Yu Dong and the others didn't say much about cultural dissemination.
For these students, cultural communication is not their turn to worry about for the time being. What they should do most right now is to improve their skills and become a good director, screenwriter, and actor.
Only when you have made achievements in your own industry can you talk about others.
Telling them this now is just planting a seed in their hearts, which will work sooner or later.
The next day, there was an empty day in the itinerary and everyone was free to move around.
Yu Dong originally wanted to wander around New York with Cheng Yanqiu, firstly to relax with his wife, and secondly to add material for a new book.
But the night before, Jimmy called him and told him that he had met a director from Xiangjiang who wanted to meet Yu Dongming.
When I heard that it was a director from Heung Kong, the first name that came to Yu Dong's mind was Wu Yusen, who should be the most active director from Heung Kong in Hollywood.
But Jimmy said a name that surprised Yu Dong: Wang Jiawei.
Is Wang Jiawei also involved in Hollywood?
Later, after Jimmy explained, Yu Dong roughly understood that Wang Jiawei came here to do an event. "Chungking Express" released the year before last was rated as one of the 100 must-see movies by the Toronto International Film Industry. They felt that this movie was very popular in the North American market.
If you have something to do, come over and do some activities.
Since we met, it wouldn't hurt to meet, so Yu Dong agreed.
The next day, Yu Dong and Wang Jiawei met in Jimmy's office.
Yu Dong was quite surprised to see Wang Jiawei.
Yu Dong had seen Wang Jiawei on TV. He always wore a pair of sunglasses and was quite enigmatic.
However, the Wang Jiawei in front of him did not wear sunglasses, but a pair of myopia glasses, and he looked quite handsome.
Wong Kar-Wai is tall, even taller than Yu Dong. Although he is thirty-seven or eighteen years old, his smile is very sunny and charming.
After Jimmy introduced Wang Jiawei, he introduced another slightly shorter man next to Yu Dong, "This is Liu Weiqiang, the photographer of "Chongqing Express"."
Yu Dong raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect it to be Liu Weiqiang.
Compared with Wang Jiawei, Liu Weiqiang is a bit unattractive, of medium height, wearing a pair of thick-framed brown glasses, and has very light eyebrows.
He stood behind Wang Jiawei, waited until Jimmy introduced him, then walked up with a smile and shook hands with Yu Dong, "Hello, Mr. Yu."
This may have something to do with the fact that his Mandarin is not as good as Wang Jiawei's. There are only five words in total. He also stumbles when speaking, but it can be seen that he has worked very hard.
Yu Dong held his hand and said with a smile: "Nice to meet you, nice to meet you."
After sitting down, Wang Jiawei said with a smile: "Mr. Yu, I was actually born in Shanghai. I am half a Shanghainese. We are still fellow villagers."
Yu Dong smiled and replied, "Since we are in New York, we Chinese are all fellow countrymen. I am also very happy to hear that Jimmy said that you are also in New York. It is also a kind of fate to meet you in a foreign country."
"We knew Mr. Yu that you were in New York. We immediately asked Jimmy to contact you and wanted to visit. We didn't expect that you would really want to see us. We are really honored."
Wang Jiawei's words are a bit modest. These past few years have been the peak of his career. From "Carmen" to "Days of Being Wild" to "Ashes of Time" and "Chungking Express", every movie he directed has been of a high level.
They are all very tall and are already very famous directors.
He didn't have any special purpose for coming here this time, he just wanted to meet Yu Dong.
This world-renowned Chinese writer has become more and more influential in the film industry after "Second World" and "Resident Evil" were released one after another.
I heard that there are several more movies to be released in the future. Although I haven’t seen the movie yet, I know that the movie will be good just by looking at the co-directors.
Joe Schumacher, Scorsese, Barry Sonnenfeld, Giuseppe Tornatore, which one is not a big name.
After these movies come out, Yu Dong's influence in the film and television industry will definitely reach a higher level.
Therefore, Wang Jiawei definitely has reason to be modest in front of Yudong.
Yu Dong chatted with Wang Jiawei for a while, and probably knew that the other party had no special purpose, so he chatted with him very casually.
Liu Weiqiang on the side didn't know whether it was because of the occasion or his own personality. He didn't speak much and always drank tea with his cup in his hand.
Halfway through the conversation, Yu Dong looked at Liu Weiqiang with a smile, "How is the cooperation between Mr. Liu and Director Wang better?"
Before Liu Weiqiang could speak, Wang Jiawei explained to him, ""Chungking Express" is our second collaboration, but Wei Qiang is also a director himself, and the two "Young and Dangerous" movies this year performed very well at the box office. Wei Qiang is very efficient.
, the second part of "Young and Dangerous 2" was filmed in less than two weeks."
