I am a literary giant in Europe

Chapter 692 Daily life
The celestial maiden ultimately couldn't make it!
Her brother helped her get an audition through Andy Lau.

Overheard!
Indeed, "Overheard," directed by Alan Mak and Felix Chong, is one of the few masterpieces of Hong Kong cinema in recent years.

Alan Mak and Felix Chong gave Andy Lau face.

With her brother's help, there's a 60% chance she'll get the female lead role.

When the fairy told Liu Jin, Liu Jin was also taken aback.

Who is the female lead in "Overheard"?
Oh right, it seems to be Zhang Mouchu.

He then made a special call to Leslie Cheung to inquire about the specifics.

"Don't try to pull those messy things from the Hong Kong entertainment circle again."

Leslie Cheung laughed and said, "Don't worry, no one dares to cause trouble here in Hong Kong these days."

Most people know that you're taking care of Sisi. Either she's not a good fit for the role, or you're definitely going to use her. Nobody dares to mess around with her.

I have a deep memory of Mr. Li's matter!

"if it is like this……"

Liu Jin didn't say anything more, but when he called Tianxian back, he wished her success in the audition.

Overheard is a men's drama!

Liu Jin couldn't recall Zhang Mouchu's performance in the film at all.

I wonder if replacing Liu Yifei would bring any surprises... But I'm not looking forward to it! It seems there aren't many outstanding female characters in the works of Felix Chong and Alan Mak. Wait, there is one: Kelly Chen, Li Xin'er, from Infernal Affairs.

Hong Kong films will decline in the future, basically relying on those old actors to keep them going.

Liu Jin only had two Hong Kong films he was looking forward to: Equator and Cold War. Apart from those, he didn't really care.

It seems that only the case of "Rage and Major Crimes" left a deep impression on him.

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2008, April 1.

After four months of promotion by Random House, "Gone with the Wind" has finally been released.

This book, which had been circulating among Ivy League universities since June, sold 276 million copies within 24 hours of its release, igniting the 2008 New Year book market and attracting the attention of countless celebrities.

In her first public address of the new year, President America mentioned: "In 2008, I hope I will have the time to quietly finish reading a book. The book is called 'Gone with the Wind'."

Democratic presidential candidate OBM said he had just bought the book and would read it carefully.

……

Nancy Miller called Liu Jin on January 5th to tell him that sales of Gone with the Wind were steadily increasing, with a total of 6.7 million copies sold in 48 hours from January 3rd to 9:00 AM on January 5th, almost breaking the 48-hour record of Notre Dame de Paris.

Liu Jin also breathed a sigh of relief.

He was sitting on the set right now, next to Sofia.

“How are sales?”

"Not bad, 6.7 million copies."

"Oh my, looks like you're going to make a fortune again."

"What does being a writer have to do with money? You're becoming more and more materialistic..."

"If I could earn 370 million a year, I would rather be an ordinary person."

Sophia said irritably.

She worked hard to film a movie, which took almost four months of production, plus post-production, so it's estimated that it will take a year.

Even working yourself to the bone, I only earned ten million.

result……

"Lowling, I heard she made quite a bit of money too?"

"Three hundred and forty-seven million!"

With a cold and stern attitude, Liu Jin uttered a string of chilling numbers.

This isn't something he made up!
It's actually a statistic from the Forbes list of wealthiest authors.

So Forbes is really annoying. I work hard to earn some money, and they just turn around and tell everyone about it. It makes me feel really uncomfortable.

As a Chinese, he understood all too well the principle that "the wind will surely destroy it."

But there are no secrets in this world.

Forbes' estimate is also a rough estimate, mainly because the impact of the epic battle between Liu Jin and Rowling last year was simply too great.

Liu Jin and Luo Lin went quiet in September and haven't made any public appearances since.

However, sales of their works have continued to grow.

From July until now, the top five spots on both the New York Times bestseller list and the Amazon bestseller list have been completely dominated by these two authors. Even Stephenie Meyer's *Twilight*, despite its impressive sales, has consistently failed to crack the top five. Besides Meyer, Khaled Hosseini, the AFH author who challenged *Twilight* for eight weeks at number one in the first half of the year with *A Thousand Splendid Suns*, stated that including Amos and Rowling's works on the list is extremely unfair to other authors.

He suggested that The New York Times and Amazon create a separate list that only includes the works of Liu Jin and Rowling, and let them compete.

This is, of course, a joke.

However, Arthur Oates Soltzberg Jr., the owner of The New York Times, actually responded.

We will seriously consider this suggestion!

Damn, are you going to create a separate list?

When Liu Jin heard this news, he was both amused and exasperated.

Khaled Hosseini's "A Thousand Splendid Suns" is no ordinary work.

America achieved the miracle of selling 100 million copies in a single week.

However, since both Liu Jin and Luo Lin later achieved sales in the tens of millions, this sales figure became less impressive.

Hosseini was also making fun of himself!

However, it received a lot of responses.

Kim Edwards, author of *The Nonexistent Daughter*, and Ian McYoun, author of *Atonement*, have also expressed similar views.

Finally, 2007 has passed.

As of midnight on December 31st, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" had sold over 90 million copies, totaling 91.4 million copies.

Compared to the original timeline, it sold over 20 million copies.

Liu Jin's Assassin's Creed II sold 2 million copies; The Hunger Games: Catching Fire sold 2 million copies; The Shadow of the Wind I & II sold a total of 1 million copies; Halo: Remnant sold 2 million copies...

