There was an accident in Chapter 117, and the foreign manuscript of "Wrangler" was withdrawn!
My sister-in-law's mouth became sweet, and she received a reward of two yuan from her sister, on the condition that she washes the dishes and pots tonight, which makes my sister-in-law happy!
“Xuemin, this is your pocket money!”
Immediately, the Feng family did not forget about their man, and carefully put away the two thousand yuan fee bill. This was the largest fee bill they had received so far.
He took out his wallet from his pocket and gave Cheng Xuemin a big solidarity card, which was a full ten yuan of pocket money.
"Thank you, wife! With your reward, I have more motivation to make money!"
Cheng Xuemin rolled up his sleeves and continued to work on his small illustration treasury in front of this woman, Feng Jiayou!
With her reward of three melons and two dates, can Cheng Xuemin’s little treasury monkey become more and more aggressive?
"Sister, you are so partial! Why does Old Cheng have ten yuan in pocket money and I only have two?"
Cheng Xuemin despises this ten-dollar reward from women, but he shouldn't be too greedy for his sister-in-law Feng Jiamo, what are you saying!
"Go, go, go, it would be nice if I could give you two yuan! Are you still showing favoritism to me?"
"At the end of the Feng family, if you can hand me a bill of two hundred yuan for the manuscript fee, I will give you one hundred pocket money, believe it or not?"
Feng Jiayou looked at the prostitute angrily and gave her such a heartless look. Why did she still show favoritism to her?
Immediately he encouraged Cheng Xuemin and said, "Keep working hard and strive to reach new heights!"
“But don’t be too stressed!”
Maybe she felt that she was putting pressure on her man, so she quickly added something later.
As for setting new highs?
The manuscript fee bill of two thousand yuan should be already at the top for them. No matter how high it is, it cannot be higher than two thousand yuan, unless Cheng Xuemin can write a five-million-word novel.
But I don’t insist on it. If I can earn another two thousand yuan in the next year and a half, it will be very satisfying for the Feng family!
We went out to eat. At the dinner table, Feng’s mother also knew about today’s audition, so she asked Cheng Xuemin what he meant!
Mother-in-law is now very considerate of her son-in-law!
Originally, with her strong and proud personality, she would definitely not agree to let her son-in-law go to Yanying Studio to film and waste time.
But when asked what Cheng Xuemin meant was to let the couple decide what to do on their own!
I feel like I’ve run out of inspiration and can’t write any good manuscripts, so I can go there and film a movie to relax, but it only lasts for one to two months anyway.
Not to mention worrying about the young Feng family at home. Now that the old Feng family is almost intact, how can they still take care of a debt collector?
However, Cheng Xuemin really has no intention of going, at least he definitely won’t be able to go before the end of the year!
I still have a lot of illustrations to draw, and I owe several manuscripts. By the way, during the winter vacation, Cheng Xuemin may have to go back to northern Shaanxi to bring his parents over for the New Year.
I wrote a letter before asking his parents to come here to celebrate the New Year, but his parents refused!
So Feng Jiayou thought and asked Cheng Xuemin to come over and take his parents over to live with them for a while.
Cheng Xuemin may have to go back before the winter vacation.
If Xie Jin started to join the team years ago and went to the northwest farm to take photos and take pictures, then Cheng Xuemin really didn't have time.
"Xuemin, your article "Director Qiao" may have to be submitted to the Foreign Languages Publishing House first. In line with the spirit of the meeting above, it will be publicized to the outside world!"
"The Wrangler manuscript may have to be changed to later in the year!"
My father-in-law, Father Feng, also suddenly mentioned something, that is, the original "Wrangler" had been translated and reviewed, and was waiting to be published by Chinese Literature. However, it was temporarily withdrawn and replaced with "The Taking of Factory Director Qiao".
In fact, it is not a temporary withdrawal, but the entire issue has been replaced, and the entire page is dedicated to publicizing our revised reports.
The previously scheduled edition may not be published in the next issue, and will have to wait until after the year!
"Really?! Xuemin's manuscript is also going to be published!? Should I ask Lao Qian to translate it?"
Feng's mother's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she asked.
"This article is urgent and the matter is sensitive. The bureau has set up a special translation team!"
They are no joke in this issue of Chinese Literature. They have not published a single personal article to the outside world at all. They have set up a special translation working group to carefully translate the spirit of this conference and important speeches.
The only personal article he wrote was his son-in-law's "Notes on the Assumption of Factory Director Qiao", which strictly implemented the above spirit and announced to the outside world that it was not just words, but that it was really going to start!
Lao Qiao's drastic reforms in Factory Director Qiao's appointment record are a signal they want to convey to the outside world.
