Chapter 673 Remember to tell me when you get married
James Westbrook Jones Andrew Corden stood at the entrance of the Tianwang Science and Technology Exhibition Hall, looking at the simulated "S5 spacecraft" parked at the door, and felt very good.
He took Anna's hand and walked towards the long queue.
Today is the day of the writers' meeting. He and Anna came all the way from England and France just to attend this meeting.
There were relatively few tickets, but that didn't mean James was rich. In order to attend this meeting, he spent more than 5,000 Chinese coins on just two tickets.
Anna, who was pulled by him, smiled and said, "I'd better go in front."
"Why?" James asked.
"Because I can speak Chinese." Anna puffed up her chest and said very proudly.
She originally knew Chinese. Since meeting pz, she has stepped up her study of Chinese. Now she is very fluent in Chinese.
"Actually, I know a little bit," James said not to be outdone, but his half-step back betrayed his heart.
Now it was Anna pulling James forward.
The long queue outside the exhibition hall was quickly swallowed up by the exhibition hall gate, but the queue was not over yet, it was just moved from the outside to the inside.
After arriving inside, James and the others also saw the layout of the hall.
The team lined up in a zigzag square, and there was a passage at the other end. There was a row of bookshelves beside the passage. These bookshelves were divided into twelve independent bookshelves, and a large number of books were placed on each bookshelf.
"What is that?" James asked Anna.
"Each independent bookshelf there represents a writer, and the works of this writer are placed on it. The tickets we hold can select a book on each bookshelf. Then we go to the other side and hand in the book.
Sign the author's autograph." Anna pointed to the row in the distance.
There were twelve people sitting on that side, really the writers of this meeting.
"There are so many twelve? But except for pz, I don't know any of them." James said.
Anna was surprised and said, "No way, don't you know Qin Zhao, Zhao Re, and Yu Dongyu?"
"Oh, I know all of these people. Are they also in there?"
"Of course." Anna glanced at her boyfriend with disgust. He spent so much money to come to China to attend a book signing event, but he didn't do any homework at all.
Being disliked by Anna, James scratched his head, "I just don't know what they look like. I have watched every issue of "Zero Zero One" and I have read all their works."
Anna didn't care about her silly boyfriend, but the writers sitting over there were secretly excited.
Participating in a book signing of twelve authors at one time - no, a book signing event. This is not something you usually encounter.
Although he didn't know several of the twelve writers, Zhang Zhong alone was worth the price of admission, not to mention Yu Dongyu, Qin Zhao, Zhao Re and Feng and several other outstanding writers she knew.
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The team was not moving very fast, and they were all released in batches.
After a while, a staff member came over with a small loudspeaker and shouted: "The queue is quite long. Friends at the back can come out from the next exit first and go to the exhibition hall to play, and then come back when there are fewer people."
Considering that there were foreigners, the staff who called out finished speaking in Chinese and then repeated it in English.
Their admission ticket allows you to visit the Shengwang Exhibition Hall for free. You can go there first and then come back to attend the meeting, so you can avoid wasting time in meaningless queues.
However, not many people adopted such good advice. Most people still stood in line, fearing that they would miss something after leaving.
Maybe seeing that the call just now had no effect, after a while, the staff came over again and shouted: "The exhibition hall not only has various spacecrafts that can be visited, but also has many experience projects. In addition, there is another in the business district
At the lottery, the tickets in your hands will give you a chance to draw a lottery. I suggest you try your luck, maybe you can get signed books by writers..."
This time the shouting finally had an effect, and the people at the back of the queue began to walk towards the Tiwang Exhibition Hall.
There were suddenly fewer people in the queue.
However, James and Anna did not leave because they were not so far back in the queue and felt that they would be at a disadvantage if they left.
"It's okay, even if we can't see the exhibition hall today, we can just do it again tomorrow." James said with a smile.
Anna nodded.
They waited in line for about two hours, and finally they were in line.
When picking up books in the passage, the two of them held a pile of books. They felt that there was a downside to participating in a signing event for twelve authors at once. At least their arms were tired.
Looking at the book in his hand, James was secretly glad that he had a girlfriend who could speak Chinese. Otherwise, he would not have known which authors these works corresponded to.
Zhang Zhong's seat is at the back.
After signing the first eleven authors, James held the twenty-two signed books, while Anna held the two books that were ready to be signed by Zhang Zhong.
Zhang Zhong originally lowered his head, but when he saw someone handing two books, he raised his head curiously. When he saw Anna, he was a little surprised and said, "It's you, Miss Anna."
Hearing Zhang Zhong call out her name, Anna was surprised and happy, "Do you still remember me?"
"Of course." Zhang Zhong smiled and nodded, and while signing the two books she handed over, he said, "Your Chinese language has improved a lot. Is this person next to you your friend?"
"He is my boyfriend." Anna replied.
"Then I wish you a happy marriage." Zhang Zhong smiled and returned the book to Anna, but when he saw James sticking his head out from a pile of books, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is that you?"
James couldn't understand Chinese, but he could understand Zhang Zhong's expression, "Hello pz, do you still remember me? My name is James..."
"Of course I remember." Zhang Zhong looked at the two handsome men and beauties in front of him with interest. Judging from the accent, James should be British.
A French girl and a British boy, unexpectedly they turned out to be boyfriend and girlfriend.
Moreover, both of them were book friends who had a profound influence on him.
"How long have you two been together?" There were only two thousand people today and the task was not heavy, so Zhang Zhong still had time to chat with the two of them.
"A month." James said.
"A month?"
"Well, we met at the Science Fiction Convention in Wellington. When I went to chase you, Anna was the person in charge of the booth at the European Science Fiction Convention in Amiens, France. Unfortunately, I missed the opportunity to meet you at that time."
Zhang Chong smiled and said, "So you chased me and didn't catch me, but you caught a little French beauty?"
James grinned and said, "Yeah."
"Very good. If you get married in the future, please remember to tell me."