What should I do if the system forces me to copy books?

He has always been obsessed with Li Chungang's new book "The Da Vinci Code", and wanted to urge this young man to hurry up and write it out, but unfortunately he never had the chance to say it.

Li Chungang sat in the co-pilot seat and looked at his mobile phone, and replied at this moment: "There is actually no need to worry about the new book. After returning to China, I will first be busy with the adaptation of the script of "Lord of the Rings", and then I may come back in a month or two." Millikin, it depends on the progress of the "Lord of the Rings" crew."

"Hope your first Hollywood movie goes well, now a lot of readers are worried that they think Universal might screw up all three."

There are more and more movies and TV series adapted from literary works, but there are very few high-quality ones. In many cases, they look good in all aspects, but they are not satisfactory.

The global sales of "The Lord of the Rings" are gradually increasing. Of course, Random House is very happy, but at the same time, it is also a little worried.

If the movie is too bad, the bad reputation will be reflected on the book!

Because when everyone discusses a bad movie, they usually label everything about it as bad, and nothing is spared.

The previous readers may know that books are much better than movies, but the problem is that later consumers don’t know. They see movies that are so ugly. Who would have the heart to review books again? What if they are equally bad?

The original strong stamina of the book will be cut in half.

It's just that it's not up to Random House to decide what Universal Pictures will make.

"In fact, you can write some things about the conception and outline setting of the new book first, and our company can also conduct a preliminary evaluation of the value of the new book and promote it in the early stage." Evans is still a little bit wicked, and finally The main reason is that I want to have something that others don't have to deal with the company, and at the same time, I want to show my iron-like friendship with Li Chungang.

In fact, the entire book of "The Da Vinci Code" already existed in Li Chungang's mind and memory at this time. If he really wanted to write it, it would take a day or two to finish it.

It's just that he doesn't want to and is unwilling to complete it so easily.

The ancients paid attention to "the law should not be taught lightly, the way should not be sold cheaply, the teacher should not follow the path, and the doctor should not hold back the door." To explain it with the concept of modern people is——

What is too easy to get will not be cherished!

If I really spent a day or two writing "The Da Vinci Code", I am afraid that Random House will subconsciously think that it is a work that was crudely produced in a short period of time, and naturally it is impossible to cherish it so much .

"If you want to see me finish my new book sooner, do me a favor."

"What are you busy with?"

"Just trying to get some books and materials needed for creation..."

Chapter 637

Millikin Time: 6:30pm.

The Los Angeles Lakers, an NBA team located in Los Angeles, California, play their home games at the Staples Center.

Tonight at the Staples Center Arena, home of the Zijin Dynasty, there will be a match between the Lakers and the Nets, which has almost the most luxurious lineup in the league.

Since the era of "strong alliance" initiated by James himself, the NBA has entered a new era in which the great gods and little demons all hug each other for the championship and the ring to keep warm.

A powerful alliance composed of three young monsters, James Harden, Kevin Durant, and Kyrie Irving, and later joined by Griffin, suddenly made the Nets the hottest player in the entire NBA this year one of the teams.

The reason why it is "one" rather than the only one is precisely because it has the Zijin dynasty that is not inferior to their powerful league-the Los Angeles Lakers.

Because the two hottest top superstars in the current NBA, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, are both in this team.

In addition, according to media reports: after the end of this season, Black Mamba Kobe Bryant will most likely choose to retire, and the banner of the Lakers will be handed over to James to continue to carry it down.

Black Mamba Kobe Bryant's competitive spirit is well known to fans who know him all over the world. The reason why he is willing to cooperate with James is to not leave any regrets for his last season. How can he If so, he still wants to win the O'Brien Cup himself, and add a championship ring to himself, surpassing the "dead fat man" who competed with him back then.

The advantage of home games is that they are not only familiar with the venue, but also avoid the labor of boats and cars.

An hour in advance, the Los Angeles Lakers players, who are the home team, have already arrived at the Staples Center arena in order to listen to the coach's tactical arrangements before the game and relax and warm up.

