He was recognized, but Yu Dong didn't feel surprised at all, because he saw news related to him as soon as he entered the bookstore.
After France Soir posted the photo of him being handcuffed, other newspapers later used this photo in their news releases.
This should be his most "appearance" in Europe.
In fact, they had no intention of going to the Champs Elysees to browse the bookstore, but when they passed by, they saw such a bookstore among the many fashion accessories stores, so they came in out of curiosity to take a look.
The person who recognized him was a boy about twenty years old, tall and thin, with blond curly hair.
Although he shouted YU before, he probably considered that he was in a bookstore, so the voice was not particularly loud, and he tried not to make any noise when running towards Yu Dong.
But even so, his shout still attracted the attention of some people, and several people looked in Yu Dong's direction.
"Are you YU?"
The boy walked up to YU, but suddenly felt a little unsure. He asked tentatively, fearing that he would admit his mistake.
He spoke English, which Yu Dong could understand.
"Yes, I am YU, you recognized me." Yu Dong smiled and pressed his hand again, "This is a bookstore, don't affect other people."
"I know, I know." The boy said repeatedly, and suddenly asked: "YU, can you sign your name for me?"
"Okay." Yu Dong nodded generously, "Where should I sign?"
The boy looked at the book "In Search of Lost Time" in his hand and said a little embarrassedly, "I'm going to buy a copy."
"Hey, don't-"
Yu Dong originally wanted to stop him and tell him that he didn't mind signing someone else's book, but the boy ran very fast and quickly bought a copy of "The Second World" and came back.
Yu Hua and the others smiled and said, "This guy is pretty well-behaved."
There are Yu Dong's books on the bookshelf next to them. He can just pick up a book and ask Yu Dong to sign it, and then pay for it.
Yu Dong took the book, signed his name, and wrote a paragraph. The boy didn't stay too long and left with satisfaction.
But just as the boy left, another young man and woman came up. They were prepared at first glance, holding "Fatal Identity" and "Westward" in their hands respectively.
"YU, can you - can - help - write - the name?"
It was a girl who spoke, and she actually spoke Mandarin. Yu Dong and the others were a little surprised. Cheng Yanqiu stood behind and said with a smile: "This little sister's pronunciation is not bad, much better than Clezio."
Olivier, who was standing next to Anna, was also impressed. It turned out that Anna spoke Chinese so well.
Yu Dong has always been willing to encourage foreign readers who are learning Chinese. He took the copy of "Xiangxi" from the girl's hand with a smile and asked: "Little girl, what is your name?"
Anna had just started learning Chinese. When she heard Yu Dong's words, she looked confused and didn't know what Yu Dong was talking about.
At this time Jiang Jie stood up and translated for her.
Anna was very happy to hear that Yu Dong was asking her name, and introduced herself in Chinese: "My Chinese name is Anna, An who is poor and happy, ah Na, Na, Na."
She said this sentence very smoothly, and it seemed that she must have practiced it many times, but Yu Dong didn't quite understand the last sentence, what is ah na de na.
"Perhaps she means graceful?" Bi Feiyu asked.
"You're probably right."
I don't know where Anna learned her Chinese, but she was able to speak the idiom "Be poor and be happy", which made Yu Dong very fond of her.
He wrote on the cover of "Xiangxi": Anna, the poor and happy An, the graceful Na - Yu Dong.
While Yu Dong was writing, Olivier touched Anna's arm, "Annie, what did you just say to YU?"
"I told him my Chinese name."
"Do you still have a Chinese name?"
"certainly."
Olivier rubbed his hands and said, "You can also give me a Chinese name."
"No, my own name is all transliterated."
"Then... how about I ask YU to give me a Chinese name?"
Olivier was also thick-skinned and did whatever he was told. He knew that Jiang Jie could speak French, so he said to Jiang Jie: "Friend, can you let YU give me a Chinese name?"
"Let me ask for you."
