"That's it, Eric, can I hand over this book to my publishing house for operation?" Michael Krauss said bluntly without hiding his intentions.
Eric looked at the black girl who had finished printing and was binding, and then said to Michael Krause: "I'm sorry, Michael, although I am very grateful for your approval, but you know, I want to go to some larger publications Just try your luck. Just like every parent hopes that their child can be admitted to an Ivy League school, right?"
Michael's expression did not show the slightest displeasure of being underestimated, and he smiled and said: "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 , I treat you, how about it?"
Eric took the bound manuscript from the black girl, packed the first draft and put it in a 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 in his hand, started the car and drove towards the Italian restaurant. Michael in the printing shop just "" hesitated for a moment, rushed out of the shop immediately, and drove after him. He has an intuition that if he misses this opportunity, then he may regret it for the rest of his life. Three points of this intuition is aimed 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 integrated many high-tech elements such as genetic engineering, chaos theory, and nanotechnology into the novel that teenagers of his age may not have heard of. , and without losing the fun of the novel, the plot twists and turns are fascinating.
It's not that he hasn't seen many examples of integrating high technology into novels, but most of them are used very jerky, and even wrote some novels into popular science books. That type of novel is obviously not suitable for all types of readers. please.
Eric parked the car in the parking lot, turned around and found a black car also stopped not far away, and Michael Klaus got out of the car, obviously following him. This satisfied the little vanity in Eric's heart, and he also had a little affection for Michael unconsciously.
"Hey, Eric." Michael raised his hand to Eric, and was about to continue speaking, Eric pointed to his watch and said, "Well, Michael, look, it's nine o'clock soon. I'll Working as a waiter in this Italian restaurant, maybe you don't mind ordering another breakfast? The restaurant is quiet until ten o'clock, there is an hour."
Michael nodded knowingly, and followed Eric into the restaurant.
Eric changed his clothes and came out. Michael was already sitting on the seat by the window, with a breakfast in front of him, and he had already eaten a lot.
"I explained it to Mr. Jeff, but you have to hurry up." Eric sat down opposite Michael, and then smiled: "Although I am young, I am not so easy to be persuaded."
Michael smiled and said, "I believe that after listening to my explanation, you 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 happens that I used to be in Simon... Schuster stayed there for eleven years, starting from the most basic review editor, and left because the manager of the competition department failed, and founded the Night Elf Publishing House by himself."
"Does this have anything to do with the topic we are going to talk about now?" As a loser in his previous life, Eric was most afraid that others would tell his history of struggle, so he couldn't help interjecting.
"Don't worry, young man, I just want you to know that what I said next is true and credible. Do you know that when I first worked as a review editor, I had to review tens of thousands or even dozens of manuscripts every day? Manuscripts with 10,000 words. Although there are... um, there are many bad manuscripts, but there are also a lot of manuscripts with publication value. At most, the types of books published in a year have reached 2,000. You can imagine that if you alone As a newcomer, even if it is published, how much publicity and marketing resources can you get 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 he didn't say anything, he just signaled Michael to continue with his eyes.
Michael raised his hand slightly, and said as if 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 It is the publication of novels such as science fiction, adventure, and thriller. Although only more than ten novels are published each 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 I have to release this novel, and in the shortest possible time, to start the book's reputation. And based on my experience, with my full efforts, this book is likely to become a bestseller Book Rankings."
Michael showed all his hole cards, and then quietly waited for Eric's decision.
Eric was a little absent-minded about Michael's boastful talk. How much energy can a small or micro publishing house have even with all the resources
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 would not change his original intention just because of a few seductive words from Michael Klaus like a hot-blooded young man. However, Michael actually hit Eric's heart with one sentence: "Jurassic Park" became famous in the shortest time.
No matter what era it is, fame is an intangible but useful resource. Eric is now going to realize his plan. His biggest weakness is his 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. When an eighteen-year-old high school student becomes a director and makes a movie, everyone will accuse him of acting recklessly, and he doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth. And if an 18-year-old talented writer makes a movie, the result will definitely be different, and there will definitely be criticisms, but more people will definitely say: Oh, that genius boy is doing something amazing again.
Eric tentatively said: "I have to say, Michael, I am really moved by your conditions. But these are all your one-sided words, and I don't know your publishing house at all."
"This is good proof," Michael said unhurriedly: "On the recent New York Times bestseller list, there happened to be a book from my publishing house on the list. Although it was only the last one, this book The film rights have been purchased by 20th Century Fox and will likely be made into a film in the next few years."
Eric believed Michael's words. There was absolutely no need for him to lie about such an easily exposed matter, and said, "So, how about we take the time to talk about specific cooperation?"
Michael was taken aback, 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 guests in the restaurant.
After the two agreed on the meeting place, Michael left the restaurant with satisfaction.
"Eric, what did you talk to that person just now, and you seem to be very happy now?" Jeff asked. Eric just said that he was discussing something with a friend, so he was a little curious.
Eric handed the menu ordered by the guest to his colleagues in the kitchen, and then said to Jeff who was 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 yesterday that you were writing a script? Why did you rewrite the novel again? Could it be that you gave up your dream of being a director so quickly and planned to become a writer?"
Eric said: "Of course not, my goal will not change at will. There is no conflict between being a director and writing a novel, right? By the way, my novel is in my backpack in the dressing room. Jeff, you can Go take a look and give me some advice."
Jeff turned around and walked to the changing room with doubts. He thought Eric's novel was just a short story of a few thousand words. When he saw the thick stack of novel manuscripts, Jeff's eyes almost popped out. , This must be more than 100,000 words, and I have never written so many words in my life.
After the busiest meal time at noon, I have a little leisure time. Only then did the staff of the restaurant realize that the boss had been missing for several hours. This is a 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 changing room, patted Eric on the shoulder and said: "Very good novel, I am sure about one thing now, you will soon I will resign." After saying these words, Jeff left in a godlike manner.
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 got into the changing room and read Eric's manuscripts in turn. Even when she got off work, a beautiful waitress in the restaurant asked coquettishly if she could take the manuscript home to read.
Although the winking eyes of the beautiful girl made Eric a little distracted, Eric could only decline this kind of request. Although the copied novels are no longer useful, and it's okay to lend them to her, but the novels haven't been published after all, and he doesn't want anything to happen before that. Taking other people's works as his own is not known in ancient and modern times, and he has personally experienced this kind of thing in his previous life.
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