In front of a food stall in Tsim Sha Tsui, two young men had just finished eating and were squatting at the door picking their teeth.

Looking at the cars passing by on the road, a young man in blue clothes suddenly said, "Ah Xing, let's watch "The Second World" again tonight."

Ah Xing glanced at his friend, curled his lips and said, "No, you've read it several times, and you still want to read it? It's up to you to see it yourself, I won't go there again."

"This is the last time. I read the news today that the box office will surpass "Jurassic Park". Let's work hard."

"Are you stupid? No matter how high the box office is, can they give you a dime? Besides, they say they will exceed it, and they will definitely surpass it in the next few days. It won't be short of our two votes."

"If everyone thinks like you do, how can the box office exceed the box office?"

"Even if you want to support, you don't necessarily have to ask people to go. You can buy a ticket and not go, or you can just give the ticket to someone else."

"But, I still want to see it."

"In just a few days, I watched a movie four or five times..." After muttering, Ah Xing patted his knees and stood up, then kicked his companion, "Let's go, I'll treat you to watch it tonight."

The companion stood up and said behind him with a smile, "Ah Xing, I knew you also liked this movie."

When Ah Xing and others went to the cinema, the box office of "Second World" had actually surpassed that of "Jurassic Park", with a box office of 65 million, leaving behind "God of Gamblers 2" which was released at the same time.

It's just that there was a delay in data statistics, so Ah Xing and the others didn't see it.

"Jurassic Park" is the first movie in Hong Kong with a box office of more than 60 million, and "The Second World" is the first movie in Hong Kong with a box office of more than 65 million.

If "Red Zone" hadn't been released strongly a few days ago and squeezed the film schedule, the box office of "The Second World" would have been even higher.

With the popularity of the "Second World" movie, the name Yu Dong has also entered the horizons of Hong Kong audiences.

Because the physical book of "Second World" has not yet entered Hong Kong, the locals only know that the original book of "Second World" was written by a Chinese, and the author is named Yu Dong. As for what the original version of this book is, Yu Dong

They had no idea what other books Dong had written.

People began to become curious about the author named Yu Dong, and people often went to major bookstores to ask if "The Second World" or other works by Yu Dong were on sale.

If there is demand, there will be supply.

Seeing that so many readers were interested in Dong's works, several major publishing houses in Xiangjiang mobilized at the same time to obtain the copyright of Yu Dong's works first.

In fact, publishers in Xiangjiang have inquired about the copyright of Yu Dong's works a long time ago. Although Xiangjiang does not have much exchanges with the mainland, the publishing industry is such a big circle. Most of the people in Xiangjiang know about any best-selling books in the mainland.

It's just that Jimmy kept suppressing it at that time.

The market in Xiangjiang was not big, and the other party also had a condescending attitude, unwilling to give high royalties or add an initial seal. Jimmy thought, rather than working hard and being thankless, it would be better to wait for a good opportunity before making a move.

And now, the time is right.

Representatives from several publishing houses arrived in Jinling, but neither Yu Dong nor Jimmy was seen. Only the remaining representatives of the company and Yu Dong met with them.

At the beginning, Yiliang told them that the royalties would be ten points and the first printing would be 20,000 copies.

Several representatives were overjoyed after hearing this. With the popularity of "Second World", this condition is not high. Deep Space Company is simply the conscience of the industry.

However, I later said something else: The one with the highest price will get it.

Only then did they understand that the price mentioned in the margin was not the final price, but the starting price. If they wanted to get the copyright, they had to increase the price.

I didn't want to play any tricks. I gathered representatives from several publishing houses and listed a series of Yu Dong's works for them to bid on.

"Everyone, there are a total of four works by Yu Dong here, namely "Second World", "Resident Evil", "Fatal Identity" and "The Last City". There are many more works by Mr. Yu Dong, but we have decided to just

Let me release these few books. Before everyone bids, I will introduce these books to you first, so as to prevent you from regretting because you don’t understand them.”

Afterwards, Yuliang told the publishing house representatives about the market performance of these books.

In fact, the publishing house had already done an investigation on these things before sending people here, and the information was very detailed. I also knew that they had done the investigation, but I still had to tell them in person, just to stimulate their enthusiasm for bidding.

The bidding process is very long, and it is not like holding up a sign and banging a hammer like in an auction house. Everyone is observing the opponent's reaction, and then adjusts the price accordingly.

I talked about four books for a whole day before it ended.

"The Second World" that received the most attention was acquired by Sanlian Bookstore, while the Commercial Press, which lost the battle for "The Second World", acquired the remaining three books in one fell swoop.

Seven publishing houses, large and small, were present, and the other five all left empty-handed, so naturally they were not in a good mood.

However, at this time, Yuliang said that the bidding was not over, and then took out several collections of short and medium stories, by He Hongwei, Wang Jingkang and Hu Changqing.

Sanlian and the Commercial Press had already obtained the treasure, so they were not very interested in these novel collections. The other companies did not want to return empty-handed, so they went to discuss with Yu Lili.

