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Chapter 612 Chenglong's Persistence (4200+ chapters, please subscribe~)

"Can this book catch fire?"

"Why do I feel that the audience of this book should be children!"

Linda asked two questions in succession.

Wu Jianye sat there without any change in expression, and said with a smile: "This is a novel that accompanies children to grow up!"

Seeing that Linda didn't understand, Wu Jianye continued to explain: "The preliminary plan is to write 7 novels, and Ryan will publish one each year. This series of novels will become children's growth partners!"

Although there was only one simple sentence, Linda was shocked by Wu Jianye's self-confidence, "You mean to slowly change the style of this novel as the children grow up?"

Wu Jianye nodded and said, "That's right, but there won't be any major changes, just subtle growth."

Wu Jianye will not intentionally change the style of the novel, the growth of the children is subtle, and the same is true of the novel. In fact, the adaptation of the movie is like this, and it is carried out according to this routine.

Otherwise, when these children grow up, the purely child-oriented "Harry Potter" will no longer be able to attract them.

If what Wu Jianye said is true, the value created by this novel is absolutely immeasurable, just like Disneyland accompanies children to grow up, and now Disney is no longer just for children. Playground again.

This is the reason why Linda was shocked, but there is still a big problem in completing this plan, that is, whether this set of novels can become a hit in the hearts of children as Wu Jianye said. One is that even if this novel will be a hit in the hearts of children, Ryan Publishing has to formulate a complete promotion plan for this set of novels.

A novel is like a movie. To be successful, not only need to have excellent quality, but also have a very matching marketing plan, so as to be able to truly operate a hit novel .

"Are you really so confident all the time?" Linda tilted her head and looked at Wu Jianye seriously.

Even though she knew Wu Jianye's incomparable self-confidence a long time ago, whenever she saw Wu Jianye come up with a huge plan, Linda couldn't help but wonder, what exactly is Wu Jianye's self-confidence? is from where.

Wu Jianye gave her answer: "Because I have never failed, this is the source of my self-confidence!"

After finishing speaking, he patted the sofa and said with a smile: "Okay, this "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is the first of seven parts, you ask Ryan Publishing to come up with a specific and feasible publicity plan Come out, I believe this book will let you see my success again!"

Speaking of the confidence on Wu Jianye's face at the end, it was undoubtedly revealed!

In fact, among the first six volumes of "Harry Potter", the best-selling is "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", with a global sales volume of 1700 million copies, only the last "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" " reached a terrifying 7500 million copies!

Of course, this also has to do with why Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the last novel!

Linda nodded and said, "Okay, I will discuss this matter with Ryan!"

With the "Harry Potter" series, Phantom Entertainment has a firm foothold in the future. Imagine that Phantom is holding Marvel Universe in his left hand and "Harry Potter" in his right. Luo Ji Park series, which basically made Phantom Entertainment invincible.

And there are so many blockbuster franchises waiting for The Phantom in the future.

In the 90s, "Jurassic Park" opened the way, and the three dinosaur series follow the speed of one every two years, which is enough for Phantom Entertainment to wait until the end of the 90s to start the foreplay of the Marvel Universe and the launch of the "Harry Potter" series!

It's not just the movies, but the peripheral products driven by these three movies are what Wu Jianye values ​​most.

Universal has its own Universal Studios, Disney has its own Disneyland, Phantom can also rely on these popular movies to build its own Phantom world!

But these need to be managed slowly, Wu Jianye is not in a hurry.

After dealing with these matters, Wu Jianye returned to the manor, and received a call from Linda a few days later. She had already discussed with Ryan about the publication plan of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

However, because this novel is aimed at children, the publication time is also set during the summer vacation.

Because of "Jurassic Park", Wu Jianye is also a well-known writer in the world. Now that Wu Jianye is launching the "Harry Potter" series again, it will naturally attract many readers quickly. However, because the readers of this novel will be children, it will inevitably make Wu Jianye's original readers express dissatisfaction.

But this is not important to Wu Jianye.

When I arrived at Ryan Publishing, Wu Jianye signed a publishing agreement with Ryan Publishing. Although Wu Jianye is the boss behind the phantom, all these procedures still have to go through.

