When the people on the advisory team heard Liu Shikun's words, they all put down their work and looked over.
Chen Feng also looked over and saw Liu Shikun holding Cheng Yanqiu's fiancé, which surprised him. Even if Liu Shikun was Cheng Yanqiu's teacher, he wouldn't be so enthusiastic about Cheng Yanqiu's fiancé. He also said that he would introduce a teacher to everyone.
Is it necessary for a Chinese teacher to mobilize so many people?
Liu Shikun held Yu Dong's arm with one hand and raised his other hand, "Let me introduce to you the person next to me. He is Yu Dong, the author of "Xiang Xi"."
Some of these people had seen "Going to the West" and knew Yu Dong, while others had never heard of the name at all. But regardless of whether they knew him or not, they all applauded spontaneously after hearing Liu Shikun's introduction.
People who don't know Yu Dong whisper to the people next to them, "Who is this Yu Dong?"
"A great writer, he has become very famous in the past two years. I didn't expect him to be so handsome."
"What books have you written?"
"'Xiangxi', didn't Senior Brother Liu say that?"
"I've never heard of it. Are there any other famous ones?"
"Others...oh, he has adapted a novel into a movie called "Soft Knife", which is quite good."
"I've read "Soft Knife" and it turns out he is the original author."
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Liu Shikun was very satisfied with everyone's response. After the applause stopped, he continued, "Yu Dong happens to be a family member of our Yangyin. Although he is not a musician, he is similar in art. We will communicate more with him in the future.
Let’s see if music and literature can collide and create wonderful sparks.”
Upon hearing that Yu Dong was actually a family member of Yang Yin, everyone's reaction became even more enthusiastic. Sometimes, gossip is more attractive than anything else.
Whose family member is he?
In fact, it is not difficult to guess. At this moment, Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu were standing closely together. They looked like a couple at first sight.
"I didn't expect it. I didn't expect that a great writer would come to reality."
"He is Cheng Yanqiu's husband. I really didn't expect that."
"He seems to be teaching in Jinling as well."
Everyone was discussing lively, but Chen Feng lowered his head like an eggplant beaten by frost. He didn't think he was inferior to Yu Dong, it was just that Yu Dong was lucky and became famous after writing a few novels.
Who doesn't know who writes novels? Anyone who is not illiterate has a chance to become famous.
But no matter what the reality is, they are indeed famous.
"Come on, let Yu Dong say a few words to everyone." Liu Shikun pushed Yu Dong to the front.
Yu Dong was pushed to the front. He looked back at Cheng Yanqiu and thought to himself, "Is your teacher usually like this? You're too enthusiastic."
Cheng Yanqiu responded with a "come on" look.
Yu Dong has no shortage of experience in speaking to many people. After all, he is a teacher, and he was very good at it when he was in school. Even if he did not practice well when he was in school, he was honed by the award ceremonies and lectures later.
He cleared his throat and said, "Hello everyone, I'm Yu Dong. I won't waste your time now. I'll treat you to dinner tonight."
The so-called simplicity and the most brilliant speech are those that others like to hear.
Sure enough, Yu Dong said that he wanted to invite him to dinner, and the atmosphere at the scene was ignited again. Mainly because everyone was so bored in Lan City during this period, and they were all very happy to be able to join in such a lively event.
"Okay, let's all get busy."
Liu Shikun was done with it, so he pulled Yu Dong aside and asked about "Xiangxi" again. When he learned that "Xiangxi" would be released at the end of September, he said that he would definitely go to Yu Dong's autograph session.
"No, I will send a few copies to you personally when the time comes."
Liu Shikun said with a smile, "On the one hand, I want to read books, but mainly I also want to join in the fun."
"Then I will ask someone to invite you then."
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That day, Yu Dong invited everyone to dinner, but Chen Feng didn't go. Liu Shikun, as the team leader, asked specifically and learned that Chen Feng had a slight cold, and sighed, "Today's young people, looking at how tall and powerful they are,
It’s just uncreated.”
