1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 319: Have you asked Michael Jackson to advertise for you?
Just this summer, I bought a batch of wood “inventory” from some old units through a friend’s channel.

There must be more than ten square pieces of red sandalwood, huanghuali and the like.

"If you had said you wanted it four or five years earlier, I would have been able to find you whatever you wanted. But now it's no longer possible, as most of it has been taken away by others!"

Xia Tian didn't care. After all, he had only learned about these ten parties by chance during the chat. It was already a good deal.

I'm not one of those dealers of this stuff, so I don't need that much.

With the help of Li Kuiyong, seven or eight laborers and planners were found to put the dozen cubic meters of wood in an unused house.

After he got home, Milan said: More than an hour ago, old Palo from the United States called me across the ocean.

Milan: "He said it was about publishing a book in English. I couldn't understand a lot of the English. He said he would call you back in the evening."

Compared with Xiaoxu and Zhangli who were about to take college entrance exams, Milan's current English level is mostly used to make a living.
Judging from the current situation, except for Zhang Li who will continue to consolidate her English learning every now and then, Xiaoxu's English level is expected to decline after graduating from university~
Use it or lose it!
Xia Tian continued to revise the final draft of "The Disguiser" in the study, and the ending of "Zhu Xian" finally met the readers in "Legends of the Past and Present".

Many people wrote to the editorial department, saying it would happen “in their lifetime”!
Xia Tian: I have a good character, okay? Apart from this book "Zhu Xian", when have I ever stopped reading?
It was not until after dinner that old Palo called.

The two of them reminisced for a while, and Xia Tian even asked how Old Pai Luo's family was. Then Old Pai Luo said something that stunned Xia Tian: "Our book sales have skyrocketed! Even old books that have been published for many years have been reprinted!"

Xia Tian was stunned: What's going on? Aren't you calling me because of Home Alone?

It was the end of December last summer. One day I saw a neighbor chasing a naughty kid with a broom on the street and thought of it.

Considering that the movie might be released in two years, I drew it in the summer.

That’s right, draw it!
The comics he draws are in the American comic style, and are also illustrated in English. Although they are in the American comic style, Xia Tian can't achieve the weird and weird style of American comics. It can be regarded as a combination of American and Japanese comics.

It’s much more exquisite than ordinary American comics!
I hope Americans can get used to eating fine bran~
I sent it to Lao Pai Luo last month. I wanted him to publish it in the United States, so I can take up the spot first!
Old Pyro: "Ah, you mean the comic, I've read it, it's very interesting. I've already contacted the comic publication... But I'm not talking about the comic, I'm talking about the previous novels, all the novels!"

Summer, Oh No! Charlotte's "Amazing Novels" have always been bestsellers in the United States.

Although it is a niche subject, isn’t niche stable?

Old Palo has published three collections of short and medium-length stories, all of which sold well, easily selling 200,000 or 300,000 copies each time.

And there is a long tail effect! Readers have been accumulating over the years~
But there is no such sudden outbreak? !
There is no way this topic could suddenly break out!

Xia Tian was confused by Lao Pai Luo’s words. He thought for a long time but couldn’t figure out the reason.

Old Palo asked on the other end of the phone: "Did you ask Michael Jackson to advertise for you?!"

"Who?" Xia Tian didn't react for a moment.

"Michael Jackson! That black singing and dancing star! Didn't you invite him? He said in a talk show that he is your friend and praised the novel you wrote, strongly recommending it to your fans!"

No wonder!

Starting from the 83 album "Thriller" and the moonwalk, he has now become a top star in the United States!

Although it has not yet reached its peak of being the "king" in the 1990s, its appeal in the United States is definitely not low.

His recommendation immediately made Charlotte's book a best-seller!
"Hiss~" Xia Tian didn't expect that Michael, whom he had only met once, would be so particular?!

"This is what happened. I met him once in China last October..." Xia Tian told Old Palo what happened.

