When the phone rang in the house, Yu Dong was tending vegetables in the yard.
Recently, he has been paying special attention to the vegetables in the vegetable garden. Bi Feiyu's wife Fu Jing will invite several of Bi Feiyu's poker friends to have dinner on weekends, and Yu Dong is naturally among them.
His family's meal is relatively simple. A big pot sits on the coal stove, with some pork and tofu stewed in it. When the soup is boiling and bubbling, a few green vegetables are put in. It doesn't take long to get the green vegetables.
Come up and eat.
The natural green vegetables that have been beaten by frost have an excellent taste. For this delicious food, Yu Dong will spare time to take good care of them. After going back and forth, the few of them also have their own territory in the vegetable garden.
Green vegetables can naturally be bought in the market, but growing them yourself will definitely taste better.
The phone rang, Yu Dong wiped his hands and answered it.
"Hello."
"Hello, are you Teacher Yu Dong?"
The voice was a little distorted, but Yu Dong could still tell who the other party was, and Xu Zheng's voice was quite recognizable.
Yu Dong smiled and said: "Is it Xu Zheng?"
Xu Zheng also smiled, smiling very happily, "Yes, yes, yes, I am Xu Zheng, Teacher Yu, do you still remember me?"
"Of course I remember, how are you, how are you doing recently. If I remember correctly, you are a senior this year, right?"
"Teacher Yu, you have a really good memory. I am a senior this year and will graduate next semester."
"Is the job settled?"
The question of whether there is a job or not is still applicable to current acting students, but it will no longer be applicable in a few years. Now, the first thing that acting students have to consider after graduation is which unit is willing to hire them.
When it comes to work, Xu Zheng is quite confident, "I should go to the People's Art Theater. I have done a lot of dramas here this year, and the boss also recognizes me."
"That's good. Drama trains people. Your home seems to be not far from the theater, so you can get the first one who is closest to the water."
"Yes, I often went to the theater when I was in middle school. All the seniors in the theater have watched me grow up. This place is like my second home."
…
The two chatted for a while, and then Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu came to see Yu Dong. Yu Dong said to Xu Zheng, "You called me today. What's the matter?"
"No, no, I just want to chat with you."
"Okay, I have something else to do here, so I won't talk to you anymore. Let's keep in touch."
"Okay, okay, Teacher Yu, if you have something to do, go and get busy. Then I'll hang up first."
Xu Zheng then hung up the phone first.
Listening to the blind tone on the phone, Yu Dong smiled and looked at Bi Feiyu and the others, "Why did you two come here together?"
"Come here and ask you to treat us to dinner. I heard from Manager Yu that "Resident Evil" has been reprinted again."
"The novel collection "Mending the Sky" is also coming out."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "It's a coincidence that you are in time. My parents are coming over in the afternoon. I will invite everyone to have a meal at Jinling Hotel in the evening."
"Uncle and aunt are coming, why don't we go empty-handed?" Bi Feiyu said while rubbing his hands.
"It's not a question of whether we should be empty-handed or not. Teacher Cheng and her parents should also go there tonight. Is it appropriate for us to go there and have some food and drinks?" Yu Hua said.
"It's okay. Her parents are not going tonight. They have an appointment to meet tomorrow."
Yu Hua smiled and said, "Then I'm going to take a look. I didn't go to visit the two elders last time I went to Shanghai. It was really rude."
Yu Dong said to Bi Feiyu: "Tell your sister-in-law that you don't want to cook at night, and we can all cook together."
"Then we're welcome."
Yu Hua thought for a while and then said: "By the way, this meal doesn't conflict with the one to celebrate the reprinting of "Resident Evil", right?"
Yu Dong glanced at Yu Hua, this guy wanted to eat and drink all day long.
Seeing this, Bi Feiyu smiled and said: "Forgive him, Chen Hong is not here now, he is no different from a bachelor, it is also humanitarian to let him have some food and drink."
Hearing this, Boss Yu Hua was not happy: "What are you trying to do? I am a general outside, so I don't have to accept military orders. You go to court every day now, isn't it nice?"
"Beautiful! So beautiful!"
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"Have you obtained the sales data of "Second World" and "Resident Evil" during this period?"
