Chapter 481: Three Visits to the Thatched House
Writing books, taking classes, exercising, and entertaining, Zhang Chu's life is uneventful, and it seems to be so plain that there is no change.
Two days slipped through his fingers in the blink of an eye, and it took him two days to write almost two-thirds of the content of the volume of "Longling Grotto", and the efficiency was quite gratifying!
Tomorrow is the first of June, Zhang Chu is not prepared to spend too much time on the ghost blowing lamp, the outline and the detailed outline are there, and there is also the original work of the world's tyrant as a reference, the speed is of course scary.
The sooner he wrote the volume, he would have more time to spend on the final exam, and he didn't want to see his grades too bad.
Zhang Chu carefully checked the content that had just been coded, and after correcting the typos, he turned off the computer and lay down on the bed to prepare for sleep.
Matcha, as always, occupies a position next to it, obviously has its own nest, but likes to run to the bed, so that Zhang Chu has to use a vacuum cleaner often, and there is a lot of cat hair at home.
He doesn't have much to do right now, and almost all projects are running in an orderly manner.
When he counted the size of the stall with his fingers, he couldn't help but be surprised: "I feel like I'm going to bomb in all directions!"
The second season of the BBC's Sherlock drama is currently filming and is scheduled to air on Christmas Eve this year.
As short and concise as the first season, there are only three episodes, and each episode is filmed in the same way as a movie.
It is precisely because of this strict control of quality that the quality of the TV series has been well received, and the new season of Sherlock is even expected to hit the British TV series ratings record!
Another Hollywood film in production, Life of Pi, is much slower at the moment, and although several Oscar-nominated screenwriters were found to write the script, the results were not so satisfying.
The producer, Warner Bros., has already requested Zhang Chu's side, but Zhang Chu has not agreed for the time being, one is that he has no time, and the other is that Warner's side is not sincere.
"I don't know what's going on over there. ”
Zhang Chu hasn't received news from Hollywood for a long time, and the progress has to be learned from the entertainment news on the other side of the ocean!
The behind-the-scenes events during this preparation didn't get enough attention, so I didn't see much in the news.
The paparazzi will certainly not focus on the producers and directors, but will focus on the stars.
In fact, he has written so many books, not many of them have been translated into English, only the first two, and most of the rest of the content is related to Chinese culture, which is not very attractive overseas.
The only thing that may become popular is precisely the lowest-selling book in China, "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli", which was translated from the English version when it was on the earth, and is the most important way for English-speaking countries to understand the Ming Dynasty, which has been adopted as a textbook by many universities in the United States, and has been nominated twice for the American Book Award for good books in the history category, and there are also Japanese, French, German and other versions.
If you want to promote Chinese culture, then this book is the best choice.
It can be popular overseas in the parallel world, and it should be even more in this world, maybe it can rub off the current heat, since the election of the president of Twitter, some people think that this is the reincarnation of history, and the fifteenth year of Wanli is the 2018 year of the United States!
This point of view is very popular in China, and many people believe that this node will be a sign that the United States is turning from prosperity to decline.
Scolding the president of Twitter is already an invisible political correctness in the United States, no matter what program will be hacked from time to time, one of the books called "Fire and Fury: Inside the White House of the President of Twitter" detonated the American book market at the beginning of the new year and was praised by the mainstream media.
They are still on the New York Times bestseller list, which shows how hot it is!
Of course, this heat is a double-edged sword, and if you don't operate it well, you will definitely hurt yourself.
Zhang Chu silently kept this idea in his heart, and tried it if he had time during the summer vacation.
You can't publish all the works of other cultures overseas, right?
"Sherlock" is British, "Life of Pi" is Indian, and he needs to show the Chinese stuff to the world!
"The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" is just the beginning, and he plans to publish it according to the situation of the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" movie, and then complement each other and make progress together.
However, it is estimated that the sales of the English version of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" are not as good as "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli".
Zhang Chu's eyelids were slightly fighting, and he was drowsy, but he remembered that he had another movie with better artistry, if the movie "Farewell My Concubine" succeeded in art and awards, it could be regarded as promoting Chinese culture to some extent.
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The sunrise time is always very early in summer, and when the first rays of the morning sun shine through the glass on Zhang Chu's body, he turns around and continues to sleep with his back to the sun, and the whole person is curled up, like a baby in the mother's body, and a bit like a cooked shrimp.
It's inevitable to lie in bed, obviously I'm awake, but I just don't want to open my eyes, I don't want to get out of bed.
After struggling for more than ten minutes, he rolled over and opened the window to let in fresh air, at least early in the morning, without having to turn on the air conditioner.
After a simple wash, Zhang Chu changed into sportswear, opened the door and went for a morning run in the park outside the community, which was much more comfortable than running in the gym.
If Matcha is willing to go out, now is the best time, but it's a pity that it's a cat and not a dog.
The parks along the river have become lively, and the elderly who can't sleep are playing tai chi, practicing tai chi sword, carrying cages to tease birds, and walking briskly along the road to exercise.
Zhang Chu didn't continue after running five kilometers, and he didn't want to be a marathon runner, so he went to buy steamed buns and soy milk and then returned home.
He didn't go out with his mobile phone when he ran in the morning, and now he found that there were two calls from Zhou Kang inside, which was quite unexpected.
He took a sip of soy milk, called back and asked, "Uncle Zhou, what are you calling here so early?"
"Just woke you up from your drowsiness, didn't you? I'm a little anxious too. Today, Menglong's old colleague suddenly used his daughter-in-law's mobile phone to send me a text message, saying that Warner Bros. had contacted us several times, but because you left, I was suppressed by Mr. Wu. He also quietly found an opportunity to tell me, probably because he wanted to jump to our side. ”
Zhang Chu was about to take a bite of the bun, and frowned when he heard this, "No wonder I haven't received news from Hollywood recently, it turns out that Menglong is a ghost!"
When he signed a contract with Warner before, it was through Menglong's counseling, and most of the contact information left was from Menglong Culture, but he didn't expect to be put on the table.
"Do you know what Warner said over there?"
He didn't know, only Mr. Wu and another person knew, and these two people completely deleted the email after reading it. ”
Zhang Chu shook his head, "It's okay, you should have Warner's contact information, explain the situation to them, and let them directly connect with Hanlin Culture in the future." Wait a minute, ask what the situation is!"