"book club?"
Jimmy's interest was suddenly aroused, and he said that the boy in front of him was not just an ordinary reader, but that he had organized a reading club and wanted to get him to join it.
This is interesting, they actually blamed themselves as an agent for recruiting members.
"How many people are there in your reading club now?" Jimmy asked.
Jeff said very proudly: "As of this morning, our reading club already has more than 60 people. In fact, it could have been more, but our standards for recruiting members are very high. If you don't really like YU very much, you won't be there at all."
Will let them in."
Jimmy asked with interest: "How to judge whether you really like YU?"
"It takes a while of communication to figure it out."
"So you came here to chat with me just to see if I can join the club?"
"That's right, sir."
"Then have I met the membership requirements?"
"I personally think that you can join, sir, but the key is whether you want to come in or not."
"Of course I do. I also hope that I can find like-minded people to communicate with. However, if I join the association, are there any requirements for me, such as paying membership fees or participating in activities?"
"No, no, our association does not have any compulsory behavior. Everything depends on the members' voluntariness."
Jimmy frowned and said, "That won't work. If it relies entirely on voluntariness, the enthusiasm of book fans can only be maintained by the author's works, and the book club will not play any role."
"Sir, it can't be said that it can't work. Now that we have more people, we have begun to organize activities. Members make their own posters and promote them on the streets. I believe that as our power grows, we can bring more benefits to YU.
More and more help is coming. And if it is forced, it will make members resentful," Jeff said.
Jimmy shook his head and said: "Enthusiasm is always temporary. If you want to mobilize the enthusiasm of members, you need some other means."
"What do you propose, sir?" Jeff asked.
"Although the reading club is a self-organized organization, the structure must be clear. After members join, there must be unified management and a grading system. Members with different contributions should naturally have different levels, so as to enhance the enthusiasm of members.
.I suggest that your reading club establish a points system, such as how many points you get for participating in an event, how many points you get for donating money. These points can not only allow members to upgrade and gain reputation, but can also be used to exchange points for physical goods."
At this point, Jimmy glanced at Jeff and then at the empty cup, "Unconsciously, I have finished drinking the coffee, and this bookstore is also the same. The coffee can't be refilled."
Jeff understood immediately and asked the waiter for a new cup of coffee.
Jimmy nodded with satisfaction and continued: "You can cooperate with nearby bookstores, let them provide a gathering place and give you some books as gifts, and you only need to call on members to buy books in the bookstore. These donated books can be placed
Go out and let members redeem their points. In addition, when your influence increases, you can contact booksellers or YU agents to get some signed books. I think signed books will be very attractive to members."
"We need to let members know that it is good for them to join the association, and not just rely on feelings and atmosphere to retain them. The so-called feelings and atmosphere can only be maintained by a small number of people in the end. Once there are more people
, the so-called feelings and atmosphere are useless. At that time, how can you compete with those small reading groups in twos and threes? "
Jimmy's words made Jeff excited. He didn't expect to meet such an expert and pave the way for the book club in just a few words.
"Sir, please say a few more words. It will be really useful to us." Jeff took out a pen and paper from his pocket, "Also, can you be more detailed, such as how we should contact him?
Agent or bookseller? We have no clue about these things."
Jimmy smiled and said, "This matter is not difficult. The key lies in whether your reading club can become big. As long as you show off, his agent may come to you. If you want to make it big, your reading club must have someone."
It is best to have a fixed gathering point that is completely your own. The environment does not need to be too good, but the location cannot be too out of the way. This gathering point should be decorated with distinctive features so that members can have a sense of belonging. To do this, even if
Even if there is no activity at ordinary times, they are willing to come and sit there.”
"This is a good idea, but the place is not easy to find."
"Nothing is easy, just work hard." At this time, Jimmy's coffee also came, and he said with a smile: "Thank you for the coffee, but I don't have time to drink it now, so you should drink it yourself."
