I Am a Nobleman in England

"yawn--"

The next morning, Arthur woke up sleepily, stretched out his hand and touched his side, but there was no one, and looked up at the clock on the wall, it was already past nine o'clock.

He sat up, raised his arms high, and stretched his waist. I have to say that staying up late to catch up with the watch is really uncomfortable and dizzy.

Fortunately, he is young and in the prime of life, otherwise he would be waiting for Long Ma to go to bed first, and staying up late to code letters, he would definitely be exhausted physically and mentally, how could he be like this now, when he wakes up after a sleep, he is full of vigor and fierceness, and he can definitely fight again Three hundred rounds!

It's a pity, Long Ma is not strong. . . . . .

But it's true, after all, there is a big difference, she is a petite opponent who can stand up with a punch, run a horse with her arm, and smash rocks with a bear's mouth.

He turned around and reached out to ring the service bell on the head, lifted the quilt, picked up the nightgown from the stool beside him, put it on, fastened his belt, stepped on the carpet with bare feet, walked into the bathroom, and quickly washed up.

When he came out, all the curtains in the master bedroom had been drawn, and the maid was tidying up and cleaning the shop. Paul, the housekeeper, was standing by the sofa in the living room with a white towel on his arm, waiting with a smile on his face. After seeing him, Greet good morning with an elegant bow.

Arthur took the white towel handed to him by Paul, wiped his hands, sat on the sofa, watched the waiter set the breakfast, took a sip of black tea, and asked, "Where's Emilia?"

"After breakfast, Miss Amelia took Old Dean and Burt to play Frisbee in the garden. She didn't know you woke up. Do you need to tell her?"

"Forget it, let her play. By the way, I saw that Old Dean's two hind legs were a little unsteady when he walked, and his eyesight seemed to be a little bit problematic. Let the veterinarian come and have a look." Arthur took He picked up a sandwich and took a bite, picked up the very flat ironed "The Times" and unfolded it, and quickly scanned the headlines of the newspaper while talking.

The housekeeper Paul showed a look of sadness on his face, and said helplessly: "There is no need for a doctor to examine it, it's just too old."

The finger holding the newspaper couldn't help trembling slightly, Arthur also said helplessly and sadly: "Let people watch it, don't let it run out alone... It has a beginning and an end, its life begins in this castle, so also Let it end here, the wild is not its home!"

"Okay, Lord, I'll draw attention to it." After finishing speaking, the butler Paul smiled, diverted some heavy topics and continued to report: "Tom White called in the morning, and today he will bring Random House Some guests came to visit you, because you rested late last night, and I was worried that you would not have a good rest, so I arranged the time for two o'clock in the afternoon."

"Oh?" Arthur looked away from the newspaper, looked at the butler Paul and asked with a smile, "Did he say how the conversation with the other party went?"

"Speaking of which, after all, the two parties had a pleasant conversation. Tom said that the treatment given by the other party is very fair. According to European practice, the remuneration is a royalty system. The standard tax rate is 15,000 copies. You can get 10% of the book price after tax. , increase the print run by 5,000, and increase the royalties by 2%. If you publish a pocket book or translate it into a foreign language, you can also withdraw 4% of the profit. To show sincerity, Random House Publishing is willing to pay you an advance payment of one million U.S. dollars.”

Listening to the butler Paul's retelling, the corners of Arthur's slowly raised mouth froze slightly, and his brows were slightly frowned, as if he was not as happy as he imagined.

Paul, who saw Arthur's expression in his eyes, couldn't help asking with some doubts: "Lord, you don't seem very satisfied?"

"Indeed, there is no problem with royalties. The key lies in the prepaid manuscript fee, one million dollars, which is far from the amount I expected." Arthur is not greedy, but something to rely on. After all, "Grey's Fifty Shades is not an ordinary hit on the Internet, especially in North America, it is definitely not comparable to ordinary bestsellers.

One million US dollars in advance payment for manuscripts can only be regarded as a moderate amount, but it is really unsatisfactory for Arthur, who is crazy about money.

And after hearing the words of his young earl who couldn't be satisfied with a million dollars, the butler Paul really didn't know what to say. In his opinion, during this period of time, he had resorted to endless means of making money against Arthur. , As well as the amount of money obtained, I am really very surprised and admired.

As the chief steward of the Boleyn family, it's not that he hasn't seen money, but it's the first time he's been able to earn close to two million pounds in less than a month. The problem is that his own earl seems to be It really didn't take much effort, and it was done easily. This speed of making money has already surprised him.

Now, listening to what the earl said, he still dislikes how little and slow he earns, he really doesn't know what to say.

"Forget it, it's useless to say these things now. After seeing the people from Random House this afternoon, let's listen to what they have to say..."

Although the amount did not meet his expectations, he was still satisfied after all. No matter what he said, he, Arthur Boleyn, finally earned his first million dollars in his life. Well, add the 750,000 and give it to the auction house. The 60,000 pounds from the antique account should be the second million dollars.

Didn’t a rich man say that the hardest thing to earn in life is the first 1 million, and this basis determines the wealth of your future life. When you earn the first 1 million in your life, you are behind When you earn 10 million, you will find that earning 10 million is far easier than earning 1 million for the first time, because you have passed the stage from earning money through hard work to making money with money!

Of course, the 1 million mentioned here is the cash flow that can be taken out, not the fixed assets accumulated over time, but real money!

To put it bluntly, using money to make money is far faster than taking a fixed dead salary, and the growth rate is much faster.

Therefore, not every kind of beef NAI is called Milk Deluxe, and not everyone can complete the original wealth of 1 million in a short period of time! And when you find the key to finding wealth, your life will change!

"Ah—really? God, honey, you're amazing, I can't believe it..."

When Arthur calmly told the news to Emilia who came back from walking the dog, Mama Long’s expression was so magical that her two eyebrows seemed to be alive, and she opened her mouth wide in shock. Shout out.

I have to say that Emilia's mouth is really big, and when she doesn't make exaggerated expressions, her appearance is really nothing to say, hey. . . Forget it, seeing that there are many merits in having a big mouth, I won't make complaints about it.

"Boom—"

The bright red chun was imprinted on Arthur's smiling cheeks. Emilia put her hands around his neck, laying in his arms, and smiled happily: "I really didn't expect that kind of book to be so popular. .”

"Hey! What do you mean, what is that kind of book? Do you believe that its sales volume can rival Harry Potter's?" Arthur said angrily, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Haha... I'm dying of laughter. You still want to compare sales with Harry Potter just because of the crazy content you wrote? My dear, I admit that you are very talented, but you can't be too exaggerated, and, you Also consider some of the negatives that the novel might have on you, since you are an English nobleman and an earl after all.

My dear, I think it's best for you to keep your identity a secret. In fact, this is also a good marketing technique. The sense of mystery makes everyone guess who the author of this book is, and it may have unexpected effects . "Since Emilia has read "Fifty Shades of Grey", she really can't accept that Arthur can write this kind of novel.

"Is there a sense of mystery?" Arthur thought of a certain singer in the Celestial Dynasty who only heard his voice but didn't see him. With this authorship, public opinion will drift there.

If you don’t get a reputation, but instead smell the street, then you really want to cry, anyway, I just wanted to make money when I wrote this novel, as long as I can make money, it’s fine. As for the author’s reputation, it seems that I have to rebuild it Think of a way. . .