"I don't know who revealed your whereabouts and made them find you here."
He Qizhi shook his head and complained, but there was no trace of distress on his face.
Yu Dong knew in his heart that this news could be known to other media, either by the editorial department or by his own people.
As for Yu Dong, the only ones who know his whereabouts are him, Cheng Yanqiu and Jiang Jie.
He and Cheng Yanqiu would definitely not do this, and Jiang Jie did not have the ability or time to commit the crime, so the problem is likely to arise on the side of "Contemporary".
If He Qizhi's surprised expression didn't look fake at the beginning, Yu Dong would have suspected that He Qizhi directed and acted.
However, Yu Dong will have to face this situation sooner or later, and it doesn't actually matter where it happens.
Yu Dong smiled and said to He Qizhi, "Call them in, I will tell them. Also, please go and call my assistant Jiang Jie in."
"Okay, I'll call you."
Soon, Jiang Jie came in first, and then the reporters followed.
He Qizhi's office is only about a dozen square meters, and suddenly so many people crammed in. Everyone was crowded together. The people in the front were fine, but the people in the back could only stand on tiptoes to look inside.
Many of them have never seen what Yu Dong looks like, and they are quite curious.
Seeing that it was almost done, Yu Dong said, "Thank you all for your love and for coming here to find me. But I am only one person, and I cannot accept interviews from all of you at the same time. In this way, everyone can put their respective
Register your unit and personal information, and we will contact you one by one later."
He wanted to send people away, but this method was not easy to use now. The reporters had already seen Yu Dong, and of course they were not willing to give up easily.
"Teacher Yu, it's hard for us to come here, why don't we sit down and have a chat first."
"Teacher Yu, I am from Yanjing TV Station. Do you think you can take advantage of this afternoon to go to the station to record a program? If not, you can record it here."
"If it doesn't work out, let's each ask a few questions and treat it as a press conference."
Yu Dong didn't have time to bother with them. He made an appointment with Hu Yueming to take Cheng Yanqiu to his house in the afternoon and have dinner together in the evening.
He thought for a while and said, "Everyone in the editorial department is very busy. We are here to interfere with their work. It is not easy to find a place now. How about this? The book signing will start at nine o'clock tomorrow. Everyone
Thank you for your hard work and go early. We will hold a press conference, which will start at eight o'clock and end at nine o'clock. As for some friends who want to arrange an exclusive interview, they can wait until after the press conference to find me."
Yu Dong had finished talking to this point, and these reporters had nothing to say and nodded one after another. However, after finishing speaking, they were unwilling to leave. Yu Dong had no choice but to give Jiang Jie a look.
Jiang Jie understood and cleared the way. Yu Dong followed behind and waved to the reporters: "See you tomorrow."
After walking out of the humanities building, Jiang Jie looked back and saw that the reporters did not follow him. He breathed a long sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Teacher Yu, it seems that you will have to bring a bodyguard when you travel in the future."
"No need for now, reporters are still relatively civilized. Let's go back to the hotel first."
When they arrived at the hotel, they picked up Cheng Yanqiu and went directly to Hu Yueming's house.
As soon as Cheng Yanqiu entered the house, his wife, Xu Qinghua, held his hand and greeted him.
"Oh, you are so handsome. It was not an easy journey. I boiled some pears and gave you some to eat. Yanjing is dry and you girls from the south are not used to it. Eat some pears and drink some pear soup to make your throat comfortable.
some."
"Master's wife, it's okay. I studied in Yanjing before and I'm used to it."
"Oh, I forgot about this, you graduated from Yangyin University."
…
The two female family members were chatting. Yu Dong and Hu Yuming, master and apprentice, each held a teacup and walked to the coffee table to sit down. As soon as he sat down, he noticed a book on the coffee table.
If you look closely, it turns out to be "The Golden Age".
When Hu Yueming saw that he noticed the books on the table, he smiled and said: "Wang Xiaobo's new book. One time you came over and saw a copy of "Secret Stories of the Tang Dynasty". The author of that book is also him."
