"Boss, is the third part of your "Wild Tales" finished?"

"Ahem, I said Paul, it's rare that today is the company's year-end dinner, can't you make me happy, and you have to mention the novel as soon as we meet?" Lin Yuquan looked at Paul with tears and laughter. Haggis.

Paul. Hageston looked aggrieved: "Boss, can't I do it?" To paraphrase an old Chinese saying, 'In his place, he governs, Let it do its job', since I am the general manager of Little Bear Publishing House, then I naturally have the obligation to do my job well, so that Little Bear Publishing House can get better development, and obviously, boss your new book is definitely the top priority for us to develop, because I know that boss your usual work is busy, so even if I am anxious, I have not called to urge, but now it is rare to encounter such a good opportunity to face to face with boss you, but I must understand boss your progress no matter what。 ”

Well, not every leader is a good speaker, but at least most of them are, while laughing dumbly, Lin Yuquan felt a little uneasy in his heart, before that, his energy was mainly on the film company, to be precise, on his own films, for the affairs of other companies, he, the big boss, did not care much, completely handed over the burden to the management of each company.

"I've worked hard for a while, and I'll make persistent efforts to achieve better results next year."

"Yes, that's my outlook for next year, so what's going on with your new book, boss? This has a lot to do with the development of my work. "Paul. Hagisma said with a smile on his face.

"Ha, Paul. We still don't talk about it. You know. I don't want to see you disappointed on such a happy day as today. Lin Yuquan smiled slightly.

Paul. The smile on Haggis's face froze for a moment, and his voice trembled, "Boss, don't you tell me the cruel truth that you haven't started writing yet!" ”

"Paul, I don't want to, either, but as you might expect, it's true." Lin Yuquan also spread his hands, if possible, he naturally wanted to complete the creation of the third part of "The Wild Story" "Human Empire" as soon as possible. However, he really doesn't have time, from the completion of "Heartbeat" to the present, he has almost no time to completely rest and relax, just like the vacation on Musa Island two days ago, he still has to care about the second daughter starring in the script.

"Oh my God, that's terrible." Paul. Haggis let out a wail, and his resentful gaze stared directly at Lin Yuquan, making the latter furious.

"Ha, Paul. You know, there's so much to do. There's no time to do both. Lin Yuquan smiled.

"I know, but boss, your novel is too important for our development next year, Stephanie's "Twilight" series is almost over, the first four are told from the perspective of Bella and Jacob, and maybe another one can be created from Edward's perspective, but at least for now, it is still in difficult labor, and it is completely unknown when it will be completed, and Stephanie's new novel "Host" is completely different from the genre of "Twilight", whether it can get "Twilight" again Such a huge success is also unknown, after all, Stephanie is just a popular author, not a superdirector and superstar like the boss you, with a huge following around the world. "Paul. Haggis Road.

Lin Yuquan nodded, Stephanie. Mel basically ended the creation of "Twilight", and based on the flash of inspiration during his travels, he knew about the creation of a new novel "Host", the story of "Host" continues the theme of "Twilight", exploring the love between humans and non-humans, revolving around the intricate love affair between two women and two men who coexist in the same body, vividly outlining the extreme dilemma of human existence. and the multifaceted and contradictory nature of human nature in the struggle for the basic right to life.

The story is a good story, the problem is that the story is more complicated, if it is a suspense mystery novel, the complex story is undoubtedly just right, but for a romance-based novel, such complexity is an obstacle for many readers to read, there is no doubt that based on "Twilight", the readers of "Host" are mainly female readers, and female readers are more interested in lingering romance than complex plots and backgrounds than male readers.

From this point of view, it is indeed difficult for "Host" to replicate the success of "Twilight".

"Boss, what are you going to start the creation of the third part of "Wild Story", can you finish it before May?" Paul. Haggis said nervously.

In his nervous eyes, Lin Yuquan shook his head helplessly: "No, one is that I will be very busy for a long time in the future, and on the other hand, there is too much content to be written in the third part, I expect that there will be about three or four hundred thousand words more than the first two, depending on the situation, I will strive to complete it at the end of the year and go on the market at the beginning of the next year." ”

In the end, Lin Yuquan has a headache, he is really busy next year, just the shooting and production of two movies will occupy him for a long, long time, in this case, he has to complete a novel with a length of more than 800,000 words, well, he can't wait if he has 48 hours a day.

