Time flew by and it was Sunday of the second week. Last time, we had agreed with Manager Na Xiao that they would meet at the CITIC Tea House in town to discuss the contract today, so after having breakfast, Xiang Jin and the others set off for the town.
After arriving in the town, Xiang Jin said to Yan Chen, "Go to the bookstore first and wait. If the book arrives, buy it for me first. I will pay you back when I come later.
Now let’s send my mother to the shop first,” this was the code she had agreed upon with Yan Chen yesterday.
"Well, okay!" Yan Chen nodded slightly, then looked at Yang Juyun, "Aunt Yang, I'll go over first?"
"Oh, okay, slow down?" Yang Juyun responded.
Yan Chen said lightly "Hmm" and turned around to leave, then headed toward Jin and her mother in the direction of their shop.
While walking on the road, Yang Juyun asked, "What kind of book is it? It's so popular, why are you still waiting to buy it?"
Xiang Jin said, "It is a famous foreign book. It is said to be well written. The stories in it are not only vivid and charming, but also in pure English. It is very helpful for us to learn English."
"Really?" Yang Juyun was very happy when she heard that it was helpful to Xiang Jin's study.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yeah, but we contacted the bookstore for this book last time, but they never arrived. Even if they did, they only got a few copies, and they were quickly snatched away by others.
Already."
Yang Juyun nodded, "Oh, then hurry up and go when you put down your things. Don't delay."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yeah, okay!"
When Xiang Jin sent her mother to the shop, her uncle and aunts had already set up their stalls. Oh, I forgot to mention that her uncle and aunts' shops had already been open, and they had been open for a week.
.
It is said that the business is booming, especially when the middle school opposite is over at noon every day, many students come to their store to buy food, whether they buy roujiamo, fried rice noodles, or braised vegetables.
For this reason, her two uncles simply built a small living room at the innermost part of the shop. Now her two uncles take turns living here every night to guard the shop.
And her mother also directly set up another stew pot here, but because the pot is not very big, she can't stew too much. It is only enough to sell for half a day in the morning or half a day in the afternoon. Some of it still needs to be stewed at home.
But it also lightened a lot of her load.
She thought that when the spring comes, she would suggest that her mother buy a motorcycle or something. It would be convenient for traveling back and forth, and it could also carry things. Her mother would not have to carry dozens of kilograms of meat back and forth every day.
It's a long mountain road.
"Jin Ya is here on the street?" Before she could get closer, her aunt greeted her warmly from a distance.
Xiang Jin waved to her, "Auntie, good morning?!"
"Okay, okay, have you had breakfast? Isn't your aunt going to get it for you?" Her aunt took the basket for her mother, then took the basket for her, took her hand and asked, her face full of tears.
laugh.
"Eat. You came here after eating at home." After saying that, Xiang Jin tilted his head and looked inside, "Are you the only one in the store?"
"Your second uncle and your second aunt are here too. They are steaming steamed buns in the kitchen right now. Your uncle is staying at home for a while and will not go out to the street until later," her eldest aunt said with a smile.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Since my second uncle and aunt are busy, I won't go in and disturb them. I'll come back at noon."
"What, you want to leave, why don't you stay here?" Her aunt followed and asked.
"No, I still have something to do, so I'll leave first," Xiang Jin waved to her after saying that.
Her aunt wanted to say a few more words to her, but Xiang Jin's people had already walked out several meters away, so her aunt turned around and asked her sister-in-law, "Girl Jin, what's going on?
in a hurry?"
Yang Juyun explained to her while sorting the braised pork in the glass cabinet, "I went to the bookstore and said I wanted to buy a book in English. It would be helpful for study, but the book was very in short supply. Every time
Not many people came, and people rushed to buy them as soon as they arrived. No, I was afraid that I would be late and the goods would be out of stock, so I hurried away."
Her aunt came over to help her pick up the braised meat outside, "Oh, so that's it, but that's also true."
After Xiang Jin left the braised pork shop, he went straight to the bank. After seeing her, Yan Chen said, "My payment has been confirmed to have been received. Can you go check yours?"
Xiang Jin nodded, and then went directly to the ATM nearby to check the detailed accounts. After confirming that the other party had indeed arranged the fifteen thousand, she exited the card and went to the counter.
