My Attic Connects To Other Worlds - Chapter 119

Wang Huan’s press conference is over.

There is no doubt that it will cause a complete uproar.

But the first thing that caused the press was the shock.

Wang Huan first received countless calls, all from publishers.

People don’t care at all that you are here to challenge the United States, let alone that you are here to conquer the United States.

As long as you can bring benefits to them.

And the publication review here is much more relaxed.

As long as you have heat and traffic, you can write anything.

And now Wang Huan’s popularity in the United States is no less than a star.

Challenged Pavaroni, the world’s number one tenor on Broadway, the heat of breaking glasses and crystal lamps by the treble has not disappeared.

And he did not agree to the invitation of the Broadway Theater, nor did he appear on any TV shows.

That sense of mystery has been shaped.

The American people still have a sense of anticipation and hunger for him.

Coupled with this press conference, it once again detonated public opinion.

So, how can publishers not flock to them.

The phone calls were not direct enough. These publishers waved their checks and went directly to the Baorui Hotel to see Wang Huan.

The conditions that were offered were too much one by one.

The manager of the Hachette Book Group came to the door, and the conditions were 12% royalties and a guaranteed release of 200,000 copies. As long as the contract was signed, the prepayment of royalties was 300,000 US dollars.

This is just the beginning. The next publishers will charge higher prices one by one.

The manager of Bantan Books also issued 12% of the royalties, issued 300,000 copies with a guaranteed minimum, and paid 500,000 U.S. dollars in advance royalties.

Random House, issued 12% of royalties, issued 400,000 copies guaranteed, and paid 500,000 US dollars in royalties.

These are all major publishing groups in the United States, and some small publishing groups offer higher prices.

And the small publishers said bluntly that they didn’t care what Wang Huan wrote, even if it was bad.

They are willing to publish even if it is a dream-like babbling.

Ugh!

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In the end, Wang Huan chose to cooperate with Random House because it is the largest publisher in the United States.

In addition, it also has huge distribution channels around the world. The parent company is Bertelsmann Group, which is regarded as the world’s largest publishing group.

Li Changsheng, the chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, brought in the most professional lawyer to help Wang Huan revise and review the contract.

Then, Wang Huan and Random House formally signed a contract.

“Mr. Wang Huan, your choice is undoubtedly correct.” said Charlie, the manager of the New York branch of Random House: “What we have in the publishing house is not only a distribution channel, but also a powerful voice. The work has an upper-middle level, and we have a huge operating space.”

The meaning is very clear. As long as Wang Huan’s works are at a decent level, they can find a group of critics to speak nicely.

“But I want to tell you that the three major rankings are still very authoritative. Our Random House can influence but cannot change it.”

What are the top three rankings? They are:

Goodreads website rankings, this is the largest book review website in the United States, equivalent to China Douban.

Countless readers from all over the world will express their opinions on the book and give a score here. Its score is still very authoritative.

(Of course, Goodreads in our world was founded in 2006)

New York Times book sales rankings.

This is the first authoritative ranking list in the United States, and sometimes sales prove everything.

There is also the New York Review of Books, which is a magazine that specializes in evaluating popular books on the market, with special scoring, and a special website.

To put it bluntly, Wang Huan claims to beat the American writers in literature. The real indicators are these three rankings.

American Reading Social Rankings, New York Times Sales Rankings, New York Book Review Rankings.

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Charlie, the manager of the New York branch of Random House, took the coffee and said, “Mr. Wang Huan, you said that you will write nearly a million words in a month. It must be a joke, right? You already have a draft, right?”

Wang Huan said, “No, I really don’t have a single word now. I really need to write nearly a million words in a month.”

After Charlie was dazed, the coffee in his hand shook slightly, almost spilling out.

“Suddenly, I felt a little bit cold in the air.” Charlie said: “I am a little worried about this business now. Not only will it lose money, but it will even lose its reputation.”

