"Boss, there's another order in Chicago!" Beasley panted and ran in and said to Monet.

Although Monet knew that "Gone with the Wind" was a bestseller, he really didn't expect it to be so popular, and he sold more than 50,000 copies in one day, so the printing house that usually cooperates with him can't take so many orders, even if Monet has been running the cooperation with other printing houses in the past few days, he can only barely cope with it, so he replied angrily: "But now the printing house is already working overtime, and the existing orders are too busy, so he will wait for the addition!" ”

Beasley laughed and said, "Boss, this is also a helpless thing, do you know how much the "Gone with the Wind" priced at $3 has been hyped up now?" ”

"Then how do I know? I'm so busy right now that I run out of time to sleep! Monet complained, of course, that he meant sleeping by that kind of sleep......

Beasley gestured and replied, "Sixty dollars, a full sixty dollars, and renting a hotel at the Ritz for a month is only thirty dollars, which is really terrifying!" ”

As soon as Monet heard the number, "What sixty dollars?" What are these guys in a hurry, isn't it all the money that those scalpers have made money, this is not good, Lisa, help me call the printing house again, I will continue to print! ”

Finally finished coping with this batch of orders, Monet was about to breathe a sigh of relief and take a good rest, when he suddenly received a call from Margaret: "Uncle Tony, just now someone from MGM came to me, saying that they wanted to buy the film rights of "Gone with the Wind"! ”

"That's a good thing!" Monet was absolutely sincere when he said this, because he liked the movie "Gone with the Wind" very much.

At this time, Margaret said, "But I remember Uncle Tony, you are not a shareholder of the film company?" Do you want to buy it? If you want to buy it, then I will sell it to you first! ”

Monet thought to himself that Warner is busy preparing for "Superman" now, how can he have time to shoot "Gone with the Wind", and what if he doesn't shoot it well, won't it be a waste of the classics!

But after thinking about it, even if I don't think about it, I have to say hello to Jack and Sam, otherwise if they pick themselves because of this, they won't be able to do it.

So he said to Margaret: "I'll ask them, but I don't think 99 percent of them will buy them!" Don't be in a hurry to refuse MGM. ”

Unexpectedly, Margaret said: "Don't worry, Uncle Tony, I have already told the people at MGM, I entrusted you with the copyright transaction, let him talk to you!" ”

"What's the reserve price?"

"You just look at the order, I said that this matter is entrusted to you!" Margaret replied proudly.

Although Monet was very moved by this, he still persuaded: "Margaret, this is not appropriate, after all, this is certainly not a small amount!" ”

Margaret replied disapprovingly, "What's wrong with that, if it weren't for you, Uncle Tony, my book wouldn't have sold so well, and to be honest, the money is enough for me now." ”

"It's because your book is well written, so the sales are high, but I didn't do anything!" Monet replied embarrassedly.

After chatting with Margaret, Monet called Jack Warner, and it turned out that he guessed correctly, only to hear Jack say with a wry smile: "To be honest, I really want to buy the film rights of "Gone with the Wind" and start filming immediately, because "Gone with the Wind" is the most popular now, as long as it can be filmed now, the box office will definitely be very good, but unfortunately we really don't have the energy and financial resources to support two big productions at the same time!" ”

"You can also pat it casually and make a quick buck!" Monet teased Jack.

Jack snorted angrily, "Although you said this, I firmly believe that if I really do this, you will immediately run over and kill me!" ”

"Well, you know me so well!" Monet replied with a smile.

Originally, Monet thought that MGM would soon send someone to contact him, but no one came for several days, and just when Monet thought that MGM had given up on the project, and even began to consider whether to go to Vivien Leigh himself, MGM's "May", that is, the general manager Louis Meyer, found him. ("M" refers to MGM's predecessor, Mitro Film Studios, "Gao" is the later acquired Goldwin Film Studios, although Meyer was also the owner of a small film production company before, but Márquez-Love values him as a person, so he did not use the company name but used his own word May, which shows the degree of attention.) ）

"M" and "Gao" are both investors, and Meyer is in charge of the company's operation, that is, under his management, MGM has become a giant in the film industry!

Monet was very surprised by Meyer's arrival, because this kind of thing doesn't need a big man like him to come over, and Meyer's explanation is: "Because I really like the book "Gone with the Wind" too much, I know that Mr. Monet is a shareholder of Warner, but with my understanding of Warner, for the time being, Warner really does not have the strength to start filming two big productions at the same time, so please Mr. Monet, you can give us "Gone with the Wind" MGM, you can rest assured that I will definitely satisfy you and Mrs. Mitchell in terms of copyright fees, you also saw it today, I came here in person." , enough sincerity, right? ”

Of course, Monet believes in MGM's sincerity, and he won't say that you MGM is not also filming "The Earth" at the same time, because MGM does have this strength, but since Meyer has sent it to the door, Monet feels that he is sorry for himself if he doesn't kill it.

So he pretended to be silent for a while and said: "I'm definitely not worried about the copyright fee, but you should also know how much I love this book, otherwise I wouldn't have paid $100,000 plus a share to buy the copyright of this book before it was finished, so I have a small request!" ”

Before he came, Meyer was mentally prepared that Monet could not have no requirements, so he casually asked, "Mr. Monet, what do you want?" ”

"I don't know if the heroine is Hao Scarlett, has anyone chosen the role?" Monet asked tentatively.

"Would you like to recommend Miss Hedy Lamarr to play Scarlett?" Meyer asked with a frown, because to be honest he didn't think Hedy Lamarr was not suitable for the role of Scarlett, but if Monet asked for it, he wouldn't be too easy to refuse.

Unexpectedly, Monet shook his head and replied: "No, I don't want to recommend Heidi to play Scarlett, I think Vivien Leigh is more suitable!" ”