Wang Lijian's phone call came in the evening, informing Zhuang Yan that his next signing meeting was scheduled for Saturday next week, and Zhuang Yan had no opinion on this decision, and everything was arranged according to the arrangement.

During dinner, Zhuang Yan put down his chopsticks halfway through eating, Chen Jiaqing's attention was attracted by his movements, and he said: "I'm going to go on a long trip next week, maybe a few days, I'll tell you in advance." ”

Chen Jiaqing asked, "Where are you going, what's the matter?"

"Go to Yanjing to meet a friend. Zhuang Yan said.

"Yanjing?" Chen Jiaqing said in surprise, "It's so far, then are you going in the middle of the week or on the weekend?" ”

"I'll leave on Thursday and won't be back until Sunday at the earliest. Zhuang Yan said.

"Huh?" Chen Jiaqing was stunned for a moment, stopped talking, and finally said, "Then be careful on the road." ”

Zhuang Yan probably knew what she wanted to say, she had been getting busier and busier lately, either not at home during the day, or coming back very late at night, and she wasn't even at home yesterday or Sunday. Now Zhuang Yan said that she was going to go out, and if she went out again, Xiaoying would have to be at home alone.

But since she didn't say it, Zhuang Yan didn't say anything. Xiao Ying sat next to her with her bowl and said with a small face, "Uncle Zhuang Yan, do you still have friends?"

Hearing the little girl's words, Zhuang Yan was stunned for a moment, which was too heart-wrenching. He is indeed a friend of Yang Zhao, that guy runs outside all day long, and he hasn't come to look for him yet, so Chen Jiaqing and the others don't know that he still has this friend.

Chen Jiaqing was also stunned for a moment, and hurriedly reprimanded the little girl, "Xiaoying, don't talk nonsense, of course Uncle Zhuang Yan has friends." ”

Xiao Ying looked puzzled and said, "But why have I never met Uncle Zhuang Yan's friends?" ”

Zhuang Yan smiled: "Uncle's friends are very busy, of course you haven't seen them, when they have time, I'll take Xiaoying to meet them, okay?"

"Okay, okay, uncle took me to meet your friend, and I will also introduce my friend to you, okay?" Xiaoying said happily.

"Of course. Zhuang Yan said.

After eating, because it was not yet time to tell the story, Xiaoying was doing homework in her room, and Chen Jiaqing did not go to the bar for the time being because of the adjustment of working hours.

Zhuang Yan and Chen Jiaqing sat on the sofa and made a cup of tea. Chen Jiaqing looked a little uneasy, holding the teacup in his hand and being in a daze.

After about ten minutes, Chen Jiaqing still maintained his original movements, like a statue. Zhuang Yan finally spoke: "What is on your mind?"

"Huh?" Chen Jiaqing turned his head in confusion as if he had been pulled back from another world, "I? ”

Zhuang Yan raised her eyebrows, she didn't know that her face was clearly written with the three big words "something on her mind". He said, "Do you have something to go out next weekend?"

Chen Jiaqing's expression changed suddenly, and he said hesitantly: "It turned out to be a little something, but it's not a big deal, and the time can be changed." ”

Looking at her like this, she knew that it was not a trivial matter, but Zhuang Yan did not continue to ask deeply, but nodded and said, "That's good, since I can adjust it, there is no problem when I go." ”

The reason why he didn't ask deeply, Zhuang Yan wanted Chen Jiaqing to make his own choice. He sang "On the Shore of Lake Baikal" to her in the hope that she would gain a foothold in the bar and be more relaxed. Later, she said that a record company wanted to give her a song, and Zhuang Yan felt that since she had a music dream, it was good to chase it.

But now Chen Jiaqing is getting busier and busier, and he is so busy that he can't take care of Xiaoying, which goes against Zhuang Yan's original intention, and if it continues to develop like this, it will definitely not be good for Xiaoying's growth.

It just so happened that this time I took the opportunity to go to Yanjing to sign the sale, and asked Chen Jiaqing to make a choice.

……

The days that followed were normal, there would be a dream every night, Holden's story continued, and Zhuang Yan would record all of Holden's narration word for word the next morning. After that, he will continue to search for information about the United States for new content on the Internet, and record and summarize this information.

It is worth mentioning that Yu Haizhong had two phone calls with Zhuang Yan, and the contract for "The Adventures of Shuke and Beta" had already been signed, and then he was to negotiate with him about publicity and typesetting and proofreading.

The most important thing is actually the illustrations of this book, which is now in the first volume of the plan for 100,000 words, and there are about more than 200 color illustrations of all sizes in it, and the workload is very large.

Yu Hai told Zhuang Yan that the publishing house has found a nationally famous illustration team, which is very strong, and the image of the protagonist has been decided, so the production of illustrations is very fast.

The other thing is publicity, in fact, this matter is meaningless to Zhuang Yan, after all, because it is inconvenient to show up, so Zhuang Yan cannot cooperate with the publishing house to cooperate with the publicity.

However, in order to show his attention, Yu Hai still informed Zhuang Yan of the publishing house's publicity plan.

The publisher's publicity plan is very clever, and they are ready to take a unique approach, starting with the two main characters. Before the book was released, the figures of Shuck and Beta were made first, and then pushed out. What can be displayed, what can be given away.

In addition to this, Yu Hai even made an animated video of the battle between Shuke and Beta, the two little mice, and played it.

Hearing Yu Hai's plan, Zhuang Yan was taken aback, the cost of publicity was too high. Not to mention the figurines, the production budget for just a few minutes of animation is very expensive.

Even if it is a sub-animation that is not very sophisticated, the cost of a few minutes of footage is at least hundreds of thousands, which is a bit too high for the promotion of a book.

However, Yu Hai's explanation later made Zhuang Yan relieved. It turned out that they had already shown the book to Yenching Art Film Studio, and the other party was very interested, thinking that this story had the potential to be made into an animated film.

It is also with the affirmation and support of Yanjing Fine Arts Film Studio that Yu Hai has such courage to make this kind of publicity plan.

However, in the two phone calls, Yu Hai only mentioned the Yanjing Art Film Studio, and did not talk to him about the production of animated films, it seems that although the Yanjing Art Film Studio is very optimistic about this book, it still wants to wait and see, and does not dare to make a decision blindly.

For this, Zhuang Yan is not in a hurry, making cartoons is an inevitable thing, it is good to be early, but it doesn't matter if you are late. And even if Yanjing Fine Arts Film Studio comes to him now, they can't talk about it, because they will definitely not be able to give Zhuang Yan's psychological price. Only after the book has passed the test of the market and has become famous, can he negotiate the price with the other party.