There are indeed some fast gunners in this world who have completed a novel in a short period of time.

But… there has never been an author who wrote nearly a million in a month.

That… it’s crazy.

“You are joking, you must be joking.” Charlie shivered.

Wang Huan said: “I’m not joking, in fact, after you leave, I will start writing manuscripts, because I need to race against time.”

Charlie’s scalp was numb and said, “Mr. Wang Huan, do you know if this business fails, what will happen to me?”

Wang Huan said, “What?”

Charlie said: “I will be driven from my current position. The competition within our company is very fierce.”

Wang Huan said, “So the fate of the two of us is completely linked now, right?”

Charlie said: “Yes.”

Then he stood up and said: “You now need the most professional secretary who can serve you in your life. You also need the most professional materials and the most professional editors. I will organize a team for you in the shortest possible time. , You must not refuse, because it is related to my destiny.”

“You also need the best keyboard, the best computer.”

“And if you don’t mind, I will open a room next to you.”

“Oh my god, I am absolutely obsessed with ghosts, and I feel that my future is worrying.”

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Next, the manager of the New York branch of Random House organized a team for Wang Huan in the shortest time.

One secretary, two editors, and one specializing in typing.

This secretary-general is sweet and has a hot body.

These two editors are all bald. They are responsible for proofreading Wang Huan’s manuscripts and acting as a knowledge base. Once Wang Huan needs any common sense, you can ask them immediately.

They may not be able to answer directly, but they can call a special think tank directly, and they can find relevant information for Wang Huan in the shortest time.

And the person who specializes in typing, with amazing hand speed, can easily type more than two hundred words in one minute.

Therefore, Wang Huan can lie on the bed and dictate in the chair.

And three meals a day, all delivered by the hotel.

For at least this month, he was able to enjoy unparalleled treatment.

But… he didn’t do that.

The team that Charlie prepared for him had nothing to do almost every day.

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“Mr. Wang Huan, it is wrong for you to do this. You are too overestimating your abilities. A science fiction novel involves too much scientific knowledge. You need to consult enough information, otherwise it will be full of loopholes.”

“Also, you absolutely need a typist. You can rest assured that this typist is Chinese and she will not make a mistake in every Chinese character you say.”

But then, the typist was stunned.

Because Wang Huan has already started to code words.

Dancing wildly with both hands.

The shadow of the ten fingers on the keyboard was so fast that he couldn’t see clearly.

This… this speed is amazing.

She is already a very, very professional typist, with 200 words per minute.

But Wang Huan’s speed still exceeds.

She calculated it, and Wang Huan actually had nearly 300 words in one minute.

This… this is crazy.

This is not just writing a book, right? You roll the keyboard with your face, right?

Then she leaned forward to take a look.

Depend on!

She was really writing a book, although for the time being, she couldn’t see the good or the bad.

This is the beginning of Wang Huan’s novel.

Although this typist can’t see good or bad, this is definitely a normal novel paragraph.

It definitely didn’t come out by rolling the keyboard with your face.

This is awesome, she has seen writing books fast, but she has never seen one so fast.

Perhaps this content has been in my mind for a long time.

That’s why Wang Huan can write so fast, and it should get slower and slower next.

but……

In the next scene, the typist and the team at Random House were completely stunned.

Wang Huan’s crazy speed lasted three hours.

Really a stormy writing speed.

Three hours.

Wrote fifty thousand words.

Not only the typist was stunned.

Several editors were also completely stunned.

Is there such a fast writing speed in this world?

In three hours, 50,000 words were written.

About 300 words per minute, without any breaks in the middle.

This… how bad should this be written?

A professional typist can’t type 50,000 words in three hours.

Is this still human?

“Mr. Wang Huan, please give us the manuscript and we will translate it immediately.” An editor said.

Wang Huan said: “No, I can translate directly, I can write the English version by myself.”

The two editors were stunned again.

