I collapsed from the roof, the system came?

Rick's guess was correct. There was no way he could hide his contribution to "The Bookstore".

Soon, news spread in the industry.

There was an immediate exclamation.

"God! Is this true? Rick took action?"

"This is really explosive news!"

"Rick actually participated in the short event in June. It seems that he must be the winner."

"Of course! In the world of short stories, who else can be the rival of the Troika?"

"I heard that Mr. Rick contributed to Shuge. It seems that the June issue of Shuge will be a big seller!"

"Shuge is really lucky. There were no celebrities participating in May, but in the end they were honored by Xilou, and there was a wave of Jedi counterattacks. In June, Rick joined again, and the momentum was like a rainbow. I guess the other two magazines The whole society is panicking.”

"..."

For the short story world, Rick's move is indeed a big news.

Even though many short story writers basically said goodbye to the championship competition after knowing his participation, they are still very excited. It is also a different kind of honor to compete on the same stage with the most outstanding short story king in the short story world today.

"Looking forward to Mr. Rick's new work."

"Can't wait."

"..."

Just when everyone was in agitated mood.

suddenly!

Two more pieces of news broke out one after another.

Mohai Magazine: [We have invited Mr. Lewis, and he will participate in the short story event in June. 】

Literary Elegance Magazine: [Announcement: Mr. Elvis has confirmed to contribute to Literary Elegance, so stay tuned. 】

This time.

The entire industry was shaken up.

When many people heard the two news, they were shocked and numb, and they didn't recover for a while.

They originally thought that Shuge's invitation to Rick was the ultimate achievement.

As a result, Mo Hai invited Louis, and Literary Fenghua invited Elvis.

Troika!

All mobilized!

Even for the entire Blue Star literary world, it is a big event.

So in a short period of time, this news spread across the entire network like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

Everyone didn't know what price the three major magazines paid, but they actually hired three people.

But it doesn’t matter if you don’t know, because everyone is sure that the June short story event, which was not so lively in the first place, will probably become a major event in the literary world.

It is almost unprecedented for the troika to compete together!

Who wouldn't be excited?
Who wouldn't be excited?

"The top three in this short story event have been announced."

"Hahaha, you're right. The troika takes action, and the top three are already determined."

"I'm really looking forward to it."

"The three of them, Louis, haven't published a new work for a long time. This time they actually did it together. For us readers, it's simply a happy thing."

"..."

And this moment.

Faced with the turmoil on the Internet, everyone in the bookstore was a little confused.

what happened?

Louis and Elvis also attended the June event?

Instead of screaming and being excited like fans, everyone almost unanimously fixed their gaze on Xilou's new work "The Gift of the Magi", and a thought emerged in their hearts that made it difficult for them to calm down.

Rick's work has been lost to West Tower's new work.

if……

Finally, one editor-in-chief couldn't help but said: "Do you think the Troika will all stumble this time?"

No one spoke.

But you can tell from everyone's eyes that this is likely to happen.

Because now each of them has carefully read "The Gift of the Magi" many times and found that the quality of this short story is definitely comparable to the best works of the Troika.

In other words, even if the works produced by Louis and Elvis this time are the highest-level masterpieces in their lives, they will only be tied with Xilou.

Even if it's a tie, it's enough to shock the short story world.

But if the works produced by these two people are slightly inferior, it would be equivalent to one person from Xilou suppressing the three giants in the short story world.

this moment.

All the senior officials in Shuge felt a little dry.

……

And when the outside world makes waves.

Rick was much calmer. He took a deep breath, walked to the desk, and pulled out a notebook he treasured.

After opening the notebook, I found an article inside.

He hesitated for a while.

A decision appeared in Rick's eyes: "For the sake of bonus, to keep honor, and for reputation, it seems that I can only publish this work in advance."

Inside the notebook was another new work of his.

Title of new work: "Piano and Violin".

If "A Piece of Cake" is Rick's inspired work in the past two months, then "Piano and Violin" is his most proud work in the past two or three years. He is even confident that it will be as good as "The Gift of the Magi". 》It won’t be much inferior.

Originally, Rick was planning to publish this work at a suitable opportunity in the future.

But now, he must take it out.

He can't lose to Xilou.

Nor could he lose to his two other friends and rivals.

He still wants to get those millions in bonuses.

but.

Rick has already submitted his work to "Bookstore", so this time he is not going to submit his work to the public, but will take the anonymous track!

