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The successful takedown of Facemash can be regarded as unloading a piece of Hu Yifei's heart, and successfully opening the American outpost battle for Facebook. Although the United States is unlikely to grow as fast as China, nor can it fully control it like China. But with his leadership, I believe that the future development will greatly exceed the previous life.

The team that left Feixun Technology to continue to finish the finishing work at Harvard, and then set up a company base in Silicon Valley, while Hu Yifei himself took Min Suyuan to New York non-stop.

He came to sign a contract, and Min Suyuan had already helped "Twilight" fight in major publishing houses when she came to the United States last time to find a buyer for "Prison Break". Now, after several twists and turns, "Twilight" has finally finalized a publishing house.

In an office at the headquarters of McCaw's Book House, a manager of a world-famous ********, Sophie Soyada, was talking to Hu Yifei: "I really didn't expect that the author who wrote "Twilight" would be a young man, and you are also an excellent director. ”

Hu Yifei smiled: "I'm still a singer and a billionaire, so this shouldn't have anything to do with writing." If you know a little more, I will know that this is my fourth publication, and I already have tens of millions of copies sold in China. ”

"It's incredible, and I'm even more surprised that I know about it."

Sophie laughed, "I just lamented that the author who wrote such a beautiful story was a young man. The story is set in the West, and the story also takes place in the United States...... Well, it's a very romantic story. A love story between humans and vampires, there is a kind of magic between the lines, and people can't help but want to know the story behind. As a woman, it is especially fascinating to read. ”

Hu Yifei smiled slightly, "Thank you for the compliment, in fact, this is my first time in the United States." In order to write the feature, I looked up a lot of information. ”

Sophie said: "Mr. Hu, if you don't mind, we want to hype up and promote it as you." ”

"Yes, why don't I give another 500,000 yuan and offer a book review. What do you think? ”

Sophie was stunned, "You're not kidding, are you?" ”

Even if she is optimistic about the book, she is not necessarily sure that it will be a big hit. But Hu Yifei is willing to invest another 500,000 US dollars in the promotion of book reviews, which sounds like a lot of money and nowhere to spend. According to the price of the book "Twilight" at the price of $25 and the contract signed by both parties, at least more than 100,000 copies must be sold to make the money back. No matter how you listen to it, it feels like you're spending money to make money.

But when you think about how the other party is still a billionaire, it's a little clear.

I can only sigh at the world of local tyrants, you don't understand.

"No, no, dear Miss Sophie, I'm not joking. If I were to spend another $500,000 to solicit book reviews for The Twilight Zone, as long as the reviews were well written and published, then I could participate in this contest for prize book reviews. ”

The contract signed by Hu Yifei and McCowwin is also considered to be a precedent, with a royalty of 15%, and when sales reach more than one million copies, the royalty will be increased by another 5% on top of this. The copyright of the book is five years. Film and television copyright ...... Naturally, don't even think about it.

This contract is naturally somewhat harsh, not to mention that the author is a Chinese, which is the main reason why the contract has been delayed until now. If it weren't for Hu Yifei's movie suddenly becoming popular in the United States, and the size of it is a celebrity, I'm afraid these publishing houses would still be unwilling to cooperate.

After the two sides negotiated some details, "Twilight" immediately entered the promotional period, with a first printing of one million copies, and physical books began to appear in major bookstores in North America.

It's close to September, and all eyes are on the Olympics. The Chinese national anthem also sounded over the Greek stadium every time.

The number one star of the Games is undoubtedly American swimmer Michael Phelps, who alone won six gold medals and two bronze medals. If the 19-year-old wins four more medals at the 2008 Games, he will become the most decorated athlete in swimming history. Another American swimmer, Natalie Kauflin, is the most decorated female athlete with five medals, including two golds.

Hu Yifei is in the United States and can better appreciate the popularity of these two people during this period, making headlines almost every day, and even giving way to the news of the presidential campaign.

To say that the hottest thing in China is Liu Shen, the little prince of track and field.

The perfect run in the men's 110m hurdles final not only tied the world record that had been held for 11 years, broke the Olympic record, but also set a number of firsts. He not only won the first Olympic championship in men's track and field for China, but also became the first Asian to win the Olympic men's track and field sprint championship, and the first yellow man to win the Olympic sprint championship.

Hu Yifei doesn't know how the domestic media reports it, but if he pays attention to Facebook every day, he can also know that the hottest topic recently is Liu Shen.

In the end, the Olympic Games ended successfully, and the Chinese team ranked second in the gold medal list with 32 gold medals. While the whole country was celebrating the triumphant return of the Olympic athletes, the New York Daily News of the United States on the other side of the Pacific Ocean published an eye-catching news report, "Hu Yifei, the director and star of "Source Code", which was released last month, and Hu Yifei, who is known as a financial genius, published an English book. and spend $500,000 to hold a readers' book review contest ......"

This report cost money, so naturally it is a good story.

not only gave Hu Yifei a few handsome photos, but also reported in detail about Hu Yifei's various miracles: "He was a best-selling author at the beginning, with tens of millions of copies sold; is a singer who has released two albums and has sold more than four million records; is a director, and has made three movies and two TV series in two years, all of which are big hits; He is also a financial genius, starting from scratch and creating a miracle that he can only net $130 million in a month. It also has a film and television company, a technology company, and a popular social networking site with hundreds of millions of registered users, and a conservative estimate of a net worth of at least more than $200 million. Even the just-painted film "Source Code" created a global box office of $80 million at a cost of $2 million. He is only 20 years old this year! ”

"And now, this man has written a book in English, which is going to be published in the United States. Specially spent 500,000 US dollars to find all the American audience to read, write book reviews, and find soulmates! ”

People who read this report were stunned, "Shet, the New York Daily News is sure that it is not making up a story, is there really such a genius in the world, it is still a Chinese." ”

And it's never been the same way to promote your new book.

Writers are always a little reserved, and it's not good to spend money to buy people to read books if they are too upright. Moreover, books are not a profiteering business. If a new author's book is published, the market is unknown, and the publisher will not be willing to take the risk of spending so much money on marketing it.

And what about publishing a book by a well-known author? There is no need for such marketing to promote it, well-known writers already have a market reputation and a huge readership. Readers will naturally buy the author's new book when they see it, so why spend more money? None of anyone's money is blown by the wind.

So after this report was released, it immediately attracted a lot of people's attention.

The people of the United States are more rich and more poor. They don't have the habit of saving money, and no matter how many people eat this meal, they have to worry about the next meal. If you can make money by reading a book, why not give it a try? (To be continued.) )