Chapter Seventy-Three: When the Signing Meeting is in Progress
Regardless of what happens after that, Hideki Hanyu's signing will continue.
After that, although there were more strange book fans, the ones I met the most were the crazy female fans who held him and didn't let go.
He was in a little pain, and there were a few more lipstick marks on his face, but he didn't make any big mess.
The signing party stumbled like this, and after signing the appointment for 200 book fans, the time was already five o'clock in the afternoon.
Looking at the long line behind him, Hanyu Hideki couldn't bear to leave, so he could only sign as much as he could while the bookstore was not closed.
Even if there is no process for booking a book fan, the other party's name still has to be signed.
This is done in order to reward readers, and secondly, to prevent signed books from entering the market and maliciously inflating prices.
Because of the name of the book lover, it is always a little inappropriate to give it to others, so the signed book cannot be sold at a price.
The Maruzen Bookstore closed at half past seven, and Hideki Hanyu signed for two and a half hours for unreserved readers.
He didn't count how many people he signed, because he was about to become numb after signing, and he couldn't even look up, so how could he remember how many people he signed.
Anyway, when the bookstore closed and he finished the book signing, his whole right hand was too tired to raise it.
"Hanyu-san's body is so weak, let's end it tomorrow after signing the appointment, otherwise when the signing meeting in Tokyo is over, don't go to other cities, just go directly to the hospital to recuperate."
Seeing that Hideki Hanyu was so tired that he was spread out on the saddle, Eri Kitahara, who has always been strict, was a little unbearable.
"Who is weak! Kitahara-san is exaggerating, I can sign it if I double it, I feel like I'm hungry, and now I urgently need a Wagyu meal. ”
Hanyu Hideki would admit that he was weak, so he struggled to sit up and deliberately touched his stomach.
"It seems that Hanyu-sensei is really fine, so how about I go to Kinokuniya Bookstore tomorrow and ask the person in charge there to delay the closing time?"
Eri Kitahara asked deliberately, she wanted to see how long Hideki Hanyu could fit.
"Daba! I'm really tired, but it's true that I want to eat Wagyu food, and Kitahara-san definitely knows where to eat it. ”
Hideki Hanyu was stunned when he heard this.
But Wagyu cuisine still has to be eaten, and Eri Kitahara's ability to find delicious food has already been seen by him when he first launched the intensive promotion.
"Yamamoto-san, do you still remember the previous Jinglong Garden?"
Seeing that Hideki Hanyu was no longer pretending, Eri Kitahara turned his head and asked the driver.
They were on the Elementary School Hall bus today, and Yamamoto-san was the driver in charge of driving.
"Is it Morishita's house?" The driver, Yamamoto, replied.
"That's right,"
"It's a bit far away, you can rest first, and I'll call you when it's time."
"It doesn't matter if it's far away, as long as it's delicious." Hideki Hanyu hurriedly said.
"Don't worry, it's a new restaurant that's only been open for seven years, but the barbecue is very good, and Hanyu-san will like it."
Ridicule is ridicule, but in order to satisfy Hanyu Hideki with what he can eat, Eri Kitahara is still very attentive.
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"That store was really good last night, let's go again after the signing session ends today."
Crispy charcoal-grilled beef tongue, mouthful of fragrant Wagyu beef skewers, and flavorful raw beef salad.
Early the next morning, Hideki Hanyu sat in the car on his way to the book signing, still thinking about yesterday's barbecue.
He just didn't feel like he had eaten last night, and he just wanted to go again.
"Hanyu-san, I think what you should be thinking about now is whether you can make it to Kinokuniya Bookstore today."
Eri Kitahara pointed out the window, and it turned out that the car had arrived in front of the Kinokuniya Bookstore, where the signing party was held.
At this time, the length of the queue outside the door of this bookstore was even greater than yesterday at Maruzen Bookstore.
"If there is anything to consider, no matter how much you want to do, you still have to do it, and you will be done with it."
The signing party has already begun, and it is useless to think about it, so Hanyu Hideki put on his sweatshirt and hat on his head, got out of the car and walked towards the bookstore.
This can be regarded as a sweatshirt with a hat to eat, for fear of being discovered by the book lovers in the queue again.
However, it may have been bad luck left yesterday, and today's signing went very smoothly.
Although he signed for a while after signing the book, he still listened to Eri Kitahara's suggestion, and instead of signing until the bookstore closed as he did yesterday, he only extended it by an hour.
Of course, for the book fans who couldn't get autographs, Hideki Hanyu went out with a megaphone to apologize to everyone, saying that there will be two more book signing sessions in Tokyo in the future, and I hope everyone will come back then.
After the two book signings in Tokyo, the next stop was Sapporo in Hokkaido.
However, when he left Tokyo, he did not take Iijima Sanchi with him, leaving him in Tokyo to deal with his work, whether it was a writer's work, or the affairs of a film and office on the clouds, someone had to be in charge of liaison.
Although the temperature in Hokkaido in September varies greatly between day and night, the average daytime temperature is 22 degrees Celsius, which is a pleasant climate.
When Yukio Tanaka accompanied his mother on a trip here before, Hideki Hanyu was quite envious, thinking about when he would come too.
Now he came to Sapporo for the first time, but he didn't have time to play at all, all because he had to rush to promote the trip.
As soon as he arrived on a plane in the morning, Eri Kitahara, who had accompanied him, got the sales information of "Magic Confectionery Shop" from Shogakukan.
Within three days of its release, sales in the Tokyo metropolitan area alone exceeded 20,000 copies.
Although the sales of all neon have not yet been counted, it is estimated that it is likely to be close to 40,000 copies.
The Shogakukan has already begun to prepare plans for a second printing, after all, according to this momentum, 150,000 copies are estimated to not last for two weeks.
With such a rapid explosion of sales in the early days, how could Eri Kitahara let Hanyu Hideki play, and the most important thing was to continue to stimulate sales.
Sapporo is the center of the three major neon metropolitan areas, and although the population of Sapporo is far less than that of Tokyo, the enthusiasm for Hideki Hanyu is not bad at all.
Hanyu Hideki also knew that there were so many book lovers who liked him far away in the northern land, and the queue at the door of the bookstore was definitely several times more than the number of people predetermined.
The book lover is so enthusiastic, what else can he do, sign it and it's over.
New cities, new book signings, and of course, new weird book lovers.
However, to Hanyu's surprise, in Sapporo he met readers who questioned him with "Children's Literature and Art", and there was more than one.
Obviously, as the story spreads, there are more people who hate the bear children in his pen, and it is estimated that when the second serialization of the Elementary School Hall is released, there will be more people who hate bear children.
However, although there are all kinds of problems, especially his most common crazy female book fans who hold him and don't let go, overall, the two signing sessions in Sapporo went relatively smoothly.
After all, he is still a children's literature writer after all, and his main audience is mostly children, except for those housewives who like him.
Children who like to heal fairy tales are most curious about the plot of the story, such as asking him if there is really a gummy that can turn people into mermaids.
As for the strange behavior of adults, children still can't do it.