Chapter 30: Rumors
After all, no author will feel unhappy when he sees his work selling well, at most, he will be a little distressed because the fans are too enthusiastic.
Walking into the bookstore through the back door, An Jin saw Huang Weijie hesitating in front of the counter with embarrassment, An Jin asked with a smile, "What's wrong?" What are you worried about? ”
Huang Weijie was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said with some surprise: "Miss An, why did you come in, there are so many people outside, I don't dare to open the door, come here at this time, aren't you worried that you will be embarrassed by those guys?" ”
An Jin shrugged: "It doesn't matter, the key thing is that I brought the follow-up content today, and if I want to release the new chapter, they will leave automatically." ”
An Jin said lightly, as she spoke, she took out the sketch she brought from the backpack held by the servant behind her and handed it to Huang Weijie.
Huang Weijie was overjoyed to take it and look at it, and praised it unapprelessly: "Oh, Miss An, this is great, with these, I feel sure that our bookstore will definitely far surpass all the other shops in Kyoto City, and those guys who imitate us will definitely not sing!" ”
An Jin couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard this: "Why, is there still someone in Kyoto City who opens a bookstore to fight against us?" ”
Huang Weijie smiled a little apologetically: "There is indeed such a group of guys who are doing things, trying to secretly squeeze our store to steal business." ”
He smiled again, and said with some pride in his expression: "Of course, miss, you don't have to worry, I was hesitant to report this matter to you when I first noticed it, but after I noticed the scale of the other party, I don't think there is any need to disturb you, I can solve it myself." ”
Seeing Huang Weijie say this, An Jin couldn't help but ask with some curiosity in his heart: "What is the situation at home?" Let's hear it. ”
Huang Weijie sorted out the albums he had taken from An Jin, walked to the bookshelf, packed them up and put them together, and then took down a few other albums from them and said, "Miss, this is something they imitated, take a look." ”
An Jin was a little puzzled, but he still took it according to his words, and looked at it in his hand rather puzzled.
After a while, An Jin looked at Huang Weijie with wide eyes and said, "All of them did it?" ”
Huang Weijie held back a smile, nodded, opened his mouth and hesitated for a long time before he came up with a suitable adjective to describe.
"Anyway, this is a bit too amateurish, whatever, whatever, this is everything, plagiarism can't be used for dim sum!"
The cover looks a little rough and worn, but in fact it is still within the acceptable range, the quality of the paper in this era is really not very good, a piece of paper just taken out of the paper mill, even if it is carefully kept and carefully cared for a month, it will only be tattered, this is purely because there is no corresponding technology in this era, and it has nothing to do with whether people are careful.
After opening the cover, the mimeograph is what really makes An Jin laugh, the moment his fingers gently stroke it, the mimeograph has been touched, and his fingers are dyed with a layer of ugly ink, An Jin whispered with disgust: "What is this, it looks dirty, have you taken this painting book back and dealt with it?" ”
Huang Weijie shook his head: "Of course not, I've been keeping it there since I got it back." ”
Without waiting for An Jin to continue to mock, Huang Weijie continued: "After this thing appeared on the market, I secretly sent someone to investigate carefully, and after many investigations, it was Zhou Xiyue, the daughter of Zhou Yi of the Taishi Mansion, who secretly assigned someone to do it. ”
An Jin opened his mouth wide when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Zhou Xiyue?!" She did it to me? ”
Huang Weijie smiled helplessly, and An Jin also smiled helplessly and shook his head: "Yes, who said it wasn't, this is too unreliable, imitation should also have an imitation appearance, such a shoddy quality, buy it home and use it to light the fire?" ”
An Jin hung his head and pondered in his heart for a while, shook his head with a smile and said: "Forget it, let her go, for Zhou Xiyue, she secretly pays attention to her movements, as long as she doesn't make any big waves, we will watch from the wall." ”
After a pause, An Jin felt that this arrangement seemed a little inappropriate, so he added: "This matter will be handed over to you for the time being, every five days, you sort out Zhou Xiyue's movements, and then report to me." ”
Huang Weijie nodded and agreed.
An Jin explained a few more words to Huang Weijie about how to sell the latest paintings, and then quietly left through the back door, and the violent reminders at the door were handed over to Huang Weijie to deal with, he was extremely good at this matter.
