I am a literary giant in Europe

Chapter 685 Daily life
On September 21, a bank run at Northumbria Bank in Great Britain forced Bank of Great Britain Governor King and Chancellor of the Exchequer Darling to take the stand in defense.

On September 25, the IMF pointed out that the subprime mortgage crisis had far-reaching consequences.

However, governments should not over-regulate.

On October 8, the European Union held a two-day meeting of finance ministers.

On October 13, America's Treasury Department helped major financial institutions form a $100 billion super fund to purchase distressed mortgage-backed securities.

On October 24, Merrill Lynch, one of the world's top securities firms, announced a loss of $79 billion in the third quarter of 2007.

On the same day, Apple released its third-quarter financial report for the iPhone, causing its stock price to surge.

Its market value surged from $200 billion in June to $400 billion.

On October 30, the Swiss bank, the largest in Europe by assets, announced that it suffered its first loss in five years in the third quarter, with a loss of 830 million Swiss francs.

On November 9, America Bank, Citibank, and Morgan Stanley reached an agreement to provide $75 billion to help the market recover from the crisis.

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On November 11th, Liu Jin completed the creation of "Assassin's Creed Prequel: Secret Holy War".

When he emerged from the pass, he found the global financial markets in complete disarray.

The value of "The Big Short" continues to rise.

Jonathan sent an email informing me that sales of "The Big Short" had surged to five million copies in the past three months.

Nancy Miller of Random House and Richard Dick Robinson of The Scholars Group both called.

On the one hand, it's to congratulate Liu Jin on the completion of his new work.

On the other hand, some complained that Simon & Schuster Publishing Company made a killing by acquiring the publishing rights to "The Big Short" for only $800,000!

"Many people on Wall Street have now bought this book to confirm your prediction."

"There were still many things we predicted incorrectly!"

"Haha, if you predict everything correctly, I reckon America's bureaucrats will not hesitate to arrest you and slice you up."

"Too!"

Liu Jin responded with a laugh on the phone.

Thanks to Lewis for not making this book too abstruse.

If it really affected the Chicago boy's interests, he'd probably be shot in the back and committed suicide by now.

Therefore, Liu Jin had made up his mind.

He would never set foot in America if the 2009 financial crisis hadn't affected him.

The people over there are so unreasonable.

Actually, staying in Europe is quite nice; I can write books and earn some money.

With the school protecting him, he's doing very well in Toulouse, so why bother getting involved in America's mess?
Liu Jin secretly made up his mind.

He opened his email and checked the emails from the past month.

Huh?
There was an unmarked email.

He opened it and glanced at it, immediately recognizing that the email was from Tulsi Gabbard.

In the email, she told Liu Jin that she had ended her internship at the FBI and transferred to another agency.

But which specific organization?
No explanation provided!

It's highly likely that it's one of those few companies.

Liu Jin had absolutely no interest in knowing.

He replied to Tulsi's email, informing him that he would begin writing "The FBI Investigation Bureau" next year.

Then he told her to be careful, and if all else failed, he could support her.

Three days later, Liu Jin received a reply from Tulsi.

There's only one word: Get out!

Liu Jin laughed heartily, then deleted the email.

My girlfriends are doing great lately!
Tursi has a new job.

Sophie Marceau won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, although it was a tie.

Old Ma is really ruthless!
But thinking about it, it doesn't seem so strange, after all, the "Before" series has attracted a lot of attention in Venice.

The film will be released worldwide on December 18.

Eva received a Best Actress nomination but lost to Cate Blanchett.

Well, that's normal.

Her acting skills...

However, Eva didn't pay much attention to it.

After the closing ceremony, she called Liu Jin and complained that Ma shouldn't have nominated her, as it was a bit embarrassing.

Upon learning that Liu Jinzheng was in seclusion to create, she went directly from Venice to London.

On October 6th, I officially joined the film crew.

Yes, Night at the Museum has started filming...

As for Alizée, she has already arrived in Asia and has held more than a dozen concerts in Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines.

She will be traveling to Hong Kong Island at the end of the month.

Leslie Cheung and Maggie are both there, ready to welcome him.

Afterwards, she will hold concerts in the country, and then return to France for a short rest before continuing her world tour.

Alizée told Liu Jin over the phone that Universal Music had prepared a ten-year, $1.8 million tour contract for her.

Not as many as Shakira!
Shakira completed 119 shows on her global tour this year and secured a ten-year, $3 million contract.

"I can't compare to Shakira. I'm already very satisfied with 1.8 million."

Hehe, I told Eva this on the phone the day before yesterday, and she just hung up on me! Hahahaha!

Upon hearing this, Liu Jin couldn't help but grin.

No wonder Eva's tone was a little off when I spoke to her yesterday.

So that's the reason.

To be honest, Liu Jin was quite fortunate.

Neither Alizee nor Eva are the type of women who are very aggressive.

If it were one of those Hollywood America beauties, like Angelina Jolie, they'd probably make a huge fuss about it.

