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Chapter 31 Christmas Eve Disappointment
Gu Bei heard Joel speaking standard Mandarin.

His expression changed slightly.

From shock, to confusion, and finally to bewilderment.

"Who taught you this?"

"My colleagues in the Huaxia region told me that this is the greatest compliment for a Chinese man!" Joel answered seriously.

"Your Random House's China headquarters is located in Kyoto, right?

The person who taught you is also from Kyoto, right?"

Gu Bei was almost able to react.

"How did you know?"

Joel was a little confused.

This is too easy to guess!

Random House just entered the mainland last year, and it was just a choice between Kyoto and Shanghai.

The only one who can perform the national quintessence moves like Jiang Min teaching Quentin 'N·B' and 'S·B' is Jing Yeer.

I guess the people hired by Random House are probably children from some wealthy family.

"You learned well, don't do it again next time!"

Gu Bei didn't explain much to him.

After all, here in North America there isn't even a concept of "filial piety," let alone understanding the emotional value of the word "father."

It was still too direct. If Joel had said, "If you don't mind, I'd like to be your godfather," Gu Bei might have really considered it.

The two said goodbye to each other, and Gu Bei told Joel to reject all requests to purchase the copyright in the future.

He came here today mainly to test whether his identity as a best-selling author could allow him to take a shortcut.

It turns out that Hollywood looks down on all outsiders in Hollywood with equal arrogance.

21st Century Fox and Paramount,
This is especially true for these two major sevens!

Gu Bei became more determined in his previous plan. He had to rely on himself to move forward step by step from short films to feature films and A-level productions.

Passing by a bookstore, he bought two Twilight novels, Twilight and New Moon.

In fact, Twilight's sales aren't very good right now.

The second part of New Moon was released in August this year, and its sales volume just exceeded 8 million copies, which is similar to the sales volume of The Fault in Our Stars, which was released two months ago.

Compared with the horror sales of more than 1.5 million copies of the entire series in later generations,

Now it's just another ordinary series in the young adult fiction genre.

As the pioneer of the genre of young adult novel adaptations, although the Twilight series of movies is not as successful as the Hunger Games series, the books have reaped the biggest benefits.

At present, the prospects for adapting young adult novels into movies have not yet been developed or recognized.

Gu Bei can just take advantage of this arbitrage opportunity.

"How do you impress Stephenie Meyer?"

After reading the two novels, Gu Bei fell into deep thought.

He now understands that for best-selling authors, the bulk of the revenue from film adaptations comes from new sales, followed by box office and offline revenue sharing, and finally copyright fees.

Raising copyright fees might help, but it's not the key.

The key is how to adapt the book well enough to convert movie fans into book fans!

Gu Bei thought about the Jewish Robert he met today and the offense he had caused him, and then thought about JK Rowling's control over the Harry Potter series.

There is no doubt that nothing can impress authors more than respecting the original work.

Moreover, Gu Bei is also a writer of young adult novels, which makes Stephenie Meyer trust him more.

Let’s start with the script.

Open a treasure trove of entertainment.

In book categories,
The twilight, new moon and solar eclipse of the Twilight series have all lit up,

Indicates that they have been created or are being created. In the script category,

The first Twilight Saga is still dark, which means that the script has not been created.

"No, MTV Films, how much have you changed?"

Gu Bei couldn't understand at all how the same original work, the one he was going to copy, could actually not conflict with the script that MTV Films had started writing two years ago.

I'm afraid the only names left are the heroine and hero?
In the movie category, "Twilight" starts playing!
Max level screenwriter skills, activated!

……

12 month 24 day.

Sunday.

It was Christmas Eve tonight, but in this neighborhood with a large Chinese population, the Christmas atmosphere was not too strong.

It snowed two days ago. It wasn't heavy, but a thin layer of snow still accumulated, causing the temperature to drop sharply today, three points colder than snowy weather.

Liu Yifei held her chin and looked quietly at the neighborhood outside the window.

Occasionally, when I see my neighbors coming back, a hint of envy flashes in my eyes.

"Sissi!"

Xia Mengqi poked her head in and asked, "I heard Aunt Liu won't be back?"

Liu Yifei glanced at her and nodded. "Yeah, the flight was canceled due to weather conditions. It was Christmas, and flights from Tokyo to New York were already booked, so she had no choice but to return to Beijing."

After saying that, Liu Yifei lazily lay down on the chair.

She didn't know if it was because she was in a bad mood or because she slept too long today, but she always felt like she had no strength.

If she had known that her mother couldn't make it to New York, she would have returned to Beijing as well.

Days like Christmas Eve should be spent with family, not necessarily in New York.

Wherever my mother and I are, that is home.

"Why is Aunt Liu in Tokyo?" Xia Mengqi said with regret, "What a pity."

"Handling the contract..."

Liu Yifei saw the smile on Xia Mengqi's face and said, "You can't even hide the smile on your face."

"Ah? Really?" Xia Mengqi smiled awkwardly, "Do you want to go out and play tonight?"

"Today is Christmas Eve!"

Liu Yifei didn't want to move. Isn't Christmas Eve the best night to stay in bed?
"I don't want to watch them staring at each other at night. I want to spend Christmas Eve with my boyfriend~"

Xia Mengqi started to act like a spoiled child, but when she saw Liu Yifei remained calm, she could only play the card she had prepared long ago, "Xixi, do you remember the last time I helped you cover up the fact that you skipped classes?

This time it’s your turn to help me!”

Although more than a month had passed since the incident, Liu Yifei still remembered it clearly. She almost exposed Gu Bei that time.

Once Xia's mother finds out, it will only take a few hours for Liu Xiaoli to find out.

She really had to thank Xia Mengqi for helping her attract Kai Xia's mother's attention in time.

Liu Yifei hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

Originally, she thought that Xia's mother would have a hard time, but unexpectedly, as soon as she suggested taking Xia Mengqi out to play, Xia's mother immediately agreed, and Xia's father also echoed her.

Since the two younger ones are not here, there is no need for the two of them to sit at the same table and act respectful to each other.

Shortly after.

Liu Yifei stood in the Columbia University neighborhood and waved to Xia Mengqi and the others.

Instead of being a third wheel between two people, it’s better to come and see the Christmas show that Gu Bei mentioned. I thought it was very interesting the last time I heard Gu Bei mention it.

"Alleluia—jubilus!"

Before Liu Yifei found the location for the Christmas performance, a group of church members in red robes stood in front of her and began to sing loudly.

"what?"

(End of this chapter)