Because they don’t know the situation of these books, the subsequent discussions will take a long time. These publishers need to evaluate the market value of these books before making a decision.

But no matter what, the purpose of the margin has been achieved. At least five publishers are now reading these books.

Originally, the company was not in a hurry to push Wang Jingkang and others to Xiangjiang, but now that these publishing houses have arrived, they took advantage of the situation and pushed them all out.

…

The spring of the new year is very warm, so Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu returned to school four or five days in advance to check out the renovation of the house.

They left it for a month, but the decoration masters didn't take a few days off.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The house itself is not big, and the construction period is not long. When Yu Dong and others went to see the new house, most of it had been completed.

The work was done in batches, and each batch had a different master. The masters in this batch had never met Yu Dong and the others. They were surprised when they heard that Yu Dong and the others were the landlords.

"I thought the young man who came before was the landlord. He came to visit three times a day." A master said.

youth?

Yu Dong thought for a while and guessed that the young man mentioned by the master was either Yu Hua or Bi Feiyu.

"Yes, that young man didn't say much when he came. He just watched from the side. He stayed like this for half an hour."

A young master joked, "He looks very carefully, but we don't dare to be careless at all."

The old master next to him glared at him, "What nonsense are you talking about? Even if no one is watching, we won't be careless."

Later, Yu Dong went to ask, and it turned out to be Yu Hua.

"You are more worried than me. You go there three times a day, and people say you are keeping an eye on me seriously."

Yu Hua smiled and said, "It's mainly because I haven't seen it before and I want to take a look. Maybe I will write another novel about decoration workers in the future. I have some idea."

"Have you never seen the decoration?"

"I've never seen anything like this. Although the house hasn't been decorated yet, you can tell it's definitely very beautiful. I smell the paint they used, and it doesn't smell very good."

"It doesn't smell good?"

"You don't know that with my nose, the worse the paint is, the better it smells to me. On the contrary, the worse the paint is, the better the quality is."

"You smoke too much and your sense of smell is disturbed."

Yu Hua tilted his head and looked at Yu Dong, "Why are you arguing with Chen Hong that any health problem I have is always caused by smoking?"

"Isn't it?"

"Hey, I won't bullshit you. Did I tell you that "Alive" will start selling?"

Yu Dong smiled and said, "It's a good thing, haven't you been looking forward to it?"

"I have been hoping that it will be true," Yu Hua sighed, "but I have told me that I will do some interviews for me, and may even appear on TV in the future. I said this will help promote the novel."

"What's this?" Yu Dong shrugged.

"The main thing is that I have never been on TV and have little experience."

Yu Dong smiled and patted Yu Hua on the shoulder, "Comrade Yu Hua, some things are based on talent. Experience is not important."

After saying that, Yu Dong left. School was about to start, and he was still busy. He had no time to talk to Yu Hua.

When Yu Hua saw him leaving, he looked confused and said, "What do you mean by what you said? Don't leave. Let's discuss it. We can be companions on TV together."

Yu Dong ignored him at all and waved his hand behind his back.

…

At the beginning of the new semester, Qu Aiguo came to see Yu Dong. Their Gongmei 91 course was the last semester this year, and the courses had basically stopped. What they now have to face is work problems.

Although the package allocation will end next year, it is no longer package allocation, but a two-way selection. Business units come to the school to ask for people, and if they are willing to leave, they can leave, and if they are not willing to leave, they can wait and see.

Compared with other art majors, it is relatively easy to find a job in industrial art, but compared with those majors in science and engineering, it is far behind. There are not many companies looking for people, and the conditions are not that good.

However, the situation this year is more complicated. There are not many units that want people, and not many students are willing to go to those units, because many students are beginning to think about joining private companies or simply starting their own businesses.

Wang Kuo is one of the pioneers in starting a business. He comes from a very good family and his parents support him in starting a business. Moreover, he has not been willing to use the bonuses he received before. He has kept them until now as start-up capital.

Generally speaking, the students of this class of industrial arts have a broad vision and a lot of ideas. Perhaps influenced by Yu Dong, many students are thinking about developing into the film and television industry, and several of them, such as Li Huixiang, have already

I went to an advertising company for an internship.

Today's advertising companies are actually similar to the media companies of later generations. They are not just advertising, but cover a wide range of areas, including the film and television industry.

Qu Aiguo didn't come to Yu Dong for the work of his classmates. He wanted to discuss with Yu Dong the new president of the Science Fiction Association.

"Brother Dong, I am about to graduate. Do I need to choose a new president?"

"Who do you think is the right choice?"

"My personal opinion is that it is more appropriate for Huang Xiaohui to take over. He has also been the vice president for one year and has rich experience."

"But Huang Xiaohui is already a junior, and if he is asked to be the president now, he can only serve for one year. Do you mean that in the future, the president of the Science Fiction Association will only be one-year president?"

"But aren't all the organizations in the school like this? The student union, football team, and various associations basically last for one year, and some only last for half a year."
To be continued...