Chapter 233: Reading Club
Subtitle of this chapter: Lao Tzu is also mixed into the top card...... Well, it's a big name.
"Head, look. This Chinese went in with a Blonde yesterday and came out with a Brue today! Both are pretty good. Tut-tut...... Hey, why is this woman so familiar? ”
"Well, she looks like a movie star."
"Head, you're right. Damn, isn't this Miss Lillian-Gish? This damn Chinese really has a damn Yanfu. is a Chinatown girl again, a pure little girl paper, and a gorgeous star...... FXXK! ”
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Well, in fact, Agent Aiden thought of the yellow-faced woman at home, and he was also a little envious and jealous in his heart.
It was one o'clock in the afternoon on Tuesday, December 7, 1920, and our Master Yuan and his "Lucifer" had woken up in the morning and had fought a few more fierce battles before they had just gotten out of bed.
If Yuan Yanqian hadn't made an agreement with someone a long time ago, maybe these two would still be tired of being in bed.
"Lilian, we have a car, but no one drove it today. Let's call a taxi. ”
Yesterday, Lord Justice drove back the car and had dinner with Lord Fool and the big star. But after the meal, he went out and opened a room in the hotel next to him, and he hasn't come back yet.
"Tired, you can't even drive a car?! Well, you're an Asian after all. ”
Well, Yuan Yanqian has never understood why Baipi has the deep-rooted prejudice of "Asians can't drive", haven't they heard of the legend of "Old Driver of Autumn Famous Mountain...... Well, they really haven't heard of it.
So when he heard Miss Ji Xu's teasing, he could only roll his eyes.
The cute and cute star happily sat in the driver's seat and said, "Okay, then I'll be your driver today." Get in the car, Mr. Yuan! ”
However, our Master Yuan stood still and did not move, but frowned as if he was thinking about some major issue.
"Tired, why don't you get in the car yet? Don't believe in my driving skills? ”
"No, no, no, Lillian. I totally believe in your driving skills, I just don't believe you'll be able to hit the brakes later. ”
"Tired...... You're so bad! ”
The dog man and woman flirted and flirted and flirted and flagged down a taxi and went straight to NYU in Manhattan. Instead of going to NYU for classes, they went to the Barnes & Noble University bookstore next to NYU.
Barnes & Noble) was founded in 1873 by Charles Barnes in his home in Illinois. Unlike other individual bookstores at the time, the founders of Barnes & Noble had the idea of a franchise from the very beginning.
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After opening, Mr. Barnes opened what he called a "community bookstore" in a small town near his home. In addition to selling books and newspapers, these bookstores also often hold reading clubs and book signings, and provide a very comfortable social environment for readers. This makes the bookstores in these small towns a meeting place for residents, especially housewives.
This strategy of Barnes & Noble was a great success. Later, this kind of community bookstore became larger and larger, and provided more and more services, and it became a "super bookstore" similar to a supermarket.
After his initial success, Mr. Barnes recognized students as a group of book consumers that could not be ignored, so he devoted himself to the construction of a university bookstore, which became the "Barnes & Noble University Bookstore". By the 90s of the 20th century, there were more than 300 bookstores at Barnes & Noble University in the United States. Naturally, there is also one next to a prestigious institution like New York University.
Of course, our Master Yuan didn't go to the bookstore to buy books, and the broken system was troublesome, but it was quite convenient to use as an instrument. He was invited to attend a book club.
This kind of reading club is relatively unfamiliar to us Serisians, but it is still very popular in European and American countries, and there are various forms. It can be a few good friends who meet to read the same book, and when it comes to the appointed time, everyone gets together to exchange reading experiences; It could also be a bookstore announcing a symposium on a certain book at a certain time, and some completely unfamiliar readers come together to talk freely because of a common interest in a certain book.
There is also a promotional signing session in which the author personally read aloud on stage and accepted inquiries from fans present after reading it. And he is not the only author in today's reading club, in fact, this was originally a special reading club for Ms. Vera Cather.
The famous female writer praised "Chocolate Love" as "bridging the gap between the conservative nineteenth century and the radical twentieth century that was extremely embarrassing for women." She also established a channel of contact with Master Yuan through Miss Helen Brown. So there was this joint reading club.
"Helen, John. You've arrived. Let me introduce you to this ......."
Mr. McCall's eyes lit up, and he rushed forward to shake his hand and said, "Lady Lillian-Gish!" Aren't you the big star? Fortunately, I will be honored. ”
"Hello, Mr. McCall."
"Ms. Gish, this is Miss Helen Brown."
Men, how can you not be excited when you see a female star. Women, when they see the same sex that is more beautiful than themselves, especially the same sex brought by the male god who once had some ideas, they are not angry.
"The little fairy in the forest" has always felt tired of being surrounded by a bunch of "stinky biaozi" who don't understand his true value and come for his handsome face, fame and stinky money.
"Hello, Miss Brown."
"Hello, Miss Gish." She greeted her coldly, and then pulled Yuan Yanqian and said, "Neo, hurry up and follow me......"
Our Master Yuan had no choice but to smile bitterly at Miss Gish, and followed "Helen of Manhattan" to the lounge of Barnes & Noble. A middle-aged man and a woman were sitting there chatting.
"Miss Cather, Mr. Dresser, this is Neo-Yuan."
The middle-aged woman, who was a little fat, with a round face like a full moon and a pair of shining blue eyes, stood up happily, stretched out her hand and said, "Hello, Mr. Yuan." ”
il Cather, a famous American "woman" writer who ranked among the top 20th century regardless of gender. This double quotation mark is a sign of respect, which means that she is no longer limited to the category of female writers.
Hers is also very masculine. In fact, the eldest sister has had masculine tendencies since she was a child, likes to wear men's clothes and changed her name to William, especially since she has many female "close friends".
However, Ms. Cather has never "come out" in her life, and the attitude of Americans towards LGBT in this year is completely different from that of future generations in a hundred years. My Majesty Donald Trump didn't let transsexuals join the army, there was a lot of uproar, how could there be such a a hundred years ago?
Of course, for Yuan Hongjian a hundred years later, lily or something...... It's so loving!
"Hello, Ms. Cather."