Chapter 26 Uninvited Guest
Jiang Hui’s audit at the Capital Accessories Factory can be said to have been a success.
Whether it is He Qingquan, Tang Riyue, or other technicians, they all know that there is an outstanding person in the technical department of Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant.
In the next few days, we will visit several supporting manufacturers such as Capital Automobile Shock Absorber Factory, Capital First Spring Factory, Capital Equipment Factory and Chaoyang Auto Parts Factory.
Basically everywhere, he will come up with some unique design solutions.
They are all companies on the "Automotive Industry Street", and Jiang Hui's popularity has spread quickly within a certain range.
However, these plans are still just ideas. Whether they can be implemented in the end and how effective they will be needs further confirmation.
So this matter has not caused too much impact for the time being.
I went to the Capital No. 1 Spring Factory on Friday to talk with them about changing leaf springs to coil springs and cooperating with the Capital Automobile Shock Absorber Factory to develop MacPherson independent suspension. Jiang Hui got off work a little later than usual.
"Xiao Jiang, go back quickly. Someone is looking for you today. They must have been waiting at your place for several hours."
When passing by the security booth of the dormitory building, the guard Lao Li stuck his head out and said something to him.
“Someone is looking for me?”
Jiang Hui really didn’t realize who would come here to look for him.
There are very few people who know that they live in the dormitory building of the health center.
“Yes, I see that their work ID is from the People’s Literature Society, and they didn’t say what they were looking for you for.”
Lao Li looked at Jiang Hui curiously.
Although he does not know a few Chinese characters, his daughter entered the Chinese Department of Capital Normal University this year and is very obsessed with literature.
As a result, Lao Li, a semi-illiterate, had heard about some well-known literary publications.
"I'll go back and see what's going on first, and I'll talk to you another day."
When Jiang Hui heard about the People's Literature Society, he immediately knew what was going on.
"Longing" was mailed last Sunday, almost a week ago.
Calculating the time, there should be some movement over there.
After Jiang Hui parked his bicycle, he returned to the dormitory building in three steps and two steps.
Before reaching the door, I heard laughter coming from inside.
It seems that the editor of People’s Literature is very talkative.
He was actually able to arouse Zhu Lin's enthusiasm for chatting, which was not so talkative.
"I heard magpies chirping when I went out today. It turns out that there are distinguished guests coming to the door."
As soon as he appeared at the door of the dormitory, Jiang Hui saw two more guests inside.
"Team Leader Cui, Editor Ge, this is my lover Jiang Hui."
Zhu Lin's somewhat stiff smile immediately became vivid when he saw Jiang Hui back.
"Jiang Hui, this is team leader Cui Yongfang and editor Ge Suhong of the novel group of "People's Literature"."
As the hostess, Zhu Lin must stand up and make some introductions to both parties at this time.
However, Jiang Hui was back, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Just now she tried her best to deal with the chat between two very talkative women.
Fortunately, most of the content discussed has a certain relationship with the content of "Desire", and Zhu Lin can tell more or less everything.
After all, Jiang Hui would take the time to write a few thousand words of "Desire" every day when he came back from get off work these days.
"Team Leader Cui, Editor Ge, I'm sorry to keep you waiting."
"I didn't know you would be here today, otherwise I would have rushed back earlier."
They have been waiting for him for several hours. Regardless of whether it is his fault or not, Jiang Hui must first make amends to them.
“It’s not your fault, it’s because I suddenly had a whim and decided to come over and have a good communication with you, the author.”
"The novel "Desire", I just heard from your lover that it will be written to about 500,000 words, and now it is just the beginning."
"I am even more curious about some of the subsequent plots now." Cui Yongfang read Looking at Jiang Hui, they felt that they had found a treasure this time.
Such a young writer has written a long novel like "Longing" that makes people want to read it. If there are other works in the future, "People's Literature" will definitely take the lead. ah.
Despite the high status of "People's Literature" in the Chinese literary and art circle, there is actually a shortage of truly classic works in every issue.
No editor would dislike too much good work.
"I have already planned the rest of the plot, and it is expected that it will be written gradually in the next few months."
Jiang Hui is not going to spoil the story, so he just briefly introduces it. My own plan, I didn’t say too much about the content of the novel.
Instead of communicating with them about the content of the novel, he felt that it would be more interesting to exchange royalties.
“By the way, the last manuscript you mailed to us was about 20,000 words. I heard from your lover that you have been writing in the past week. Can I see the latest manuscript?”
Cui Yongfang could feel that Jiang Hui didn't really want to share the plot of the follow-up part of "Desire".
But the manuscript that has been written is definitely different.
Actually, Cui Yongfang wanted Zhu Lin to help find the manuscript just now, but she felt it was a bit inappropriate and held back.
"No problem, there are about 20,000 words in the manuscript."
Jiang Hui said as he took out the manuscript of "Desire" from the simple desk drawer.
After Cui Yongfang took the manuscript, he immediately started reading it.
Under normal circumstances, Jiang Hui thought she would double the number and browse it for a while and be done.
Unexpectedly, after five or six minutes, she had no intention of stopping.
It made Jiang Hui feel a little embarrassed just sitting there.
"Teacher Jiang, we have confirmed that the novel "Desire" will be published in the next issue of the magazine. While Team Leader Cui is reading the manuscript, may I give you a brief introduction to the manuscript fee?"
Ge Suhong felt that her team leader's behavior seemed a bit rude, so she started to bring up a new topic next to her.
“Okay, please!”
Jiang Hui was so interested in this topic that even his tone of voice seemed a little excited.
Your money-making plan is about to begin, can you not be excited?
It’s a pity that the royalties in this era are one-time and have nothing to do with the number of copies published.
Of course, if the results of "Desire" are good enough, it is possible that the publishing house will find a way to get you some compensation.
However, the official remuneration is relatively fixed.
“Normally speaking, the current remuneration is 2 to 7 yuan per thousand words. This is the system that was just restored at the end of last year.”
“Generally, the remuneration standards we give to new authors are It’s 2 yuan or 3 yuan for 1,000 words.”
“But our team leader is very optimistic about “Desire” and specially applied for you in the agency at 5 yuan for 1,000 words.”
"This is a very high standard among newcomers."
When Ge Suhong said this, Jiang Hui immediately made a quick calculation in his mind.
If a thousand words are RMB 5, 20,000 words is a fee of RMB 100.
For 500,000 words, it’s 2,500 yuan, which doesn’t seem to be particularly much.
However, considering that my salary is only a few dozen yuan, this number is a very high number.
It may take decades for an average family to save 2,500 yuan.
“Five yuan for a thousand words!”
Jiang Hui repeated subconsciously.
Ge Suhong was keenly aware that Jiang Hui seemed not surprised by the royalties, but rather a little disappointed.
Thinking about the attractive beginning of "Desire", she immediately added: "If the results are good, then it is possible to continue to improve in the future."
(End of this chapter)