"You don't seem to like this kind of occasion a little, huh?" a long-haired beauty in a pale gold dress walked up to Zhang Chu with a glass of champagne.

Located in the third ring road of Yanjing, the French Cultural Center is one of the first foreign cultural centers to open in China, with a library, café and cinema on the first floor, the French Alliance on the second floor, and the French Higher Education Agency on the third floor.

After the award ceremony, Zhang Chu and the others celebrated at the party in the cultural center.

It's just that when facing many strangers and media reporters, Zhang Chu felt that his face was about to stiffen with laughter.

Of course, it's okay to be a maverick, but if you want to mix in society, you still have to pay attention to these, and you can't let reporters find an opportunity to publish news that Zhang Chu has a black face and a cold face and won the medal, which is not good news for either party!

"I'm probably still an otaku at heart. ”

Zhang Chu smiled self-deprecatingly, he can hide from these things, and now it is his big day, and if he can't hide, he can only show up at the cultural center.

Staggered, a happy scene, Zhang Chu, who was wearing a suit, couldn't help but loosen the collar of his shirt.

The lady didn't look very old, and the curves of her body looked very good under the gown, and then she said: "Maybe this is a common problem of you writers, I used to be here at the party because an actor was decorated and he is much more beautiful than you." ”

"I guess so. ”

Zhang Chu didn't think anything wrong about her, so he didn't rack his brains to think about how to make the atmosphere not embarrassing, just when the two were speechless, another middle-aged man with a big belly walked over.

As one of the heads of China's foreign exchange department, Gu Shunyu said with emotion: "It is said that heroes are teenagers, and you have now become the business card of our Chinese writers in the world, which is really not simple!"

"Director Gu is too exaggerated, I'm just an ordinary person. Zhang Chu said modestly.

"The effect of your book "The Da Vinci Code" is global, using literary works to disseminate culture, and achieving economic benefits while spreading culture. Maybe we can do the same. ”

Gu Shunyu was full of regret in his heart, if this Da Vinci code was written about Chinese culture and art, it could be called a representative of cultural export.

Another person who looked very faceless said: "It is said that fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, maybe we can also build Chinese traditional culture and spread it through some way, so that more foreigners can understand and admire it." This is not only conducive to the protection of traditional Chinese culture, but also conducive to the sustainable development of Chinese culture. ”

The smile on Zhang Chu's face was a little stiff, he had indeed thought about these questions, and now many publishing houses were contacting Hanlin Culture Media Company about the English version of "Sou Shen Ji" and "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and other language versions.

Originally, no one cared about these two sets of works, and even Random House, which had cooperated with Zhang Chu for a long time, politely declined, but now after Zhang Chu became popular with "The Da Vinci Code", the rest of his works have become fragrant!

"Life of Pi" and "Sherlock" have been included in Random House, but the rest of Zhang Chu's works have not yet been touched.

And these two books happen to be works with Chinese characteristics, as long as they are packaged, it should not be a problem for them to become general bestsellers under Zhang Chu's fame.

Many publishing companies have even figured out how to publicize it, the oriental version of the Da Vinci code written by Zhang Chu himself!

This gimmick must be eye-catching enough.

With these two books in place, Zhang Chu does not need to deliberately write to promote Chinese culture for the time being, and if they can be successfully published, it will be considered a complete task.

Don't expect how much you can sell, after all, the cultural differences are huge, and if you can sell one set, it's a set!

At present, Hanlin Culture Media has not yet chosen a publishing company to cooperate with, but the only thing that is certain is that the translation is not Zhang Chu himself, he is only responsible for the final review.

The publishing company hired a translator, and the translated things were handed over to Zhang Chu for review, and he was the author and fluent in English, so it was a good position to take on this position.

But he still can't be relaxed, at least how to express many professional words requires Zhang Chu to coordinate and communicate with translators, such as touching the golden captain, looking at feng shui, funeral goods, tomb robbers, etc.