The coffee thing was just a test by Jimmy on Jeff, he didn't really want to drink coffee.
Jeff nodded blankly, then reacted and asked hurriedly: "Sir, will you join our reading club?"
"Count me in. When your points system is established, I will sponsor you a little. I will come to this store occasionally, and I will see you again if I have the chance."
"Oh, by the way." He stood up and walked a few steps. Jimmy remembered something again, turned around and smiled: "I saw the news that YU is holding a "Resident Evil" signing event in China today."
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When the autograph session was about to begin, there were only about twenty people in line.
He Hongwei, who came with us, looked at the not-so-long queue and said, "This is less than I thought."
Yang Xiao on the other side said, "It's only a little after eight o'clock now, so there are more than twenty people there."
Tan Kai also said: "Yes, I have seen several autograph sessions. It is normal for only a few dozen people to come in a day, so many people's autograph sessions only last half a day or only one or two hours.
It’s rare to have a whole day like today.”
"Well, it doesn't matter if it takes longer. If there are not many people, I will sign more for them. After all, it is not easy to come here." Yu Dong said with a smile, and then said to Yang Xiao: "Sister Xiao,
Let’s just start, I think they are quite anxious while waiting.”
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Yang Xiao told the staff, and they immediately let him go.
At the front of the queue was a teenage boy, who looked like he might still be in junior high school.
Walking up to Yu Dong with the book in hand, the young man looked at Yu Dong shyly, keeping a distance of about one meter from Yu Dong.
Yu Dong smiled and waved to him, "Give me the book, otherwise I won't be able to sign it for you."
"Oh, okay, I'm sorry." The young man reacted and quickly took a step forward with the book, then handed the book to Yu Dong with both hands.
After Yu Dong took the book, he opened the title page, raised his head and asked, "What's your name?"
"Ah?" The young man's expression was stagnant. He had never attended a book signing event before, didn't know any of the procedures, and had never heard of his name being asked.
When Yu Dong asked so suddenly, his mind went blank.
"What's my name?"
He had never found it so difficult to think of his own name.
He Hongwei covered his mouth and smiled, "Kid, you don't even remember your own name, right?"
"I...oh, by the way, my name is An Xin, safe An, heart of heart."
"Well, the name is good."
Yu Dong nodded and wrote on the title page: Peace of mind, safe peace, heart of the heart - Yu Dong.
"Anxin, thank you for your support."
An Xin took the book excitedly and looked at the words on it, her heart almost jumped out of her chest.
Before he came, he had never heard that autograph signings would be like this.
Moreover, Yu Dong directly wrote his introduction. If he had known this, he should have thought of a very domineering self-introduction.
An, who governs the country in peace, has the heart of the world...
However, the originally simple sentence of self-introduction seemed to become very special when Yu Dong wrote it down like this.
"Next person."
Yu Dong's voice sounded again, and An Xin remembered to walk aside, and quickly apologized and left.
Because there were not many people queuing up, Yu Dong wrote the names of each reader who attended the book signing, and said "Thank you for your support" afterward.
But just after signing a dozen, Yang Xiao came over, possessed Yu Dong's ear and said: "You can't sign like this anymore, there are more and more people in the queue behind. This has not reached the peak period yet, so we don't need to speed up now."
, you won’t be able to sign at all during the peak period. You should speed up the process first, and when the peak period is over, you can sign more slowly.”
"good."
Next, Yu Dong skipped the process of asking for his name, got the book and signed his name directly, then said "Thank you for your support" with a smile, and his speed suddenly increased.
After the peak period passed, Yu Dong signed more carefully, and there was always a queue, but not too many.
When Yu Dong feels tired, he will hold a tea cup and chat with readers for a while, which is regarded as resting.
In this way, I continued working until half past five, and finally the signing was completed.
In fact, the signing was not completely completed. There were still a few readers here and there, but they were all stopped in advance by Yang Xiao and the others.
