Accustomed to domestic supermarkets, it is not okay to be shocked when you come to such an empty warehouse at first glance.

Between a shelf and a shelf, you have to drive a forklift to put the goods on it, what nuts, nutrition, household goods everything.

The main attraction is the staff with the tasting plate, the sausages cut into small pieces with toothpicks, and customers passing by can enjoy them and put them in their shopping carts if they think they are delicious.

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

Although he really wanted to try it, considering that the makeup artist's work was not in vain, it was better to wait until the shooting was completed.

The neat Lord of the Rings trilogy sets were laid out into a boxy hill by the supermarket staff, and there was even a sign on them that read "Magical Middle-earth/Specials".

And the shelves next to the hill of the Lord of the Rings are full of the rest of Zhang Chu's works, "Sherlock", "Life of Pi", and "The Da Vinci Code" each occupy one-third of the space!

Zhang Chu opened his mouth wide, even in his own Hanlinxuan bookstore, he didn't enjoy such a solemn treatment, just a few books!

"Is it because everyone's books have such a lot of space, or are they deliberately cleared for the sake of the recording effect?"

Hearing this question, Blair replied: "It shouldn't be deliberate, you look at the books of the rest of the people in front of you, it's like this." ”

About two meters away is another hill of books, written by Michelle Obama, the former First Lady of the United States.

Just put a picture of Michelle on the top of the hill, and that's enough to attract customers!

Michelle is more famous than books, and Zhang Chu is the opposite, his popularity as an author is far less than the works he writes.

Of course, veteran book lovers and fans will know his name, but ordinary people will not know anything at all.

"It's good to have a lot of land, this supermarket is too big, the area is large and capricious, and a book can be so wide. ”

He wanted to visit the mall, but the shoot was ready, the fluffy radio was raised high, and the cameraman was sitting in the car on the track trying to see what angle would look better.

The crowd of customers was so excited by such a big gesture that they seemed to have forgotten about shopping and were all focused on the film crew.

“3、2、1，action！”

Accompanied by the voice of the director of the scene, Allen appeared in front of the camera.

I looked tired just now, but now I seem to be full of energy!

"Hi guys, I'm your good friend Alan. There is a special guest coming to our show today, you may not know his name, but you must have heard of his books. He is Zhang Chu, the author of "The Da Vinci Code" and "The Lord of the Rings", welcome!"

Obviously he had been three steps away, and after Zhang Chu heard this, he stepped into the lens of the camera, hugged Allen and said, "Thank you for the invitation, I'm very happy to be here at Allen Show!"

"Wow!" Alan pretended to look like they were meeting for the first time, "You're too young!"

This exaggerated acting skill looks particularly joyful, and at the same time speaks to the hearts of the audience.

Zhang Chu himself is not very old, and coupled with the fact that Asians generally seem to have good looks, he looks younger than many American high school students.

"It's not my fault that I'm young, for example, you can compliment me on being handsome. ”

Alan grinned, "This is our guest today, maybe some viewers don't know, but Zhang Chu's work has always held the top spot on this year's New York Times bestseller list, I want to ask you any secrets?"

"The secret is probably to sit down, write a book, publish it, and win the championship. Zhang Chu also knows how to entertain, and his tone couldn't be simpler.

"So relaxed? It looks like I'm sitting in the wrong position. ”

"Quite possibly. ”

Alan and Zhang Chu walked slowly forward side by side, chatting while walking in the supermarket.

"By the way, I heard that you won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival some time ago, which is amazing, and I wish I could be as good as you. ”

Zhang Chu spread his hands and said: "Thank you, but Alan, you are already very good, you are the best host in the United States, there is no one, your performance at the Oscars this year is very good!"

These links are actually helping Zhang Chu to tout, and Zhang Chu also understands the importance of business blowing each other, and they have to hold each other.

Everyone likes rainbow farts, and Alan is no exception, even if he is praised a lot.

She did not mention in the show that Zhang Chu's work "Ghost Blows the Lantern" is being released, because the screening of this work in North America is nearing the end, and the focus is on promoting "The Lord of the Rings"!

That's why Random House and Universal Pictures pushed him to The Ellen Show.

"Look, what I found!"

Alan pointed to the mountains of books in front of him, and then took a set from the top, "Oh, it's pretty heavy, it's only $79, do you want to buy one?"

Books in the U.S. are usually very expensive, and the likes are slightly cheaper, with textbooks being the most expensive.

Usually the first hard cover book, the so-called hardcover, usually sells for about twenty or thirty dollars, and after about a year, the soft cover is released, which is called a paperback, which is about ten dollars cheaper.

So the Lord of the Rings trilogy is really not expensive at $79 right now, and it's already the result of a sale sale!

"I have quite a few at home, but Alan, do you have this book? We're friends, shouldn't you buy a book to support my sales? Maybe just one of you and I'll be able to stay at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list. ”

Zhang Chu didn't play cards according to the routine at all, usually in this case, the guests will say that I will give you a set or something, but he asked Alan to buy it, so that the on-site director couldn't help but nod.

Alan 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 Paltrith as a gift." ”

"It's a good proposition, and Patrith will love it!"

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

When Zhang Chu sat down, opened the title page of the book and began to sign, Alan suddenly took out a red megaphone: "We have Zhang Chu here!"