Therefore, the superiors really attached great importance to his son-in-law's manuscript, and immediately appointed their Foreign Languages Publishing House to translate it and publish it to the outside world.
"A special translation working group has been established?!"
At this time, not only Feng's mother was shocked, but also the rest of the Feng family were stunned and looked at Cheng Xuemin in confusion.
"Yeah! After the manuscript is completed in two days, Xuemin may have to go to our Foreign Languages Publishing House with me, and the working team will also have another face-to-face communication with you, the author!"
When Father Feng mentioned this, he actually asked Cheng Xuemin to make preparations first. He might have to go to their foreign language publishing bureau, so he felt confident.
"Okay, okay, dad, there's no problem with me, I'm always available!"
Cheng Xuemin nodded. In fact, he was quite looking forward to going to the Foreign Languages Publishing House to study Chinese literature. He was still thinking about what channel he could use to submit some manuscripts to the outside world, earn foreign exchange, and get some foreign exchange coupons to use as a small treasury.
Originally, there was a chief editor of Chinese literature from the International Publishing House at home, so I could actually ask my father-in-law for advice in person!
But the small treasury is still causing trouble!
The Feng family's little treasury has already exceeded 5,000 yuan, while his only has a few hundred yuan, which is a serious hindrance.
So if it could be done, Cheng Xuemin would definitely start with the small treasury.
That night, Cheng Xuemin, Feng Jiayou and his wife celebrated carefully for a while.
The next day is Saturday, but not a day off.
Weekend holidays will have to wait for more than ten years. Nowadays, people still have to go to work and go to school on Saturdays. They only have one day off on Sundays.
Cheng Xuemin sent Feng Jiayou to school as usual in the morning, and spent the whole morning in the library to complete the remaining illustrations.
It took me all last night and this morning to complete all fifteen illustrations of "The Heart of the Grass".
Moreover, Cheng Xuemin also drew three more pictures, which are either included or waiting to be screened, making a total of eighteen pictures.
Fifteen illustrations cost 12 yuan each, which is a total of 180 yuan in illustration royalties.
Converted into a manuscript, Cheng Xuemin had to write almost 30,000 words, but the time he spent was last night plus this morning, which is almost ten hours!
If you calculate it this way, although doing illustrations is a little faster, it is not much faster than writing manuscripts.
After all, Cheng Xuemin writes manuscripts as tributes and basically doesn’t think too much about it, but it’s different when he draws illustrations!
Although Cheng Xuemin has a good foundation in painting skills and has the original drawings to pay tribute to and copy, it is somewhat more troublesome and brain-consuming than copying text.
Therefore, it is not a shortcut to completely engage in illustration, but fortunately it is safe and you can blatantly create a small treasury in front of the Feng family.
At noon, he and Feng Jiayou had lunch together, and after sending them to the dormitory to rest, Cheng Xuemin took the illustrations and sent them to the People's Literature Publishing House non-stop.
After all, the manuscript fees have been paid in advance, and the illustrations must be sent as soon as possible.
"No, Xuemin, you finished the painting so quickly? Is it true or not?" Pan, the leader of the art editing team of the Humanities Society, happily welcomed Cheng Xuemin into the office at first, but when he heard that he was here to submit a manuscript, He couldn't help but exclaimed and asked.
"Teacher Pan, the painting is finished! Can you help me review it?"
Cheng Xuemin took out the illustration from his briefcase, placed his hands in front of Lao Pan's desk, and smiled shyly.
"Have you really finished all the paintings?"
Now that everything was placed in front of him, Old Pan was so confused that he had nothing to say. He could only pick up the manuscript in front of him and show it to him!
But seeing this, Lao Pan's eyes lit up and he asked: "Xuemin, have you got Bai Lao's true inheritance?"
"I had this doubt about the illustrations of the Wrangler before! Looking at these manuscripts of yours now...it's not simple!"
The more Lao Pan watched, the more fascinated he became. It didn't seem like he was reviewing manuscripts at all, but rather appreciating the beauty!
"Well...I usually like to copy Bai Lao's paintings, but I can't be considered elegant!"
Cheng Xuemin nodded repeatedly, thinking that Lao Pan must have asked this question.
The Bai Lao he mentioned was none other than Professor Bai Xueshi, the current head of the Department of Traditional Chinese Painting at Qingmei.
The reason for this question is that the original illustrations copied by Cheng Xuemin should have been produced by a certain student of Qingmei, who should have been taught by Professor Bai Lao.
Therefore, when Cheng Xuemin copied it like this, it was inevitable that there would be heavy traces of Bai's landscape paintings, but to be touted as the authentic work of Professor Bai was exaggerated!
