Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 37 Autograph Session

Shanghai National Bookstore.

As usual, Zhou Guomin opened the store at eight in the morning.

This time, he learned from his last experience and pre-ordered 300 copies of Chen Linfeng's new novel in advance.

This number of books was quite heavy, and it took Lao Zhou more than 20 minutes to put them together.

He picked out three books and placed them on the most conspicuous shelf at the entrance of the store.

It was still early, so Lao Zhou made a pot of tea, put it on the counter to cool down, and started reading Chen Linfeng's new novel.

After reading for a while, Lao Zhou put the book down with a sigh, took a sip of tea, and the fragrance left his lips and teeth.

"That's the flavor. The more you read, the more you feel it's novel, tense, and exciting. I was right. I'll have to read more of this young writer's books in the future."

In fact, there is no need to do so this time. The last time the first print run was hundreds of thousands, but this time they printed 500,000 copies right away, which is more than enough for the first wave of sales.

At this time, people began to enter the bookstore one after another. They should be workers who got up early to go to work. Some office workers who love reading would buy books on their way to work.

Zhang Yuan has been following the news about Chen Linfeng's new book and came to the bookstore today specifically to buy the book.

The owner of the National Bookstore is a book lover who recommends books based on his own tastes. There are many people who share the same taste as him, and Zhang Yuan is one of them.

Last time, when all the surrounding bookstores were out of stock, this store was the only one that had stock all the time, so it has become a small name for itself. Now when Zhang Yuan came over, there were already people choosing books in the store.

"Boss, has Chen Linfeng's new book arrived?"

"Here it is, on the front shelf. That's it."

Zhang Yuan roughly flipped through it and was somewhat curious. Why are there illustrations this time? Not to mention, they are quite beautiful.

He looked at the bookstore owner and asked, "Boss, have you read the new book? How is it?"

Lao Zhou gave him a thumbs up and said, "It's not worse than the first one. It feels even better with the illustrations."

Then Lao Zhou started to speak in a torrent of praise about the new novel, and it seemed like he was about to give away spoilers.

"Stop, boss, stop talking. Let me finish reading first, and we can talk about the plot later."

He didn't hesitate any more and paid directly.

Zhang Yuan's company is located in Huangpu District. When driving past the Sanlian Bookstore, he found that it was crowded with people.

He couldn't drive fast, so he could only move forward slowly.

Taking advantage of the time, Zhang Yuan looked curiously at the crowd and found a huge promotional poster hanging above the main entrance of the bookstore:

【Book signing event of famous young writer Chen Linfeng】

Oh, I'm doing a book signing.

Ok?
Chen Linfeng?
Book signing?

Zhang Yuan couldn't sit still anymore. He now considered himself a die-hard fan of Chen Linfeng's books, and he was excited to have the opportunity to get close to the author.

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Yuan took out his mobile phone and called the company's landline. After a while, the call was connected.

"Hello, is this Chen Yu?"

"No, I'm Liu Yangyang," a female voice replied, "Xiao Pang asked for leave today. He said something happened at home and he won't be coming to work."

"Ahem, it's Yangyang,"

The excuse he had prepared was no longer valid, so Zhang Yuan coughed a few more times and lowered his voice, "I don't feel well today, so I need to take a leave as well."

Liu Yangyang asked worriedly, "Are you okay? Is it serious?"

"It's nothing serious, it's probably just a cold, I think I'll be fine tomorrow. Please report the situation to your boss and ask for leave. Thank you."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yuan was puzzled. Why did Chen Xiaopang also take a leave?

Without thinking too much, he found a place to park his car nearby and rushed into the crowded crowd.

It turned out that to participate in the book signing and selling event, one had to buy a book at Sanlian Bookstore, so Zhang Yuan had no choice but to buy another copy.

Fortunately, there is a special sales point outside the store, so he doesn't have to go into the bookstore to buy books.

After buying the books, Zhang Yuan stood at the back of a long queue, looking around bored, only to find a familiar figure in the queue ahead.