In New York, the headquarters of the YU Umbrella Book Club, Jeff Gonzalez stared at the computer screen and asked about the recent sales of YU works.
"I've got it. The sales of both books have been a bit weak recently."
Gonzalez nodded. This situation is to be expected. There has been little news recently, and the sales of the book will naturally not be very popular. However, this situation will improve soon. According to the news he received, "Second World"
The copyright has been purchased by Spielberg, and it is estimated that Universal will make an announcement soon.
The person he met in the bookstore before contacted him later and gave the book club some financial assistance and helped him make a set of internal rules and regulations and development plan for the book club.
With the start-up capital, the reading club has developed rapidly. Now they have more than 300 members in New York, and some of them have paid fees, totaling more than 1,000 US dollars. Although it is not much, it is definitely a good one.
start.
Their current headquarters is just an ordinary office, with a total of just over 100 square meters. However, Gonzalez is discussing cooperation with Bear Bookstore and plans to use Bear Bookstore as a second activity point in New York and a venue for future reading and organization gatherings.
The bookstore owner is very interested in this plan. Now as long as specific conditions are negotiated, the book club can move in in the future.
"Tom, tell the members that there will be a big event recently so that they can be mentally prepared. In addition, the points redemption for the book club will be officially launched, so let them pay more attention."
Tom is a member of the book club and Gonzalez's salaried assistant.
Jimmy told Gonzalez that enthusiasm is only temporary, and benefits will last forever, so now there are formal jobs in the book club, and anyone who is a member can compete for the position.
Including Gonzales himself, he is now receiving salary every month.
After hearing what Gonzales said, Tom pushed up his glasses and said excitedly: "Is the point redemption going to start? President, what can I exchange for this opening?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gonzales smiled and said: "It's YU's book, but there is a signed book in it."
"Signed books?" Tom asked in surprise: "Isn't YU Chinese? How did we get his signed books? President, you don't really know YU, do you?"
"Don't ask for details. I got it through a friend."
"The members must be very happy to know this news. It's a pity that there is only one copy. We have more than 300 members."
"So, we are going to use this signed book to redeem points and fully mobilize their enthusiasm. If someone asks where this book comes from, just say you don't know, but you can assure them that it is definitely written by YU.
Signature. And..."
At this time, the phone on the table suddenly rang. Gonzalez answered the phone and said a few words. The more he spoke, the more excited his face became.
After hanging up the phone, he excitedly said to Tom: "We have received news. Tomorrow morning Universal will issue a news announcement announcing the film plan for "The Second World". Let's prepare well and work together."
"The movie "The Second World"?" Tom said in surprise, he had never heard of this before.
Gonzalez smiled and explained: "It was never confirmed before, so I didn't tell you. Besides -"
He took out another form from the drawer, "This is the form for redeeming points this time. Make some copies and distribute them to the members. Tell them the two pieces of information together."
Tom nodded and took the form. When he saw the contents on the form, his mouth opened wide in surprise because he saw that the points required for signing the book were as high as 2,000.
There are currently two ways to earn points in book clubs, one is to participate in promotional activities, such as handing out flyers and posting posters, and the other is to directly give money.
The calculation method of points obtained by participating in activities is relatively complicated, and each activity is different. However, if money is given, one dollar is equal to one point.
There are only so many activities in book clubs now. It is impossible for anyone to get two thousand points by participating in the activities in a short period of time. If you exchange money for points, it will cost two thousand US dollars.
Just when Tom thought the points were a bit too high, Gonzalez added: "By the way, let me tell the members that this signed book is the first signed book in English in the world, and it has YU's handwriting on it.
time."
Hearing this, Tom's mouth opened even wider. He realized how ridiculous his idea just now was. If what the president said was true, then two thousand points for this book was not high at all.
Tom himself was a little excited, but two thousand dollars was not a small amount of money for him. Although there was hope that it could be resold, it was a bit risky.
"Go to work quickly, we don't have much time." Looking at Tom in a daze, Gonzalez reminded him.
"Oh well."
After Tom left, Gonzalez sighed. When Jimmy gave him the book, he was even more surprised than Tom.
Jimmy didn't tell Gonzalez what he did, but Gonzalez always felt that Jimmy should have something to do with YU.
