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Chapter 195 A Beautiful Misunderstanding

Zhang Chu thought that's what happened, after all, it was a wonderful thing to spread these works in other areas.

But who knew that Zhou Kang just said something about appetizers. Compared with simplified Chinese and English, the traditional Chinese market is very small after all, and it is not worth paying too much attention to it.

"The most important thing is that there are two other truly heavyweight publishing houses today. The French Hachette Publishing Company and Random Bookstore have made an appointment. They want to meet you." Zhou Kang said proudly. These two publishing institutions are well-known in the global book field!

Sure enough, Zhang Chu took a breath and asked, "Is this the Random Bookstore I know? Do they want the copyright of the Chinese or English?"

"It should be in English. After all, the staff at the front desk contact us all chat in English. Fortunately, the beauty in the front desk in our company can barely understand the English level, otherwise she would have missed it."

Hachette Publishing Company is the largest publishing group in France, mainly focusing on textbooks, youth reading materials, reference books and books of various disciplines. It occupies a leading position in the field of mass book publishing in France, even the United Kingdom, and Europe.

Random House is even more famous. Random House, headquartered in New York, USA, is a subsidiary of the German Bertelsmann Group. It is the world's largest book publishing group and accounts for nearly a quarter of the global publishing business!

It is recognized by book industry people as the most indispensable character in the world of the 20th century, and its main works are commercial publishing mainly in English.

Zhang Chu was very curious about which book these two publishers were interested in. Even if "Young Pi" won the gold medal in Chinese Good Literature, the attraction should not be that great.

"Do they want to see me?" Zhang Chu was a little puzzled. This was a little new.

Zhou Kang said confidently: "Anyway, the beauty at the front desk said that, Mr. Chris Oldman, the representative of Random House, said he wanted to have an interview with you, but I don't understand English very much."

Menglong Culture Media mainly focuses on domestic business. It was previously dealing with foreign TV stations because of the adaptation rights of the TV series "Detective Sherlock".

When I hired a temporary translator, who would have thought that I would now have a business to contact foreign countries, so I was caught off guard!

During college, the beauty in the front desk of English after passing the CET-6 CET-6 became a savior. At this time, Zhou Kang felt more and more that his company should hire a full-time translator to take charge, after all, it was becoming more and more international.

Zhang Chu thought about his class schedule and he replied: "Then tell them, let them come to Yan University campus to find me. I will have no classes at 4 o'clock in the afternoon."

"Okay, I'll bring them here right then. I hope I can go out smoothly this time."

Zhou Kang feels frustrated when he thinks about it now. The copyright of the TV series has been sold to BBC, but the copyright of the English publishing has been ignored!

...

In October, Yan University campus was bleak, and almost all the weeping willows by Weiming Lake had fallen leaves. A gust of wind blew, and it was still a little shivering.

But there are still some tourists taking photos here as a souvenir. The white Boya Tower and the calm Weiming Lake are the best proof that they have been to Yanjing!

Zhou Kang felt a little reckless at this moment. He could only speak a few simple words of hello, so he brought Chris from Random House and Cuomo from Hachette Publishing Company to Yan University campus.

"My eldest master, where are you? I don't know what to say at all, so I can only point at the surrounding buildings."

Zhang Chu almost heard Zhou Kang's embarrassment from the voice message. He hurriedly said, "I'm off get out of class and am coming towards Ximen. Don't run around, otherwise I won't find a seat."

A few minutes later, Zhang Chu, carrying a shoulder bag, trotted to the west gate and found two tall foreign men standing next to Zhou Kang!

One was wearing a black coat, dark blond hair was combed into a big back, dark-colored suit pants and a pair of pointed leather shoes, which looked very fashionable, probably from the fashion capital.

On the other side is a tall and thin man who looks 1.9 meters tall. He has a blazer with a turtleneck sweater and a pair of round-frame glasses, which looks very elite in New York.

Originally, Zhou Kang was 1.75 meters tall, but this comparison was so ruthless!

Zhang Chu calmed his breathing, and he walked forward and said fluently in English: "I'm sorry for letting you meet me on campus. I hope you haven't waited for too long."

Zhou Kang seemed to have seen a savior. Although he couldn't understand what Zhang Chu said, he consciously took a step back and prepared to turn himself into an invisible person.

Chris Oldman stretched out his hand, and he replied with a smile: "This is a beautiful university, and it is worth it for literature and art."

Komo Janek smiled likewise, "It is my honor to visit such a famous school. I heard it has been a long time, and now I finally have the opportunity to come in."

Zhang Chu is not a person who likes to be slandered. He is used to going straight to each other. He pointed to the bench not far away and said, "Forgive me directly. I really want to know what the two of you want to come to me for an interview?"

"Young man, relax." Como's English has an inexplicable accent, which sounds a bit weird. "We just heard people from the Chinese branch say you have a good story to share with the world, so we came here."

"This is true. I have many excellent works here, one of which has even been translated into English." Zhang Chu did not have the traditional modesty of the Chinese people, but admitted it confidently and even started to promote it.

Chris asked curiously: "So what kind of story is this? Can we listen to it?"

This time they came here to examine Zhang Chu's works. As for whether to hand over the novel to someone else to translate or Zhang Chu himself, it depends on Zhang Chu's level.

As their identities, it is not difficult to find out that the script of bbc's TV series was written in English by the young man in front of him!

"Don't you know this story? It's the story of detecting the case when Sherlock Holmes came to live in modern London."

Zhang Chu was a little puzzled. Could it be that these two people came because of "Detective Sherlock"? How could they not know what this novel tells?

Cuomo shook his head, "Sorry, Zhang, I know this work, but I thought it was another novel about the one who talked about the boy and the tiger."

Chris' eyes turned slightly and asked quickly: "Do you think we are here to discuss Sherlock's work?"

Both sides seem to have a beautiful misunderstanding. Zhang Chuke didn't know that "Young Pi" was spread abroad so quickly. He really thought Shen Xia was going abroad!

"Sorry, I misunderstood."

"No, no!" Chris raised his voice and quickly retorted: "The English copyright of "Sherlock" is still in your hands, and it has not been sold to Ebery Publishing Company?"

Zhang Chu became confused at this time and asked back: "Of course not, why should I sell it to this company?"

Cuomo smiled and explained excitedly: "Ebery Publishing Company has a main business that is responsible for publishing books related to BBC TV and radio programs. We all thought you handed over the English copyright and the TV series adaptation rights to them!"

"Yes. I didn't expect there would be unexpected gains this time."

No wonder no foreign publishing house has ever asked about the English version of "Detective Sherlock" before, and this is the relationship!
Chapter completed!
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