So the sisters, along with Little Duoduo, went to look at apartnts together. After three days, Gong Mingxia bought three apartnts in the sa complex for 4,000 yuan per square ter—a 40-square-ter one-bedroom, one-hall, and two 65-square-ter two-bedroom, one-hall units. In total, the three apartnts cost her 680,000 yuan. Because she paid for all three apartnts at once, she got a discount from the original price of 4,200 to 4,000 yuan per square ter.
The full paynt of 680,000 yuan, plus various additional taxes, brought the total to around 700,000 yuan.
The reason for choosing the sa complex was to make it easier for ng Xiuying to help take care of things in the future.
Two of the apartnts, both 65 square ters, were on the second and third floors, while the 40-square-ter one was in a high-rise building with an elevator.
In 1999, there were no high-rise buildings, only flat ones with a maximum of seven floors. Even the high-rise buildings did not exceed 18 floors; they were fixed at 16 floors. So the elevator apartnt she purchased was on the tenth floor, which is considered a condo type.
ng Xiuying was certainly envious, but she also knew that she did not have the ans to envy at the mont. Without the thirty thousand yuan lent to her by Gong Mingxia, along with the support from ho, she probably wouldn’t have been able to write as steadily this year.
"How’s your book doing? Have you submitted it to a publisher yet?"
ng Xiuying nodded, "I have approached several publishing houses. They all seem interested, but I haven’t found a suitable one yet."
"Which ones?" ng Xiuying listed a few. "They need to cut it down to four or five hundred thousand words."
Gong Mingxia frowned. "They want to cut it in half? That’s too much, isn’t it?"
"Yes, and the price they’re offering isn’t high either. Even for one million words, the publishing fee might only be a few tens of thousand yuan!"
Gong Mingxia was clearly dissatisfied with the price, but from what ng Xiuying said, that was the situation for now. Because publishing a book was not about making money; it was about building a reputation. After thinking it over, Gong Mingxia told her the decision she had co to.
"I’ve thought of an outline. This year, we continue writing. You’re saving your work on the computer now, aren’t you?"
"Yes, with the money you gave , I bought a computer and got an internet connection."
"Good. That’s settled, then. You’ll keep moving forward with our previous collaboration. As for the book, let’s not publish it for now and see how things go. I still have twenty thousand yuan here; take it for your expenses. If there’s anything you lack, just tell . You don’t need to worry about the apartnts right now—I’ll handle the paperwork in the next few days, and then I’ll go back. We can communicate through the computer afterward. I’ll find an internet café and we can email each other or chat on QQ. You know QQ, right?"
"Sis, you even know about QQ?"
Gong Mingxia laughed, "Yes, I’ll get an account later."
"Sis, have you never considered getting a telephone installed?"
Gong Mingxia was taken aback and then smacked her forehead, "Look at , I totally forgot about that. You’re right, I should get a telephone. I’ll have it installed once I’m ho. It will make our communication much easier. You should get one, too!"
ng Xiuying agreed, "Sure. A telephone is convenient. If we need a lengthy conversation, we can go to an internet café and email. After all, emails are much faster than writing letters."
After discussing their future communication strategies, they also talked about the details of their new work.
ng Xiuying trusted Gong Mingxia too much to ask why she couldn’t publish the book at this ti. It wasn’t that Gong Mingxia wouldn’t say, but rather, she couldn’t explain that if they published now, it wasn’t certain whether they would earn notoriety, but surely they wouldn’t make money. They needed a platform first to gain fa, and then, by publishing afterwards, they would acquire both fa and fortune.
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