Chapter Ninety-Eight: Aliens (I)
"Did you really write like that before?" said one reporter, holding up the New York Daily News and pointing to the photo on it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Li Mo didn't see the title, otherwise he would be angry, he scanned the photos with his eyes and said: "Yes, I have been like this in the past few summers, I want not to delay my studies, and I want to find more time to create, so I have to do this." ”
With that, he gave Johnson a look.
Johnson understood and said: "That's the end of today's interview, and now it's time for book signing." ”
As Li Mo became less and less questioned, the questions asked became less and less sharp, but he had been asked for more than an hour, and it was indeed coming to an end.
Li Mo began to sign.
He also had a good attitude, and a few paper girls couldn't help but kiss him a few times on the face.
Western women are generally good-looking in their teens and twenties, and when they reach their thirties, most of them become fat aunts. But not necessarily, because of dietary problems, there are also people who live really well now, and some girls have changed their appearance when they are teenagers.
The beautiful paper girl just gnawed on his face, and there were several dinosaur-level paper girls who also lay on his face and gnawed, among them there was a black aunt, it was not that a black girl was not good-looking, a black paper girl who gnawed on Li Mo's face was very beautiful, but this black aunt weighed at least five hundred pounds, bent over her fat waist, and also lay on his face to gnaw, Li Mo was almost gnawed and vomited by her.
His brilliant expressions also let the reporters on the side capture it, especially this scene, which made several reporters laugh together after filming.
I hastily ate a little at noon and continue to sign.
But by the afternoon, Li Mo gradually couldn't hold on. It's not the afternoon, it's the second half of the night. Johnson knew his biological clock was coming, and although there were many readers to follow, Johnson asked Lemmer to stop signing.
Li Mo returned to the hotel, collapsed on the bed and fell asleep.
I slept so soundly that when I woke up, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening New York time.
Li Mo got up and saw that his father was still watching TV...... It's not that I saw it now, I also slept for a while in the middle, and Wang Yi was translating on the side. Li Mo asked the bantam company to pay him two thousand dollars, which was considered a tip given to him by Li Mo.
Two thousand dollars is not a small number in the United States now, and the average worker's hourly wage is only two dollars...... Just accompany me for ten days, and you actually ask for 4,000 yuan, son, aren't you wasting money!
With the check, Wang Yiyi naturally did his best, otherwise he really let his father run around with him like a nerd in the past ten days?
"When's that time?" Wang Translation, what movies are there at night?"
"Li Mo, I've brought your dad back to watch the movie. ”
"Have you seen it?"
"Well, blockbuster, "The Military and the Gentleman". ”
Li Guangping's face turned red unnaturally.
Li Mo didn't know clearly, it was really a blockbuster in 82, ranking third in the North American box office list that year, but there were many intimate scenes in it, where could Li Guangping see it, it could only be said that the Yankees were a group of shameless people.
"What about E.T. aliens? What about Star Trek?"
"Those two are also blockbusters, but Star Trek has already been released, and although E.T is in theaters, there are very few venues. ”
"That's it," Li Mo doesn't remember the Hollywood blockbusters of the 80s clearly, and even if he remembers, when they were released and what they will be released next, he can't remember that the release of these two films is still overheard by George.
"Leemer, Johnson has instructed you to rest as much as you can, and we'll be going to Philadelphia in a few hours. ”
On the third day, that is, tomorrow, he will go to Philadelphia to publicize, including interviewing reporters and signing and selling books, and after the event, he will fly to Atlanta immediately, Philadelphia is not far from New York, but Atlanta is far from Philadelphia.
On the fifth day, he flew to Los Angeles, and on this day he was inactive, so that Li Mo would negotiate with people in Hollywood, and on the second day, he would continue to be active, and on the seventh day, he would go to San Francisco, which is what the Chinese call San Francisco, and the remaining two days would be Li Mo's. On the ninth day, he flew from Los Angeles to Xiangjiang and returned to China from Xiangjiang.
