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Chapter 164 Dream Thief (55)

2001 10 Month 10 Day.

A novel called "Pirates of the Caribbean" was quietly released in North America.

Published by Random House.

It was suddenly launched on the market without any major publicity!
Originally, this is a very normal thing in the book publishing industry, and tens of thousands of works are published in this way every year.

But this book seems a little different.

Look at the recommender on its waistband.

Gabriel García Márquez, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Representative works: One Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera.

Mario Vargas Salo, the famous master of structural realism.

Representative works: The Green House, Bar Talk, War of the End of the World... Winner of the Cervantes Prize, known as the future Nobel Prize winner in Literature.

Claude Simon, a representative of the French New Novel School and winner of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Michel Butor is a French writer and winner of the Prix Renaudot.

The list of recommenders on the waistband made Ted dizzy.

What kind of magical book is this!
Recommendations from three Nobel Prize winners in literature?

Michel, Salio, he was not familiar with them.

But he had long heard of Marquez and Claude.

In fact, Americans don't care much about the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Once, it was authority.

but now……

He also knows a little about the tricks involved.

But Marquez...

That’s One Hundred Years of Solitude!

Even in the United States, countless readers admire him greatly.

So many people come together to recommend a novel?
Ted was a little overwhelmed.

"Take a look at him, and when you're done, tell me what you think."

Jerry Brüheimer's face was twisted with anger.

He almost lost face.

He was very satisfied with the story outline Ted sent him.

So he made an appointment with Disney to meet in a few days to discuss the project called "Pirates".

But at this moment, his assistant handed him a book.

The assistant knew that Jerry Brüheimer wanted to do a pirate-themed project.

He happened to see the book "Pirates of the Caribbean", bought it and read it, and was immediately amazed by it.

There are illustrations in the book.

Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, Hector Basabo…

Each character is lifelike.

The assistant has been with Brüheimer for many years and can be considered an old Hollywood man.

He recognized at a glance that the image of Jack Sparrow was based on Johnny Depp.

Not only that, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush...

All the characters are so real, it feels like I am watching a movie.

Treasures, skeleton pirates, strange gold coin curses, mirrored sea chases, and the elegant and free-spirited Ying-style fencing...

Oh my god, isn't this the pirate story that Jerry has been thinking about?
The assistant handed the book to Brüheimer the next day and told him very firmly: Read it now, read it immediately, read it right away!

He is Bruheimer's confidant.

But he never spoke to Brüheimer in such a tone.

So much so that Brüheimer subconsciously obeyed his assistant's words.

After reading this book, he finally understood why the assistant spoke to him in that tone!
This is my dream lover!
I love Sparrow...

Then, he dug into a drawer and pulled out the printout of the outline Ted had sent him. Bruheimer keenly realized that Ted's outline was essentially a ripped-off version of the Pirates of the Caribbean book, and it wasn't complete. Many of the concepts Ted had only ever imagined were already clearly described in the novel.

Plagiarism!

That was Brüheimer's first reaction.

Did Amos plagiarize Ted?
Or did Ted plagiarize Amos?

Bruheimer turned to the end of the novel and saw an afterword.

In May, I was supposed to attend a book signing in Paris, and I made an appointment with Alizee to go to Ajaccio for a trip.

Unexpectedly, several of my classmates encountered trouble in Barcelona, ​​so I had to rush to Barcelona with Alice.

In this beautiful city, I accidentally read the story of the great pirate Barbossa in the newspaper.

It just so happened that Ms. Carmen Balcells called and invited me to be her guest.

While sipping the Barcelona-style coffee, Ms. Balcells invited me to write a Spanish novel.

That’s the story that came to my mind!
At first, I thought about creating in Spanish.

But considering some reasons, I finally chose to write in English, and thus this "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" was created.

In my opinion, this is a trilogy.

The legendary story of Captain Sparrow has not yet ended. Where will the love between Will and Swan go in the end?

Thank you Liu Sisi, Dadong, Balcells and Alix, I love you!

……

If as the author said, he was inspired in May.

So, at that time, Brüheimer just wanted to make a pirate movie, but he had no idea what it was about.

Creation requires a process!

Ted mentioned in early September that he had an idea.

But there is no way this book can be completed and published in one month.

The recommenders on the seals are all well-known figures, and it is even less likely that they would give false testimony.

"William, I need information about this author."

"Already found out!"

William, Brüheimer's assistant, placed a typed copy in front of Brüheimer.

Chinese, international student.

Author of two bestselling novels, and a collaborator with David Lynch.

It's three works...

The first two films have sold over a million copies in France, with "The Father" aiming for two million copies.

The third novel, "Little Kids", did not perform as well as the previous two.

But it has received surprisingly good reviews in the critics' circle.

The current sales volume has exceeded 400,000… When the hell did sales of 400,000 copies become considered a Waterloo?

Bruheimer also found it funny.

"I just asked someone at Langdon, and they said that in June, the author's agent... not really an agent, but his publisher, who is also a good friend of his, went to New York. The initial discussion was about a work called The Old Man and the Sea, which was recommended by Mr. Robert Gottlieb. In July, Meera Singla, the author's friend, brought the book to him, and then at the end of August, he completed the trilogy.

Ms. Carmen Balcells flew to New York in person to participate in the negotiations for this book series.

However, for unknown reasons, the author was eager to publish the book... Random House took advantage of this opportunity to lower the price and signed a tiered royalty agreement. Currently, the other two "Pirates of the Caribbean" books, Dead Man's Chest and At World's End, are already in the hands of Random House.

That’s roughly the situation.”

Bruheimer was silent!
Although he had already made a judgment, he still held on to a glimmer of hope.

After all, Ted is from California.

But now...

As much as Bruheimer had liked Ted before, he now hated him.

People can't, at least not be so shameless!

You can't even get the outline right, you're a piece of crap!

……

(End of this chapter)