I am a literary giant in Europe

Chapter 457 The Lively Grysang
The Hunger Games is a work by American author Susan Collins.

The work was completed in 06 or 07.

Published by Scholar Press in 08, it topped the New York Times bestseller list for 78 weeks.

Global sales: 2800 million+.

It tells the story of North America after a great catastrophe, where a new nation is built from the ruins.

However, shortly after the establishment of the state, twelve administrative regions launched a rebellion, which was quickly suppressed.

In order to punish the rebellious districts, the new government required each district to send a boy and a girl each year to participate in a competition called the 'Hunger Games'.

The story unfolds from there...

To put it bluntly, it's just an expanded version of battle royale.

Liu Jin had always been a little puzzled as to what made this book series so successful.
I feel like it's not as good as Old Z's "Infinite Terror"!

To be honest, compared to foreign countries, Liu Jin thinks that Chinese online novel readers sometimes eat better than foreigners.

But this will not prevent Liu Jin from taking possession of the set of books.

Twenty-eight million copies... and that's just the first one.

The Hunger Games consists of four books. Excluding the prequel published 20 years ago, the first three books have accumulated sales of about 60 million copies.

What does this mean?
One hundred and fifty million US dollars!

If he didn't get his hands on it, Liu Jin would definitely not be able to sleep soundly.

Since Eva won't be here for a while anyway, let's just open the book now.

The original plan was to finish three books within two months, but a quarter of that time has already passed, so I need to work even harder.

He wrote for three hours and finished the opening, which was over 10,000 words long.

Then I went for a swim in the pool behind the building, and then took a nap in the morning.

After waking up in the afternoon, he sat on the lawn with his laptop and continued typing.

He was enjoying writing when Genevieve walked over with his phone.

"Boss, the phone!"

Liu Jin's fingers were practically smoking from typing on the keyboard.

He looked up, a little annoyed, and asked, "Who is it?"

"Your name in the phone directory is Leslie."

"Forehead!"

Old Zhang, then there's no problem.

Liu Jin answered the phone and shouted, "Leslie, are you done with your work?"

"I've already finished all that work... Oh, by the way, Tang Tang asked me to tell you that the acquisition of Tencent's stock has been completed."

You transferred 30 million US dollars, and Tang Tang started the acquisition at a price of HK$3.3 per share, eventually completing the transaction at a price of HK$5.

I also invested ten million Hong Kong dollars..."

"Then you can wait to get rich."

"real or fake!"

"Trust me... Have you forgotten that I bought Apple stock twice in 0102?"

The price has already tripled...

Yes, Apple's stock price has started to rise.

In fact, Liu Jin wanted to make another acquisition in early 03.

However, he is not the only one buying in the market, so it is very difficult to acquire more.

Liu Jin simply stopped bothering with it!

This year, Apple has started to take a more grounded approach, releasing new products that have been well-received by the market, and its stock price has begun to recover.

However, it's far from time for a real surge.

Apple's stock didn't truly take off until after 07.

What Liu Jin needs to do now is to maintain his shareholding...

He currently holds a significant number of shares, but these will be diluted and merged in the future.

He's not in a hurry anyway. He just wants to wait for Apple's market value to peak before selling off his shares and then consider other things.

Looking back now, those stocks he held could potentially be worth tens of billions of dollars in twenty years.

But he will definitely make his move 20 years from now.

Otherwise, who knows what tactics America's politicians might use.

He knew very well that he was Chinese!
The Americans will not allow a Chinese person to own a huge number of shares in a company like Apple in the future.

If all else fails, how about buying an island?

Like Old Zhong, buy an island in a French colony?

This is just a concept; implementing it would be very difficult.

"I've arrived in Toulouse. Where are you?"

"Grysang!"

"Wait for me, I'm coming to find you."

"Alright, come directly to the manor when you arrive, and I'll have the butler prepare dinner."

After Liu Jin finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

……

Old Zhang arrived that evening!

However, he didn't come alone; he was accompanied by Jiang Wen, an acquaintance of Liu Jin.

Besides Jiang Wen, Maggie Cheung and Anita Mui also came.

At the Cannes Film Festival this May, Maggie won the Best Actress award for her role in the film "Clean".

It's quite interesting, actually.

The director of the film "Clean" is Olivier Assayas, Maggie Cheung's ex-husband.

The two married in 98, but later divorced by mutual agreement in 02 due to spending too much time apart.

