Chapter 152 Thanks to the efforts of the sky, there is smoke coming out of the ancestral graves (asking for monthly votes)
On New Year's Eve, Feng's mother, Feng's father, uncle, brother, sister-in-law, they all had a holiday, and they were all preparing New Year's goods for the New Year.
Cheng Xuemin set out early in the morning to report to Mr. Wu from Zhonghai.
I don’t know what instructions Mr. Wu had when he called me over on New Year’s Eve.
But before going out, Cheng Xuemin told Feng Jiayou that if he didn't come back at noon, he would ask her to call home on his behalf.
Originally, they had agreed in the letter that Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou would make long-distance calls to their parents in northern Shaanxi at noon on New Year's Eve.
Fortunately, my parents in northern Shaanxi were waiting at the commune at noon today.
Their commune has a telephone that can make and receive long distance calls, but it is usually not open to commune members.
But Cheng Xuemin's uncle is a cadre in the commune, and today is New Year's Eve, so arranging a phone call shouldn't be a big problem.
What a coincidence!
The appointment was made at noon today. As soon as Cheng Xuemin went to Mr. Wu’s place, he just didn’t know if he could get back in time.
If you can't make it back in time, ask Feng Jiayou to go to the nearby post office first and call there first, so as not to worry your parents at home.
Moreover, if Cheng Xuemin didn't make this call, his parents might be waiting there all day.
certainly!
There is no need for Cheng Xuemin to remind him about this matter. In this regard, Feng Jiayou, the daughter-in-law, is more thoughtful and more filial than Cheng Xuemin, the son.
Every time Cheng Xuemin published a manuscript, Feng Jiayou would mail a copy to his home.
I don’t know what my parents will do when they receive magazines and single volumes in the mail.
Anyway, from the letters he received from home, you can tell from the lines that his parents are lost.
"Teacher Zhang, Teacher Li, Teacher Qin, hello!"
We entered Zhonghai on a familiar road, and happened to be in the yard outside Mr. Wu's office. We saw Zhang Guangnian from "People's Literature" and Li Shuguang from "Humanities Society" waiting here.
The other one is Qin Chuan, the editor-in-chief of People's Daily. Cheng Xuemin has dealt with him before, but he is not very close to him.
"Xuemin, here you come! I'm waiting for you!"
Zhang Guangnian of People's Literature was most familiar with Cheng Xuemin, and his first interaction was also with Mr. Wu.
After seeing him coming, he quickly greeted Cheng Xuemin. Li Shuguang and Qin Chuan also nodded and greeted Cheng Xuemin.
"Ah?! Just wait for me!? Teacher Zhang, do you know what Mr. Wu's instructions are?"
Three super bosses of the 'people' generation are waiting for him here. It is impossible for Cheng Xuemin to say that he is not under pressure.
I’m also puzzled!
Listening to Lao Zhang’s tone, the three of them are waiting for him! Therefore, Mr. Wu is going to make a big move again. Could it be that these three super bosses of the 'people' generation are going to do it together?
"Ask Lao Li and Lao Qin about this, they know! I'm just here today to join in the fun!"
Zhang Guangnian waved his hand, indicating that he didn't know much about it either.
And judging from his tone, the protagonists today are Lao Li’s Humanities Society and Lao Qin’s People’s Daily.
This made Cheng Xuemin even more confused!
“Xuemin, let’s talk after we go in! It’s so cold outside!”
Li Shuguang from the Humanities Club smiled and motioned for Cheng Xuemin to go in first and talk inside.
"Uh... Teacher Li, Teacher Zhang, Teacher Qin, you guys please go first!"
Cheng Xuemin nodded at first and followed Li Shuguang's instructions and walked inside, but soon found that he seemed to be walking a little faster and walked in front of the three of them in an instant.
Cheng Xuemin, who reacted on the spot, quickly stopped and asked the three teachers to come first.
"It's the same! There aren't that many false etiquettes. Xuemin, you are just too humble and forgiving!"
Li Shuguang nodded at Cheng Xuemin, shook his head and said with a smile.
But seeing that Cheng Xuemin, the young man, insisted on lagging behind, he stopped insisting and led the way into the palace gate.
"Yes! Xuemin, you were indeed too low-key and too humble before!" Qin Chuan from People's Daily said with a smile.
Low profile?
Cheng Xuemin put forward a united front and published four articles in succession, all of which were basically related to the reform.
Now the whole country knows about him as ‘Old Qiao’, right?
If this is what they call low-key humility, then how high-profile is it to be considered low-key and humility?
besides!
Teacher Qin from People’s Literature said that he was indeed too low-key and humble before. What does this mean?
No need to be so low-key in the future?
There is no need to be low-key, how about a high-profile method?
