Half an hour later, someone came over and told Ye Kaicai that all the dishes were on the table, and the restaurant was in a French restaurant on the side of the square.

After Ye Kai nodded, someone began to apologize to the people in line, saying, "Please wait a moment, Mr. Ye has been sitting here for nearly seven hours, everyone give us an hour to rest." ”

The person standing in front of Ye Kai was an uncle in his 40s, who took back the book he handed out when he saw this, and said: "Hard work, Mr. Ye, you go and have lunch first, be sure to use it slowly, this is what you deserve." ”

The British have made it a habit to queue up, and they are willing to wait if it makes sense.

Ye Kai signed here for a few hours, and they also saw that most of the British people who could come here were not attending the signing meeting for the first time, and they all knew the general process.

Saying sorry in person, Ye Kai and a few people rushed to the other side of the French restaurant called 'Café RougeattheStrand' for lunch.

The dish was ordered by Ye Kai himself, five ripe filets, and the sauce was visibly covered on the steak with the naked eye, steaming hot and fragrant.

It's not easy to greet other people, so I hurriedly started eating, and the other employees were similar to Ye Kai, and no one was chatting for a while.

These people are going to change their guard after lunch, and this afternoon someone else will take over their work.

Ye Kai looked at the people queuing in the distance through the window, and said with some luck: "I thought it would be difficult to get out, so I just need to tell them that we are going to eat." ”

There were four people sitting at a table, and the people next to Ye Kai swallowed potatoes and said, "It's all like this, even if the prime minister comes, you can't take away the time to eat." ”

"Where are you from?" Ye Kai asked.

The publishing house only came with four people to assist Ye Kai in managing the signing meeting, but these employees were obviously not from the publishing house, and Ye Kai had never seen them before.

"We are employees of the bookstore, and our bookstore is at the intersection where we sign it. ”

"Oh. ”

It didn't take long for a filet to be eaten and it was all settled, and it was the first time he had eaten a steak in a hurry. I didn't feel too much tenderness of the steak, but I felt a little unpalatable.

Medium-rare steaks still have to be chewed slowly, and every now and then a sip of red wine is the most delicious.

But now I'm in a hurry, and I don't have so many ideas.

But seeing that he had finished eating these people and still had a lot left, Ye Kai ordered two more snacks, and the time did not exceed half an hour. The queue outside the window did not leave, but as time went by, more and more people grew.

The afternoon was still busy, and even Ye Kai's body couldn't bear to sign for such a long time.

I need to move my fingers and wrists from time to time, and I have a lot less interaction with my mouth, and most of the time I am buried in signing, and after signing, I smile and hand the book to others.

When the lights of Pigeon Square came on at night, Ye Kai's speed of signing exceeded the speed of the increase in book fans.

When the last book lover left with the book, Ye Kai saw that all the employees had a tired look on their faces.

They are more tired than the morning people.

Seeing this, Ye Kai called the people from the publishing house, and after a few people discussed it, they gathered everyone together and said: "Thank you for your hard work, if you have nothing to do at night for a while, let's go to the bar to drink together." ”

The bookstore employees looked at each other for a moment, stunned for two seconds and began to cheer.

If you were to rank all the countries in the world that love to drink, the British would probably be at the top for a long time, and they would even be more fond of drinking than Russians.

In their eyes, wine is omnipotent, can make friends, flirt, strengthen courage, invigorate blood, and dispel sorrows......

But there is a downside.

They generally don't drink much.

The carnival lasted for three hours, and the staff who had come to help in the morning also came to the bar after getting off work from the bookstore, and Kom also came to participate in the carnival after the successful signing of the sale.

Ye Kai felt that as long as the signing meeting was not too shabby, it would be fine, but he really underestimated himself.

In addition to eating, the whole signing party has not been able to rest, which is also myself, and it is estimated that the name that can be signed in a day by another writer is not more than half of his own.

Ye Kai couldn't remember how many books he had written his name on.

Some of these people are from China and some are from island countries, but more of them are local residents of the United Kingdom, and from Ye Kai's inquiry, many of them know about this book from their friends.

This means that the reputation of "Harry Potter" is still strong, and the publicity effect can still achieve the ideal results of the publishing house.

After twelve o'clock, a group of drunks helped each other out of the hotel, Ye Kai's own alcohol consumption did not know when it began to increase, but now he can walk out of the bar soberly.

Kom didn't have much to drink, and the two walked at the back of the line.

The street lights in London at night shone on passers-by, and Kom noticed that Ye Kai's right hand occasionally trembled unconsciously, and asked with a smile: "Are you tired today?" ”

"It's fine. Ye Kai said indifferently, and then asked, "How many copies have been sold today?"

Kom thought about the statistics that the bookstore had given him just now, and said: "The specific data has not yet arrived, and now we can only know how many copies were sold on the spot." ”

"How many?"

Kom's expression was mysterious, and he quietly gestured with a 2.

Ye Kai didn't guess how many books, but when he saw Comm's happy expression, he knew that there would not be too few books sold on the spot today, maybe even higher than he had expected?

"Twenty thousand?" Ye Kai said.

"How can it be only 20,000? What are you talking nonsense? 200,000!"

"How is it possible?" Ye Kai said loudly, then looked at the people in front of him, lowered his voice and asked Ke Mu, "Two hundred thousand? It was only fifty thousand a few days ago." ”

Kom smirked: "Now do you know why I have to hold a signing party in Pigeon Square? There are so many tourists here that many people from other places will line up to buy your books even if they haven't even heard of you." ”

"And we have calculated, today is supposed to be the explosive period after our promotion, and from today onwards, the sales of "Harry Potter" will not be less than 100,000 copies. ”

"It's really scary, I signed 200,000 copies today?"

"Not necessarily. "Maybe some people just bought the book but didn't ask you to sign it, but probably the data is correct, okay, don't be too proud." ”

But the excitement on Comm's face was about to overflow.

Ye Kai is also confused, 200,000 a day in a bookstore?

If, as Comm said, sales of no less than 100,000 per day in the next few days will not be greater, then wouldn't it soon surpass the two books in front of him?

That's not a chance......

Ye Kai's heart is also hot, if this trend continues, won't he have a chance to be on the annual best-selling list of new books in the United Kingdom? Or be a little bolder.

Worldwide?