Chapter 250: On the first day of online sales, the eyes of countless people were blinded!
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After a long flight of more than ten hours, the plane landed at JFK International Airport on the afternoon of the 17th.
It was Smith who came to pick him up.
As soon as he saw Xiao Fei, he greeted him warmly, gave Xiao Fei a big hug, and said with a big smile: "Dear Xiao, looking forward to the stars and the moon, I finally looked forward to you, welcome to New York!" ”
"Thank you, Mr. Smith, New York is a great city and I got a taste of it on the plane, yes! It's beautiful, it's majestic, it's a beautiful city. Xiao Fei greeted him.
"Xiao, if you like it, stay for two more days, I can accompany you around to see the whole picture of the city, there is good wine, there are beautiful people with strong feelings, there are places to have fun everywhere, young people are like heaven when they come here." Smith said with a wink.
The two talked, walked out of the airport hall, and got into Smith's car.
Smith drove Xiao Fei directly to the hotel he had booked.
Random House's headquarters are located in Random House on Broadway, a 52-story tower that houses half of Random House's offices and the other half of its high-end apartment buildings.
Broadway is one of New York's busiest streets, famous for its theaters, and many international visitors come to New York to see a play.
It's become a different kind of fad.
The hotel where Xiao Fei stayed was also on Broadway, only two or three hundred meters away from the Langdon headquarters, and it was only a few minutes' walk away.
"Shaw, my suggestion is, after settling down in your accommodation, you might as well take a hot bath to relieve your fatigue, you can pour jet lag, don't rest, stay at night, our company's CEO James. Mr. Wood is going to pick you up. Smith said after sending Shaw to his room.
Xiao Fei naturally agreed.
After Smith left, he took a shower first and looked at the time, it was more than four o'clock in the afternoon New York time, and it should be four o'clock in the morning in China at this time, which was the time to sleep.
He hesitated, thinking that it was better to wait for the lights to come on, and at six o'clock in the evening, he would call Xu Fengjuan again and tell her that he had arrived.
At half past six in the evening, Xiao Fei called Xu Fengjuan, and Smith also came to pick him up and go downstairs.
Accompanying Smith was a tall, blond, blue-eyed woman.
"Aha! Shaw, I'll introduce you to a person, her name is Sophie. Alison is a senior reporter for The New York Times. Smith introduced, haha.
Xiao Fei smiled and looked at the man named Sophie. Alison's female reporter nodded: "Hello Miss Alison, I know you, it's you who wrote an important story for me, thank you!" ”
Xiao Fei towards Sophie. Alison held out her hand.
Allison smiled charmingly, shook hands with Xiao Fei and said coquettishly: "Hello Mr. Xiao, I have admired my name for a long time!" I love your "Brothers", it makes me laugh, I cry, and my soul is shaken! ”
"Thank you, Miss Allison's comment makes me very happy, it is the best reward I have ever received." Xiao Fei was polite to the female reporter.
There are so many benefits to building a good relationship with journalists.
Even in the United States, Xiao Fei adheres to the idea that he is bound to make a good impression on journalists.
"Shaw, or, you can call me Sophie, I'll be glad." Alison took the initiative.
Foreigners generally refer to others by their surnames, not by their first names, unless they are very close to each other.
Therefore, Allison can be said to be close to Xiao Feitao.
Xiao Fei smiled slightly and said, "Okay, Sophie." ”
The three of them went downstairs together.
James's place of hospitality was a Chinese restaurant.
When Xiao Fei and the three arrived at the door of the restaurant, James was already waiting there, and he also shook hands with Xiao Fei very warmly, and then the group entered the restaurant.
This Chinese restaurant has a small partition with elegant screens separating the tables so that each table has a little bit of privacy.
This is also a specialty of Chinese restaurants.
In fact, there is no such thing as a private room in a Western restaurant in the United States, and no matter how high-end the restaurant is, there is no private room.
In the American concept, a restaurant is a place to eat, so why should it be separated?
Unlike Chinese, the place to eat should also be divided into private rooms, and you can say something private. For example, when doing business in China, more than 90% of the business is negotiated at the dinner table.
Americans, or rather, Westerners, keep work very separate from other things.
Eat and eat, don't talk about work.
Xiao Fei thought that James might talk to him about the new book.
But after he sat down, he never heard the helmsman of Langdon say anything about his work, just greetings, and some bits and pieces of anecdotes.
Langdon is a world-class publishing company, and it actually has close business ties with China, so James has been to China several times, and when he talks about everything about this ancient civilization, James's eyebrows flutter and he seems extremely excited.
A few people talked and talked while eating.
After an hour of eating, the meal is over.
"Shaw, you can ask Smith and Allison to take you to see the night view of New York, I'm old and not in good spirits, so I'll go home and rest first, I hope I'll be considerate." James said with a smile.
"Mr. James, please."
Xiao Fei and the others sent James to the car and left.
"Shaw, do you want to go to a nightclub in New York? There are a lot of hot girls out there! Out of the hotel, Smith pushed Xiao Fei with his arm and squeezed his eyes.
"Hey! I said, Smith, don't tempt us pure lambs, okay! I guess, Shaw is still an untrained chick, right? Alison also made a joke about Xiao Fei.
"No, thank you Ronald and Sophie, I'm sleepy and just want to go back to the hotel and get some sleep now." Xiao Fei waved his hand and refused.
"My God! What time is it? It's only eight o'clock in the evening, and the real New York hasn't unveiled its mystery yet, and you're going to go back to sleep, I said, man, that's boring, isn't it? Let's go, let's go, I know that you literati like romantic tones, and I'm going to take you to see the decadent side of capitalism, and perhaps, when you write in the future, you will be more profound when you criticize this empire that has always been rampant and domineering in the world, isn't it? Smith couldn't help but take Xiao Fei's arm and take him to see the nightlife of New York.
"Xiao, you haven't even been to a nightclub in New York, so how can you be considered to have been to New York?"
Alison was also on the sidelines to set up a fight.
Xiao Fei thought to himself, it was not good to twist and pinch, and it was not a big deal to follow the two of them to see the United States in the dark night, so he agreed to Smith's proposal.
"Ronald, Sophie, I'll treat you tonight." Xiao Fei said. (To be continued.) )