The next morning, Yu Dong was awakened by the ringing of the phone. He got up wrapped in his clothes and picked up the phone.
"Hello."
"Brother-in-law, I'm Jingjing, is my sister at home?"
When he heard it was Ning Jing, Yu Dong rolled his eyes, "It's only six o'clock now, she's still sleeping."
"Then I'll go there around seven o'clock and bring you some breakfast, as agreed."
Ning Jing immediately hung up the phone.
Yu Dong sighed and returned to the house wrapped in quilt. Cheng Yanqiu also woke up and asked in a daze: "Who is it?"
"Who else could it be? Your little sister said she was coming over at seven o'clock."
"What time is it now?" Cheng Yanqiu asked again.
"Just around six o'clock."
"It's already past six o'clock." Cheng Yanqiu grabbed his hair and sat up, "Get up quickly. Yesterday I made an appointment with Xiaojing to go shopping. She came here on the overnight train last night and must not have slept much. I'm here to help
She makes something hot to eat."
Yu Dong huddled under the quilt and refused to move, "Since I didn't sleep well at night, I should have a good rest in the hotel and go shopping. I also want to burn something warm for her. I think you are spoiling her too much."
"I just like this girl." Cheng Yanqiu smiled and got up, "You, please go to sleep."
After Cheng Yanqiu got up, he was busy working in the kitchen, and Yu Dong got up soon after. In any case, it would be awkward to have someone in the family lying on the bed.
At half past seven, Ning Jing arrived early carrying two bags.
"Sister, I bought some steamed buns, both white and fried."
She was not polite and ran to the kitchen to find a plate for breakfast.
Cheng Yanqiu said with a smile, "Just in time, I cooked some porridge and let's eat it."
Although Yu Dong was quite unhappy with Ning Jing disturbing his dreams, he still ate the buns she brought, and ate more than the two of them combined.
After eating the buns, Yu Dong burped and said, "You will go shopping in a while. Do you want me to arrange a ride for you?"
"No need, it's not that far." Cheng Yanqiu shook his head.
Yu Dong thought for a while and said, "It's better to go by car. I'll go with you."
Ning Jing smiled and said, "Brother-in-law, you are still worried."
"Why don't you worry? Jinling City is Teacher Cheng's territory. She can't help me with anything I say. I'm going to take Xiaohu with me. Seeing that the Chinese New Year is about to come, I haven't seen this kid buying me any good clothes. I took him there to give me some good clothes.
He picked out two new outfits."
"Okay, let's go over and give him some eye care and buy him some good clothes. It's rare for a teacher like you to bleed," Cheng Yanqiu said.
Yu Dong waved his hand and said, "If there's any bleeding, I'll take him to buy clothes. He has to pay for it himself. This kid is making quite a lot now, so he can still afford a few clothes."
Ruan Xiaohu is currently receiving a subsidy from Jinyi and a manuscript fee. He will always have an income of 10,000 yuan a year.
Although they can't compare with Yu Dong, they still earn more than ordinary working class people.
Cheng Yanqiu and the others were cleaning up the dishes at home, while Yu Dong went out first to find Ruan Xiaohu.
After arriving at Ruan Xiaohu's dormitory, I found that this boy was not there.
After waiting for a while but no one was there, Yu Dong had no choice but to go home again.
Seeing him coming back alone, Cheng Yanqiu asked curiously, "Where is Xiaohu?"
"I didn't see anyone. I don't know where I went." Yu Dong spread his hands, "I asked Jiang Jie to drive here. I will take you to go shopping in a while, and then I will go to Jinling Hotel."
"No need to bother, let's get off at the Jinling Hotel as well. It's only a few steps away."
…
Yu Dong went to the hotel and took a look at the layout of the venue.
Then when he was about to go find Yang Xiao and Tan Kai, he met Spielberg and George Lucas in the corridor.
"YU, you came here so early?"
Spielberg seemed very happy to see Yu Dong and even invited him, "We are going to my room. Do you want to come and sit down?"
It was not an urgent matter for Yu Dong to find Yang Xiao, so he nodded and agreed, "Of course."
After entering the room, the three of them chatted for a while. In the middle of the conversation, Spielberg suddenly said: "YU, do you have any new book plans recently?"
Yu Dong smiled and said: "Didn't "Deep Space" just come on the shelves?"
