"A little more leverage?" asked Ali Emmanuel, confused. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Sid bent down again, and he slapped another manuscript on the table.

"This, this ......" Even the well-informed Ali Emmanuel was a little confused.

But this was only the beginning, and one manuscript after another, thick and thin, was smashed on the table by Sid, and finally the manuscripts were stacked on the table, taller than Sid and Ali Emmanuel.

"Is this ......?" Ali Emmanuel swallowed again, he had guessed the beginning, but he definitely didn't expect the end.

Sid knocked on the manuscript that had been piled together, "There are 12 novels here: "24 Hours," "Lost," "Desperate Housewives," "Fairy Tale Town," "Madagascar," "How to Train Your Dragon," "Despicable Me," "Crazy Hominids," "Pirates of the Caribbean," "The Impostor," "National Treasure," and "Magic." ”

"There's spy fiction, there's children's literature, there's science fiction and family ethics. Then I need you to auction off these novels within this year. Since you've just promised $10 million for my new book, the expected revenue for the 12 novels here is $120 million. ”

Sid's words caused Ali Emmanuel to swallow for the third time, and he felt 100,000 alpacas running wildly in his heart.

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By the beginning of November of '97, three book reviews of novels broke the already unstable American publishing market. As for the reason, it is also very simple, these three new novels that have not been released are all from the same author - Leon Hart.

Now it is sweeping the United States and even the global novel market, and the author of "The Da Vinci Code", Leonhardt, who continues to break all the sales records of novels in the United States, has launched a new book.

That's enough to look forward to in itself, and the book reviews are written by all famous fiction people.

For example, the person who wrote a book review for the spy novel "24 Hours" in the New York Times was Mr. Tom Clancy, a master of American military fiction.

Readers from the non-Western world don't know much about Tom Clancy. But for readers in the Western world, Tom Clancy is to military novels what Jin Yong is to martial arts novels.

As a master of Cold War-era military fiction, both the CIA and the Pentagon used Tom Clancy's novels to train their generals, and he was the only non-professional layman to guide the U.S. military. And his famous work "Hunting Red October" can be called a classic of Cold War military novels.

And his book review of "24 Hours", as the first shot of this new series of books, is definitely eye-catching.

"'24 Hours' almost made me urinate stones!

I've never seen such a brilliant and compact spy novel, unlike the slow, sissy old-school spy movies of the past.

"24 Hours" is fast-paced, and it does not rely on boring fantasy and illogical playfulness to attract readers. On the contrary, it is fast-paced and full of tension throughout the whole process, relying on an unimaginable plot design and deep excavation of various characters to win.

Maybe you're curious why it's called "24 Hours". That's because the time in the whole novel happens in one day! Yes, I can't believe this crazy author, Leon Hart! He turns every hour into a chapter, and all the characters and story threads are choreographed to perfection that is as accurate as that of a surgeon.

turned this long day into a wonderful plot that seems to be a medicine, making you want to stop, and you can't wait to read it in one go.

Solemnly recommend, never drink water before reading this novel, you won't want to jump to the toilet like me.

I'm glad to see such a cutting-edge spy novel come out in an era when the sissy James Bond is about to be overwhelmed. There is no doubt that Leonhardt, with his "24 Hours", has put us into the 21st century ahead of schedule!"

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Manhattan, New York

This is the headquarters meeting room of Random House in the Rockefeller Building, and the atmosphere is solemn in the bright conference room, and the current chairman, Peter Olson, stands in front of the large floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the crowd at the foot of Manhattan.

His silent majestic appearance made the many high-level atmospheres sitting around dare not come out. Suddenly, Peter Olsen turned around, and his sharp eyes made the executives shrink their necks.

"Gentlemen, we want to know. Why would a writer who made his debut under our banner choose to openly bid for a new book in a newspaper? Are our editors blinded?"

"B, Boss, it's all because the editors in the Los Angeles office only rated The Da Vinci Code a B, so we only signed a publishing contract with Sid, and we didn't sign a one-year contract with the writer. Although the director of the publishing department was trembling, he did not hesitate to dump the pot on the subordinates of the Los Angeles branch.

The editor-in-chief of Montgomery and Durant, who flew from Los Angeles to attend the meeting, were sitting down, and when they heard this, Durant immediately couldn't sit still: "What! You!?"

