Zhang Zhong only had lunch with Hilde and then left. The two of them were tired from the long journey and without taking a break, they were invited to the Jiangyang Science Fiction Association to discuss matters, and later went to have dinner.
It could be seen at the dinner table that Hilde and Fred were very tired, and even the delicious food on the table could not cheer them up.
For this reason, after sending Hilde away, Liu Mingfu specially explained a few words to Zhang Zhong.
"Before Chairman Hilde and the others came, when we finalized the itinerary, I originally arranged for them to go to the hotel to rest after getting off the plane. But Chairman Hilde himself insisted that they must finish talking about the matter before going to rest."
Zhang nodded and said, "Mr. Hilde is a very dedicated person, and he is not young at all. It is indeed not easy for him to travel such a long distance."
Liu Mingfu smiled and said, "But I think Chairman Hilde should be able to sleep well today, after all, I heard such good news from you, Teacher Zhang."
"Well, I'm sorry to bother Director Liu today. We'll see you later when the three parties can discuss the details."
"Okay, I'll send you off."
…
It was three o'clock in the afternoon when I got home, much earlier than Zhang Zhong expected.
He originally planned to call Linde and the others when he came back, but it was a little early now. It was still midnight over there, so they were probably fast asleep now.
So he simply sent a message in the WeChat group: I will tell you something when you wake up.
This WeChat group was established when Linde and others came to Jiangyang last year.
Originally, they all communicated with each other by phone. Later, everyone felt that it was not convenient at all, so they decided to set up a social account for group chat.
But the social software shared by Linde and others is Instagram, and the group function of Instagram is not easy to use, and Zhang Zhong doesn’t use this software very much, so he suggested that they use WeChat.
So there is this WeChat group.
Later, at the Jiangyang World Science Fiction Convention, Linde brought Penny Austin into the group, and now there are only four of them in the group.
After Zhang Zhong finished sending the message, he was about to put down his phone, but unexpectedly he suddenly received a message.
Llorente: [What is it? It sounds like it’s important from your tone?]
Zhang Chong was slightly surprised when he looked at the message Llorente sent in the group, and asked: [You are not in the United States now, have you gone out to play?]
Llorente: [No, I am in New York now, why do you ask? 】
Zhang Zhong: [What time is it now in New York?]
Llorente: [It’s past two o’clock in the middle of the night, can’t you even account for the jet lag? 】
Zhang Zhong: [Of course I can calculate the jet lag well, but what makes me wonder is, what keeps you up at more than two o'clock in the middle of the night? 】
Penny Austin:【It's me.】
Zhang Zhong:【……】
Zhang Zhong was startled by Penny Austin's sudden appearance, and then Penny Austin sent a photo.
In the photo, Llorente is wearing shorts and sitting on the sofa with a bulging belly. He is playing on his mobile phone, probably sending a message to the group.
Zhang Zhong was wondering whether he should stop communicating with them in time and give them some time.
Perhaps seeing that Zhang Zhong had stopped speaking, Llorente asked again: "What on earth are you going to say?"
Penny Austin: [Does it have anything to do with me? 】
Zhang Zhong shook his head helplessly, and then told Llorente and Penny Austin what he told Hilde today.
Llorente: [Of course I am willing to support you, but you also know that other copyrights of my works have been sold, so you may have to wait for a while. 】
Zhang Zhong: [We’ll talk about copyright later, let’s talk about other things first...]
Penny Austin: [He doesn’t understand anything, let’s just talk.]
Llorente: [What do you mean I don’t understand anything? I am also an old writer who has experienced battles for a long time.]
Penny Austin: [What do you know? Not only do you not understand, you are also unwilling to ask professionals to help. So many copyrights have been sold cheaply, and the film and television adaptation rights of a book were signed for ten
year contract.]
Llorente: [If I sign for ten years, I can get more copyright fees, and I won’t have to worry about copyright issues in a few years. It’s great.]
Penny Austin: [It’s not good at all. I’ve lost too much. The film and television adaptation rights of "Hebrew Savage" were only sold for 800,000 US dollars. It took ten years. If I sell it now, it will cost at least 200 to 300 US dollars.
Ten thousand US dollars, and the contract can only be signed for five years at most.】
Llorente: [I signed it more than six years ago. At that time, more than 800,000 yuan was worth much more than 800,000 yuan now. 】
Penny Austin: [Even then, there should be no problem at all selling it for over a million.]
Seeing the two of them arguing in the group, Zhang Zhong was almost speechless. He thought to himself that you two are in the same room, why do you still need to type in the group? Aren't you tired?
Zhang Zhong suspected that they were showing affection in front of him in this way.
Next time you see Llorente, you must blow this guy's head off.
Zhang Zhong: [So, how should we talk about it? Daniel, should you talk to me about your work yourself, or should Austin talk to me about it? 】
Llorente: [Let her talk to you.]
This guy responded very quickly, almost in seconds.
Zhang Zhong was already sure that the few conversations they had just had were flirting.
Next, Zhang Zhong briefly talked to Penny Austin about several works, and by the way, he also talked about his plans to publicize them widely.
After finishing speaking, it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon with Zhang Zhong and four o'clock in the morning in New York.
Penny Austin and the others were indeed sleepy, so Zhang Zhong said goodbye to the other side.
Looking at the time, Xu Yuhan should be back soon after picking up Pengpeng, and Zhang Zhong stood up and prepared to cook.
But as soon as he got up, another message came from the group.
Zhang Zhong picked up the phone in confusion. Is there anything else Penny Austin forgot to say?
But what Zhang Zhong didn't expect was that the person who sent the message was not Penny Austin or Llorente, but Linde.
Linde: [I just woke up and saw your message. You seemed to have been chatting a lot. What did you say? Why are you chatting here in the middle of the night? 】
Zhang Zhong: [Then take a look at our chat history first. After reading it, you will know what we talked about. I will talk to you later.]
Linde: [No, I want to wash up, then go for a morning run, then have breakfast, then take a shower, and then I can take some time to see what you guys talked about.]
Zhang Zhong:【Okay.】
Linde: [Perhaps, you can tell me in a simple sentence what exactly you talked about?]