Chapter 668 This is a gift for children (4100+ chapters~)
Williams is a forty-year-old man who is neither a high achiever nor a low achiever in the company, but he is content with the status quo and is a transparent person who does not compete or grab.
But few people know that he is also a senior science fiction fan. Before, he always liked hard science fiction novels such as Robert Heinlein's "Starship Troopers", but since the release of "Jurassic Park", he has been interested in hard science fiction.
I fell in love with this type of novel.
To this day, he still has the "Jurassic Park" trilogy on his desk, the first of which is even signed by Wu Jianye. When Wu Jianye held a book signing in Los Angeles, he specially ran there to recreate it.
I bought a copy signed by Wu Jianye.
Seeing that he is about to get off work, Williams is in a very good mood. Wu Jianye's novel will be released tomorrow. This is a very worthy celebration for Williams, who has always regarded Wu Jianye as his idol.
Although he had seen the name of the novel before, it was called "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". If you look at it purely from the name, this novel should be more like a fantasy novel, but Williams because of "Jurassic Park"
Because of this, I am still very concerned about this novel and think that even if it is a fantasy novel, it should not be too bad.
As for the fact that the novel was a gift for children written on the poster, Williams selectively did not pay attention to this part.
The company is on holiday tomorrow, so he can go to Wu Jianye's book signing to buy a copy of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"!
After getting off work early, on the way home, I drove my Chevrolet car and listened to "One" playing in it, which was still Wu Jianye's song.
Among the albums "Born Out of the Sky", Williams liked this song the most, and his thoughts drifted to the previous movie "The Love of Ghosts" directed by Wu Jianye, in which he and his
My wife also went to see it, but their focus was different. His wife liked the love story in it, but he wanted to see how science fiction was added to the movie.
But it was a pity that there were too few science fiction elements in the movie "The Love of Ghosts", and there were only a few scenes, which made him not very satisfied. Of course, he also admitted that it was an excellent movie.
This also made Williams more determined. When Wu Jianye's new work "Jurassic Park" is released, he must see it. He himself is a loyal reader of this novel, plus Wu Jianye
Ye has already proved in the movie "The Last Love" that he can make movies that meet the mainstream values of North American audiences.
So the movie "Jurassic Park" shouldn't be too bad. However, there is still a problem that gives Williams a headache. That is, the movie "Jurassic Park" will be released at the same time as Spears.
Berg's "Captain Hook", Spielberg is also a director that Williams likes very much.
Spielberg's "et" even awakened Williams' childhood dream.
However, this problem will not appear until next year, so Williams is not in a hurry. The most important thing now is to buy the novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" first!
Thinking in his mind, he had driven back home, opened the door, and saw his wife cooking in the kitchen, while his 12-year-old son, Serena Williams, was sitting in front of the TV watching NBA highlights.
The 1989-90 season is over. In the end, the Detroit Pistons defeated the Trail Blazers 4:1 and won their second championship trophy.
It's the offseason now, and the highlights of this season are all on TV.
The Williams family are all fans of the Los Angeles Lakers, so Williams put down his briefcase, took out a can of Coke and sat on the sofa.
After Serena Williams saw her father, she immediately said: "Daddy, I have taken a fancy to a Jedi Knight doll. Please take me to buy it tomorrow!"
If it had been in the past, Williams would have agreed immediately, but thinking about it, tomorrow is the signing party for Wu Jianye's new book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", and Lane Publishing has already released news because of the preparations for "Jurassic".
Due to the filming problem of "Jiuji Park", Wu Jianye only had one autograph session in Los Angeles.
"William, daddy has something to do tomorrow. Can I buy it for you when he comes back in the afternoon?"
Naturally, Williams was not happy, and began to pester Williams, asking him to take her to buy something tomorrow morning. However, in the end, the younger one could not resist the older one, and the younger one returned to his room angrily.
"You too, can't you buy a novel at any time? You have to compete with your son for time!" Williams' wife came over and complained.
Williams smiled and said, "You don't understand!"
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If it were a normal holiday, Williams would not get up until after nine o'clock, but today was different. He knew that Wu Jianye's book signing would start at eight o'clock in the morning, plus he was very interested in "Harry Potter".
Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", so he got up early and before eight o'clock, he came to the bookstore where Wu Jianye was signing books.
When he came to the bookstore, he was extremely glad that he had arrived early. There was already a long queue here. It was estimated that there were more than a hundred people in front of Williams.
And at this time, many people came and queued up behind Williams. Williams noticed that most of them were about the same age as himself, or younger. Some people were even doing some reading exchanges.
I met at the meeting and everyone is a reader of science fiction novels.
After waiting in line for more than an hour, it was finally Williams' turn, and she finally got the novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in her hand.
"Hello, Director Wu, I am a loyal reader of "Jurassic Park" and I like your novels very much!" Williams said with a smile. At their age, it is naturally impossible for them to be as excited as young people.
It’s time to hug Wu Jianye, everyone is relatively sensible.
Basically, they just express their love for Wu Jianye's novels, then shake hands with Wu Jianye, and wait for him to sign his name.
"Thank you for your support!" After Wu Jianye asked for Williams' name, he signed his name "kun" on the front page and gave his best wishes to Williams.
With a satisfied smile, Williams walked out of the bookstore holding the novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".
