Of course, Tang Shu couldn't refuse this request. He took out a pen, Long Feishe's signature, and wrote some blessing words by the way, and it was quickly settled. To be honest, Tang Shu really didn't expect that Stephen invited him for this request.

"Hey, Stephen, do you know? Some time ago, the so-called orthodox writers of literature criticized the two books I wrote..." He returned the signed novel to Stephen, and Tang Shu said casually,

"I've read the newspaper. Those guys have always been so unreasonable. They are all old antiques that cannot distinguish the times." Hearing this, Stephen said with anger on his face.

In the literary world, whether in ancient times or modern times, it is always full of all kinds of controversy, including who is orthodox, who is partial, who is garbage, who is drugs, or who is orthodox literature, who is vulgar literature, etc. In previous lives, Tang Shu often heard this debate in China, but newspapers some time ago made Tang Shu understand that the quality of American literati was like this.

This is the so-called literati's reluctance. Tang Shu is not bad. One is still young, and the other is that the books he wrote are purely commercial books. Those so-called orthodox writers just gave a few simple suggestions from the position of "orthodox writers". But Stephen's experience was quite tragic!

Undoubtedly, the talented Stephen's novels are top-notch in terms of sales and evaluations, but the so-called writers in the United States do not admit it and believe that Stephen's novels are typical pulp novels, and orthodox literature does not accept him at all, which undoubtedly annoyed Stephen.

With his current status, he is not short of money at all, but what he hopes to get is recognition that suits his value. But those orthodox writers always ignore him and even think that his novels are rubbish, which is quite interesting.

When Tang Shu saw American dogs bite dogs, he actually felt very happy, but at this time, in order to achieve his goals, he had to give his own preferences.

"Stephen, you are the best writer in the United States today. It's not just me. I guess all your readers agree with it. Some people think you can only write horror novels, but when you write "The Shawshank Redemption", they know that they are all wrong. I think those so-called orthodox writers should also know that they are wrong. "The Shawshank Redemption" will definitely be a classic novel engraved in American history, and it is unique in its ideological and symbolic nature!"

Tang Shu turned the topic to his own goal and looked at Stephen sincerely and complimented,

"Just this movie "Shawshank Redemption", the National Book Foundation should invite you to give a speech!"

Stephen's face turned slightly red, and his eyes looked at Tang Shu as if he had seen a confidant.

"There is a saying that although it seems meaningless to me, I still want to say that in my heart, novels may have classifications, but there are only two types, that is, there is no distinction between so-called serious literature and popular literature." Tang Shu immediately summarized it.

Seeing Stephen nodding repeatedly, Tang Shu was very complacent about his conversational skills. In this case, it should be easier to talk about the movie adaptation rights later, right?!

"As a novel, "The Shawshank Redemption" has been done well enough, but this is not its limit. It can be pushed higher through other methods, just like using movies to promote..." Tang Shu looked like he was thinking about Stephen's sake,

Looking at Stephen's playful gaze, Tang Shu smiled. It was obvious that Stephen saw the purpose of Tang Shu, but Tang Shu was not surprised at all. This was all in his vision.

"To be honest, Stephen, although I like this novel very much and admire you very much, the main purpose of my desire to shoot this novel is for myself, not for making money. I have many commercial films to shoot. "The Shawshank Redemption" can allow me to win the Oscars, and this is my goal!"

Tang Shu seemed to sincerely express his own selfish thoughts, but such frankness is difficult to make people feel disgusted. What's more, Tang Shu's words reveal great confidence in "The Shawshank Redemption", which will naturally make the author Stephen feel extremely helpful.

"Dang, I've seen the 'Saw' you filmed. Both the script and your shooting ability are excellent. Although I have said it just now, I still want to say another thing, you are really a genius, you have touched me. I haven't sold the movie adaptation rights of the 'Shawshank Redemption' because I don't want people to discredit this work. To be honest, I don't want to disappoint you, but I still want to hear your plans for adapting this novel..."

Stephen seemed particularly sincere at this time. Tang Shu naturally could not refuse his request, but he was prepared for it and took out a dozen manuscripts and handed it to Stephen.

"My biggest shortcoming is that I have too strong self-confidence. Look, I have already revised the script before I negotiated with you!" Tang Shu shrugged and said, without talking nonsense, and directly talked about some of his views on the adaptation of this novel.

"After adapting the movie, the theme of this movie is freedom! Moreover, I am not going to limit this movie to the theme of prison..."

Tang Shu said a lot, and the effect was very obvious. Stephen's expression became more and more serious. After Tang Shu finished speaking, Stephen was silent for a while, finally stood up, walked to Tang Shu, and stared at Tang Shu with a steady attitude.

"I have to say that when I stand with you, I feel old. Well, I mean, you convinced me! And I believe that according to your ideas, this movie will be very successful and you will also set an Oscar record!"

Tang Shu smiled reservedly and shook hands with Stephen. It was considered to be a finalization of this matter. Neither of them talked about the copyright fee issue, because that was a question that did not need to be discussed, so it was naturally a maximum salary.

Watching the two shook hands, George admired in his heart. Tang Shu's ability to talk and closeness really made George feel urged to worship him. George also communicated with Stephen several times in person, but Stephen never let go every time. Tang Shu only came once and easily solved it. This is the gap!

After achieving the purpose of this visit, both Tang Shu and George relaxed. The three of them sat together and chatted casually. The atmosphere was very good. Fortunately, Tang Shu was not as happy as Stephen did not have the so-called habit of giving guidance to the younger generations, otherwise Tang Shu, a plagiarized novelist, would definitely make a fool of himself.

Perhaps Tang Shu performed too well, especially his remarks were so good that Stephen's appetite, which made Stephen very enthusiastic about Tang Shu and even left Tang Shu and George for supper.

When night fell, Tang Shu and George said goodbye and left. On the way, George laughed a few times from time to time. Tang Shu turned his head to look at the scenery outside the window. He knew what George was thinking. Before dinner, Stephen's youngest daughter Susan came back. This loyal fan of Tang Shu was very excited to see Tang Shu appear at her house and kept pestering Tang Shu.

If she was a beautiful girl, Tang Shu would definitely enjoy it very much. Unfortunately, Susan's name sounds very nice, but she is a little difficult to look at. However, Tang Shu can't express disgust for this fan, which made Tang Shu very hard. She just left Stephen and others' eyes and wiped her cold sweat.

George laughed secretly, because on the way to Stephen’s house, Tang Shu joked that Stephen invited him to introduce his beautiful daughter to him. Although the fact is not like that, the situation is really similar, that is, Susan is not as beautiful as Tang Shu imagines!
Chapter completed!