Liu Shikun speaks upright, and Yu Dong has experienced this during this day.
However, Yu Dong was also curious as to why everyone called Liu Shikun team leader or senior brother, while only Cheng Yanqiu called him teacher.
Cheng Yanqiu explained to him that Liu Shikun was not Yangyin's teacher, but he had studied at Yangyin before. This time Yangyin formed an advisory group and specially invited Liu Shikun to be the team leader. So everyone called him senior brother or team leader.
Cheng Yanqiu had studied piano with Liu Shikun for more than a year, so he called him teacher.
Liu Shikun has not been in China much in the past few years. He and his wife are running training courses in Xiangjiang, and their business is doing very well. Usually, he will only come back when there are activities on the mainland.
But I heard from Cheng Yanqiu that Liu Shikun is very powerful, and he is the kind of person who is very powerful and can go abroad.
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After Liu Shikun's publicity, Yu Dong's appearance in Baitashan Park spread among the people attending the art festival.
The next day, the director and screenwriter of Ganzhou Repertory Theater found Yu Dong.
Director Chen Xinyi is in his forties, mature and steady. It can be seen that he is very busy. When Yu Dong saw him, his white shirt was soaked with sweat.
As soon as she saw Yu Dong, Chen Xinyi enthusiastically held Yu Dong's hand and said, "Teacher Yu, I've admired you for a long time. I'm glad to meet you. I'm glad to meet you."
The screenwriter Zhang Ming was younger, in his thirties. He followed Chen Xinyi. When Chen Xinyi finished shaking hands with Yu Dong, he took Yu Dong's hand and said, "Teacher Yu, I have admired you for a long time. I have admired you for a long time."
Yu Dong looked at the two of them, confused, "Who are you two?"
Only then did Chen Xinyi and the others remember to introduce themselves, "We are from a drama troupe. I am Chen Xinyi and he is Zhang Ming. For this drama "Aurora", I am the director and he is the screenwriter."
Yu Dong nodded, he really knew the drama "Aurora".
This is a drama adapted from the story of six explorers from six countries, France, the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and Japan, who spent 219 days walking across the Antarctic for the first time in 1990. It was only released this year.
But what Yu Dong didn't understand was, why did they come here to find him?
Seeing the confusion in Yu Dong's eyes, Chen Xinyi smiled and said: "I heard that Teacher Yu Dong is here. Zhang Ming and I came here to visit. We hope that Teacher Yu can come and give us guidance. Although Teacher Yu, you have not written a play, we have
I know that Mr. Yu, you have very profound attainments in drama creation."
Zhang Ming nodded, "Yes, we came to you with a learning attitude. We hope that Teacher Yu will not hesitate to teach you."
What they said made Yu Dong a little embarrassed. He was really not an expert in drama, at most he could only be dabbled in it.
"I really don't have much exposure to drama. If I want to learn from it, I should go and learn from you two."
"Teacher Yu Dong is being humble. I have read basically all of your novels. I dare say that if you delete some of the narratives in it and add some of the narratives in parentheses, it will be a mature drama script." Zhang Ming said.
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After hearing Zhang Ming's words, Yu Dong almost laughed out loud. Zhang Ming was quite humorous, but his words were exaggerated, and it is impossible to change the drama from the novel so easily.
Seeing how enthusiastic they were, Yu Dong nodded and followed them.
However, he is not a fool. When people ask him to guide him, he will really guide him. After watching the rehearsal, he will praise him carefully, and then ask some trivial and innocuous questions. He will not make the other party lose face, nor will he make the other party lose face.
I feel like I'm perfunctory.
After receiving Yu Dong's praise, Chen Xinyi and Zhang Ming were very happy and took Yu Dong to talk about drama creation, as if they had met a close friend.
Screenwriter Zhang Ming rubbed his hands and wanted to turn Yu Dong's widow's death into a drama, but no one discussed this matter in depth. After all, the art festival was coming soon and they didn't have the energy.
After the drama troupe came, other troupes also came one after another.
