The world's delicacies are in Britain, and British delicacies are in London. This statement is indeed true. Yu Dong and the others walked around, and the most common thing they saw was the world's top cuisine-fish and chips.

"What's wrong with the British tongue designation."

Yu Hua lamented that although they didn't really want to eat fish and chips, they later discovered that compared to other foods seen on the street, fish and chips were the most suitable as a meal.

Bi Feiyu also lamented, "I have only been here for less than a day, and I already miss my hometown."

Yu Dong smiled and said, "Don't worry, it will feel better after I go to France in two days."

Yu Hua shook his head, "I hope so."

…

The next day, Cambot, the head of the Deep Space American Book Department, came to London.

When he went to the United States before, Yu Dong met Canbot and knew about Canbot's previous work at Bantam.

Jimmy didn't come to the UK this time because he was busy, so he specifically told Yu Dong that he would send someone over. At that time, Yu Dong didn't ask much, but he didn't expect that it was Cambot who came in person.

In fact, Yu Dong felt that it was a bit of a fuss, it was just a simple autograph session, and there was no need for Cambot to make this trip.

Jimmy said he wanted to come before, but Yu Dong also told him not to come.

Deep Space America is already very busy. "Resident Evil 2" has just been released in the United States, and "Deep Space" and "The Martian" will be released soon.

Moreover, Deep Space Company now has not only one writer, Yu Dong, but also George Martin and several potential young writers. As the head of the book department, Cambot should be in charge of the overall situation of the company.

It is worth mentioning that the first volume of George Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" "Game of Thrones" has been completed, and last month George Martin gave the manuscript to Cambot.

When talking about George Martin's new book, Campote couldn't help but shake his head, "That was the first time I came into contact with George Martin after taking over the book department. I only knew from the handover information that he was a writer under our company.

At first, he told me on the phone that the content of the first volume had been completed, but I didn’t take it to heart at the time. Later, when he came to see me with the manuscript, I was shocked.”

"Is there a lot of manuscripts?" Yu Dong smiled.

Canbot nodded, "Yes, there are a thousand or hundreds of pages in total. You know, this is only the first volume. And he told me that he had already removed 400 pages and put them in the second volume."

"With such a length, there is no problem in negotiating with the publisher, right?"

"There will be no problem. Originally, Bantam wanted to limit the first print run of Game of Thrones, but we finally talked about it being 300,000 copies."

"Three hundred thousand copies?" Yu Dong raised his eyebrows, "You guys are really ruthless."

Martin has won many science fiction and fantasy awards, but there are many more winners. From Martin's debut to now, there are at least two to three hundred authors who have won the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award.

But among these authors, not many of their books sell well.

And it’s not like Martin has never published novels before, the sales of which were average. Ten years ago, when his “Doomsday Song” came out, the sales were so shocking that he almost gave up writing.

In view of this, it can be regarded as a small miracle that Cambot can raise the first printing to 300,000.

"Of course, their request is that they hope you can help write a short paragraph on the cover of "A Song of Ice and Fire"." Cambot smiled, "The Bantam Company does not deny the quality of this book.

, but they believe that the book will sell better if a writer who has always been on the best-seller list helps write a tribute."

"Of course." Yu Dong readily agreed, and then suggested, "However, if possible, I suggest asking Robert Jordan to write a paragraph as well. After all, in the field of fantasy, Robert Jordan is more influential.

Be stronger."

"There is no problem at all. I will try to do it, and I believe that Robert Jordan will definitely agree." Cambot smiled and nodded.

However, Cambot doesn't think that after Yu Dong's praise, Robert Jordan's is also needed. Although Robert Jordan has a lot of influence in the fantasy world because of "The Wheel of Time", it is obvious that Yu Dong's audience is

Wider.

And among Yu Dong’s readers, there are many who like fantasy.

Readers are not "either/or". People who like fantasy often won't reject the likes of "Resident Evil" and "Second World".

The key is that when promoting later, you can also write on the poster: "The Second World" is highly recommended by the original author.

Just the four words "Second World" are enough. After all, this is the highest-grossing movie in the world so far.

Yu Dong quickly wrote the "eulogy" and gave it to Cambot.

Canbot opened the note and there was only one sentence on it: I hope this will be made into a TV series or movie soon. I can't wait.

Okay, it’s a very casual sentence, but it can really express my appreciation for this book.

Cambot didn't make any comments. It didn't matter what the tribute was, but who wrote it.

…

In the next two days, Yu Hua and the others found their poker friends and played egg-cracking with them in the house for two days.

