Chapter 105 The thousand-yuan manuscript fee bill was thrown directly in my wife’s face
“Teacher Li, why are you here too?”
No. 166 Chaonei Street, the office building of People's Literature Publishing House. When Cheng Xuemin first arrived, he happened to see Li Qingquan waiting at the door. He couldn't help but stepped forward to say hello and asked in confusion.
"Xuemin, here you come! I'm waiting for you!"
Li Qingquan of Yanjing Literature waved to Cheng Xuemin and followed suit.
"Wait for me?! Teacher Li, if you have something to do, just ask Dening and the others to send me a message. Can you please wait here?"
Now Cheng Xuemin was even more confused. Li Qingquan must have heard yesterday that "People's Literature" Lao Zhang asked Cheng Xuemin to come over this morning before leaving, so he waited here specially.
But if there is something urgent, can you please help a big editor like Li Qingquan to wait for a junior like him here in the cold early in the morning?
"It's not a big deal! It just so happened that I heard Lao Zhang mention that to you yesterday, so we also need to come to the Humanities Club to talk to Li Shuguang about the single book of "Wrangler"!"
"By the way, this time Lao Li plans to combine your "Wrangler" and "Heart of the Grass" and publish a single book!"
Li Qingquan explained that it would not be impossible to publish a single book with the length of "Wrangler"!
But it seems a bit too thin!
It just so happened that their "Yenjing Literature" had published another new article, and Cheng Xuemin had another short story on the front page. It just fit together and made a single volume!
"Really, this feeling is good!"
Hearing this, Cheng Xuemin nodded with joy.
"One more thing, Xuemin, we have finally reviewed your novella. This is the fee slip for you. Take a look!"
Li Qingquan then took out the fee slip for the novella from his briefcase, handed it to Cheng Xuemin and said, "It's still the same as before, I'll pay you the price of seven yuan per thousand words!"
"Huh?! So fast?"
This was indeed beyond Cheng Xuemin's expectations. He was a little surprised when he took the manuscript fee slip. He was stunned when he saw the fee of 1,623 yuan on it!
“Not fast, not fast, if it goes any slower, I have a hunch, I might not be able to save this novella!”
Li Qingquan shook his head repeatedly and said everything in his heart!
Now that both money and goods are gone, Li Qingquan finally feels relieved. Otherwise, he is really afraid that Cheng Xuemin and his mother-in-law, Teacher Gu, will directly go to their "Yenjing Literature" and ask for this novella from his son-in-law. .
So I thought that I should quickly settle the royalties with her son-in-law first, and then my mother-in-law could use this as an excuse to go to Yanjing Literature to make trouble.
The manuscript fees have been paid, and the manuscript belongs to Yanjing Literature. Li Qingquan always said this to everyone who came to see him.
"Teacher Li, you... no one is trying to rob you!"
Cheng Xuemin was dumbfounded on the spot. He didn't expect that this would spur Li Qingquan to settle the royalties with him quickly!
“Isn’t this just a precaution?” Li Qingquan said with a smile, “I had a drink with Lao Liu yesterday, but he clearly said he wanted to steal it and asked me to wait!”
"It's not that, it's not that, Teacher Liu must be talking about drinking, it must be drinking!"
Li Qingquan was not worried about Liu Xinwu, but his mother-in-law. Thinking of this, Xuemin also smiled bitterly.
I wonder if his mother-in-law will actually come to rob him?
Probably not!
Although my mother-in-law is usually arrogant and domineering, she is actually very understanding of justice. Yesterday, she didn’t get angry in public after hearing the manuscript she gave to People’s Literature.
"It's indeed a drinking talk!"
Li Qingquan smiled and nodded, motioning for the two of them to go in together, then pointed upstairs and said: "Lao Li from the Humanities Society is on the third floor, and Lao Zhang from "People's Literature" is on the second floor. Let's go find Lao Zhang first! "
Li Qingquan was naturally familiar with this place. After talking to Cheng Xuemin, he took him to Zhang Guangnian's office in a familiar manner.
"Old Zhang, I finally figured it out. Old Liu and I fought over each other, but in the end we got the advantage, old boy!"
Zhang Guangnian didn't even knock on the door when he entered. He just started joking and joking, holding a sample magazine in his hand!
"Uh...Xuemin, you're here, I'm waiting for you!"
Zhang Guangnian first said hello to Cheng Xuemin, and then said angrily to Li Qingquan, "Go, go, Lao Li, why are you running away from me?"
"What do you mean by taking advantage of us?! This is a task given by above. Can you understand our pressure?"
