After sitting in Dante's office for a while, Jimmy left the Bantam Building and went to Little Bear Bookstore.
Jimmy wanted to see how Jeff Gonzalez and his book club were doing. He knew clearly that supporting an organized fan club would save him a lot of effort.
According to his recent observations, this kid Jeff is very smart and ambitious. The only thing he lacks is experience and understanding of the industry. As long as he helps a little, this kid should be able to get things done.
When Jimmy arrived at the bookstore, he didn't see Jeff, but he didn't care. He just wanted to see what was going on in the bookstore.
Although the book club and Little Bear Bookstore have not officially cooperated yet, Little Bear Bookstore has now become a base for members. Jimmy chatted with other members as a member for a while and felt that everyone was very enthusiastic and had a good sense of identification with the book club.
Strong.
After investigating the situation, when Jimmy was about to leave, a young man came over with a stack of forms and said, "Members of the YU Umbrella Reading Club, please come here."
"Tom, you are here. Do you have any news to announce?"
"When will we officially cooperate with the bookstore, Tom?"
It seemed that the members all knew this young man named Tom, and they all greeted him, and Jimmy also came over.
Tom smiled and sent the form to the members and said: "There are two very important messages. You should have seen the form. This is the newly released points redemption form of our reading club. It contains the items that can be redeemed and all the information.
Points required.”
"No, Tom, a copy of "Resident Evil" costs ten points, which is equivalent to ten dollars when converted into cash. Isn't this much more expensive than buying it in a bookstore?"
After reading the form, one member raised questions.
"Yeah, it's quite different. In that case, why don't we buy it in the bookstore?"
"This exchange is meaningless."
Others all echoed, and Tom pressed his hands and explained with a smile: "Points and cash cannot be simply converted. The exchange of genuine books is actually for those members with relatively poor financial capabilities. For example,
Some students may not have money to buy genuine books, but they can participate in some reading club activities to earn points and then redeem them for books.”
When Tom said this, others understood.
At this time, Tom continued: "Members may not have noticed the last column of the form. We have a grand prize for this redemption, which is YU's autographed book."
"I saw it just now, and I was about to say that the signed book is indeed very good, but isn't 2,000 points too high?"
"That's right. A friend of mine who went on a business trip to China bought a copy for only a hundred dollars. I heard from him that YU had held a book signing event in China before. Although not many books were signed, there were some
More than a thousand copies. And as time goes by, there will be more and more, and 2,000 US dollars is really too much."
"Everyone, please listen to me." Tom raised his hand and said: "The signed book we provide this time is different from all other signed books, because it is the first English version book signed by YU in the world, and according to the
As far as I know, there is only this one in the world. Maybe you will say that it is impossible to confirm whether it is the first one. Even if it is the first one now, it will not be clear when other signed books in English are released in the future. Then I want to
Let me tell you, this signed book contains the time written by YU himself. In the future, whoever dares to question that it is not the first one, just show them the time."
After Tom's words came out, the members were all in shock. How can signed books be played like this?
If that's the case, $2,000 doesn't seem so unacceptable.
Some slightly wealthier members are already considering whether to redeem.
Tom ignored their reactions and continued to throw out the second news: "In addition to the points redemption matter, we also received internal news that Universal has purchased the film and television adaptation rights of "The Second World" and is preparing to make it into a movie.
Already."
"Really?"
"If it's Universal, it won't be Spielberg who will shoot it, right?"
"Who else can take good pictures besides him?"
…
Jimmy looked at the emotionally aroused members, nodded with satisfaction, and then left the bookstore when no one was paying attention.
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"Lao Yu, my daughter-in-law has such a nice voice, she must be pretty too. Judging from her voice, she is quite tall and she must have long hair..."
Yu Hansheng pursed his lips and said to himself that his wife's ears were really good. She could tell whether the girl was tall or her hair was long just by listening to her voice.
"Then if she doesn't look good, you won't recognize her."