The Peking Opera Troupe performed a new historical drama "Elegy of the King of Xia", the Qin Opera Troupe also performed a new historical drama called "Hundred Flowers Song", and the Long Opera Troupe performed "Modern Mo" adapted from neon writer Yasushi Inoue's novel "Dunhuang".
"High Holy Land".
If Yu Dong knew a little bit about talking drama, then Yu Dong knew nothing about the other ones. They invited him over, and all he could do was watch the rehearsal once, read the script again, and then pick out a few places to praise them.
Everyone is happy.
In fact, when they invited Yu Dong over, they didn't just want Yu Dong to praise them, especially for a niche drama like Long Opera. Of course, what they most hoped for was that Yu Dong could help them promote it.
It's just that Yu Dong is destined to disappoint them. He can't promote things he doesn't understand.
In fact, it was understandable for Yu Dong that these groups came to see Yu Dong. After all, they were somewhat related to literature. But later on, even some song and dance groups came to join in the fun, and it was really hard to join in.
There were also some agency leaders who heard that Yu Dong was here and were very enthusiastic and invited Yu Dong to visit their units.
Unknowingly, Yu Dong became the busiest person during the preparations for the art festival.
With the development of the economy and the deepening of reform and opening up, people in many units have also changed their thinking, especially these cultural units, which have not yet become elderly care units.
Many unit leaders are ambitious and hope to integrate with modernization and enter the fast lane.
That's why the agency leaders were so concerned when they heard that Yu Dong was coming.
At this time, writers are still quite popular. Even if they don't make a lot of money, there are still many people supporting them when they go to places. Local newspapers also have news to write about. How can a certain writer go to the local area? There is still something to do for publicity.
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In just over a week, Yu Dong became familiar with him in Baitashan Park.
As he walked to the park, people greeted him from time to time.
"Hello, Teacher Yu."
A leader previously joked that Yu Dong should serve as the general literary consultant of the festival.
At that time, the leader told this matter as a joke, but later when it was spread, some people took it seriously, so some people would call Yu Dong "Consultant Yu" when they saw him.
Some people will add the word "general" and call him "General Counsel Yu".
…
General Counsel Yu now wanders around Baitashan Park every day. At first, because people kept looking for him, he was too embarrassed to refuse. Later, he discovered that there are many benefits to being involved in the art festival.
There are not many opportunities to gain an in-depth understanding of so many art forms at one time. Other times, even when he goes to art festivals, he only takes a quick look at them.
But this time it was different. Everyone wanted to share their artistic opinions with him and sell them to him.
Although Yu Dong didn't understand many things, he found out after listening to them a few times that they were quite interesting.
For him, this is also a valuable learning opportunity that can increase his knowledge base.
Therefore, later he was willing to come over and have a look, communicate with everyone, and learn from each other.
On this day, when Yu Dong was exchanging drama scripts with Zhang Ming, he suddenly received a phone call.
"Sorry, I'll take a call first."
The call was connected, and the person on the other side said, "Hello, hello, is this Yu Dong?"
It was a man's voice, slightly distorted.
However, although there is some distortion, it can be heard that the other person must be quite old.
Yu Dong replied, "Hello, it's me."
The other party smiled, "Yu Dong, I am Wang Meng."
Yu Dong seemed a little surprised when he heard the word Wang Meng. He didn't expect Wang Meng to call him.
Wang Meng is a veteran in the literary world. When mentioning Wang Meng, the first work that comes to many people's minds is probably "A Young Man Came from the Organization Department" or "Long Live Youth."
There are also people whose first thought is not the work, but the stream of consciousness.
Some people say that Wang Meng is the originator of Chinese stream-of-consciousness writing.
This is true, but the prefix "Chinese stream of consciousness" must be added. Note that this prefix is ​​"Chinese stream of consciousness" and not "China".
Because Wang Meng's stream of consciousness is not the same thing as the ordinary stream of consciousness. It is very different from the stream of consciousness of Proust and Faulkner. Later, someone defined Wang Meng's writing as "revolutionary stream of consciousness."
