Moonlight Variations

At the beginning of the same night, I was tossed and turned in bed and couldn't sleep. The next day, without accident, I went out with dark circles under my eyes. I was still holding the signed contract of "The Lost Amusement Park"-"The Lost Amusement Park" in my arms. The first print volume was finally decided to be 85,000, which was a response from the Yuanyue Society to the 350,000 copies of "Luohe Book of God".

……Although at this time, overwhelming advertisements on Weibo are boasting, the first print of "The Book of Luohe" is in the hot pre-sale of more than one million, and the first influential work of 2013 turned out to be at the end of the year... Come on.

In December, I heard that the northeast has already ushered in the first snow of the year, and the winter in G City has finally come, and the weather has become very cold.

Holding the contract, Chu Li caught the morning subway in a thick scarf, and found Jiang Yucheng's home according to the previously stated address. It is a high-rise apartment not far from Yuanyue Club, and the community looks very luxurious. Registration is required for both in and out, and the elevator needs the help of security to swipe the card to go upstairs.

Why are the authors so rich?

Even Agui, who writes and specializes in selling illegal publications every day (*personal history), is also very rich. He buys all kinds of luxuries in two days and makes no sense for traveling abroad.

——Why didn’t you learn the skill of writing? Hey, forget it, even if it writes, it's probably the one who relies on publishing royalties and is starved to death.

Holding the contract, Chuli rang the doorbell of Jiang Yucheng's house on time at 9:30 in the morning. This is the second time she has visited the author in person. "Who do you want to insult at this first print volume" is still vivid... Thinking of this, Chuli lowered his head and stared at his toes and smiled idiotically. The smile was hidden behind the scarf, and only a pair of surpluses remained outside the scarf. Smiling black eyes.

With a "click", the door in front of him opened.

Chuli paused slightly and raised his head—not as noisy as I remembered last time. The man who came to open the door wore jeans and a black turtleneck sweater, with a half-burned tobacco in his slender fingertips, accompanied by his face. The heat wave came, mixed with tobacco and orange aroma... This is probably what a mature man should have.

The room was surprisingly quiet. A white Persian cat popped its head while rubbing against the man's leg, squinting at Chu Li and "meowing".

"Teacher..." Standing outside the door holding the contract, Chu Li calmed down a smile and stuttered, "When I wake up so early, I'm still careful that you are still asleep. They all say that you can only find someone after one or two in the afternoon... "

"I have not slept yet."

"what?"

"Cavin, so all night."

Jiang Yucheng smiled and stepped aside, letting Chuli enter the house. Chuli walked into the house and looked at it quickly-quite refined and elegant Nordic style, which is different from the "expensive at first sight" decoration style of Hikawa home, with thick creamy white carpets and light-colored sofas. The gray-toned chandelier and the cold marble background wall, this kind of house is more reminiscent of the image of the homeowner: a handsome mature man with gold-rimmed glasses.

Just like Jiang Yucheng himself.

I didn’t know that Chu Li had a lot of associations in his mind. Jiang Yucheng took the folder in her hand and looked down at her as she stretched out her hand to take off the scarf—half of her palm was hidden behind the loose sweater , Showing only half of his white and small fingertips, holding the scarf and lowering his head to take it off, because the whole person is wrapped up like a bear and somewhat clumsy, but it also looks very cute...

Probably it was a little dry outside. After removing the scarf, Chuli pressed her lips and moistened her lower lip with the tip of her tongue.

Then grabbed the scarf and looked at Jiang Yucheng: "Teacher, staying up late is not good for your health."

Jiang Yucheng was silent for a few seconds unexpectedly, seeming to be a little wandering.

"My jet lag has long been reversed in the American system..." When Li turned around and hung her scarf on the porch's coat rack, she heard Jiang Yucheng standing behind her. Slowly added, "The last time I wanted to bring you breakfast was the only time I got up early in the ten years after graduating from university."

At the beginning of the ceremony, the movement of hanging the scarf was stopped.

