Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 642 Ding Yi, Bu Yi

Yu Dong sat on the chair for a while, and Cheng Yanqiu brought Jessica and Hardison down from the third floor.

Seeing Yu Dong's tired face, Cheng Yanqiu sighed: "I told you to rest more, but you just didn't listen."

"Actually, it's not bad. It's much better than when I wrote "The Last City." Yu Dong smiled, then looked at Jessica and the others, "You guys haven't left yet."

Hardison laughed: "We've been waiting for you, YU."

Yu Dong sat up and stretched his arms, "I'm sorry, I said I would go to you at noon, but I broke my promise. I'm here to sign for you now."

Cheng Yanqiu smiled and said: "Don't sign now, I asked Jessica to play together tomorrow, you can sign it for them tomorrow, by the way, Jessica said that her grandma likes you very much, you have to give her grandma more money." Sign some."

"no problem."

Grandma Jessica likes to read his books, and he knows it. He saw "Old Books" at Jessica's house before.

Yu Dong looked around, but he didn't see the store manager, so he asked again, "Where's Erwin?"

"He went to count today's signing data, and it should come up in a while."

"Let's go down." Yu Dong nodded, and was about to stand up, but found that his legs were a little numb, so he couldn't stand up for a while.

"Are your feet numb? You deserve it."

Cheng Yanqiu gave Yu Dong a blank look, then squatted down and slowly rubbed Yu Dong's legs, "Even if you don't rest, you should get up and walk more. You guys, you are the weakest right now. You are many. Although Wang Xiaobo is not in good health, he has been growing well recently and his complexion is much better. Seeing..."

What she said was a bit exaggerated. Although Yu Dong is not very strong, he is still in good health, but he looks a little thin.It's hard to compare with others, but at least he looks better than Wang Xiaobo.

If he looks worse than Wang Xiaobo, is he still human?
But Yu Dong knew that she cared about him, watched her lower her head to rub his legs, and said with a low laugh, "It won't happen in the future."

"I won't... I believe you will be blamed."

Although Hardison and the others don't understand Chinese, they knew they were flirting when they saw them like this. Both of their faces were a little red, and they glanced at each other. The place.

After Cheng Yanqiu rubbed it for a while, Yu Dong's legs felt much better, and he stood up with his hands on the table.

The four of them went downstairs, and the store manager Erwin was checking today's signing data with a few shop assistants. When he saw Yu Dong coming down, Erwin walked over excitedly, "YU, the data has basically been confirmed, today you A total of [-] copies were signed."

"Sixteen thousand?" Yu Dong looked surprised, "So many signed today?"

He kept his head buried in the signature, but he didn't bother to calculate it.

Erwin said with a smile: "Actually, if too many special visas were not given, this number could be raised. Some people couldn't wait to leave in the middle, and some people came late and were not ranked. Team."

Yu Dong calculated in his mind, he signed today for 10 hours plus [-] minutes, an average of one thousand and dozens of copies per hour, and an average of three copies per three seconds.

To put it bluntly, this speed is indeed not particularly fast. If he writes more scribbled, the bookstore prepares more fully, does not need special signing, and eats less time, he will definitely be able to sign a book in more than two seconds. Increase this data by 50.00% to reach more than [-] copies.

"Now that the results have come out, we will go back first."

Erwin nodded with a smile: "Okay, I'll send you off."

Yu Dong waved his hand: "No, it's such a short distance, let's walk back. You have worked hard today, after the statistics are finished, go back and rest as soon as possible."

"Well, we are going to go back in a while. In the next few days, we will have one battle after another."

Erwin was also tired all day. As the store manager, he naturally came to the bookstore earlier than Yu Dong, first checked it from top to bottom, and then held a mobilization meeting for the store staff before opening the door of the bookstore .

When Yu Dong was signing the signature, he was busy, afraid that there might be some mistakes.

However, to be selected as the store manager of Amazon's first physical bookstore, Erwin's personal ability is not a problem at all. He is proficient in English, French, and Spanish, and he is still learning Chinese.

For Erwin, today is a tiring day, but also a fulfilling day, and a day full of hope.

[-] copies, this is a good start for YU to open their bookstore.

This is already a book signing record, and I am afraid that no one will be able to break it for a while, and their bookstore will also be tightly bound to this record.

If nothing else, news of the signing record will appear on Amazon's official website tomorrow, followed by major media and news reports.

This is not over yet, after the YU autograph session, there will be several autograph sessions with Yu Hua and Mo Yan.

Next, the Amazon bookstore will continue to be lively for several days.

So although he was very tired, Erwin was very energetic at the moment.

Yu Dong could feel the energy in Erwin, and nodded with a smile: "It's been hard these few days, if you need anything, please feel free to mention it to your leaders. You are Amazon's first physical bookstore, but it will definitely not be The last one, more and more Amazon bookstores will appear in various cities in the future, and your first store will definitely become their target. More and more authors have signed contracts with Deep Space. If the effect is good, I hope From now on, every author or singer under the banner of Deep Space can come to this store to hold a signing event."

Drawing this big pie made Erwin's blood boil.

