Chapter 35: Waiting

Three o'clock in the afternoon

The book signing sale from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. is over.

At this moment, Lin Yi was sitting in the staff room of the bookstore, sweating profusely, constantly rubbing his wrists.

This is the first time he has signed a sale, and he originally thought that it would be a few hundred people at most, but he never expected to be able to sign at this time.

And at the end of the signing, the number of people in line still did not decrease.

"Teacher Haicheng, come, drink water, drink slowly." Junko Machida walked over with a bottle of mineral water at this time and handed it to Lin Yi, with concern in her eyes.

After all, the body is very important for a manga artist, and it is not good if he is tired.

"Ah, thank you." Lin Yi took the water and drank it slowly, after all, it was a try not to drink water in a big gulp after exercising.

Although he didn't run or anything like that, the constant movement of his wrists there should be considered exercise, right?

"Speaking of which, how many copies have I signed? Are there 10,000 copies? "Lin Yi thinks that after signing for so long, I'm afraid there will be so many, right?

"Ten thousand? What are you thinking? Machida Junko couldn't help but glance at Lin Yiyi: "How can it be so much?" ”

"Huh? I signed in from morning to afternoon, and my hands were tired, and I didn't have 10,000 copies? Lin Yi was dumbfounded when he heard this.

"Do you know how many copies are currently sold in a single day?" Looking at Lin Yi's curious eyes, she said directly: "It's 11,000 copies, this is still our publishing house and its teacher's "Dragon Fighting Divine General". ”

As an industry editor, she still knows a thing or two about this.

"Oh......" heard that the "Dragon Fighting Divine General", which had been in the first place for decades, was only 11,000 copies at most, which made Lin Yi a little discouraged, but he soon began to admire that and his teacher again.

How many copies did he sign just now, and his wrist was so sore, so how did he sign more than 10,000 copies with his teacher? Is he a monster?

As if seeing Lin Yi's question, Junko Machida explained, "When I signed with his teacher, I only signed my name, and I didn't draw a stick note. ”

"Oh, that's it!" Lin Yi exhaled.

He had drawn some stick notes when he signed before, and if he hadn't drawn, he probably wouldn't have been tired like this.

However, even so, the other party is considered powerful.

Just as Lin Yi was chatting with Junko Machida, the manager of Kuroiwa Bookstore ran over with a smile on his face: "Haicheng sensei! Machida editor, the results are out! ”

"How many copies?" Lin Yi and Machida Junko asked in unison.

"According to the calculations we just made, as of three o'clock, a total of 1,532 copies of the single book of "The Court of Words and Leaves" have been sold!"

"It's only more than a thousand?" Lin Yi was a little frustrated: "I thought there would be more." ”

"Okay, you are a newcomer who signed more than a thousand copies, how many old cartoonists have you exceeded? Anything else is cheap, and it will be sold well. Machida Junko glanced at Hayashi one by one.

"Yes, Mr. Haicheng, you must know that in this year's signing in our store, Mr. Haicheng, your sales volume is the highest!" The face of the manager of the Black Rock Bookstore is like a chrysanthemum.

Then he looked at Junko Machida: "By the way, Miss Machida, after the trouble, tell your company that this single book is likely to be reprinted, because I think Mr. Haicheng's "The Garden of Words and Leaves" is likely to be one of the hottest single books this year. ”

"yes, got it!" Junko Machida sighed when she heard this: "Alas, the editor-in-chief asked the group in the sales department to print 100,000 copies of the first edition, but they only gave 50,000. ”

Although she knew that this was to prevent the unsalable single book from causing damage to the publishing house, she was still a little angry.

…………

When the signing was over, many people on the Internet posted Lin Yi's signature on the Internet, especially the simple drawings drawn by Lin Yi, which made some people envious, jealous and hateful.

"Ahhh I knew I should have gone to the line today! ”

"It's a pity, I'm going to work today, otherwise I'll go."

"Envy, jealousy, hatred."

Of course, the more important thing is the message sent by a netizen-

"I went to the signing site today, and Mr. Haicheng told me that this comic is a healing comic! The content will warm people's hearts! So what everyone was worried about before won't happen! ”

As soon as this news came out, many netizens breathed a sigh of relief.

You must know that since Lin Yi updated three words at once, "Unheard of Flower Names" has become popular.

Many readers @ their favorite cartoonists let them take a look at Lin Yi and learn more about Lin Yi.

This has also led to more readers going to see the manga "Unheard of Flower Names".

And this also leads to a problem, that is, the problem of face code.

From the third word, fans knew that the face code was actually a dead soul, and coupled with the completion of the wish that the face code said, it suddenly made many fans worried.

After all, in the island country, becoming a Buddha after fulfilling one's wish is the bridge of many TV series and movies.

So they're all worried about whether this comic will end with a tragic comic that ends with the disappearance of the face code.

And Lin Yi's explanation immediately made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, it's good if it's not a tragedy!

…………

A few days later.

Junko Machida looked at the draft of the new sentence that Lin Yi sent her, but her mind flew to another place-

Sales of single books.

Although judging from the previous signing of the Black Rock Bookstore, the signing of "The Garden of Words" was very successful.

But after all, it's just the sales of one store, and if the sales of other places are not good, it's all useless.

So at this time, Junko Machida felt like the feeling she had for the first time waiting for Lin Yi's comics, and she was quite anxious.

At this moment, a sound of footsteps came, causing Junko Machida to raise her head.

I saw the editor-in-chief come over with a serious face, which made her heart pinch all of a sudden, and she stood up involuntarily: "Lord...... Chief editor? ”

She was afraid that she would hear bad news.

At this moment, everyone in the office stopped what they were doing and looked intently in the direction where the editor-in-chief was.

They also knew the news of the release of the single book of "The Garden of Words and Leaves".

After seeing the editor-in-chief's serious face, some people couldn't help but gloat.

Everyone is jealous.

Junko Machida has a manga artist under him who has the potential to explode.

In addition, Junko Machida grabbed the color page and the color page on the head of the volume, but some old editors were very dissatisfied.

How dare you go down?!

This overturned, right?

At this moment, they were all looking forward to watching Junko Machida being scolded by the editor-in-chief for being bloody.

This is the only way to make them feel like they are proud of their eyebrows.