"Mr. Spencer, the sales of "Wolf Hall" don't seem to be as good as your famous work, "The Da Vinci Code" sells so much, and the story is not so exciting, and now many people say that you are Jiang Lang's talent, what do you think about this problem?"

Joey Hathaway leaned forward slightly and continued to ask.

Regarding the problem that Hathaway mentioned just now, Severn also saw it in the newspaper, and he scoffed at it, a British historical novel, it is already very good to sell 10 million, what more can you ask for?

What's more, Severn's original intention of writing "Wolf Hall" was not for sales, but for the Booker Prize.

It can only be said that those people are black for the sake of black, and the two books are not comparable at all, so Severn shook his head and said: "Actually, I don't want to answer this question, but since you have already asked, then I will explain briefly."

There is no comparison between the two books, one is a detective novel, the other is a historical novel, and in terms of attracting readers' interest, historical fiction is a little weak, you can see the sales of historical novels over the years.

"Wolf Hall" can sell 10 million copies, which is a very high sales volume in historical novels. ”

Joey Hathaway took a very serious record of what Severn said, and this issue is now a hot discussion among ordinary people, so Hathaway asked this question.

After all, they also have to cater to the market.

"Mr. Spencer, this single 'Five Hundred Miles' is your arrangement of Hedy West's ballad, why did you want to adapt this song? There are still many fans who wonder why you didn't rewrite a new song?"

"First of all, to answer your first question, for the adaptation of "Five Hundred Miles", in fact, it was also a love at the time. When I first came to the United States, I always felt a little strange, and I unconsciously evoked nostalgia, and when I walked that day, I happened to see a wandering singer singing in the square, so I wanted to express my nostalgia in the form of singing.

The adaptation of "Five Hundred Miles" was completely arbitrary, and I didn't expect it to be so highly praised by music critics and major newspapers. ”

"The second question is, why didn't I write a new song? Actually, it's harder to write a song than to write a novel, so I only came out with an album, eleven songs, and 12 songs including "Dream It Possible", how can I write a new song again in such a short period of time. ”

.......

In this way, Severn and Hathaway asked and answered, and two hours passed quickly.

"Last question, Mr. Spencer, you created your own Internet company, do you intend to go into business instead of being a writer or singer?"

Hearing this, Severn couldn't help but smile with his hands crossed: "Is there an identity conflict between these three? I did create an Internet company, but that doesn't mean that I don't write novels or sing new songs, maybe in the future, you can still see the movies I participated in."

It's just that I've started the company and spend less time on these things, but I'm sure I'll still be able to publish a new book and a new song every year. ”

Severn's answer made Hathaway's eyes light up instantly, and she couldn't help but ask again, "Mr. Spencer, you said you were going to act in a movie?"

Hearing Hathaway's words, Severn smiled and shook his finger and said, "That was the last question just now, is this an addition?"

"Uh~"

Apparently Hathaway also realized that she had just said something, but she still had a way, so she immediately changed her words: "This is my personal question, if Mr. Spencer does not want to answer it, I don't need to answer it." ”

"Hehe, no, it's not a secret, I will indeed participate in movies in the future, because I will adapt my novel into a movie and show it to the world. Severn said confidently.

"Is it The Da Vinci Code or The Wolf Hall, or is it both?" Hathaway blurted out.

Severn shook his head and smiled mysteriously:

"Neither. ”

"Oh?"

Hathaway was a little puzzled at first, then suddenly appeared, and then asked with some surprise, "Mr. Spencer is talking about a new novel?"

Severn smiled but did not answer, but Severn's demeanor, Hathaway believed that Severn was definitely already thinking of a new novel in his head, and he was going to put it on the big screen.

Thinking of this, Hathaway couldn't help but get excited.

Big news!

Absolutely big news!

Unexpectedly, Severn still had this kind of plan, not long after the completion of a "Wolf Hall", Severn was going to write a new novel, and he also planned to adapt it into a movie and star in it himself.

Hathaway could already imagine the uproar she would cause when she spread the news.

It took a few minutes for Hathaway to digest the news, and then said apologetically to Severn:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Spencer, I was a little distracted. ”

"It doesn't matter. ”

......

After the interview, Severn took Hathaway to dinner again, and officially ended the New York Times interview. However, after eating, Severn did not immediately return to the Hilton Hotel, but drove to Silicon Valley again to meet Sydney Sandberg.

It was still the small café outside Google, and Severn sat quietly, waiting for Sydney's arrival.

A moment later.

"I'm sorry, I'm late. ”

As soon as Sydney Sandberg came in, he made a close salute to Severn, and then apologized, the relationship between the two has been much more familiar in the past few days than when they first met, so their actions and words seem more close.

"It's okay, I haven't been here for long, or Macchiato?"

"Hmm. ”

Sydney Sandberg smiled beautifully, don't look at her thirty-two years old, but her appearance is still exquisite, and after a long career in the workplace, her temperament is particularly fascinating.

"How are you handling things at Google?" asked Severn, who had agreed to leave the UK to join Facebook, so she would have to resign from her role at Google.

Sydney Sandberg nodded, "The resignation has been submitted, and now we are waiting for the higher-ups to agree." ”

"They didn't say anything?" Severn was a little surprised.

"What can I say, this is a normal resignation, and I haven't done anything against the interests of the company. Sydney couldn't help but look at Severn angrily.

"That's good, now that you've joined us on Facebook, we're definitely going to be able to do that. ”

With Sydney Sandberg joining Facebook, Severn is reassured about Facebook's development in the next few years.

Severn is not a very good leader, he is not very good at management, otherwise he would not have been the CEO of a small Internet company in his last life.

And now he is entangled in many things, and he is basically in a free-range state for Facebook, but fortunately, Facebook is still small now, and there are only two or three projects, and there are not many places where he is needed.

Because of his identity, the development in the UK has not been hindered too much, but it will definitely be different in the future, the next few years, it is the rise of the Internet economy in the years, if there is no super capable person sitting on Facebook, then the development of Facebook will inevitably produce many obstacles.

That's why Severn gave 11% of the shares to Sydney Sandberg, just because he wanted to put her on his chariot right now.

In the future, Severn only needs to be responsible for the general development direction of Facebook, which is also in line with Severn's original plan.

Hearing Severn's praise for his ability, Sydney smiled and said, "Now that I'm putting my future on you, don't let me down." ”

"Of course. ”