Rebirth in America

The "Harry Potter" book signing was held in a shopping mall, which is located near Times Square in New York.

Times Square, New York, known as the "Crossroads of the World", is a block in Manhattan, New York City, United States, located at the intersection of West 42nd Street and Broadway Avenue. There are dozens of shopping malls and theaters nearby, making it a prosperous entertainment and shopping center.

If I had to use one sentence to describe the impression of Times Square in New York, it would be "the crazy triangle of wealth and art signings!"

Even in the 1950s, the prosperity of Times Square can still be seen here. Regardless of day or night, you can see huge electronic billboards and people walking in a hurry, almost rubbing shoulders. Standing in this square, you can feel the colorful world that expands crazily to infinity.

Bantam Books chose to hold the book signing here, which is a great marketing tool. As soon as the news came out, Times Square in New York City was immediately surrounded by crowds. There are Alex's book fans, fans, movie fans, as well as reporters from various news agencies and TV stations.

What makes people feel a little different is that many children came to the signing site led by their parents.

When Alex got out of the car, he was immediately dazzled by countless flash lights. Fortunately, he was prepared and put on black sunglasses before getting out of the car.

The place where he got off the bus was surrounded by security railings, and reporters and others were all separated within one meter. As soon as Alex appeared, there were bursts of screams and cheers.

"Alex! Alex is here!"

"Alex I love you!"

"Wow! It's really him, it's him!"

This time Alex was wearing a blue-black coat, a red shirt underneath, and jeans. This outfit is completely different from other celebrities' appearance, and the whole body has a neat, clean and extremely simple feeling. But when people look at it, it feels very comfortable.

He smiled and walked towards the door of the store. At this time, the flashlights became brighter and more frequent, making the copper buttons on his coat shine.

After entering the store, signings did not start immediately. Instead, he stood in front of a huge poster, posed in various poses, and took photos for reporters to use in writing news.

During this process, reporters continued to ask Alex questions, all of which were issues of concern to the American people.

A reporter asked: "Alex, do you think the sales volume of this last book on the same day can break the previous record?"

"I think it should be okay, otherwise there would be no point in me being here.

Some reporters also asked: "Does the song "Baby" in the recent album released by the Carpenter brothers indicate that you are in love for the first time?"

"No, I don't have anyone I like yet.

The reporter followed closely and asked, "So this song describes your brother Richard's first love?"

After listening to Alex. Some find it funny: "I don't know if he is in love or not. But I can tell you. The plots described in this song are all imaginary things and they didn't happen at all."

"Alex, Alex, what does it feel like to be the youngest billionaire in the United States?"

Faced with this problem, Alex spread his hands and said: "My feeling is the same as before, nothing special.

"Alex, I heard that you were conducting closed research and development before, and now it has been released. Does that mean that the 'Cray I' computer has been successfully developed?"

This question immediately silenced everyone else. Now that IBM and CPT are competing to develop the world's fastest computer, it is already a very eye-catching thing. Many Americans are interested in this matter. Because in the presidential election a few years ago, computers were used to accurately predict who would be elected.

In this era, personal computers had not yet become popular, and very few people had even seen a computer. In the eyes of ordinary people, computers are as mysterious as high-tech technologies such as atomic bombs and rockets. Americans’ enthusiasm for science and technology is unparalleled by people in other countries.

Alex didn't expect anyone to ask this question. He thought for a moment and felt that he could reveal something now. So he replied: "The computer is still under development, but the main work has been completed and is now in the final stage.

His words were simple, but they excited the reporters. They wrote: "Alex announced that the 'Cray I' computer is about to be completed, and the failure of IBM is just around the corner."

The news soon spread all over the world. Everyone believed that IBM's research and development process would lag behind that of CPT. In the competition for the computer market, CPT must take the lead. The unfavorable news led to a lack of investor confidence, causing IBM's stock price to fall sharply, and the company's market value suddenly shrunk by one-third.

Unexpectedly, other stocks in the stock market suffered a chain reaction and fell accordingly. Faced with this situation, many Americans were deeply afraid that this was a precursor to a stock market crash. As a result, more people sold their stocks, further damaging the stock market. For several days, the U.S. stock market has been in decline.

