During this period of time, Huacheng Publishing House has put a lot of effort into publishing "The Truman Show".

First, they ran a wave of saturated book advertisements in major domestic literary journals, and then held a new book launch conference. The guests included dozens of authoritative media in South China, and even two media from Shanghai attended.

As Lin Chaoyang's new work after "Enter Guandong", the previews and reports of "The Truman Show" immediately attracted strong attention from the broad readership group, the literary world and even the cultural world.

Many people have been looking forward to it since they saw the advertisement in books and periodicals. After the press conference two days ago, the news effect continued to ferment, and its influence covered half of China, with great momentum.

So when the news came out that Lin Chaoyang was going to hold a book signing at Xinhua Bookstore on Nanjing Road, it immediately caused an uproar among the circles of literature lovers in Shanghai.

Countless readers were moved when they heard the news and wished they could celebrate.

The endless queue of readers on Nanjing Road proves readers' recognition of Lin Chaoyang and his influence in the contemporary literary world. It has become a scene on Nanjing Road, the most prosperous commercial street in China.

The autograph session continued into the afternoon and even attracted reporters from Shanghai TV.

The reporter this time was not contacted by Huacheng Publishing House, but came spontaneously after learning about the news on Nanjing Road.

Two reporters came from the TV station, one was in charge of appearing on camera and the other was in charge of camera. They conducted an interview next to the reader team and wanted to find Lin Chaoyang.

It's a pity that Lin Chaoyang is almost throwing sparks from his pen now, so he doesn't have time to pay attention to them!

While having dinner in the evening, Li Shifei discussed with Lin Chaoyang, "I told them to wait for the interview in the evening."

"That's fine."

Li Shifei added: "Chaoyang, there are a lot of readers coming back this time, so we may not be able to finish it today."

This is also the first time that Huacheng Publishing House holds a book signing event. It draws on foreign book promotion methods and does not know how to set up entry barriers. It honestly believes that readers will sign as many as they come.

Lin Chaoyang understands these truths, but he also knows that readers have been queuing up for a whole day. How sincerity is this? More signatures mean nothing.

"Then you can coordinate with the bookstore to hold it for another day?" Lin Chaoyang said.

Li Shifei immediately answered: "The bookstore is easy to talk to, as long as you agree."

Lin Chaoyang looked at Li Shifei speechlessly, saying that he had already dug the hole, just waiting for me to jump, right?

He is not angry. After all, the book signing is also a kind of publicity, not to mention a way to give back to readers.

Come anyway.

The book signing lasted until eight o'clock in the evening. There were only a few readers lining up in front of Xinhua Bookstore and on Nanjing Road.

It’s not that there are no readers left, it’s that the readers at the back of the queue were persuaded to leave by the bookstore staff, who told these readers that the book signing would continue tomorrow.

But there is still a small group of readers who stick here. Others have left, but they have not left. They will be the first to get signed books tomorrow.

When Lin Chaoyang came out of the bookstore, he saw these readers. There were not many people around, so he stopped and stood on the roadside to sign their names.

The readers who could stay at this time were Lin Chaoyang's most die-hard readers. They did not expect that staying would bring such unexpected joy.

After receiving the signed books, everyone was filled with joy and excitement. Some female college students even had tears in their eyes.

They talked around Lin Chaoyang and chatted for a while before letting him go.

On the way back to the hotel, Li Shifei recalled the performance of the readers just now and said with emotion: "You readers are really fanatical!"

"Fanatical?" Lin Chaoyang was stunned for a moment when he heard the word in his mouth. It seemed that it was indeed a bit, almost catching up with the scene of picking up geiges from the airport in future generations.

Li Shifei said to himself again: "But this is the readers' love for you! It proves that your writing is good and has been recognized by everyone."

When the two returned to the hotel, reporters from Shanghai TV Station had been waiting here for a long time.

When he first arrived in Shanghai yesterday, Lin Chaoyang had already been interviewed by two reporters in Shanghai. However, TV media plays a greater role in publicity, so it would be better to have this opportunity.

After the half-hour interview was over and the reporters were sent away, Lin Chaoyang collapsed on the bed tiredly and fell asleep directly.

In the next few days, Lin Chaoyang repeated this life.

Returning to Yanjing, this can be regarded as Lin Chaoyang's home court. The media is more supportive and readers are more enthusiastic.

In addition, during the book signings in the past few days, no matter which city they were in, many writer friends came to support Lin Chaoyang, which fully verified Lin Chaoyang's good popularity.

It's a pity that he was busy signing autographs and only exchanged a few hurried greetings.

Now that the autograph session was finally over, Lin Chaoyang did the math and added in the time on the road. It took a total of nine days.

He was glad that he didn't listen to Huacheng Publishing House at that time. If he had to visit more than a dozen cities, a month wouldn't be enough, and he would lose his skin even if he didn't die.

After finishing the book signing, Li Shifei returned to Guangzhou, while Lin Chaoyang returned to Xiaoliubukou Hutong.

He is not Dayu, so he cannot pass through the house without entering.

The couple had been gone for more than three months. Lin Erchun and Zhang Guiqin were very happy to see him back. They greeted him with greetings, and their attitudes were much better than when Lin Chaoyang was at home. They profoundly explained what it means that distance creates beauty.