Li Mo pondered the itinerary for a while and said, "Mr. Wang, after you arrive in Los Angeles, can you do something for me, if so, I will give you another $2,000 tip." ”
At the moment in China, it is tacky to withdraw money at every turn. But in the United States, this is the most normal thing, there is no money, who will do things for you. Li Mo was also a little unaccustomed to it......
"What's the matter?" Wang translated into spirit, and their two sentences of dialogue were spoken in English, which could not be understood by Li Guangping.
"Find me a good lawyer in Los Angeles, preferably able to understand some Chinese. ”
"A Chinese lawyer?"
"No, I need a white lawyer, Mr. Wang, we are all compatriots, don't tell lies, you told my dad how good the United States is, I admit that the United States is stronger and richer than our China, but as a Chinese...... I don't mention the disdain against the Chinese in the Chinese Exclusion Act a hundred years ago, but now, how much status do the Chinese have in the United States?"
Wang Yiyi's face was a little unnatural.
Not only Chinese, but also blacks, the status in the United States is the same, although blacks have many lawyers, including O'Hei. But if you want to be effective, you'd better have to hire a white lawyer.
"Not only is it a white lawyer, but he knows a little Chinese, he must have a certain degree of popularity, especially in business and economics, he must be accomplished, and this time must be fast, and he must do it for me before I meet with people from various Hollywood studios, which is only about half a day. ”
"Why don't you ask the Bantam Books guys to help?"
"I have a contract with them...... You know, our family will not harm anyone, but the heart of guarding against others is indispensable. But don't worry, this matter is done, and when I bring my family to the United States in the future, I will appoint you as my family's interpreter. ”
Don't underestimate this income.
Li Mo gave a lot of tips, and Bantam Books also gave him a lot of money.
Li Mo's contract with Bantam Books stated that he would promote Bantam Books once a year for up to ten years. With such an income once a year, Wang Yiyi's family's living expenses have basically been dropped.
"Okay, then I can't accompany your father for the time being......"
Li Mo realized that Wang Yiyi's family also lived in New York, and he had to go back to collect some information, and maybe he would have to consult with friends, mainly because they were far away, one in the east and the other in the west, and there was no Internet, so it was not easy to collect information.
Li Mo said: "Okay, you don't have to rush to Philadelphia tomorrow, go to Atlanta the day after tomorrow, and we will meet together." ”
"Then your father ......"
Li Mo scratched his head, thought about it and said, "That's it, can my father live in your house?"
"Yes, my wife is also Chinese. ”
It's not that your wife is Chinese, it's that even if you go to the United States, it's still very difficult to marry a white woman.
"That's good, I'll let my dad come to your house first, and you can take my dad to Los Angeles first according to the situation, and all the expenses will be mine. In this way, there will be more time. ”
"That's for the best. ”
Li Mo said briefly to his father again, he didn't say anything about tips, he said everything else, and after Li Mo's indoctrination, Li Guangping also knew how important the contract was in the United States. Li Guangping immediately agreed, and he also wanted to see how the Chinese lived in the United States.
But Li Mo repeatedly instructed not to leak his father's news, otherwise those reporters flocked to him, and he could barely block it, but his father couldn't stop it, don't ask if you don't understand the language, you really can't find someone who can speak Chinese?
Translator Wang took Li Guangping out of the hotel, a few hours later, Johnson and George came over, did not see Li Guangping and Translator Wang, Li Mo also explained casually, the car was tired, he was afraid that his father would work hard, so he asked Translator Wang to take his father home, and then rushed to Los Angeles to rendezvous.
Johnson didn't think much about it, and took Li Mo to Philadelphia, and as in New York, many reporters flocked in, and after the interview, Li Mo signed and sold books.
After the event, on a flight to Atlanta, Johnson picked up a large pile of newspapers and said happily: "Look, your book is going to be a big hit." ”