Fang Xingkai was already a little embarrassed to tell the next "good news".
His so-called good news was that he was going to discuss the publication of "Murder on the Orient Express" with Zhang Chong, and their publisher would sign the copyright for this book on very favorable terms.
But what needs to be said still needs to be said. Fang Xingkai gritted his teeth and said, "Teacher Zhang, we have drafted a contract here regarding the publication of "Murder on the Orient Express". Do you want to take a look at it?"
What was originally "good news" turned into "do you want to take a look?"
In fact, Fang Xingkai's original plan was to tell Zhang Zhong about the film and television adaptation and then tell him the "good news" while Zhang Zhong was happy, so that Zhang Zhong might agree to the matter as soon as he was happy.
Already.
But now it seems that things are not that simple.
"Okay, you can send me the electronic version of the contract and I'll take a look."
Sure enough, Zhang Zhong's neither salty nor bland attitude made Fang Xingkai feel a little bad.
"Teacher Zhang, our conditions this time are very sincere..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Zhong smiled and said, "Now that the contract has been drawn up, the conditions above must be written in great detail. I will just take a look at it when the time comes. Editor Fang, don't be anxious. I don't have the book yet."
The update is finished.”
Fang Xingkai's mouth twitched. Are you not in a hurry? How can you be in a hurry? By the time the book is updated, the day lilies will be cold.
Fortunately, they only have Zhang Zhong’s contact information at Agitational Literature. Otherwise, the calls about copyright would probably blow up Zhang Zhong’s cell phone.
But others can't contact Zhang Zhong, but Zhang Zhong can contact others at any time. As long as Zhang Zhong has this idea and he finds someone, there will be one more competitor to stimulate literature.
Of course, Provoking Literature wanted to cut the knot quickly. When this book had just been updated with a chapter, they had said that they would sign a copyright agreement, but Zhang Zhong did not agree at the time, and they had nothing to do.
But now I can't afford to delay it anymore.
"Then I will send the electronic version to your email. Teacher Zhang, please remember to read it. If you have any questions, please contact me quickly."
"good."
Not long after hanging up the phone from Fang Xingkai, the email came. Zhang Zhongkai glanced at it and put it down.
The conditions provided by Guilun Literature are indeed good, but they have not yet reached his expectations. He does not have high requirements for royalties, but just wants to gain more benefits for himself in terms of film and television adaptation rights.
Now that he is fully capable of selling the film and television rights at a good price, why should he give priority to film and television adaptations to Guild Literature and let them get a share of the pie? He is not a good person who has always done good things to others.
After sitting in the living room and drinking tea for a while, Zhang Zhong remembered that the system seemed to have come out before going to bed last night.
【Hey, system.】
【Please give instructions.】
The system is very convenient as it comes and goes instantly.
【Let’s draw a lottery.】
[The lottery begins...]
[The lottery is completed and you will get the work "The Devotion of Suspect X"]
Zhang Zhong was a little regretful. What he actually wanted were other books in the Poirot series.
There are many books in the Poirot series, and it is only through so many books that a complete Poirot can be created.
There is no particularly influential detective figure in this world. If the Poirot series can be produced, then Poirot will become the most influential detective, and there will not be a guy named Sherlock Holmes competing with him.
"The Devotion of Suspect
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Like the previous three books, this book has also been adapted into film and television works.
The story tells the story of a mathematical genius who used his superb IQ to create a scam in order to help a mother and daughter hide the crime of killing their ex-husband.
This is a good book, but Zhang Zhong has some concerns because the cold tone of this book is completely different from "Murder on the Orient Express" and "Ten Little Indian Boys".
Different from Agatha's extensive psychological descriptions and vivid environmental descriptions, Keigo Higashino's psychological descriptions in this book tend to be dull, with no intense scenes at all.
Can an author's style be so varied?
The answer is, of course you can.
Zhou Shuren is one and Dickens is the same, but although their styles have changed, their writing techniques will never change so much in a short period of time.
If Zhang Zhong releases the original version of "The Devotion of Suspect X" after "Murder on the Orient Express", it will definitely cause controversy.
So Zhang Zhong decided to put this book away for a while. If possible, he wanted to Chineseize the book first, and then "de-convert it to Keigo Higashino" to make the work closer to Agatha.
If it doesn't work, he will consider whether to give up the book.
There is no rule that books drawn by the system must be sent out.
It would be nice if it was "White Night Journey". Although the story of "White Night Journey" is darker, the tone of the writing is not as cold as this book.
Moreover, Keigo Higashino subverts the common techniques of mystery novels at the beginning of this book. The excitement of general mystery novels lies in the reasoning of "who is the criminal", "the process of the crime", and "the result of the crime".
But this book presents all three of these to the reader at the beginning.
But this is just Keigo Higashino's trick. When readers think they already know the answer to the mystery, Keigo Higashino's goal has been achieved. Then when the real answer to the mystery is revealed later, the shock will be doubled.
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Zhang Zhong was once deceived by Keigo Higashino. There is no way, no matter how smart the reader is, he will be manipulated by the clever author, because the answer to the mystery is always in their hands.
Just imagine, if when you were guessing a riddle, the riddles given to you by others were all fake, would you still be able to guess the answer?
Although he was thinking of not publishing this book for the time being, Zhang Zhong decided to type the book on the computer first and study it when he had nothing to do, maybe he could find a solution.
Just as Zhang Zhong was trying hard to code, his phone vibrated. It was a message from Wen Jinjiang.
Wen Jinjiang sent a number and said nothing else. Zhang Zhong knew that this should be the number of his friend at Nanhuai Film Academy whom he mentioned before.
Only then did Zhang Zhong remember that he had one more thing to do. Putting aside learning screenwriting, he definitely wanted to meet this friend introduced by Wen Jinjiang.
After all, Wen Jinjiang took the trouble to introduce Zhang Zhong, so Zhang Zhong didn’t want to live up to others’ good intentions, and he himself also wanted to communicate with some relatively high-level people.
If it weren't for the time issue, he would actually like to see what the screenwriter is doing. His thirst for knowledge has always been higher than others.