Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 532 Ackerman who was hit (third)
Yu Dong also received a call from Spielberg. On the phone, Spielberg congratulated Yu Dong on the sale of his new book and invited him to have dinner with him.

"Find a time, Yu, let's have dinner together, and I will introduce a friend to you."

Spielberg, who was in his early fifties, was still full of energy. Through the phone, Yu Dong felt that he was chatting with a young man.

"Forget about eating, and drink tea together when you have time."

"Okay, then I'll wait for your news."

Yu Dong nodded, "Who are the friends you are talking about?"

"Zemeckis, the director of "Back to the Future", have you heard of it?"

"Of course." Yu Dong laughed, "Isn't he also filming Forrest Gump?"

"It seems that "Forrest Gump" has become his trademark." Spielberg smiled, "Since you know him, you should also know that we have a good relationship. We cooperated very early. He is a very talented person. He has read "Old Book" and is very interested in it, and hopes to get to know you through me and talk about the possibility of adapting "Old Book" into a movie."

"Are you in a hurry? The book just came out yesterday. Also, has Zemeckis ever made a movie like this?"

"No matter what, I still hope that you can talk to him. Even if we can't cooperate this time, there may be other opportunities in the future."

"Of course we can meet and chat. Well, I won't tell you anymore. I'm going to Los Angeles today."

"Are you coming to Los Angeles?"

"Yes, I'm going to Los Angeles, but I don't have time to see you for now."

"Oh fine."

……

Yu Hua and the others stayed in New York to prepare for their signing, while Yu Dong took Cheng Yanqiu to Los Angeles. He had made an appointment with Ackerman before, and he would visit when he had the opportunity.

The Ackerman family is located in Hollywood Hills, a small single-family building.

Yu Dong held Cheng Yanqiu's hand and stood at the door. He looked up at the structure of the small building. It seemed to have three floors, and it seemed to have four floors. The house looked old.

He raised his hand and rang the doorbell, and Ackerman's voice came from the small speaker by the door: "Who?"

Before Yu Dong could answer, Ackerman's cheerful voice sounded again from the horn, "YU, you are here, welcome, welcome."

Yu Dong looked around, looking for a camera, and then saw the door open automatically.

Cheng Yanqiu looked at the slowly moving door, and said with a smile, "He really is a fan of science fiction."

"Still number one."

Yu Dong pulled Cheng Yanqiu into the courtyard, Ackerman had already come out of the house, he looked at Cheng Yanqiu, and said with a smile: "This lady is your wife."

"Hello, Mr. Ackerman." Cheng Yanqiu greeted with a smile.

"Hello, hello." Ackerman nodded, took Yu Dong's hand again, and pulled him into the room.

Once inside, Ackerman pointed to a black-and-white photo on the wooden wall and said, "Look, how is this little guy?"

Yu Dong smiled and said, "A very handsome young man."

Ackerman laughed: "This is me 76 years ago. I was five years old at that time, and I am over 80 now."

Before Dong could react, Ackerman pulled Yu Dong further into the room.

Turning the stairs and going up the stairs, there is a big poster of "Second World" on the front, which shows the scene of the collapse of the building.

"I didn't lie to you." Ackerman smiled, showing off a little in his expression.

Yu Dong stood in front of the poster and looked around.

There are many rooms in Ackerman's house, and Yu Dong didn't count them in detail, but there should be more than a dozen.

Some rooms are full of bookshelves, stacked from floor to ceiling.

Some rooms are sci-fi props, such as robots, dinosaurs, and masks.

In the corridor, there are also various colorful paintings and sci-fi film and television pictures. Yang Xiao is right, Ackerman's house can definitely be regarded as a sci-fi museum.

Yu Dong couldn't help but sighed, "I'm already dazzled."

The three continued to walk forward and came to a room.

The room was full of things, and Ackerman introduced them one by one: "This chair was collected by my father in the past, and President Lincoln once sat on it. Do you want to try it... This maple leaf, it It's from Mary Shelley's grave... Here's a still from me, I've been in a lot of movies... This letter is from Welles himself..."

Ackerman is like a toy to show off, enthusiastically tossing and turning between each collection, talking eloquently.

Later, when he walked to a huge photo, he suddenly fell silent.

He bent down slowly and affectionately kissed the red roses in the vase in front of the photo.

"This is my wife Wendy. She left me last year. She is a German and a translator. She has translated more than 100 German science fiction works, including "Billy Rodin."

The couple looked at each other, and Yu Dong remembered that when he was in Yanjing, Ackerman told him how his wife complained that he shouldn't put the "Second World" poster in the room. Yu Dong couldn't imagine that his wife had passed away.

Ackerman stood in front of his wife's photo, not too sad, but opened his arms, smiled and said to Yu Dong and the others: "How about it, my family."

"Of course, this is the best place I've ever seen, and no sci-fi fan in the world can refuse it." Yu Dong laughed.

"So, my house is open to the public once every Saturday. Yesterday, a few sci-fi fans just came."

Yu Dong raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect Ackerman to open his house as a museum to the public.

Ackerman continued, "At first, I thought that more people would come yesterday, but then I realized that yesterday was the day your new book was released, and all the science fiction fans went to the bookstore. I thought your new book was a science fiction book. novel, but to my surprise, they gave it to me."

At some point, Ackerman had an extra book in his hand, which was Yu Dong's new work "Old Book".

Ackerman raised the "Old Book" in his hand, "I usually seldom read novels other than science fiction. You know, science fiction is enough to occupy my time, but it was sent to me by those science fiction fans. I I decided to take a look, and sat in this room, in front of Wendy."

"Before I read it, I didn't expect it to be such a beautiful novel. I seemed to see the past between me and Wendy. I met Wendy decades ago, just like Mr. Chang met his wife. I don't know who Cui Cui is, but she's definitely a cute girl, just like Wendy."

Yu Dong looked at Ackerman's affectionate appearance, and couldn't help but sigh. It's no wonder that Ackerman liked "Old Books". The relationship between Chang Huaiying and his wife was indeed similar to the relationship between Ackerman and Wendy. People of the same age.

(End of this chapter)