Seeing the reporter holding "Resident Evil", other reporters secretly complained that this book could only be purchased from the bookstore this morning. They had been following the Galaxy Awards all day today, and they ate in a hurry at lunch. How could they have time to spend such a long time?
Finished reading a book.
Yu Dong also knew that they must not have looked, but he did not reveal it. He just smiled and said: "If you have any questions, you can ask them one by one. There is plenty of time today, but you must also pay attention to maintaining order. If there are many people asking questions, by
Let me roll your name."
After hearing what Yu Dong said, the reporters couldn't push forward any further. They could only keep their distance from Yu Dong and others and raise their hands to ask questions.
"This gentleman in red clothes." Yu Dong casually clicked on one.
"Hello, I am Wu Dong, a reporter from Yanjing TV. What a coincidence, your and I both have the word "东" in our names. Today, I am really honored to be called by you first. And you are with our Yanjing TV station.
Jingya is very destined. As far as I know, you graduated from Yanjing Normal University..."
"Ahem, Mr. Wu, time is precious, please ask questions directly." Yu Dong reminded with a smile.
If Yu Dong hadn't reminded them, the other reporters would have been unable to bear it any longer. Given such a good opportunity to ask questions, this guy was lucky enough to come up with a lot of rhetoric without any nutrition at all.
"Okay, then I'll ask a question." Wu Dong said with a smile, "Your "Resident Evil" is officially released today. Do you have any expectations for sales?"
"It's really not what I expected. After the book is written, the rest is beyond my control. Let President Yang and the others worry about these things. I can just write the book with peace of mind."
"Then tomorrow..."
Just as Wu Dong was about to continue asking, Yu Dong named another person: "This lady."
The female reporter who was called had a completely different style from Wu Dong. She didn’t even introduce which newspaper or TV station she was from. She went straight to the topic and said: "Teacher Yu, tomorrow is your first autograph signing event. Sign now."
Book sales are becoming more and more popular, and writers are beginning to hold book signings. I wonder what you think of this type of commercial behavior. Will being too commercialized affect the development of literature itself?"
The other reporters looked at the female reporter and thought that she was quite brave enough to ask. This question was a bit sharp and obviously not easy to answer.
"It's good. It's a good thing if a writer can make money by selling books. As for whether it is too commercial, there is no specific standard. As long as the writer's words are sold, it is already related to business.
In this world, no one can escape from commercialization, and writers certainly cannot."
Yu Dong did not deny that writers make money, but openly stated that writers cannot escape commercialization.
Then he added: "Today is the Galaxy Awards Ceremony. You should ask more questions related to the awards. The outstanding science fiction writers around me are all treasures, just waiting for you to discover them. For example, this
The two first prize winners live in the same house, and they call themselves the Old Tree Group..."
"And these two young men, this is not their first time attending the Galaxy Awards ceremony. They are still students, and their future is unlimited..."
While speaking, Yu Dong leaned back and allowed others to be interviewed by reporters.
The interview lasted for more than an hour. Wang Jingkang and others were "cross-examined" by reporters for more than an hour, and they were exhausted when they left the venue.
On the way back to the room, Yang Peng couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't take it seriously before. I thought it was just a matter of answering questions. I didn't expect it to be so difficult to answer questions. I was a little scared when I saw so many reporters at first. Last year's battle was like
It wasn’t that big, so we chatted for a while and then let him go.”
He Hongwei nodded and said: "Yes, the reporters this year are much more enthusiastic than last year. But it can be seen that they are mainly paying attention to Brother Dong."
"Do you still want to see this?" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Isn't this something that should have been expected a long time ago? If I were a reporter, I would definitely stare at my senior brother and ask questions. But there is still a problem. Although these reporters were sent
I attended the Galaxy Awards ceremony, but I really don’t know much about science fiction. You can see that they didn’t even ask a few science fiction-related questions.”
"They themselves were not well prepared. They knew they were coming to cover the Galaxy Awards ceremony, so they should have checked the information earlier."
