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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.11,0:00:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello everyone!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.72,0:00:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 22nd of September\Nis going to be a big day for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.77,0:00:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It'll be the launch of my first book\Npublished by a major publishing house.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.66,0:00:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may think: 16 is a young age\Nto be releasing a book,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.30,0:00:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I am taking my French exams in July.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.88,0:00:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in fact, this story started long ago!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.87,0:00:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was 11 years old\Nand I was given seven books
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.51,0:00:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I'm sure you all know:\Nthe Harry Potter saga.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.62,0:00:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent ten days and nights\Nreading the series,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.00,0:00:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hiding the books under my bed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.39,0:00:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that my parents\Nwouldn't confiscate them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.60,0:00:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know how it goes, "It's bed time,\Nyou have school tomorrow."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.50,0:00:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I turned the last page,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.80,0:00:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my passion for literature was born.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.76,0:00:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I got through\Nan astronomical amount
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.82,0:00:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of best-selling children's books.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.19,0:00:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even started to write a bit in private.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.18,0:00:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what really changed my life was an ad
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.74,0:00:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I found in "Le Journal de Mickey,"\Na comic I was an avid reader of.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.71,0:01:01.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was to become a jury member
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.19,0:01:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the reader's choice\Nof 'Le Journal de Mickey.'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.45,0:01:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea was simple:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.22,0:01:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,write some reviews \Nthat would appear in the comic,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.25,0:01:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then eventually, choose\Nthe Children's Book of the Year
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.03,0:01:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alongside seven other jurors.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.97,0:01:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The day before the deadline,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.31,0:01:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote a review, as requested, \Nwhich I posted the next day
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.56,0:01:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on my way to school,\Ndated as per postmark.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.03,0:01:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two months later,\NI was in the car with my mom
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.62,0:01:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she received a call\Nand asked me to listen to it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.43,0:01:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on her voice mail.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.19,0:01:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how I learnt I had been selected.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.11,0:01:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so started my work as a book critic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.96,0:01:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four months reading books,\Nfour months giving my opinion on them,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.00,0:01:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and four months during which I met Camille
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.89,0:01:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who also loved literature,\Nand would become my best friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.35,0:01:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, when the competition came to an end,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.95,0:01:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we realised that everything\Nwas about come to an end.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.21,0:01:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine the thing\Nat the center of your life -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.42,0:01:58.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm not talking about school -\Nstopped just like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.38,0:02:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we thought, why not\Nkeep writing reviews together?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.02,0:02:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We no longer had 'Le Journal de Mickey'
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.51,0:02:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and didn't want to start a blog\Nlike everyone else ....
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.29,0:02:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We decided to launch an online magazine
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.50,0:02:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like 'Le Journal de Mickey'\Nbut a digital one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.52,0:02:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we needed a name.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.68,0:02:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, I remembered a magazine
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.23,0:02:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had launched with some\Nof my classmates in year five.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.93,0:02:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our teacher had asked us to produce\Nthe front page for a magazine.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.91,0:02:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had so much fun doing it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.91,0:02:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we decided to go on\Nwith the magazine
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.34,0:02:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we got it published \Nwith around 30 copies.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.94,0:02:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was about six pages long\Nand it came out every week.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.88,0:02:38.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually, we published 17 issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.100,0:02:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were nine years old and \Nour magazine was called "L'Petit Mardi"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.32,0:02:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when it came to launching \Nour online magazine,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.66,0:02:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Camille and I thought, why not have \Na bit of nostalgia and re-use that name?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.72,0:02:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how "L'Petit Mardi" was born.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.73,0:02:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we also needed some structure,\Nsomething concrete,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.38,0:02:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to surpass the digital.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.82,0:02:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we thought - well, I thought -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.62,0:03:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's set up our own publishing house.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.45,0:03:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea seemed complicated at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.11,0:03:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially because I was\N14 years old: still a minor!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.06,0:03:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It made things a bit complicated.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.89,0:03:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, why not use\Nmy parents as figureheads?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.23,0:03:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was as simple as that!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.94,0:03:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a few days, the company was set up
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.00,0:03:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a modest start-up capital:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.98,0:03:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,100 euros of savings from my piggybank,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.57,0:03:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of which came\Nfrom my grandparent's wallet,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.62,0:03:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L'Petit Mardi lasted four years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.56,0:03:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In total, there were 60 issues,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.68,0:03:38.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of which were written by teenagers\Nfrom around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.46,0:03:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,L'Petit Mardi continued to grow and since\NJanuary 2016, even spread to paper
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.82,0:03:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a run of 15,000 copies, distributed\Nthrough 500 points of sale in Normandy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.37,0:03:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the belief that paper\Nand digital could coexist.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.90,0:03:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wanted to do things differently\Nthan other magazinesgoing digital today.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.75,0:03:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wanted to show the opposite,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.33,0:04:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a digital magazine\Ncoming offline, was possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.81,0:04:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With our magazine, all you need to do\Nis take your phone and scan the pages.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.27,0:04:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you have an online version\Nthanks to virtual reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.82,0:04:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We brought the two together\Nand our goal is to, within five years,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.95,0:04:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make our magazine the number one\Nfree French language-culture magazine
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.64,0:04:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entirely written by teenagers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.91,0:04:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you may think, the essence\Nof a publisher is to publish novels.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.39,0:04:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Earlier, I told you I had started to write