Of course Yu Dong knew that this was Wang Xiaobo's book. The last time he came to participate in an exchange meeting, he went to Renmin University specifically to have a chance encounter with Wang Xiaobo, but he didn't see Wang Xiaobo at that time.
Unexpectedly, when I heard from him again, "The Golden Age" had been published.
"Teacher, you really like this author."
Hu Yueming said with a smile: "This author is good, but these two books were recommended by friends. Zhao Jieping is Zhao Fan's daughter, and she helped publish this "Golden Age", but because it is, she is subject to
I suffered a lot."
"I have suffered a lot, how can I say that?" Yu Dong asked curiously.
Hu Yueming sighed, "Actually, it was her own fault. Wang Xiaobo went to her with the book. She thought it was very good and wanted to publish it. However, the leader of the publishing house was not optimistic about the book and was unwilling to publish it. She took advantage of the leader's absence.
At that time, I acted first and then published the book. This kind of thing is taboo in the unit, and the leader will definitely make trouble for her when he comes back. A few days ago, she even fell ill because of this matter."
"So there is such a thing." Yu Dong couldn't help but sigh, "It's not easy to publish this novel."
"Unfortunately, there were no good results. The book didn't sell well and it didn't arouse much response."
Yu Dong nodded, "Actually, I know Wang Xiaobo. He is somewhat popular in Baodao. I also saw a copy of "The Golden Age" in Jinling before."
"Golden age?" Hu Yueming was a little confused.
"Yes, it's the Golden Age. It must have been an error in the printing because of the editor's negligence."
"Hey, this editor is too sloppy." Hu Yueming smiled and shook his head, "So, this "Golden Age" has actually been published in Baodao a long time ago."
"That's right, "Golden Age" also won the "United Daily News" Literary Award Novella Award before."
"The book is really good. In this collection, not only "The Golden Age", but also "Standing at Thirty" and "Back to Time" are all very good works. Zhao Jieping asked me to read this book, probably because she wanted to find
She received some comfort and some praise from me to prove that she was not wrong. However, no matter how much praise I gave, I'm afraid it wouldn't change anything. I heard that after she recovered from her illness, she pushed Wang Xiaobo around whenever she had nothing to do.
I went out to buy books."
With that said, Hu Yueming held "The Golden Age" in his hands again. Literature itself is like this. He has seen too many such things over the years. Literature is art, but no matter how elegant art is, there is no market. In the end, it can only become a small business.
Carnival of some people.
Some people say that art does not need a market, art only needs loneliness. As for artists, they are like shooting stars, passing through the sky. If they are lucky, they will be seen by others. If they are not lucky, they will die secretly.
"Where do they sell books?" Yu Dong asked.
Hu Yueming shook his head, "How did I know that? They push the cart around, and they probably won't be able to sell a few copies."
"Teacher, do you have Zhao Jieping's phone number?"
"Of course." Hu Yueming stared at Yu Dong, "I'll write it to you."
…
That night, Yu Dong called Zhao Jieping.
"Hello, hello, I'm Yu Dong, may I ask Ms. Zhao Jieping?"
"In the East?"
Zhao Jieping on the other side of the phone frowned. Of course she had heard of the name Yu Dong. Recently, Yu Dong has become extremely popular in the literary world. A few days ago, their editor-in-chief complained to them, saying that they would collect some random stuff every day.
book, I didn’t know how to find Yu Dong to invite manuscripts.
At that time, several editors didn't say anything, but they were all complaining. How could their publishing house compare with those big publishing houses? It would be really strange to be able to invite Yu Dong's manuscript.
"Are you Yu Dong, the author of "Xiangxi"?" Zhao Jieping tried to ask.
Yu Dong smiled and replied, "Yes, it's me."
It turned out to be Yu Dong!
Zhao Jieping was a little panicked. Why did Yu Dong call her? She quickly went through all the connections between herself and Yu Dong in her mind, and finally only thought of one, and that was Hu Yueming.
Dean Hu is Yu Dong's teacher, and she knows this. However, she doesn't know what the relationship between Hu Yueming and Yu Dong is, because Hu Yueming didn't tell her about Yu Dong's time at school.
