I am a literary giant in Europe

Chapter 99 Come Sunday!
"Liu, where are you?"

"District 13, Miramar Restaurant. I just finished my meal and packed a roast duck for you."

"Haha, you have a conscience. I'll go find you."

"I'm going to the Ile de la Cité."

"What are you going to do on the Île de la Cité?"

"I want to see Notre Dame from afar."

"Chloe and I are going over there now. When you get there, send me the address. I'm starving! Liu, you have to thank me."

"Thank you for what?"

"We'll talk when we meet later."

Meera ends the call.

Liu Jin stopped a taxi on the roadside and headed straight to Ile de la Cité.

From a distance, you can see the west wall of Notre Dame Cathedral.

As soon as Liu Jin got off the car, Mela called.

She and Chloe are already here!
Liu Jin quickly found a restaurant on the banks of the Seine according to the address given by Mela and the others.

An open-air restaurant.

When Liu Jin found them, they had already started eating.

"Didn't I tell you I brought you roast duck?"

"I wanted to wait, but Chloe said she was hungry, so she ordered."

Liu Jin sat down and put the roast duck on the table.

Chloe was struggling with a plate of sea bass with green marmalade.

When she saw the roast duck, her eyes lit up.

To be honest, many foreigners say they like Chinese food.

But in reality, most people are just talking about it.

Westerners have Western tastes.

They have been eating raw meat and drinking blood for many years, and do not pay much attention to the taste of many foods. They are more pursuing a sense of ritual.

And, being white people, they take extreme pride in their food.

When Chinese people make a living abroad, they will transform and change the taste of their food in order to survive.

It doesn't matter whether it's good or bad, it's just a personal habit.

In the future, saying that Chinese food is delicious may sometimes just be a password for traffic.

Just listen to it. Don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself. The most important thing is that you think it tastes good. Why bother about whether foreigners like it or not?
But roast duck is definitely a Chinese dish that is more accepted and liked by Westerners.

General Tso's Chicken has never been Chinese food.

Chloe immediately reached out and expertly wrapped the roast duck in a small lotus leaf pancake, scallion dipping sauce, cucumber strips, and sugar, then wrapped the pancake around it... The fat black guy said that people who know how to eat it call it a roll. I'm not sure if that's how the old emperor calls it.

Anyway, Chloe's movements were quite skillful.

But after she finished it, she handed it to Mela.

He looks like a dog licker!

The key point is that the bootlicker was unaware of it and gave Liu Jin a smug look.

Liu Jin couldn't help laughing.

He took the juice in front of Chloe and drank it.

"mine!"

"I know!"

"Then you still drink."

"I am glad..."

Meila said angrily, "That's enough, you two!"

The two of them stopped bickering.

"What's the good news?"

"Robert replied. He likes your books 'The Old Man and the Sea' and 'The Snows of Everest.' However, he also mentioned the length issue. Even in the Beacon Country, publishing a book requires at least 120 pages, or about words. He hopes you can write a few more works in a similar style, and he will do his best to publish this book."

"How about French?"

"Over 63,000 words."

"Then now..."

"The Old Man and the Sea is 29,000 words, The Snows of Everest is 11,000 words, and 40,000 words."

This is troublesome!
Liu Jin scratched his head.

"Is there no other way?"

“Unless you’re willing to serialize it… I’ve contacted Pierre, the editor-in-chief of Reading.

They're willing to publish "The Snows of Mount Everest" and "The Old Man and the Sea." Pierre said that if it can be published as a book, Reading Magazine is willing to help promote it with all its heart. "Liu, if you really can't do it, just publish it in the magazine first."

"Which magazine are you planning to publish on Robert's side?"

“How about The New Yorker?”

"what?"

Meila laughed and said, "Don't forget, he was once the editor-in-chief of The New Yorker."

That guy has so many channels in the Lighthouse Country that it’s enviable.

All major publishing houses, including large ones like Random House, have close ties with him.

At the same time, it also controls the resources of all magazines and newspapers in the Lighthouse Country.