"Old Zhang, you just got the advantage and behaved well!" Li Qingquan put down his briefcase and was about to sit down on the sofa, but when he saw the sample magazine in Zhang Guangnian's hand, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "This is Old Liu That sweetheart?"
"A sample issue is out!? Give it to me, give it to me, I still don't know what I'm grabbing!"
Not to mention how long Li Qingquan has been thinking about this manuscript, he has never been able to find out anything about it. Now that the sample issue is in front of you, can you not rush to read it!
"Hey, I won't give it to you. I'm so anxious for you, Li Qingquan!"
Li Qingquan was eager to see it, but Zhang Guangnian teased him and refused to give it, because he was anxious to death!
Cheng Xuemin, who was watching from the side, was amused. Aren't there several books on the table? As for grabbing the one in Lao Zhang's hand?
However, they didn't play around for long. Li Qingquan finally got the sample issue as he wished, and sat down to read the sample issue!
“Not the headline?”
After turning it over, he saw that it was not the headline on the front page. Li Qingquan curled his lips and asked casually.
"Lao Li, you are crazy and I am not crazy. You can't see what's in front of you!?"
Zhang Guangnian gave Li Qingquan a big roll of his eyes. He didn't notice whose important speeches were in front of him. Who dared to jump in line and make the front page headlines?
Originally, this issue of their "People's Literature" was their first shot at publicity. The front page headlines must be important speeches and the spirit of the meeting.
Put a novel directly in the front, the headline?
Zhang Guangnian is not crazy!
He, Li Qingquan, dares to type and print like that. Does he, Li Qingquan, dare to submit it for review?
“Ahem, get used to it!”
Li Qingquan was truly speechless by the rebuke. He smiled awkwardly and continued to read his sample magazine.
"Xuemin, what do you think?"
After glaring at Li Qingquan, Zhang Guangnian's eyes fell on Cheng Xuemin again, and he asked after seeing him finish reading.
"Teacher Zhang, I see there's nothing wrong with it! In fact, there's no need for me to see it!"
Cheng Xuemin said modestly. "It's very important, are you the original author?" Zhang Guangnian nodded repeatedly and continued, "Then I will send it to Mr. Wu for review. Xuemin, please come with me. If Mr. Wu has other instructions, please also include them. listen to!"
Then Zhang Guangnian invited Cheng Xuemin to go to the ministry for review.
"Let's go together! It's not very far from Mr. Wu's place!"
Seeing that Cheng Xuemin was a little hesitant and shy, he might have felt that it was not up to standard and a little unconfident, but he didn't know that he, Cheng Xuemin, was now the number one pioneer young general in the ministry.
"Okay!" Cheng Xuemin nodded. After dealing with Zhang Guangnian, he went to the third floor to find Lao Li from the Humanities Club.
But now it is obviously Mr. Wu's side that is more important, and nothing can be done carelessly.
"Damn it! This...Xuemin, when did you finish the manuscript?"
Not long after, Li Qingquan, who was looking at the sample magazine, suddenly patted his thigh, looked up at Cheng Xuemin with a face full of surprise and asked.
"In the middle of the month!" Cheng Xuemin replied!
“That’s no wonder!”
Li Qingquan also nodded repeatedly and said.
"Old Li, what's so strange?!" Zhang Guangnian was packing up the materials for review and asked when he saw Li Qingquan making such an inexplicable statement again.
"No wonder Lao Liu ran to the ministry three times a day in the middle of the month. I finally know the reason!"
"Xuemin, you are so awesome!" Li Qingquan couldn't help but sigh, and he even said in his heart that you are so awesome and bold. No wonder Liu Xinwu was running around the ministry every day during that time!
Liu Xinwu is also very courageous. In the middle of the month, the plenary session is being held in full swing. At this juncture, he, Liu Xinwu, dares to submit this manuscript for review!
If it were Li Qingquan, he wouldn't have the guts to do it. He would definitely have to wait and see after the meeting is over before making a decision.
"Lao Li, what do you want to say?! What's so surprising?"
Zhang Guangnian asked, still confused and unable to react.
"What I want to say is, if Lao Liu is a little more courageous, or a little less courageous, nothing will happen to you, Lao Zhang!"
Li Qingquan said to Zhang Guangnian with a smile.
It is indeed as Li Qingquan said, if Liu Xinwu is more courageous and decides to go directly, without waiting until now, what will happen to him and Zhang Guangnian?
Or if Liu Xinwu is a little timid and just holds the manuscript in his hands and waits until the meeting is over, he will have nothing to do with Zhang Guangnian!
However, Liu Xinwu was so courageous that he took advantage of Lao Zhang's "People's Literature" in the end!