However, she could only think of this possibility.
"Ms. Zhao?" After a while of silence, Yu Dong asked again.
Zhao Jieping hurriedly said, "Hello, Teacher Yu Dong, I wonder why you called me?"
Yu Dong smiled and said: "I was having dinner at the teacher's house today and saw that he had a book called "The Golden Age". After reading it, I felt very good. I asked the teacher for your contact information and wanted to talk to you about this book.
oh."
Sure enough, it was for "The Golden Age". A few days ago, Zhao Jieping sent "The Golden Age" to Hu Yueming to see what professionals would say. Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected surprise. Yu Dong actually saw this book.
.
"Teacher Yu Dong, I am very happy to hear that you said this book is very good. However, because there are no formal sales channels, the current sales of this book are not good."
"I heard that you often go out with Wang Xiaobo to sell books?"
Speaking of this, Zhao Jieping was a little embarrassed, "We really want more people to see this book."
"Well, if possible, I'd like to talk about the publication of this book, and maybe have a chance to start over."
Zhao Jieping raised her eyebrows and said in surprise, "Really?"
"Really, but I have a book signing tomorrow and I don't have time to see you. You can see the morning after tomorrow..."
"Teacher Yu, do you have time now?" Zhao Jieping suddenly asked.
Yu Dong looked at his watch and then at Cheng Yanqiu, "I'm at the hotel now, I guess I'm some distance away from you..."
"It doesn't matter. If you have time, I will go over now."
Yu Dong looked at Cheng Yanqiu again, and Cheng Yanqiu whispered, "Let her do it."
"Okay, come here, I'm..."
After hanging up the phone with Zhao Jieping, Yu Dong smiled and shook his head, "I didn't expect her to be so enthusiastic and can't wait."
"If I were her, I couldn't wait. For her, you may be the last hope of "The Golden Age". How can she wait any longer." Cheng Yanqiu said with a smile.
Yu Dong looked at "The Golden Age" on the table, which he borrowed from his teacher's house.
Cheng Yanqiu and Yu Dong read this book in Jinling last year. At that time, it was "The Golden Age", which was the wrong edition.
Yu Dong looked at the time again, it was already past eight o'clock, and sighed, "Hey, I still want to have a great friendship with you."
Cheng Yanqiu rolled his eyes at Yu Dong, "Who has a great friendship with you?"
After a while, Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu arrived at Zhao Jieping.
Zhao Jieping is in her forties, well-dressed, but her complexion does not look good. I heard from Hu Yueming that she had been ill a few days ago, and it seems that she has not fully recovered.
Entering the room, Zhao Jieping was stunned for a moment when she saw Cheng Yanqiu, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
She was too anxious just now. She asked for the room number and hurried here. On the way, she woke up and realized that it was not good to meet Yu Dong alone so late at night.
But she couldn't change the agreement, so she came here, so when she saw the girl Cheng Yanqiu was there, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hello, Ms. Zhao, I am Yu Dong and this is my fiancée Cheng Yanqiu."
"Hello, hello, it's really rude to disturb you two so late."
"It's okay." Cheng Yanqiu smiled, "Yu Dong, take Ms. Zhao over and sit down, and I'll pour you a cup of tea."
"Thank you, Miss Cheng."
After the two sat down, Zhao Jieping hurriedly said, "Teacher Yu, you said that there is hope for a new beginning in "The Golden Age". What do you mean by that?"
"It means that I can help you find a new publisher for "The Golden Age" and then contact you through formal sales channels. Or based on the original version, I can contact you through formal channels to sell this book," Yu Dong explained.
road.
"If possible, I hope to find a publisher again. Because of my unauthorized publication of "The Golden Age", our publisher now has a lot of opinions about this book and me."
"Okay, then let's find another publishing house."
"But." Zhao Jieping was a little confused, "It's not that "The Golden Age" has not been read by other publishing houses. Most of the publishing houses said that the work is very good, but they dare not publish it. Teacher Yu, please forgive me for asking.