Think of this.

Rick smiled mysteriously.

"Xi Lou, although my "A Piece of Cake" lost to your new work. But I will regain the lost glory from "Piano and Violin."

He was full of confidence.

As long as you publish "Piano and Violin" on an anonymous track, you will definitely amaze everyone. Even if you can't beat "Gift of the Magi" by then, you can still compete with it.

"Haha, it's settled!"

"When the whole Internet thought that they were stepped on by Xilou. No one would have thought that I would actually rise and rise again on the anonymous track."

pain?

nonexistent!

Disappointed?

impossible!

Rick clenched his fist hard.

How could his majestic troika not be prepared at all?
What is needed is this ultimate reversal.

He even had an inspiration. After this incident, he will write a short story based on his experience in this competition. The short story is called "Competition".

"Xi Lou, Melvin, everyone in the industry, my dear Louis and Elvis... you didn't expect it, right? I still have backup plans."

Rick smiled brightly.

……

"My dear Mr. Rick and Elvis, you didn't expect it, did you? I still have a backup plan!"

at the same time.

In a certain study room, Louis also showed a sly and proud expression: "The works I submitted to Mo Hai can only be regarded as short stories of average quality. And the works I will submit to the anonymous track will be the works I am most satisfied with." . So, after the release of the semi-annual magazine in June, I will give you a big 'surprise' when the final ranking of the anonymous track is announced. Well, I hope you will like this surprise. ”

……

"My two old cuties, you didn't expect that, did you?"

In a certain manor in the west building.

Elvis also took out two pages of his carefully preserved manuscript, with an intriguing smile on his face.

Nine million prize money!
Elvis laughed at it!

Moreover, he will also play a little trick on his two old friends and rivals.

Let the other party know what it means to lose again when they think they have a chance to win.

"Interesting, interesting."

The more Elvis thought about it, the more interesting it became.

……

China.

Wang Mo is sitting in the office busy.

Now, he has finished writing the original version of "Journey to the West", and only the English version will take some time. Of course, not all of "Journey to the West" was sent to He Zhixing. He had to give it to each other slowly, otherwise he would complete a novel of nearly one million words in one month, and it would also be a high-quality version of ancient vernacular, which would be too scary.

As for He Zhixing, they had already arranged for someone to translate it into a popular version.

Wang Mo took a look at the translated contents of several chapters.

Great.

It is easy to read and humorous.

It seems that the level of translator He Zhixing hired is quite extraordinary.

With the popular version of "Journey to the West", ordinary people basically have no reading difficulties, which makes it possible for it to be spread on a large scale among Chinese readers.

After finishing writing an English version.

Fu Hong knocked on the door and came in: "Ah Mo, I have something to report to you."

Wang Mo smiled and said: "Sister Hong, just tell me if you have anything to do. You don't need to be so polite."

For a long time, Fu Hong always looked respectful in front of him.

Wang Mo said many times that Fu Hong should treat him as an ordinary person, but although Fu Hong agreed on the surface, his attitude remained unchanged.

But Wang Mo never thought that he is now a world-class figure in the world of music, a fairy tale king, and a famous figure in the literary world.

Almost all walks of life are at the top.

Especially after more people come into contact with the top people, even if Wang Mo no longer uses temperament transformation, he no longer has the youthfulness and immaturity of a few years ago, but has the aura of a superior person invisibly.

How could Fu Hong be calm in front of him?

That is to say, Yuan Xiong has a very unusual relationship with him. Only when he regards him as his junior can he be able to let go in front of him.

"Ok."

Sure enough, Fu Hong was as respectful as ever: "There is news from Europe and the United States that all the Troika will participate in the short story event in June."

"Oh?"

Wang Mo really hasn't paid attention to international news recently, so he was stunned when he heard this.

Fu Hong continued: "Shuge has invited Rick, Mo Hai has invited Louis. Elvis is in literary glory. In other words, in June, these three short story masters will publish their works. Because Amo, you also happened to submit a manuscript. Shuge, so their behavior may cause you some trouble."

Wang Mo smiled and said: "Okay, I understand."

Fu Hong nodded, turned and left. She knew that Wang Mo had always had great ideas, and she only needed to explain the matter, and she didn't need to worry about the rest.

indeed.

At this moment, after Wang Mo learned about this, he did not show a sad look on his face, but raised his eyebrows: "Troika? What a coincidence..."

He wasn't worried at all about the other party's involvement.