Sometimes Lin Yuquan himself is also thinking about whether he should slow down so that he can spend more time with his second daughter and Lin's father and Lin's mother, but now how can he stop, just like sitting on a high-speed train, he can only move forward involuntarily, Dawning Movie, Summit Entertainment, Little Bear Publishing House, Dawning Network, and Emperor Gate Games all need him to move forward.

"The year after tomorrow!" Paul. Haggis sighed, for him, this situation is naturally extremely bad, and the work plan of the Bear Press next year needs to be replanned.

"It's only the year after tomorrow." Lin Yuquan was both helpless and sure.

"Well, a year's gap in starvation marketing isn't entirely bad, as in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which may have done better at the box office after being postponed to next year by Warner Bros." That's it, Paul. Haggis can only think on the bright side. Then he sneered, "That boss." If our performance next year is like a roller coaster with a sharp decline. It's not our problem! ”

"Do you tell me that the company won't be publishing any novels next year other than Stephanie's Host?" Lin Yuquan looked at Paul with a smile. Haggis.

Paul. Haggis didn't have a weak heart, but said confidently: "Ha, of course not, we have also looked for three other novels, just waiting for the boss to make your final decision." ”

"In that case, I know all about the situation. As long as you are working hard, I naturally won't simply blame you for the decline in performance, okay, let's not talk about it, I saw Stephanie coming, tomorrow New Year's Day holiday, I will go to the company the morning after tomorrow, how about seeing the three new novels you are looking for? Lin Yuquan said with a smile.

"Okay, boss, though I can't say that I'm sure I'll be satisfied. But I'm sure it won't disappoint you. "Paul. Haggis Road.

"Oh, so confident. Then I'll see. Lin Yuquan smiled, at this time Stephanie and her three children had already come to the front not far away, he immediately greeted with a smile: "Hi, Stephanie, long time no see, you are very beautiful today, hey, Gaby, Seth, Airy!" ”

After a brief greeting, Lin Yuquan and Stephanie stood together and chatted.

"Stephanie, I heard Paul say that you seem to be having trouble writing the fifth Twilight novel." Lin Yuquan chuckled.

"Yes, in fact, in my planning, the fourth part of "Twilight" is already over, and it is undoubtedly difficult to create another story told in Howard's voice." Stephanie. Mel Dow.

"Take your time, don't worry, your current situation is more similar to Rowling, you need to prove yourself again with new works, but it's not easy, relax your mind, return to the original purpose of writing, even if the results are not as expected, don't have any burden." Lin Yuquan said with a smile.

"Understood." Stephanie. Mel smiled slightly, and sometimes. It's not necessarily a good thing for a female work to be too successful, there are too many places in this world. The female novel is an example of the best work of her career, but in fact, she did not expect much from "The Host", and completed the creation purely by inspiration and interest.

"Lin, what do you think of adapting "Host" into a movie?" Then she couldn't help but ask with interest.

"It's not easy, it requires major surgery, and it depends on the sales of the novel." Lin Yuquan smiled, unlike "Wild Story", the quality of "Twilight" can only be said to be good, in terms of quality alone, it is far from reaching the point where it has achieved today's results, largely due to the influence of the novel, in the same way, in fact, the story of "Host" is not too good, and the popularity of the movie itself is very important.

After chatting for a while, the year-end dinner between Summit Entertainment and Little Bear Publishing House finally began

"Hey babes, I'm back."

As soon as the year-end dinner was over, Lin Yuquan returned to his villa in Beverly Hills without any delay, and his two daughters were waiting for him at home.

"Brother Yuquan, you're back, isn't it lively to have a year-end dinner in the evening?" Hearing Lin Yuquan's voice, Liu Yifei, who was watching TV in the living room quite bored, suddenly burst into a sweet and lovely smile.

Liu Shishi didn't speak, just turned his head to Lin Yuquan and smiled happily.

"Of course." Lin Yuquan smiled, lifted the bag in his hand high in front of him, and shook it gently: "And I also brought you delicious food." ”

"Wow, what's delicious?" Liu Yifei walked over happily.

"Grilled chicken wings, crab cakes, crayfish." Lin Yuquan said and handed one of the bags to Liu Yifei.

