"Excuse me, are you Mr. Monet?"

In the face of Marguerite's inquiry, to be honest, Monet was stunned for a moment, because he originally wanted to create a chance encounter and talk to Marguerite first, but he didn't expect her to recognize him first.

So Monet had to take the opportunity to reply: "I am, may I ask who you are?" ”

"I am the little girl you helped on Broadway, Margaret Mitchell, do you still have an impression?" Margaret reminded.

Monet pretended to come to his senses and said, "Oh, I remember, it's the little girl who got separated from her dad on Broadway, right?" ”

Margaret nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, yes, it's me!" ”

"Time flies!" Monet sighed with emotion, and then invited: "Let's go have a cup of coffee and talk slowly?" ”

Margaret nodded her head and agreed, "Okay, I remember that his Blue Mountains are delicious!" ”

When he arrived at the café, Monet asked Marguerite curiously, "How did you recognize me just now?" ”

"How could I not know a great writer like you? I think it was about two or three years after I met you, I saw your photo in your collection "Detective Downing", and later on "Comet", and it was then that I realized that the uncle I met by chance was actually a great writer, and I felt very honored! Margaret explained.

Monet was a little embarrassed to be praised: "What you said is too exaggerated, in fact, I rarely write now!" ”

"You don't write much, but Lady Nicole has always said that all her ideas come from you!" Margaret continued to praise.

"Well, let's not talk about me yet, let's talk about you, Margaret, what are you doing now?" Monet asked to cut to the chase.

Margaret replied a little embarrassedly: "I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, I'm trying to write it now, and it's the story you reminded my grandmother to tell me back then, it's the Civil War!" ”

When Monet heard this, his heart became more steady, this must be "Gone with the Wind", so he pretended to be curious and asked: "Oh, that must be interesting, can you let me see it?" ”

Margaret replied without hesitation: "Of course, it is my honor to have your advice, but the manuscripts are all at home, can you go back with me?" My house is not far from here. ”

"Okay, then I'll pay a visit!" Monet replied.

When she arrived at Marguerite's house, she first made Monet a cup of tea, then took out a stack of manuscripts and handed them over, and said a little embarrassedly: "It's a bit too much!" ”

Monet, on the other hand, pointed to a manuscript in a corner and asked, "Are those too?" ”

"Oh, those are drafts!" Margaret replied very blandly.

Although Monet had known that Marguerite had spent many years writing Gone with the Wind, he was still shocked by the pile of manuscripts in front of him: "How long have you been writing to write so many drafts?" ”

Margaret thought for a moment, then replied, "Well, I've been writing on and off for 27 years!" ”

Looking at Monet's shocked look, Marguerite said embarrassedly: "I'm a stupid person, I haven't even written such a book for so many years." ”

Monet hurriedly corrected: "How can this be said to be stupid, this is your serious and responsible work!" ”

The two were chatting, when suddenly a man walked in, and Margaret hurriedly helped to introduce: "Mr. Monet, let me introduce you, this is my husband John Marsh; John, this is the great writer Mr. Monet, whom I often mention to you! ”

"Hello Mr. Monet, I thought it was Margaret bragging, but I didn't expect her to really know you!" John greeted warmly.

"IT SHOULD BE SAID THAT I AM FORTUNATE TO KNOW MARGARET, BECAUSE I THINK HER "GOHE WIND" WILL DEFINITELY BE POPULAR!" Monet said sincerely, because he knew how successful the book was.

Hearing Monet say this, John was immediately very excited: "Mr. Monet, you also think that this book will be successful, right?" In fact, I have always believed in this, especially Margaret's talent for writing, so I am willing to give up everything to embrace this talent. (The last sentence is John's exact words in the interview!) ）

"John's contribution to this book cannot be overestimated, because all these years he has worked during the day and edited the manuscript for me at night, for me, for this book, he almost gave up a man's pursuit and enjoyment in career and life, he poured all his wisdom and energy into my creation, without him, I would definitely not be able to write this book!" Margaret looked at her husband affectionately and said.

Although Monet is not a single dog, he still can't bear it when he sees the two of them sprinkling dog food in front of him, so he changed the topic and said: "Margaret, I have a decision now, I want to discuss it with you!" ”

"What decision?" Margarissa asked casually.

"I want to buy the rights to this book, whatever you want!" Monet said proudly, but then added: "But I suggest that you choose to divide it, because I think it will be no problem for this book to sell millions of copies!" ”

"Millions of copies? Mr. Monet, are you kidding me? Margaret looked incredulous.

Monet said: "Of course I'm not joking with you, otherwise, let's sign a contract like this, and I will give you a fixed remuneration of 100,000 US dollars for selling less than 1 million copies, and I will give you a commission for more than 1 million copies!" ”

"But if you don't sell a million copies, say only a few hundred copies, then Monsieur Monet, won't you lose 100,000 copies?" Margaret worried for Monet.

And Monet waved his hand: "How can there be a sure profit in business, the more bold you are, the more you earn!" ”

PS: The English title of "Gone with the Wind" is "GOHE WIND", the literal translation of the words "Drift with the wind", it is quoted from the poem of the British poet Stern Dowson, and it is also taken from a general description in chapter 24, from the mouth of the heroine of the book, Scarlett, to the effect that the war swept away her "whole world" like a wind, and her family's farm also "drifted away with the wind".

Scarlett uses this phrase to express the thoughts and feelings of Southern farmers, and the author uses it as the title of the book to indicate her views on the Civil War, which is completely consistent with the content of the book. The title of the book has two meanings: this whistling wind refers to the Civil War; The clouds that were drifted away refer to the comfortable life of serfdom.

As for the movie being changed to "Gone with the Wind", it is purely for the box office and attracting attention, after all, "Gone with the Wind" and "Beauty" are both selling points......