"I can't hear anything good from your mouth." Qin Fang rolled her eyes, and then said: "If you really don't look good...just my son likes it."
"That's it, I'm always worried about what she looks like. Walk faster, they are probably waiting at the door."
The couple quickened their pace and walked towards the exit of the station.
Before they even arrived at the exit, they saw Yu Dong waving to them from a distance. Qin Fang's eyes quickly passed from her son to the girl next to her, and she immediately started to smile.
Even more beautiful than she imagined.
"Lao Yu, walk faster, you are as slow as an old man in his 70s or 80s."
Qin Fang in turn urged her husband and quickened her pace first.
When they arrived, Cheng Yanqiu greeted with a smile: "Hello, aunt."
"Okay, okay." Qin Fang couldn't take her eyes away from Cheng Yanqiu: "I told Yu Dong not to pick you up, but he still dragged you over. You've been waiting for a long time, right?"
In her words, Qin Fang mentioned her son, but she didn't even look at her son.
Cheng Yanqiu smiled and said: "We have just arrived."
At this moment, Yu Hansheng came forward, and Cheng Yanqiu called out again: "Hello, uncle."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Hello Xiaocheng, thank you for coming to pick us up."
"You're welcome, uncle. You guys had a hard time on the road."
"Shanghai is not far from Jinling. We will arrive in a short while." Qin Fang said.
Yu Hansheng also nodded: "Yes, it's not that far. Just look at the scenery on the way and we'll be there soon."
"The scenery here in Jinling is pretty good. When we ride in the car, the closer we come here, the fresher the air becomes..."
Yu Dong smiled and interrupted his mother: "There are people coming and going at the train station. Why are you chatting here? I will take you to the hotel."
"Which hotel are you going to? Let's go to the school first. You have been working for such a long time and we have never been here before. This time we just happened to have a look at your dormitory." Qin Fang gave Yu Dong a roll of his eyes, then changed his smile and said to Cheng Yanqiu.
: "Yanqiu, it's still early now, let's go to the school for a walk first."
"Okay, I'll take you there."
…
"The wardrobe is a place to store clothes. With so many books, it's a mess. How much trouble would it take for you to build a small bookshelf? It's just across from the bedside. It's more than enough to put your books..."
As soon as Qin Fang entered Yu Dong's dormitory, she started to make trouble. Basically, she didn't like everything she saw.
The clothes are not neatly folded, there is still water in the washbasin, the scraps piled in the corner are messy, and there is so much dust on the window sill that I don’t know how to wipe it off...
Yu Dong stood with his hands down like a good baby, listening to the holy teachings.
His father stood by and said something to Yu Dong: "Don't be picky. I think this is pretty good, but it's also clean..."
However, Qin Fang took one look at her and did not dare to say anything further.
Fortunately, Cheng Yanqiu was present, so Qin Fang restrained himself a little. After saying a few words, he smiled and said to Cheng Yanqiu: "Yu Dong is usually very particular. Maybe he is busy with work and doesn't care about some details."
Afterwards, Yu Dong and the others took the couple around the school and saw students constantly greeting Yu Dong. The couple's "vanity" was greatly satisfied.
"Students respect you, and you should also respect students. When we were in school, students would bend down to say hello to their teachers, and the teachers would bend down and respond. Now it's not fashionable to bend down, so don't have to respond to others."
Yu Dong nodded, and he would naturally respond if he could, but sometimes there were too many people and it was inevitable that some would not be able to take care of them.
After visiting the school, Yu Dong took them to the hotel to settle down.
In the evening, Yu Dong set up a large private room and invited all his familiar colleagues to join us. Everyone had a lively meal.
The next day, the scene where the parents met was very harmonious, so harmonious that nothing happened between Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu.
The parents talked about the engagement day, figuring out when would be a good time, whether the date was good, what the weather was like, and how relatives at home would arrange it.
Because different places have different marriage customs, with a serious and responsible attitude, the parents of the two families sat down and carefully studied each other's customs, and discussed a compromise solution if there was any conflict.
