Chapter 939

The capital in March can be described as a cold spring, with five winds and ten rains. The spring rains one after another, accompanied by the fluctuating high and low temperatures, are really addictive.

But such weather and solar terms cannot stop the enthusiasm of young people.

Enthusiasm for a "divine book" that has just come out!

In the Dongdan Old Xinhua Bookstore, it is not a New Year's Day or a weekend, but the store is still overcrowded.

The young faces are filled with enthusiasm and fine beads of sweat that have nowhere to vent.

"Here comes the book, here the book!"

With a shout, the atmosphere in the store suddenly became two degrees hotter.

Several salesmen in blue cloth aprons worked together to carry two large cardboard boxes and walked along the crowd that parted into the store. In order to save time, there is no effort to put new books on the counter with the smell of inferior ink in the box.

Instead, he opened his voice and roared: "It's all there! Line up, a total of 300 copies will arrive today, and they will be sold out! If the number in your hand is more than 300, don't wait!"

"Hey, I said you can't get more books?! I'm finally going to come out, it's really ......."

Behind the long line, there was a whining.

Not only are the people who didn't get the books dissatisfied, but the people who got the books aren't very happy.

"No! I said, what's going on in your bookstore? How do you get into pirated books? Look at the cover and title page, they're all pasted! Look at the book you printed? Can you see this picture?!"

After a young man who was photographed on the first issue got the book, he was not happy.

For this situation, the salesperson has seen a lot more these days!

For the customer's complaints, he looked straight at them.

"Do you want to buy it? The genuine version of "Say No" is now sold for thirty or forty yuan a copy, I'll bring it back for you, will you buy it?"

"I'll buy it, just for the picture of Katerina on the title page!"

The salesman rushed, and the customer was even more rushed than him, so he took out a hundred-yuan bill from his pocket: "If you have it now, I'll buy it now!"

The salesman was stunned and annoyed. Coaxing a fly waved his hand: "Go, go, go! I don't have time to talk nonsense with you! Now that "Say No" is out of stock in bookstores across the country, there is no genuine one. If you want to see Katerina, next week, she has a new book for sale in our Xinhua head office, and you can see where you can go if you have the ability!"

......

Katya didn't expect that she was already a man of the year in the capital!

At first, I set off to Beijing just for the interview with Guangming Daily. But after she arrived in the capital, as the book "Say No" continued to sell well and became more and more influential among the youth group, even CCTV sent an invitation to her to be a guest on a new program in the station.

The name of the new show is called "Face to Face".

Now this "Face to Face" is not the one that focuses on high-end interviews in the future, it is a sub-program under the "Oriental Time and Space" column. It's not much, just over five minutes.

The official name of the column is also called "Oriental Time and Space - Face to Face".

But in any case, as CCTV's only current affairs talk show, this program that has just been broadcast for a short time is still quite weighty.

Fame is not afraid to spread, and it will get bigger and bigger.

The popularity of the book and the topicality of the book itself have caused Katya's exposure on various media platforms. And the exposure on the media platform continues to attract more people to know that there is such a book.

After more than ten days, Katya has become a celebrity in the capital!

April 3rd, 10 o'clock in the morning.

Katya, who had just finished an interview with the Beijing News, hurried to the head office of Xinhua Bookstore in Beijing.

I didn't come here for anything else, but at the invitation of the bookstore, like a book signing.

This thing is fashionable nowadays. Writers are a special group, their works can be known by many people, but what they are like is not well known to outsiders.

Therefore, both the book seller and the author himself prefer to create a channel to increase the author's own fame. By the way, I can help bookstores sell more books.

However, unlike those authors who rely on book signings to attract popularity for themselves, Katya came this time completely unable to resist the repeated invitations from the bookstore.

When Katya arrived at the bookstore accompanied by the bookstore manager, Rao was already prepared, but Katya was still shocked by the scene in front of him.

The bookstore, which is more than 2,000 square meters upstairs and downstairs, is not only overcrowded.

The crowds that had come to the signing were already lining up on the street outside!

Although Katya has now been completely reduced to a codeword otaku, she is still eye-catching in the crowd.

In the cold season of spring, a black cashmere coat is open. Inside, the white turtleneck sweater shows the slender neck more and more long, and the skirt is one step down, and a pair of boots are worn on the long legs.

The blonde hair and brown pupils that were raised high could not be more recognizable in the crowd.

"Look, Katerina, Katya is here~!"

With a shout from the crowd, everyone's eyes instantly pointed to Katya's body!

The bookstore was prepared, as if it knew that it would definitely have this effect, and the security guards and salespeople on the scene pulled up the human wall and maintained order on the scene.

"Miss Katya, I'm sorry. We didn't expect there to be so many people, are you alright?"

The crowd that swarmed just now frightened Katya to hide behind the bookshelves. Seeing this, the manager at the scene immediately stepped forward to compensate for the no.

Katya waved her hand, and seeing that order had been restored to the scene, she walked over to the bookshelf.

Strange to say, the on-site security guards and salespeople shouted hoarsely, and they couldn't stop the hustle and bustle, Katya just made a "shhhh

The bookstore immediately fell silent.

"Can we start?"