Jiang Jie nodded and ran to tell Yu Dong about this, "That young man, I asked you if you could give him a Chinese name."
Before Yu Dong could answer, Yu Hua said, "Yes, let's help him name it. You ask him what kind of name he wants."
Jiang Jie ran to talk to Olivier again, and Olivier said: "I want a very powerful name."
"Powerful." Yu Hua touched his chin: "As the old saying goes, nine oxen and two tigers have the power. I think they are called oxen and two tigers. They are very powerful."
"It's better to call him Zhu Dali." Bi Feiyu curled his lips and said, "If you only want a name, you will make a fool of yourself."
They were discussing names, and some people gradually gathered around them. Some recognized Yu Dong, and some came to join in the fun.
"What are they doing?" someone asked.
"He's helping me choose a name." Olivier said happily, "I'll have a Chinese name soon."
The Chinese name sounds quite interesting.
Here, Yu Dong and the others discussed for a while and decided to give Olivier a Chinese name of "Yishan", which means that he can move mountains, so he is naturally very powerful.
After making the decision, Yu Dong wrote the word "Yishan" on the title page of the book and signed his name.
Olivier got his new name, and when Jiang Jie told him the meaning of the name, he was immediately overjoyed. The name sounded really powerful, and he explained his name to the people next to him like a show off.
"Yishan means being able to move mountains..."
After Yu Dong signed the autograph for Olivier, other people came up to ask for autographs.
It was okay at first, everyone just asked for signatures, but later some people came up not only to ask for signatures, but also asked Yu Dong and others to help with their names.
…
Delphine, the bookstore manager, had already noticed something strange in front of the bookshelf at the door, but there were relatively few people at that time, and he happened to have something else on hand, so he didn't pay too much attention.
At this moment, she had just come out of the back warehouse and saw more and more people in front of the bookshelf. When the door was almost blocked, she frowned and walked to the front desk and asked the cashier Helen: "Helen, what's at the door?"
What’s the situation? Why so many people?”
Helen had been waiting at the cashier. She didn't know the specific situation, but what she noticed was that many people came to buy YU's books.
YU's books are very popular, and he has published many books in the past few years, so YU's books are the most sold in the store every day. But the frequency just now is too high, and it takes less than ten minutes.
At that time, thirty or forty copies were sold, to be precise, thirty-six, not including other books in the Chinese literature series.
"It seems like a celebrity is here, probably YU."
"Probably?"
"Because many people came to buy his books."
Delphine didn't get a positive answer, so she decided to go and see for herself.
What made her feel more at ease was that although there were many people gathered in front of the bookshelf, the noise they made was not too big and the impact on other people in the bookstore was acceptable.
After getting closer, Delphine found that many people were queuing up, and at the end of the queue were a few Asian men with black hair.
Delphine saw YU standing at the front at a glance. She had seen many photos of YU in the past two days, and the photo of him wearing handcuffs was very impressive.
Helen was right, it was him who came.
Delphine was a little confused as to why he came to the Virgin Bookstore. She had not received any news that YU was coming.
But there is no time for her to think about this now. Faced with the current situation, she must deal with it appropriately.
After thinking for a while, Delphine squeezed through the crowd and squeezed in front of Yu Dong.
"YU, hello, I am Delphine Buaidal, the director of Virgin Bookstore."
Yu Dong, who was signing autographs for readers, raised his head. Delphine was in her thirties, with blond hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a khaki casual suit and looked very capable.
Jiang Jie translated Delphine's words for him, and when he learned that the bookstore manager was here, Yu Dong apologized: "I'm really sorry, I took the liberty to come here and caused trouble to you."
"No, no, no, Mr. YU, I don't mean that at all. Our bookstore welcomes your arrival. If you are willing, we can provide you with a place to facilitate your communication with readers," Delphine said quickly.
Yu Dong frowned. He originally wanted to stay for a while and then leave. After all, they had only been shopping on the Champs Elysées for less than two hours.