Speaking of efficiency, Liu Weiqiang said, "In order to seize the spring schedule, the filming and post-production were rushed. It was a helpless move. It could have been better."
Yu Dong didn't pay much attention to the movies in Xiangjiang. He didn't expect that the "Young and Dangerous" series had already been released.
As for shooting a movie in less than two weeks, it is not an exaggeration for Hong Kong movies. The shooting speed of Hong Kong movies is already fast.
Jimmy said from the side: "The two "Young and Dangerous" films directed by Liu this time have made their best partners a lot of money, otherwise they would not be so eager to grab the schedule. If there is an opportunity, the two directors can consider it
By cooperating with Deep Space Company, we will also have some movie plans in China later on."
"If it's possible, then it's a dream come true. I don't think anyone can refuse the opportunity to cooperate with the Deep Space Company." Wang Jiawei laughed, "Going international has always been our goal."
After hearing Jimmy talk about cooperation, Yu Dong remembered two movies.
One is "Flowers". Before Yu Dong was reborn, he heard some news that "Flowers" was going to be a movie. One of the directors mentioned on the Internet was Wang Jiawei. As for what happened next, Yu Dong didn't know.
The other one is "Infernal Affairs".
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"series.
"Flowers" aside, the project "Infernal Affairs" is really worth moving.
The box office comes second. After all, whether it's the Mainland or Hong Kong, the ticket warehouses are only so big nowadays, and the money-making is simply not as good as in Hollywood.
Apart from anything else, if Yu Dong writes a script and sells it in Hollywood, it will start with one million US dollars. It may make more money than spending time making a movie in Hong Kong or the Mainland, and it is safer.
But the plan of "Infernal Affairs" is far from as simple as making money.
Deep Space has now signed actors in China. After signing these actors, if they can be assigned some roles in "Infernal Affairs", it will naturally be very beneficial to their future.
After thinking for a while, Yu Dong said, "Jimmy is right. Maybe it won't be long before we have the opportunity to cooperate. I recently had an idea for a police film, but it hasn't taken shape yet."
"A police movie." Wang Jiawei looked at Liu Weiqiang and said, "That might be more suitable for Wei Qiang."
Yu Dong nodded: "That's true. If Director Liu is interested, you can come and take a look after I finish this script."
"Of course I'm interested." Liu Weiqiang looked excited, "I'm worried."
Yu Dong was stunned, "Can't you ask for it?"
Liu Weiqiang smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I'm worried."
Yu Dong burst out laughing, "Director Liu's Mandarin is quite interesting."
Speaking of Mandarin, both Wang Jiawei and Liu Weiqiang are a little embarrassed.
It's easy to say that it's not as good as going to Dongdu, but Jimmy, a foreigner, can say it much better than them.
…
After Wang Jiawei and Liu Weiqiang left, only Yu Dong and Jimmy were left in the office.
Jimmy asked Yu Dong, "Dong, is the plan you told them about the new book you were preparing recently? It turns out to be a police novel?"
Yu Dong shook his head: "No, I told them another plan."
"The other one?" Jimmy was very surprised, "Why didn't I know?"
"Because I just thought of it." Yu Dong smiled.
"Just now..." Jimmy blinked and laughed, "It seems that this period of rest is very useful. I have two plans at once. By the way, there may be three more. You were following
How are you thinking about the novel about occultism and cryptography that Dan Brown mentioned?"
"I haven't read the information yet. Let's wait until the two plans at hand are completed."
Jimmy nodded, "Don't rush, take your time, we are now talking about signing a contract with Dan Brown."
"Signing?"
"Yes, since it is a cultural and entertainment company, it is natural to expand its business to music." Jimmy added some hot water to Yu Dong's cup, "I wanted to talk to you for a while, but we just happened to talk about it today.
Well, let’s talk about it. Didn’t the boss lady make the soundtracks for “The Tuner” and “1900”? These things also need to be run. Of course, we do our own business, and our company is the first signed writer.
If it’s you, then the first musician to sign a contract should naturally be the boss’s wife.”
"You are asking both of us to work for the company."
Jimmy snorted, "Why don't we all work for you and your wife?"
"What you said is offending your conscience. Have I ever received a penny from the company over the years? When it comes to working, I am also working for you."
Jimmy chuckled, "Isn't this all in the pot?"
Then the two looked at each other, smiled, picked up the tea cups and clinked them.
Jimmy has been very busy these past few years, which has not been easy, but Yu Dong has not treated him badly and has been injecting capital into the company.
He basically didn't keep any of the royalties that Yu Dong earned and invested them all in the company.
Otherwise, the company would not have the money to do anything in the past two years.
