Chapter 364: On the eve of the sale
"I think you're wrong, Mr. Ferrer, "Sherlock Holmes" is my sincere work, my work to consolidate my popularity in Europe and the United States, not the work you said to attract money." Su Shichen pushed the contract back, "So I won't sign this contract, I'm sorry." ”
"A work of sincerity? Consolidating popularity in Europe and the United States? I don't think it's funny to write you. Feller's expression was indescribably strange, and his tone was aggravated, "Writer Su, you mean, four years ago, when you were fifteen years old, you had a high writing ability, and you could even be comparable to international writers?" ”
Well, in the end, this is because of the reason why he "created" Holmes too early, although Su Shichen used his title of anti-heaven - the most genius to fool the past, but this was indeed a mistake on his part. Logically, he now translates the mystery novels he wrote at the age of fifteen into English and sells them in Europe and the United States, so that anyone looks like he is making money.
"My Sherlock Holmes Detective Book will become an unsurpassable peak in mystery fiction." Su Shichen said these words very blandly. Weishenme will be bland, although "Sherlock Holmes" in the United Kingdom of the earth in the previous life will be unusually popular and not unrelated to the background at that time, but even if this background is shaved off, the classic is always a classic, since he knows, he is naturally indifferent. But this is not indifferent in Feller's eyes, "Then I'll wait to see your "Sherlock Holmes Detective Collection" become the peak of mystery novels, and the company still has things, so I'll leave first, and we'll see you later." "Feller left, and that was a clear disbelief. Maybe in Feller's heart, he thought that this was just a reason for Su Shichen to refuse to cooperate with him, but he didn't believe it at all.
In fact, Su Shichen didn't cooperate with him because of the previous incident. To quote British Prime Minister Palmerston. There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. In the same way, there is no eternal enemy, no matter what "Sherlock Holmes" is published and sold in Europe and the United States, but one thing is clear, it is indeed beneficial to cooperate with Ferrer, but it is not so easy in this world. Su Shichen is very resentful.
And there is another point, Feller's publishing house is not the top in the whole country.
Looking at the official website of "The Frozen Throne" and the comments of various famous artists, I think he should continue to concentrate on writing fantasy. They all have no confidence in his "Sherlock Holmes Detective Collection". Well, the mystery novels that were originally regarded as classics in Europe and the United States are treated like this in Shijie.
Of course, there is no need for him to explain anything, because the results will naturally prove everything.
"It's hard to come to the United States once. Let's go see Wang Shan. It's been a long time since I've seen that little girl. ”
"I remember that Wang Shan was at St. John's Northwest Military Academy, where is this school?" Su Shichen used the computer in the suite to check, he remembered that this was a powerful university, but the result of the inquiry was that this St. John's Northwest Military Academy was a private high school in Wisconsin.
"Huh? Private high school? You can't go wrong, right? Is this high school? "Wang Shan is as old as him, and she should be a college student at this time, how can she still be in high school? Then go ahead and check it out. He saw a news that surprised him even more, "St. John's Northwest Military Academy is a boys' school. There could be no female students at all, so how could Wang Shan study there? ”
High school, boys' school, everything is completely unscientific.
made a phone call: "Hey, aunt, Shanshan is studying at St. John's Northwest Military Academy?" ”
"Who said that?" Wang Ni on the other side of the phone looked very puzzled, "Shanshan's grandfather used to study there, Xiaochen, you should be in Los Angeles at this time, you can go and see it when you have time, Shanshan is at the University of California, Los Angeles, you are not far away." ”
UCLA (abbreviation of the University of California, Los Angeles) is one of the top comprehensive universities in the United States, ranking among the top 20 in the shijie university rankings released by Globe. Wang Shan is really good at attending this university, but it's not the point. Su Shichen hung up the phone after answering, and began to think, Wang Ni really didn't say that the school Wang Shan attended was St. John's Northwest Military Academy, which has always been said by Wang Shan herself, she said that she studied in a military school and had strict militarized management, so she couldn't play with the computer.
In addition, Su Shichen was not familiar with the schools in the United States, so he believed it, saying that Wang Shan Weishenme said this kind of lie to fool him? Could it be ......
Su Shichen thought of a possibility: "Could it be that Xiao Xuehua is really Wang Shan?" It seems that if this is the case, Wang Shan is not wrong to tell such a lie in order to clear her suspicion.
Thinking of this, it is even more necessary to go to Wang Shan's school, of course, before you go, you have to fill your stomach, call to deliver food, and then have a good meal before you are ready to go.
In fact, UCLA is not a university that can be entered casually, and Su Shichen doesn't want to be too public, but fortunately, Su Shichen is also related to the United States. It is important to know that the university professors in the Azeroth Lingua Franca Research Association are professors from all over Shijie. In the university rankings released by higher education research institutions, UCLA's linguistics is ranked fifth, so the strength of university professors is not low, and there are three UCLA professors in the Azeroth Lingua Franca Research Association, so that Su Shichen can enter the school smoothly.