Lu Yunjing was working in the big tent in the army, and suddenly, the adjutant who was sitting next to him and had a good relationship with him complained casually: "General Lu, can you urge Miss An to update the picture book quickly, my mother-in-law's appetite has been hanging and grinding in my ear every day for the past few days, to be honest, my ears are almost calloused." ”
As soon as these words came out, they were immediately echoed by several other people in Zhang Zhong.
"It's General Lu, Miss An is really a bit unauthentic to do this, my own girls urge us every day, and we are almost annoyed."
Lu Yunjing was suddenly a little strange when he heard this, and he said with some puzzlement: "I know that An Jin has been drawing a picture book or something, but I haven't seen it, what is she drawing?" ”
The subordinate shook his head: "We haven't watched it either, but after reading it, our family has been saying that I'm not romantic enough to say every day recently." ”
Lu Yunjing repeated: "Romantic? What's that? ”
"We don't know, but it is said that men will care for their wives and will speak out about their feelings, and love is romance."
Some people explained, and some people gave examples, a subordinate looked quite excited and pretended to say: "Dear wife, I love you and love you, just like a mouse loves rice~"
Lu Yunjing listened to the corners of his mouth wildly. Pump: "Is it really written in the picture book?" What is a wife? ”
"According to the explanation of the painting, it is the meaning of the lady!"
The man who spoke was also quite embarrassed, and he nodded: "Yes, my lady said that's it." ”
Lu Yunjing was greatly surprised, he felt quite embarrassed even if he thought about it, let alone say it, and this rough man could say it in public, you can imagine how much mental torture he has experienced at home on weekdays, so that he almost gave up the bottom line.
Lu Yunjing suddenly wondered, why An Jin would write such shameful words, shouldn't such dialogues only be said between two people who love each other, why she never saw her say it to herself on weekdays, but put them in the picture book.
What does she mean to be a tactful way to tell me that she belongs? Or do you want to show that she is actually interested in herself?
Suddenly, Lu Yunjing's heart rose with a strong interest in the picture book drawn by An Jin, could it be that she really drew such a numbing picture book with herself and her as the protagonist?
Suddenly, the voice of his subordinate woke him up from his contemplation: "General Lu, what did you think of to laugh so happily?" ”
Lu Yunjing subconsciously touched his cheek: "What? What laughing, am I laughing? ”
When he boarded, everyone in the account began to shout and coax, Lu Yunjing's rare ground color was slightly red, and after laughing and making a few jokes with everyone, he clapped his hands and scolded softly: "Okay, okay, don't make trouble, no matter how we say we are officers, don't get distracted during work time!" ”
Everyone also stopped joking with each other and began to concentrate on the work at hand.
"If you have time to go back and take a good look at what An Jin painted, anyway, that's her hobby, and as a man, I should be considerate of this."
After making a decision in his heart, Lu Yunjing was no longer immersed in the love of his children, and began to concentrate on work.
When I get home at night, the time is already unitary time, which is what modern people call eight o'clock in the evening, which is still early for An Jin, but for people in this era, this is already the time to fall asleep.
Lu Yunjing tiredly ate the supper that An Jin had prepared for him, and went to the study to continue to deal with the work that had not yet ended during the day.
An Jin sat aside and continued to paint, and the relationship between the two was the same as ever.
After looking at it for a while, Lu Yunjing put aside the work in his hand, turned his face a little tired, took the hot towel from the subordinate who was serving on the side and put it on his face, and said to An Jin: "By the way, An Jin, what did you talk about in the painting book you painted recently?" ”
An Jin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked with a smile: "What, are you interested?" I've never seen you ask before. ”
Lu Yunjing said ambiguously: "Yes, today I suddenly heard my subordinates talking about how their wives are always talking about slow updates at home, and you are the only one who can create such a level of painting in Kyoto, so I am quite curious about this." ”
An Jin stood up and stretched for a long time, took a stack of sorted albums from the table, walked to Lu Yunjing and handed it to him: "Take a look, this is the full draft of this series I drew recently, don't reveal the ending, there are still many places on the market that have not yet been released." ”
Lu Yunjing couldn't help but feel even more curious when he heard this, he took it and began to flip through it, while An Jin looked a little embarrassed, got up and left the study: "I'm a little sleepy, I'm going to rest." ”
Lu Yunjing answered, still sitting in the study and continuing to look through the picture book.
It's not that An Jin doesn't want Lu Yunjing to look at the things she paints, it's just that if someone looks at her works in person, she will feel a little uncomfortable, probably similar to shyness.
What if I hear criticism, what if he doesn't like what I'm drawing, so it's a good idea to leave enough space for each other.