#line 1 "c.cpp"
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#include<atcoder/all>
#define rep(i,n) for (int i = 0; i < int(n); ++i)
#define repp(i,m,n) for (int i = m; i < int(n); ++i)
#define reb(i,n) for (int i = int(n)-1; i >= 0; --i)
#define all(v) v.begin(),v.end()
using namespace std;
using namespace atcoder;
using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using ld = long double;
using P = pair<int, int>;
using PL = pair<long long, long long>;
using pdd = pair<long double, long double>;
using pil = pair<int,ll>;
using pli = pair<ll,int>;
template<class T>istream &operator>>(istream &is,vector<T> &v){for(auto &e:v)is>>e;return is;}
template<typename T>bool range(T a,T b,T x){return (a<=x&&x<b);}
template<typename T>bool rrange(T a,T b,T c,T d,T x,T y){return (range(a,c,x)&&range(b,d,y));}
template<typename T> T rev(const T& str_or_vec){T res = str_or_vec; reverse(res.begin(),res.end()); return res; }
template<typename T>bool chmin(T &a,const T &b){if(a>b){a=b;return true;}return false;}
template<typename T>bool chmax(T &a,const T &b){if(a<b){a=b;return true;}return false;}
template<typename T>void uniq(vector<T> &v){sort(v.begin(),v.end());v.erase(unique(v.begin(),v.end()),v.end());}
template<typename T1, typename T2>void print(pair<T1,T2> a);
template<typename T>void print(vector<T> v);
template<typename T>void print(vector<vector<T>> v);
void print(){ putchar(' '); }
void print(bool a){ printf("%d", a); }
void print(int a){ printf("%d", a); }
void print(long a){ printf("%ld", a); }
void print(long long a){ printf("%lld", a); }
void print(char a){ printf("%c", a); }
void print(char a[]){ printf("%s", a); }
void print(const char a[]){ printf("%s", a); }
void print(long double a){ printf("%.15Lf", a); }
void print(const string& a){ for(auto&& i : a) print(i); }
void print(unsigned int a){ printf("%u", a); }
void print(unsigned long long a) { printf("%llu", a); }
template<class T> void print(const T& a){ cout << a; }
int out(){ putchar('\n'); return 0; }
template<class T> int out(const T& t){ print(t); putchar('\n'); return 0; }
template<class Head, class... Tail> int out(const Head& head, const Tail&... tail){ print(head); putchar(' '); out(tail...); return 0; }
template<typename T1,typename T2>void print(pair<T1,T2> a){print(a.first);print(),print(a.second);}
template<typename T>void print(vector<T> v){for(auto ite=v.begin();ite!=v.end();){print(*ite);if(++ite!=v.end())print();}}
template<typename T>void print(vector<vector<T>> v){for(auto ite=v.begin();ite!=v.end();){print(*ite);if(++ite!=v.end())out();}}
void yes(){out("Yes");}
void no (){out("No");}
void yn (bool t){if(t)yes();else no();}
void fast_io(){cin.tie(0); ios::sync_with_stdio(0); cout<<fixed<<setprecision(20);}
void o(){out("!?");}

namespace noya2{

const int INF = 1001001007;
const long long mod1 = 998244353;
const long long mod2 = 1000000007;
const long long inf = 2e18;
const long double pi = 3.14159265358979323;
const long double eps = 1e-7;
const vector<int> dx = {0,1,0,-1,1,1,-1,-1};
const vector<int> dy = {1,0,-1,0,1,-1,-1,1};
const string ALP = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
const string alp = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
const string NUM = "0123456789";

} // namespace noya2
using namespace noya2;

using mint = modint998244353;
//using mint = modint1000000007;
//using mint = modint;
void out(mint a){out(a.val());}
void out(vector<mint> a){vector<ll> b(a.size()); rep(i,a.size()) b[i] = a[i].val(); out(b);}
void out(vector<vector<mint>> a){for (auto v : a) out(v);}

#line 2 "SlopeTrick.hpp"

#line 4 "SlopeTrick.hpp"

namespace noya2{

using namespace std;

template< typename T >
struct SlopeTrick {
 
    const T INF = numeric_limits< T >::max() / 3;
 
    T min_f;
    priority_queue< T, vector< T >, less<> > L;
    priority_queue< T, vector< T >, greater<> > R;
    T add_l, add_r;
 
    void push_R(const T& a) {
        R.push(a - add_r);
    }
 
    T top_R() const {
        if (R.empty()) return INF;
        else return R.top() + add_r;
    }
 
    T pop_R() {
        T val = top_R();
        if (not R.empty()) R.pop();
        return val;
    }
 
    void push_L(const T& a) {
        L.push(a - add_l);
    }
 
    T top_L() const {
        if (L.empty()) return -INF;
        else return L.top() + add_l;
    }
 
    T pop_L() {
        T val = top_L();
        if (not L.empty()) L.pop();
        return val;
    }
 
    size_t size() {
        return L.size() + R.size();
    }
 
    SlopeTrick() : min_f(0), add_l(0), add_r(0) {}
 
    // f(x) += a
    void add_all(const T& a) {
        min_f += a;
    }
 
    // add \_
    // f(x) += max(a - x, 0)
    void add_a_minus_x(const T& a) {
        min_f += max(T(0), a - top_R());
        push_R(a);
        push_L(pop_R());
    }
 
    // add _/
    // f(x) += max(x - a, 0)
    void add_x_minus_a(const T& a) {
        min_f += max(T(0), top_L() - a);
        push_L(a);
        push_R(pop_L());
    }
 
    // add \/
    // f(x) += abs(x - a)
    void add_abs(const T& a) {
        add_a_minus_x(a);
        add_x_minus_a(a);
    }
 
    // \/ -> \_
    // f_{new} (x) = min f(y) (y <= x)
    void clear_right() {
        while (not R.empty()) R.pop();
    }
 
    // \/ -> _/
    // f_{new} (x) = min f(y) (y >= x)
    void clear_left() {
        while (not L.empty()) L.pop();
    }
 
    // \/ -> \_/
    // f_{new} (x) = min f(y) (x-b <= y <= x-a)
    void shift(const T& a, const T& b) {
        assert(a <= b);
        add_l += a;
        add_r += b;
    }
 
    // \/. -> .\/
    // f_{new} (x) = f(x - a)
    void shift(const T& a) {
        shift(a, a);
    }
 
    // L, R を破壊する
    T get(const T& x) {
        T ret = min_f;
        while (not L.empty()) {
            ret += max(T(0), pop_L() - x);
        }
        while (not R.empty()) {
            ret += max(T(0), x - pop_R());
        }
        return ret;
    }
 
    void merge(SlopeTrick& st) {
        if (st.size() > size()) {
            swap(st.L, L);
            swap(st.R, R);
            swap(st.add_l, add_l);
            swap(st.add_r, add_r);
            swap(st.min_f, min_f);
        }
        while (not st.R.empty()) {
            add_x_minus_a(st.pop_R());
        }
        while (not st.L.empty()) {
            add_a_minus_x(st.pop_L());
        }
        min_f += st.min_f;
    }
};

} // namespace noya2
#line 77 "c.cpp"

void solve(){
    int n; cin >> n;
    vector<ll> a(n); cin >> a;
    sort(all(a));
    SlopeTrick<ll> slt;
    rep(i,n){
        slt.shift(1);
        slt.clear_right();
        slt.add_abs(a[i]);
    }
    out(slt.min_f);
}

int main(){
    fast_io();
    int t = 1; //cin >> t;
    while(t--) solve();
}