Spielberg also laughed, "Don't think I don't know, "Deep Space" was written a long time ago."
"And a copy of The Martian."
"I also know this, and it seems to have been written for a long time, but I think readers from other countries will definitely look forward to it. I talked to your Ms. Yang yesterday, and she highly recommended it to me.
A novel. Although I haven’t read the novel yet, I have already become interested in this novel.”
At this point, Yu Dong guessed that Spielberg was looking for him probably because of "The Martian", so he nodded cheerfully and said, "This is very simple. I'll tell Jimmy later and ask him to give you the novel in advance."
Take a look, if you are still interested after reading it, you can continue to talk about the following things."
"That's great." Spielberg smiled, clapped his hands, and continued, "Speaking of Jimmy, it reminds me of a headache. He asked me to speak on stage tonight, but I still don't know how to do it.
I don’t have any ideas. Jimmy’s suggestion to me was to talk about movie trends, but I thought about it for a long time and still didn’t have a clear idea. Regarding the trends in the movie industry, YU, what do you think?”
Yu Dong twitched his lips. To be honest, Spielberg's change of topic was a bit abrupt. Originally, he thought Spielberg called him here just for "The Martian", but now it seems that there are other purposes.
Probably he wanted to get some news about deep space from himself.
Yu Dong smiled and said, "I think you two are taking the right path in the film industry now, and we, the people, can only follow your footsteps."
Spielberg was obviously not satisfied with this answer. He smiled and shook his head and said, "The times are always changing, and something we can't expect will happen at any time. Just like the Deep Space Company, who knew it would suddenly jump out a few years ago?"
came out and developed so fast? Speaking of which, I have to admire Jimmy, most of the decisions he made seemed to be correct."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Lucas on the side nodded in sympathy and said, "Yes, in the past, the Deep Space Company was still supported by YU alone, but now it is completely different.
, George Martin's new book was well received as soon as it came out. Rowling's new book is also valued by Warner, and the market will definitely not be bad. In addition, Jimmy bought the copyright of "Men in Black" with great courage,
It’s also a highly profitable operation.”
Yu Dong looked at the two of them with a smile. The two of them sang and sang together just to trick him.
Since they are working so hard, they can't let their work go in vain. Yu Dong pondered: "Actually, I know one more thing."
Their eyes lit up, and Lucas asked, "What's going on?"
"I heard from Jimmy that he has been paying more attention to IMAX recently."
"IMAX Corporation."
As big bosses in the film and television industry, Spielberg and Lucas certainly know about this company, and even this company has many businesses that overlap with Lucasfilm and are considered competitors.
This company was listed on Nasdaq only last year. They have an IMAX3D system, which was installed in some theaters last year.
But overall, this system is not well-known and not very popular.
The key is that the development of 3D movies has not been very good in recent years. It has passed its initial dividend period. In recent years, basically not many people are willing to go to the cinema to watch 3D movies.
"Is Jimmy interested in their system?" Lucas asked.
Yu Dong nodded, "Indeed."
Spielberg frowned, "The current market for 3D movies is not good, and the problems are also very complicated."
"I know that the decline of 3D movies is due to two factors. First, the equipment cannot keep up, so the viewing experience is not much different from ordinary movies. Second, there are problems with the quality of the movies. Early 3D movies blindly used 3D technology.
, but ignores the excitement of the story and the rationality of using 3D.”
After a pause, Yu Dong continued, "As long as the audience can feel the excitement in 3D movies that ordinary movies cannot bring them, 3D movies can stand out."
Spielberg stroked his palms and didn't know what he was thinking, but Lucas had already said, "YU, I don't think this system will become mainstream for a while."
In fact, he said it more euphemistically. 3D movie technology is really rough and cannot meet the quality requirements of excellent directors for movies.
A few years ago, because of the movie "The Stewardess", 3D even became synonymous with erotic films.
Spielberg has a similar idea. In his view, 3D movies are accessories to mainstream movies and cannot become mainstream at all. People go to theaters to watch 3D movies just for novelty. They really want to appreciate an excellent director.
You shouldn't choose 3D.
But now that Yu Dong said this, he had to think more.
After thinking for a while, Spielberg came up with the answer: it will take at least another thirty or forty years for 3D movies to become mainstream.