Not only that, they even openly talked about the bride price and dowry.
Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu sat obediently, neither daring to interrupt nor being able to interrupt. They knew nothing about the marriage customs in their respective hometowns, and even heard many things for the first time today.
Cheng Yanqiu kept her head down. She was not mentally prepared like Yu Dong. Although she knew that marriage would be discussed today, she never thought that the discussion would be so direct and so fast.
In a daze, Cheng Yanqiu was still confused: Am I going to get married soon?
Yu Dong grabbed her hand under the table and asked her to relax a little.
The parents of the two families finally settled on the idea that the engagement should be quick and the marriage should be delayed. Moreover, there is a custom in Cheng Yanqiu's hometown that the engagement and marriage should take at least one year.
It is already late October of the lunar calendar. If you want to get engaged this year, you are in a hurry. You should wait until early next year.
As a result, marriage will have to wait until at least the year after tomorrow.
…
After dinner, the two of them walked side by side on the way back to school.
Winter has really come, and the night wind makes people feel chilly. Cheng Yanqiu's hand was put in his pocket by Yu Dong, which was warm and itchy. She leaned against Yu Dong and murmured: "I feel confused."
, I’m going to get married.”
Yu Dong scratched her palm with his fingers and said with a smile: "Are you really confused?"
Cheng Yanqiu grabbed Yudong's fingers to prevent him from causing trouble, but her thoughts flew to two years ago. At that time, the two did not know each other, but she often heard things about him and read his novels.
During that time, the real world was difficult for her to cope with. She could only read books all day long. Because she didn't know how to deal with the real world, others' misunderstandings about her continued to deepen. In the end, even she herself felt that she was cold and arrogant.
people.
Especially after several male teachers took the initiative to express their affection for her but were rejected by her, the real world became even more difficult to deal with. They did not dare to go too far and only said that she was bold in style, but this was enough to make people imagine.
.
She simply became cold and didn't talk to anyone. Even if she didn't have friends, at least she wouldn't have any messy things.
The first contact with Yu Dong was because of his works. She liked his novels, but every time she saw him, she felt a sense of disconnection. It seemed that his works and him belonged to two completely different worlds.
But after being in contact for a long time, these two different worlds gradually began to overlap, and the works and people were truly connected.
Yu Dong is very different. He always does things very naturally that others can't understand, and he can always do things that seem vulgar to others with confidence.
When he didn't speak, he was a reserved scholar. When he spoke, sometimes he looked like a profound wise man who couldn't solve any problem in the world, and sometimes he looked like an ordinary man with all the emotions and desires of mortals returning.
She remembered the fatalism Yu Dong had told her. That time, she really took him into her heart.
In the past, she had never held anyone else in her heart. As soon as Yu Dong entered, it slowly became more and more crowded, until there was no room for anyone else. After that, she discovered that she was not a cold person.
There is also a heart that will throb because of others.
So, is it just confusion?
Of course not. From the moment she met Yu Dong, she met a better version of herself.
"Do you read Shelley?" Cheng Yanqiu suddenly asked.
"I have read a little bit." Yu Dong felt the cold wind on the winter night and said with a smile: "Winter has arrived, can spring be far behind?"
"I like another sentence, love is like a light. It shines on two people at the same time, and the brilliance will not be weakened."
Cheng Yanqiu stopped and looked at Yu Dong with affectionate eyes.
At this moment, Yu Dong seemed to see spring in her eyes, the bright sun, the warm wind blowing through the grass and streams, and the long future and the happy other side.
Yu Dong smiled. He reached out and brushed the hair on Cheng Yanqiu's cheek, brushing away the cold wind. "But I like another sentence better. A kiss is when soul and soul meet on the lover's lips. Lips are a pair of lovers."
A place where souls meet.”
Before Cheng Yanqiu could react, Yu Dong had already kissed her.
Chapter completed!