Wang Jingkang shook his head and said, "You can't blame them. Even if they were asked to check the information in a short period of time, they could only find some superficial information. I saw that several authors mentioned Ye Yonglie and several other seniors, which proved that they had checked the information.
."
"Yes, I guess I took the time to read the winning works. Take your time, they will become more and more professional in the future."
Science fiction writers need to be cultivated, and these professional journalists naturally need to be cultivated slowly. As the general environment gets better and better, this will no longer be a problem.
During dinner, Yang Xiao asked them if they were in a hurry to leave. Except for Wang Jingkang, everyone else said they were not in a hurry.
Wang Jingkang works in a factory, and it is very difficult to take a few days off. There is no way to delay it any longer.
Yu Dong and others are either teachers or students. They are all on summer vacation at this time, so they naturally have plenty of time.
"I ask you this because I want to hold a discussion in the magazine the day after tomorrow to discuss the direction of our magazine for the next year. We are going to draw up several topics, and everyone will choose a topic as our main direction in the future." Yang Xiao
said.
Tan Kai followed up and said: "Let me explain to you why we do this. Drawing up a special topic and publishing novels of the same type in a concentrated period of time can quickly set off a wave of market enthusiasm. Of course, just formulating a special topic does not mean that it will be followed in the future.
You can only write works on this topic, but the magazine will definitely be more inclined to accept this type of manuscripts in the next period of time."
Yu Dong and others nodded, expressing their understanding.
Yang Xiao looked at Wang Jingkang and asked again, "Teacher Wang, is it really impossible to stay for two more days?"
Wang Jingkang shook his head in embarrassment, "There's really nothing we can do, the work in the factory is very tight now. I'm not saying that the factory can't run without me, but it's just that it will be difficult to carry out the work without a few people. I'm still the project leader.
, it’s not appropriate to leave for too many days.”
"That's really a pity. Teacher Wang's academic level is very high. If you can participate in the seminar, it will be very helpful to us."
"I'm kidding. President Yang was born in Yanhang and knows more about emerging technologies than I do. How dare I try to do what I like?"
Yang Xiao smiled happily: "Let's not flatter each other. This matter is settled like this. We will have a meeting together the day after tomorrow. There will be no drinking tonight. Let's go back and have a good rest, especially Yu Dong. You will be the commander in chief tomorrow."
…
"Second World" is about to be reprinted again.
Because of the popularity of "Resident Evil" and "Groundhog Day", Bantam decided to print an additional million copies.
They originally thought that with so many copies printed, there would be no problem for the time being, but what they didn't expect was that in just one week since that day, more than 500,000 copies had been sold, with an average of 80,000 copies sold every day.
Although there is still a lot of surplus, printing the book cannot be printed in one day, so Bantam must start preparations immediately.
This time Bantam directly printed another million copies, bringing the total to two million.
In addition, "Resident Evil" has also begun printing additional copies, with another one million copies being printed.
As the sales of "Second World" are getting better and better, the sales of "Resident Evil" have also been boosted. Now it sells an average of more than 10,000 copies every day, which is better than the sales of many new books.
The previous 1.6 million copies were about to be sold out, so they had to continue printing more copies.
However, Bantam has just printed one million more copies of "Resident Evil", and the great director Romero publicly announced that his next movie will be "Resident Evil".
This big news has made Bantam a little dizzy. They are now considering whether the additional one million copies will be enough to last for a long time.
Jimmy has been very high-spirited during this period. He was busy in the early stage and now it’s time to reap the rewards.
He basically didn't need to do any later publicity. Romero is also a person who listens to opportunities, otherwise he wouldn't have announced plans for a new movie at this time.
Romero wanted to ride on Yu Dong's popularity and also promoted Yu Dong's new book.
It has only been less than a year since "The Second World" was not favored at the beginning, and now it has become popular in North America.
In the past year, Yu Dong suddenly emerged in the United States and became famous directly with one movie and two novels.
Although the sales of "Resident Evil" and "Second World" are not unprecedented, for a newcomer, this is already no small miracle.
