Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 641 Xiuyuanxiuwen (seeking monthly ticket)

Yu Hua's doubts were also Mo Yan's doubts.

They really couldn't imagine that at the signing event tomorrow morning, someone would come and line up the night before, just to grab the first signed book.

Although they don't understand Chinese, the two young people could hear the doubt in their voices. One of the young people said with a smile: "YU's signing will always be the first one to sign, wait for one night, Nothing unworthy."

As soon as the young man finished speaking, Yu Hua asked, "What did he say?"

"He said that the first person in Yu Dong's signing will always get a special sign, so it's worth waiting all night. It can be seen that the special sign is very attractive to them." Bi Feiyu helped translate.

Yu Dong smiled and asked the young man: "The first one has a special visa, but there are two of you."

The young man in front of him lowered his head and said, "It doesn't matter, maybe the second one can also get a special visa."

Mo Yan asked, "Why did the two of them keep their heads down while talking?"

"It seems that there are a lot of hip-hop players." Bi Feiyu also had a half-knowledge.

Yu Dong looked at the two young men. They were dressed in hip-hop clothes, but they didn't look at people when they spoke, probably not because of hip-hop, but because they were a little socially afraid.

"Why don't you sign for them?" Bi Feiyu said.

Yu Dong shook his head, "Forget it."

"Why?" Bi Feiyu asked in surprise, "Are you just letting them wait overnight?"

"They don't wait, there are always others waiting."

Yu Dong is right, someone passed by just now, looked this way, and then left, probably because they wanted to queue up in advance, but seeing that there are so many people here, there is no way to be the first So go.

If Yu Dong signs these two young people now and they leave, then the latecomers will definitely come and wait when they see no one in line.The first position will always be taken by someone, and Yu Dong can't help it even if he wants to.

Bi Feiyu nodded thoughtfully: "That's true."

Yu Dong smiled: "Let's go forward, the front is more lively, and they are not at ease staying here."

The others nodded and followed Yu Dong to continue walking.

After Yu Dong and the others left, the two young men let out a long sigh.

The heads that hadn't been raised before, now they are finally completely raised. The two of them looked at Yu Dong's back as they went away, and one of them said: "Ailun, you really shouldn't have told them about the special signing just now. If they are moved Now, what should we do if we want to grab No.1 from us? There are so many of them, we can't grab them."

Allen smiled and said, "No, they seem to be tourists, and they won't wait all night for book signings like us."

"Okay, but I was really worried just now. By the way, do you think they are Chinese?"

"I don't know, judging by their hair, they may be Chinese, but the two people I spoke to just now can pronounce well, so I can't tell where they are from.

"Well, now that they're gone, we can sit down for a while."

……

The next morning, Michigan Avenue was already very lively at eight o'clock.

A long queue formed in front of the Amazon Bookstore, which was not yet open, and stretched all the way to the bottom of the old water tower.

The people who lined up seemed to be in a bad state of mind. Some of them got up very early in the morning and didn't fully wake up, and they were still in a daze.

The door of the Amazon bookstore opened on time at eight o'clock.

As the door of the bookstore opened, there was a noise at the front of the line, and then the noise spread along the line, and finally reached the end of the line.

"The bookstore is open."

Hardison, who was in the middle of the line, heard someone yelling, and suddenly opened his dazed eyes, and looked at Jessica who was also dazed beside him: "The bookstore is open."

Jessica rubbed her eyes and looked towards the door of the Amazon bookstore, but the distance between them was too far away, and many people were blocked. She couldn't tell whether the door was open or not. What she could see clearly was the picture on the door of the bookstore. Under the bright morning sun, the huge blue poster was wrinkled by the light waves and smoothed by the breeze. It looked like a sea of ​​water, sparkling.

But there were several sounds of "the door of the bookstore opened" from the side, and everyone was excited and shouted, as if they would see YU in the next second and get his autographed book.

Jessica looked away from the poster and sighed slightly. The long queue told her that even if the signing started now, she would have to queue for a long time to see YU.

She and Hardison got up at six o'clock, washed up, and hurried on their way. They arrived at the door of the bookstore in the early seven o'clock, but there was already a long queue at the door.

Although it has been a long time since she has been "in the pit" of YU, it is the first time that Jessica has such a strong feeling of YU's popularity in the United States.