This time, Wu Jianye signed the agreement with Ryan Publishing, and the 25% share can be said to be the share enjoyed by top writers in the United States.

At the same time, the copyright of "Harry Potter" is also in the hands of Wu Jianye, and it is the full copyright. That is to say, even if Phantom Entertainment wants to adapt "Harry Potter" in the future, it needs to purchase the copyright from Wu Jianye.

After the two parties formally signed the contract, Sean was in charge of preparing the promotional work of "Harry Potter".

The closer to the end of the year, the more intense the publicity of the major film studios in North America, just like the Chinese New Year files in the later generations, each film is showing its own ability, doing everything possible to promote its own company Movie.

Phantom Entertainment also has its own films to promote in this schedule, not just the film "Ghost Love", after all, this film will not be released until next year's Valentine's Day, this time the promotion is Cheng Long's "Western Region Veyron! "

The previous name of this movie was "Shanghai Noon", but in order to cater to North American audiences, it has been officially renamed "Western Dragons"!

In order to cooperate with the promotion of this movie, Cheng Long also rushed to Los Angeles in Xiangjiang.

Today at the manor in Beverly Hills, Wu Jianye met Cheng Long. What was even more commendable was that Cheng Long even brought his seven-year-old little house along with his wife Lin Fengjiao.

Cheng Long had already married Lin Fengjiao, but due to his fame, he had not made it public, but Wu Jianye had always been skeptical about this reason.

But there must be a reason for this. Cheng Long's fame is beyond the imagination of later generations. In later generations, idols' public relationship is already a means of publicity, but in Xiangjiang in the 90s and [-]s, not to mention being married, it was public love. None are allowed.

Cheng Long tried to disclose his relationship before, but the result directly caused RB fans to come to Xiangjiang and insist on jumping off the building. It was a collective incident. After this kind of thing happened, Cheng Long immediately denied the news .

This is also the reason why Liu Dehua and his wife hid it for so long.

"Director Wu, we will be neighbors from now on!" Cheng Long looked very happy after seeing Wu Jianye.

After he secretly married Lin Fengjiao, he moved Lin Fengjiao's mother and son to Los Angeles, and bought his own villa in Beverly Hills.

"Haha, I have time to walk around more in the future!" Wu Jianye was also very happy after seeing Cheng Long.

The two people can be said to be perfectly staggered this year. When Wu Jianye was in Xiangjiang, Cheng Long was filming "The Dragon of the Western Regions" in North America, and when Wu Jianye came to Los Angeles, Cheng Long had already returned to Xiangjiang to film "Miracle". !

But the happiest person is not Wu Jianye, but Chen Le. Chen Le has always been a fan of Cheng Long and Zhou Runfa. He met Zhou Runfa when he was in Xiangjiang before, and this time he saw Cheng Long again. Naturally, he was even happier .

A group of people sat and chatted in the living room.

The Little House happily wandered around the room, ran over after a while, and said happily, "Daddy, this place is much bigger than our house!"

Cheng Long laughed. Although his villa is also in Beverly Hills, it is still much worse than Wu Jianye's manor.

"Later, Daddy will change you to a bigger villa, but it will be much more difficult to buy a manor like your Uncle Wu's!"

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "If you like it, come here often!"

The little house nodded seriously, and said, "Yes!"

Cheng Long is also busy at both ends now, basically shooting in North America in the first half of the year, and Xiangjiang in the second half of the year. The release time of the films shot in North America is determined by the Phantom, while the films shot in Xiangjiang are watched by Golden Harvest. release.

Wu Jianye and Cheng Long chatted about Xiangjiang and the movie situation. For example, Golden Harvest has decided to release the family movie "Miracle" in this year's Spring Festival, but his opponent is not weak, it is Fengge "The Gambler" co-produced by Zhou Xingchi and Liu Dehua.

A battle between dragons and tigers is inevitable!

On the other hand, Lin Fengjiao and Li Xiuming were chatting about homework. They still have some things in common. For example, they both chose to retire from the entertainment industry for their own men. Li Xiuming didn't have many friends in North America. Lin Fengjiao, who has a lot in common, is naturally very happy.

The two also chatted very happily. In the end, Li Xiuming even invited Lin Fengjiao to run an advertising company with him. Lin Fengjiao was also very happy about this.

