Chapter 49 Heat
After returning to Guangzhou, Liu Zhou immediately contacted an editor from Southern Weekend.

This editor was the one who contacted Liu Zhou when he was interviewed by Southern Weekend. Later, in order to establish a good relationship with Southern Weekend, Liu Zhou also exchanged contact information with this editor.

Coincidentally, after a brief communication, the two discovered that the editor was actually a former colleague of Liu Zhou's mother.

The editor's name is Yu Qiu. He and Liu Zhou's mother were both reporters for Yangcheng Evening News. However, Liu Zhou's mother later resigned due to health reasons. After years of hard work, Yu Qiu was transferred to Southern Weekend, the largest newspaper in the south.

In fact, after so many years, the friendship between Liu Zhou's mother and Yu Qiu as colleagues has not completely disappeared, but it is not much left.

But with such a connection, Liu Zhou and her felt more intimate when communicating with each other.

Liu Zhou contacted her this time to tell her that his novel would soon be published overseas.

It’s not that Liu Zhou is shameless and asks people to report on him, but Liu Zhou is very popular now, and such news is also a hot spot.

In addition, this is a time when we are not very confident, so anything from the mainland that is popular overseas or brings glory to the country will be more sought after.

Therefore, Liu and Zhou letting Southern Weekend report this incident was a mutually beneficial thing.

Sure enough, Southern Weekend was very interested in this matter. On the third day after Liu Zhou told Yu Qiu the news, they reported the incident in detail.

Subsequently, many media outlets in Guangzhou also reprinted the report, and it even attracted the attention of the official newspaper of Guangdong Province, Southern Daily, and it was also mentioned on the evening news of Guangdong Satellite TV.

It can be said that the southern media went all out in reporting on the overseas publication of Liu Zhou's novels, and their support for Liu Zhou was fully mobilized.

As time went on, media in the north and Shanghai began to follow up on the report, making more and more people aware of Liu Zhou's incident.

Liu Zhou's fans were of course extremely happy, and even felt proud of it. They spoke a little louder when talking to other people in the book circle.

Liu Zhou didn't know the situation in the industry because he had no ambition in the field of literature from the beginning, so he has never made friends with anyone in the same field.

However, some individual writers publicly congratulated Liu Zhou, and Liu Zhou also publicly expressed his gratitude.

Of course, there are also newspapers like the Beijing News, which have always been unfriendly to Liu Zhou and suspect that Liu Zhou is hyping up his works, or even publishing the books at his own expense and then trying to gild his own image.

Liu Zhou didn't tolerate it and just threw the contract in their faces.

Such popularity is of great benefit to Liu Zhou, because more people want to know more about Liu Zhou and then learn about his novels.

This also boosted his sales. At the end of July, Liu Zhou received a call from Qu He, who told Liu Zhou that the sales of Twinkle Twinkle Star had exceeded two million copies, and the sales of Wanna See You had exceeded one and a half million copies.

The former was published in April last year, and it has been exactly fifteen months since then, with sales exceeding two million.

The latter began to be published on New Year's Day this year. In the seven months since then, sales have exceeded one million and a half million copies.

On August 1st, "Mengya" magazine officially announced the news and announced that Liu Zhou's third novel "Better Days" will be published in late August.

This undoubtedly added fuel to Liu Zhou's popularity.

If no one is nominated for the Nobel Prize this year, we can already announce in advance that the most popular figure in the mainland literary world this year is Liu Zhou.

However, while there were a lot of reports about Liu Zhou outside, Liu Zhou never made a public appearance.

He knew that too much is as bad as too little, so he remained silent during this period.

Taking advantage of the time now and the fact that his dad's school is on vacation, Liu Zhou took his parents to Beidaihe to escape the summer heat.

I stayed in Beidaihe for half a month, and when I returned home it was only a few days before school started.

Dad had to start getting busy with school matters and Mom had to take care of the bookstore, so Liu Zhou stayed with Grandpa for the remaining few days.

At the end of August, Liu Zhou returned to school.

Liu Zhou is no longer needed to handle the new student orientation work this year, so he is happy to have some free time.

The 98 acting class was much better than the 97 class, but this was almost all supported by Deng Chao alone. Liu Zhou was free because he didn't have to welcome the new students, but he also felt that the start of school this year seemed a bit deserted.

When I thought about it carefully, I realized that many of my friends did not return to school.

Almost all of Liu Zhou’s friends at the Central Academy of Drama were from the acting class, and many of them went out to act.

In addition to a few at the end of last semester, there were also a few who received satisfying invitations to film during the summer vacation.

Yuan Quan, who was inseparable from Zeng Li, also went to make a movie. She took on a role as the second female lead in a musical.

But the director is very famous, he is Teng Wenji, a fourth-generation director. His son will also be a famous director in the future, but he is not suitable for making movies.

Fortunately, Zeng Li did not go to film, so Liu Zhou was not alone.

One night, Liu Ye mysteriously invited Liu Zhou to Donglaishun for hotpot.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Liu Ye smiled and said:

"Lao Liu, have you finished eating? If not, we can order more."

Liu Zhou put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and said slowly:

"Tell me, I knew it was a big deal since you invited me to dinner here. And seeing how you are now, it's definitely not a good thing."

"Lao Liu, you are my best brother. You know me too well. I..."

"Let's talk about it first. See if it's troublesome. Then I'll consider whether to be your brother."

"Lao Liu, I know you are not that kind of person."

Liu Zhou stopped joking with Liu Ye and said:
"Tell me what it is. I will definitely lend a hand if I can."

Liu Ye also became serious and said:

"During the summer vacation, I got a job in a movie and they invited me to play the leading role."

"Isn't this a good thing? No wonder you weren't in a hurry to come back to see me. Even I was a little anxious. If I knew you were going to act in a movie, and you were the main character, I would be even more anxious."

"He has high standards and doesn't like ordinary scripts. Don't interrupt me. I haven't finished speaking yet."

"Then you say it first."

"We were supposed to join the crew at the end of this month, but the director told me that an investor withdrew his investment and we can't shoot anymore."

"Wait a minute, I still have to interrupt you, you don't want me to invest, do you?"

"How is that possible? This is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. How can I ask you for help with this?"

"Well, you still have some conscience. Go on."

"Then our director somehow found out that you would invest in the movie, and then he found out that you and I are quite familiar with each other, so he wanted to meet you."

"So he asked you to be the middleman?"

"Yes, I am a little embarrassed to say this, but the director keeps asking me for help, so I can't refuse. But you don't have to consider me when you talk to him, just do what you want."

"What's the name of this movie?"

"That Mountain, That Man, That Dog!"

"Bring that director to see me this weekend."

(End of this chapter)