That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 273 The theme of this book is betrayal

At nine o'clock in the morning, the four translators arrived at Talang Literature Publishing House and received a warm reception.

After the warm welcome ceremony, Talang’s staff placed the four authors in the same reception room.

Then, they handed over the market sales reports, positive and negative reviews, and comparisons to Qiao Nina and others.

This makes the four translators who came from afar very happy, because Talang Literary Society has truly achieved the "fairness and justice" and "readers are king" promised at the beginning.

Judging from the rows of data, Jonina ranks first in Europe.

Well-known writer Wood is the first in the Americas, while the first in Asia is Wu Jinyuan from Lijiapo, the Lion City.

However, for the second of these three regions, the data is not too bad, and readers’ comments are also different.

"Gentlemen and ladies, this is the result calculated by several authoritative media, so there are three first prizes this time, namely Mr. Wood, Ms. Qionina, and Ms. Wu Jinyuan. Each of them will receive 20,000 US dollars. bonus."

“But we now need three translators to continue translating three versions of the work and officially sell them around the world.

So if you gentlemen and ladies are interested, please wait a moment and we will discuss the formal terms of cooperation with you. "

After hearing the results announced by Pei Wencong, the four authors present had different expressions. Some were happy, some were calm, and some were frowning and thinking about things.

Qiao Nina and Lu Jingyao were very happy. After all, Qiao Nina had no confidence at all before and never thought that she would be the first.

The prize of 20,000 US dollars can completely help Joanina get out of the predicament in life.

And if we can sign a cooperation agreement next, we will get another income, which will change our destiny.

Jeff, who is ranked second in the Americas, is a little frustrated, but Wood, who is ranked first, is not here, so he still has some expectations.

Wu Jinyuan from Asia is the calmest one. When she was waiting to get bored, she even picked up the newspapers and magazines prepared for her by the publisher and started reading them.

"Hi, are you Jonina Walls?"

Jonina was secretly happy when she suddenly heard the person next to her chatting up a conversation.

Joanina looked at the middle-aged man with thin hair and said politely and reservedly: "Yes sir, who are you?"

The middle-aged man looked at Jonina and said, "I am Kibuda. I have written you a letter. You should have an impression, right?"

Joanina's heart skipped a beat, and her face suddenly turned ugly.

Because this Kibuda was the one who wrote her a letter, harshly criticizing her for "ruining an epic" and turning a historical fantasy novel into a heroine novel.

"It seems that you received my letter, right?" Kibuda said with a smile: "But why don't you reply to me? As an author, you shouldn't lose your basic courtesy!"

"I don't agree with your opinion, I think"

"What do you think? Do you think a woman is everything in a novel? So many critical articles have pointed out your mistakes, how do you have the courage to continue writing?"

"My grades are very good"

"That's because you used biased writing techniques to attract the votes of female readers with low emotional intelligence. Such works are destined not to be spread in the world."

The way Joanina was stumbling immediately aroused the alertness of Lu Jingyao next to her.

She learned from the information at hand that this Kibuda was second in the European region and could be said to be Jonina's most direct competitor.

Lu Jingyao grabbed Joanina's hand, and then said to Kibuda: "Sir, could you please stay away from Ms. Joanina?"

Kibuda said coldly: "Who are you?"

Lu Jingyao said equally coldly: "I am Ms. Qiao Nina's assistant. You have now affected Ms. Qiao Nina. Please pay attention to your words and deeds."

Kibuda said amusingly: "Madam, we are just having a normal communication between authors, why are you so nervous?

Oh. Jonina, why do you look so ugly? Did I affect your mood just by chatting for a few words? Are you emotionally so unstable? "

"Sorry, please give way."

Lu Jingyao took Qionina's arm and stood up, walking around Kibuda and walking out of the reception room.

After going out, Qionina said nervously: "Lu, I'm fine. If we leave now, we may lose the right to translate. I don't want to get more pay, I just like to translate that book."

Lu Jingyao said as he walked: "No, we will go to the organizer to negotiate the translation contract now.

