Chapter 175: Pirates of the Caribbean
Richard had Stephen taken out, then looked at the two writers in surprise.
"Mr. Liu, you don't have to care. He is just a lunatic. You don't have to pay attention to him."
Liu Hongmin said with a half-smile: "It's okay, someone has challenged me, if I don't accept the challenge, wouldn't I be a coward?"
The exchange group looked at the two writers with murderous intent in their eyes. If killing was not illegal, they would have been torn into pieces long ago.
The team leader walked over, lowered his voice, and said coldly: "Get back to the hotel immediately. I will deal with you when I get back."
"We didn't do anything wrong..."
The two of them murmured for a moment, but didn't dare to speak out loud. They had already realized that they had angered everyone, and left Random House in disgrace.
After they got out of the door, they smiled at each other and made a phone call. Ten minutes later, a car drove over and took the two away.
When the exchange group returned to the hotel, the leader found that the two were not there and immediately asked the service staff. It turned out that they did not have a hotel at all. The angry leader returned to the room and smashed the cup.
"Damn it, these two grandsons actually escaped."
Liu Hongmin was not surprised to hear the news. These two people stabbed him in the back at a critical moment, and they obviously had a way out. I just don't know what will happen to their families left in the country in the future? The country will not do anything to them, but they will feel guilty for the rest of their lives. The parents and relatives of a traitor are not necessarily traitors.
By now, he had confirmed that sending him to the United States for exchange was a trap. However, this trap was not to kill him, but to divert his energy to writing.
But don’t they know that he writes very quickly?
Of course they know, that’s why they deliberately looked for a subject that is not available in China – fantasy novel!
Liu Hongmin has not really dabbled in this area, but he has quite a few of these themes in mind. It is just that it is very difficult to write a novel comparable to "The Lord of the Rings". "The Lord of the Rings" is the ceiling of fantasy novels, and it is difficult to surpass it in terms of story background setting and storyline. Therefore, if Liu Hongmin wants to win, he must find another way.
He went through all the fantasy movies and TV series in his mind, screening them again and again, and finally only one series of movies was left - "Pirates of the Caribbean".
"Pirates of the Caribbean" is a fantasy adventure film. The bizarre pirate world and the eccentric Captain Jack Sparrow are the biggest highlights of this series of films.
This series of movies will definitely be liked by European and American readers. They have always admired pirate culture, after all, they got started with it. Liu Hongmin is naturally disgusted by these robbery businesses. If there was nothing to write about, he would never have written this book.
However, since he has to write, Liu Hongmin will write it well.
He copied the outline of his first film, The Curse of the Black Pearl, and then made some adjustments. Novels and films are different, and the angles of description are different. Not every movie is like Donkey Gets Water, and you can directly copy the novel from the movie.
The novel will take Captain Jack Sparrow as the protagonist and will be divided into four parts: the Cursed Black Pearl, the Small Town Disaster, the Rescue of Elizabeth, and the Final Battle on the Cursed Island. Interspersed among the novel are small stories such as Captain Jack's escape from the isolated island, the rescue of Elizabeth, the hunt and the confrontation with Will Turner in the blacksmith shop, and the Black Pearl crew turning into skeletons in the moonlight.
Due to the length of the film, the worldview of the film is not fully presented, so Liu Hongmin still needs to spend some space to increase the setting of the worldview.
All in all, the word count of "The Curse of the Black Pearl" is probably over 200,000.
The next day, the exchange group continued to communicate and visited the TV station. After returning in the afternoon, Liu Hongmin immediately started writing.
Liu Hongmin had not written for more than half a year, but he was still very passionate about writing and kept writing until late at night. In the following days, Liu Hongmin did not join the group to participate in exchange activities, but stayed in his room to write books. Except for sleeping and daily routine exercise, he spent all his time writing.
The twenty-day exchange activity was about to end, and Stephen blocked the hotel entrance early in the morning. Seeing the exchange group coming out, he immediately blocked their way, "Where is Liu? Where is he?" "What do you want?" The leader didn't look at him well, because he and the two traitors had conspired to frame Liu Hongmin.
"I heard that the exchange activity is about to end. Has Liu finished writing the novel? Is he going to take this opportunity to escape?"
When everyone in the exchange group heard this, they all glared at Stephen, “What are you talking about?”
"Who's going to run away?"
Liu Hongmin walked over slowly with a large group of bodyguards, "Isn't this Mr. Stephen? Did he just get up and go for a run?"
Stephen looked down at his suit. Do I look like I'm out for a run?
"Liu, stop changing the subject. Have you finished writing your novel? You're not going to take the opportunity to escape when the exchange group returns home, are you?"
"Don't worry!" Liu Hongmin patted him on the shoulder. "Since I have accepted the challenge, I will not be a deserter. I will not leave the United States until I finish writing the novel."
"I hope what you say is true!"
"of course it's true!"
Richard led his men into the hotel, glanced at Stephen with disdain, and then walked to Liu Hongmin, "Mr. Liu, we will hire a good translator to translate the manuscript as soon as possible."
"This is a contract, let's find a place to sign it!"
"Just right here!"
Liu Hongmin waved his hand, and Chen Yu immediately put the box in his hand flat. Liu Hongmin put the contract on the box and said as he signed: "Otherwise some people will think I cheated him!"
After the contract was signed, Chen Yu handed the box directly to Richard. Richard took the box and gestured to Stephen, "You really don't know anything about Mr. Liu's writing speed."
"He's finished writing?" Stephen looked at Liu Hongmin in disbelief. "You didn't write it randomly, did you?"
"What do you think our Random House is?" Richard said coldly, "Mr. Liu is an internationally renowned writer, and he cherishes his reputation very much. He will not let his reputation be damaged for you."
He waved the box in his hand, "This manuscript has 180,000 words, and after being translated into English it will be at least 300,000 words."
"That's impossible!" Stephen's eyes widened. "No one can write a 300,000-word manuscript in ten days."
Richard said proudly: "This is Mr. Liu's ability!"
Liu Hongmin walked over and patted Stephen on the shoulder, "Mr. Stephen, I suggest you learn Chinese!"
(End of this chapter)
