For Chinese culture that aspires to go abroad, the Frankfurt Book Fair is clearly the best choice.

Nearly 70 publishing companies, including the Nanhai Publishing Company, signed up as counselors, and the Writers' Association, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the China Foreign Publishing Bureau, and other units, the huge delegation could not be loaded with a few planes!

Writers who are eligible to participate in events overseas are obviously not short of money, but for some employees and their families, it is a rare opportunity to travel at public expense.

It is reasonable to say that Zhang Chu should enjoy a quota, but it is still unknown who took this quota!

Whether he needs this quota or not is one thing, and whether others give it is another.

Zhou Kang felt in his heart that the Writers' Association was really unkind, and it was a little ugly!

Gu Xinxue knew the twists and turns, and he said in the group: "If Zhang Chu has time, our Nanhai Publishing Company can invite him to participate in our delegation." ”

"This is not necessary for the time being, he goes to Europe mainly for tourism, and he may only participate in the book fair when the tour is about to end, it is not good to occupy your quota in vain, so let him travel freely!"

Although it is now the 21st century, the opportunity to go to Europe is still very precious, and Zhou Kang is unwilling to let Zhang Chu occupy someone else's position, and he really can't afford to pay for that air ticket.

The language barrier is indeed a major obstacle to cultural exchange, and after the two of them had talked, Blair, who had just finished translating, was late: "We at Random House can send a letter to formally invite Zhang Chu to participate, as long as he attends our event." ”

Although Zhou Kang is Zhang Chu's agent, he can't help him make decisions casually, so he can only reply vaguely at the moment: "I will convey these contents to him, and I will reply to you tomorrow." ”

At this time, Zhou Kang suddenly realized that it seemed that as an agent, he also had to go to Frankfurt to help Zhang Chu contact overseas translation rights, so many countries and regions are waiting to be developed!

When the book is used, Zhou Kang can only find a person who can speak English and German as a translator in Germany.

At present, although "Sherlock" and "Life of Pi" are bestsellers all over the world, the number of translated languages is not large, only seven or eight.

There are also many language versions that are blank!

In addition, "The Da Vinci Code" is about to be launched, so he has to go there to see how literary agents in Europe and the United States operate.

In this way, the burden on the body is not light!

There is still a lot to learn as an agent, and if he can't keep up with Zhang Chu's footsteps overseas, then he is too incompetent.

Zhang Chu's sales in China don't need to be much of an agent's effort, and now Zhou Kang has to think about increasing the influence of Zhang Chu's works overseas.

"The Da Vinci Code" is a good opportunity, which will allow Zhang Chu to further knock on the door of the European and American book market, and really gain a foothold in it!

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Monday's class can be said to be very boring, and Zhang Chudu is almost drowsy by what the professor says.

He took a sip of the hot water in the cup, and his eyes couldn't help but sneak into the sparrows that occasionally flew by on the branches outside the window, and wandered to the Pacific Ocean.

Even a good student can't pay attention to every class!

Zhang Chu covered his mouth with his hand, yawned silently, and tears came out.

finally got out of class, and he instantly felt like he had been drained of strength, and the whole person lay on the desk.

"What did you do last night?" said Anmi as she took a can of Red Bull from her backpack at her desk, "I'm glad I always have this stuff, so you can drink it." ”

Zhang Chu was not polite, he pulled open the pull ring and took two sips, and then replied: "I slept for eight hours last night, but I couldn't stand Professor Liao's strong hypnosis." Don't say you're not distracted, I don't believe it. ”

Anmi said softly, "Actually, I've been silently reciting TOEFL words in my heart......"

I don't know if it's because of psychological reasons or if Red Bull really worked, Zhang Chu didn't get distracted in the next two classes.

"Are you going to eat at the cafeteria?" Anmi asked, scanning a shared bicycle with her phone.

"I had to go to the bookstore, and the agent was waiting there. You and Ricky go first. ”

During the previous class, Zhou Kang sent a text message asking Zhang Chu to meet at the Hanlinxuan Bookstore after class to discuss his specific itinerary to Europe on the National Day.

At this time, there were only a few students in the bookstore standing by the shelves to select works, and Zhou Kang was also holding 300 practical English words and reading, not noticing Zhang Chu's arrival.

"Uncle Zhou, what needs to be arranged for the National Day?"

Zhang Chu felt that he was going to take a trip, and then go to the United Kingdom to complete the illustration selection of "The Da Vinci Code", which is a very simple thing!

Zhou Kang carefully folded the page of the word book, and then took out another sticky note and said: "You may not know that the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's largest book exhibition during the National Day, is held in Germany. So the South Sea Publishing Company, Random House, and St. Paul's Publishing Company mean that they want to ask you to go to the book fair to help stand on the platform, and they will send a trial copy of "The Da Vinci Code" at that time, which can be regarded as a warm-up in advance. ”

"Is it one event, or three?"

This question has to be clarified!

"I'm going to go over at that time, hoping to make a global launch of the Da Vinci Code's new book, which the three of them will co-host at that time. I used to want to sell them to the rest of the country, and I couldn't waste them. ”

Zhang Chu touched his chin and said, "My ticket has been booked, I will fly to Rome on September 29, when will I meet you at that time?"

"The first three days of the book fair are only for professionals, and only open to general audiences on weekends, otherwise the first Saturday of the book fair, which is October 6, will meet in Frankfurt. ”

Although Zhang Chu didn't know what was fun, good-looking, and delicious in Frankfurt for the time being, he nodded after thinking about it and agreed: "In this case, it's no problem, I'll buy a ticket back to Yanjing from Frankfurt to Yanjing at that time." By the way, you have to help remind Blair that they should bring those pictures to Frankfurt, and I will pick them up when the time comes. ”

"It's the age of the Internet, just go to the official website of these museums or archives, and you can find them now. If it involves specific information, then let Blair and them bring you the account of the intranet staff to view. ”

"That's all there is to it?

Zhou Kang spread his hands and said: "Your only task is to write a book well, and when the time comes, the "Da Vinci Code" will give away a trial book at the book fair, and both reporters and readers must be very picky." ”

"Then you can rest assured, I will definitely be able to write it before I fly to Rome!"