At this time, Chen Hong suggested, "Sit down for a while. You go and sign autographs for the readers. We just sit here. Walking for a while makes my back hurt."
Fu Jing also said: "I don't think the few of us are as rich as the rich wives. We can't go shopping for a while. Sit down for a while. Compared with the clothing stores and jewelry stores outside, I still think the atmosphere of the bookstore is more friendly."
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"I'm tired too." Cheng Yanqiu followed.
Hearing them say they were tired, Yu Dong nodded and agreed to Delphine's proposal.
"Then I'll trouble you, Ms. Buaidal."
"It's no trouble, it's our honor."
Delphine beamed when she heard that Yu Dong agreed. She knew that since the news of YU being handcuffed by the police spread, the entire cultural circle in Paris knew that YU had come to Paris, and all the big bookstores in Paris wanted to invite YU to organize a book.
A book signing event.
She didn't expect that she was so lucky that YU would come here by herself.
The bookstore was very efficient and cleared a space in less than five minutes.
Because there was no advance notice, not many people came to ask for autographs, and they were basically confined to the bookstore.
Now that he was sitting down, Yu Dong seriously introduced Yu Hua and the others to the readers present.
Many people know about Yu Hua and the others, but they may not be able to name them or recognize them.
Let alone them, even Yu Dong, without this incident, few people in Paris knew what he looked like.
Since there were not too many people, there was no rush to sign the autographs. Yu Dong and the others signed slowly, and occasionally gave Chinese names to some book friends. After each name was given, they had to explain the meaning to the book friends.
"This can be regarded as popularizing Chinese culture."
Just after naming a book friend, Mo Yan said with a smile.
Next to him, Bi Feiyu was signing autographs for readers. After signing, he turned to look at Mo Yan, "There are only a few people here."
"Haha, don't aim too high. Buildings that are thousands of feet high will rise from the ground."
After the on-site signing was almost completed, a few people sat and chatted with the book friends on site for a while. It was considered a temporary meeting of book friends.
Yu Dong didn't forget the press conference he had scheduled in the evening, so he didn't stay in the bookstore for too long and left after looking at the time.
It was around three o'clock in the afternoon when we returned to the hotel.
The appointment with reporters was for five o'clock, but many media outlets had already arrived at around three o'clock.
The hotel has specially prepared a conference room for Yu Dong and the others, and all the reporters are in the conference room.
Because there was a press conference to be held, Rist also came, and he also brought Jimmy's "word of mouth".
What Jimmy means is that you can say whatever you want during this meeting, but don't criticize the police station too much and save them some face, otherwise things will not end well later.
Yu Dong knew what Jimmy wanted, he wanted the thunder to be loud and the rain to be light.
Making things bigger this time will definitely put pressure on the Paris police, but they can't offend them too much. After all, no matter how they handle this matter, they can't do anything to the Paris police.
What Jimmy wants is to let the media stir up the matter first, so that the Paris police can eventually pull out the two police officers and make a written apology.
In this way, Yu Dong and the others gained a lot of face. Not only did they do a lot of publicity in Europe, but it was also easy to operate after returning to China. After all, it was a long-standing thing.
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After the press conference began, Yu Dongxian took the microphone and said a few words: "I invite everyone here today because many people are paying attention to what happened to a few of us in front of the Saint-Germain Church a few days ago. Let me just say a few words.
, and then leave some time for you to ask questions."
Then Yu Dong gave an overview of the situation that day from beginning to end. This matter had been reported in the news before, but Yu Dong knew that if he didn't tell it now, the reporter would definitely ask him again, so it was better to say it again in advance.
After the matter was finished, Yu Dong continued: "To be honest, when I heard what the policeman said, I was angry inside. My anger came from two aspects. On the one hand, because his words made me
The dignity of a Chinese person has been trampled on, and on the other hand, it happened because this incident happened in Paris."
"I have always loved and respected the city of Paris. There are so many great writers, Hugo, Zola, Balzac, Mallarmé...each of them has left a mark in the history of human literature.
