The signing of "That Summer That Year" was a success.

In five days, more than 5,000 copies were sold.

And Lin Xia also became famous on the Internet overnight.

Becoming famous overnight is not a particularly surprising thing in this era, opening the Internet, it seems that new "characters" will appear every day, they are either positive energy, or tragic, or strange, or like a clown, they can always make netizens remember quickly, and then quickly forget.

It's an impetuous internet world.

Of course, in a place like Yenching, fame seems to be a common thing, and the students don't surround you, they don't whisper, and the teachers don't look at you strangely......

Almost every day, reporters will come to interview a certain student, and even every once in a while, a student will appear on CCTV and the news.

After all......

There are Olympic champions who have won glory for the country, Olympiad geniuses who have gone abroad for further study, and scientific research scholars who have become famous at a young age......

The fame of a new writer of youth literature seems to be an ordinary thing here.

Although in school, Lin Xia lived as before, but in life, Lin Xia was more or less troubled.

Although not many people know her phone number, the phone numbers between the editor Sister Yang and the publishing house are one after another, and even dozens of calls a day.

On the phone, they helped people in various circles to inquire about Lin Xia, including exclusive media interview calls, calls to inquire about the copyright of "That Summer That Year", calls from cultural companies hoping to sign "star writers", and even calls from entertainment companies......

When more and more information about her was "exposed" on the Internet, more and more netizens were amazed by her "beauty" and "talent", and then gradually, invisibly, she had more titles such as "Goddess of Literature" and "Yan Da Talented Girl".

Traffic has benefits.

It can make you get attention and make your work known to more people.

Traffic also has downsides.

Lin Xia realized that everyone only cared about her looks, her school, and some of her lace stories, but no one cared about her "Midsummer" book itself.

"That Summer That Year" seems to be a bonus to a carnival.

After selling so many books, how many readers really buy them because they like them?

She had no idea!

In a sense, this is contrary to her original intention.

Thereupon......

For any request from the publishing house, she chooses to refuse, and she does not sign any celebrity promotion company, she just wants to wait for the hustle and bustle to pass, and then see how "That Midsummer" is in its real state.

Good book sales are naturally a good thing.

But she had to calm down.

She wants to be a writer, not a "star" and not a "star writer......

In the midst of the heat and hustle and bustle.

The relationship between her and Zhang Panpan seems to have become delicate.

Since rejecting Zhang Panpan's company's copyright purchase, Zhang Panpan has not contacted her for almost four days.

I contacted her myself, but I always prompted that the phone was on the phone.

Lin Xia knew that she was angry......

September 10 at noon.

After thinking about it for a long time, she finally decided to call Zhang Panpan again.

No matter what happens, she always wants to have a good chat with this girlfriend, even if she breaks up in the future, she can be regarded as having a clear conscience.

The phone was not answered at first, but later, Zhang Panpan returned a call.

"Congratulations, you, now that you're famous, many people think you're a goddess...... Congratulations. ”

The tone of Zhang Panpan's first sentence was a little sour.

Lin Xia didn't answer anything, so he could only choose to be silent.

Lin Xia heard Zhang Panpan sigh again, Zhang Panpan seemed to realize that his words were a little too much with what he had done recently, so he sighed again: "I, I know that I am wrong like this, but I ...... I don't know why, I don't feel very comfortable when I see you become famous so quickly. ”

"I know it's not right, but I just feel a little uncomfortable......"

"I'm in a complicated mood right now......"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Panpan hung up the phone again.

Not long after hanging up the phone, Zhang Panpan took the initiative to call her again.

Lin Xia answered the phone.

"We ...... Let's talk about it, the company, my agent, Sister Hong, I want to talk to you about the copyright issue of "That Midsummer......"

"If you don't want to come, I'll refuse Sister Hong again."

The tone on the phone seemed to reveal a bit of helplessness......

She seemed to refuse to bow her head, a little stubborn, but in the end, she was forced to bow her head helplessly.

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Youth literary movies were once considered unpopular by the film and television industry to be small and fresh literary films.

There is a certain market audience, but it is small.

But......

A movie called "Youth in the Right Year" released last year refreshed everyone's cognition.

Ke Zhanyi, a new director and writer on Hong Kong Island, was born and sold more than 120 million box office with this movie, which completely heated up this market.

Many entertainment companies are eyeing this piece of the cake.