For a long time, Wang Huan spoke Chinese in the United States, and it seemed that he couldn’t understand English at all.

“Don’t you understand English?” The editor said: “During your time in the United States, you didn’t say a word in English. You need to translate it from beginning to end.”

Wang Huan said, “If I don’t say it, it doesn’t mean I don’t understand.”

The editor said: “Even if you understand English, that won’t work. Translation is a very, very professional job that requires an amazing vocabulary and a sense of literary acumen. Not to mention you, even if you have been engaged in English education for more than ten years. People can’t translate a book best.”

Wang Huan said, “This is my book, so I have the final say. I have to work. I hope you don’t disturb me.”

Next, Wang Huan opened WORD again and started frantically.

His hands danced violently on the keyboard again.

English words burst out one after another.

Everyone was stunned again.

Crazy, crazy.

You can play Chinese so fast, but now your English is so fast?

You… Are you a translator?

Shouldn’t every word be very elegant, shouldn’t it be considered every word?

According to the plan, Random House will prepare a translation team for Wang Huan, with more than a dozen people.

After Wang Huan finished writing, the translation team immediately translated it.

Now, Wang Huan not only writes the Chinese version, but also writes the English version.

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The secretary quickly reported to Charlie.

“Mr. Charlie, I think we are over. This time the business must be broken.” The hot and **** female secretary said: “You can’t imagine what happened here.”

Charlie trembled: “Say it, I can bear it.”

The female secretary said: “Mr. Wang Huan writes at a speed of about 300 words per minute.”

“Three hundred words per minute?” Charlie screamed, “What’s the difference between typing on the keyboard indiscriminately? Is this the limit speed, or…”

The female secretary said: “He maintains this speed all the time, so he wrote 50,000 words in three hours.”

Charlie said: “I feel that this business is going to end.”

The female secretary said: “Not only that, none of the teams you prepared for him are useful. He never asked two editors to ask any questions. He buried himself directly on the keyboard, twitching frantically for three hours, and finished writing five. Throw it there.”

Charlie said: “Translate, quickly translate these 50,000 words, I want to see how bad it will be.”

The female secretary said: “The translation team we prepared was useless. After he finished writing the Chinese version, another person finished the English version. In the same three hours, he completed about 50,000 words.”

In an instant, Charlie was completely numb.

After writing nearly a million words in a month, it was already ridiculous.

Now, you want to complete the Chinese version of nearly a million words by yourself, as well as the English version?

This…how bad should this be?

Probably the same as the text from the face scroll keyboard.

It must be so bad that it is completely unsightly.

Charlie felt that he was really over. The business must be over.

At this time, Charlie was at the headquarters of Random House, reporting to his boss.

Of course, the headquarters is also in New York.

“Your face is not pretty, what’s the matter?” BOSS Du Lemeng asked.

Charlie said: “The Chinese athlete wrote 50,000 words in one day, which is exactly 100,000 words. 50,000 words of Chinese and 50,000 words of English.”

BOSS was also stunned.

It is totally unimaginable how bad the content written in 50,000 words a day will be?

Charlie said: “We’re breaking the contract now, is it too late?”

Random House is the largest publishing group and still has great pursuits.

It is important to make money, but if the book is extremely bad, it will also be a huge blow to the publisher.

Word of mouth is also very important.

Charlie said: “This is completely my mistake. I have seen this person’s experience. He wrote quite well on talk shows in China. And his performance on operas has surprised me, so I have a good opinion of him. I must be confident. But I didn’t expect…”

Unexpectedly, Wang Huan wrote one hundred thousand words a day.

Write a novel like a face rolling on a keyboard.

There is only one result of this kind of book writing, and that is extremely bad.

This kind of writing, let alone challenge the best American writers, is a complete joke.

In three hours, 50,000 words would only write something like shit, which is impossible for people to read it smoothly.

For a long time, BOSS Dulle said: “Find the gunman, find the most expensive gunman. Let’s talk to Wang Huan first, maybe tell a story, and then our gunman will try to make this story decent.”