For Kobe, who has been fighting in the league for more than 20 years, tonight's game couldn't be more normal. No matter how difficult or difficult the game is, he has experienced and struggled. Now it is just an ordinary game. In the regular season, so what if the opponent is the Nets, which currently ranks first in regular season points?The word "fear" never existed in the Black Mamba's dictionary!

The time passed by every minute and every second, and the start of tonight's fierce battle is getting closer and closer. At this time, the players have gathered in the locker room for the last time to wash and change their jerseys. By the way, they are listening to the coach make the last tactical arrangement. The door of the locker room was pushed open from the outside, and assistant coach Kidd walked in with a tactical board under his arm. After entering, he fixed his eyes on Kobe for the first time, and then said:

"Hi~ Kobe, Mr. Pelinka wants to find you outside."

"Pelinka looking for me!?"

No wonder Kobe was surprised when he heard it, because Pelinka was his former agent, and the relationship between the two was not very good. If it's not, it's not that I should talk to my current agent if it's business, so I thought for a while and couldn't figure out the other party's intention to find me before the game.

The former manager and the current manager are sitting together and talking about "Kobe". Just thinking about this scene makes people laugh a little bit. It is quite a picture of the ex-girlfriend and the current girlfriend sitting at the same table.

"Coach, I'll go out first."

"Well, let's go."

It is the big brother in the team who belongs to the big brother, and respect for the coach is still very necessary.

If you want to pick the most reassuring player from the Los Angeles Lakers, the coach will definitely choose Kobe Bryant. As an old man in the league, he is almost impeccable in terms of personal skills, tactics and experience. , and as the age grows, the Black Mamba is no longer the Black Mamba who fought alone when he was young. You must know that basketball is a game for five people.

Just out of the locker room door.

I saw Pelinka who had been waiting for a long time in suits and ties, "Pelinka, what's wrong?"

"The American Express contacted the team and said that there will be several VIPs from China coming to the front row to watch the game tonight."

"What does such a thing have to do with me?"

Kobe still didn't understand Pelinka's intention of calling him out alone, on the contrary, he was even more confused. You must know that they are the Los Angeles Lakers, a team in Los Angeles with Hollywood, as long as it is a home game, there is never a shortage of people from all walks of life who come to watch the game Celebrities, no matter how big a superstar is, they are just like that, no different from themselves.

Pelinka also understood why Kobe was confused, and continued to explain: "This time the VIP is different! Have you read or heard of "The Lord of the Rings", which has been on the best-selling book list in New York for several weeks?"

"The Lord of the Rings!?" Now it was Kobe's turn to speak in surprise: "I haven't read it, but my two daughters like this book very much, and often discuss the contents of this book at home. Yours Does that mean the VIP who came to the game tonight is the author of this book?"

No matter how much you focus on basketball, Kobe has heard about the Western fantasy masterpiece "The Lord of the Rings" that has been selling well all over the world recently. There are various news reports, not to mention that he is not stupid. Those words said before can naturally quickly guess the identity of the VIP watching the game tonight.

"Do your two daughters like this book very much? Isn't it just right? I heard that the author of this book is also a fan of yours. I hope you can sign four autographed jerseys for him at the end of the game. As a reward, you can also let him The other party will sign some autographed books for you as a gift to your daughter." The big stone in Pelinka's heart finally fell, so that he was more confident in his next request, and continued:

"The club wants to further expand its influence and market in China, so I thought about whether I can use this to make a fuss."

"For example..."

"For example, invite the other party to enter the stadium when the two sides are warming up before the game officially starts, and then you simply interact with the other party to create a topic."

"This... are you sure the other party knows how to play basketball?" Kobe's impression of Li Chungang in his mind is still that of a literary writer. This kind of people should generally be the kind who are not good at sports.

This question really stopped Pelinka, who was enthusiastically proposing an idea, and was a little stunned.

Because he really didn’t consider this issue, but subconsciously thought that a guy who likes watching basketball games and Kobe Bryant should know how to play basketball, and he wouldn’t be able to shoot a few balls or make a few cool dunks while warming up with Kobe It's okay after all.

Hastily!

It was only at this time that Pelinka realized that he was indeed a bit sloppy.

