However, he still knew Tao Yushu, and these words were not like those his sister could say.

"My brother-in-law told you this?"

Seeing Du Feng ask this, Tao Yushu nodded, "Yeah."

"My brother-in-law is tall!" Du Feng marveled.

But there was still the second half of the sentence he didn't say: It would be a shame not to be a profiteer!

Tao Yushu smiled. She and Lin Chaoyang just provided an idea, and the final execution was up to Du Feng. As long as it could ensure that the Asia-Europe Garment City could become famous as soon as possible.

In the following time, Du Feng was busy with the clothing city, and Tao Yushu also participated in it with enthusiasm, completely treating herself as a strong woman charging into battle.

As for the children, Tao Yumo will help take care of them during the day, and she will take care of them when she comes back at night, so that work and life can be balanced.

It’s just that it’s more expensive for my sister!

Seeing that the Chinese New Year was only a few days away, Lin Chaoyang happened to receive the royalties from "The Master of Chess" on this day.

It has been more than four years since "Chess Master" was published. For the first three years, the royalties were paid in the form of basic royalties plus royalties for the number of copies printed. It was not until this year that Lin Chaoyang signed a royalty contract with Yanjing Publishing House.

This is the largest amount of royalties that "Chess Master" has received since its publication.

Since the end of the first Sino-Japanese Go Tournament, the sales of the "Chess Master" novel have remained high. In December, it even achieved a terrifying sales volume of more than one million copies in a single month.

This number, let alone other writers, has never been reached even by Lin Chaoyang himself when he published many new books.

In the past two months, in the heated atmosphere of people's heated discussion about Go, "Chess Master" has easily sold 2.6 million copies, and the cumulative sales have easily exceeded 6 million copies.

Yanjing Publishing House's royalties are based on the sales of "The Master of Chess" in the past three months, and these 2.6 million copies are naturally included in it. This royalties alone are as high as 480,000 yuan.

Tao Yumo couldn't help but marvel when she saw this figure. Her brother-in-law's royalties had always been astronomical, and she had become accustomed to them in the past two years.

For example, in December, Huacheng Publishing House settled nearly 400,000 yuan in royalties for "The Truman Show."

But it is a new book after all, and selling more than one million copies in a few months is not an exaggeration considering my brother-in-law's record.

The situation with "The Master of Chess" is different. This is an old book that was published four or five years ago.

In the book market, the best sales period for a book is the year it is first published. After this period, it will be submerged in the increasing number of new books.

Almost all of the books that can survive the selection of time and readers and remain on the shelves of bookstores can be spread by word-of-mouth for a while.

"The Master of Chess" has such a reputation in the market. Although its sales have been declining in recent years, there are still many readers willing to pay for it.

Under normal circumstances, the sales of this novel may continue to decline until they bottom out and remain at a relatively small number.

But to everyone's surprise, "Chess Master" was like an invincible little power. Its sales only dropped for a while in 1983, and then quickly rose back up.

Last year, the movie "Chess Master" was released, which made the novel popular again, selling an additional three to four hundred thousand copies.

This year is even more exaggerated. After the start of the China-Japan Go Tournament, the sales of "Go Master" continued to increase steadily until it exploded after the tournament ended, breaking the 6 million copy mark in one fell swoop.

Judging from the current situation, as long as the popularity of Go continues, there is no need to worry about the sales of this novel in the next few years, or even more than ten years.

"Remember, the next mainland royalty settlement for "The Master of Chess" will be in May." Lin Chaoyang explained to Tao Yumo.

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As more and more works were created and published, Lin Chaoyang could not publish and publish every novel personally, so he left all these matters to Tao Yumo.

Tao Yumo glanced at the numbers in Lin Chaoyang's bank book with greedy eyes. The seven-digit numbers starting with "3" seemed to have a magical power, pulling her eyes and unable to move.

"Didn't you see enough? Let's take another look." Lin Chaoyang threw the bankbook to her.

Tao Yumo took the bankbook in a panic, feeling as panicked as a little eunuch holding the jade seal passed down from the country.

She carefully counted the numbers on the passbook, "One, ten, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand..."

Finally, he returned the bankbook to Lin Chaoyang with satisfaction.

Lin Chaoyang looked at her money-obsessed look and couldn't help but remember that when he married Tao Yushu a few years ago, Tao Yushu also calculated their wealth so carefully.

"You two sisters are really cut from the same mold!"

Listening to his words, Tao Yumo complained: "I am different from my sister. I don't like to trouble others!"

Her words were filled with resentment. Even though she had received money, it did not stop her from being dissatisfied with her "employer".

"If you really don't like taking care of children, how about I give you some money and let you go into business on your own like Du Feng?" Lin Chaoyang asked her.

His attitude made Tao Yumo feel a lot better, "Doing business is too troublesome. Look at my sister and brother, running around all day long and having a lot of troubles."