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Yu Dong said that defining a literary genre is a matter for scholars, so what the genre is actually has nothing to do with Wang Meng. He just writes according to his own ideas.
"Hello, Teacher Wang, I didn't expect to receive your call." Yu Dong replied with a smile.
"It's not easy for me either." Wang Mengxiao said hahaly: "I first found your school phone number, but couldn't find you, and then I found your home phone number, but still couldn't find you. Fortunately, you bought a mobile phone
, otherwise I really won’t be able to find you.”
"I wonder what Teacher Wang wants from me?" Yu Dong asked.
"Well, the Writers' Association was going to hold a congress, and Secretary Zhang came to me and asked for my opinion. I told him that since the Writers' Congress was going to be held, some young writers who were very successful in literature should also be allowed to participate.
Come in. He asked me to give a few examples, and I mentioned you and Yu Hua."
Yu Dong understood that the Writers' Association was going to hold a writers' representative meeting, and Wang Meng recommended himself and Yu Hua. However, the writers' representative meeting was just an idea for the time being, and it has not yet been decided in detail.
In Yu Dong's impression, the Zuo Representative Meeting should not be held for another two years. Speaking of which, it has been ten years since the last Zuo Representative Meeting, and it is about time to hold it.
Wang Meng's phone call may have been an attempt to test his own intentions.
No matter what, Yu Dong was still grateful for Wang Meng's recommendation. He said sincerely: "Teacher Wang, thank you for making a special call."
"This is what I should do. I have always had an open attitude towards young writers. The Writers Association also needs young blood to rejuvenate it. Especially you and Yu Hua, if you don't come to participate in the writing
The Congress is really a loss.”
"Teacher Wang cares about the younger generations, which is admirable..."
"Okay, okay, I won't say much more. The phone bill for your mobile device is very expensive. Come to Yanjing when you have time, and let's have a good chat."
Immediately, without being able to reply, Wang Meng hung up the phone.
Wang Meng said that he likes to help young writers. Yu Dong believed this. He has always been very tolerant to young writers.
When many young writers are criticized, Wang Meng will also come out to help and put in good words.
Of course, sometimes his tolerance for young writers would also attract criticism. For example, someone later asked him to recommend Guo Jingming to join the Writers Association, and he agreed.
This incident was quite sensational in the literary circles at the time.
Many people don't understand, since when can Guo Jingming be considered a member of the literary circle?
In fact, Yu Dong took this matter very lightly. When Wang Meng recommended Guo Jingming to join the Writers' Association, the Writers' Association was no longer the previous Writers' Association, and its reputation couldn't be worse. With Guo Jingming, it could still be worse.
Where to go?
Wang Meng himself said that Guo Jingming's works are full of rhetoric and flashy, but he still let Guo Jingming join the Writers Association. Is this because Wang Meng has schizophrenia? He knew that Guo Jingming's works were flashy and flashy, but he still agreed to recommend them.
He entered the Writers' Association.
But at that time, literature had already gone to the edge, and many people were looking for a way out for literature. Perhaps Wang Meng also thought that it was a possibility to allow writers like Guo Jingming to join the Writers' Association.
"Is it Leader Wang?"
After Yu Dong hung up the phone, Zhang Ming asked with concern.
When making the phone call, Yu Dong did not avoid Zhang Ming, so Zhang Ming heard it all.
"Yes." Yu Dong nodded and did not continue.
His attitude toward the Writers' Association is relatively bland. In his opinion, whether or not he participates in the Writers' Congress has no impact.
However, from Zhang Ming's point of view, this matter is interesting. He specifically called Yu Dong to invite him to participate in the author representative meeting, which shows that Yu Dong is very valued.
Seeing Yu Dongfeng's light and calm expression, Zhang Ming admired Yu Dong even more.
Teacher Yu Dong is really calm.
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It only took Jimmy one day to complete "Science Fiction King", asking them to overturn all the original layouts and then redo them.
