The book signing will be held in a bookstore called Book Star. It is located in the square in the city center. It is a very well-known bookstore in the local area. It covers an area of nearly 2,000 square meters on two floors.
The bookstore owner is also a well-known writer himself, and has also written some works that were related to the bookstore.
In addition to book signings, Book Star also often undertakes exhibitions, symposiums and other activities.
When new books were released previously, related theme activities were arranged in this store.
This time, as the first stop of Omega's global autograph signing event, Bookstar also attaches great importance to it.
Activity flags have been planted on both sides of the road along the street. On one side of the flag is an animation of Jiang Yuan's Omega image and a painting of Sherlock Holmes' silhouette back to back. On the other side, relevant information such as the release time of the new book is written.
The autograph session was scheduled for one o'clock in the afternoon, and before the official start time, many fans began to queue up outside the store.
Black and gold posters and banners have been hung in prominent locations in the bookstore, and the book signing site in the first-floor exhibition hall has been specially decorated to look like Sherlock Holmes' residence based on the scenes in "Sherlock Holmes".
Signing sales in such a scene can also be considered as filling the atmosphere.
Half an hour in advance, Jiang Yuan also arrived at the scene in a vehicle.
Without taking a special detour, Jiang Yuan got out of the car directly at the main entrance of Book Star.
Wearing a black casual suit as an inner outfit, and an aura-filled black trench coat on the outside, the gold frame is paired with a side-parted back hair.
As soon as we stood in front of the bookstore, everyone immediately felt as if they had seen a pictorial. The shape was in line with everyone's fantasy of Omega's temperament.
Appearing in this style, Jiang Yuan also stopped in front of the bookstore for a while, taking a few event photos with the studio, then turned around to say hello to the fans and entered the bookstore first.
"It's so nicely decorated!" Jiang Yuan walked into the store after being welcomed by the staff. After looking around for a moment, he couldn't help but sigh.
The first thing that comes into view are two piles of physical books, corresponding to the first and second parts of "Sherlock Holmes" respectively.
Continuing forward, in addition to banners and posters, even the signs on different bookshelves and areas have been replaced with relatively well-known place names that appear in the plot of the novel.
Coupled with the restoration of the theme, it will indeed produce a sense of fantasy as if you have come to the world in the book for a while.
The photographer responsible for the follow-up shooting of "Yuan You Hui" also carried the camera and scanned the surroundings to record the images of the layout of the book signing event.
Along the way, Jiang Yuan quickly arrived at the main location where the autograph signing was to be held today.
The exhibition hall has already been simulated into a living room, even down to the placement of some household items.
"So we'll sit here later, and then the fans will sit over there, right?" Jiang Yuan came to the sofa chair that was obviously the main seat and sat down.
"Yes, we are considering conducting direct talks, which is also a different attempt." The on-site staff immediately sent an explanation.
I have to say that although it is just a small setting, it is much more interesting than a traditional autograph session.
Moreover, the design of this position will obviously make it easier to get closer than traditional autograph signings, and being able to sit on the sofa for autograph signings will obviously be much more comfortable.
After going around in a circle and introducing the settings of some related props to the camera, Jiang Yuan sat back on the sofa.
Then I picked up a book that was being signed this time and browsed it for a while.
This is the first time Jiang Yuan has seen the physical book of the second volume. Although the publisher also sent it to him, Jiang Yuan has been away from home all year round, so Jiang Yuan was stunned that he was unable to receive the package in person.
The signed version is in English, with hardcover binding, and the design ideas are generally consistent with the previous one.
Jiang Yuan is also rare to see the English version. They all use cloth printing designs and outline a simple painting in the form of gold seals.
While being simple, it looks very high-quality both in appearance and in hand.
Similarly, the price of the book is not cheap. After all, it is an American version of the physical book. The price has already gone up to 100 yuan, and it can almost keep up with Jiang Yuan's album.
However, this is also the common pricing in the market and is actually quite routine.
While Jiang Yuan was flipping through and researching the physical book, fans who had been lining up outside the store began to enter the venue some time in advance.
The mode of queuing outside the store has been changed to queuing inside the store.
The bookstore that didn't seem small at first suddenly became lively after hundreds of fans poured in at once.
But it seemed that because the bookstore had its own quiet buff, everyone subconsciously became quiet.
Even the conversations were conducted in a soft voice.
At this time, before the one-on-one autograph signing officially started, a staff member also handed the microphone to Jiang Yuan's hand to make a signing speech.
"Hello everyone, I'm Omega." Jiang Yuan took the microphone and said hello first to test his voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd suddenly started cheering enthusiastically.
"Welcome everyone to the first stop of my global book signing," Jiang Yuan continued to greet the cheers, "This is also the first time I meet you as an Omega."
"Due to the large number of people attending, some fans may have to wait for a longer time."
"But before it's your turn to book signings, you can also find a seat in the bookstore in advance to sit down and unpack this new book to read, or you can read other books."
"In addition, we have also prepared some drinks and snacks for everyone. They are all self-service and you can take them yourself." After the opening remarks, Jiang Yuan first briefly introduced the arrangements for the autograph session.
Due to Jiang Yuan's autograph signing event, Book Star has been closed for two days in a row during the autograph signing period, so there is still plenty of space for fans to move around in the store.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After hearing Jiang Yuan’s explanation, many fans at the scene also showed expressions of surprise.
Even though he changed his vest, Jiang Yuan's fans are still very online.
Whether it is the ability to read new books on site in advance or the carefully prepared afternoon tea, fans are guaranteed to have a great experience at this signing event, and even the time spent waiting in line will not be too boring.
And when reading new books in a bookstore that has been decorated with a Sherlock Holmes theme, it is obvious that the sense of immersion is quite strong.
