"That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" is adapted from Peng Jianming's novel of the same name, and Yu Dong happened to meet Peng Jianming when he last attended the National Writers' Congress.
Peng Jianming went there on behalf of Hunan Province, and he is the vice chairman of the Hunan Provincial Writers Association.
At that time, Yu Dong was chatting with Tie Lin, and Peng Jianming went to say hello to them. Although they didn't say much, they were considered acquaintances.
Yu Dong plans to find a time after the new year to contact Peng Jianming and ask about the copyright of "The Mountain, That Dog, That Man".
He liked this novel very much, and it had a vague feeling like "Border Town" when reading it. Sometimes he also wondered whether the Xiangjiang writers wrote about Xiangjiang in this way. He had studied it for a period of time and wrote a paper. , compared the local flavor of Xiangjiang writers.
There is a young writer in Xiangjiang named Wang Yaowen who also pays great attention to local literature. He is a few years older than Yu Dong, but he is not very famous now. In his last life, Yu Dong also paid attention to Wang Yaowen's literature and compared his literature to Shen Cong's. Wen and Peng Jianming made comparisons.
"What are you thinking about?"
Jimmy saw Yu Dong stunned and waved his hand in front of him.
Yu Dong came back to his senses and said with a smile: "It's nothing. I just think you are right. This Chen Hao has a good image. You can focus on it."
Jimmy stared at Yu Dong's eyes, shook his head and said, "No, that look in your eyes just now is so familiar to me. You must have thought of some good idea. You have this expression every time you think of something."
"You are too mysterious. Can't I just be in a daze?" Yu Dong blinked and looked around the office. He wanted to find a mirror to see what his expression was.
"Just say it or not."
Yu Dong smiled helplessly, "I did think of something. Didn't I go to the Writers' Congress before and met Peng Jianming, the author chairman of Hunan Province? He has a novel called "That Man and That Dog in the Mountain". When I saw Chen Hao, I think of the girl in the red flower dress in this novel."
Jimmy has not read "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog", but Wu Changxin has an impression, "This novel is a few years old, right? Is there a girl in red flower clothes in it? I only remember that it is about a rural postman."
"Yes." Yu Dong smiled.
They spoke in Chinese and did not bother to translate. Spielberg became anxious and asked, "Jimmy, what are you talking about?"
Jimmy explained it to Spielberg again in English, and then Spielberg said with a smile: "Look, YU, this is about selecting actors. You can think of the role simply by watching a video like this." ."
Yu Dong pursed his lips and did not explain. This is not easy to explain. It cannot be said that he thought of it because he had seen Chen Hao in "The Man and the Dog in the Mountain".
Even if he dares to say it, others won’t believe it.
For Spielberg and others, this kind of thing is not surprising. There will always be a moment when a director or screenwriter identifies an actor.
However, after what Yu Dong said, Jimmy made up his mind to attract Chen Hao to Jin Yi Lai.
"I'll let Yu Liang arrange this...I'll call Yu Liang now and ask them to contact Peng Jianming as soon as possible and get the rights to adapt this novel."
Yu Dongben still wanted to wait until the next year to contact him again, but things got faster when Jimmy came here.
Jimmy is this kind of person who acts vigorously and resolutely. No matter what he does, he likes to do blitzkrieg, fearing that the night will be long and he will have many dreams.
And based on his trust in Dong, he arranged everything without even reading the novel.
Jimmy called, and Yu Dong and the others sat down to chat. Wu Changxin then remembered about having dinner at night, and even invited Spielberg.
Spielberg didn't refuse and agreed directly. He had already thought about it and was hanging out with Jimmy and the others in the past two days.
After discussing the meal, Wu Changxin asked: "Mr. Spielberg, seeing that you are no longer in a hurry to return to the United States, where are you going to spend New Year's Eve tomorrow?"
"He stayed at the Jinling Hotel. Many colleagues from Deep Space America came here this year, but they didn't go back. Jimmy booked a New Year's Eve dinner at the Jinling Hotel. By then, some colleagues from Deep Space America were not in a hurry to leave.
Foreign guests all gather together to celebrate the New Year," Yu Dong said,
Wu Changxin nodded, "That was quite lively. If our cafeteria wasn't too simple, we could actually invite them over to celebrate the New Year in Jinyi. I was still thinking about this some time ago. There are many teachers in our school, and there are people like Yu
Hua, Ruan Xiaohu and the others won’t go back to their hometowns during the Chinese New Year. The Chinese New Year won’t be lively when there are fewer people. It would be good if the school organization brings them together.”
Hu Changqing smiled and said: "I think principal, please don't take all the responsibility for this matter. It's good for everyone to live their own lives like this. Don't be afraid that Yu Hua and others will be busy because there are so few of them. Isn't there Yu Dong? They can get together."
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Yu Dong also felt that what Wu Changxin said was unreliable. He had a good idea and wanted teachers and writers from other places to feel warmth, but in fact many people may not like this. If he really wanted to do it, some people would not want to go.
, but I feel embarrassed not to go.
