Surprisingly, Yu Dong wrote very quickly.
He wrote more than 10,000 words every day, and it took him only about 20 days to finish the first volume of 240,000 words.
After finishing writing, Yu Dong stretched and then stood up to find watermelon in the refrigerator.
But when he opened the refrigerator, he didn't find any watermelon. When he turned around, he saw Jimmy sitting in the yard, holding a bowl of watermelon in one hand and eating happily.
There is also a pile of watermelon rinds on the ground, which is also his masterpiece.
Yu Dong gritted his back molars. Ever since Jimmy, the watermelon thief, came, his daily watermelon intake had dropped sharply.
Jimmy arrived in Shanghai a week ago. He booked a room in a hotel a few kilometers away. He went to the hotel to sleep at night and stayed at Yu Dong's house to eat and drink during the day.
Besides eating and drinking, he is also waiting for "Resident Evil".
When he learned that Yu Dong was writing a zombie-themed novel, he kept pestering Yu Dong to read the manuscript.
However, Yu Dong told him that he had to wait until the manuscript was finished before he could show it to him.
Seeing Yu Dong coming out at this moment, Jimmy opened his arms and ate all the watermelon in his hand in just a few mouthfuls. Then, regardless of the watermelon in his mouth, he hurriedly asked Yu Dong: "Dong, have you finished writing the new book?"
"It's finished." Yu Dong nodded.
"Then show me quickly." Jimmy wiped his hands and walked towards Yu Dong's room.
Yu Dong stood in front of him and said, "If you want to read the manuscript, you can do two things first. First, clean up the watermelon rinds in the yard for me. Second, go buy me a watermelon."
"This is all a trivial matter, for a moment..." Jimmy was about to deal with it, but suddenly saw Yu Dong's expression about to go crazy, and took two steps back, "Okay, okay, I'll buy it for you right now, or I'll just eat you."
There are a few racks of watermelons, you must be stingy..."
I have to say that Jimmy's language talent is indeed very high. Not long after he stayed in Shanghai, his speech started to sound a little like Shanghai.
Jimmy tidily cleaned up the watermelon rinds on the ground, and then ran out to buy watermelons.
After a while, he came back with two big watermelons and said, "How about, buy one, get one free, I bought two for you."
Yu Dong rolled his eyes, "You ate more than two of my watermelons."
Jimmy smiled, put down the watermelon, and then got into the room to read Yu Dong's manuscript.
Yu Dong put the watermelon in the refrigerator, then made himself a cup of tea, and sat down comfortably on the lounge chair in the yard. These days, he was tensed up in order to catch up on manuscripts, and leisure moments like this were rare.
In a few days, he will go to school.
Two days ago, Wu Changxin called him and told him to go to school early to prepare. They were going to officially start preparations for the drama department. Wu Changxin said that Bi Feiyu had already arrived at school.
Su Tong also called and heard that Yu Dong said that "Harvest" used his manuscript, so he asked Yu Dong to contribute a manuscript to "Zhongshan" as soon as possible.
Although Yu Dong explained to Su Tong that it was an accident, Su Tong didn't listen at all and insisted that Yu Dong come up with a manuscript.
There hasn't been much movement on the "Science Fiction World" side. They should be preparing for the publication of "The Last City" recently.
Speaking of which, the title of the book is quite interesting. At that time, they sat together and discussed the title for a long time, and finally settled on the name that Tan Kai originally proposed.
"OK!"
Yu Dong was lying on a chair to relax when suddenly Jimmy's thunderous cry sounded in his ears.
"What's good? You finished reading it so quickly?" Yu Dong opened his eyes and asked strangely.
Jimmy held the manuscript in his hand and said excitedly, "I haven't finished reading it yet, but I can't help but praise you. Dong, you - you are such a genius. You don't even need to read the rest. You are already invincible from the beginning."
Okay? What kind of protective umbrella, what kind of computer mastermind, what kind of virus... No one can resist such a beginning, and no one can resist reading anymore."
"Have you read the beginning yet?"
"Just the first eight or nine pages, I read them back and forth three times!" Jimmy raised the middle three fingers as if to swear, "As a screenwriter, I tell you responsibly, if this novel
If you want to change it into a movie, you don’t even need to adapt the beginning part, just apply it directly.”
Not mentioning Jimmy, Yu Dong almost forgot that he was originally a screenwriter. However, he has been a screenwriter for several years and knows a lot of directors. It is impossible without some professional skills.
What he said is correct, this beginning is the beginning of the movie, and Yu Dong did not make any changes in this area.
"But..." Jimmy suddenly frowned again, "Your writing style is so brilliant, I'm afraid that if you can't find a good translation, it will affect the overall quality."
"Don't you have to change it into a script first? As for the script, the requirements in this aspect are not high," Yu Dong said.
Jimmy waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, no, I have changed my mind now. Screw George Romero, screw his movie, my first priority now is to quickly find someone to translate it and publish it in English.
You don’t have to pay for it out of your own pocket this time. I can guarantee that there will definitely be a publishing house interested in this book. It is different from "The Second World". This is a novel that is very popular with Americans. Its bestseller is basically
Foresight. As for the movie, now it’s Romero’s turn to come to us.”
"I suggest you read it first before talking. Sometimes a beginning may not mean anything. Translation is indeed important, but we should wait until you read the complete manuscript before talking." Yu Dong reminded.
"Okay, I'll take a look right now." Jimmy took the manuscript and ran back to the room.
Yu Dong sat in the yard for a while and felt a little hot, so he got up and walked out of his yard towards the village. His destination was the small shop at the village.
When he arrived at the small shop, he bought a popsicle and sat in front of the shop to eat it.
There was no business at the moment, so the shop owner, Old Man Wang, asked Yu Dong with a smile, "Xiaodong, why do you have time to go shopping today? I don't usually see you."
Yu Dong took two bites of the popsicle and felt that the heat in his body had dissipated a lot. He smiled and replied: "What's wrong, Uncle Wang, why don't I come to take care of your business?"
"What's the matter?" Old Man Wang laughed dryly, then sat back in the back room and blew on the fan.
Old Man Wang originally wanted to talk to Yu Dong, but seeing that Yu Dong didn't want to talk to him, he didn't continue.
After a while, Yu Dong was about to finish a popsicle. Two men in work clothes walked to the door of the small shop. One of them said with a Central Plains accent: "Boss, here are two bottles of beer. I want it cold. Get another one."
Bag of salted peanuts.”
When business came, Old Man Wang walked out with a smile and took out what they wanted.
Chapter completed!