Chapter 138, Decision, Disclosure of Identity
At half past nine in the morning, together with Sophie, who was on her way to New York, and her friends Sissi, Alice was invited to appear in the editorial office of Bantam Books. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
When I stopped at the door, I saw that in this huge public office area, there were busy editors everywhere, and the desks were full of materials. As soon as I get to work, I have to be busy like this, and I really deserve to be a bantam!
Alice coughed loudly.
"Hey, look who's coming!"
A young man near the door subconsciously raised his head and immediately shouted in surprise: "Alice!"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and more than a dozen people in the office looked up when they heard the sound, and when they saw the girl at the door, they all subconsciously stood up.
"Alice, welcome!"
"Hey Alice, did you bring us a new book this time?"
"Bryde, how can you be so anxious for quick success? Hey Alice, how are you doing, have you found a boyfriend?"
"Sophie, good morning. Oh Alice, this is your friend?Sissi?oh Hi Sissi, my name is Susanna~"
Several of the editors who were close to him immediately greeted Alice and greeted Alice. The New York Times best-selling writers, who seem mysterious to the outside world, are acquaintances they see every day.
Alice greeted everyone one by one, and then looked into the room: "What about the Browns?"
An editor immediately ran to the corner of the office, where there are independent offices of senior editors, although they are not editor-in-chief, but as the world's top editorial department, the company naturally has such resources.
"Brown! Hey, Brown! Damn, he's slamming the office door so tightly again!
The door soon opened, and Brown, who had a slight bow, strode out, happily opening his arms: "Alice, and Sophie!
Sophie looked around, it was the first time she came to the Bantam editorial office: "You guys have a good environment here, is the elevator made by Mitsubishi?"
"That's right, over the last few years, the United States has really become more and more controlled by that damn country. ”
With the sound of chuckling, another man heard the sound and walked from a distance, and politely stretched out his hand to Sophie: "Editor-in-chief, Domingo, on behalf of Chairman Speike, who is in a meeting in Toronto, greetings to you." ”
Alice raised an eyebrow slightly, and shook his hand after Sophie: "Speaking of which, I have met with Speike twice in total, and neither of them is at Bantam Headquarters, which is quite interesting." ”
After a few words of small talk, the conference room was quickly cleared, and Brown, Domingo, and Alice took their seats, and a female clerk poured tea for them with a smile on her face.
"Everyone is familiar with each other, and I won't say too much about polite words. ”
After taking a sip of tea, Domingo paused for a moment and said with a wry smile: "Alice, I could have guessed at that time that your "Scarlet Fairy Tale" would definitely cause a sensation!"
Alice smiled dryly.
Domingo continued: "The letters from readers that we receive from all over the country, we have not been processed, and they are all in storage. But Alice, you know, in the last two months, even overseas readers have started asking us about you. ”
Alice smiled dryly again, Sophie smiled wryly, and Sissi snorted.
"In addition, although it only occupies some positions in the entertainment sector, Alice, the public's curiosity about your true identity is really unbearable. ”
Domingo handed over three or two newspapers, and the page he opened was the culture page, written in black and white, with huge English letters in one sentence: "Who is she?"
The accompanying picture is a dinosaur in Jurassic Park, and a ......
"Female vampire? And she paints so charmingly? Tsk, where did this newspaper find a painter, the level is really good!"
Alice's eyes were really attracted by the sketch of this female blood clan, typical long wavy hair, bewitching and charming appearance and bumpy figure, coupled with that deep V-neck backless evening dress, to be honest, it can really mobilize hormones.
"Haha, don't worry about those details. ”
Brown smiled and waved his hand, looking at Sophie and Alice at the same time: "So what are your plans? At the beginning, without revealing the identity of the writer, you can use the curiosity of the people to increase sales appropriately, but if the level is too much, it will be bad." You may not have been following the industry news, Alice, and Ms. Sophie, there are a lot of fans who are connecting you to Ghost Record and asking child advocacy groups to investigate your family. ”
Due to the situation, Alice also took the initiative to reveal her identity as a director to the bantam crowd. In fact, this is also a trend, the director and writer with the same name and who has not appeared in public, and everyone else is just that, how can the people in the editorial department be hidden?
Sophie nodded steadily: "We also know a little bit about these, but Mr. Brown, the reason why Alice wrote the book in the first place was not to be a public figure in the entertainment industry. If her identity as a writer is revealed, it is impossible to hide the identity of the director, and when the time comes, our house in Culver City will definitely be harassed frequently. ”
"It's not that we can't move, but we have no plans to live in a small suburban town. Even if it's a Beverly mansion, it can't stop the paparazzi from taking photos 24 hours a day, right?"
This sentence is really tasteful, and both editors have to admit it. Although they didn't know that Alice was also the boss of Cisco and a shareholder of Microsoft, they also knew for a long time that she really didn't plan to make a living by writing books and making movies. For actors and stars, being followed by reporters is part of their job, but if they are replaced by other people, it can only be unbearable.
After all, everyone knows that after Alice's identity is exposed, a comparison of age and achievements will definitely make her a star no less than a second-tier actor!
At the age of twelve, he wrote his debut film "Jurassic Park" and made the film "Ghost Record", the former was on the New York Times bestseller list for many months, and the latter generated a box office of $200 million at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars. After such a miracle, at the age of thirteen, he wrote "Scarlet Fairy Tales", which did not match his age and was full of NC-17 plots, which aroused the concern and suspicion of readers around the world......
If such a girl doesn't become a star, is there a second possibility!?
"However, a certain degree of statement is still needed. ”
After a few moments, Domingo had this to say: "After all, you don't want child rights groups to really come to the door to investigate, do you......?
"For example, if there really wasn't anything, then why didn't Alice show up? ”
Alice took the conversation and said matter-of-factly: "Then there will be another round of public indignation, and then either the rights organization will come to the door again, or the paparazzi will peep outside the lawn twenty-four hours a day, it will definitely be annoying." ”
Sissi looked at her and spoke, "What do you mean?"
Alice touched her chin: "Then let's be interviewed, it's a matter of time before I become famous anyway, can't I go to high school in another city?"
Sissi rolled her eyes vigorously: "Please, in order not to be harassed by the paparazzi, go to high school in a remote town?" Then you can just fly back to China, I think there are several high schools in Shanghai with good quality, or why don't you just die there?"
These words were really sour for a while, and Sissi almost poured the vinegar bottle on her head. I've known each other for two or three years, and not long ago, I also "confessed" to Youmu, this front foot just soaked her in the hand, and the back foot said that she was going to go away from home!?
At this moment, she even had a strange thought: Even if she had to leave, shouldn't she eat and wipe her clean before leaving?
Not to mention what Sissi's little head was pondering, Sophie also smiled bitterly, and immediately gave Alice a knife to the back of her neck.
"What nonsense, just to clarify your identity to the public, and go to a remote town to go to high school? Fifteen years old, stinky girl, you haven't gone to the power to live alone, do you want our whole family to go with you?"
"Oops...... I know you're good at law, don't show off~"
With that, Alice hooked her finger at Brown.
"That's right, we took a week off from school and that's enough time. You can help contact the relevant TV station, and just say, I, Alice Wang, the author of two best-selling books and the emerging director of DreamWorks, am going to reveal my identity to the public!"
Alice said in a straight voice, with an open expression!
After all, when I have nothing to do, I will definitely write some scripts or novels or something, and several of them are children's themes, which is really doubtful. If you really don't show up and recruit a child rights organization, then it will be a lot of fun! )