"Actually, Robert stopped promoting books after leaving Knopf. He's now focused on his autobiography. He originally didn't even want to read the book, but then Sylvie called him and strongly recommended yours... After reading it, he said he'd definitely help promote yours. If all else fails, he'd be willing to promote it, even if it's only 40,000 words. I'm planning to go over next month to discuss this with him in person."

"Mera, thank you!"

Liu Jin raised Chloe's juice and touched Mela's glass.

"Also, I've been thinking about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for a long time. This time when I came to Paris, I went to visit Mr. Jérôme Landon. His health wasn't very good, but he still insisted on finishing it and was willing to co-publish it with me."

"Joint publication?" Mr. Landong said he was optimistic about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Aunt Elaina agreed.

United Press, first print run of 50 copies, 15% royalties. Personally, I think this is a good opportunity.”

While Singla was still considering 50,000 or 100,000 copies, Midnight Publishing House directly proposed a print run of 500,000 copies...

Fifteen percent royalties are already within the range of best-selling authors.

Or he is optimistic about this book!

Or he is optimistic about Liu Jin!

Or perhaps, it's a combination of both.

Liu Jin thought about it, smiled and said, "I definitely have no objection, but as I said before, I'll leave it to you to take charge."

Meera smiled and nodded.

"Are you here for your story?"

"Yes."

"How are the preparations going?"

"I think we need to wait another two years for things to settle down."

Chloe was full.

She picked up the so far and wiped her mouth.

"What's the story? They actually required a quick shooter like you to prepare and then settle things down?"

Meila said, "Yes, I'm curious too."

“Wait until I write it out, and you’ll know!”

After all, he is not Hugo.

He wasn't born in that era.

If he wrote it rashly, when someone asked him about things in that era, he would be completely clueless and his remarks would be exposed immediately.

Liu Jin would never make such a mistake!
If he could not prepare adequately, he would rather let the French appreciate the literary masterpieces that should belong to them later.

Well, safety first!

……

After dinner, Liu Jin accompanied Mela and Chloe shopping.

Come on Sunday, choose the live streaming method this week.

This made Liu Jin keenly aware that an accident might happen.

Live broadcast accident?

Do you think the French care?

What they care more about is the ratings!
As for if an accident happens at that time, the program team will not care.

For them, even if the guests started fighting on the spot, they would not go over to stop them, but would just fan the flames.

"Who else but me?"

Meila said softly: "The program team kept the guest list confidential. I asked my brother to ask, but he didn't get an answer.

So far, the only thing that is clear is that the guest host of this episode is Sophie Marceau.

Liu Jin couldn't help laughing.

"It looks like the production team is planning to go big!"

"So, you have to be careful."

"Can I quit?"

"cannot!"

"Then we'll see."

I have twenty-five years, no, twenty-four years of experience that is ahead of this era.

I look twenty-six, but if you add up my two lives, I’ll be seventy.

I won’t say that I have eaten more salt than others have eaten rice, but when it comes to knowledge and eloquence, I am not too afraid of these foreigners.

When the enemy comes, we will fight them; when the water comes, we will fill it with earth.

Let’s see whether the west wind prevails over the east wind, or the east wind prevails over the west wind!
Seeing Liu Jin's attitude, Mela felt relieved.

What she feared most was that Liu Jin would back down at the last minute, as that would definitely have some impact on Liu Jin's reputation.

At the same time, she was also a little unhappy.

The targeting of the program crew of Come On Sunday is too obvious.

I originally thought it was just a star-chasing trip, but it might turn out to be a big fight.

Say you're not worried?

Definitely impossible!
But she also believed that Liu Jin could definitely handle it.

"Let's go buy some clothes."

Chloe suddenly suggested.

"What clothes to buy?"

“Those guys want to see Amos make a fool of himself, so we’ll take the lead from the outside.

Don't worry, with Mela and I here, we will dress you up beautifully, and even Sophie Marceau will scream for you."

"Hahaha!"

Liu Jin couldn't help laughing.

He felt more and more that he must have been blessed by the Heavenly Official when he was reborn.

Otherwise, how could he have met Chloe and made friends like Mela?

"Okay, then let's join forces and kill him swiftly!"

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(End of this chapter)