People seem to be crazy, staying up early in the morning just to get YU's autographed book.

Seeing the situation in front of her, Jessica was very annoyed, obviously at that time YU had stayed at her house for a long time.

This time she came here not only for herself, but also to complete grandma's task.

Before, Hardison customized several commemorative cards on the Amazon website and gave one to her grandma. Grandma liked it very much. During this time, she took it out every day and couldn't put it down.

Grandma also gave her a task this time, she must get YU's autographed book, and it would be best to have a special autograph.

……

Yu Dong didn't go through the side door this time, but parked the car on the side of the road in front of the Amazon Bookstore, and then got out of the car by himself.

When the car came over, it had already attracted the attention of some people.

At this time, any vehicle parked in front of the bookstore is suspicious, maybe YU will come out of it.

Before that, people have stared at a lot of cars, but every time they waited, they were disappointed.

But this time, when Yu Dong got out of the car, he was recognized immediately.

"YU!"

A loud shout rang out, frightening the two security personnel following Yu Dong and rushing to Yu Dong's side.

Yu Dong followed the sound and saw a white man in his 60s or [-]s, waving wildly at him.

Seeing Yu Dong looking over, the old man lifted his shirt outside to reveal the shirt inside, with a few Chinese characters crookedly written on it: old books, my eternal love.

The old man has a fat body and a big belly, so it doesn't seem crowded to write these big characters on his clothes.

Seeing these Chinese characters, Yu Dong couldn't help showing a smile, and gave the old man a thumbs up again.

This thumb gave the old man great encouragement. He pointed to his stomach while waving his fist: "Yu, I love you, I love you."

Several young people lined up next to the old man also joined in the fun, shouting: "Love you, love you!"

Cheng Yanqiu, who followed Yu Dong, staggered when she heard a group of rough men yelling "I love you" to Dong. Fortunately, Fu Jing next to her stopped her, otherwise she would really fall.

Yu Dong was not feeling well either. Goosebumps all over his body as he yelled "I love you" in this hot summer.

In addition to the readers in the long queue, many media reporters had already arrived at the scene. When Yu Dong got out of the car, they raised their cameras and frantically took pictures.

Watched by reporters and readers, Yu Dong entered the Amazon bookstore.

Five minutes later, the signing session officially began.

Carl and Allen, who were at the front of the queue, had already stayed up all night, but when they heard that the autograph session had started, the two of them rushed to the second floor in one breath, bought Yu Dong's books first, and then went to the staff's Arranged and came to Yu Dong.

Yu Dong looked at the two people who were out of breath, and asked with a smile, "Have you two had breakfast?"

Carl and Alan were stunned for a moment. They thought that YU who was in the front might talk to them, but they never thought that the first thing YU said to them was "Have you had breakfast yet?"

Seeing the two of them dumbfounded, Yu Dong waved to them: "Bring the book."

Karl nodded to Allen, and was about to pass the book, but Karl suddenly thought of something, and retracted his hand again.

Allen also saw Carl's action, and also remembered the first thing that could get the special lottery, and wanted to shrink back, but his book had already been dragged by Yu Dong.

Opening the title page, Yu Dong smiled and said to Allen, "The first one to sign will get a bonus. Do you have a Chinese name?"

"Yes, yes." Allen quickly took out a note from his pocket and handed it to Yu Dong.

Yu Dong took the note and looked at it, and there were two printed words: Ai Xiuyuan.

Yu Dong was quite surprised to see such a serious name given by a foreigner, "Did you come up with it yourself?"

"Our teacher named it to me." Having said that, Allen pointed to Carl again, "We are a Chinese teacher, and the teacher also gave him a name."

Yu Dong nodded and looked at Carl, "Where's your name?"

Karl also took out a note.

Yu Dong took the note, which was also typed and said: Yu Xiuwen.

Surname Yu?

Yu Dong looked at Carl, wondering if his surname was a coincidence or intentional.

Without asking too much, Yu Dong lowered his head and wrote in Allen's book: The road is long and long, and I will search up and down——Gift to Ai Xiuyuan.

Then he wrote in Carl's book: Just when the Haiyan River is clearing up, it is the time when Xiuwen Yanwu - donated to Xiuwen.

The two Chinese characters Yu Dong are signed on the back.