Alex saw this change, thought about it, and thought it was just an accident. He believes that in the next ten years or so, the U.S. economy will continue to develop, and there is no reason why the stock market will collapse like it did during the Great Depression. So, he asked his men to immediately buy the stocks of companies that he thought had investment value.

A week later, the stock market slowly climbed up after falling, and investors regained their confidence and started buying back the stocks they had run out of. Alex gained almost double the income from this incident. But that’s a story for another day.

At the autograph signing site, Alex was led by the staff to a large brown table. The table was placed in the lobby of the shopping mall and was surrounded by iron railings a few meters away to prevent enthusiastic fans from rushing over. At the same time, there are more than 20 security guards and more than a dozen bodyguards working intensively to maintain security order.

Those fans lined up one after another to come to this table. Some people brought books to sign for Alex, while others held records, posters, autograph books, comic books, etc.

During the signing process, Alex chatted with the book fans while writing. Most people kept saying that they liked the books he wrote, the songs he sang, the movies he made, etc., and a small number of people tried to discuss some issues with him. For example, who did Harry Potter end up with, whether Voldemort is really dead and will never be resurrected, etc.

There were so many people that the queue was almost endless. During this period. Alex wanted to propose a break several times, but finally gave up the idea. He saw many very young children lining up here early in the morning. If they didn't get his autograph, they would probably cry.

Slowly, he discovered a strange thing, that is, some people had been queuing up but never came to his table. It turned out that these people kept asking people from behind to come to the front, and some people seemed to be watching and did not come over. Not leaving. If it weren't for his super memory. Maybe you can’t see the problem.

"What's going on?" Alex was a little suspicious. He waved a bodyguard over and said in a low voice: "Look who those people are and why they look weird."

The bodyguard quickly asked about the identities of these people, and it turned out that these people were still agents. They were sent to protect Alex. Director Hoover felt angry at Alex's lack of appreciation, so he sent more people over.

"Protect? I think you're here to monitor.

After Alex learned that the surveillance had not been relaxed, he felt uncomfortable all over. I always felt that there were well-intentioned eyes around me staring at me, and I almost asked him to sign his autograph, but he couldn't even sign it normally.

His feeling was correct. At this time, someone was observing him in the crowd. The two guys, Kane and Crazy Guy, each took a book and stood in line, intending to have Alex sign it as a souvenir. Both of them were disguised, it seemed. Just like ordinary book lovers.

Kane wore a pair of glasses, held a "Harry Potter" book in his hand, and was wearing a beige coat, black trousers and leather shoes. He looks like a middle school teacher taking his students to a book signing.

Crazy Lao Ba is different. He was wearing a set of casual sportswear and had some special paint painted on his face. His skin color looked much whiter than that of Asians, a bit like a mixed race. The nose seems to have been reshaped, making it taller than his original one. Even if it is seen by an acquaintance, it will not be recognized immediately.

"Hey, Laoba! Have you seen..."

"Well, I saw it. Many people were protecting him, and they were not the same group of people.

"It seems that we have to wait for the opportunity. Taking action under such circumstances will alarm a lot of people.

"Then just wait! Anyway, we just came here today to check on the situation, and we don't want to complete the task right away.

The two of them chatted quietly while lining up, and soon got Alex's autograph. Just as they were about to leave, they suddenly discovered something very interesting.

Alex called a bodyguard and asked them to drive those people away. There began to be some commotion at the scene. People did not want to leave. The bodyguards wanted to use force to expel them. Book fans who did not know the truth were watching.

Kane suddenly noticed that Alex got up and left in the chaos, and walked into a toilet in the mall. At this time, there were no bodyguards around him, and UU Reading www.uukanshu.net happened to be alone.

Kane tugged on Crazy Old Eight's clothes and said, "What a great opportunity! Let's go to the bathroom too!"

"Have you brought everything?"

"Of course, as a professional, you have to prepare the equipment!"

"Then let's go take a look and talk about it!"

The two of them also pretended to go to the toilet, avoided the sight of the bodyguard and followed him. Unexpectedly, the toilet was empty. They immediately split up to search, trying to find Alex.

"How's it going? Did you find it?"

"I don't see him here!"

"I don't have one here either!"

The two of them looked at each other, feeling that this matter was a bit strange, and they couldn't figure out why they saw a living person walking in, but then disappeared out of thin air.