In the café, Lin Zhiling described to JK-Rowling her impression of her before meeting her in person.

"A hungry single mother, who lives on handouts, is forced by the cold to write in an unheated apartment, while her infant daughter lies beside her."

After listening to Lin Zhiling's story, Rowling covered her mouth with her hands, and an expression of disbelief appeared on her face.

"Yes, I do like to write in the coffee shop, and my daughter sleeps right next to me. But I'm not here to write for warmth. Frankly, I'm here for delicious coffee, and I don't want to interrupt my writing train of thought by getting up from time to time to make coffee. ”

If she hadn't been to Rowling's apartment before, Lin Zhiling would probably think that she was deliberately lying to cover up her embarrassment, but after that brief contact just now, Lin Zhiling was completely sure that Rowling was not lying.

Rowling was not a proletarian literati who crawled through hunger and cold, she was a university graduate from a middle-class family, who had a brief stay in Portugal, where she entered the palace of marriage, and then returned to Edinburgh with her newborn daughter after her marriage failed, depressed and uncertain about the future.

Then, like many literature graduates, Rowling tried her hand at writing fiction.

She loves to write, and she is good at it too.

"When I was a child, I was immersed in my daydreams, making up stories endlessly, and occasionally coming out of my dreams would torment my poor little sister, forcing her to listen to my stories and play games with me that I made up. The back was when I was six years old. I wrote my first story, and it's been out of control ever since, and maybe I'll keep writing it for the rest of my life. ”

While drinking coffee, Rowling told Lin Zhiling about her past experiences, which corresponded to the information in Lin Youlun's hand one by one.

"Having said all that, Miss Lin, are you really going to publish this novel of mine?"

"It's not me, it's my boss!" Lin Zhiling's answer made Rowling more reassured, because she didn't think that Lin Zhiling could have a publishing house at such a young age, but it was inconvenient to say it.

"So when can I meet Miss Lin's boss?" Rowling tried hard to make her tone sound less urgent, but she really needed a lot of money to hire a better lawyer to win the case for custody of her daughter.

"If Ms. Rowling is sure it's ready. I can take you to him right now. Lin Zhiling replied in the affirmative.

"Would Miss Lin's boss mind if I brought my daughter along?" Rowling wanted to meet Lin Zhiling's boss immediately, but she didn't worry about leaving her daughter at home alone.

"I think it's okay, my boss also has a lovely daughter, and he is very fond of children."

Lin Zhiling's answer made Rowling let go of her worst concerns.

"So what are we waiting for? Let's go! ”

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Before meeting, Rowling already had a rough estimate of Lin Youlun's identity. She guessed that Lin Youlun might be a Chinese, but she didn't expect Lin Youlun to be so young. Even a year younger than himself.

What Rowling didn't expect was even more. The young Chinese man in front of him is actually a billionaire with high assets in Hong Kong, with a newspaper that is very influential in the local area and a television station that occupies more than 70% of Hong Kong's television business, and he also controls the entire Hong Kong cinema chain.

"Mr. Lin, I really didn't expect you to take a fancy to my novels, I have watched many movies you have invested in, such as "Tales of the Night", "Ghost Love", "Godzilla", "Jurassic Park", ...... I'm half a fan of yours! ”

Rowling said excitedly. was directly incoherent, and her reaction directly made Lin Youlun's carefully prepared lines completely useless.

knew that Rowling was his fan, and Lin Youlun didn't have to make such a big detour. Just find Rowling and talk to her about cooperation.

Of course, now that this drama has been performed here, Lin Youlun will certainly not give up halfway.

"Ms. Rowling, I am very happy that the film I invested in has been recognized by you, and it also gives me more confidence in our cooperation, and now I want to know the most important thing I want to know, where is the writing of Ms. Rowling's novel?"

When Lin Youlun mentioned the novel, Rowling's thoughts immediately became clear.

"According to the plan, I plan to complete this novel in 7 parts, because the magic school in the novel is 7 years, which is a bit similar to the combination of high school and college in reality, and then I already have a complete outline for the first novel, and when I sent the manuscript to the publishing house, I attached a story outline, and since Mr. Lin has read my book manuscript, he must have also seen the outline together."

Lin Youlun didn't know what the manuscript was about, but since Rowling said so, he had to act according to her "script".

