The reason why this activity of finding clues to obtain collector's edition books was not highly publicized in advance is because there were not many sets of books provided to readers.
Yu Dong calculated that if all the symbols were discovered, a total of more than 1,600 sets of books would need to be sent out.
At first glance, it sounds like a lot, but compared to Yudong's reader base, it's already pitifully small.
Laying small foreshadowings and small easter eggs in the book to interact with readers is certainly not the first of its kind by Yu Dong. Many books have done this before.
But a book with so many interactions like "The Da Vinci Code" appears this time. When Jimmy saw these clues related to semiotics, he said that this was not like a novel, but more like a game.
Of course, in order to make this game interesting enough, the premise is that the author has a lot of readers, otherwise it will not be able to support such a large game.
Because of Caitlin's precedent, others began to frantically search for symbols related to "The Da Vinci Code", trying to find clues to obtain the collector's edition of the book. No matter what, it at least proves that you can find Easter eggs in the novel in exchange for collections.
The information in this edition of the book is accurate.
But the problem is that there are so many things related to symbols in "The Da Vinci Code" that it is impossible to understand them clearly unless you calm down. Even if you calm down and look at them, you may be dazzled by the semiotic content that can be seen everywhere. You don't know which one
Which one is useful and which one is useless?
There is another question. If you calm down, you will find that this book is really fascinating.
Hathaway got the book and followed her cousin to the rest area on the first floor. After each ordered a cup of coffee, she started reading the new book, hoping to find clues as soon as possible.
But after reading it for a while, she forgot about looking for clues to obtain the book, because the novel was so interesting.
The novel is full of suspense from the beginning. The curator of the Louvre suddenly dies, and an American semiotics expert who is on a business trip in Paris is involved in the incident because he made an appointment with the curator.
The death of the curator is the work of a mysterious organization, and the target of this mysterious organization seems to be the keystone - the place where the greatest secret of the order of monks is engraved on it.
Through the perspective of the male protagonist, Hathaway discovered a lot of things related to semiotics, such as the Eiffel Tower standing in Paris, the necklace hanging around his neck, the artworks in the Louvre... it seems like everything in life.
It's all tied to semiotics.
In just a few short chapters, Hathaway was brought into the story.
Just as she was about to continue looking down, she suddenly heard a low cry from Caitlin next to her.
Hathaway frowned and turned to look at Caitlin, "What's wrong with you?"
"Look at this."
"What?"
Seeing Caitlin like this, Hathaway also became curious and looked over.
What Caitlin is holding is "Curse", which is different from the ordinary version of "Curse". There is also a folded 4k paper inside. On this 4k paper is an article written in small regular script.
This is an essay that Yu Dong casually wrote in small regular script in order to relieve stress when he was writing "Curse". It's called "Summer".
This essay is very casual and only writes some of Yu Dong's immediate feelings. It has no profound theme and no strong emotional output.
Of course Hathaway couldn't understand these words, but there was a page in the book introducing this essay.
"This is YU's Chinese calligraphy. It's so beautifully written, and this article is also so beautifully written. The sunlight is blocked by the shade of the trees, and only when the breeze blows and stirs the leaves, can you sneak through the gaps and touch it.
The clothes of the dreamer were dusted open by leaves..."
"It's indeed beautiful." Hathaway nodded and asked, "But do you know Chinese calligraphy? You don't even know Chinese characters, right?"
Caitlin said seriously, "In fact, when appreciating calligraphy, it is more advantageous to not know Chinese characters."
Hathaway wondered: "What's the point?"
"If you think about it, calligraphy is also an art. Appreciation of it depends on aesthetics and feeling. If you know these characters, you will definitely be distracted by the meaning of the words themselves. But if we don't know these Chinese characters, we will concentrate on appreciating the structure of the font itself.
Beautiful. Don’t you think these words resemble a beautiful little person?”
Hathaway felt that there was something wrong with what Caitlin said, but she didn't know how to refute it.
