I’m in Hollywood

Is that so, Eric, can you hand this book over to my publishing house? Michael Krause said bluntly without concealing his intentions.

Eric looked at the black girl who had been printed and bound, and then said to Michael Krause: I'm sorry, Michael, although I appreciate your recognition, but you know, I want to go to some larger publications. Let’s try our luck. Just like every parent wants their child to be admitted to an Ivy League school, right?”

Michael didn't have the slightest displeasure of being despised, and smiled: Eric, have you fully understood those large publishing houses? Maybe, we can find a place to talk, I know there is a coffee shop not far away. , how about my treat?

Eric took the manuscript bound by the black girl, packed the first draft into the bag, and directly refused: I'm sorry, Michael, I'm going to be late for work. If the manuscript is rejected by those publishers in the future, I will contact you.

After Eric finished speaking, he walked out of the printing shop with his backpack and started the car to the Italian restaurant. Michael in the printing shop just hesitated for a moment, and immediately rushed out of the shop door, followed by his car. He had a gut feeling that if he missed this opportunity, he might regret it for the rest of his life. Three points of this intuition is directed at the novel called Jurassic Park, and seven points are indeed aimed at the young man Eric.

Although he only read the first half of the novel, Michael was surprised to find that Eric not only incorporated many high-tech factors such as genetic engineering, chaos theory, nanotechnology, etc., which teenagers of his age may not have heard of, into the novel , and without losing the interest of the novel at all, the plot twists and turns fascinating.

It is not that he has not seen examples of incorporating a lot of high technology into novels, but most of them are used very jerky, and even some novels have been written into popular science books. That type of novel is obviously not suitable for various types of readers. please.

Eric parked the car in the parking lot, turned and found a black car stopped not far away, and Michael Kraus got out of the car, apparently following him. This made the vanity in Eric's heart a little satisfied, and unconsciously he also had a little affection for Michael.

Hey, Eric. Michael raised his hand to Eric and was about to continue speaking when Eric pointed to his watch and said, That, Michael, look, it's nine o'clock. I'll just say Working as a waiter at this Italian restaurant, maybe you don’t mind ordering another breakfast? The restaurant is very quiet until ten o’clock, and there is an hour.”

Michael nodded knowingly and followed Eric into the restaurant.

Eric changed his clothes and came out. Michael was already sitting in the seat by the window, with a breakfast in front of him.

I explained it to Mr. Jeff, but you have to hurry. Eric sat down opposite Michael, and then smiled: Although I am young, it is not so easy to be persuaded.

Michael smiled and said: I believe you have listened to my explanation and will definitely hand over the book to me to operate. I just said that you may not know those large publishing houses. It just so happened that I was in Simon \u0026 Co. Schuster stayed for 11 years, started as the most basic review editor, left because the manager of the competition department failed, and founded the Night Elf Publishing House by himself.

Does these have anything to do with the topics we are going to talk about now? As a Loser in his previous life, Eric was most afraid of others telling his struggle history, so he couldn't help but interject.

Don't worry,

I say this just to let you know, young man, that what I am going to say is true. Did you know that when I first worked as a review editor, I reviewed manuscripts of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of words every day. Although there are...well, there are many bad manuscripts, but there are also many manuscripts that are worth publishing. At the most, the number of books published in one year has reached 2,000. You can imagine, as a newcomer, even if it is published, how many promotional and marketing resources can you obtain from these thousands of publications?

After Michael finished speaking, he stopped and took a sip of water, leaving Eric some time to think. Eric recognized Michael's words in his heart, but didn't say anything, just motioned Michael to continue with his eyes.

Michael raised his hand slightly and said as if he was giving a speech: Although my publishing house is small, I have rich experience in book publishing and marketing. Moreover, my publishing house has mainly done in recent years. It is the publication of novels such as science fiction, adventure, and thriller. Although only a dozen novels are published every year, they have already gained a certain reputation in the industry. If you hand over Jurassic Park to me, then in the next period of time , I promise to use all the resources at my disposal to release this novel, in the shortest possible time, to make this book famous. And in my experience, with my full operation, this book is likely to burst into bestsellers Book Rankings.

