"Hey, the sharp-beaked monkey's gills, you can tell at a glance that it's not a good thing. He Xiaoya looked at Zhuang Yan's fleeing back and pouted.

Ren Lian shook her head, "Don't worry about other people's things, just wait." ”

He Xiaoya looked back at the crowded crowd again, frowned and said, "Zhuang Yan is really, why do you hold a signing meeting in Jinling, isn't it very good in Yanjing, didn't "Alive" also debut in Yanjing before?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ren Lian hurriedly covered her mouth, "You speak carefully, this is in Jinling." ”

He Xiaoya also noticed the eyes cast by the person next to her, and blinked, indicating that she knew.

……

Zhuang Yan took back the phone and immediately ran to a remote place, redialed the phone, and as soon as the phone was connected, Zhuang Yan was busy apologizing: "Brother Xu is really embarrassed, something happened just now, oh...... There is a small door from this side of Tianfeng Building, you send someone to pick me up...... Okay, I'm here ......."

Entering the bookstore through the small door, Zhuang Yan found that unlike the outside, there were not too many people in the bookstore except for some staff, and it seemed that it was for this signing meeting, so the bookstore was temporarily closed and would not open until half past two.

Xu Jinjiang, the owner of the bookstore, was in charge of the overall situation on the third floor, and when he saw that the person he sent out brought a young man over, he walked up in surprise, looked up and down, and said with a hearty smile: "Sure enough, you are young and promising, Zhuang Yan, you are younger than I thought." ”

Xu Jinjiang had been mentally prepared for Zhuang Yan's age for a long time, and he had spoken to Zhuang Yan on the phone before, so his performance was quite decent.

Zhuang Yan also saw Xu Jinjiang for the first time, and the Xu Jinjiang in front of him was completely incompatible with the actor Xu Jinjiang in the previous life. Five short figures, slightly fat, wearing a pair of gold-wire glasses, smiling when talking.

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "Brother Xu, I'm going to trouble you a lot today." ”

"Don't bother, it's a matter of duty, and we have to thank you a lot for our bookstore. I heard that you named us to hold a book signing in our bookstore?" Mr. Xu said.

The venue was contacted by Wang Lijian, Zhuang Yan only said that it was in Jinling, but did not say which one it was, it seems that Wang Lijian helped Zhuang Yan say it. Zhuang Yan said ambiguously: "I am also from Jinling, if I don't do it at home, where else can I go." ”

"Well, the proximity to the water is the first to get the month, and we also have the advantage of the location this time. Mr. Zhuang, I'll take you to see the venue for a while. Xu Jinjiang pulled Zhuang Yan to the fourth floor.

"Originally, the signing location was on the second floor, but because I saw too many people at the bottom, I had to move to the fourth floor, otherwise the queue would not be lined up. ”

"This is the place where you will sign the sale later, and before the signing, you will be arranged to speak a few words, and you should not be particularly prepared, just say a few words casually. As for the signing, don't worry too much, although there are many people outside, but today it is stipulated that one person can only sign one book, so the number of signings may not be as many as imagined. ”

Xu Jinjiang walked with Zhuang Yan and explained to him about the signing.

Zhuang Yan nodded while listening, a large piece was emptied on the fourth floor, and there was a big poster with the cover of "Alive" and the cover of "Metamorphosis", of course, today's signing is only "Alive", because "Metamorphosis" does not have a physical book.

In addition to the covers of the two books, the title of Zhuang Yan's "Chinese Pioneer Writer" is also printed on it, along with a whole lot of touting words.

At the top of the poster is a line of headings in red font: Chinese pioneer writer Zhuang Yan's first book signing and book friend meeting.

Zhuang Yan stood in front of the poster and looked at it for a while, and Xu Jinjiang next to him smiled: "How about it, are you still satisfied with the poster, when I ordered the poster before, I said that I would show it to you, but you were too busy to have time to read it, so we made our own decisions here." ”

Turning around, Zhuang Yan nodded and smiled: "The poster is good, Brother Xu, you have bothered." ”

"What's polite, if you like it. Xu Jinjiang smiled, his eyes narrowed again, "Let's not stand here for the time being, the people in our store are handing out order cards to the book friends outside, and they will be put in soon." ”

Zhuang Yan nodded, and walked with Xu Jinjiang to a rest room on the fourth floor. They had to wait here until three o'clock, when the signing session began.

This small cubicle on the fourth floor looks like an office, and the interior is quite exquisitely furnished, and the tea is fully stocked.

As soon as he entered the cubicle, Xu Jinjiang smiled and took out a pack of cigarettes from the desk drawer and asked Zhuang Yan, "Do you smoke?"

Zhuang Yan looked at the cigarette in Xu Jinjiang's hand, and the corners of his eyes jumped, because of Xiaoying, he hadn't smoked for about a week.

At first, he would occasionally go to the balcony to smoke a cigarette, but then the little girl said that there was a smell of smoke in the house, so he stopped smoking at all.

After about a second of ideological struggle, Zhuang Yan shook his head with a smile: "I don't smoke, Brother Xu, you can smoke." ”

Xu Jinjiang put the cigarette back in the drawer and said, "Actually, I don't smoke either, this cigarette is all put here to pretend." Mr. Zhuang, do you live around here, and how did you get here?"

"I live south and came by car, ......"

Xu Jinjiang is more talkative and can easily open the topic, so although it is the first time for the two to meet, they are not embarrassed.

When it was almost three o'clock, Zhuang Yan could already hear the noise outside, and a clerk came out of the door and said to them, "Store manager, Mr. Zhuang, the outside is ready." ”

Xu Jinjiang nodded and said to Zhuang Yan: "Okay, now it's time for our protagonist to appear, that's your stage, I won't go out with you." ”

Led by the clerk, Zhuang Yan walked to the side of the poster.

The fourth floor is now packed with people, and the winding procession is well organized, maintained by security personnel.

At the front of the poster stood a presenter, holding a microphone and saying something, presumably touting Zhuang Yan and the rules of the event.

Zhuang Yan stood on the side of the poster and looked at the book friends in the queue, each of whom was holding a copy of "Alive".

The rules for signing this sale are based on the small ticket for buying books, this rule is set by the bookstore, Zhuang Yan did not interfere, anyway, he can make more money if the book is sold more, and he doesn't need to be hypocritical in this area.

The most important thing is that this can effectively control the number and sign less.

Looking at these book friends, Zhuang Yan still had waves in his heart, these are the people who support him, and he is connected with these people in front of him because of the book "Alive", which is a special fate, just like his fate with this era.

Zhuang Yan was looking at the crowd, and some people in the crowd also noticed him.

The winding line went all the way to the staircase, and then extended to the third and second floors, at the staircase, He Xiaoya looked at Zhuang Yan on the side of the poster angrily, pulled any lotus next to him, and said angrily: "Sister Lian, you see that the sharp-beaked monkey cheek man really came in through the back door." ”