In the past, their editorial department produced a lot of manuscripts, because compared to comics, manuscripts are a little simpler. After all, there are more and more science fiction authors now, and it is easy to accept manuscripts. It is nothing more than a quality issue.
Moreover, in addition to original creations, they have also compiled several recommendations for famous foreign articles, which you don’t need to worry too much about.
But comics are different, they need professionals to draw them one stroke at a time.
But Jimmy helped them solve this problem.
After the matter was settled, Jimmy transferred a five-person production team to take over the entire editorial department of "Science Fiction King".
In the next month or so, they will create the first issue of "Science Fiction King" magazine from scratch.
After organizing the team, Jimmy returned to New York.
He had made preparations last time, and this time he went back to start detonating "Werewolf" in an all-round way. He wanted to make Werewolf the most popular game in the United States in a short period of time.
When Jimmy does things, he always takes one step and thinks three steps.
So before leaving New York last time, he had asked people from the company to find a place in New York. He planned to turn this place into a werewolf club to attract high-end players.
In the future, you can also shoot some live video tapes of the game there for subsequent publicity.
When I returned to New York this time, the club had been renovated.
As soon as Jimmy landed, he went straight to the club. Overall, he was satisfied with it, and there were still some minor flaws that he could just correct.
The Werewolf Club still adopts a membership system. From the moment each player steps into this club, all their battle information will be recorded, and then their corresponding level will be calculated.
Different levels enjoy different rights. There are rankings every day, every week, every month, and every year. Players on the list can not only enjoy the admiration of others, but also have the opportunity to win various prizes.
After watching the club, Jimmy went to the YU reading club to find Jeff.
Today's YU reading club is different from the past. Not only has the area been greatly expanded, but the facilities inside have also been upgraded.
Because of sufficient funds, they now organize more and more frequent events, sometimes organizing two or three events a week.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When Jimmy arrived, Jeff had just come back from outside.
Jeff was very happy to see Jimmy. Jimmy had at least half of the credit for the book club's current scale. And Jeff already knew that Jimmy was YU's writer's agent, so Jimmy was their only line of contact with YU.
"Jimmy, how was your trip to China this time? Is there any new book from YU recently?"
Jimmy said with a smile: "I came here to tell you this. In the next two months, YU will publish two novels."
"Two?" Jeff looked surprised.
If it doesn’t come out, it won’t come out. How come there are two movies out of one?
"Don't be surprised, one of them has already been published in China. The other is the sequel to "Resident Evil", a stand-alone version of the two novels. This time it will be released simultaneously around the world."
"Globally? Which countries?"
"The tentative plans are the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and China."
Jeff's mouth twitched. Is this also called simultaneous global release? Isn't it just that the Chinese and English versions are released at the same time? But Jeff also knows that the subsequent publicity must be that global simultaneous release sounds better.
In any case, YU has two novels to be published, and Jeff must be very happy. As a book fan, he has new books to read. As the vice president of the YU reading club, this is also a good time for the reading club to develop and expand.
"What do we need?" Jeff asked.
"You don't need to do anything for the time being. The publishing matter has not been completely settled. I have another thing to tell you this time. YU's new book is a mystery novel, so he also invented a mystery game
, the name is Werewolf."
Jimmy's words made Jeff a little unable to keep up.
YU writes mystery novels? He also invented mystery games? Is the world crazy?
Jeff stared at Jimmy for a while, feeling that Jimmy didn't look like he was joking at all, so he said with amazement: "I didn't expect YU to be good at reasoning."
He did not doubt whether YU could write a good mystery novel at all, because he had absolute confidence in YU. At the same time, he also had absolute confidence in Jimmy.
"So, what do you want us to do?" Jeff asked again.
Jimmy took out a stack of experience coupons from his pocket and said with a smile, "What I want you to do is very simple. Find members in the reading club who like reasoning games and hand these experience coupons into their hands."
Jeff took the experience ticket and read the text on it: "Werewolf Club...So, this Werewolf Club is used to play this game?"