But one thing Caitlin said is right, that is, these words do give people a very handsome feeling.
Looking at the 4k paper in her hand, Caitlin sighed: "What a pity, it would be great if this was the original manuscript."
Hathaway twitched her lips, "How dare you think, if this is the original manuscript..."
She originally wanted to say that if this was the original manuscript, it would definitely be worth a lot of money, but she felt that the words were a little vulgar, so she did not say them out.
Moreover, this kind of thing is not easy to value, because YU has not had such serious calligraphy works published before.
In addition, the value of YU's calligraphy works must not only depend on his own fame, but also on his calligraphy level. As for YU's calligraphy level, Hathaway and others have no way of knowing.
But no matter what, this set of collector's edition books surprised Caitlin.
Looking at the collector's edition books in Caitlin's hands, Hathaway felt sour in her heart, mainly because this set of books was not for sale at all, and she couldn't buy them even if she wanted to.
"By the way, is the new book good?" Caitlin asked.
Speaking of the new book, Hathaway rolled her eyes, "I was interrupted just as I was reading it. And what you asked was very strange, is the new book good... Are there any bad books by YU?"
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Is the new book good?
After Kirk logged into the Deep Space Tribe, he saw a popular tribe.
This blog was posted by the famous movie star Jim Carrey, and the content is - If you haven't watched "The Da Vinci Code", I suggest you exit the website now.
When he first saw this tribe, Kirk looked confused. What did it mean? The reason why he turned on his computer and logged into Deep Space Tribe when he came back from get off work was because he wanted to know what everyone said about the new book and why Jim Carrey let him They quit?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Soon, Kirk understood what Jim Carrey meant.
In the current Deep Space Tribe, almost everyone is discussing "The Da Vinci Code". As long as there is discussion, there will inevitably be spoilers. In other words, the current Deep Space Tribe is filled with a lot of information about "The Da Vinci Code"
's spoilers.
The reason why everyone is discussing "The Da Vinci Code" so crazily is because it is YU's new book, which is very beautiful, and also because there are rumors that the new book contains clues to obtain the collector's edition of the book.
[Wundt: How did this news get out? 】
[Aquilia: Rumors came out from the signing ceremony at Little Bear Bookstore today that more than one person said they saw collector’s edition books.]
[Shakira Lala: I was there, and a girl got a set of collector’s edition books on the spot. 】
[Xilin: Got it on the spot? So quickly? Is the clue easy to find? What clue was she looking for? 】
[Hunter: I heard that she asked YU directly for it, and YU said that the symbol had already been used and was invalid.]
[Hog Rider: It seems that the focus is still on symbols. Which of you discovered any new symbols? 】
[The Lion King Simba: Even if he finds out, who can tell you?]
[Hog Rider: Is there any invalid symbol that has been used? At least give us a reference. 】
[Extra large shirt: I just saw someone sharing a symbol. His name is "Python". You can go find it. 】
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Following the instructions from netizens, Kirk found the homepage of the netizen named Python and saw the symbol he shared for obtaining books.
This netizen named Python found that the Rose Line was mentioned twice in the novel. The letters behind it are the abbreviation of Deep Space Tribe, and the words in front of the Rose Line are two words: Guide and Apple.
Therefore, he made an association and thought that the two words guide and apple should be clues to the answer, and the clues were in the deep space tribe.
He tried typing "Guidezhi" and "Apple" into the search box, and was surprised to find that when he searched for "Guidezhi", the first one listed was an officially certified account.
This account was created five days ago. It has only posted one tribe, which was also posted five days ago. The content is: Please tell me the answer.
He tried posting the apple in the comment area again, and not long after, the "guide" took the initiative to contact him and told him that he had obtained a set of collector's edition books.
After reading the series of operations described by "Anaconda", the people in Cork were dumbfounded. Isn't this clue too difficult to find?
