reborn in america

When Adam returned to LA, apart from arranging the work of the newspaper office and the studio, he just finished the novel "The Colony" that he had written with peace of mind. He originally expected to finish the first draft in mid-January, but he didn't expect it to be delayed because of Adam's affairs. The original schedule was not fixed, so I wrote it slowly and tried to polish the quality better. After all, this is a relatively uncommercial novel, so it can be regarded as his personal attempt.

But before Adam writes the novel behind closed doors, he still has one more important thing to do, that is, to participate in the preview party of New Line, because the trailer of the movie "Jurassic Park" will go to the Super Bowl, so the special effects will be I first used the scenes that appeared in the trailer. Fortunately, "Jurassic Park" mostly uses models, and there are not many clips that need to be processed in the trailer, so the special effects production of the trailer was completed as early as early January. , the announcement was just completed, because Adam was busy with the establishment of Nirvana at that time, so he deliberately postponed it for half a month. I have to say that the new line has been very courteous to Adam in this regard, and I have to say that the weight of the "California Times" is now Really got into the eyes of Hollywood people.

Of course, many of them are because Adam placed an advertisement at the end of the novel in order to promote the Garden of Eden browser at the end of last year, which directly led to over one million downloads of an unknown software in more than half a month. huge energy.

As for New Line, it can be said that all of its net worth is now on the movie "Jurassic Park", a super IP adaptation. Whether Adam will cooperate and vigorously promote this movie is crucial to the final result of the movie.

"Mr. Baker, hello. It's rare to have you come here during his busy schedule." Seeing Adam, Shay walked over quickly and shook hands with Adam to welcome him.

Seeing the kindness of the other party, Adam naturally didn't pretend to be arrogant, and took a step forward, holding his sign language in advance and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, I just came here today, it's really new The company's affairs are too complicated, I hope you can understand."

"It's okay, it's okay." Xie Yi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Adam being so upbeat. Although it is true that he needs to rely on Adam in places such as propaganda outlets, if the other party doesn't give him face, he will be embarrassed. Now Such harmony is also in line with his wishes: "I know, it is the Eden browser, it is really a very good tool, I believe there will be great development in the future."

"Thank you for your good words. But it's good to be able to recover the cost, and don't expect too much reward. After all, it's good to get something occasionally." Adam continued to be low-key and modest. Now that Nirvana is in the early stages of development, no one is optimistic about it. Well, Shay was kind enough to say a word or two for Adam's sake.

"Haha, yes, but Mr. Baker's hobbies are quite novel. I heard that Clinton wants to vigorously develop the Internet, which may be a development direction in the future." Shay nodded. This time it was not a compliment, but a sincere one. spoke his mind.

"I think so too, otherwise I wouldn't dare to throw money into it vigorously, after all it's not easy to make money." Adam sighed slightly, pretending to be embarrassed and said.

Hearing Adam's words, Shay was quite speechless, pointed at him with a smile and said, "In the entire United States, except for those people on Wall Street, you are not qualified to say this. "Jurassic Park" and "The Witcher" have sold two consecutive books. It broke tens of millions, and the extra chapters of "The Witcher" will not be too bad according to this situation. In addition, the "California Times" has two serialized novels under your command, and the reputation is good. It really makes us work hard for a year Film companies that can't even make a profit from your book are envious and jealous."

Adam shook his head and said with a smile: "Where, Mr. Shay is exaggerating. It's just earning some hard money. Your film company has made great progress. How can we compare with our small family? I think we will wait for "Jurassic" Park" is a success, and you will definitely make a lot of money."

"Ha, if "Jurassic Park" succeeds, Mr. Baker will earn as much money as I do, but how should I put it, I will put everything on it." Xie looked helplessly. Adam was bottomless and humble, unable to complain, but having watched the trailer and post-production movies without special effects, he still had some bottom line in his heart, so he was much more relaxed when he spoke.

"Haha, we're bragging about each other, it's getting dark, why don't we go and see the preview first?" Adam laughed, and stopped talking. Wasn't it because he was willing and daring to give such a high price when he chose the new line? conditions?But it's hard to say that these cheaps are taken up.

"Okay, then let's go, I want to sell the copy director and they can't wait to see you." Shea nodded and led Adam to the conference room.

