Huayu started by playing Lao Ai

Chapter 202 New Book Release
Early in the morning of August 8st, in the small town of Douglaston, New York.

"Mom! Accompany me to the bookstore to buy books!"

Seeing her daughter's excitement, Liu Xiaoli shook her head and said, "Zheng Jing said that he would ask Amanda to send us a new book, in both Chinese and English.

You insist on going to the site to queue up to buy books, aren't you asking for trouble?"

Liu Yifei smiled and said, "When Master publishes a new book, I must be the first to buy it on site, so that I can show my support!"

These words were spoken with confidence and sincerity. Liu Xiaoli felt relieved that her daughter knew how to be grateful.

But Liu Yifei continued, "Mom, remember to bring your camera. Take a few more photos later and I will send them to Master so that he can see my feelings.

Tiantian is about to release an album, I must work hard to please Master and ask him to give me more roles!"

Liu Xiaoli: "..."

"I'm not going. I still need to exercise."

Zheng Jing also arranged a "Today's Abstain from Masturbation" exercise method for Liu Xiaoli to help her recover her physical condition.

It’s just that Liu Xiaoli hasn’t returned to China for a long time, and her current exercise method has not been adjusted dynamically and is a bit outdated.

Coupled with the lack of Zheng Jing's nourishment, she felt that the wrinkles on her face seemed to reappear, and her condition was not as good as when she was in China.

So I've been exercising very diligently these days.

"Well, if you don't want to go, forget it. I'll go find my aunt!"

Liu Yifei snorted, abandoned her mother and ran into the house.

After a while, she took Zhou Wenqiong's arm and skipped out.

When passing by Liu Xiaoli, Liu Yifei made a face at her.

Seeing her daughter get into her cousin's car and leave, Liu Xiaoli smiled.

Since becoming Zheng Jing's apprentice, Liu Yifei has become more and more lively.

This is a good thing, it means my daughter is happy.

After the car drove away, Liu Xiaoli did not go out for a run. She turned back to her room and closed the door.

Finally, no one was at home and Liu Xiaoli wanted to relax.

Looking at Zheng Jing's vampire photo on the computer, Liu Xiaoli started to move.

These photos are special effects versions taken by Amanda and Bai Luo.

Zheng Jingfa gave it to Liu Xiaoli to help her get rid of her loneliness...

"Thank you, Auntie, for accompanying me to buy books! You are so kind to me!"

On the way to the bookstore in the city, Liu Yifei expressed her thanks sweetly.

Zhou Wenqiong responded with a smile while driving.

"Why should we be polite to each other? Besides, it's not easy for Sister Li either."

"What do you mean, is mom in trouble?"

"Uh, no...no, I just said that Sister Li's exercise is very tiring and not easy."

Zhou Wenqiong almost let the cat out of the bag, but quickly tried to smooth it over.

But no one saw Liu Yifei laughing secretly.

Ever since she knew that Liu Xiaoli often chatted with Zheng Jing online, Liu Yifei always deliberately pestered Liu Xiaoli.

Especially after the summer vacation, Liu Yifei said that she had watched a horror movie and was afraid to sleep alone, and then she said that she was tired of studying and needed her mother's arms to keep warm.

Anyway, he found all kinds of excuses to prevent Liu Xiaoli from being alone.

Seeing that Liu Yifei was still studying hard during the holidays in order to complete the credits ahead of schedule, Liu Xiaoli became tolerant.

This resulted in Liu Xiaoli not having much personal space, and she had to be secretive when chatting with Zheng Jing online.

Zhou Wenqiong thought that she brought Liu Yifei out to create an opportunity for Liu Xiaoli to relax, but she didn't know that this was Liu Yifei's plan.

The naughty angel also knows to give her mother a holiday.

The car drove to Noble Bookstore in the city.

This bookstore is the largest bookstore in the United States, covering an area of more than 1.4 square meters and stocking all kinds of books.

After getting off the car, Liu Yifei looked outside the bookstore and said, "That's not right. Master's Twilight Saga is on sale today, but it doesn't seem to be very busy. There's no queue at all."

Zhou Wenqiong explained: "This bookstore is so big, and with sufficient stock, it's not easy to queue up.

Besides, Twilight was released in a rush and the publicity was not enough.”

