Book signing
Each has its own ups and downs.
Chuncheng has entered the rainy season, and the house is wet both inside and outside. Qin Wan hangs all the water-loving flowers on the iron railings.
The flower petals were covered in white mist and were shining brightly after absorbing water.
After trimming off the dull yellow leaves, Qin Wan selected the two most blooming flowers.
"You put it on too."
Today is the first day of the high school entrance examination, and Yu Shu is sitting in the back seat of the car.
Watching the small drops of water flowing down through the window glass.
Qin Wan and Yu Hua were in the front row. They both had changed into new clothes and had red flowers pinned on their chests.
Qin Wan said, "This is a Jidi flower. Congratulations on passing the exam."
Yu Shu rolled down the car window and let the drizzle blow on her arms and face.
We stopped at a traffic light, and next to us was a volunteer car that was taking us to the exam.
The two girls in the back seat were chatting with the car owner.
Yu Hua came over and said, "Yeah, you guys are going to No. 5 Middle School for the exam. That's quite far."
Yu Shu's examination venue is very close, it's at No. 6 Middle School, not far from her home.
Xia Qiqi was assigned to take the exam at No. 29 Middle School, which is located at the junction of Hexi District and Qingshan District. The road conditions are complicated, with only two lanes in the crowded area.
They set off at six in the morning. Her mother said: It is better to arrive early than to be late because of traffic jam.
Fu Xue was very lucky to be assigned to No. 1 Middle School and was admitted to the first-choice school of the three of them in advance.
Having memorized it a hundred times and practiced it a thousand times, she was not nervous at all.
This kind of calmness is not the kind of calmness that she had in the past, but the kind of relaxation that comes from knowing that she has the confidence to do the right thing and to achieve her goals.
When she was writing the test paper, the topics were very familiar to her, and she wrote them down one by one.
Students were not allowed to hand in their papers in advance in the examination room, but Yu Shu still had half an hour left when she finished all the questions.
I can’t enter the space and can’t draw casually during this half hour.
She had no choice but to read the article again in the reading section.
It tells the story of a poet in the late Tang Dynasty who studied hard for many years and finally passed the imperial examination.
The horse gallops in the spring breeze, and all the flowers in Chang'an can be seen in one day.
Catch a son-in-law from the list and marry a lady from a noble family.
The end of the dynasty came the following year. When the enemy was at the gates of the city, he fled with the official seal and sat there reciting poems in a daze.
The whole text is to guide students to establish a correct outlook on life and not to take utilitarian gains and losses as their goal.
To be honest, although Yu Shu wrote it according to the question setter, she felt that it was difficult for people to not care about gains and losses.
If she were told now that all the comics she drew were banned and she would never be able to draw comics again, she would go even crazier than the poet.
She did very well in the exams these two days.
The results will be out in half a month, and the signing will be on the fifth day after the exam.
This time, Qin Wan couldn't take a leave, so Yu Hua accompanied Yu Shu to the imperial capital.
Originally, Xia Qiqi and the others were going to go together, but Xia Qiqi had already signed up for the transition class from junior high school to high school, and Fu Xue was going to her grandmother's house in Wucheng.
Zhou Changqing does have time to go, but Yu Shu thought about it and decided to give up.
Before leaving, reporter Xu brought her old partner with her.
"Hello again, Xiaoyu."
The photographer also smiled.
These are the few high-quality subjects who can be interviewed frequently and will not be kicked out.
No need to protect your camera, no need to protect your face.
"Are you confident about the upcoming single volume of The Princess' Genetic Disease? As this is your first work, can you talk about your thoughts when you were writing it?"
The previous interviews were either to establish a persona, advertise, or promote collaborations.
It was the first time that Yu Shu was asked serious questions about her work, although some questions that were easy to provoke conflict were asked secretly.
"I love my work and I think I've done the best I can to present it. As for the rest, it's up to time and the market to test it. I can't decide."
"My initial motivation for creating this comic was the simplest idea: why couldn't a powerful girl be the one to save the world? That was my initial thought. I've read a lot of passionate comics, but there are very few with girls as the main characters..."
Yu Shu knew that her answer seemed a little ambiguous, but that was it.
She's been reborn, so it's okay for her to be a little willful, right?
"Xiaoyu is a very straightforward person... I wish you a complete success in your autograph session in the capital."
After the interview, reporter Xu gave Yu Shu a thumbs up.
"That's amazing. I look forward to seeing more of your works in the future."
Yu Shu was a little embarrassed because every time reporter Xu used words that were recorded in the interview transcript to praise her, they were all very exaggerated.
"It's okay, our readers will like you more after reading it."
But the words are really exaggerated.
"The 2009 super popular manga series, the most beautiful and colorful style, the 14-year-old talented girl cartoonist, Xiaoyu."
Why is it that after every interview, her title becomes longer, and she is already fifteen years old?
"Then I'll change it."
After hearing this, reporter Xu picked up his pen and changed it to "2009 super popular comic series, the most beautiful and colorful style, autograph session in the capital, Spring City 15-year-old genius girl cartoonist, Xiaoyu."
Why is there another one?
Yu Shu was about to say something when reporter Xu received a call.
