"Now here is the news from yesterday. On a deserted and vast black beach in southern my country, a dreamy blessing ceremony was held yesterday. Thousands of red Kongming lanterns from the east were lifted into the sky in the darkness. Fantasy novel The ordinary scene aroused cheers from countless people present."
"Please see, this is a video recorded by one of the people who participated in the event yesterday. When the six o'clock bell struck, star-like oriental lanterns flew high into the sky and rushed to the sea..."
This is Icelandic news broadcast on both big and small things, but yesterday’s scene was indeed a big deal in Iceland.
#oriental lantern rising again on the black sand beach#
This is one of the hot search terms.
Currently, only a few media outlets on Icelandic websites are reporting on the Christmas lighting ceremony last night. More people are paying attention to the Oriental lanterns. For them, this novel prayer ceremony is far more important than the traditional lighting ceremony.
Interesting.
Scroll down the page and you will find dozens of hot searches, almost all of which are related to what happened yesterday, with Kongming Lantern accounting for the majority.
There are even those who reveal information about Chen Xing.
"Who was the first Asian to put up sky lanterns on the black beach?"
"Chen Xing, Chinese, photographer, this is his Wikipedia, click on it to see for yourself."
"It's really amazing. I've seen him a lot recently by Lake Toning. I only thought he was handsomer than average Asians before, but I didn't expect him to be so talented."
"I've also seen that Asian guy taking pictures everywhere with a camera, right?"
Chen Xing couldn't sit still in the hotel, so he often ran around Reykjavik with his camera. When he had enough photos, he would sit on a bench by Lake Tonin, read a book, and feed the ducks, so he often went out.
Local people have seen him.
In this way, he became famous in Iceland very simply.
The Kongming Lanterns had just been released before, and everyone was just interested in this act. Before the Kongming Lantern ceremony started yesterday, no one thought how many people would go, but who would have thought that most of the young people in the city and surrounding towns would come?
As soon as the incident happened, Chen Xing, the instigator, was immediately dug out.
Now even the girl at the front desk of the hotel knows that Chen Xing is a great photographer. Every time she sees Chen Xing entering and leaving the hotel, her eyes are filled with stars.
Chen Xing complained about this incident to Sister Jiaqian on WeChat, saying: "I will leave the day after tomorrow in the afternoon so that I can catch up with the New Year's Day when I return to China."
New Year's Day is not a particularly important holiday. The biggest memory for Chinese people is that they can take three days off on New Year's Day. Even many office workers feel that it is better not to take a holiday at all, which makes it quite troublesome to adjust the holidays.
But for Chen Xing, New Year's Day is the day when his first book is released.
He really wanted to see this book appear in a bookstore.
Chen Jiaqian knew that Chen Xing had spent Christmas in Iceland and was going back to China, but she still felt a little uncomfortable when she suddenly heard the news.
It's like an old friend who has known each other for a long time. We often eat, drink, and talk about literature and movies together. But suddenly one day this friend will leave for a distant place, and no one knows when we will meet again.
This feeling made her feel like a girl's heart was being pinched by hands.
"Aren't you going to stay a few more days?"
"You forgot, my book will be released on New Year's Day. This is the first book I have published. I want to go back and read it."
"Oh, yes." She sighed in her heart.
The next day, she originally wanted to have another meal with Chen Xing in a hot pot restaurant, but they changed their minds and went to the beach carrying a large bag of snacks and Western-style fast food bought on the street.
Reykjavik is by the sea. It takes about half an hour to walk from the city to the seaside. The lighthouse in the distance is still bright, shining in four colors in the dark night.
Chen Xing took a sip of beer and said with some emotion: "I came here and saw the lighthouse on the first day I came to Iceland. I didn't expect to arrive here before I left. I didn't expect that it looked even better in the darkness than last time.
Beautiful."
"There is a beginning and an end, haha." Chen Jiaqian also drank beer, and the two of them touched the bottles.
"Iceland is really a good place." Chen Xing said, "There are not so many things to worry about between people. The population is small, the country is wealthy, and the work system is easy. No wonder you choose to live here for a long time."
Chen Jiaqian asked: "Are you coming then? You are fluent in foreign languages, and now you can also speak Icelandic. I can help you ask if you can enter the consulate."
"Forget it."
Chen Xing refused.
