On the second day, after Huo Yaowen got out of class, he asked Anna and Lilith to go out of the school at noon to discuss the signing of the contract at the teahouse in Central.

"Evan, this is true?"

Lilith looked at the letter and the book "1999" in her hand, and looked up at Huo Yaowen, her face was full of disbelief, Bantan Book Publishing Company as one of the top ten publishing companies in the United States She had naturally heard of it, but she didn't expect Huo Yaowen's "1999" to have signed a contract with Bantan Book Publishing Company as early as November last year, and 300,000 copies have been sold so far, and the people of Bantan Book Publishing Company also gave an estimate that at least one million copies can be sold!

Of course, these are not the most important, the most important place, that is, it has also been praised by the American science fiction master Isaac Asimov!

Who is Isaac Asimov?

That is the world-famous first-class science fiction master, including "Galactic Empire", "Base Series" and many other classic science fiction works, may not pay attention to science fiction people do not know his name, but presumably the vast majority of people have heard of a book he wrote "I, Robot" in the three laws of robots, this law almost implemented in all later science fiction works, countless science fiction writers have continued to use his set of robot laws, even some robot technology companies, is also very highly respected by these three laws.

In today's world science fiction world, Isaac Asimov can be said to be a well-deserved godfather-level figure, just like Jin Yong's status in martial arts, although he is not the pioneer of this type of work, but the influence created is far greater than that of the pioneer.

Huo Yaowen hadn't read much of Isaac Asimov's works, but he still knew his influence in the science fiction industry, so when he saw Mark's letter to him, mentioning Isaac Asimov's praise in the New York Times that his book was very well written, he was naturally overjoyed, and probably understood why in the letter, Mark said that it suddenly sold 150,000 copies last week, and you must know that the sales before this were only 100,000 copies, but with celebrity recommendations, the sales of this book naturally rose.

"You can call back to the UK, or find someone to contact the US for verification. Huo Yaowen smiled, not angry at Lilith's questioning tone, after all, this matter was indeed a little unbelievable.

"Okay, I'll contact the company and ask them to verify it, but I think the contract may be delayed, and after confirming the authenticity of the letter, I think the company will give you the best contract possible, a contract for a best-selling author, and not a contract for this newcomer. ”

Lilith was not polite, although she looked at Huo Yaowen's sincere look, but as an Englishman, she naturally needed to verify before making an assertion, and if this was true, then the contract she had negotiated with the company before and signed with Huo Yaowen would probably have to be redrafted, a sci-fi that can sell millions of copies in the American market may not sell so much in the UK, but it must not be treated as a rookie writer, and it is a sure thing to raise the salary appropriately.

"Yes, I'm not in a hurry. Huo Yaowen is naturally not happy to get a better contract, he will delay for a few days, anyway, he is not in a hurry now, as long as the book sells better in the American market, no matter if he signs a contract with that publishing company in the future, he can get a contract for a best-selling author.

Anna, who had been sitting on the side and watching the two of them talk about business, saw that the two of them had stopped the discussion, and then opened her mouth and smiled: "Evan, you gave me a big surprise, did you do this last time you went to the United States? This is incredible, your first science fiction book can sell so many copies in the United States!"

Anna has known Huo Yaowen for about half a year, and once helped Huo Yaowen teach for half a month, so knowing that he had been to the United States, she believed a lot more than Lilith, but she was also full of surprise, after all, who would have thought that a Chinese writer would be able to write a science fiction book that sold millions of copies in the United States?

Huo Yaowen took a sip of strong tea and put the teacup down: "Yes, thank you Anna for helping me with half a month's course, otherwise I don't think I would have gone to the United States so smoothly and wrote this book." ”

Anna smiled lightly at the corner of her mouth, picked up the sample book brought by Huo Yaowen on the table, and looked at the silent and weird cosmic star map on the cover, like a dark and claustrophobic devouring forest: "If I have a share of the credit, then how about this book for me?" I have always liked your book, and I originally wanted to buy one when it was published in the future, but now it looks like this book is very good, and I like the cover very much. ”

"No problem. Huo Yaowen spread out his hand, this is a sample book mailed by Bantan Book Publishing Company, although it is commemorative, but when the time comes, it will not be a big problem to ask for a few sample books after Mark comes to Hong Kong.

Lilith looked at Huo Yaowen in front of her and said directly: "Evan, I will contact the British side as soon as possible and tell them about this matter, and when the news is confirmed, I think the company will send someone over to negotiate the contract with you again." ”

"Okay. Huo Yaowen nodded.

After a simple meal, when Huo Yaowen was about to drive the two girls back, Lilith took advantage of Anna's inattention, stroked the brown hair on her forehead, and whispered: "Is Evan free at night? ”

Huo Yaowen didn't expect Lilith to ask him to go to see the night scene at night, glanced at Anna who was walking in front, thought for a few seconds, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry Lilith, I may not have time in the past two days." ”

"That's a shame, but I'll stay in Hong Kong for a few more days and wait until someone from the company sends over, so you still have a few days to arrange your free time, and I'm looking forward to the night view of Hong Kong." Lilith stuck out her tongue and licked her lips, a hint of charm appeared in the corner of her eyes, and turned to quickly follow Anna, who was walking in front.

Looking at Lilith who ran away, thinking of her actions just now, Huo Yaowen felt a little itchy in his heart, he had been reborn for more than half a year, and he had been busy making money, and now he saw that his career was about to gradually improve, and he would inevitably feel his heart fluttering when he was seduced by this ghost girl.

After driving back to the University of Hong Kong, Lilith took advantage of Anna to take a step ahead and teased Huo Yaowen's palm with her hand, which looked like it was picked by Ren Jun, which almost ignited the fire in his heart, and he regretted that he had rejected Lilith's invitation to accompany her on a night tour of Hong Kong.

However, Huo Yaowen does have a lot of things to deal with in the past two days, not only to arrange for the loan, but also to prepare for the sale of counseling books earlier, and to step up the writing of the second part of "1999", which can be said to be very busy.

Watching the graceful Lilith walk away, Huo Yaowen can only hope that this ghost girl will not leave so early, otherwise she will definitely be allowed to see how beautiful the night view of Hong Kong is!

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