Chapter 30: The Value of the Work

On Tuesday morning, Domingo arrived at the office on time. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As the senior editor-in-chief of Bantam Books, he has spent thirty years in the industry and is not far from retirement. This morning, just as he was about to walk into his editor-in-chief's office, he was stunned to find that the public coffee machine at the door was almost drunk.

He remembered it very well, until he left work last night, and the machine still had a third of its capacity left!

Domingo thought of Brown immediately, and he knew that his dear old colleague had received another manuscript the previous afternoon, and it seemed to be such a brilliant work that he had not been out of the office all afternoon. So when Brown advertised that he was going to work overtime tonight, Domingo wasn't surprised.

But what happens to drinking so many baristas?

"Auror, you drank all this coffee last night!?"

When he walked into Mr. Brown's office, he found his old colleague sitting behind his desk, with a dark eye under his eyes, reading a manuscript with gusto.

"Orore, Oroor!"

It wasn't until Domingo shouted three times that Brown snapped back to his senses.

"Les, oh my God, now...... It's morning?"

Hearing Brown's weak voice, Domingo immediately frowned, and couldn't help but reprimand: "Auror, you are not young now, people in their forties, children are in the tenth grade, please for the sake of your own health, don't stay up late, okay?"

"Ah...... Okay, okay. ”

Brown nodded at first, but then, perhaps the overdose of coffee stimulated his nerves, and he jerked himself to his feet!

"Rice...... Oh!"

"Hey, Auror, be careful!oh shit, I said you're not in good shape, you haven't stood up all night with such a big cup of water for coffee!?"

The dull collision caused the picture frame on the table to flip over, because he hadn't stood up all night, and Brown, who was in his forties, refused to accept old age and had a close contact with his beloved desk.

However, he ignored his pain at all, pressed the shoulder of the editor-in-chief who was about to support him, and shouted: "Rice, a classic work has been born!"

As he spoke, he shoved the manuscript of "Jurassic Park" to Domingo: "Look at this novel, I promise you will never regret it!"

To make the veteran editor with fifteen years of experience so excited, it will never be an ordinary work, and Domingo instantly chose to believe his old colleague.

As he walked towards the editor-in-chief's office, he asked, "What type of book is it? Who is the author? Which one has been working with for many years? When did it come from?"

"Last night, it was last night, no, it was sent yesterday afternoon, but I didn't finish reading it until last night, and then I kept watching it repeatedly, and I haven't had time to contact the other party. But Rice, you know what, the author is a Chinese woman!"

Although he walked into the editor-in-chief's room, Domingo didn't have time to sit down in his chair, put the thick stack of manuscripts on his desk, he smiled and patted Brown and said, "Why are you so excited? I said John, you are an old colleague for more than ten years, although Chinese female writers are not common, but they will not surprise you so much, right? Could it be that your menopause has arrived?"

"Your menopause has just arrived!"

Brown glared at Domingo viciously: "Science fiction! This book is a science fiction novel, and it takes place in the contemporary era, no, it happened five years later, and it is written in a very deep way! Can I not ...... a Chinese female writer suddenly creates this kind of work In short, you will know it when you see it!"

Domingo was somewhat surprised to hear that this manuscript turned out to be science fiction. After all, generally speaking, most of the books written by female writers belong to the social level, or they are aimed at the field of children's literature, such as focusing on the direction of literature and art, as for the field of science fiction, it is really almost all male world, writers and readers are like this.

If a Chinese-American female writer writes a science fiction novel, it is really rare.

"But...... Can you see it?"

But even so, Domingo was habitually skeptical, and turned to the front page of the manuscript.

"Jurassic Park?"

Domingo didn't have much idea about the name, as there were so many different titles. In the same way, never take a position until you have experienced it, which is also a quality that an experienced practitioner should have.

After all, it's too common to assert in advance how bad a work is, but then find out that it's actually extremely good, and disgrace the reviewer.

After all, no one has forced a person to express their position in advance, so why can't they control their mouths?

Then, no doubt, Brown gloated at the discovery that Domingo's eyes widened as soon as he saw the first page of the text!

He could understand why Domingo was so surprised, given that the title of a volume like the International Genetics Affair was attractive.

"You go out first, John. ”

Domingo stared straight at the page, waved at Brown, and said, "Tell my colleagues not to disturb me today." ”

Hearing his boss say this, Brown couldn't help but be surprised when he had read through the book and knew its value: "Okay, you're going to spend your entire working time on this book?"

"Yes, yes, go out quickly, don't disturb me reading!"

Seeing that Domingo couldn't take his eyes off the page as soon as he stared at the page, Brown had to smile wryly, and didn't forget to close the door lightly before leaving the door.

And even then, Domingo didn't mean to raise his head at all.

Because at the very first moment, he was attracted to this book!

As Brown has read, the entire "Foreword" is characterized by a concise and concise account of the high level of biotechnology under the "contemporaneity", and then leaves the reader with suspense at the end, leaving the reader guessing what happened on the small island in Madagascar's territorial waters.

Then it comes to the text fragment, and with a stormy momentum, the author first lists a series of accidents.

From the worker at hand to the tragic death of the baby, the former gave Domingo a sense of sympathy, and the latter made him feel more heartache. And all of this was caused by a creature that was suspected to be a crown lizard, at least, that's pretty much what biologists in San Jose thought.

"Idiot, it must be a small dinosaur, and a lizard, you can really find a reason for yourself!"

When he saw this, the experienced Domingo immediately cursed, after all, he knew this kind of bridge too well. When an accident occurs, the so-called experts and professors will always find a bunch of reasons, what is just a coincidence, just a matter of probability, it's just standing and talking without a backache!

No, Domingo recalls the thriller novels and movies. It should be that in order to reduce their workload, those experts and professors do not take practical actions if they can comfort them with words, and they do not need complicated measures to solve problems with simple investigations. Often the protagonist discovers that something is wrong very early, but some people who hold power do not believe in evil, which leads to disastrous consequences.

For example, Spielberg's "Jaws" in '75!

Obviously, the protagonist has reminded him so many times, but he didn't believe it except for the heroine!

"Leave the little dinosaurs attacking and don't care, what if the Tyrannosaurus rex really rushes into the city!?"

Of course, Domingo doesn't know what the follow-up plot will be, but if Alice hears his emotion at this moment, she will have to give him a thumbs up.

is worthy of being the editor-in-chief of the top publishing house in the United States, and any emotion can reflect the focus of interest of the masses!

Don't worry, there will be, the second part will come!

After the initial excitement, like Brown reading twelve hours in one sitting, Domingo quickly fell into the book.

I thought it was a thriller novel about a simple monster attacking a human, but Domingo soon discovered that the first thing this work presented to the reader was round after round of colorful biological knowledge.

From the biological analysis of the "Crowned Lizard", to the collection and purchase of paleontology and ancient insect amber, as the plot progresses, when a character like "Hammond" first appears, Domingo's eyes immediately widen at a plot in question.

As the owner of a top genetic technology company, he presented a product at a party.

A well-developed, well-proportioned, physically and mentally healthy ...... in a birdcage

…… Elephant.

Yes, it was only after Domingo blinked his glasses vigorously that he realized what kind of plot he was reading.

The old man, Hammond, carried a birdcage containing a biotechnic, one-foot-tall ...... that was normal except for its size Elephant!

So, after finally reading the description, Domingo, like Brown, quickly looked at the calendar on the side.

1984......

The era in the book is only 1989.

No, the specific date Hammond showed the baby elephant at the fundraiser, that is......

"Damn, in 1985, this author is really good enough to write!"