What should I do if the system forces me to copy books?

Today Li Chungang is wearing a sky blue retro style shirt, which is not old-fashioned or outlandish, but at the same time it can be regarded as promoting the domestic culture. It looks full of temperament and fits his image very well.

"Li, your outfit today fits your personality very well!"

"Thank you!"

Li Chungang answered politely, and at the same time, he didn't want to see who made the outfit. Since he was with He Miao, when he usually needed to go out, his outfit was basically handed over to He Miao, the royal costumer. So today's body is also matched by her.

Of course, it is impossible to pay so much attention when you are in school on weekdays. Most of them are as simple and comfortable as possible. Anyway, it is not to flirt with girls, but to show someone how handsome they are, right?

The stylist didn't mean to change his outfit, but directly asked the stylist to start putting on some simple makeup, while he started to read the content of the script.

Of course, a talk show has a basic script, just like the outline in a novel, with a main line. Although it is not exhaustive, most of the processes and problems are covered, and it will not deviate from the "main line".

About half an hour later, Jackson suddenly appeared in front of Li Chungang and said, "Is Mr. Li ready? Allen has finished recording, and we have to go."

"can."

When he came out of the guest lounge, he saw the famous Ellen DeGeneres. The host had short pale blond hair and was very capable, but his face was a bit tired at this time. Over sixty years old!

"Good afternoon, nice to meet you. I've been saying, why don't you come to my show, and now I'm finally waiting for you." Allen smiled.

Li Chungang didn't know whether he should do as the Romans do and give her a warm hug or a polite handshake. Anyway, he said at this moment: "You know, I'm still in school, and when I heard you invited me to participate in the National Immediately after the most popular talk show, I ended my tour and headed straight to Los Angeles, and I am honored to be on this show!"

"God, you are indeed a genius who writes books, your eloquence is really good!"

Allen took the initiative to give him a hug, and said in an encouraging tone: "Wait for a few minutes, how about I go to solve my personal problems and start recording?"

"Of course, this is Ellen's show, you are Ellen, you are allowed to do anything."

It would be difficult for an ordinary host to host four or five episodes at once, let alone a 60-year-old person.

"The first time I invite you to record a program, I will take you to shoot the location. I think I am very optimistic about you. We will watch the whole process from the side later. If there is anything wrong or you don't want to answer the question during the shooting, you can call a pause. Of course it is the best. The way to deal with it is to be tactful."

In fact, Thompson has no experience in this area, and these things he said are just trying to find others to learn from!

In the underground garage, Li Chungang and others filed in, and the black business star pulled them directly to a large supermarket two or three kilometers away.

A strong impression of the rural warehouse in Millikin is revealed in front of Li Chungang. This Costco supermarket seems to be doing a good job, but it needs to swipe the card when paying. Recall that fewer and fewer people use cash in China. , In most cases, it is directly paid by various mobile phones. He can only be thankful that he is here to record the show, and there is no so-called shopping link.

The products seem to be very rich, and the entire supermarket has a wide area, no matter what the weight and quantity of everything, it can be considered that Li Chungang has gained a lot of knowledge, knowing the differences between domestic and foreign supermarkets.

When the camera track was laid, the consumers pushing the shopping carts watched from a little distance away, but were stopped there by the supermarket security and program staff.

When Allen and Li Chungang appeared, the high-pitched screams seemed to knock the roof off!

I am used to domestic supermarkets, and when I came to such an empty warehouse at first glance, I lied to myself if I said that I was not shocked.

Between one shelf and another shelf, people have to drive a forklift to put the goods on it. There are all kinds of nuts, nutritional products, and household items.

The most attractive thing is the staff with the tasting plate. Here, the sausage cut into small pieces is inserted with a toothpick, but the size of this "small piece" is almost better than a whole piece of sausage in China. It's getting bigger, and customers passing by can take it for free and taste it, and put it in the shopping cart if they think it's delicious.

If one day you can't afford to eat, you must apply for a membership card of this supermarket, because there are so many types of food to try, and there are also various drinks, you won't be hungry at all!

