What Should I Do If the System Forces Me To Copy Books?

As the Oriental Pearl of China, Shanghai not only has high-rise buildings, but also has famous delicacies from all over the world.

After Li Chungang managed to get away from the signing meeting, he took the vehicle arranged by the company all the way to the pre-arranged Michelin Cantonese restaurant-Tang Pavilion. "The crew of "Only more than a dozen people came to support it, plus a total of seven or eight staff members appointed by Random House and Thompson, all kinds of people counted more than 30 people.

There are very few domestic Cantonese restaurants that can enter the Michelin star, and there is an endless stream of customers every day, but this time the entire restaurant can be booked to entertain so many people, thanks to Tang Ge’s young owner who is also a fan of Li Chungang’s readers . As soon as the other party heard that Li Chungang wanted to book the entire restaurant to entertain his friends today, he agreed in a hurry, and even gave them a free order.

Li Chungang already felt that the other party had given him face in this way. As for wanting to eat and drink for free and get free of bills, it was a bit too much.

Since it is a Cantonese restaurant, all the menus are very classic Cantonese dishes.

Just judging from the pictures, it is a bit greedy!

Li Chungang has heard about this Tang Pavilion for a long time. It is said that it is the first batch of Cantonese restaurants in Shanghai to be selected as Michelin two stars. By chance, I happened to have the opportunity to taste it.

The crew of "Sword Come" sits together, the star friends who come to support the entertainment industry sit together, and the staff from Random House, Man Jinghua Publishing Company, and their own company sit together. Tang Pavilion is full.

In addition to the three leading actors in "The Sword Comes", Li Chungang was at the same table as Thompson representing Random House, Lao Xu representing Manjinghua Publishing Company, and Lin Meng who came in a hurry.

Coincidentally, when Thompson first came to Shanghai, he tasted almost all the delicacies in the city, which naturally included Tang Court, which was awarded two Michelin stars, so he took the menu skillfully and communicated with the waiter in half-baked Chinese. After communicating, he pointed to the text on the menu and said: "If I remember correctly, the Cantonese-style Buddha Jumping Wall in this restaurant is really a must-see. In addition, it is enough to give you all the signs here. Mr. Li, what do you think?"

"Thompson, you are a regular customer, just do as you say, and do the same for other tables!"

The dinner took far longer than expected, and Li Chungang, who was the host of the dinner, was also the busiest among all the people present.

The company's staff is a bit better. In the past, simply say a few words "Thanks for your hard work" and "Everyone eat and drink well" and it's over, but the Jianlai crew members and celebrity friends who came here specially can't help it Too cold.

For example, Director Hou, Teacher Pan, and Jin Chen are all old friends, and there are some entertainment star friends he doesn’t know, so they have to get to know each other well one by one, and drink a few cups of tea instead of wine. We chatted happily for a while, sorry for the "poor hospitality" and agreed to come out next time we have a chance to have a good exchange.

"Teacher Pan, Sister Chen, and all the new friends, there are too many people today, and I can't greet you well. I will invite you to have a good meal again another day, and then have a good communication."

"Haha! It doesn't matter, we are here today just to cheer you up."

"You call me sister, how can I argue with you about such a trivial matter?"

"I can understand, I can understand, Teacher Chungang."

"Teacher Chungang, add a WeChat friend, maybe we will have a chance to cooperate in the future!"

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Many uninvited entertainers and stars in the entertainment industry have fulfilled their wishes and joined Li Chungang's WeChat friends. Just this alone has achieved their goal today.

Maybe it doesn’t matter if the real movie superstars don’t lack resources and invite films, but for these second- and third-tier stars in the industry, making money is no longer too difficult and too urgent for them. If you want to improve your status in the circle, you have to rely on your connections at this time!

To put it bluntly: there are many good actors, but very few good IPs.

However, Li Chungang's works are all high-quality "IP masterpieces" in the circle, and it is false to say that they are not eye-catching.

Lin Meng wiped her lips gracefully, "You know what I told Sixi to tell you before, and Oswald also mentioned something to me. He said that one of the five giants in Hollywood Brad Gray, the chairman and CEO of Paramount, is very optimistic about the film and television prospects of "The Lord of the Rings", and would like to talk to you about the film and television adaptation if possible."

"Very good? My new book has only been released for a few days, and the so-called Paramount CEO probably hasn't read a few pages. Is this all good? I guess it was thrown out by that bad old man Oswald. Sugar-coated cannonballs?"

Li Chungang was still chewing the food and said vaguely.

And Thompson, who was quietly listening to the conversation between the two, silently put down the chopsticks in his hand and thought about it. Such a topic was brought up during the meeting. The number one horse boy of the camp, "Oswald" is an absolutely sensitive word.

"You're the smart one." Lin Meng rolled her eyes and continued, "I think it's true that Paramount is optimistic about "The Lord of the Rings", and they still want to seize the opportunity before other Hollywood film and television companies. De is nothing more than a middleman and second-hand dealer, and I think his meaning of poaching is already a bit obvious."

"I'm not stupid. If it is another Hollywood giant, I can consider it, but that's Paramount, the one that claims to be the most deadly in Hollywood! If "The Lord of the Rings" is entrusted to them to shoot , It's completely a sheep entering the tiger's mouth, just wait for bad luck!"

Paramount is one of the oldest production companies in Hollywood and has had a very splendid history.

However, after entering the 21st century, this company has not been able to bloom enough vitality, on the contrary, it is going backwards in history!

The "Transformers" series, which was originally relied on for survival, has been completely ruined, and both word-of-mouth and box office have fallen.

And the rest of the movies are too muddy to support the wall, and the movies with high expectations are always unsatisfactory at the box office.

Paramount has been at the bottom of the six major Hollywood studios for eight consecutive years, seeing Disney, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures successively announce that the annual box office has exceeded the 10 billion or even 12 billion US dollar mark.

Not only is it at the bottom of the Big Six, even Lionsgate Pictures, which was established later, is looking to surpass it, or a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and the background is still there, and it is about to be replaced by the so-called Hollywood Six. Big expulsion.

Last year, Paramount's global box office accumulation was 4.6 billion US dollars, which is not as good as the data of a single Disney movie!

No film has reached the top ten in the world for many years in a row. Such a poor performance has to be attributed to Paramount's pig teammates.