Seeing that everyone at the scene closed their mouths and looked at themselves quietly, Katya smiled slightly and asked the host on the side.

"Ahh

There are no tricks in the current signing meeting, in fact, it is just to do some on-site interactive questions from book fans, and then sign and take photos to sell books on the spot.

And most of the book fans who came to the scene today also came to meet Katya himself.

Interactive questions start immediately.

The host casually clicked on a young man who wanted to put his hands on the ceiling.

He was chosen, and the young man could see that he was excited enough. When the staff handed him the microphone, the man's face was already flushed with excitement, and fine sweat was oozing from the tip of his nose.

"Katya, Katya. I, I ......"

It's a typical one who wants to get close to an idol, but when the goddess of luck really favors her, she finds that her brain is blank.

"Oh yes, I can ask you why you decided to write a book like "Say No" in the first place? You know, it makes people feel so excited after reading it! It's not like ......."

The man was halfway through his words, and then he fell into limbo.

Katya smiled slightly, picked up the microphone in his hand, and finished the unfinished words for him: "It's not like a woman can write it, is it?"

The fan who asked the question smiled embarrassedly.

Katya smiled slightly and said, "Actually, "Say No" can be turned into a book, and a friend of mine has paid a lot. Many of the ideas in the book were made by a friend of mine. But in the past two years of living in China, I have seen a considerable part of the society have a pessimistic attitude towards the future of this amiable and lovely country. So I'm not so much a creator as I'm a transmitter. Integrate the thoughts of my friend with what I have seen and thought in my life, and then spread it to you through the book "Say No". That's it. ”

Although he has been interviewed by many media outlets, this is the first time that Katya's statement has been raised in public.

"So, Miss Katya, can you tell us who your friend is?"

Faced with this question, Katya just smiled and shook her head.

Li Xian specially explained that this book cannot have anything to do with him.

Seeing that Katya didn't want to answer the question, the host immediately diverted everyone's attention and ordered another book fan to ask a question.

The person who stood up and asked the question this time was special.

Unlike other enthusiastic and young book lovers, he is a slightly balding middle-aged man.

Compared to other book lovers, this man is more like a journalist.

"Miss Katya, in your book 'Say No', you put forward a lot of trends or predictions about the future of this country. In some chapters, you use rather sharp and even radical rhetoric to criticize the pessimistic predictions of some contemporary intellectuals about the future of the country and some shortcomings in reality. It may not be clear to you that many people are not satisfied with your views in the book, and that you are an arbitrary and extreme author who does not look at things objectively and only advocates narrow nationalism. What are your thoughts on these objections?"

Listening to the question raised by this person, Katya couldn't help but think of what Li Xian said during the time when he was crazy about coding words.

She didn't write this sentence in the book, but it was used to answer this question, but it had a different angle.

Thinking of the night when Li Xian had a deep conversation with him at that time, Katya's eyes were a little confused.

"Actually, I really want to say a lot about this issue. ”

Brushing the hair around her ears, Katya's eyes were a little sad: "You also know that I am Russian." A few years ago, our once-great alliance had just undergone an earth-shattering change. From a strong country, to a piece of disintegration now. And the people's lives have become difficult and difficult since that time. When I'm interviewed these days, there are a lot of people who are interested in me. He also asked me about my ballet learning experience, and praised me for receiving a good education and having strong Chinese language skills. But you don't know, my ballet school closed in '91. At that time, I could only go to dance halls to perform and help my family earn some living. You don't know that the reason why my Chinese skills are so good is because I couldn't afford to receive higher education after 90 years, and my Chinese immigrant father could only use Chinese teaching materials to educate me at home. In the most difficult time, I couldn't afford to buy a pair of ballet shoes."

Listening to Katya talk about these experiences in public, some of the people present couldn't help but sigh.

Most people still don't know what happened to the north over the years.

Katya wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, waved her hand to the host who handed over the tissue, and said, "But in the past few years in China, everything has been different from before. To tell you the truth, I am deeply envious of the people here! Indeed, this country has a history of too many twists and turns. There are too many real problems. But don't forget, your country has more than a billion people! A lot of problems are not at all to be addressed in this huge population base. Moreover, it is important to note that you are in the midst of an unprecedented change. So I don't understand why there are so many singing and complaining in a country that is getting better every day, and can be called ever-changing?"

Faced with the silence in the bookstore, Katya clenched her fists: "A friend I care about once told me. As a citizen, if he thinks that his motherland is not good, then he should go and build it; if he thinks that the government is not good, he should go to the civil service examination; if he feels that the people are not qualified, he should start from himself to become a high-quality citizen; if he feels that his compatriots are ignorant and ignorant, he should start to learn from himself and change the people around him! If he feels that the economy is not good, then he should go into business and make money, and no matter how bad it is, he can also use practical actions to support the enterprises and brands of his own country. The Fatherland is a union of all citizens, and if she has a fault, it is up to her people to amend, abuse, complain, flee...... Anyone who responds passively, no matter how educated he is, no matter how powerful his body is, is a coward in effect!"

Katya's voice lagged behind, and there was silence in the bookstore.

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of people taking out pens and papers, brushing and brushing, and ...... Thunderous applause!