Chapter 210: The influence of cultural symbols
A few days later.
Bob Dylan’s comments on "Harry Potter" and the preface written by himself were handed over to the Golden Dawn Publishing Group, Ms. Hassan immediately began to deploy the task.
"Boss, are you right?" A middle-aged man couldn't help but asked.
"Of course, it is true that the preface to the publication of the Harry Potter book was written by Bob Dylan." Ms. Hassan looked around the crowd.
One stone stirs up a thousand waves!
Everyone present was extremely surprised, of course, they were more incredible and excited!
"My God~ That's Bob Dylan!"
"Yes, although he can see him release new music records every year, he is too low-key and hardly accepts media interviews."
"Last time, he wrote a foreword to other writers' works. It was 10 years ago. We were too lucky."
Everyone in the publishing house whispered to each other.
"Good luck? It really is." Ms. Hassan whispered.
Bob Dylan is a very personal little old man, even in the face of many big people, he is not humble;
When they are unhappy, they even shake their faces.
In 2012, Bob Dylan was invited to attend the inauguration party for the re-elected President of the United States of America.
At that time, *** walked up to him like a fan, reaching out for a handshake. But Bob Dylan dismissed it. He said, "I can't shake your hands today because I will use these hands to paint later."
Facing the President of the United States, he is still so urinary!
On another occasion, *** held a concert to commemorate the American Human Rights Movement at the White House and invited Dylan to sing. Dylan was still a maverick. Not only did he not participate in rehearsals, he was not even interested in the photo session with the president and his wife on the day of the concert. .
"If he does something else, then he is not Bob Dylan."
*** said that the only interaction between the two is the courtesy handshake.
When watching "Forrest Gump", many people were deeply attracted by the song "Answer Gone in the Wind" sung by singer Jenny.
"How many times does a person have to look up to look up at the beauty of the sky."
The questions accompanied by the chanting of the guitar seemed to grab everyone's hearts in an instant.
When people are amazed by the melody of this song and the deep political meaning behind the lyrics, no one seems to have expected that this will come from a young boy. And this person was Bob Dylan who later had a huge influence on American folk music, poetry and literature.
"If Michael Jackson is the representative of American pop music, then Bob Dylan is a cultural symbol of the United States and a symbol of the culture of the times!"
Now, he personally wrote the preface for the book "Harry Potter", can you say that everyone at Jin Shuguang Publishing House is not surprised?
was shocked!
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In fact, when Bob Dylan's preface for "Harry Potter" was published in the media, it caused a sensation!
"God! It turned out to be Bob Dylan!" A young girl exclaimed while holding a newspaper.
Could she not know Bob Dylan?
You know, since 1981, the compulsory textbooks of American middle schools have published Bob Dylan's articles, and they are two at a time.
What is this concept?
is like a student of the Great Heaven Dynasty, reading Li Bai and Du Fu's poems as influential.
Of course, Bob Dylan may be far less influential than Li Bai, Du Fu and others, but the influence among American students is extremely powerful and terrifying.
On this day, many elementary and middle school students, even college students, in the United States have seen the preface of this "Harry Potter".
"What kind of story is "Harry Potter" that Dylan can preface for him personally?"
"Yes, if you know how many writers and publishers in the United States want Dylan to take action, it's all right."
"I have to say, I became interested in the book "Harry Potter"."
"Yes, me too."
"We can buy it then, after all, even Dylan loves it."
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Apple.
CEO Jobs pushed his glasses and checked the contents of the newspaper repeatedly.
"Humph!"
"Zuke Wald, this bastard, is a little capable, he can ask Dylan to write a preface for the book published by his publishing house?!"
"Damn~!"
Jobs's tone was incredulous, and he was a little bit jealous.
As everyone knows, Jobs is Dylan's loyal fan brother!
Pixar Animation was successfully launched. Jobs held a celebration cocktail party and invited Dylan to participate, but Dylan didn't have him. This made Jobs, a fanboy, very sad.
Jobs admired Dylan very much, even to the point of pursuing Dylan's ex-girlfriend.
When Jobs was still in college, he broke up with his girlfriend at the time, just to date Joan Baez. At that time, Jobs was in his twenties and Joan Baez was in his early forties. There was an age difference of nearly 20 years between them, and Joan Baez was Bob Dylan’s ex-girlfriend.
""Harry Potter" is it?" Jobs murmured, startled.
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Viacom Group.
Redstone, the owner of Viacom Group, the parent company of Paramount Pictures, although he is very old, he is also a fan of Bob Dylan.
"Who said that I am getting older~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I don’t have enough energy? You know, I listen to Bob Dylan’s folk and rock songs every day, and his singing tells me that I’ll always be 30 years old, no, Always an 18-year-old great guy!"
This is what Summer Redstone often said.
At this moment, Redstone put down the newspaper in his hand and dialed the phone on the desk.
It didn't take long for the call to connect.
"Ms. Shirley Lansing, this is Redstone. Regarding the end of the cooperation with Wald Pictures, please arrange for someone to focus on it."
"Yes, that's right!"
"Especially the book "Harry Potter", you must check it out. To know its preface, Dylan wrote it himself."
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Bob Dylan, he is a contemporary American cultural symbol and a symbol of the times. As soon as his preface came out, all citizens of the United States immediately became turbulent.
Don’t doubt, he has such an influence!
To this day, both Zhuke and Ms. Hassan feel very lucky. Dylan's shot really cheered Zhuke.
Especially Dylan's influence on American elementary and middle school students and upper class society is unparalleled.
In addition, UPN TV network, WB TV network, major American media that collect money, including major bookstores that cooperate with Golden Dawn Publishing Group, are frantically promoting the first book of "Harry Potter".
Time flies quickly...
August 3rd.
On this day, the first book in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", is officially on sale in the United States!
