Chapter 51: Press Conference

The Leicester signing lasted until ten o'clock, and the sun on the horizon ran out to shine on the crowd, but it did not reduce everyone's enthusiasm, paid for books, and walked into the line to line up.

After signing a hundred books in a row, the hand holding the pen was a little sore, and seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Lester continued to sign his name with the same expression.

"Why not, I've been queuing for so long, and I still haven't gotten it. ”

A dejected voice woke up Lester, who was signing, only to find that he didn't realize that he had signed 1,000 books, and it was noon.

"Lester, it's time to stop and sign, it's over. ”

Emmanuel stepped forward and said;

But... Leicester looked up and saw that there were still 20,000 people in the field, and when he heard that there were no more, he showed a disappointed and frustrated expression, and his eyes showed hesitation.

God, don't tell me you're going to sign 20,000 signatures.

Seeing Lester's hesitant eyes looking at the people in the field, Emmanuel was startled, exclaimed, raised his hand in front of Lester, and said in a stopped manner: "Listen to me, 20,000 signatures will make your hands stiff, damn forget what you have in your head." “

"I think you should go and remind the staff to send the books. ”

Lester interrupted Emmanuel's words, looked at him, and decided the way;

The two looked at each other, Emmanuel wanted Lester to give up this crazy idea, but seeing the insistence in Lester's eyes, his mind said helplessly: "You are really crazy, after speaking, turn around and ask the staff to continue to take the books of "Ah Gan Zheng" over." “

Lester gestured to the host who was looking at him, and when he received the other person's understanding look, he kneaded his sore wrist.

"Gentlemen, ladies, don't go yet," the presenter heard the words of the two men, and knew that he should inform the crowd below, picked up the microphone, and shouted as he looked at the frustrated people in front of him;

Some people who were about to leave heard the host's words, stopped their steps to take a step, and looked at the host suspiciously.

The host informed: "Mr. Leicester, in order not to let you come in vain, has decided to continue signing autographs for everyone at one o'clock in the afternoon, so everyone will go to dinner first, and they will come after eating." ”

When fans heard this, they kissed Lester excitedly, "Lester, we love you." Some frustrated fans looked at Lester with tears in their eyes.

"God, that's crazy. ”

The reporters waiting for the press conference looked at Lester in disbelief, reacted and hurriedly recorded, "This is another big news." "

Lester's words caused the restaurant nearby to have no seats, and the boss was surprised to find that so many people were eating at noon, and only after inquiring did he know that someone was holding a signing party nearby, and it would continue in the afternoon, which made their restaurant and restaurant full.

"It's time for lunch. ”

Emmanuel went down to the staff as Leicester intended, and looked at the time: 11:30, came to remind him;

Seeing that everyone had gone to eat, Lester got up and followed Emmanuel to eat.

The two had dinner in a hotel room arranged by Penguin Press, and then continued to the book signing.

Fans waiting for Leicester books to sign autographs came one after another, but it seemed that the fans chatted at noon, which attracted some passers-by to come over.

"Lester, if you really can't sign it, give it up," Lester said as soon as he sat down on his stool and picked up his pen, and Emmanuel said uneasily;

I will!" Lester casually responded to Emmanuel's words.

Hearing such a perfunctory response, Emmanuel sat down on his stool with some helplessness.

The staff brought the books over and the signing continued.

Lester's speed of signing books for fans seems to be a break at noon, and the speed of signing hands gradually increases, and one book after another is handed over for autographs and hugs with fans.

Gradually, his hands became a little numb, but Lester still signed his name with the same face, and wrote a little stiffly.

When there were only a few thousand people present, several fans found that when their idols signed their autographs, they had already revealed a mechanical stiffness, which made them soften for a while, and they were busy conveying to the surroundings, hoping that the remaining fans only had to buy the book, don't ask the author to sign it, and just give it a hug.

The fan who reached an agreement for a moment smiled in Lester's stunned smile: "We don't need your autograph, let's have a hug with us!"

Lester's heart warmed, nodded in agreement, got up and wanted to reach out to hug the fan in front of him, but he didn't expect that the hand holding the pen was just about to be raised, he was a little numb, and said a little apologetically: "My hand is too numb, I hug you with one hand." ”

Fans quite understand, one by one bought the hardcover book of "The True Story of Ahgan", hugged Lester, and left.

Until the end of the signing, Emmanuel, who had been worried, breathed a sigh of relief.

After the fan book signing, Will Hughes, editor-in-chief of Penguin Publishing, held a personal press conference in Lester.

"Mr. Lester, you wrote "Twilight" at such a young age, can you be a vampire who copied the classic movie movie. ”

The microphone of the New York Times stretched out in front of Lester, and the sharp words made Emmanuel and Will Hughes frown, and their faces were not very good-looking.

The corners of Kiveseld's eyes twitched a little, and he secretly scolded Dunreeve who was traveling with him for being stupid, what is it hard to say, bringing his habit of writing articles here, isn't this an early end of the interview?

The other reporters gasped when they heard Dunreef's sharp words, they were all invited to come, and the words of the black author were not allowed.

Lester faced the cunning and contempt in the other party's eyes, the other party saw that he was young, so as to blow up his gaffe, and said with a smile on his face: "I think you must not have read the book I wrote, the vampires in it are different from those in the movie, and... After a pause, he said in Dunreeve's color change: "You should ask your editor-in-chief, Rosenthal, about the story inside, he can tell you if the vampire in the book is not wonderful." ”

Dunreeve breathed for a moment and asked the editor-in-chief Rosenthal if he was not ruining his job, and was momentarily defeated by Lester's words, and was speechless.

The reporters looked at Lester dumbfounded, secretly surprised that Lester was so young, but he was able to face their questions with sophistication.

One by one, the reporters honestly asked Leicester about some inconsequential things, and as soon as the press conference was over, they turned around and went back to their office and began to write articles about Lester.

The New York Times, the editor-in-chief's office, Dunreeve pulled his head around and was preached by the editor-in-chief Rosenthal.

Kiviseld was very relieved to watch Dunreeve, who was a rival with him, being scolded by him.

"You said that the author of "Twilight" is the little actor who played "Raiders of the Lost Ark 2". ”

Rosenthal said enough and asked Dunleaf to go down, picked up the picture on the table, looked at it, and confirmed to Kiwiseld;

Yes, Kiviseld affirmed;

"What a young genius author. ”

Rosenthal was a little surprised by the young nature of the photo, looked at the "The True Story of Ah Gan" on the table, and said in a deep voice: "Lester's article will be written by you, and the article I rejected before will also be written in it, and it will be published in the newspaper tomorrow." ”

I'll be there right away!, Rosenthal, Kiwiseld turned and walked towards his desk.

Out of the editor's office, Kiveseld saw Dunleaf look at him with an ugly face, and passed by him with a smug face.