Chapter 47 Boom, Mother Feng’s time bomb has exploded (please vote for me)
After Zhang Dening read it, she also felt that the manuscript was very good and hoped that Cheng Xuemin would give it to her!
Ke Cheng Xuemin was vague and a little hesitant!
In the end, it was Zhang Dening who analyzed it and asked Cheng Xuemin to decide on "Yenjing Literature". She said this, "Xuemin, you listened to Teacher Chen's advocacy and prepared to give it to "People's Literature"?!"
"People's Literature is indeed a top-notch publication, and all the authors who are included in it are proud of it! But you also know, Xuemin, if you join People's Literature, you are a newcomer. The most they can offer is five yuan for a thousand words! Our Yanjing Literature is The price of a thousand words is seven yuan, which is a difference of two yuan!”
"And Xuemin, your article should be a novella, right? It should be at least 100,000 words or more! The difference between a thousand words is two yuan, and the manuscript fee is only two hundred yuan! Xuemin, your two short stories in our Yanjing Literature, It’s not even two hundred royalties!”
I told Cheng Xuemin the reality directly and succeeded in convincing him!
That’s right!
The manuscript in his hand is a medium-sized novel with 200,000 words, no more than a short story with 10,000 to 20,000 words. If you really invest in People’s Literature, it will be a loss if you consider it as a newcomer’s price!
Just now, Cheng Xuemin was a little overwhelmed by the appreciation and recognition from the teachers at Yenching University. Now analyzed by Zhang Dening, this is indeed the truth.
It is indeed faster to gain fame by joining People's Literature, but Cheng Xuemin first has to make money to buy a house and move out of his mother-in-law's house as soon as possible. He does not want to be ridiculed behind his back and scolded as a freeloader.
In the future, I will still use short stories to gain experience in various publications. When the price reaches the top level, I will then publish medium or even full-length novels. By then, one article will cost me a courtyard, or I will regularly reward myself with a courtyard every year.
Once you can no longer write anymore, or you have paid tribute to all the things that should be paid tribute in your mind, you can just lie down and collect the rent.
By then, Cheng Xuemin estimated that he would already have twenty or thirty courtyard houses, right?
According to the price of a courtyard house forty years from now, won’t it be much more stable than those for business and investment?
Knowing that Zhang Dening was here to deliver the sample magazine and the manuscript fee bill, Cheng Xuemin thought of becoming a landlord and treating her to lunch. The food in the Yan University cafeteria was really good!
But Zhang Dening was anxious to go back and said that when the manuscript was finished for her, she would treat Cheng Xuemin and two to dinner.
This feeling is good!
At noon, Cha Jianying treated his guests to braised pork, but Cheng Xuemin did not lick the braised pork. After all, it was the agreement between the three of them. Cheng Xuemin was an outsider, so there was no reason for Zha Jianying to spend money to hire him.
However, they were still sitting together for lunch. At the dinner table, Huang Beijia and Cha Jianying were still discussing and praising the headline "Wrangler" of Yenching Literature.
Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou, who were standing next to them, felt very embarrassed. They had exaggerated too much! He even threatened to go to Yanjing Literature together to ask Zhang Dening and the others about the new author ‘Old Xu’!
They were also very curious and yearning as to what kind of new author could write such a beautiful love story between Xu Lingjun and Li Xiuzhi.
Moreover, this is a piece of scar literature, but there is too much warmth in the "scars".
Yes, it is warm!
"No, I have to finish my meal quickly and write a review about "Wrangler". I will try to publish it in the "Literary Newspaper" and become the first reader to review "Wrangler" for the first time!"
Halfway through the meal, Huang Beijia said on a whim.
"Isn't that true? 'Wrangler' hasn't been officially published yet, so you're so eager to write a review? Are you going to submit it to the 'Literary Journal'?"
Feng Jiayou smacked her tongue after hearing this, feeling that their vote was a bit big.
"It's a good idea, I'll write it too!" However, Zha Jianying also agreed and agreed to write it together.
"Lao Xu's article Wrangler is really well written! I think it will definitely have a great response in less than a month. I'm afraid it will be too late and the manuscript will be too late!"
"By the way, I can earn some royalties, and I'll treat you to braised pork!" Huang Beijia nodded seriously. She wanted to drink the first soup with meat.
