Chapter 422 Ticking You
Xu Xiyu returned to Beijing.
The hearts of the Li sisters also ran away with him.
Some things, just like shopping online for a product you really want, it’s okay if you haven’t placed an order. Once you place an order, you will inevitably look forward to the day when the express delivery will arrive.
But for Xu Xiyu, some things are like a routine physical examination. There is a high probability that the report will be fine, but it is inevitable to worry about what problems will be found during the examination.
Nowadays, there are many people who hate his immortality. After all, he climbed up by stepping on a pile of enemy "corpses", and there might be someone waiting to do something against him.
This is not something you can avoid if you are clever or not.
Just like Mao Gaojun, he never expected that he would fall into the hands of someone like Bu Zhaojie inexplicably.
Therefore, Xu Xiyu could not help but be careless.
What if?
Who can withstand the power of small essays and T0?
I didn't want to meet Mr. Mao again, especially using a sewing machine in prison.
Of course, he also knew that there was a high probability that the Li sisters would be fine. Like many female artists, they just want to find a "funder" to protect them.
In other words, this is actually an unspoken relationship.
Xu Xiyu is a sea king, so he will not build any memorial arch for himself.
But to be honest, it seemed that Xu Xiyu was unspokenly regulating them that night, but in fact it was them who were unspokenly regulating Xu Xiyu.
There are subtleties in this that people who are not involved in this circle may not understand.
Generally speaking, today, it is much more difficult for a certain pair of sisters to get close to Xu Xiyu than it is for him to get a certain pair of sisters.
The Li sisters may seem like "scarce resources," but in the entertainment industry, Xu Xiyu is the real "scarce resource."
You think Xu Xiyu is hunting for beauty, but in fact, he has been the "beautiful" for a long time.
Of course, when Xu Xiyu faced this situation, he was not so rational. He also analyzed who was more scarce. Isn't this crazy?
He was simply fed up with this kind of forced buying and selling.
This relationship should not be what they want and then they have to agree to it. It's about starting whenever you want, and the initiative must be with you.
Thinking of this, Xu Xiyu, who had returned to Hua Qing's office, folded his hands on the back of his head, leaned back, and was about to put his feet on the desk to take a nap when he heard a knock on the door.
"Come in." He called as he sat down again.
"Boss, Mr. Wei is here." Shan Xinbao poked his head in.
After she finished speaking, she saw Hu Ningwei walking straight in carrying a paper bag and saying excitedly at the same time: "Come on, come on, let me show you something good."
"What good stuff?" Seeing the youthful Hu Ningwei, Xu Xiyu unconsciously showed a smile on his face, got up and walked from his office to the sofa.
"Open it and take a look." Hu Ningwei handed over the paper bag in her hand.
Xu Xiyu took it and took a look and saw that it was a white paper with two titles on the cover, namely "Remembrance of Earth's Past" and "The Three-body Problem".
When I opened it, I found that the content inside was also in English.
"How is it? Are you surprised?" Hu Ningwei looked at Xu Xiyu expectantly.
When Xu Xiyu saw this, he deliberately asked: "What is this?"
"..." As soon as these words came out, Hu Ningwei's expectant expression instantly solidified.
She couldn't believe that Xu Xiyu couldn't figure out what this was? When you see "Three-body", you can guess that this is the English version of "Three-Body", right?
Seeing her dumbfounded, Xu Xiyu finally couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing.
Now Hu Ningwei realized that she had been teased by this guy again.
So, she snatched the book back in shame, held it in her arms, turned around, and stamped her feet: "I won't show it to you! Huh~~"
She twisted so hard that her skirt and hair swayed.
Seeing this, Xu Xiyu's mind was inexplicably shaken.
I saw him walking around in front of Hu Ningwei, bending his waist slightly, staring at the book in her arms, and saying: "Remembrance of Earth's Past, Blue Star's Past, the first one, right?"
Xu Xiyu's English accent was very strange, but Hu Ningwei had no time to care.
Because she always felt that Xu Xiyu's eyes were not on the book cover, but on her bulging part that was squeezed by the movement of holding the book.
This made her a little shy, and she unconsciously moved the book up again, hoping to cover it with the book.
However, Xu Xiyu was indeed reading the book cover, so he did not notice Hu Ningwei's little movements. Seeing her hugging the book tighter, Xu Xiyu instinctively coaxed: "Okay, I was wrong, show me."
There is a saying that Xu Xiyu can swear to God that when he said "show me" he was referring to books.
But after Hu Ningwei heard the words "Show me", she inexplicably lost her mind.
Forget it, she accidentally moved the book that was originally covering her chest down.
At this time, Xu Xiyu finally came to his senses. He straightened up suddenly and looked at Hu Ningwei's slightly drooped face and red ears. He felt that he was even more wronged than Dou E.
"No, I'm talking about books." Xu Xiyu shouted.
"Huh? Oh, hey! I know you're talking about books!" Hu Ningwei started to instinctively make amends out of shyness. After finishing searching, she slapped the book on Xu Xiyu's hand, turned around, found a chair to sit down, and started pretending to play with her mobile phone.
Seeing this, Xu Xiyu looked at the book in his hand, and then at Hu Ningwei who was sitting there playing with her mobile phone, and suddenly she couldn't laugh or cry.
Just a few minutes later, Xu Xiyu, who was flipping through a book, walked up to Hu Ningwei and said, "My English level is quite limited. I heard from your brother that you have been taught trilingual since you were a child and are proficient in both English and French. Can you translate for me?" ”
"I won't translate. I'm angry. This manuscript has just been printed and it's still hot. I'll bring it to you quickly. You just want to tease me." Hu Ningwei put away her phone and turned her head away with a bulging face. However, the next second, she felt an itch between her ribs. It turned out to be Xu Xiyu tickling herself. While scratching, she smiled and said: "Then I will relieve you."