Iceland is too small to accommodate Chen Xing's heart, at least not when he was young. Indeed, Iceland's welfare is very good, but Chen Xing is not at the bottom of society now, and there is no need for him to go to 007. Besides,
I still have so many friends in China.
Today, no aurora was seen at the beach.
Another day later, the 11 a.m. flight arrived in Istanbul first, and then there was a direct flight from Istanbul to Tianfu Airport.
Istanbul is not a bad place, and its reputation may not be very eye-catching now, but when it comes to its former name, Constantinople, it is estimated that many people are familiar with it. Many Chinese people know the name Constantinople.<
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The legendary blue Türkiye.
Chen Xing saw this city when he was about to land at the airport. It was very beautiful.
If you have time next year, you can come here and take a look.
Compared with France and Northern Europe, the city of Istanbul has a completely different style.
After some time, Chen Xing arrived at Tianfu Airport on the evening of December 29.
It was night when he landed, and he was a little regretful that he didn't see the daytime in China for the first time. He had seen the darkness that lasted for a month in Iceland. This kind of depression made him want to walk on the street during the day, even if he had nothing to do.
, it’s also good to take pictures.
It was daytime when he landed in Istanbul, but he didn't have the chance to leave the airport at that time.
Hot pot... I won’t eat it today.
If you still eat it after a month, you must love hot pot so much.
When I got home, there was no dust in the room after such a long time. After all, it was a newly renovated house and there was no food in the room, so there were no spider webs or cockroaches.
There is an additional benefit to staying in Northern Europe, that is, you won’t see any bugs.
Unlike in southern China, the bugs are several times larger than those in the north.
The publishing house that Chen Xing found before was from Rongcheng. The next day after returning to China, Chen Xing arrived at Southwest Tourism Publishing House.
There are two reasons for him to return to China. First, he is also popular in Iceland. Many people look at him when he goes out. So just like Chen Xing who became popular at home and went to France to hide, he returned to China this time. Chapter 2
The second is that I want to see my book published.
So he came over immediately.
The editor in charge of publishing Chen Xing's travel notes is named Wang Juncai. After receiving the news, he was waiting at the front desk downstairs.
When Chen Xing arrived, he was still chatting with the girl at the front desk.
As you can tell from the name, Southwest Tourism Publishing House is a special publishing house that publishes travel matters. It doesn’t have as many things as a comprehensive publishing house, so the editor has more rest time. If it weren’t for Chen Xing’s book the day after tomorrow,
Publishing, Wang Juncai may be more leisurely.
"Brother Wang." Chen Xing shouted after seeing it.
"Oh, you're here, come on, come on, I'll take you to read your book first."
Wang Juncai was also very happy to see Chen Xing. This was one of his most promising authors. No matter how famous the author was in the photography industry, the quality of his travel notes surpassed those of many travel writers who had become a monk. p>
He wants to take Chen Xing to the warehouse to look at the printed books.
"Okay." This is what Chen Xing came for in the first place.
It’s not possible to read books in bookstores. Although they have been shipped, the bookstore will only put Chen Xing’s books out on New Year’s Day.
The warehouse was not in this building. Wang Juncai took Chen Xing to the parking lot to drive and casually chatted:
"It's easier to promote your book in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan. Many large bookstores say they can give you the best seats for a week. The bosses in the north are not so easy to talk to, but the new books are also of high quality, so overall they are very good." p>
Chen Xing is not an unknown person. He became popular once before because of his travels, and almost became the first hot search. Later, he won an award and became popular again.
Therefore, it is very easy to get good resources in the provinces with the strongest tourism publishing houses in the southwest, but not in the north. After all, Chen Xinghuo is only popular in the tourism and photography circles, while other ordinary people go to work every day to make money.
I’m tired enough. After work, I mostly watch live broadcasts and Douyin to entertain myself.
Who cares about any photographer?
"That's enough. I didn't imagine that the book would be sold out as soon as it was published. It's already good to have completed this book and you are willing to publish it."
Wang Juncai was not very satisfied with Chen Xing's mentality and said:
"Chen Xing, you can't think like that. You are an author that we have snatched from many publishing houses. You have to have confidence in yourself. To be honest, if you agree to hold a book signing, then first
Today’s sales can definitely rank among the top five sales in 2024.”
His book will be released on January 1st. By then, even in 2024, the sales volume of the book will naturally be cleared and recalculated.
