I just want to be a quiet scholar

Chapter 316 Income grows steadily
After "The History of Number Theory" went on sale in the United States, the sales data for the first month came out.

This mathematical work, which was hailed as an epic by the American Mathematical Society, sold 5000 copies in the first month.

"Professor Shen, it's time to open champagne. "History of Number Theory" is really a hit." Weiser from Springer Publishing Group called to express his congratulations.

"Thank you, Mr. Wei Ze, your business operations are very professional." Shen Qi heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he didn't hit the street. The results in the first month of shelves were good, and the sales volume of 5000 copies was completely acceptable.

Academic works are not YY novels. An academic monograph is considered a bestseller if its accumulative sales exceed one million copies from the day it is published until the author's death.

这样的畅销学术作品屈指可数，广为科学迷熟知的作品有《论物质科学的关联》（出版于1834年）、《神秘宇宙》（1930年）、《物理学之道》（1975年）、《宇宙最初3分钟》（1977年）、《宇宙》（1980年），以及《时间简史》（1988年）。

Except for the author of "On the Connection of Physical Sciences" who is a mathematician (British mathematician Somerwell), the authors of several other best-selling popular science books are physicists.

"A Brief History of Time" is a phenomenon-level work, and its global sales have exceeded 1000 million copies.

Even the best-selling popular science works such as "A Brief History of Time" only sold more than 1000 million copies after several decades of selling.

The market is like this, and the audience of readers determines the sales of works.

For the reader group who purchased "History of Number Theory", Springer has made statistics on the preliminary characteristics of consumers. Typical consumer portraits are: highly educated, middle-class, aged 35-45, currently engaged in or have engaged in scientific research-related work .

The core consumer group of "History of Number Theory" is highly educated researchers in the United States, and this group belongs to the minority elite no matter which country they are in.

According to the preliminary statistics of the big data of Springer's "History of Number Theory", there are very few readers who "buy it and don't read it" or "buy it back for collection". The price of $85 is not cheap, and you can buy seven to eight Books of the same thickness.

Big data shows that the consumption behavior of American consumers tends to be rational, which is closely related to the depth of pockets of the general public in the United States. It can also be seen that the economic recovery of the United States is not as vigorous as their president preached.

In any case, Shen Qi was pleased with the sales volume of 5000 copies in the first month. This is only the sales statistics in the United States, and there are still many countries whose mother tongue is English.

As well as French, Spanish, German, Arabic and other language versions will be launched one after another, of course the Chinese version is indispensable.

Shen Qi counted, he is expected to witness the cumulative sales of "History of Number Theory" exceed 100 million copies in his lifetime, so he has no regrets, just lie down and collect the money.

The sales of 5000 copies of "History of Number Theory" brought Shen Qi an income of [-] U.S. dollars. The book "Olympiad Champion Shen Qi's Mathematical Experience" published after the college entrance examination is still on sale, plus the salary of the Princeton professor, Shen Qi's annual income is expected to exceed one million dollars.This is a regular income excluding bonuses from various prizes.

In fact, the bonus income is not much. The scientific breakthrough award is 100 million US dollars, and the bonus for proving the Riemann conjecture is also 100 million US dollars.These two bonuses are Shen Qi's main bonus income.

Fields' bonus was a measly 15000 Canadian dollars, or $11364.

Just received the Steele Award, a little bit more, $ 2.5.

Shen Qi found out that his bank card balance was more than 200 million US dollars, and he also bought a Mercedes-Benz, and his daily expenses didn't cost much. His parents were richer than him, so he didn't need to support him for the time being.

His girlfriend's family is richer, and Shen Qi doesn't know where to spend the money. The world setting is not a rebirth setting. Who can guarantee a stable profit in stocks, real estate or other types of investment?
Hard-core technical flow forced investment?

In theory, the Fields Medal winner has this ability.

But this requires a huge amount of energy to devote to secular affairs, which Shen Qi does not have.

"What's the use of money?" Shen Qi asked Ouye.

"It's enough." Ouye replied.

Shen Qi drove Ouye's Bentley and accompanied Ouye to a hospital in New York for a physical examination.

Last weekend Shen Qi came to New York to see Ouye, and found that Ouye's mental and physical condition was not good, so he made an appointment for today's hospital examination.

This weekend, Shen Qi came to New York again and took Ouye to the hospital as planned.

After Ouye bought this Bentley, Shen Qi drove more time than her: "Little Ye Zi, you bought this Bentley for 30 US dollars, and the accumulated mileage of your own running is less than 1000 miles. I have already driven 5000 miles for you. mile."

"As long as you like to drive this car." Ouye forced a smile out of difficulty. She is really in a bad state recently, and increasing the dosage can only barely maintain her normal behavior.

Looking at Ouye distressedly, Shen Qi had a reason to save money, and his girlfriend had to spend money on medical treatment and medicine.

Ouye has been suffering from this disease for more than ten years. It is a chronic disease and needs to spend money for a long time. She spent a lot of money. Fortunately, her family is not short of money.

Parents will grow old eventually, and one day Shen Qi will have to take on the task of taking care of his wife, children and parents.Although there are no wives and children yet, there will always be in the future.

In the better private hospitals in the United States, you need to make an appointment in advance, and sometimes the waiting period lasts for weeks or even months.

Some patients recover spontaneously the day they see a doctor.

Ouye does not belong to the situation of automatic recovery, she is more haggard today than a week ago.

Ouye's diagnosis and treatment doctor has a diploma from Harvard Medical School, an American female doctor who has been practicing for many years, with rich experience, excellent medical skills, and a good reputation.

All kinds of medical instruments and medical methods are applied to Ouye in turn. Blood drawing, urine taking, X-ray, and MRI are all routine examinations. There is a high-end instrument that Shen Qi has never seen before. Ouye first drank a glass of blue liquid , and then lay on the examination table, with dozens of tubes connected to his body, like a vegetable.

After the full set of examinations, Ouye was too tired to speak, she fell asleep lying on the table.

Shen Qi felt sad looking at it, he asked the doctor: "Excuse me, can you cure my girlfriend's disease?"

American female doctor: "Mr. Shen, you can make an appointment for me next Saturday. The test report will take a few days to complete the data analysis and comprehensive evaluation."

American doctors believe in data. Without data, it is impossible to carry out the work of treating diseases and saving lives.

In the era of science, most doctors all over the world follow this principle. Shen Qi, whose mother is a doctor, respects the way doctors work.

After leaving the hospital and returning to Ouye's dormitory at Columbia University, Shen Qi asked, "Little Yezi, after this semester is over, you can get a master's degree from Columbia University's Department of Mathematics, right?"

Ouye nodded: "Yes."

Ouye participated in the RT third expression project and made some contributions to this topic.She has almost obtained the required credits for graduate students, and the academic achievement of the RT third expression can bring her extra points, which meets the graduation requirements for a master's degree in the Department of Mathematics of Columbia University.

Shen Qi: "PhD students come to Princeton to study, that's all."

(End of this chapter)