"Two other writers?"

After a pause, Hal came to his senses and quickly asked: "It's not their book signing today, so why are there not enough books?"

"It's really not their autograph session, but they were recognized by some readers..."

The clerk briefly reported the situation to Hal.

Hal immediately decided: "Okay, I will call the headquarters now and ask them to transfer some books..."

Although this is an "unexpected" incident, selling more books is definitely a good thing for the bookstore.

Hal apologized to Jimmy and called headquarters.

First, let the headquarters transfer some books from other stores in the same city.

But these books were probably not enough, so Hal contacted the booksellers and asked them to prepare some books.

After doing all this, Hal turned to look at Jimmy, who was smiling, and said sheepishly: "I am responsible for this. I didn't expect it would cause such a chain reaction."

Jimmy shrugged, "Wouldn't that be better?"

Hal was stunned for a moment and then realized what he was doing.

Although there is no preparation in advance, some books may be signed less, and the scene will be busy, but in this way, the event will become more popular.

From a news perspective.

Things that happen normally do not attract others' attention, but "accidents" can arouse heated discussions.

If they had made preparations in advance and held autograph signings for Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu at the same time, no one would care too much even if the autograph signings turned out well.

But it's different now.

They appeared in the form of "visiting class", and then were caught by attentive readers, causing panic in the bookstore... no matter how you look at it, it is more attractive.

Jimmy smiled and said: "I think about designing marketing scripts every day. I was really lucky today. I didn't need to design anything, the script came by itself."

Seeing Jimmy's calm and relaxed look, Hal couldn't help but feel ashamed.

When he heard the news just now, he was still a little panicked, fearing that something would go wrong. Compared with the two, he was far behind Jimmy.

But if you think about it carefully, Jimmy is really scary. It seems that he is thinking about marketing anytime and anywhere, and he can contact marketing immediately for everything.

"Jimmy, you are so awesome." Hal said sincerely.

Jimmy smiled and stood up from the sofa, "Let's go out and take a look. There are still some things we need to arrange."

"What happened?" Hal asked.

"Your bookstore must not have enough books, and it will take half an hour at the fastest to get new books, right?"

"That's right." Hal nodded, "It takes half an hour from the group to our nearest Shuihua Bookstore."

"That's right, we can't just leave these readers hanging around during this period of time."

"How about we just announce the signing of the two of them and then let the readers line up separately? This way we can maintain order." Hal said.

Jimmy shook his head, "Although this can maintain order, it will reduce the drama of the incident."

"Dramatic?" Hal blinked. The more Jimmy spoke, the more confused he became.

"Yes, dramatic."

Jimmy rubbed his hands and walked out, "Look at me."

The two arrived at the autograph signing site.

Many people have gathered around Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu. Although the bookstore can no longer buy their books, these readers are unwilling to leave and want to chat with Yu Hua and the others.

Seeing that there were more and more people, Jimmy asked the staff for a loudspeaker and shouted, "Dear readers, if you want the autographs of the two writers Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu, please follow me upstairs."

Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu didn't know what Jimmy wanted to do, but they followed Jimmy upstairs, and the readers naturally followed closely.

When they arrived upstairs, Jimmy asked Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu to sit down, and then arranged for the readers who had come up to stand around.

"Because today is a signing event for the "Resident Evil" game, the bookstore has not prepared enough Chinese literature series books. If you want to get signed books, you may have to wait a while."

Jimmy first told the book friends the situation truthfully, and everyone nodded to express their understanding.

"It doesn't matter, we are willing to wait." someone said.

Jimmy smiled and saw that one of the readers was holding a copy of "Alive", so he walked up to the reader and asked: "My friend, can you lend me this book for a while?"

Although the book friend didn't know Jimmy, he knew that he was the person in charge of the scene, so he handed the book to Jimmy.

After getting the book, Jimmy smiled and said: "I think everyone is not willing to waste this waiting time, so in the next period of time, I will read some excerpts from the works for you on behalf of the two writers.

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Of course, no one objected to this proposal. Reading aloud is a regular program of the book club, so they just came to participate in the book club.

Hearing that Jimmy was going to read excerpts from the work, Yu Hua walked up to Jimmy and asked in a low voice, "Jimmy, which excerpt do you want to read?"

For Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu, reading works aloud is still relatively new.

There are also pen clubs and exchange meetings in China, but usually the works are not read aloud.

Jimmy smiled and replied: "I'm going to read the paragraph after Youqing's death."