When Chen Xing's book is on the book sales list because of the signing, it will definitely be an advertisement with a publicity cost of more than 10 million.
"Forget about the autograph session, I'm afraid of being tired."
From signing at 9 a.m. to closing the mall at 10 p.m., my God, this is going to kill Chen Xing.
Wang Juncai still talks about the benefits of the autograph session. Anyway, Chen Xing won’t hold a autograph session on New Year’s Day, so there will be opportunities in the future. Chen Xing’s salty mentality must be dealt with, otherwise Chen Xing won’t even have a autograph session.
, how can their publishing house make money?
Chen Xing didn't just sign this book with their publishing house. If everything goes well, they can also get Chen Xing's second book.
It’s not okay to be like this all the time.
In modern society, the fragrance of wine is afraid of deep alleys.
"By the way, our editor-in-chief asked you to post another video to promote it on Bizhan. Is that okay? After all, it will be released the day after tomorrow. The last video you posted has been too long and some fans may not remember it."
"Okay." Chen Xing nodded.
He can still do such an easy thing.
The warehouse was not far away, and the car soon stopped at a small factory.
Following Wang Juncai into the factory, I immediately saw three small trucks loading goods, with 'Southwest Tourism Publishing House' written in blue paint on the tin boxes.
"Maybe it's your book." Wang Juncai said.
They have seven new books to release this New Year's Day, but only two have been sent to bookstores across the country. One of them is by Chen Xing, and the other is by a female author who has written four travel books. The sales are very good, so they can
The top group of authors in the publishing house.
So when Wang Juncai looked at the license plate, he guessed it was Chen Xing's book.
Wang Juncai went over and gave the driver a few cigarettes to disperse. Chen Xing walked over to take a look behind him.
Each book was sealed and sealed in a packaging bag. Stack after stack was neatly put into a large cardboard box before being transported to the truck.
The entire delivery rhythm is orderly.
Chen Xing's heart felt particularly warm after watching it, and his chest was feeling hot.
In addition to being a photographer, our old Chen has also developed a second career. He will also consider becoming a painter in the future. After all, he has acquired the painting skills. If he doesn't paint a few classics, he may not be able to stand up to his brother in the parallel world. Wang Juncai came over smoking a cigarette and asked: "Do you smoke?"
"No, let's find a bar to drink later. I'll treat you."
"The relationship is so good, haha, Jiuyan Bridge?"
"Then Jiuyan Bridge."
People in Chengdu generally cannot stop raising their brows and smiling meaningfully when they talk about Jiuyan Bridge.
This place is inseparable from the feasting and feasting in modern times. Anyway, it is a place that does not believe in feelings. When Chen Xing was in China, he liked to go here to drink and enjoy the feeling that others did not recognize him in the dark, but he was always sought after by girls.
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When you walk into the warehouse, all you smell is the aroma of ink, which is particularly refreshing.
His books are piled two meters high here, just like a tower, occupying a large space in this warehouse. When printing, Chen Xing didn't think so much about it, but now he is worried about whether he can sell out.
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He himself feels very satisfied, and the publishing house also likes it, but no one can predict the market.
Night.
Chengdu Jiuyan Bridge.
This place is considered to be the most searched place in Chengdu every year. When outsiders think of this place, they may have some events or bars in their minds. It is known as Amsterdam, a place where young people blush when they come here.
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The lights on this street are very atmospheric and not very bright. Chen Xing and Wang Juncai wore masks and passed by without fear of being recognized.
However, even if you are not a star, anyone walking here will feel like you are a star.
Because outside every bar, there will be a man with eyes as wide as brass bells. Once you look at him, this man will get excited, wave his hands and shout: "Handsome guy! Handsome guy! Come to our bar,
We have discounts on drinks today and there will be a band performance!"
Really handsome guys and beauties are the most popular walking on this street. Every bar especially wants good-looking people to enter.
A handsome guy can attract a group of girls, and conversely, a beautiful girl can also attract a group of men.
Chen Xing was approached and invited several times.
Wang Juncai was a little speechless. He didn't come here often, but as a person in the cultural industry, he accompanied some writers to Jiuyan Bridge.
Never before has there been such excitement.
He hissed and said: "This scene is just like the Yihong Courtyard in ancient times, except for a handkerchief! How can a handsome guy like you really walk alone in a place like this at night? Don't you get beaten up by those girls
