Chapter Ninety-Seven: Dusk City

  Su Jin left Qian Ling's house with a face full of excitement, entering the entertainment industry, which he had not planned to do before. Perhaps this is what they mean by "the dark horse". The entertainment industry is a place that is both familiar and strange to ordinary people. Su Jin never thought that one day he would also set foot in this place. After all, in his previous life, he was just a loser, even if he was a relatively high-end loser, but still a loser.

  Although he had decided to film the TV series, there was no rush. Qian You has a good saying that filming a TV series is an undertaking that consumes a lot of money. And what Su Jin lacks most at present is money. However, since he made this decision, he naturally has a solution. In fact, if he waits another month, he will have the funds to recover.

  Although not much, shooting TV dramas is enough. For example, the internet cafe has a dividend of 300,000 yuan every month, and most importantly, the sales share of the physical book "Hui Ming". Su estimated that he should have tens of millions of liquidity by then. And this month's time is just right for him to do some preparatory work.

  The matter of Bai Qing Mountain did not consume much of Su Jian's energy. After clarifying his relationship with Su Hangfeng, the secretary and mayor of Bai Qing Town gave him treatment that was absolutely in line with a yamen identity. Later, Su Jian contracted the use right of Bai Qing Mountain for 50 years with only 200,000 yuan, including exploration rights, mining rights, and all other available rights.

  This price is not a loss for anyone, and for Bo Qing Town, using a deserted mountain to get 200,000 yuan in funding is obviously a very good deal. After all, this deserted mountain can hardly bring any benefits to the town. After distributing 100,000 yuan to the townspeople, the whole of Bo Qing Town was quiet without a single dissenting voice.

  For Su Jin, getting Po Qing Shan means bringing in at least tens of millions of income for himself in the not-too-distant future. Although, in a sense, Su Jin concealed Po Qing Town, information itself is a resource, no matter how he got it.

  Next was very simple, Su Jin invited the exploration agency of Tianhua Province to explore Baiqing Mountain. After he took out 100,000 yuan, the leader of the exploration team who had looked down on him immediately patted his chest and guaranteed that he would complete the exploration task within a month and definitely explore the entire Baiqing Mountain.

  Fat felt very depressed, he really couldn't understand his dear partner, the handsome and elegant Su Jian's behavior. He just couldn't think of it. His brain was as if water had seeped in or been squeezed by a door, he actually wanted to contact foreign publishers to publish books.

  Does he think that foreigners can understand his absurdities? The most incredible thing is that he claims to be able to write a book in English. God, this is simply unimaginable. Su Jin's academic record is clear, and with his poor English grades, it's hard for him to even write a short essay of 20-30 words, let alone an entire book now!

  Su Jin's face showed a hint of helplessness, as if the image he had always given people was really not up to par. He patted the manuscript written in all English in his hand, this was Su Jin's last resort for his money-making trilogy, the best-selling global "Twilight City".

  "Twilight" is an American author Stephenie Meyer's, the story describes the romantic love story of middle school student Bella and handsome vampire Edward. The most profitable in Su Jin's memory, no exception.

  Actually, compared to "Twilight", Su Jin prefers the works of British author J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter". Although it didn't make as much money as "Twilight", Su Jin just likes the taste of "Harry Potter". Unfortunately, "Harry Potter" was already published in '97.

  Missed the opportunity to pirate "Harry Potter", Su Jin could only grab "Twilight" instead. When was "Twilight" born anyway? 05 or 06? Okay, Su Jin admitted he didn't remember either, but it must have been after the year 2000. So now he pirated "Twilight" without any mental burden.

  This "Twilight" is the original, unaltered version. Su Jin didn't make any changes. Of course, he would never admit that it's because he felt a huge gap between his own level and Stephanie Meyer's, and that making revisions would be like drawing a tiger but ending up with a dog instead. On the contrary, he considered this as one of his few remaining good deeds, showing respect to the original author!

  "Can Twilight City be successful? Of course, Su Jin had no doubts about this, it's already been proven by facts. But can Twilight City succeed in Huaxia? Su Jin felt that was hard to say."

  For any book to truly explode, high-level layout and thinking ability, as well as beautiful writing are all essential. But it's not just a matter of having these two things to necessarily succeed. The success of any book is often the result of specific opportunities, perhaps the current situation, or local culture, etc.

