ryethenovel Chapter 53 Scheme
Chapter 53 Scheme
On July 11, Yu Zhen went to the school to fill out the college application form, and then immediately rushed to the municipal government compound.
Today was the pre-arranged deadline to finalize the overseas copyright ownership issue with five North American publishers.
Prior to this, Zhang Fushi, who was mainly responsible for coordinating with foreign investors, had conducted in-depth discussions and analyses with relevant leaders on his "one fish, multiple uses" approach to the overseas development of multilingual copyrights.
Furthermore, they actively studied and researched the relevant international rules, ensuring they had a thorough understanding of them.
At the same time, under Yu Zhen's instruction...
In the past two days, Selena von has also given representatives from five publishers a preview of the first 30,000 words of the third sequel, Resident Evil, which has already been translated.
To put it simply, it's just fishing with a straight hook again.
Let the buyers know that the works they are about to compete with are not only not inferior in quality and brilliance compared to the previous two works, but are actually getting better and better.
"Comrade Yu Zhen, oh my, you've finally arrived!~~!!"
Deputy Director Zhang personally waited for Yu Zhen's arrival at the entrance of the municipal government compound.
Upon seeing him, she immediately greeted him with a bright smile and warmly shook Yu Zhen's hand.
Another staff member promptly took Yu Zhen's bicycle and pushed it to the bicycle shed next to him.
"Zhang Shizhang, I'm so sorry to have made you wait at the gate. I'm so inconsiderate. I was just going to the school to fill out my college application, which took a little while."
"Ha, no problem, no problem. You are the absolute star today. We are all revolving around you. Public servants serve the people, after all. Besides, Comrade Yu Zhen, you have now become a major foreign exchange earner in Shanghai all by yourself. That's why we can't have any elaborate processions like eight people carrying a sedan chair these days. Otherwise, I, Old Zhang, would personally carry your sedan chair..."
Zhang Fushi showed absolutely no airs of officialdom in front of Yu Zhen, cracking jokes without hesitation. After teasing him, he suddenly lowered his voice and asked mysteriously, "Little Yu, your college application form..."
The ambiguous statement was only half-said, and Zhang Fushi made a gesture that hinted at some kind of operation.
The meaning was clear: they wanted to get Yu Zhen's opinion on whether they needed some more secure "protection" or behind-the-scenes maneuvering.
The implication was that there was still some concern that Yu Zhen might not be able to achieve the desired score based on his own abilities, and thus might not be able to get into his dream university.
What a society that values personal connections! It's true, when you're powerful enough, you'll always be surrounded by kind-hearted people eager to help you!
Yu Zhen was at a loss, unable to say anything in the face of such kindness.
Otherwise, wouldn't that seem too aloof and arrogant? The only acceptable response is a firm and unwavering affirmation:
"Don't worry, I'm absolutely confident in my college entrance exam results. I wouldn't say I'm guaranteed to be the top science student in the city, but I'm almost certain I'll be in the top ten. Really! Just trust my judgment!"
Zhang Fushi looked suspicious, but seeing Yu Zhen's firm attitude, he didn't dare to question him further. He smiled and patted Yu Zhen on the shoulder, "Alright, as expected of a great writer who can make science fiction works sell well overseas. Then let's look forward to the day you pass the imperial examination with flying colors! I'll have to organize the whole city to dress you up in red and let you see all the beauties of Shanghai in one day, haha..."
Yu Zhen chuckled, "Old Mark and his gang got together, but they didn't start fighting on the spot, did they?"
Mentioning this, Vice-Director Zhang's expression immediately froze, and he said with a bitter face:
"They almost came to blows! These foreigners, weren't they supposed to be civilized people from the developed world? You didn't see it. When they got together, they started arguing and cursing at each other from a distance, their faces red and necks bulging. Tsk tsk, what a disillusionment! It really surprised our people..."
Upon entering the main administration building, the conference room was on the second floor.
So they went straight up to the second floor, pushed open the door to the conference room, and Yu Zhen's breath hitched at the first impression.
Waterfa! ~~
The smell is so overpowering, with at least three to five different perfume scents hitting you at once, it's truly suffocating.
These foreign devils, even in the middle of summer, already have a strong enough body odor.
They even spray perfume on themselves to cover up their body odor.
Damn, after all that mixing, the air itself feels like it's burning my eyes.
Zhang Fushi clearly noticed Yu Zhen's subtle expression and reaction, so he quickly coughed a few times to remind him, then smiled and said, "Gentlemen, our country's most famous science fiction writer, Comrade Yu Zhen, whom you have been waiting for, has arrived. Where is your applause?"
As he spoke, he took the lead in clapping.
The foreign VIPs sitting scattered in the conference room, after hearing the translator's explanation, realized that the young man who had just followed them in was the one they were after, and they immediately burst into enthusiastic applause.
Old Mark was naturally the most excited, and was the first to stand up and introduce himself, "Nihao, Qin'ai Di~Yu, Wo Jiu Shi Mark, Nide Di Yi Ge He Zhuo~ Huo~ Ban~~Wo Yuan Yi Zui Gao Jia Ge, Ji Xu~ He Zhuo~~!!!"
Well, it was worth it for Old Mark to be the first to fly to Shanghai. During the past two weeks, he actually learned a lot of broken Chinese and immediately expressed his willingness to cooperate with Yu Zhen in Chinese upon meeting him.
The representatives of the other four publishers were all anxious upon seeing such a display of force.
Unfortunately, they hadn't had time to learn even a few words of Chinese, weren't as cunning as Old Mark, and didn't understand what Old Mark was saying at all.
Even a fool could guess that Mark Ruffalo was taking the opportunity to curry favor with the author.
Instantly, they all started yelling and shouting, trying to be the first to fall behind.
There were only two translators on site, and they were specially borrowed from the foreign affairs department. In addition, Selena von was temporarily assigned as a translator, making a total of only three translators.
There simply weren't that many dedicated translators available.
People who truly understand English are already a scarce resource in China. Moreover, in previous years, foreign language teaching in Chinese universities was mainly in Russian. Even after the resumption of the college entrance examination, English has not yet been listed as a major subject.
This led to a situation where a bunch of foreigners were yelling and shouting, and no one had time to relay their messages to them one by one.
Yu Zhen could understand the foreigners' shouts and even communicate directly in English without any problems.
However, he managed to resist the urge to burst into English.
There's no need to reveal your hand. Besides, if you could speak fluent English right away, many things would become "dirt" that's hard to explain.
After all, his "unknown identity" issue has been properly resolved, even with the official endorsement of the Shanghai Municipal Government. However, there is a concern that someone might secretly keep a record of his alleged misdeeds.
The general direction of the future can be determined with certainty.
When it comes to matters within a very small, localized area, such as his own, he is already famous both at home and abroad. Who can predict what uncontrollable new situations might arise next?
The expectation is that there will be several million dollars in foreign exchange earnings from royalties.
The US dollar foreign exchange went to the state, but the corresponding foreign exchange was converted into RMB. Even if he was given a 1:1 official exchange rate to convert it all into RMB, he was already on the verge of becoming the first millionaire in the country with publicly available data.
1979!!!
He became the richest man in the country, the first openly and legitimately millionaire in the nation...
He had too much money to burn, and what he was currently doing was to further expand his wealth and extract large sums of money from the pockets of American foreign guests.
To put it bluntly, it's nothing short of blatantly challenging the values and beliefs of the entire nation.
This step is really hard to take!