Director, please respect yourself

Romance of Shu Restaurant

Yang Hao has been here many times.

In the past, I would come here with the crew, hold a wrap-up party, a celebration party, or get together with classmates who have graduated, such as Bao Jingjing, who sold the copyright to her novel.

But today is the first time Yang Hao talks about business in this place.

There are three people sitting on the left, Liu Yifei, Liu Xiaoli, and Yang Hao himself; there are also three people sitting on the right, Yao Hailin, deputy editor-in-chief of Science Fiction World Magazine, Yao Hailin's assistant Ji Hongxia, and a middle-aged man wearing glasses.

"Director Yang, you have met me, and you have also met my assistant Xiaoji. Now, I must introduce this person to you, Liu Cixin, nicknamed Da Liu..."

But before Yao Hailin finished speaking, Yang Hao stood up from his seat very respectfully, and then extended his hand to the middle-aged man wearing glasses.

"Hello, Teacher Liu!

I am Yang Hao. I have read all of your science fiction novels, such as "The Wandering Earth", "Country Teacher", "Ball Lightning", and the famous long science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem"...

Therefore, in my eyes, you are responsible for the science fiction world of our country alone. "

"Oh, really? I don't think so."

Liu Cixin is a very humble person.

Seeing Yang Hao telling me the name of his work in such a detailed manner, he immediately smiled and waved his hand. The meaning was very clear, I am just an ordinary person and I don't deserve such praise from you.

"Teacher Liu…"

"Um?"

"I would like to ask, about your science fiction novels, how many of them do you currently have the film and television adaptation rights for?" After greetings, Yang Hao sat down and started talking about business.

"Um…"

Liu Cixin pushed up her glasses with her hands out of habit.

"Well, let's put it this way, except for the film and television rights of the novel "The Three-Body Problem", after I sold them for 100,000 yuan last year, the rest... are all in my hands now.

After all, Yang Hao, you also know that science fiction novels are actually very niche in our country. Except for some science fiction fans who admire them, ordinary book fans feel that if they have time, they might as well read online novels or read Qiong Yao's works. What about romance novels? "

"One hundred thousand..., one hundred thousand is a bit too little." Yang Hao sighed.

"Teacher Liu, how about this? I will give you 4 million yuan, and you will package all the film and television adaptation rights of your novel to me?"

"Really? Yang Hao, don't keep your word!" Before Liu Cixin could speak, Yao Hailin spoke up, as if he could directly restrain Yang Hao.

"Of course, we can sign the agreement now. However, Teacher Liu, Teacher Yao, you have to agree to a condition and help me get back the copyright of the novel "The Three-Body Problem"."

"make a deal!"

As soon as Yang Hao finished speaking, Yao Hailin and Liu Cixin stretched out their hands towards him.

"Director Yang, to tell you the truth, Zhang Fanfan, who bought the film and television adaptation rights of "The Three-Body Problem", has regretted it these days. He originally thought that domestic film and television companies would be interested in this kind of science fiction novel.

But when he recommended this novel to the film and television company, he found that he was wrong.

Because the initial investment to produce a movie of this kind of subject is more than 200 million to 300 million, few domestic film and television production companies dare to take over. "

Ha ha…

When Yang Hao heard this, he snickered secretly.

Now, aren't you just picking up money?

In the previous life, the little-known Zhang Fanfan couple did win the film and television rights of the novel The Three-Body Problem for 100,000 yuan, but they regretted it later because no domestic film and television company dared to take over.

Once, I even bought it for 100,000 yuan, but I couldn't get rid of it even if I spent 100,000 yuan on takeout.

However, no one expected that "The Three-Body Problem" would actually win the Hugo Award in 2015, and then the film and television rights of the novel would be sold for a whopping 120 million yuan.

"Director Yang..."

"Director Yang..."

"Um?"

Yang Hao, who was secretly laughing, realized that he had a bit of a crush on him. He hadn't received the money yet, so he had to be cautious at this time.

So Yang Hao looked up at Yao Hailin and said with a smile: "Mr. Yao, you tell me!"

"First, the science fiction novel "The Fifth Season" you wrote is very good and has a vaguely popular style, so our Science Fiction World Magazine wants to represent this novel.

It is us who recommend this novel to foreign publishers and editors. "

"no problem!"

Yang Hao wished he had someone to do it for him, not to mention that it was best to leave professional matters to professionals!

"Director Yang, we have something to say up front. If the matter is completed, we will charge a part of the agency fee. This part of the agency fee is neither too much nor too little, about 500,000 to 1 million yuan."

"no problem!"

Yang Hao smiled and stretched out his hand towards Yao Hailin. The two shook hands, and the matter was confirmed.

As soon as their hands separated, Yao Hailin spoke again. He pointed at Liu Cixin beside him and said with a smile:

"Director Yang, as you just mentioned, you have read Teacher Liu Cixin's science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem". Of course, you should know that this novel has not yet been published abroad.

So, what I mean is, since your English is so good, you can write in English directly, and it is also a very high-level science fiction novel.

Director Yang, how about I leave the "Three-Body" trilogy to you to translate? "

………

After talking about things, we had hot pot.

At half past nine in the evening, the six people dispersed.

Liu Xiaoli and Yao Hailin were old friends. They had known each other since they were in the United States, so after the banquet, they found a place to reminisce about the past.

Originally, Liu Yifei wanted to go home with Yang Hao. In the past few days, this beauty was very excited. If anything happened, she would play 300 rounds with Yang Hao in the evening.

Young man, the taste of marrow...

Yang Shuo, you are indeed powerful, but how can I, An Feng, be afraid of you? !

But just when the two of them walked downstairs in Hejingyuan Community, Liu Yifei received a call from her friend and best friend Yao Beina.

Sissi…

Little Sissy, I'm lovelorn, will you drive over right away to stay with me?

That bastard Zhang Lei, he actually said that his mother despises me, damn...

Yang Hao originally wanted to go there together. We are all friends. It is always good to chat and enlighten her together, so as to avoid any recurrence of Yao Beina's newly diagnosed condition.

However, when he heard on the phone that the always good-tempered Yao Beina actually cursed, Yang Hao thought about it and let it go.

Let her scold and cry happily, maybe she can resolve her emotions faster, but if a boy is present, she may not be able to let go.

Liu Yifei drove away.

Yang Hao was the only one left in this house in Hejingyuan Community. Although the weather was a bit cold, Yang Hao decided to take a walk in the community first.

It is not difficult to translate Liu Cixin's novel "The Three-Body Problem" into English. I have an English translation of this novel in my head.

But it takes time to move it out. At least you have to pretend that you created a few drafts before completing the translation.

But if they don't take it, can they still find Liu Yukun, the famous English translator in his previous life who is also a science fiction writer?

If you can't find it, you are likely to miss out on the Hugo Award. Then it may take some time to recover the cost of your 4 million yuan investment.

Well, how about this!

I only translate the first of the novels "The Three-Body Problem"...

Yang Hao, who was strolling in the garden downstairs, was thinking about it when suddenly his cell phone vibrated in his pocket.

"Yang Hao, I, Gao Yuanyuan!

Otherwise, I'd better not accept the TV series "My Love from the Star". If I did, I would be under too much pressure. "