After writing a novel again after many years, Jian Jing was ready to encounter difficulties. However, the progress was much smoother than she imagined.
She stayed at home for a week and finished the first story.
This directly prompted Kang Mucheng to change his plan and make an appointment with Director Huang for dinner.
They chatted for an afternoon, and Jian Jing got a lot of inspiration. Director Huang also seemed to like the setting of the second part, and the two sides reached a preliminary intention.
Although the next contract terms need to be polished for a while, if nothing unexpected happens, "Devil Doctor" will become Jian Jing's second work to be put on the screen.
At this time, Hide and Seek has been officially released and the popularity is at its peak. Everyone is familiar with Jian Jing's name. Jin Wu has promoted it again and put her name on many people's homepages.
What's even more interesting is that after her name was linked to Director Ding, it was also listed alongside Director Huang.
People have limited energy, and few people would carefully search for her information. Most people would only have a simple thought in their minds after scanning this news - this novelist named Jian Jing is qualified to work with directors like Director Ding and Director Huang.
Kang Mucheng stopped when he saw the good results and did not do too much marketing, but it was still of great help to Jian Jing.
The most direct expression of this was writer Wu.
He fired mercilessly at a cultural event.
The report said: "…At the symposium, when asked what she thought of new writers, Writer Wu showed a very helpless expression, 'It's good for young people to be impulsive, but writing requires experience, reading more, and thinking more, which is what young people should do. Otherwise, even if they get praise by luck for a while, it will soon disappear. For example, a beautiful female writer who has become quite famous recently - do writers make a living by their looks - thinks she has achieved a very remarkable achievement, but I am not afraid of offending people. To be honest, it is far from it.'"
Jian Jing: [Old man on the subway looking at his mobile phone.JPG]
Of course she remembered Writer Wu, the senior who was very dissatisfied with her at the Golden Crow anniversary celebration. However, what is the use of a few criticisms in the newspaper?
Times have changed.
Black and red is also red, writer Wu is just giving her popularity for nothing. She shook her head and paid no more attention to it. What is more important now is the book signing event in summer vacation.
Now that "Devil Doctor" has confirmed the cooperation with film and television, it has been very popular recently. It is summer vacation, Kang Mucheng hurriedly set the schedule for the book signing event.
The time is set for July 1, the first day of summer vacation.
Jian Jing just finished the exam week, and she didn't have time to sleep in. She was still forced to get up at six in the morning and hurried to the familiar styling shop to do her hair.
"I go to class on weekdays and go to work on holidays." She and Kang Mucheng exchanged voice messages, "I am more of a social animal than a social animal."
Kang Capitalist Mucheng said coldly: "Be there at 8 o'clock, no lateness."
Jian Jing: "..."
"Don't worry, it will be quick." The stylist comforted her, "Your hair will look good after a haircut. By the way, you can come to touch up your hair in two days, so that it can last longer."
Jian Jing sighed: All beauty comes at a price.
Washing, conditioning, blow-drying, combing, putting on makeup... She spent a full hour and a half before she appeared in front of the door of Bu Tian Bookstore in a glamorous manner.
This is the most famous large bookstore in the city, located in the city center. It is not big, but it is very famous. Whenever writers have book signings, they often choose this place. Bu Tian means "reading books to make up for the lack of natural talent", and it is not difficult to see the founder's ambition.
In the large glass window, besides posters of various new books, the most eye-catching thing is the signboard for her book signing event:
New popular writer Jian Jing's book signing event, "Devil Doctor" is coming at
10 am on July 1st, Butian Bookstore second floor reading room
Jian Jing suddenly stopped.
She saw that someone had drawn a heart on her name with a red signature pen.
Who did it? A fan?
The thought flashed through her mind, and she didn't pay much attention to it, and hurried upstairs.
There was also a sign at the entrance of the stairs on the second floor. She quickly found Kang Mucheng, but before she could greet him, her heart suddenly jumped.
The staff gathered in groups of three or four, whispering to each other, and it was too quiet.
[System: New mission has been released]
[Mission name: Book signing event human bone incident]
[Mission description: A skeleton suddenly appeared in the bookstore where the book signing event was supposed to be held. Please find out the identity of the deceased and identify a suspect]
[Mission reward: 20 courage points for success, no punishment for failure]
Jian Jing's face changed slightly. What is coming will always come, but can it not come when she is holding a book signing event? If it can't be done before ten o'clock, everyone's hard work will be in vain.
Whether it is herself, Kang Mucheng, or "her".
"Mr. Kang." She made up her mind to make a quick decision and immediately called Kang Mucheng, "What happened?"
Kang Mucheng paused for a moment and said, "There was a little accident. It's okay. I will solve it."
Jian Jing was grateful for his protection, but this was not what she wanted. She said bluntly: "This is my book signing event, I won't allow anyone to mess it up."
Kang Mucheng was stunned, not used to her toughness, but remembering her performance at Yuhui Villa, he sighed and gave in: "It's not a big deal. A corpse appeared...over there at the booth."
"Booth?" Jian Jing was puzzled.
Kang Mucheng raised his chin and motioned her to look at the booth.
