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"It is reported that the target of the robbers in the Zhongfu Building robbery was bearer bonds worth US$640 million in the building's vault. At present, all the robbers have been arrested, but the bonds are missing. Zhongfu Group urges the police... …”

The news on the TV was still about the Nakatomi Building robbery. This news was too exciting, and it also related to 640 million U.S. aid. It had spread throughout the United States in just one night.

"You seem to be in a good mood?" Jennifer came and sat down next to Locke.

"Maybe I like to see those Japanese people being unlucky." Locke shrugged his shoulders and pulled Jennifer into his arms: "Yesterday's scene was spectacular enough."

"Those guys are really unlucky. I heard that 640 million US dollars disappeared for some unknown reason, and they still haven't..." Jennifer held down Locke's hand: "Isn't that enough? ?”

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

Originally, Locke planned to stay in Los Angeles for a few more days, but in order to deal with the $640 million in bonds he had just received, he left after one day.

In the next two weeks, Locke traveled around Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, and Paris, selling the bonds in his hands and converting 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 US$420 million in the end. Fortunately, they have been converted into "legal" property, and there is no need to worry about being investigated. This loss is also necessary.

With these preparations, the chance of Locke being found out is almost zero. Just like what Hans said before, if they steal 600 million, they will definitely find you at all costs, otherwise they think you will die. .

Hans was indeed dead at this time, and Locke was a passerby who had nothing to do with the incident. He was just opposite the Nakatomi Building at the time.

Not to mention whether the FBI would investigate the people in this building during the investigation, even if it did, he was not worried, because the intensity of the investigation would definitely be far inferior to that of the people in the Zhongfu Building.

During the short time he left, everyone was busy looking at the situation in Zhongtong Building. No one paid attention to how long he had been gone, not even Jennifer.

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

Shortly after returning to Dallas, Locke received a call from Random House, which was contractually required to report to him on sales of "The Arcane Throne."

The book was published at his own expense for the simple reason that the price given by the publisher was too low.

From the beginning, it was a buyout price of US$10,000. After Locke stood up to leave, he chose a 4% share and full copyright. He was not even willing to give newcomers the usual 6%-14% price.

The publisher's reason for this is that as a new author, Locke is not famous, and distribution depends entirely on the publisher's channels. In this case, the risk of publishing lies entirely with the publisher. The publisher needs to invest money to print books, distribute them, and build and maintain channels. The cost is not a small amount either.

When it comes to the sales performance of a book, who plays a greater role, the author or the publishing house, is simply an unclear question.

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

Once a publishing house establishes good channels, it can sit back and make money comfortably. If it still thinks of ways to squeeze us authors, it simply doesn’t give the authors a way to survive.

Publishing houses, however, believe that channels are king. With channels in hand, even books with ordinary content can be artificially popular.

After bargaining with the publisher for a long time, we were unable to reach an agreement.

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

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 still hold the copyright in his own hands.

The first volume has 240,000 words, and the first printing is 100,000 copies. It was released for sale through the channels of Random House, and was also accompanied by simple publicity.

It's been a month since it was released, and the results don't quite meet Locke's expectations, with just over a thousand copies sold.

But he is not in a hurry. After all, he is just a newcomer with no reputation at all, and his previous publicity was relatively ordinary.

After thinking about it, he did not rush to spend money to expand publicity, and planned to wait for word-of-mouth to ferment. After all, although he now has a small amount of assets, large-scale publicity requires a large amount 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" has become popular all over the world. In addition to the quality of the book itself, Warner Media Group's key promotion is also indispensable. The two achieve mutual success.

If Locke can become the 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 enhance his reputation and gain 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" billions of wealth, he did not make too high a profile and just invested the funds in the stock market.

In addition to stocks of companies he identified as having potential, Locke also invested a large amount of money in Disney for his plans, and his usual study life did not change much.

That is to say, relax occasionally and balance your needs. This kind of unopened friendship starts quietly and then ends naturally.

At other times, Locke is either studying or using meditation to practice skills, averaging eighteen hours a day.

Especially after discovering that this world not only has sitcoms, but also some gunfight movie plots, Locke became even more interested. After all, the scenes in many gunfight movies are not small at all.

From this point of view, Locke works much harder than Little Sheldon. Little Sheldon always goes to bed at nine o'clock. He also 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 as a child, she also likes to play by nature and is curious about many things, so she also wastes a lot of time.

But their learning efficiency is too high. With their super high IQ, they can basically understand everything they say, and they can also draw inferences from one instance to another. Sometimes the professors are stunned when asked, and they cannot answer. Some Professors have to discuss their opinions with them.

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

Time flew by and he was about to graduate from high school. 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.

Young Sheldon also chose Princeton University, which is different from the plot of The Big Bang Theory.

For this matter, little Sheldon's mother Mary was strongly opposed to this matter at first. After all, if Sheldon went to Princeton, she would not be able to take care of him. Mary didn't feel comfortable letting her baby Shelly go to college so far away alone.

But Beverly is also an expert. After she first met Sheldon, she began to use various methods to soften Mary's thoughts and reduce Mary's rejection.

In addition, little Sheldon himself also strongly wanted to go to Princeton, and even chose a special method of confrontation for this reason. In the end, Mary had no choice but to compromise.