She went there to transfer a fixed deposit. The fixed deposit this time was quite considerable, as much as 32,000 yuan, and she also reserved more than 500 and nearly 600 yuan in change in her bank card.
There.
But this time she was a little disappointed. In the past two weeks, she submitted a total of ten manuscripts, but only three of them received a remuneration of 2,500, and the other four only received 1,500.
She earned two thousand, and one article was rejected, which was a bit beyond her expectation.
In the past, she always thought that from the perspective of looking ahead to the world, each of her manuscripts could not compete for first or second place, but to the point of being rejected, they should all be passed. However, in fact, one of her manuscripts was rejected.
So, it seems that she still can't be too confident.
After handling the time deposit business, Xiang Jin walked towards Yan Chen and said, "Let's go!"
Yan Chen asked, "Is the amount accurate?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, there's no mistake!"
"Should we go to the bookstore to buy your English books first, or should we go straight to CITIC Teahouse?" Then Yan Chen looked at her teasingly?
Xiang Jin asked, "Is the CITIC Tea House on the street below the bookstore?"
"Well, that's right!"
"Well, let's go, let's go to that bookstore first," Xiang Jin hurriedly pushed him outside.
Yan Chen asked, "Have you decided on any English books to buy?"
Xiang Jin said, "Whatever, I'll buy whatever they have, any book is fine. My mother doesn't understand English anyway."
Yan Chen smiled and said, "You know how to coax your mother?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's not that I want to coax her, but she always likes to break the casserole and ask the truth, you know?" At this point, she covered her mouth and whispered to him, "Besides, I
I want to save some private money for myself and don’t want them to know.”
Yan Chen's lips curled up and he nodded, "I understand, I understand!" In fact, he didn't want his family to know how much money he had on hand!
After the two arrived at the bookstore, they went directly to the foreign literature section. Xiang Jin randomly picked out a copy of "The Adventures of Tom", while Yan Chen chose a volume two of "The Mayor of Casterbridge" and "Gone with the Wind".
Xiang Jin looked at the books in his hand and said, "You bought quite a lot."
Yan Chen said, "I only read the first volume of "Gone with the Wind" and not the second volume. This time it happened that the complete set was available here, so I bought it."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Let's go and pay. Maybe people are already waiting in the teahouse. If we delay any longer, they may mistake us for liars."
A slight smile appeared at the corner of Yan Chen's lips, "It's possible!"
When the two of them got there, Manager Xiao had indeed arrived and was lighting a pot of tea and drinking it. The first thing he said to Xiang Jin and Yan Chen was: "You two are finally here.
You know I've been waiting for you here for almost an hour, sit down!"
The two of them nodded and sat down opposite him. Yan Chen said insincerely, "I live in the countryside and the transportation is inconvenient. I waited for the bus for a while, and then I went in and bought two books when I passed the bookstore."
Manager Xiao glanced at the books they put on the table. Hehe, they were all in English. It seemed that these two children were really learning.
He didn't even understand Chinese, but these two children immediately started reading pure foreign language books. They were really talented and formidable. From this, he not only had a feeling of admiration for the two of them.
No matter what age people are, whether they are poorly educated or not knowledgeable, they will sincerely feel a sense of envy and admiration for those who are knowledgeable or well educated, and this Manager Xiao is no exception!
Then Manager Xiao waved his hand, "Oh, it's okay, it's okay, I was just afraid that you would forget and not come."
Xiang Jin said, "Manager Xiao, we are not that forgetful. Besides, since we agreed to make an appointment with you today, we will not break it. The main reason is that in this rural place, transportation is inconvenient. It has been almost a full wait.
It took about forty minutes to catch up with the bus, which was really not what we wanted."
Then Manager Xiao said, "Yes, yes, I know you both have very good memories, almost to the point of photographic memory."
"Boss, please pour us two glasses of water," Yan Chen then told the boss beside him.
"Oh, okay!" The boss hurriedly came over carrying a warm water bottle with a bamboo strip shell and two white glazed porcelain tea cups.
Xiang Jin said to the boss, "Boss, go ahead and do your work. We can just add the water ourselves."
"Oh, okay!" The boss glanced at the two young men, then put down the teacup and kettle and left.
Then Manager Xiao said, "Why, you don't want to drink tea?"
Yan Chen didn't say anything. He directly picked up the water bottle and poured water into two porcelain cups. He said to Jin, "I'm not used to drinking that stuff."