Thinking of this, Yu Dong changed the subject and said, "If you have time after dinner tomorrow night, you can go to the hotel and check it out. I heard that they have held a lot of activities this year, and there seems to be a lottery. Maybe you are lucky enough to win.
arrive."
Speaking of his colleagues in Deep Space America, Hu Changqing winked and said, "All the employees in Deep Space America speak Chinese well."
"Really? The American side of Deep Space specifically recruits employees who can speak Chinese?" Wu Changxin said unexpectedly.
Thinking of the Mandarin spoken by that group of people, Yu Dong felt a little embarrassed: "No, Jimmy taught them Mandarin, and they all speak average."
"That's normal." Hu Changqing said with an exaggerated expression: "Some of the words are quite authentic."
"Ahem, let's not talk about this for now." Yu Dong looked at Spielberg: "Steven, you said you wanted to, when will you go back after New Year's Eve?"
"I'll probably stay for a few more days. I want to shoot some scenes in "The Martian" in China, so I'm going to ask Jimmy to take me there to see if there's any suitable place."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Yu Dong nodded, he indeed added a lot of Chinese aerospace scenes in "The Martian".
Of course, Spielberg could have filmed this part of the film in the United States, but Jimmy suggested that he film it in China. This would not only help build momentum for deep space, but also facilitate its introduction to China later.
In fact, Jimmy's ambition is even greater. He wants to see if he can find a suitable scene in China. If so, he will also shoot the scenes on Mars in China.
However, things have not been finalized yet. Whether the filming will eventually take place in China depends not only on whether a good filming location can be found in China, but also on the participation of the Deep Space Company in this drama. To put it simply, that is
How much does a deep airdrop cost?
If Deep Space Corporation is a big investor, then they have the final say.
Wu Changxin was very interested when he heard Yu Dong translate Spielberg's words, "So, it is possible that we can see Mr. Spielberg filming in China?"
Yu Dong knew what Wu Changxin meant as soon as he heard it, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, principal, if the filming really takes place in China, I will try my best to arrange for students from our school to study on site."
His thoughts were pointed out by Yu Dong, Wu Changxin said with a smile: "The school can't repay this care. When the students go, just ask them if there is any work to be done. I won't let you pay for food and accommodation. You must ask the school
This way. In addition, anyone who needs to use our school can ask at any time. Our school also has music, art, talents and others, which will always be able to make a difference."
What Wu Changxin said sounded awkward, but he was also very smart. When the time comes that people from other majors in the school are actually used, it will naturally not be free. Even if the Deep Space Company is really shameless and refuses to pay, the school can still train talents. After all,
There's a lot to learn from Pielberg's crew, in all aspects.
At this time, Jimmy also finished the phone call and went home. Hearing them talking about "The Martian", he smiled and said, "This time I just want to see the filming location of "Moon"."
"The Moon? Is that the new book that YU hasn't released yet?"
Jimmy nodded, "Speaking of which, this book will soon be on the shelves in the United States. Before Cambot and the others left, the publicity work was about to begin. The news of the book's release will probably be announced by now."
"When we return to the United States, can we see this book?"
"That's not possible yet. The preliminary publicity will take at least more than a month."
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"Oh, it will take more than a month. It will be really difficult."
In the office of the YU Umbrella Association in New York, Cady was a little disappointed to learn that the new book "Moon" will not be released for more than a month.
During this time, he listened to "Golden Dreams" and read "Golden Dreams" over and over again many times. He also reviewed some of YU's old books, but there was nothing left to read.
He has also read "Xiangxi" and "Alive" in the series of books. Before this, Cady never thought that he would read such books, but after falling in love with YU, he fell in love with Wujiwu, and also
I’m starting to want to read this kind of book.
At first I had to read it because of YU, but later I discovered that this kind of literature book is actually quite interesting and can make people remember it for a long time.
Hearing Cady's complaint, Hanes smiled and said, "Please be tolerant to YU. "Golden Dreamland" was only released last month. YU is already a very prolific writer, and this time it is your favorite again."
It doesn’t matter if you wait a month for a science fiction novel, right?”
Cady muttered, "It's always like this. We didn't see it until "Moon" was published in China for a long time. Also, the readers in China are really lucky. They can't hope to visit the Deep Space Annual Conference in person, but can they still
I saw the text live broadcast. During the Deep Space Annual Meeting, I logged into Deep Space, but the page loading speed was extremely slow, and even if it loaded, I couldn’t understand anything. It was all in Chinese. I was thinking, I am
It’s not like we need to hire a Chinese teacher to learn Chinese.”
Vice President Jeff nodded: "This is my fault. We should have communicated with Shen Kong earlier and organized staff to translate Shen Kong's text live broadcast and show it to our members."
Harnes smiled and comforted: "I can't blame you for this. Originally, I heard that this text live broadcast is a trial. China itself is afraid of problems, so how can it have time to connect with us? Moreover, our association's website now has users
It’s not enough to have any effect. Let’s wait until next year. Next year we will have a good meeting with the Deep Space Company to finalize this matter.”
"Okay, then our main task this year is to operate our association's website well. Our first goal is to have more than 100,000 registered users."
