Chapter 554: Inserting a Nail

"Hello! My friend. Long time no see, I miss you so much!"

There is a huge gap between Chinese and foreign ways of greeting each other. Chinese people still tend to greet each other in an oriental and subtle way, while foreigners are more enthusiastic and enthusiastic. When they meet, they will give you a big hug first. , the relationship is even better and there is a face-to-face gift, and Thompson, an American who has been to China for a while, made such an enthusiastic opening that Li Chungang instantly got goosebumps, especially the other party's Chinese with an unclear accent. It is even more uncomfortable to listen to.

"If I remember correctly, we just met a few weeks ago, and I've been busy writing a book recently, so I don't have the time to get in touch with you here. Don't ask me when I can finish writing the rest , asking is as soon as possible."

Li Chungang took the initiative to report the progress of his book writing. Anyway, sooner or later he would be urged to write, so he might as well take the initiative himself.

Who knows that Thompson on the other side of the phone shook his head and said: "NO! NO! NO! I didn't call you this time to rush you. In fact, your writing speed is much faster than our plan expected. Quite a lot, originally we thought it would take at least a month for you to finish writing the remaining two parts, but we didn’t expect that you asked Mr. Lin to hand over the second part to us last week.”

Thompson talked eloquently on the phone, and kept praising Li Chungang's writing speed: "You don't know how much time you saved us by submitting the content of the second part in advance, and made our whole publicity plan clear." With more time for implementation, this guy Ron has been a little restless recently, and he frequently appeared on several shows to slander your existence to the outside world!"

Ron? It should refer to Keppel Ron, that lifeless guy.

A writer who can talk about racial discrimination is not slanderous if he says he is dead or alive!

Moreover, this guy Keppel Ron will behave like this, which is actually expected by Li Chungang and Lin Meng, because as time goes by, Caitlin and the others will gradually reveal to the outside world about the content of "Lord of the Rings" , including Elvish and Dark Language that cannot be ignored in this book.

The more I learn about the tip of the iceberg of The Lord of the Rings, the more I can arouse the expectations and curiosity of readers around the world for this book.

Although Keppel Ron is not a good character, it is undeniable that he has talent and achievements in literature. It is said that there are no threes and twos, don’t go to Liangshan, there is no real material It is also impossible to become a famous mystery novelist in just a few years.

Therefore, with his keen sense of smell in literature, he can still smell the great threat that the book "Lord of the Rings" has posed to him. This is no longer limited to the subject matter, and even...

Quite possibly the overwhelming kind in terms of content too!

If you want to get involved in publishing,

Not to mention Keppel Ron, even if the president of the United States came, he would not be able to affect Random House, and even Oswald, the vice president, was not easy to use, so he was like a hedgehog covered in thorns. Li Chungang, who had nowhere to start, discussed with his "Lord of the Rings" and Oswald's team for several days, and in the end they had no choice but to make a bad move——

Let Keppel Ron appear on various variety shows to slander Li Chungang and "The Lord of the Rings".

Maybe those very "smart" viewers believed in Keppel Ron's evil, and maybe they would choose not to buy "Lord of the Rings".

After listening to Thompson tell about some things he discovered in the United States in the past two weeks, Li Chungang just listened to all these things as stories, and things like Keppel Ron still can’t see himself clearly or understand the situation clearly. People are just clowns, not worth mentioning!

Maybe I can still jump a few times now, but on the day when "Lord of the Rings" is released, when readers actually see the contents of the book, hehe~

"Then you called me today just to tell me these expected things?"

"Not exactly!" Thompson took a breath and continued, "It's not according to the publicity plan. We made "Lord of the Rings" Some of the information in the book was revealed to the outside world, including the Elvish language you created in the book, and then this brand new language that had never appeared before somehow went viral on Twitter."

Li Chungang asked curiously: "How do you evaluate the news on Twitter?"

Thompson rushed to answer: "Netizens are discussing this topic. The general meaning is that you specially created a brand new language for the creation of "Lord of the Rings". The most important thing is that this Elvish language looks very interesting!"

You must know that on the materials that Li Chungang had given to Caitlin and the others, there were detailed annotations in Elvish and Dark Language, including the writing methods and specific meanings of the two languages. And it is very intriguing that Elvish language seems to give people a sense of elegance and agility, while dark language is slowly strange and awkward.

So it seems...

Caitlin chose the former, which is easier to be accepted by readers, between these two texts, and now it seems that the effect is far greater than they expected.

Although Li Chungang did not mark the English meaning of the Elvish language comparison when he was making the Elvish language lexicon, the reason why foreign netizens know that this is Elvish language is probably because of his handwritten "Elven language annotation" on that page. Five Chinese characters plus Random House's special instructions.

So even if foreign netizens can't understand these elf texts, it doesn't prevent them from applauding Li Chungang.

"That should be a good thing."

"That must be dripped!"

It's already at this time, if Li Chungang hasn't realized the intention of Thompson's call, then it's really that his EQ is a bit ridiculously low, and he wants to announce the good news and ask for credit in front of him.

Well, it would be strange if people were not selfish.

As for Thompson's behavior, he said it was understandable.

Regarding the cooperative relationship with Random House, after discussing with Lin Meng, it is still necessary to maintain it for a long time. In this case, in order for them to continue to maintain "good" cooperation with Random House, then the other party It is very necessary to find a "spokesperson" in the company who is close to them.

Originally, their preferred candidate was Jiang Qingyu, who was a compatriot, but was quickly dropped by Pass. Without him, as Jiang Qingyu is currently an intern editor, even if he successfully becomes a full-time editor with their help, he still has no right to speak at Random House.

As a veteran employee of Random House, Thompson, who has returned to the position of editor-in-chief, is completely different!