As soon as Yu Dong arrived at the hotel room, Jimmy ran over.
Entering the room, Jimmy grabbed Yu Dong's arm and dragged him out, "Teacher Cheng, lend him a hand."
Cheng Yanqiu, who was packing his suitcase, smiled and said, "Just take it and use it."
Yu Dong rolled his eyes, "I didn't bring this poem list or script, why did you drag me out?"
"Oh, that's right, then go and bring these things."
Yu Dong sighed, went to get the script and other things, and followed Jimmy to his room.
After entering the room, Yu Dong handed Jimmy the list of poems and said, "Now can you tell me what you want to do with these things?"
Jimmy took the list, looked at it, and said with a smile: "The thing is very simple, because you wrote a lot of poems at the book signing, which caused readers to become interested in ancient Chinese poetry, which also led to..."
After Jimmy finished talking about the matter, Yu Dong nodded, "So, this is why you asked me if I have any experts in ancient poetry?"
"Well, my idea is, if you want to do it, do it well, and you must find an authoritative expert."
"Well, I agree with this. Let's do this. I will contact Teacher Yang and Teacher Cheng Huichang later and ask for their opinions. If possible, I certainly hope that both of them can agree."
Jimmy said with a smile: "Actually, I think this is not difficult. Leaving aside the reward, this is also a good opportunity to promote Chinese traditional culture to the outside world. They will definitely be very interested. By the way, in addition to these experts in ancient poetry, there are also
You have to find a translator who is proficient in this. No matter how good Teacher Yang and others are at annotating, if the translation cannot keep up, it will be in vain."
When it comes to translation, Yu Dong is not worried at all, "Don't worry about translation, nothing will go wrong."
Jimmy raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Why, do you already have someone in mind?"
Yu Dong smiled and said, "There is no need to find someone else. Teacher Yang is proficient in both English and Russian languages. If she annotates and then translates, there will be no problem at all."
"So that's it, that's really good. Don't waste time. Let's do it tonight. When it gets dark over in China, you can call the two gentlemen and tell them the matter. If they agree
, Amazon will give you the things that need annotation, and they can send it over after they are done. As for the contract, you can sign it while you are doing it, so you don’t waste time." Jimmy said.
"That's okay. We'll do something special. I'll call them tonight."
"By the way, let Liu Changmin and others work together to create some pictures. These annotations cannot attract people with just words. They must be accompanied by pictures and texts."
"No problem, I'll call Lao Liu later."
After the matter was finalized, Jimmy looked at Yu Dong from top to bottom and then from bottom to top several times with a smile on his face.
"Tsk, tsk, you must have written so many ancient poems on purpose. I didn't expect it to be quite effective."
Yu Dong looked at Jimmy's eyes and laughed, "It was intentional, but I didn't expect the effect to be so good. When I started doing this, I really wanted more people to be interested in traditional Chinese culture, at least
Because I wrote a few more characters, they were able to be interested in Chinese characters without thinking too much, and it affected them one by one."
Jimmy smiled and shook his head: "My dear, you, you, since you have such ideas and plans, tell me in advance, and I can be prepared. What do you think is the reason for achieving such a good effect this time?
It's an accident, but if we prepare in advance and do a good job in publicity later, this accident will become inevitable."
"Okay, if I have any ideas next time, I'll tell you in advance."
"That's right." Jimmy laughed, and then said: "The script of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is here, show it to me."
"Na." Yu Dong handed over the script.
Jimmy took the script, flipped it over briefly, and muttered, "It's not that thick at all." Then he said to Dong, "Let me take a look at the script. Why don't you go back and accompany Teacher Cheng for a while? You just arrived at the hotel.
It's a bit inappropriate to leave her alone in the room to pack her luggage."
"..."
Yu Dong clenched his fist and really had the urge to punch Jimmy in the head.
"Let's go." Yu Dong rolled his eyes, "Don't come looking for me after reading this. I'll come back to you after I finish eating, probably around 7:30."
"Yeah, no problem."
Jimmy read the script carefully, and Yu Dong turned around and left.