I don't know why such a wonderful idea popped up in Li Chungang's mind at this time, although it is impossible for him to appear for such a day.

Although he really wants to try it, but considering that the makeup artist's work cannot be wasted, let's wait until the shooting is completed.

Thanks to the two big brothers Drifting Like Duckweed and Hurricane vs. Feng for their rewards, I am very grateful!

Chapter 626 Hardcore Advertising

"Good guy!"

Before getting close, you can clearly see the neatly arranged "Lord of the Rings" books by the supermarket staff into a square hill, and there are even signs with the words "Magic Middle-earth/Special Offer" on them. Promotion banner.

On the shelf next to the hill of the Lord of the Rings are some of his other published works, such as "Kyushu Misty Records", "Dragon Race", "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", "Walking Swords in the Snow" and so on have been published in China. You can find all the works of "The Lord of the Rings" on the shelves, and the supermarket staff also kindly marked in English next to the shelves that these works are also other works written by the author of "Lord of the Rings"!

We must know that the "Chinese craze" set off abroad is becoming more and more popular in Europe and the United States. More and more foreigners are trying to learn Chinese pronunciation, reading and writing, even if they can't understand these pages. They are all books in Chinese, but it does not prevent some true love fans from scanning all of them and taking them back as collections.

And savvy foreigners have already found the international station of Longteng Chinese website on the Internet, and they only need to watch some advertisements or spend money on it to see the English versions of these interesting Chinese works.

Although the content translated into English will definitely have inaccurate words in some places, and some domestic hot spots may not be understood abroad, but this will not affect the normal reading experience of a work.

It’s just that such a serious treatment of Li Chungang is rare even in some domestic bookstores. At most, he piles up best-selling books in a conspicuous position and puts up some promotional posters. The "weakened version" of the battle is not as grand and thoughtful as others in all aspects.

Just ask: In America, where English is the mother tongue, a writer from the Chinese country can actually make all the works of the supermarket Ai Wu Ji Wu put on the shelves for sale.

You must know that Manjinghua Publishing Company currently has almost zero publishing channels abroad. It is conceivable that this supermarket must have spent a lot of effort in order to obtain these books that have only been published in China.

"Does every best-selling author's publishing book supermarket have such a large array of display space, or do they deliberately toss it out for the effect of program recording?"

As a native of Michigan, Thompson, who has a say in this issue, immediately replied after hearing this question: "It should not be intentional. If you look at other people's books in front of you, they are basically arranged like this. .”

Sure enough, about two meters away is another hill made up of piles of books, which topped the bestseller lists of New York Times, Wall Street Magazine, Publishers Weekly and other newspapers last year. Authored by Alice Sieber The Lovely Bones.

The book is published by Little Brown Company.

It was once rated as "Milligan's Best Novel of 2021". Immediately after its publication in 2021, it was on the "New York Times" bestseller list, and it remained at the top of the list for nearly 30 weeks, with a cumulative global sales of 4 million copies in 6.7 months.Two months later, it won the "Annual Good Book Award of the Country on which the Sun Never Sets", and ranked second in the "Twenty Best Books of 2021" selected by the Gallic "Dushu" magazine.

Alice Sebold is like an accidental harvest in the American literary world, and the American media praised her as "the most promising writer".

Even after more than a year, her book "The Lovely Bones" is still very popular in the United States. Normally, even a best-selling author's work will be sold on the market after more than a year. They are all the kind that are sold steadily in a small part, and they will never be as big as Alice Sebold.

Of course, this is the "special treatment" that can only be enjoyed in Millikin, just like Li Chungang himself is not like this in China, the published book of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is still one of the best-selling books in bookstores everywhere!

"Old... the people of Milikan, who are living a good life, are good. This supermarket is too big, and the area is big and willful. You can do whatever you want with a book."

Li Chungang almost said that in front of Thompson, an authentic old beauty, he said "old beauty", which is the customary name for the people of Milikan in China. Fortunately, his reaction was fast enough to get over it all at once. In addition, Thompson's Chinese is also half a bucket of water, so I shouldn't be able to hear it.

