Chapter Thirty Halloween

Although there will always be some small disputes between Demi and his brother Jack, many of them show the kind of innocuous pranks, jokes and warmth between brothers and sisters in a happy family, which makes Kim Hyun-tae very envious.

And Nat's family is also a typical American family. The brothers and sisters Demi and Jack also represent the kind of interaction between brothers and sisters in most American families.

Kim Hyun Tae is very envious of this.

At least my own family is not complete, which is a pity.

Kim Hyun-tae, who returned home, did not go to the publishing house as he said, but stayed at home all day.

What he said to his wife Anna at Nat's house was just an excuse, and Kim Hyun-tae had no intention of going to the publishing house to meet Dave today.

For the whole day, Kim Hyun-tae stayed at home, working on his "Fairy Tales" piracy business, and completed the short stories selected by him in the entire "Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm" within one day.

Not all the fairy tales of "The Brothers Grimm" are suitable for children. There are also some strange bloody and dark stories among them. fairy tales.

In this way, Kim Hyun-tae was writing at home and recovering from the aftereffects of the hangover from last night. It was a day.

The daughter played happily alone, and she didn't make any noise because she couldn't go out to play.

When putting his daughter to bed at night, the little guy made a fuss for a while, nothing more than clamoring for his mother, which made Jin Xiantai very sad.

In the end, the little guy was coaxed to sleep by Kim Hyun-tae, which made Kim Hyun-tae heave a sigh of relief.

Although I'm sorry for my daughter, Kim Hyun-tae is really helpless on this issue.

First of all, his appearance is only 16 years old, where do you ask him to find a suitable woman to be his wife?

And if you find a girlfriend casually, they may not be willing to bring cocoa.

Moreover, the most important thing is that Jin Xiantai has no place for other women in his heart at all, and he never thought about accepting another woman into the lives of the father and daughter.

After all, Kim Hyun-tae's mind is still full of images of his wife now, and he can't get rid of them at all.

It is precisely because of this reason that Kim Hyun-tae feels that it is due to his own reasons that he cannot fulfill the needs of his daughter Coco, so he feels very guilty in his heart.

Now that the daughter has grown up gradually, and knows that she is arguing for her mother, Kim Hyun-tae feels very distressed about this.

"Hey! Let's take a step at this matter." In the end, Kim Hyun-tae could only sigh secretly and settle the matter.

Came to the living room alone, Kim Hyun-tae turned on the LCD TV, intending to watch midnight programs to pass the time and improve his mood at the same time.

It's a pity that the TV programs on each channel are extremely boring soap operas, which are not funny or good-looking, which makes Kim Hyun-tae's mood even worse.

Simply, Kim Hyun-tae played the game console, and didn't wash up until 23:00 before going to bed and resting.

The next day, Kim Hyun-tae changed his daughter's clothes and diapers as usual, and after making breakfast for her daughter, he took his daughter to pick up the car and left home.

Today, he really went to the publishing house.

After all, I want to show Dave the new novel "The Lord of the Rings", and at the same time talk about the publication, as well as the publication of "William's Fairy Tales" that he "created" within two days.

For these matters, it is obviously impolite to contact by phone or email, and only face-to-face is more formal.

Bringing the manuscripts of novels and fairy tales, Kim Hyun-tae drove his own Audi A8, put his daughter in the back seat and drove towards Los Angeles.

On the highway from Monica to Los Angeles in the morning,

It is densely packed with cars, which shows that there are quite a few people who live outside of Los Angeles but want to go to work in Los Angeles.

Fortunately, Kim Hyun-tae didn't have a tight schedule, so he didn't care at all about the slow speed caused by the congested traffic.

Turned on the car CD and played soft and soothing pure music. Kim Hyun-tae enjoyed it while driving the car forward slowly.

When the car passed by a certain position on the expressway, Jin Xiantai curiously found that in front of each shop in this shop street that was built as a commercial area, there were all kinds of alternative costumes, masks, and fun clown and jack-o-lantern.

Oh yes, it's almost Halloween!

Kim Hyun-tae was confused at first, but he quickly remembered it.

At the end of October, that is, on the 31st, is Halloween in the United States.

On this day, every child will dress up as weird, and then go door-to-door to get candy, and they will also shout the slogan "Trick or treat".

I brought my daughter to the United States in this time and space, it was Christmas Day on January 1st. Unfortunately, from that time on, I was full of thoughts on how to support my family, so until now, he has been obsessed with those festivals in the United States. I haven't been there, basically either washing cars in car washes or washing dishes in restaurants.

Even with my daughter Ke Ke, I have never felt the festive atmosphere here.

But it's different now, my financial conditions have been completely improved, and I don't have to worry about money anymore, so of course I can spend a decent holiday with my daughter, right?

Kim Hyun-tae, who feels that he has lost a lot of money and daughters, decided to spend this Halloween well with his daughter, so that the little ones can also experience this fun Halloween atmosphere, and at the same time make the little ones happy.

How to spend Halloween is actually very simple.