Even faintly excited.

The stronger the opponent, the higher the reputation he will gain in the future.

But then he realized that he had forgotten one thing: "It's time to write "The Death of a Civil Servant" and "The Chameleon" as well."

Last time, he just wrote "The Gift of the Magi".

The other two short stories have not been written yet.

Neither of these short stories contains much text.

Wang Mo finished writing the story in just two hours.

Then, he opened Instagram and found a topic called "Hot Blooded June, Short Story Contest Begins with Passion".

The special topic is jointly organized by Ins and three major literary magazines. This is also the place for submission of online anonymous tracks.

When Wang Mo opened the topic.

I found that the submission backend has been opened, but no works can be seen on the topic page.

The reason why the backend is opened in advance is to allow the writers who upload their works and the organizers to do a few things in advance.

First: Register an account and let the website determine your identity.

Second: Upload the work and let professionals review whether the work is suspected of plagiarism and whether it is repeated online and offline.

Third: Determine the copyright. If there is no problem with the work, the copyright of the work will be bound to the author to avoid copyright disputes arising in an anonymous manner.

Fourth: Let the review editor do the preliminary screening. Since the Internet is a mixed bag, anyone can contribute. Therefore, in the future, to avoid a mixture of good and bad, review editors will screen the works in advance and discard unqualified works, so that only works with a certain quality have the opportunity to be made public.

Of course, there are other rules and issues that need to be dealt with.

After Wang Mo clicked on the registered account, he found that he could not write the account name himself when registering, but a string of numbers randomly generated by the website.

"This is pretty good."

He nodded secretly.

First of all, in front of literary competitions, everything depends on the works, so the screen name is not really important.

Secondly, this completely avoids the possibility of readers guessing the identity of the author through the online name, allowing everyone to focus all their attention on the work.

Wang Mo registered two accounts because he had two articles. Because the rules of this competition are: each account can only upload one work, which avoids the possibility of some people uploading multiple works.

Soon, the account will be confirmed.

The first account’s screen name is: LX0204605230618.

The second account Wang Mo is: LX0204605231165.

This online name is most likely a combination of year, date and a few random numbers.

After registering.

He uploaded "The Death of a Little Civil Servant" to his first account.

When uploading, an agreement will automatically pop up, explaining copyright and various precautions.

Especially regarding copyright, it is explained in great detail, allowing even computer novices to easily follow the process.

He looked at it and found that there was no problem. After filling in the relevant information, he clicked OK.

Almost half an hour later, the copyright of the work was confirmed, which means that his novel has officially entered the backstage of the special topic. He only needs to wait for the arrival of June 1st and it will be announced uniformly.

then.

Wang Mo followed suit and uploaded "Chameleon" to his second account.

Still half an hour later, the second novel was finished.

Next, it’s all about waiting.

Everything is ready.

All I owe is the east wind.

……

At the same time, Rick, Louis, and Elvis also clumsily uploaded their proud works to the backstage of the special page.

As older people, they have always dealt with paper books and are really not familiar with computer operations.

Fortunately, there were no problems in the end and the work was completed.

Rick, "Piano and Violin."

Lewis, "Smile."

Elvis, "Growing Carrots."

Three works, after hiding the names of three short story giants, entered the anonymous track.

……

Although Wang Mo heard that the troika came out at the same time and participated in the short story event in June, he never expected that these three old men would be like himself, fighting on the main line at the same time, and all focusing on anonymity. Channel, do something unexpected.

of course.

The three old men didn't know what kind of opponents they would encounter on the anonymous track.

Rick, in particular, is still in agitated mood at this moment, waiting for him to stage a return of the king when public opinion hypes him as inferior to Xilou.

How exciting!
So Rick's face was always red, which was caused by excitement.

At this moment, Wang Mo's expression didn't change much.

After finishing two short stories, his daily work was just to write the English version of "Journey to the West".

Otherwise, he is mostly free.

So Wang Mo thought of another important thing: movies.

"It's time to focus on movies."

Wang Mo thought to himself.

The novel didn't take much of his time at all.

And he knew in his heart that the international influence of the novel was ten to a hundred times worse than that of the movie.

Therefore, whether in terms of fame, profit, or ultimate prestige, the international film industry is the path he will take sooner or later.

Especially during his last trip to New York, he has already opened up the road to international theaters.

Therefore, as long as he makes the movie, there will basically be no trouble in releasing it internationally.