Turning around, looking at Jiang Yucheng, he was silent: "Teacher, I solemnly ask you one last time, are you really Mr. L?"

"This matter is important?"

"It's very important," Chuli nodded, "If you are Mr. L, Mr. L is my boyfriend... This has already been said, and I have to be responsible... No. Not responsible. At least I must. Think of a solution."

"What you said is like tempting me to admit that I am Mr. L."

"..."

"But it's a pity, I'm not-I'm surprised that I used the word'a pity', at least a second before you stepped into this door, I never felt that there was anything good about it to be a pity, now I I think it would be nice if I were Mr. L..." The man raised his hand and patted her head, "But I can't lie to you, you will know who Mr. L is sooner or later."

He didn't say, how could I know?

Chuli shrank his neck: "Uh, sir, what you said about me that day, was it true?"

Chu Li vaguely asked what she wanted to ask.

At the end of the language, she saw Jiang Yucheng looking at herself seriously, her solitary image reflected in those black and white eyes, and he nodded: "In the beginning, I appreciate your spirit, just like I said. The tendency of dark creatures to light... Later I found that this kind of liking is more biased towards the feelings between men and women, such as—"

"for example?"

"For example, just now, when you walked into my house from the corridor and stood in the hallway and took off your scarf, I found that I liked you a little bit more than yesterday..."

"?"

"Want to be more detailed?"

"what?"

"The moment you grabbed the scarf and took it off, you had a small lip licking motion. At that time, I wanted to bend down and kiss you."

"..."

It took ten seconds for Chuli’s brain to realize what the man in front of her was saying... and when she reacted, the latter lowered her head as if nothing had happened, and tore open the portfolio to seriously check the contract of "The Lost Amusement Park" The files were gone, and Chu Li was flushed and left sitting beside him blankly, in a daze.

………………………………I suggest at the morning meeting next Monday that in order to avoid unnecessary wiping and fire, I will visit the author as far as possible to send same-sex editors.

After all, early in the morning, the authors who stayed up all night are confused, and it seems too easy to have some unnecessary associations-although everyone is a pure relationship between the author and the editor-but on the other hand, first of all, they are men and women. Single (focus on).

The sound of flipping through the folders.

"First gift."

"Um?"

"How do you spend Christmas?"

"...By the end of the New Year's Day holiday, a seven-day book fair will be maintained. New Year's Day is the first holy war day of the National Book Fair of "The Book of Luohe"."

"That is to say, full of work."

"right."

"it's a pity."

"what?"

"I want to ask you for Christmas. Christmas is not good. New Year's Day and New Year's Eve are OK... Now it's fine, no need to ask." Jiang Yucheng smiled helplessly, "I doubt you did it on purpose."

"..."

Chuli shook her head sincerely, and was still cautiously relieved. There has never been such a stinking problem that she is so lucky that Yuanyue Society loves to work overtime. Otherwise, in the current state, she can't find one to stand up. The reason for rejecting Jiang Yucheng.

Christmas, New Year's Eve?

... She was busy drinking a pot with her work alone, not Jiang Yucheng said, she didn't expect this at all.

In a warm room, with a warm white Persian cat in his arms, the man on the sofa next to him was half-curved, his head looking down at the document seriously... Chu Li was licking the cat, his head was muddled, and his nose was full of orange essential oil. Until the aromatherapy machine “Didi” sounded to stop the spray humidification, Jiang Yucheng raised his head and told her that the contract was optimistic and there was no problem.

Chuli stood up "Oh oh", returned the cat to Jiang Yucheng, and then walked to the hallway to say goodbye to him.

The journey is peaceful.

Jiang Yucheng didn't mention any embarrassing topics, and the whole person seemed to exist to make people feel "comfortable."

Closing the door and taking the elevator downstairs, Chu Li was still immersed in a dreamy atmosphere. When the cold wind blew downstairs, she was a little awake, took a deep breath, put on the scarf, held the mobile phone, and left the heating. Before the room’s rapidly cooling fingertips became stiff, type--

[The navy invited by the monkey: Teacher, how do you spend Christmas? 】

There was a quick response on the phone.

