A week later.

Hotel.

Adam and Nora return from eating Kung Pao Chicken from a Chinese restaurant.

Nora, whose face was ruddy and shiny, said with a complicated expression, "Adam, I'm leaving." ”

"Huh, when?"

Adam was slightly stunned.

"Tonight's ten o'clock plane. ”

Nora muttered, "I should have left last week, but I didn't expect to meet you and make me stop in this city I hate, and now I have to go, and if I don't go, I won't be able to go." ”

Adam fell silent.

Nora sighed when she saw this.

Although she has always said that she has completely despaired of things like marriage, human nature is complex, and her mind can change at any time, and what she lacks is only a fuse that causes change.

And Adam is clearly the hottest kind in the fuse.

In just nine days, she almost broke the defense in Nora's heart because of her ex-husband's strange behavior, and raised a trace of expectation for love and marriage again.

But Adam has a calmness that does not belong to his age, and the principles he adheres to have no wavering meaning, how can Nora, who specializes in these, not know.

Coupled with the age gap, Nora wisely chose to leave immediately, allowing time and space to dilute the throbbing.

"I'll send you. ”

Adam sensibly cut away a trace of strange emotions at this moment and smiled.

People in the American drama world can't look at it with common sense, there are too many things that have impacted the three views formed in the Asian life for more than 20 years, but many of them are unthinkable, and there is no way to avoid them.

Like, can you accept a small disc from your wife and ex-boyfriend?

He vaguely remembered that Monica had filmed with her ex-boyfriend Richard, and then Richard had her name and put it in a disc box under the TV.

Then Richard prepares to change houses and entrust the original house to a real estate agent for resale, and Chandler, as Monica's husband, goes to look at the house and sees this small disc at a glance.

When Chandler took it back and questioned it, annoyed that Richard was showing off this kind of thing, Monica said that Richard didn't get it, and now she can only reminisce by watching the film, which is pathetic......

Later, when it was discovered that the small disc had been ripped into Richard's next girlfriend, Monica was very embarrassed, thinking that Richard was humiliating her.

The values revealed in this are unacceptable to Adam.

Chandler was afraid to see too much of the scene, and was overjoyed that the video was ripped off, but he didn't want to think about what the video was like before it was ripped out.

And how many people have seen it?

Joey commented: "If a woman is willing to shoot this kind of video for her boyfriend, then there is nothing that this woman can't do for her boyfriend......"

Monica is still like this as an ordinary person, not to mention a cultural artist like Nora who specializes in these things, Kung Pao Chicken is Nora's favorite dish, and Adam eats it not once or twice.

Meet at the point, point to the end.

Adam didn't want to think about it.

Although the affection is good, you must not be greedy for the cup!

Hold it steady!

"No need. ”

Nora is not an ordinary person, she quickly collected her emotions, shook her head and smiled: "Random House has prepared a car to take me to the airport." ”

"It's fine. ”

Adam nodded.

"By the way, your book is already on sale, and it doesn't seem to be going well, so can I recommend it to you?"

Nora thought of Adam's new book.

"Don't, don't!"

Adam hurriedly stopped and laughed at himself: "I have a good stomach and don't like to eat soft rice, your recommendation can indeed quickly drive the sales of the Lord of Mysteries, but it is really unnecessary." ”

"Are you sure?"

Nora was concerned: "Actually, it's nothing, even if you don't want me to come forward, I can entrust my friend to recommend it for you." ”

"Not really. ”

Adam shook his head and smiled: "The copyright fee of the first edition of 10,000 copies has been given to me for 30,000 dollars, I am not short of money in a short period of time, and the poor sales are only temporary, I believe in the quality of the Lord of Mystery, and I look forward to the explosion that goes with the flow, which is also a little insistence on me." ”

The Lord of Mystery was officially released yesterday, but because he sternly refused Jack Cerf's peeping at the full copyright of the Lord of Mystery at that time, although for Nora's sake, Jack compromised, but he was very unhappy in his heart, otherwise with the potential of the new book he was optimistic about, how could the first edition be arranged at more than 100,000 copies.

Now that the new books are on the market, they are just quietly put on the shelves of Random House's New York channel points, not to mention the publicity of newspapers and other media, and even the recommendations that should be placed on the shelves of new books on the channel points have not been arranged.

Truly achieve zero investment and zero risk.

In this case, it's no wonder that the sales performance can be good, today's statistical results, only 96 copies were sold, and when he called, Jack faintly revealed the arrogance of 'who is more important in the quality of the book and the traffic channel, now you should know', and once again hinted that Adam re-signed the contract and handed over the full copyright, and the scene and results would be completely different.

Naturally, Adam refused.

The sales are so poor, it's the same as the stand-alone machine when he was a little hit the street in his previous life, it's a very bad experience, but Adam believes in the quality of the Lord of Mystery.

He chose to copy the Lord of Mystery, the first purpose was for money, but not all for money, he wanted to see what kind of brilliance the Lord of Mysteries could shine in the rice country of the parallel universe.

With the accumulation of time, the huge increase in sales, the development of film and television games and other peripherals, 22 ways, 220 sequences of professions to weave the master of mystery, can form a huge and unique fantasy universe comparable to or even more than the Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Marvel, DC, Star Wars?

When the time comes, will otaku like Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, and Rajesh be madly obsessed with the fantasy universe of the Lord of Mysteries, or even more so than the original Western fantasy universe such as Lord of the Rings and Marvel?

This is far more exciting and anticipatory than making money.

In the face of Jack's arrogance and greed, Adam firmly believes that with the quality of the Lord of Mystery, he will definitely be able to slap Adam in the face.

Nora's help will reduce the pleasure of slapping the face at that time.

"I'm a little hungry again. ”

Seeing Adam so hard, Nora was deeply shocked and said subconsciously.

"Or Kung Pao Chicken?"

Adam laughed, "Is it too late?"

"There was a Chinese restaurant on the way to the airport. ”

Nora has silky eyes.

"Then I'll send you. ”

The two got into the luxury car specially prepared for Nora by Random House, told the driver to stop at the Chinese restaurant on the road, pressed the soundproof panel, and headed all the way to the airport.

A week later.

New Jersey.

"Daddy, Mommy, I want Susie!"

A little girl about ten years old, carved in pink, pounced on her parents and said coquettishly.

"Annie, who is Susie?"

The little girl's mother was confused.

"Susie is a big blonde dog, the pet of Miss Justice Audrey, and she can talk. ”

The little girl Anne looked up and said, "Although she is always on guard against me, I really like her, Mom and Dad, can you buy me a Susie back?"

"Annie, did you come into my study to read?"

The little girl's father suddenly realized.

He is a lawyer, very fond of fantasy literary novels, a few days ago when he went to the bookstore, accidentally found a novel called the Lord of Mystery, was immediately attracted, bought it back and read all night, was deeply impressed by the mysterious and strange world inside, so he has always put the Lord of Mystery on the desk.

I didn't expect to be seen by the youngest daughter, and I fell in love with the golden retriever dog Susie of the 'Miss Justice' inside, yes, the personal maid of 'Miss Justice' Audrey is also called Annie.

"Yes, but you'll have to treat her well when you buy it. ”

"Great, thank you Dad!"

The little girl Anne clapped her hands and laughed, "This time, I must be true good friends with Susie." ”

Father Anne smiled dotingly, and of course he wanted his precious daughter to have a Susie with him, having seen the Lord of Mysteries.

In his eyes, his baby daughter is not the maid Anne who has no sense of existence, but the sunny and optimistic, cute and brave, kind and filial like Miss Justice Audrey...... An angel with all the good words in one.