It's just that after translating the compass into a compass and the zongzi into zombies, the taste of tomb robbery is much less!

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After coming out of the French Cultural Center, Zhang Chu did not drive by himself, and now the drunk driving investigation is very strict, he doesn't want to destroy his future because of various programs on negative news.

The company assigned him an assistant who wears many hats, in addition to being an assistant, he is also a security guard and a driver, and he can also run errands and buy things when necessary.

This position seems to be more troublesome, but it is actually very easy, because Zhang Chu will only follow up when he attends public events, and the rest of the time he can play games in the company!

"Brother Xu, you can send me back to the company directly, Sister Ye is already waiting for us. ”

Zhang Chu felt that his good days were about to end, and he had to re-enter the busy state.

Xu Xiaofeng replied while looking at the rearview mirror: "No problem, aren't we waiting for Brother Zhou?"

"Don't wait for him, Uncle Zhou has to help me here, I left early, and he, the agent, still can't go. ”

Some connections are actually established by agents, how can these writers or celebrities have so much spare time to socialize!

The old driver Xu Xiaofeng didn't say much, and the car soon arrived safely downstairs of Hanlin Culture Media Company, and Zhang Chu took the elevator with him after getting out of the car.

At this time, the employees in the company are working hard, they enjoy the industry's high wages and benefits, and at the same time, they are also working hard, and the copyright transactions need to be completed by employees.

Ye Shumei was wearing a white suit, and the whole person looked heroic and sassy, full of capable strong woman demeanor.

When she saw Zhang Chu coming, she greeted her and said, "I got the French Knight Medal today, do we have to call you a knight when we see you in the future?"

"I didn't expect Sister Ye that you also like to watch some Western illusions, this knight medal is about to overflow, when I get the commander medal, you can call me commander again." ”

Obviously it was his own company, but Zhang Chu felt that he hadn't come to check it for a while, and his office was spotlessly clean and empty all year round!

Ye Shumei took a stack of things, and she said exaggeratedly: "We have been looking forward to you for so long, and now these are the to-do items that have been accumulated for a long time." ”

Zhang Chu's eyebrows jumped, and he secretly said in his heart that it was not good, how many things must be this!

"Don't worry, solve it slowly, one by one. ”

Although some things can be communicated on the phone and WeChat, it is obviously best to be open face-to-face.

After a brief chat, Ye Shumei and the two focused on business, these things are very important!

"Let's talk about happiness first, there is news from the crew of "Farewell My Concubine" that the filming is going very smoothly, Director Xu Ji has strong control, and several leading actors are also powerful movie stars. You can go to the shooting set and see that they are about to release their first stills. ”

"As long as the filming is good, I'm a layman in acting, so it's better not to point fingers. ”

Zhang Chu asked curiously: "When do they plan to release it?"

"It is estimated that in February, the chairman of the Berlin Film Festival has sent an invitation letter to Mr. Xu, wanting to invite him to participate in the film festival. After all, the old man won the Silver Bear Award here. ”

"Isn't that foolishness!"

It's already November now, but the film is still being filmed, and the movie may not even be finished in February, so don't you want post-editing and soundtrack?

Foreigners who can't understand Chinese have to be equipped with subtitle translation, which also takes time.

Time was too rushed, Zhang Chu sat up straight, he shook his head and said: "How can you be so impetuous in making a movie, I have to call Director Xu to talk about this matter, don't sacrifice the quality of the film in order to participate in the film festival." ”

If you miss the Berlinale in February, Cannes in June and Venice in September, there's no need to hang yourself from a tree!

Nowadays, the competition in these film festivals is also extremely fierce, the number of filmmakers in the world is limited, and the excellent filmmakers are even rarer.

Although there are many films produced every year, but there are very few works of good quality, but now there are more and more film festivals, the Toronto Film Festival and the New York Film Festival are gradually catching up with the world's largest film market, and the Tokyo Film Festival's influence in the Asia-Pacific region is gradually increasing.