  "Twilight" is no exception, as a genuine American novel, it describes American life, tells American myths, and reflects American values. If stripped of the halo it has gained in America, it's hard to believe that such a book could be popular in China.

  This is also Su Jian's reason for persuading the boss to go to the United States for publication. In China, this book may also become a bestseller, but he will never reach the height he has in the United States. If so, it would be a complete waste of this book.

  "Alright, Fat Brother, instead of complaining about my English level, why don't you take a look at this book yourself? Maybe it will change your impression of me." Irritated, Su Jian finally decided to stop arguing with Fat Zhang and directly threw the manuscript into his hands.

  It must be acknowledged that Boss Huang was a high-quality talent in the Huaxia region during this period. This can be seen from his English level, although his oral English is not very good, but he really understands this document. Half an hour later, Boss Huang looked at Su Jin with a ghostly expression, and he had to admit that Su Jin had indeed written a book in English.

  Boss Fat gave this "Twilight City" a beautiful writing style, rigorous layout, and profound character portrayal. Although this evaluation is somewhat superficial, it's the only evaluation Boss Fat can give.

  Fat General is good at English, but he has never been to the United States. He can hardly understand the values and outlook on life of the American people, nor can he predict what achievements this book will achieve after its release. So he can only give Su Wen such an evaluation.

  "So you agree to go to America to publish this book?" Su asked immediately.

  "This...," said the fat general hesitantly.

  Su Jintai understood the difficulties of the fat general, going to the United States to issue is not as simple as speaking. According to Su Jintai's requirements, it is best to go to the United States to acquire a publishing house, as the American branch of Hongwen Publishing House, and then let this publishing house specialize in operating "Twilight City".

  However, acquiring a publisher and establishing sales channels in various bookstores across the US would take at least two to three months. More importantly, Boss would need to invest around 40-50 million yuan.

  To put it into perspective, the current exchange rate of RMB to USD is 8:1. So, even with 40-50 million RMB, that's equivalent to just over $6 million USD! And yet, using $6 million USD to settle everything has already been a simplified result for Boss Huang. Even so, the funds still seem tight.

  But 40-50 million is almost equivalent to the total value of Boss Huang's assets, and his original assets were only over 100 million. After donating 30 million for flood relief, he was left with only about 500-600 million. It would be quite difficult to ask Boss Huang to use his last bit of savings to do something that seems extremely risky in his eyes.

  "Or rather, this time I'll consider it a loan from you. The publishing house established in the United States is mine. This money will also be considered borrowed, and when the time comes, I'll return it to you with interest!" Su Zhen said somewhat embarrassedly. To say the truth, he indeed had a psychological debt towards Fat Zhang.

  Although he knew that Boss Huang invested in himself for his own benefit, since getting to know Boss Huang for so long, Boss Huang has indeed been supporting him without reservation. Almost every time Su Jing's enterprise needed development, it was all sponsored by Boss Huang. By now, it seems like nearly a hundred million of Boss Huang's net worth is all here.

  This time, he let Fatong set up an American publishing house and didn't mention anything about shares. In fact, he also wanted to take the opportunity to give Fatong a return. How much profit "Twilight City" has, only Su Jian understands. This is wealth that can make people's net worth tens of millions in an instant. However, seeing Fatong so troubled now, Su Jian had no choice but to come forward himself.

  "Damn it! Xiao Jin, who do you think your brother is? Am I someone who doesn't have the guts? Screw it, if a person dies, they'll be hung upside down from the sky, and if they don't die, they'll live for millions of years! It's just 4 or 5 million yuan. As long as we're together, how can we not make money? Alright, you don't need to mention anything about whether I can take it or not."

  "This money can be considered as my investment in the American publisher, I use this $5 million to invest, you use this book to invest. We each hold 50% of the shares. Today, your brother will bet on this book, let's see if he can continue your legendary reputation!" Fat General suddenly jumped up and shouted.

  Su Jing was stunned, unable to believe that things had developed to this point without her realizing it. What's going on? It's said that a certain truth proves that everything in the world develops in the worst direction one expects. But why did things develop in the best direction she expected when they happened right in front of her? Is it really because she is the protagonist of her own luck?

  However, it has to be said that Su Jin was indeed moved by Pangzi, although Pangzi may have had other reasons for doing so. At least one thing is true, and that is he really takes care of himself!