Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 154 - 152 episodes Soap Opera Award

At the same time, in a small town in Tennessee, outside a bookstore.

Leonard and his companion glanced at the clearly divided groups of people and without hesitation, walked into the group marked by men with thick glasses, the nerds.

Today was the release day for the physical books "Arcane Throne" and "Prison Break."

Although the publishers and bookstores hadn’t promoted it as heavily as they had "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,"

due to the comic books, games, and television adaptations, there were still a larger, and a smaller group of people gathered outside the bookstore.

"Ha ha, ’Arcane Throne’ finally has a physical edition, I’m going to buy a copy to keep."

"Isn’t there a fan reservation on the website? Why do you still come to the bookstore to buy?"

"Ah, the post office is too slow. I want to get it as soon as possible!"

Leonard nodded his head, sharing the sentiment.

"I saw on the website that it starts selling at 10 a.m., right? It’s already noon after school, why hasn’t there been any movement?"

"10 a.m. is for the big cities, here we’re lucky if the shipment arrives by noon!" A teenager next to them wrapped his coat tighter and chimed in, "It really is quite cold today!"

"You think this is cold? Look at the women over there waiting for ’Prison Break,’ they’re all still in skirts!"

"That’s why I say these women have issues." The youth who had spoken earlier spoke again, "Wearing skirts in winter aside, even following such trash as ’Prison Break,’ who would admire that?"

"Exactly!" Another somewhat sleazy-looking nerd, eyeing the flamboyantly dressed women across the street, swallowed hard, "It’s not that I can’t find a girlfriend, it’s that any woman who buys that kind of book is likely to give birth to children with brain defects!"

"Exactly."

"Exactly!"

This instantly garnered a wave of agreement, the kind of begrudging consent that came from "sour grapes."

Just then, a small truck sped up, and the bookstore staff began organizing everyone into line while starting to unload the books.

Thus, outside the bookstore, two lines formed, long and short, male and female.

"Leonard, why are you buying two copies?" his companion asked, puzzled.

"Heh heh." Leonard laughed awkwardly, a bit embarrassed, "One for my own collection, and one..."

"I want to give it to Jessica."

"Jessica?" His companion sized Leonard up and down for a moment, "You lucky dog."

As the two chatted and laughed while leaving the bookstore after paying,

his companion suddenly stopped.

"The line for ’Arcane Throne’ was longer earlier, how come the line for ’Prison Break’ has gotten so long now!"

Leonard recalled, "I heard from my mom that today’s supposed to be the last episode of ’Prison Break’?"

But his companion, seemingly ignoring him, turned around and walked back into the bookstore.

Leonard, faced with a puzzled expression, followed him inside.

He saw his companion grab a sleazy teenager they had just seen at the counter and drag him to a corner.

"You said kids born to women who watch ’Prison Break’ will have lower IQs?" His companion quickly whispered while slapping the back of the teenager’s head a couple of times.

"What are you doing?" Leonard grabbed his companion’s hand, somewhat puzzled, "What are you trying to do?"

"Just look outside again." His companion pointed to the bookstore window.

Leonard walked over, confused.

And then, he saw his companion’s mother joyously waiting in line.

The critical issue was, he also saw his own mother and Jessica. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

This...

Leonard quickly went to the corner and started slapping the sleazy teenager on the head as well.

"This is for me," he thought for a moment and then slapped again, "And this is for my kid!"

...

In New York, Flushing, inside an office building.

Tom hurriedly walked into the office, "Wang, according to CBS’s real-time data report, ’Prison Break’s’ final episode has broken daytime drama viewership records."

Wang Jian took the fax and glanced at it, "This should help the ’Prison Break’ series gain more sponsors, shouldn’t it?"

Tom rolled his eyes silently, "Oh, Wang."

"The ’Soap Opera’ award, founded by Procter and Gamble and Soap Opera Magazine, has just nominated ’Prison Break’ as the year’s most popular soap opera based on judges’ votes."

"Is it that same ’Soap Opera Awards’ where three male actors from ’Friends’ were nominated separately and each of the three leading ladies from ’Friends’ ended up winning Emmy Awards?"

Wang Jian helplessly waved his hand, "This is actually bad news, you know?"

Tom thought about the reputation of the ’Soap Opera Awards’ and flashed a bitter smile, "But, this award has a significant impact on the video tape market."

"And we hold eighty percent of the interests in the ’Prison Break’ videotapes."

"So, I suggest you talk to Catherine about leading the team to accept this award."

Wang Jian tapped his fingers on the office table a few times, "Where and when is this award ceremony?"

"In two days, just at the Lincoln Art Center not far from here."

"Alright," Wang Jian took the invitation, "Go talk to Catherine about it."

"Understood." Tom nodded and turned to leave.

Meanwhile, Wang Jian sipped his coffee and casually set the invitation aside, flipping through another document.

The document displayed user numbers for websites like Netscape and Hotmail at their initial public offerings.

What neither of them knew was that someone was constantly watching their every move.

"Director, that best-selling author has already replied to the ’Soap Opera Awards’ organizing committee; they will attend the award ceremony," a young man quickly reported.

"Hmm." The middle-aged man nodded, "Then I will attend as well."

"I need to make this young man understand if he works with us, the ’Soap Opera Awards’ is just the beginning, the power of ABC goes far beyond."

"They’ve formed a film and television company with HBO and a videotape distributor, right?"

"With the scale of the website and HBO, can they provide a million US Dollar budget for a single episode of a television series?"

"Besides, we will invite real famous directors!"

"By the way," the director of ABC looked at his subordinate, "Which of the directors I’ve selected are still available?"

The subordinate flipped through the documents, "Michael Bay, who just finished ’Rock,’"

"And Roland Emmerich, who just completed ’Independence Day.’"

"Both directors are in the middle of promotions and expect to be available in a few months."

The director of ABC nodded, "What about the current on-site director for ’Seinfeld’?"

"He has promised that if we start filming, he will immediately end his work there and switch over."

"Good." The director, full of confidence, stood up and walked to the window.

"Let’s make contact with that best-selling author and see if he can resist the temptation to become a blockbuster sci-fi comedy writer."

"If he’s too greedy, then ABC won’t mind stirring up a controversy claiming ’Anomalies and Creatures’ is a rip-off of ’Galaxy Guide.’"

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