Of course, this is all relative. If he hadn't seen Jimmy's ability, Yu Dong would not have continued to inject capital. And if he hadn't seen Yu Dong's continued capital injection and Yu Dong's talent, Jimmy certainly wouldn't have been able to run the company so wholeheartedly.
That afternoon, Jimmy took out the drafted contract and placed it in front of Cheng Yanqiu, and Cheng Yanqiu signed it after a brief glance.
Since then, the music landscape of deep space has expanded.
Of course, Deep Space's current focus is not on music. The reason why they signed Cheng Yanqiu and Dan Brown was partly due to opportunity, but also to lay the foundation for supporting the film and television industry in the future.
…
The next day, the "Resident Evil" game signing event started as scheduled.
This autograph session will be arranged at the old place - Little Bear Bookstore.
Because of the YU Umbrella Association, Deep Space has a very close cooperation with Little Bear Bookstore.
Today, Little Bear Bookstore has become one of the top three bookstores in New York, and because of the characteristics of this bookstore, customers like to call it YU Special Bookstore.
The reason why it is called so is because this bookstore has two YU sections.
The first YU area is on the second floor. This area existed when Yu Dong first came to hold a book signing.
At that time, Jimmy joked that in a few years the area of ​​the special area would be a bit small.
When Hal, who was still the store manager at the time, heard what Jimmy said, he thought Jimmy was bragging. However, just over a year later, they discovered that the YU area on the second floor was indeed too small.
Later, the bookstore simply built a second YU area on the fifth floor.
The new special area is no longer just a small space, but an entire floor is dedicated to only things related to YU.
Since then, the fifth floor has become a gathering place for YU readers. Basically, readers who want to find Yu Dong only need to go to the fifth floor.
"YU, I can proudly say that I have searched all over North America and cannot find another bookstore with two special sections and such a large area. Not only are your books here, but there are also many books related to you.
News reports, movie CDs, game discs..."
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Listening to his old friend's words, Yu Dong smiled and said: "Hal, I seem to have heard this somewhere."
Jimmy said, "It was different that time. That time there was only one special area on the second floor."
Hal smiled and said: "I did say it last time. Of course, even if I say it again, I will still have the confidence. Although other bookstores have followed our example and set up a YU section, they are definitely not as big as our store.
"
What Hal said is correct.
There are many reasons why Little Bear Bookstore has such a large YU section. The main reason is that they have had close ties with the YU Umbrella Association from the beginning. Many YU book fans regard this place as a gathering place for book fans.
Other bookstores, even if YU's books sell well, cannot have such a special section like Little Bear Bookstore.
After taking Yu Dong for a tour, today's autograph session began.
Looking at the golden marker in his hand, Yu Dong couldn't help but sigh that Little Bear Bookstore would do business.
Like last time, these gold-cased markers are specially customized, and each pen has a specific number.
According to Hal, almost all the pens left over from the last signature were given away.
Hal was very happy when he said this. Although he did not go into details, everyone could guess that these pens should have brought a lot of benefits to the bookstore.
Signing a book is very different from signing a game disc.
To sign a book, you still need to open the title page, but to sign a CD, you can sign directly on the package, which is faster.
Moreover, the CD package was only so big and the marker was very thick, so it was not suitable for special autographs, so Yu Dong basically just signed his name.
Yu Dong directly transformed into a ruthless signing machine, and once he started, he couldn't stop.
Today, Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu also came over. They stood nearby and were shocked when they saw the speed of Yu Dong's signature.
After watching for a while, Bi Feiyu calmed down and said calmly: "I was wondering how he signed these thousands of books before, but now it seems that at his speed, he can probably sign tens of thousands of books a day."
Yu Hua nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, I just counted in my mind. He signed six sets in twenty seconds. On average, he can sign one set in more than three seconds."
"The main reason is that his name has fewer strokes and is easier to write than us." After finishing speaking, Bi Feiyu felt that this reason could not convince him, and added: "He has signed more times, and if we practice more, we can probably achieve this speed.
"
Yu Hua chuckled, "Even if we have this speed, can so many people come to us for autographs?"
"Oh, that's true."
…
The two stood chatting to the side, but they didn't know that someone had noticed them.
Liu Yukun came here last night so that he could come early today and get a good position.
Huangtian paid off and let him move to the front of the queue.
Just now, he had been staring at Yu Dong in the front. After looking for a while, he looked to the side and immediately saw Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu.
Why do you know them both?
Because of the autograph session between these two people, he also participated.
Liu Yukun was still complaining before about why the three of them didn't put their autograph sessions together, which caused him to make three trips to New York during this period.
After discovering Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu, Liu Yukun kept his eyes on them.
Yu Dong will definitely not run away, but these two people may not.
Fortunately, the two of them kept chatting and had no intention of leaving.