Today's autograph session has gone on for too long. Yu Dong sat there all day and took more than ten minutes to eat at noon. He Hongwei was tired of watching and went back to the hotel to rest in the middle.
"Good job."
As soon as the book signing ended, Li Xinqiang, the office director of Xinhua Bookstore, ran over and held Yu Dong's hand and thanked him for his hard work.
"Teacher Yu, please rest for a while. Let's have a light dinner together in the evening. President Yang, Editor Tan, you two don't have any other arrangements. It's not easy for us to get together together."
"I'm really sorry, Director Li. I'm really tired today. I want to go back and rest early. I'll have to deal with you for a long time in the future, so I might as well save this meal for later."
"This..." Li Xinqiang looked at Yang Xiao, "It's been such a hard day, and I would be really sorry if I didn't stay for a meal."
Yang Xiao smiled and said: "Director Li, I know what you mean, but Du Dong is really too tired today. Think about it, there are more than 1,700 books, many of which are specially signed. It is not easy."
Speaking of the signing data, Li Xinqiang narrowed his eyes until there were only two slits left.
He just went to ask, and a total of 1,764 copies were signed out today, which is definitely a bumper harvest.
At the current autograph session, five to six hundred people can come, which is pretty good.
According to the rules of the book signing, each person can only sign two copies. Counting two copies per person, there were eight or nine hundred people here today.
In fact, most people only signed one copy, so the number of people attending the book signing today should be well over a thousand.
The early publicity was really not in vain.
Their bookstore originally prepared only 1,000 books, but yesterday they sold more than 100 books, and today there are only more than 800 books left.
After signing in the morning, there wasn't much left, so they quickly asked the publishing house to transfer a thousand copies.
There were two thousand copies in total, and now only about a hundred are left.
Yang Xiao actually didn't expect that today's situation would be so good. She originally thought that it would be best to guarantee six hundred and fight for one thousand, but this time it doubled.
After leaving the bookstore, Yu Dong did not choose to take a car, but decided to walk back to the hotel.
He had been sitting for too long today, and he wanted to move his legs more.
Yang Xiao and Tan Kai also accompanied him.
"You've really worked hard today. I sat there from morning till night. Other autograph sessions only last a few hours."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "I won't have many opportunities to sign autographs in the future, so I might as well just spend more time once."
Yang Xiao nodded. Yu Dong had discussed this with them before. He had his own job and usually had to find time for writing, so naturally he didn't want to spend too much time signing books.
As for the data of more than 1,700 copies, Yu Dong didn't take it too seriously.
This will have to be postponed until later. I signed more than 1,700 copies in just one day, and I’m really embarrassed to tell anyone about it.
The main reason is that transportation and communication are underdeveloped now. Many book fans in other cities don't know about the book signing. Even if they know about it, they can't get there even if they are far away.
The three of them walked slowly along Renmin South Road. It was already past six o'clock, but the sun was still high.
The sunset in Chengdu is much later than that in Jinling. Yu Dong didn't compare it deliberately, but based on his feeling, the difference was probably an hour.
Looking at the sun, Yu Dong suddenly asked a question: "If I run in the direction of the sun now, at what speed can I ensure that I can catch up with it?"
He originally asked casually, but Tan Kai held his chin and replied seriously: "When you say you can catch up, you should mean that you can always see it from this angle. If this is the case, you only need to ensure that the angular velocity is the same as the earth's rotation angular velocity.
Just the same. The latitude of Chengdu is about 30° north latitude. The circumference of 30° north latitude should be about more than 34,000 kilometers. Divide this circumference by 24 and you can get that the linear speed should be more than 1,400 per hour.
kilometer……"
Tan Kai calculated carefully, and then said: "These are rough calculations. If you want to calculate accurately, you have to consider many other factors. And the data I just listed may not be accurate. Even if the latitude is half a degree different, the distance
It will also be a lot different. How exactly is the position we are standing at now? We need to check it specifically to know."
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