of dollars is not the same as the tax you have to pay on an income of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Fortunately, seven hundred thousand is enough to solve the current difficulties Lin Yuan is facing.
9:30pm.
Lin Yuan called his sister.
His sister is Lin Xuan. She just graduated and is still an intern in the company, so she usually gets off work late.
"Hey, Xiao Yuan."
When the call was connected, sister Lin Xuan's voice was a little tired and hoarse: "I just got home from get off work."
Lin Yuan said: "Then you eat first."
Lin Xuan smiled and said, "I'm boiling water. I'll just have some instant noodles later. My mom asked me a few days ago, do you have a surprise for me?"
It seems that mom hasn’t said anything yet.
Lin Yuan sorted out his words and said, "Sister, do you know Xianyu?"
"Envy the fish?"
Lin Xuan was stunned for a moment: "I know, I often listen to his songs, and the songs he wrote are pretty good. How come you know this person?"
Lin Yuan said: "I am Xianyu."
Lin Xuan subconsciously mentioned the voice: "What kind of fish are you?"
"Envy the fish."
"What are you jealous of?"
"Envy the fish."
“Wait a minute… wait a minute… give me some time…” Lin Xuan is young and her ability to accept things is certainly better than her mother’s, but she was a little confused when she heard the news suddenly.
After a long while, Lin Xuan finally recovered: "Envy...fish?"
Lin Yuan said: "Yes."
"Envy the fish!"
"Uh-huh."
"Envy the fish!?"
The sister's tone became stronger and stronger, and even Lin Yuan, who was of a bad temper, almost got angry: "Yes, Xianyu is me, I am Xianyu... But this is not the point, the point is that I plan to buy you a mobile phone."
"You are such a heartless person!"
Lin Xuan was immediately furious: "Just buy a cell phone? How did I treat you in the past? I won't talk about the past, but I spent all my first month's internship salary to buy your school clothes and shoes!"
Lin Yuan laughed: "How much do you want?"
He has a very good relationship with his sisters, so he never feels awkward with them. In fact, he quite likes this way of getting along.
"That's more like it."
My sister snorted coldly, "Don't think I don't know anything about this. Composing music is very profitable, and your songs are so popular. It's not enough to buy a mobile phone, I need an additional 5,000 yuan. I have to pay the rent, so I'll make it a round number for you, 10,000 yuan!"
Lin Yuan said: "I'll transfer it to you."
Lin Xuan smiled and said, "Okay, let me see..."
There was silence on the other end of the phone again.
After a long while, Lin Xuan spoke again, her voice a little panicked: "Did you put an extra zero?"
Lin Yuan smiled: "That's right, one hundred thousand, for you."
Lin Xuan said seriously, "Lin Yuan! You are good to me, I know that, but you have to be sensible. If you make a lot of money, you have to give it to our mother. She borrowed a lot of money from relatives and friends to treat your illness. All this money must be repaid. I will keep a few thousand and give her the rest later. She will decide how to use it. Do you have any objection? It's useless to have an objection. I have the final say."
"That's it..."
Lin Yuan could only tell his sister about the situation.
Lin Xuan went from being surprised to being happy, and then jumping around in ecstasy: "You beat me last month? And you made so much this month? I don't want to go to work anymore, dear brother. Oh my god, I don't want to work hard anymore!"
Lin Yuan: “…”
It seems that my sister's ability to bear is not as good as my mother's.
After talking nonsense for a long time, Lin Xuan finally calmed down: "Then according to your idea, pay off the family's debt first. As for this money, you don't have to think about getting it back. One hundred thousand yuan is mine!"
"Yes, it's yours."
Lin Yuan said: "If you don't want to work hard, then don't work hard. Go back to college. Because of me, you didn't even make it to the postgraduate entrance examination. Now you can still catch up."
"I don't."
Lin Xuan refused: "You are my brother, right? You don't know me at all. Do you really think I love studying? The thing I hate most since I was a child is going to school! My mom always said that only with a good education can I find a good job. I thought that if I found a good job, I could make money to treat your illness, so I forced myself to study and study... I studied so hard that my head exploded! Now that you are so good at making money, why should I bother studying? I can just work in peace in the future. Besides, I quite like this job. In case you can't write songs in the future, at least I can provide a backup and you won't end up on the streets."
"All right."
Lin Yuan said: "Then you decide for yourself."
Lin Xuan smiled and said, "I have loved reading novels since I was a child. Now I am still working as an intern editor in a publishing house and have met many famous novelists. I have been working for a few months and my performance is average, but I have asked for a lot of signatures from novelists."
“Are you an editor?”
"Yes, didn't I mention it to you before? It seems you didn't remember it... Let me tell you again, I work at Lingchuan Publishing Company. I'm in the early stages of my career. I think I'll be able to become a full-time employee in a while!"
"Okay, then you should eat better dinner next time."
Lin Yuan thought that he could go to his sister's place to write books in the future.
Supernova is an event organized by Silver Blue Books. My sister and I are not in the same company, so I definitely can’t go for the time being.
“It’s a must!”
Lin Xuan said proudly: "One hundred thousand yuan is not enough to buy more food? Starting tomorrow, I will eat instant noodles in a bucket and two sausages!"
Lin Yuan: “…”
Well done, sister. You deserve the surname Lin.
The two chatted for a while before hanging up the phone.
Lin Yuan looked at the card and saw that there was about 600,000 yuan left. Without thinking, he directly transferred 550,000 yuan to his mother and sent a message:
“It’s time to pay off the debt.”
The family has a total foreign debt of more than 500,000 yuan, which can be paid off in one go.
My mother called me right away and asked in shock, "You made so much this month?"
"Lucky, I got an order."
Lin Yuan briefly introduced the situation.
My mother hung up the phone and sent a message through the address book: "The signal is not very good. Mom will pay the debt tomorrow."
Lin Yuan smiled back.
He knew the reason why his mother hung up the phone. She just wanted to cry loudly, but didn't want her son to hear it, so she chose to avoid him. However, he didn't expose his mother.
Solved this problem.
He lay flat on the school playground, looking at the starry sky, his heart filled with warmth and peace, and an unprecedented sense of security.
He recalled the day when he first came here, and he was lying on the playground looking at the stars.
But at that time, there were threats of life and death, and family pressure, but there was no comfort and satisfaction at this moment—
It’s great to be alive.