Others say that caring leads to chaos, but he is an example of caring about the chaos in the Huaguo market.

This is also no way, as long as someone who knows Rob Pelinka, the current team manager of the Los Angeles Lakers, may know and understand this better.In any country in the world, it is unavoidable to be a society that pays attention to wealth and background. Some people have already stood at the end point since they were born, while some people need to start from the starting point and run towards the end point step by step.

And Rob Pelinka undoubtedly belongs to the latter!

Starting from a small agent, he gradually became the manager of the Los Angeles Lakers team that countless people envy, but the truth of "the heights are too cold" can only be realized after you really sit in this position Real experience, in these two seasons, because the Nets have gathered a few new-generation popular demons, they have not only formed a powerful combat force to stir up troubles in the entire league, but the most unacceptable thing is that they have become increasingly precarious because of their appearance. Huaguo market.

The most simple and direct example: In the past, most of the Huaguo trips invited superstars such as Kobe or James, but the stars invited to Huaguo last year were Curry and Bearded Harden. It's absolutely unbearable to feel like someone has put their hands directly into your rice bowl to snatch food.

But there is no good way for the Lakers.

Only Pelinka knows that he has been under tremendous pressure from the shareholders of the club for more than a year, and the rapid upward movement of his hairline is already considered a small problem. The hair that falls down every day is a big problem in his heart. real pain.

It’s not that I haven’t thought about various methods, such as allowing the team’s superstar players to enter Huaguo’s social media Weibo, Douyin, etc., which can slightly increase the impact. Anyway, these accounts will be managed and operated by dedicated personnel, and there is no need The head star went to worry about it himself, but it had little effect.

And now! The appearance of Li Chungang, the author of "The Lord of the Rings", seems to be God, the old man finally couldn't see it, and directly gave Pelinka an excellent opportunity, and he naturally needed to do his best to seize this opportunity, and this is what happened I hurried to the outside of the locker room and met the assistant coach Kidd who was just about to go in, and only then did I have a conversation with Kobe.

But the problem is not unsolvable. What needs to be confirmed now is that Kobe, one of the two leading actors in the plan, has no problem. It is his job to communicate with the other party.

"I'm fine here."

Kobe, who regards the Lakers as half of his "home", is definitely happy to see his home can be better, not to mention that the Huaguo market is a market that all NBA teams are envious of. The most important thing is Palin. The request made by Ka is not too difficult to accept, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is easy to do.

So why not do it?

"Okay, then it's settled. I'm going to communicate with the guests now."

His own family knows his own family affairs, and Pelinka knows very well that the relationship between himself and Kobe is far more...cold than the outside world knows.

If it weren't for his status as the team manager, he would be 100% sure that Kobe would not be willing to waste a minute on him, let alone standing and talking for a long time like now, this is Kobe, that The proud black mamba!

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Let's go! Let's go!

After parting with Thompson at the Peninsula Hotel, the three of Li Chungang returned to the room for a brief rest, and after having an exquisite dinner at the hotel, they couldn't wait to take the two of them off.

"At this time, you should reveal the answer to the mystery, right?"

"Don't worry, you'll know soon!"

After all, they sat in the car and proceeded as planned, so He Miao couldn't help but said angrily.

Mainly because of this mysterious arrangement tonight, Li Chungang endured all afternoon without revealing any news, no matter how much she asked, she was unwilling to speak up.

The relationship between male and female friends still needs a little "surprise". Since he doesn't want to talk about it, He Miao will set out with ninja curiosity until now.

Among the three of them, she was probably the only one who was kept in the dark.

As for Zhong Guo... maybe he didn't know what Li Chungang planned and arranged before, but he must have known the destination of the trip at the moment before departure, otherwise, where would he drive the car like a headless chicken?

It's just that Zhong Guo looked at his boss Li Chungang with a little weird look before he set off, but he didn't turn his head to notice when he was talking to He Miao at that time, otherwise he might have seen a trace of it from this weird look. A look of pity.