Looking at this huge supermarket, he had the idea of ​​taking a good stroll in the mall, but at this time the program shooting was basically ready, the furry radio had been raised high, and the cameraman on the track was sitting in the car to try it out. Let's see which angle is more effective.

Such a grand gesture excited the group of customers who had not received any news in advance. They seemed to have forgotten about shopping and focused all their attention on the camera crew.

The staff of the Allen Show program group are also happy. Isn't their original intention of going out on location to be able to capture the most authentic reactions and performances of the audience?

"3, 2, 1, action!"

Accompanied by the voice of the on-site director, Allen, as the host of the show, took the lead in appearing in front of the camera.

Even though he looked exhausted just now, he seemed to be "resurrected in situ" in an instant the second the recording started!

"Hi, everyone, I'm your good friend Alan. Today we have a special guest on our show. You may not know his name, but you must have heard of his books. He is the best-selling global fantasy book " Chungang Li, author of The Lord of the Rings, welcome!"

Obviously, he was only three steps away. After hearing this, Li Chungang stepped into the camera lens. After hugging Alan, he said, "Thank you for your invitation. I am very happy to come to Alan Show!"

"Wow!" Allen pretended to have an expression of meeting for the first time, "You are too young!"

This exaggerated acting looks very joyful, and it also speaks the voice of the audience.

Li Chungang himself is not very old, and Asians generally look good-looking, he looks younger than many high school students in Millikin.

"Young is not my fault, for example, you can call me handsome."

Allen grinned, "This is our guest today. Some viewers may not be clear, but Li Chungang's "Lord of the Rings" has been holding the top spot on the New York Times bestseller list since its first day of release. I would like to ask if you have any secrets to share with the audience?"

"The secret is probably to think of the title of the book, write it out, publish it, and finally win the championship." Li Chungang also understands the essence of this type of entertainment program, which is called "variety show sense" in domestic terms. He deliberately answered in a tone that was too simple to be simple, so that it seemed more forceful and more Versailles.

"So easy? It seems that the title of the book I thought must be inappropriate."

"Most likely."

Alan and Li Chungang walked slowly forward side by side, like a pair of ordinary friends walking and chatting in the supermarket.

"By the way, I heard that you were greeted by thousands of readers and fans at the airport today. This treatment is better than many Hollywood stars. I really hope that one day I can have as many fans as you. "

Li Chungang spread his hands and said, "Thank you, but Alan, you are already very good. You are the best host in all of America, bar none, and I saw your performance at the Oscars this year. To be honest, you are very good." Great!"

These links are actually helping Li Chungang to praise, and Li Chungang also understands the importance of mutual boasting in business, and they have to praise each other.

Everyone likes rainbow farts, and Alan is no exception, no matter how much he is praised, it is not an exaggeration.

This is why Random House and Universal Pictures pushed him to the Ellen Show.

"Look, what I found!"

Allen pointed to the pile of books in front of him, and then picked up one from the top, "OMG, this book is quite heavy, and it only costs $79. Do you want to buy a set?"

Books in Millikin are usually very expensive, magazines and weekly magazines are slightly cheaper, and textbooks are the most expensive, and the most important thing is to reflect the value of "knowledge is priceless".

Usually, the hardcover book, the so-called hardcover book, will be released first, and the general price is around [-] to [-] US dollars. After about a year, the soft cover book, the so-called paperback book, will be released. It will be about ten dollars cheaper.

Therefore, the price of $79 for the three-in-one content of "The Lord of the Rings" is indeed not expensive, which is already the result of a price reduction!

"I have quite a few at home, but Ellen, do you have this book? We're friends, shouldn't you buy a book to support my sales? Maybe I'm just one copy away from you and I can continue in New York No. [-] on the Times bestseller list."

Li Chungang didn't follow the routine at all. Normally in this case, the guests would say that I will give you a set or something, but he just asked Alan to buy it, which made the on-site director couldn't help but nod.

Allen shook his head, "But I think you can give me a set, why don't you sign me on the cover, I'm going to give it to Patrice as a gift."

"That's a good offer, Patrice will love this gift!"

There happened to be a blank table and chair in front of me, with a black signature pen on it. Everything was not a coincidence, it was arranged in advance by the program team.

