As soon as Jimmy returned to the United States, Cambot told him that producer Robert Kosberg came to see him again two days ago.
The reason why I say it is again is because Robert Cosberg had approached Jimmy before, for Yu Dong's novel "Closed Loop".
Robert hopes to adapt "Closed Loop" into a movie.
When Robert came to see Jimmy a few months ago, Jimmy was very interested at first.
The sales volume of Yu Dong's novel collection "One Day" is not very good, with only 800,000 or 900,000 copies sold this year.
Some people may say that this is already a very good sales volume, but you must know that compared with the sales performance of Dong's other novels, this collection is far behind. This is also Yu Dong's only book so far that has not sold more than one million copies.
Book.
Of course, collections are not easy to sell, and this is something Jimmy had anticipated before.
Of course Jimmy was very happy that someone could set his sights on "Closed Loop", and he even talked a lot with Robert at that time.
However, when Jimmy learned that Robert was going to ask Terry Gilliam to direct and integrate the plot of "Dike", Jimmy rejected him.
On the one hand, Terry Gilliam has been making bad movies in the past two years and has a very bad reputation. If he is allowed to film, it will probably affect the movie box office.
On the other hand, Robert wanted to buy the rights to "Dike" at the same time, and Jimmy strongly disagreed with the idea of ​​merging the plots of the two stories.
"Dike" is a French short film from the 1960s. Although the plot is simple, the closed loop has been created... The plot in Yu Dong's novel "Closed Loop" where the protagonist sees his own death was born out of "Dike".
Now if we merge the two stories together, how will we promote it to the outside world in the future? Is this movie an adaptation of "Closed Loop" or "Dike"?
"Dike" preceded "Closed Loop" by more than 20 years, and it will definitely attract some negative comments by then.
What Jimmy thinks is that even if Robert only buys the adaptation of "Dike" and they don't make the money in Deep Space, they won't have this kind of problem.
After thinking for a while, Jimmy asked Cambot, "Did he say anything special when he came here this time?"
Campote said, "He said he could just buy the rights to Closed Loop, but he also wanted to use Terry Gilliam as the director."
"What made him so insistent? Did he say anything?"
"He said that he had great trust in Gilliam and believed that Gilliam could make the movie well."
Since Robert agreed to only buy the copyright of "Closed Loop", everything can still be discussed. As for Terry Gilliam, although his performance has been very poor in recent years, after all, he has produced good works before.
Robert trusts Gilliam so much that he may have already been in contact with him.
And if they negotiate this cooperation, Universal will eventually be responsible for buying the rights. With Universal's idiosyncrasy, they will definitely have strict control over the movie, so Jimmy doesn't need to worry too much.
In fact, Jimmy can roughly guess that the reason why Robert changed his mind was probably because he saw the results of the "Resident Evil" movie.
The box office of "Resident Evil" has basically been released. As a thriller and horror film, "Resident Evil" started with a smaller audience than other movies, but it was able to suddenly emerge and finally hit the box office with a box office of 260 million US dollars.
Tops the North American box office list.
The movie also performed well in other box offices. By the time Jimmy returned to the United States, "Resident Evil" had already earned 500 million in global box office.
The only regret is that the movie was too bloody and violent and could not be released in mainland China, thus losing part of the box office.
Two consecutive films were box-office hits, sparking a boom in film and television adaptations of Yu Dong's novels.
Recently, the Deep Space Company has received a lot of offers from various novels.
Jimmy pondered for a while and said, "I know, I will contact him."
Canbot nodded and was about to leave when Jimmy stopped him again: "Also, Canbot, I heard that you are learning Chinese recently?"
"Yes, since a lot of our business is in China, I think it will definitely be beneficial to learn Chinese." Cambot said with a smile.
Jimmy nodded and asked again, "How did you go with your studies? Did you encounter any difficulties?"
Talking about the difficulty of learning Chinese, Cambote patted his head in distress, "There are many difficulties, from words to pronunciation. I can only speak some simple words now, such as 'leihou', 'hohai'
It took me several days to learn how to understand thunder through forest..."
Jimmy blinked, "Who did you learn this from?"
"I specially hired a Chinese teacher, a Chinese from our community. He opened a restaurant, and I used to eat there often."
"I think you may have to learn it all over again." Jimmy smiled.
"Why?" Cambot asked doubtfully, "Isn't he teaching Chinese?"