As someone who has already married and married, Zhong Guo originally thought that Li Chungang kept it secret to give He Miao a romantic surprise, but when he learned that the destination tonight was actually the Staples Center... he could only go to the stadium. From the bottom of my heart, I sigh that the romance of straight men is really scary!

Think about it, how many men will take their girlfriends to watch a basketball game as a surprise?

At least Zhong Guo has never encountered it in his more than 30 years of life!

But on the way there, a call from the VIP customer service of American Express reached Li Chungang's cell phone.

After answering the call, the other party explained in an extremely gentle tone that Pelinka, the team manager of the Los Angeles Lakers, wanted to contact him.

"You said the team manager of the Lakers wanted to contact me?"

"Yes, Mr. Li."

"Then you give my contact information to the other party. I'll wait for him to call me."

"Thank you for your understanding and have a nice night! Goodbye~"

"Bye~"

The manager of the Lakers actually wanted to contact him. This was unexpected by Li Chungang, but thinking that he and others were about to go to his "site" to watch the game, he still had to give him a little bit of shame.

Besides, rely on your parents at home and friends when you go out. If you have more friends, you will have more ways to go. Knowing more people can also be regarded as expanding your personal network.

Although there is no connection between the literary world and the basketball world.

"I heard it all!"

Li Chungang who hung up the phone suddenly heard what He Miao said, and the next second his originally excited expression froze instantly, because he was a little too complacent, and when he answered the phone, he forgot that he was still in the car, but There were still seedlings in the car, and she immediately heard the content of the conversation.

Chapter 638

The scene of the death of the society.

Li Chungang didn't expect that he could say that he had carefully prepared and kept He Miao's surprise arrangement for the whole afternoon, but he was stillborn on the spot because of a sudden phone call.

At this time, as long as the brain circuits are not abnormal or people who are not familiar with the world, they can guess the next itinerary from the term "Los Angeles Lakers". Not surprisingly, their next destination is the State where the Los Angeles Lakers are located. Puth Center arena.

It's just that He Miao's heart is about to be overflowing with full of slots at this time. The surprises prepared by other people's boyfriends are all as romantic as possible. Why is the so-called romance here in Li Chungang's place? Is it a ball game?

"Ahem~ that..."

"How about... I pretend I didn't hear it!?"

It’s okay not to say that, he was even more embarrassed when he said it this way, and Zhong Guo, who was originally concentrating on driving, twitched the corners of his mouth when he heard the movement behind him, even a fool could see that the proprietress was so embarrassing about the so-called The Lakers basketball game wasn't all that interesting.

For girls, even walking quietly on the beach hand in hand on a dark and windy night is more romantic than going to see some youngest ball game!

Just at this moment, the cell phone rang suddenly, which gave Li Chungang an "excuse" to alleviate the embarrassment, but he would not thank the guy who called him, because if the Lakers manager hadn't proposed through AmEx, The request to contact himself will not cause the current situation of complete "community death". After all, Pelinka is the culprit, and he must bear the blame if he doesn't want to.

"Hello! Is this Chungang Lee? This is Pelinka, the team manager of the Los Angeles Lakers."

"Hello! Mr. Pelinka, American Express said you have something to communicate with me, right?"

At this time, Pelinka, who was in the Staples Center Arena, listened to the tone of impatience and not overreaching on the other end of the phone, his heart "thumped" and he suddenly felt bad, and quickly went through his behavior I didn't find anything wrong with the words, and after thinking hard to no avail, it can only be attributed to the fact that the other party is just in a bad mood at this time.

As a result, the words that were originally planned to exchange a few polite words were all swallowed back in the next second, and then he chose to cut to the point and said, "That's right, I learned from American Express that you want to get four items after the game. The jersey signed by Kobe, I thought Lee you should be a Kobe fan. And then our Lakers is a team that loves fans and is keen to fulfill the fans' wishes...

So I wanted to let Kobe have a small interactive session with you during the warm-up period before the game, and a mutual autograph session after the game, etc..."

Most viewers know that the full name of the NBA is the National Basketball Association (NBA), which is a men's professional basketball league composed of 30 professional teams in North America. It is the four major professional sports leagues in Millikin. one.