Mr. Burrow's visit was about the first month's sales of Frozen. Although Jenkins knew it was impossible to fail, he was taken aback by the profit.
He originally thought that he could live a wealthy and leisurely life by investing in the mining business, but now he realizes that he is actually richer than he imagined.
Including the profit from the first book, the first month's sales share after deduction of tax totaled 3,093 pounds. Of course, Mr. Brow would not give the change to Jenkins, so he made up the whole number before taking it out. Although Jenkins recently spent 8,000 pounds on a piece of wood, in fact, the purchasing power of gold pounds is very strong.
These 3,100 pounds are a huge sum of money for anyone, especially since they are all cash, not in the form of fixed assets.
The sales of his book are so hot. In addition to its own quality and the reputation accumulated by "Story Collection of Stranger", the "Fabry Scam" incident also played a huge role.
The benefits Jenkins has gained in this matter are not only the promotion notice from Beldylan that he received this morning, but more importantly, he has really become a "celebrity" in this era.
"People are dying to get to know you, Mr. Williams, and your books are really good. From Norland on the west coast of the Great Road to the Isles of the Far East, from a child just learning the alphabet to a dazzled old gentleman, from a young maiden to a Noble lady in the deep palace, no one has not heard your name... "
Regardless of whether it was true emotion or not, the bookseller praised the book from the inside out, which made Mr. Writer feel a little proud. Of course he knew it was part of the hypocrisy, but it was a great feeling.
Meanwhile, Mr. Burrow is also hinting at Jenkins starting a third book sooner rather than later, but Jenkins has no plans for that just yet:
"I'm going to take some time off."
He said this, and then made a tired look, and the movement of stroking the cat in his hands did not stop:
"You see, I finished two books in half a year, and it is impossible for the most industrious novelist to have such a speed."
"But to your readers, these six months seem like a whole year."
Mr. Bro was still persuading.
"No no, I'm really tired."
Jenkins still refused, but in view of the large sum of gold pounds given by the bookseller just now, he still left some leeway:
"You see, I've run out of inspiration."
"But I heard that you wrote a new script for the Silver Jasmine Opera Troupe before the end of the year. The next book can be a detective story, and readers will like it. For example, the middle-aged detective and the adventures of the girl assistant, Or no-nonsense gentlemen battling evil together in Sin City, or deranged detectives with roommates...it's all good."
Judging from the current situation, as long as Jenkins still has the title of "the youngest Ritter Award winner", people will read whatever he writes. In fact, Mr. Brow doesn’t care what Jenkins writes. Even if Jenkins silently writes the religious classics in the library, he will help print them. What he cares about is the cooperative relationship with Jenkins, which is the key point.
"But I'm tired of writing detective stories."
"How about a cat guide? I know you have a lot of young girls among your readers who would love cats."
Chocolat sharply raised her head, not sure if she understood the "guide to raising cats" or "a lot of girls".
"No, no, I'm not very good at keeping cats."
If pets were kept the way Jenkins kept his chocolates, pet traders would be rich.
"How about court novels? Or knight novels are also very good."
"No, I think "Knight Detective" is pretty good, and I have no confidence that it will be any better than that."
Jenkins touched his nose. He really wanted to start the "creation" of the third book, but he had no inspiration right now. It is too difficult to keep close to the living habits of this era and to suit the tastes of the general public.
"Perhaps you can consider changing the direction. Now that you have won the Ritter Prize, you might as well write some serious literature. Academic professors are very concerned about such creations."
"Serious literature?"
Jenkins only thought for three seconds before he knew that he didn't have that ability. He patted the chocolate to make it calmer and not to sniff it, and then asked:
"I'd better consider a detective story. The one written for the opera troupe is really interesting... What do you think of the name Sherlock Holmes?"
Mr. Bro was very happy when he left, and he didn't know whether it was because he could rely on Jenkins to make a fortune again, or because the cooperation between the two could continue.
At the same time, he also provided information that Jenkins did not know, that the pre-show stage of the Silver Jasmine Opera Troupe was completely over. The first public performance will take place late this month or early next month, a few days later than Jenkins' expected christening.
At that time, the number of people watching the performance will surely exceed the peak in the history of the Royal Opera House. The businessman congratulates Jenkins in advance on the success of his script.
"Anyway, I'm a successful person now."
After Mr. Bro left, Jenkins sorted out his emotions, held the stack of banknotes and said, he glanced at the cat on his lap, and asked naturally:
"Should we celebrate, chocolate, and cake?"
Chocolate was really fooled, rubbed the back of Jenkins' hand as a thank you, and then jumped from his knees to the carpet nimbly. Take the chocolate back to the room and put the little cake on the desk. It is very happy to eat, and it meows from time to time, which may be expressing emotions.
Seeing that more than half of the cake was eaten, Jenkins stretched out his hand. But in the end, it was just a simple stroke on the cat's back, and he didn't feel cruel in the end:
"How could I possibly hurt you?"
The man said sadly.
"Meow?"
Chocolate didn't understand the logic of this statement.
All day, Jenkins did not step out of the church door. After seeing off Mr. Bro in the morning, he read a book in the room, and in the afternoon let Chocolate walk around the church by himself, and he went to the secret library behind the Gate of Vientiane.
There are indeed a lot of new books on the fourth floor of the library, and Jenkins is most concerned about the cataclysm at the end of the era and the information about the monsters.
But he felt that his biggest gain was actually related to the strange world. In an ancient manuscript called "Space Law", some extremely valuable information was recorded.
PS: Ask for everything at the beginning of the month