Taking advantage of Wang Meng's happiness, Chen Chaoqun decided to strike while the iron was hot and said, "If I want to publish a book later, can you write a preface?"
When asked this question, Chen Chaoqun was also very uneasy, because he knew that this old man devoted himself to creation, went deep and simple, and once said, "I won't write a preface for the author, won't participate in ribbon cuttings, won't appear on TV, won't participate in
Award ceremonies, not attending fashion gatherings."
Being able to serve as a judge this time was because Chen Chaoqun spent a lot of effort to trick the old man here in the name of "prosperous Chinese literature". I really didn't get him to agree to write the preface.
Wang Meng thought for a moment, smiled, and said: "You are a smart boy! However, I agreed, I will make an exception! Maybe more than ten years later, the author named Xia Xiaoluo will not be proud of me writing a preface for him.
, but I, Wang Meng, am proud to have written a preface for such a talented author!"
Chen Chaoqun looked around and said, "Everyone, please help me. Will the flames be high when everyone adds firewood?"
Everyone smiled and agreed. After all, the leading figures in the literary world readily agreed, and it would be too shameful for them to put on airs. Moreover, they all really appreciated this "Fantasy City".
In the evening, Chen Chaoqun was besieged by several publishers and decided to drink too much. He cried so hard that he cried, "Oh my God - I have been publishing for more than ten years, and today I finally found a book."
It’s a book that makes me feel proud!”
As soon as Chen Chaoqun woke up the next day, rubbed his sore head, he drove his big Mercedes directly to Luoshui County.
Who knew that the person who found Xia Xiaoluo before him was Jean-Pierre, the president of bloom###urybooks publishing house in the UK. This blond publisher was negotiating with Yu Hua and several other readers about overseas publishing of their novels.
, I heard that they were all tricked by Taishan Beidou in the Chinese literary world to come to Chengde Summer Resort to be a judge for this literary competition novel. With a keen sense of the market, he immediately saw this as a business opportunity.
In the eyes of Westerners, distant China in the 1990s was a mysterious place. They all knew China through Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige's movies. Whether it was "Red Sorghum" or "Yellow Earth", they both portrayed the image of poverty and backwardness. The image of Chinese teenagers
The work is already a huge selling point.
After the banquet, he quickly got involved with the people on the organizing committee. This Chinese expert who graduated from Oxford Chinese College in the UK easily found out the whereabouts of Xia Xiaoluo, the first prize winner of this literary competition.
address and contact information, and also read Xia Xiaoluo's "Fantasy City". As a Chinese culture scholar who is proficient in Chinese, he immediately felt the huge commercial value of this novel.
Moreover, this novel has the feel of a Western fantasy novel, which can be easily adapted to both Eastern and Western markets. In addition, in the eyes of Westerners, China has always been a poor and backward image. The market impact of such an aesthetic and exquisite book is self-evident.
Since the first-prize work was so excellent, he also looked at the second-prize winner Chu Xiuhan's entry. He felt that this person's work was also good. If it could be expanded into a "reflection of the new generation of young people after China's reform and opening up,"
The book "The Contradiction between Love and Exam-oriented Education" should also have good selling points.
Therefore, when Chen Chaoqun was lying on the bed and chanting, "I finally found a book that makes me feel proud," Jean had already traveled thousands of miles straight to Luoshui County No. 1 High School.
When a foreigner with blond hair, blue eyes and a body as strong as a big bear appeared in a small and isolated county in the 1990s, the effect was bound to be sensational.
This foreigner knew China's business procedures very well. He first contacted Chen Shuixian, the principal of the No. 1 High School in Luoshui County. Old Chen was a little frightened when he saw this tall and tall foreigner who spoke a mixture of bird language and Chinese. He asked Su Jiang
Lip is responsible for the entire reception.
After Su Jiangchuan introduced her origins to Jean, she was puzzled as to why our school had nothing to do with a publishing house far across the ocean.
Jean quickly explained in fluent Chinese: "I want to meet one of your students, his name is Xia Xiaoluo, and the other classmate is Chu Xiuhan. Is it convenient?"
When Su Jiangchuan heard Xia Xiaoluo's name, she thought to herself, what is this kid doing? He's already gone abroad. She asked, "Why are you meeting Xia Xiaoluo?"
Although Jean has been in China for a long time, he still cannot change the mentality of the boss of the British Empire. He has a bit of the narcissism of a superior nation. He said: "This is a private matter between the two of us. I think I can not talk about it."
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Su Jiangchun became angry when she heard this, but because Xia Xiaoluo was involved, she was afraid of delaying his affairs and making it difficult to get angry, so she had to inform the teacher to call Xia Xiaoluo and Chu Xiuhan over.
When Xia Xiaoluo heard this, his scalp went numb and he thought to himself, is it because she misses me? Do you want to do it in the office? Do you want to shake the car? Do you want to stop being so unrestrained?
With endless lust and anxiety, he walked into Su Jiangchun's office. As soon as he entered the door, a tall white man opposite him hugged him warmly - "Hello, my name is Jean! It's bloom###
President of urybooks publishing house."
