Reborn Cultural Empire

Seeing Yang Yi walking down, the young foreigner waiting at the entrance couldn't help waving and shouting. This kind of reaction was in stark contrast to the man next to him, but I thought they were two completely different people from different regions. , should show the difference.After shaking his head to indicate that he saw the other party, he rushed over quickly. He only wanted to shake hands, but under the insistence of the blond ghost, the boy could only hug him helplessly, and then turned to the side the middle-aged man.

"Hi, dear Yang, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Sean, the general manager of Peacock Publishing Company of Bantam Publishing Group under Random House. The old man who is not deducted is a person I respect and admire very much. If I say that my sensitivity to a good literary work is [-], then Mr. Xiao En's sensitivity is [-], and this time your "Twilight" "The City" was able to obtain so many resources from the group, and it is because of his hard work!" After letting go of the boy, seeing the man's gaze fell on the man beside him, Edward quickly introduced him, and it was obvious that this Gui Lao's admiration for the man next to him came from his heart, without any pretense.

"Hello, when I saw "Twilight" before, I was thinking that the guy who won the Booker Prize at the age of 17 finally has works that match his age, instead of The unbelievably heavy topic writing of "Soil Pimple". Well, all in all, you are a genius in writing, and I am very glad to meet you." The middle-aged man did not comment on Edward's admiration for himself, Instead, the topic immediately turned to boys.

Yang nodded a little: "In fact, I want to talk about "The Stone of Destiny". I also completed that work in a rather strange writing state. Pulled out, pulled myself out. With the perspective of a historical bystander Listening and seeing from different angles, and then adding my teacher’s guidance—because the old man had personal experience—so that that period of history, which is considered to be a long time to me, can be reproduced in my pen more realistically. "

"Then what about "Twilight Saga"? With all due respect, I have read the original version of this novel and the translation you translated yourself..."

Seeing Yang Yi's slightly surprised gaze, Edward couldn't help interjecting triumphantly: "Don't be surprised just because Mr. Xiao En has read the original Chinese version of "Twilight", in fact, as a member of Random House A member, whether it is a member of the Copyright Affairs Department like me, Yang or the general manager of a publishing company like Mr. Xiao En, must master two or three mainstream foreign languages. Chinese is the most important one.”

Seeing Yang Yi nodding his head suddenly, with admiration and admiration in his eyes, that Mr. Xiao En nodded with a laugh: "Although it may seem immodest to say so, I still want to do it for Random House." We are proud of a series of employment standards, which is why we can become the most important force in the publishing industry and the literary world. Okay, now the topic returns to your "Twilight Saga", I have read the original Chinese version and the translated version, Then I had a strange feeling. It seems that your novel was written for our Citigroup market, and to be precise, it should be written for those young people who were influenced by our Citigroup thinking? My guess is that Is it correct?"

Although I have also met many people in the publishing industry and cultural circles in China.Among them, there is no shortage of people like Rogo who are born businessmen, but also have some cultural flavors, which can be called Confucian businessmen.But like the Sean in front of him, no matter his personal professionalism.Whether you look at a commercially published work, it must be regarded as the role of a top person in the industry.This is really the first time for the boy to see it. In fact, isn't "Twilight" the work of a Citigroup writer he copied?And when he started writing, he still "copied" the English version first, and then translated the English version.

Therefore, if you want to count it seriously, the Chinese version is the translation, and the English translation is the real original version.

After feeling in his heart for a while, Yang Yi nodded and admitted without hesitation: "Actually, for the novel "Twilight", I really aimed at the Citigroup market, especially the young people."

"Can you tell me the reason for doing this?" Sean asked with a smile, but before again, he didn't forget to gesture to the other two to say while walking.By turning around, he hid the strange look in his eyes well in the depths of his pupils.

"Of course." The three of them walked outside side by side, in no particular order. Although Yang Yi's size was not too bad compared to two grown men, his temperament was different after all, which still attracted some passers-by. curious.But in Citigroup, it's just a matter of curiosity.On the way out of the airport hall, Yang Yi smiled and explained several factors why he wrote "Twilight": "The first is naturally inspiration, and this is the most important point. I think Xiao Mr. En also knows that because I participated in the biennial Castle Literature Salon in France, at that time, I became very interested in some stories about ancient castles, vampires, and ancient blood races in the West. This kind of inspiration is intermittent, so I didn’t write right away.”

