No matter how well the negotiations with Hollywood companies go, life has to go on.

In the rock climbing club, several familiar seniors were doing warm-up activities while joking with Zhang Chu.

They can only be regarded as the outermost members of the Mountain Eagle Society, and they can only practice on the artificial rock wall, and they cannot go to the so-called natural rock wall to experience the fun of rock climbing.

I can always see each other often, and naturally I am familiar with it, after all, this must be accompanied by a coach.

"Zhang Chu, I heard that you have become a multimillionaire, you should have a treat to celebrate!" said Li Lina, a senior sister wearing a helmet, with two small dimples appearing on her face.

Her boyfriend next to her, Han Weiwen, who is also a senior member of the Mountain Eagle Club, turned his head and joked while helping Li Lina check her seat belt: "Nana, Zhang Chu has long been a multimillionaire, and now he is talking about 10 million US dollars in copyright income, which is too enviable." ”

Zhang Chu patted the powder bag on his waist and said helplessly: "That's just a media report, and there is no progress at all now." ”

"Quietly reveal a little bit, which company took a fancy to your book?" Li Lina lowered her voice, "Don't worry, we won't leak trade secrets." ”

She and Han Weiwen have good personalities, and Han Weiwen usually reveals some rock climbing experience and action essentials to Zhang Chu, and he is very familiar with them.

"I really didn't hide it from you, if one can sell for 10 million dollars, I'm afraid all Hollywood companies will go bankrupt, and the people who write books will not have to go up?"

However, no one believed Zhang Chu's words at all, and even the top students of Yanda felt that he was just hiding it, and trusted various news media even more.

"The media in the United States have already reported it, you want to choose a good day to make an announcement, right?" Li Lina thought about it and directly helped Zhang Chu find a reason to come out.

Since everyone else said so, Zhang Chu had no choice but to shrug his shoulders and pouted without answering, they just wanted to hear the answer they were willing to hear.

He grabbed the stones on the artificial climbing wall with his hands and began to exercise, this simple exercise is very good for a person's ability to balance his hands and feet, and it is more rewarding to do it.

Zhang Chu has always longed for the kind of fierce man who climbs outdoors, but he is only a beginner now, and it is impossible to go to such a dangerous place.

But when he was in mid-air, he imagined himself tying up a sturdy safety rope, putting on lightweight special shoes, using his body and limbs to fight gravity, and rediscovering his fulcrum and climbing into the sky again and again!

"Zhang Chu, may I ask which of you saw Zhang Chu?"

Zhou Kang's hurried voice came from under the rock climbing training hall, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Han Weiwen, who was standing under the climbing wall, pointed to the black spider man who was constantly climbing above his head and said, "That's Zhang Chu, do you have any urgent trouble looking for him?"

He waited outside the door of Zhang Chu's rented room for five minutes, and it was quiet except for the occasional meow of matcha inside, so he found the campus of Yan University again.

Hearing Zhang Chu's roommate say that this thing might be in the climbing gym, Zhou Kang trotted all the way again, only to find that Zhang Chu was practicing rock climbing!

"You said that is Zhang Chu?"

Zhou Kang tilted his head, the person who looked like Spider-Man was hanging upside down on the cliff and moving carefully, looking like he was about to fall down if he was not careful, it was really thrilling!

In fact, Zhang Chu had already heard Zhou Kang's voice just now, but this stage was the most difficult, and he couldn't be distracted at all.

After practicing for so long, he has not been able to reach the top every time, and many times he falls down during this section.

Zhou Kang at the bottom held his breath and didn't dare to urge, although there was a safety rope to protect him, but who could say for sure.

Fortunately, at this time, Zhang Chu used all fours to successfully climb over this extremely difficult rock wall at an incredible angle, and only after climbing to the top platform did he have time to take off his helmet and gasp for breath.

"It was really thrilling just now, and now you young people are really bold!" Zhou Kang said with emotion, if he stood on it, it was estimated that his calves would tremble.

Zhang Chu's hair was soaked, don't look at it was only more than ten meters high, but it consumed a lot of energy, and now his arms are still a little sore.

"Uncle Zhou, what are you doing at the school looking for me?"

Something important must have happened suddenly, or there was no urgency.