Then he took two more books from his left hand and handed them to Carl and Allen: "These two are the first edition of the Chinese version of "Old Books", with autographs of me and several other authors in them, and I give them to you."

Karl and Allen never thought that there would be a surprise, and they quickly took the book in Dong's hand.

Allen couldn't wait to open the book in his hand, and saw five or six names signed on the title page. Except for "Yu Dong", he looked familiar, and he couldn't understand the others.

"I hope you can maintain your enthusiasm for reading. See you next time." Yu Dong said with a smile.

Hearing Yu Dong's words, Alan and Carl also knew that they could not stay any longer. They nodded with Yu Dong, and then walked downstairs under the guidance of the staff.

The readers who lined up behind were surprised to see that they had two special books in their hands, and someone even asked, "Man, what's the matter with this book?"

Carl smiled and showed off: "The Chinese version of "Old Book" contains the signatures of several Chinese writers including YU, which is an extra gift from YU."

Hearing Carl's show off, the people behind couldn't help but pat their thighs. If they had known that there were such good benefits in the front line, they would have come to line up a long time ago.

After the two of them are gone, the signing will continue.

Yu Dong's handwriting speed is very fast, but the team's speed is not fast, because Yu Dong gave special signatures this time very frequently, every twenty or so will give a special signature, and there are quite a lot of special signatures , are all ancient poems.

"No one in life has died since ancient times, and keep a loyal heart to reflect history."

"There will be times when the wind and waves break, and the sails will be hung straight to help the sea."

"I was born to be useful, and I will come back after the money is gone."

"When all the rivers go east to the sea, when will they return to the west?"

……

Yu Dong didn't bother to look for it. Anyway, he just wrote whatever came to his mind. They were all classic poems. If readers were more curious after reading them, it would be convenient for them to go back and look up and study.

After signing for about 40 minutes, Yu Dong looked up and saw Jessica and Hardison standing in front of him.

Seeing the two of them, Yu Dong laughed: "Have you come all this way?"

Seeing that Yu Dong still remembered herself, Jessica smiled and said, "It's not very far."

Hardison also laughed: "YU, do you still remember me?"

"Of course." Yu Dong smiled and nodded, taking the opportunity to move his sore wrist, and said to Hardison: "I have a deep impression on you. I remember that you didn't treat Jessica..."

Just as Yu Dong was halfway through speaking, Hardison wanted to run over and cover his mouth: "No, no, I was joking with you before."

"Really." Yu Dong smiled, and he didn't want to shake Hardison's background.

"Did Cheng come with you?" Jessica asked.

Yu Dong nodded: "Come on, she should be reading on the third floor now, you can go up to find her later, and I'll let you go up there. As for your autographs, I'll sign them for you when I'm done. Looking for you."

"Looking for us?" Hardison asked in surprise.

"Well, I'm looking for you." Yu Dong turned to the staff and said, "They are my friends. Take them up to the third floor to meet my wife immediately."

After finishing the order, Yu Dong said to the two of them: "You go first, I will go to you again during the lunch break."

……

Yu Dong broke his promise, because he didn't go to see Jessica and the others during the lunch break, because there were too many people who came to sign the sale today, and he didn't have time to rest at all.

He hurried on, but the line outside was still getting longer and longer. If he ran to rest again, the line might not be able to take care of him.

If it’s a usual book signing, it doesn’t matter if it’s slower, but today is the opening day of Amazon’s first offline bookstore, and Yu Dong also wanted to make the signing data look better, so he didn’t rest at noon or evening, and just had a simple meal. Just keep fighting.

It wasn't until nine o'clock in the evening that Yu Dong asked the staff to put up a "stop queuing" sign at the end of the queue.

It took another one and a half hours to sign the last part of the team.

When the last reader left contentedly, Yu Dong threw the pen in his hand on the table, and then slumped on the chair.

This was the most tiring signing event since he started his career. It was intense and long, over fourteen hours, and he kept spinning like a spinning top.

The few media reporters who stayed at the end took pictures of Yu Dong who was slumped on the chair, and then wanted to come to interview Yu Dong, but were stopped by the staff.

"YU is already very tired today, so it's inconvenient to accept an interview."

Although the reporters were unwilling, seeing the exhaustion on Yu Dong's face and the firmness on the staff's face, they had to leave with regret.

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