Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 20 What a refined and easy-going bunch of readers!
"You are the devil, I am an angel!"

Gu Bei looked at Joel who was eager to try and couldn't help but complain.

My goodness, at six o'clock in the afternoon, this is really going to be a joke!
However, based on Gu Bei's understanding of North Americans, I'm afraid there are people who are willing to queue from morning to six o'clock in the afternoon. There are always those who are too bored!

"You sign books here, I'll contact the marketing department."

Joel took out his cell phone and walked outside.

With such a perfect marketing plan, he couldn't wait to ask his colleagues in the marketing department to modify the prepared roll-up banners (standing promotional posters).

After a while, the book signing session began.

Gu Bei took a look.
This time, it's finally not all young girls of sixteen or seventeen years old.

There are many people among them who need to be addressed by other personal pronouns.

Although the young and beautiful girls are pleasing to the eye, their pocket money is limited.

However, even though the purchasing population structure has changed, young people still make up the majority. After all, this is a fictional novel for teenagers, and the target audience is still teenagers.

One signature after another came out of Gu Bei's hand.

He felt like he had become a signing machine.

But there is no other way, book signing events are the best way to promote sales.

Although the royalties paid to authors for signed books are the same as those for ordinary books, a signed book can often bring in more sales than an unsigned book.

It's a very simple truth that signed books have show-off value.

The desire to share will expand tenfold, or even more!

“Hello, thank you for your support. Do you need me to write something for you?”

Gu Bei looked up and found that the person coming was a young man with a shoulder bag. He didn't care and lowered his head to pick up the pen, ready to continue the previous mechanical signing action.

"I'm a reporter for North America Today. I'd like to ask if you would like to respond to the criticism of your new book in today's North America Today?"

Gu Bei stopped writing, looked up and looked at the reporter carefully.

From the other party's eager eyes, one can see the taste of provocation.

The trouble maker is here!
The North American Today is currently the newspaper with the largest circulation in North America. Although it was later surpassed by the Wall Street Journal, its influence remains at this stage.

It is normal for book reviewers in newspapers with this kind of circulation to comment on recently released new books, whether criticizing or praising them.

But it is not normal to seek a response with criticism.

"I haven't read it yet. Is this the article you wrote?"

Gu Bei put down his pen and leaned back naturally.

"no!"

The reporter looked a little depressed, and Gu Bei's words pricked his heart a little.

After a pause, he pulled out a copy of North America Today from his bag. "It's written by book reviewer Herman. I brought a copy of the newspaper with me. Do you want me to read it to you?"

Sure enough, he is here to cause trouble!
Gu Bei's expression remained unchanged: "Please do as you please!"

"Book reviewer Hermann said:
The proposition of life and death is so serious that this twenty-year-old young writer, at an age when he himself is unable to think deeply, attracts the attention of young readers by quoting some clichés about life and death.

Books of this type are offensive and completely inappropriate for young readers."

The reporter briefly read the final summary, then looked at Gu Bei, with an increasingly provocative look in his eyes.

At this time, Joel had returned to Gu Bei's side.

He looked a little grim, and lowered his head to whisper in Gu Bei's ear: "This Herman is a friend of Mitch Albom. He gave 'Reborn in a Day' a full four-star rating, and he is also a contracted writer for Penguin Books. If you don't want to answer, I can have him removed."

"unnecessary."

Gu Bei shook his head.

Being twenty years old is both his advantage and his disadvantage.

Young readers will find him more approachable, but naturally some will wonder what he knows at his age!

Gu Bei was used to looking three steps ahead when doing things. He had long anticipated such criticisms and was prepared to deal with them.

"If you don't want to respond, I can also walk out now." The reporter said, retreating to advance.

"My editor suggested it, but I wanted to respond. It's definitely not because I want a break."

There were some soft laughs from the crowd.

When Joel saw this scene, he silently took out the DV camera (digital video camera) that he had prepared long ago to record the behind-the-scenes footage.

“Although The Fault in Our Stars is a fictional novel, I once volunteered at a children’s hospital.

Most of the characters in this book, whether the protagonist or the supporting role, have prototypes.

However, only a year has passed since I started volunteering, and most of the prototypes are no longer alive!"

There were some exclamations from the crowd.

There's a huge difference between fiction and nonfiction; even the New York Times bestseller list clearly separates the two.

At the same time, for readers, a story adapted from reality can often bring a stronger sense of immersion.

Gu Bei recalled his past memories.

After he graduated, he returned to the children's hospital.

These are his real experiences, and some of them are written into this version of the book.

“When I met those teenagers with cancer, I felt for the first time that they were real.

Instead of taking photos with movie stars, fulfilling wishes, and showing the concept of movie stars' love.

I hope you can feel their presence as much as I do!
In addition, I feel that the attitude of this article towards teenagers is condescending.

Honestly, I'm tired of people telling teenagers, you're not smart enough, you're not thoughtful enough, you're not able to read critically.

We live in the same reality as you do, and when illness, depression, and death come our way, they don’t take our age into account!"

Gu Bei's last few paragraphs were a counterattack entirely from the perspective of teenagers.

It just so happens that Gu Bei, at the age of twenty, can be considered a teenager, and the largest proportion of people who came to the autograph session were also teenagers.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was thunderous applause!
"F*ck off!"

“We can read whatever we want!”

“****************!”

What a refined and easy-going group of readers!
The reporter didn't look very old, but he was so scared by the scene of being surrounded and scolded by hundreds of people that his face turned pale.

He grabbed the books on the table and wanted to leave.

"Tell me, do you need me to write something for you?"

Gu Bei pressed it down, picked up the pen, and asked with a smile.

Obviously, from the other person's eyes, he actually doesn't want any message!
But I just want to give!
(End of this chapter)