Gonzalez once wanted to keep the book as his own, but Jimmy seemed to see through his mind and told him to give up the idea and not to lose the big for the small.
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"Universal has decided to release the news tomorrow, and your round of publicity can begin."
In Dante's office, Jimmy threw a big news to Dante as soon as he sat down.
Regarding the news that the film and television rights of "Second World" were taken away by Spielberg, Jimmy had already told Dante that Bantam Company has been preparing a new round of publicity recently, and everything is ready.
Just waiting for the news from Universal.
Nowadays, Jimmy is already Bantam's guest. As long as he comes, Dante will take time to accompany him no matter how busy he is.
After personally making a cup of coffee for Jimmy, Dante said with a smile: "It's just a phone call away. You don't have to go there in person."
"I want to drink your coffee. Why, I'm afraid I'll finish your coffee."
"How come? You can drink whatever coffee I have here. Mainly because I see that you have been very busy recently. There should be many people in the film and television industry looking for cooperation with you, and some publishers should also be in contact with you."
Jimmy took the coffee and said with a smile: "You want to trick me."
"No, don't I care about you? We are all old friends."
"That's right." Jimmy took a sip of coffee, "Since we are old friends, I will tell you another piece of news. "Resident Evil 2" will be released soon."
Dante narrowed his eyes and was about to speak when he heard Jimmy continue: "We don't pay much attention to royalties or anything like that right now. It hasn't been long since YU entered the North American market. What we want is to use North America as a springboard to open up the world.
market. But your company seems to be exploring the global market without much sincerity."
Jimmy's words made Dante's heart skip a beat. It seemed that Jimmy was worried about what happened some time ago.
A few days ago, other languages ​​​​of "Resident Evil" have been working on it, but Bantam did not invest much money in promotion, which caused Jimmy's dissatisfaction.
However, Jimmy only mentioned a few words at that time and there was not much reaction, so the company did not take it seriously.
But I didn't expect that Jimmy had not forgotten about it at all. He never mentioned it and waited until this time to attack.
Looking at Jimmy drinking coffee calmly, Dante sighed secretly. Jimmy is really not easy to mess with. Jimmy's timing was so good. If he had come to argue before, even though the company would have responded,
But there is a high probability that it is just perfunctory. Now that he has a new work, and it is just in time for Universal to release news, if Jimmy mentions this matter again, the company cannot take it lightly.
Dante had no choice but to say with a smile: "Brother, you also know that I can't make the decision. The leaders above made the decision before. I also helped and said a lot in the middle, but in the end I didn't get up."
To what effect. I'm sorry about this, but our cooperation is generally very pleasant..."
Jimmy raised his hand, "You're not going to tell me that you have no control over this matter, right?"
"Of course not..." Dante gritted his teeth, "In this way, as long as you give us "Resident Evil 2", everything will be easy to discuss. I promise to persuade the upper management to increase investment in other language areas. Increase the investment by 30%.
What do you think about the publicity funds?"
"Thirty is not enough." Jimmy shook his head. "The previous base number was too low. It doesn't make sense to add 30%. Doubling it. Dante, you have to figure out the difference between "Resident Evil" and "Second World".
"Even in the local promotion of these two books in North America, I did the main work. In order to promote these two books, the royalties you settled with me have been almost spent. If we publish a book, we
We have to lose some money, so what’s the point for us?”
After hearing Jimmy's words, Dante secretly complained that Bantam had already paid Jimmy close to two million in royalties. It would be great if Jimmy could spend a tenth of this money on publicity.
But Dante couldn't expose Jimmy to his face. He could only smile and say: "Brother, I also know your difficulties. I've always been on your side. You said you wanted to double it. I need to discuss it with the boss."
I can give you an answer, what do you think?"
"Dante, sometimes if you want to go further, you need some courage." Jimmy narrowed his eyes and nodded.
Dante knew what Jimmy meant. Jimmy wanted to tie himself to him completely, so that he would be prosperous and suffer losses in the future. If Dante desperately helped Jimmy, as long as the writers under Jimmy maintained this momentum, then his office
You can move to the east.
But if Jimmy is just a flash in the pan, maybe he will have to go to work in the lobby, or even leave Bantam directly.
Chapter completed!