Because he had an appointment with Mark Levy to talk about his novel, Yu Dong speeded up signing autographs for readers.
I just feel sorry for the readers at the back, who had queued up for a long time and still thought that like the people in front, they could chat with YU or be lucky enough to get a special lottery ticket.
However, the number of readers exceeded Yu Dong's imagination. At first, it seemed that there were not many people, but after signing in, the queue did not seem to decrease much, and even showed signs of increasing.
The whole morning has passed, Yu Hua and others have finished their work there, only Yu Dong's place is still lined up with a lot of people.
Yu Hua had nothing to do and helped Yu Dong count. At 12 o'clock at noon, there were still more than 230 people waiting in line.
Biandong had a brief lunch and when he came back, there were more people in the queue. Yu Hua counted again, there were already more than 260 people.
Yu Dong had seen this kind of scene many times, so he rolled up his sleeves and started signing autographs again without saying a word.
It wasn't until around three o'clock in the afternoon that Yu Dong finally cleared the queue in front of him.
As soon as he finished, the person in charge of the literary festival came over and told them to try not to go too far. There would be a camping event in the evening, and there would be performances on site. It was very exciting and not to be missed.
It can be seen that the person in charge was very satisfied with the situation on the first day of the literary festival. According to the translator who accompanied Yu Dong and others, this year's Saint-Malo Literary Festival was actually not very well run. There were many accidents. The invited
Some well-known writers did not come.
Fortunately, Yu Dong finally came and saved them.
As for the camping activities they talked about at night, Yu Dong and the others didn't take it seriously. After all, the literary festival was so crude, how could the evening activities be any better?
The words "very exciting, not to be missed" did not even reach Yu Dong's ears.
After the person in charge left, Yu Dong first looked inside the tent but could not find Mark Levi, and then ran outside the tent. Mark Levi was standing on the side of the tent door.
"I've kept you waiting for a long time, Mark Levi." Yu Dong said with a smile.
Mark Levi pushed his eyes and said with a smile: "No, no, you can still remember me, which proves that my waiting is worth it."
Yu Dong laughed, "Don't you think my head can't store the memories from a few hours ago? You may not understand yet, but whenever I meet someone writing, I will be very interested."
What Yu Dong said is true. He doesn't show such interest just because the other person is Mark Levy. In fact, no matter where he is, as long as he hears someone say that he is writing, he will become interested in the other person's work.
.
For example, Mo Wei, the elementary school student I met in the hotel before, now occasionally goes in to see that kid when he passes by.
Yu Dong spoke to Mark Levi in ​​English. Only Wang Xiaobo and Bi Feiyu present could understand him. Wang Xiaobo asked curiously: "Yu Dong, who is this?"
They had not seen the previous situation and thought that Mark Levy was also a writer who came to participate in the literary festival, or someone who came here to look for opportunities.
On such occasions, there are many unknown writers who think they are very talented but are not appreciated. When they come here, they often sell their works to some well-known people in the literary or publishing circles, hoping that they, as powerful as they are, can succeed.
Find Bole.
Of course, the talents of such people are often not up to the level they think they are, so they often hit a wall.
Yu Dong smiled and explained: "This is Mark Levy, a reader who came to me just now to sign an autograph. I chatted with him and heard that he was writing a novel. I was quite interested, so I asked him to
Stay and wait for me."
After hearing what Yu Dong said, the others didn't take it seriously.
Mo Yan joked: "The boss is the boss. He never forgets to recruit talents wherever he goes."
Bi Feiyu smiled and said: "Okay, you two will chat first, and we will go for a walk nearby. Wang Shuo said that there is a small lake in the south and the scenery there is quite good."
Yu Dong nodded: "Okay, I'll go find you later."
After they left, Yu Dong looked at Mark Levi with a smile: "Let's go, let's find a place to sit down and have a good chat."
As he spoke, he looked around and found a parasol with two chairs underneath.
"Let's go there."
After arriving under the parasol, Yu Dong first leaned against each other and stretched out comfortably.
Although he had been sitting for most of the day, it was much more comfortable to lean on the chair like this. Only then did he have time to appreciate the scenery near the literary festival site. The lake that Bi Feiyu and the others were talking about was actually not that far away.
From where Dong is sitting now, he can vaguely see a little reflection of the lake.
Separated by a small forest, the sunlight shone on the lake, was refracted, and then came to Yu Dong and the others through the gaps in the forest.
"The scenery in Saint-Malo is indeed beautiful." Yu Dong couldn't help but sigh.
Mark Levi pushed up his glasses and nodded solemnly: "This place is not far from the Bay of Saint-Malo. Walk five kilometers west along the road behind us and you can see the Bay of Saint-Malo. The bay
The daily tidal drop of more than ten meters and the strong North Atlantic current not only ensure the water quality..."
Yu Dong raised his eyebrows and looked at Mark Levi. After he talked about a long list of geography knowledge, he smiled and said, "Have you ever studied geography before?"
"No, I studied computer and management before, and now I am engaged in the architectural design industry."
In fact, Yu Dong was quite surprised to see Mark Levy's serious look.
He came into contact with Mark Levy's novels relatively late. The first one was "The Shadow Stealer". Compared with Mark Levy's other novels, this book has spread more widely around the world.
Mark Levy's novels always reveal a kind of softness and entanglement, and the writing style gives people a feeling of a girl's worries. People who like him will say that his novels are very gentle and healing. If you don't like it, they will think it is too much.
Pretentious.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But Mark Levy himself looks more like a standard science and engineering technician. Every move is very standardized, and he doesn't even look like a Frenchman.