He left in a hurry with the cameraman.
Yu Shu and her father can take a plane to the capital this time.
The magazine booked a plane ticket for her.
Before she signed the contract, her treatment at the magazine was actually quite average.
Yu Shu guessed that it was because they had their own favorite authors.
It is still very popular nowadays for high-traffic authors to build their own magazines.
Top authors like her all have close cooperation with the company, unlike her who is a casual practitioner who changed her career halfway.
But even if the magazine doesn’t subscribe this time, Yu Shu will still do so. She’ll get the royalties anyway, hehe!
It was Yu Hua’s first time on a plane. Nowadays, cell phones are turned off on airplanes. He leaned against the window and watched the scenery below gradually transform into small hills, small white dots, and a small river.
"Xiaoyu is showing Daddy the world!"
He was not nervous at all, just excited.
Yu Shu patted his shoulder and said, "With me here, you and mom will enjoy your life from now on!"
To be honest, Yu Hua and Qin Wan had never enjoyed her blessing in their previous life.
Yu Hua's heart surged, and he was thinking:
New fishing rod, new clothes, new...
There are so many. As long as they are bought by my daughter, they are all good.
You Xin sat in the back seat, looking at the car next to him and stroking his prosthesis.
I can't understand why he has such a deep memory of someone?
He was holding a photo of Yu Shu at the oath-taking ceremony 100 days before the high school entrance examination.
On the way to the venue, Yu Shu always felt that someone was watching her.
The driver glanced at the young master in the rearview mirror. He was gloomy and had a cold and resentful expression on his face.
It’s really scary, why are none of these rich people normal?
He either stalks girls or races cars on mountain roads, and the girls who are favored by him are in big trouble.
He struggled internally for a moment, but still followed the taxi in front closely.
There are many traffic lights and turns on the way from the airport to the venue.
The driver was sweating profusely, but he kept following behind with his superb driving skills.
Until I saw their car driving into the venue.
"Go to the underground parking lot."
No way, you still want to follow?
The crowd outside the venue was bustling.
The underground garage was cold and gloomy.
Yu Shu was arranged by the staff to go to the author's waiting room first.
In addition to pre-signing some comics, the main purpose of this signing event is to hold a press conference to announce the in-depth cooperation between Manke Magazine and other companies.
For example, overseas publishing, film and television cooperation, and launching a dedicated website.
Yu Shu didn’t know much else about this website, but she had some impression of it.
It was online for five or six years, but there were not many users. Later, the highest traffic was the day it closed. Some people posted about their memories, and many people knew about this website.
So among the many projects announced here today, Yu Shu believes that the most successful one is their comics.
Although these authors are just part of the event to liven up the atmosphere.
The scale was not as big as the book signing events Yu Shu had attended before. This book signing event had ten authors participating.
Each author only has 100 signed numbers.
There were boys and girls, but there was only one underage person like her.
The other authors were chatting animatedly, and Yu Hua wanted to go in and introduce Yu Shu to them and say hello.
I said a few words, but no one replied.
Yu Shu didn't want to bother with them anymore.
She has always been drawing alone anyway.
Several of the authors are from the same period as Yu Shu, but they all had one or two works before, and it was not until this one that they started to gain popularity.
After finding out that this was just Yu Shu's first work and she was standing here like them, she naturally felt dissatisfied.
I got jealous.
The author who uses the pen name Qianqiandao is the author of the same comic as Yushu, a comic about a young boy saving the world.
But he was a nerd in his late twenties with an unshaven beard and weighing nearly 200 pounds, wearing newly bought clothes that didn't fit him.
The moment Yu Shu came in, he looked her up and down in a way that he thought was inconspicuous.
His editor is a veteran editor at the magazine, and he is the best performer under his command.
The two of them often said bad things about San San and Yu Shu behind their backs.
He thought about it and said to Yu Shu with ill intention, "Who is this? Could you please ask the staff to leave if you are not related to this matter? We authors are discussing some follow-up plot points. Please pay attention to the safety of our creation."
The person he was pointing at was Yu Hua.
This is complete nonsense.
Yu Shu stopped Yu Hua and wanted to open her mouth and reply to this short, fat and foul-mouthed male author.
"Just say you're jealous. Are you unhappy with me because I'm young, beautiful, and talented? You're so sour and foul-mouthed."
"Don't let your readers stink. If the remaining readers see you, they'll be so scared that they'll run away with their airplanes."
Yu Shu covered her mouth and spoke sarcastically.
The other authors looked at Qian Qiandao. It seemed that there was a bad smell when he spoke just now.
Seeing the other people's reactions like this, Qian Qiandao believed it and stopped talking, frowning.
He hurried to the bathroom.
"I didn't expect him to take this book signing so lightly."
"We are all here because we love creation, so we should all get along well with each other."
Some authors came up to talk to Yu Shu. Looking at their expressions, one would have thought that they had just noticed it.
Yu Shu didn't think this person was that good either.
The food is indeed sour and smelly, and this old facelift man is not in much better shape either.
The same thing, they like to use age to pressure newcomers.
But Yu Shu is not afraid because she has not signed with any company.
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