While eating the meal cooked by Zhang Guiqin, Lin Erchun talked to Lin Chaoyang about the situation in the West Hospital during his absence.

Before Lin Chaoyang left, he handed Li Tuo the key to the west courtyard. In the past few months, one or two writers from other places would move in there every few days.

These people were quite polite when they came. They all came to say hello to Mr. and Mrs. Lin Erchun first, and some even brought some gifts.

Every now and then, Li Tuo and the others would organize gatherings. In the past few months, the popularity of the West Courtyard has been very strong.

Talk about Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here.

While the father and son were talking, Li Tuo and Chen Jiangong came to visit together.

Lin Chaoyang held a two-day autograph signing event in Yanjing before, and Li Tuo and others even made a special trip there to support it.

After meeting and chatting for a while, Li Tuo joked: "You really get the limelight wherever you go!"

"You mean the autograph session?"

The autograph session itself is just a niche event, but Lin Chaoyang's current popularity and influence are too great.

Several autograph sessions attended by perhaps one to two thousand people, and combined with media promotions in Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Yanjing, actually created a huge wave of public opinion among the people.

Of course, there are two other important reasons for this.

Firstly, "The Truman Show" is a new book released and readers are eagerly awaiting it; secondly, Huacheng Publishing House has done a good job in pre-publicity.

"It's more than just a book signing! Didn't you win an award in Hong Kong? "Popular Movies" reported that "The Truman Show" was also made into a movie in Hong Kong."

When Li Tuo and the others went to the autograph session yesterday, Lin Chaoyang was very busy and only chatted for a few words. Now they finally had time to communicate.

"It was just the right time."

Li Tuo had an expression on his face that I didn't believe, "I think you had a plan in advance. No wonder you went to Xiangjiang. Are you going to go abroad again in the future?"

After chatting for a while, Chen Jiangong asked Lin Chaoyang, "Chaoyang, are you still coming back this time?"

"Let's go. Yushu is still in Xiangjiang. This time we go back and stay for a few months before we come back."

Listening to what he said, Chen Jiangong said: "It's good to come back. Without you, everyone's gatherings always feel a bit boring."

Lin Chaoyang smiled mockingly, "I didn't expect that I would be so useful? I heard that you guys had a good time together when I wasn't around, right?"

"Okay, okay, but the food is not strong enough. You'd better come back quickly." Li Tuo said.

Lin Chaoyang was speechless for a moment, "We are short of cooks."

"No, it's a lack of good cooks," Li Tuo corrected.

"Get out!"

After resting for a day in Xiaoliubukou Hutong, Lin Chaoyang drove to Langrun Lake Apartment the next day.

In the past two days, Tao's father and Tao's mother had seen the news about Lin Chaoyang's book signing on the news. They were very happy to see each other after a long absence, and they also had to care about their two daughters who were still far away in Xiangjiang.

Especially Tao's mother, although she always had a bad attitude toward the Tao Yushu sisters at home, the two sisters had been away for several months, which really made her feel uncomfortable.

She first asked about Tao Yushu's situation, and then asked about Tao Yumo.

I don’t know if there was something wrong with what Lin Chaoyang conveyed. After listening to it, Mrs. Tao muttered: "This damn girl is so heartless! She doesn’t know how to miss home at all!"

While eating, Tao's father said that Zhu Guangqian was ill again and had a recurrence of cerebral thrombosis.

He has been staying in the hospital for the past two months. In the afternoon, Lin Chaoyang quickly drove to the hospital to visit.

When he arrived at the hospital, Lin Chaoyang saw Zhu Guangqian. Compared with when he saw him during the New Year, the old comrade's complexion had declined a lot.

According to his aunt Xi Jinwu, the doctor's analysis of the cause of his illness was that he was tired from overwork in recent years.

Zhu Guangqian has always worked very hard, especially in the past few years since the end of Hum Hum.

Every time Lin Chaoyang went to his house, he could always see him sitting at the table, smoking a pipe and writing non-stop.

Especially when the buzz came to an end, the eighty-year-old seemed to burst out with an amazing fighting spirit. In the past few years, he translated, wrote, and proofread more than four million words of manuscripts.

Among them are Hegel's "Aesthetics", Lessing's "Laocoön", Vico's "New Science" and other Western aesthetic classics, as well as "Aesthetic Gleaners" and "Letters on Beauty".

The output was so rich that even his juniors, who were thirty or forty years younger than him, couldn't help but feel ashamed when they saw it.

This is an old man who is nearly ninety years old!

But after all, people are not made of iron. At such an old age and with such a high-intensity work, Zhu Guang's illness is not unjust.

Now the old comrade's life is not in danger for the time being, but his mind is sometimes clear and sometimes confused.

Lin Chaoyang sat in the ward for a while, and Zhu Guangqian's mind became clearer. When he saw him coming, he asked Tao Yushu why he didn't come.

"Yushu is in Xiangjiang. He will be back next month."

"Oh, I forgot, Lao Tao also told me about this." Zhu Guangqian sighed a few words about his current memory, and then asked Lin Chaoyang to chat about Go.
To be continued...