Cheng Xuemin’s painting skills are very complex and he has no affiliation at all. He is just an amateur.
"Then it's no wonder!"
"But Xuemin, your painting skills are no worse than those of Qingmei's old students... Oh, you painted three more pictures, I won't give you any more royalties!"
After reading the illustration paper in his hand, Lao Pan was quite satisfied. He counted the sheets and found that there were eighteen, so he joked to Cheng Xuemin again.
"No, no, no, I'm just afraid that you won't be satisfied, Teacher Pan, so I drew a few more as backup!"
"Teacher Pan, can these illustrations be used?"
Although he already knew from Lao Pan's tone that the illustration manuscript should have been passed, Cheng Xuemin still confirmed it.
"I've passed it! We'll use your illustrations, Xuemin!" Lao Pan put the manuscript paper in order and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that Xuemin, your article writing is so good, and your drawing skills are so awesome!"
"If I hadn't known that you had rejected Lao Zhang's invitation, I would have wanted to recruit you into our art editing team and become the art editor of our People's Literature!"
Lao Pan is really considering recruiting an art editor who can draw by himself, so that he can fill in the manuscripts temporarily and avoid the difficulty of finding artists to do illustrations!
And with Cheng Xuemin’s speed, Lao Pan also loves talent!
How many days have it been since Cheng Xuemin handed over this matter? ! It seems like just two days? They handed over the manuscript and drew a few more pictures.
Do you want Qingmei's students to draw it? All of them were so arrogant that they couldn't submit the manuscript within ten and a half months.
No matter how you paint, you still need to be inspired, and you need to work slowly and carefully!
At that time, Lao Pan still thought it made sense. Writing articles and illustrations were all mental work, and it really required inspiration to work slowly and carefully!
But now it seems that it’s all bullshit!
Those Qingmei students are just lazy and are not active in earning royalties!
Old Pan has finally seen through it. If there is an illustration assignment in the future, Cheng Xuemin will be the first priority.
This little comrade is really good. He can draw very quickly, and he can also draw a few extra pictures. Such a good comrade is rare!
"Teacher Pan, I can't be a full-time art editor, but I still have time to help with some drawings in my spare time!"
"Teacher Pan, are you calling for the painters of the little book?"
Cheng Xuemin said a humble and polite word, and then saw the notice on Lao Pan's desk, which said that he was summoning a group of painters for the villain's book.
This kind of work is not even considered as a temporary job. It means that you go to Lao Pan to receive the task of painting a little book and take it back directly to paint at home.
Once the drawing is complete, submit it and the manuscript will be reviewed and paid for.
In essence, it is still the author's contribution, but the Little People's Book is a little different. You have to go to Lao Pan's humanities club first to receive the blank text sample manuscript of the Little People's Book.
On the sample manuscript, create corresponding comic books based on the text content of each page.
Relatively speaking, the difficulty of comics in comic books is actually much lower than that of illustrations.
But the content requirements must be high!
After all, comic strips in comic books are only for primary school students. The pictures are interesting, not beautiful.
Of course, except for the little books drawn for adults.
"What? Xuemin, are you also interested in drawing little books?"
"It just so happens that our club is in urgent need of a batch of sketches for the villain's book. How about you, Xuemin, give it a try?"
Lao Pan couldn't help but his eyes lit up and he became excited when he heard Xuemian Cheng mention the comic strips of Little People!
Because drawing a book with little people is no better than illustrations in books and magazines. It looks simple but refined, and it must be interesting for children to love reading and get hooked on!
After all, the readers of Xiaorenshu comic strips are children, most of whom are illiterate, so they see the pictures rather than the words on them.
This requires the small pictures in the comic strips in the comic books, so that children can understand what they mean at a glance!
This seems simple. Anyway, very few of the professional art students in Qingmei can afford this job, and the manuscripts submitted are somewhat unsatisfactory!
Old Pan Zheng was so anxious to find a high-quality and easy-to-use comic book artist for the comic book that he thought of recruiting people!
So if Cheng Xuemin can do it, that would be great!
"How to calculate the manuscript fee for this comic strip?!" Cheng Xuemin certainly wanted to give it a try, but the fee must be appropriate. If the price was too low, it would be more cost-effective for him to write a few more tribute manuscripts.
"I give others anywhere from four to six yuan, but I will give you seven yuan, Xuemin. How about that?"
"If you draw well, I'll raise it to eight yuan for you in the future, which is the top price for comic strips!"
Seeing Xuexue Cheng's move, Lao Pan quickly offered his price and said quickly.
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(End of chapter)