Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty First Worlds Apart

"You are the most confident Chinese writer I have ever seen!"

In foreign countries' usual impressions of China, most people from China are relatively modest. Even if they are confident, they are confident through actions, unlike Li Chungang, who started sitting in the conference room from the very beginning. Every move, every word and every action reveals his self-confidence.

Especially the action of pointing his index finger at his head just now.

That arrogant demeanor has almost surpassed the level of self-confidence. This is not an action and demeanor that ordinary writers can easily do. Because with such an action and such words, if you can't do it, you will be stupid [beep——]!

However, they told Random House with three thumb-thick "The Lord of the Rings" and a map of Middle-earth that almost covered the entire conference table.

I!

Li is so confident Chungang!

Not in vain!

As a publishing industry, Random House is also deeply influenced by capital, but it has its own unique set of "operating rules", which is the so-called work first, as long as your work is good enough, outstanding enough, and impressive enough, then Many problems will naturally no longer be problems.

Those sitting in the meeting room are very clear that both parties attach great importance to this cooperation opportunity.

Li Chungang and the others are planning to use the name and channels of Random House, the world's number one commercial publisher, to help him take the first step from China to overseas, so that he can go as far as possible; Caitlin's request is even simpler. , as long as the work is good enough, it can suppress Oswald in the next competition and succeed in becoming the president.

Caitlin was carefully reading the "The Book of Lord of the Rings" in her hand.

Thompson was carefully reading the "The Book of Lord of the Rings" in his hand.

This is an excellent opportunity for them to learn more about the book "The Lord of the Rings". Before, they were only deeply attracted by the content, but it doesn't mean that they didn't have any doubts after reading the entire first book. On the contrary, it is worth There are too many places to raise doubts.

Now this thick hand-bound book in front of them can perfectly solve their problems.

Supplemented with a map that can show the whole picture of Middle-earth, the veins of the leaf named "Lord of the Rings" have never been so clearly displayed in front of them, and the outline and various settings also make I have a rough judgment on the direction of the next storyline.

five minutes.

ten minutes.

 …

half an hour.

Don't look at the thickness of the thumb, but the inside is not all pure text content, there are many such as "dwarf family tree diagram", "interracial relationship connection diagram", "character setting information card", etc. , Most of these things are used to assist the author to be more adequate when writing, so as not to get stuck because of some minor problems while writing.

Don't underestimate this small book "The Complete Book of The Lord of the Rings". You must know that from five or six books, Li Chungang spent two or three days and nights focusing on it before finally catching up. Completed before departure to the United States.

On the contrary, it is the map of Middle-earth. The original "sketch" was indeed made by him, but it was later handed over to professionals for polishing and processing with reference to the sketch. This is how it is now tiled on the conference table. A shocking panoramic map of Middle-earth that is unique to real-world maps.

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Caitlin secretly let out a sigh of relief.

Thompson was relieved.

The rest of the people have a strong sense of joy that another village will be brightened.

These are the useful information captured by Lin Meng from the other person's face during his careful observation, combined with the super high standard of Random House's reception of their group, you must know that this is the era of global informationization, and I have never seen a pig running If you haven't eaten pork yet, you can naturally learn from some sources what the normal treatment for authors invited by Random House to the headquarters is.

Although she couldn't accurately judge the reason why the other party acted like this, it did not give up Lin Meng's conclusion that Random House or Caitlin, the vice president in front of her, valued the book "Lord of the Rings" very much, and at the same time valued this book very much. One time cooperation.

As long as there is this basic judgment, then there will be more room for maneuver when the two parties negotiate on the specific conditions of cooperation!

Thinking of this...

Lin Meng, who originally had a serious expression on her face and barely said a word other than greetings from beginning to end, showed a smile for the first time. As long as she is sure that the other party has a strong willingness to cooperate, then she has enough confidence to gain the upper hand in the negotiation with the other party. other side.

"Take the lead in the cooperation negotiation with Random House and even completely suppress the other party!"

This is something that many cooperative companies or writers dare not even think about. You must know that others have always been crying and begging to cooperate with Random House, and then publish their works around the world. Whether they make money or not is another matter. The thing is, the most important thing is to become famous all over the world. After getting famous, whether it is to continue to cooperate or make money, it is not easy.

"Then before we get to the point, there is one question that needs to be confirmed according to the usual practice!" Kaitlyn put her hands on the conference table, leaned forward slightly, and finally stared straight at Li Chungang with her eyes, as if she wanted to use her eyes Thoroughly see through this young and talented young man in front of him.

"Speaking."

"Mr. Li, are you the original author of "The Lord of the Rings", and do you own the publishing rights?"

You should know that this question is basically asked by all publishers in the world, and it is also the most important question. You must know that if Li Chungang is not the original author of this novel, and the publishing copyright is not in his hands, then what is the need for them to continue talking and waste time?

"I can answer Ms. Caitlin with certainty, I wrote "The Lord of the Rings", and the publishing rights are also in my hands!"

"good!"

Caitlin let out a light sigh of excitement after receiving the affirmative answer. Things went so smoothly beyond her expectations. Not only did she successfully meet the author, but she even learned that the book "Lord of the Rings" is far more powerful than she expected. The content they saw in the first part was better, and they were still a little worried about whether they could be their opponents in the ring with Keppel Ron.

Now it seems--

It's because she's a little unreasonable!

The advantage of Keppel Ron is that after these two years of hard work, he has become a world-renowned mystery novelist, but the shortcoming is precisely here. Although there are many readers who love mystery novels around the world, compared to those who like Readers of this kind of Dungeons and Dragons-style Western fantasy novels are not worth mentioning.

Another way to describe it is the world of difference between the fantasy channel and the suspense channel!