Yes, that's the year Liu Jin and Zhang Manyu met.

However, last year, she collaborated with her ex-husband again to film "Clean," which shone brightly at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Quentin called Lau Chun and said that Maggie was radiant. However, at the end of June, Maggie announced her retirement from acting on Hong Kong Island.

Then, when Liu Jin was hospitalized, he and Mei Gu came to visit him. They heard that Lao Zhang wanted to start a band, and Maggie was also interested...

She came to Toulouse this time intending to apply to the Toulouse National Conservatory of Music to study rock music!

After hearing her plan, Liu Jin was also dumbfounded.

"You? Rock and roll?"

"What's wrong? Do you look down on me? Let me tell you, I was a crazy rock fan back in the day."

"You, a rock fan, come here to form a band?"

Liu Jin turned his head and looked at Old Zhang.

"You agree?"

"I……"

"Leslie!"

Leslie Cheung's expression immediately changed, and he said with a smile, "Maggie is very clever."

He then added, "Anita also wanted to come, but her body couldn't handle such a huge strain..."

Anita Mui laughed and said, "Yes, that's why I've entrusted my dream to Maggie!"

What else could Liu Jin say?

"Anyway, it has nothing to do with me."

"How could it be none of your business?"

Old Zhang immediately became anxious, "You're the most important part of the band!"

"How can it be just the first ring road? I didn't agree to that."

"Cough cough!"

Jiang Wen suddenly tapped the bowl and plate, and said very seriously, "Actually, I've always had a rock and roll dream..."

"Shut up!"

Liu Jin and Lao Zhang spoke at the same time.

This guy always has to get involved in everything.

He used to compete with Lao Zhang for Cheng Dieyi, and now he wants to play rock and roll.

Why don't you just focus on making your movies?
Damn it, Emperor Entertainment's boss, Mr. Yang, is still waiting for you to lead him to make money...

"I really can, I know Lao Cui very well."

Jiang Wen, however, became agitated and protested loudly, "If you don't believe me, I'll demonstrate a piece for you."

"Brother Wen, give me a break!"

Leslie Cheung looked at him and smiled helplessly.
……

Liu Jin didn't take the band or anything like that to heart.

After dinner, everyone sat on the lawn and chatted.

Jiang Wen's trip to Toulouse was a spur-of-the-moment decision.

He came to see his ex-wife and daughter, Jiang Yilang...

Listen to this, what respectable family would name their daughter Ichiro?
This guy even argued that this is how people in ancient times named their children, and it has nothing to do with their daily lives.

However, Liu Jin didn't care about that.

To be honest, he had seen photos of Lao Jiang's daughter after she grew up before his rebirth.

hey guess what?

Unlike Lao Jiang, he's quite good-looking!
If you look like Jiang Zemin, you'll be too ashamed to show your face in public...

As for what to talk about with Sandrine?
It's possible to guess!

It's probably related to his feelings, but Liu Jin doesn't care at all.

As for coming to Toulouse, it was just a stopover.

His film "Letter from an Unknown Woman," starring him, will be screened at the Sebastián Film Festival in September.

Good days are coming soon... Next year, Jiang Zemin will be released from his ban and then make a movie called "The Sun Also Rises".

No, we can't let him monopolize this name!

Liu Jin silently made a note of it in his mind.

"How's your situation going?"

"what's up?"

"The shooting incident."

"Not good!" Liu Jin lit a cigarette, but then suddenly remembered Mei Gu's health and quickly put it out.

Mei smiled and said, "I'm fine, please do as you please."

Liu Jin shrugged and said to Jiang Wen, "Didn't you see the news reports have stopped?"
Aside from a few tabloids still pursuing it… but it's pointless. The Tunisian black man took all the blame, and the Paris police didn't want to investigate further. Besides, even if they did find out the truth, do you think the French would turn against them?

"Is this really a comfortable life?"

"Otherwise what? I've never even met Ali, how the hell would I know who he is?"

"Too!"

"We're living a comfortable life, with plenty of money!"

After saying that, Liu Jin looked at Old Zhang.

"This is also one of the reasons why I am not cooperating with you."

The story between me and Xiao Rizi isn't over yet. I'm planning to write a book about it, and I reckon Xiao Rizi will be in for a major shock..."

"what book?"

Jiang Wen immediately became interested.

"Assassination of the Emperor!"

"hiss!"

Old Jiang gasped.

……

(End of this chapter)