"It's Chinese, but there is a big difference between Chinese and Chinese... Well, let me teach you a few Chinese words so that you can get started quickly. As for your Chinese teacher, just change it and come back.
I will find you someone more reliable. In addition, we can also recruit a few more Chinese people, which will also help create a language environment."
Cambot said in surprise, "If you are willing to teach me, that would be great. By the way, there are some colleagues in our company who also want to learn Chinese. Why don't you teach them by the way?"
"Okay, you can ask them all to come over."
…
After a while, Cambot led seven or eight people back to Jimmy's office. Each of them held a notebook, and some even brought recording equipment.
Seeing this, Jimmy smiled and said, "No need to record it. Today I will just teach you some simple words. The main purpose is to help you quickly get along with the Chinese."
When my colleagues heard that there were such useful words, they immediately became confused and listened attentively.
Jimmy coughed lightly and said: "The first sentence, damn it! Come on, read it with me, damn it!"
"Wow Tio!"
"Fuck!"
"I'm the best!"
For a while, the voice of "fuck" was heard one after another in the office, which was very shocking.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Jimmy nodded with satisfaction, "This word means exclamation, just like what we usually say OMG."
Cambot nodded in agreement, "It is indeed very powerful to read."
Jimmy gave a thumbs up, "Your feeling is correct, come on, I'll teach you the second word, fuck! Read it with me, fuck!"
"damn it."
"damn it."
Another burst of "fuck" resounded throughout the office, and the lingering sound echoed endlessly.
"Well, yes, this is a modal particle, which means very powerful. There used to be a literary giant in China who once wrote an article about this word."
"So awesome."
"You must learn this."
“How exactly is this word used?”
Jimmy said with a smile, "There are many ways to use it. As your Chinese gets better and better, you will understand. Now you only need to master the pronunciation of these two words. When you communicate with others in the future,
Just put them at the front of the sentence."
"For example, if you meet an old friend, you can say, holy shit, long time no see, or, damn, long time no see. Or, if you read a very good book, you can say, holy shit, this is
The book is so good, or, damn, the book is so good!”
Cambot was a little confused, "It sounds like these two words are the same."
"Sometimes they are indeed the same. Use them like this first. They can quickly bring you closer to a Chinese person."
Although it was a bit naughty for Jimmy to teach them these two words, he did not lie to them, because these two words can indeed bring them closer to the Chinese people.
When he first arrived in China, he first learned these two words, and then the Chinese people would quickly become interested in him as soon as they heard his standard Chinese curse words.
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Yu Dong, who was far away in China, also met an American who wanted to learn Chinese.
In early November, just after Yu Dong called Jiang Jie and asked Jiang Jie to help him prepare some gifts for Mr. Wang, he received a call from Quentin.
Yu Dong was also surprised when he received Quentin's call, "Are you really here?"
"Haha, didn't I tell you before? There is a film festival coming to China."
"What film festival is it specifically?" Yu Dong asked. He didn't know much about these news in the film industry.
"The Sundance Film Festival, the annual event for American independent films, is about to start in just over a week. Where are you? Do you want to come out and meet me?"
Yu Dong smiled and said: "Unfortunately, I am in Jinling now."
"Is Jinling far away from Yanjing?" Quentin asked.
"It's quite far...but maybe we can meet on the 13th, if you are still in Yanjing at that time."
"Why, are you going to come to Yanjing then?"
"Yes, Yenching University is holding a literature symposium, and I have been invited to attend. The time is the 11th and 12th, so I have to wait until the 13th to see you."
"Literary symposium?" Quentin was a little confused, "Is it related to science fiction?"
"No." Yu Dong didn't explain much, "There's no special theme."
Quentin was a little disappointed and said, "Oh, originally I wanted to ask you to teach me some Chinese so that I can communicate with people here more easily."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "Now that you have come to China, there will naturally be people who can teach you Chinese. What friends do you have here?"
"There is one, do you know "Sunny Days"? We met its director Jiang when he went to the production company before. This time I am going to visit his class." Quentin said, "He said
He played a very powerful character."
Yu Dong smiled, this guy really wanted to hang out with Jiang Wen, and he didn't know if he learned his NB sentence from Jiang Wen.
As for the character played by Jiang Wen, Qin Shihuang, he can certainly be said to be powerful.
"Okay, then go ahead and let's talk when I get to Yanjing. Can I contact you on this phone?"
Chapter completed!