After returning to the room, Cheng Yanqiu was still packing his luggage. When he saw Yu Dong coming back, he asked strangely: "Why are you back so soon?"
"I threw the script to him and let him read it for himself."
Cheng Yanqiu smiled and said: "I saw that he pulled you over in a hurry. I thought he was going to chat with you for a long time. By the way, while you were gone just now, Yu Hua came over and asked you where we would eat at night.
."
"Didn't we agree to eat in the hotel restaurant? Why did he ask again?"
"I think what he means is that he wants to go out to eat. I guess he is a little tired of eating at restaurants in hotels these days and wants to eat something different."
"Then what did he say he wanted to eat?"
"What did he say? Wang Xiaobo thinks the food here is tasteless and wants to eat fried shredded pork with pickled vegetables."
"Nonsense, I think he just wants to eat it. Leave him alone. If he wants to eat it, he can find it himself."
With that said, Yu Dong also squatted down and packed his luggage with Cheng Yanqiu.
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During dinner, Yu Dong didn't see Yu Hua or Mo Yan, but everyone else was there.
"Where are Yu Hua and the others?"
Chen Hong couldn't help but rolled her eyes, "She said she went out to find shredded pork and vegetables."
Yu Dong glanced at Wang Xiaobo next to him, "Didn't I say you like to eat shredded pork with pickled vegetables?"
Wang Xiaobo held a piece of bread in his hand, bared his teeth and said with a smile: "You know me, I don't have any requirements for food. If I go out, I will definitely not look for pickles and shredded pork, but wine."
Bi Feiyu also held a piece of bread and nodded, "That's true, but if I have shredded pork and vegetables on hand, I would rather pair the bread with shredded pork and vegetables instead of just eating beef. By the way, Jimmy
What? Isn’t he here too? Why doesn’t he come to eat?”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I have written the script, and he is reading it in the room right now."
"Really? Let's go take a look later. Do you want to bring him some food?"
Yu Dong thought for a while and said, "Okay, bring some."
After dinner, Yu Dong, Wang Xiaobo, and Bi Feiyu rushed to Jimmy's room carrying the dinner they had packed for Jimmy.
But as soon as he arrived at the door, Yu Dong was about to knock on the door when he heard Mo Yan's deep voice coming from inside, "This illustrates one thing. What environment you are in is a very important thing. If this plate of dumplings is in my
In my hometown of Gaomi, no dumpling shop has the nerve to sell it, and even if it were sold, no one would buy it. But now in the United States, in Los Angeles, it has become an authentic Chinese delicacy.
After eating this bite, we have outrun the boss."
Yu Dong turned to look at Wang Xiaobo and Bi Feiyu, "Yes, these two came first."
Dong Dong.
Yu Dong knocked on the door.
"coming."
Jimmy ran to open the door. Seeing Yu Dong and the others coming, he smiled and said, "You're just in time, we are having dinner."
Yu Dong raised the lunch box in his hand, "We have eaten and brought you some."
"You are late. Yu Hua and Mo Yan have already brought me food."
Yu Hua, who was in the room, corrected him: "Wrong, you were the one who stole our food."
Jimmy laughed, took the lunch box from Tu Dong's hand and gave it to Yu Hua: "You're talking about robbing, at best it's just borrowing, I'll return it to you now."
Then Jimmy explained: "I was just going to the restaurant to eat, and I met two of them carrying lunch boxes on the way. I heard it was Chinese food, so I invited them to my place."
He bit the word "please" very hard.
Yu Dong and the three of them walked in and looked surprised when they saw several boxes on the table.
Two large boxes of dumplings, a dark box of something that looked like shredded pork with pickled vegetables, a box of mapo tofu, a box of braised beef, and a box of boiled fish fillets.
Wang Xiaobo looked at the dark box of shredded pork with pickled vegetables and said with a smile: "In the United States, it seems that there is no way to open a Chinese restaurant without making the dishes ugly and unpalatable. This plate of shredded pork with pickled vegetables is so good."
It's ugly, that's the only thing I've seen in my life. When I went to the countryside in the past, our department chief had the ability to make the food more palatable, but he couldn't reach this level."