"YU, don't worry, I will try my best to run this bookstore well, and I won't let you down."

Although Deep Space has not announced that YU is the boss of Deep Space America, people in the industry basically know a little bit, and Erwin has also heard some news, so he eats the pie that YU drew for him. .

Seeing Erwin's bloody appearance, Yu Dong turned around and waved to other employees, and then led Cheng Yanqiu and the others out of the bookstore.

As soon as he left the bookstore, a gust of cool wind blew in, making Yu Dong feel quite refreshed.

Chicago in August is much cooler than Jinling, and it is only in the [-]s during the day when it is hot.

After enjoying the breeze for a while, Yu Dong turned to look at Cheng Yanqiu: "Did you tell them about "Pounding Heartbeat"?"

"I didn't say anything." Cheng Yanqiu shook his head, and then asked: "Do you want to tell them?"

Yu Dong thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I don't want to talk about it. I want to talk to her about signing a contract today. Didn't you say that her piano skills are very high?"

"It's really high, and she has won some awards. I can go this way and eat this bowl of food in the future. In fact, Audiofon Records has contacted her and wants to release a record for her, but he didn't agree."

"so smart."

Yu Dong couldn't help but be speechless. Although he didn't know what company Audiofon was, but being called by Cheng Yanqiu's name, it shouldn't be some pheasant company.Since they are willing to make a record for Jessica, it can fully prove Jessica's strength.

Jessica and Hardison couldn't hear Chinese, and they could only look puzzled beside them when they saw Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu whispering.

Yu Dong said a few more words to Cheng Yanqiu, and then asked Jessica: "I heard that a record company asked you to record a record before, but you didn't agree, why?"

Jessica thought for a while and said, "I don't think my current level is high enough. If I make a record, I won't be satisfied enough."

"Are you a perfectionist?"

"That's not it."

"Actually, it is." Hardison whispered beside him.

Hearing Hardison's words, Yu Dong probably understood that Jessica must be a bit of a perfectionist.

Perfectionism can be a good thing, but it can also be a bad thing.

The good thing is that she won't produce low-quality works, at least she won't produce works that she can't even see.The bad thing is, she probably won't produce a work.

The level of piano performance sometimes has different opinions. There is no accurate scoring standard, and it can always be better.

Since it can be better, it proves that the current one may not be good enough. Since the current one is not good enough, it is better to wait for it to be better before publishing it, but this kind of thing will not end.

Jessica's family is not short of money, and she will not publish works for her livelihood, so it is easier to walk into such a dead end.

Yu Dong said with a smile, "I think you can try to record a record. In this way, you can be regarded as a mark on the road to perfection. The articles I wrote when I was a teenager are still placed by my father. On the table, use a piece of transparent glass to hold it down. Once a guest comes, he will show it off to others. This is an article written by his son when he was a teenager. Looking back at the article written when he was a teenager, it is somewhat artificial, which makes People blush, but this is me as a teenager, indelible and indelible.”

"Of course, apart from pretentiousness, I can also find some advantages from the past me, such as simplicity, no distracting thoughts, and unconstrained thoughts. These advantages are lacking in the current me. You think now, and you will definitely have more in the future. Exquisite skills, but one thing is overlooked, you in the future may not be as innocent as you are today."

This passage stunned Jessica for a moment. First, she didn't expect that YU would ask her about recording an album, and later she didn't expect that YU would persuade her to record an album.

But this passage does sound reasonable.

The reason why she did not agree to record the record before was because she always felt that she could play better in the future, but now what YU said made her feel reasonable. Maybe she will become better in many places in the future, but she will also lose something.

Seeing Jessica's hesitation, Cheng Yanqiu continued: "Growing up is not like playing games, where you level up when you have enough experience, but a complicated process. In this process, we have to reach out to get something , we must also learn to hold on to certain things. However, when we reach out for something, we must lose something, which cannot be changed. What can be grasped is that we can record us at different stages. Recording records is not the same thing as recording on tape at home, professional equipment can perfectly…”

Cheng Yanqiu talked a lot, made some expansions around what Yu Dong said, and then talked about some technical things.

The combination of the couple made Jessica dizzy, and finally said, "How about I go to Audiofon Records?"

Yu Dong laughed and said, "Why are you looking for them? We, Deep Space, are also making music. It's very easy for you to publish a feature-length novel."

"Is it?"

"Yes." Cheng Yanqiu smiled, "I'm still the consultant of Deep Space Music in China. If Jessica wants to record, I can also help you."

Jessica nodded blankly: "Then let me try."

……

The hotel where Jessica and the others lived is also on the north side of Michigan Avenue, only more than 200 meters away from the hotel where they lived in Yudong.

When they arrived at the entrance of Yu Dong's hotel, the four of them separated.

On the way back to the room, Yu Dong kept rubbing his neck, "I need to sleep well tonight and recover, I won't go to Yu Hua's autograph signing tomorrow morning..."

While saying this, Yu Donglu passed by Wang Xiaobo's room, and heard voices coming from inside. Looking through the crack of the door, the light inside was on.

Yu Dong frowned, "It sounds quite lively inside, is there Yu Hua's voice?"