Sadly, there is no way to thank him.

Forget it, let me write a letter first. He left his address last year.

……

The cover of the third issue of "Popular Movies" this year is Tao Huimin, and the back cover is the French Rose Sophie Marceau.

It can be said that the quality is very high!

Milan was so envious that she even said to Xia Tian, ​​"You work in the art circle, but you don't know her? Is she studying Yue Opera?"

Xia Tian rolled her eyes at her, not wanting to talk nonsense with her. Zhang Li nodded on the side: "Yes, Tao Huimin is from the Yue Opera Xiao Baihua Yue Troupe, she's very good!"

"What a pity, what a pity~" Milan said with regret.

By the way, the film version of Dream of Red Mansions starring Tao Huimin and Liu Xiaoqing has not been released yet! But it can be delayed for a long time!

On March 3, TV viewers discovered that the opening music of "Lianbo" had changed! It was changed to the later "Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang~"

Two or three minutes after the news ends, the weather forecast starts, with the background music "Fishermen's Song at Dusk".

But it was originally a guzheng piece, but now it has been changed into a keyboard variation version.

Two days later, Xia Tian was invited to a meeting.

It was a symposium held by the National Copyright Administration, and literary giants such as Cao Yu attended the meeting.

As Xia Tian is the "best-selling author" of the younger generation, a well-rounded literary youth with all-round development in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, labor, literature, comics, audio-visual, film and television, it is natural for him to go.

The purpose of this meeting was mainly to address the increasingly serious phenomenon of infringements in the fields of literature, art and publishing, and to call on the higher authorities to formulate and pass the copyright law as soon as possible.

That’s right, some professional pirates have already appeared in the inland.

Especially in the field of printing, piracy of books and periodicals is particularly serious.

Music tapes are also available!
Before, people would copy the albums for their own listening, but now there are some "large-scale" pirated copies.

They are a bit shocked by "Summer of 1988", after all, they are mainly pirating summer!

Even some songs that I sang in the summer but never released on tapes have been "put on the market for sale" - I don't know who to find to sing them!

I simply found a blurry color photo of Xia Tian in the newspaper, printed it on a tape cassette, and sold it as Xia Tian!
The names are even more varied: "Summer of 1988", "Summer Selection", and "Summer Classics Re-sung".

Xia Tian: Zhuo! This isn’t piracy, they’re using me as a stand-in!
According to Tianqi's information, Xia Tian knew that copyright law would be implemented in two years.

But anyway, copyright is still a big problem even after thirty or forty years.

This has always been about focusing on the big and not the small, focusing on the formal and not the informal - mainly at the company level.

……

night.

Milan: “Come on.”

Xiao Xu went up and slapped him: "Why do you enjoy doing this? It's so quiet in the middle of the night~"

Zhang Li: "That's right! I feel energetic at night!"

Milan argued: "Daytime life is short, and it is all consumed by work and career. Only the night belongs to me! I want it to reflect its value~"

Recently, "Beauty Underwear" in Milan has finally opened!

She already had a wide network of contacts in the Yanjing circle, and those girls were all willing to get along with Milan.

In addition, I had helped Xia Tian deal with many things before, and I had accumulated a lot of face.

When it opened, there was a lot of traffic!

A large group of young lesbians blocked the entrance of a newly opened lingerie store, went in, pointed, talked and laughed, and blushed as they told the saleswoman, "These pieces need to be packed up."

Some young and energetic guys are really itching to do it!

But no one had the courage to get close, so they could only watch from afar, and peek at them.

Milan even did "soft advertising" in "Yanjing Youth Daily" and "Yanjing Evening News"!
The article was written by Zheng Xiaoyan, who wrote it from the perspective of a lesbian, quietly revealing the news that "a Liren Underwear store specializing in selling women's underwear has opened in Xidan", and said it was a huge progress! It was a protection for lesbians, etc.~
(End of this chapter)