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

In Huaguo, if you have a lot of money but no good investment direction, then investing in real estate in first-tier cities is a sure-fire investment.

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Random House Shanghai Branch.

"Mary, is anyone here for me?"

"Oh, no, Thompson."

"Really, if anyone comes to see me, remember to notify me as soon as possible."

"Ok."

The appointment time between Li Chungang and Luo Wen was around ten fifteen in the morning.

When Li Chungang got out of the car, he happened to see Luo Wen who was getting off the Corolla from the back of the taxi he was taking. The two looked at each other, maybe they were a little surprised that it was such a coincidence.

This will completely save you the effort of waiting.

"Hi, we'd like to see Mr. Thompson."

If you are in a Japanese company, their corporate culture will require employees to focus on work and business meticulously during working hours; if you are in a rice company, it is completely different. As long as the tasks can be completed on time and as required, the leaders will not mind How you work during working hours.

Even if you open the web to watch movies and watch dramas during working hours, you still turn on your mobile phone to play Douyin, or enjoy small snacks and drinks in the break room.

So when the two entered the 16th floor where the Shanghai branch of Random House is located, they saw the scene in front of them: the lady at the front desk was doing nail care for herself comfortably during working hours, while sliding it on the table from time to time. The Douyin of the mobile phone.

Seeing someone making a noise, she raised her eyes to look at the two people in front of her. Of course, the young lady at the front desk was more concerned with Li Chungang, who was online. Thinking of Thompson's previous explanation, she immediately said, "Please wait a moment, both of you." , let me inform Mr. Thompson."

Chapter 137 SSS (for Subscription)

In the Shanghai branch of Random House, only three or five employees in the office gathered together to discuss work matters, and the rest were fighting on their own.

In the absence of suitable commercial books to publish, Random House also acts as a guest in the work of "moving" domestic academic books and periodical translations to overseas. Of course, it is the overseas publishing of purely academic books. Doesn't care about profitability.

Moreover, the number of academic books that can be considered is very small, and it is often the responsibility of a group of three or five people.

When passing by the desks of several employees, Li Chungang subconsciously turned his head and glanced at their computer screens. Some were browsing the news, some were watching movies and watching dramas, which made him inexplicably envious. An easy, high-paying job should be everyone's dream!

Under the guidance of the lady at the front desk, Li Chungang and Luo Wen almost drove straight to Thompson's office.

Today's Li Chungang is a well-known celebrity in China. Many staff members of Random House noticed him along the way. They were extremely surprised and couldn't help whispering to colleagues next to him.

"Hey~ What do you think Li Chungang is here for?"

"Damn! Don't you read the news? What else can you do? I think there are nine out of ten reasons that I regretted it after rejecting Boss, so I personally came here to let Boss republish his book "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". "

"What you said makes sense, but I always feel that things are not that simple!"

"Jane is not simple, that's other people's business. Is it because the movie is not good to watch, the drama is not easy to follow, or because the work is too easy?"

"That's not it."

The person who spoke first was embarrassed by his colleagues, so he had no choice but to return to his desk and continue to follow the drama, but he was so absent-minded, he couldn't help but want to look back at their boss Thompson's office from time to time, curious What the hell is going on inside...

knock --

The lady at the front desk knocked on the door of Mr. Thompson's office for the two of them. After the voice of "please come in" came from inside, she pushed the door open and said softly: "Mr. Thompson, these two gentlemen want to visit you .” After finishing speaking, he turned and returned to the front desk post.

Thompson was specially dressed today. He was wearing a gray suit and a pure black tie. He was sitting behind his desk busy with something. When he saw the two people entering the door, he stood up with a happy expression on his face and greeted them. Man, stretched out his hand and said:

"Mr. Li, Mr. Luo, hello, I didn't expect you to come so early."

"Mr. Thompson, hello." Li Chungang shook hands with Thompson with a smile, and joked, "I keep everything I promised you in mind. I'm afraid that you will be anxious."

"No, no, I'm not in a hurry, but looking forward to the works strongly recommended by Mr. Li. Come on, sit down and talk slowly."

Foreigners have different views and preferences on office decoration and layout. Unlike Brilliance and Dong Sicheng who like to have a table and chairs in their office for receiving guests, Thompson pointed to the two chairs in front of his desk He motioned for the two to sit down, while he returned to his desk and sat down again.

I know my own business, Thompson still admires Li Chungang personally, and also looks forward to the other party's amazing and impressive works, so he said bluntly: "Mr. Li, I don't know what you said the day before yesterday. Did you get the work? I didn’t receive it in the mailbox.”

The printed thick stack of A4 paper was placed in front of Thompson.

Come prepared!

Thompson took the stack of papers, leaned back in his chair, and began to read it formally.

Half an hour later, when using the eyes for a long time, it is inevitable that the eyes will feel sore, but the content in the hand is so exciting that Thompson is completely immersed in it, and has no thought of blinking or rubbing his eyes. He is still reading the next chapter content.