"That's right, it's a trial opening now, and you can experience it for free with experience coupons. The expiration date of this stack of experience coupons is this week, and the experience coupons for the next period will be given to you at that time. Of course, as for whether you want to use these experience coupons as
If you use points to redeem prizes, I have no control over it."
Jeff's eyes lit up. Jimmy said he had nothing to do with it, but in fact he was just giving him advice.
It's a good idea to use points to redeem prizes.
The good thing is that it can not only consume members' points, but also increase the scarcity of experience coupons.
If it is sent directly to members, most of them will not take it seriously. But it is different if they exchange it with points. Members will think that going to the Werewolf Club to experience it is a rare opportunity.
"You can also tell them that this trial opening is actually an internal test, and ordinary people cannot enter."
Jeff nodded, "I will definitely make good use of these experience coupons."
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This method of redeeming points is very effective.
For a long time, the rewards for redeeming points have not been updated. They are basically YU books, and everything everyone should have is available.
Now a game experience coupon suddenly appeared, and members were very concerned about it.
Some members who have accumulated a lot of points redeem them directly without even asking.
Later, after Jeff introduced that this game was designed by YU himself, everyone's enthusiasm became even higher.
The stack of experience coupons Jimmy gave Jeff totaled fifty, and they were all redeemed in just one and a half days.
You must know that the points Jeff set for the experience coupon are not cheap. A full fifty points is equivalent to fifty US dollars. Of course, this conversion method is only useful for krypton gold bosses. In fact, fifty points is not
Not worth fifty dollars.
If you have to do the calculation, ten points can be redeemed for a copy of "Resident Evil", and "Resident Evil" costs about five US dollars. In other words, fifty points should be calculated as twenty-five US dollars.
But even twenty-five dollars is a lot.
The first batch of members was led by Jeff himself to the Werewolf Club.
Before coming, Jeff thought that the Werewolf Club was not very large. Jimmy had given him a diagram of how to play Werewolf. From the diagram, it seemed that the area of ​​​​the Werewolf Club was not large, and a few people could sit in a circle.
played.
But after arriving, he discovered that this club was bigger than the headquarters of their association.
It is a four-story independent building, each floor is at least 200 square meters, and the four floors combined are over a thousand square meters. And the location is very good, so I probably spent a lot of money.
The decoration style of the club is dark, with many game posters posted on the walls.
Jimmy asked fifty people to be taken to six rooms respectively, and then staff would teach them how to play and then guide them to play the game.
During this period, the staff will roughly analyze the player's level and then regroup them every hour.
Jeff did not go in to play with everyone, but chatted with Jimmy outside.
Watching the members change rooms for a while, Jeff was curious: "Why do they have to regroup after a while?"
"Because this can quickly distinguish their game levels and allow people with similar levels to play together. The club will create a ranking list. After their game ends today, the first issue of the ranking list will come out."
"I see, by the way, the experience coupon you gave me has been redeemed."
"I'll get some more for you later."
After the game was over, most people walked out excitedly.
Jeff could see that they were still very satisfied with the game.
Of course, there are also a few people who are not happy and look defeated. It seems that their gaming experience is not very good.
"YU is YU, this game is so interesting."
"It's just too difficult."
"I think it's pretty good, it's not very difficult."
"I have a friend who likes mystery novels. He will definitely like this game too. I will definitely bring him here next time."
"Then you have to work hard. After all, an experience coupon costs fifty points."
"Not much, haha."
"I really like being a prophet, it's so cool, and I can detect werewolves accurately."
"I still like to be a werewolf and kill whoever I want."
"Isn't it good for hunters? I will shoot anyone who troubles me."
"That's not necessarily true. If a witch poisons you, you won't be able to shoot someone."
"Can there be such a stupid witch?"
"Don't say that. I got the hunter in one round and was poisoned by the witch."
"..."
Everyone was resting and chatting in the lobby. While chatting, they discovered that a staff member was writing something on a board. Later, they discovered that what was written was their name.
