The next shooting went very smoothly, and the run-in of the crew and the performances of the actors gradually improved. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info especially Lindsay, under Sid's care, gradually became cheerful again.

This relieved Charles Schell and Nancy (director), and filming in the Arrowhead Lake area ended in August.

"Brother Sid, are you really not going to San Francisco with us?" Lindsay reluctantly pulled Sid's coat by the corner.

"I have some urgent matters that need to go back to Los Angeles to deal with them, and I promise to go to San Francisco to find you as soon as I finish dealing with them. Sid said with a smile.

"Yo, Sid, I've already called, and I've already booked an appointment over there, don't be late tomorrow morning at ten o'clock. Old man Charles Schell came up and said.

"Thank you, old man, you have been a great help this time. Sid nodded gratefully.

"Then don't let us down, Random House isn't such an easy place to book. Old man Charles Schell said with a smile.

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"Hmm, is this Century City?" said Sid, walking northwest of Los Angeles near Century City, the heart of Hollywood, one of the world's most famous movie destinations.

As the center of Los Angeles, Century City is strategically located.

Beverly Hills is bordered to the north, Santa Monica Beach to the west, and Los Angeles International Airport to the south. Like the city of Rome in the world of entertainment, the roads crisscross the city leading to the heart of this bustling and unique part of Hollywood.

For the casual visitor, it's the heart of the city's rich, shopping-lined business, and as the site of Los Angeles' oldest shopping center, it's home to nearly all of the world's top luxury and historic department stores.

In addition to being a shopping paradise, it is also the entertainment center of Los Angeles, with the Walk of Fame, the Chinese Grand Theatre, Universal Studios, and ...... , a number of well-known attractions are closely surrounded around the perimeter of Century City.

But only insiders in the entertainment industry know that compared to the famous Universal Studios, the glamorous Beverly Hills, and Burbank, where film companies are gathered.

Only Century City is truly the central brain of Los Angeles' entertainment industry. Countless film companies, television companies, music companies, and brokerage companies have set up their most important offices in the high-rise office buildings of Century City.

If all over the United States and around the world, the crews that shoot movies are the hands and feet of Hollywood, and the banks and financiers who fund the crews are the blood, then these corporate headquarters concentrated in Century City in North Los Angeles are the brains that direct the entire Hollywood.

And few people know that in addition to these Hollywood giants of film and television music, many giants of the publishing industry have also placed their West Coast branches in Century City. Sid's destination today is one of the biggest of them.

Random House has always been the largest and most famous publishing company in North America, especially after being acquired by the German publishing giant Bertelsmann Group, Random House has become one of the most prestigious publishing houses in the world.

As soon as Sid walked into the building of Random House, he saw that in the bright and spacious hall, people were talking, and before Sid could react, a security guard immediately walked up: "Hello, come to our company today, is there anything wrong?"

"Oh, hello, I'm here to contribute. Sid said with a smile.

"Then please go through the formalities at the reception over there. The security guard pointed to the reception desk at the front desk.

"Okay, thanks. Sid nodded and walked over.

"Welcome, what's the matter with you?" asked the lady at the reception desk kindly, worthy of being a professional employee of a large company like Random House, and she did not behave out of the ordinary at all because of Sid's youth.

Sid smiled and said, "I'm here to contribute." ”

"Do you have an appointment?"

"Yes, at 10 a.m., the appointments were made by Sid Leonhardt and Charles Scher. Sid nodded.

"Then please fill out this form. The front desk lady handed out a standard visitor information form.

"Well, I've graduated from high school, but I don't have a company to work for yet. Sid said as he tapped on the table.

In that case, just in case, please write the name of the school from which you graduated. The front desk lady said kindly.

"Yes, it's written. Sid was quick to get it done.

After being contacted by phone, the front desk lady said, "If you have time, the editor will come down immediately, please go to the No. 3 reception room over there and wait." ”

"Thank you very much. Sid thanked him and walked to the so-called "reception rooms" separated by partitions next to the reception, which were semi-open rooms used by the editors of Random House to talk about novels with new writers.

(It seems that even if you make a reservation, you can't go directly to the editorial office.) Sid secretly thought in his heart that a large-scale multinational enterprise like Random House has its own mature management system, and whether new writers can be promoted depends on the level of their works.