Amanda's mother Anne also attached great importance to Zheng Jing's new book and read it as soon as it was published.

But I don't like it.

Anne is already in her thirties and is in charge of the publishing business of the Hearst Group. She is a shrewd and capable woman, and is no longer at the age of longing for love.

It was hard for her to get into the mood of Twilight.

A special meeting was also held within Hearst's publishing department to discuss the issue.

Most people don't think highly of Twilight.

The Hearst family started out by skirting the line of royalism. Everyone thought that "Twilight" was too healthy and had no selling points.

The book is well written, but the description of emotions is childish, full of fantasy and immaturity.

Anne even expressed this directly to Amanda.

"I am very disappointed and it is hard to imagine that this book was written by Zheng who wrote The Da Vinci Code.

It is a complete waste of Zheng's talent to write such a childish and boring novel!"

Although Amanda disagreed with her mother's point of view, she was still young after all, and there was no point in refutation.

Anne gave "Twilight" A-level treatment because of Amanda's relationship and the huge sales of Zheng Jing's previous work.

However, in terms of publicity, it was not as hard-working as "The Da Vinci Code", and not many media resources were invested.

It's not like "The Da Vinci Code", which had live broadcasts and launched challenge activities to trigger a nationwide craze.

Therefore, the release of "Twilight" did not attract much attention in the United States.

Of course, there are still some book fans paying attention.

After all, Zheng Jing's "The Da Vinci Code" is still selling well, and he himself is also well-known in the United States.

In addition, Hearst Group has powerful publishing channels, so even if no additional resources are spent on publicity, the A-level treatment itself is a very good promotion.

Liu Yifei walked into the bookstore and saw "Twilight" in the most conspicuous place.

There is also a display stand of Zheng Jing’s posters next to it.

In the poster, Zheng Jing is dressed as a vampire, elegant and handsome, attracting attention.

“A new masterpiece by the author of The Da Vinci Code, a vampire love story is waiting for you to enjoy.”

There were still quite a few people standing next to the display stand, interested in this book.

Liu Yifei took a look and found that there are two versions of the novel, the regular version is priced at 14 million yuan, and the illustrated version is priced at 27 million yuan.

She bought ten copies of each version, planning to give them to her classmates after school started.

"Auntie, please take a picture for me!"

Liu Yifei took a lot of photos in the bookstore holding "Twilight".

After taking the photos, she wanted to leave, but Zhou Wenqiong said, "Where are you going? I want to take photos too!"

“Auntie, you…” “What do you mean, I also want to take some photos and send them to Zheng Jing.

You and Tiantian are the only ones who are competing, but I, your aunt, don't have any?"

Liu Yifei: "..."

After Zhou Wenqiong finished filming, the two drove home satisfied.

After arriving home, looking at Liu Xiaoli who had just finished taking a shower, Liu Yifei pretended not to understand and asked, "Mom, why are you taking a shower in broad daylight?"

Liu Xiaoli was so angry that she grabbed Liu Yifei's ear and said, "Can't I take a shower after running? You are so nosy!

Go read a book quickly, your cousin is here too.

Let’s make it clear first. I’ll just read some light reading today, but I’ll still study tomorrow.”

Liu Yifei's ears were pinched, her little face was twisted into a ball, and she cried out in pain.

Seeing that her mother was angry, she didn't dare to act naughty anymore. She picked up her book and went to the second floor to find her cousin.

After this, Liu Yifei never came down again.

Even meals were delivered to the room by Liu Xiaoli.

Seeing Liu Yifei and her cousin obsessed with the novel, Liu Xiaoli complained: "Is this book so good?
I don’t find it interesting.”

A novel always wins with its story and emotions.

That's what Twilight is all about.

For young girls, especially middle school girls, everything depicted in "Twilight" is so beautiful and romantic.

But for Liu Xiaoli, this book failed to arouse emotional resonance and was not interesting.

While eating, Liu Yifei explained: "This book is really good. As expected of Master, it is written very well."

Liu Xiaoli said: "It's all little girls' love affairs, boring."

Liu Yifei defended herself, "No, Master has a very broad vision.

He created the vampire setting, which may affect people's views on Chinese and even yellow people, and even affect their aesthetics."

"What setting?"

“In this book, Master said that the nobles in ancient Rome all had black hair and black eyes, and that they respected people with black hair and black eyes.

