Chapter 11 Rejection

After Xu An returned to the apartment, he couldn't calm down. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žfo

The bright Kelly in the photo, the tearful Lady Natasha in the interview, the loveless Lance, and the excited reporters in the Helane community filled his mind and irritated him.

All day, he did almost nothing, just lying in bed, playing an unknown series on his laptop, sipping beer and feeling groggy.

In the evening, the computer prompted that there was a new email, Xu An glanced at it indifferently, and found that it was a reply from a publishing house, which made him a little interested, "Game of Thrones" as the first part of the entire "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, whether it can be published smoothly, whether it sells well after publication, is directly related to whether the whole series can be published.

To be honest, although he spent a lot of effort on this novel, it was all about Xu An's interest, whether this series was popular or not, he didn't know at all, in the dream, he just followed Stephen to read the novel once, as for whether this novel was a bestseller, he had no way of knowing at all, and Stephen never cared about this.

However, Xu An remembered that he had not only read the novel, but also watched the TV series adapted from the novel, and in his mind, this novel should be liked by many people, otherwise it would not have been made into a TV series, and it was filmed for five or six seasons in a row.

Xu An opened the email hopefully, but the first sentence of the email disappointed him.

β€œSorry……”

This is an email rejecting the manuscript, despite the disappointment, Xu An still read it, and the other party's wording is quite tactful, to the effect that he doesn't want to publish such a novel with a setting that is more complicated than the text.

They don't think any reader will like such a complex world setting.

After snorting, Xu An lay on his back on the bed and muttered, "A group of guys with no vision! ”

Obviously, this email made Xu An's already bad mood even more depressed, strictly speaking, this is the first time in his life that he has submitted, and it is also the first time that he has been rejected, which makes people inevitably feel a sense of frustration.

Lying on the bed and thinking about it for a long time, Xu An was about to go out for a walk, and find something to fill his stomach by the way, he had just changed his clothes when the doorbell suddenly rang.

Xu An opened the door strangely, he had just moved here a few days ago, and he didn't think that anyone would come to him.

"Hey, man, remember me?" Outside the door, a tall, skinny guy happily said, "I didn't wear makeup today, downstairs, Bruce." ”

"Oh, hello, Bruce." Xu An glanced at him with interest, "Seriously, you're more handsome when you don't wear makeup." ”

Bruce exclaimed, exaggeratedly, "NO, NO!" It should be the same handsome with or without makeup! ”

"Okay, okay!" Xu An raised his hand indifferently and asked, "Can you tell me now, do you have something?" ”

"yes, we don't have a show today, we're going to go to the bar to kill time." Bruce laughed and said, "My roommates and I think you're a good neighbor and are going to invite you along." ”

"Good neighbors?" Xu An raised his eyebrows, "Your so-called good neighbor is that you didn't complain when you were noisy in the middle of the night, right?" What an honor! ”

Bruce didn't care about Xu An's sarcasm, "Please, man, everyone is young, I think you should understand us!" Hurry up, go, or not? ”

For the bar, Xu An is not very interested, sometimes he will go over to drink with his friends, but he has never indulged in it, after thinking about it, Xu An still nodded, today he is in a bad mood, and it is a good choice to go out and indulge.

"Let's go, then." Xu An didn't need to prepare anything, closed the door casually and walked downstairs with Bruce.

"Hah, that's right!" Bruce happily put his arm around Xu An's shoulders and said excitedly: "The night in New York is so wonderful, if you are lucky tonight, you may be able to find yourself a roommate of the opposite sex to come back." ”

Xu An laughed and shook his head: "No, I won't do that kind of thing!" But you, Bruce, do you do this every day? Rehearsals, gigs, hanging out at bars, and getting drunk? ”

"Ann, can I understand that you're laughing at us for wasting our time?" Bruce waved his hand, "Man, you're still too young, we're the last indulgence, you know?" It won't be long before we get to the White Mile and we'll have to deal with all over the world shows, endless announcements, and annoying press interviews, and we'll be forced to say goodbye to the bars and the nightlife, because I'll be recognized even if I go down the street and buy a hot dog, and I'll be in the entertainment news! ”

Bruce's prophecy made Xu An stunned, and he was very suspicious that this guy's brain had been damaged by alcohol anesthesia, "I take the liberty of asking, which theater are you performing in?" ”

"Golden Rose Theater, Ann, I remember I told you!" Bruce said dissatisfied.

"Sorry, sorry, you know, there are so many theaters on Broadway that people can't remember, but where is the Golden Rose Theater? I'll go over and cheer for it. ”

Bruce turned his head and looked at Xu An carefully, as if to see if he was perfunctory, "In the middle of 56th Street." ”

56th Street? Xu An nodded, 56th Street belongs to Off-Broadway, and is usually a place to host low-cost theatrical experiments and provide opportunities for theater workers who are not appreciated by Broadway.

But he didn't say it, just said, "Okay, I'll go to see your show, I promise!" ”

"Well, although we are on Off-Broadway, but ......" Bruce did not deliberately conceal it, in Manhattan, there are very few people who can't distinguish between Off-Broadway, Xu An obviously understands the difference, and he didn't hide it, "But our new show is likely to enter the Off-Broadway theater!" ”

"Cool! Then I must go and see it! Maybe you can even witness the birth of a classic play! Xu An smiled, and then said sincerely: "Good luck to you!" ”

"Thank you!" Bruce was overjoyed, "You're a good fellow!" Let's go, Rachel they should be waiting for us downstairs. ”

"Please, isn't it too early to go to the bar? I haven't eaten dinner yet! Xu An shouted.

"Of course, of course, let's go to dinner first, I'll have a treat tonight!" Bruce giggled and said, "Indian food? Chinese food? Or anything else, as long as it's not a French meal, the choice is yours! ”

"Anything, I'm not a picky eater." Xu An said, feeling the mobile phone in his pocket vibrate, he took out his mobile phone and found that it was a text message, only two words: "Thank you!" ”

The sender was Lance, Xu An smiled slightly, when "Lovely Bones" was finished, the first thing he thought of was Lance, he wanted Lance to read this novel, and most importantly, he felt that Lance needed to take a look at it.

Thinking so, Xu An did so, and he even handed over the original manuscript of the book to Lance without warning.

Now it seems that he did the right thing!

Before replying, the phone prompt received a new message: "Ann, have you found a publisher for this book?" Well, I'm sorry, I think, there should be more people like me who need a book like this. ”

Xu An thought about it for a while, when he wrote this book at that time, it was because of the depression in his heart, and he wrote it in one go, and he didn't think about publishing it at that time, but since he finished writing it, it was naturally the best to publish it.

However, thinking of the email he received in the afternoon rejecting the manuscript, Xu An was not so confident about the publication.

Perhaps, Stephen is watching some niche works?

Thinking so, Xu An replied with a message casually, "Of course it will be published, but the original manuscript is with you, remember to return the original manuscript to me as soon as possible, I am going to find a few publishing houses to try my luck." ”

However, Xu An felt that it was better for him to buy a few current bestsellers to read, and it was best to find a few novels that he had read in his dreams and were in line with the current trend to try.

The cash in your pocket won't last long!