Cheng Xuemin was led into Mr. Wu's office with full of doubts, but he did not see Mr. Wu at this time.
"Four comrades, please wait a moment. Mr. Wu is reporting to the East Hall now and will be back around ten o'clock!" After Secretary Yang led the people in, he motioned to Cheng Xuemin and the four of them to sit down for a while.
Mr. Wu is reporting to work? Who reports to the East Palace?
Cheng Xuemin thought through his mind for a while and guessed that there might only be a few people, maybe it was the same person he saw at the last meeting.
Around ten o'clock?
Cheng Xuemin raised his head and looked at the long clock standing in the office. It was already half past nine, almost half an hour away.
In this way, Zhang Guangnian, Li Shuguang, Qin Chuan and the others had to talk to Cheng Xuemin about the few articles Cheng Xuemin had published all at once during this period.
Horrible, awesome!
Zhang Guangnian is a little better. After all, he is also a member of the United Front, and he is still the absolute main force. He knows that Cheng Xuemin will have four manuscripts, and they will publish "Harvest" in Shanghai, Li Qingquan's "Yenjing Literature", and "October" by Cheng Xuemin's mother-in-law has been published online.
However, because I didn’t know what the other three companies’ manuscripts were about in advance, I was somewhat surprised and shocked when the manuscripts were published.
The same goes for Li Shuguang of the Humanities Society. He and Zhang Guangnian work upstairs and downstairs, so he can somewhat know the inside story.
So Qin Chuan from People's Daily was the most shocked.
Want to say!
Cheng Xuemin's previous book "Director Qiao took office" said that he was a pioneer after the conference and fired the first shot.
The four manuscripts that Cheng Xuemin published this time were no less than an atomic bomb dropped directly at this ice-breaking turning point.
Yes, a real atomic bomb.
It caused a sensation across the country.
Immediately afterwards, Li Shuguang from the humanities club also revealed the details to Cheng Xuemin. This time Mr. Wu called them over, in fact, he wanted to publish a collection for Cheng Xuemin.
It was the People's Literature Publishing House who took the lead in bringing together all four of Cheng Xuemin's rewritten short stories into a single volume.
Originally, a single volume of "Director Qiao's Assumption of Administration" had been planned before, and Mr. Wu had already made the decision.
But Cheng Xuemin moved too fast later and published two more short stories about the change, including "The Traitor".
The four short stories are combined into a single volume and published together! Mr. Wu called them over today, and he should be talking about this job.
Cheng Xuemin nodded repeatedly after hearing this, he understood what it meant!
Are you going to combine "The Story of Director Qiao's Taking Up the Job", "The Story of Chen Huansheng's Entry into the City", "The Traitor", and the short story Cheng Xuemin wrote to his mother-in-law in October into a book? Then this card... okay!
The first thing Cheng Xuemin thought of was that if Lao Li wanted to publish a book for him, would he also have to settle the publishing fees for the other three manuscripts with him?
In other words, Lao Li already has the payment bills for those three short stories in his pocket?
I have already received the fee slip for the single volume of "Director Qiao's Taking Up the Job", so this is excluded.
"Everyone is here?"
When it was almost ten o'clock, Mr. Wu led Mr. Mao into the office. Seeing that Cheng Xuemin and others were there, he nodded enthusiastically and said hello!
"Hello, Mr. Wu, hello, Mr. Mao!"
Cheng Xuemin and the other four also stood up and greeted Mr. Wu and Mr. Mao who came in!
"Xuemin! You have been in a lot of limelight recently!"
"The East Palace gave you special instructions just now!"
When Mr. Wu came in, he first nodded to Cheng Xuemin and said to him with a smile.
Mr. Mao also nodded meaningfully to Cheng Xuemin, but did not say this to Mr. Wu.
All of a sudden, Cheng Xuemin was trembling and a little uneasy!
Indeed!
Four very influential magazines on the United Front came together to support him, which was very sensational. At the same time, it is hard to overstate how terrifying the influence was.
Therefore, Mr. Wu and Mr. Mao were alarmed. Cheng Xuemin had actually been prepared for this.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Wu now said that the people in the East Palace had given him special instructions, which instantly made Cheng Xuemin wonder whether it was better to be flattered or to walk on thin ice and be cautious.
I don’t know whether this instruction is a good thing or a bad thing.
"Mr. Wu, let me review this with you..."
But before Cheng Xuemin could say anything about self-examination, Mr. Wu waved his hand and said, "Well, Xuemin, I didn't call you here today just to listen to your self-examination!"
"Besides, you didn't do anything wrong this time. Why do you want to report to the organization?!"
"This time we asked you to come here not to listen to your criticism, but to praise you!"
Mr. Wu followed up and said with a smile: "Of course, it's just verbal praise. Don't even think about other students!"
