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Chapter 274 Signing Party

April 6

Trafalgar Square.

This square is located in the center of London, with the City of London to the east, Soho, the downtown area of ​​London to the north, Whitehall Street to the south, and the Royal Palace not far to the southwest.

Moderate location and beautiful square buildings make it one of the famous places in London.

Ye Kai had heard of the reputation of Pigeon Square before, but he always thought it was a big square, just like the most famous Yanjing Square in China.

But when you really come here, you will feel that this square is actually very small.

Its beauty lies in the exquisite architecture and artwork-like fountains, and the British Royal Red Guards stand straight outside the marble castle, holding swords in both left and right hands.

Ye Kai's signing event was also held here.

In the corner of the square, there is a building modeled after a Greek column building. Outside the house there is a corridor more than two meters wide, with guardrails separating the square.

Ye Kai is in this corridor.

A large number of books are placed on the square, and the partners of the publishing house are selling these books. Those who do not need autographs can buy the books and leave, and those who need autographs queue up to Ye Kai to get their autographs.

But most of the people who buy books here come to get autographs.

Only a very small number of people buy books for fun, and they are too lazy to queue up to buy books and then leave, or continue to visit scenic spots, or go home and start reading novels.

The highest temperature in London today does not exceed 19 degrees. It is a cool time, and the sky is very respectable and there is no sign of rain.

A young man with many freckles handed the book to Ye Kai respectfully, and said, "Please, I like your book very much. This is already the third book I have bought."

Ye Kai took the book and began to sign.

He has calligraphy skills, and the words signed in English are also very soft, which is different from other art styles. Although the writing is in English, it looks very unique.

When signing, Ye Kai didn't look at his nib, but looked at the boy with a smile, and asked, "Thank you very much for your support. By the way, which character in the book do you like?"

"Me? Ah! I like Hermione."

Ye Kai looked down at his signature, closed the book with satisfaction and returned it to the boy, still smiling gently and said: "Miss Question Duo? Haha, I like it too."

Unfortunately, she is not a heroine in the traditional sense.

The young man was so excited that he nodded before leaving. Ye Kai still kept signing, occasionally asking, "Do you like that character in the book?"

Or say: "Thank you for your support, beautiful lady what's your name."

In fact, these are the words taught by the publishing house to Ye Kai, otherwise it would be very boring to just sit and write all the time, and such inquiries will give readers a sense of interaction.

Among the crowd, there were Chinese people queuing up with books, discussing in twos and threes: "That's Ye Kai who wrote English novels, right? It doesn't feel as bad as it says on the Internet."

"Yeah, the book signing event is held in Pigeon Square, and the promotion of this book has been everywhere in the UK these days. I have seen it many times when I came from the station."

This is a young tourist group. When they left London for other cities a few days ago, they hadn’t seen any publicity about Harry Potter on the streets.

And since a few days ago, they have seen Harry Potter posters on the streets of Edinburgh.

And it has intensified in just a few days.

There are advertisements, there are stations, there are subway stations, and Harry Potter posters can be seen even on the subway.

If they didn't know that this book was written by Ye Kai, they would never have connected such a book with Chinese people.

Now some domestic media have reported the latest situation of this book, but the popularity of this matter is far from the previous effect, causing more Chinese people to think that Ye Kai's new book is an upset abroad.

After waiting for an hour and a half, this group of people finally lined up in front of Ye Kai.

Ye Kai took the book and subconsciously said, "Hello, thank you for your support."

When signing, Ye Kai looked up at the book buyer with a completely oriental face. Ye Kai nodded to her and asked in Chinese: "Are you from Huaxia?"

"Yes, we all are." She said, pointing to a few people behind.

"Thank you for your support. I hope this book will not disappoint you. I don't care much about others, but I hope that domestic book fans will stop scolding me."

The girl hadn't spoken yet, and the person standing behind her heard Ye Kai's words and said quickly: "No, no, Brother Ye, your book was released in the UK, and many people in China are posting it without reading it. Comments don't make sense at all."

Ye Kai signed it in Chinese characters and English and handed it to the Chinese tourist, and said to her and the people behind her: "Thank you, everyone understands, there should be a Chinese version released in China soon. "

Yesterday's sales were a bit higher than before, but the increase was not that scary, not a double increase.

After this signing event today, the daily sales will definitely exceed [-], and even [-] can be imagined.And this is in the UK, not China, which has a large population.

With such achievements, Ye Kai already has the confidence to sell in China.

In fact, publishers have begun to contact bookstores in Europe and the United States, as well as some online bookstores, such as Amazon and other bookstores.

In the future, the Harry Potter book will be available in many large bookstores in Europe and America.

However, Ye Kai did not sell the Chinese copyright of this book to Cambridge University Press, so Ye Kai still needs to contact domestic publishing houses to republish it.

However, translating these English words into Chinese is a difficult problem. Fortunately, no matter what the translation is, no one will pursue it, unless Ye Kai makes things difficult for himself.

The sun in the sky moved slowly but firmly, when the warm sunlight crossed the roof and cast Ye Kai in the shadow of this corridor, Ye Kai had time to look at the time.

"It's been six hours, can we eat?"

He picked up his windbreaker from another seat, put it on, and casually asked the staff of the publishing house next to him.Ke Mu didn't need to be there on this occasion, so he just showed up in the morning and chatted with Ye Kai for a while.

The employee was probably a little hungry, so he nodded quickly.

"Of course, we've already found the restaurant. Do you want to go now?"

Hearing this, Ye Kai looked at the long line that was still in line. There were still a lot of people queuing up in the morning, and it was estimated that the line could last for two hours at most.

Ye Kai didn't know where the restaurant they were looking for was or how long it would take to eat, so he said, "Can you find me two hamburgers and a Coke."

"Ah? How can this work, Mr. Ye, you can eat with us, it won't take more than an hour."

"There are still so many people."

I have a headache, but I am also very happy. Ye Kai has not seen anyone who finds fault all morning. Everyone is very harmonious and well-educated. Like the British people I saw before, they always speak with respect.

Ye Kai liked this environment very much, and was a little reluctant to let the book fans stand and wait for him for an hour.

But the signing event is not a one-person event. There are more than 20 staff members in the audience, and it is impossible to leave myself here to sign and they go to the restaurant for dinner.

So Ye Kai thought of a way. While signing, he said to the employees standing beside him: "Let some people go to order it first, and we will go there later."

(End of this chapter)