In a newly renovated house, Li Yang and A Ling were cuddling together, feeding each other snacks and dog food, and watching programs on TV.
"Huh? This brother Yuan is so ordinary." A Ling said curiously, pointing at Li Yuan on the TV.
Indeed, apart from his height, Li Yuan's appearance is quite good. To put it nicely, he has regular features; to put it worse, his appearance is unremarkable. In addition, the questions and answers in the talk show are quite satisfactory, and there is no sense of surprise at all.
Li Yang also frowned slightly, and he also felt a certain sense of loss in his heart: "Maybe this is how he is in life... right?"
"That's so boring! Change the channel, change the channel!"
"Haha, look, look again. Some authors are like this. They write books full of risqué words, but he is usually an ordinary person."
"I thought Brother Yuan was a romantic and talented man."
"hehe……"
…
Du Le was also watching the program seriously. He also had a notebook beside him, ready to record down Brother Yuan's wise words at any time. As the president of the "Brother Yuan Book Fans Club" in the school, he had already become Li
A passionate fan of Yuan.
However, when he saw a real person on TV, Du Le really felt like "die in the face of the light". He was somewhat disappointed. He could only keep praying in his heart: "Brother Yuan, please be more confident. Please, you can
Say some dirty words..."
…
In front of the TV, most viewers feel the same way.
To be honest, the dirty talk in "Casino" has already spoiled the taste of those readers. Especially those dirty words have become a phenomenon-level buzzword in Hong Kong. Such a huge contrast is even more disappointing...
However, among those viewers, there was one person who was a little different. He was Yuichi Morimura, the publisher of the book.
In China, the publishing industry is also highly competitive.
First there was the bubble economy, where there was plenty of money to overflow. Large publishing houses were buying and selling, not only buying and merging small publishing houses, but also monopolizing the resources of famous domestic writers. Then the bubble economy burst and money tightened.
Even new writers refused to let go.
Therefore, small publishers like Morimura Yukiichi have a very difficult time. They cannot compete with those big publishing houses. Fortunately, Morimura Yukiichi is a China expert. He often imports some Chinese best-sellers from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China, and the sales volume is very high.
...it's pretty good!
After all, domestic writers are very strong and there is no shortage of books of all types. However, the imported overseas books are far less popular in Chinese than European and American bestsellers. Unlike famous European and American writers, no one even knows about them when they promote them?
Of course, there is also the issue of local adaptability and cultural reverse output.
For example, when it comes to romance novels and light novels, readers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China can easily understand the lives of high school students because of the Japanese cultural output.
But readers of this book, when they see high school students from Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland falling in love, they are completely confused. Because they cannot understand such a social background and have no sense of substitution.
However, this time, Yukiichi Morimura suddenly discovered the book "The Vast Ocean Is a Casino". After reading it, he immediately discovered this good opportunity.
First of all, there is no cultural barrier at all. "Casino" was originally written as a naval history!
Moreover, in the country of Benzi, the history of World War II has always been a prominent subject. It is also a code of wealth and has a large number of loyal readers. Especially the navy of Benzi. Otherwise, how could there be ship girls in the future?
The last thing is...it turns out to be a mainland author? Isn't that cool and easy to coax?
So Morimura Yukiichi made a decisive decision to use the "high price" of 1 million yen to compete for the publishing rights of this book. After all, the mainland authors have never seen the world. They are so poor that they can't even afford clothes, right?
However, unexpectedly, when Morimura Yukiichi hurried to the Military Publishing House, he was told that the overseas publishing rights of "Casino" were in the hands of Daifuku Publishing House in Hong Kong?
This is a bit troublesome. The people in Hong Kong are not that easy to coax, at least they are not like those old-timers in mainland China who seem to like to give things to their doorsteps for free.
But it’s not a big problem. It’s just more money. So... 2 million yen? Or 3 million?
Therefore, Morimura Yukiichi wants to watch this interview show, take a look at the author, and weigh the value of "Casino" again...
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"Brother Yuan, your pen name is rather strange. Why is it called Angry Brother Yuan?" The host Ms. Wang also knew that she could not continue to be by the rules, otherwise the ratings would definitely plummet.
Li Yuan smiled slightly: "Oh, that's it. One day, I suddenly had the desire to create and wanted to write a book and publish it, this is "Casino". After I told my family, they looked at me in disbelief and remained silent.
After waiting for a long time, she finally encouraged and said: Great writers should at least write more words."
Miss Wang covered her mouth and smiled: "So you are very angry?"
Li Yuan smiled and spread his hands. In fact, the real reason was that Sister Jiao just borrowed the word "anger" from him. It is impossible to borrow the word "southern style" from Uncle Nan? After all, Li Yuan is also a northerner.
"What happened next?" Miss Wang continued to ask, "After you published it, what did your family say?"
"What else can I say? Well, there are indeed enough words written. Good!"
Ms. Wang laughed so hard that the audience in front of the TV also smiled knowingly. This is right! This is the Yuan brother we imagined.
"Then what is your motivation for creation? Why did you write this book?"
"It's nothing. You can just write if you want to, right?" Li Yuan took the opportunity to show off, "I'm still young and haven't turned 20 yet. So I will try anything I'm interested in."
"Ah? You're not 20 yet?"
"Yes. So sometimes I want to be an adventurer. My ancestors are Orions. Sometimes I want to be an engineer. My programming skills are pretty good and I have participated in two important projects. Of course I also have the dream of an artist. Haha."
"Artist?" Miss Wang asked curiously.
"That's right. Other arts are a bit difficult. So choose a simpler one first and write a book!"
"Wow! You didn't know that "Casino" is already a household name in Hong Kong, and you still think it's simple?"
"Of course there are very difficult ones. For example, I am tone-deaf, and being a singer requires... hard work. I should also... keep working hard at ballet, right?"
Ms. Wang laughed: "Singers do have difficulties, and movie stars... huh huh."
"I think you are mocking my image?" Li Yuan joked.
Miss Wang also let go: "Brother Yuan, I never said this?"
Li Yuan smiled and said, "Are you hurting people? Miss Wang, don't bully young people into poverty. Sooner or later I will be a director and make a movie."
"Haha! I wish you success! At least the photo shoot will be longer. Hahaha!"
"Don't worry, I will give you a heroine."
"The heroine doesn't dare to think about it. I'll be satisfied if you give me a supporting role. Hahaha..."
