Chapter 35 Twilight Published

Despite narrowly missing her audition due to traffic, Keira Knightley ended up getting her wish to be the female lead in the movie. Her agent, Katie, had been stuck in traffic for a full two hours before she arrived late after the audition was over. The signing went off without a hitch, and Katie was very pleased with the result, but Keira Knightley looked a little sullen.

"Honey, what's wrong with you?"

"I've just read the script... "Keira Knightley pouted, "The plot of this movie seems a bit different from what I thought!"

"You have questions about the script?" Katie froze, she put away the smile on her face in a very serious manner, "You should have told me this before signing!"

"You misunderstand, I'm not saying I don't like the role." Keira Knightley shook her head, "I didn't realize that my real co-star in the movie wasn't Johnny Depp, but someone else!"

"Did they offer you something other than the female lead?" Because she had been delayed too long on the road and was busy signing the contract when she arrived at the theater, Katie hadn't had time to go through the script carefully until now. Her concern was Keira Knightley's position in this movie, not the specific role she played.

"It's nice to be the female lead of the movie, but it's Felix Lim I'm playing opposite, and I didn't realize he was actually the number two male lead of the movie." Keira Knightley looked a little bitter, if Lin Ming Yang played a role other than the villain, her own idea of teasing the other in the drama was a lost cause.

"Felix Lin?" Katie froze, "That's the cool little guy who sang and played basketball in Song and Dance?"

"That's definitely the guy!" Even the discerning Keira Knightley had to admit that Lin Mingyang was indeed the most handsome boy she had ever seen, whether it was in a movie or in reality, that dark-haired boy was always easily able to catch other people's eyes.

Things weren't as Katie had feared before, which made her take a long sigh of relief: ''I think it's quite normal, Felix Lin is now a hotly touted youth idol by Disney, and arranging for him to collaborate with you can also prove that Disney attaches importance to this movie from another angle. Moreover, Felix-Lin has a high popularity amongst teenagers, and I've heard that he's not only good at acting, but he's also notable in script writing, music creation, and all these fields, and he's about the same age as you, so working together shouldn't be too much of a challenge."

Seeing Keira Knightley biting her lip, her eyes flickering a bit, Katie said in a serious tone, "With a veteran movie star like Johnny Depp to attract adult audiences, and a popular idol like Felix Lin to attract teenage audiences, this movie will become your first calling card to enter Hollywood, this opportunity is very important to you!"

Keira Knightley nodded her head, she didn't know that on the other side of the city, Lin Ming Yang had heard the same advice as she had, the words coming out of Eckles' mouth were just a different way of saying it, analyzing the same issue from a different perspective.

"Felix, this is an unprecedented opportunity for you. Although Johnny Depp is the main character of the movie, but your role is also not light, the most important thing is that you can use Johnny Depp's reputation, and smoothly enter the mainstream Hollywood audience's line of sight. And according to my latest inside information, the female lead of the movie has been confirmed to be played by British actress Keira Knightley. That's an unmissable beauty, and even though she's also a newcomer, she's got a lot of clout in the UK. As long as more British people watch this movie, it will invariably increase your popularity overseas as well, and this movie will bring you much more benefits than I thought."

Speaking of surprises, it was actually Lin Ming Yang's performance this time that was the thing that surprised Ecks the most. It wasn't just Lin Mingyang's deep-seated kung fu, but also the fact that he had gained Brooksheimer's trust so smoothly, and had even directly participated in the revision of the script. To be able to finally obtain the crew's approval, in addition to Eckles' recommendation at the beginning, the rest was all the result of Lin Mingyang's own efforts.

Kenny Ortega thought that Lin Mingyang was a treasure chest that was constantly being opened, always able to give people surprises. In Eckles' opinion, Lin Mingyang was more than a treasure chest, he was simply a mountain of gold, and he wasn't even sure how many unknown abilities Lin Mingyang had hidden until now, a feeling that became stronger and stronger after the call he had just received from Simon Publishing.

Simon Publishing Company is a famous publisher in the United States, which publishes more than 2100 kinds of books every year, which are divided into different categories, especially famous for business, mass market, children and new media. The company's main books have a circulation of millions of copies. The company's books are often on the bestseller lists. Because of its reputation in the industry, Simon & Co. is extremely selective about the works it publishes. Ecks at first just held the attitude of trying it out and gave the book manuscript of Twilight to an editor-in-charge that he knew.

After more than two months, the other party did not give any response. Because Lin Mingyang often called to ask about this matter, Eckles was also ready to try his luck with another publisher. At this time, Eckles suddenly received a personal call from the editor-in-chief of Simon Publishing Company, who was very courteous, and was completely negotiating with Eckles on the publication of the novel.

Reviewing whether a novel has publishing value originally does not require such a long time. But "Twilight" excellent writing and nearly perfect plot structure, deeply attracted the editor in charge, he read through the manuscript after a feeling of love, and then he strongly recommended this work to the publishing company's senior. Anyone who has read the first draft of "Twilight" is deeply attracted by the plot of the story, this novel has both the majestic imagination of "Harry Potter" and the deeply touching and lingering love, just by reading the first part, it already makes the reader can't stop reading.

The manuscript was passed on from one layer to another, and a consensus was reached within a short period of time that the author of the novel must be firmly captured at all costs, and that it would be best for the two parties to establish a long-term partnership. The editor-in-chief of Simon Company himself, he and Eckles made an appointment, ready to personally meet the mysterious author of the novel.

"So they agreed to publish my novel?" Faced with such news, Lin Mingyang found it hard to suppress his inner excitement no matter how much he restrained himself.

"Judging from the other party's reaction, I don't think it's as simple as just agreeing, to put it in a more appropriate term, the other party should be very appreciative of your work. I even feel that the other party is a bit impatient to sign with you, although I don't know much about the publishing industry, but the other party is so enthusiastic, it must be because your work has enough reasons to make the other party take it seriously." Ecks looked equally excited, "Anyway, this is a negotiation that is very favorable to us."

Two months ago, Eckles was thinking about how to "sell" Lin Ming Yang's novel, but now he was calculating how to "sell" the novel at a good price.

"I do not intend to transfer the copyright, the other party can only obtain publishing authorization, in addition to the fixed payment of royalties, but also a certain percentage of sales dividends. If the other party is not able to accept these conditions, then everything is off the table!" Lin Mingyang wasn't overwhelmed by the sudden huge success, he knew the value of the Twilight novel, and the other party's eager attitude further validated his judgment.

It didn't surprise Ecks at all that Lin Mingyang had made such an offer, he was used to Lin Mingyang's amazing behavior and didn't even think it was inappropriate. He followed Lin Mingyang's idea to Simon called back, the other party did not expect Lin Mingyang will have such a high asking price, if it were someone else, perhaps not even the opportunity to talk about, but this time Simon actually "compromise".