"After talking about the arrangements for the book signing, since there is still a short period of time before the book signing, let me just introduce the new book to you." Jiang Yuan raised his hand and looked at his watch and said with a smile.
Fans are fine with this.
"What is published this time is the second part of the "Sherlock Holmes" series. As for the style of the work and the outline of the story, I believe everyone must have read the first part, so I won't introduce too much."
"The main thing is to explain to you some of the works included in this volume." Jiang Yuan said and sat down on the sofa again, picked up a book and started to read.
While flipping through the pages, he introduced, "The difference between this one and the previous one is that the stories that happened in the previous one were basically medium-length stories."
"In comparison, this one only has the first story "Uncanny Valley" which is slightly longer at the beginning, while the subsequent stories classified as adventures are composed of some short case stories."
"Such a setting is also more convenient for everyone to read in fragments, especially short stories. After reading one piece in your free time, you can complete it faster."
"Everyone can try to read it when they are lining up for the book signing later. If there are fans who have finished reading it, they can also share their thoughts after reading it during the book signing later."
Jiang Yuan analyzed and introduced the contents of the second part to the fans at the scene.
"As for the more detailed story, I won't go into further details. You can read it yourself." Jiang Yuan said and then looked up at his watch and found that not much time had passed.
After thinking about it, I simply cue the fans at the scene and said, "Do you have any questions you want to ask? If so, you can ask them now, otherwise you will waste time signing autographs later."
Although the number of people at the autograph session has been controlled, the autograph time for each fan also needs to be controlled.
Each fan is only allowed one and a half minutes to sign, so even if there were 300 fans, they would have to sign for nearly eight hours without any news.
Not to mention that there will definitely be timeouts and breaks required.
Therefore, it is still very necessary to control the signing time.
But this was all a matter for later. When Jiang Yuan said that he could ask questions without wasting the signing time, some fans immediately started shouting and asking questions.
"I would like to ask if "Sherlock Holmes" will be considered for film and television? If it is made into a film and television, is it possible for me to star in it?"
The first person to ask a question was a fan who was temporarily in the first row.
Listening to this question, Jiang Yuan thought about it and felt that his own fan attributes would be stronger.
After making the judgment, Jiang Yuan also began to answer, "As for the film and television aspect, it has actually been advancing. After all, the established labels will also be responsible for projects in this area."
There is no clear news yet, but it does not prevent Jiang Yuan from painting cakes.
As soon as this answer came out, many fans suddenly showed smiles on their faces.
However, at this time, Jiang Yuan also added a little but did not finish his words, "But when will it be promoted to this part, I don't know yet. As for whether I will star in it, I need to see if it is suitable at that time.
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The first half is about drawing a pie, and the second half is about adding some uncertainty to the time when the pie will be cashed out.
But fans are obviously quite satisfied with this answer, which is much better than no possibility at all.
"Will the previous Poirot series continue to publish new books?" Another fan shouted below.
Regarding this point, Jiang Yuan nodded firmly, "Yes."
"So how many "Sherlock Holmes" series will be prepared? When will the next one be published?"
The next question elicited some good-natured laughter from the audience.
After all, if this kind of question is compared to an album, it's like starting to ask about the next new album when the new album has just been released.
Everyone was already prepared that Jiang Yuan would not answer this question well.
However, Jiang Yuan's reaction made everyone stunned for a moment.
Jiang Yuan did not answer directly, but asked the work team, "Is this allowed to be said?"
This answer, at this time, seems to say nothing, but it seems to answer some questions.
Looking at Jiang Yuan's attitude, everyone had the illusion that the next movie was ready.
"There seems to be nothing that can't be said." Seeing that Zhang Qing didn't explicitly stop him, Jiang Yuan turned around and looked at the fans.
Amid the expectant looks of the fans at the scene, Jiang Yuan also raised the microphone and turned on the colander mode.
"Actually, the entire collection of Sherlock Holmes has been prepared." As soon as Jiang Yuan opened his mouth, the audience was shocked. Obviously, he didn't expect it to be so big.
"Yes, the whole big story is complete. We have prepared three parts in total. In addition to the second part of the detective collection this time, there will be a third part."
"It's still in the preparation stage, so we can't publish it together." Jiang Yuan also introduced it directly without covering up at all.
Compared with the previous answers, this type of spoiler is obviously not just illusory, but actually makes everyone look forward to it.
Some fans immediately started asking on the stage, "Will it be on stage this year?"
"This year... um... the second half of the year..." Jiang Yuan subconsciously began to answer the time, but in the middle of the answer, he suddenly realized that it seemed inconvenient to spoil the story.
Jiang Yuan also reacted very quickly and immediately began to pause and make a transition, "Maybe in the second half of the year, there is still some work to be done."
"So it may take a long time to prepare, including some arrangements by the publishing house, global synchronization, etc. It will take a certain amount of time."
"And the second part has just been released, so it should be enough for everyone to watch it for a while." Jiang Yuan said with a smile.
"Will you try suspense movies in the future?" someone in the audience asked again.
"Yes." Jiang Yuan nodded affirmatively, thinking that he was already preparing it, but this time there was no colander.
The time before the official start of the autograph session was spent in Q&A with Jiang Yuan and fans.
Since all the people present were fans, they didn't ask any difficult questions. In addition to being careful about spoilers, Jiang Yuan basically said what he said in his answer.
As it approached one o'clock in the afternoon, a staff member reminded me that the autograph signing time was coming.
So Jiang Yuan said hello, stopped interacting, and started to sit down on the sofa, getting ready for the signing.
The fans who were the first to line up had already picked up the new books and were ready to enter.
As for some fans who were lower in the rankings, they started to move around in the store as Jiang Yuan said.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the staff began to let the first fan pass, and entered the official signing session.