The strongest brain in entertainment

Chapter 381 Sky-high royalties
The broadcast of the fourth episode of "A Brief Talk on Western History" gradually opened up a big discussion on the Axial Age in the historian circles, and immediately aroused the strong interest of many netizens.

Professor Diao then published an article "On the Causes of the Axial Age" on the "Guoxue Times" APP, in which he proposed three possible reasons for the emergence of the Axial Age:
One: Thanks to the obvious progress of human productivity, the separation of physical labor and mental labor enables a considerable number of people to detach from physical labor and specialize in mental work. (And cited many examples in the article, such as Confucius’ acceptance of disciples)
To put it bluntly, this point of view is that when human beings can't afford to spend on food and clothing, how can they analyze philosophy and study mathematics, so how can they have spare money?

Second, the development of the economy and the use of iron weapons expanded the scale of ancient wars and expanded the area and scope of human activities, thereby broadening the horizons of human beings to understand, observe, and recognize the objective world, and improving human ability to understand the world .

Third, benefit from the realization of human potential inspired by social contradictions and struggles.

During the Axial Age, the Eastern and Western societies were in turmoil: the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period in Huaguo and the seven heroes of the Warring States Period; India, Magadha, Chosaro and other states competed for hegemony for a long time; in Greece, Sparta, Athens and other states fought on land, Struggles for supremacy at sea come and go, intermittently...

This point of view can be summed up in one sentence: Heroes come out of troubled times!

At the end of Professor Diao's article, write a line: The viewpoint of this article comes from the lecture given by the famous scholar Mr. Li Fan.

Well, I still heard it from Li Fan's lecture.However, Li Fan only gave a few generalizations in the lecture, and Professor Diao extracted three of them for detailed analysis and research.

That is, Li Fan's few short sentences formed Professor Diao's article of several thousand words.

On Thursday, lecture clips of Lin Feng, a lecturer at Renmin University, were exposed on the Internet.

In the online video, Lin Feng analyzed the hot topic of the Axial Age, and believed that the main reason is:

Each civilization produced an elite class at the same time, and the emergence of the elite class provided fertile soil for the advent of the Axial Age.

During this period, slavery was developed in ancient Greece, citizens were generally well-educated, and philosophers were highly respected; while India produced a Brahmin priest class, which resulted in anti-Brahmanism, Jainism and Buddhism were born; In the country, the scholar class was born.

……

This point of view was also mentioned in Li Fan's lecture.

Ouyang Changqing, director of the History Department of Beijing Normal University, published an article focusing on the relationship between the great population migration and the Axial Age.

Su Wu, a professor at Chenhua University, was interviewed and separately discussed the main reasons for the emergence of the Axial Age in India, and believed that it had an important connection with the social and economic changes in India at that time.

……

For a while, the historian circle suddenly entered into a big discussion on the Axial Age, and in this era of extremely developed Internet, discussions on the Axial Age are all over the Internet.

However, no matter how the historians discuss it, it is basically under the theoretical framework provided by Li Fan.

In the lecture, due to the length of the program and the richness of other content, Li Fan only talked about the Axial Age in general. Although each point of view may only have a few sentences, it contains worthy Widely discussed and analyzed a large amount of content.

This is also the reason why Li Fan decided to publish a book. The theory and research of the Axial Age cannot be finished in one or two sentences. The separation and connection between various civilizations is worth writing about.

After a few days of fermentation, people with a discerning eye have discovered that although some historians have published research on the Axial Age, they have not deviated from the content of Li Fan's lectures. It seems that historians' research is based on the general framework given by Li Fan carried out below.

When Professor Diao read the analysis articles on the Axial Age by his peers, he couldn't help but wonder, wondering: Why is Li Fan so awesome?
There is no way, Li Fan is standing too high.

In a week, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, news, Weibo, etc. were filled with countless discussions related to the Axial Age. The topic of the Axial Age entered an explosive period. It was during this period that Li Fan was preparing to sign the Place a contract at a sky-high price.

Jingda Press, located in the northwest corner of Jingcheng University, directly belongs to Jingcheng University.Today, they will be lucky enough to get the right to sign Li Fan's future new book.

The four major publishing houses in China are People's Literature Publishing House, Zhonghua Book Company, Commercial Press and Sanlian. As for Peking University Press, it cannot be compared with the four major publishing houses in terms of reputation and strength.

Jingcheng Publishing House and Sister Jiang have negotiated a preliminary agreement. Today, we are about to discuss the final details and have reached the last step before signing the contract.

The reason why Peking University Publishing House won was not because Li Fan was a student of Peking University, but because they offered the highest royalties for writers in the history of China, 25%.