[Zhou Chuan: You are not working overtime at the book fair, what Christmas? This kind of holiday for foreign adults has never been our old-fashioned hat. 】

[The navy invited by the monkey: What about the New Year's Eve? New Year's Day? 】

[Zhouchuan: What is the New Year's Day for the unemployed, and the new year is ushered in the codeword, what is the difference? 】

[Jiukawa: Why do you suddenly think of this? 】

[Jiuchuan: Jiang Yucheng has an appointment with you? 】

[Jiuchuan: Are you still at his house? 】

[Zhou Chuan: What time is it? It can take so long to see a contract... You are suing Yu Yao for deliberately delaying work. 】

[The navy invited by the monkey: I just ask casually, where do you have so many words, do you have to be so annoying to breathe smoothly! 】

[Zhou Chuan: I am annoying, Jiang Yucheng is likable. 】

[Zhou Chuan: You like him to go. 】

Chuli's phone almost fell to the ground.

It's so shameless, can I say to you, "I want to spend the holidays with you", think beautifully! Chuli said "Bah" at the screen of the phone, and slammed the phone in his pocket, speeding up the pace of leaving Jiang Yucheng's home.

...

In the next few days, Chuli was busy preparing for the next book fair. Yuanyueshe took this book fair very seriously, and specially released the "Luohe Book of Gods" in the country on January 1. "One million first prints" is not enough, I want to make big news.

Chuli had never participated in a book fair before, nor had I watched a large-scale comic exhibition. I only knew that this time it was not only the Yuanyue Club, but also Xindun and several other large publishing companies. The booth of the Yuanyue Club and the Xindun is at the opposite door. After three steps out of the booth, they can successfully meet on the aisle and do a good job...

I heard that Xinshidun also invited a very big figure to do the signing. According to internal sources, this big figure is the international-level **** Herman who squeezed Hiukawa’s stacking schedule in the Jiuhua Bookstore-I heard Hull In addition to "Don't be Scared of Magpies", Mann has two film series with the same name to be published in 16 different languages ​​around the world this year and next year, one of which has already been taken by the New Shield...

Xindun News Agency will bring Herman, on January 1st, on the day of the national debut of Hikawa’s new book at a large-scale New Year’s Eve book fair. At that time, Herman himself will appear, except for the half-hour signing of "Don’t Shock Magpies". "Besides, he will also directly sign new works that have been negotiated with Xindun Press on stage...

At the meeting, Chuli told Shirakawa the terrible news on the spot.

Shirakawa gave her a "." and then said in a painful tone--

[Jiukawa: I'm still his Herman's number one fan. There are two movies in the world that make me recite the lines. The first is "The Lion King" and the second is Herman's "The High Society of the Slums". 】

[The navy invited by the monkey:...It's a coincidence, I am also his fan. 】

[The navy invited by the monkey: It seems that he is really red. 】

[Hirukawa: You are talking nonsense. 】

When Chuli and Shirakawa confided the unfortunate news, the leaders were still pulling the battle alert in her ears--

"Think of the time when the booth of Xindun Club was crowded with people. We didn't have two or three kittens here. You are not embarrassed or embarrassed," said Liang Surfing, the boss of the marketing department. Anyone who asks me a navy to pretend to buy a book will do!"

First gift: "..."

[The navy invited by the monkey: The boss of the marketing department suggested that we can invite hundreds of navy to come, enthusiastically waving both hands to buy your book, to support the scene... That is, the navy’s money may need to be part of the teacher’s own expense. 】

[Hikawa: Could you please shut up? 】

Chuli teased Shirakawa while listening to Liang Surfing talking crazy there, thinking I really want to see what gimmicks you can make...

Then it was Christmas in a blink of an eye.

