The biggest advantage of being a teacher is that you have many vacations, including national statutory holidays and winter and summer vacations.
During the National Day holiday, Tao Yumo had a holiday and went to Lin Chaoyang's house to eat and drink. At the same time, he took on the task of taking care of Xiao Dongdong.
After working for more than a month, her cheeks became visibly thinner.
At first, Tao Yumo still took the school bus to and from get off work every day, but later he couldn't stand it anymore after less than a week.
The Haidian campus of the University of Political Science and Law is more than 40 kilometers away from the Changping campus. She has to get up before six o'clock every morning to go to work, and it is almost seven o'clock when she gets home at night.
If they were college students in future generations, they would probably be happy with it. After all, it is such a good job.
But how could college students in the 1980s ever receive such treatment?
She had no choice but to live in the school dormitory while working during the week and return to Yanjing on weekends.
"Alas! Even though the work in Changping is far away, the food is much worse than that in Haidian. No wonder the teachers at our school don't want to go there. I've been starving and thin for more than a month."
Tao Yumo's cheeks were bulging, and he did not forget to complain about his treatment at the workplace.
How could Tao Yushu listen to her words when his whole life was full of troubles?
"Do you think you should enjoy going to work? The difficulties you are facing are temporary, and working hard is the right thing to do."
"Did I say I don't work hard? Now I'm talking about the working environment!"
After working for a month, Tao Yumo became much more courageous than before and had begun to learn to refute her sister.
"With so many complaints, how can your work attitude get any better?"
Tao Yushu exposed the loopholes in his sister's logic in one sentence. Tao Yumo muttered dissatisfiedly: "You are the only one who loves your job and is dedicated to your job!"
What Tao Yushu said is actually right, she is indeed not very motivated at work.
She and Zha Hai were promoted to the University of Political Science and Law, and were assigned to the school journal. They had to stay here for one year before becoming full-time students.
Tao Yumo is happy. She was interested in literature when she was in college, mainly because of the influence of her family and classmates. Now that she is working, her hobby has become work, and she has no motivation.
"When I get through this year and become a full-time student, I will apply to the school to come back to the Haidian campus." Tao Yumo made up his mind while chewing his rice.
Tao Yushu shook his head when he heard this, expressing his deep disgust at his sister's indolence and indolence.
Seeing her expression, Tao Yumo felt unhappy and muttered: "You are amazing! You work hard! Are you taking advantage of my brother-in-law?"
The mosquito-like sound fell into Tao Yushu's ears, attracting her cold eyes.
"If you have the ability, find one!"
Tao Yumo shut his mouth obediently, but he was replying in his heart.
Unlike you, I rely on my ability to make a living!
"Hey, brother-in-law, I heard that a Western restaurant has opened on Chongwenmen West Street." Tao Yumo said to Lin Chaoyang.
This past September, a French restaurant with an inconspicuous appearance officially opened for business at No. 2 Chongwenmen West Street, not far from Cuihua Hutong.
This restaurant named Maxim is Pierre Cardin's first investment in China, and it is also the first Sino-foreign joint venture restaurant in China. The Chinese investor is the Second Service Bureau of Yanjing City.
Lin Chaoyang, who was flipping through the newspaper, had a calm expression on his face, "What's so strange about a Western restaurant? It's not like you've never eaten there before."
"This is a serious French restaurant, what is it called? Oh, yes, Maxime.
Lao Mo’s food is all Russian food, not serious Western food.”
Tao Yumo and her generation's impressions of Western food are basically limited to a few Russian restaurants such as Moscow Restaurant, Peace Hotel, and Dadi.
Going to Lao Mo and the Peace Hotel for a Russian meal was of course very prestigious in the past, but after Maxim appeared, the quality of these Russian meals suddenly dropped.
Lin Chaoyang glanced at her, and as soon as his sister-in-law raised her butt, he knew what she was going to do, and didn't say anything.
Tao Yumo continued: "In two months, my eldest nephew will be one year old, so we have to celebrate it properly."
"Maxim's per capita consumption is one to two hundred, you are really good at choosing places."
Seeing that his little thoughts were revealed, Tao Yumo laughed twice and said, "I'll just say it casually."
"Whatever you say is fine, I have to go have a meal."
Lin Chaoyang's words made Tao Yumo's eyes light up. She was just about to say "brother-in-law is wise" when she heard Lin Chaoyang said: "When you make money in the future, you must treat me and your sister to have a meal. By the way, you and your elders are also there."
nephew!"
Tao Yumo's face suddenly fell, and he said solemnly: "I...how much is my salary?"
Tao Yushu looked at her mockingly, "Let you also experience the feeling of being eaten and drank!"
"Huh!" Tao Yumo let out a dissatisfied snort as his sister and brother-in-law jointly sanctioned him.
After National Day, Lin Chaoyang received a letter and several sample books from Li Shifei from Guangzhou.
Two months ago, Li Shifei came to Yanjing to discuss with Lin Chaoyang the publication of "The Boat Ferry", "Little Shoes" and "Wreaths Under the Mountain". However, the sample book he sent this time only contained "Little Shoes".
and "Wreaths Beneath the Mountains."
After reading the letter, Lin Chaoyang figured out what was going on.
The reason lies in the content expressed in "The Story of a Crossing Boat". Although the plot of matricide is not explicitly included in the novel, the underlying meaning has been criticized by some readers since its publication.