"That's right, Harry finally thwarted Voldemort's plot and saved the Philosopher's Stone!" Lin Youlun didn't dare to guarantee that Rowling's idea would be the same as the one he remembered, so he said it very vaguely.

But for Rowling, that's enough.

can say the names of the protagonist and the villain, and know the magic stone, if Lin Youlun hadn't read the manuscript, it would be absolutely impossible to know so much about the way.

"If Mr. Lin is willing to publish my novel, I can ...... it in half a year No, you can write the first part of the novel in three months, but I have one condition, can the royalties be advanced? ”

Rowling knew that this request might be a bit excessive, but she still brought it up, of course, she didn't expect Lin Youlun to fully agree, as long as the other party agreed to advance a part of the royalties to her first, then she would be acceptable.

Lin Zhiling leaned over Lin Youlun's ear and whispered to him about the difficulties that Rowling was currently experiencing.

After listening to Lin Zhiling's explanation, Lin Youlun had already made a decision in his heart.

"So at what price is Ms. Rowling going to transfer the rights to the first part of Harry Potter?"

"£100,000."

Rowling carefully quoted a figure, which was too high for an unknown author like her, but she had to have so much money that she could hire the best lawyer to win the divorce case with her ex-husband.

"£100,000?" Lin Youlun couldn't help but repeat this number.

In Rowling's eyes, she felt that Lin Youlun must have thought that the price was too expensive to accept, but in fact, Lin Youlun was thinking in his heart that he bought the publishing rights of the first part of "Harry Potter" for 100,000 pounds, and he felt a little embarrassed to take advantage of this cheapness.

"If Mr. Lin thinks it's not suitable, we can negotiate this price again."

When Rowling said this, it was tantamount to telling Lin Youlun that he could continue to lower the price, but Lin Youlun really felt that he had already earned a lot of pounds at 100,000 pounds, and it would be insatiable to lower the price further.

In order not to let Rowling see any flaws, Lin Youlun deliberately frowned and thought about it for a moment before making a decision.

"Well, £100,000, we've closed the deal, and I'll be able to advance the money to Ms. Rowling right now."

Under Lin Youlun's eyes, Lin Zhiling took out a blank check and handed it to Lin Youlun along with the pen.

Holding the check that Lin Youlun wrote and handed over, Rowling couldn't believe that all this was true, and it was Lin Youlun's words that made her completely believe that she was not dreaming.

"Ms. Rowling, tomorrow I will ask Miss Lin to bring a lawyer to you to confirm our cooperation this time, and before that, I have two conditions, first of all, you must hand over the remaining 6 Harry Potter series novels to me to be responsible for publishing, and the royalties can be agreed according to the sales of the novels; Secondly, I have the right of first refusal to buy the film adaptation rights of the "Harry Potter" series of novels, which means that when the time is right, I will consider making this novel into a movie, and Ms. Rowling, you must not refuse for any reason. Lin Youlun looked at Rowling, who had not yet recovered from the excitement of receiving the first novel royalties, and said word by word: "These two points will be written in the contract, so Ms. Rowling must think clearly, of course, in line with the concept of friendly cooperation, whether it is royalties or film copyright transfer fees in the future, I will offer a price that Ms. Rowling is satisfied with." ”

Lin Youlun's conditions can be regarded as harsh, but in Rowling's opinion, this is also normal, otherwise there is no way to explain why Lin Youlun is willing to agree to the price offered by an unknown writer like her.

Even Rowling has a feeling that what Lin Youlun really likes is not the publication of novels, but the film adaptation, after all, this is what Lin Youlun is best at.

After thinking about this, Rowling no longer doubted the sincerity of Lin Youlun's cooperation, and agreed to the two conditions he put forward.

The next day, Lin Zhiling took the lawyer and Rowling to officially sign the cooperation agreement, looking at the contract she brought back, although Lin Youlun did not show it on his face, he was actually happy in his heart.

In this parallel time and space, no one knows better than Lin Youlun the value of the "Harry Potter" series of novels, novels, film and television plus some other peripheral industries, at least tens of billions of dollars of industrial value, and among them, the film adapted from the novel is the most gold-absorbing, and now this biggest cake has been firmly in his hands.

Lin Zhiling vaguely felt that Lin Youlun had hidden some key content from herself in this matter, but she couldn't think of anything wrong, so she had to attribute it all to her own delusions.

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Keep asking for a monthly pass! (To be continued......)