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.38,0:04:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while on the Reader's Choice competition.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.33,0:04:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said to myself,\N"I need to publish something."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.70,0:04:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what could I publish?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.47,0:04:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That novel I had written,\Na real imperfection,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.53,0:04:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was 40 pages full of mistakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.00,0:04:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I might as well seize the opportunity,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.68,0:04:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never found a publisher,\Nso I just went for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.62,0:04:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three weeks later, I was taking part\Nin a small exhibition in my town.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.04,0:05:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And ... at the end of the day,\NI realized I'd sold 25 copies of my book.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.24,0:05:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,25 copies, it's nothing really,\Njust 0.001% of what Marc Levy,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.26,0:05:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Guillaume Musso would sell in a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.51,0:05:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to me it meant the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.62,0:05:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then someone asked me,\N"Where's book number three?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.26,0:05:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is there going to be a sequel?" etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.08,0:05:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone even pre-ordered a copy online.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.91,0:05:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.96,0:05:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I would continue\Ndespite the first book's modest success.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.25,0:05:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I finished book three, book two sorry,\Nwhich I published three just months later.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.34,0:05:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come release day, to tell the truth,\Neverything was a bit rushed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.84,0:05:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was doing my year ten internship\Nat France Bleu Normandie,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.11,0:05:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had to call a local journalist.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.50,0:05:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the editing team heard\Nmy conversation ...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.57,0:05:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had foolishly called\Nwith everyone around.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.35,0:05:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, a journalist, intrigued, came\Nto see me and asked me a few questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.71,0:05:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the day,\NI had two interviews booked.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.14,0:05:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it began!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.66,0:06:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The following months were\Nthe most intense of my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.12,0:06:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BFM TV, France 2,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.57,0:06:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Canal +, Europe 1, to name but a few.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.01,0:06:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All that helped me to sell around\N1,500 copies of my books
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.38,0:06:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is huge for\Na self-published book in France.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.73,0:06:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, at this point I thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.44,0:06:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why not try and make my dream a reality?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.84,0:06:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which was to be published\Nby a famous publisher.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.24,0:06:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there, I must admit\Nit was a bit complicated.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.38,0:06:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was faced with closed doors\Nand emails shooting me down:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.52,0:06:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You're too young. Your book is rubbish."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.85,0:06:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I almost gave up on the idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.21,0:06:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then one day,\Nwhen I had just given up hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.74,0:06:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had an extraordinary encounter.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.75,0:06:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd been invited to the yearly\NReader's Choice Award ceremony
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.66,0:06:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Le Journal de Mickey.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.41,0:06:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.45,0:06:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's funny? The Journal is great!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.68,0:06:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I was at Fnac des Ternes\Nand I was browsing the library section
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.60,0:06:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I saw a man, standing all alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.12,0:06:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That man ... I thought I recognized him.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.70,0:07:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I Googled his face, did some research,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.03,0:07:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that this man was Michel Lafon,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.93,0:07:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the founder and CEO\Nof Michel Lafon publishing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.27,0:07:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had seen his face on a video\Nadvertising Natou's book -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.69,0:07:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's a Youtuber - \Na few months earlier.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.48,0:07:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I went to see him,\NI introduced myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.92,0:07:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I explained to him what I was doing, etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.05,0:07:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He looked at me and in a very formal way\Nhe said, "Call me tomorrow."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.04,0:07:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I called him the next day\Nand he he gave me an appointment
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.96,0:07:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a week later near Neuilly-Sur-Seine.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.16,0:07:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went there, to his office, with my dad.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.69,0:07:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to admit, the meeting was fruitful
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.12,0:07:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm really happy to tell you\Nthat my next book,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.38,0:07:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sequel to the adventures,\Nin fact the first in a new saga,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.59,0:07:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is being published by \NMichel Lafon in exactly nine days.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.40,0:07:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They haven't printed 25 copies, but 9,000.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.18,0:07:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.55,0:07:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.88,0:07:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.48,0:07:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.39,0:08:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today I'm happy to be able to say
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.70,0:08:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm part of the small group\Nof teenage authors.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.41,0:08:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I'm not the only one!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.37,0:08:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's about\Na good thirty of us in France,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.69,0:08:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as a good number abroad.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.59,0:08:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all share the conviction of wanting\Nto inspire young people to read.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.36,0:08:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, at school they give us\Nthe Odyssey and Le Cid to read,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.37,0:08:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you all must have read them,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.67,0:08:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll admit they made me want to sleep\Nrather than read, personally.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.39,0:08:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, I think we need to encourage\Nyoung people to start with teenage books
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.61,0:08:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can find in bookshops,\Nlike Harry Potter.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.39,0:08:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also the Hunger Games,\NDivergent and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.58,0:08:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, once they've developed\Nthe necessary maturity in high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.23,0:08:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can start to read the classics.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.79,0:08:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I think I can say that I've always\Nbelieved in the opportunites I've had
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.32,0:08:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a result, I've tried\Nto create my own path.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.60,0:09:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Age will never change that, whether\Nyou are 16, 20, 30,40, 50 or even older.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.22,0:09:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as you are passionate \Nabout what you are doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.98,0:09:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as what you're doing\Nexcites you and feels important,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.18,0:09:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you must seize your opportunities.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.48,0:09:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marcel Proust said:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.28,0:09:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Boldness rewards those who know\Nhow to seize their opportunites."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.85,0:09:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have only one message this evening.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.72,0:09:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make the most of it! Thank you!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.98,0:09:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)