Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 203 - 201 Influence

The following morning, inside the office.

Wang Jian, having just updated "Anomalies and Creatures," habitually logged on to Twitter.

Ignoring messages of "hurry up and update" and "let me take you to dinner," he turned his attention directly to the top spot on the trending list.

As expected, the staff had placed Stephen King’s announcement about serializing his work on the website as the top headline at his request.

"Stephen King? ’The Shawshank Redemption’ and ’Prison Break,’ ’Prison Break Special Forces?’ That’s a total mismatch!"

"Ha, you think Stephen King can only write that kind of heavy stuff? Please, go check out ’Walking with You!’"

"My favorite is ’The Shining!’"

"’The Green Mile’ is also very enjoyable."

"But what I want to see on the website are ’cool’ works, not these outdated ones!"

"Likewise, I’m not optimistic about Stephen King’s works being serialized on the website—the styles just don’t match."

Wang Jian, reading the comments and thinking about the rough draft of ’The Mist’ he had seen, shook his head.

"A master-level writer creating exciting literature will definitely open your eyes."

Imagining the expressions of these people, unable to stop reading, the corners of Wang Jian’s mouth lightly turned upward.

But in just a moment, his expression completely fell.

Because Wang Jian had seen the second-ranked piece of information.

He frowned, clicked his mouse, and entered the discussion area.

"Ah," Wang Jian sighed, "does the humor in ’Anomalies and Creatures’ really attract psychopaths?"

"What kind of spirit makes a group of people seriously discuss for so long, allowing someone to put forth hundreds of thousands of US dollars for some baffling reasons?"

Wang Jian shook his head, thinking that if he continued to look at this, his own IQ would suffer.

He casually closed the discussion area and stood up, leaving to prepare for the upcoming IPO.

What Wang Jian didn’t notice was that the moment he closed it, a large number of replies suddenly appeared in the discussion area.

"$500 received, thank you to that book friend from California."

"$800 received, I’m about to leave my hometown now."

...

In Manhattan, within the office building of Disney Publishers.

A young employee hurried into the editor-in-chief’s office.

"Editor-in-chief," he said, out of breath, "wangwen.com has made another big move."

The elderly Caucasian editor-in-chief frowned, looking at the young man, "What big move? It’s just that one of its online media tools, with the help of Wall Street, is about to be listed, that’s all."

"How many TVs are there in the United States now, and how many computers? Wall Street doesn’t understand the media!"

In a dismissive tone, the editor-in-chief added, "Besides, what do media issues have to do with us?"

"We just need to collect literature works that are easy to adapt into movies. The headquarters will not give us a dollar less."

"It’s not about the listing." The young man interrupted the editor-in-chief’s long speech, "It’s about Stephen King..."

"Stephen King is going to publish his work on wangwen.com!"

"Stephen King?" The editor-in-chief suddenly stood up, knocking over the coffee on the desk.

If Hollywood’s six major giants were to choose their favorite writer, without a doubt, the first name would be Stephen King.

His works are simply representative of literature adaptations that are both critically acclaimed and commercially successful.

Even what’s considered his first box-office failure, ’The Shawshank Redemption,’ is now ranked first in video tape sales across America.

And to think, its competitor was none other than America’s favorite, ’Forrest Gump!’

"Is the news confirmed?" The editor-in-chief walked over to the young man, asking in a stern tone.

"The news was first released on Twitter." The young man sneaked a glance at the editor-in-chief, noting that he had no time to care about his own use of Twitter.

Then he continued, "Currently, our staff is trying to contact Mr. Stephen King’s agent."

At this moment, the phone on the desk suddenly rang.

The editor-in-chief quickly walked back to his desk and picked up the phone.

"What? Stephen King’s ’The Mist’ is confirmed to be serialized on wangwen.com!"

Just then, this publishing giant recalled the events of the previous year.

Due to differing interests from other publishers, Disney and Simon and Schuster Publishing House almost did nothing in the initiative against wangwen.com.

He waved to the young man and slowly walked to the window, looking out at the Manhattan street view below.

After a long while, the editor-in-chief murmured, "It’s time to take this seriously."

Not far from there, in another office building belonging to one of the six major publishers, with a nature similar to Disney, was Simon and Schuster Publishing House.

The difference was that Disney Publishers had the support of Walt Disney, while Simon and Schuster Publishing House was backed by the Viacom Group.

In the editorial office of this publisher, the same scene that had just played out at Disney was unfolding.

The editor-in-chief, having just hung up the phone with Penguin Publishers, said resentfully, "Short-sighted!"

"If it doesn’t affect the market for reference and biographical books, do they not plan to do anything?"

"And Random House, they’ve actually chosen to collaborate with them!"

"Even though ’Arcane Throne’ and ’Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ are selling well, we don’t hold the adaptation rights!"

At this time, the telephone that was just hung up began ringing frantically again.

The editor-in-chief, frustrated, picked up the phone, "What? The editor-in-chief’s office at Disney Publishers?"

"Put it through right away."

A minute later, the editors-in-chief of the two publishers, both focused on adapting literature into visual media, were on the line.

Their first words were, "Did you hear about the Stephen King thing?"

After an awkward silence, the Disney editor-in-chief sighed, "Not getting ’The Green Mile’ adaptation rights as published in ’The New York Times’ has already angered Mr. Eisner."

The Simon and Schuster editor-in-chief massaged his temples, "Mr. Redstone has ordered us to secure the adaptation rights to Stephen King’s novels at all costs."

"Well... shall we talk to Mr. Stephen King again?"

"It’s no use, Stephen King is very troubled by the adaptations of his works."

"His agent replied that if we want ’The Mist,’ we must choose the producer and director he prefers."

"And also, we must surrender the final cut rights."

This... was completely beyond what a publishing house editor-in-chief could decide.

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"I’ve already made a call, and they said that young Asian man is preparing for the IPO."

"Moreover, they’re heavily influenced by Wall Street."

"Wall Street and Hollywood’s relationship..."

The Simon and Schuster editor-in-chief didn’t continue.

The Disney editor-in-chief sighed again, "I have one more year until I can collect my pension."

"And you, you’ve only just become an editor-in-chief, right?"

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