Michael showed all his cards and waited quietly for Eric's decision.

Eric was a little absent-minded about Michael's rhetoric, how much power can a small or micro-publisher, even with all its resources, have?

He is already a middle-aged uncle in his bones. In the complicated circle of his previous life, he has seen all kinds of strange pigs running around the world. Of course, he won't change his original intention like a hot-blooded young man because of a few very tempting words from Michael Krause. However, Michael actually hit Eric's heart with one sentence: to make Jurassic Park famous in the shortest time.

Fame is an invisible but useful resource at any age. Eric is now going to realize his plan. His biggest weakness is age. A young man will naturally give people a feeling of being untrustworthy.

But if there is enough fame, this shortcoming will be well covered up. If an eighteen-year-old high school student is making a film as a director, everyone will accuse him of being chaotic. And if an 18-year-old talented writer made a movie, the result would definitely be different, there would definitely be criticism, but more people would definitely say: Oh, that genius kid is doing something amazing again.

Eric tentatively said: I have to say, Michael, I am indeed a little moved by your conditions. However, these are all your side words, and I don't know your publishing house at all.

It's a good proof, Michael said unhurriedly: On the recent New York Times bestseller list, there happened to be a book from my publisher on the list, although it was only the last one, but this book The film rights have been purchased by Twentieth Century Fox and will likely be made into a film in the next few years.

Eric believed Michael's words, and he had absolutely no need to lie about such an easily debunked matter, and said, So, how about we take the time to talk about specific cooperation?

Michael was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: You...you agree?

Yes, Eric nodded and smiled. To be honest, I can't wait to see my novels turned into books.

So, how about tonight, I think you may need to work now. Michael pointed to the increasing number of customers in the restaurant.

After the two agreed on a meeting place, Michael left the restaurant satisfied.

Eric, what did you talk about with that person just now? You seem very happy now? Jeff asked. Eric just said that he was discussing some things with his friends, so he was a little curious.

Eric handed the menu the customer ordered to his colleague in the kitchen, and then said to Jeff, the guest waiter: Good news, Jeff, the man just now is the owner of a publishing house, and I will publish my novel soon. .

Jeff was a little messy and suspicious: Fiction, didn't you say you were writing the script yesterday? Why did you rewrite the novel again? Did you give up your directorial ideal so soon and plan to become a writer?

Eric said: Of course not, my goals will not change at will. Being a director and writing novels are not in conflict, right? By the way, my novels are in my backpack in the dressing room, Jeff, you can Take a look and give me some advice.

Jeff turned around and walked to the dressing room with doubts. He thought Eric's novel was just a few thousand words of short stories. When he saw the thick stack of novel manuscripts, Jeff's eyes almost popped out. , This must have more than 100,000 words, I have never written so many words in my life.

After the busiest meal time at noon, I had a little leisure. Only then did the restaurant staff realize that the boss seemed to have disappeared for several hours in a row. This is a very rare thing for the fat man who likes to hang around and show his presence.

While the employees were discussing whether to look for the boss, Jeff got out of the dressing room, patted Eric on the shoulder and said, It's a very good novel, I'm sure of one thing now, you will be soon I'll resign. After saying these words, Jeff left.

As soon as the boss disappeared, a group of people gathered around and asked Eric what happened.

So throughout the afternoon, from time to time, waiters and even kitchen staff took the time to get into the changing room and read Eric's manuscripts in turn. Even after get off work, a beautiful waitress in the restaurant asked her coquettishly if she could take the manuscript home to read.

Although the beautiful girl's wink made Eric a little distracted, Eric could only decline this request. Although a few copies of the novels were no longer useful, and it was nothing to lend her, but the novels were not published after all, and he didn't want anything to happen before that. Appropriating other people's works as his own is unknown in ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, and he personally experienced this kind of thing in his previous life.