The scene had been decorated in a haphazard manner, with a dark blue velvet long table in the middle, where Jian Jing would sign autographs for readers. On the left side of the long table near the door, there were several exquisite roll-up banners, introducing her identity and today's work respectively, and at the other end, a tilted corpse was abruptly protruding.
She frowned and moved closer to observe.
It was not the pure white or milky white skeletons that we have seen on TV, but a dirty and old light yellow color, slightly darker in some places, lighter in others, and unevenly distributed.
Judging from the body shape, it can be ruled out as an infant, at least a teenager or an adult.
"When did this appear?" she asked the staff.
Everyone present knew her, and they talked one after another, piecing together what happened: the bookstore opened at 8:30 in the morning, but because there was a book signing today, the person in charge arrived at 6:30. Jinwu's employees arrived one after another around 7 o'clock and continued to set up the booth yesterday.
According to the plan, there was a roll-up banner on the left side of the booth and a pile of new books stacked in the shape of a small house on the right side. But when the planner checked the media list today, he found that the number of chairs was not right, so he had to temporarily adjust the layout and move the books to another place to make room for more chairs.
"I thought someone was lazy and threw the cloth on it, so I just pulled it casually." The staff who found the body was still in shock, "Who knew that there were bones underneath, I was scared to death."
Jian Jing saw the red velvet cloth thrown aside: "Isn't this covering the books?"
"No, the books are all covered with plastic, so there is no need to cover them with cloth to prevent dust, and it doesn't look good." said the event planner.
She asked again, "Who remembers when the cloth appeared?"
The planner told her with certainty, "It wasn't there when I left last night. The store was closed at that time."
"What time did the store close?"
The store manager looked worried and answered, "Ten o'clock in the evening."
It was eight o'clock in the morning, a full ten hours of time to commit the crime. Jian Jing nodded and asked, "Did the police say when they would come?"
"I didn't ask them to call the police." Kang Mucheng strode over and explained, "According to police practice, this non-emergency task is ranked very low, but once the news gets out, the media's focus will not be on you."
Jian Jing was slightly startled and hesitated.
Kang Mucheng was right. The appearance of an unknown corpse at the signing event would definitely attract the attention of others. By then, she and "Doctor Devil" will become the background of the case and be forgotten by the public. Not only will the money and resources spent go down the drain, but she will also become a laughing stock in the circle.
But she thought about it for a while and proposed another possibility: "What if it's aimed at me?"
"You mean, this is a prank, someone wants to ruin today's book signing?" Kang Mucheng frowned, and the names of several competitors flashed through his mind, and his face was extremely ugly.
"Not necessarily." Jian Jing said cautiously, "It's just that if the secret news is known to others and they attack on the spot, it will be even more difficult for us to deal with it."
Kang Mucheng pondered for a while, nodded and said, "That makes sense, it's best to solve the problem before the opening. How about it, do you have an idea?"
The last words were a bit teasing, but not a teasing.
"I want to see the surveillance first."
This bookstore has three floors. The first floor is an ordinary bookstore, divided into multiple areas according to the type of books. The second floor is divided into two parts, half of which is books and the other half is a reading room. Every weekend, a book reading club is held in the reading room, ranging from parent-child reading programs to book signings by best-selling authors.
The third floor is a sky garden and a cafe for guests to rest (pretend) read (take pictures).
The bookstore has neither too many nor too few surveillance cameras. The most are installed on the ground floor to prevent theft. There are also two cameras in the bookshelf area on the second floor, but the reading room is a more private place, so there is only one camera in the corridor that can take pictures of the door.
And this camera... is broken.
Of the remaining three cameras, the one at the staircase entrance can capture half of the door, the other camera at the corner of the wall is blocked by the bookshelf and is useless, and there is also one at the emergency exit, which can operate normally.
In this way, there are cameras in both passages in and out of the second floor, and with the surveillance in the elevator, people entering the second floor can be screened.
Jian Jing added Jin Wu's work group, a personal comparison.
There are seven people in Jin Wu's work group: planning manager, copywriter, design director, operations assistant, editor-in-chief, assistant to the president, and Kang Mucheng.
The planner, copywriter, designer, and operator are all from Jinwu's publicity department. The editor-in-chief is the editor in charge of "Devil Doctor" in the editorial department, and the assistant is from the president's office.
Among the seven people, the designer was not on the scene, and Kang Mucheng had no reason to harm her, so she was unilaterally excluded.
Looking at the bookstore, because it was not yet opening time, there were only three people in the bookstore: the store manager, the event manager, and the cleaner.
The store manager is the person in charge of this Butian Bookstore. The event department is the department that connects with Jinwu and specializes in planning activities for the bookstore. The author signing event is one of them.
A total of nine people.
According to the monitoring time, the arrival time of each person can be roughly determined.
06:01 The cleaner arrives at the second floor from the emergency passage and starts cleaning
06:47 The activity manager of the bookstore opens the door and goes from the first floor to the second floor
07:00-07:15 The planners, copywriters, and operators arrive one after another (the chat records of the work group show that they have agreed to work at around 7 o'clock)
07:30 The editor-in-chief arrives
07:45 The assistant to the president and Kang Mucheng arrive
07:50 The store manager arrives
08:00 Jian Jing arrives
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