They put the four authors together just to put pressure on us and make us lower our conditions. This is a story among our flower growers."

Lu Jingyao took Qiao Nina to the innermost part of Talang Literary Club. The office layout of a flower grower was customary, and the innermost office was the BOSS's office.

Amin stood in front of the two of them and said, "Ladies, do you need any help?"

Lu Jingyao said: "Ms. Qionina wants to talk to you about the translation rights. We don't want to compete maliciously with others, so we want to be direct and sincere."

Amin looked at the domineering Lu Jingyao and was stunned for a moment, then asked Pei Wencong on the phone and got a reply quickly.

"Please come in! Our boss would be happy to talk to girl Jonina."

Amin opened the door of the office and asked Qiao Nina to go in, and Lu Jingyao followed suit.

There are three people in Pei Wencong's office, one of them is Pei Wencong whom he just met, the other is lawyer Luo Runbo, and the last one is Li Ye.

Li Ye was surprised. He came early today and had been discussing with Luo Runbo in the office the issues of registering offshore companies and speculating on the foreign exchange market.

Originally, he wanted to put up with the four translators and let them understand the truth of "If you don't do it, someone else will."

I never thought that the most promising Joyner would come directly to kill me, so I would stop pretending and just show off my cards!

It's definitely not possible to completely hand over the copyright to Joyner. You have to get most of the operating rights no matter what.

In the future, fairy tales and fantasy novels written by flower growers will also need to be exported, and a suitable path must be drawn up.

We must also engage in cultural penetration!

But Li Ye never expected that Qionina would be followed by Lu Jingyao.

[How did these two people get involved together? strangeness. 】

But Li Ye's surprise was not as bad as Lu Jingyao's surprise.

She was stunned as soon as she walked in the door.

Just now he was full of energy and wanted to bargain with Pei Wencong, but now his brain just shut down and he was at a loss.

[Why is Li Ye here? And why does he look more arrogant than Boss Pei? 】

From the way Li Ye was sitting on the sofa, Lu Jingyao was not surprised at all that he was Pei Wencong's boss.

"Mr. Li, do you have any questions?"

Pei Wencong also realized the problem and quickly cast a questioning look at Li Ye.

Li Ye waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter, let's start talking about the contract! Explain it in detail." Pei Wencong nodded and asked Luo Runbo to take over the Chinese and English contracts and began to explain them one by one to Qiao Nina.

Lu Jingyao was stunned.

Ever since she left the country, she had seen a lot of the prosperity and arrogance outside. Never had she seen a boss who casually threw out tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses treat a flower grower with such respect.

And this flower grower is still so young.

Qiao Nina quickly called Lu Jingyao over and asked her to give her some advice.

Lu Jingyao felt dizzy, listening to Luo Runbo's explanation, and finally found only a few areas that needed negotiation, but the arguments were feeble.

"This lady, although Ms. Qiao Nina does not have the right to operate, the copyright still belongs to him. All our operating profits will be distributed to Ms. Qiao Nina in accordance with the contract.

And if the operation is not good, it will also provide Ms. Qionina with a fixed income, and Ms. Qionina will not be allowed to bear losses."

Lu Jingyao was not a professional to begin with, and his mood was greatly shaken. In addition, the contract with Talang highlighted a "guaranteed" guarantee of harvest in droughts and floods, which made Qiao Nina very satisfied.

Isn’t it satisfying enough to be able to translate your favorite works and make a profit without losing any money?

After all, he is just a translator and not an original author, so where does he have so much confidence?

But in the end, Joanina made a request in a low voice: "Hello, Mr. Pei, can I communicate with the original author?"

Pei Wencong looked at Li Ye.

Lu Jingyao also looked at Li Ye.

At this moment, Lu Jingyao came back to his senses.

During the Chinese New Year, Li Zhongfa was bragging in Qingshui County, and his grandson Li Ye was invited to Hong Kong Island for cultural exchanges.

Now it seems that Li Ye is here to communicate, and looking at Pei Wencong's eyes, "Song of Ice and Fire" has something to do with him.