“How to say?!”
Before Zhang Guangnian left, he still wanted to ask Li Qingquan, what did he say?
"Don't you know how to do it yourself? This manuscript was obtained by Lao Liu Yuezhong. If you are brave enough to do it yourself, or if you are brave enough to keep it quiet, what will happen to you, Lao Zhang?"
Li Qingquan whispered to Zhang Guangnian in a low voice.
"Uh!" Zhang Guangnian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then nodded with a smile and said, "Indeed, it's time to treat Lao Liu to dinner later!"
"Let's go! I'll take Xuemin to submit for trial first. Lao Li, do what you're supposed to do!"
Just like that, Cheng Xuemin was arrested by Zhang Guangnian again, and he followed him to a ministry and met Mr. Wu!
Mr. Wu is highly satisfied with the speed of publication of this sample issue of "People's Literature", and is also very satisfied with the content selection. He only made adjustments to certain details, and then approved and reviewed them. Publish immediately!
Then he was curious and joking again, asking Cheng Xuemin if he knelt on his mother-in-law's washboard after returning home last night, which made Cheng Xuemin want to laugh but not laugh, so he reported his mother-in-law's attitude in detail last night!
"That's great! Xiao Gu, this lesbian, is very conscious!"
Wu Lao nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and then gave instructions to "October". This month, an additional issue can be published, and this article from "People's Literature" can also be reprinted. It can be regarded as a small compensation!
While hurriedly returning to "People's Literature", Zhang Guangnian suddenly said to Cheng Xuemin: "Xuemin, Mr. Wu thinks highly of you! The instruction to increase the issue of "October" was not made in front of Mr. Liu yesterday. I said it in person, but I asked you to convey it today that Wu Laoliang has worked hard to make Lao Liu miss you better!"
"I also want you to pay homage to your mother-in-law, Teacher Gu!"
"Ah?!" Cheng Xuemin felt that it made sense when Old Zhang said this. Did Mr. Wu really ask him to be this good guy in October?
"Anyway, today, Xuemin, you can give orders to your mother-in-law without having to kneel on the washboard!"
Zhang Guangnian also laughed and teased Cheng Xuemin, but no son-in-law would kneel on his mother-in-law's washboard. He would also kneel on his own wife.
"Teacher Zhang, the royalties for "October" have been paid!" Returning to People's Literature, Zhang Guangnian took out a royalties slip and handed it to Cheng Xuemin, making him ask in confusion.
"October belongs to October, and we belong to us! Besides, Lao Liu will reprint it soon, so don't we have to pay you royalties?"
"You can just ask Lao Liu for more refunds and less compensation later!"
Since they want to reprint it in October, then their "People's Literature" can't afford it for nothing, and the royalties still have to be paid!
As for the money given before October, it will be regarded as the royalties for reprinting, but the price will definitely be lower.
But that was a matter between Cheng Xuemin and his mother-in-law, and it had nothing to do with their People’s Literature!
"Then...I'll keep it for now, and I'll figure it out with Teacher Liu later!"
Cheng Xuemin was not polite. He took the manuscript fee and glanced at it. It was two hundred and sixteen yuan, which was the same as the fee bill given by his mother-in-law for "October". The price was seven yuan per thousand words.
"That's right! If there are still good manuscripts later, remember to give priority to our people's literature!" Zhang Guangnian nodded and said to Cheng Xuemin again, "This time it is a task from above, and it was launched temporarily!"
"Otherwise, if you write a manuscript like Xuemin's, our "People's Literature" will make the same headlines as you. We will never be stingy like Li Qingquan!"
"But fortunately, we have a long way to go. We will definitely do it next time we have a chance!"
Before this article was officially published, Zhang Guangnian began to paint a picture of Cheng Xuemin! Honest Cheng Xuemin was also flattered. He nodded repeatedly and said that if he had a manuscript, he would definitely submit it to People's Literature.
Then Cheng Xuemin went up to the third floor and found Lao Li who was drinking tea in the office of Li Shuguang, editor-in-chief of the Humanities Society. With the greetings of the two Lao Lis, Cheng Xuemin got another royalties!
It’s worth mentioning that the fee for publishing a single book is calculated at seven yuan per thousand words, so it’s great to earn double money from one manuscript!
Calculating this, Cheng Xuemin is even more looking forward to the novella in Li Qingquan's hand. After "Yenjing Literature" is published, the Humanities Society will soon follow suit, and it will cost more than 1,600 yuan!
Beautiful!
It will definitely be more beautiful and enjoyable to throw these royalties in Feng Jiayou’s face tonight!
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(End of chapter)