"puff!"
"What's going on?"
"Er Gouzi's fairy tale collection was snapped up by grandpas and grandmas? Children and parents can't buy it?"
"this……"
"Not to mention the parents and children, even the people in our Er Gouzi Association couldn't buy one..."
"Isn't this too exaggerated? Don't tell me that grandpas and grandmas also read fairy tales? Besides, this doesn't make sense. And you said it's normal to buy one or two books, but you bought ten or twenty books at once. This... robbing is not that outrageous, right?"
"Yeah, it's incomprehensible, these uncles and aunts..."
“…”
December 1st.
No one could have imagined that such a disappointing situation would appear in "Lu Yuan's Fairy Tales Collection".
The 100,000 copies of books that were originally planned to be sold in one day were all snapped up by the elderly!
Before the morning was over, all the samples were sold out in Xinhua Bookstores across China. If the sample books had not been forcibly held back from sale, the sample books in Xinhua Bookstores would have been gone too.
Who could have thought of this?
If it didn't really exist in real life, everyone would think it was fantasy.
Are these old men and women being controlled by someone?
Some of the children and parents who arrived late had complicated feelings and their emotions were slightly out of control.
They queued for a long time, only to be told that there was no prize available today, and if they wanted it, they should come early tomorrow morning to queue up.
How can you let them bear this?
A few people even had arguments with the elderly.
but……
"Why can't we buy Lu Yuan's books? Does he have a rule that we can't buy them? Can't we have a childlike innocence? What's wrong with us reading fairy tales? We pay for them, we are also consumers! If you want to buy books, why can't you come earlier and queue up?"
“…”
The old man and woman's eloquent words left them speechless.
Holding the book feels like holding a treasure.
Also, looking at their old appearance, you can't be too angry with them.
If you make them angry and something bad happens to them, hey, you won't be able to explain yourself.
…
"You have such a good relationship with Lu Yuan, you must give me ten signed first edition books by Lu Yuan, okay?"
“…”
Your uncle is your uncle after all.
After Zhou Shuai received a call from his nearly 90-year-old grandfather in his hometown, he felt like he had been cheated.
He used to think this sentence was nothing, but now he understands its meaning very deeply and thoroughly.
It seems outrageous that old men and women lined up to buy Lu Yuan's "Lu Yuan's Fairy Tales Collection" without saying a word in the morning, but in fact, there is really nothing to say.
once……
Lu Yuan published a book called "The Legend of Wukong".
Zhou Shuai didn’t know until he investigated, and was shocked when he did.
Then……
He was in a trance, he was in a trance!
He understood.
The original price of the first edition of the officially signed version of "The Legend of Sun Wukong" was more than 20 yuan, but now the price has been hyped up to 100,000 yuan per copy.
Especially the first ten numbered books have been sold at a terrifying price of half a million at this moment!
Moreover, it is the kind that is priced but not sold online.
In other words, with 500,000 yuan, you still can't buy a first edition of Lu Yuan's "The Legend of Sun Wukong" which originally cost more than 20 yuan.
And, who are the winners of the first ten books?
Among them was a newly retired grocery shopping auntie from Yanjing, an old man who had nothing to do but chat and brag in the park with a palm-leaf fan, and...
In short!
These people are almost becoming god-like figures in the sunset red group.
Before, they had nothing to do after retirement, and they bragged about their glorious deeds when they were young all day long. Then, after they bought the book "Wukong Zhuan", they kept talking about how awesome it was, and how Lu Yuan's autograph alone fetched a sky-high price. Then they also talked about how accurate their vision was before, and how much they wanted to invest. If they were not old now, they would have to have a place in the top 500 of the Chinese Rich List...
When it was boasted before, no one took it seriously. But when "The Legend of Wukong" suddenly appreciated in the market at an extremely exaggerated price, these uncles and aunts below were envious and jealous...
I was so jealous that I even felt unhappy dancing in the square.
The sunset is so beautiful?
There's nothing good about comparing like this!
This person is more infuriating than anyone else, okay?
Five hundred thousand...
What a rare opportunity this is!
Then, they felt regretful for missing this opportunity, and some of them regretted it so much that their intestines turned green.
Then...
Lu Yuan is becoming more and more awesome, and his international reputation is getting louder and louder. Seeing those old guys who bought the first edition of "The Legend of Sun Wukong" showing off to the point of wanting to brag to the sky, they become more envious, jealous, and hateful, and at the same time, more regretful!
Why didn't I have this vision at the beginning?
More than twenty dollars? Can't I afford it?
Running to queue up in the early morning?
Am I not healthy enough to wait in line?
Look at the old man next door, he was not noticed before, but now he has become a big shot in the community and an investment tycoon. All the uncles and aunts are around him...
The more I watch, the angrier I get!
In this state, when they heard that Lu Yuan was suddenly going to publish a book "Lu Yuan's Fairy Tales Collection" and that the first batch would only have one hundred people randomly signing the books, could they remain calm?
The whole soul is burning in flames, okay?
so what?
