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Chapter 666 This is a gift for children (4100+ chapters, please subscribe~)

Williams is a 40-year-old man. In the company, he belongs to the category of high and low, but he is content with the status quo and is a little transparent without fighting or grabbing.

But few people know that he is still a senior sci-fi fan. Before that, he always liked hard sci-fi novels such as Robert Heinlein's "Starship Troopers", but since "Jurassic Park" came out, he has I love this kind of novels.

Up to now, there is still a trilogy of "Jurassic Park" on his desk, the first of which is even signed by Wu Jianye. I bought a copy, signed by Wu Jianye.

Seeing that he was about to get off work, Williams was in a very good mood. Wu Jianye's novel will be released tomorrow. For Williams, who has always regarded Wu Jianye as his idol, this is a very worthwhile celebration.

Although he saw the title of the novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" before this, if you just look at the name, this novel should be more like a magic novel, but Williams because of "Jurassic Park" Because of this, I am still very concerned about this novel, and think that even if it is a magic novel, it should not be too bad.

As for the novel written on the poster as a gift for children, Williams chose not to pay attention to this paragraph.

Tomorrow the company is on vacation, so he can go to Wu Jianye's autograph session to buy a copy of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"!

After getting off work early, on the way home, I drove my Chevrolet car and listened to "one" played in it, which was still Wu Jianye's song.

In the album "Born Out of the Sky", Williams liked this song the most, and his thoughts drifted to the previous movie "The Love of Ghosts" directed by Wu Jianye. In this movie, he and his own My wife also watched it, but the focus of the two is different. What my wife likes is the love story in it, but he wants to see how science fiction is added to this movie.

But it's a pity that there are too few sci-fi elements in the movie "Human Ghost Love", there are only a few shots, which makes him not very satisfied. Of course, he also admits that this is an excellent movie.

This also made Williams more determined. When Wu Jianye's new work "Jurassic Park" is released, he must watch it. He himself is a loyal reader of this novel, and Wu Jianye Ye has already proved in the movie "The Love of Ghosts" that he can make movies that conform to the mainstream values ​​of North American audiences.

Therefore, the movie "Jurassic Park" shouldn't be too bad, but there is still a problem that makes Williams a headache, that is, the movie "Jurassic Park" is released at the same time as Spier Berg's "Captain Hook", Spielberg is also a director that Williams likes very much.

Spielberg's "ET" even awakened Williams' childhood dream.

However, this problem will not appear until next year, so Williams is not in a hurry. The most important thing now is to buy the novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" first!

Thinking in his heart, he had already driven back home, opened the door, and saw his wife cooking in the kitchen, while his 12-year-old son Serena Williams was sitting in front of the TV watching NBA highlights.

The 89-90 season is over. In the end, the Detroit Pistons defeated the Trail Blazers 4:1 and won their second championship trophy.

It's the offseason now, and the highlights of the season are all on TV.

The Williams family are Los Angeles Lakers fans, so Williams put down his briefcase, took out a can of Coke and sat on the sofa.

After Serena Williams saw her father, she immediately said, "Daddy, I've taken a fancy to a Jedi Knight doll, take me to buy it tomorrow!"

If it was in the past, Williams would definitely agree immediately, but thinking that tomorrow is the signing event of Wu Jianye's new book "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", and Ryan Publishing has released news, because it is preparing for "Jurassic" Due to the filming of Ji Park, Wu Jianye only had one autograph session in Los Angeles.

"William, Daddy has something to do tomorrow, so I'll buy it for you when I come back in the afternoon, okay?"

Serena Williams was naturally unhappy, and began to pester Williams, telling him to take her to buy it tomorrow morning, but in the end the younger one couldn't hold back the older one, and the younger one went back to her room angrily.

"You too, can't you buy a novel when? You have to compete with your son for time!" Williams' wife came over and complained.

Williams smiled and said, "You don't understand!"

If it was a normal holiday, Williams wouldn't wake up until after nine o'clock, but today is different. He knows that Wu Jianye's signing will start at eight o'clock in the morning. Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, so he got up early, and before eight o'clock, he came to the bookstore where Wu Jianye signed the book.

When he came to the bookstore, he was extremely fortunate that he had come early, and now there was already a long queue, and it was roughly estimated that there were more than 100 people in front of Williams.

And at this time, many people behind Williams came to line up one after another. Williams noticed that most of them were about his own age, or younger, and some even participated in some reading exchanges. We met at the meeting, everyone is a science fiction reader.

After queuing honestly, after about an hour, it was finally Williams' turn, and he finally got the novel "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in his hand.

"Director Wu, hello, I am a loyal reader of "Jurassic Park" and I like your novels very much!" Williams said with a smile. Naturally, at their age, it is impossible to think excitedly like young people. It's time to hug Wu Jianye, everyone is more sensible.

It's almost like expressing your love for Wu Jianye's novels, and then shaking hands with Wu Jianye, and it's almost the same after he finishes signing.

"Thank you for your support!" Wu Jianye asked about Williams' name, and signed his name 'kun' on the front page, as well as his best wishes to Williams.

With a satisfied smile, Williams walked out of the bookstore with the novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

Back in his car, Williams couldn't wait to open the novel, wanting to read the contents inside, but the more Williams read it, the more he frowned, which had nothing to do with what he was thinking. What a big difference.