Li Ye looked at Qiao Nina and said in English: "It is not convenient for the author to communicate with you now, but if you have any questions, you can tell me and I will let him correspond with you."

Joanina said cautiously: "Okay, I mainly want to ask about the subsequent plot direction and style of this book. This will make it easier for me to translate and write."

Li Ye said with a smile: "Use your imagination and keep your current style. Your translation is great. If you have to know a little bit of direction, then it would be a betrayal."

"A Song of Ice and Fire" is full of betrayal, and Dragon Mother's final ending is also due to betrayal.

But Li Ye's truthful words were like a thunderbolt striking Lu Jingyao's head.

betray.

During the Chinese New Year last year, Wen Leyu sternly accused Lu Jingyao of betraying Li Ye.

Joanina was also stunned for a long time, and then said with moist eyes: "Yes, I guessed that too, I will write this story well."

Only those who have experienced betrayal will understand what it feels like. Joanina's marriage and experience just gave her a better creative foundation.

Joanina started signing with the help of Luo Runbo.

Pei Wencong breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he signed the first one, the rest would be easy. Copyright awareness in the West is not generally strong, so today was somewhat unexpectedly smooth.

Lu Jingyao looked at Li Ye intently, and finally couldn't help but ask in Qingshui dialect: "Do you think I'm betraying you?"

Li Ye looked at Lu Jingyao and said calmly: "It's all in the past, forget it!"

Lu Jingyao bit her lip and asked again: "This is very important to me, I need an answer."

Li Ye asked directly: "Then you think it's not betrayal?"

Lu Jingyao: "."

Li Ye didn't have to worry about it, after all, things had already happened when he came to this world.

But if you want to say, "Yes, you were right to dump your boyfriend," then he won't be able to say it even to death.

Others can forgive you or ignore it, but you can't just ask others to confirm that you are "right".

Lu Jingyao's lips were bitten.

Finally, she smiled sadly and asked calmly: "'Song of Ice and Fire' is Teacher Ke's work, right?"

When Lu Jingyao first tried to translate "A Song of Ice and Fire", he felt that the grammatical wording habits were very familiar. Only now did he realize that it was the work of his teacher.

Li Ye frowned and said, "You asked too many questions. You'd better pretend not to know me in the future, otherwise other authors will think it's unfair and affect Ms. Joanina."

"."

Lu Jingyao lowered his head and was silent for a long time. It wasn't until Qiao Nina finished signing and pulled her away together that he looked at Li Ye again.

"Okay, we won't know each other from now on."

This time, she was finally sure that Li Ye was serious.

Because he is already far ahead of himself.

. . . . . .

Lu Jingyao came out of Talang Literature Publishing House and took a deep breath. She felt that she didn't feel so uncomfortable, but the faint tearing feeling hurt her bones.

Betrayal, I turned out to be a betrayer.

Years of experience have made Lu Jingyao's character tougher and stronger, but when Li Ye put the word betrayal on his head, the intensity of the damage was beyond her ability to resolve.

Suddenly, Qionina stood opposite Lu Jingyao and hugged her gently.

"Forget the past! I used to be just like you just now. Now, let's forget those repressed memories together, okay?"

Lu Jingyao looked at Qionina in shock, speechless.

Jonina smiled and said: "Although I don't understand what you are saying, your eyes betray your heart."

Lu Jingyao sighed: "Sorry, I couldn't help you just now."

"No, no, no, you have already helped me, and I will need your continued help in the future."

Qionina took Lu Jingyao's hand and said, "I have a stable income now, but I need a real assistant to take care of my children and my life. How about you, are you willing to take this job?" A job?”

Lu Jingyao looked at Qiao Nina blankly for ten seconds, then slowly smiled and said: "Then what is my salary? Generous Ms. Qiao Nina?"

"The guarantee is three hundred pounds per month. If you need an agent in the future, it will be 10%. Lu trust me, I won't be stingy."

"make a deal!"

(End of this chapter)