Without saying a word, many elderly people left their sleepless nights after hearing the news and ran to the local Xinhua Bookstore to queue up.
You mean fairy tale?
What's so special about fairy tales? As long as it has Lu Yuan's label and Lu Yuan's signature, it's a real heirloom, okay?
Those who knew the truth shed tears.
Although Zhou Shuai did not shed tears, he couldn't help but sigh that the Chinese uncles and aunts are the most difficult to mess with.
Can we still play like this?
…
Afternoon of October 12th.
The chess and card rooms in major residential areas across China are filled with elderly men and women.
Then, from time to time, there would be bursts of exclamations as if someone had won the lottery!
Among the old men and women, there is always one person who becomes the focus of everyone's attention with a brand new signed book.
Among the 100,000 books, only 100 are autographed.
This is much more exaggerated than the previous "The Legend of Wukong".
This thing is like a lottery. Those who can get the autograph are definitely the lucky uncles and aunts.
There's no need to hype this thing up. In the future, these 100 autographed copies will definitely appreciate in value to an eye-watering level.
On the Internet...
The prices for the first batch of signed copies of "Lu Yuan's Fairy Tales Collection" have been announced.
It is currently two hundred thousand!
Two hundred thousand!
Especially...
Buy it and earn it!
Jealous.
Of course, there are still many uncles and aunts in the community who did not draw the autographed book. Although they did not buy it, when they heard that a certain uncle or aunt in the neighboring community or town became the lucky winners, they became excited.
Then they planned to get up early tomorrow to line up for another wave, and someone spread the rumor that there would be 50 autographed books from Lu Yuan tomorrow...
Key autographed books...
What does this mean?
It’s good to be rich!
Chinese netizens never dreamed that "Lu Yuan's Fairy Tales Collection" would become such a sought-after product!
The first group of people to benefit were actually the elderly.
Moreover, it has absolutely nothing to do with the content of the book...
This is really a bummer.
Foreign netizens also saw that the news was widely circulated on the Chinese Internet, and they wondered if it was fake news.
After all, the situation there is fine. I have never heard of those old men and women getting up early to queue up.
oh.
Well, the overseas version of "Lu Yuan's Fairy Tales Collection" has not officially been launched yet!
etc?
What does it mean that grandparents are starting to watch the news about major bookstores in the United States every day with a sense of crisis?
…
"What? There will be fifty key signed books tomorrow? How come I didn't know about this? Where did this rumor come from?"
“…”
December 1st evening.
When the news of "the second batch of fifty key signed books" appeared on the Internet and became increasingly popular, Lu Yuan was stunned.
This rumor is so detailed that it seems as if it were actually right next to Lu Yuan.
If Lu Yuan didn't know that he really didn't have fifty signed books, even he would have believed it.
What's going on?
Who is hyping this up? Isn't this just a scam for the elderly? Moreover, people who really want to buy books and read fairy tales can't buy them, while people who don't read stories buy a lot of them.
This matter is very rigid.
Moreover, the fabricated public opinions on the Internet are becoming more and more intense.
Some things that Lu Yuan didn't say were hyped up as hot headlines.
Lu Yuan was completely confused.
"Mr. Lu."
"Um……"
"I plan to limit the sales of Lu Yuan's Fairy Tales. Each person can only buy one copy with their ID card. In addition, I will also limit the age range of those who can buy this book. Mr. Lu, what do you think?"
"Well, that's no problem. Just take care of the publicity arrangements!"
"Well, Mr. Lu, it stands to reason that the sales of Lu Yuan's Fairy Tales are getting better and better, which is good for all of us. But when these uncles and aunts came in to make trouble, all our previous plans were disrupted. They focus on how much the book is worth, rather than the value of the content of the book itself. This is not good for Lu Yuan's Fairy Tales to go global... Moreover, these uncles and aunts are really old. They came here excitedly in the middle of the night to line up. What if there is any negative news about them? This is not good after all..."
"Okay, sure!"
…
"What!"
"Are you people here stupid? Don't you want to make money?"
"Do you look down on us elderly people? You are discriminating, do you know that? You are discriminating!"
"We are in good health, who gave you the right?"
"I hope you can withdraw this rule and don't let us sue you!"
"Right! Don't let us sue you!"
“You are committing a crime of discrimination!”
"Why can't we buy it? We're happy to..."
"Yes, we are not easy to mess with. Do you look down on us?"
“…”
“…”
When these regulations appeared uniformly on the official Weibo accounts of Hua Xia Publishing House and major bookstores, a bunch of noisy uncles and aunts became unhappy!
What was unbelievable to everyone was that when the major bookstores opened the next morning, they were greeted not by customers but by a few righteous lawyers.
All right!
These old people hired a few lawyers and said that the organizers discriminated against them, a vulnerable group, insulted their personality, and even committed fraud. They wanted to send them a lawyer's letter...
The staff were stunned.
Lu Yuan was also stunned after seeing the news.
How did I get into trouble with these grandparents?
this……
What to do?