Chapter Sixty Confirming the Autograph Session (Seeking Collection Recommendations)

  The next morning after Lu Li finished his morning exercise, he didn't go to class but instead took the bus to the city and then hailed a taxi to head to Zhao Wenkui's "friend"'s teahouse.

  Upon arrival, Lu Li gave the other party a call and soon saw a middle-aged man wearing glasses and a suit with a somewhat elegant demeanor walking out of "Friend" Teahouse, looking around.

  Lu Li hurried over and asked: "Excuse me, are you Editor Zhao from Hua Xin Publishing House?"

  Upon hearing the voice, the middle-aged man finally looked towards Lu Li, with a hint of curiosity in his tone, and said: "Yes, I suppose you are the renowned Lu Li, it's been a long wait for my younger brother."

  Lu Li hurriedly waved his hand: "What's all this fuss about being famous, it can't be compared to that, and I just arrived anyway."

  "Alright, let's not be polite here, come on in." Hearing Lu Li's words, Zhao Wenkui put his arm around Lu Li's shoulder and said with a Beijing accent.

  Lu Li saw the other's actions and knew that this was a person who seemed refined but was actually somewhat uninhibited, and couldn't help but have a few more good impressions of them.

  Zhao Wenkui had already booked a private room, so he led Lu Li directly into the room and sat down. The waiter brought over tea cups and also poured a cup of tea for Lu Li.

  "Come, try some, this is the 'Friendship' Tea House's signature clear tea, it's only available here and can't be found anywhere else." After Lu Li sat down, Zhao Wenkui didn't directly bring up the topic of signing a contract, instead he invited Lu Li to have some tea.

  Lu Li heard the words and smiled slightly, picking up the teacup in front of her and taking a light sip. She felt a refreshing sensation slowly seep into her throat, and with narrowed eyes, she savored it for a moment before speaking: "Good tea!"

  Hearing Lu Li's praise, Zhao Wenkui's eyes lit up and he looked at Lu Li and asked: "How about it, little brother also likes this?"

  Seeing Zhao Wenkui like this, Lu Li naturally knew that the other party was a person who liked to drink tea, and said: "This is not, but slightly understand."

  "Oh, don't worry about teasing me, little brother. I have no interest in cigarettes and alcohol at all, just like drinking tea." Zhao Wenkui's face showed a hint of disappointment, and after speaking, he also picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip, and closed his eyes to savor it.

  Lu Li saw the situation and didn't urge him on, taking another sip of tea instead.

  When Zhao Wenguai opened his eyes again, he looked at Lu Li with a hint of apology and said: "Sorry, I got carried away talking about my favorite things. The reason I called you here today is to sign the contract. Here, take a look." As he spoke, Zhao Wenguai handed over a contract that had been prepared in advance.

  Lu Li took the contract and opened it to read. Actually, Lu Li was most annoyed by contracts and the like, because he couldn't understand them, and there were so many clauses. Last time when signing a contract with Lang Di, Lu Li had already gone through this once.

  This time with experience, Lu Li only looked at a few key points and saw that there was no problem. After carefully reviewing the copyright benefits section, he nodded and said: "The contract is fine."

  Hearing Lu Li say this, Zhao Wenkui also revealed a smile: "Then let's sign now."

  Lu Li naturally had no objection and signed his name in the designated place before handing it over to Zhao Wenkui.

  Zhao Wenkui took it and saw that there was no problem, so he said: "Actually, today should be the day to invite little brother to dinner, but the publishing house still has a lot of things to do, I'm afraid there won't be much time left, this..."

  Lu Li hastily interrupted the other person's words and said: "This is nothing, there will be many opportunities for cooperation in the future. When the manuscript fee comes down next time, I'll invite Editor Zhao."

  "Alright, then it's settled. I'll hurry back to the publishing house and finalize the first print of 'The Archers'. Let's strive for its early publication." Zhao Wenkui hastily took over the conversation.

  "Alright, Editor Zhao is busy, let's take our leave." Lu Li also hoped that the content before "Shooting Sparrow" could be published soon and seen by more people.

  The two of them chatted happily and walked out together.

  "By the way, our publishing house was planning to hold a book signing event, but since we've only published traditional literary books before, we don't have any experience with this sort of thing, so it's still undecided. Do you have any interest in doing something like that?" Just as Lu Li was about to leave "Friend" Teahouse, Zhao Wenkui suddenly stopped and said this to him.

  Lu Di heard the words and was stunned, you didn't mention this when signing the contract just now, but only brought it up after everything has been discussed. Brother was waiting for you to speak up about holding a signing ceremony.

  Of course, Lu Li didn't show any surprise on the surface, but instead asked in confusion: "Uh, I didn't know you guys had such thoughts, so I hadn't thought about it. But if there's a signing event, I'd be more than happy to participate, and that would also help increase my popularity."

  "After listening to Lu Li's words, Zhao Wenkui said: 'Actually, the main reason for not mentioning this matter is that our publishing house has never held such an activity before. Just like this time, the publication of the web can be said to be a trial by water. If it sells well, we will publish more webs in the future.'"