"What about going back to work?" Lin Chaoyang asked again.

"Go to work..." Tao Yumo hesitated.

Before going to Xiangjiang, she thought it would be good to go to work. But now it would be too boring for her to go back to work.

She thought about it for a long time, and finally found that taking care of children was a job suitable for her. Tao Yumo felt a little uncomfortable.

Lin Chaoyang observed her for a long time and could roughly guess what she was thinking, so he looked at her amusedly.

"You, don't worry about composing new words. You just don't do anything now, and you have more money than 99% of people."

Although Tao Yumo always cried about poverty when he was around Lin Chaoyang and his wife, in fact, this girl was richer than anyone else.

When I was in college, I had several hundred dollars in my savings account. In the past few years, I have been working and taking care of my children. I have not spent much money on food, clothing, housing, and transportation, so I have saved all the money.

Lin Chaoyang estimated that she now has at least more than 10,000 yuan in her hand.

Hearing this, Tao Yumo became vigilant subconsciously, "My money is also hard-earned!"

"Look at your potential!" Lin Chaoyang glanced at her with disdain, and then said: "If you really want to pursue some value in life, then think carefully about what you want to do. Your sister and I will definitely support you!"

Feeling the sincerity in Lin Chaoyang's words, Tao Yumo nodded, "I'll think about it."

In the evening, after Tao Yushu returned home, Lin Chaoyang told her about her sister-in-law's current confusion.

Tao Yushu said helplessly: "It's not like I have a bad intention and have to tie her up at home. She is just such a fun-loving person. She is such an old person and has no personal goals in life."

Lin Chaoyang joked: "There are three children in the family. Yu Mo and the eldest brother are from the same family. Who do you think you look like? Did you take up all the goals of both of them when you were born?"

His words aroused Tao Yushu's criticism. The couple had a laugh before Tao Yushu summarized his sister's character.

"She has never experienced any hardship since she was a child. She lives in a honeypot. She has never had any sense of urgency or pressure, and naturally has no motivation to make progress."

Lin Chaoyang was deeply convinced after hearing this.

"By the way, there is something I want to discuss with you." Tao Yushu said.

"What's up?"

"The clothing city is opening. Du Feng wants to invite some singers and dancers from the song and dance troupe to perform. It would be best to invite two movie stars."

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said: "He is willing to spend money."

"It shouldn't cost much, right?"

The couple's words may sound contradictory, but in fact they are coming from different starting points.

What Tao Yushu said about "not spending much money" was from the perspective of their family's income, while Lin Chaoyang's words were from the perspective of the working class.

But to be honest, it is indeed much more cost-effective to hire celebrities and perform shows these days than in later generations.

At this time, there was no entertainment industry, it had to be called a literary and artistic circle. Everyone earned a dead salary. If literary and artistic workers wanted to make some extra money, performing in acupoints was the fastest way. This kind of thing has only become popular in the past two years.

Even if you hire a popular actor or singer, it only costs a few hundred yuan, and the performers work really hard.

Moreover, these people all have companies, and doing this kind of work usually involves risks.

"It depends on who you invite. If you invite everyone with names, it will probably cost several thousand yuan more."

"What kind of person is Liu Xiaoqing?" Tao Yushu asked.

Lin Chaoyang looked at her with strange eyes, "Are you going to invite me, or Du Feng?"

Tao Yushu said: "You ask questions knowingly!"

Lin Chaoyang smiled, everyone was a man, of course he could understand Du Feng's little thoughts.

He has no filter for Liu Xiaoqing, but Du Feng is different. He spent his youth watching movies of actresses like Liu Xiaoqing, Zhang Jinling, Gong Xue, and Fang Shu.

Especially Liu Xiaoqing, who has frequently produced excellent works in recent years and knows how to market herself. The year before last, she also published an autobiography called "My Way", which became a bestseller. She can be said to be very popular in the domestic film industry.

It is a bit exaggerated to say that Liu Xiaoqing is the goddess in Du Feng's heart, but it is definitely not wrong to take advantage of the opening of the clothing store to have a chance to have close contact with female movie stars.

"If he really wants to invite me, then I'll go back and ask someone. Besides Liu Xiaoqing, who else does he want to invite?"

"There are no specific candidates for the others. Let's see if there is someone who is cheap and famous."

Lin Chaoyang smiled bitterly, "Your demands are really not low!"

Tao Yushu hugged his neck, "Isn't this all for business?"

Lin Chaoyang gently held her waist.

Vice Chairman Tao sacrificed a lot for his business.

Du Feng worked as an art soldier in the Comrades Art Troupe before he went to sea. He could find singing and dancing actors by himself, but if he wanted to hire movie stars, he really had to ask Lin Chaoyang for help. Who made him cooperate with Yan Film Studio in the past two years?

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However, the Chinese New Year will be coming soon in the next two days, Lin Chaoyang is not in a hurry and will wait until the New Year is over.
To be continued...