Having said this, Jeff glanced around everyone's faces and laughed, "I also want to tell you some good news. Jimmy told me that China's deep space building will be opened next year. If there is a chance, Jimmy is ready to
Let us organize a group of members to visit China. Also, we will organize a group of members with outstanding contributions to attend the Deep Space Annual Conference next year."
"Really?" Cady looked surprised: "How many places are there?"
"The number of places depends on our development. If our association can build a website next year, I guarantee you that we will ask the Deep Space Company for at least fifteen places."
"Fifteen...that's not a lot."
Hans rolled his eyes at Cady: "Don't be too greedy. Fifteen is already a lot. You need to know who are attending the Deep Space Annual Meeting."
Jeff didn't take Cady's complaints seriously. Cady was young and he couldn't think of many things. But the association also needs young people like Cady who are energetic and are always very active in the tasks assigned by the association.
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Moreover, Cady is one of the earliest veterans of the association. It was Harnes and Cady who founded the association from the beginning.
"There is one more thing I want to tell you during today's meeting."
Jeff took out another pile of information and handed one to everyone present, "Because of YU, many members of our association are very interested in Chinese science fiction novels. The unit drama "The X Element" filmed in deep space before
", the audience is mainly members of our association."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "That's right." A member said with a smile: "I like "Alien Monkey" in it very much, it is very interesting, but it is a pity that this series of unit dramas does not
How famous."
"What Deep Space Company means is that since many people in our association are interested in Chinese science fiction novels, let's establish another association to focus specifically on Chinese science fiction writers. What do you think? In addition, if this new association
If the development is good, Deep Space Company will also organize an association exchange meeting."
"Association exchange meeting?" Someone expressed doubts: "Internal exchange between our two associations?"
"It will not only be our two associations, but there will also be China's Cucumber Garden Science Fiction Association."
Everyone here has heard of the Cucumber Garden Science Fiction Association. Although the operation model of the Cucumber Garden Science Fiction Association is very different from that of the YU Umbrella Association. It is not as commercialized as their association, but it has developed very well and has many members in China.
Most of them are college students.
"The name of the new association has been decided. It will be called Singularity Science Fiction Book Club. The establishment of this new association is not simple. Although it is run by our people, it is independent of the YU Umbrella Association and works in another place.
place. This new association has a very heavy task, because in the new year, many novels by Chinese science fiction novelists will be published in the United States, and there will also be movies adapted from Chinese science fiction novels released in the United States."
Liu Yukun, who had been silent until now, suddenly said, "Is the movie you're talking about Liu Cixin's "Bring Her Eyes"?"
Seeing Liu Yukun speak, Jeff laughed. He had been waiting for Liu Yukun to speak since the beginning of the meeting.
Who will be in charge of the newly established Singularity Association? Jeff and Haines talked to Jimmy about this matter. They both thought that Liu Yukun was very suitable. Compared with other people present, Liu Yukun knew the Chinese science fiction writers best. In fact,
Many of them know about Chinese science fiction writers from Liu Yukun.
"Kane, what do you think of the Singularity Science Fiction Book Club?"
"I think it's good. We are the YU Umbrella Association, and the members we attract are basically YU readers. If we rashly promote books by other authors, it may arouse the resentment of the members. With this Singularity Science Fiction Book Club
After the meeting, this problem no longer exists. In fact, there are many excellent science fiction writers in China, but they have not been well promoted, so they are not known by American readers."
Obviously, Liu Yukun is very happy about the establishment of the new association. In addition to Yu Dong, he also likes Chinese science fiction writers such as Liu Cixin, Wang Jingkang and Fu Shui. He has always hoped to recommend these writers to more American readers.
Even when he has nothing to do, he will try to translate these authors' novels for his friends to read.
"Kane, are you not interested in taking charge of this new association?" It was Hanes who spoke this time. He had a different temperament from Jeff and preferred to be more direct.
It's just that he mentioned it a bit suddenly, which caught Liu Yukun off guard: "Am I... not suitable?"
"You are so suitable, Kane." Cady smiled: "When Jeff said he wanted to set up this association just now, I thought of you. There is no one more suitable than you in this association."
Jeff nodded: "Kady is right, there is no one more suitable than you."
"Otherwise, I'll think about it again."
Liu Yukun actually wants to take this matter forward, but he is still in school and may not be able to take care of both sides of the matter. What he is afraid of is that in the end, the association will not develop well and his studies will fall behind.
Jeff was not in a hurry to ask Liu Yukun to reply, and nodded, "Okay, you think about it, then let's move on to the next item, the promotion of the new book "Moon"."
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What Yu Dong didn't expect was that Wang Shuo would also spend the New Year with the Deep Space Company.
He and Yu Hua had the New Year's Eve dinner in Luoyuan and rushed to the Jinling Hotel. As soon as they arrived at the scene, they saw Wang Shuo waving his hand holding a cigarette and chatting with several Deep Space America employees, and those employees
They all listened with great interest.
Yu Dong approached with curiosity and heard Wang Shuo say: "A name plus a verb may have completely different meanings. For example, you like to say Niu B, and you all know that it means very powerful. But in this case
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