Teahouses in this era, especially those in rural areas, had almost no choice. There was only one kind of tea, and it was not the expensive tea, but the cheap jasmine tea of unknown grade.
, or other leaf tea.
Seeing that the water he received was not for drinking, but for washing the cup first, Manager Xiao couldn't help but twitching in his eyes. These two guys are very particular. It seems that it's not that they are not used to drinking the stuff, but that they dislike the tea not being good enough.
It's too rough.
Yan Chen washed the two cups twice before pouring one cup for him and Xiang Jin.
Xiang Jin picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and then said, "Manager Xiao, let's get started. Your time is precious, and ours is also tight."
Oh, it's really direct, but it's okay, his time is indeed valuable, and he has been running around doing orders recently, and he doesn't have time to rest, so he took out two payment receipts from his bag and handed them to them, "You guys
Our finance department arranged the payment in the afternoon when I returned from your school. This is the payment receipt returned to us by the bank. I asked my finance department to make a copy. I will give it to you now. You can go to the bank to check it then.
Sub-account."
Neither of them said that they had actually checked it, but just glanced at the certificate, then took it and put it directly into the canvas bag slung on Xiang Jin's chest.
Then Manager Xiao took out another agreement from his bag and pushed it in front of them, "Take a look, this is a patent transfer agreement that I asked you to draft. If you don't have any objections, we will
Sign this."
In fact, Xiang Jin and the others also prepared an agreement, but she saw that he took out one, so she didn't take it out for the time being. She would first see if the one he wrote was suitable for use.
The two of them took it over and took a look, oh, it was simple, crude, and direct! The title on it was---Copyright Transfer Agreement.
Not perfect enough!
The two continued to look down, and then there was Party A, a colon, followed by two horizontal bars, followed by Party B, a colon, a horizontal bar, followed by a line looking up, something like "Party A and Party B, in accordance with the friendly and mutually negotiated agreement."
In principle, Party A now transfers to Party B in the autumn and winter of xxxx
One copy of the school uniform design artwork copyright, with a total transfer fee of 30,000 yuan, has been transferred to the following two personal accounts on xx, xx, xx, and the words "one person owes 15,000 yuan" are also marked in the brackets
, then there are Xiang Jin’s account and account name, and Yan Chen’s account and account name.
The next step is that the copyright of the school uniform design artwork takes effect on the date when Party B pays the transfer fee to Party A. This agreement is made in two copies, with each Party A and Party B holding one copy. Then the signature below is Party A’s signature, Party B’s signature, followed by the year, month and day.
.”
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen were speechless after reading the agreement, but Manager Xiao still had a happy expression. He looked at the two of them and said, "Are you clear about the terms of the agreement? If you have no objections,
Are we going to hold hands?"
Xiang Jin directly took out the agreement they prepared and handed it to Manager Xiao, "That's right, Manager Xiao, we have also prepared an agreement here, please read it first."
Looking at their thick book, it seemed that there were several pictures in it. Manager Xiao thought they had done something wrong again, and he was still a little hesitant. Xiang Jin said, "Manager Xiao, to be honest, your transfer agreement cannot be called anything."
This is a complete transfer agreement, and you have not clearly evaded the power and benefit clauses of both parties. Please read ours first before talking about it."
"I'm telling you two, don't bully me for not reading enough books and just come to play word games with me. I won't be fooled by you." Manager Xiao hesitated for a while before taking the agreement, but
But I didn't open it to look at it.
Xiang Jin rolled his eyes at him angrily, "Who is playing word games with you? We are conscientious people. We are providing you with a complete transfer agreement template. Don't you recognize the good people's hearts?
Let me tell you, nothing was clearly explained in the transfer agreement you drafted. You are so happy to have met us today. We also reminded you that if you meet other people outside,
, then they will directly sign it with you, and then they will trick you to death, and you won’t even know why.”
Manager Xiao opened the contract hesitantly, and then carefully read it one by one. When he couldn't understand some words, he would ask Xiang Jin and the others for help from time to time, and Xiang Jin and the others patiently explained to him.
In the end, he spent nearly half of the money on this final agreement.
It took nearly half an hour to read it. After reading it, he couldn't help but sigh, "Oh, you scholars are still amazing. The agreement I just made is nothing compared to this one of yours."