On the day of the book fair, Chu Li followed over to watch the excitement, helping to arrange books and sticking posters before the guests entered the venue... When approaching the venue to open the room, Lao Miao hurried to the venue with his "gimmick"——

A few months earlier, Lao Miao didn’t put his heart on writing articles in "Moonlight" magazine. As mentioned before, he worked with the marketing department to create a second dimension link about coser. Just to invite a bunch of cosers to come to cos the protagonist of the most popular articles in "Moonlight" in previous years... The section was launched, and it was well received. Several issues of voting are about to match Jiang Yucheng's "The Disappeared" "Amusement Park" is flat-

However, Chu Li didn't pay much attention to it, and fell on a few Fu Jian Yi Bo in his hands.

Unexpectedly, Lao Miao brought two very popular cosines here today. The two cosines didn’t need to do anything. They just waited in the backstage lounge, and then waited every hour on the hour, they would be sold in the first month of January. A lucky reader was randomly selected from the publications published by the agency, took photos with them, and presented them with signatures.

This trick was ruthless. On the first day of the event, the booth of Yuanyue Club was very lively. The queue was almost always full of elementary and middle school students. Watching the students with enthusiastic smiles, they picked up copies of "Red Eagle".

, "Battlefield Sunset", "Douglas' Goodnight Diary"...

The booth of Yuanyueshe was crowded with people, and it was very lively. Chuli, who came to help and had nothing to do for the time being, didn't even have a place to go.

"Does anyone contact the reporter of "G City Chaobao"?" Chuli stood outside the booth, and said with emotion, "How touching is this scene. On the first day of the book fair, the booth of Yuanyue Society, which focuses on traditional literature, is full of Literary enthusiasts of elementary and middle school students, based on the study of history and humanities, gave up a good weekend to sleep in, and rushed to buy positive energy books early in the morning."

"......Don't laugh at Lao Miao," Ah Xiang stood beside Chu Li, "Yuan Yue Society has not been so lively in book fairs in the past few years. Lao Liang probably has a crooked mouth at this moment."

At this time, a little girl who was watching at most 13 years old was holding a thick stack of "Cooking Snow and Cooking Wine" floating in front of Chuli. Chuli thought about the last time I turned this book because its cover looks good. , I turned it over and found that it was full of the dietary therapy recorded in ancient texts. After reading two pages, I was so bored that I was forced to put it down...

Chuli was speechless for a while: "...this kid is going to buy a book and cook a table for his grandfather to treat his grandpa's diabetes that he has not cured for many years? Axiang, do you think this is selling books?"

"Oh," Ah Xiang patted Chu Li on the shoulder, "leave it alone, make money, who doesn't love it."

The two were spitting out. At this time, on the side of Xindun, a man wearing a Mori girl-style dress with a sharp ball head and black-rimmed glasses almost said "I am an editor" on his face. The young girl came out, craned her neck and glanced at Yuanyueshe's doorstep, smiled, turned and left.

Across the crowded walkway, Chuli saw the ridicule in her eyes--not because Chuli had good eyesight,...mainly, she thought she had seen herself with the expression in place.

Pulling Axiang out of the way: "Who is that girl?"

A Xiang stood on tiptoe and glanced at Chuli's chin in the direction pointed at: "...Gold Medal Editor of Xindun Society, future editor-in-chief, Gu Baizhi."

Oh, it's the enemy.

I actually want to stand on the enemy's side for the rest of my life.

Chuli grinds his teeth: "Can I go to Xindun to submit my resume now?"

Axiang: "I won the year-end award issued by the Yuanyue Club anyway."

"..." Chu Li thought for a while, "Yes."

...