Time passed so quietly. Li Chungang and Luo Wen played with their mobile phones with their heads down, and they were not in a hurry to disturb Thompson. Publishing a manuscript review is not a simple and fast thing. Not worth publishing.

Impress yourself before impressing others!

Before you want to make other readers willing to pay for a book, you must first make yourself willing to buy this book!

After reading for four, five, and 10 minutes in a row, Thompson finally reluctantly put down the manuscript in his hand, and rubbed his sore eyeballs from long-term use. At the same time, he also needed some time to savor what he just read. past content.

With an extremely limited vocabulary, he doesn't know how to describe the book he saw. He can only say that if the book is published, he will definitely take out his wallet without hesitation!

In fact, being willing to take out your wallet to buy a book is the best affirmation for a book.

"This "Lord of the Rings" must be published!"

At this time, Thompson had only one firm thought left in his mind. Now he finally understands why Li Chungang said the day before yesterday that this book is more suitable for publishing overseas. English language reading.

Randomly flipping through the thickness and number of pages of the entire manuscript, at least it is more than [-] words. In this way, Li Chungang has already started to prepare to enter the overseas publishing market before that. It's just luck to come into contact with Li Chungang at this time.

Even without their Random House, there will be other overseas publishing houses to publish this "Lord of the Rings".

"Thank God!"

Thinking of this, Thompson breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time he was glad that God did not completely abandon him and sent him such a rare opportunity. If he can't take advantage of this opportunity, it is really hopeless Can be saved.

"I don't know what Thompson thinks of my "Lord of the Rings"?"

"In my opinion, the evaluation of this "Lord of the Rings" is definitely higher than S+, maybe even more than that." The world's number one commercial publisher like Penguin Random House naturally has a unique set of published works. Evaluation system, Thompson, who has single-handedly contributed to many best-selling global masterpieces, dares to conclude that this S+ evaluation is [-]% certain.

If it weren't for the fact that Random House's highest rating for published books is S+, he would have given it an SSS rating.

After the question and answer, both parties did not continue to speak for a while out of consideration, and the scene became silent in an instant.

What's interesting now is that Li Chungang and Random House are concubines who want to publish "The Lord of the Rings", but choose to keep silent because they don't want to be at a disadvantage in the next negotiation.

Whoever speaks first will be left behind!

Chapter 138 Script Completion (Subscribe)

The days go by fast.

In the blink of an eye, it has been the sixth day since Li Chungang came to Shanghai, and it is also the last day of September.

Stepping on the tip of September's tail, Li Chungang finally finished the script of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern Ⅰ Exquisite Ancient City" that Hua Ce Film and Television had agreed to adapt yesterday. Feeling the hot and dry weather outside the hotel, he had a feeling of wanting to go back and continue. Live under air conditioning.

Shanghai is definitely a popular place for many people in China to choose to travel and play for a long time during the National Day. Countless tourists arrive every day. All kinds of hotels are full every day, and the bosses make a lot of money. Some hotels in popular areas are hard to find. Li Chungang is so envious.

Of course envy is envy, if he really wants to run a hotel, forget it.

Luo Wen was busy worrying about the publication of "The Lord of the Rings I: The Return of Shadows", but Li Chungang didn't bother too much. Anyway, the benefits that should be won should not be less, especially this kind of money that can make a lot of money Don't miss this great opportunity.

Random House, strictly speaking, it is impossible for Thompson to give up the opportunity to publish "The Lord of the Rings", especially when he learned that "The Lord of the Rings" has six volumes in total, he is even more unwilling to give up; it is also impossible for Li Chungang to give up this opportunity. An opportunity to cooperate with Random House does not mean that it will not work if you change to another publishing house, but the channel that Random House has as the world's number one publishing house is what they value.

The next thing is that the two sides are talking about each other and spitting at each other. These are not what Li Chungang wants to worry about. During this time, he has been coding and saving the rest of the content of "Lord of the Rings" in the hotel. Adapt the screenplay.

of course……

"Master Chungang, where are you?"

"Shanghai, what's the matter?"

"..."

"Beep beep."

On the way Li Chungang went to the Ghost Blowing the Lantern crew, he received a very brief call from Liu E, the little princess of Huace. After he answered the question and told the other party that he was in Shanghai, the other party hung up decisively.

Li Chungang was a little baffled. He didn't understand the purpose of the other party asking for his location. As for the contact information, he had given it to the other party after the last dinner.

Women are really a group of "protruding" species.

In this regard, Li Chungang will never admit that it is the cause of his straight male cancer. Otherwise, with his handsome face and his height, which is considered quite good in the south, he is definitely the male god in the hearts of countless girls. It doesn't mean that she is still a mother-fetal single Solo player so far!

No matter how high a person's emotional intelligence is, it doesn't mean that he will be good at unsolvable problems such as love and love, doesn't it?