"Oh, hello, can I call you a bitch?" Xia Xiaoluo was a little confused by this enthusiastic uncle, but still said sincerely.
"Bitch! What a good name, it's very loud!" Jean said happily. After coming to China, he had been thinking of a Chinese name, and it took no effort to come up with it now.
Su Jiangchuan was about to close the door and go out, and smiled. She looked at Xia Xiaoluo with a charming look, her expression seemed to say, "You are so bad."
"I came here to ask you to publish a novel. In the Chinese Literary Newcomer Competition, your "Fantasy City" can be published. Although it is still very naive and has no commercial value. However, our publishing house has always hoped that we can become a bridge between the East and the West.
Bridge. Your book can help Western society understand the East."
Xia Xiaoluo was stunned for a moment and thought to himself, I didn't participate in this literary competition. He immediately understood that it must be Chu Xiuhan who was responsible. Looking at Chu Xiuhan next to him with a faint smile on his lips, he immediately confirmed that it must be Chu Xiuhan.
She did it.
Wanting to understand this, Xia Xiaoluo squinted at the prisoner in front of him and said to his heart, you are not honest! If you had no commercial value, would you come from the corner of the capital to our small county town with no shit? What did Xia Xiaoluo do in his previous life?
A top-level securities practitioner can deceive customers into opening accounts, and his trading skills are naturally good. He has studied "Consumer Behavior" and "Negotiation Psychology". We have always been the only ones deceiving others, how can we let others deceive us?
Xia Xiaoluo was determined to fight with this "dishonest" foreigner and said: "I'm sorry, my book is not going to be published."
"What? You think you don't have the ability to adapt it into a full-length novel? Don't worry, we have professional teachers in 'creative writing' to teach you step by step!"
"No, I am fully capable of adapting it into a full-length novel. However, I don't want to publish this book. This is a book written for myself."
"Treasure" can be memorized by heart long ago.
Jean has been in the publishing industry for many years and knows that many writers have many eccentricities and cannot measure their lives according to ordinary people's concepts. Just like the melancholy Austrian novelist Franz Kafka once burned his works. Do you think this is true?
Sick?
"Our publishing house is going to pay 10,000 yuan to buy the copyright of your book. Aren't you tempted?" Jean asked Xia Xiaoluo with wide eyes. As a Huaxia expert, he knew that Huaxia's income was only a thousand dollars a year.
piece.
In his opinion, this number is undoubtedly an astronomical figure for Xia Xiaoluo.
Who knew that Xia Xiaoluo was completely indifferent and said: "I'm sorry, I won't sell it."
This made Chu Xiuhan anxious and said: "You still don't want to sell it? It's a lot."
Jean said: "Yes, quite a few."
Xia Xiaoluo shook his head confidently, waggled his thumb, and said: "No, no, no, I offer 3 million yuan."
Jean made an exaggerated expression and said: "How is that possible? You were robbing..."
Xia Xiaoluo said: "I know your publishing house. Your publishing channels cover more than 20 countries around the world where English is the main language. And you are now preparing to explore the Eastern market. You have already published a large number of British and American novels.
Our works are sold to Japan and South Korea, and the English versions of Japanese works are also sold all over the world. Under the influence of your huge channels, the sales volume of a book will increase by more than 20 times."
Jean had to admit that the boy in front of him knew everything and was speechless.
Xia Xiaoluo talked eloquently and said: "What's more important is that after you buy the copyright, you will buy out the author's adaptation rights or the agency rights for adaptation rights. This will increase your income by four or five levels!"
When he said this, Jean was simply dumbfounded. His expression was as if he suddenly saw a huge prehistoric Tyrannosaurus rex in 1990. It showed its teeth and claws in front of him. His blue eyes widened and he thought to himself, this guy is from Journey to the West.
Is Sun Dasheng coming out? How come he knows everything?
In fact, this is not surprising. When Xia Xiaoluo was compiling "History of Chinese Private Enterprises", he discovered that China's local retail industry was almost completely wiped out in 2011. Some scholars once said that it was the "Boxer Rebellion against the Eight-Power Allied Forces" at that time, so at that time he
I am very interested in all channels and retail. "Channel is King" can be applied to almost all fast-moving consumer products, and books are no exception.
When he studied the publishing industry, he first studied Penguin Press in the United States and bloom###urybooks Press in the United Kingdom, and the latter was the publisher of the famous "Harry Potter". The main summary of this publisher was naturally
Know it in your chest.
At that time, bloom###urybooks published such an operation method mainly for Asian writers. There are two reasons. The first is that the cultural industry chain in Asia was not very developed at that time. Unlike Europe and the United States, there was a strong film and television industry.
Excellent works that are suitable for adaptation are often bought for film and television adaptation rights as soon as they debut, so the laws and regulations on intellectual property rights are very sound; secondly, the copyright awareness of Asian authors is not yet clear, and many do not know what film and television adaptation rights are.
bloom###urybooks Publishing House has a certain degree of contract fraud, which is also the core secret of the publishing house. Jean can't figure out how the young man in front of him knows so much?
Jean wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Wait for me." He took out a phallic-like "black brick" and went out to make a phone call...