Montgomery's editor-in-chief stopped Durant in a spicy manner, knowing that the two of them had no power to argue in front of this group of headquarters executives.

"Why! Where are you from, do you know what this place is?" said the director of the publishing department, and his attitude immediately became arrogant.

That arrogant and domineering appearance made Durant's teeth itch.

A bunch of rice buckets!

Peter Olsen couldn't wait to kick these unresponsive subordinates off the rooftops of the building, when was this time coming, they were still here to blame each other, wasting time!

"The Da Vinci Code" has been on the market for more than a month, but the sales boom has not decreased, but has increased, sweeping the book market all the way, and with the release of the translated version in overseas countries. Fools can see that this novel has a faint tendency to win the throne of the king of American novels.

And such a super A-level writer, before publishing a new book review, his company actually did not receive a little news, which is quite interesting in itself.

Although Random House's reputation on the other side of the ocean is not obvious, as a hegemon-level enterprise that has long dominated the North American book market, Random House has a high reputation in Europe, America and even the whole world. Not only have they been leading the market, but they have also had a significant impact on academia and popular culture around the world.

Not only have they won numerous top prizes such as the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Pulitzer Prize, but they also have an accurate judgment of popular culture and a jaw-dropping ability to plan. Random House once turned a best-selling book into a legend, and asked President Roosevelt to advertise its books, begging Customs to confiscate his books in order to break the ban of American law......

The unbelievable and exquisite planning has amazed countless readers and industry insiders.

But it is such a pioneer company that is one step ahead of others everywhere, but now it is caught off guard by others, which is simply a slap in the face of Peter Olsen!

What's more, since the first half of this year, Germany's Bertelsmann Group has begun to frequently attempt to hostilely acquire Random House, which has put a lot of pressure on it in the capital market. This has made Peter Olsen face tremendous competitive pressure every day for half a year.

"Have you ever wondered what would happen if these three novels were acquired by our opponents!?" Peter Olsen said, picking up the analysis on his desk, staring at everyone with the eyes of a wolf king.

The senior editors of Random House had already made a detailed analysis of the trial drafts of Sid's new books that had been sent to major publishing houses, and had made a general conclusion on the reviews of famous books published in newspapers and magazines.

Whether it's "24 Hours" or "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives," all senior editors unanimously agree that it is a strong bestseller with an A+ rating.

But that's also nonsense!

The first batch of novels selected by Sid are all super-masterpieces that are all popular and dominant. For example, "24 Hours", as a spy war drama with the theme of action packing, committed crimes against the wind during the "Strike Hard Period" two months after 911, when the entire Hollywood withdrew violent, bloody, and horror movies.

"24 Hours" was broadcast against the trend, but it received 8.6 million popular ratings, you must know that this is 8 million ratings in the two months after 911, and its gold content can be imagined. After the 911 effect, "24 Hours" immediately reached the top of tens of millions of ratings.

And the media's evaluation of it is even more popular, "24 Hours" seems to be a simple anti-terrorist confrontation, but it contains fierce and sharp human choices, and the tense plot design is almost suffocating. It has swept more than 40 large and small awards in the American drama industry.

As for "Lost", it is known as a generation of divine dramas, with ratings of more than 20 million at one time.

Before "Lost", science fiction dramas have been in an awkward position, science fiction dramas have to rely on powerful computer special effects to attract people, but the financial and budget constraints of the TV series itself make it less than the movies with big investment in terms of visual effects, and the mediocre script is difficult to adapt to the rhythm of American dramas.

So science fiction dramas have always been tepid.

But the appearance of "Lost" broke this confinement, and it almost fundamentally changed the situation of science fiction American dramas, and it was only after "Lost" that science fiction American dramas began to become an official category.

Even Reuters said: "'Lost' itself represents a science fiction era." ”

Needless to say, the last "Desperate Housewives" reached an average rating of 20.7 million after its opening hit with an unnatural rating of 23 million. Even Laura, then the first lady of the United States, was "captured" by her, jokingly calling herself a "desperate housewife". Even those who oppose it can only say that "Desperate Housewives" shakes the family view of middle-class America.

The impact of "Desperate Housewives" can be seen here, and professional critics have also said that "Desperate Housewives" is the only female-oriented drama series after "Sex and the City" that can be compared.