Yu Hua pursed her lips, said nothing, nodded and sat back in her seat.

He asked Jimmy which passage he wanted to read because he was worried that Jimmy was not familiar with the work and would not know which passage to choose. But Jimmy's answer was beyond his imagination. It was obvious that Jimmy was very familiar with "To Live".

Yu Hua just thought of several paragraphs in his mind, but after much deliberation, the one about Jiazhen discovering the truth after Youqing's death was still the best.

After Yu Hua sat down, Jimmy opened the book and found that paragraph. He cleared his throat and said, "Youqing is dead."

This sentence is not in the original text. The reason why Jimmy added this sentence is to let some people who have not read the book immediately understand the background of this paragraph-a character died.

His consideration is not unreasonable. Many of the book lovers here waiting for autographed books have never read "Alive".

Some of these people have read "Finger" but not "Alive", and some have not read both.

Some people have even never heard of the Chinese literature series before.

These people are just Yu Dong's science fiction mystery. Then they came to attend the "Resident Evil" book signing. They discovered two other writers at the scene and learned some information that they didn't know before, so they came to join in the fun.

Sure enough, Jimmy added this sentence is very useful.

The words "Youqing died" suppressed the atmosphere of the scene. The topic of death was heavy enough for everyone.

"That night, I carried Youqing and walked home..."

The excerpt Jimmy chose is very long, starting with Fugui carrying Youqing's body home and then burying Youqing with his own hands, and ending with Fugui carrying Jiazhen and leaving Youqing's grave.

This paragraph is indeed very powerful. Readers who have read this book before thought of this paragraph immediately after Jimmy spoke. Some readers' eyes became red after listening to a few words.

Some readers, even if they have not read this book, feel the charm of this paragraph through Jimmy's affectionate reading.

The atmosphere at the entire scene became increasingly depressing.

Until the end, Jimmy ended his reading with a classic sentence.

"I looked at the winding path leading to the city. I couldn't hear the sound of my son running barefoot. The moonlight shone on the road, as if it was sprinkled with salt."

At the end of the reading, no one applauded, only a long silence.

The distance between the second floor and the third floor is not far. Jimmy's reading voice is very loud, and people on the second floor can hear Jimmy's voice clearly.

Yu Dong is no exception. Although he is signing autographs for book friends, he has been listening to Jimmy's reading.

Although he has watched this section of "Alive" many times, and even participated in Yu Hua's creation before, he still feels sad every time he sees it.

I have to say that Jimmy's performance is also very good. He may not have many skills, but he is very emotional, which is due to his understanding of the book.

Yu Dong did not hide his sadness, and his red eye circles were noticed by careful readers.

"YU is a little sad."

"His eyes are red."

"He cried."

Yu Dong's performance made book friends more curious about the book "Alive".

What kind of book can move YU to tears?

What kind of books is the Chinese Literature Series?

Hal looked at the silent scene in front of him, and his heart surged.

He didn't expect that a simple business signing event would turn into this situation.

There were more and more people on the third floor, and many people went directly to the fourth floor.

Each floor of Little Bear Bookstore is not completely enclosed. There is a small patio next to the stairs. People upstairs can stand on the railing and see part of the downstairs. Naturally, they can also hear the sounds downstairs.

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Jimmy finished reading the excerpt from "Being Alive" and then the excerpt from "Fingering Frustration."

By this time, the books ordered from other bookstores had arrived.

However, the readers were already immersed in the strong literary atmosphere and were unwilling to end the reading and asked Jimmy to continue.

"Read another paragraph."

"Yes, let's read another paragraph. It won't affect the signature anyway."

"We promise not to make any noise."

Faced with the enthusiastic invitation from readers, Jimmy took a sip of water and agreed: "Okay, then I will give you another piece of "Going West" by YU."

"good."

This time, Jimmy did not choose the very tragic part of "Going West", but chose a more humorous part, that is, the part where Da Dan instructs Hongzi to bully the students in school, and then Da Dan steps in to act as a hero.

"Dadan and Hongzi were sitting under the bridge behind the school and heard a bell..."

Different from the heaviness just now, when Jimmy read "Going West", the atmosphere was very cheerful.

The book friends obviously promised not to make any noise, but they laughed frequently because they couldn't help it.

Some book friends who have not read "Westward" are covering their mouths and laughing, while thinking: It seems that this book by YU is very funny, just like "The Martian", I must read it back.
Chapter completed!