Cheng Yanqiu also listened carefully, then nodded, "It seems to be Yu Hua's voice, and Teacher Bi."

Yu Dong looked at his watch. It was past eleven o'clock, and he couldn't help muttering, "Don't these guys remember that there will be an autograph session tomorrow? They are still playing at this late hour?"

"Maybe it's because of the signing tomorrow, so I can't sleep at night because of the excitement?"

"Can't sleep because of excitement?" Yu Dong tilted his head and listened carefully, and then said angrily, "I'm so excited, these people are clearly messing around, Luoluo, you go back to the room first, I'll talk to them .”

Before Cheng Yanqiu could reply, Yu Dong had already slapped the door: "Open the door, open the door!"

Seeing this, Cheng Yanqiu smiled and returned to his room.

Here, Mo Yan came to open the door wearing a big trousers and a vest, holding a card in his hand, "Member, did you just finish the signing?"

"Well, it's over." Yu Dong nodded and looked inside, and sure enough, Yu Hua, Bi Feiyu, Mo Yan, and Wang Xiaobo had a table of cards.

"Yu Hua, Bi Feiyu, have you forgotten that there is an autograph session tomorrow?"

The signing of the four of them will be divided into two days, and they will be divided into groups of two, and each will occupy one day. Tomorrow will be for Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu.

"Remember? Isn't it still early?" Yu Hua said.

"It's ten past eleven, it's still early."

"Yes, Yuanwai, it's not too late. Isn't it starting at 08:30 tomorrow?" Mo Yan said.

Seeing the old fritters of these people, he pursed his lips and said, "Okay, you two continue to play cards, and you will have a good fruit tomorrow."

Yu Hua was taken aback, "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean? You'll know tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, Yu Dong snorted, turned and went back to his room.

After returning to the room, Yu Dong quickly washed up, set an alarm clock for six o'clock, and then fell asleep on the bed.

At six o'clock the next morning, Yu Dong got up and knocked on the doors of Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu's family.

Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu woke up in a daze, and were urged by Yu Dong to wash their faces and brush their teeth, and then sent to the Amazon bookstore by Yu Dong.

When we arrived at the place, it was only 07:30 in the morning.

Although the signing event between Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu was not as hot as Yu Dong's, there were already dozens of people queuing up at 07:30.

Yu Dong went to knock on the door of the bookstore again, and asked Yu Hua and the others to start signing in advance.

Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu started signing autographs for the readers in a daze, but they didn't care because they knew that there wouldn't be too many readers today, and if they started a little earlier, they would end a little earlier.

But what they didn't expect was that after eight o'clock, more and more people lined up at the door, slowly rising from dozens of people to 200 people.

Yu Dong kept running to urge them: "Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, there will be no more line at the door of the bookstore, and we're going to the old water tower."

Urged by Yu Dong, the two of them didn't dare to speak, so they could only desperately sign for the readers.

In this way, a whole morning passed, Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu were both dizzy from exhaustion, under their strong request, Yu Dong gave them a rest.

Arriving at the rest area upstairs, Yu Hua rubbed her temples with one hand and patted the table with the other, "Squeeze, squeeze naked!"

Bi Feiyu also yelled: "Exploitation, exploitation that both humans and gods hate!"

"Why don't you leave now, and I won't oppress you anymore." Yu Dong smiled and looked downstairs: "Those readers have only been in line all morning anyway, let them go back where they came from."

Hearing this, Bi Feiyu pursed her mouth, "You know how to use readers to suppress us, but I don't understand why there are so many readers? It's unreasonable. In the past, when we signed sales, we usually signed One to two thousand copies, and the better three to four thousand copies are great. But this morning, it took less than five hours, and two thousand copies have already been signed."

Yu Dong smiled and said, "I told you, the publicity is strong this time, and the most important thing is the Amazon bookstore's discount. Today, you must have signed more than three or four thousand copies."

"so much."

Yu Dong said with a half-smile: "There are so many readers who came to sign the book signing, you don't like it, that's just how much, I signed more than 6000 copies yesterday, and I didn't like you, as soon as the horn blew, I retreated .”

Bi Feiyu waved his hand, "It's not that we backed down. Your name is only two characters, with fewer strokes, which is much less difficult than our signature. To be honest, I only hated my surname Ding just now."

"How do you say that?" Yu Hua asked.

"If my surname is Ding, and I choose a name of Ding Yi, then the efficiency of signing will increase by at least [-]%."

Yu Hua gave a thumbs up: "Gao, it's really tall, but since Ding Yi was used by you, my surname can only be Bu Yi. Hey, why don't we have a pseudonym in the future, your name is Ding Yi, My name is Bu Yi, how are you?"

"Okay, that's a good idea."

"But such a good pen name, I don't know if it has been used by others."

"Ding Yi seems to be called this, but Bu Yi doesn't know."

"Hey, if others use it, we can use it too."

"Who says it's not? It's not a crime to have the same name, and it's not a crime to have the same pseudonym."

Seeing that the two of them were seriously discussing the pseudonym, Yu Dong gritted his molars, thinking that these two guys are really big-hearted.

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