That's why the chairman of the Berlin Film Festival wants to give "Farewell My Concubine" as soon as possible, and it is of course best to be shortlisted for the main competition unit, and if it can't be shortlisted, it can be used as the opening film or exhibition film, maybe the film premiere can be held here!

After all, Xu Ji has a good reputation in the world, and the movie script is adapted from Zhang Chu's name of the same name.

In the past, these old film festivals definitely couldn't look at Zhang Chu's script, but with the popularity of "The Da Vinci Code", this black spot has also become a highlight!

"Don't get excited, we'll definitely communicate with the studio over there to keep track of the progress. ”

Where is this good news, it obviously makes Zhang Chu worried.

If you really want speed, you may have to sacrifice quality, which is very undesirable.

Zhang Chu waved his hand, "Let's talk about the rest, this good news is really hard to accept." ”

"Warner Bros. producer David is reaching out to us again to ask if we have sold the rights to the Da Vinci Code, and he wants to organize a crew to take care of the project. ”

"You can't put all your eggs in one basket, and who knows if David will mess up Life of Pi. Whether it's for diversification or other reasons, I don't think it's a good idea to hand it over to him. ”

Ye Shumei nodded approvingly, "A person's energy is limited, and David can't represent Warner Bros." What's more, Warner's conditions aren't the best. After initial negotiations, Disney's offer has come to the first place, and it is rumored that they are the same company that hired Nielsen market research, and the results of the survey should be very good, otherwise they would not have increased the price suddenly!"

A few days ago, many Americans were invited to participate in the questionnaire outside the bookstore, on the road and even in the movie theater, and there is also a questionnaire circulating on the Internet, and the data sample is quite large.

Zhang Chu asked for a long time: "How is Disney's offer now?"

"EN, the copyright fee is $10 million and 1% global box office dividends, if there is a sequel, they are willing to increase the copyright fee and box office dividends to 12 million + 1.5%!"

"It's still too little. Zhang Chu shook his head, "If the box office reaches $500 million, we will be able to get 1% of the box office dividends." The popularity of these two films is completely different, how can it be the same proportion. ”

Ye Shumei sighed: "Disney thinks it can't be too high at the box office, after all, it's a 2D film, and it's not a superhero." If the cost on you is high, then the production cost will be compressed, and you can't afford to hire good actors and directors at all. ”

"He is willing to spend $20 million and a 20% box office bonus superstar, and he is not willing to spend money to buy a better script, which is really enough!"

That's the reality of Hollywood, where a top star seems to be more important than a good script.

But in the big-budget movies that are saved every year, many of them are starring A coffee.

"We all feel that there is still a lot of room for negotiation, Disney may have high expectations for this movie, otherwise it would not have given this price, and we can strive to talk about a few more points in terms of global box office dividends. ”

In the face of Ye Shumei's proposal, Zhang Chu nodded approvingly: "Delaying it will only benefit us, you can properly convey Disney's condition to the rest of the companies, and after they fight, we can make a profit!"

"Boss, don't worry. None of the major Hollywood film companies have spies in each other's companies, this news has not been kept secret at all, and it has long been spread. ”

In one day, "The Da Vinci Code" can sell tens of thousands of more copies around the world, and many more readers and ordinary audiences will come.

These are all very good for Hanlin Culture Media, so that the price will not be depressed!

"One more thing, Random House has some regrets, they want to get the English distribution rights for your two copies. ”

Zhang Chu couldn't help but complain: "Why did they go earlier, and now I only remember when I see other publishing companies grabbing English copyrights." I couldn't have given them anything if I wanted to!"

Profit is the real thing, and if Zhang Chu's work can't bring benefits to their company, it will be kicked away.

"Random House wants the copyright of "Ghost Blows the Lantern" and "Sou Shen Ji", so let's take practical action!"

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Recently, the elders in the family passed away, and they have been riddled with mundane things, and today it has finally come to an end.

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