Chapter 19 Lao Zou's Crow's Mouth
"My Brothers and Sisters" was finalized in the May issue of "Beijing Literature and Art". Liu Hongmin happily took the 580 yuan royalties and waited for the arrival of May.
During this period, papers by Liu Hongmin and Ge Chaoguang were also published. This paper is contrary to the current mainstream understanding of the history department of Peking University, but the arguments and arguments of this paper are impeccable, and with the support of Professor Tao behind it, it has also gained the support of some people. These people also disagree with the mainstream cognition, but because they are in a weak position, they have no way to compete with the mainstream cognition and can only temporarily join the group to keep warm.
Liu Hongmin knew this matter well. Following Professor Tao, he learned some inside information.
That special period affected all parts of the country, and the same was true for the campus of Peking University. Those mainstream people can still stay at Peking University to teach in special times. How can they stay if they don't cater to the opinions of some people?
It's not that Liu Hongmin beat a group of people to death with a stick, but catering to certain people's opinions is a problem in itself, even if he is pretending.
I knew it, but Liu Hongmin didn't express it. In the field of history, he is just a nobody, and no one else will pay attention to it even if it happens. On the contrary, if it happens now, it will attract the attention of some people, and they may be suppressed, and Professor Tao may be implicated later.
"The Mystery of the Hermitage" was also published in "Weiming Lake", and the contract for the single volume of "Blood Altar" was also signed. Because of the good results of "Famous World", Peking University Publishing House priced "Blood Altar" at 6.5 yuan per thousand words, 50 cents more than "Weiming Lake".
Liu Hongmin is very satisfied. Now he has almost 3,000 yuan in money, which is almost enough to buy a courtyard house with full property rights, and it is near the Second Ring Road.
There are many problems with courtyard houses nowadays. Some people have ownership rights but do not have the right to live in them. The tenants living there all moved in before the special period, have permanent residency rights, and only pay two yuan in rent every month. But the homeowner suffered a big loss. The house only cost more than ten yuan, but he had to spend two to three hundred yuan to repair the house every year. Not only did he not make any money, he also had to pay for it.
Therefore, many people want to sell their houses to the housing authority. Because there are so many people who want to sell their houses, they have to ask someone to find connections, otherwise they just have to wait!
I heard that you can buy a courtyard house like this for about 1,000 yuan.
Liu Hongmin knows that it will take a millennium to completely solve this problem. At that time, the Olympic Games were to be held, so the relevant departments took action to solve the problem of courtyard houses.
So, Liu Hongmin didn’t want to buy such a courtyard at all.
But he is not in a hurry. The craze for going abroad will soon pick up, and he will definitely be able to buy a suitable house by then. He left this matter to Zou Shifang. Anyway, this guy had nothing to do all day. He is only responsible for reviewing poems at "Weiming Lake". Whether the poems are good or not can be distinguished with just a few glances. Therefore, although there are many manuscripts of poetry, Zou Shifang is still very relaxed. Otherwise, how could he have the leisure to maintain a matchmaking relationship?
At the end of April, Liu Hongmin finished writing Shaobao's fourth film, "Fighting in the Palace", and "Weiming Lake" is scheduled to be released in June.
After "Weiming Lake" published "Blood Altar" and "The Mystery of the Hermitage Village" for two consecutive months, it accumulated a lot of manuscripts and filled up the pages of the May issue. Currently, "Weiming Lake" only has one author, Liu Hongmin, writing novellas. The others are either short stories or poems. It is difficult to fill the magazine's space every month.
If it were not for Shaobao, Weiming Lake would probably be published bimonthly. It can be said that Liu Hongmin held up half of the sky of "Weiming Lake".
So, the royalties for "Fighting in the Palace" rose to seven yuan per thousand words, and Liu Hongmin received 690 yuan in royalties, making Liu Hongmin's savings exceed 3,500 yuan. If he hadn't bought a house before the summer vacation, Liu Hongmin's savings would probably have exceeded 5,000 yuan.
However, Liu Hongmin is still looking forward to the publication of "My Brothers and Sisters". After all, this is his novel that was submitted to an off-campus magazine. If "My Brothers and Sisters" can stir up a little splash, Liu Hongmin will focus on outside school in the future, and the writing progress of the Shaobao series will be suspended.
He no longer needs much energy to write Shaobao. After writing four books, he became more and more comfortable in writing. After finishing writing, he only needed to polish it a little.
In Liu Hongmin’s expectation, May is coming soon. "Beijing Literature and Art" was published, and Liu Hongmin immediately bought a copy for his collection.
This made Zou Shifang very unhappy, "When "Weiming Lake" was published, I didn't see you buying a copy."
Liu Hongmin looked like a fool, ""Weiming Lake" "Famous Lakes" was given to me, wouldn't it be foolish of me to still buy it?" Zou Shifang was speechless, "It's wrong to give you a copy."
"Yes, help me save it. Money."
Zou Shifang rolled his eyes in anger, thinking that he would never send magazines to this kid in the future, and he would have to buy a drink.
Liu Hongmin: "Hey, Lao Zou, "Beijing Literature and Art" said that "My Brothers and Sisters" may cause controversy, what do you think?"
Zou Shifang has known about him for a long time. Thoughts, he deliberately said: "As for your book, where can I criticize it? Stop dreaming."
"Crow's Mouth!"
Liu Hongmin stared at him unhappily, "Can't you say something nice?"
Zou Shifang relieved his anger and suddenly felt better.
But he didn't expect that this time he would really be dumb.
"My Brothers and Sisters" did have some criticism at the beginning, and some people did use these details to make trouble. But soon, writers familiar with the law spoke out. The Criminal Law, which was just promulgated this year, added the crime of blindness.
This time, those who were looking for trouble disappeared. Because they don’t understand the law and don’t know how big the sentence for blindness can be. What if the death penalty can really be carried out?
When Liu Hongmin knew about this, he was so angry that he wanted to go to the writer. He grabbed his collar "very politely" and said "sincerely": "I really thank you!"
Although other controversial points are still there, they are not as serious as the crime of blindness at all. It just caused a small splash.
In June, this small splash was also submerged by a huge wave.
"Harvest" magazine published Feng Jicai's "Ah! ”, immediately became a new benchmark for scar literature. He did not describe the events of a special period in great detail, but instead used a letter to describe the situation in which everyone was in danger and suspicious during that period, which caused a stronger sense of depression than "Teacher" and "Scars".
Feng Jicai is different from Liu Xinwu and Lu Xinhua. He has published two novels, a novel "The Fist of Boxing" and a novella "The Crossroads Paved with Flowers". He is already a mature writer. He is much stronger than Liu Xinwu and Lu Xinhua in terms of writing power, and the response is naturally stronger than the two.
and "Ah! "In comparison, it's surprising that "My Brothers and Sisters" can make waves!
(End of this chapter)