Les Misérables, 13 million copies.

The total sales of the six new books reached 120 million copies.

The above figures represent the sales figures for both authors' works in July 07, excluding works such as "Amos's Fantastic Journey" published earlier this year.

Forbes did not obtain sales growth data for the two authors' previously published works in 07.

Because that data is all hidden and will not be reflected directly.

Forbes editors could only make a rough estimate, but if those hidden sales figures were included, the couple's income would exceed 500 million. Rowling, in response, came to the film set and, with Liu Jin in her distinctive Gwent accent, launched into a tirade against Forbes for over an hour.

This constitutes an invasion of personal privacy!
but……

You can't do anything about them.

They kept saying it was just speculation, never mentioning any actual data.

If you sue them, it means they're right; if you don't sue them, it's tantamount to admitting it?

Liu Jin and Luo Lin both consulted lawyers, but Forbes magazine couldn't do anything about it...

They could only endure it.

……

That evening, Liu Jin invited Joann, Rowling, Eva, Sophia, Guo Jingfei, and the legendary British actor Daniel Day-Lewis to the Elysee restaurant in London's West End. While enjoying Mediterranean cuisine, they listened to Rowling continue cursing Forbes... It was clear that Rowling was truly furious.

"Amos, you should be able to get into the top 1700 on Forbes' list of the world's richest people this year."

Rowling suddenly asked.

Liu Jin was taken aback, and a look of bewilderment crossed his face.

"I don't know, what was my ranking last year?"

“It seems to be 1975.”

"Haha, a very auspicious number, it just happens to be the same as my birth year."

"Oh yeah, you're only thirty-three this year."

Everyone present wore a strange expression.

Guo Jingfei looked at Liu Jin, opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything...

He really wanted to rush over and hug Liu Jin's leg, crying out: "Godfather, please take me in!"

There is very little domestic reporting on Liu Jin!
Guo Jingfei was also very confused by this.

After going abroad, he realized just how astonishing Liu Jin's reputation was.

On set, when those arrogant British people heard that he was Liu Jin's underling, they all became very polite.

While chatting with Lei Datou on QQ, he said, "I just don't understand why someone with such a high reputation overseas isn't reported on in China. For example, when Brother Jin received the Goncourt Prize and the Commander of the Order of Merit of France in 06, it was all over the news in Great Britain..."

"I heard that some people above think Brother Jin is a troublemaker, so they deliberately suppress him."

You forgot, back in 04 or 05, Brother Jin was pointing his finger at those old guys and yelling at them. Could they have stood it?

Also, I heard that some people are very unhappy with you because they think you're getting too close to Brother Jin.

"So what?"

Guo Jingfei said, "If I'm not going to work in China, I'll just follow Brother Jin. I don't believe Brother Jin would refuse to take care of me."
"If there's a show, I'll go; if there aren't, I'll perform in a stage play at the theater."

He didn't try to persuade Datou, because he knew that Datou was doing well now and had more resources at his disposal.

As expected, Da Tou didn't say anything more.

……

Now, sitting at the dining table, he finally understood Liu Jin's importance.

"Joe, central banks around the world are all intervening in the market right now. Will things improve this year?"

Joan P is now considered a small-time crocodile, with some fame within the industry, but outside of it, not many people know him.

When Rowling asked him, he glanced at Liu Jin.

"It's hard to say. Personally, I think it might be more serious."

And I've heard that the guys on Wall Street are already prepared to short sell, ready to take advantage of the situation and make a killing.

"Damn Wall Street!"

"Damn vampires!"

In any case, when a crisis occurs, it's always right to criticize Wall Street.

In "The Big Short," Liu Jin also attributes the cause to the greed of Wall Street, rather than questioning the neoliberal economic system.

If he dares to question it, he'll probably be shot in the back tomorrow if he speaks out today.

That's taboo for Chicago boys.

In the future, someone will tell the truth, but I reckon most people will still attribute the cause to Wall Street or Jewish financial groups.

……

After dinner, Rowling and Lewis said goodbye and went home.

Under Joan Pu's arrangement, Liu Jin and others went to a private club near Tottenham Court Square.

This club is located in an alley on Court Street.

Joan P told Liu Jin that he had bought $1.1 billion worth of short positions, leveraged fifty times.

He's starting to get a little scared now!

"No need to rush, keep shorting... I estimate it will continue to fall."

When will the transaction be completed?

"I estimate that the crisis will continue until 09."

"Why not wait until next year to evacuate?"

"The risk is too great. I'm worried that by September, we won't be able to get out."

Do you really think those international financial giants will let them escape?
impossible!

If this is successful, the Green Sisters Investment Fund will likely reap profits of tens of billions of dollars.

The American government will be watching them, and those funds won't let them leave easily.

In Liu Jin's memory, the crisis erupted in September, marked by Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy filing. After Bear Stearns, assisted by the American Treasury and the Federal Reserve, refused to bail out Lehman Brothers, the American stock market plummeted, continuing its downward spiral until March 09, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 6800 points.

Subsequently, General Motors declared bankruptcy.

……

Liu Jin's plan is to exit around 8,500 points.

Keep in mind that the current Dow Jones Industrial Average is over 13,000 points, which is more than enough for him to make a living.

Let the big shots handle the rest of the profits...

Trying to eat until you're stuffed in one go? Be careful, you might end up bloated to death!

Joan P also agreed with Liu Jin's point of view.

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(End of this chapter)