variety is Hollywood's oldest professional magazine, with content covering all aspects of the film, television, music and other industries. It is not only influential among ordinary readers and industry subscribers, but also a fast and accurate Hollywood information channel.

It has a loud Chinese name called "Variety Show". All Hollywood big stars are proud to be on the cover of "Variety Show" magazine. Before each blockbuster movie is released, you can almost see many behind-the-scenes and interviews in this magazine.

More than 100,000 Ming actors in the world regard the journal "Variety Show" as the most authoritative industry magazine, and it is also the most widely circulated magazine among ordinary readers.

As one of the two top newspapers and magazines in the American entertainment industry, its reports and evaluations usually represent the ultimate authority and can be regarded as the weather vane of the Hollywood entertainment industry. It has a huge influence on the European and American star circles and has rich and top-level interview resources. It can be seen whether it is commercial blockbusters or literary works to Ao.

This magazine has a wide range of influence, and entertainment media from all countries are staring at it. It is also an excellent press release to reprint and translate it from it!

Every episode of "Variety Show" has its highlights. Whether it is the content of the movie or the exclusive interviews of celebrities, it will not disappoint the people who are obsessed with melons.

Tuesday is another new day.

As usual, Xie Xiaolei is planning to work part-time in the cafe inside the school. She also wants to work part-time in the library or computer room, or be a research assistant or teaching assistant for others.

Fortunately, the job in the cafe is relatively simple, and part-time jobs in the cafeteria and student dormitory are much harder.

Her working hours are not fixed, she has a salary of $9.25 per hour, and can not exceed 20 hours a week, which can relieve the stress a little!

Because she likes Hollywood, Xie Xiaolei stubbornly chose UCL when applying for school. Even if she only won a half-win award, she wanted to come. There were also schools of the same level who were willing to provide her with full scholarships.

The campus in the morning is a vibrant scene. Many students are bathing in the sun, some are throwing frisbees on the lawn, some are playing skateboards, and some are wearing roller skates and slid on the campus avenue.

Soon, Xie Xiaolei arrived at her destination today.

café 1919 is a popular place among students, including Italian pizza, panini and sandwiches, fruit cups, and yogurt cups.

"Good morning, Xiaolei." A middle-aged woman wearing an apron smiled and greeted her. She looked a little fat. I wonder if she ate more pizza at home.

Xie Xiaolei did not take the rest of the English names, and directly asked her friends to call her xiaolei or lei.

After taking off the shoulder bag from the neck, Xie Xiaolei said pitifully: "Sorry, I just brought the way to a father who came to find a child, Marianne."

Marian was kind to these students who came to do part-time jobs. She waved her hand and said, "It's free now, it's okay."

Since the person in charge of the cashier came, Marian naturally handed over the location to her, and she went to the kitchen to see if the ingredients were ready. At noon, sandwiches and pizza were in high demand.

From time to time, customers walked in through the open door. Xie Xiaolei wrote down the things ordered by customers on the computer, and could naturally see them in the kitchen, so that the goods would be prepared.

"A cup of latte, a beef cheese sandwich."

"I just want a cup of yogurt."

After ordering the order, the two girls started standing next to the ordering area waiting to pack and pick up the meal.

After there were no new customers for the time being, Xie Xiaolei quietly took out the latest version of "Variety Show" magazine she bought on the way and placed next to the stand-alone machine. These top gossips are her huge hobbies!

【Adam Levine: Uncertain Super Bowl Midfield Show】

【Amazon invites ten directors to shoot new drama】

[The biggest winner of the Cannes Film Festival - The exclusive interview with the crew of "Farewell My Concubine"]

[Universal Pictures is preparing for the "Lord of the Rings" movie]

As a Chinese, she actually saw two articles related to Chinese people in the top Hollywood entertainment magazines she usually read, which made her turn to the corresponding page.

"It's a bit amazing. Farewell My Concubine has been interviewed, but unfortunately she didn't get the cover."