The purpose of Su Shichen's trip was the law school, dialed Wang Shan's phone, and began to ask her where she was, she still said that she was at school, but then when she heard that he was at school, she immediately changed her words, saying that she was now going to a friend's house as a guest and would not come back for a while.
This is clearly a weak heart avoiding him, judging from this behavior, the possibility of Wang Shan being a little snowflake is very high.
Of course, that's only possible, because according to his previous inference, Xiao Xuehua should like Zhu Xian, but Wang Shan is a hardcore Fu fan, which is not wrong, and Wang Shan is a little more proficient in computers than him, a computer Xiaobai, and it is completely impossible to get a screenshot of the place where his IP is located unknowingly.
With such doubts, Su Shichen called a car back to the hotel, and met a yellow man waiting for him in the hotel lobby. Short hair, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a tall nose bridge. The whole appearance makes people feel the positive energy emanating from him.
"Hello Suda, I am Chen Ning, an employee of the Los Angeles branch, Suda, you can come to me if you have any questions or do anything in the past few months in the United States." This is the staff dispatched by the branch, and he is still a Chinese person, so it is much more convenient to communicate both habitually and in language.
"Chen Ning, I hope we can work together happily." A handshake was a gesture of friendship, "What's the itinerary?" All he knew was that tomorrow there would be a book signing session for the Sherlock Holmes collection. However, the detailed arrangements are not clear.
"Tomorrow there will be a three-hour book signing session from 9 to 12 o'clock, and there will be a short story contest from 3 to 6 pm in the afternoon, and you will be the judge. This short story contest lasts for three days. Chen Ning remembers everything very clearly and orderly, "There are also dozens of endorsement contracts, several of which are from large companies. Su Da, you can take a look. If you are interested, you can sign it, and Director Harder wants to make an appointment to meet you at Su University. ”
"Do you have to go to the short story contest as a judge?" Don't think that signing and selling books will be very simple, Su Shichen has personal experience and knows that he is tired, so Su Shichen just wants to ask the judge if he can cancel it, so that he can rest and rest.
"The full name of this short story contest is called the Morester Short Story Award, and Morester is a master of Shijie short stories. And this competition was organized by several well-known newspapers and magazines in the United States to commemorate this giant of novels. Of course, in fact, these have nothing to do with Su University, the key is that the organizers are several well-known newspapers. Globe is one of them. ”
Chen Ning emphasized the problem of the organizer, and Su Shichen also understood that the organizer included a small half of the mainstream media in the United States, and it was really bad to offend in this situation, all in all, this event could not be pushed off.
"All endorsements are pushed away." It's already busy enough, and I still have to endorse something, how can I still find time to shoot commercials or attend events to endorse or something? It's completely impossible.
"All?" Chen Ning was surprised, some of them are big contracts, and the price is equivalent to the endorsement price of a Hollywood superstar, since they are all pushed away, this is a bit crazy.
"Well, all. Also, what did Director Harder ask me for? "Harder, Su Shichen has also heard that he is a Hollywood phenomenon director, a completely commercial director, basically the movies are not popular, he likes big productions and shocking scenes, although he is not loved by academics, but he is very popular with the audience.
But Harder and him should have no intersection, how could they suddenly want to meet him, it's strange, but Su Shichen still agreed, because Shanshi Company is also going to establish an entertainment company, and it would be very good if he could catch Harder's line.
Chen Ning secretly sighed, the grade is high, if it was him, he would be very excited about who wanted to give him one-tenth of these activities, but this Su Shichen directly refused, it was called a free and easy. In the face of Su Shichen's question, he didn't dare to slack off, "It should be a matter of Director Harder's new drama, and it is said that Director Harder has made an appointment with several science fiction writers." ”
"Well, then schedule a time." Su Shichen nodded.
Chen Ning is equivalent to the role of an agent, arranging things in an orderly manner, so that there is no need to rush, arrange the itinerary for the next week, and come to the Los Angeles branch under the leadership of Chen Ning.
The scale of the Los Angeles branch is naturally not as large as the head office, but although it is small, it has all kinds of organs, and the division of labor between printing, publicity and audit departments is very good. And one of the things that Su Shichen admires the most is that the company's employees are white, black, and Chinese, and there is no special prejudice.
At present, there are not many authors signed by the branch, and there are very few of them with potential, although the scene was opened with the help of "Frozen Throne", but the foundation is still insufficient after all.
This Sherlock Holmes Detective Collection is another opportunity...... PS: weishenme writes and writes habitually digging holes, and now the kitten tries to fill in the books on the profile as much as possible. In addition, something happened to the kitten's family, so I didn't want to make up for it, sorry. Tomorrow the kitten can resume the normal update and make up for the supplement. Thank you for your understanding. (To be continued......)