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Chapter 36
"It is reported that the robbers in the Zhongfu Building robbery targeted the unregistered bonds worth 4000 million US dollars in the building's vault. The robbers have all been arrested, but the bonds have disappeared. Zhongfu Group urges the police... "

The news on the TV was still about the robbery of the Zhongfu Building. This news was too explosive, and it was related to 4000 million U.S. aid. It had already spread throughout the United States in just one night.

"You seem to be in a good mood?" Jennifer came to sit next to Locke.

"Maybe it's because I like to watch those Japanese get unlucky." Locke shrugged his shoulders and pulled Jennifer into his arms: "The scene yesterday was spectacular enough."

"Those guys are really in bad luck, 4000 million US dollars, I heard that they disappeared for some reason, and they haven't yet..." Jennifer pressed Locke's mischievous hand: "Isn't that enough? "

"How is it possible, I can play with your legs for a year!"

Locke originally planned to stay in Los Angeles for a few more days, but in order to deal with the 4000 million US dollars in bonds he had just acquired, he left after a day.

In the next two weeks, Locke traveled around Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, and Paris, sold the bonds in his hand and converted them into a family fund, and then returned to Dallas, waiting to 'inherit' this huge inheritance.

In order to ensure safety, these bonds only inherited 2000 million US dollars in the end. Fortunately, all of them have been converted into "legal" property, and there is no need to worry about being investigated. This loss is also necessary.

With this kind of preparation, the chances of Locke being found out are almost zero. Just like what Hans said before, if you stole [-] million, they will definitely find you at all costs, if they don't think you are dead up.

At this time, Hans was indeed dead, and Locke was a passerby who had nothing to do with this matter, and he was just opposite Zhongfu Building at that time.

Not to mention whether the FBI will check the people in this building during the investigation, even if it does, he is not worried, because the intensity of the investigation is definitely far from being comparable to that of the people in the Zhongfu Building.

During the short time of leaving, everyone was busy looking at the situation of Zhongfu Building, and no one paid attention to how long he had been away, even Jennifer.

In particular, Locke greeted and chatted with many of them. Many of them were deeply impressed by Jennifer's handsome boyfriend. In this way, it was equivalent to a sufficient alibi.

Shortly after returning to Dallas, Locke received a call from Random House, reporting to him the sales of "Arcane Throne" in accordance with the contract.

The publication of this book was at his own expense, the reason is very simple, the price given by the publishing house is too low.

At the beginning, it was a buyout price of 4 U.S. dollars. After Locke got up and was about to leave, he chose 6% of the share and full copyright. He was not even willing to give the usual price of 14%-[-]% to newcomers.

The publisher's reason for this is that as a new author, Locke is not well-known, and the distribution depends entirely on the publishing house's channels. In this case, the risk of publishing is all on the publishing house, and the publishing house needs to invest funds to print books and build maintenance channels The cost is not a small amount.

In terms of the sales performance of a book, the author or the publishing house, who plays a greater role, is simply an unclear question.

Authors naturally think that they have the greatest role, and the quality of a book is the core. After all, readers come for the book. If the content of the book is not recognized by the readers, where will the sales come from?

If the publishing house has established a good channel, it can lie comfortably and make money. If it still thinks of ways to squeeze our authors, it simply does not give the authors a way to survive.

Publishing houses think that channels are king, and with channels in hand, even if the content of the book is ordinary, it can be artificially popular.

After haggling with the publishing house for a while, it has been impossible to reach an agreement.

At this time, Locke suddenly understood one thing, that is, no matter what "high price" the other party offered, it was still a low price in his opinion, and the psychological expectations of the two were not at the same level at all.

After understanding this, Locke simply decided to publish at his own expense, so that he could naturally get a high enough share, even exceeding the ideal share at the beginning, and hold the copyright in his own hands.

The first volume is 24 words, and the first printing is [-] copies. It is released and sold through Random House's channels, and it is also accompanied by simple publicity.

It has been a month since it was released, and the results do not quite meet Locke's expectations. Only a little over a thousand copies have been sold.

But he is not in a hurry, after all, he is just a completely unknown newcomer, and the previous publicity is relatively ordinary.

After thinking about it, he was not in a hurry to spend money to expand the publicity, and planned to wait for the word of mouth to ferment. After all, although he has a small amount of assets now, large-scale publicity requires a lot of funds, and the effect may not be as expected, and it is easy to waste money.

"Now that I have funds on hand, maybe I should invest in a large media company." Thinking of this, Locke thought.

"Harry Potter" can be popular all over the world. In addition to the quality of the book itself, WarnerMedia's key promotion is also indispensable. The two are mutual achievements.

If Locke can become a major shareholder of a large media group, he will naturally be able to promote his works around the world through similar operations. In this way, he can better improve his reputation and harvest potential points.

This method is much better than simply spending money on publicity, and can save a lot of publicity funds. After all, the efficiency and utilization of funds are completely different between the two.

There is actually nothing to say about Locke's subsequent high school career. Although he 'inherited' hundreds of millions of wealth, he didn't make a high profile, and just invested these funds in the stock market.

In addition to the stocks of identified companies with potential, Locke also invested a large amount of money in Disney for the plan in his heart, and his usual study and life did not change much.

That is to relax occasionally and balance the needs. This kind of undisclosed friendship starts quietly and then ends naturally.

At other times, Locke was either studying or using meditation to brush up skills, averaging eighteen hours a day.

Especially after discovering that there are not only sitcoms in this world, but also the plots of some shootout movies, Locke became more concerned. After all, the scenes of many shootout movies are not small at all.

From this point of view, Locke has worked harder than Little Sheldon. Little Sheldon always goes to bed at nine o'clock, and usually likes to read comics, play games, play musical instruments, and watch TV...

It can be said that little Sheldon wastes too much time every day. Peggy is better than Sheldon, but she is still a child and likes to play by nature. She is curious about many things and also wastes a lot of time.

But their learning efficiency is too high. With their super high IQ, they can basically understand what they say, and they can draw inferences. Sometimes professors are stunned by questions and cannot answer. Viewpoints, professors have to discuss with them.

Locke's IQ at this time has surpassed that of Sheldon and Peggy, and he spends far more time than Sheldon every day, so the knowledge reserve of his brain naturally accumulates at an astonishing speed.

Time flies, and he is about to graduate from high school in a blink of an eye. Locke made a special trip to Princeton University to get the interview done. After waiting for a while, he successfully got what he wanted.

As for Peggy, she got an offer from Princeton University earlier than Locke.

Little Sheldon also chose Princeton University, which is not the same as the plot of The Big Bang Theory.

Regarding this matter, Little Sheldon's mother Mary strongly opposed it at first. After all, if Sheldon went to Princeton, she would have no way to take care of him.Mary was worried about letting her baby Shelly go that far alone to go to college.

But Beverly is worthy of being an expert. Long after she first met Sheldon, she began to use various methods to soften Mary's thoughts and reduce Mary's repulsion.

In addition, Little Sheldon himself strongly wanted to go to Princeton, so he even chose a special way of confrontation. In the end, Mary had no choice but to compromise.

(End of this chapter)