Of course, Yu Dong had seen this kind of contrast too many times, and Yu Hua and the others had more or less experienced this kind of situation.
Yu Dong moved his gaze away from Mark Levi and returned to the lake beyond the woods, "Tell me about your novel, Mark, what kind of novel is it?"
Mark Levi had been preparing for this moment for half a day. He had organized many speeches before, thinking about how to attract YU as quickly as possible, but when YU asked him at this time, he completely forgot that he had organized it before
Those words began his somewhat lengthy narrative.
"In the summer of 1996, one morning, Lauren got out of her duvet. She was an intern at San Francisco Memorial Hospital..."
Yu Dong also didn't expect that Mark Levy's narrative would be so detailed and could even be regarded as a short story.
But Yu Dong did not interrupt him and just listened to him quietly.
At this time, Yu Dong was also sure that the unfinished novel Mark Levy mentioned was his debut novel "If This Is True". It is essentially a ghost novel, and the heroine is a resident intern.
The doctor was admitted to the hospital where she worked due to a car accident. Her body was not cured, but her soul left her body and returned to the house where she lived before, and that house was already occupied by new people.
The male protagonist is an architect, and it was he who moved into the apartment where the female protagonist lived before. He discovered the female protagonist, and only he could see her.
Mark Levy's works often feature such supernatural events, such as his "The Shadow Stealer". The protagonist's special ability is to steal other people's shadows and then know the secrets hidden deep in their hearts.
After Mark Levy finished telling his novel, Yu Dong nodded and said with a smile: "It's a very good story. I also noticed that the male protagonist is an architect."
Mark Levy said with some embarrassment: "I did use my own experience."
"Well, writers always need to use things they are familiar with. It's the same for everyone. How many times have you written this novel?" Yu Dong asked.
"Two-thirds of it has been written... maybe, it should be three-quarters. In fact, I can't be sure, because I don't know where I want to end it. My sister is a screenwriter, and she told me
, If you want to write a novel well, you should be able to determine where you want to start and where you will end before writing. But I don’t seem to have this ability. I always drift away from what I think before writing.
Things change all the time.”
Yu Dong can understand Mark Levy's doubts. As for what his sister said, there is some truth, but it is not completely correct. The script is also different from the novel in form. In addition to the novel's own framework,
, there are a lot of things to be filled in, and many times, the frame is not important, but the things filled in are more important.
For example, from the synopsis of the story, is this novel by Mark Levy exciting? It may be somewhat interesting. But just by looking at the synopsis, is it certain that this book will be popular? Not necessarily.
Netizens in deep space can make up many such fantastic ideas every day.
The main thing is how the author writes.
Yu Dong has read the book "If You Are Real", so he is familiar with Mark Levy's ability to control such themes. Mark Levy can always create the right atmosphere with simple strokes, and then
Let readers accept his bizarre settings.
Why does the heroine have an out-of-body experience? Why does the heroine return to the house where she lived before? Why can only the hero see him after returning to that house?
Mark Levy can make readers ignore these problems when reading this novel without even trying to explain them.
Yu Dong leaned back on the chair again, resting his head on his palms, and said with a smile: "I don't think you need to think too much about these things, just write, whatever comes to mind, whatever you want to write, no
You must design it according to what you thought before. Even if you find something you are not satisfied with after writing, you can naturally modify it. For you, writing should be an easy thing."
Someone else might have said this to Mark Levi, but when he heard it from Yu Dong, he felt it was different. Authority, even if it is not mentioned deliberately, is always everywhere.
For Mark Levi at this time, Yu Dong was undoubtedly the authority.
"I understand, thank you, YU."
Yu Dong shook his head, "You don't need to thank me. I should thank you. Thank you for letting me hear a good story on such a boring day."
"Is it boring?" Mark Levy was stunned. He didn't expect that the literary festival would be boring to YU.
"Isn't it boring?" Yu Dong asked back.
Mark Levy smiled: "Actually, it will be more lively at night. People who come here will basically not leave at night. There will be some exciting programs then."
This is the second time Yu Dong has heard about the evening program. The person in charge of the previous literary festival also told him that the evening event should not be missed.
But Yu Dong didn't take it to heart. He looked at the time and stood up: "Let's go find my friends. Maybe you will have some common topics."
…
On the way to find Yu Hua and the others, Yu Dong called Rest and told him that he had met a writer with great potential, and then gave Rest's contact information to Mark Levy.
Mark Levy heard that Yu Dong had plans to sign him and publish a book for him. He gave Yu Dong a hug with great gratitude and told Yu Dong that he would definitely cherish this opportunity.
However, Mark Levy would never have imagined that from this day forward, he would embark on the path of becoming a professional writer.
If someone said to Mark Levy now, "Hey, you will be a professional writer in the future, he will definitely dismiss it. Although he likes literature and creation, his current career is very profitable, but novels may not be able to do so."
Help him support his family.
The two walked around the small forest. Yu Dong had already found Wang Shuo's position. When he was about to walk towards Wang Shuo and the others, Yu Dong suddenly turned around and asked Mark Levi: "Mark, what did you tell me before?
Did it really take just one night to learn that sentence in Chinese?”
Mark Levy laughed and said: "Actually, it only took an hour."
"Have you never learned Chinese before?" Yu Dong asked.
Mark Levi shook his head, "No."
In response, Yu Dong couldn't help but sigh: "Your language talent is really good, at least in Chinese."
"I just carried it mechanically." Mark Levy laughed.
Yu Dong shook his head. Mark Levi's words were completely modest. A person who had never studied Chinese before could write down such a long sentence in just one hour and speak it fairly well. This is
Chapter completed!