Until later, the people in front of Liu Yukun had finished signing, but he had not yet followed.
The security guard responsible for maintaining order reminded: "Sir, it's your turn."
The security guard was also puzzled. Others were very active in participating in the autograph signing, and they were afraid that they would not be able to sign in. It was better for this guy to stay at the scene.
This pause actually gave Yu Dong a break. He looked up and recognized Liu Yukun.
He shouted happily: "Liu Yukun?"
Liu Yukun was stunned when he heard Yu Dong calling his name.
Does Yu Dong still remember himself?
This... is a bit too incredible.
They only met once, and it was at a book signing. Thousands of book fans attended the book signing, and there were many even for special signings.
Liu Yukun walked forward blankly, "YU, do you still remember me?"
Yu Dong smiled and said, "Of course I remember, and I also remember that I told you that you like science fiction and have a background in two countries. If you write novels, you may be able to write different works."
"You really remember..."
Does it mean that if you want to be a good writer, you must have such a strong memory?
"Because you are very special. How about you? Have you tried writing by yourself?"
"Yes, but they are all written casually."
"Nothing is written casually... Today is a special occasion, so I can't talk to you in detail. If there is a chance later, let's have a good chat."
Yu Dong smiled and reached out to Liu Yukun, who then remembered to hand the game CD to Yu Dong.
After taking the CD, Yu Dong first wrote "For Liu Yukun" on the cover, and then wrote his own name.
This is also the first special draw so far today.
After getting the signature, Liu Yukun was very excited and thanked him repeatedly, but he was too embarrassed to stay for fear of delaying the signing process.
However, he did not leave immediately. Instead, he first went to the bookstore staff to ask if he could buy books. After getting the affirmative answer, he immediately went to buy "Panic Fingers" and "Alive".
Although I have bought it before and got the signatures of Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu, such an opportunity today is rare, so I naturally did not save the money.
Holding two books, Liu Yukun walked nervously to Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu.
"Teachers, can you help me sign my name?"
Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu were chatting when a man suddenly came up to them and asked them to sign. They were both a little confused.
"Do you know us?" Bi Feiyu asked.
Hearing Bi Feiyu ask this, Liu Yukun suddenly breathed a sigh of relief for some reason.
It seems that becoming a good writer does not necessarily require a strong memory.
The two people in front of me are the proof. They just met a few days ago.
"Yes, I also attended the autograph session you two had before."
Yu Hua patted his forehead, "Oh, I'm sorry, there were a lot of people that day, so I don't remember much... But since you have already attended the autograph session, you should have signed it, right?"
Liu Yukun nodded: "Yes, but I like you two very much. As long as it's your signature, no amount is too much for me."
"Well...actually there is no need to waste it like this." Bi Feiyu smiled, but took out a pen from his pocket and signed Liu Yukun's name, and signed two names.
"Since you don't mind too much, I'll sign one more for you."
"Thank you, thank you." Liu Yukun thanked her repeatedly.
Yu Hua also took "Alive" and signed his name on it. He signed three of them.
"I'm more generous than him. I'll sign three for you."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you." Liu Yukun thanked her again and again.
Bi Feiyu laughed, "I seem to have discovered it. When we sign a few names, you just say thank you a few times. Okay, very particular."
"Teacher Bi, I'm not..."
Yu Hua laughed, "He's teasing you. Are you studying in the United States?"
"No, I came here with my parents since I was a child."
"That's rare. Mandarin is maintained very well."
…
Liu Yukun's move to seek autographs from Yu Hua and others attracted the attention of some readers who were queuing up behind him.
Among them, there were also readers who had attended Bi Feiyu or Yu Hua's book signing, and they recognized them.
After they got Yu Dong's autograph, they also bought Yu Hua's book from the bookstore and went to ask them to sign it.
There were also some readers who had never met Yu Hua and the others. When they saw someone asking for their autographs, they asked about the others and found out that these two were the authors of the Chinese literature series.
After knowing their identities, whether they had read their books or not, they also ran to find them to get their autographs.
After a while, a lot of people gathered in front of Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu.
However, a problem arises.
Today is the "Resident Evil" game signing event. The game discs are very well prepared, but other books may not be.
Because of Yu Dong's relationship, the bookstore has many sets of Chinese literature series, but the quantity is limited, and after a while there will not be enough.
The employee saw someone coming to buy books but the books were gone, so he hurried to Hal to report the situation.
Hal was chatting with Jimmy when the employee knocked on the door and went in, panting and saying, "Hal, it's not good anymore, it's not enough."
Hearing this, Hal was startled, "What! We have prepared more than 10,000 sets and it's not enough?"
Even if there are many people coming, how could it not be enough if they only signed for a while?
Chapter completed!