Walking into the conference room, there were about [-] people in it, but I had never seen anyone except selling copies and a few supporting roles. Adam knew that they should be people from Warner and New Line, as well as some staff involved in editing.

Adam greeted them one by one, and then sat down and watched the trailer. There were two versions of the trailer, one was a two-and-a-half-minute commercial on TV, and the other was a 30-minute commercial for the Super Bowl. A short notice in seconds.

At the beginning of the Super Bowl preview, there were the factory logos of New Line and Warner. It took two to three seconds here, which made Adam feel like a waste of time. People who watched the trailer were not watching movies. What’s the point of factory logos?What a waste of money.

However, the remaining [-]-second preview was edited very well. Although the time was short, it did not appear chaotic, but very organized.

The new line crosses two lines in this trailer. One of the main lines is that the doctor discovered the blood of the ancient mosquito trapped in amber, thereby extracting the genetic information of dinosaurs, and using this information to breed dinosaurs.In addition to the main line, another line is all kinds of complicated dinosaurs, which appear continuously as the doctor extracts dinosaur information and breeds dinosaurs. Then, with the accompaniment of music, the atmosphere quickly rises, and finally a long period of dinosaurs appears. Seven or eight seconds of dinosaur chasing clips, and at the end it ends with a Tyrannosaurus rex domineering upward.

I have to say, from this preview, it is enough to make people excited, as if they have really entered the world of "Jurassic Park", especially the dinosaur chasing scene in the trailer, and the refreshing roar of the parents , It makes people feel hot all over.

"Very good, this one trailer is enough to make me want to spend money to see how the movie is shot." Adam gave this trailer a compliment. In fact, the two and a half minutes preview is not bad, but compared to 30 seconds The Super Bowl special is not so hot, which is a bit regrettable.

"Mr. Baker, it's an honor for you to recognize me." A man in his 50s stood up and replied.

Through Lydia's introduction in a low voice, Adam knew that this was the editor of the two trailers and the editor of the future "Jurassic Park" movie. Senior editor.

"Mr. Le Sen, you edited it? It's really excellent!" Adam stood up immediately when he heard the introduction, shook hands with him and praised: "With your help, there must be no problem with the movie, but it's just that you have worked hard for the rest of the time."

"Where, where. It's all thanks to Mr. Baker's novel and storyboard, but I believe this will be a successful movie." Seeing Adam stand up so solemnly and shake hands with him in praise, Le Sen felt very happy. Happy, although as Warner's most senior editor, he has edited many movies with high box office and high reputation, but compared to the director, the editor is still weaker after all, so his status in the group is not obvious, but there is no It was beyond his expectation that Adam, who became famous at a young age, could treat him courteously.

"Hopefully," Adam replied with a smile.

After watching the two trailers, Adam chatted with the others about the follow-up publicity work. Although he felt a bit talkative, he still expressed his dissatisfaction with the beginning of the version of the 30-second Super Bowl special, and let them Take a look, change it as you like, and then bid farewell and go back.

Adam, who returned to the studio, first read the follow-up outlines of the three novels, reviewed the new chapters, and pointed out some problems that needed to be revised. Then he entered his office and began to write seriously.

Marvel’s cartoonists bid farewell to Adam after Adam came, and then returned to New York. From now on, "Druid" will be completely owned by Marvel. Although it is a pity, "Druid" The copyright of "Rui" belongs to Marvel. No matter how hard Adam contributes, he will make a wedding dress for others. Even if he does not give up, there is nothing he can do about it, unless he has the ability to eat it, but these are still too far away for Adam. , don’t think about it, but considering the comic market that is getting worse and worse year after year, the chance of realizing this idea may not be far away, but Adam still needs to work harder to make some money, otherwise, with his current net worth, there is no chance That much money can take down an established comic book company, even if it's bankrupt.

Adam's side went smoothly, but some people were frustrated and helpless. For example, Marc, who was going to usher in his first career spring this year, was embarrassed to find that after he finished debugging the mosaic browser with great enthusiasm , the market has been occupied by a graphical browser called Eden, which is behind in version and time.

Although he was not reconciled, he also persuaded the center to register a program patent for a graphics browser with their software program, but that was all. A programmer at the National Supercomputer Application Center has other jobs, so he can only regretfully let go and start other jobs arranged by the center.

The author has something to say: Hey, I didn't notice when the hundred chapters passed.