As soon as he mentioned this, Zhou Kang immediately grabbed Zhang Chu's arm and walked out, "I almost forgot about it, there are still people waiting in the company." ”

Zhang Chu looked at his clothes, and he asked, "Who is it, or I'll go back and change my clothes, the phone is still in the locker over there." ”

"The Warner Bros. producer representative is already waiting in the café outside our company, and he wants to talk to you in person. ”

Han Weiwen next to him pretended to play with his back to the two of them, but in fact, his ears were erected high, and he heard every sentence accurately.

Zhang Chu wiped his sweat with a tissue and walked towards the locker, "Warner Bros. actually took a fancy to "Life of Pi"?

"It should be okay, at least they are willing to come to the door, Lionsgate is very stingy, and at the same time there is no sincerity. Maybe the Youth Pie handed over to Lionsgate can only be covered with dust, and the project has never been established. ”

The voices of the two of them became smaller and smaller, and Han Weiwen secretly said that it was a pity, he still wanted to hear more gossip.

But Zhang Chu and Zhou Kang have already gone away, and if they follow up, they will be too deliberate, but they still heard something important, it turns out that there are really so many companies that take a fancy to this script.

Han Weiwen is full of envy, and at the same time has an impulse, maybe he can also try to write a book, but what is it to write?

After taking out the mobile phone, bicycle key and student card from the locker, Zhang Chu changed his special climbing shoes and said helplessly: "This image seems to be a little too casual to meet others." ”

"Don't worry, it's normal for a writer to have an unruly image. Don't make people wait too long, the people from Random House were also accompanied, and they came straight to the office as soon as they got off the plane in the afternoon. ”

Since this is the case, Zhang Chu definitely can't go back to take a shower and change clothes willfully, so he can only quickly sit in Zhou Kang's car and race all the way!

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Unlike the eagerness of other authors, many authors are worried that their works will not sell, and as long as someone takes a fancy to them, they are willing to sell them even at the price of cabbage, so as to make a movie or TV series.

Zhang Chu is much more sensible, because he has such confidence, what he writes has been proven in his previous life, if it is sold cheaply like Chinese cabbage, it will be a tyrannical thing!

Even Warner Bros. is no different, if the other party can't give him what he wants, then he won't sell it even if he offers $20 million.

But then again, Warner Bros. can't have offered such an outrageous price.

If the film investment is too low, "Life of Pi" will not be filmed at all!

In terms of industry rules, in Hollywood, executives and directors believe that they are the author of the film, and when they buy a specific script, the original author is equivalent to giving up all the copyright, and the film company can modify the script as needed.

The author of the original book has little control over the entire process of creating the film, and the various executives of the film studio, from the person in charge of script development to the vice president or producer, are fired or replaced with a staggering speed.

The same script may be approved by a team, but a new team takes over and puts forward a new opinion.

The reason for this change in the script was not because the original script was too bad, but because the production team refined the plot based on multiple rounds of discussions.

Maybe the producer, director, star actor or the top management of the film company have their own opinions, when there are hundreds of minor changes in a work, everything has been updated, and it is not uncommon to leave only the name of the protagonist and the name of the work!

Zhang Chu doesn't want to see "Life of Pi" become another story under Warner Bros., and fighting for the right to speak is a must.

If the whole story becomes brand new, Zhang Chu is not sure how much will be left by then.

In many large companies, it is very difficult to fight for the right to speak, how many Hollywood superstars have struggled for most of their lives to have a little power, and it is very difficult for Zhang Chu to reach the sky in one step!

Unless, unless someone else specifically needs the script, there is no hope.

"Maybe the outside news is a good thing, otherwise Warner Bros. wouldn't have come to the door so rashly. Let's hope they increase each other's prices and increase their chips. ”

Zhang Chu sat in the back seat, his head quickly calmed down, and he began to think, he couldn't be deceived by the rhetoric of the Warner Bros. representative later, he had to order dry goods!

That group of people can say that the investors are throwing tens of millions of dollars, and the dead can be said to be alive, and if they are not careful, they will be caught in it.

Since the other party plans to snatch love with a knife, then he must be prepared, and now it depends on how the other party makes a move, and it is flexible to see the move.

If it doesn't work out this time, he's willing to take a moment to wait for the day when Life of Pi will shine!

Random House is like a broker, pimping both sides, and the more companies join the competition, the better it will be for them.

Even when Chris signed "Life of Pi", he never imagined that he would be nominated for the Booker Prize, be able to stand on the New York Times bestseller list, and be able to sell quickly around the world.

As long as it can be adapted into a movie, Random House is sure that the English version of Life of Pi will sell 5 million or even 10 million copies worldwide!