"Boss, is the first issue of "Superman" really going to be given away for nothing?" Beasley asked Monet with some distress.

Monet shrugged and replied, "What if you don't give it away for nothing?" We haven't made comics in "Comet" before, and no one knows about "Superman", how many people do you think will buy it if you don't give it away for free? It's better to send the first issue directly, so that it can attract some people to watch the second issue! ”

Speaking of this, Monet's words changed and said: "In addition, we can't be regarded as a complete free gift, after all, it is matched with "Comet", buy a copy of "Comet" and give a copy of "Superman", I think it can also stimulate the sales of "Comet", and finally I am very confident in "Superman", and the second issue will definitely earn back the cost of the first issue! ”

Monet's guess proved correct, and twenty days later Madison came to the bookstall and asked the owner, Thompson, "Boss, is Comet coming?" ”

"It's here, I just arrived yesterday!" Thompson replied casually.

"Great, get me a copy!" Madison hurriedly took out the money and handed it over.

But as soon as he received it, he frowned and asked, "Hey, boss, what about "Superman"?" ”

"Superman? Here it is! The boss replied, pointing to Superman on the side.

"Oh, I didn't see that." As he spoke, Madison picked up a copy of "Superman" and was about to leave, when Thompson hurriedly shouted in the back: "Hey, you haven't paid for "Superman" yet!" ”

And Madison asked with a confused face: "Didn't "Superman" buy "Comet" and give it away?" ”

Thompson explained: "That's the first issue, and people sent it for advertising, so can it still be sent away?" ”

"Oh yes, I wouldn't have bought Comet if I knew I wouldn't have bought it." Madison muttered.

The same conversation has taken place in quite a few booths these days, while Monet is in the office hosting his old friend Sam Warner.

Because the two know each other very well, and Sam is not too lazy to be polite at all, he asked him directly: "Tony, have you sold the movie rights to "Superman"?" ”

Monet shook his head and replied, "No, why do you want to buy it?" ”

Sam corrected: "It's not that I want to buy it, it's that our company wants to buy it, and I think this story is really suitable for making a movie!" ”

Monet said in his heart that it is actually more suitable for making a TV series, but now there is no TV, so he had to nod and agree: "Well, I also think it is very suitable for making a movie, but can some of the plots in it be shown with current technology?" Like Superman flying in the sky and stuff like that. ”

"I haven't thought about this yet, but it shouldn't be a problem, Lei Huadian can even shoot "King Kong", can I still shoot "Superman"?" Sam replied confidently.

Monet knows that Sam has been obsessed with the success of "King Kong" in the past two years, because he has always felt that he is the first technology in Hollywood, and he made the previous sound movie, and then cooperated with Disney to come up with animated dubbing, but he didn't expect Cooper to actually make the monster + model movie "King Kong" and become a great success, but this book was rejected by himself at the beginning, because he felt that this kind of movie could not be made technically, but although the brothers didn't say anything about him, But he has never been able to get over this hurdle in his heart, and he always thinks about how to innovate and break through "King Kong", and although the recent comic "Superman" that has been selling in "Comet" has only two issues, it has made his eyes shine, so he immediately ran over to discuss with Monet.

To be able to put "Superman" on the screen, Monet is naturally very willing, because now it is still necessary to expand the influence of "Superman", but after chatting a few words, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, so he asked Sam: "Sam, you want to buy "Superman", do Jack and Harry know about it?" ”

Sam replied with some embarrassment, "Well, I haven't had time to tell them yet, but I think they'll agree!" ”

Because Harry is in charge of finance, Jack is in charge of production, and Sam has always been in charge of technology, so Monet said angrily: "Then let's wait for Jack and Harry to talk!" But then he comforted Sam: "But don't worry, in principle, I still hope that our Warners will make this movie, but if Harry and Jack don't agree, then I can't help it!" ”

"Don't worry, I'll definitely persuade them to agree!" Sam said confidently, and then got up to persuade his two brothers to go.

Looking at his back, Monet smiled bitterly: "It's still this kind of simple person who lives happily!" ”

Just when Monet was sighing, he suddenly received a call from Chen Yuanqi, only to hear him say excitedly: "Tony, do you know? MGM is going to shoot "The Earth"! ”

"I Have a Catalogue of Ghosts and Gods"

Speaking of this "Earth", Monet felt very embarrassed, because although he had seen the film before the time-travel, he forgot about it until he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932......

Monet didn't make the money that he made by publishing this book, of course, as the bestseller champion of the year, if he could really publish this book, he would definitely make a lot of money, what really made him feel depressed was that this was the most realistic and down-to-earth book that described the life of Chinese peasants in this era, and even the author Pearl Sai won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938.

Don't be misled by the name Pearl Race, in fact, she is an authentic American, formerly known as Bohr Barker, but she has lived in China for 40 years, so she gave herself such a pen name with Chinese characteristics.

Just when Monet's mind was full of cranky thoughts, Chen Yuanqi said again: "It is said that in order to restore the truth, they rented more than 500 acres of land in California, built paths, ponds, farmland, planted crops, and drilled wells in the way of rural China!"

It even built a bazaar, built a section of the Great Wall, and what is even more amazing is that all the props in it, including tables, chairs, benches, clothes, bowls and chopsticks, were all shipped from China, and the most exaggerated thing is that two old cattle were actually transported......"

"How do you know in such detail?" Monet asked curiously.

"Because I'm the consultant of this movie, you forgot that I went to the countryside in my hometown in Shandong"

PS: Yesterday's manuscript fee was published, and I was very excited to show off with my daughter-in-law, but people replied with disdain: "Isn't this my one-day make-up fee!" ”

This sentence suddenly made me run out of electricity, I worked hard for 4,000 words a day, and people worked hard to earn it in a day, or I still eat soft rice steadily, after all, my stomach is not very good......