When Yu Dong was riding back to the school gate, Uncle Zhou stopped him again, "Teacher Yu, your friend Xiaoji is here to see you."
"Xiao Ji?" Yu Dong got out of the car with doubts.
"Four Me." Jimmy James walked out of the communication room carrying an aluminum lunch box with food in his mouth, his voice a little unclear.
Uncle Zhou smiled and said, "As soon as you went out on your bike, Xiao Ji came over. He heard that you were out, so he waited for me for a while. It happened that my lover brought more food today, so he called him again.
Let him eat here if he has a portion of the meal."
"Then you eat first, I'll wait for you for a while." Yu Dong said to Jimmy James.
"okay."
Yu Dong parked his bicycle aside, looked at Jimmy James devouring his food, and couldn't help but smile and shake his head.
This guy is really acquainted with him. He has only met Uncle Zhou a few times, so he has the nerve to eat here. Uncle Zhou is also very interesting, and he calls out "Xiaoji" every time.
Yu Dong estimated that the chances of Jimmy being called Xiaoji were not many. But it was okay to call him Xiaoji, but adding Jike would not sound good.
"Uncle Zhou, this is really troublesome for you."
Uncle Zhou waved his hand, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it's not a good meal. Teacher Yu, your friend is a guest of our school, so we can't lose the hospitality."
Jimmy ate very quickly, finishing the meal in three strokes, five by two, and then he wiped his mouth and said to Uncle Zhou, "Uncle, I will bring you the lunch box to clean."
"Hey, stop working so hard. If you have something to do, go with Teacher Yu. I also need to clean my lunch box. It's just a side trip."
Jimmy chuckled and said, "Then I won't be polite and I'll treat you to a drink later."
After saying that, Yu Dong and Jimmy walked towards the dormitory together.
Yu Dong asked him, "Why didn't you call me in advance?"
"Phone?" Jimmy showed a confused expression.
Seeing his expression, Yu Dong knew that he must not have received the letter he sent him.
"I have a phone installed in my dormitory. I wrote a letter to you specially a few days ago. I told you about it in the letter and also wrote you the number." Yu Dong said.
"A phone is installed? That's a good thing." Jimmy laughed, "Then it will be more convenient for me to contact you in the future. As for your letter, I didn't receive it because I flew directly from San Francisco to Shanghai, and then took the
The train came over."
"This is indeed closer." Yu Dong nodded.
"It's quite close. The car I took in the morning arrived at noon."
"Well, you came just in time. Yang Xiao, the president of "Science Fiction World" called me yesterday morning..."
Afterwards, Yu Dong briefly told Jimmy about the Galaxy Award.
After Jimmy heard this, his eyes were shining, he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, okay, luckily I'm here, otherwise I would have missed this news. This Galaxy Award is a great opportunity. I understand what President Yang means, haha
I will definitely help and actively contact Rhodes. If possible, I will help contact a few science fiction writers."
Yu Dong smiled. Jimmy was always highly motivated towards such things, and he could always use limited information to make judgments and choices that were beneficial to him.
"How to deal with this matter specifically? I suggest you contact President Yang to exchange opinions."
"Yes, there are still many details we need to discuss. Isn't your dormitory equipped with a phone? I'll give them a call soon. We must be prepared this time and take more photos at the award ceremony.
Take it to the United States to find media for publicity and pave the way for the publication of "Second World"."
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Jimmy's phone call lasted for more than half an hour before we finally talked about the matter.
If it weren't for the fact that the phone bill wasn't cheap, Jimmy would probably have chatted for much longer.
Yang Xiao received Jimmy's assurance and also said that their club is currently actively preparing, and if nothing unexpected happens, the awards ceremony will be held in early July.
There is still more than a month until the beginning of July, so the time is relatively tight. However, there will not be too many people attending the award ceremony, and the pressure of the event is not too great.
After making the call, Yu Dong went to work, and Jimmy ran outside to find a place to stay.
When he comes to China this time, he will probably stay for a while until the Galaxy Awards are over. As for inviting Harold and other science fiction writers, he will do it over the phone.
According to Jimmy himself, he may have to stay in Jinling often in the future, so he should get familiar with the situation here early. He even wants to rent a house here so that he doesn't have to spend money on hotels when he comes here in the future.
In addition, he is not just satisfied with the existing cooperation with Yu Dong.
His idea was that since the things that took the most time have been done, it would be better to do other things as well.
For example, he also wanted to cooperate with Yu Dong in the domestic publishing and film and television adaptation of Yu Dong's works.
Take "The Second World" as an example. After "Science Fiction World" finishes serializing this book, the publication of the Chinese version can begin while the iron is hot.
Based on the current situation, the Chinese version of "Second World" is still very promising. Even if you don't make a lot of money, you can still make a small amount of money.
Yu Dong himself also prefers someone to help him take care of these things. As he produces more and more works, there will be more things in this regard.
He has a teaching position in Jinyi, which is his own job, and he has to write every day, so he simply cannot spare much time and energy to deal with these things.
After several negotiations, Yu Dong finally signed a cooperation agreement with Jimmy James and hired him as a writer's agent. The commission rate was 15%. The contract was signed once a year, and it only involved domestic business.
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For overseas business, we need to discuss the specific business in detail. For example, the English version of "The Second World" they had negotiated before was outside the contract.
After the contract was signed, Jimmy began to visit everywhere. He wanted to spend some time to familiarize himself with the domestic publishing industry so that he could operate it later.
Yu Dong, on the other hand, is writing books and working in school with peace of mind, and a new round of general courses has begun.
At the beginning of June, Yu Dong went back to Shanghai to deal with the subscription certificate matter and installed a phone at home.
After the phone was installed, something interesting happened. The couple called all their relatives and friends, including those in the same village.
The nearest Uncle Lin's house is only separated by an alley from his house. When calling, they can even hear the ringing of the phone opposite.
The old couple said excitedly: "It's ringing, it's ringing, it's ringing so fast."
Chapter completed!