"Don't dare! Mr. Wu, you are joking!"
Cheng Xuemin hurriedly said again, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Originally, he had a more correct attitude, and there was nothing wrong with self-examination first.
But what I heard was not criticism, but praise.
Although it was just a verbal praise, it was also Mr. Wu's verbal praise, which meant that the weight in the East Hall was extraordinary.
"I'm not joking with you, Xuemin. I'm just giving you verbal praise. I didn't even get a certificate for you!"
Mr. Wu smiled bitterly and said, "Ruo, I spent a whole morning talking and begging for such a thing from you!"
After speaking, the document in Mr. Wu's hand was flashed in front of Cheng Xuemin and then put back. No matter how sharp Cheng Xuemin's eyes were, he couldn't see clearly what it was.
Because the file in Mr. Wu's hand was not opened at all.
Not to mention Cheng Xuemin's curiosity was aroused, Zhang Guangnian, Li Shuguang, Qin Chuan and others were also curious about what it was after hearing this?
It wasn’t just verbal praise, but he didn’t even get a certificate, but what did Mr. Wu have in his hands?
What did he help Cheng Xuemin ask for from above?
"By the way, Lao Li, have you told Xuemin?"
After Mr. Wu asked Mr. Mao to take a seat, he sat down on the main seat next to him and mentioned something to Li Shuguang of the Humanities Club.
"Mr. Wu, I just told Xuemin about a collection for Xuemin!"
Li Shuguang nodded quickly and reported to Mr. Wu.
"Mr. Wu, Teacher Li just mentioned it to me. I wonder what instructions you have here?"
Cheng Xuemin also stood up and asked!
"Xuemin, don't be restrained when you sit down, and you don't have to stand up to speak!" Mr. Mao waved to Cheng Xuemin, and then said, "Mr. Wu's instruction is that I will write a collection for you, Xuemin. Preface, I don’t know what you think, Xuemin?”
"If you have other suitable candidates, then I can only be polite, old man!"
"ah?!"
With a sudden jerk, Cheng Xuemin's buttocks that had just been sitting on his back were instantly shocked by Mr. Mao's words and jumped up!
What a joke!
Cheng Xuemin published a collection of short stories, but Mr. Mao asked him to write a preface without asking?
And this tone!
If Cheng Xuemin feels that Mr. Mao is not qualified, he can find another one.
Come on, come on!
How can one be so virtuous? Is there smoke coming out of the ancestral graves?
If you can still make it later, call him and ask him if there is smoke coming out of the ancestral tomb at home!
How can you be so virtuous!
Cheng Xuemin, a fledgling writer, published a collection of short stories, and Mr. Mao wrote a preface for him. Did he hear it correctly?
"Mr. Mao, do you want to write a preface to this collection of short stories by Scholars?"
Li Shuguang, who took over the task next to him, was also stunned and dumbfounded, and asked in shock.
Even Zhang Guangnian and Qin Chuan on the side looked equally horrified and shocked when they heard this.
Mr. Mao personally wrote the preface to Cheng Xuemin?
It also depends on whether Cheng Xuemin is willing. Is this... an auditory hallucination correct?
"What? Old man, I gave a preface to the scholars, what's the matter? What a fuss!"
Mr. Mao smiled with a rosy face and looked at Cheng Xuemin.
"Lao Mao! I, I, I... how should I say it? I, I, I... I really don't know how to express it!"
Cheng Xuemin was dumbfounded and was so excited that he didn't know what to say.
Mr. Mao personally wrote the preface to Cheng Xuemin's collection of short stories. This honor is simply unimaginable.
What kind of sensation would this cause if it were officially published?
Anyway, it can be imagined that in the cultural circles, major universities and institutions, it is absolutely a big earthquake.
Incredible!
This is not a verbal praise. This is to praise Cheng Xuemin directly to the sky!
"Young man, please calm down. Old man, shouldn't I give you a preface? As for making you, Xuemin, happy like this?"
Mr. Mao laughed at Cheng Xuemin again and said, "If Mr. Wu is asked to give you the reward he asked for, you must not... directly..."
"Okay, I don't know what to say, I'll wait and see!"
Mr. Mao is indeed very interesting. After laying an ambush here, he looked at Mr. Wu.
This time Cheng Xuemin, Li Shuguang and the others were even more curious. Even if Mao Lao wrote the preface, it was not today's reward. Did Wu Lao have something more sharp?
What could this be? !
"Are you all looking at me!?" Mr. Wu also smiled, opened the folder in his hand, and said, "Here, Xuemin! I didn't ask for the certificate for you, but I asked for something like this for you. , see for yourself!”
After saying that, he took out a piece of straw paper from the folder and handed it to Cheng Xuemin!
…
Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of this chapter)