It's nothing more than decorating your own backyard and in front of the door, such as placing a few jack-o-lanterns, some scarecrows, scary clowns and other gadgets, and don't forget to prepare a lot of candies.

At that time, I and my children also had to dress up and put on some weird and alternative costumes.

On the night of Halloween, children will come out in groups and go to everyone's house to get candy.

And the Monica Beach community where I rent is mainly composed of white residents. Obviously, I will definitely not miss festivals like Halloween.

Although there are not many families in the community, only seven or eight hundred, but considering that Americans do not have family planning, basically every family will have two or three children. Even if you exclude those single men and women who are not married, you have to The prepared candy can not be less.

But what is this to Kim Hyun Tae!

He has money now and can buy a lot of candy, so he won't disappoint the kids.

Besides, he can also dress up his daughter and take her out to get candy everywhere.

It took about an hour for Kim Hyun-tae to drive to the publishing house. Compared with the usual half-hour drive, Kim Hyun-tae spent twice as much time on the road due to the poor condition of the expressway in the morning rush hour.

When going out, Kim Hyun-tae checked the time, it was 8 o'clock in the morning.

But now it's already past 9 o'clock when they arrive at the publishing house.

After parking the car in the parking lot of the publishing house, Kim Hyun-tae took his daughter from the elevator in the parking lot and went directly to Dave's office on the fifth floor of the publishing house.

Dave was not very busy today. When Kim Hyun-tae found him, Dave was sitting behind his desk drinking coffee leisurely, watching the bustling traffic of people and cars on the street through the floor-to-ceiling windows on the side.

Standing at the door, Kim Hyun-tae politely knocked on the open office door instead of going straight in.

The knock on the door interrupted Dave, who was sipping coffee leisurely, and made him turn his head to see who was coming.

Dave's secretary, Lola, took the little guy in Kim Hyun-tae's arms at the right time, and she took care of it like last time, and the little guy obviously liked to play with all kinds of women, so Coco's attention was diverted to Lola here.

Seeing that Dave saw him, Jin Xiantai walked into the office, and at the same time directly stated his intention.

"We communicated on the phone last time, so I won't repeat myself. This is the manuscript of the first volume of the new novel "Lord of the Rings". Please read it first."

Jin Xiantai walked to the sofa familiarly, and then sat on the sofa. At the same time, he put the manuscript of the first volume of "The Lord of the Rings" he brought on the coffee table in front of him.

Dave also got up from behind the desk at this time, went to sit down opposite Kim Hyun-tae, then leaned forward slightly, reached out and picked up the "Lord of the Rings" manuscript on the coffee table, and began to look through it.

Although Dave doesn't look very good-looking, but as a high-level executive of a publishing house, he has a very good vision.

After flipping through the manuscript of "The Lord of the Rings", he can basically conclude in his heart that this is a fantasy novel that can be sold well.

So, he raised his head, looked at Jin Xiantai seriously and said, "This is a novel that can be sold well, how about it, let us publish it with California Culture Publishing House. I can even give you more favorable royalties Some, how about 20%?"

Whoa!

For the manuscript of the three volumes of the first novel "A Song of Ice and Fire", Dave only gave himself 10% of the royalties, but even so he made himself a fortune.

The manuscript of "The Lord of the Rings" that I brought now is only one volume, but Dave offered 20% of the royalties, which is simply a big jump.

"Don't be surprised, you are now a writer of popular novels, so it is impossible for me to treat you as a newcomer author, and you have great potential, I don't want to turn against a young writer with potential like you .”

Dave offers an explanation that makes sense but is far-fetched.

To be honest, even if "A Song of Ice and Fire" is a big hit, and Kim Hyun-tae has great potential, it doesn't deserve Dave's treatment.

You know, this is an abrupt split of the royalties, doubling it!

But Jin Xiantai didn't bother to think about the factors, anyway, this is a good thing for him, isn't it?

"I have no objection. I accept the 20% royalties. "The Lord of the Rings" can be handed over to the publishing house for publishing, but it is only the publishing agency for English paper books."

Jin Xiantai was not dizzy yet, so he reminded Dave a little.

Dave smiled and didn't care at all: "What our publishing house wants is only the agency right in the US region, the English version of the paper book publishing agency right, which is no different from "A Song of Ice and Fire". "

These words made Jin Xiantai relax, and everything went so smoothly, which made Jin Xiantai feel relaxed and happy from the bottom of his heart, and began to like dealing with Dave.

Kim Hyun-tae, who was in a good mood, took out another manuscript and put it on the coffee table. This was his pirated manuscript of "William's Fairy Tale".

Dave looked at Jin Xiantai curiously, and then looked at the manuscript on the coffee table.

"This is……?"

Kim Hyun-tae said: "A fairy tale I created, can you help me see if it works, can it be published?"

Ah, not only a magical story, but also a fairy tale, your writing speed is too fast.

Hearing what Jin Xiantai said, Dave suddenly showed a surprised expression on his face.

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