January 6th, Xiaohan, sunny.
Yu Dong walked on the campus of Jinling University, feeling the warm sunshine. Although it was Xiaohan today, there was not much chill.
Today he came here to participate in the "Crowd" novel research meeting. He deliberately arrived at school half an hour early in order to visit his father-in-law's office first.
Father-in-law often talks about Yu Dong, saying that he usually doesn't come to Jinling University to visit, but this time he happened to come over, so he naturally went to his father-in-law's office.
But as soon as he entered the school gate, he was recognized before he had gone far.
Three or four boys walked towards him, and one of them looked at Yu Dong in disbelief.
"Teacher Yu Dong?"
Yu Dong was stunned, why can someone recognize him? He usually lives in seclusion and doesn't show up much. Today he even wore a scarf to cover his chin. He never thought he could be recognized.
But now that he was recognized, he greeted the other person openly.
"Hello, classmate."
"It's really Teacher Yu Dong!"
Several boys suddenly became excited.
Lin Yong just saw a person from a distance and felt a little familiar. The closer he got, the more he felt like Yu Dong.
He has never met Yu Dong in person, but his previous speech at Red Star Primary School was made into a special feature by Dragon TV and he watched Yu Dong on TV.
Although there are some differences between reality and TV, Lin Yong still tried to shout, but to his surprise, it was actually Yu Dong himself.
Several boys gathered around him at once.
"Teacher Yu Dong, why did you come to our school?"
"Teacher Yu Dong, I just finished reading your novel "The Crowd", it's very good."
"Yes, yes, we are all fans of your book in our dormitory."
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A few boys said something to each other, which quickly attracted the attention of the people around them.
The students coming and going saw the movement here, and many people stopped to observe.
After hearing that this person was actually Yu Dong, they all came over.
Although the students were very excited, they were very restrained and kept a certain distance from Yu Dong after surrounding him.
Seeing more and more people, Yu Dong smiled and said, "Thank you very much for your enthusiasm. I came to JJTU today to participate in a seminar, but I didn't expect to be recognized by you."
"Teacher Yu, please come to Jinda more often. There are many fans of your books in our school."
"Yes, our school's Cucumber Garden Poetry Reading Club was very well done."
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"Yu Da, can you sign your name for me?"
The students were talking in a flurry, and suddenly a hand holding "Go West" stretched out from the crowd.
Everyone was shocked that there was such an operation? They all looked at the owner of the hand.
Who would carry a copy of "Xiangxi" with them whenever they have nothing to do?
Cheng Yu was a little embarrassed to be looked at by everyone. She didn't expect to meet Yu Dong just after she bought books from the bookstore.
No wonder her left eyelid has been twitching since morning. It turns out good things are waiting here.
After everyone looked at Cheng Yu, they turned to look at Yu Dong, wondering if Yu Dong would sign the autograph for this female classmate.
Yu Dong didn't think much and took the copy of "To the West" naturally, then took out a pen from his pocket, signed his name on the title page, and wrote under his name: Xiaohan, at Jinling University.
"Thank you very much, teacher. Thank you very much, teacher."
Cheng Yu took the book as if holding a treasure and kept thanking him.
The eyes of other students suddenly lit up, and someone handed over the "Harvest" in their hands.
"Yu Da, can you sign this issue of "Harvest" for me?"
"Of course." Yu Dong smiled and took the book.
Yu Dong took the bookmark and returned it to the other party.
After signing, Yu Dong thought it was over, but he didn't expect that the man who recognized him first ran over panting.
"Teacher Yu, Teacher Yu, me, me, me."
He was holding a brand new copy of "The Second World" in his hand, and combined with the way he was panting, everyone could probably guess that the book in his hand had just been bought from a bookstore outside.
This place is relatively close to the school entrance, about sixty or seventy meters away. There is a bookstore opposite the school. If you run quickly, you can buy a book in one minute.
Yu Dong didn't expect the students to be so crazy, but he didn't hesitate to sign his signature. He just had to go and sign it.
But this is just the beginning. Just as Yu Dong finished signing for Lin Yong, two panting boys came running over, each holding a copy of "The Second World".
Then three, four, five... Gradually, almost everyone around them had a copy of Yu Dong's novel.
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Bookstore owner Zhai Shuo felt like he had seen a ghost.
Seeing that no one was in the store at the moment, he ran outside and lit a cigarette. As soon as he took a puff, a boy rushed over at a speed of 100 meters, and then picked up a copy of "The Second World" from the bookshelf.
Drop the money and run.
Zhai Shuo didn't care about smoking anymore and quickly picked up the money and counted it. No more, no less, just right.
But he was also confused, why didn't he just buy a book? Why was this guy so anxious? It was as if someone was chasing him from behind.
Before he could figure out what was going on, another person sprinted over.