Although looking at Python's review, it seemed that it was quite easy for him to do it, but Kirk knew that it was not easy to find such clues in a book.
Even if ordinary readers realize that the "Rose Line" has a guiding role, they will not notice that the initials of the words following the two "Rose Lines" that are far apart are the same as the abbreviation of the Deep Space Tribe.
Kirk also looked for the "Guide" account. This account still only had the same tribe, but the comments below were not just the one posted by the python, but had grown to thousands.
Netizens frantically posted comments on this forum. Most of these comments were words or sentences taken from "The Da Vinci Code".
They wanted to try their luck to see if they could hit the code just right.
Of course, in addition to discussing obtaining clues to the collector's edition of the book, many netizens are also discussing the plot of the new book and the dazzling semiotic content.
Kirk is not a person who resists spoilers, but he looks at the spoilers from netizens with relish.
Through the spoilers from netizens, Kirk discovered that this book is essentially a detective novel. Starting from the death of the curator of the Louvre, the protagonist peels off the cocoon and follows the clues step by step to find the final secret.
The biggest difference between this book and other detective novels is that it is filled with a lot of religious and semiotic content, and these contents are very subversive.
In "The Da Vinci Code", Jesus was an ordinary human being who married Mary Magdalene and gave birth to a daughter, Sarah.
To be honest, Kirk was frightened when he first saw this spoiler, but after thinking that this was just a novel, he felt calmer inside.
However, when he turned off the computer and opened the new book, he was frightened again, because he found that the subversive contents in "The Da Vinci Code" were actually organized, giving people a feeling that it was indeed the case.
The protagonist is always able to provide some seemingly very strong evidence to prove his point of view.
"YU really dares to write."
Coker believes that even in the relatively open American religious community, some subversive content in "The Da Vinci Code" will be resisted.
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Facts have proved that Cork's concerns were correct.
"The Da Vinci Code" was a hit as soon as it was released, but it also caused a lot of controversy. Some religious figures criticized many contents in this novel.
Things were better here in the United States. A very sensational thing happened the day after the novel was released in Russia.
A religious group, about sixteen or seventeen people, stood in front of a bookstore in Moscow holding a banner. The banner read: If you buy the book, you betray Jesus.
However, "The Da Vinci Code" did not sell less in Russia, and it still topped the national book sales list that week, far ahead of the second place.
What's even more interesting is that among the top ten on the list that week, including "The Da Vinci Code", there are a total of seven books by Yu Dong, and one is the Russian version of "If This Is True" released last month
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Faced with such a slap in the face, the DZ cult was speechless. They even threatened to burn all copies of "The Da Vinci Code."
They said it and they did it.
One group bought a total of forty-seven copies of "The Da Vinci Code" and burned them on the street. They were quickly taken away by the local police.
On that day, a famous Russian newspaper published a photo, showing the scene where the group burned "The Da Vinci Code", but the title of the picture was very ironic: "The Da Vinci Code" sales volume in Russia, plus 47.
In response to some protests in the society, Deep Space Corporation did not make any positive response. It only publicly thanked the three authors of "Holy Blood and Holy Grail" for providing ideas for "The Da Vinci Code".
Although Deep Space Company did not express it clearly, its meaning was obvious.
Didn't you say that "The Da Vinci Code" subverted the tradition? Then why not check out "The Holy Grail and the Holy Blood", the content in it is even more subversive.
For example, the marriage between Jesus and Magdalene was mentioned as early as "Holy Blood and Holy Grail".
The author of "Holy Blood and Holy Grail" also rushed into the battlefield very excitedly and started a verbal war with those who opposed "The Da Vinci Code".
Those who protested "The Da Vinci Code" were reluctant to let go of "The Da Vinci Code" and at the same time had to deal with the attacks of the three authors of "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail". The scene suddenly became very chaotic.
Amid this chaos, sales of "The Da Vinci Code" have gradually increased, and the popularity shows no signs of fading.
Chapter completed!