Mo Yan chuckled and said, "You must have mistakenly blamed the restaurant chef. They don't have this dish on their menu. Yu Hua borrowed their kitchen to cook it himself."
Yu Hua just lowered his head and ate without saying a word. He wanted to argue, but facts spoke louder than words. The plate of shredded pork and pickled vegetables in front of him was too ugly.
After a while, Yu Hua managed to say, "Actually, it tastes pretty good."
Mo Yan also commented, "It's edible."
After they finished eating, Jimmy did not avoid the others. He took out the manuscript of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and said to Yu Dong: "This story is very good and very special. I talked to Michael about the story of "Pirates of the Caribbean" before.
They have indeed made some attempts, and the styles of these attempts are basically the same, with the tone of a warrior saving the world. If they really want to use your story, it will be a challenge for them."
The Michael Jimmy refers to is Michael Eisner, CEO of Disney Studios.
Michael Eisner was once the president of Paramount Pictures. Later, Disney brought him in to serve as the company's CEO after experiencing Steinberg's hostile takeover.
In the past ten years, he, the CEO, should be the chief contributor to the good development of Disney Film Company.
Under normal circumstances, when the script is still being selected, it is impossible for Michael Eisner to interfere with the project.
The Disney Film Company is developing very well and has many projects in progress every year. As CEO, Michael Eisner naturally cannot oversee every project from beginning to end.
But after the screenwriter became Yu Dong, things became different.
After Eisner learned that Yu Dong was willing to help write the script, he took the matter of "Pirates of the Caribbean" very seriously. It was he who took the initiative to call Jimmy first and talk about the movie.
"Does Michael Eisner also want to make some changes?" Yu Dong asked.
Jimmy shook his head: "That's not true. He just briefly told me about the situation and did not show any specific preferences. And even if he showed a preference, it has nothing to do with us. Could it be that if I tell you that someone has a preference, you
Will you listen?"
Yu Dong smiled and said: "Not necessarily. If the money is really enough, I wouldn't mind being a screenwriter who obeys advice."
Mo Yan glanced at the script in Jimmy's hand and asked, "Is this the script you wrote a few days ago, about pirates?"
These people are together every day, and they know more or less what Yu Dong writes.
"Well, Disney wanted to make a movie about pirates, so I took it," Yu Dong replied.
Jimmy handed the script in his hand to Mo Yan, "You should also take a look."
Mo Yan nodded, took the manuscript, and read it.
Others also came over, gathered around Mo Yan, and read the script with him.
Jimmy looked at Yu Dong and continued: "But there is another problem, which is the setting of Captain Jack. As the captain of the Black Pearl, is his image... too coquettish?"
Coquettish was the first word that came to Jimmy's mind after seeing the description of Jack in the script.
Yu Dong gave a very detailed description of Captain Jack's appearance, including clothes, hairstyle, makeup and even gait.
With his smoky makeup, mustache, and enchanting steps, he doesn't look like a famous pirate leader. This image is too subversive for pirates.
Regarding the evaluation of coquettishness, Yu Dong did not deny it. He asked Jimmy, "Does this image make you feel disgusted?"
"I can't say I hate it, but I don't think I particularly like it in terms of appearance alone. Of course, apart from appearance, the inner characteristics of this character are still very interesting. The character's personality is complex enough and quite special."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "Since we are not trying to create a great and upright character, it is a good thing to have some characteristics that people can remember."
"That's true." Jimmy also laughed, "If Disney doesn't want this script, we can film it ourselves. I think it's still very promising. By the way, have you thought about who should play the role of Jack?
After reading the script, I thought about it for a long time but couldn’t think of a suitable candidate. How about Matthew McConaughey? Or Brad Pitt?”
"What do you think of Johnny Depp?"
"Johnny Depp?" Jimmy pondered, and after a while, a smile broke out on his face, "Don't tell me, Depp is indeed related to this character. His costume in "Edward Scissorhands" is special enough.
, and in "Ed Wood", he is also quite enchanting."
Speaking of "Ed Wood", Yu Dong also laughed.
Chapter completed!