Think of this.

Wang Mo's expression became serious.

"For your first international film, what series will you shoot?"

So many choices.

Hundreds of classic movies from his past life appeared in his memory, making him a little uneasy.

Comedies, war films, action films, romance films, suspense films, fantasy films, science fiction films, police and gangster films, and even cartoons...

He can name several popular movies in almost every genre.

"Don't be greedy, take your time..."

Wang Mo suppressed the turmoil in his heart and began to think seriously.

Judging from the current situation, Yuan Xiong has opened a film branch of Yunhai Media internationally, and Yunhai Media's funds are sufficient to support the filming of international movies.

As an actor, as long as you have money, you don't have to worry about being speechless.

The technical team can basically keep up.

The only thing missing is: qualified directors and crew members.

But with Yunhai Media’s current abundant financial support, these are not a problem.

In this evil age of money, as long as you have money, what kind of director can't be hired? What kind of crew can’t be formed?

Therefore, Wang Mo only needs to be confident and bold in finding suitable movies.

"There is a high probability that Chinese movies will not be chosen. Because although Chinese movies can get high box office in the country, they will not be adaptable once they are released internationally. And the last time "Kung Fu" had a box office of 100 million, there is a high probability that it will not be chosen. It is the peak of the international box office of Chinese movies. Maybe "The Wandering Earth" can have some breakthroughs in the box office due to my push, but the upper limit is also not high, so to be successful internationally, it has to be a Hollywood movie."

Wang Mo thought in his mind.

"As for Hollywood movies, they are basically big-budget movies. Although I can buy related movies from the system, such as racing, fantasy, war and other movies, I am unfamiliar with these types of movies and are not suitable."

"From this point of view, the most suitable one should be science fiction."

Wang Mo had a plan in mind.

Sci-fi movies.

He is already familiar with it.

The filming of "The Wandering Earth", which is currently in full swing, has given me a deep understanding of science fiction movies. If you want to shoot the same type of science fiction movie, you can get twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, there is another important factor: in the Hollywood film market, science fiction movies have always been an enduring theme, and their fans are the largest.

Therefore, if you make your own science fiction movie, the fan base is not a problem.

"Then make science fiction!"

Wang Mo made a decision.

Then he sank into the system and started picking out suitable science fiction movies.

After entering the system mall, I was almost dazzled.

There were so many classic science fiction movies that he almost had difficulty choosing.

But after almost an hour of selection, Wang Mo finally set his sights on a movie.

At the same time, he silently said in his mind: "System, I want to customize "Iron Man"!"

[Ding dong...the reputation has been deducted, and the host gets the movie "Iron Man". 】

As the system sound sounded, Wang Mocai exited the system mall.

I didn't choose "Interstellar" or "The Matrix" and other classic sci-fi movies that almost gave many fans goosebumps.

Instead, he chose "Iron Man", which can only be considered an average among science fiction films.

But in Wang Mo's opinion, this movie is just right.

Although it is not as classic as the movies I mentioned earlier, it still caused a huge sensation in the film industry when it was released, making the image and combat power of Iron Man deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

From that time on.

The beautiful country has a real-life superhero.

Especially in terms of passion, "Iron Man" is definitely one of the best in science fiction movies.

For example: Wang Mo no longer remembers the appearance of the male and female protagonists in "Interstellar", nor does he remember the grand battle content in "Star Wars". But Tony Stark's domineering image in a red mecha was deeply ingrained in his soul. Can't forget at all.

He is not the only one.

In the class when I first went to school, almost all the boys could name Iron Man, and many of them had various Iron Man figures and peripheral posters.

This shows the influence of this film.

Of course, there is another most important reason why he chose "Iron Man".

Hao Mingxing!
In Wang Mo's view, Hao Mingxing is definitely the best choice for this movie.

No one is more suitable than Hao Mingxing.

because!

Hao Mingxing's domineering attitude, especially the sharp eyes and his own temperament, can be perfectly expressed in the movie.

Wang Mo is confident that Hao Mingxing's performance will definitely be better than that of the original protagonist.

Especially for some small fighting scenes in the movie, Hao Mingxing doesn't even need special effects, he can do it himself. This kind of real kung fu display will definitely shock movie fans to the greatest extent.

"When kung fu and science fiction are superimposed, it is the most perfect display of Iron Man."

Wang Mo said secretly.

Next, you need to find the right director, actors and team to shoot it. (End of chapter)