If Romero can win the battle and make "Resident Evil" a success, Jimmy has every reason to believe that Yu Dong will become the darling of Hollywood.
In the past two days, when Jimmy has nothing to do, he will go to a nearby bookstore, order a cup of coffee, and sit quietly for half a day. Now he likes going to bookstores more and more, watching the novels he handles mobilizing readers' emotions.
Emotions give rise to a sense of accomplishment.
Beep beep——
While drinking coffee, Jimmy's mobile phone rang. In order to facilitate his work, he bought two mobile phones, but not many people know the number now.
The caller was Romero, and Jimmy recognized it as soon as the voice on the other end rang.
"Jimmy, I have good news for you."
"What good news?" Jimmy's mood did not fluctuate much. He had heard too much good news during this period, and it seemed that no news could surprise him.
"Steven asked me for your number," Romero said.
"Steven, which Steven?" Jimmy asked.
"Steven Spielberg."
Jimmy sat up suddenly, "Are you talking about that Steven Spielberg?"
Romero laughed back and said, "Which Steven Spielberg is that Steven Spielberg you're talking about?"
"That's it..." Jimmy patted his head, "What does he want my number for?"
Jimmy's first reaction when he heard this was that it was related to "Second World", but he still had to ask.
Romero said: "He didn't tell me specifically. He saw the news that I was going to shoot "Resident Evil", so he asked me for YU's contact information, so I told him about you. Whether he would give him your number or not, he was
Waiting for my reply."
"Of course I have to give it."
"Okay, I'll contact him right away."
After hanging up the phone from Romero, Jimmy kept looking at the mobile phone in a daze.
He was waiting for Spielberg to contact him, but after more than an hour, the mobile phone did not ring again.
Just when he was getting a little irritable waiting, a young man suddenly walked up to him and said, "Hello, sir, is there anyone else next to you?"
Jimmy looked at the tables around him. There were more empty seats than just his side, and stared at the young man with some confusion.
The young man smiled and explained: "Sir, I see you picked up a copy of "Resident Evil". I would like to ask if you are a YU fan?"
"Yeah, do you too?" Jimmy looked at the young man holding a copy of "The Second World" in his hands and said with a smile, "Do you like "The Second World"?"
"In fact, I like to read all of YU's books - although he has only published two books now, I mean, I like both of them very much."
Jeff Gonzalez looked at the man in front of him. He didn't know why, but he suddenly felt a little nervous, and he smelled a hint of the same kind of scent from this man.
He had been observing this man for a while. The man seemed to be waiting for someone, or a phone call.
The man is supposed to be wealthy, and his clothes and the mobile phone on the table show this.
Therefore, Jeff believes that if such people can be included in the book club, it will definitely be very beneficial to the association.
Hearing that the young man said that he was a fan of Yu Dong's books, Jimmy smiled and asked him to sit down, "Since we are all fans of books, let's sit down and chat for a while."
After Jeff sat down, Jimmy said again: "Which of these two novels do you like better?"
Jeff looked at the "Resident Evil" on the table, and then looked at Jimmy's expression, trying to figure out which book the other person liked, but he found that it was useless. The other person's expression was just a smile, and he couldn't tell anything at all.
.
He could only say: "I like both novels very much. There is no distinction between them in my mind. They are both the best in different fields."
Jimmy nodded, "It's really good."
Seeing Jimmy's reaction, Jeff was relieved in his heart and continued: "YU's story structure is very good. It's hard for me to believe that he is a new writer. Of course, I heard that he is from China, maybe he is already a famous writer in China
A very well-known writer. I had been looking forward to "One Day", the original novel of "Groundhog Day", but unexpectedly I was waiting for "The Second World", but "The Second World" gave me
surprise……"
Jimmy feels very strange. He used to recommend Yu Dong's novels to others, but now it's the other way around.
He couldn't help but wonder, does this young man love Yu Dong so crazily? He is completely more active than his own agent.
"In fact, there are more and more readers who like YU. We have also set up a reading club to specifically support YU."
Chapter completed!