Xiao Zhen has actually completed the entire novel, which has 960,000 words and tells the story of the 10-year experiences of four couples, including Wang Qiming, in a foreign country.
After he finished writing, the first thing he did was to show it to his Uncle Yang for his comments. Uncle Yang said that it was too realistic and all the endings were bad, so he should give people hope.
Xiao Zhen wrote it down and showed it to Jason and the others. The five of them felt that it was written very realistically and portrayed human nature very deeply, so there was no need to make any changes.
The ways of thinking in the East and the West are still very different. After he showed it to Teacher Wu and the other eight people in the teaching and research group of the overall new thinking, they all felt that it was a very realistic and inspiring work, so Xiao Zhen decided not to change it.
He then sent it to Cai Meiyun's professional review team and the editor-in-charge of the publishing house for a final review.
Both professionals felt that there was no need to change it, so they didn't. Xiao Zhen could only silently apologize to the old revolutionary Uncle Yang.
Xiao Zhen spent another 10 days revising the script of "Shanghai People in America" and sent it to Cai Meiyun.
Let her go to CCTV to collaborate on filming, and the copyright of the drama and film can be shared for 5 years.
After 5 years, the copyright will belong to Phoenix Media, and all production costs will be provided by Phoenix Media. The only requirement is that it must be broadcast on CCTV in mainland China.
Even a fool would agree to such conditions. The TV drama production center signed an agreement with Phoenix Film and Television Company.
Cai Meiyun immediately arranged a nationwide open audition for directors, and after the review, a Shanghai-born director took charge of the filming, and he really captured that flavor.
The producer found a famous Hong Kong film director, Xiao Zhen, who required the filming to have a movie-level texture. He didn't like the picture quality of current TV dramas.
Xiao Zhen suddenly thought that some big names wanted to make movies, but the major domestic film directors were short of funds and were a little panicked.
Xiao Zhen decided that Cai Meiyun must sign Lao Zhang from the mainland, and the funds allocated to his film and television production have currently reached 20 million US dollars.
Cai Meiyun asked Wang Lin to contact Lao Zhang. When she heard that an independent studio had been set up specifically for him, Lao Zhang had creative freedom.
With an annual special fund of 20 million US dollars for filming, Zhang enjoys 35% of the studio's shares, and 5% of the shares can be transferred every 5 years until it reaches 65%, but he has to sign an exclusive contract for 35 years.
Lao Zhang has no objection to this. Of course, people are touching you because of your talent.
This is the second director with an S-level contract signed by Phoenix Media so far. The first one was a director who was a truck driver.
Phoenix Pictures also publicly announced the signing of a contract with mainland director Lao Zhang.
As for whether the mainland actors will sign the contract, Xiao Zhen didn't worry about it. He had already worried about it. Why pay such a high annual salary to Cai Meiyun and others?
These days, after school in the afternoons, Xiao Zhen goes to the publishing house to meet with editors to work out the publicity plan for the entire "Shanghai People in America."
Xiao Zhen knew that once this novel came out, it would be a huge blow to those who admired foreigners and those with a foreign mentality.
The investigative report that Xiao Zhen spent $150,000 on, and the photos he took during his personal investigation, which were allowed to be made public by the parties involved, became the weapons he used in the subsequent war of public opinion.
However, to guide the topic, we can say that during this period, these people had many naive fantasies and many daydreamed.
On November 19, Xinmin Evening News published an exclusive interview with the editor of "Shanghainese in America". On the same day, the novel was put on the shelves of Xinhua Bookstores nationwide.
The first print run was 4 million copies, priced at 6.9 yuan per copy, neither expensive nor cheap. Xiao Zhen's royalties were 15%, so 1.03 yuan per copy belonged to Xiao Zhen. After paying taxes, the first edition of the book earned 3.2 million yuan in royalties.
He called his Uncle Yang and told him that he wanted to buy all the money in government bonds, and asked if there was any bank with such a large quota.
His uncle Yang was a little surprised and asked why he suddenly bought so many government bonds. Xiao Zhen said that his book "Shanghai People in America" was published and this was the royalties from the first edition.
He doesn't need much money. The 1 million yuan after-tax profit from the "New Thinking Series" he received before going abroad is enough for him to use this year.
Lao Yang arranged for his secretary to contact several banks. ICBC had so many, so the next day Xiao Zhen asked Lao Zhang to go to the Shanghai branch to handle the treasury bond purchase procedures and bought 20 million treasury bonds.
As expected, the new book became a hit as soon as it was released. I heard that a TV series with the same name has been filmed at the Jiangnan Phoenix Film and Television City, using well-known big-name actors.
On the fourth day, the media in Guangdong published some rebuttal articles, and the publishing houses here were well prepared.
The parties fought back and forth, and subsequent explosive news was released bit by bit.
This pierces the fig leaf of this group of people, which is quite interesting.
Thanks to this group of idiots who hyped up the novel, the sales of this novel have also increased. As more and more revealing articles about Shanghai have been published, it has been further proved that the dramatic arrangement in the novel is not fabricated, but is based on real characters. There is a picture and the truth.
There is no way to refute these Western-worshipping dogs and spiritual Westerners.
In the first week of December, sales figures further demonstrated that the novel was a hot commodity.
In about 20 days, 2.86 million copies of the novel were actually sold, and the sales volume of the first edition of 4 million copies is expected to exceed the first month.
On December 18, Cai Meiyun drove to Fudan University Press to sign a second edition agreement, which would see an additional 6 million copies published.
The next day, all the media in Shanghai reported that Xiao Zhen, the "son of the Shanghai people", had set new records in his novels after winning the full score championship in the junior high school group of the National Mathematical Olympiad last month.
This novel is a profound warning to those who are keen on going abroad and have unrealistic fantasies. It is the best realistic novel of the year.
Of course, the last sentence sounds a bit flattering. Why didn't the Shanghai media come to harass the little boy? The competent department gave a heads-up.
The child is young and allows him to study quietly. Reports must be objective and fair. Shanghai can accommodate an outstanding genius to study quietly.
Because he received academic news, this guy released his new mathematical research results in the past year when he went to the United States for an inspection. This guy proved the "Fermat Conjecture".
The news from Fudan University and the Chinese Society of Mathematicians is that it will be published in the top journal "Mathematics" in January.
The leaders of the municipal units also sent people to inquire with Professor Qiu. Professor Qiu said that he hoped the children could study without worries and that they should never disturb the children's lives.
At the end of December, four 24-hour security booths were added along the frequently visited routes of Yangpu Wujiaochang and Xiaozhen.
Xiao Zhen is also working overtime to shoot the TV series "Shanghai People in America".
We went to the United States for filming in mid-December. The entire crew lived in Xiao Zhen's mansions in Boston and Hollywood. People from Phoenix Pictures America and its partner Warner assisted us. The filming went quite smoothly. There was sufficient funding, which is God in a capitalist society, so of course the service was very good.
The main reason is that the seven major Hollywood stars are jealous of Phoenix's contract with writer Xiao for the film and television adaptation rights of "The Age of Magic", so everyone is very polite and reasonable.
It is expected to be released simultaneously on China Central Television and Phoenix Chinese Channel during the Spring Festival.
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