San Francisco Bay Area, Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Liu Yuexin was queuing more than 100 meters away from the entrance of the bookstore, and there were 2 female classmates in line with her.

There was no class this morning, and they went to the Barnes & Noble bookstore in the Bay Area to buy "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

They came to the bookstore at half past eight, but saw two very long lines in front of the bookstore, each of which was more than 100 meters.

"I asked the people around me, and they were all here to buy Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. A white girl with a little freckles on her face chirped.

"I thought we came early, it went on sale at 9 o'clock, we came at 8:30, I didn't expect such a long queue. "A tall white girl was depressed.

"Yes, I didn't expect so many people to buy Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and I suddenly worried that we wouldn't be able to buy the book later, and we would waste a lot of time. ”

The freckled girl looked anxiously at the people in line in front of her.

"I have to buy it today, I've been waiting for half a month, I can't wait any longer, I'll go crazy if I wait any longer. The tall girl screamed.

"If you can't buy it here, go to Barnes & Noble in Los Angeles, where the bookstore is several times bigger than here and should be in stock. The freckled girl said uncertainly.

"There are more people in Los Angeles than here, and by the time we got to Los Angeles, they were all sold out. The tall girl pouted.

"We should be able to buy them here, and as far as I know, there are 20,000 copies of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in Barnes & Noble, and there are hundreds of people in front of us right now. ”

Liu Yuexin, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke up.

"Willow, how do you know that there are 20,000 copies of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone at the Barnes & Noble bookstore here?" asked the freckled girl.

"Linda, when I was in high school, I worked at this Barnes & Noble bookstore, and a salesperson I knew told me that the Barnes & Noble bookstore in San Francisco had 20,000 copies of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Liu Yuexin said with a smile.

"Then why don't you get a few copies of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone with that salesman? The tall girl asked, confused.

"I wanted to, too, but the salesman said that the author of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was strictly forbidden to reveal it before it was released, and that the book had only come to the bookstore the day before. Liu Yuexin said helplessly.

"Okay, we'll have to line up, but it's good that the sun isn't strong today. The tall girl muttered.

Liu Yuexin looked down at the pamphlet in her hand, her eyes staring at the word Xu Qing, there is no doubt that this is an Asian name, and it is the most likely to be Chinese.

The name Xu Qing is quite common, and among the people she knows, there is one named Xu Qing, the gentleman who is crazy about pursuing her.

often doesn't go to class, and recently hasn't been to class for more than a month, the last time Liu Yuexin saw him greet her politely, she was stunned.

The perverse gentleman would greet her politely, and he used to see her eager to lie on top of her.

Could this Xu Qing be the gentleman Xu Qing? Liu Yuexin touched the name on the cover, and then thought again, how could it be the Xu Qing who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun if she could write such a powerful book.

One weekend half a month ago, she was shopping with Linda and Liz in downtown San Francisco when they saw a group of strangely dressed people handing out pamphlets.

She took the pamphlet and flipped through it, only to see that it was out of control, and she completely sank into the story called "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

After reading it, she asked the strangely dressed people if there was a follow-up story, and they told her that on June 1, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone would be on sale at 100 Barnes & Noble bookstores in the United States, including Barnes & Noble's in San Francisco.

She waited for half a month, and finally waited for the release date on June 1.

At 9 o'clock, she, Linda, and Liz arrived at Barnes & Noble half an hour early.

Unexpectedly, there were so many people lined up at the door of Barnes & Noble's bookstore, and it seemed that she was not the only one who was addicted to this book.

Liu Yuexin looked at the long line in front of her, sighed, and could only line up quietly.

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Los Angeles downtown, Barnes & Noble bookstore, this is what Liu Yuexin said, if you can't buy books at Barnes & Noble bookstores in the Bay Area, come to the bookstore here.

As the second largest city in the United States after New York, Los Angeles is not much more economically developed, and the scale of Barnes & Noble's bookstore is not much worse than that of New York.

With 100,000 square feet of business space, annual sales of more than $25 million and an average of more than 3,500 daily footfall, these are all examples of the strength of the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Los Angeles.

In contrast to Baird, the manager of the New York flagship store, Brown, the manager of the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Los Angeles, supports a special partnership with Carney Media.

Brown knew Carney Media, and Carney Media had wanted to put their books on the shelves of Barnes & Noble, but he refused.

Now he supports the novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" published by Carney Media, because before that, he saw a novel called "Angels and Demons" serialized by Carney Newspaper.

Brown was very optimistic about the novel, believing that it would be a bestseller that might sell more than a million copies, and he approached someone from Carney to publish it, but Johansen, the editor-in-chief of Carney, refused.

Johansen told him that Xu Qing, the general manager of Carney Media, had no plans to publish Angels and Demons at the moment, and that Brown had to give up, but he remembered the name.

Brown saw at the meeting that the author of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was also called Xu Qing, and then saw that this Xu Qing was Xu Qing, the author of "Angels and Demons".

Brown took a cursory look at the sample book and felt that it was a better and best-selling book than "Angels and Demons", and Brown immediately agreed to sign a special cooperation agreement with Xu Qing.

Brown supports the special cooperation agreement and hopes that Xu Qing can complete the special cooperation agreement.

If Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone sells more than 2 million copies in its first month, the benefits are much higher than the $2 million in damages.

Brown is not a short-sighted person who goes out to sabotage the sales of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone for a little profit.

Instead, Brown did some work to get Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to sell more than 2 million copies in its first month.

For example, some resources were used to promote it, and a huge Harry Potter promotional image was erected at the door of the bookstore on the release day.

As he wished, thousands of people came to buy Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone at 9 o'clock today.

Today is a working day, there are still many people at work, and there should be a buying peak in the evening, and it is expected that more than 10,000 people will end up buying on the first day.

With a smile on his face, Brown instructed the bookstore staff to maintain order.