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Zhang Chu thought that this was the end of the matter, after all, it was a wonderful thing to be able to spread these works in other regions.

But who knows that Zhou Kang just said some appetizers, compared to Chinese Simplified Chinese and English, the traditional market is small after all, and it is not worth paying too much attention to it.

"Most importantly, there are two other really heavyweight publishers today, Hachette and Random House, who have made appointments with them, and 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 gasped and asked, "Is this the Random House I know?" Do they want the publishing rights in the Chinese region or the English region?"

"It should be English, after all, the front desk staff who contacted us over there are all chatting in English. Fortunately, the English level of the beautiful women at the front desk of our company can barely understand, otherwise I would have missed it. ”

Hachette Publishing is the largest publishing group in France, mainly focusing on textbooks, young adult books, reference books and books in various disciplines, and occupies a leading position in the field of popular book publishing in France, as well as in the United Kingdom and the whole of Europe.

Headquartered in New York, Random House is a subsidiary of the German Bertelsmann Group, the world's largest book publishing group, accounting for nearly a quarter of the global publishing business!

It is widely regarded by the book industry as the most indispensable player in the world book industry throughout the twentieth century, and its main works are mainly in English-language commercial publishing.

Zhang Chu is very curious about which book these two publishing houses are interested in, even if "Youth School" won the gold medal for good Chinese literature, but it should not be so attractive.

"They want to see me?" Zhang Chu was a little puzzled, this was a bit new.

Zhou Kang said firmly: "Anyway, that's what the beauty at the front desk said, Mr. Chris Oldman, the representative of Random House, said that I want to interview you, I don't understand English very well." ”

Menglong Culture Media is mainly engaged in domestic business, and has dealt with foreign TV stations because of the TV series adaptation rights of "Sherlock".

I hired a temporary translator at the beginning, but who would have thought that now I have business with foreign countries, so I was caught off guard!

After passing the sixth level of English during college, the beauty at the front desk became a savior, and Zhou Kang felt more and more that his company should hire a full-time translator to sit down, after all, it was becoming more and more international.

Zhang Chu thought about his class schedule, and he replied: "Then you tell them, let them come to the Yan University campus to find me, I don't have classes at four o'clock in the afternoon." ”

"Okay, I'll bring them over when the time comes. I hope I can get out this time. ”

Zhou Kang feels aggrieved when he thinks about it now, obviously the copyright of the TV series has been sold to the BBC, but as a result, no one cares about the English publishing rights!

……

In October, the campus of Yan University was bleak, and the weeping willows on the shore of Weiming Lake had almost lost their leaves, and a gust of wind blew, and they were still shivering.

But there are still a few tourists who take pictures here, and the white Boya Pagoda and the calm Weiming Lake are the best proof that they have been to Yanjing!

Zhou Kang felt a little reckless at this time, and could only say a few words of greeting in English, so he brought Chris from Random House and Como from Hachette Publishing Company to the campus of Yan University.

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

Zhang Chu almost heard Zhou Kang's embarrassment from this voice message, and he hurriedly said, "I'm out of class and I'm coming towards the west gate." Don't run around, or I won't find a place. ”

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

One is wearing a black coat, dark blonde hair combed into a big back, dark suit pants and a pair of pointed leather shoes, looking full of fashion, probably from the fashion capital.

On the other side is a tall and thin man who looks 1.9 meters, with a blazer and a turtleneck, and a pair of round-framed glasses, which looks like a New York elite.

Originally, Zhou Kang also had 1.75 meters, but this comparison was too ruthless!

Zhang Chu calmed his breathing, he stepped forward and said fluently in English: "I'm sorry to let you two meet me on campus, I hope you didn't wait 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, ready to turn himself into an invisible person.

Chris Oldman held out his hand, and he replied with a smile: "It's a beautiful university, and it's worth the long wait for the sake of literature and art." ”

Como Janec smiled similarly, "It's an honor to visit such a prestigious school, I've heard about it for a long time, and now I finally have the opportunity to walk in." ”

Zhang Chu is not a person who likes to be vain, he is used to going straight, and then pointed to the bench not far away and said, "Forgive me directly, I really want to know what the two of you want to talk to me about?"

"Lad, relax. Cuomo's English has an inexplicable accent that sounds a little weird, "We just heard from the people in the China branch that you have a good story to share with the world, so we came here." ”

"It's true, I have a lot of excellent works here, and one of them has even been translated into English. Zhang Chu did not have the traditional modesty of the Chinese people, but admitted it very confidently, and even began to sell it.

Chris asked curiously, "So what kind of story is this, can we hear it?"

They came here this time to inspect Zhang Chu's works, and as for whether to hand it over to others for translation or Zhang Chu to translate it himself, it depends on Zhang Chu's level.

In fact, it is not difficult to find out that the script of the BBC TV series was written in English by the young man in front of him!

"You don't know this story? It's the story of when Holmes came to live and investigate in modern London. ”

Zhang Chu was a little puzzled, didn't these two people come because of "Sherlock"? How could they not know what this film is about.

Cuomo shook his head, "I'm sorry, Zhang, I knew about this work, but I thought it was another one, the one about teenagers and tigers." ”

Chris, who was on the side, rolled his eyes slightly, and asked quickly, "Do you think we're here to discuss Sherlock's work?"

The two sides seem to have a beautiful misunderstanding, Zhang Chu didn't know that "Youth Pi" had spread abroad so quickly, he really thought that Shenxia was going abroad!

"I'm sorry, I misunderstood. ”

"No, no, no!" Chris raised his voice, and he quickly retorted, "The English publishing rights of Sherlock are still in your hands, and they were not sold to Ebery Publishing?"

Zhang Chu was confused at this time, and asked rhetorically: "Of course not, why do you want to sell it to this company?"

Cuomo smiled and excitedly explained: "Ebery Publishing has a main business of publishing books about BBC TV and radio programs, and we all thought you had handed over the English publishing rights to them along with the TV adaptation rights!"

"yes. I didn't expect there to be an unexpected gain this time. ”

No wonder no foreign publisher has ever asked about the English version of "Sherlock" before, and the feelings are like this!

Zhang Chu finally figured it out, he spread his hands and smiled: "Okay, it's the first time I've heard about it." "Mobile phone users, please browse m. to read, a better reading experience.