Culture Conquers Foreign Worlds

Chapter 43 Head off

“Sir, I want to find a novel called “The Earl of Monte Cristo”.” Colwyn summoned the male clerk at Leonard’s bookstore, took off his top hat and asked politely.

The clerk glanced at him with a strange look. The decent clothes on Colwyn indicated that he was a person of identity. The clerk replied in a tone of helplessness and a hint of impatience: “No.”

“The cover of the novel is strange, so you can recognize it well.”

The clerk emphasized and emphasized: “I’m sorry, we don’t have this novel here.”

Colwyn raised his eyebrows and asked angrily: “Isn’t this the largest Leonard chain bookstore in El Roy?”

“This is Leonard Bookstore, but there is no novel you mentioned.”

Colwyn scolded: “How can you be so sure! Don’t even look for it!”

Seeing his tough attitude, the clerk’s attitude softened and patiently explained: “Sir, I’m pretty sure this is the case, because you are the sixth person to ask me this question, and I have searched inside and outside the bookstore several times without finding it. Find the novel you are talking about. The name of the novel is “The Count of Monte Cristo”. His author’s pen name is Alexander. The cover is a combination of sketch and oil painting style. It shows a prisoner and a gentleman. Are you talking about this novel? ?”

“Hmm…” Colwyn was speechless. He wondered why the bookstore that claimed to be able to find the book in the library was sold at the Leonard Bookstore and could not find the novel.

Recalling the content of the novel, Colwyn still didn’t want to give up. When his wife woke him up, he was seeing the most exciting part of the plot. The captain Edmond who was framed and imprisoned was about to welcome his freedom! He used clever tricks to disguise as a corpse and was thrown into the sea. Just as he crawled out of hell, he would not die because of it. He would find the treasures studied by his second father, Father Faria, and bring them with him. Wealth, with the rightful rights granted by the nemesis, drags all the people who framed him into hell!

This is at the climax of the plot of the whole novel, how can he let it go!

Colwyn sighed regretfully, and after thinking about it, he asked casually: “Then do you know where there is a bookstore that sells this novel?”

“of course.”

Colwyn was taken aback for a moment and his face was overjoyed. He took out five Balen pounds from his pocket and asked eagerly: “Where? As long as you tell me, the money belongs to you.”

“Hutt.”

“what?”

“It’s the jewelry store that you can see if you walk straight down here. The jewelry store with a very luxurious facade is easy to recognize. The guests who asked me about this novel before saw this novel.”

Colwyn froze for a while: “I saw this novel there too, but it’s not a bookstore.”

“Sir, you must understand that the complete version of this novel is only available there, and I have a partial version of it here.”

“What do you mean.”

“This novel was serialized in the publication “Leonard Press Collection of Novels”. I recommend it to every customer who comes to inquire about this novel.”

“Incomplete version… okay.” Colwyn tipped the clerk to five barrons, and then spent an extra fee to buy “Leonard Press Collection”, the price is not expensive, the cost of buying a complete set He tipped the shop assistant even less.

Colwyn was relieved when he got the publication and confirmed that it contained the serialized “Count of Monte Cristo”, but the collection was not as exquisite as he had seen in the jewelry store, and there was no novel illustration.

At this point, he decided to go back to the Hutt jewelry store. His wife is a frequent visitor to that jewelry store. It should be okay to buy a novel.

When he returned to the jewelry store to express his intentions, he could not find the “Count of Monte Cristo” in the bookcase. He hurriedly called the waiter.

“Do you want to buy that novel too?” Upon hearing his needs, the waiter in the shop looked at each other in amazement. Why did he encounter two strange things that day? This is a jewelry store and not a bookstore.

Colwyn said patiently: “Of course, it was still here half an hour ago. It is a novel with a peculiar cover.”

Colwyn was considered a familiar face in this jewelry store. This request was quickly appreciated. The manager personally came to explain: “Mr. Aldridge, I’m very sorry, the novel you requested was bought by a gentleman after you left. I think it’s just an ordinary novel plus that gentleman was once one of our customers, so I didn’t think about it any more.”

“Huh? This is disappointing.” Colwyn rubbed his eyebrows, and suddenly realized that he had seen a man enter before he left, and then said, “Then can you tell me the source of this novel?”

The manager shook his head: “I am not very clear about the details. This is a novel sent by our boss. It is said that a friend gave us several copies of the novel. The extra copies are put in different branches. There may be surpluses in other branches. , Do I need to call and ask?”

“Trouble. UU reading www.uukanshu.com”

The manager took out the phone and dialed the numbers of other branches. After several consecutive calls, he could only answer with an embarrassment: “I’m very sorry, but the novels of other branches seem to have been bought by customers.”

“Is your boss Mr. Avery Hurt?”

“Yes it is.”

Cole Wynn breathed a sigh of relief: “Thank you, I plan to visit him personally. That novel is very good. I won’t be able to sleep tonight like a fishbone stuck in my throat until I finish reading it.”

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is that gold shines everywhere, and it is still polished gold. The first batch of “Count of Monte Cristo” was printed, but because most of the bookstores refused to store it, it has not officially entered the market.

The publishing house that Pulan chose was not large, so the first batch of published novels was not a lot. The funder Ai Fuli took part of it in his jewelry store, part of it to his friends, and a little inflow. Some informal bookstores. No matter where it was, the feedback was quickly received. The cover design of “The Count of Monte Cristo” is very eye-catching. Coupled with its superb quality, most readers who have been exposed to the novel are not willing to let it go.

“The Count of Monte Cristo” is like a beautifully packaged, extremely high-quality, but inexpensive product. It is a hundred times more conspicuous than when it was serialized in “The Leonard Press Collection”. Even if the quantity is scarce, it quickly arouses readers’ curiosity.

Afuri tasted the sweetness. A few days after the publication of “The Count of Monte Cristo”, some defiant figures in social circles came to visit him personally to ask for news about the novel, which he had never received before.

The gold master was in a good mood and immediately waved his hand and bought several advertising spaces for “Count of Monte Cristo” that were not part of the Leonard Press newspaper, and the publicity was further strengthened.