Chapter 38 [Don't Talk, Let Me Hug Again]
Standing at the door of the pick-up hall, Lin Jingkang looked at the reporter expressionlessly, like a dumb person and unresponsive. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Lady Windsor, I think it's time for me to go back to the hotel!" Suddenly, Lin Jingkang turned around, glanced at Windsor, and then said.
This time, a total of three people came to the Times Company, and under the leadership of two assistants from Windsor, Lin Jingkang and his party came to the parking place with difficulty and drove away without saying a word.
On the way to the hotel in the city, the Mercedes-Benz nanny car was quiet, and no one spoke.
After arriving at the hotel, Windsor said, "JK, I'm very sorry, I didn't know there would be a reporter today." ā
When she said this, she was very helpless on her face, shrugged her shoulders, and with her sincere eyes, maybe ordinary people would believe it.
But don't forget, Lin Jingkang is not an ordinary person. Not only is he smart, but he has also lived two lifetimes and has a lot of emotional intelligence.
"It's okay, it's not your fault anyway. Thank you for coming to pick me up today, and tomorrow I will take my novel to Times Company and re-sign the contract! ā
Anyway, it's acting, let's see whose acting skills are better.
Lin Jingkang has filmed a TV series and has a certain understanding of acting. In particular, some micro-expressions can allow the actor to express the changes in the character's inner feelings in front of the camera.
"Okay, then we'll see you tomorrow!"
"See you tomorrow!"
Back in the hotel room, Lin Jingkang turned on the TV.
ABC, NBC, FOX and other TV stations in the United States are reporting on the congestion incident at the airport, especially FOX also dispatched a news helicopter to the airport for live broadcast.
An NBC reporter was standing at the door of the airport parking lot, and behind her was the evacuating crowd:
"Hello everyone, I'm Theresa, a live reporter for NBC. At around 4 o'clock this afternoon, the airport was suddenly blocked by a large number of people. So far, 30,000 people have been blocked and 35 flights have been delayed. You can see from behind you that these people have just come out of the airport. According to eyewitnesses at the scene, this was due to the sudden appearance of JK, the author of "Twilight", at Los Angeles International Airport today, and the Windsor manager of Times Publishing Company came to the airport to pick him up, causing many reporters to also come to the scene. ā
"Since no one had ever seen JK, the fans who heard the reporter's interview stopped to watch. Later, more and more people were blocked in the reception hall, which led to the incident. ā
"Thank you for watching,........."
Lin Jingkang turned off the TV casually when he saw this, came to the floor-to-ceiling window of the room, and watched the vehicles coming and going downstairs, silent.
The hotel he stayed in was the Hilton Hotel that Times Publishing Company booked for him yesterday, this hotel is close to Valley Avenue, close to Quantong Plaza, surrounded by Dahua 99 Supermarket, Hawaii Supermarket, all kinds of Chinese restaurants, Peninsula Hotel, Jufu Building, YN rice noodles, SC cuisine and so on.
This is specially booked by Times Company in order to take care of Lin Jingkang's personal habits, in fact, he prefers the Peninsula Hotel next to it.
Suddenly, his mobile phone rang, and when he took it out, a smile appeared on his face:
"Hey, beautiful punk girl, miss me?"
"Hmph, don't tell me if you want to come to the United States! If I hadn't seen the news, wouldn't you have contacted me? ā
"No, I'm here to be busy. I was thinking about making an appointment with you when I'm done. But I didn't expect you to call already. ā
Lin Jingkang just didn't want Avril to know about his visit to the United States, so he traveled very low-key! It's not because he's afraid to see Avril, it's that he doesn't want to cause so many things!
Originally, he also wanted to pull the goddess Gao Yuanyuan up, so it would be good to meet Avril at that time, and let the latter die!
It's a pity that it backfired, not only did Gao Yuanyuan not come, she was on the news, but she was also discovered by Avril.
"If you don't press me, I don't even know you're an author. Hmph, the famous JK, there are more fans than me! Avril said on the phone, her tone sour.
"Haha, I'm not as famous as you! You're a heartthrob punk girl now, and I don't know how many people like you! I'm just a small author, not famous at all. ā
"So where are you now? I'm coming to you! ā
"No, I don't know how many people are staring at me now, and you don't want any news about me and you in the newspaper tomorrow, do you?"
"I don't care about that, I just need to see you!" The problem girl is very stubborn and very rebellious.
If you don't agree with each other, you will rebel and be disobedient at all.
"Well, I'll go to you tomorrow when I'm done, okay? Remember to bring a hat and eyes when you go out, so that reporters don't find out. ā
The reporters in 2001 were already crazy, especially the reporters of the Entertainment Newspaper, who did everything! Many film and television singers have suffered from it, such as Michael Jackson, the king of world music pop a few years ago, who has been directly turned on by the media into stealth mode.