"What is a crab cake?" Liu Shishi also got up and came over.

"Ha, you'll know if you've eaten it." Lin Yuquan handed the bag to Liu Shishi.

After a while, the living room was filled with exclamations such as "delicious" and "excellent".

After eating, Lin Yuquan and his second daughter immediately entered a private cinema to watch "Slumdog Millionaire", which is now popular in the awards season.

"I didn't expect this movie to win so many awards and be regarded as an Oscar favorite, I think it's quite average, it feels very boring, and it's far from as good as those critics say." Liu Yifei said softly.

"I don't really like it either, some places are good, but overall it's not that good. The way the story is told is tiring to watch. Liu Shishi did not object this time.

"It's okay!" Lin Yuquan said lightly. Yes. It's okay, but it's just okay, the narrative structure of the film is indeed relatively innovative, but the excessive use makes the rhythm of the film slightly messy, weakening the already not very good story, and in comparison, it is obvious that the children's part is better acted, which makes him always prone to drama when watching the adult part. What's more, there are a lot of excellent works on domestic realistic themes. Boyle's presentation of India's slums apparently didn't make him more impressed.

"Then Brother Yuquan, do you expect it to win the Oscars?" Liu Yifei asked with a grin.

"Heh, there's a good possibility." Lin Yuquan smiled.

"Why? Anyway, I don't think this film is so good, obviously overpraised. Liu Yifei obviously disagrees with this.

"It's simple, because this film is a more realistic and vivid show of the Indian world on the fringes of Western culture, and the director is a British director, and the Oscar gang of old white men are happy to see such a scene. An obvious example is the Oscar-winning film Gandhi, which was also made by a British director about India. "The Biography of Gandhi" won 8 awards including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor at the 55th Oscars, and "The Last Emperor" is also a very valuable example, an Italian director made a film that reflects the last emperor of ancient China, Pu Yi, and then won 9 awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 60th Oscars, and there are many similar examples, so if "Slumdog Millionaire" wins big at next year's Oscars, I'm not surprised in the slightest. Lin Yuquan said with a smile, his tone was very indifferent, but he added in his heart, I will be completely disappointed in Oscar.

"Really? Isn't the situation of "Wild Wild" not very good, I hope it doesn't be like this, if "Wild Wild" really loses to a film like "Slumdog Millionaire", then I will never watch the Oscars again. Liu Yifei said resolutely.

"Rain Spring, what if you really lose to Slumdog Millionaire?" Liu Shishi said worriedly.

"If you lose, you lose, the Oscar is not the only criterion for judging good movies, there are too many films in this world that have not won important Oscar awards, or even have not been nominated, "Citizen Kane", "The Shawshank Redemption", "The Godfather", "Alien ET", "Jurassic Park", "Terminator", "Alien", "Blade Runner", "A Clockwork Orange", "Apocalypse Now", "Star Wars", "Alive", "Red Sorghum", "The True Colors of Heroes", "Journey to the West", there are too many, The Oscars are just an award, a film award with obvious regional and genre bias. Lin Yuquan smiled, and then turned off the movie: "Okay, don't watch it, it's not early, rest early!" ”

"Let's watch another movie, it's still early, anyway, I don't have anything to do tomorrow morning, won't the game "Wild Wild" start the official global operation fee? It's never too late to sleep when you know what the operation is doing. Liu Yifei said with a smile.

"Yes, Yuquan, I'm not sleepy now, I really want to know the official operation of "Wild Story" for the first time." Liu Shishi said.

Lin Yuquan smiled and nodded, "Okay then!"

He originally planned to learn about the situation of "Wild Story", which was the first to officially enter the operation stage in Asia, through a conference call by himself, but since the second daughter asked for it, and thought that tomorrow was New Year's Day in the United States, there was really nothing to do, so he agreed.

"What kind of movie to watch? David. Fincher's Benjamin. How about The Curious Affair of Barton, Brad. Pete, Kate. Starring Bletchett, he is also a big favorite at this year's Oscars. ”

"Okay!"

"Just look!"

And just in Lin Yuquan, the three of them admired David. When Vinci is making another masterpiece, at the same time, there are too many people around the world who are busy or looking forward to it. (To be continued......)

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