Yu Dong led the students for a long time, and several students finally couldn't bear it anymore, slapping their thighs and laughing wildly.
"Teacher Yu, you are doing too much harm."
"Yes, Teacher Yu, if they recognize you in the future, they will not regret it."
"Uncle Zhou is also a talented person, and he answers questions very quickly."
"Teacher Yu, from now on we will have an acting major, and you can also be a guest teacher. This performance is so good."
"Experientialist, Teacher Yu must be an experientialist."
"Why do I feel like an expressionist..."
Yu Dong looked at them and smiled with his hands behind his back. When they were almost done laughing, he said: "Today's homework is to add one more thing. When I go back, I will express what I encountered at the door in words. The subject matter is not limited, but it must not be less than five thousand."
Character."
"Five thousand words! Doesn't this cost people's lives?"
Yu Dong ignored their complaints and continued to move forward.
Today's trick of concealing the truth is effective this time. In the future, when he appears more often and communications become more developed, more reporters will know him, so this trick will not work.
…
Harold looked at the box office data and felt very happy.
Since then, he has also become the director of a movie with a box office of over 100 million. This movie has a budget of 14 million and has now made a lot of money for Columbia.
Moreover, the movie's reputation is very good. Whether it is audience surveys or various film reviews, it is proved that this is an excellent movie.
Unlike Harold, Dante's mood was getting worse and worse.
"Groundhog Day" has achieved great success at the box office and word-of-mouth, and as social response is getting better and better, the negotiations for the subsequent "One Day" novel will become more unfavorable to them.
As far as he knew, several publishing houses were already looking for Jimmy.
Although he and Jimmy had an agreement, he knew better than anyone how binding this agreement was.
Jimmy is a businessman and he does everything for profit.
And even if Jimmy abides by the agreement, other publishers can offer better terms.
Jimmy is in China these days and can't be contacted. The more he can't be contacted, the more anxious Dante becomes.
If it were just a novel called "One Day", Dante wouldn't have to worry so much. Bantam releases a lot of good books every year, so there are naturally a lot of good books that he misses.
But this cooperation is likely to affect their subsequent contact with the author YU. As long as this novel collection can be obtained, and there is an intersection between their three works, YU's works will basically be marked with them.
Bantam's imprint should be considered by other publishing houses if they want to contact it.
Thinking of this, Dante picked up the phone on the table and ordered: "I don't care what method you use, find Jimmy as much as possible."
…
Jimmy, who is being remembered by Dante, is currently in Chengdu talking to Yang Xiao and others about the "One Day" novel collection. It is said to be a novel collection, but in fact there are only three novels, namely "One Day", "Closed Loop" and "No. 7".
prison".
If "One Day" had not been made into a movie, this collection of novels would have been most appropriately called "Prison No. 7" because among the three novels, "Prison No. 7" is the longest, much longer than the other two combined.
The three novels add up to more than 100,000 words, which is not very long. However, "Science Fiction World" plans to make the book better this time so that it can be sold more expensively.
In the end, Jimmy negotiated with them and the result was a ten-year contract, 13 points of royalties, and a first printing of 50,000 copies.
This time "Science Fiction World" was so confident that they directly set the first printing at 50,000 copies. They believed that they could sell these 50,000 copies just with the word "one day".
After talking about "One Day", Yang Xiao asked Jimmy with a smile: "Jimmy, we are also old friends. Please tell me everything. You have signed so many writers from our magazine. Are you planning to make any big move?"
"
Jimmy said with a smile: "President Yang, what you said is too imprecise. How come these writers belong to your magazine? They are equal partners with me and the magazine."
Yang Xiao stared at Jimmy for a long time, then suddenly laughed again, "Brother, I just said it casually, there is no other meaning."
"I'm thinking the same thing. President Yang has always been like a big sister in the hearts of these writers. Now that China's domestic science fiction has just restarted, these writers still need your careful care."
Yang Xiao squinted his eyes and thought to himself that this foreigner is really very arrogant.
Of course she didn't say it casually, she just wanted to give Jimmy a thumbs up. After all, Jimmy signed so many science fiction writers at once, which was a very threatening thing to their magazine.
If a magazine wants to continue, it must rely on the support of a group of capable writers. Now that these capable writers have been signed by Jimmy, it will be easy for them to get help from other magazines in the future.
But when Jimmy said these two sentences, he not only pointed out that they would not be controlled by the magazine, but also expressed his support for the magazine.
The two drank tea for a while, and Jimmy suddenly patted his forehead and said, "Oh, there's something I almost forgot to tell you."
Yang Xiao put down the teacup and asked, "What's going on?"
"It's like this. Yu Dong published a novel abroad, and the sales are pretty good. I'm going to publish a Chinese version of this book later."
Yang Xiao paused for a moment. She had never heard of this before, and she didn't believe that Jimmy suddenly thought of it.
"What kind of book is it? Is it also science fiction?"
"Science fiction and thriller, the book is called "Resident Evil"."
"Resident Evil...you just said the sales were pretty good. How many copies have you sold?"
"Almost two million copies." Jimmy said lightly, then picked up the cup and drank tea.
If Dante heard what Jimmy said, he would definitely yell "You fart". During this period, the sales of "Resident Evil" did increase a bit due to the promotion of "Groundhog Day", but it only just exceeded one million.
Book.
Moreover, the popularity has decreased these days, and daily sales have dropped a lot. Even the 1.6 million copies printed in the early stage will probably take a long time to sell.
Yang Xiao was shocked by the news.
Two million copies!
This is data that is unimaginable.
Is the current environment for science fiction in the United States so good?
It shouldn't be the case.
As far as Yang Xiao knows, although the science fiction environment in the United States is much better than that in China, it is definitely not the mainstream of popular reading.
"Brother Jimmy, do you have the Chinese manuscript of this book with you? Can you show it to me?"
Jimmy shook his head regretfully, "I originally remembered to bring the manuscript over, but in the end I forgot all about it. It's really my fault. Well, I'll remember to bring it over next time.
Let me show it to you.”
Yang Xiaoming knew that Jimmy did it on purpose, but he couldn't say anything. He could only say sincerely: "Brother, you must not forget it next time. Chinese science fiction is not easy, we have to watch and help each other."
Jimmy nodded repeatedly, "I understand this even if you don't tell me, and Yu Dong particularly likes our "Science Fiction World", and it was he who told me to show you the manuscript. It's really his fault that I forgot about it. Yu Dong
I also said that even if I don’t make money, I will try my best to cooperate with this company.”
Chapter completed!