When Ning Zhichu rubbed his sore right hand, Dong Jiacheng went to the signing table and said with a smile: "How is it, do you feel that there are a little fewer people." But this is normal, after your book is a big seller, the second book signing, you need to be mentally prepared. After all, you're a newcomer and haven't cultivated your own readers. ”

Ning Zhichu shook his right hand, looked at the water core with nearly two-thirds of the signature pen, and then sighed: "Uncle Dong, there are almost 500 people to cheer today, my right hand is sore to death, if it is like what you say, then next time there will be more people, then I will not be exhausted, hey, Uncle Dong, you can't abuse minors." ”

"Haha," Dong Jiacheng snorted, "Come on, don't eat grapes and say that grapes are not sweet, some authors of the publishing house under my command, if you want to get this treatment, I have to think about it again, but don't get cheap and sell well, let's go, it's already more than 12 o'clock, call your little friend, let's go and rub it first, and treat yourself." ”

With Dong Jiacheng's second half of the sentence, Ning Zhichu also had to give him a thumbs up manually. The people take food as the sky, not to mention Ning Zhichu, who is a snack. So Ning Zhichu didn't care about his still sore right hand, so he first went to the second floor of the bookstore to greet Jia Junpeng, and then followed Dong Jiacheng, Chen Linsheng, who was also on the scene before the contract signing, and the management of the bookstore, and walked towards the Jiali Seafood Restaurant.

After arriving at the restaurant, Ning Zhichu, who adhered to the principle of "guests follow the host" in his heart, insisted on letting Dong Jiacheng order food, but he couldn't escape, so Ning Zhichu casually ordered one or two hotel specialties, and Jia Junpeng, who was sitting next to him, also ordered a plate of specialty dishes that looked okay. While waiting for the merchant to serve the food, Ning Zhichu saw that these people from the publishing house had been chasing after him to tout, and while feeling embarrassed, he also wanted to divert the topic.

Ning Zhichu said: "Uncle Dong, according to this trend, in the next signing meeting, can you control the number of people, and you have to sign 500 books, it's really tiring." ”

Before Dong Jiacheng could speak, Chen Linsheng, who was sitting next to Dong Jiacheng, put down the chopsticks that he just wanted to hold peanuts, and said with a smile: "Classmate Ning, I haven't congratulated you on the big sale of your work, while it's still too late, I wish Ning's work a big sale here, there are more and more book friends, and there will be 32 signing sessions in a row." ”

The thirty-two performances here refer to the thirty-two concerts held by the famous singer Zhang Xuezhang in one year the year before. Don't underestimate Zhang Xuezhang who has only opened 32 concerts a year, after all, those who hold concerts must communicate with the National Cultural and Sports Center and the local government in advance. Therefore, if Chinese people want to praise someone for being strong in a certain aspect, they will say: 32 games in a row.

Ning Zhichu smiled and quickly expressed his modest demeanor: "Manager Chen is joking, before the wine is drunk, people will get drunk first." As far as I know, the most famous young writer Guo Xiaowu has only held 20 book signings, and this is only after he has published two big-selling books. This is the first time I have come into contact with this industry, and to be honest, I would like to thank Uncle Dong for giving me the opportunity and platform that allowed me, as a rookie author, to have a signing meeting for the first time. ”

Dong Jiacheng picked up the conversation and said: "Haha, our little brother is shy, then you have to punish yourself three cups later." But you don't have to thank me too much, after all, first, we are mutually beneficial, I took a fancy to your development potential, so I made great efforts to publicize it; Second, I would like to make sure that the World Love Bookstore and the World Love Book Publishing House can take this opportunity to develop greatly. As the saying goes, we're all here to make money. ”

"Haha, that's right, but at the next book signing, can we wait until it reaches 700,000 copies, and then we'll do it?"

"Hey, Xiao Ning, look at this plate of charcoal-boiled live fish served by the store first, it tastes good, you can give it a try."

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In the end, Dong Jiacheng still couldn't resist Ning Zhichu, and the two sides reached an agreement while eating vegetables and foaming at the mouth: when "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp" reached 300,000 copies sold, Dong Jiacheng organized the second signing meeting, and the location and time were arranged when the time came. The book signing will be up to 800 books, and the rest will be supplemented by some printed font versions. Ning Zhichu, who reached a verbal agreement, finally had the heart to eat, so he joined the ranks of eating big dishes with Jia Junpeng.

After the big meal, the time came to more than two o'clock in the afternoon. Because Ning Zhichu, who was in a hurry to take the short-distance bus, pulled Jia Junpeng to say goodbye to Dong Jiacheng and his party. Of course, although Ning Zhichu left Jia Junpeng alone in the bookstore for about three hours, he finally bought him a game disc that he had selected himself as a reward.

After returning to school, just a week later, Dong Jiacheng sent the sales of the first week: 7,003 copies of the Shiai Bookstore North District Main Store, 7,167 copies of the Yuanjiang Jiangnan District Store, 4,606 copies of the Yuanjiang Huancheng Branch, and 5,938 copies of the Xinning District Store, totaling 24,714 volumes, ranking tenth on the April sales list, and the ninth place was 25,534 copies of Han Ziyue's "If There Were Angels in the World" issued during the same period.

To be honest, Ning Zhichu was very shocked by this sales, after all, the population of Yuanjiang District was only about 1.5 million, and then "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" accounted for two percent of the sales in the first week without any publicity, which was indeed a bit shocking. However, Ning Zhichu was relieved to think that there were schools such as Yuanjiang Foreign Chinese School, Yuanjiang Institute of Technology, Yuanjiang No. 1 Middle School, and Yuanjiang Industrial and Commercial School in the middle of the North and South branches of Shiai Bookstore. After all, "Ghost Blows the Lamp" is more suitable for teenagers to read, and middle-aged people who have reached the age of 30 may be less likely to read this kind of book that seems to have little effect on work.

In this regard, the three media that were invited to the past that day all published newsletter news. "Yuanjiang Daily" was relatively strict, and only gave a small section, briefly introducing the grand occasion of the day's signing and the business philosophy of Shiai Bookstore. Although "Xinyang Morning News" is also backed by the government, reporter Yang still won a lot of pages to introduce it with his charm.

“…… In contact with the author, the author said that "Ghost Blows the Lamp" is a new form of suspense adventure story, rather than a tomb robbery treasure hunt...... The author said that before writing "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", he had learned from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and it took three and a half years to write it, so we need to learn from the author of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern......"

As for "Xinyang Metropolis Daily", there are no scruples, first touting Xia Shiai Bookstore, and then analyzing how "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" was popular with the student group for sales, and finally praising "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" again as a conclusion. The article was also cut and pasted by Dong Jiacheng very carefully and sent to Ning Zhichu, so that Ning Zhichu blushed for himself when he read the touted words above.