"What is this?" someone asked.
The staff explained with a smile, "It's a ranking list. We calculated everyone's points based on the win or loss of each game, and finally ranked the top ten."
"top ten!"
When I heard that there were only the top ten, many people rushed to the front to see.
Those who discover their names look happy and talk to everyone they meet, while those who don't discover their names sigh and beat their chests.
Jimmy jumped out at the right time and said: "Everyone, this is just today's list. There will be a new list every day, and there will also be weekly lists, monthly lists and even annual lists. The top ten friends on the weekly lists will get prizes. As for what they are,
For the prizes, friends who are interested can wait until the weekly rankings are announced to take a look."
When they heard that there were prizes, many people became excited, especially those in the top ten at the moment. They were gearing up one by one. It seemed that the top ten on the weekly list were already within their grasp.
The first day of Werewolf Club activities was obviously very successful. On the second day, the experience coupons were redeemed faster. Fifty coupons were released that day and all were cleared on the same day.
On the third day, a hundred were released directly, and the same day ended.
On the fourth, fifth, sixth, and until the seventh day, Jeff announced to the members that the internal test was over and everyone could go directly to the club to buy tickets.
The association still provides experience voucher redemption services, but the redemption requires fifty points, while going directly to the club to buy tickets can only cost a few dollars to play for a day.
So for most people, it is definitely more cost-effective to buy tickets directly.
As for those members who have too many points to use up, they don’t really care whether they use points to redeem or buy with cash.
With more than a week of trial operation, the Werewolf Club quickly gathered popularity.
Moreover, after the weekly rankings came out, members discovered that the prizes were surprisingly rich.
The top three will be given money directly, from top to bottom, one hundred US dollars, seventy US dollars, and fifty US dollars.
The fourth to tenth place can each get seven tickets, which means that as long as you enter the top ten, you can come in and play for free for the next week.
At the same time, the club also announced that the prize for the first place on the monthly list is a TV set worth $1,000, and the prize for the first place on the annual list is a computer worth $5,000.
When they heard about this prize, the members went crazy. It was too powerful. Doesn't this club want to make money?
Of course, Jimmy will not do business at a loss. If he gives away profits appropriately, he can increase the flow of people. As long as the flow of people is large enough, he can receive hundreds of people a day. And the members seem to have forgotten one thing. If they want to get better points,
To be ranked at the front, you not only need to play well, but also need to play enough times.
In other words, in order to compete for ranking, they must come frequently.
In addition to ticket revenue, the club will also sell other things, including food and drinks.
Of course, Jimmy does not expect this club to help him make a lot of money. As long as the club can operate stably and break even, he will be satisfied.
All he wants is to quickly promote the game, strengthen Yu Dong's influence in the United States, and create a perfect cultural symbol.
And after the club is established, it will also be a very good publicity channel.
There is a seating area in the lobby on the first floor with two sets of bookshelves built into the wall.
There is currently no book in these two sets of bookshelves. Jimmy plans to wait until "Fatal Identity" comes out and then put "Fatal Identity" first on the bookshelf for members who come in and out.
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While Jimmy was working hard to create a cultural symbol for Yu Dong, Yu Dong himself was standing on the iron bridge of the Yellow River looking at the turbulent river water below.
The Iron Bridge over the Yellow River is just below Baita Mountain. I pass this bridge every day when I go from my hotel to Baita Mountain in the east, but I have never stood on it quietly and admired the scenery like I did today.
The art festival is about to begin, and the various performance teams are getting busier and busier. On the contrary, Yu Dong, the "general literary consultant", is free. In the past two days, even Zhang Ming, who likes to stick to Yu Dong the most, has no time to look for him.
Yu Dong simply took advantage of this time to walk around, otherwise his trip would have been in vain. The Iron Bridge over the Yellow River was his first stop, just because it was close.
Standing on this iron bridge that was built nearly a hundred years ago, it seems that you can smell the history as soon as the wind blows.
