"Whoa!" Daniel Quaid, who plays Lindsay's father, once again falls into the pool amid the crowd's exclamations. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Why do I say "again"?

Because this is the third time he has jumped into the pool, today the crew came to the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco for filming. Here, the protagonist's father and mother, who have been separated for many years, are finally reunited, and endless jokes are also staged here.

Now filming is the scene of Daniel Quaid, who plays the father, who is knocked into the swimming pool in excitement after seeing his ex-wife who has not seen him for many years.

What stands out here is, of course, comedy, just like Tom and Jerry in "Cat and Mouse", Daniel Quaid also has to use a very comedic way to drop water. But director Nancy Meyers is obviously not an easy person to satisfy, and in order to shoot from multiple angles, Daniel Quaid jumped three times.

Jumping backwards, sideways, and tumbling, the others were happy to watch, but Daniel Quaid was hard.

"Haha, Daniel, you did a good job this time. Sid smirked and pulled him up.

"What were you kid doing with that DV just now?" said Daniel with a wry smile, a tall, kind middle-aged man with a smile on his face.

"It's nothing, I'm just ordered to make more funny videos to use as DVD highlights. Sid said with a grin.

After greeting Daniel, Sid returned to his resting place, and a woman walked over, "Well, hello Sid, I just wanted to thank you." ”

It's Tina Lohan, Lindsay's mother.

She looked at Sid with some apprehension, but she knew how crazy her husband could be when he was drinking. But Sid, a young man, tamed him well in a few words, which added a bit of mystery to Sid and made Tina Lohan a little more in awe of Sid.

"It's nothing, you just have to treat them well. Sid pouted and said, after talking to Lindsay, Sid asked Old Man Charles to bring Lindsay's parents back.

Although there is still some gap between her parents, Sid doesn't care about it that much, as long as they don't get into trouble during the filming.

"Where's Michael?" Sid looked around, not noticing Lindsay's cheating father.

He ...... He's been in the bar ever since he came here. Tina Lohan said with a slurrel.

"Drinking again?" Sid frowned.

Just then, a waiter from the Four Seasons Hotel came running up to him, "May I ask who is Mr. Leonhardt?"

Sid stopped him, "I am, what's the matter?"

"Hello, there is a phone number looking for you in the side hall. ”

"Call?" Sid asked curiously, "Did the other party say who it was?"

"Nope. The waiter shook his head.

Sid suspiciously made his way to the side hall of the hotel, where a phone was sitting next to the bar. Sid picked up the phone: "Hello?"

"Hey, is that Sid? I'm Durant. An unexpected voice came.

"Durant?" Sid chuckled in his heart, immediately remembering something he had almost forgotten.

"Good news, your Da Vinci Code has won the Crescent Award, and we've decided to publish your novel!" said Durant eagerly.

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The Crescent Award is a monthly novel selection competition held by Random House's Fiction Department, and although it is only an internal competition within Random House, as the largest publishing company in North America, Random House receives nearly 100 novel manuscripts every month. So the competition for the Crescent Award is quite fierce.

"Durant, the results of the Crescent Awards are summed up. A colleague called out to Durant, who was pouring coffee.

"So fast?" said Durant in surprise.

"Hey, Durant, editor-in-chief let's go to the conference room. Another editor said as he ran up from his office.

By the time Durant and others arrived in the conference room, more than half of the statistics had already been announced.

"The fourth place received seven hundred and twenty-six votes. The host said.

Durant glanced around the list announced, without Sid's "Da Vinci Code", could he be in the top three? Durant's heart couldn't help but hit violently.

"Third place went to the short story "The Rabble" with 1,012 votes. The host's words made Durant's heart hang a little.

But the host's voice did not pause at all: "The second place is the short story "You in Another World", with 1,671 votes. ”

Durant's heart hung all of a sudden, could it be the first!?

Although it was beyond his expectations, but thinking about this possibility, Durant was so excited that his heart beat out of his chest.

"The first place went to "The Island Temple", which received 1,834 votes. The host's words made Durant's heart cold all of a sudden, "The Da Vinci Code" didn't make the list??

He wiped his eyes repeatedly, yes, there are no novels in the top ten, how can it be? Durant questioned his judgment for the first time, and the comprehensive evaluation of "The Da Vinci Code" at the editorial meeting also had a B+ grade, and it should not be a problem for such a work to squeeze into the top ten of the Crescent Moon Award, no, the top five are all possible.

But no matter what he thought in his heart, the results had been revealed, and a dejected Durant walked out of the conference room with everyone. Just then, a man rushed in from outside, "Wait a minute!!"

It was the assistant to the editor-in-chief, he held a nameplate in his hand, walked through the crowd to the editor-in-chief and lived a few words, the editor-in-chief frowned and looked at the nameplate in his hand, and then discussed it with him repeatedly, Durant didn't know why, but he suddenly felt that something particularly important had happened.

The editor-in-chief took the nameplate, looked at it a few times and said, "There was a mistake in the statistics group, and one of the shortlisted novels forgot to be added to the list." ”

Everyone looked at each other, this situation was unheard of, so they all looked at the editor-in-chief, "There is also a novel "The Da Vinci Code" shortlisted, and the votes are ......" The editor-in-chief paused, "Six thousand nine hundred and forty-seven votes!"

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"That's the terms of our contract, which includes a certain amount of upfront payment in addition to the publishing agreement for The Da Vinci Code. Durant explained to Sid, who was rushing back to Los Angeles.

Sid opened the contract in duplicate and looked at it carefully, the new paper exuded a faint scent of ink, which made Sid's still somewhat excited heart slowly ease.

After receiving the call, he and Mr. Charles immediately decided to rush back to Los Angeles to settle the publication first.

So Sid rushed back to Los Angeles overnight, and the next day he went to Random House to sign the contract.

And they are now in the conference room of Random House, because "The Da Vinci Code" won a sky-high number of votes at the Crescent Awards, and the editor-in-chief Montgomery decided to publish it on the spot.

"What is an advance payment?" asked Sid, looking at the terms of the contract, curiously.

"It's the novel manuscript fee we pay to the writer in advance, and after the novel is released, it will be deducted from the royalty share, and then you will be paid the rest of the manuscript. Durant explained.

Sid flipped to the relevant page in the file, "Oh, The Da Vinci Code is only $100,000?"

"Well, for the first novel of a new writer, we are all the standard. Durant said.

After Sid carefully browsed the contract, Random House was worthy of being a big-name publishing house, and the agreements were very formal, and there were no pitfalls.

Seeing Sid's careful viewing, Durant took the initiative to explain: "We follow the standard publishing contract for The Da Vinci Code, with a print run of 100,000 for the first edition, 20% royalties (20% of the novel's price), and an advance payment of $100,000. ”

"Then the royalty amount ......," Sid said suddenly.

"What?" Durant frowned, "Sid I know this percentage is not high, but you are also a rookie writer, and this time you have successfully published a novel first, which is the most important thing." After that, I had the experience of successfully publishing a novel, especially the high readers' votes of "The Da Vinci Code", and the editorial department was very optimistic about its potential. Then when you publish your next novel, you can get a better royalty share and manuscript fees. ”

"I don't have a problem with 20% royalties, but I would like to add a condition that after five reprints, we will have to renegotiate the royalty share. Sid remembered the terrifying sales of The Da Vinci Code that swept the world as shown in the information in his mind, and he knew that as a newcomer, he didn't have much leverage now, but he was not willing to give away his low-hanging fruit.

"After five reprints, let's talk about royalty sharing?" This is the first time Durant has encountered this kind of request, and he was stunned for a moment, "Wait a minute, I'll go and ask." ”