The book club upstairs is in full swing, but downstairs Yu Dong is still a ruthless autograph machine.
Especially when Jimmy was reading "Going West", Yu Dong felt the deepest. He was obviously reading his book, but he was not beside him.
Cheng Yanqiu stayed by his side at first, delivering water to Yu Dong from time to time, but later he couldn't help but go upstairs to see Jimmy and the others having a book club.
At first, Jimmy was reading, but then he couldn't hold his voice anymore, so he asked the readers present to participate and share their favorite excerpts.
Bi Feiyu and Yu Hua were relatively relaxed.
It looks like there are a lot of people gathered upstairs, but because the bookstore is so big, even a small gathering of people may feel like a lot, but in reality there are only a few hundred people.
So they can sign autographs and chat with people at the same time.
Yu Dong's book signing downstairs did not end, and the book club upstairs continued, but readers came and went, changing several times from beginning to end.
By five o'clock in the evening, all the game discs in the store were sold out, and the store clerk hung a sign at the door that the sales were over.
It took more than half an hour for Yu Dong to clear out the last wave of book club members, and the book club upstairs was still going on.
Yu Dong easily moved a chair and sat down next to Yu Hua and the others, enjoying the happy time of attending the book club.
Seeing Yu Dong also coming upstairs, the readers were very excited, and they clamored for Yu Dong to do a bit too.
"YU, can you read a paragraph to us?"
Although Yu Dong was tired after signing all day long, he still agreed to the readers' request and nodded with a smile: "Okay, I'll read a paragraph."
Jimmy handed "Xiangxi" to Yu Dong, but Yu Dong waved his hand, "No need."
Bi Feiyu pointed at Yu Dong and said with a smile, "Look, how well this guy can pretend."
Yu Hua nodded seriously, "I can really pretend. I rely on my good memory and don't even need to take the book."
When Yu Dong heard the two of them dismissing him, he turned around and said with a smile: "Isn't it the most basic thing for an author to remember the words in his own work? Oh, by the way, I forgot that you two are older and more forgetful."
"Don't talk nonsense, the older one is Yu Hua, I'm not much older than you."
Hearing this, the oldest Yu Hua crossed his arms and turned his head away.
In fact, the ages of the three of them are in an arithmetic sequence. Yu Hua is four years older than Bi Feiyu, and Bi Feiyu is four years older than Yu Dong.
But each of the three of them thinks that he is the most mature.
Yu Dong made a few jokes with them, then turned to look at the readers and said: "Jimmy has already read a section of "Xiangxi" just now, so I won't read "Xiangxi". I'll read another one."
Another one?
Everyone was a little confused.
Is it science fiction?
Apart from "Going West", Yu Dong seems to only have science fiction novels... Oh, by the way, there is also a mystery novel "Fatal ID".
If it's these novels, they are very familiar.
Is it "Deep Space"?
Or "The Martian"?
Or is it "Second World"?
Just when the readers were secretly guessing, Yu Dong spoke, "In the cafe, the TV hanging on the wall is showing boring current affairs news..."
What's this?
Liu Yukun showed a puzzled expression. As a die-hard book fan of Yu Dong, Liu Yukun has read every one of his books, more than once. Liu Yukun can even memorize many sentences in the book.
But he had no impression of what Yu Dong said this time.
Don't worry, just listen again. If you listen a little more, you should be able to guess which book it is.
But what troubled Liu Yukun was that he had no impression of what Yu Dong said later.
I can't even remember which book it is from.
Why is this happening?
Many readers have the same idea as Liu Yukun.
It would be fine if he only said a few words and couldn't remember it, but Yu Dong had already told a short story, and none of them could remember which book it was.
The readers looked at the people around them, wondering if anyone could remember which book it was about, but all they saw was the same confusion in their eyes.
Yu Hua, who didn't understand English, felt something was wrong with the atmosphere at the scene, so he poked Bi Feiyu and asked in a low voice: "What's going on?"
Bi Feiyu scratched his head, "It seems that Yu Dong is not reading his published novels... Of course, I'm not sure either."
No one made a sound, only Yu Dong was telling stories quietly.
The story he told does not belong to any of his published novels, but to the escape novel he is conceiving.
Because the novel has not yet been written, there is only a general framework, so what Yu Dong told them was this general framework.
The new president was on tour, promoting his political ideas. People were watching TV and discussing the new president, but soon the news of the new president's assassination came out.
Who the murderer was was quickly identified.
Turns out to be a clerk who specializes in pizza delivery.
This clerk is also a celebrity. He was interviewed by many news media because he bravely saved a female singer.
Because of his handsome appearance and unpretentious attitude towards life, he is popular among young people.
Of course, that was all in the past.
After a gust of wind passed, people gradually forgot about this man. But because of this assassination, he reappeared in the public eye.
The police determined that he was the murderer and hunted him down.
At this point, the story ends abruptly.
"ah?"
The book friends made doubtful sounds.
"Is this gone?"
Unknowingly, they had already listened and completely forgot to guess which book this was from.
When they came back to their senses, they realized that this didn't seem to belong to any of YU's novels.
"Is it a novel published in China but not in the United States?"
Someone raised a question in their mind.
No one was embarrassed to ask, because they were afraid that they would make a mistake. This might be part of a novel that had already been published in the United States, and that would be too embarrassing.