Although Xie Xiaolei doesn’t like Peking Opera very much, when she came to the United States, she wholesales a bunch of Peking Opera dolls of different shapes and colors in the domestic small commodity market to give them to others. She is still a little proud now.

She made up her mind silently that when "Farewell My Concubine" is released in Los Angeles, she must drag a few friends to watch the movie!

Among these news, what Xie Xiaolei is most concerned about is "The Lord of the Rings".

Because of Zhang Chu's works, many people in the school have asked her about these things, and they once helped these novel enthusiasts to translate briefly in English when the English version of "The Da Vinci Code" was not released.

In the reading club, many people have discussed with her works such as "Pi", "Da Vinci Code" and "The Lord of the Rings".

"When did Universal Pictures buy the copyright of "The Lord of the Rings"? This has not been disclosed at all!" Xie Xiaolei asked in her heart, "Sure enough, variety shows are still variety shows, and they can unearth such industry secrets!"

However, at this time, another white boy holding a scooter came in to order the order. She had to temporarily take her eyes off the magazine, hoping that no customers would disturb her for the time being.

Although this kind of emotion is a bit unkind, I guess everyone who works part-time has thought about it so that they want to be more relaxed.

Perhaps God heard Xie Xiaolei's call, and no one came in for more than ten minutes after that, so that she could finish reading this article.

Although the major he studied has nothing to do with Hollywood, Xie Xiaolei has a clear understanding of gossip inside because of her hobbies.

For example, she knew that Zhang Chu’s first two works were not actually in one company, but now they were divided into three companies!

"Did this editor get the numbers wrong? The copyright transaction fee for "The Lord of the Rings" is estimated to be one-hundred-million. Isn't that just one hundred million?"

There is no unit of billions in English expression, only one hundred millions are used to express it, otherwise it will jump to one billions.

As Hollywood reports, the unit they give is definitely the US dollar, not the RMB.

A copyright transaction worth $100 million, which sounds really exaggerated!

I originally liked the authority of this magazine, but now Xie Xiaolei has to question the authenticity. Could it be ten million, right?

In fact, the copyright fee of 10 million US dollars is already very amazing. At least for so long, there have been reports that a certain film company has won the copyright of the novel, but no one can reach tens of millions. That is a very, very high threshold.

She had forgotten the price of the copyright transfer of the previous novels, but it shouldn't be 100 million.

This copyright costs 100 million. How high is the global box office to recover the cost!

To be honest, the explosion of "The Lord of the Rings" is far less than that of "The Da Vinci Code" half a year ago, so the price naturally cannot be directly increased by ten times.

Netizens on Twitter are also confused. They don’t know why the always reliable variety shows give such outrageous numbers, and their credibility is almost zero!

"Fake News"

“Universal Pictures cannot give so much price”

"Where is this number given? It should be that the film investment is 100 million US dollars, right?"

"I guess it must be the number given by this author, I want to hit the highest record."

"Where is the Federal Taxation Bureau? Go check the tax quickly!"

"I don't believe, is "The Lord of the Rings" really that good?"

In China, the variety show reports have been transported back long ago, and the considerate media have translated English into Chinese, for fear that netizens will not understand or are too lazy to watch it.

[Universal Pictures is preparing a fantasy movie called "The Lord of the Rings". This movie is adapted from the book of the same name by the famous writer Zhang Chu. Since it was launched in April this year, it has sold 1.5 million copies in the United States. The author has also written excellent works such as "The Da Vinci Code", "The Fantasy Drift of the Young Pie", and "Detective Sherlock". The Cannes Film Festival Palme drifting movie is also adapted from his novel.

According to people familiar with the matter, Paramount, Warner Bros. and Disney have all contacted Zhang Chu, and finally Universal Pictures obtained the film adaptation rights and related rights for the three novels of "The Lord of the Rings" with a comprehensive offer of more than $100 million...]

The content of the contract is a commercial secret, and it is obviously impossible for the outside world to know it.

