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Both books are still in print, and both are only the first volumes.

By the time this episode of "Suri Show" is released, the printing and distribution work should have been completed.

After personally advertising the two books, Suri was in no hurry to leave Random House and continued to discuss the details of printing with Ms. McIntosh.

He believes that the market gap must be filled as soon as possible before counterfeit versions of fake books are launched, otherwise a large part of the overseas market will definitely be lost.

Considering that the publishing rights of both books belong to Suri, of course, the opportunity to make some pocket money cannot be missed. J.K. Rowling, the author of "Harry Potter", is now worth more than 500 million thanks to several young people's books. Dollar.

Although according to the negotiation results between Suri and the Netflix Entertainment board of directors, he only received all the publishing rights and a small portion of the adaptation rights.

But with the popularity of "Holy Grail", once the entire series is completed, it is estimated that there will be no problem in earning two to three billion US dollars.

As for "Girl with a Pearl Earring", it has nothing to do with Netflix Entertainment.

He needs to get a good offer before he will hand over the film and television adaptation rights to his company, and his brothers will have to settle the accounts clearly to avoid being taken advantage of by other shareholders.

said with no exaggeration.

The annual salary of US$22 million that Suri currently receives is indeed not worthy of his efforts. Only the wealth obtained from unlocking option rewards can bring him a little psychological comfort.

Netflix Entertainment's current market value of US$53 billion, at least US$50 billion, is supported by Suri's self-produced dramas. It's okay to suffer some losses, after all, he himself makes a lot of money.

But Girl with a Pearl Earring is different.

This novel has nothing to do with Netflix Entertainment, so it’s not like it’s half sold and half given away. It’s better to suffer a loss than to be left behind. At least, a copyright fee of 10 to 20 million US dollars is needed to make it worthy of Suri’s death during the conception of the outline. of brain cells.

Netflix Entertainment seems to be an Internet company, but it has its own peculiarities. When one day in the future, Suri's "magic" fails and the number of high-quality movies and TV series released is reduced, perhaps then it will become the "Neixi Entertainment Empire" At the beginning of the collapse, it is difficult to support the future market value scale by relying solely on mobile smart terminals and online music projects.

So after another three or four years, Suri will gradually cash out and reduce his holdings to avoid sinking along with this giant ship built by himself until the stock price returns to a reasonable price.

At this moment.

Ms. McIntosh, CEO of Random House, was wearing a red shirt, a black skirt that reached her knees, and high heels that made a clicking sound when she walked.

She led the way cheerfully, occasionally turning her head and saying to Suri:

"We don't have much else in our company, except that we have the most novels worth adapting. If you ask me, I'm the right person to ask. We have set up a special department to select the works that are most worth adapting."

"The classic movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's" starring Audrey Hepburn, as well as "The Da Vinci Code", "Lolita", etc. are all produced by our company."

"Just last week we sold a vampire-themed YA novel to New Line Cinema."

The speaker has no intention and the listener has intention.

Suri immediately realized that the "Twilight" script he had found someone to write needed to be released as soon as possible to avoid too many movies of the same type on the market, which would fatigue the audience and waste money.

He nodded and said:

"As long as the content is attractive enough, whether it is suitable for adaptation into a movie or a TV series, I am very interested."

Walk and talk, take the elevator downstairs.

Along the way, there were always Random House employees who pretended to secretly observe Suri and fascinated many young girls.

When we arrived at an independently operated copyright department, the blonde girl at the front desk was so surprised that she could stuff an egg into her mouth when she saw Suri. She hurriedly arranged the table and stammered a greeting.

Seeing this scene, Ms. McIntosh's cheeks twitched, and she immediately decided to put order in the company, and then led Suri to another small library.

There are not many books inside, and they are arranged neatly in rows, revealing the titles on the covers.

There was a cameraman nearby who was busy recording a program. Su Rui turned around and browsed, and soon found a novel that interested him. He pointed at it and asked:

"The book "Blood Plague" has Ebola virus written on the cover. I want to read it. Is it a story about infection?"

"Honestly, I have always felt that there are too many virus laboratories in the United States. The number is crazy."

"Even if something is leaked in the future, I won't be surprised at all. Compared to being hit by an asteroid or a world nuclear meltdown, the probability of human beings being exterminated by a man-made virus is actually higher. Maybe I should build a doomsday fortress in advance. .”

Ms. McIntosh and other employees didn't think much about it and just introduced that the book "Blood Plague" was published in 1994 and had sold 3 million copies.

If they want to buy the film and television adaptation rights, they can now contact the author, who also lives in New York. It is said that he used the royalties to buy a nice house on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

In addition, he also recommended a book "Vivian's Troubles" to Suri, saying that it is as exciting as "Lolita" and has sold more than 600,000 copies on Amazon.

Su Rui had never heard of this book, and after flipping through it a few times, he felt that the descriptions were particularly delicate, and it might be worth investing a small amount of money to give it a try.

It took more than half an hour to select a total of 8 novels that interested me, just like going to the market to buy vegetables.

He cares more about story ideas and themes than describing specific content. For example, there is a book called "The Expanse of the Sky" that describes a future war between earthlings, Martians and asteroid belt residents, which is suitable for filming a TV series.

Suri is only responsible for the selection, and the specific transaction of purchasing the adaptation rights can be handled by his subordinates.

When preparing to leave.

He also remembered something. He took advantage of the fact that he was filming a reality show and advertised in advance:

"Ms. McIntosh, do you know that there is a very imaginative science fiction writer in China? He wrote "The Wandering Earth", "Ball Lightning" and "The Three-Body Problem", and the film and television adaptation rights have been acquired by me. Buy it, each one has a shooting budget of over $100 million, you should try to contact him to distribute those excellent works internationally."

After hearing this, Ms. McIntosh suddenly became energetic and said in surprise: "Oh? I don't know these things at all. I will send someone to contact you immediately."

I have been to New York many times and have long lost interest in shopping.

After collecting enough materials, Suri only ate Turkish food before returning to the airport and continuing his journey to Paris, France.

There is a bed to lie on on the plane, which makes the long journey much easier. Unfortunately, the girls around me are busy and I haven't had the chance to test the elasticity of the mattress.

When the plane landed on the outskirts of Paris, it was already early morning local time. This time Suri used the car that came with the plane and went straight to the Rosewood Hotel next to Place de la Concorde.

Driving on the streets of Paris with an American license plate. (End of this chapter)