The vampire race is an ancient aristocracy and also follows this tradition.

Therefore, the more noble the vampire's bloodline, the darker his hair and eyes.

Black hair and black eyes represent nobility and excellence."

Zheng Jing changed some settings in his adaptation of "The Twilight King".

The target audience of this book are mainly young girls whose minds are not yet mature.

Once they like this book and really accept the setting of black hair and black eyes, it will really affect their aesthetic taste in the future.

As for the sensitive issue of skin color, Zheng Jing does not touch it. There are people with black hair and black eyes of every skin color.

Seeing her mother was silent, Liu Yifei said with longing: "I want to play the heroine of Twilight. When I talk to my master later, I will beg him.

Mom, you have to help me!"

Liu Xiaoli rolled her eyes at Liu Yifei and scolded her, "Nonsense, how can your mother help you?"

"hey-hey!"

Liu Yifei didn't say anything, just replied with "hehe".

It was so meaningful that Liu Xiaoli felt confused.

At the same time, in a restaurant in Yanjing, Li Xiaoran was treating Wan Qian to a midnight snack.

Starting from August 8th, the finals of the "This is the Actor" program will kick off in Yanjing.

Wan Qian also arrived in Yanjing in advance to prepare for the competition.

As the president of the guild, Li Xiaoran received Wan Qian as agreed before.

This was the first time the two met offline, but there was no sense of strangeness, as if they were old friends who had been together for a long time.

But Wan Qian still found it a little unbelievable.

"I didn't expect that the president who played games with me was actually a female celebrity in the entertainment industry."

"What female star?" Li Xiaoran said with a smile, "I'm just a nobody in the industry, not as famous as you."

At this time, Li Xiaoran received a certain amount of attention for her role as "Angie" in "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind".

But the overall reputation is indeed not that great.

Although Wan Qian has not appeared in any film or TV series, she is very popular on "This is the Actor".

She performed very well in the Shanghai Division, and under Zheng Jing's care, the editing also gave her many highlight moments.

After the show was broadcast, Wan Qian became somewhat famous.

Hearing Li Xiaoran say this, Wan Qian said: "Didn't you also star in Beauty's Rival in Palace? You will become famous sooner or later.

Besides, with Lao Ai here, he will make you famous in no time."

If Wan Qian was surprised that the president was Li Xiaoran, then the fact that "Lao Ai is not as old as me" was Zheng Jing made Wan Qian extremely shocked.

Only then did she understand that when she said Lao Ai was not older than her, he was not exaggerating, it was true that Lao Ai was not older than him.

After knowing Zheng Jing's identity, Wan Qian thought about the care she received on the show, and then it suddenly dawned on her.

While she was grateful to Zheng Jing, she was also very excited. This was a godsend opportunity.

Li Xiaoran shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'm not very ambitious, I just want to get by, I don't want to be too famous.

You see, after Gao Yuanyuan became famous, she has been very busy every day."

"You're not right." Wan Qian took a sip of juice and analyzed, "In addition to beauty and figure, status is also very important to men's feelings towards women.

If you can become famous and become a public goddess, Zheng Jing will love you even more.

And you have classic film and television roles, and you can also play various roles to attract Zheng Jing."

Seeing Wan Qian's confident analysis, Li Xiaoran was surprised. She asked, "How do you know so much?"

Wan Qian was not shy either, she said: "Although I have no practical experience, I am rich in theory.

My father raised me as a boy since I was young, and sometimes when I think about things, I also think from a man’s perspective.”

Li Xiaoran nodded and said, "What you said makes sense."

Wan Qian took out a novel from her backpack and said, "You must have read Mr. Zheng's new book."

Li Xiaoran said proudly: "Of course, Twilight was dictated by Zheng Jing and I typed it out."

"Why don't you seize the opportunity?" Wan Qian said, "This book will definitely be a hit, and it will be a big project in the future.

You should ask Zheng Jing for the role of the heroine in Twilight as soon as possible."

Encouraged by Wan Qian, Li Xiaoran was also moved.

So, Zheng Jing, who was filming on the set, received messages from three people at the same time.

Competition came before "Twilight" became popular.

Li Xiaoran and Liu Yifei both want to play the heroine in "Twilight".

(End of this chapter)