The customers who were blocked by the staff were taking photos and videos with their mobile phones, screaming and shouting, even if they didn't know who Zhang Chu was.

The lens of another camera is specifically filming the picture of the onlookers, and some people even pull the goods on the side shelf to the side, just to be able to stretch out their mobile phones and heads to watch!

Alan actively mobilized the audience and said, "In case you don't know him, let me introduce you, he is the author of the Lord of the Rings series, and now he is here to sign your book!"

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

Zhang Chu and Allen were surrounded in an instant, but fortunately, the staff had been prepared to properly isolate those who were so excited that they couldn't speak clearly.

It stands to reason that those who like the "Lord of the Rings" series should be teenagers, but all the people who come here are middle-aged women, and Alan really deserves to be a friend of women!

A middle-aged white woman holding a cute little girl stood in front of Zhang Chu, and both mother and daughter were excited, not because of Zhang Chu, but because of Allen next to her.

Zhang Chu asked the little girl softly, "Hey, what's your name?"

"Sophia. ”

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

"Hello Sophia, do you like to read?"

"Like. ”

"I'm guessing you don't like this book at your age, but you can give it to your dad and let him take you to the amusement park. ”

“OK”

The little one was too shy to come out, and finally her mother took the set of signed books.

These works are not free, and you have to check out once you get your hands on them!

Zhang Chu thought that this was almost over, because he had said before that he only needed to edit out about 10 minutes of content, but Alan took a copy of "Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" from the side and put it in front of him and flipped through it casually.

"Zhang Chu, what did you put in the book?"

Zhang Chu, who was originally immersed in autographing, turned his head to take a look, only to see that the middle of the book had been hollowed out, and a flat iron wine jug common in film and television works was actually placed in it.

There was no such link in the previous script!

“Oh，my god.” Zhang Chu could only cooperate with the acting, and at this moment he felt that his acting skills were really going to be disgraced and thrown abroad.

Allen on the side didn't have much cleverness, and he laughed slightly: "What the hell, Zhang Chu, you can't do this! Are you old enough to drink legally? Or do you have to drink alcohol to find inspiration when writing a book?"

After Zhang Chu was led astray, he also laughed, there will be no NG in recording this, what you want is the most real and direct feeling.

"He's signed a lot, so, you know, he's got some energy to refuel, it's crazy!"

Standing in front of Zhang Chu was a white old man, who cooperated after hearing Allen's words: "I can't do without alcohol when I'm your age." ”

I don't know if this is a group performance or a real consumer, anyway, Zhang Chu was amused and laughed.

Alan also said solemnly to the camera, "Sorry, when nothing happened, okay?"

Zhang Chu was signing autographs for customers here, while Alan was making trouble, all kinds of tricks came out one after another, and even picked up a megaphone and began to read a short paragraph of the book to those customers who couldn't come to the front.

This is probably the scene that the audience likes to see, Zhang Chu cooperates tacitly.

The signing here is just a small test, after signing more than 20 people, I will stop, and then go to the signing meeting in downtown Los Angeles for a while!

After all, almost all of the people who visit the supermarket during this time are housewives, and there are very few young people, and they are not notified in advance.

“Cut！”

After the on-site director shouted such a sentence, Alan took the megaphone and said to the surrounding customers: "Sorry to disturb everyone, I hope everyone has a happy shopping!"

is worthy of being a top host, with very high emotional intelligence, and he is very good at being a person.

Zhang Chu also waved at the passers-by who used their mobile phones to record the video, no matter what, at least they will help spread it on the Internet to increase the popularity.

After taking two sips of water, Alan smiled and said, "Isn't it really the first time you've recorded a talk show? ”

"I've been to the rest of the shows, but this is the first time I've had a talk show where I can meet the audience directly. Thank you for allowing me to experience this new feeling. ”

"Maybe you can come to our show often, it's not a polite thing, I mean it. ”

Of course, people with popularity are welcome, and if Zhang Chu is not well-known enough, no matter how good the recording performance is, it will not help.

Faced with Allen's invitation, Zhang Chu readily accepted: "As long as I'm not in class, I'll definitely come!"

It's not up to him to decide when to go to class, and it's no problem to verbally agree now.

"That's the end of our recording for today, and this episode will be on the air in five days. As the on-site director spoke, the rest of the staff began to pack up their tools.

And Allen's task has not been completed, one of her characters is to be close to the people, since she came to the store, the audience who took a photo with her could not refuse.

After saying goodbye to them one by one, Zhang Chu left the supermarket with Blair and prepared to head for the bookstore in the city center.

Although the show was recorded just now, these housewives don't know each other or don't know each other, unless one day he writes a work like fifty shades of gray, then he will instantly have a large number of female fans!

"You behaved very well just now, confident, cheerful, and humorous, and I believe that many fans will be pleasantly surprised by such an author. Blair gave a thumbs up and praised that he had a hunch that after this episode of the show, the sales of "The Lord of the Rings" could go up a little.

"No matter how good the author is, he still has to give the work to the force, after all, he has to rely on the work to speak!"

Zhang Chu sees it very thoroughly, no matter how good a writer's character is, he can't attract people, and he still has to look at his works to speak confidently.

Many of his works have not been translated into English, or they have not been seen by bookstores and readers.

But the next book, The Silence of the Lambs, should also attract a lot of readers here, because Americans love to read this genre!

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