Li Xiuming didn't have many friends here, and Lin Fengjiao did the same, but compared to Li Xiuming, Lin Fengjiao was more at ease with the situation.

It didn't take long for the two to become sisters.

At night, Cheng Long received a call from Stallone. When he knew that Cheng Long was with Wu Jianye, he invited them to his villa as guests.

After Cheng Long asked Wu Jianye for his opinion, he agreed to Stallone's invitation.

In the evening, the three met at Stallone's villa.

After Stallone saw Wu Jianye, he also sighed. The two met for the first time on Mel Gibson's "Lethal Weapon 2". At that time, in Stallone's eyes, Wu Jianye was just a rock star, writer, and director. identity, but after this period of time the introduction of the news.

Only then did Stallone know what kind of net worth Wu Jianye had.

It turned out to be the behind-the-scenes boss of a large Xiangjiang consortium. To be honest, at Wu Jianye's level, the gap with them has widened, but now seeing that Cheng Long and Wu Jianye have such a good relationship, he is also very envious.

The three of them sat together, naturally chatting about movies.

Wu Jianye also found that Stallone very much hoped to cooperate with Cheng Long once, and actively invited Cheng Long to participate in his new movie, but when he heard that Stallone invited Cheng Long's character to be a villain, Wu Jianye knew that this matter was useless up!
Sure enough, Cheng Long replied: "I also very much hope to cooperate with you, but I will not accept this role."

Stallone asked a little strangely: "Why? The role of this role is the same as mine, not just the relationship between the protagonist and the supporting role!"

Cheng Long's status in Hollywood is very strange. If you say he is a first-line movie star, he must not be considered, but in terms of popularity, he is enough to be compared with the first-line stars in Hollywood. Even Stallone, who is now in the sky in Hollywood, is also Cheng Long couldn't hold back.

Cheng Long said with a smile: "This actually has something to do with some of my personal thoughts, and it has nothing to do with this character!"

"What idea?" Stallone asked.

Cheng Long glanced at Wu Jianye before he said seriously: "It's actually very simple. To put it bluntly, I am now the representative of Chinese actors in Hollywood. When audiences all over the world see me, they will think of Xiangjiang and Huaxia. , if I play a bad guy, audiences all over the world will think that the Chinese are bad guys, although this is unlikely, but I still don't want to cause such a consequence!"

After listening to Cheng Long's answer, Wu Jianye gave him a thumbs up. No matter how Cheng Long's personal character was criticized by later generations, Cheng Long was never ambiguous about these major issues.

This is why Wu Jianye admired Cheng Long.

Everyone has his own multi-faceted nature, and no one has the right to judge the good or bad of this person through a one-sided impression, but in some special things, it is still possible to characterize this person.

Such as Cheng Long!

His private life is indeed not good, but Cheng Long has never let his Chinese identity be humiliated when it comes to national affairs. This is his persistence.

In fact, it should be something that every overseas Chinese should learn, although Wu Jianye is very disgusted with the tone that always represents someone.

But it is undeniable that there is a category of people, even if they don't want to represent so-and-so, but the outside world gives him the impression that he is the representative.

After hearing Cheng Long's answer, Stallone couldn't say anything more, but this doesn't mean that the cooperation between the two is over.

The two still agreed that in the future, if there is a suitable script, they will definitely cooperate.

However, Wu Jianye knew that if the normal development of history was followed, the two would only have one chance to cooperate as a cameo. As for the formal cooperation, anyway, Wu Jianye hadn't seen it when he was reborn.

Cheng Long suddenly looked at Wu Jianye and said, "Director Wu, why don't you help us write a script?"

Hearing Cheng Long's proposal, Stallone also showed interest. You must know that although Wu Jianye's status as a director in Hollywood is not high, but the status of screenwriter is very high. It is a blockbuster.

If Wu Jianye only appeared in Hollywood as a screenwriter, it is estimated that many studios will find Wu Jianye at this time.

After Wu Jianye heard it, he was actually very interested. If the two can really cooperate in their prime years, it will be a great event for movie fans all over the world.

However, in Wu Jianye's memory, there are not many movies that he starred in together with the two of them.
(End of this chapter)