The matter of co-writing "Farewell My Concubine" has been finalized, but the specific details of the cooperation can only be discussed after Fang Yan comes back from the United States.
Gong Qie, Bai Ruoxue and others took a flight to San Francisco and arrived at the airport on the afternoon of July 1st.
In addition to Mike, Pan Yaoming and Li Zhi were also picked up. She was seen wearing a yellow suit and a black and yellow top hat.
Fang Yan introduced the two parties to each other. When it was Bai Ruoxue's turn, he said, "This is the international student who will soon study at the California Berkeley Business School. In the future, like you, Li Zhi, he will work in the foundation... "
Bai Ruoxue extended her hand generously, "Hello, I am very happy to be a colleague in the future, and I would like to ask for your advice. "
Li Zhi responded with a smile, and even invited her to move in and be his roommate, so that they could take care of each other.
After all, San Francisco and Berkeley are not far apart, and their majors are both business majors.
"This is my sister, Fang Yan, you can call her 'Swallow'."
Fang Yan touched the little sister's head, then looked at Gong Xie, "She She is my wife, a very famous actress in China.”
Li Zhi’s smile froze. Although she had learned about Teacher Fang’s marriage from Mike and had prepared herself mentally, when she saw the real person with her own eyes, she was still stunned and her eyes were dull. , as if thinking has stopped.
Gong Zhen only felt weird, but his attention was quickly drawn away by Pan Yaoming, and he threw his doubts behind him with "congratulations".
Fang Yan said regretfully as he walked: "Originally, I planned to mobilize the whole family to watch the Olympics, but unfortunately things didn't work out."
"Who says it's not the case? I do too. I’ve thought about it!”
Pan Yaoming shook his head. Laughing, "After all, this is the first time that China has returned to the Olympic family after 32 years of absence."
Fang Yan asked: "When will the tickets go on sale? You must buy them, otherwise Our trip was in vain.”
"Don't worry, Teacher Fang, I'm here!"
Mike patted his chest and vowed to have a ticket.
Fang Yan thanked him, then picked up his luggage and walked into the Volkswagen Beetle minibus rented by Pan Yaoming.
“I should be the one to thank you!”
As soon as Mike got in the car, he couldn’t wait to take out a stack of old newspapers from his bag.
"Los Angeles Times", "New York Times", "Los Angeles Herald", "San Francisco Times", etc., each newspaper is dated in June, and they all contain news about "Saving Private Ryan". Apparently the movie promotion has already begun to work hard.
The dialect was read one after another.
Some use "a million-dollar script fee" as a gimmick, some use "adapted from the National Book Award novel" as a selling point, and some use "Spielberg" as the key point. In short, in publicity With the machine running at full capacity, sales of "Saving Private Ryan" are rising steadily.
It was about to fall off the New York Times bestseller list, but now, the novel has returned to the bestseller list, ranking sixth.
When the movie is officially released, I guess I can try to hit the top of the best-seller list again.
After making this wave of money, the next wave will have to wait until next year's Oscars.
"If "Saving Private Ryan" gets an Oscar nomination..."
Mike's eyes sparkled.
Fang Yan joked: "Is one nomination enough?"
"Hey, it would be great if we could win the Best Adapted Screenplay Award."
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When Mike thought about his signature in the script of "Saving Private Ryan", he couldn't help but feel excited.
“It’s too small, the pattern is too small.” Fang Yan said with a smile: “This is Spielberg’s Oscar-winning movie. If it doesn’t win four or five Oscars, it will be considered a failure.”
Mike took a breath of air. If it was true as Teacher Fang said, then they would have made it!
Seeing that they frequently mentioned "sales volume", "box office" and "awards", Gong Qie felt a little strange and asked in a low voice:
"Ruoxue, are American literature and movies like this?"
"Yes, cultural industries like Hollywood are so highly commercialized, and everything is profit-oriented. The difference with our country is still quite different. Big one." Bai Ruoxue smiled, "Sister Gong Chou, I wasn't used to it at first, but as you see more, you'll get used to it."
Gong Qie flipped through the newspaper and murmured to himself, "So this is what commercialization of movies looks like."
Fang Yan said: "You can't understand it just by reading the newspaper. Wait until the movie is released. That day, you can experience it for yourself."
"Brother, when will we watch the movie?" Fang Yan's tone was filled with anticipation.
"Your brain is of the fish type, with three-second memory."
Fang Yan rolled his eyes, "Didn't I tell you a long time ago, the 24th is still very early."
< br>"Ah?" Fang Yan was stunned, "Then what are we doing now?"
"Of course we go to the University of Iowa first." Fang Yan cast an inquiring look at Pan Yaoming and the others.
Li Zhi forced a smile and said, "Teacher Fang, we have already arranged it. This is your next schedule."
Dialect took a look, the movie was released on the 24th, the Olympics opening ceremony was on the 28th, and before that, it was a lecture tour to major famous schools.
The University of Iowa has done enough publicity for "Guns, Viruses and Steel" and arranged everything in advance.
First, I went to the University of Northern Iowa to give lectures, try my hand at it, and gain experience, and then went to the University of California, San Diego...
In fact, publishing a book, like publishing a novel, requires Holding reading clubs, book fan clubs and offline lectures of a certain scale is just like many professors who want to give lectures in schools. The ultimate goal is not to sell books, but to sell courses and increase their popularity.
In the next two weeks, Xiaojiang Fang will give lectures in 6 universities, and finally it is Columbia University's turn.
The reason why the destination was chosen is Columbia University because Columbia’s School of Journalism is the Pulitzer Prize-awarding institution.
"Guns, Viruses and Steel" may not win the journalism award, nor the literature award, but it can win the only exception, the history award.
“Ms. Nie and the others are all looking forward to us coming over soon.”
Pan Yaoming said: “And Jason Epstein from Random House, he is also looking forward to you coming over soon. America."
Dialect was surprised and confused, "Why?"
"I'm sorry, Teacher Fang!"
Mike raised his hand in embarrassment because he showed Jason Epstein the English translation of the first part of "The Ring".
After reading it, Random House wanted to win the publishing rights of this science fiction novel in the United States. Especially, I heard that the sales volume of "The Ring" in Japan has exceeded 2.55 million copies. The results are getting closer and closer to "The Sinking of Japan", which is currently the best-selling novel in Japan.
"No need to say sorry."
Fang Yan raised his hand, "This is a good thing. It shows that 'oriental horror' science fiction novels are also very popular in Europe and the United States."
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Accompanied by the laughter in the car, Gong Qian, who was going abroad for the first time, felt slightly relieved and raised a faint smile at the corner of his mouth. (End of this chapter)