Charlie said: “In that case, it will become a scandal if it is revealed in the future.”

Dullemand said: “If you don’t do this, it will become a bigger scandal and ruin our sign. In three hours, 50,000 words will write something like shit. Although there is a lot of garbage in the United States, if you Put **** in their mouths and they will still get angry.”

Charlie felt that his mind was also filled with shit.

He felt that his position as branch manager had already been lost.

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Next, Charlie immediately stopped the meeting at the headquarters.

He went to visit relatively good science fiction writers overnight, offered a very high price, made the other party agree to become a gunman, and signed a confidentiality agreement.

“Is it bad?” the writer Freeman asked.

Charlie said: “It was a disaster. The Chinese finished 50,000 words in three hours. Then it took another three hours to turn these 50,000 words into English.”

The writer Freeman was horrified and trembling: “He… is this rolling the keyboard with his face?”

Charlie said: “I’m afraid it’s like this.”

The writer Freeman said: “Just this kind of person, what story can he tell? I’m afraid it’s useless to find me as a gunman. It’s a terrible story, even if it’s useless to find an immortal as a ghostwriter.”

Charlie stunned for a moment and said: “If his story is really bad, then… then it’s up to you to conceive a brand new story, with a Chinese background.”

The writer Freeman trembled: “Oh my God, it’s a disaster.”

Charlie said, “Who said no? My head must have been broken by that woman, so I signed the contract with the Chinese in such a hurry.”

The writer Freeman said: “Why is your head broken? Not the other?”

Charlie said: “Sometimes, you always want to try different seafood, but this time I chose the South African variety.”

The writer Freeman said: “What’s the result?”

Charlie said: “As a result, my head was pinched, so I signed this contract with Wang Huan. My future will be ruined.”

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The next day!

Charlie took the writer Freeman and hurried to the Baorui Hotel.

Then, he saw Wang Huan’s working status with his own eyes.

He stayed too!

This… these hands dance and type.

The speed is amazing.

It’s not writing a book at all, it’s probably just typing indiscriminately on the keyboard.

Do you know what you wrote?

“Mr. Wang Huan, I have something to tell you.” Charlie said.

Wang Hua said: “Wait a minute, there are still five minutes, I will finish writing today’s content.”

Next, Charlie and Freeman watched Wang Huan’s hands twitching, typing more than a thousand words in five minutes.

Charlie said: “How is your writing speed?”

Freeman said: “I only wrote more than a thousand words a day, and by the next day, maybe there will be only 500 words left.”

Charlie said: “Wang Huan wrote 1,500 words in five minutes. This is really a disaster.”

five minutes later.

Wang Huan has finished writing.

Charlie said: “Mr. Wang Huan, this is a senior science fiction writer, Mr. Freeman.”

Freeman stepped forward and shook hands with Wang Huan.

“Hello, what’s the matter?” Wang Huan asked.

Charlie said: “Mr. Wang Huan, you tell the story in your mind, and then Mr. Freeman will finish the writing work.”

Wang Huan was taken aback and said, “Meaning, he became my gunman and ghostwriter for me?”

Charlie said: “It’s like this. Of course, if your story is really bad, then he will conceive a completely new story.”

Wang Huan said, “No, I don’t agree, I don’t accept ghostwriting.”

Charlie said: “This is not only my decision, but also a decision of the headquarters. I can’t smash the sign of Random House. All of our publications are fine works. We absolutely can’t put a **** book in the hands of readers.”

Wang Huan said, “No, it just doesn’t work. The decision is mine.”

Charlie said: “If you don’t agree, then this contract may be invalidated. We would rather pay liquidated damages than suspend this cooperation.”

Wang Huan said, “Why?”

Charlie said: “Why do you still need to ask? Mr. Wang Huan? I originally admired your talent very much. I have seen your talk show text, although it is translated, I have also seen your opera performance, so I can’t wait to find it. You cooperate. But your work attitude really makes me sad.”