It is undeniable that the magical elements involved in it are very attractive, but the content in it makes Williams very disliked. It is more like a book read by children than a book at his age.

As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. When he saw a quarter of it, Williams was sure he couldn't stand it anymore.

Disappointed, he threw the book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" on the back seat of the car, checked that it was almost noon, and drove home.

After returning home, Williams' wife saw Williams' expression and asked curiously, "What's the matter, didn't you buy the book?"

Williams said uninterestedly: "I bought it, but it's not interesting."

Williams' wife smiled and said, "Okay, maybe the last book is Wu Jianye's pinnacle work, let's go and see your precious son!"

At this time, Williams remembered that his son was still angry with him!
When I came to Serena Williams' room, as expected, Serena Williams turned her head and stopped talking to herself when she saw her.

"Okay, don't be angry, how about Daddy taking you to buy toys now?"

A child's temperament comes and goes quickly, so when he heard that Williams was going to take him to buy toys, he quickly showed a happy smile.

When watching the two father and son walk out of the house lovingly, Williams' wife shouted from behind: "Come back early, I will make delicious food for you!"

After Serena Williams got into the car, she sat in the back, because Williams was going to drive and looked a little bored, just in time to see "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in the back seat.

Then pick it up and start killing time.

After more than 20 minutes, Williams found a parking space in the parking lot, parked the car, and said: "Let's go, let's go buy toys!"

As a result, he did not get a response from his son.

Looking back curiously, he was surprised to find that his son was actually reading the novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" seriously.

You must know that Serena Williams is notoriously naughty and has never calmed down to read novels. Before that, Williams recommended several science fiction novels to his son, but his son rejected them all.

Now I actually read the novel seriously, and even forgot the conversation with myself.

"William, William," Williams called twice more.

Serena Williams just raised her head, with an excited expression on her face: "Daddy, this book is so good, I really like Harry, Hermione, and Ron in it, what do you think? I don't know magic, am I the Muggle they say? By the way, Daddy, can you give me this book?"

Seeing a series of questions from his son, Williams finally came up with the words written on the cover page of this book, 'This is a gift for children! 'This sentence.

"William, do you like this novel?" Williams asked curiously.

"I like it, I like it very much!" Serena Williams said like a treasure.

"Which one do you prefer, the Jedi Knight toys or the novel?"

Serena Williams tilted her head and thought for a long time before saying, "I like the novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" better now. You can buy Jedi Knight toys next weekend!"

Williams' expression became more and more surprised.

However, he didn't give up buying toys for Serena Williams because of his son's words. This is what he promised Serena Williams, and he must fulfill it.

When the two father and son came home, Williams' wife saw that Serena Williams was reading a novel with gusto, and the toy of the Jedi Knight that he had always wanted before was held by Williams. hands.

"What's the situation?" She naturally knew about her son, and she was very surprised to see her son reading a book seriously.

Serena Williams even forgot to say hello to her mother, and returned to her room with the novel "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in her arms.

As for the Jedi Knight toys in Williams' hands, he even forgot to ask for them.

Williams smiled and told his wife what happened before.

"There is such a thing?" Williams' wife was also very surprised when she heard what happened.

Williams sighed: "I didn't expect this novel to really make children like it so much."

Wu Jianye finally ended today's book signing. When he got home, he felt his wrist hurt a bit. In the evening, Xiao En also called. They have counted how beautiful the book is today. .

In the United States, the sales volume of this book has reached 50+ in one day. Such a result makes Ryan Publishing very exciting.

This is already the best book published by Ryan after "Jurassic Park" 2 and 3 were released.

However, even though Xiao En was excited, he was still a little worried. Along with the sales volume, readers' opinions on the book came up. Many old readers of Wu Jianye had great opinions on this book.

Some people even clamored that this was a deception by Wu Jianye to his readers!
This kind of word of mouth is bound to have a huge impact on the sales of this book in the later period, and this is what worries Sean.

"Don't worry, just look at the later sales and you'll know!" Although Wu Jianye didn't know what happened at Williams' house, what he did know was that writing this novel by himself was no less than a novel written by a newcomer with a new vest. The audience of the new book, the first few "Harry Potter" will be those children, and when they discover this book, it will be the time when his word of mouth and sales will really explode.

Someone in later generations told Wu Jianye with experience that the two types of people who make the most money in this world are children and women.

Hearing what Wu Jianye said, Xiao En had no choice but to temporarily suppress his worries.

In the next few days, "Harry Potter" really did as Sean predicted. The sales of this novel dropped sharply. After hearing the news, many publishing companies immediately expressed their excitement.

Originally, Wu Jianye released a new book, which made many people worry that their market would be impacted, but now looking at the word of mouth, it is obvious that this book hit the street!
Many companies even opened champagne to celebrate.

"Haha, Wu Jianye is just an ordinary person after all, and there will always be things that go wrong!" The boss of a publishing company seemed very happy.

The people below naturally also responded one after another. At this time, many people are already pessimistic about the prospect of this book.

However, a week after the release of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", the sales of this book suddenly showed reverse growth, and the data became a huge wave. This was even more so in the next few days, and the upward trend continued unabated.

This made many publishing companies very surprised. What happened? When they investigated and learned that the people who bought this book had changed from young people to teenagers and children, they also thought of the book. The slogan in!
This is a great gift book for kids!

(End of this chapter)