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Chapter 198 Signing the English Version

When Bewley returned to the front desk, Angsley was staring at the surveillance image in a daze. After noticing Bewley, she said, "Now I understand a truth."

"What do you understand?" Bewley asked.

"When you are at your worst, you can always meet the person you love the most."

"The person I love the most? The one just now? Oh my god, that's a Chinese person. Since when did you like Chinese people?" Beulai was extremely surprised.

Of course she can see that the Huaxia man just now looks good, but are you sure you want to find a Huaxia boyfriend?
"Ugh."

Angsley blamed herself with a small mirror.

Leaving aside the downstairs for the time being, after Ye Kai arrived in the room, he took out the things needed for washing out of the box.

I just told my sister about my request.

Of course it was a reasonable request, Ye Kai was just hungry and wanted something to eat.Let them take the things to the room after they are done, and they will not go downstairs.

After such a long air journey, getting a good night's sleep in the hotel should be what Ye Kai wants to do most at the moment.

Not long after taking a shower, the doorbell rang.

"Hello, room service."

It should be something I ordered.

Open the door, and sure enough, there is a dining car outside, and you can smell a fragrance through the net.

Many British dishes are dark dishes, but it does not mean that there are no delicious food in the UK. Now that the whole world is a village, why can’t you eat dishes from other countries in the UK?

So unless you want to experience British cuisine, it is still difficult to eat authentic British food after you arrive in the UK.

Ye Kai's black rice porridge is Huaxia's recipe.

Eat, eat and sleep.

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The next day, Ye Kai went downstairs and passed the front desk, and saw the girl inside looking at him, so he smiled and nodded.

Just as I was about to leave the hotel, the young lady at the front desk said, "I'm sorry to bother you..."

Ye Kai turned around and asked, "Hello, what can I do?"

“The hotel provides free umbrellas, it is best to take one if you are traveling.”

Looking towards where her finger was pointing, she saw two rows of umbrellas hanging in black. They were the styles that Huang Feihong often held in the movie, very classic.

Ye Kai went over to take a handful and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome," said the front desk lady.

Leaving the hotel, the air is pleasant.

Ye Kai had heard a lot about British air before.

At the beginning of the 20th century, most British people used coal as a household fuel, which produced a lot of smog.These smogs, combined with the British climate, have created the "famous" haze across the country and abroad.

With a history like this, it's no surprise that people think the UK is badly polluted.

But after arriving in the UK, I found that there is no trace of air pollution here. It rained lightly last night, and it is inevitable that the shoes will be stained with water when walking on the road.

But there will be no dust or mud on the soles.

Sure enough, if I really want to know a place, I can't believe it through hearsay or rumors, and I have to go to the place to see it.

I took a car and drove directly to the publishing house. The driver of this taxi was dressed the same as yesterday's one. They were all formal attire, and his hair was also carefully trimmed.

Is this a uniform or... a habit?
The place where the publishing house is located is not a new street. After getting off the bus, Ye Kai saw many old-fashioned houses, which are very modern.

I don't know if it was because of the rain last night, the buildings here are also in cool colors.

That is, with a little bit of blue coolness.

The difference between British architecture and many European countries may be the unique 'coldness'. Maybe this is the so-called coldness at a high place?
People walking on this street also hold an umbrella in their hands to prevent the rain that will come at any time.

Ye Kai glanced at the sky and walked into Cambridge University Press.

Cambridge University Press and Cambridge University are not in the same location, so even though we are here, there is still a distance from Cambridge University, and it takes a long time to walk.

Seeing someone coming in, someone asked: "Hello, who are you looking for?"

"Hello, I submitted a manuscript to your publishing house some time ago, and the email asked me to come here to sign a contract before April. This is the content of the email."

Ye Kai found the mail he had received and handed it to the front desk.

"Um... oh, you are Mr. Ye?" He seemed to remember who Ye Kai was, handed Ye Kai the phone, and said, "The editor-in-chief has been waiting for you, and if you don't come, he will call you gone."

"I'm sorry, I have been delayed by something a while ago, so I can only come to you now."

"It's okay, I'll take you there."

She came out from behind the table and motioned Ye Kai to follow her.

Ye Kai was a little uncomfortable with the British way of speaking, and they wanted to add honorifics to every sentence.

Hmm... this is actually very troublesome.

When I went up to the second floor, there was a door that was ajar. The front desk knocked on the door and said, "Sir, Mr. Ye is here. What's your time now?"

"Oh, of course." He stood up with a smile, his body should be two hundred and five to three hundred catties, and said, "Let me see where the future great writer is?"

The receptionist nodded to Ye Kai and left the office. Ye Kai came up to shake hands and said, "Hi, I'm Ye, or you can call me Xiao En."

"Sean? Very well, your Harry Potter is absolutely fantastic, and now our whole family are your loyal readers."

"That's great, I hope you like it."

"Of course I like it very much." He asked Ye Kai to sit down, and he also sat back to the original position, saying,

"Sean, your English is really good. It's even more standard than my nephew who doesn't live up to expectations. I really want him to stand in front of you and say a few words to you, and you will know how ridiculous his magical oral English is."

Similar to the French, they go astray while chatting about a business.

However, Ye Kai was also very curious about the daily life of the British, so he chatted with the editor-in-chief here.

After about a century, it is estimated that the editor-in-chief was hungry.

So finally got down to business.

Their internal vote for this book failed, but the manuscript that the editor-in-chief took home was seen by the children. The editor-in-chief found that the audience of this book is not only children around 10 years old.

Even young people born in the 90s like to watch it.

Maybe the publisher's review is too strict?So he asked ten young people born in the 90s to read this manuscript, and they were all captured by the magical worldview in Harry Potter.

This made the editor-in-chief more suspicious of the publishing house's review mechanism.

How could a book that was deemed by so many editors not meet the bestseller criteria be liked by so many people?He himself liked this novel very much, and now he has the support of so many readers, which makes him insist on publishing this book.

And because of Ye Kai's authorship in China, the royalties for his first novel in the UK are much higher than other newcomer authors.

After signing the contract, the two went to a nearby restaurant to have dinner together.

This editor-in-chief has been working for more than 20 years, and has a lot of experience in writing European and American novels, which is incomparable to Ye Kai, who only has writing skills. Ye Kai can learn a lot from here.

On April 4, the English version of "Harry Potter" was signed with Cambridge University Press.

(End of this chapter)