When Li Chungang sat down, opened the title page of the book and began to sign, Allen suddenly took out a red loudspeaker: "We have Li Chungang, the author of The Lord of the Rings, here!"

The customers who were blocked by the staff at a little distance are taking photos and videos with their mobile phones at the moment, screaming and shouting constantly, the Asian man sitting next to the book "Lord of the Rings", if they don't It would be foolish to know who Li Chungang is.

The lens of another camera is dedicated to taking pictures of the crowd watching. Some people even pulled the goods on the side shelf aside, just to stick out their mobile phones and heads to watch!

Allen actively mobilized these audiences and said: "In case you haven't recognized him, let me introduce you again. He is the author of the world's best-selling fantasy masterpiece "Lord of the Rings", and now he is here to sign your book." !"

When the staff members withdrew to stop them, the customers in the supermarket didn't even care about their shopping carts, and rushed up one by one screaming, like a wave of zombies.

Li Chungang and Allen were instantly surrounded. Fortunately, the staff had been prepared to properly separate those who were too excited to speak clearly.

It stands to reason that teenagers should be the majority of those who like "The Lord of the Rings", but all the people who came here at this moment were middle-aged women. It can only be said that Allen really deserves to be a friend of the women in Millican!

A middle-aged Caucasian woman stood in front of Li Chungang holding a cute little girl. Both mother and daughter were very excited. This was not because of Li Chungang, but because of Alan next to him.

Li Chungang asked the little girl softly, "Hi, what's your name?"

"Angela."

The little girl's front teeth had already fallen out. After saying her name, she hid behind her mother's legs and poked her head out timidly.

"Hello little angel, do you like reading?"

The English name Angela is quite famous all over the world, Battle Angel——Angela.

"like."

"I guess you can't understand it at your age, but you can take it home and give it to Dad, and let him promise to take you to the amusement park."

"Thank you~"

The little guy was very shy and didn't dare to come out at all. In the end, her mother took this set of autographed books.

These works are not free, you have to pay after you get them!

Li Chungang originally thought that the show was almost over here, because he said before that it only needs to edit about 10 minutes of content, but Allen took a copy of "The Lord of the Rings" from the side and put it in front of him, flipping through it casually.

"Li Chungang, what did you put in the book?"

Li Chungang, who was originally buried in his signature, turned his head and saw that the middle of the book had been hollowed out, and a small blue can, which is very familiar to people all over the world, was placed in it.

There was no arrangement for this link in the previous script!

"Oh, my god." Li Chungang could only cooperate with the acting, at this moment he felt that his acting skills were so exaggerated that he would blush.

Allen on the one side didn't know where to go, and he laughed a little: "I heard that in your country you like to call it 'happy water', which means that drinking it can bring happiness to people. I I'm curious, do you drink Pepsi to find inspiration when you write books?"

Hearing Allen read the word "Happy Water" in crappy Chinese, and after he managed to distract Li Chungang, he couldn't help laughing in the next second. There will be no NG when recording this. It is the most real and direct feeling.

"He's got a lot of signings, so, you know, he kind of needs a refresher, which is crazy!"

Standing in front of Li Chungang was an old white man. After hearing what Alan said, he cooperated and said: "I am still energetic every day at this age, because I often drink Pepsi."

I don't know whether this is a "trust" invited by the program group or a real consumer. This kind of advertisement placement is the most "hardcore" that Li Chungang has ever seen. He was amused by the other party's straightforward performance.

Allen also said to the camera solemnly: "Sorry, the other party's bid cannot be rejected, okay?"

Li Chungang signed autographs for the customers here, while Allen made troubles, all kinds of tricks emerged one after another, and even picked up the loudspeaker and began to read a short book to the customers who couldn't come to the front.

This is probably the scene that the audience loves to see. Li Chungang cooperated very well.

Signing here is just a small trial, stop after signing more than 20 people, and go to the signing event in downtown Los Angeles later to be the real knife and gun!

After all, almost all the people visiting the supermarket during this time period are housewives, there are very few young people, and they have not been notified in advance.

Chapter 627