On Monday, Yang Yi and Murphy went out together to participate in Xi Xi's kindergarten's parent-child activity!
Murphy had always wanted to participate in her daughter's activities. However, most of the time, she could only watch Yang Yi go and envy him from behind. It was either because she had not been exposed by the media back then and was worried that her identity would cause trouble for her daughter's normal life, or because she was pregnant and it was inconvenient. She could only watch from the sidelines.
In fact, Murphy had received an invitation from the kindergarten last year to tell the children about her road to fame. It was just like the speech Yang Yi gave when Xi Xi was still in middle class. Murphy was very willing to tell stories in front of her daughter and her classmates. However, she was already several months pregnant at that time and could only decline.
This time, Murphy wanted to go to the parent-child activity organized by Springfield Kindergarten. Now that Xi Xi was already a "big star," what was there to worry about?
Yang Yi was carefree. He had a new book launch today, but he threw all the work to Sahara Publishing House. He did not care at all and threw himself into the production of handicrafts.
Of course, Yang Yi knew that his book's story was exciting and it was expected that it would become popular. Even if it did not become popular, his ultimate goal was not to write a book. In the future, it would be made into a movie and it would naturally shine!
…
Mu Yucheng was queuing up again!
"What are you buying today?"
"What else could it be? Yang Yi's new book is on the market today. Of course, I'm buying his book! Aren't you? "
"Hehe …"
It was Monday when he had to go to work, but Mu Yucheng took half a day off and went to a shopping mall near his home early. He queued up in front of the Bookstore of Love to Read, waiting to buy Yang Yi's new book.
In fact, Mu Yucheng was also crazy. He had already ordered the book online in advance, but he still liked to queue up at the bookstore. Perhaps it was because he had a good experience queuing up last time, so he wanted to do it again?
Although waiting in line at the entrance of the bookstore was tiring, Mu Yucheng liked this feeling. He could hear the whispers of the readers in front of him and hear them praise Yang Yi. As a die-hard fan, Mu Yucheng also felt honored.
Then again, looking at this big bookstore now, Mu Yucheng remembered that under Yang Yi's personal page, there was a post that an insider had made.
It was said that when Yang Yi's two books, Soldier Assault and Drawing Sword, were sold physically, chain bookstores such as Love Reading, Book Bar, and Book Pavilion looked down on the works of this newbie web author.
Later, both Soldier Assault and Drawing Sword were sold out and became one of the best sellers of the year. Naturally, these major bookstore chains regretted it!
The insider was an employee of the promotion department of the Book Bar chain bookstore who had already left. He vividly described how his department manager sighed at that time.
Of course, this was all in the past!
Now, almost every book by Yang Yi could squeeze into the best-seller list. He had become synonymous with quality and sales. The major bookstore chains that would not go against money would naturally not look down on Yang Yi. Instead, they actively cooperated with Sahara Publishing and placed Yang Yi's books in the most conspicuous position!
Now, Mu Yucheng walked into Love Reading Bookstore and picked up Yang Yi's new work from the mountain of books stacked in the large open space inside the main entrance. He felt a sense of pride in his heart.
"But why is this book so thin?" Mu Yucheng pinched the hardcover book that was probably only about a hundred pages after removing the thickness of the cover. He muttered a little. "The Shawshank Redemption … Is this a novella?"
After paying the bill at the front desk, Mu Yucheng found a coffee shop, opened the plastic film, and couldn't wait to read it.
"I guess there are people like me in every provincial prison and national prison in China …"
When he saw the opening, Mu Yucheng was dumbfounded. How could it be a first-person narrative?
But, prison again!
Mu Yucheng couldn't help but feel his blood boil.
Could this be a prison break story again?
Mu Yucheng felt that he really loved "Prison Break"! After Yang Yi, countless people followed the trend and wrote similar prison break stories on Qiyuechinese Network, but none of them could write a good story. Mu Yucheng felt that with Yang Yi's work in front of them, other people's works … He really couldn't continue reading!
"The Shawshank Redemption", could it be Yang Yi's new prison novel? Could it surpass the classic "Prison Break"?
Mu Yucheng read on with such anticipation.
The name "The Shawshank Redemption" at first made Mu Yucheng think that Shawshank should be the name of the protagonist, but not long after, he was at a loss.
The protagonist in the first-person narrative was called Fu Ruide, and the real protagonist in the story he narrated was called Andy … The damn prison's name was Shawshank!