Zhang Yuan rubbed his eyes.
"Chen Yu?" When Fat Chen heard someone calling him, his body trembled. He turned around and saw that it was his colleague Zhang Yuan, who was looking at him in amazement.

He said "sorry" to the people queuing behind him and stood in front of Zhang Yuan.

"Why didn't you go to work? You're late. I told you in advance that I had asked for leave."

"Okay, I thought you had something going on at home today. So that's what happened, right? You've learned how to cheat the company."

Chen Xiaopang felt a little guilty and stammered, "Buying books is also a matter of learning knowledge, how can it be called cheating?"

"How do you know that Sanlian Bookstore has signed books for sale?" Zhang Yuan now wanted to know this information.

"I saw it in the newspaper, and there was news on the Internet. Don't you know?"

Zhang Yuan was on vacation in his hometown these days and didn't pay attention to this news. He could only blame Chen Yu.
"You didn't even tell me and came to the event alone. Shame on you."

After being flustered, Fat Chen came to his senses and glanced at the book in Zhang Yuan's hand. "You also took a leave of absence from work and came here to buy books. Big brother doesn't talk about second brother."

Zhang Yuan had a blank expression on his face, pretending he didn't hear anything and dropped the topic.

"Have you read the book yet? I heard that..."

……

Chen Linfeng was dumbfounded when he saw the crowded scene in front of him.

I was worried that the signing would be a cold reception and it would be awkward if no one showed up. Now that so many people have come, how long will it take for the signing to end?
There was no choice but to sign.

After signing a book for a fat man, Chen Linfeng noticed that a book fan behind him took two books. He looked at them in surprise. Are there concepts of personal use and preaching these days?
After Chen Linfeng signed one book, he found that the man turned around and was about to leave. He asked in confusion, "Don't you need to sign your book?"

Zhang Yuan was a little embarrassed and said, "I bought this book at another bookstore."

Chen Linfeng smiled and said, "It's okay. You are supporting me anyway. I will sign it for you."

After that, he covered his mouth and whispered, "Just don't let the people at Sanlian Bookstore know. They put so much effort into organizing this event, so we should still give them some face."

Zhang Yuan was somewhat surprised at the first impression Chen Linfeng left on him.

My favorite author is so approachable, even a little mischievous.

As expected, he was the author I had chosen. He excitedly handed me the book.

"Want to write something?"

"Just write it for Liu Yangyang."

Since I asked someone to help me take leave, I will use this book as a thank you gift.

"It's a girl's name, right?"

After getting a positive answer, Chen Linfeng wrote on the title page "I wish Sister Liu Yangyang to be forever young and beautiful" and then signed his name.

Zhang Yuanle walked out of the team happily, feeling that today was a bright sunny day and another beautiful day.

The book signing and selling event lasted for the entire morning, and would continue in another location in the afternoon. After it ended in Shanghai, there would be other cities to go. When Chen Linfeng thought of this, his eyes went dark.

Seeing that Chen Linfeng looked unhappy, Sun Fengmei asked with concern, "Are you feeling unwell? Why don't we contact the bookstore and take a rest before going?"

"Forget it. My hands are a little sore. I won't dare to schedule so many activities next time. I was too careless this time."

Sister Mei had originally planned to attend only one signing event a day, but Chen Linfeng wanted to finish it quickly, so he changed the schedule, which led to a significant increase in the intensity of the activities.

In fact, it is because he does not have a very intuitive idea of ​​his current popularity in the country.

Since the spread of Journey to the West, Chen Linfeng has begun to gain national popularity in the country.

More and more people associate the beautiful, kind and slightly rebellious Nezha on the screen with the talented young writer promoted in newspapers.

One plus one is far greater than two.

Not only do people underestimate their own fame, but people of this era are also less interested in joining in the fun.

In his previous life, all the autograph sessions that Chen Linfeng had witnessed were very deserted. It was considered good if there were dozens of people. There was no such thing as a queue that stretched as far as the eye could see.

The combination of these two reasons led to this misjudgment.

We stayed in Shanghai for two days in total, and will head to Guangzhou for a book signing next.

(End of this chapter)