One sentence, can you really find a publisher willing to publish this book?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "It's not a big problem." Yu Dong said with a smile, "You have no other choice now, so you might as well leave it to me to try. Even if it doesn't work in the end,
There’s no difference.”
Zhao Jieping nodded, "It seems there is no worse possibility."
"Okay, if possible, I would like to meet Wang Xiaobo and ask him for his personal opinion." Yu Dong said.
"Of course. Tomorrow...oh, you have a book signing tomorrow. How about I bring him to you the morning after tomorrow?"
Yu Dong said, "Just tomorrow, let him go to Xinhua Bookstore tomorrow, and I will take the time to chat with him. Just in time, I will also take him to meet some teachers in the publishing industry."
Zhao Jieping immediately understood Yu Dong's intentions and said happily, "Okay, I will tell him when I get back soon. He must be very happy because he appreciates your works very much. Especially "Death of a Widow", he said
It is the best novel he has read in recent years."
"Okay, let's meet tomorrow."
The meeting with Zhao Jieping ended quickly, mainly because she couldn't discuss this matter with Zhao Jieping. After all, she could not fully represent Wang Xiaobo.
…
At around seven o'clock the next morning, Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu arrived at the bookstore.
At this time, some readers have already arrived at the scene, but since the book signing only started at nine o'clock, there are not many people here, only about ten people.
Yu Dong glanced around and suddenly saw a tall man standing out among the crowd.
Looking at his face again, Yu Dong recognized the other person as Wang Xiaobo. This guy came so early and was still queuing up among the readers.
Wang Xiaobo's appearance is easy to recognize. First of all, he feels like he stands out among the crowd at his height. His face is even more distinctive.
The long hair is combed to one side, and the part of the hair is very sparse, revealing a large piece of scalp. The eyebrows are very light, the nose is big, the nostrils are facing outward, and the mouth is also very big. Even if you don't open it, you can feel its size.
.
His appearance is not pleasant, but he is easy to remember.
When Yu Dong walked up to Wang Xiaobo, he was looking at the "Going West" poster in front of him in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Wang Xiaobo?"
Wang Xiaobo looked over and asked, "Do you know me?"
"I am Yu Dong."
Wang Xiaobo laughed, revealing two rows of white teeth and gums. His smile was ugly but also sincere, "Hello, Yu Dong."
Why not use "Hello"? Yu Dong was a little disappointed, but he thought Wang Xiaobo's "Hello" would only be reserved for Li Yinhe.
"Let's go in and talk."
Yu Dong asked the staff to arrange a break room and prepared to chat with Wang Xiaobo before the press conference started.
The reporters who had arrived early saw Yu Dong arriving and greeted him warmly. However, they were a little disappointed when they saw him leading a tall man into the lounge. They thought the interview could start early.
Entering the lounge, Yu Dong looked at Wang Xiaobo and said with a smile, "I finally see you."
Wang Xiaobo didn't understand why Yu Dong used "finally", because according to what Zhao Jieping told him, Yu Dong wanted to meet him because he saw "The Golden Age" with Dean Hu yesterday, and it was only a day later that "finally"
"Isn't this word too much?
Yu Dong saw his doubts and explained, "I read your "Secret Stories of the Tang Dynasty" at my teacher's house the year before last, and I saw your "The Golden Age" in the bookstore last year, so I have wanted to see you for a long time.
is you."
Wang Xiaobo didn't know that there was such a connection. After hearing what Yu said, he didn't know what to say. He just smiled with two corners of his mouth. His smile was really special, as if his jaw couldn't hang on his chin and he was trying hard to hold back the muscles of his cheeks.
I want to cover my chin.
When he smiles, the sides of his mouth become elongated, looking a bit like clown makeup.
In real life, Wang Xiaobo is not very talkative.
So Yu Dong took the initiative and said, "Did Teacher Zhao tell you the matter?"
"Yes, I said it."
"What's your opinion?" Yu Dong asked.
"Of course I agree with my opinion. I originally wanted to make "The Golden Age" sell better, and I have made some efforts. However, it seems that bookstores are not willing to sell novels. Of course, I have my own problems.
