That Bus Is Another World - Stephen King

Aug 23, 2026

这段文字讲述威尔逊带着旅行保险与“必定会到来的机会”前往纽约，准备向广告公司管理层展示作品、争取Green Century的重要客户。航班准时起飞却在空中遭遇延误，行李在失联与错配中不断出状况，连随身物品也险些更换归属。与此同时，他在暴雨将息的檐下反复演练推介话术，试图在压力与公众舆论的阴影下保持冷静。

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

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Pages8

Reading Time12 min

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That Bus Is Another World

旅途与行李的连锁意外

抵达与推介准备

Green Century危机背景

# That Bus Is Another World Wilson's mother,not one of the world's shiny happy people,had asaying:'When things go wrong,they keep going wrong until there'stears.' Mindful of this,as he was of all the folk wisdom he'd learnedat his mother's knee(An orange is gold in the morning and leadat night’was another gem),Wilson was careful to take out travelinsurance-which he thought of as bumpers-ahead of occasionsthat were particularly important,and no occasion in his adult lifewas more important than his trip to New York,where he wouldpresent his portfolio and his pitch to the top brass at MarketForward. MF was one of the most important advertising firms of theInternet age.Wilson's company,Southland Concepts,was just aone-man outfit based in Birmingham.Such chances as this didn'tcome around twice,which made a bumper vital.That was why hearrived at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Airport at 4:00 a.m.for a 6:00 a.m.nonstop.The flight would put him into LaGuardia atnine twenty.His meeting -actually an audition-was scheduledfor two thirty.A five-hour bumper seemed travel insurance enough. At first,all went well.The gate attendant checked and got approvalfor Wilson to store his portfolio in the first-class closet,althoughWilson himself was of course flying coach.In such matters the trickwas to ask early,before people started getting hassled.Hassled folksdidn't want to hear about how important your portfolio was;howit might be the ticket to your future. He did have to check one suitcase,because if he turned out tobe a finalist for the Green Century account (and that could happen,he was actually very well positioned),he might be in New Yorkfor ten days.He had no idea how long the winnowing processwould take,and he didn't want to send his clothes out to the hotellaundry any more than he intended to order meals from room STEPHEN KING service.Hotel extras were expensive in all big cities,and gruesomelyexpensive in the Big Apple. Things didn't start going wrong until the plane,which took offon time,reached New York.There it took its place in an overheadtrafficjam,circling and pogoing in gray air over that point of arrivalthe pilots so rightly called LaGarbage.There were not-so-funnyjokes and outright complaints,but Wilson remained serene.Histravel insurance was in place;his bumper was thick. The plane landed at ten thirty,slightly over an hour late.Wilsonproceeded to the luggage carousel,where his bag did not appear.And did not appear.And did not appear.Finally he and a beardedold man in a black beret were the only ones left,and the lastunclaimed items remaining on the carousel were a pair of snowshoesand a large travel-stained plant with drooping leaves. 'This is impossible,Wilson told the old man.'The flight wasnonstop. The old man shrugged.'Must have mistagged them in Birmingham.Our shit could be on its way to Honolulu by now,for all we knowI'm toddling over to Lost Luggage.Want to accompany me?' Wilson did,thinking of his mother's saying.And thanking Godhe still had his portfolio. He was halfway through the Lost Luggage form when a baggagehandler spoke up from behind him.'Does this belong to either ofyou gentlemen?" Wilson turned and saw his tartan suitcase,looking damp. 'Fell off the back of the baggage-train,'the handler said,comparingthe claim check stapled to Wilson's ticket folder to the one on thesuitcase.'Happens once in a while.You should take a claim formin case something's broken.' 'Where's mine?'asked the old man in the beret. 'Can't help you there,the handler said.'But we almost alwaysfind them in the end.' 'Yeah,'the old man said,'but the end is not yet. By the time Wilson left the terminal with his suitcase,port-folio,and carry-on bag,it was closing in on eleven thirty.Severalmore flights had arrived in the meantime,and the taxi queuewas long. I have a bumper,he soothed himself.Three hours is plenty.Also, # THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS I'm under the overhang and out of the rain.Count your blessi

FAQs

威尔逊这次去纽约的目的是什么？

他要在纽约向MarketForward的“top brass”展示作品并进行推介，争取Green Century的客户机会。

威尔逊在旅行过程中遇到了哪些主要问题？

航班延误后行李在传送带上失踪，随后又在领取处发现携带物品错配，连随身物品也险些无法及时拿回。

威尔逊在等待推介前如何应对紧张情绪？

他一边在雨檐下躲避风雨，一边反复演练推介内容与展示道具，提醒自己保持冷静，把关键变化从脑中清除。

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