As soon as he saw the Yellow River, Yu Dong's mind always echoed those lyrics unconsciously: The wind is roaring, the horses are braying, the Yellow River is roaring, the Yellow River is roaring, the mountains in the west of the river are ten thousand feet high, the sorghum is ripe in the east of the river and in the north of the river.
Speaking of which, the sorghum should be ripe by now. Thinking of this, Yu Dong felt that he could smell the smell of sorghum again, mixed with the smell of history, floating from the yellow river to the bridge and drifting into his nose.
However, he didn't even know what sorghum tasted like when it was ripe.
There is nothing interesting to see on the bridge, but Yu Dong spent half a day standing there.
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Yu Dong wiped the sweat from his forehead, stared at the river and laughed softly, "This boring scenery is indescribably charming."
He was mumbling to himself when he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Did I catch you?"
Yu Dong turned his head and looked at the two young men. The one who patted his shoulder had a vicious expression on his face. Yu Dong had seen this face a few days ago. At that time, this face was still full of honesty and innocence.
"coincidence."
Yu Dong smiled, but he didn't expect to meet the young man he met at Landa that day here.
"What a coincidence? That's a real coincidence!" Ma Kai curled his lips and said, "I've been wandering around the school recently, but I just couldn't find you. I didn't expect that I couldn't find any place after digging through iron shoes. It took no effort to find it, and I met you here.
It’s your turn.”
He looked at his companion next to him again, "Qiu Hao, it's a shame that you invited me to watch some art festival rehearsal today, otherwise I really wouldn't have found this guy."
Seeing that he was aggrieved, Yu Dong knew that he had been tricked by him, and he felt resentful. He laughed and took his hand away from his shoulder, "Friend, calm down. I didn't lie to you at the time, I just told you that I was
The Chinese department didn’t say it was the Chinese department of your Lanzhou University?”
"Are you really from the Chinese Department?" Ma Kai was stunned for a moment, then realized, "No, even if you are from the Chinese Department of another school, if you say you are Yu Dong, is this also true?"
Yu Dong shrugged his shoulders, "What else?"
Otherwise? Why not? What does this mean? Is it affirmative or negative? Could it be said that he is really Yu Dong?
In an instant, various thoughts passed through the minds of Ma Kai and Li Qiuhao.
Looking at the two people looking at each other, Yu Dong said with interest, "Aren't you going to watch the art festival rehearsal? I'll take you there."
After saying that, Yu Dong walked towards Baitashan Park with his hands behind his back.
Ma Kai and Li Qiuhao were still confused and shocked. They walked eastward for more than ten meters before they realized what they were doing and followed them.
When I walked into Baita Monkey Palace, I happened to encounter the Long Theater Troupe rehearsing. When their leader saw Yu Dong, he smiled and said hello, "Hello, General Counsel Yu."
"Hello, hello, you guys line up, I'll look around."
They walked inside again and saw many staff members along the way, all of whom greeted Yu Dong warmly.
"Hello, General Counsel."
"Hello, Teacher Yu Dong."
Yu Dong nodded in response one by one.
After walking all the way inside, Yu Dong turned to look at Mark and Li Qiuhao, and said with a smile: "Now, don't I introduce myself anymore?"
"This, this...I, I..." Ma Kai murmured, not knowing what to say.
Yu Dong smiled and waved his hand, "It's getting late. Let me invite you to dinner. Just treat it as apology for the joke I played on you that day."
Ma Kai couldn't form words at this moment, and the image of him patting Yu Dong's shoulder just now was still echoing in his mind.
That was Yu Dong, how could I go and pat him on the shoulder?
After Li Qiuhao introduced Yu Dong to him last time, he started to copy Yu Dong's works.
During this time, in addition to looking for the people who played with him at the time, he thought about reading Yu Dong's novels all day long. But he never thought that the two people he was thinking about were actually the same person.
He felt that God had played a big joke on him. If there was a crack in the ground now, he would definitely plunge into it. Or if there was a knife, he would chop off the hand that patted Yu Dong's shoulder.
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Chapter completed!