Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Atlanta is a railway hub city. It can be said that their city emerged because of the construction of railways.In the 30s, in order to build a railway line connecting the port city of Savannah and the Midwest, engineers selected the current Atlanta city center as the railway line going south from Chattanooga after extensive surveying. end point.

A year later, a small settlement developed around the terminus of the railway, and it was called the terminus, which eventually became a well-developed city with continuous development.

The city is not big and has a short history, but Atlanta is still quite famous. The Centennial Olympic Games was held here six years ago.

This time, the premiere ceremony of "Source Code" was arranged in the Centennial Olympic Park in the city center. From 08:30 in the morning until 05:30 in the evening, there will be a new book signing event for "Source Code", starting at [-] o'clock in the evening. It's the premiere.

The citizens of Atlanta haven't seen this city so lively for a long time, and the Centennial Olympic Park, which is usually relatively cold, is also crowded with people today.

Yu Dong's new book signing event, "Source Code" movie premiere ceremony, and the telecommunications equipment exhibition were all concentrated in these few days, and many people came all the way here just to join in the fun.

For the activities of these few days, the Atlanta government has been preparing for it a few days ago, fearing that there will be problems with urban traffic during the activities.

This happened six years ago when the Olympic Games were held here. At that time, because the Olympic Games were hosted by a private company, they did not receive strong support from the government, and even did not have access to the National Olympic Committee and various individual sports organizations. The transportation system was very poor. unobstructed.

At the beginning of the game, the shuttle buses for athletes and reporters couldn't run, and they were always stuck on the road, which greatly affected the progress of the game.The key is that the traffic between the main venues is not smooth, and it often takes two transfers by shuttle bus to reach the destination. An hour of competition will take two hours to spend on the road.

In addition to traffic, there were loopholes in security at the time, and even an explosion occurred in the Olympic Park, killing one person and injuring more than 100 people.

This time Yu Dong and the others came, the local government did not dare to be so slack.

……

Lin Linna and Linda flew over from London specially for this signing event.

They arrived at the square early in the morning, just wanting to be at the front, but when they arrived, there were already a lot of people in the square.

Fortunately, there are staff at the scene to maintain order, otherwise the scene will definitely be chaotic.

Linda kept counting the number of people in front of her, but she stopped counting. Serena smiled and said, "Don't be so nervous, we will definitely be able to get signed books in this position."

"I feel that there are many people in front of us. If we can't sign, we will come in vain. The most fearful thing is that they will tell us not to sign when it is our turn."

Serena waved her hand and said, "It's impossible for this to happen. They will count the number of people in the queue in advance. If it exceeds a certain number, they will ask the people behind to stop queuing in advance, so as to save time. The people in front of us probably also Just a few hundred people, generally speaking, every signing event can sign thousands of people, so we have no problem at all.”

Linda looked around the square again, "Why do I feel that there are more people here today than when Jay went to London?"

"You mean a concert?" Serena asked with a smile.

"No, I'm talking about the signing event after the concert."

"That autograph event was added temporarily, so it can't be compared. Besides, YU's autograph event is the most lively autograph event in the world. It's normal for Jay not to be able to compare, and it's a new book autograph event, so the meaning is different. Yes. It’s a pity that the new book couldn’t be sent to us in advance, otherwise we can start reading it now.”

Having said that, Serena stood on tiptoe and looked forward again, and then found the pile of boxes next to the signing table.

According to today's signing process, book fans line up first, and buy books on the spot when they arrive at the checkout area. After purchasing the books, they unpack the books and enter the signing area.

Therefore, readers cannot get the book without entering the checkout area.

The key is that Atlanta is the only place in the world where you can buy the new "Source Code" book. In other places, you can buy the book at least until the morning after tomorrow, and in Atlanta, you can only buy books in the plaza. There are no books in the bookstore. no books.

It was said that the signing started at 08:30, and they arrived at the scene at [-]:[-] East.

He walked in from the entrance of the square, greeting book fans who lined up along the way.

Serena and Linda heard the screams first, and then saw Yu Dong walking in from the entrance of the square.

"Wow, he is so handsome." Linda also exclaimed.

Serena smiled. She always felt that it was not a good thing to praise a writer for her good looks, but she had to admit that YU was indeed good looking.

In fact, at the beginning, Serena just thought that YU looked cleaner and younger, but after looking at it, she felt that she looked good-looking like this, plus jay, she now feels that Chinese people are pretty good-looking.

The key point is that Chinese people seem to be very young. YU is obviously 34 or [-] years old, but he still looks like a college student, and Chinese people have a mysterious and melancholy temperament with black eyes and black hair.

Walking to the edge of the table, he took a sip of water first, and then started signing the sales without any delay. Today's task is very heavy, so Yu Dong moved up the signing time, just to try to sign as many as possible.

A lot of people have come all the way here, and it's not good to let them go home empty-handed.

Of course, even if they didn't get signed books during the day, it wasn't completely in vain, because tonight's premiere ceremony also featured singers from Deep Space, including Jay Chou and Shakira. World-renowned singers, including Sun Yanzi and Mayday, who are trying to enter the European and American markets, are already famous in Asia, and the newcomer Avril Lavigne who just released her first album this month.

The reason why so many people came to the scene today is because on the one hand, only book signings can buy books today, and on the other hand, it is also because so many singers came.

……

After the signing session starts, according to the usual practice, Yu Dong will sign a special autograph for the first person in the queue. Yu Dong takes the book handed over by the other party and asks with a smile, "Excuse me, what's your name?"

The other party also replied with a smile, "My name is Steven Case."

Hearing this name, Yu Dong raised his eyebrows in surprise. He raised his head and looked at the reader in front of him. He was wearing casual clothes and a pair of sunglasses. He didn't look like he was waiting in line for an autograph, but more like is on beach vacation.