  Lu Li also remembered what Gu Feng had said before that this publishing house used to publish traditional literary books.

  Zhao Wenkui patted Lu Li's shoulder and said, "Since you have the idea of holding a signing sale, I'll try my best to help you implement it when I get back. Let's get in touch again after it's settled."

  After finishing speaking, the two of them bid each other farewell and left.

  Lu Di did not expect that the next day, he received Zhao Wenkui's phone call again, saying that the first print run of "The Eagle Shooting Heroes" had been confirmed, and it was decided to print 50,000 copies first to test the waters. If they sell well, they will continue to print more.

  500,000 may seem like a small number for the national market, but it's actually not bad. After all, with the advent of the electronic era, the sales volume of physical books is getting lower and lower every year, so Hua Xing Publishing House's decision to print 500,000 copies of "The Eagle Shooting Heroes" at the first run is quite a risky move.

  Actually, Hua Xin Publishing House has no choice either. The sales of traditional literary books are really too poor nowadays. If they don't think of a way out, they might decline soon. After all, there are not only Hua Xin Publishing Houses among the major domestic publishing houses, and the competition is still very fierce.

  In recent years, with the development of online literature, many small and medium-sized publishers have published online sales that are not small, and even for several consecutive years, they have entered the top ten bestseller lists.

  Hua Xing New Press finally couldn't sit still, and also began to march into the web text circle. The first one they looked at was Lu Li's "The Shooting Hero". Because although "The Shooting Hero" was updated on the internet first, its content has strong literary flavor, and its performance is very good, making it a very suitable book for Hua Xing New Press to publish.

  Hua Xin Publishing House then merged with Lu Li, not only giving him a very generous copyright treatment, but also a large first print run.

  Lü Lì was aware that "The Eagle Shooting Heroes" was about to be published and had some understanding of the situation with physical books, so he knew that the first print run was quite good. He was still very satisfied with the other party's approach. Although Lü Lì had experienced past lives and knew that such a print run was far from enough for "The Eagle Shooting Heroes", he naturally wouldn't foolishly say that the number of prints was small, as facts would prove everything.

  "By the way, the book signing event has also been finalized. It's tentatively scheduled for New Year's Day on January 1st. The first volume of 'The Archer' will be available in bookstores across the country. You need to adjust your schedule accordingly." Zhao Wenkui said to Lu Li after discussing some publishing issues.

  I didn't expect what we talked about yesterday would be settled today. It seems that Zhao Wenkui is an impatient person.

  "Let's go. New Year's Day is a holiday anyway, so we don't need to attend classes. We'll finalize the details later." Lu Li replied without objection.

  At night, Lu Li also released a single chapter related to "The Archery" on Weibo, saying that the publication of "The Archery" is imminent, and the initial launch time is set for January 1st. A signing event will be held, but the location has not been determined yet and will be announced in due course. He hopes that everyone can support him at that time.

  Liu Xiaowen and other book fans also learned about the news of Lu Li's signing event and started to get busy. This signing event is a great challenge for the newly-born Lu Meng, but if it goes well, it will be a very good opportunity for Lu Meng's future development and the gathering of people's hearts.

  Soon, Liu Xiaowen posted a registration post in the "Eagle Shooting Heroes" book review section as the leader of the Lu Meng alliance:

  Good news! Lu Li's "The Archery" is about to be published, and a book signing event has been confirmed. The preliminary date for the book signing event is January 1st, and although the location has not been finalized, it will likely take place in Hua Jing City. We hope that all members of the Lu Alliance who have the time and opportunity to attend on New Year's Day can report their names here first to confirm the number of attendees. At that time, Lu Li and I will be present at the scene to welcome all the heroes.

  After posting, Liu Xiaowen directly added the post to the top and replied quickly.

  "Signed up, nothing else, just to see Lu Li Da going." Palm stretched out.

  "Signing up, actually I'd rather see the Alliance Master than Lu Li Da, after all I've seen Lu Li Da's photos before, but as for the legendary beautiful female Alliance Master, I haven't seen her yet." Feng Hua Xue Yue.

  "I'm signing up, but I won't say I'm going to see the beautiful female leader. Also, the upstairs is a pervert, identification complete." Harry Potter is great.

  "Sign up, Lu Li Da wants to see, beautiful female leader also wants to see." Really many fish.

  ……

  Hua Hai Traffic University, Liu Xiaowen sat in front of the computer, looking at the content replied by these people, directly ignoring some words, and carefully counting the number of participants. As the days went by, the number of registered people also increased, and on the 31st day, Liu Xiaowen counted more than 5,000 people.

  Although it's not necessarily that everyone who signed up can come, but it can also be seen that the popularity of Ludi is very high, and of course, the popularity of this beautiful female leader Mosquito is also not to be underestimated.

  After Lü Di felt the tension of time, the daily update volume changed from two updates to three updates. "The Archery" is also about to be completed.