Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 654: The Book Signing Session
August 1st.

At one o'clock sharp in the afternoon.

Li Luo brought the three girls out of the hotel next door and walked into Hall No. 3 of Jing'an Exhibition Center.

At this time, fans and readers who had arrived early had already entered the venue one after another. After signing in at the door, they entered the hall and found a seat to sit down.

When seeing Li Luo and three others walk in, many people were subconsciously attracted to them.

Fans who can come to the offline signing event must be core loyal readers.

He was familiar with all of Junran's deeds and was naturally familiar with his face.

After all, whether it is the WenYue annual meeting or various publicity and activities, Li Luo is no longer as mysterious as he was when he first started writing books, and has already appeared in public.

Not to mention that she has appeared several times in Yuan Wanqing's concerts.

In addition to his young and handsome face, the photos used for online promotion have not been highly photoshopped, so he can still be recognized at a glance offline.

Unlike some online writers, who are so fat that their eyes are almost blind, they are still using artistic photos taken several years or even more than ten years ago for promotion.

All I can say is that time is a butcher's knife.

Even the big male stars still have some idol baggage.

But Li Luo didn't have such worries.

After being reborn in this life, I have been exercising until now and I am in very good health.

In addition, he is usually surrounded by three girls, and they keep a close eye on him and make him use all kinds of skin care products. So his skin care is now quite good.

Compared to his previous life when he had a sallow complexion, dull skin and dark circles under his eyes, although his facial shape and features have not changed much now, he looks much more handsome.

With his confident aura that radiates from the inside out, it is hard for any girl who sets her eyes on him not to take a few more glances.

“Rekindle!”

"Is it rekindled?"

“It’s true!”

When many fans at the scene saw Li Luo walking by, they were stunned for a moment, and then they immediately reacted.

Li Luo waved left and right, greeted them with a smile, then motioned for them to sit down first, and took Ying Chanxi and the other three to the backstage at the front of the hall.

"One of the girls following him looks like Yan Zhusheng, right?"

"Who is Yan Zhusheng?"

"Yuan Wanqing's daughter! She sang the song "Under the Sea" recently, and the song "Don't Waste Your Time" before, which was your favorite song before the college entrance examination, was also sung by her."

"Shit! Is that her?"

"You listen to it every day, but you don't know who sings it?"

"I just listen to the song, who cares who sings it... I just listen to it if it's good. I just know it was written by Chongran."

The fans at the scene were talking about it.

Most of the discussion focused on Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng.

After all, when it comes to the number of times they appear in public, they are definitely the two who have the most.

In contrast, although Ying Chanxi has filmed many MVs before, some of which have been posted on music platforms, few people really pay attention to the identities of the actors in them.

Xu Youyu rarely shows up in public, for fear that others would know his true identity in real life.

Except for one previous annual meeting when she was backstabbed by Wenyue Group's operations staff and a photo of her and Li Luo was posted, Xu Youyu has never exposed her situation again.

"Hello, Teacher Chongran." Manager Zhang, who was in charge of organizing this event at the publishing house, stepped forward enthusiastically and shook hands with Li Luo.

"Hello, Manager Zhang." Li Luo responded politely.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Manager Zhang got down to business. He took him to the long table at the front of the hall and said, "You will sit in the middle for a while."

"We will have a professional host sitting next to you to help you control the entire process of the book signing event."

"You should know the specific process, but I will explain it in detail again so that we can compare it."

After listening to Manager Zhang clearly explain the specific arrangements for today's entire book signing event, Li Luo nodded in agreement.

But Yan Zhusheng, who was standing next to him, suddenly asked after hearing what was going on: "You said that when Li Luo was signing books, there would be staff sitting next to him to provide small gifts. Can I do that?"

"Ah?" Manager Zhang was stunned for a moment, looked at Yan Zhusheng, and then looked at Li Luo.

"She is Yuan Wanqing's daughter." Li Luo coughed and explained, "She is responsible for singing all the background music songs in Little Joy."

"Oh! It's you." Manager Zhang smiled warmly upon hearing this, "If you are interested, I'll trouble you to send the surrounding gifts."

“All fans need to do is come up to receive the signed books and give the gifts away when they leave.”

"How about I arrange for you to sit on the left of Teacher Chongran?"

