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That afternoon, Zhong Yi took Xiao Bing, Zhang Manyi and Zhang Mouzhi on the USS Arizona, sailed from the dock in Jiangbei, and quietly headed to Hong Kong.
Two days later, a group of five people arrived at Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong.
The Zhang family purchased property in Hong Kong in their early years and sent people to guard it.
When a group of five people arrived at Victoria Harbor, they moved into the Zhang family¡¯s villa in Taipingshan.
Zhong Yi stayed in Hong Kong for almost three days, but Foreign Minister Wang Chonghui was delayed. Zhong Yi decided not to wait any longer, and immediately took Zhang Mouzhi and Xiao Bing on a sea ship to Shanxiang Mountain, and then to San Francisco via Shanxiangshan.
Half a month later, the three of them arrived in San Francisco. Zhong Yi did not alert the embassy or consulate in San Francisco, but there were already people waiting for Zhong Yi and the others on the pier.
The steward of the Commodus family came to pick him up.
Because Zhong Yi did not disclose his itinerary, the U.S. government did not arrange for anyone to pick him up.
Zhong Yi did not stay long in San Francisco, and immediately took a train across the entire Midwest, to the East Coast of the United States, and finally arrived at Commodus Manor in Connecticut.
It was old Commodus who came forward to receive Zhong Yi.
Old Commodus is also the head of the family. The Commodus family is mainly engaged in the publishing business.
The reason why Old Commodus was so grand was mainly because of Harry Potter's sake.
Because even according to the most conservative estimates, the Harry Potter series of novels have already earned tens of millions of dollars in profits for the Commodus family, not counting the potential commercial value and influence, which is simply priceless.
But what old Commodus was more interested in was "A Song of Ice and Fire" that Commodus mentioned in the telegram.
Americans have savage and pragmatic genes in their bones. This gene has been solidified since the day their ancestors were exiled to the American continent as criminals.
And old Commodus is a typical American. He doesn¡¯t want to talk nonsense to Zhong Yi.
There was not even a word of greeting. After the servant served coffee, Old Commodus said bluntly: "Mr. Zhong, I have no doubt about your ability, but my son sent the unreleased "Ice and Ice" in the telegram. "Song of Fire" is boasted as being comparable to Harry Potter, but I am deeply skeptical."
Old Commodus has already seen Harry Potter¡¯s ability to attract money, and it can be said to be a rare best-seller in the world.
Old Commodus affirmed Zhong Yi¡¯s writing skills, but he never thought that he could write another series of novels that surpassed Harry Potter, because bestsellers like this are rare.
Zhong Yi has been a man for two generations and is very aware of American thinking habits.
Therefore, Zhong Yi didn¡¯t say any more nonsense and directly took out part of the manuscript he had prepared in advance.
This part of the manuscript contains the main storyline of "A Song of Ice and Fire" compiled by Zhong Yi, as well as the content of the first part. The number of words is about 200,000 words. Although it is not very long, it is enough to establish the world. At the same time, several main characters, especially the Lang family, are outlined.
When Old Commodus saw this, he put on his reading glasses, picked up the manuscript and read it carefully.
In the first tens of thousands of words, old Commodus frowned. From his perspective, the story started very badly. There were so many characters in such a short space, which gave people a very confusing feeling. However, his many years of experience as a novel editor prompted him to stay quiet and not rush to express negative opinions.
Then as time passed and as the plot of the story unfolded, Old Commodus' brows slowly relaxed, and in the end he was even completely immersed in the plot of the novel. When the manuscript was finished, Old Commodus subconsciously wanted to read it. When I turned to the next page, I realized that I had finished reading the manuscript.
Holding the manuscript lightly, old Commodus's eyes were empty and he was a little absent-minded.
Zhong Yi was not in a hurry, he just sipped his coffee and said nothing.
After a long while, old Commodus breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Mr. Zhong, you are not exaggerating. In terms of world view and storyline, this novel can indeed be compared with Harry Potter, and even this ice-cold novel." A Song of Fire will probably have a bigger and broader audience than Harry Potter."
Old Commodus did not deliberately say any suppressive words against his will.
In fact, as a businessman, the normal operation should be to reduce Zhong Yi's manuscript to the point where Zhong Yi starts to doubt life, and then obtain the copyright of the book at the lowest price.
But for Zhong Yi, this routine obviously no longer applies.
"Of course." Zhong Yi didn't have the slightest ideaThe apology.
Old Commodus said: "I just want to ask, how long has this novel been written?"
Until now, only three episodes of the Harry Potter series have been written, and the manuscript for the fourth episode has not yet been submitted, so Commodus Sr. was very worried that Zhong Yi only wrote such a beginning.
Zhong Yi picked up the big leather box at his feet, patted it lightly, and said with a smile: "Mr. Commodus, the first and second volumes of the novel A Song of Ice and Fire are in this box."
Yes, A Song of Ice and Fire has been completed.
This time when he came to the United States, Zhong Yi drifted on the Pacific Ocean for half a month. In addition to doing the things everyone loves to do with Xiao Bing, he kept silently writing novels every day.
In the past half month, plus the previous silent writing, I have made up two volumes.
"God, I've already finished two volumes." Old Commodus' face immediately showed excitement, and he said impatiently, "Mr. Zhong, can you take a look?"
"I'm afraid not." Zhong Yi refused directly, "Let's talk about copyright first."
"Okay, okay, let's talk about copyright first." Old Commodus sat back on the sofa with some embarrassment.
After coughing lightly, Old Commodus asked again: "Mr. Zhong, it's like this. Harry Potter's royalties have actually exceeded the upper limit of a new author. So for Brother of Ice and Fire, what's the increase in royalties?" Yes, but the rate of increase must be very different from other authors"
"Don't talk about royalties." Zhong Yi interrupted Old Commodus directly, "This time, we will use another way of cooperation."
"Looking for a way to cooperate?" Old Commodus asked in astonishment, "How do you want to cooperate, Mr. Zhong?"
"Buyout!" Zhong Yi was eager to use money, and it was a large amount of cash, so he directly proposed a buyout. "Royalties and other things are too troublesome. I urgently need money now, a large amount of money, so A Song of Ice and Fire I want to sign a buyout for the first two volumes, Mr. Commodus might as well make a price, and if I think it¡¯s suitable, I can sign the buyout agreement today.¡±
Old Commodus pondered for a moment and asked Zhong Yi: "What is Mr. Zhong's psychological expectation?"
"I have no psychological expectations." Zhong Yi smiled, "But I believe that Mr. Commodus is sincere and will definitely give me a satisfactory buyout price. Am I right?"
When Old Commodus heard this, he couldn't help but frown slightly.
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