Not even one, oh, I’m ashamed, I’m ashamed?!
You are really thinking about us. If you were offended just now, please don’t take it to heart. I am just a rough person with a thick brain. I didn’t read many books. I went to elementary school and graduated before I graduated.
Then I followed my leader to hang out. Most of the people in our factory were of similar educational level to me, and some were not as educated as me. I relied on the trust of my leader and my own daily efforts to get here.
Don’t you blame the location? Don’t you blame me?”
Xiang Jin said, "No, you were in a different era at that time. It was difficult to have a few high-level intellectuals in that era. We can understand that. In fact, it is already very good for you to be where you are today."
, it’s rare, it’s amazing.”
After listening to Xiang Jin's words, Manager Xiao was quite impressed. His face was full of smiles and he kept nodding his head, "Yes, yes, in our era, it was indeed not the case.
It's easy. The country is already poor, and then it often encounters years of disaster and famine. The family can hardly afford to eat, and who has the spare money to study? At that time, they are busy earning cents.
When you talk about this, you may not know or understand it. Oops, it’s too far off topic. Now we’re still talking about this agreement. I think your agreement is OK, so let’s just use your agreement to sign it, shall we?
"
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen nodded, and then they began to sign and sign. After signing and signing, Xiang Jin and Yan Chen were about to stand up and leave, but then Manager Xiao called them, "Girl Xiang Jin, last time
You proposed to collaborate on making summer clothes
I went back and thought about the matter carefully, and I think it is feasible. However, I have been quite busy with work recently and may not be able to spare the time to discuss this matter with you in detail. Can you two discuss it later? "
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen looked at each other and saw him nodding, so he said, "Okay, let's talk about it after you're done."
"Oh, okay, can you please promise me not to comply with the request of your school leaders on this matter? Last time I lost a sum of design fees, and your Director Yang also directly lowered my price later."
Just follow Manager Xiao.
Then Xiang Jin asked, "How much did he press you? How much did you pay them in the end? Don't worry, I will never tell anyone!" While speaking, Xiang Jin raised his hand directly to him
Guaranteed.
Then Manager Xiao lowered his voice and said to them, "I'll give them thirty-eight yuan, and they still want to give me five yuan. I'll give them thirty-five yuan, how can I do it?"
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen looked at each other again, and both saw the words "Sure enough" in each other's eyes, and then Xiang Jin said, "No, actually you can do it for thirty-five yuan, but you guys
Just make less money."
Manager Xiao opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. He finally said, "Actually, we can also understand that this society is not easy, and teachers are no exception. You only get such a dead salary in a month, and you have to
To feed a family, they can only get some profit from these all year round, so why don't you tell anyone?"
Xiang Jin nodded frequently, "I understand, I understand, don't worry, if we don't tell anyone, we will never tell anyone."
"I believe you are all good children who keep your promises," Manager Xiao then gave them a certain high hat. Xiang Jin and Yan Chen were speechless. In fact, they wouldn't say anything if he didn't explain it to them. First of all, they themselves
He's not the talkative and nosy person. Secondly, the school leaders treated them both well. Compared with the 500 yuan hush money last time, this time the school uniform design draft was 1,700 yuan.
One hundred and fifty yuan.
After they parted ways, Xiang Jin and Yan Chen were walking on the road. Xiang Jin said, "Look, we were right, right? Everyone earned twenty-four. Two thousand people is forty-eight thousand. Two
If there are more than 1,000 people, that’s almost 50,000 yuan. If there are three people, each person can still get over 10,000 yuan.”
Yan Chen asked, "How do you know that they are divided among three people, not one person, or two people, or four people? What if there is also a share from the finance office?"
Xiang Jin said, "I don't think it's possible for one person to monopolize it all. I heard that Director Zhao worked in logistics before he became the dean of students. Wouldn't he know the tricks of purchasing school uniforms like this?
And that Principal Gao, you see, he is the one who makes the final decision when he adopts our design drawings. So how can he not participate in ordering school uniforms or turn a blind eye?
Just because he told Director Zhao to give each of us the hush money of 500 yuan last time, I don’t think he is a very upright person."
Yan Chen said, "Indeed, but in today's economic and material society, no matter where you are, if the water is clear, there will be no fish."
Xiang Jin nodded and said, "Yes, that kind of selfless era has long ceased to exist, so we have to adapt to this society."