Although in the afternoon, he did not hesitate to bend the waist for five buckets of rice and succumbed to the renminbi——

However, that night, Chuli still made a phone call to Editor-in-Chief Xia under the eyelids of Zhouchuan, asking him to stop the "book selling" behavior of the marketing boss and his running dog Lao Miao. At least January 1st, must End this "book-buying and coser photo" event——

"There are all elementary school students! There is no place to go. It's not that I look down on elementary school students. I don't even read "Cooking Snow and Cooking Wine" in "The Master List"! Does he know what Zhuge Liang did with "Chibi"!" Chu Li He shouted on the phone, "This event must be cancelled on January 1st. "The Book of Luohe" will be released nationwide on January 1. Hermann can't destroy the holy war day, and when a few come out, there will be no fans. Did you recognize that it was Axiang who took the lead and shouted his stage name to ruin the coser that made a sensation in the audience?!"

Hiukawa babbled the spoon, one hand propped his head, and the spoon was tilted up and down watching his editor jump up and down on the sofa like the Monkey King quarreling with the leader of the Won Yue Society——

"Teacher Xia!"

"The marketing department wants to sell books, isn't it selling "The Book of Luohe"?"

"It's not the annual clearance sale! A good book fair does not invite a coser, but it is not a comic show. There is such a book seller that is a joke. I saw Gu Baizhi from Xindun Society today. You haven't seen other people's eyes. , I don’t know where to put my old face!!!"

"I do not care!!!"

"Teacher Xia, I don't care--the sky is falling, and my teacher Zhouchuan wants to sell books!!!"

The six words "Ms. Shirakawa from my house" successfully made the man sitting at the table digging ice cream and watching the excitement put down the spoon.

When Chuli stood barefoot on the sofa, talking and waving his fists into the sky angrily, the man stood up, strode to the sofa, and picked up the person standing on the sofa——

Chu Li was caught off guard, screamed "Ah", lowered the tip of her nose and gently wiped the tip of the man's nose... She was not sure whether her lips touched him.

The next second, the man took away the phone in his hand. The latter held the phone between his shoulders and placed Chuli on her slippers, pushed her towards the ice cream, and then faced the phone. "Hey"...

"Teacher Xia? I, Zhou Chuan-Ang, I didn't go to the book fair. I don't know what happened. Afternoon fragrance... After seeing the book fair site, Chu Li couldn't wait to run to me. I was afraid that this situation would be the New Year's Day. That day will affect the normal sales of "The Book of Luohe"..."

Chuli jumped up to grab the phone, and the man pressed her head.

Chuli struggled again and waved his hands to push him away. The man squeezed her chin, pressed her lips with his thumb, and pressed it deeply...At the same time, he was serious. Holding the cell phone to make a call, looking at her with a fixed gaze.

The effect is immediate-

Chuli seemed to have been struck by lightning, and immediately did not dare to move.

"Yes, it is true that Lao Liang is doing this. There was a Herman and I have been awake at night. If you are so tired, you can ask me to ask the marketing department to ask me to say: I can't control how I usually play. Don't mess with me on New Year's Day, or you won't cooperate in the future."

After Zhou Chuan finished speaking, he greeted a few words and hung up the phone.

Pass the phone under Chuli's nose.

"It's done, you won't see any coser guys on New Year's Day."

Chuli took the phone.

"just in case……"

"Nothing in case, you tell Liang Surfing tomorrow, that day I will go to the book fair site to watch."

"Aren't you coming?"

"Change your mind and set off the firecrackers, don't you want to celebrate New Year's Day with me?" The man walked back to the table, picked up the ice cream spoon again, and said casually, "Sell your book with peace of mind. I'm here, I can't mess up."

The author has something to say: Is there any two changes today?

You don’t need to pay attention to one or two people who are there with the rhythm. If you make a negative score, no one cares about it. After a while, you will make a zero score and comment on Xianglin’s wife. I have been writing for seven years. The nose is getting old...

As expressed in the article, I only want to write what I want to write-so I respect readers, I will listen to readers' opinions, read readers' comments, but I will not deliberately please readers.

I know that everyone wants to look at the horse and want to watch together, but it is not the time or the time, I will give you a satisfactory answer, if I get scolded, I will rush out the things that have been laid for so long. Then I What have I been doing before, I am not scolded for nothing?

Well, that’s it, it’s fun to read the text