Chapter 50 Book Signing and Fan Meeting

There is still some time before the book signing event, and Wei Yang is in the lounge guarding a pile of book signings.

The book signing event will be on-site, and this pile is for the publisher to use for subsequent physical distribution and online sales.

There is also a small part that he bought at his own expense, and he will give it to fans and book fans on blogs, forums and Tianya as gifts for raffles.

At present, the book signing event is mainly aimed at the Shanghai area, and there are no plans for other areas for the time being, so we can only do more activities to compensate.

"I looked at it, there are about 200 people at the door, it's not time yet, and I guess there will be more later."

While signing, Li Jiahang, who had just gone out for a walk, came to report the situation, and Wei Yang stopped writing and nodded.

"Not bad, more than I thought."

Although Lei Chun promoted it on Tieba and Tianya, the number of fans willing and able to support it on site is limited after all, and it is even less in the Shanghai area.

In addition, today is Friday, and most people are still at work or school. Those who can rush to the scene are basically die-hard fans.

To be honest, Wei Yang even suspected that most of these people may not have watched "Undocumented Crime" at all, and they are not interested in it. They came here purely for him.

After all, this is the first time that Wei Yang has met fans offline since he became famous. It can be called a book signing event, but it can also be understood as a fan meeting.

"Tomorrow is the weekend, there should be more."

Li Jiahang brought Wei Yang a glass of water. Today he is not here to join in the fun, but Wei Yang's temporary assistant.

At present, Wei Yang's income is not much, and he still has to support Lei Chun, his agent, so he is not in a hurry to find an assistant when he thinks he can still take care of himself for the time being.

Occasionally, in special situations like today, when he is too busy, he will ask Li Jiahang to come over.

No salary, just provide meals, if there is any entertainment after work, take him there...

…

After waiting for a while, the book signing time finally arrived. Wei Yang and Li Jiahang left the lounge and came to a book signing venue arranged outside the Magic City Book City.

Wei Yang took a look and saw a huge crowd of about two or three hundred people. Apart from a few people who were just watching the fun, most of the people who looked like fans were young girls, and quite a few of them were minors.

"It seems that this face is the best."

Wei Yang sighed. The key to being a literary/cultural artist is not literature/culture, but his face.

With this face, he can package himself, play to his strengths, attract popularity and attention, otherwise the effect will be greatly reduced.

"Next, let us warmly welcome today's protagonist to the stage. Let's shout out his name together, three, two, one, Wei Yang~"

The autograph session is a meeting of some nature, so it is definitely not possible to start with autographing. Before that, there must be some interactive sessions, so the organizer found a host, but he didn't expect this host to be awkward right away.

Wei Yang complained in his heart that the autograph session had turned into a street advertisement, but he still walked onto the stage with a smile on his face and greeted the fans.

"Ahhh, it's out!"

"Weiyang!"

"Weiyang, Weiyang, Weiyang!"

"Lu Xinghe, the best Lu Xinghe in the world!"

"Keep going, Lu Xinghe!"

"..."

It can be seen that most of the people at the scene are Wei Yang's personal fans, and the proportion of people named Lu Xinghe is even slightly greater than Wei Yang's name.

This shows that a large part of Wei Yang's popularity is still dependent on Lu Xinghe, and there is still a distance for him to become popular.

However, Wei Yang is not in a hurry. After all, he has only filmed this drama. It is normal for this situation to happen, and it can be improved slowly in the future.

"Hello everyone, I am Weiyang, and also Weiyang. I am very happy that everyone came to the book signing event of "Undocumented Crime" today..."

The process of the book signing event is not complicated. Basically, it is to introduce the book and the source of the creative ideas, and then answer some related questions, interact with each other, and then you can officially sign.

Considering that the audience is mainly fans, it is likely that the questions asked are not related to "Undocumented Crime", so the organizer also prepared some questions for the host to ask to prevent the interactive session from being too off-topic.

"Why did you give yourself the pen name Weiyang?"

Wei Yang told the truth: "It's a bit embarrassing to call yourself by your real name, and it's more comfortable to use a pen name."

"Then why do you call yourself this name?"