What's more, Li Chungang didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his current life alone. If one person is full and the whole family is not hungry, how much freedom you want!

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"Director Chen, this is the script of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern Ⅰ Exquisite Ancient City", you should read it first."

"I won't waste this time. I'll take you directly to Director Ma and ask him to read the script in person."

"Row."

Huace Film and Television leased a small three-story mansion for the ghost blowing lantern crew, which is used for daily life and the placement of some props. As for the office space, it is in their Shanghai branch.After the preparations for the crew were completed, because the script was not in place, they could only do some simple preparatory work.

Similar to finding a shooting location, making shooting props in advance and other trivial matters...

Chen Cheng is actually not very optimistic about Li Chungang's ability to complete the adaptation of the script within a week. Fortunately, their crew of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" has not yet officially announced the filming. Huace Film and Television has never been able to do so because of Mr. Liu's support behind it. After urging them, I just waited first. I didn't expect that the other party would come to the door on the sixth day and say that the script had been completed.

In terms of general scripts, Chen Cheng asked himself if he had the experience to read them, but that’s fine, anyway, the production process of their entire drama is completely messed up now, generally speaking, the project is approved first after the script, and then the crew. Preparations, now they have moved the third and fourth steps to the front.

Now that it has been determined that Director Ma will be the director, Chen Cheng, following the principle of leaving professional matters to professional people, took Li Chungang all the way to find Director Ma who was drinking tea and watching the news.

Yes, read and said right.

Director Ma was idly drinking tea while watching today's latest news.

It's not that he doesn't want to move, but that it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. She doesn't even have a script. What can you ask a director to do?It is said that everything is difficult at the beginning, but you have to start that first thing first, and you haven’t even started that first, so it’s hard to say a chicken!

"Ahem ~ Director Ma."

"Let me introduce to you, this is Li Chungang, the author of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", and he also completed the adaptation of the script."

"Oh? It's a pleasure to meet you!"

After all, everyone is not in the same circle. It is normal for Director Ma not to know Li Chungang, but he is still surprised by Li Chungang's youth. Not to mention that he has already written such an excellent work at such a young age. Huace Film and Television has adapted it into a film and television drama.

Be worthy of a sentence... Young and promising!

"This is the script of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern Ⅰ Exquisite Ancient City". Please, Director Ma, please show it to me. If there are any problems, we can discuss and modify them on the spot. You are the most professional in this regard."

"Come on, let me see."

Director Ma hastily snatched the script from Chen Cheng. The script is not like a novel. It does not need so many descriptions, and there is no long and cumbersome content. It is more about cutting the content of the novel into scenes, one by one. lens.

Therefore, writing a script is very important to the screenwriter's understanding of a book and the ability to control the storyboard.

The script is not long, and the director Ma is very professional.

So in just ten minutes, Director Ma had already read the entire script in his hand, and with a slight jaw, he put the script in his hand on the table and at the same time motioned for Li Chungang and Chen Cheng to sit down.

"If you hadn't told me, Director Chen, it would be absolutely hard to believe that such a script was written by someone who was writing a script for the first time! Overall, the scripts are quite good, and the slight flaws are just the novice's inadvertently. Minor issues that arise, but innocuous."

It wasn't a big problem at all. After Director Ma pointed out the problem and proposed amendments, Li Chungang made a quick revision on the spot to remove all these innocuous minor problems.

In fact, after Director Ma pointed out several problems, Li Chungang already realized that he had made a common sense mistake, that is, he always wanted to make every scene as perfect as possible, but he forgot that this was too much in actual shooting. Too much "overflow" content is unrealistic.

This is called "blank space" in painting techniques, and it is applied to shooting to leave a little space for the audience to imagine!

Chapter 139 Nightclub Raiders ([-])

"[Location]"

"Come on, I'll be waiting for you, Chun Gang!"

Li Chungang, who came out of Huace Film and Television's Shanghai branch, unlocked "The Lord of the Rings" and added a new "pocket money" to his precarious deposit, a total of 50 Huayuan, which was negotiated with Huace Film and Television before. cost of screenplay adaptations.

Yes, since Li Chungang learned that the sales royalties of the physical book "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" are as high as 2.176 million yuan.How inflated the whole person is, now 50 yuan is already at the level of "pocket money" in his eyes.

As for the copyright fee for the film adaptation of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", according to Director Chen Cheng, Huace Film and Television has already transferred the money to the account of Longteng Chinese Network, and it will not be them when Longteng Chinese Network will return it to Li Chungang. It's something that can be decided.

Thinking of the author's backstage remuneration income, which seems to have copyright income, Li Chungang thought that Longteng Chinese.com should plan to send it to himself next month along with the manuscript fee.

In addition, he received a location and a message from Gu Bei on WeChat, and looked at the name and address on the location. Isn't this the IFC Center not far away?

With such a short distance, even the effort of taking a taxi is saved.