"YU, do you have any forecast for the cycle of 3D movies?" Spielberg raised his head and asked.
Yu Dong said quite confidently, "In fifteen years at most, or seven or eight years at least, 3D movies will attract everyone's attention again, and even become mainstream."
Normally, Yu Dong would keep a tightrope in his speech. This time he spoke so radically because he wanted to drag Spielberg and Lucas into the pirate ship.
The next wave of dividends for 3D movies will come soon with the maturity of the IMAX system. Deep Space will not be able to take advantage of this wave of dividends, but it will be different if Spielberg and Lucas are involved.
When the three parties come together, they have technology, IP, money, connections, and channels, so things can be easily accomplished.
Seeing that Spielberg was still hesitating, Yu Dong did not continue talking about this topic, but talked about the novel, "Aren't you interested in the novel "Deep Space"?"
The topic was successfully changed by Yu Dong. Spielberg said with a smile, "I have really considered it seriously, but the knowledge involved is too complicated. If I want to shoot, I may have to learn the things involved.
"
"If you want to learn, you can go to Kip Thorne. He is an expert in this field, and he is also the scientific consultant of Deep Space Company. He can help you for free."
Speaking of Kip Thorne, Lucas couldn't help laughing, "Jimmy's move was really powerful. He immediately drew Kip Thorne into your camp. But Kip Thorne
Fortunately, his book "A Brief History of Deep Space" has attracted much attention."
"In general, Deep Space Company is more profitable."
"That's true."
…
Yu Dong chatted with Spielberg and others all morning. After lunch, he went to talk to Yang Xiao and others for a while.
At about three o'clock, Cheng Yanqiu and Ning Jing came to the hotel, and with them were two girls, Ruan Xiaohu and Li Yu Li Bing.
After hearing what Cheng Yanqiu said, Yu Dong knew that Ruan Xiaohu had been dragged shopping by Li Yu and the other two girls in the morning. When Cheng Yanqiu and the others went to the mall in the morning, they happened to meet Ruan Xiaohu and the others.
Ruan Xiaohu saw Yu Dong's expression of being caught, but Yu Dong didn't take it seriously at all. It was too normal for boys and girls.
Besides, although Yu Dong is his teacher, he can't control these things.
"You go find Jiang Jie later and he will arrange seats for you. I shouldn't be able to take care of you right now."
After a brief explanation, Yu Dong went to work.
The annual meeting officially starts at four o'clock, and there is not much time left.
However, when Yu Dong arrived at the scene, he found that there was basically nothing to do that required him to be busy. Jiang Jie sat him down on the seat in the front row and asked him to wait until the annual meeting started to come up and deliver a speech.
At four o'clock, the annual meeting officially started.
Jimmy volunteered to be the host, seamlessly switching between Chinese and English.
"ladies and gentlemen……"
“Ladies and gentlemen…”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After a simple opening remarks, Jimmy said affectionately: "A month ago, I lacked a little confidence in holding this annual meeting. A month later, my
My self-confidence has expanded. What makes me expand is all of you here. Your presence gives me incomparable confidence."
"Next, let me briefly talk about the process of today's annual meeting. First, I will report to you the results of the Deep Space Company last year."
After that, Jimmy didn't use English anymore, because foreign guests were always accompanied by a translator.
"Last year, we participated in the filming of two TV series, one from China and the other from the United States..."
Jimmy's report started from the simplest. He first talked about the two TV series that the company participated in, one was "Don't Talk to Strangers" and the other was the unit drama that Jimmy worked on.
"Participate in the filming of movies..."
"Publish books..."
Jimmy's report didn't do anything fancy, it just simply listed the data, but even so, it was surprising enough.
Especially when it came to publishing books, everyone was shocked.
Deep Space Company participated in the publication of more than 40 books last year. This year, the total sales of their books reached more than 40 million copies, with an average sales volume of more than 1 million copies per book.
Of course, the actual average number will not be so many, because many of these sales are sales of previously published novels, such as "Second World", "Resident Evil", etc.
However, as a company that has only been established for a few years, Deep Space can sell more than 40 million copies of its authors' works in a year, which is surprising enough.
At the same time, it is foreseeable that this data will grow this year, and there will be a substantial increase, because there are many books on deep space published this year, and more books will be published in the future.
Chapter completed!