"Because I'm too lazy to come up with a name, and it's convenient to use homophones."

Wei Yang made a joke and explained another meaning: "Weiyang also means being free from illness and disaster, longevity and peace, and this name can be regarded as a good meaning."

In fact, there is another meaning that Wei Yang didn't say, which he only found out not long ago. The male protagonist of the famous classical novel "Meat XX" is called "Weiyangsheng".

Apart from the point that he finally cut off the root of troubles and achieved enlightenment, Wei Yang still recognized Weiyangsheng's ambitions and liked this pen name more.

"Which character do you like best in the book "The Undocumented Crime"?"

Wei Yang pondered for a moment: "My favorite character is Yan Liang, but as an actor, if this play is adapted into a film and television series, the character I want to play the most is Li Toyota."

Although the host likes to play awkward roles, he has obviously done his homework and was a little surprised when he heard it: "This role is not easy to play, and it is very different from you."

"This is more challenging."

Wei Yang is a bit rebellious, perhaps because he is too calm and smooth in his daily life. Although he is thorough in all aspects, he can't help but feel a little depressed sometimes.

So, he personally prefers to play villains, especially villains who are bad to the core. It is exciting to play them, and there is a feeling of releasing all the demons and depression in the heart, which is particularly decompressing.

Wei Yang is always eager to play any villain role in class. He has a lot of experience in playing bandits, hooligans, murderers, gangsters, and anti-social people.

Unfortunately, in reality, we have to consider various factors and cannot follow his temper, otherwise Wei Yang would really like to play villains.

He had proposed to play the evil sword fairy in "Chinese Paladin 3", but was rejected by Cai Yinong. Otherwise, it would be nice to experience the feeling of bullying the six realms.

…

The host asked a few questions and called some fans and audiences to ask questions. These questions were quite varied, and Wei Yang answered them one by one.

"The rumors are fake. Sister Rong and I are just friends. TV series are TV series, and reality is reality."

"The reason why "The Best of Us" has been discontinued is that I've been too busy recently, but I will continue to write. By the end of the year at the latest, everyone should be able to see the finished product."

"Thank you for your appreciation. I will continue to write songs, but I have no plans to enter the music industry for the time being. I will still focus on acting and screenwriting."

"Views on choosing a partner? I don't have any specific requirements. Just beautiful and good personality will do."

"..."

The book signing event started at 2 pm, and the interactive session lasted for nearly an hour. Wei Yang was very patient and answered 40 to 50 questions from the audience.

His words and deeds were appropriate, organized, friendly and sincere, and his answers did not miss any handles.

Lei Chun, the agent who was originally worried about him, smiled more and more as he listened, and the idea that had been entangled in his heart became more and more firm.

At about 3 o'clock, the book signing event finally officially began. The line was organized on site, and there were nearly 300 people in the line.

There were not many people who bought books on the spot. Most of them brought their own books. Wei Yang accepted all the books as long as they were genuine. He signed all of them and even added a few words of encouragement to some of them.

"Brother Wei Yang, I really like the Lu Xinghe you played. I will take the high school entrance examination in the summer. Can you write a few words of encouragement for me?"

"No problem. I wish XXX academic success and good luck in the high school entrance examination."

"Come on. We will always support you."

"Thank you. I also wish you a happy life and all the best."

"Wei Yang, I really like the books you wrote. Will you write mystery novels in the future?"

"Yes, I will definitely write."

It's rare to meet a real book fan. Wei Yang spoke softly and revealed a few things to him.

"The next book may be about a child committing a crime. You can look forward to it."

"Then I'll wait for the day when you publish a new book."

"Okay, support the genuine version."

"..."

The signing event didn't end until after 6pm. Some new people came later, and there were people who asked for autographs repeatedly. In the end, about 500 to 600 books were signed in total.

Wei Yang's hands were not tired, but he was a little tired from constantly talking to people.

However, he was still very happy to see so many people who liked him come to support him.

As the show was about to end, Wei Yang put his left arm around Lei Chun and his right arm around Li Jiahang, and took a big photo with dozens of fans and book lovers who stayed until the end.

Perhaps in a few years, this photo will become a milestone in Wei Yang's acting and creative career...