Therefore, Lin Jingkang is very worried. Although it is unlikely that the news from the United States will be transmitted back to China, what if?
At this moment, Lin Jingkang was still discussing the meeting with the problem girl the day after tomorrow, and on the alley next to Sunset Avenue in Los Angeles, in the Landham Press, Gerbert was also watching TV.
"It seems that it is really this yellow-skinned boy! Tens of millions of profits, no, I must meet each other this time! ā
Gerbert really regretted it, especially since he had already noticed the novel in October last year, when Twilight was just starting to hit the market.
Without him, the work strongly recommended by Times Publishing Company, who in the entire United States publishing industry does not pay attention to it?
At that time, Gerbert still sneered, waiting to see the jokes of the Times Company. But reality gave him a powerful slap in the face, blood red, blood red, very painful!
The other publishing companies also remembered that they had rejected such a novel at the time. Because they are all convinced that it is difficult for a Chinese to write a novel that meets the aesthetic requirements of the American people.
In fact, the bowels of these companies are repentant.
At eight o'clock that night, Lin Jingkang had just finished dinner, and a large number of people were waiting in the lobby of the hotel. Seeing him appear, they immediately surrounded him:
"Hello Mr. JK, I'm someone from so-and-so publishing company, I hope you can give me a chance. Our company is very powerful, as long as you are willing to hand over the second book of Twilight to us for publication, we will definitely give you a very generous remuneration! ā
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. JK, can you take the opportunity to speak?"
"Hello, Mr. JK, I'm Li Dejiang, the editor of the Landham Company, could I tell us more about the publication of your second novel?"
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The scene was a little noisy, Lin Jingkang looked at it with a smile, and glanced at Landham in surprise, they actually spoke Mandarin? Very sincere!
It wasn't until they had said that he said, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting!" However, I can't talk about the publication of Twilight right now! Please let me go, I'm going back to the hotel to rest! ā
Lin Jingkang didn't leak a drop and said a lot of scenes, but everyone present was not the slightest dissatisfied. There is no way, the current Lin Jingkang is a big name, a gold ingot in the eyes of everyone.
As long as he is not stupid, no one present is willing to disobey his words.
Naturally, this matter also let the people of Times Publishing Company know, so Windsor also knew about it for the first time.
The next day, Lin Jingkang saw Windsor in the Times Building, who stood at the door with a smile on his face to greet him, serving tea and water and serving various snacks.
In December last year, Lin Jingkang had already received the first manuscript fee. Now take the second manuscript fee, and the first novel "Twilight" will be considered to settle the manuscript fee.
The next step was to negotiate a second novel, which Windsor had already urged several times back in January of this year.
It may have been the trouble of various publishing companies last night, but Windsor is still very talkative today, and the new contract is simply too generous! The share of the manuscript fee has been increased to 21%, which is definitely a unique precedent among writers in the United States!
Moreover, Times Company also helped to share part of the taxes, which means that Lin Jingkang's income is more.
However, the most profitable is still the publishing company, Lin Jingkang earns a small amount of profits, and most of them are taken by Times Company. In this regard, Lin Jingkang has no choice, he is the boss, he has been running a company for hundreds of years, and his arms are already thick.
Besides, he got a lot, he can't be too greedy, everyone earns money together.
Seeing Lin Jingkang walking out of Times Company with a spring breeze on his face, the various publishing companies waiting in the coffee shop next to him suddenly became depressed.
Next to Malibu Avenue, Moon Hidden Hotel.
Lin Jingkang had arrived at five o'clock in the afternoon, while Avril Lavigne had arrived at half past five. She's busy, and she's been making music in the company for the last few days. Originally, Clive was reluctant to let her out, but now that songwriting is at a critical moment, how can she take such a long time off?
The striking punk girl frustrates Clive and the rest of the team, and although they let her go out to eat, they also set a time for her to hurry back and continue working.
As soon as they met, Avril Lavigne threw herself into Lin Jingkang's arms with a flushed face. The melon-eating audience in the restaurant turned a blind eye to what they should eat and drink, and completely regarded the two of them as transparent people.
"So many people are watching, Lavigne, don't make a fuss! Let go of me! Lin Jingkang hurriedly pushed her away with his hands, but the strength of this little girl was surprisingly great, and he didn't dare to push too hard.
After holding it like this for a while, the people eating next to him finally swept their eyes, glanced at it curiously, and ignored it.
The waiter also looked at them several times when he came and went, which made him very embarrassed, and he couldn't help pushing the girl in his arms again, and said in a tone as relaxed as possible:
"Alright, alright, aren't we meeting? You're almost hugging you, hungry, aren't you? Hurry up and eat! ā
"Don't talk, let me hold it for a while!" A girl's murmur sounded in his ears, and Lin Jingkang was stunned.