They didn't know that this million US dollars was just a general reference and wouldn't have so much cash at all!

But compared to the sensation of the title, the article's content is actually barely acceptable when written in such a detailed manner.

The money is not to buy the adaptation rights of a movie, but to buy three movies!

It also has the rights to develop and sell surrounding areas, and even build relevant attractions in Universal Studios.

One hundred million US dollars is calculated by calculating copyright transfer fees, movie box office dividends, DVD and online on-demand cable TV stations on-demand fees, and peripheral sales, etc. Except for the 45 million transfer fee, the rest are estimated income.

It is obvious that Zhang Chu and Hanlin Culture Media cannot stand up and say whether the news is correct or wrong. No one will foolishly publish these contents.

Just like the Forbes China Rich List and Writer Income List every year, it maintains a low-key attitude.

Netizens were all shocked!

They knew that Zhang Chu was very profitable to write books. Last year, he was already the first domestic writer to earn money. This year, he was going to win the situation again and even crush all foreign writers.

"The Lord of the Rings sold $100 million before it was published? It's not counting the book sales revenue... Don't stop me, I'm going to write books too!"

"I'm so scared. Zhang Chu is really worth a thousand dollars in one word. Three books can earn so much!"

"Global is such a big deal. If you can spend so much money, you must be really optimistic about Zhang Chu's book."

"Kneel!"

"Hahaha, the external network is in full swing, I think this is fake news."

"Isn't the report really wrong? Not only 100 million yuan, although that's also a lot."

"If I could make money like this, I could write 100,000 words every day!"

"It's apart, it's apart. I won't give you any share if I earn so much."

Most of these netizens were surprised and envious, and there was almost no jealousy.

If they are jealous of Zhang Chu's achievements, they will be drowned by jealousy.

Almost every work has excellent reviews and commercial prospects. This fantasy work, which has been rated as ordinary by many people, was sold for the highest copyright fee in Zhang Chu's career!

This still shakes those who question it.

Is it really a problem with my appreciation level?

"The Lord of the Rings" is really that good?

Or is the quality of the latter two novels have made great progress and become a masterpiece?

If they knew that Universal Pictures hadn't read the next two contents, they would probably have their jaws dislocated.

And among the authors' countless chat groups, this is the center of the topic.

No one expected that Zhang Chu's book could have such great energy that the whole world could not speak!

"This million US dollar must have moisture, just like many movies claiming to invest hundreds of millions of dollars. However, even if the moisture is squeezed out, it is still a first-class level. Are all the fantasy works in Europe and the United States? They even went to China to buy them. I actually think "The Lord of the Rings" is very ordinary, the protagonist is so weak and the pace is very slow."

"This book is not like an online article. It has no upgrades and no farming, but it looks quite comfortable. It is an old-fashioned adventure story. It is probably just this one and likes adventure movies."

"Didn't I write a fantasy novel a few years ago? Just now the news came out today. My agent who never contacted me for ten thousand years took the initiative to help me take the novel to ask people in the film and television industry to see if there is any possibility of adaptation!"

"Come on, the big Hollywood companies are not ragged! Haven't you read the news? The global sales of "The Lord of the Rings" are approaching 10 million, and there is not even a quarter of the sales in China. In the past, Zhang Chu's books were basically the same as those abroad. This time, his books seem to be very popular with foreigners."

"Look at others, this is the winner of life. Holding the Cannes Film Festival trophy in the left hand and a check of 100 million in the right hand, grabbing all kinds of business and art."

"I won't say it anymore. Who has the channels to introduce it? If you want to get to know Zhang Chu, it would be great if he could hold a lecture or a seminar and share his experience!"

"Global has already said that the shooting plan is still being confirmed. Maybe the variety show is reporting fake news?"

"If it is fake news, won't the agency of Global and Zhang Chu come out to refute the rumors? They didn't say that the copyright transfer fee was 100 million yuan. Is the subsequent money not money?"
Chapter completed!