Chapter 181 of the main text volume, I am fortunate to have met you

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With Mu Shanshan's reappearance on Huaguo TV, "Cultural Interview" has become regular, and her influence in society has become more and more significant, and being invited back to her alma mater is just one of the things.

There are also publishing houses that ask her to write a book and prepare it for publication.

In the past two years, there has been a craze for celebrity books in China, and Liu Xiaoqing is undoubtedly one of the pioneers.

In 1983, she wrote an autobiography called "My Way", which received great response, was reprinted by major Chinese newspapers, and was translated into English and German for publication abroad.

In 1992, she wrote another book, "The Eight Years", describing her life experience over the years, which was very popular in China and Southeast Asia, and was also published by Huaguo Daily Publishing House.

In the past, everyone thought that writing was a writer's business, which required a high level of cultural accomplishment, and that being a writer was a noble profession.

However, in the publishing industry, in order to pursue efficiency and increase sales, bestsellers have become the first choice of various publishers.

In the genre of bestsellers, celebrity biographies, especially those in the entertainment industry, are highly sought after.

This kind of book looks lighthearted, not depressing, and has no obscure words and educational significance, and the reader looks at the lives and gossip of celebrities.

It was from this time that Yan sù was gradually abandoned by readers, and books of entertainment and recreational nature began to occupy the mainstream, and the public achieved vigorous development.

After all, Huaguo TV is a state unit, and it has strict requirements for the host, such as not allowing private work in the name of the TV host, let alone shooting advertisements.

But it is not clearly stipulated that the host is not allowed to write a book, and writing is a personal freedom.

That being said, there is no host to write a book yet, mainly because no one has started this.

Everyone's thinking is still very conservative, I don't know what risks we will face, whether there are restrictions on what I write, whether it can sell well, whether I will make mistakes, these are all issues that need to be considered.

The publisher hit the idea to the host.

The influence of the host of Huaguo TV in the audience is undoubted, and the sales of the stories written are guaranteed, as for the content written, it is best to write their own stories, not to involve the TV station, and the publishing house does not want to cause trouble.

They approached Mu Shanshan and asked her to write a book about living in New York.

This is because in the first issue of "Cultural Interview", it was revealed that Mu Shanshan and the crew of "Beijingers in New York" lived together, and there was a story to write in it, and readers must be interested.

Although the trend of "Beijingers in New York" has subsided, the behind-the-scenes story is still very attractive.

Especially when it comes to big stars like Jiang Wen and Wang Ji, what they look like when filming, what interests and hobbies they have, and real American life will become a gimmick for this book.

Moreover, during that time in New York, Mu Shanshan was not a host, and she would not be involved in the TV station, so she did not need to worry about being restricted.

In order to attract Mu Shanshan, the publishing house gave a 10% royalty.

Since Lin Zixuan broke the monopoly of the publishing house, the current publishing house has to talk about royalties.

At this time, the law of China stipulated that the royalty of writers could only be between 8 and 10 percent, which was a hard and fast rule, and the royalty system had not yet been liberalized to allow the market to regulate.

If the price of the book is ten yuan, Mu Shanshan can get one yuan for selling a copy, and selling 1 million copies is 1 million yuan, of course, this is an ideal sales volume.

According to the publisher's estimate, with the foreshadowing of "Beijing People in New York", at least 200,000 copies can be sold, otherwise the publishing house would not have tried its best to encourage Mu Shanshan to publish the book.

In other words, Mu Shanshan can get a royalty of 200,000 yuan.

"I really want to write it? My writing is not good, and I can't write the connotation, and I feel like I'm deceiving the reader. Mu Shanshan hesitated.

In Mu Shanshan's eyes, those who write world famous books are writers.

"Write, why don't you write? Now it's all a market economy, the public needs entertainment, Jiang Wen and Wang Ji don't have to worry, I'll say hello to them, and you are either writing gossip or writing some interesting things about life." Lin Zixuan said indifferently, "I just don't have a reputation, otherwise I would have written an autobiography to make money." ”

He doesn't have much of an opinion about celebrities publishing books, which is normal market behavior.

People need entertainment, so this kind of book will be a bestseller, this is just the beginning, and in the future, it will enter an era of civilian writing, as long as you pick up the pen and write down your thoughts, it may be published.

"Then you have to help me check and don't make jokes. Mu Shanshan demanded.

Mu Shanshan was a little moved, it was hundreds of thousands of yuan, not one or two thousand.

With this money, the family's economy will be more affluent, Lin Zixuan's new company does not have to worry about losing money, and the children in the future can also live a good life, in this case, why not write it?

"Don't worry, I'll help you watch, don't care too much about the choice of words and sentences, write in simple sentences, you are facing the public, not critics. Lin Zixuan reminded.

"Got it, I'm going to think about it. Mu Shanshan said seriously.

In this way, Mu Shanshan began to write "My 180 Days in the United States".

She started writing from China, why did she go to the United States, and how Lin Zixuan thought about filming "Beijing People in New York", this is their own business, and the writing is very smooth, like recombing the memory.

The ups and downs are flowing in the bottom of my heart.

The title of this book was given by Lin Zixuan, which is simple and understandable, and can attract public readers.

In addition to the title of the book, Lin Zixuan also wrote a preface for Mu Shanshan's new book.

His preface is very literary and artistic, called "At that time, the time was just right", and the beginning is like this.

"In the summer of 1990, at the Beijing Broadcasting Institute, I stood in the shade of a tree, ready to confess to a girl......"

He wrote 20,000 words for the entire preface, which is more like an extra-long love letter, or an adolescent love story.

Since they are going to publish a book, it is naturally indispensable to make their relationship public, and there is nothing wrong with taking this opportunity to write it.

Of course, he doesn't write everything, but picks some innocuous pieces of life to write, which is a beautified life.

Even if it is an autobiography, the author does not write about his true thoughts.

"Your writing is so good, and I write it very poorly, how can this work. Mu Shanshan complained.

Mu Shanshan just complained, but she was very satisfied, the bits and pieces in it were the memories shared by the two of them, which was a book written by the two of them, which was very memorable.

Going back and reading this book many years later is like flipping through their lives.

I had the pleasure of meeting you in my best time. (To be continued.) )