Chapter 635 634 The Qin Army's Second Expedition to the East!

"The Second Eastern Expedition of the Qin Army!" Isn't this title more eye-catching than the report in the People's Daily?

Just write it like this!

Soon, a news report appeared on the second page headline of Guangming Daily.

"Four publishing houses in Yanjing and Hainan have successively launched six long works by writers from Qin Province: "White Deer Plain", "Wasteland", "The Piano in a Factory", "Emotion and Revenge in Bali", "Love Destiny", and "The Last Hun". The literary world praised: The Second Eastern Expedition of the Qin Army!

In the article, the three long novels published by writers from Qin Province in 1987 and the literary achievements they have made are first introduced. Of course, the focus is still on these six novels.

Such a hot topic immediately exploded the literary circle in Beijing!

However, Fang Minghua did not pay attention to this news report. After the meeting, he did not return to the West Beijing, according to the arrangement of Shengshi Books, strike while the iron is hot and start a tour of autographing and selling books.

The first stop is Yanjing.

This autographing and selling activity was not held in the traditional Xinhua Bookstore, but in the newly opened Haidian Book City Jihai Building.

Haidian Book City, although called a "city", is actually just an alley surrounded by several low-rise buildings and a north-south pedestrian street.

At the south end of the street is a Chinese-style archway, and the seven characters "China Haidian Book City" on the archway are inscribed by the former national leader.

Fang Minghua's book selling location In a store called "Huiwen Bookstore".

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Fang Minghua rushed from the General Political Department to the China Bookstore in the Book City as agreed, and saw a long queue. He also met the organizer of this tour new book signing event - Dai Jiali, the deputy general manager of Shengshi Books.

Fang Minghua has known Dai Jiali for several years. When he and Zhao Hongjun went to Hainan and founded Haikou Shengshi Books, he met Dai Jiali who was "venturing into the sea". It was Fang Minghua who introduced the girl to join Shengshi Books.

The girl is also very capable. Now she is working in the company. Deputy General Manager.

Accompanied by Dai Jiali, Fang Minghua entered the bookstore and shook hands with the bookstore owner, whose surname was Liu. He was very enthusiastic and said with a smile that fortunately Mr. Dai and I were alumni of Yenching Foreign Affairs College, so we had the opportunity to sign and sell books here.

Fang Minghua glanced at it and found that there were two posters for signing and selling books in the store. One of them showed a huge piano, and there were a few lines of words next to it: The latest masterpiece of the famous writer Minghua: "The Piano in a Factory".

There was also a preface: "In an age without heroes, I just want to be a father."

Fang Minghua saw this poster and was very satisfied. But the second poster was different from the sample that Dai Jiali gave him.

It was written on it: "The Qin Army's Second Eastern Expedition!

There was also a line of slightly smaller words below: The first Eastern Expedition of the Qin Army in the literary world, Minghua was the pioneer, and first launched "Crossing Guandong" to shock the literary world.

A few years later, the Qin army marched east again, and the literary world was stirred again. Minghua was the last to come, and her latest masterpiece "The Piano in a Factory" put a perfect end to this "Eastern Expedition".

Seeing Fang Minghua's slightly surprised expression, Dai Jiali hurriedly explained: "Teacher Minghua, the day before yesterday, a reporter from Guangming Daily wrote a news report titled "The Second Eastern Expedition of the Qin Army!" Introducing the six novels published by your Qin Province writers including you in the past two years. I think this term is very interesting. You made a temporary plan and changed this new poster."

Oh, did the reporter from Guangming Daily really write it?

In history, the Qin army marched east only once in the literary world, and this time there was a second Eastern Expedition?

But no matter what, six novels suddenly appeared in one province within two years, and they were all quite substantial. This is indeed unprecedented in the literary world.

And this girl has a keen eye.

Regardless of whether this term is a bit alarmist, it is a good gimmick from the perspective of publicity and promotion, and Fang Minghua naturally won't say much.

After chatting for a few words, the book signing began.

In fact, this is a very laborious task. I keep writing the same name over and over again. In the end, I get tired of looking at my own name.

But Fang Minghua is used to it.

Times have changed. Now is not the early 1980s. At that time, as long as it was a book, no matter who wrote it, good or bad, whether it was a famous Chinese or foreign book or a shoddy running book sold at a roadside stall (a rubbish picture book that was 30% human and 70% ghost, with no scenery or color), people would read it with relish.

Now there are too many options, and good wine needs no bush.

Of course, in a few years, the Internet age will come, and it will be a disaster for physical bookstores and physical books, as for serious literature.

Come to think of it, this era is still good. Fang Minghua was thinking about it in his mind, but his hands were not delayed, and he was writing.

At noon, he found a restaurant outside the book city for a simple meal, and Fang Minghua returned to the bookstore to continue working until almost six in the afternoon.

The time for signing has come, and there are still more than a dozen people in line. Fang Minghua flexed his right wrist, resisted the urge to throw away the pen, and persisted until the last person stood in front of him with a newly bought book.

Fang Minghua looked up.

A man with a side-parted hair and small eyes revealed a hint of rebelliousness.

"Yu Hua?!"

"What are you doing here?" Fang Minghua scolded with a smile.

"I came to the bookstore to buy books. I heard that you were signing and selling books here, so I came here." Yu Hua explained with a smile.

"Okay, okay," Fang Minghua said and quickly signed his name on the book.

"Minghua, do you have plans tonight? If not, come to my house and let my wife cook a few dishes and we can have a drink." Yu Hua invited.

"Okay, you and Chen Hong are getting married. I haven't been to your house yet. Let's go together." Fang Minghua made a decision.

Fang Minghua said goodbye to Dai Jiali and the bookstore owner, and squeezed on the bus with Yu Hua to rush to his house.

Yu Hua still lived near Tuanjie Lake. It was already seven o'clock when they arrived at his rental house. Chen Hong was also very happy to see Fang Minghua coming, and immediately went into the kitchen to cook.

Fang Minghua sat on the sofa in the living room and glanced at the room. The room was small and the furniture was simple, but it was clean and tidy. It seemed that the hostess was very diligent and virtuous.

He looked at Yu Hua and joked: "Yu Hua, you still live here? You are wronging Chen Hong, but you don't want to move to a better place? I heard that Fengtai is building a Fangzhuang community. It is the first overall planned residential area in Yanjing. The geographical location is also good. It is located in the southeast second ring road. Why don't you go and have a look?"

"To be honest, Chen Hong and I have already seen it. The problem is: we don't have money. Let's say we buy a 90-square-meter house with three bedrooms and one living room. The unit price is 3,000 yuan per square meter, which requires at least more than 270,000 yuan. How can I have so much money now?"

At this point, Yu Hua sighed: "The house is not urgent. What I am worried about now is my book."

Yu Hua's "To Live" was officially published in early March, but the sales were not ideal.

It has been more than four months. According to the latest data from Shengshi Books, the sales volume is less than 5,000 copies.

This is related to the fact that Yu Hua is a young writer. Of course, it is also related to the promotion of this book by Amateur Shengshi Books.

Apart from adapting Zhang Yimou into a movie of the same name and entering it for the Venice Film Festival as a hype, there were no other promotional activities.

The other three books in the "Rag Tiger Series" were promoted vigorously, but this book was the only one that remained silent, without even a seminar on the work.

Fang Minghua knew that Shu Bin of Shengshi Books was waiting for a result.

When Zhang Yimou got the movie of the same name to be exhibited at the Venice Film Festival, would he win an award?