Looking at the puzzled expressions of the book friends, Yu Dong smiled and said, "I know many of you have doubts. It seems that you have never read this paragraph. In fact, I did not write this paragraph."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It has not been written yet, what does this mean?
A question mark appeared above everyone's head.
Yu Dong continued: "This is a novel that I have been conceiving recently. The paragraph I just mentioned is just a rough draft of the first section of this novel."
Everyone immediately understood that this was the content of the new book!
Book friends are getting excited, YU's new book is almost ready.
He said he was working on it, only a ghost would believe it!
What he said just now sounds very mature, and the Chinese version has probably been written.
Although it is indeed rough in some places, this is probably due to his lack of script and insufficient English proficiency.
"YU, can you tell us what the new book is called?" someone asked.
Yu Dong spread his hands and said, "I haven't thought about it yet."
"When will it be published?"
"Not sure yet." Yu Dong spread his hands again.
The book friends were confused.
It means that YU dug a big hole for them in front of everyone, and they are not sure when the hole will be filled?
They had already listened to the story, and many of them were now preoccupied with wondering whether that man was the murderer and whether there was any shocking conspiracy behind it.
It's not that they were just imagining things, but this story reminded them of the president's assassination in the 1960s.
Although the assassination method is different and the name of the president is different, no matter how you read this novel, it is related to that incident.
Also, in this story, the "murderer" was a celebrity before and saved a female star. What effect does this plot have on the development of the story?
What role will the female singer who was saved by him play? Also, does this female singer have a prototype?
YU just said a simple beginning, leaving them scratching their heads and eager to know the follow-up story.
Some book friends have some regrets.
If they had known that YU should not be allowed to study, if they had not heard the beginning of this story, maybe they would not have had to suffer like this.
Sure enough, the more you know, the more troubled you become.
But, who knew YU would read a new story?
Jimmy didn't expect that Yu Dong would come to this event. He was a little confused just now, but he quickly reacted and said to the talking book friends: "Thank you YU for reading a 'trailer' for us. I want to
When the complete story is written, it will be very exciting. It’s getting late today, so the reading will end here. If there is an opportunity in the future, we will hold similar activities again, and we will definitely tell you in advance.”
Since he wanted to sell off the truth, he might as well sell it out completely, so Jimmy decided to end today's reading meeting directly.
Although the book lovers were disappointed, they still walked slowly outside the bookstore under the guidance of the staff.
After a while, all the readers in the bookstore were evacuated.
Hal and the staff finally had time to take stock of today's battle situation.
The inventory of "Resident Evil" game discs was very simple, because they prepared a total of 10,000 sets of game discs this time, and sold every single one.
In addition, "Alive" and "Panic Fingers" have sold more than a thousand copies each, which is also an unexpected surprise.
The price of a "Resident Evil" CD is fifty US dollars, and the revenue from the game alone has reached half a million US dollars.
For a bookstore, this turnover is astonishing, not to mention that such a book signing brings more intangible benefits to Little Bear Bookstore.
There are several media members present today, and they will definitely write a lot about what happened today.
Amazing signing results.
A very dramatic "accident".
YU's "trailer".
Every incident deserves its own news article.
And in every piece of news, Little Bear Bookstore has to be mentioned.
On one side, Hal is happy with today's results, and on the other side, Jimmy is already preparing for the next marketing plan based on today's events.
Jimmy was extremely happy.
Today, except for reading aloud, he didn't worry about anything, but he got two unexpected gains.
One was when Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu were recognized and they held a temporary reading club on the spot, and the other was the new book that appeared in Yu Dong.
While Jimmy was taking care of the reporters from several media outlets who stayed today, he was already notifying Cambot of the plan.
After things at the bookstore were over, Jimmy invited Yu Dong and all of them to have a big dinner.
At the dinner table, everyone was chatting about what happened today and planning the subsequent itinerary.
After the business was over, Yu Dong and the others were not in a hurry to leave, and planned to stay here for another week or two.
Yu Dong planned to go to Los Angeles first, and then visit several cities near Los Angeles. After that, he would stop in Canada to meet Alice Munro.
Alice Munro was originally going to come to New York, but due to work reasons, she couldn't get away. It just so happened that Yu Dong and the others were pretty busy with things, so they decided to go and find her.
"You went to other cities this time just to find material?" Jimmy asked.
Yu Dong nodded, "Yes, just to find materials."
"Well, then you have to leave quickly. I'm worried that if you stay in New York for a few more days, Scorsese and the others will have to come find you."
"Why?" Yu Dong asked in surprise, "Did something happen to the movie?"
Jimmy shook his head and sighed: "If you want to blame Joe, you have to blame this big mouth. Didn't you join the team of "Sniper Phone Booth" and also made a cameo in the movie? He just showed it off everywhere. I'm worried about Scorsese.
Once they know about it, they will also invite you over. Both "Men in Black" and "Fatal Identity" are currently being filmed, and "Men in Black" was filmed in New York."
Yu Dong smiled nonchalantly, "Probably not. After all, I am the only screenwriter of "Sniper Phone Booth". "Men in Black" is different from "Fatal Identity". I just have a name. At most, if I have a chance to turn around, I will follow
They meet."
Jimmy curled his lips and said, "I hope so."
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Chapter completed!