Chapter 298: Signing Meeting: Selling 8,000 copies in one day (Part I)!
In fact, Tang Zhenyun was not the only one who was shocked, many students in the Department of Chinese and the Department of History of Xiangshi University discovered this "secret".
Especially the students of the Chinese department, they have already worshipped He Yun as an "idol".
Some people even took the latest issue of "Hibiscus" magazine, planning to go to He Yun for an autograph.
However, in the end, they did not find any trace of He Yun.
It turned out that at this time, He Yun happened to be not in the library, not even at Hunan Normal University.
Instead, he came to the provincial capital Xinhua Bookstore.
"Hello! Comrade He Yun, welcome to you. ”
"Manager Tang! Hello! After He Yun shook hands cordially with the middle-aged man in front of him, he couldn't help but smile and said.
Xinhua Bookstore in the provincial capital is not only one store, in fact, the number of bookstores in the entire provincial capital far exceeds that of other counties and cities.
In particular, Xinhua Bookstore ranks among the top in the country in terms of store size.
For example, the Xinhua Bookstore on Wuyi Road, before 1986, was the largest Xinhua Bookstore store in the country.
After 1986, the Yuanjialing store took its place and became the largest one.
The reason why it is said to be the largest is because this bookstore has three floors and a construction area of more than 4,000 square meters, not only set up counter exhibition areas such as humanities, science and technology, literature, foreign language tools, audio, etc., but also special children's book display cases.
And the store manager Tang in front of him is a leader of this Yuanjialing store.
He brought He Yun here today, but he wasted a lot of effort halfway.
After all, if you want to find someone this year, you have to go to the original unit to find it first, and then notify you level by level.
Store Manager Tang is the same, at the beginning, he sent a telegram to Yincheng Normal School, and later learned that He Yun came to Hunan Normal University to study for graduate school, and made another phone call to the school, which notified He Yun.
"Sit! Sit! Comrade He Yun, the reason why we brought you here today is that our bookstore is planning to hold a writers' signing session with you, and we would like to ask you some of your personal thoughts. ”
"Writer's book signing?" He Yun couldn't help but be stunned.
He had naturally heard of the writer's book signing, but the problem was that these days are not like later generations, "cats and dogs" can be done, you not only have to have enough connections, but also have a bookstore willing to undertake.
In addition to these, you must also have enough "fame" and your own phenomenal works, otherwise who will want to buy them?
Besides, the state-run bookstores at this time were all very good, and ordinary writers could not impress them.
However, He Yun is different, although he is very young, he is the winner of the Hunan Provincial Youth Literature Award and a member of the Hunan Provincial Writers Association.
The most important thing is that He Yun has his own phenomenal works, which is the most important.
"Manager Tang, I am naturally happy to hold a signing meeting with your store, as for some of my personal thoughts, I think so, the early publicity work is responsible for your store, and the specific time of the signing meeting, I can cooperate with the bookstore to the greatest extent, but there is one point, can I discuss it with your store." When He Yun said this, he raised his head and looked at Store Manager Tang.
"Oh...... Comrade He Yun, please speak. Store Manager Tang didn't seem to be surprised by He Yun's words, and he replied with a smile.
"It's about signing gifts, and I want to personally pay for a batch of beautiful bookmarks and posters, sandwich them in my book, and give them to my readers for free." He Yun thought for a moment and said to Store Manager Tang.
Hearing He Yun's words, Store Manager Tang was slightly stunned, and soon laughed and said, "Hahaha......!" Comrade He Yun, your proposal is quite good, but you don't have to pay for this money, it's better for our bookstore to bear it, how can you make a writer pay? ”
It is true that writers who attend book signing generally have no income, not only no income, but sometimes they have to bear travel expenses.
Of course, this travel expense can also be reimbursed by the bookstore, but if you are not famous or the bookstore does not have the funds, then sorry, you have to pay for the money yourself.
It's just that this situation is rare, and He Yun is even more impossible.
"Okay, Store Manager Tang, since that's the case, I'll trouble you." He Yun did not refuse Store Manager Tang's kindness, but smiled and nodded.
"Hahaha...... Comrade He Yun, this is what our bookstore should do, you are now the pride of our young Hunan writers, if you want to talk about trouble, it should be said that we are troublesome to you! ”
For He Yun's modesty and politeness, Manager Tang did not shy away from praising him.
In the following time, He Yun chatted with Store Manager Tang about the specific matters of the signing meeting.
In the end, the two agreed that the time of the signing meeting would be tentatively set for half a month later, that is, on Sunday next week.
The reason why it was set for Sunday was that Store Manager Tang also considered that everyone was free on this day, and there should be more people coming to the signing party.
As for restricting the number of participants, such as charging a certain fee as in later generations, or having to buy books to participate, Store Manager Tang and He Yun both felt that there was no need for this.
What's more, I don't want to do this these days.
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After deciding on these, the next day, He Yun saw the news about the signing meeting from the Hunan Provincial Daily.
Although this news is only the size of a tofu block, the location is not biased, and the content is also very eye-catching: "Comrade He Yun, a famous writer in our province, winner of the National Outstanding Short Story Award, the Hunan Provincial Youth Literature Award, the Chinese Science Fiction Award, and a member of the Hunan Provincial Writers Association, held a writers' signing meeting at the Yuanjialing store of Xinhua Bookstore in the provincial capital on the 25th of this month, and looks forward to all readers coming." ”
Well, this news is short, but the description of He Yun's title occupies a lot of "space".
Soon, many students at Hunan Normal University learned the news.
Now, everyone is boiling!
And He Yun had to face the "siege" of everyone because of this.
There was no way, he had to hide in his rental house as much as possible, and even went to the library quietly, which couldn't help but make Li Ruihua and Yao Shulan stunned and envious.
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The time soon came to the day of the book signing.
Early in the morning, He Yun got up.
After leaving the rental house, he took a bus to Yuanjialing Xinhua Bookstore.
Looking from afar, he saw a banner hanging at the gate of the Xinhua Bookstore on the third floor, which read, "Welcome Comrade He Yun to the signing meeting!" ”
At the gate, there were quite a few people lined up, and it was initially estimated that there were at least four or five hundred people.
You must know that it is only eight o'clock in the morning, and there are so many people queuing.
This made He Yun both happy and very surprised.
However, he did not stand there for long, and hurried over.
At the same time, a person came to meet him, it was Manager Tang.
"Comrade He Yun! Welcome! Welcome! ”
"Manager Tang!"
After the two shook hands, Store Manager Tang glanced at the queue at the door, and then leaned over to He Yun's ear and whispered, "Comrade He Yun, let's go through the back door!" There are so many people at the gate, just in case ......"