Of course, it's the level of sales.

"I understand your enthusiasm. At this moment, a voice came from the nearby meeting room 1, and Sid followed the voice to see that it was a middle-aged editor and a young contributor discussing the novel.

"But you still have to pay more attention to the reader. The editor said earnestly.

"Yes. The contributor in his twenties answered honestly.

"So I haven't seen this manuscript before. Editor.

"Huh?" the contributor didn't expect his painstaking novel to be rejected so easily.

"Then please think about it again and write another one. The editor concluded, "I look forward to an interesting novel next time." ”

"Thank you very much. The contributor replied weakly as if he had been drained of his strength.

(Oh, are you here to contribute?) Sid looked at it with interest.

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Durant is a rookie editor at Random House, and just after his twenty-sixth birthday, he finally broke away from the title of assistant editor and became a full-fledged editor with a separate office and assistants after working on a few novels with small fire.

This morning, Durant came to work at the publishing house in Century City as usual, and as soon as he got out of the elevator, he encountered a few packages from the postman, and the receptionist at the front desk was signing, and Durant knew that he was coming to submit again.

A publishing house as famous as Random House receives as many manuscripts every day as movie scripts as major Hollywood studios can receive.

However, such blind submissions must first be screened by the people in the draft department and scored before they can be included in the hands of official editors like Durant. After their secondary screening, the few remaining fine books will be discussed at the senior editorial meeting.

Walking into his office, Durant had just taken a sip of coffee when his assistant received a phone call: "Boss, there's an appointment rookie writer downstairs who wants to be interviewed." ”

Contrary to popular belief, although Random House is the largest publishing company in North America, they have been sparing no effort in discovering new writers, especially new fiction writers.

As an official editor, one of Durant's most important jobs is to interview all kinds of new writers. Discover potential newcomers and train them to become best-selling authors.

Such best-selling authors will not only be able to create more popular best-selling novels based on Random House's accurate analysis of the market, but will also have a higher loyalty to the publisher, which is more in line with the development needs of Random House in the long run.

"Okay, in which meeting room?" asked Durant.

"Meeting room 3 on the ground floor. The assistant said.

“OK。 ”

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When Durant walked into the meeting room, he didn't pay attention at first, but when he saw the person sitting upright, he immediately felt excited.

It's not that there are any big-name writers sitting in it, but the rookie writers waiting inside, young beyond imagination.

A fair-skinned and dark-haired teenager sat in the reception room.

He has short black curly hair, revealing a bit of the sunshine temperament unique to a mixed-race child, judging by his age, he should still be in high school, it stands to reason that he should not appear in the reception room of Random House, but should sweat his youth on the basketball court with his peers, or have a vigorous love affair with a girl of the same age.

And when his eyes swept over, Durant couldn't help but breathe. These eyes are actually gold and silver demon pupils of different colors!

As far as Durant knows, there is only a 1 in 10,000 chance of gold and silver demon pupils in the world, and the legendary British rock grandmaster David Powe is the famous gold and silver demon pupils.

This young man's black and right blue gold and silver demon pupils are like elves in oil paintings, and his smart and intelligent aura is rushing to his face. But when you look again, you find that these eyes have become incomparably deep and vast.

The black eyes, black and pure, like black agate, have a complex charm, like a black hole, so that the people facing him can't help but fall into it.

The blue pupils are blue and brilliant, and you can clearly see the bright and brilliant sea breeze like the ocean from afar, which makes people feel intoxicated.

His whole body seems to have undergone many hardships, through the precipitation of time, sunshine, profundity, aura, wisdom, and a variety of temperaments are wonderfully blended together, forming a unique charming aura, powerful but unconsciously falling.

"Yes, Sid?" Although Durant was surprised by the other party's young and handsome, he quickly returned to his professional posture, after all, this is Random House, not a Hollywood draft venue. Judging a person is still based on his creative talent, not the skin given by his parents.

"Yes. Sid stood up and looked at Durant, a tall, flat-headed young man. During the waiting period, Sid seemed to return to the green years when he first entered the workplace, and the long-lost feeling of waiting to be judged made him feel a little excited.