Tao Yushu's registered residence is in Yanjing. After graduation, he first reported to the Yanjing Municipal Education Commission.

Early the morning after the graduation ceremony, she was dressed and ready to go.

""Our family is now a dual-income family." Lin Chaoyang sighed, and then asked her: "How is it? You are about to go to work, how do you feel?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

Tao Yushu's face showed a bit of excitement, "It feels good."

"I wish dear Comrade Tao Yushu a smooth new day at work!" Lin Chaoyang said jokingly.

"Thank you, dear Comrade Lin Chaoyang."

The couple came out of home, one ran to Yanda University, and the other rode a motorcycle to the Education Committee's college and technical secondary school student allocation office to report.

Graduation assignments have already been decided, so this registration is a one-and-done event, and all Yanjing graduates have to go through it.

After leaving the Education Committee Distribution Office, Tao Yushu rode his motorcycle to West Chang'an Street.

"Yenjing Literature" was originally located on Xiagongfu Street behind the Yanjing Hotel on East Chang'an Street, which was also the seat of the old Yanjing Federation of Literary and Art Circles. The editorial department lived in seclusion in a large courtyard with 17 miles of twists and turns.

Amidst the buzz, "Yenjing Literature" moved with the Yanjing Federation of Literary and Art Circles to the Cultural Affairs Bureau compound at No. 7 West Chang'an Avenue, next to the corner under the loudspeaker of the Telegraph Building.

The lonely Federation of Literary and Art Circles Building stood there, with Tao Yushu standing at the door. This was not her first time visiting the Federation of Literary and Art Circles Building, but her experience this time was completely different from before.

Lao She, Zhao Shuli, Hao Ran... Tao Yushu felt an uncontrollable excitement in her heart when she thought that those names that she had only seen in books had traveled back and forth here, and now she was about to become a member of this place.

Taking a deep breath, Tao Yushu walked into the Federation of Literary and Art Circles building and after asking around found Zhao Mingwei, the deputy director of human resources at the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

The two chatted, and Zhao Mingwei asked someone to help Tao Yushu go through the entry procedures.

After a while, someone knocked on the door. Zhao Mingwei said "come in" and saw Yang Mo pushing the door open and entering.

"I heard someone said that our college students are here!" After entering the door, Yang Mo didn't have time to say hello, and said with a smile on his face.

Zhao Mingwei also laughed, "You're watching closely enough. Are you afraid that I'll hide your baby bump?"

He then said to Tao Yushu: "Comrade Yushu, I won't introduce it to you. You must be more familiar with him than me."

Yang Mo said: "That is."

After joking for a while, Yang Mo said to Zhao Mingwei: "Are you done with the formalities? I can take him away."

"It's done, let's go." He shook hands with Tao Yushu as he spoke, "Comrade Yushu, welcome you again to join our big family of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles."

After leaving Zhao Mingwei's office, Yang Mo led Tao Yushu to the editorial office of "Yanjing Literature".

The Federation of Literary and Art Circles is the abbreviation of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Its member units include the Literary and Art Association, the Theater Association, the Film Association, the Artists Association, the Calligraphers Association, and more than a dozen literary and artistic units.

A few years ago, when the Federation of Literary and Art Circles was restored, it was fine. Now, these literary and artistic units have occupied the Federation of Literary and Art Circles building, causing the office environment in the building to be overcrowded.

Yang Mo took Tao Yushu to the office door with the nameplate "Editorial Department of Yanjing Literature" and opened the door.

What you see is an office with outdated facilities. There are many desks scattered along the wall. There are piles of manuscripts piled on the desks and on the floor. The editors are immersed in the manuscripts.

Hearing the sound of the door being pushed, someone looked up and spotted Yang Mo and Tao Yushu standing at the door. This immediately triggered a chain reaction among everyone, and everyone looked up at the door.

"Comrades, please stop what you are doing and take a look at the new force in our editorial department, Comrade Tao Yushu.

Comrade Yushu is a top student at Yanjing Normal University. She had excellent grades in college and has published many commentaries in the past two years. Her arrival is equivalent to adding strength to our editorial department!"

Yang Mo's voice was clear and clear, with a bit of excitement.

Editors are no strangers to Tao Yushu. Her comments have been published in publications from time to time in recent years. She herself has been to the editorial office several times, including her lover Lin Chaoyang, who also has a good relationship with "Yenjing Literature".

Everyone knows that Yang Mo and Zhang Dening have always wanted to recruit Tao Yushu into the editorial department.

After listening to Yang Mo's words, Zhang Dening was the first to take the lead in applauding, and everyone also followed suit.

Tao Yushu bowed to everyone gracefully, "I have just joined the work, and you are all my seniors. If I do not do well enough in my work in the future, please criticize and correct me."

After Tao Yushu finished speaking, everyone applauded again, and Yang Mo stretched out his hand and pressed down.

"Comrade Yushu has just arrived in the editorial department. The business aspect requires a familiarization process. If any of you want to have more apprentices, please volunteer."

As soon as Yang Mo said these words, Zhang Dening immediately raised his hands high and couldn't wait.

"Put your hands down. You have only been working for a few years? You still want to be a master!"

After being criticized by Yang Mo, Zhang Dening put down his hand angrily.

Yang Mo's eyes turned to several old editors in the editorial department, Chen Shichong, Zhou Yanru, Fu Yonglin...

Finally, she set her sights on Zhou Yanru. They were all female colleagues, so it was easier to get along with them.