"Oops, I hate you so much~~ Haha, no, no, no, no, it's so itchy~" Hu Ningwei laughed and jumped after being tickled. She hid while thinking about scratching her back.
The book was also dropped to the ground in the process.
Tens of seconds later, Xu Xiyu bent down and picked up the book. While flipping through it, he said to Hu Ningwei, who had a peach-like face: "I really didn't expect that I could translate it so quickly."
"The second and third parts are being translated simultaneously. The publisher has found it for you. My brother wants to print and sell it first, and try to help you win a foreign science fiction award before doing serious publicity."
Hearing this, Xu Xiyu nodded, and then asked worriedly: "Your English is better than mine, what do you think of this translation?"
"Don't worry, the main translator is also a writer of science fiction novels, and the translation tastes very good." Hu Ningwei said with a smile.
After saying that, without waiting for Xu Xiyu's reply, she continued: "By the way, when do you plan to publish the Chinese version of "The Three-Body Problem"?"
As mentioned before, after Xu Xiyu leaked "The Three-Body Problem", it was made available to major reading platforms. Therefore, now there is only an electronic version and no physical book.
"Now that the English version has been translated, let's just publish it together. Hey, can your brother help me win a domestic science fiction award?" Xu Xiyu said with a smile.
"He doesn't need to do it." Hu Ningwei shook her head without any hesitation.
Seeing this, Xu Xiyu reached out and clasped his fists, and said in an exaggerated tone: "Is it possible that Sister Wei wants to take action herself?"
"Why? Once your book is published, the Galaxy Award for Best Novel will be yours. Anyway, I can't think of a book that is more qualified to win the award than yours." Hu Ningwei said matter-of-factly.
After finishing speaking, he continued to add: "You don't know, I think our Chinese science fiction literature community is more anxious than you about the publication of "The Three-Body Problem". If you have time, by the way, you can publish the "New Paradise·Wangxian" The script was also changed into a novel and published together.”
"Is the drama adapted from the novel?" Xu Xiyu said thoughtfully.
Speaking of which, Xu Xiyu felt that "Westworld" was unfinished. Like many high-scoring American dramas, the first season was great and the second season was shit.
Therefore, he has some headaches regarding the script for the second season of "New Paradise·Wangxian".
But now, Hu Ningwei's words reminded him.
Since I can't write it myself, it's better to open up the IP of "New Paradise·Wangxian" and hold a call for submissions with the science fiction literature community.
Let science fiction authors help adapt "New Paradise·Wangxian" into a novel, while expanding the world view and continuing the plot behind it.
I will provide promotion resources and cash rewards based on my own selection of the best, and directly adapt it into the subsequent script of "New Paradise·Wangxian" and film it.
In this way, I can gain a good reputation for "supporting the development of Chinese science fiction literature", and the IP of "New Paradise" will have more vitality.
The most important thing is that this can once again consolidate his "science fiction" label and provide assistance for him to launch more "science fiction" film and television works in the future.
Thinking of this, Xu Xiyu said to Hu Ningwei: "I think what you said makes sense, but I definitely don't have time to change the script of "New Paradise·Wangxian" into a novel and publish it, so I decided to hold an essay competition."
"With the theme of "New Paradise·Wangxian"?" Hu Ningwei reacted instantly.
"Yes." Xu Xiyu nodded. Just as he was about to introduce his idea again, he heard the door knocking again.
Immediately afterwards, Shan Xinbao came in. She glanced at Hu Ningwei first, and then said: "Mr. Xu, I have a customer appointment and I want to meet you."
"Who is it?" Xu Xiyu asked curiously.
"The people at Netflix said they want to buy the overseas broadcast rights of "New Paradise·Wangxian" and the film and television adaptation rights of "New Paradise·Wangxian". They probably want to remake "New Paradise"."
"Naifei? Remake?" Xu Xiyu couldn't hold back her joy when she heard this.
I adapted "Western World" into "New Paradise·Wangxian".
Now I'm afraid Netflix will have to adapt "New Paradise: Wangxian" back to "Westworld", right?
Thinking of this, Xu Xiyu smiled and said: "When will they make an appointment?"
"Three days later."
"Okay." Xu Xiyu nodded, "You can arrange a specific time according to my schedule."
"Okay." Shanxinbao responded, turned around and went out.
An hour later.
Cheng Guangzu called again.
After the connection, Xu Xiyu just said "Hello" when he heard Cheng Guangzu excitedly said: "Mr. Xu! Are you in the capital?"
"Here, what's wrong?" Xu Xiyu was intrigued by his excitement.
"I will bring a client to see you the day after tomorrow. He is from Warner Bros. They want to buy the film and television adaptation rights of "Infernal Affairs"." Cheng Guangzu said excitedly.
After saying that, he just wanted to express his merits in front of Xu Xiyu and emphasize his contribution and efforts in this matter.
At the same time, he also hinted that Xu Xiyu attaches more importance to cooperation with him. In this way, there may be opportunities to promote other works to the European and American markets.
But before she even opened her mouth, she heard Xu Xiyu said cheerfully: "Good guys, what day is it today? Let's get together?"
"What are you getting together for?" Cheng Guangzu was stunned by these words.
"People from Netflix just said that they want to buy the film and television adaptation rights of "New Paradise·Wangxian"." Xu Xiyu said happily.
"..." As soon as these words came out, Cheng Guangzu couldn't hold back the words of asking for credit and couldn't say them out at all.
(End of chapter)