Chapter 216: Harry Potter and Beckham

J.K. Rowling's search is a little difficult, after all, Corning can only accurately locate the target as Manchester, England, as for the specifics, it can only be found by Boss Huang, who has flown halfway around the world. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Shortly after leaving Heathrow, Huang Xing received another order from Corning to buy books for the soon-to-be-established Great Library.

It wasn't hard for him. Britain is actually a country he is relatively familiar with. When he started to become a smuggler five or six years ago, the process of marketization in China had just begun. Doing business in the sea is still seen by many as risk-takers. The company's business mode also relies more on old interpersonal relationships, in which it is common for people to ask for corruption and bribery, and the source of profit is basically based on transportation-level space sales, as for the technical content of goods, although more private enterprises have noticed it, but it has not yet become the mainstream of the market.

Of course, the situation in '96 was much better than it was then. But Huang Xing didn't know about the changes in China, and he focused on foreign markets five or six years ago.

It was in this context that neighboring Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, which still occupied Hong Kong at that time, became an important market layout area for him.

The familiar fog appeared in front of him again, and Huang Xing took out his brick-like mobile phone and began to call friends. Because of his years of business, he still has a few friends here. Not long ago, in the Japanese raiders, many of the antiques collected were sold through this group of friends.

Recruiting people through them is, of course, much easier. However, the first source of news was not the people in the auction house, but a football club he bought last year.

The club, called Leiden East, is located in Waltham Forrest, a long-known borough outside London, and is currently in the fourth tier of the English league, League 3.

However, with his massive investment, the team is in a good position in League C, and as things stand, there is still hope for promotion to League Two.

And one of his squad has a player on loan from Manchester. When it was learned that the deep-pocketed club president was looking for someone in Manchester, the player inquired about the club and was quick to get a reply.

So not long after, Huang Xing met this J.K Rowling.

From Huang Xing's point of view, this woman must be in a hurry to publish her own novel, and judging from her humble appearance and restrained demeanor, he is very concerned about this life-related matter.

From J.K. Rowling's point of view, Huang Xing is a very busy business person, and although he is not used to dealing with yellow-skinned people, he has a strong business atmosphere in him and sees a glimmer of hope for the publication of the novel.

The first words Huang Xing said made J.K. Rowling confirm what he wanted to feel.

"Ms. Rowling, I have a contract that you can't possibly refuse."

In fact, for J.K. Rowling, as long as it can be published, no matter what the manuscript fee is, she can accept it. You must know that she has been struggling with the poverty line for a long time now. The sample of the novel she brought this time, as well as the sample she submitted to Penguin Press last time, were typed out letter by letter on a typewriter. Because she didn't have the money to print it directly.

But when he borrowed the contract handed over by the other party, he still screamed in surprise, attracting the attention of many people around him.

"The price, it's too high, I ......"

Hearing her words, the onlookers' eyes became slightly meaningful, and in their opinion, there must be a different story between this pair of men and women.

But soon they found that their hearts were really dirty, because Huang Xing explained at the first time: "My boss appreciates the story you wrote. That's why there is such a price. But we are also very demanding. We set out the cost of the sequel in the contract. Of course, we can discuss this later. And you don't have to worry about your future income, you know, my boss wants to publish this book in all the signatories of the Berne Convention. ”

The Berne Convention, as it is called, is a convention for the protection of copyright worldwide. Generally speaking, the copyright that appears in a certain contracting state will automatically be recognized by the copyright of all contracting states, of course, some countries need to be registered, such as the Celestial Empire, but that is only registration, and there will be no problem of squatting like trademarks, because similar problems generally belong to another category, called plagiarism!

Corning's plan is based on a vision of the future. The profits in this will soon be locked in by Huang Xing. As for the technical issues, Corning is not worried at all, you must know that the Filthy Earth Reincarnation System has its own language adaptation function, which makes each Reincarnated person a rare translator in the world.

If he does not pursue Sindaya's literary requirements, then everyone is a suitable translator, and even if he pursues literary rhetoric, there is no shortage of writers under his command.

However, J.K. Rowling seemed to hesitate a little, and although she had already signed the contract, she still asked, "Are you sure you don't need to look at my proof?" ”

Huang Xing thought to himself that he should have read the proof, otherwise how could he explain his motivation for publishing, but he quickly changed his mind and said, "A lot of your creative content is done in places like cafes." ”

J.K. Rowling's eyes widened suddenly, and she asked, "How do you know?" ”

Huang Xingxin said, Kang Ning told me, he knows that your uncle is on fire. Of course, this is not appropriate to say, so I just said: "My boss saw it, he was next to you at the time, and he wanted to sign your work directly, but you were writing seriously at the time, so he didn't bother you." A few days ago, he suddenly remembered this incident and hurriedly asked me to sign your work, so that others could take the lead. ”

J.K. Rowling laughed, "I'm still preparing to mail it to Mr. Christopher Ritter." ”

Huang Xing blinked his eyes: "Fortunately, I came in time." It seems that we have to thank the Manchester United players who came on loan last season. ”

"Players?" J.K. Rowling was surprised and said, "Football player? ”

"Yes, I'm the president of Leyton Orient and the team is currently in League 3. The four-tier league will make you smile. ”

"I didn't think it was the work of a player, it's amazing, I want to meet this player. What is his name, please? ”

"Let me think about it." Huang Xing closed his eyes and thought for a long time before he spat out a shocking name, "David Beckham." ”