After taking a look at the domestic box office statistics report handed over by Han Han, Li Qing said casually, then lowered his head and continued with the book signing activities.
He didn't have much thought at the moment to pay attention to the final box office of "The Truman Show". The fans lining up in front of him were like the mighty water of the Yangtze River, which made Li Qing wipe his sweat uncontrollably.
He was shocked when he came to hold a book signing early in the morning. BGM and Barnes & Noble completely underestimated Li Qing's influence in the UK. When the news of the release of Li Qing's new album came, starting from last night, outside the Barnes & Noble bookstore
The streets are completely blocked.
Many people even brought their own tents and camped in front of the Barnes & Noble bookstore just to buy a limited edition album of "The Truman Show."
In the UK, the number of fans of "Harry Potter" is the largest, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are all over the country.
Because of the "Harry Potter" series, King's Road and Platform Nine and Three Quarters have become world-class scenery, and fans from all over the world have traveled thousands of miles to London to enjoy the attractions in the books.
The Queen of the British Royal Family once awarded Li Qing the Knight Medal, which caused a sensation throughout the UK.
Not long ago, the Mayor of London also awarded Li Qing a "Friendship Award of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" and a bonus of one million pounds to reward Li Qing for his special contributions to the United Kingdom.
In this atmosphere, people all over the UK have a special fondness for this young writer from China, so much so that at the new album signing event in London, an unprecedented huge scene took place outside the Barnes & Noble bookstore.
Every street was closed by the police just to allow Li Qing fans and book lovers to queue up.
From nine o'clock in the morning until now twelve o'clock, for three whole hours, Li Qing has been immersed in signing autographs without interruption.
In fact, the original plan was to schedule a book signing in the morning, but there were so many fans waiting in line, about 20,000 people, that the store manager of the London branch of Barnes & Noble was panicked.
, this is a scene he has never seen before. The director of the police department has just come to inform him that Li Qing should be kept until the evening as much as possible. Otherwise, the current crowd will easily protest on a large scale and even destroy the store.
It's possible, and this is a consequence that no one wants to see.
So the store manager quickly asked his superiors about this matter.
Li Qing could just pat his butt and leave, but their Barnes & Noble bookstore was obviously not suitable to make the same move, so Leonard Riggio, chairman of the Barnes & Noble bookstore headquarters and its largest shareholder, personally called Li Qing with a friendly smile.
Ask Li Sin to stay in the store until closing time. Barnes & Noble will remember this favor.
In fact, even if Li Qing wanted to leave, he couldn't. The outside was blocked. What kind of scene would there be with 20,000 book fans? The whole street was dark, and there was a lot of people talking, and it was hard to hear what was being said.
Hundreds of police officers across London maintained order, otherwise the situation would have gotten out of control long ago.
The Deputy Mayor of London, Riley Dalton, also came to the scene. He is also the Minister of Police. He was conducting research in Birmingham an hour ago and rushed back as soon as he received the news.
With 20,000 people gathered on the same street, it would be really scary if someone carried out sabotage activities.
Li Qing was also very surprised.
This is something that is simply unimaginable in the UK and in China. Any event that gathers more than a hundred people must be reported to the police. Otherwise, it will be dealt with as illegal assembly, procession, or demonstration.
"Hi, I particularly like the song in your new album, which is "50 Ways to Say Breakup." I think it should be more appropriately called "50 Ways to Die for Your Ex-Girlfriend." You know, no, you definitely don't know
, I just broke up and my girlfriend cheated on me with my best brother."
A boy with freckles on his face, a thin body, but a full height of 1.85 meters, shrugged and said helplessly: "I'm not saying this to attract your attention, Leein, I just want your song."
Just sing the most classic lines of the song, if you can."
Several fans behind him heard these words and looked at the freckled boy with sympathy.
My girlfriend cheated on me with my best brother...
Li Qing was also a little stunned. He looked at the British young man in front of him who seemed to have just grown up. He wanted to laugh but couldn't.
This is not the first person to ask Li Qing to do things other than the autograph session, but he is the most special one.
Li Qing thought about the lyrics of "50 Ways to Say Breakup" for a moment, nodded, and then opened his mouth to sing a cappella under everyone's gaze:
"he-ent-dn-in-an-airplane(her plane crashed)
fried-getting-ntan (she was sunbathed to death)
fell-in-a-ement-mixer-fll-f-qikand(She fell into a mixer filled with cement)
…”
As soon as Li Qing opened his mouth, there were people on the scene who started to catch up with him, spreading the word to others. Although the people behind him didn't know what was going on, they all sang along with the people in front of him.
“help-me, help-me,
(Help)
i'm-n-gd-at-gdbye!
(I really don’t know how to break up!)
…”
Almost everyone present was a fan of Li Qing, so they naturally knew the melody and lyrics of this song, so bursts of singing came from the entire bookstore, so loud that the house seemed to shake.
On the street outside, the fans lining up could only hear the cheers and singing inside the house, and they were all at a loss. However, this did not prevent them from joining in the chorus. So within a few seconds, the 20,000 fans at the scene were all in unison.
The policemen who were maintaining order around them were so frightened that they almost drew their guns.
"he-met-a-hark-nder-ate
(She went into the water and was swallowed by a shark)
fell-and-n-ne-aght-he
(She drowned until she died and no one saved her)
i-retrned-everything-i-ever-bght-he
(I returned all the gifts I bought for her)
help-me,help-me,
(Help)
i'm-all-t-f-lie
(I can't think of any more excuses)
and-ay-t-ay-y-died
(Can't figure out the cause of your death)
…”
When the whole song was sung, the whole street erupted in cheers, applause and countless whistles, and everyone became inexplicably excited.
The freckled boy who requested to sing this song burst into tears with excitement and kept saying "Thank you, thank you". He cried and laughed and said: "This is the best New Year gift I have ever received.
!”
Li Qing also stood up and applauded him: "Young man, the most beautiful scenery is waiting in front of you. Life is not impossible without anyone. Keep moving towards the future."
Soon, the London reporters stationed in a corner of the bookstore, after understanding the situation, their eyes lit up, and then they quickly opened their notebooks and began to write down today's reports.
In the second week after the release of Li Qing's new album, the US Billboard charts ushered in a refresh of the charts.
When they saw that the album "Baby" topped the Billboard album chart, readers of Billboard magazines around the world were in an uproar.
However, at the end of the list, in the editor's note, the editors of Billboard magazine explained: "In the new year, the original data of the Billboard list will be cleared. According to the latest week's survey results, "baby" was the number one in the past week.
, the most popular album in North America, so it’s number one.”
In addition, there is another list that has caused an uproar among readers around the world, namely the Billboard Singles Chart tp10 of Li Qing's fifteen songs. Seven of them actually stayed on the list.
Among them, "50-ay-t-ay-gdbye" strongly occupied the first place on the list, "baby" occupied the second place, and the second title song of the new album "y-are-nt-alne" occupied the third place.