Originally, Yu Hua wanted to take Canbot to beat the eggs, but Canbot had some work to do when he came to the UK this time. He needed to contact several local publishing houses to prepare for the follow-up, including "Alive" in English

Publishing matter.

As soon as he heard that it was related to him, Yu Hua immediately gave up the idea of ​​inviting him to play cards.

They didn't get Canbot, and Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu were unwilling to play with them, but they didn't give up. Later, they even managed to get a Spaniard in the hotel.

This Spaniard is also very courageous. He came to London alone for fun, and several Asians dragged him to play cards. He really dared to follow them.

It doesn’t matter if he is brave. He can read and listen in English, but his spoken English is a mess. When communicating with Yu Hua and the others, he can only use half-baked English, and then let Jiang Jie translate.

But even so, they still had fun.

Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu left them alone, and the couple spent two days playing freely in London.

…

On the night of the 17th, when Yu Hua and the others were having fun, Spanish Antonio said with some regret: "I won't be able to play cards with you tomorrow."

"Why?" Yu Hua asked.

In the past two days, they just played cards and talked about little else. The main reason was that chatting was a bit difficult and they had to be translated through Jiang Jie. Moreover, Antonio's spoken English was really bad, and sometimes Jiang Jie couldn't understand him.

Jiang Jie couldn't understand it, and Bi Feiyu couldn't understand it even more.

So after playing cards for two days, they only knew that Antonio was Spanish and came to England to play, and they didn't know anything else.

"Because tomorrow is YU's autograph session, I have to queue up very early."

Jiang Jie smiled and translated Antonio's words, and Yu Hua and the others also laughed after hearing this.

"They say there are no coincidences, but I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. We randomly picked up a person who was going to attend Yu Dong's book signing." Yu Hua said with a smile.

Bi Feiyu shook his head and said, "It can't be considered casual. First of all, Antonio is young. We thought that young people have good brains, learn quickly, and are willing to trust people. But young people are also more likely to be fans of Yu Dong's books.

.Secondly, when we found him, he was reading in the hall, which proves that he is a person who loves reading."

"Not all young people who love reading are fans of Yu Dong's books, so it's still a bit of a coincidence."

"That's true."

Antonio blinked and looked at Yu Hua and the others, not understanding what they were saying at all, but judging from their expressions, it seemed that they were talking about something interesting, and it was probably related to him.

"What are you talking about?" Antonio couldn't help but ask.

Bi Feiyu smiled and said, "We are talking about how to prevent you from attending YU's autograph session."

Antonio shook his head repeatedly, "This is impossible. Although playing poker is very interesting, attending the YU autograph session is also one of the main purposes of my coming to the UK. It is impossible not to go."

Yu Hua smiled and said, "I still think it's possible."

"He still thinks it's possible." Jiang Jie translated Yu Hua's words for Antonio and added: "Like him, I also think it's possible, and the possibility is very high."

Antonio scratched his head, not understanding what they meant.

Seeing his confused look, Yu Hua added, "Aren't you going to YU's book signing just to get a signed book from YU? If we give you one, you don't need to go to the book signing.

Already?"

"Do you have YU's signed book?" Antonio looked excited, then shook his head, "No, even if you give me a signed book, I will still go. I want to see YU up close. Until now, I

I haven’t seen him yet.”

"That's quite a lot to ask for." Yu Hua smiled and said, "Okay, we'll arrange for YU to meet you. Now it's okay, right?"

After listening to Jiang Jie's translation, Antonio's eyes widened and he had no idea what was happening now. Are these people kidding him?

Maybe it's cultural differences? He didn't find the joke funny.

Seeing Antonio's blank expression, Yu Hua stood up and said, "I'm going to see if Yu Dong is back."

Yu Dong's room was on the same floor as theirs, and it was only a few steps away.

Knocking on the door several times, no one responded. Yu Hua shook his head and walked back with some disappointment. But halfway through, he saw Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu walking towards this side holding hands.

He walked up to him with a smile and shouted: "Yu Dong."

Yu Dong saw the surprise on his face and asked a little strangely, "Why are you so happy to see me? Why do you miss me after not seeing me for a day?"

As soon as these words came out, Yu Dong was secretly pinched by Cheng Yanqiu.

Yu Hua didn't notice the couple's little actions and said with a smile, "I'm here to take credit from you."

"Inviting credit?" Yu Dong looked confused.

"Yes, we have been playing cards with your book fans for two days. The playing has made my waist sore and my back hurts. Moreover, I have eaten so much fish and chips in the past two days that my tongue is numb. Now I am going to France.

, you have to arrange a big meal."
To be continued...