"Yes! Jiayou, why do I feel that you and your wife are not very interested in this article "Wrangler"? Do you think it is not well written, or do you think it is not as good as Jiayou's article?"
"Yes! My dear, you are a little unusual today!" After hearing what Zha Jianying said, Huang Beijia nodded and responded.
Although Feng Jiayou also praised this Wrangler and was very excited about their enthusiastic comments, he just felt that it was so uninteresting that he couldn't express it. Perhaps as Zha Jianying said, Feng Jiayou's manuscript, which had been revised six or seven times, was about to be compared with this Wrangler just after it was published. Moreover, this old Xu was also a new author, so she was not convinced?
"No way! Since you all wrote your review, I will also write a review tonight!" The original author was sleeping next to her, and the story behind the 'Wrangler' was not easy to grasp.
"That's great! The three of us will write together. I hope we can all be selected by literary newspapers and help Lao Xu get promoted!" Huang Beijia nodded repeatedly.
"It's better to submit separately! If you submit both to literary and art newspapers, you may not be able to get them all published, and the momentum will not be big." Now that she mentioned helping Lao Xu, Zha Jianying gave her suggestion.
"Throw them separately, you can't put all your eggs in one basket! I hope we can all eat braised pork next week!" Huang Beijia echoed.
"Okay, once it's written, we'll decide how to vote!" Feng Jiayou also followed suit.
"I have to prepare for the exam, so I won't join in your fun!"
After the three of them agreed, seeing Huang Beijia and Zha Jianying looking at him, Cheng Xuemin shook his head and said no.
Write your own review after reading?
Nothing!
After dinner, they all went back to the dormitory to take a nap. Cheng Xuemin then wrote hard in the library, trying to pay tribute to the novella in his hands as soon as possible.
But little did he know that the topic of the Chinese Department of Yenching University in the afternoon was dominated by a man named "Xu Lingjun"!
The students in the Chinese Department rushed to read the three samples. The students who were deeply moved rushed outside the classroom and shouted, "Yenjing Literature has produced a Xu Lingjun, and China has produced a Xu Lingjun!" ’
But it made the students who were completely unaware of it full of confusion. They were all talking and guessing who Xu Lingjun was? Who is Xu Lingjun, from which department and class?
In this way, Wrangler Xu Lingjun and Li Xiuzhi have not yet been officially announced, but they have already been hotly discussed from the Chinese Department of Yanda!
"Xuemin, do you know!? You are popular! Now our Chinese department is looking for who is Xu Lingjun, who is Li Xiuzhi, and who is Lao Xu!"
On the way home, Feng Jiayou held Cheng Xuemin in one hand and was still admiring the Wrangler with unfinished content. He couldn't stop!
"Hold me tight and stop reading! In fact, the writing is just like that. Being too popular is not a good thing for us. We just want to quietly earn some royalties. Why is it so difficult?"
Cheng Xuemin didn't dare to make dangerous moves while riding his bicycle. He didn't dare to grab the woman's hand and put it around his waist, reminding her to hold on tighter.
"Yes! We were just trying to earn some royalties, but who knew we would release such a big star! I'm a little afraid of regretting it now. I should have listened to you, Xuemin, and voted for "October"!"
The more popular the Wrangler becomes, the more regretful and frightened the young Feng family becomes! She regretted not listening to Cheng Xuemin and voting for her mother. Now she is even more afraid that her mother will find out and beat her to death!
"We can only go all the way to the dark side?! I hope there will be no thunderstorms at Yanjing Literature!" Cheng Xuemin also nodded and said, "We still have to make money to buy a house as soon as possible. We won't be afraid after we move out!"
"Yeah, Xuemin, you are right, we need to move out as soon as possible. Your mother-in-law is a time bomb now and will explode at any time. I don't dare to talk to her in the eyes!"
The Feng family nodded in agreement. Buying a house and moving out is their most urgent need in the near future!
"Mom! The front page headline of Yanjing Literature came out. China has a Xu Lingjun. Take a look!"
But what the woman just said turned around and was forgotten in the back of her head. When she got home, she rushed into the kitchen immediately and said to Feng's mother who was cooking!
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