This sky-high royalty has set a new record of 21%, the highest royalty in history after the founding of the People's Republic of China!

Literati are worthless, not to mention ordinary writers, even famous writers, the royalties are generally only about 10%, and there are only a handful of people who can achieve 15% in China.

This 25% royalty contract has basically squeezed out the profits of Jingda Publishing House.

Sister Jiang brought her assistant downstairs to Jingda Publishing House. The president of Jingda Publishing House and others had just greeted her when her phone rang suddenly.

The call came from the People's Literature Publishing House. They suddenly threw out a 26% royalty, which continued to set a new record for the highest royalty in history.

After putting down the phone, Sister Jiang's eyes were full of apologies. The president of Peking University Publishing House was overwhelmed with ambition and power, and felt sad and regretful that the work had failed.

Two days later, People's Literature Publishing House officially held the "New Book Signing Ceremony and Media Meeting".

……

Li Fan got up early this morning, washed his face and brushed his teeth, dressed neatly, and went to the cafeteria to have breakfast.

Breakfast is the standard 4 steamed buns and a bowl of porridge, plus a small plate of pickles, but today he has a big appetite and is not full, so he lifts his chopsticks and reaches for Gu Yating's plate.

"Go and cook by yourself, I am a fixed beauty meal!" Gu Yating pushed his chopsticks away.

"Beauty meal? Is your soy milk fritters a beauty meal?"

Li Fan went to the cafeteria window to grab two more steamed buns. When he sat back in his seat, he saw Gu Yating looking at him with a frown. Li Fan asked doubtfully: "What's wrong? Are you immersed in my beauty and can't extricate yourself?"

Gu Yating raised her lips slightly, and then asked: "Is the 26% royalty that People's Literature Publishing House gave you pre-tax or after-tax?"

"Pre-tax, of course pre-tax."

"Oh!" Gu Yating began to calculate, "If the book is priced at 49 yuan and the total sales volume is 300 million copies, then the pre-tax income is 49 x 300 million x 0.26, which is 3822 million.

根据华国的法律，3822万x（1-0.2）=3057.6万，3057.6万是应税部分，3057.6x0.2=611.52万，缴税额是611.52万，其中缴税额减免为611.52x0.3=183.456，你的实际缴税额是428万六百四。”

Li Fan looked at her in astonishment and thought, why are you so good at math?How will I deal with you in the future, my God!

Gu Yating continued: "In other words, your total income is 3393!

Well, quite a few! "

Li Fan sighed, "Tingting, women who are not good at math are very happy. Like my mother, she always thought that she controlled the financial power of the family, but when I was young, my father would always secretly buy canned food for me behind my mother's back." and snacks, and often help Widow Zhang."

Gu Yating frowned: "Widow Zhang? Auntie knows about this?"

"Uh...that's not the point!"

Gu Yating continued to frown: "You mean, I am doomed to be unhappy in the future?"

"How is it possible?! In the future, I will definitely raise you up for nothing. That's not the point." Li Fan said, "The point is, you all have a great career, so don't worry about my little money, okay?"

"I didn't think about it. Didn't you say that your property will be independent in the future? I just calculated it for you. I'm happy for you. How could you think of me like that? How could I become a housekeeper? Am I that kind of person?" ?”

"You swear to God!"

Gu Yating raised her head and looked out at the sky through the glass wall. After struggling a bit, she said, "The weather is really nice today. Let's go for a spring outing this afternoon? Where are we going? The Summer Palace?"

Li Fan glanced at her and continued to lower his head to kill the last bun. He said, "By the way, my mother will come later, and I may not be in the capital that day. You can accompany my mother."

"What is Auntie here for?"

"Bring jelly and prepare to participate in the recording of the show."

"Okay, no problem. I will take my aunt and sister around the capital then."

After Li Fan ate the last bun, he wiped his mouth with a paper towel, then left with his plate, ready to go to the People's Literature Publishing House to sign a contract.

Gu Yating, who had just put down her chopsticks, suddenly covered her forehead in annoyance, saying that the food was bad.

Wouldn't it be bad for the future mother-in-law to hear the "elegant title" of "Xiao Fanfan"?
Gu Yating thought of this, picked up her bag and hurried home to "train the dog".

……

Meeting room of People's Literature Publishing House.

Under the spotlight of countless media, Li Fan and the president sat next to each other. Li Fan raised his pen, and after writing beautiful handwriting on the contract, he got up and shook hands with the president.

The flashing lights of the media kept flashing, and everyone sat down to answer questions from reporters.