I'll copy two more songs later and give them to Alizee as a gift!

Liu Jin muttered to himself.

Monica joined the cast of "I Am Legend" and is having a blast. Isabelle Adjani, on the other hand, seems to have no ambitions left. With "The Chorus," she won the Golden Bear and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, so she's started thinking about acting again, but scripts are hard to find.

After all, he's already fifty years old!
Where are there so many suitable roles for her to play?

However, she wasn't in a hurry and spent her days in Paris hanging out with a group of art-house film directors.

If I find an interesting character, I'll take on a cameo role and enjoy myself.

As for Emmanuelle Béart, he has completely retired from the film industry and focuses on being a producer, spending most of his time in Hollywood.

Hmm, it seems like someone's missing?
Mara Carney!

She no longer works in parliament, but has left to return to her hometown of Salerno, where she plans to run for a seat in the Salerno province parliament in the Campania region next year. This was also advice given to her by Gorguija Menillo.

To advance in politics, one must have a base of supporters.

Take Menello, for example. He became a regional councilor in Rome in 98 and also had the 'National Front' as a trump card.

Maracani has been working as a secretary in the Italian Parliament for two years and has access to resources.

So when she discussed this matter with Liu Jin, Liu Jin agreed without hesitation!

Next year, Berlusconi will become prime minister again, and his Forza Italia party will dissolve sooner or later. Rather than letting Menello benefit from it, it might be better to let Mara take some of the resources; there might be unexpected benefits.

Liu Jin stated that he could provide ample funding if Mara were to run for a seat on the Campania regional council.

This greatly boosted Mara Carney's confidence...

Melissa, on the other hand, has been having less and less contact with Liu Jin.

Her show has become stable and she is poised to replace Chashar as France's top presenter.

It's been almost a year since I last contacted Liu Jin.

The same goes for Heidi Klum.

However, Liu Jin was already mentally prepared... If he could make it, he would; if he couldn't, so be it.

Just like Naomi Watts, we rarely keep in touch these days.

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After clearing customs, Liu Jin contacted his old friends and visited Ms. Sylvie.

He then went into seclusion once again.

Every day I go to school, attend classes, and write papers in the library.

Then I go home and write and draw comics...

When I feel tired, I go to do some boxing or shooting practice; my days are quite fulfilling.

For him, this is actually the kind of life he desires most.

However, I'll be graduating next year!

After graduation, what should one do?

Liu Jin was actually having some doubts.

Night at the Museum 2 is finally finished!

Liu Jin made a bound copy, then bound and packaged it together with Theron, signed it, and sent it to Rowling's eldest daughter, Jessica.

This was something he promised Jessica in New York back in July.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has sold 7800 million copies worldwide.

Breaking 80 million seems to be a foregone conclusion.

In comparison, Liu Jin's best-selling single book is "Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood," with 27 million copies sold.

This achievement is thanks to the release of the Assassin's Creed game.

From early August to November, a total of three million copies were sold, and the market response was very positive, further boosting Assassin's Creed sales.

From this perspective, Liu Jin lost!
However, the total sales of the work...

Since July 15th, the seven Harry Potter books have sold a total of 7 million copies.

The academic group is already producing a deluxe edition, which will be released at Christmas.

Liu Jin's six new works, plus his works from the past seven years, have sold a total of 46 million copies during this period.

The best-selling book was "The Da Vinci Code".

Sales of The Old Man and the Sea, Notre Dame Cathedral, and Les Misérables, however, remained remarkably stable.

This made Liu Jin very happy.

His royalties this year will definitely reach a new record high, an astronomical figure...

However, to be honest, Liu Jin felt that the victory was not honorable.

Thirty-odd books against seven books...

Are you proud?

Liu Jin, I really don't think so!

But there's nothing we can do; it's Harry Potter, after all.

Putting everything else aside, Liu Jin knew that by 2024, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" would have sold a total of 330 million copies.

This is definitely a divine book!
Even Rowling can't possibly recreate such a record.

but……

Liu Jin frowned and pondered for a long time before writing down the title of his work, "Divergent," in his notebook.

Yes, it'll be him next year!

He made up his mind in his heart.

'You are beautiful……'

The Nokia phone rang.

The ringtone was "You Are Beautiful," which Liu Jin sang at his concert in Warsaw, Poland, and received a very positive response.

Many people requested a studio version, but Liu Jin wasn't interested.

Alizee took the female version, and Leslie Cheung took the male version...

The version on Liu Jin's phone was the version from Alizee's concert, but he was forced to change it to Liu Jin's ringtone.

"Silly stockings... Mom?"

Liu Jin, who was originally half-lying on the sofa, quickly sat up straight when he heard the voice on the phone.

"You're going to Paris on the 28th?"
What's the date today?

...Uh, I'm totally out of it. I'll go to Paris tomorrow and pick you up then...Who else? Oh, okay, we have enough space. If not, Ali and I will move to a hotel. Haha, there's hardly anyone here right now!

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(End of this chapter)