I won’t say any more.” At the end of the sentence, he laughed again.
"Since you're willing, I'll ask my assistant to talk to you in detail later. I'm actually speaking out for the brokerage company I signed. When the time comes, you need to sign a brokerage contract with the company, and they will give you the details of the contract.
You see, if you think there is no problem, things can start." Yu Dong briefly introduced the situation to Wang Xiaobo.
Wang Xiaobo smiled and said: "I understand."
He had studied abroad and knew about writers' agents. But he was surprised to hear about this model in China.
Yu Dong looked at the time and said, "The interview will start soon. I'm afraid I won't have time to accompany you anymore. You sit here for a while and I'll let someone else talk to you."
"good."
Wang Xiaobo shook hands with Yu Dong, and suddenly said, "Actually, I was in line just now, and I was pretty far ahead."
Yu Dong was stunned, why did he suddenly say this?
"I also want a signed book."
Yu Dong smiled, it turned out it was because of this, "Okay, I'll sign it right away and have it delivered to you."
…
After leaving the lounge, Yu Dong went straight to the interview area and waved his hand, "Everyone, let's get started."
These reporters were gathering together to chat when Yu Dong suddenly came over and started speaking. Most of them had not yet reacted.
There are some who respond quickly.
"Teacher Yu, would you like to ask if "Second World" can be released in China? Do you have any work in it?"
The person asking the question was a reporter from Yanjing TV, and Yu Dong still had an impression of him.
The other party asked about "Second World" when he came up. Yu Dong had expected this. After all, with such big news, who wouldn't want to come over and grab first-hand information?
"I only learned about the news two days ago, just a few days earlier than you." Yu Dong replied.
"Teacher Yu, "Second World" will be released in the United States in a few days. How do you think the box office of "Second World" will be? Can it win this year's box office championship?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I think there should be hope. Although it did not catch up with the prime time period in July and August, I have participated in the production of "The Second World" and I know this movie well.
Excellent. Compared with the novel, you will see many different things in the movie. This time, Director Spielberg made a lot of attempts and made great progress in visual effects technology. Even for the United States
For the audience, it will be a different visual experience than before.”
"Hearing what you said, Teacher Yu, has raised our expectations for this movie to an extremely high level."
"Pull it up, no matter how high it is, it's not too high." Yu Dong said with a smile. It's also a good thing to praise him appropriately.
"Then are you worried that the movie is too advanced for domestic audiences?"
Yu Dong looked at the reporter who asked the question. He had to say that these reporters were really tricky. They could ask the same question over and over again.
"No, not at all. I believe in the acceptance of the domestic audience."
"As far as I know, the "Resident Evil" movie was shot earlier than "The Second World", but why hasn't it been released yet?"
Yu Dong smiled, not to mention that these reporters were quite well-informed, "I don't know much about the filming of the movie. There may be some problems that I don't understand that need to be overcome."
"Teacher Yu, you have not published a novel in any literary journal since "To the West"..."
Yu Dong interrupted the other party's question, ""Grudge" should also be regarded as a literary journal."
The other party was speechless for a moment, because "Grudge" was really a literary journal. But everyone understood what he meant. Yu Dong's novels during this period were all popular novels. It seemed that there were no new works in traditional literature, so
Previously, I co-wrote "Essays on the Cucumber Garden" with Bi Feiyu and Yu Hua on "Zhongshan".
Yu Dong continued, "I know what you mean. In the future, I will have a series of short and medium-length novels to share with you."
"Excuse me, have you decided which magazine these works will be published in?"
"Not yet, they are all kept in my drawer." Yu Dong waved his hand, "I don't have much time today. Since it is the "Xiangxi" signing event, I think you should also ask more about "Xiangxi"
question?"
The reporters were quite generous. Yu Dong asked them to talk about "Xiangxi", and they really changed the topic to "Xiangxi", but the questions they asked were not very friendly.
"Teacher Yu, several critics have talked about "Going West" before and gave not very good reviews. Later, many alumni who graduated from Yan Normal University published articles to refute them. Regarding this matter, those few
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