Back in his car, Williams couldn't wait to open the novel, wanting to read the contents. However, the more Williams read, the tighter his brows became. This had nothing to do with what he was thinking.
What a big difference.
It is undeniable that the magical elements involved in it are very attractive, but the content inside makes Williams dislike it very much. It is more like a book for children than a book for his age.
As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. After seeing a quarter of it, Williams was sure that he couldn't stand it anymore.
Disappointed, I threw the book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" into the back seat and saw that it was almost noon, so I drove home.
After returning home, Williams' wife saw Williams' expression and asked curiously: "What's wrong? Didn't you buy the book?"
Williams said boringly: "I bought it, but it's not interesting."
Williams' wife smiled and said: "Well, maybe the last book is Wu Jianye's peak work, so let's go see your precious son!"
At this time, Williams remembered that his son was still angry with him!
When he arrived at Serena Williams' room, as expected, Serena Williams turned away and stopped talking to her when she saw him.
"Okay, don't be angry, how about daddy take you to buy toys now?"
A child's anger comes and goes quickly, so when he heard that Williams was taking him to buy toys, he quickly showed a happy smile.
When watching the two father and son lovingly walking out of the house, Williams' wife shouted from behind: "Come back early and prepare delicious food for you!"
After Serena Williams got in the car, she sat in the back. Because Williams had to drive, she seemed a little bored. She happened to see "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" placed in the back seat.
Then I picked it up and started to pass the time.
More than twenty minutes later, Williams found a parking space in the parking lot. After parking the car, he said, "Let's go buy toys!"
As a result, he received no response from his son.
I looked back curiously and was surprised to find that my son was reading the novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" seriously.
You must know that Serena Williams is a famously naughty person and has never calmed down to read a novel. Williams had recommended several science fiction books to his son before, but his son rejected them all.
Now I am reading the novel seriously, even forgetting to talk to myself.
"William, William..." Williams shouted twice more.
Little Williams just raised his head, with an excited expression on his face: "Daddy, this book is so beautiful. I really like Harry, Hermione, and Ron in it. What do you think?
I don’t know magic, am I what they call a Muggle? By the way, daddy, can you give me this book..."
Looking at his son's series of questions, Williams' mind finally came to the words 'This is a gift for the children!' written on the cover page of the book.
"William, do you like this novel?" Williams asked curiously.
"I like it, I like it very much!" Serena Williams said as if she had found a treasure.
"Compared to Jedi Knight toys and this novel, which one do you prefer?"
Serena Williams tilted her head and thought for a long time, then said: "I prefer the novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" now. You can buy the Jedi toys next weekend!"
Williams looked even more surprised.
However, he did not give up buying toys for Serena Williams because of his son's words. This was a promise he made to Serena Williams and he would definitely honor it.
When the two fathers and sons returned home, Williams' wife saw that little Williams was holding a novel and reading it with gusto. However, the Jedi toy he had always wanted was taken by Williams.
in hand.
"What's going on?" She naturally knew about her son, and looked very surprised to see her son reading a book seriously.
Serena Williams even forgot to say hello to her mother and returned to her room holding the novel "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".
As for the Jedi Knight toys in Williams’ hands, he even forgot to ask for them.
Williams smiled and told his wife what happened before.
"How could such a thing happen?" Williams' wife was also very surprised after hearing what happened.
Williams sighed: "I didn't expect that children would really like this novel so much..."
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Wu Jianye finally finished today's book signing. When he got home, his wrists felt a little sore. In the evening, Sean also called. They had already counted the beauty of today's book.
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The book's sales in the United States reached half a million copies in one day. Such results make Lane Publishing very exciting.
This is already the best-performing book that Lane has published since "Jurassic Park 2 and 3" were released.
However, while Sean was excited, he was still a little worried. Along with the sales, the feedback came from readers’ opinions of the book. Many of Wu Jianye’s old readers had strong opinions on this book.
Some people even clamored that this was Wu Jianye’s deception to his readers!
Such a reputation will inevitably have a huge impact on the later sales of the book, which is what worries Sean.
"Don't worry, you'll know by looking at the later sales first!" Although Wu Jianye didn't know what happened to the Williams family, what he knew was that writing this novel by himself was no less than a novel written by a newcomer.
The audience for the new book and the first few installments of "Harry Potter" will be those children. When they discover this book, that's when its reputation and sales will really explode.
Someone in later generations had already told Wu Jianye through experience that the two types of people who make the best money in the world are children and women.
Hearing what Wu Jianye said, Sean had no choice but to suppress his worries for the time being.
In the following days, it turned out that "Harry Potter" was just as Sean had predicted. The sales of this novel were declining sharply. Many publishing companies immediately expressed excitement after hearing the news.
Originally, when Wu Jianye released a new book, many people were worried that their market would be impacted, but now looking at the word-of-mouth reviews, it is clear that this book has hit the market!
Many companies even started champagne celebrations.
"Haha, Wu Jianye is just an ordinary person after all. He will always make mistakes!" The boss of a publishing company looked very happy.
The people below naturally responded one after another. At this time, many people already looked down on the prospects of this book.
But one week after "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was released, the book suddenly experienced reverse growth in sales, and the data became a huge wave shape. This was even more true in the following days, and the upward trend continued unabated.
This made many publishing companies extremely surprised. What happened? When they investigated and learned that the people buying this book had changed from young people to teenagers and children, they all thought of the book.