Yan Zhusheng nodded with satisfaction, indicating that there was no problem.

But Ying Chanxi next to him was a little unhappy. He quietly pulled Li Luo's sleeve and looked at Li Luo aggrievedly.

"Ahem." Li Luo couldn't stand Ying Chanxi's look, so he looked at Manager Zhang again and pointed to the empty seat on his right, "Let my friend sit here for a while."

"Who is this person again..." Manager Zhang hesitated for a moment and couldn't help asking.

"She is the prototype of Qiao Yingzi in my book." Li Luo said, "Manager Zhang should have also read the recent plot, right?"

"Oh! So that's how it is!" Manager Zhang's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly, "That's great! No problem! Then let's arrange it this way, it's great this way."

After finishing speaking, Manager Zhang looked at Yan Zhusheng, then Ying Chanxi, and finally couldn't help but set his eyes on Xu Youyu, whose appearance and figure were not inferior to the first two. He subconsciously asked Li Luo: "Then this one..."

"No, no, no!" Xu Youyu quickly waved his hand to decline, "I don't need to go on stage, just find me a seat in the front row."

She just heard that this signing event will be held simultaneously online and offline, and there will be a live broadcast.

If a reader asked her who she was, and Li Luo said that this was the author of "Early to Bed Makes You Grow Taller", then Xu Youyu's world would be completely ruined.

She is now hiding well in Qianjiang University, and she can't let her reputation be ruined!

The tragedy of Affiliated No. 1 Middle School must never happen again!
Li Luo at the side also laughed: "Just arrange a seat for her in the middle of the front row."

After the seats were arranged, the time quickly came to 1:30 in the afternoon.

The fans who came to the autograph session have basically all entered, and after taking their seats, they began whispering and chatting with their friends who came with them.

The hall suddenly became quiet after the host, Li Luo and the other two took their seats one by one and the host took control of the situation by speaking into the microphone.

"Good afternoon, dear readers," the host said with a warm smile, "Welcome to the national premiere of Little Joy!"

"Today, we are honored to invite the original author of "Little Joy", Mr. Chongran, to come to our site."

"Let's welcome Teacher Chongran with warm applause~"

Hearing this, Li Luo slowly stood up from his seat, and waved his hand with a smile at the enthusiastic applause from the fans below the stage. After Li Luo sat down again, the host continued with a smile: "Speaking of our teacher Chongran, I believe that everyone here will be familiar with him."

"His novel 'I'm Really Not a Star', which has been serialized for three years, has long been at the top of the Qidian Chinese website's charts."

"The new book, The Night Patrol of Daqian, has been occupying the top spot on both lists until now."

"And today our protagonist, Little Joy, was created by him when he was a sophomore in high school, and was successfully adapted into our most popular phenomenal TV series in recent times."

"Well, before we invite our teacher Zhong Ran to speak, let me first briefly talk about the arrangements for today's book signing event."

"The first is the sharing session by Teacher Chongran. Teacher Chongran will spend more than ten minutes talking to everyone about the story behind the creation of Little Joy."

"Second, it's our interactive question-and-answer session."

"At that time, we will select readers who raise their hands on the spot and ask Teacher Chongran to ask you questions that you are interested in, and then Teacher Chongran will answer them."

"Finally, it's our on-site autograph session."

"At that time, we will line up in order and take turns to go on stage to get autographs and take photos with our teacher Zhong Ran."

“Then, let us once again give a warm round of applause to our teacher Chongran, who created Little Joy, to share with everyone the story behind the creation of Little Joy~”

The fans and readers in the audience applauded and looked at Li Luo moving the microphone in front of them with expectant expressions.

Some people also looked at the two beautiful girls sitting next to Li Luo with some confusion, wondering who they were.

Some people recognized Yan Zhusheng and excitedly shared it with their friends, but still few people recognized who Ying Chanxi was.

The host didn't give any introduction, so everyone could only guess.

At this time, Li Luo spoke.

“It’s great to see you all here.”

"I looked at the friends who came to the scene and felt that everyone was quite young. They seemed to be mostly college students?"

“It seems that there are parents bringing their children here too?”

"In fact, just by looking at you, I can tell who my target readers were when I wrote this book."