Their investment is small at most a few million, and even if you add some actors, it is impossible to exceed 10 million. But the return ratio is large, and at the same time, the cycle is short, with a good script and a good director, you can earn tens of millions of dollars if you shoot well.

At the beginning of this year, due to the impact of the financial tsunami, investors' money became tight, and many film companies did not dare to try blockbusters that invested hundreds of millions of dollars at every turn.

At the beginning of the year, a meeting was held, and the strategic focus of the film department began to adjust to the youth film, some time ago a screenwriting department was established, the first project was the theme of youth movies, and the project leader Xu Zhishen sharpened his knife, not only wanted to reproduce the glory of "Youth in the Year" again, but even wanted to go up to the ceiling of this kind of movie.

After more than half a year of selection, Xu Zhishen saw a novel called "Those Flowers" and was ready to personally adapt this novel into a movie.

For this reason, he personally visited the author of the original book and talked to her about the adaptation.

At first, it went well, and the original author was quite interested in the movie, but when it came to the end, the copyright fee negotiation collapsed.

The other party's adaptation copyright fee is four million, and people don't sell it if the price is low.

Xu Zhishen had a headache.

The original author of "Those Flowers" is named April River, and Ke Zhanyi, the author and director of "Youth is in the Right Year", used to be the same coffee level author, and later "Youth in the Right Year" exploded, Ke Zhanyi's body value went up like a rocket, although it was a big distance from her, but April River still stubbornly believed that his "Those Flowers" would be more popular than "Youth in the Right Year" after being adapted into a movie!

The copyright fee of four million is not high in her heart, and she can't lose a dime.

As a result, the copyright of "Those Flowers" is so stiff.

Xu Zhishen communicated with her for a long time, and after seeing that she had been so tough, he finally chose to give up.

Although the budget for the film project given to him by the company and investors is not a lot, he still has to suffer from the four million copyright fees.

And......

The company doesn't have more than one film project, it's all invested in this movie, what if it loses?

The company gave him trust and let him do this project, and he naturally couldn't live up to this project, and his character was either not to do it, or if he did it, he had to be a hit.

In this tug, more than a month passed.

The project could not be determined for a long time, the company and the capital were urging, he was so annoyed that just when he decided to settle for the next best, he happened to see Lin Xia's "Midsummer That Year".

For new authors, the copyright fee is generally not high, and it carries traffic itself......

He finished the original novel, and then watched the heated discussion on the Internet, and he realized that this book was the best choice.

When he tried to contact Lin Xia, he found out the relationship between Lin Xia and Zhang Panpan, a newcomer signed by the company, so he contacted Zhang Panpan's agent Sister Hong as soon as possible and approved 200,000 yuan for her.

I thought that the signing would go smoothly, but who knows, 200,000 was not signed at all.

So another 300,000 was approved, and 300,000 was not signed.

A rookie author can't figure it out, is this agent-eater?

In the end, he was so angry that he almost lashed out at Sister Hong, and after holding back, he planned to follow them to talk to Lin Xia in person.

However, she was rejected by Sister Hong.

Sister Hong hopes he can give her another chance!

He nodded in agreement and granted her a copyright fee of 500,000 yuan.

It's his budget and his bottom line.

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"Panpan, I've been fighting for you a chance to be exposed, I hope you don't let me down this time......"

"You also know the company, if the company can't sign this copyright, you will be affected, and your friends will also be affected......"

"We can praise a lot of people, and we can also ban a lot of people......"

"You signed a ten-year contract with us, and you don't want to be obscure for ten years, right?"

"I'll give you the copyright money to rise to 250,000, this 250,000 is me, it's the company's bottom line, after signing the copyright, the company will work hard to adapt this movie, this movie is popular, your friend's worth is also rising, stepping into a first-line writer, it's just a matter of time, seat her friend, you must not let her be irrational, or go astray......"

"It's good for you, it's good for your friends......"

“……”

In the car.

Zhang Panpan listened to Sister Hong's cold voice.

She bowed her head.

These days......

Her haughty, self-confidence, and self-esteem are long gone, and now all that remains is uneasiness and trepidation.

Sometimes, the darkness at the tip of the iceberg is enough to make people despair.

When they came to the agreed place, she met Lin Xia, and then ......

I saw another familiar person.

Zhang Sheng?

What did he come to do?