The other party nodded, expressing their approval of this reason. In fact, the vast majority of published writers, especially those whose writing style is biased towards traditional literature, are the kind of people who are extremely egotistical in their writing. Without inspiration, they can’t write anything. Come out, and once there is inspiration, no matter whether it is a familiar subject or not, if the enthusiasm does not dissipate after a long time, then it is necessary to turn the inspiration into words.

"As for the second point, you may be a little surprised and... um, how do you describe it? It may make you a little contemptuous, because the reason why I write about Citigroup on this subject is because Citigroup Improvement in copyright law, and a huge market."

Yang Yi smiled, and deliberately put on the kind of innocent face that is invincible in front of seniors: "In fact, when it comes to this kind of mysterious and fantasy novel themes, we also have a lot in China, even far more than Citigroup, Greece Mythology, Nordic mythology, Egyptian mythology, Middle Eastern mythology, Indian mythology, and Indian mythology in North and South America, these themes are the important spiritual wealth handed down to future generations by the ancestors of various nations on the earth. In terms of the richness of the mythology system and the magic of imagination, especially after Europe entered an orderly society and even modern times, those ancient myths and legends inevitably began to be lost. Only China, from the legends of humans and gods in ancient times to the middle ages Later folk rumors preserved those magical spiritual wealth for the whole book. Personally, I am currently reading two literary works, one of which is called "Liao Zhai" and the other is called "Reading "Micro Cottage Notes", related themes are all in it."

"I said so much because I want to explain that in China, Western legends about gods and ghosts, that is, those blood races and werewolves, have a very large reading market. If it is not for some reasons, I I would rather play on a subject that I am more familiar with than describe a topic that I have never tried before. But this is not the case. I gave up the huge reading base in China, but chose Citigroup and a small town, as well as a completely western The legend of culture is used as the background, just for the ultimate benefit."

Speaking of this, the innocent and harmless look on Yang Yi's face is more vivid and a little bit embarrassed. If someone who is familiar with boys sees it, he will probably be extremely speechless.

"In other words, the reason why you wrote "The Twilight Saga" was only out of personal financial considerations?" Sean couldn't help crying and laughing: "However, as far as I know, you can also be regarded as one of the best in China." Is it the top best-selling author? As far as the new generation of writers are concerned, no one can surpass you in terms of personal income, and you can even say that you are the richest writer in China!"

"But I also opened a company, which involves a lot of Internet-related businesses. Now is the time when the Internet economy is not doing well and there seems to be some bubble trend." Yang spread his hands, expressing that he is also a person in the arena Involuntary.

"Company? Internet-related business? I knew it before. Edward mentioned to me that your company has the future of Random House. But it also has Internet-related business, which is very surprising." Sean Shaking his head, he understood Yang Yi's motivation for writing: "Then you mean that you are attracted to our Citigroup, um, to be precise, it should be because of the huge consumption power of the North American market, that's why you wrote such a targeted article. A novel?"

"It's roughly the reason, and it's the most important for economic reasons." Yang nodded, and then asked curiously: "I don't know why Mr. Xiao En is interested in my writing motives. .”

"It's just that after seeing "Twilight", I felt that it should be written by a Citigroup writer, a writer who was influenced by Citigroup culture since he was a child. The style in the book is simply too strong, so I can't help but write Curious." Xiao En smiled and explained to Yang Yi.

However, when observing the senior manager of Random House, Yang Yi found that the other party's eyes flashed a trace of solemnity, as if he always felt that the other party's explanation just now was not the real reason.

But the other party is now the person in charge of the promotion and marketing of his "Twilight Saga", so it is impossible to hide some unfavorable plans behind his back?Therefore, Yang Yi didn't have too much doubts, he only thought that the other party encountered difficulties in other aspects.

In fact, the boy was only half right. Sean did encounter difficulties in some issues, and this difficulty was not due to other aspects, but because of him and his book "Twilight". (To be continued..)