Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 73 He's the one who didn't play that well

Jimmy couldn't figure out why there were no flights between such representative cities as Rongcheng and Jinling, so he had to take dozens of hours of trains from Rongcheng to Jinling.

He likes the hustle and bustle of China, but he can't stand the hustle and bustle in the train.

After arriving in Jinling, Jimmy couldn't wait to go to the Jinling Hotel to have a good sleep. He couldn't fall asleep on the train at all. Even if he barely fell asleep, he would be woken up in a short time.

When he woke up in the hotel, it was noon the next day, and he slept for more than ten hours.

While having lunch in the hotel restaurant, Jimmy reflected on these days.

After returning to the United States last time, he showed Harold the manuscript of "One Day" he translated. After reading it, Harold was very interested and hoped to adapt the story into a movie.

However, the two had disagreements on the specific implementation. Harold advocated that he adapt the story himself, and then changed the name, without the need to buy the copyright.But Jimmy insisted on buying the film and television adaptation rights of the work.

"We changed the background of the story to the United States, and then changed the plot a little bit, who would know? Moreover, the novel you are looking for is from China, and most Americans may never read this novel for the rest of their lives."

"Harold, I'm ashamed of you. I don't know why you have such thoughts. If I had known, I should not have shown you this novel. And I tell you, this writer named Yu Dong is in China is very, very famous, and if there is any science fiction writer whose works will be seen by Americans, I think it is most likely him.”

"Science fiction, stop joking, Jimmy." Harold was obviously not convinced by this statement.

"You don't have to believe me, but if something goes wrong, you'll be in a lot of trouble."

In the end, Harold was persuaded by himself and agreed that he would go to China to write about the purchase of film and television adaptation rights.

Harold's move was right in his arms.

The reason why he spared no effort in translating and submitting manuscripts, of course, could not be because of Harold's film, nor because of the popularity of this Chinese writer named Yu Dong.

What he really wants is to be a broker in this matter and gain benefits.

To this end, he lied to Harold that Yu Dong was the most well-known science fiction writer in China, and wanted to sell the film and television adaptation rights even higher.

The film and television adaptation rights of this novel may be sold at Harold for more than [-] US dollars, and at least [-] US dollars. This amount of money is nothing to Harold.

As for the film and television adaptation market in China, he probably understands it. Unsurprisingly, a few thousand RMB can be taken down.In this way, he can still earn tens of thousands of dollars after removing the round-trip toll.

At that time, as a screenwriter, he will ask Harold for a little payment, which is another income.

Thinking of this, Jimmy finally felt that the exhaustion of the long journey was swept away, and his energy suddenly came up.

At the same time, the speed of eating also followed, and he wanted to see Mr. Li as soon as possible.

Originally, he thought that the copyrights were all in the hands of "Science Fiction World", but he didn't expect to ask and found out that it was not at all. The magazine had only a few years of copyrights, which did not include the surrounding copyrights such as film and television adaptation rights, so he had to transfer to Jinling again. Come.

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When Jimmy met Yu Dong, Yu Dong was playing ball with the students wearing big pants and a vest.

Yu Dong spent more than a week on the two manuscripts, stayed up for a few nights, felt a little weak in his body, and wanted to do exercise.

He played badly, but because he was a celebrity in the school and a teacher, the students gave him face and kept feeding him the ball, trying to make him enjoy the joy of playing.

But he is really unsatisfactory. Often teammates...even opponents feed the ball to his mouth, and he can spit it out.

In this way, as long as he scores a goal, the students will cheer collectively. They feel that letting Teacher Yu score a goal is more fulfilling than their own goal.

"Look, the one who is white and clean, thin and tall, and who doesn't play well is Teacher Yu."

The doorman, Uncle Zhou, stood beside Jimmy and pointed at Yu Dong.

"Okay, thank you, brother."

Uncle Zhou waved his hand and said with a smile: "No thanks, no thanks, you are a foreign friend, all visitors are guests, we Chinese are very hospitable, as the old saying goes, if you have friends from afar, no, no... "

"Excited." Jimmy received with a smile.

"Yes, yes, it's a lot of fun. I'm old and my memory is not good. Well, wait here for a while, they should be over in a while, I'll go back to my post first."

"Thank you."

Watching Uncle Zhou leave, Jimmy turned his attention to the court again.After watching it for a while, he looked puzzled, why this ball made him a little confused, as if everyone was on Yu Dong's side, always passing the ball to him.

Are the basketball rules different here in China?
In fact, when Jimmy came here, he attracted the attention of many people. After all, Jinling is not as good as Shanghai, and there are fewer foreigners, so it would be strange to see it occasionally.

Yu Dong also saw Jimmy, but just glanced at him, he was more interested in playing.

Jimmy waited on the sidelines for about ten minutes. The temporary game on the court finally came to an end. He smiled and walked towards Yu Dong who was resting on the sidelines.

When Yu Dong saw Jimmy walking in his direction, he didn't take it seriously at first, and when he walked a few meters away and stared at him, he realized that the other party was probably looking for him.

"Hello, you are Yu Dong, Mr. Yu. I'm Jimmy James, nice to meet you." Jimmy stretched out his hand with a smile.

Yu Dong didn't expect the other party to speak fluent Beijing movies. If he didn't look at his face, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to tell that he was a foreigner at all.

Facing the outstretched palm, Yu Dong waved his hand, "I just finished playing and my hands are dirty, so I still don't shake hands. Mr. James, do you have anything to do with me?"

Jimmy was not embarrassed because he didn't shake hands. He looked around, still smiling, "I wonder if I can take a step to talk?"

Yu Dong couldn't help but complimented this foreigner in his heart. This guy not only has an authentic accent, but also uses such authentic words.

"Okay." Yu Dong nodded, said goodbye to the person who played with him just now, and then walked off the court with Jimmy.

When he got to a place with relatively few people, Yu Dong asked Jimmy, "Mr. James, can we talk now?"

"That's right, Mr. Yu. I'm actually a screenwriter. I usually work in the United States, but I often come to China to play. I believe my accent can prove that I'm not lying. I saw your work "One Day" and became very interested in it, maybe we can start some cooperation." Jimmy said sincerely.

Yu Dong heard that he meant to talk about film and television adaptation rights, and was a little surprised. Although he thought that someone would buy film and television adaptation rights, he never thought it would be so fast, and the other party was a foreigner.

He looked at himself, the vest was already sweaty, and he didn't feel anything on the field just now, but now he stopped and suddenly felt that the air was unbearably cold.

But he was sweaty, and he couldn't put on a coat, so he said to Jimmy, "Well, Mr. James, I've just finished playing and I'm so sweaty that it's not convenient to talk about business. If you mind, sit at my place for a while and wait. Let's talk after I'm done washing."

"Of course, I don't mind at all."

　Thank you for the 100 reward of [Speakers]
　　Thanks for the 100 reward of [Ten Years of Absurdity as a Dream]
　　Thank you [Qi Mo Mo] for the 100 reward of the boss
　　Thank you [*** Wei Xiao] for the 100 reward of the boss
　　Thank you [Red Ink White] for the 200 reward
　　Thank you [20190419075625043] for your 100 reward
　　Thank you [near end] for the 100 reward of the boss
　　In addition, thank you again for the 500 reward from the boss [囩 Taohua]. I mistyped his name before, which is good. I know another word.

　　In addition, I played a small speaker today. The editor's recommendation was "Rebirth 91 to be a great writer", and then some lsp came in. I don't know if these lsp have seen it here...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)