Pen. But it is precisely in such a city that we are still treated like this, which makes me very sad."
Hearing this, many reporters at the scene couldn't help but nod. Yes, everyone would be angry at being treated so unfairly in the city they like.
Especially excellent writers like YU and others should not be treated like this in Paris.
Immediately afterwards, Yu Dong said: "But later, after I calmed down, I had another question in my mind, that is, is this an exception or a common phenomenon?"
"Don't worry, Mr. YU, this is definitely an exception. Paris has always had an open heart to the world. I also believe that the Paris police will handle this matter properly."
The speaker was a reporter from Le Parisien, who stopped Yu Dong and the others in the morning.
Standing next to him was the female reporter from "Figaro". She took the opportunity to say: "Mr. YU, we also went to the police to understand the situation. The policeman who contacted you at that time told us that he was not very familiar with the situation.
I understand English, so I had some misunderstandings with you. I don’t know how you would respond to this statement?”
Yu Dong smiled and asked, "Did he say that he wanted me to be handcuffed because of some misunderstanding?"
"He said that at first he thought you were asking for directions, so he gave you directions. Maybe he used the wrong words when giving directions, which caused you to misunderstand. As for the reason why he handcuffed you later, it was because you surrounded him.
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Bi Feiyu held his chin and said, "However, they did not handcuff us immediately, but waited until other police officers arrived at the scene before handcuffing Yu Dong."
"They also explained that they saw that there were many of you, so they called some colleagues over."
"Then why were we released?" Bi Feiyu asked again.
"It was said that some of the policemen who came later could speak English, so the misunderstanding was resolved."
Bi Feiyu scratched his head and laughed: "As reporters, don't you think this statement is inconsistent? If the contradiction is resolved because there are some police officers who can speak English, then the matter of handcuffs will be resolved.
It shouldn't have happened. The English-speaking policeman should have cleared up the misunderstanding as soon as he arrived at the scene, instead of waiting to clear up the misunderstanding after he handcuffed us."
"Well, that's right." Yu Dong nodded, "In fact, there are more than a few of us at the scene, there are many onlookers, they will testify for us. In addition, I don't think your Paris police can do it because of four bare-handed people.
When someone stood next to me, I felt that I was under a huge threat, and even called my colleagues nearby to come over, without even thinking about solving the problem of poor language communication first.”
The female reporter who asked the question also nodded and wrote it down in her notebook. Of course, she did not ask this question to excuse the police, but wanted to hear what Yu Dong and the others had to say.
"Can you please tell me the purpose of your coming to Paris this time? Are you going to participate in some activities? We didn't get the news that you were coming to Paris before. We thought you were in London."
"We are just here for fun, nothing else," Yu Dong said.
"Have you considered suing the two policemen for this matter?"
Rest, who had been standing beside him, said, "The matter of prosecution is under consideration. Deep Space Company has contacted a firm. As for whether to prosecute, it depends on the attitude of the Paris police."
"What is your demand?"
"We need a sincere written apology." Rest smiled, "I think this request is not too much."
"Can you be more specific? Do you want an apology from the Paris police or an apology from the two policemen?"
"We need an apology from people who have done wrong."
"YU, I am a reporter from "Viewpoint". As far as I know, there will be many movies that you participated in the production of in the past two years. Can these movies be seen by our French audience?"
Yu Dong raised his eyebrows and looked at the reporter from the "Viewpoint" who asked the question. Why did this guy suddenly turn the topic to movies? It's a bit unreasonable. They are still concerned about movies at this moment?
However, since people asked, it was considered as a publicity opportunity for Deep Space. He smiled and said, "As for the movie, you have to ask Rist for details. Deep Space has participated in all the movies, so they know better."
As if he was well prepared, Rist said, "Yes, YU did participate in the production of several movies, including..."
Seeing Rist talking eloquently, Yu Dong couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. Could this reporter from "Viewpoint" be arranged by the company? This cooperation is too good.
Chapter completed!