Wang Huan said, “What’s wrong with my work attitude?”

Charlie said: “I wrote 50,000 words in three hours, and insisted on translating it myself. I can’t imagine how **** the work written in this way is, it is simply a disaster. You may not know, your behavior , Will make me lose my current position and my current future. If a ridiculous work is born in my hands, then I will become the laughing stock of the publishing industry.”

Wang Huan said, “I write fast, but it may not be bad.”

Charlie laughed angrily: “Mr. Wang Huan, if any writer writes 50,000 characters a day, what he writes must be unsightly. Or I said it is a pity, it is absolutely rubbish, absolutely shit. The same thing.”

Wang Huan said: “Mr. Charlie, let’s do it. First of all, I will never accept ghostwriters and gunners, but I can show you the fifty thousand words I wrote. If you feel bad, then we will terminate the contract. I In addition, go to the publishing house to cooperate. If you think it is possible, then don’t interfere with any of my creations and just wait for the final manuscript quietly, how about?”

Cha ideal for a while, and said: “Yes, Mr. Freeman, who is next to me, also participate in reading, because he is professional.”

Wang Huan said, “Yes, but please sign a confidentiality agreement first.”

Charlie is speechless, do you have to sign a confidentiality agreement before eating shit?

Are you worried that he will reveal what the smell is like?

However, the two parties quickly drew up a confidentiality agreement and signed it.

Next, Wang Huan won two manuscripts and handed them to Charlie and Freeman.

They are only 50,000 words, and they are all in English.

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After getting the manuscript, Charlie poured himself a glass of red wine.

Seriously, he was ready to eat shit.

There are times in life, it is always inevitable.

For some reason, the smell of South African abalone a week ago suddenly rang in his mind.

Sometimes people are too curious to be too curious.

Taking a deep breath, Charlie told himself: “I’m ready, even if the content is bad, I can accept it.”

As long as it wasn’t a bunch of random permutations and combinations of words, he would recognize them.

He began to read.

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That’s right, Wang Huan’s work is “Three Body”.

There is not one of the most classic science fiction works in China.

This work directly pulled China from the desert of science fiction literature to the world’s top level.

A Chinese work won the Hugo Award, the highest honor in fantasy and science fiction literature.

A Chinese work that the President of the United States loves so much. When visiting abroad, the “Three-Body” he takes with him.

After reading the second book, the President of the United States even sent an email to the author Liu Cixin to remind him of the manuscript, but Liu was dismissed as spam.

This kind of top-notch works can speak for themselves.

Even if you didn’t know Da Liu before, you didn’t know its status in the arena.

After you read it, you will be shocked and amazed.

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Although the content of the first chapter has not seen the special science fiction part, it is completely the content of that special period in China.

But… very well written.

In just one chapter, the story of the heroine is written thoroughly.

Next, the heroine Ye Wenjie entered the Red Bank Base, and the sense of mystery had already come.

Then, thirty-eight years later. The scientific civilization of the entire earth is directly locked.

When the content reaches here, it has already shown amazing imagination.

The prototype of the top classic has been revealed.

Although only after 50,000 words.

But it is absolutely unstoppable.

That sense of mystery, that sense of expectation, that sense of unknown.

It’s not too amazing.

It is such an excellent work. Charlie, the manager of the Random House branch, has extremely low psychological expectations in advance, and is even ready to taste shit.

The result… is such a classic.

What will be the reaction after reading it?

It is completely conceivable.

After half an hour.

He finished reading.

The writer Freeman next to him also finished reading.

The two exchanged glances first.

Then, without saying a word, he watched it again.

Another half hour passed.

Finished reading the second time.

Charlie was trembling with excitement. After a long time, he tremblingly asked, “Freeman, what do you think?”

The writer Freeman said: “Too…too incredible, completely unimaginable.”

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