Why was the name of the book … Shawshank Redemption? And not Andy's Redemption or Fu Ruide's Redemption?
Mu Yucheng read the book very quickly.
Yes, although he read it very carefully, the book was not very long, and the plot progressed very quickly. The pace was tight, the concept was tight, and there was no filler!
When Yang Yi rewrote this book, a story that he liked very much in his previous life, he combined the original novel and the movie. The content was slightly increased, but it was still within a reasonable range.
Mu Yucheng didn't know how long he read, but it definitely didn't take long. He was almost at the end of the book. He saw that on the night when Fu Ruide thought he was going to commit suicide, Andy suddenly seemed to evaporate into thin air and disappeared from Shawshank Prison. Mu Yucheng was shocked!
Especially when he saw the warden inadvertently discover the hole that Andy had spent nearly 20 years digging, Mu Yucheng finally understood.
It was a prison break!
Mu Yucheng was convinced. Although he had a faint premonition when he saw Andy and Fu Ruide buying a small hammer in the book, when he saw what Andy did in Shawshank Prison, he felt that this person wouldn't break out of prison …
He didn't expect Andy to have such a meticulous and long-term plan … Mu Yucheng vaguely understood why Yang Yi wanted to use Fu Ruide's perspective to write the whole story.
Only in this way could the suddenness and unexpected nature of the matter be vividly reflected! If the readers knew everything from God's perspective, then the story might become tacky!
Wait, why do I feel that a prison break is tacky?
Mu Yucheng was shocked. He realized that he had unknowingly replaced "Prison Break" in his heart with this unremarkable novel.
The story that happened at the end of "Shawshank Redemption" still tugged at Mu Yucheng's heartstrings, but at this moment, Mu Yucheng remembered Andy's escape even more deeply!
After Mu Yucheng closed the book, he breathed a long sigh of relief. Although there was a lot of reluctance, after reading such a book, Mu Yucheng felt a sense of satisfaction after an orgasm.
Such a story was like a mole in his heart that could not be removed and would always be blocked there. It was also like a pot of fragrant tea that left a lasting aftertaste!
Mu Yucheng couldn't help but turn on his mobile phone and find the group of book friends to see what they thought after reading the book.
In order not to reveal spoilers, someone set up a small discussion group to chat after reading the book. After Mu Yucheng joined, he saw a group of people shouting excitedly.
"A work of the gods, an absolute work of the gods! With this book by Master Yang Yi, I'm afraid no one in the literary world will dare to question his status! "
"Xiong Di, did you eat Master Yang Yi's" Journey in the White Night "and" Relieving Grocery Store "? There's also "Soldiers' Assault", "Drawing Sword", and so on. Aren't those books also works of the gods? "
"It's different. I think the depth of thought expressed in" Shawshank Redemption "is a level higher!"
"I agree with that! Look at the sentences in Master Yang's book. It really makes my scalp tingle! "
The book friend could not help but select and type, "You know, some birds are destined not to be locked in a cage. Every feather of theirs shines with the glory of freedom!"
"Is there? When I saw this sentence, I felt like jumping off a dozen floors. I want to fly, I want to be free! "
"Haha, the person above is crazy!"
"I also have a sentence here: These walls are interesting. When you first enter prison, you hate the high walls around you. Slowly, you get used to living in them. Eventually, you find yourself having to rely on them to survive. This is called institutionalization. "
"There's also this! Fear makes you a prisoner, hope makes you free. Wait, I remember there's another paragraph … "
"That's right. This' I, too, have once endured a long, lonely night, thinking about all sorts of things by myself. Time was as slow as a knife. That was the longest night of my life '. After reading it, I feel that many of the sentences in this book are as beautiful as poems!"
"My favorite is this sentence: The strong save themselves, the saints save others! Damn, when I saw this sentence, I wanted to copy it down and make it my life's motto! "
Looking at their chat, Mu Yucheng suddenly realized that he had been so focused on the development of the story that he had missed out on so many wonderful details!
"Old Mu, you've finished reading it too? Hurry up and tell us your thoughts! "Someone called out to him.
"I've finished reading it, but I still don't think it's enough!" Mu Yucheng emotionally typed a line of words and replied, "After reading what you guys are talking about, I think I have to read it again!"
"I won't get tired of reading a good book a few times! Old Mu, I'll go with you and read it again! "
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