Li Luo said slowly on the stage.

He briefly talked about the realistic essay contest launched by Wenyue Group and explained his original intention in writing this book.

It’s actually very simple… There were many hit TV series in the previous life, but not many were suitable for Li Luo to create.

Of course, he could also insist on choosing some other TV series that have both good reputation and success, but if there is an option that is more in line with his personal identity, that would naturally be the best.

Moreover, "Little Joy" does have a special meaning to Li Luo.

Because the previous version of "Little Joy" was broadcast in the summer of 19, which happened to be when Li Luo was a sophomore.

It was also the period when he was most depressed and felt the most inferior when he was young in his previous life.

Many of the plots in the film touched him deeply and he even shed tears at one point.

Looking back now, there is a lot to say. Fifteen minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

After Li Luo finished sharing, the host immediately took over the topic and said with a smile: "Thank you very much for Teacher Chongran's sharing just now. I believe that while everyone has learned something, they still have some small doubts in their hearts."

"Then let's move on to our interactive question-and-answer session."

"Friends who have questions, please raise your hands and ask them."

As soon as he finished speaking, several people in the audience raised their hands.

The host glanced at the girls and chose one who looked lively.

The staff member next to her immediately handed over the microphone, and the girl in the white cartoon shirt stood up and looked at Li Luo, smiling and asked, "Teacher Chongran, whether in the books or outside the books, parents will say that it will be easy once they get into college."

"You are now the top scholar in the province, so can you tell us how easy it is now?"

When Li Luo heard this question, he immediately raised his right hand, shook his wrist, and said with a smile:
"For this book signing event, the publisher prepared 300 sets of collector's editions and 1000 sets of regular signed edition physical books for me to sign in person."

"There are 1900 signatures in total, all signed by me personally."

"Today is August 1st, but they didn't send the physical book to me until the 25th of last month. I have three days to sign it because I have to take into account the time for packaging and shipping."

"Do you think I'm relaxed?"

When the audience heard this answer, they burst into laughter.

Soon it was the second reader's turn to ask a question.

"Teacher Chongran, I'm very curious, why did you and Teacher Yuan Wanqing work very closely together before, but all the songs in Little Joy, except for the second adaptation of Under the Sea, were sung by her daughter?"

"Look, I'm right here." Li Luo raised his hand and pointed at Yan Zhusheng on his left hand side, "She pinched my neck and forced me to do it."

There was laughter and joy from the audience again.

Yan Zhusheng was unhappy and immediately picked up the microphone and said, "It was you who said I was more suitable than mom."

"It's just a joke." Li Luo laughed, and then explained to the audience, "Zhu Sheng's voice is younger and clearer. Songs like "Don't Waste Your Time" will have a more vivid feeling if she sings it."

Ying Chanxi looked at the interaction between Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng, and bit her lip with a little envy.

But soon, a reader asked the question she most wanted to hear.

"Teacher Chongran, did you create the character Qiao Yingzi in Little Joy because you were once forced to study like this by your family?"

"Well." Li Luo laughed, turned his head to look at Ying Chanxi and winked at her.

Ying Chanxi suddenly turned her head away a little embarrassedly, blushing slightly, and did not dare to look at him.

But in my heart I was hoping that he would explain quickly.

So Li Luo continued, "Qiao Yingzi does have a prototype in real life, but it's definitely not me."

"As for who the subject is, he's sitting next to me."

As Li Luo spoke, he pointed to Ying Chanxi on his right and introduced him with a smile: "Here, this is the guy who has lived across from me since childhood and is also the top scorer in the college entrance examination in Qianjiang Province this year."

"Thanks to her, I was forced to add 100,000 words on the day the college entrance examination results came out."

"Qiao Yingzi's prototype is her."

"This time, when she heard that I was going to have a book signing event, she insisted on coming along, so I let her sit here."

"Hey..." Ying Chanxi blushed when he heard the last part. He secretly hit him and whispered back, "What are you talking about? Stop talking nonsense!"

"Eh? You hit me again?" Li Luo dodged in an exaggerated manner on purpose, causing the fans below to laugh.

In the official live broadcast room on site, a bunch of people were already chatting there.

It even sparked a fierce quarrel among the parties.

(End of this chapter)