"Hello, President, what are your reasons for signing Li Fan's new book with a record-breaking royalty rate?"

The president turned the microphone on, "There are many reasons, but the most important thing is the quality of this new book, which will be the next "New Textual Research Works Collection".

In the in-depth communication with Mr. Li, we even boldly estimated that this book has a certain chance to go abroad and go to the world, because this book is written from the perspective of the development of world history!

This book makes up for the shortcomings of Chinese historians, and is completely written from the perspective of an objective and neutral author, which is rare in our Chinese history circles. "

A reporter half-jokingly said: "Isn't it because of Li Fan's huge popularity and super high sales?"

The president laughed heartily: "This is the icing on the cake. Our People's Literature Publishing House only pays attention to quality!"

Everyone in the publishing house bowed their heads slightly...

A female reporter asked again: "Mr. Li, scholars and money are linked, isn't it impure? As a famous scholar, what do you think of the sky-high 26% royalties you created?"

Li Fan's bright eyes flickered, "Scholars are human too, if you don't make money, you support me?"

The female reporter nodded, "I'll raise it!"

There was a burst of laughter at the scene.

The news that Li Fan signed a sky-high contract with 26% royalties was reported by all major platforms immediately.They even appeared on the news programs of major TV stations across the country.

In the evening, in the "Evening News Network" in the province of Giessen:

Male host: "The latest news. Today, Li Fan, a famous scholar and writer in our province, signed a new book contract with People's Literature Publishing House. The 26% royalties set a record for the highest domestic royalties since the founding of the People's Republic of China."

Hostess: "The 26% royalties surpassed Mr. Zhao Jianmin, the Nobel Prize winner, and made Li Fan the most commercially valuable super writer in China. Next, please see the detailed report of our station."

Male host: "Look!"

Li's mother watched the news on TV, and then began to count with her fingers: "26%, if a book sells for 50 yuan, 26% is 20 yuan, a book can earn 20 yuan, Lao Li, how much tax do you pay?" ?”

Dad Li said: "Don't worry about how much tax you pay, let me ask you, how much is 50% for 26 yuan for a book?"

Li's mother's head was racing at high speed, and then she said: "20!"

"Press the calculator!"

Didi didi, after pressing the calculator, Li Ma smiled ashamedly: "13, I was right, I rounded it up."

"Isn't it rounded up to 10 yuan?"

"Uh……"

Father Li curled his lips, fumbled in his pocket secretly, and then slipped home to hide his private money.

When the "Evening News Network" in Giessen Province was broadcast, Li Fan and Zhang Xiaofei had just opened the door of Gu Yating's house, and saw that Gu Yating and her aunt were squatting on the ground training a dog.

"Dollar, do you hear me, remember, this is your new name."

Gu Yating repeated so much that her lips became thinner, Erha finally reluctantly accepted the new name, which was the result of Gu Yating and her aunt's whole afternoon of teaching from both sides.

Seeing Li Fan walk into the living room, the aunt raised her head and said, "Xiao Fan, I have a question for you."

"Auntie, tell me."

"Why did you name it 'U.S. dollar'? It's so kind to name it 'RMB'!"

Li Fan was helpless: "Auntie, how dare I? If netizens know, they will definitely criticize me for not respecting RMB!"

My aunt chuckled: "That's right, there's nothing we can do about it. Who told us to be social celebrities, we must pay attention to every bit of it. After hard work, Xiao Fanfan finally succeeded in changing his name."

Erha heard his name again, and then suddenly jumped in front of his aunt, rubbed against her body affectionately, and raised his big paws to paw at her.

Auntie and Gu Yating burst into tears, it was over, and the homework on the dog all afternoon was for nothing.

Li Fan asked: "Are you finally willing to change Erha's name?"

Gu Yating said: "Of course, think about it, once you bark 'Xiao Fan', you and Xiao Fanfan run over at the same time, are you embarrassed or the dog embarrassed?!"

Li Fan was speechless, "What were you thinking about?!"

Gu Yating said: "Isn't the point that auntie is coming? If auntie comes to the house and calls 'Xiaofan', I will be embarrassed when you run over with the dog."

Li Fan broke into a sweat, and then joined the ranks of dog training.

Facing Suan Sui Nian surrounded by four people, the dog collapsed, moaning and chirping.

Not long after, Li Fan's cell phone rang, and he pressed the hands-free button without noticing it.

This call was from Mama Li, and Mama Li's happy voice came out: "Xiaofan, what are you doing?"

Everyone glanced at the phone, and then looked at Erha together, only to see Erha's eyes brighten, and he ran over happily...

(End of this chapter)