Although the other party was wearing sunglasses, Yu Dong still recognized him as the CEO of America Online, Steven Case, and Yu Dong smiled, "Mr. Case, is there anything you want me to write on the title page? "

"As long as you send it to me, it's fine."

Yu Dong nodded, picked up a pen and wrote "Ni Hao" in Chinese on the title page.

Steven Case looked at the two Chinese characters and asked in confusion, "What is this?"

"Chinese characters." Yu Dong replied with a smile.

"I know it's Chinese characters, but what do they mean?"

"You mean it."

Steven Case asked in surprise, "Is it that simple?"

"Is it simple? Not easy." Yu Dong looked up at the long queue behind Steven Case, "I think you must have put a little thought into being able to be the first in line."

"It's not too much thought, it's mainly the power of money." Steven Case laughed.

Yu Dong also joked, "Next time, if you want my autographed books, you can call me the money directly. Don't let others earn the money. I have to sell a lot of books to earn back the money you spent today."

Although he knew that Yu Dong was joking, Steven Case still calculated very seriously, "If you can earn one dollar for a book, then you need to sell about two thousand books."

"Hey." Yu Dong was taken aback. He didn't expect Steven Case to spend two thousand dollars, "Actually, I can't make a dollar per book, so I have to sell more than two thousand books."

In fact, what Yu Dong doesn’t know is that two thousand dollars is just the normal market price. After all, a special sign can be sold for at least a few hundred dollars. .

Ranked first, it is possible to get two special lottery books and have a chat with Yu Dong. There are many people who are willing to pay for this.Now there are people who specialize in doing this, and an industry has formed.

Yu Dong also knew that a busy man like Steven Case came here to spend his time to be the first one, and it was definitely not just for a signed book, so he asked directly, "Mr. Case, this time Come here, what's the matter?"

Steven Case laughed, "Is it convenient to have breakfast together tomorrow morning?"

Yu Dong was quite surprised. He didn't expect Steven Case to make an appointment for breakfast. He thought for a while and said, "No problem, please leave a contact information for my assistant. I'll come to you when I'm done." .”

Steven Case nodded, "No problem, then I won't bother you."

……

When signing autographs for the following readers, Yu Dong was still thinking about Steven Case, and speculated that his purpose for coming to Atlanta this time was most likely for the Atlanta Telecom Equipment Exhibition, so why did he come to find him?
Speaking of which, AOL and Deep Space are still rivals.

Before the development of Deep Space Corporation, AOL was actually quite worried. If AOL had only focused on dealing with Deep Space, then Deep Space would not have a good life, and its development must have been much more difficult.

Fortunately, at that time, AOL did not pay much attention to Deep Space Corporation, and on the other hand, it was also busy acquiring Time Warner. Coupled with the bursting of the Internet bubble, they had no time or energy to manage Deep Space Corporation.

But now, the two sides are ebb and flow, even if AOL wants to manage Deep Space, it doesn't have the ability.

After thinking about it for a while, Yu Dong didn't think about it any more. Anyway, we were going to have dinner together tomorrow morning.

……

After leaving the team, Steven Case gave his son a copy of his book.

Little Will has been waiting for the book. After getting the book, he found a place in the park to sit down and read it without saying anything.

In a sense, Serena was the first public reader of Source Code.

Steven Case looked at his son who couldn't wait to read the book, then shook his head with a smile, and sat down beside him.It is not the first time he has come to Atlanta, but this is the first time he has seen Atlanta so lively. He did not come during the Atlanta Olympics before.

The last time he came to the Centennial Olympic Park, it was still a bit desolate inside. Maybe it was to welcome this event, so he specially tidied it up. The park is much cleaner and brighter than before.

The enthusiasm of the scene is just like the current development of Deep Space Corporation.

Little Will didn't think as much as his father thought, and now all his thoughts were on the "Source Code" in his hand.

In fact, before deciding to read this book, Serena was still a little hesitant, because he was worried that after reading the book, he would lose interest in the movie after a while.

But then I thought about it later, so many movies based on novels, didn't they also affect the feeling of watching movies?

Besides, nonsense and movies are both coming out, you have to watch one first, if you have to affect the feelings of one of them, then Xiaowei would rather read the book first and then watch the movie.

At the beginning of the novel, a man named Xu Chen suddenly wakes up on a train.

Suddenly waking up in a strange place, the man was full of bewilderment. He clearly remembered that he was on a flight test mission before, but suddenly something went wrong with the plane, and he was dealing with it, and he arrived here in a blink of an eye.

A young woman sat across from the male protagonist, she smiled and said to him, "Good advice, thank you, Curtis."

"What?" the male protagonist asked subconsciously.

The woman looked at the male lead suspiciously, "What's wrong with you, you look very bad."

The male protagonist still looked around suspiciously, while the female continued, "Anyway, I want to tell you that the reason why I want to cancel...he calls me three times a day, what's wrong with the man...I submitted the application ..."

The male protagonist couldn't hear what the woman was saying at all, and he was still in great confusion. At this time, the ticket inspector came to check the ticket. The male protagonist looked at the ticket inspector blankly. He didn't know what the damn ticket was. He didn't even know why he appeared in the I don't know here, and who is the woman opposite?Talking about something completely incomprehensible, and calling him Curtis?Who is Curtis?

Seeing that the hero was indifferent, the woman stretched out her hand towards the hero's chest. The hero stepped back subconsciously. The heroine smiled, and continued to take out a ticket from his chest pocket and hand it to the conductor.

After the ticket inspector left, the woman looked at the male protagonist and asked, "What's wrong with you, it looks a little strange." (End of this chapter)