Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 77 These are fireworks for you!

His collaboration with Barnes & Noble is a sure win.

The first release can earn you a better offline display position at Barnes & Noble.

If you can sell those 5000 signed books in the online store, you can get the same treatment as Harry Potter.

Several marketing plans have already popped up in Gu Bei's mind. The current Internet is still a bit too immature.

"I knew you would be able to reach a consensus."

Marcus from Random House said with a smile after seeing the two people reach a cooperation.

Although these tasks should theoretically belong to the publishing house.

But that's the weird thing about the publishing business,
Publishing houses take advantage of the distribution channels and authors, and make money without doing anything.

In two years, when Amazon's e-book publishing business develops, these publishing giants will be forced to merge and work together.

After a pause, Marcus said to Gu Bei, "Bruce, since the release date of The Hunger Games is set for April, the e-book version will be released in October.
As for the paperback edition, we will have to wait until April next year."

It took a whole year to release the paperback edition!
Gu Bei raised his head and looked at Marcus in surprise.

How optimistic is this about The Hunger Games?

"Bruce, Random House is really good at the Hunger Games series. We think such a cool girl will definitely take the teen book market by storm."

Marcus expressed his optimism about the Hunger Games without hesitation.

After a pause, he continued, "Also, we've decided to increase the previously agreed-upon first print run of 300,000 copies to 500,000!"

"It seems like there's no reason for me not to choose Random House."

Gu Bei was a little surprised at first, but soon calmed down.

He took the contract Joel handed him and reviewed it.

The contract has already been checked by a lawyer.

Now after checking again, there is no problem.
Gu Bei signed his name directly.

"I hope to see the adaptations of Star Luck and The Hunger Games on the screen soon!" Marcus shook hands with Gu Bei and handed him a check.

Gu Bei understood in his heart that it seemed that Marcus had his own source of information.

He smiled and said, "It shouldn't take long."

Then, he took the check.

As previously agreed, the advance payment is $75.

Advance payment is a guarantee.
Although the author does not need to return the advance payment when sales are poor.

However, when sales exceed the limit, the advance payment will be deducted from the subsequent payment.

But this money can give Gu Bei more confidence.
After all, it was real cash, and he was about to need a large sum of money.

……

After a day of rest,
The crew of Whiplash has resumed work, and the crew members are obviously in much better spirits and attitudes.

Even on New Year's Eve, Producer Qiao pushed a whole cart of dumplings over without telling Gu Bei to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

But the problem is...Gu Bei is from Hangzhou!
People in Hangzhou don’t eat dumplings during the New Year.

Moreover, looking at a group of foreigners eating dumplings with ketchup,

Gu Bei really couldn't feel any New Year atmosphere at all.

He looked at the time and saw that it was almost time, so he sent text messages to his relatives and friends in China in different categories.

Jingle Bell!
"Hey."

"Happy New Year!"

Liu Yifei's energetic voice came from the other end of the phone.

At the same time, there was the continuous sound of firecrackers, which almost drowned out her voice.

Gu Bei put his phone slightly further away: "Happy New Year, it's still the New Year atmosphere in China."

"Fireworks were not allowed in Jiangcheng in the past two years. I don't know why, but starting this year it has been allowed during the Spring Festival." Liu Yifei showed a proud look.

After a pause, she continued, "I was worried that the crew was still filming, so I wanted to call you later, but then I received your text message."

"Joe bought a cart of dumplings today, and the crew is celebrating the New Year. Guess what dipping sauce he served them with?"

"what?"

"He said the most popular color during Chinese New Year in Chinatown is red, so he served it with ketchup."

"It seems...there is really nothing wrong!"

Liu Yifei thought about it and realized that it did indeed mean prosperity.

Gu Bei sighed: "Alas...you don't have to eat it."

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Liu Yifei thought of Gu Bei's helpless expression and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Gu Bei shook his head: "When will you come back? You are the only one missing as the heroine."

Liu Yifei stopped laughing after a while. "I've already booked a flight for the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. I should arrive at the New York airport around six or seven in the morning."

Gu Bei calculated the time and found that the day she arrived in New York was the day for shooting the movie theater scene.

"That's perfect! I'll send someone to pick you up, and you can come over and film the two scenes at the cinema front desk."

"No way... when did you become a capitalist?!"

Liu Yifei let out a wail.

After resting for so many days, she felt a little lazy and had a headache when she heard that she had to work.

Now it was Gu Bei's turn to laugh!
He couldn't help but smile: "Prepare well! Don't let the crew see you, the big producer Zhou, making a fool of yourself!"

"Hum~"

Liu Yifei snorted, very dissatisfied.

Instead, she became more motivated and looked forward to seeing Gu Bei's performance!
"Hahaha!"

Gu Bei smiled again.

He teased Liu Yifei's acting skills, but in fact he was not worried about her acting skills being bad.
After all, he was able to enter the Yale School of Drama for the third time, so his acting skills and mentality must be fine.

Even if you are temporarily not used to film shooting, you can adapt to it without adjusting a few times.

It just so happened that the two scenes in the cinema were very simple, perfect for a newcomer like her.

at this time,

Liu Yifei saw her uncle appear downstairs.

She quickly said into the phone, "Listen carefully to this! These are fireworks for you!"

Gu Bei was a little confused when he heard this.

But he still brought the phone closer and listened carefully to the sound in the microphone.

After Liu Yifei finished speaking, she raised the microphone of her mobile phone high and pointed it at the sky like an antenna.

The uncle downstairs has already lit the fuse of the fireworks.

The flames quickly leaped into the fireworks.

After a while.

"call out!"

A stream of firework, trailing a golden flame, shot straight into the sky.

After reaching a certain height, the fireworks exploded, and countless flames spread out like flowers scattered by fairies from heaven.
Blending with the fireworks set off by people around, the entire sky is decorated like a dream.

Liu Yifei raised her head and stared at the fireworks that kept exploding with her bright eyes. The colorful flames shone brightly in her pupils.

She secretly blessed in her heart:
"Gu Bei, I hope you can blossom like this firework in Cannes, showing your talent in front of the whole world!"

(End of this chapter)