"Yan Ru, come and bring the jade book."

Yang Mo is the editor-in-chief and arranges work tasks. Naturally, Zhou Yanru cannot refuse, "Okay."

"Liu Heng, you go tell the logistics and arrange a set of desks, chairs and office supplies for Yushu." Yang Mo ordered again.

Liu Heng is only twenty-seven years old this year. Before Tao Yushu came, he was the most junior person in the editorial department, so he naturally had to do some dirty work.

After listening to Yang Mo's instructions, Liu Heng got up and walked out without saying a word.

After making simple arrangements for Tao Yushu, Yang Mo explained a few words to her and left the editorial department.

As soon as Yang Mo left, Zhang Dening immediately came over and grabbed Tao Yushu, "You are finally here! I have been looking forward to you for so many days."

"Isn't this too slow? I graduated yesterday and will register today. There should be no college student in Yanjing who registers faster than me."

The two chatted and laughed, and Zhang Dening took Tao Yushu and introduced her colleagues in the editorial department one by one.

Tao Yushu knew most of the people here, but there were a few who she hadn't spoken to at all. With this introduction, she solemnly greeted everyone.

"When Yushu comes, half of the sky in our editorial department becomes even brighter!" Chen Shichong joked after greeting Tao Yushu.

"Yenjing Literature" is a monthly magazine that has always been very popular and has huge sales, so the editorial board has a relatively large number of members in the industry.

There are quite a few lesbians, including editor-in-chief Yang Mo, Zhou Yanru, Zhang Dening, Wang Jie, and now Tao Yushu, so the number is almost equal to that of gay men.

Everyone was talking, and Liu Heng, who had been out for more than ten minutes, led people to move tables and chairs into the office.

The editorial office of "Yanjing Literature" is not large, only about 30 square meters, and it was already very crowded. This time, Tao Yushu's tables and chairs were added, making it even more crowded.

Everyone moved the desks in a row against the wall and squeezed out a spot for Tao Yushu in the corner.

"It's a bit crowded, so let's make do with it. Our building has become more and more crowded in the past two years, and there isn't even any extra space." Zhou Yanru said.

After arranging the office hardware facilities, Zhou Yanru told Tao Yushu about the work of the editorial department.

"We are editors, and our most important job is to review manuscripts. You also know the content of our magazine. It is a comprehensive literary magazine. We publish novels, poems, essays, reportage, and reviews in these genres. Everyone is responsible for it.

Not exactly the same.

The things I'm responsible for are quite complex. For example, Lao Fu is responsible for the novel group, and Lao Zhao is responsible for poetry...

Our magazine now receives the largest number of submissions from novels. From now on, you will be responsible for the registration and preliminary review of submissions from some amateur authors.

Liu Heng..."

While talking, Zhou Yanru called Liu Heng.

Liu Heng seemed to have been prepared. He happily stood up and picked up the manuscript letter on the table and walked over. Before Zhou Yanru could tell him, he put the manuscript letter on Tao Yu's desk.

Before Tao Yushu came, he had always been responsible for registering letters from readers.

This time it was okay, he was finally free.

Not only that, but he could also leave the errand of rejection letters to Tao Yushu.

After more than two years of hard work, he finally got through it!

"When you first come to the editorial department, the work you are responsible for will definitely be a bit more complicated.

Registration of letters from amateur readers, rejection letters, and preliminary review of manuscripts are all your job. Once you are familiar with the work, you will then go out to request manuscripts and write reviews."

Listening to Zhou Yanru's words, Tao Yushu didn't say a word, but silently remembered them in her heart. She has always been a strong person, whether in study or work.

Zhou Yanru talked intermittently for half an hour, and finally said: "You have just arrived today, so don't be stressed. What I just said still needs you to learn and adapt little by little."

"I understand, thank you, Teacher Zhou." Tao Yushu said.

Zhou Yanru smiled kindly and said, "I'm out of school now, so don't call me teacher. Just call me Lao Zhou."

Seeing Tao Yushu's tense expression, she knew that she would be a little nervous and at a loss on her first day at work, so she added: "De Ning got two manuscripts from you a while ago and said they were recommended by you. I read the manuscripts,

It’s written in a very personal style.”

"I read the manuscript and thought it was good. Although it has some dark and narcissistic tendencies, it's generally pretty good."

Zhou Yanru nodded, "In that case, you will be responsible for the author from now on, how about it?"

On his first day in the editorial department, Tao Yushu felt happy to have a responsible author, and the nervousness of having just arrived in a strange environment relaxed a lot.

After she finished communicating with Zhou Yanru, Zhang Dening, who had been waiting aside, finally had a chance to talk to her. The two chatted for a while.

When it was time for dinner, Zhang Dening held her arm intimately and took her to the cafeteria to eat.

In the afternoon, Tao Yushu officially entered working mode. "Yenjing Literature" is a well-known literary magazine in the country and receives hundreds of submissions from amateur authors every day.

The quality of the works varies greatly, and the quality of most manuscripts does not meet the standards for publication, but this does not mean that contributions from amateur authors are unimportant.

Whether in "Yenjing Literature" or other literary magazines, submissions from amateur authors have always been the most important way to discover new writers.

It is certainly a good thing for the editorial department to have the author resources of famous writers in the hands of the editor, but if a magazine cannot discover and cultivate new writers, its influence and vitality are destined to be limited.
To be continued...