After the signing event, there is a conversation and exchange activity, where everyone sits in a circle and talks casually, usually the book fans ask questions and Xu An answers, similar to an interview or a fan meeting. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Strictly speaking, Xu An is only a new author, his second book has just been released today, and the feedback from readers has not yet come out, and no one knows the reaction of the market.

So in today's exchange, many questions from book fans still revolve around his first work, and the questions are varied, everything.

For example, a middle-aged man asked him about his original intention for writing, a young girl asked if he had a girlfriend, and someone asked him why he wrote "Lovely Bones" from the perspective of a little girl, and asked him if Susie in the book was based on Lance's daughter Kelly.

When someone asked the last question, Xu An noticed that Lance's eyes were a little rosy, and he gave the book lover an affirmative answer, and then saw Lance turn his back and quietly wipe his eyes.

The truth of the matter is no longer important, the important thing is that this book has given many people spiritual comfort and the courage to live well, and this is enough.

At the end of the exchange activity, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, Xu An's mouth was dry, tired and sore, especially his right arm, he couldn't even lift it, he had never written his name so many times when he was so big.

At the end of the event, the book lovers gradually dispersed, only three or three customers were picking out their favorite books, or sitting on the empty chairs and reading quietly, the atmosphere of the four-leaf clover was very good, very quiet, very suitable for reading, even if you came with friends, sat for a long time without talking, you will feel very happy.

When Xu An was packing his things, Lance led a man in his thirties over and said, "Ann, come on, let me introduce you, this is a reporter from USA Today, your former colleague, and now Stanley, who is known as the 'spokesperson for Xu An' by your book fans." ”

Stanley is in his thirties, dressed in casual clothes, a little fat, he has a single-lens reflex camera around his neck and a shoulder bag on his shoulder, this familiar outfit makes Xu An feel very familiar, he can even imagine what the other party has in the bag: voice recorders, shorthand books, carbon pens, press cards, badges, etc., because he used to be like this.

At the same time, Xu An also recognized that Stanley was the person who had been taking pictures around just now.

"This one doesn't need to be introduced, Xu An, you may know him better than he does." Lance jokingly said that because Stanley interviewed a lot of people around Xu An, Xu An's impressions and opinions of others on him may not be clear to Xu An himself.

"Hello, Stanley." Xu An shook the other party's hand with a smile and said, "Thank you very much for speaking for me in the newspaper during this time." ”

"No, no, I just said what I knew, and the rest is my job, and you don't need to thank you for it." Stanley said seriously.

"You're talking to me, anyway, aren't you?" Xu An blinked, the news requires respect for facts and fairness, but news is written by reporters, and it is a human being, so it is inevitable that there will be personal preferences and biases, which is unavoidable.

"I love the books you wrote, and I admire how dare you punch your supervisor." Stanley smiled, and as he spoke, he took out a blue voice recorder from his bag and handed it to Xu An, saying, "I think, this thing should be returned to its original owner." ”

It was the voice recorder Xu An used when he was an intern at the New York Times, first Andrew deleted all the content, and later when he clashed with Andrew, Xu An pressed the recording button because of excitement and recorded what he said to Andrew, which became the most critical and deadly evidence.

"I knew it was with you!" Xu An took it and felt very emotional, if it weren't for the recording here, he would probably still be serving his sentence in prison now, the judge would still not agree to his application for parole, and he would have to endure Brian's dream harassment every night, cramped space, no free air, and speculation and malicious slander from some people in the outside world.

"Where did you find it? We asked all my colleagues, someone helped me find every corner of the office, it was like the world has evaporated, how can it appear in you? Xu An asked curiously.

Stanley remembered that day when he was swept away by the New York Evening News, that soulless morning, and that homeless man who seemed to have fallen from heaven, and exclaimed, "This is probably God's will, it must have been sent into the trash by the cleaner, and it was picked up by a homeless man named Mason, and then Mason saw my report, and it happened that he was a fan of your book again, so he gave it to me." ”

Lance already knew the answer, but he still couldn't help but marvel, he smiled: "Ann, remember this bizarre and wonderful story, you can use it in the next work." ”

Xu An didn't expect things to be so tortuous and coincidental, is this a voice recorder adventure, a righteous voice recorder, after a long setback, after a long time of hardships and dangers, finally returned to its owner? It's almost time to create a children's work around this!

"Retribution for good and evil, a cycle of cause and effect? Perhaps, this is really God's will, and Catherine must have prayed for me every day when I was in prison. ”

Stanley nodded and asked, "Ann, can you give me an interview?" I just joined USA Today and I need your help! ”

"No problem!" Xu An did not hesitate, he was from the news industry, and he knew better than anyone what it meant to have a reporter who leaned towards him, this was a matter of public opinion, and he was really grateful to Stanley for always helping him speak.

"Thank you, thank you very much." Stanley said gratefully, although in the past month, the media has been full of news about Xu An, but Xu An himself has not had any positive interviews, because he was in prison, he couldn't be interviewed, and after he was released from prison, there were many media interviews, but they were all blocked by Lance.

"No thanks, man, I used to interview people, but I didn't expect to have an interview today, it's amazing!" Xu An smiled, "I noticed just now that you have been taking pictures, but I didn't expect that I could also be noticed by a large newspaper like USA Today." ”

Stanley smiled a little awkwardly and said, "I'm afraid today's event can't be reported, it's just my personal action." ”

Xu An was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "This is normal, how can this kind of activity be qualified to be on "USA Today", I understand, you are enriching your database, right?" ”

USA Today is one of the top three largest newspapers in the United States by circulation, and in some respects, it is even more influential than the New York Times, because in terms of online journalism, USA Today has far more decision-makers than the New York Times, and probably only the Wall Street Journal.

"That's right, in addition to my daily work at the newspaper, I am responsible for all the news about you, but this interview will definitely be reported, and readers all over the United States are waiting for your first interview!"