I also picked up a copy of "The Second World" and then took out two copies worth ten yuan.
"Boss, please change quickly."
Although he didn't know why they were so anxious, he was also infected by the other party's emotions and quickly speeded up the change.
Zhai Shuo's movements were already very fast, but the boy kept urging: "Boss, hurry up."
"It's almost done, it's almost done."
Finally, the boy couldn't wait anymore, pointed to his face and said to him, "Boss, remember this face of mine, I'll come back later."
After saying that, the boy ran towards the school at a sprint speed of 100 meters.
It's not over yet, there are more and more people behind.
Some people buy "Second World", some buy "Go West", and some buy "Resident Evil", but without exception, they buy Yu Dong's books.
Eventually, all of Yu Dong's books in the bookstore were bought by them.
After all, it is a small bookstore, and it is impossible to store too many of the same book.
After buying Yu Dong's book, someone else wanted to buy the new issue of "Harvest".
This issue of "Harvest" received a lot of sales, but a lot had been sold before, so they were all sold out quickly.
Later, when someone came to buy it again, Zhai Shuo could only spread his hands and said that it was no longer available, and they could go further to other bookstores to have a look.
At the same time, he finally caught a student and asked: "Classmate, why is everyone so anxious to buy Yu Dong's book?"
"Teacher Yu Dong has come to our school and is signing autographs for everyone in front." The student said the next sentence in a hurry, and then ran away.
Zhai Shuo patted his head and cursed: "nnd, if I had known better, I wouldn't have sold out all the books. No, I have to buy one."
Then he ran towards another bookstore like other students.
At this time, the owner of another bookstore was happy that there were more customers, but at the same time he was wondering why so many people suddenly came to buy Yu Dong's books. Suddenly he saw Zhai Shuo coming to buy books.
The two bookstores are not very far apart, and they often go to and fro with each other, so when he saw Zhai Shuo, the boss was surprised. He never thought that one day Zhai Shuo would come to his bookstore to buy books.
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It was obvious that Yu Dong could no longer cope with the increasing number of students.
While signing autographs for the students, he looked at his watch to prevent himself from being late.
After writing for a while, the pen suddenly ran out of water.
He breathed a sigh of relief, raised his pen and said with a smile: "Sorry everyone, I didn't add ink when I went out today..."
"Teacher Yu, I have a pen." A student shouted.
Yu Dong laughed and said, "Not only is the pen out of water, the time for the seminar is coming soon. If you don't leave, you will be late."
After hearing what Yu Dong said, the students were a little disappointed, but they also knew that Yu Dong had something serious to do, so they dispersed to the side to make way for Yu Dong.
"Thank you. I'll take a step first and see you again when we are destined."
"Teacher Yu, walk slowly."
The students were very polite and did not follow.
As soon as Yu Dong left, Zhai Shuo ran over with a book and several students.
"Where's Yu Dong? Where's Yu Dong?"
"Teacher Yu is gone." The students laughed and then dispersed.
Zhai Shuo patted his head and said, "Hey, I bought Shubai."
He looked at the book in his hand and muttered secretly, wondering if he would be beaten to death by Lao Liu if he ran back to withdraw the book now.
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Yu Dong hurriedly stepped to the spot. Cheng Liye said angrily, "You really know how to pick the spot. You said it would start at three o'clock, but you didn't get to the place until two fifty-nine."
"I……"
Just as Yu Dong was about to explain, Cheng Liye waved his hand, "Stop talking about it now, let's go to the conference room together."
Then Cheng Liye took Yu Dong to the conference room. At this time, the conference room was already full of people. Yu Dong glanced at it and estimated that there were about twenty people.
As soon as he saw Yu Dong, Shen Changhe came over with a smile and said, "Yu Dong, long time no see, welcome."
In addition, several people greeted him.
Many people here have met Yu Dongdu. He and Cheng Yanqiu got married before, and these people went to have a wedding banquet.
Although there were many people, Shen Changhe still introduced Yu Dong one by one.
They were basically teachers from the School of Liberal Arts and several editors from Jinling University Press. In the end, Shen Changhe took Yu Dong to an old man and introduced him solemnly, "Yu Dong, this is Cheng from our School of Liberal Arts. Professor Huichang.”
Upon hearing the words Cheng Huichang, Yu Dong showed a surprised expression and said hello quickly, "Professor Cheng, I have admired you for a long time. I have admired you for a long time."
Cheng Huichang is a famous master of Chinese studies and has made great achievements in the study of ancient literature. People like Yu Dong who graduated from the Chinese Department have mostly read his works even if they don't know Cheng Huichang.
It's just that on an occasion like today, Yu Dong was a little surprised to see Cheng Huichang. This man has been studying ancient literature with great concentration. How can he have time to participate in a modern novel research meeting?
Chapter completed!