Especially female readers who are married and have children discuss this part of the plot the most fiercely.
Originally, this kind of voice was limited to rational debates, and did not have much market or influence. After all, the vast majority of critics and readers rated "The Crossing Boat" very highly.
But something happened when Huacheng Publishing House had completed the third review and proofreading of the manuscript and was preparing to apply for a book number from the Publishing Bureau.
At a provincial meeting in late August, a Fulian leader publicly criticized "The Crossing Boat" for its allusions to matricide.
After the meeting, "Family", a magazine sponsored by Guangdong Fulian, wrote an article based on the leader's speech, criticizing the value orientation that was unfriendly to women as reflected in "The Story of the Crossing Boat".
The publication volume of "Family" is not large, and its coverage is limited to GD Province, but most of its readers are women. After the publication of this article, it caused a relatively large response.
Huacheng Publishing House did not take this article seriously at first, and they did not realize the seriousness of the problem until their application for the ISBN of "The Crossing Boat" to the provincial publishing department was rejected.
The ISBN application was rejected. This is the first time this has happened since we founded the company.
Huacheng Publishing House is a professional publishing house branched off from Guangdong People's Publishing House, and is also one of the few large publishing houses in GD Province. Of course, it is impossible to suffer a loss if something like this happens.
After some communication, the publishing house finally figured out that the lesbian in charge of the review was influenced by the article and believed that "The Story of a Crossing Boat" promoted matricide, so it rejected the application of Huacheng Publishing House.
After learning the reason behind the incident, Huacheng was dumbfounded.
But this is not a big deal in the final analysis. With Huacheng Publishing House’s status and strength in the Guangdong publishing industry, it is naturally impossible to be stumped by such a small matter.
After communication and a tacit understanding, just apply again.
But as a result, the publication of "The Story of a Crossing Boat" will probably be pushed to November.
In fact, there is no need to explain this incident, but the new book "The Boat Ferry" was not released, and the two old books "Little Shoes" and "Wreaths Under the Mountain" were released instead. Li Shifei wrote to Lin Chaoyang to explain the situation.
After reading the letter, Lin Chaoyang was a little bit dumbfounded. Fortunately, it was just an inadvertent incident, and it would not matter if it was published later.
Lin Chaoyang replied to Li Shifei, saying nothing about the postponement of the publication of "Crossing the Boat", but brought up the issue of royalties again.
Li Shifei's letter also mentioned the sales of "Little Shoes" and "Wreaths Under the Mountain" in the past month after their release. According to feedback from Xinhua Bookstore, the sales of "Little Shoes" were around 8,000 copies a month.
"Wreaths Under the Mountain" was much more powerful. The first printing of 100,000 copies was sold out in the first month of its release, and its performance was as brave as before it was published.
These two old books, which have been published for more than four years, are still able to reach the best-selling level, which is enough to show the excellence of the works themselves and the recognition of readers. Lin Chaoyang will naturally not miss this opportunity to brainwash and pressure Li Shifei.
In addition, what Li Shifei was most concerned about in his letter was the progress of Lin Chaoyang's new novel, with "The Boat Crossing" in front of him.
Both Li Shifei and Huacheng Publishing House are full of expectations for Lin Chaoyang's new work.
After all, one novel can equal more than half a year's efforts of "Flower City", so their attention and urging are understandable.
The new novel Lin Chaoyang has been writing for several months, and the progress has not been very fast. The main reason is that Lin Chaoyang writes carefully.
It is not easy to write a work like "One Hundred Years of Solitude". Although he has the wisdom of future generations to draw on, he does not dare to be hasty.
In the first few days of creation, he could write more than 10,000 words a day, writing until his middle finger ached and his shoulders ached. That was because he was supported by the preparation work in the early months.
After a week, after the accumulated materials and passion were released, his speed slowed down.
Sometimes it's six to seven thousand words a day, and sometimes it's one or two thousand words a day. From time to time, I have to take time to conceive the subsequent plot and character arrangement, and review the previous loopholes.
Fortunately, after a few months, over time, the number of words created has exceeded 400,000 words, and the goal planned by Lin Chaoyang is getting closer and closer.
Lin Chaoyang did not mention the specific content and progress of the creation in his reply. Some writers like to discuss these things with editors, but Lin Chaoyang does not do this.
Therefore, Li Shifei always believed that Lin Chaoyang had to devote three to five years to writing this novel. Every time he wrote to inquire about the novel, he would tell Lin Chaoyang at the end of the letter not to be impatient. Lin Chaoyang planned to give him a message after the novel was finished.
surprise!
Three to five years is impossible. No matter how long a novel is, I can't last more than a year.
A few days later, a new issue of "Yanjing Literature" was published. Tao Yushu bought a copy and brought it to work on his way to work.
Putting down her briefcase, she wiped the table and watered the flowers in the office before sitting down.
After sitting down, he did not review the manuscript immediately as usual, but opened this issue of "Yenjing Literature".
Her eyes crossed the "Essays", "Novel" and "Poetry" columns at the front of the catalog and stopped at the "Comments" column——
"Notes on Reading Novel Part One"
The name of the article is very simple, but the signature is unusual - Xu Lingjun. This article is the article Tao Yushu asked Lin Chaoyang to help her write a few months ago.
Since the article is named "Notes" and also contains the word "one", it is naturally not one article, but a series of comments with no fixed number.
This is Lin Chaoyang's little idea. After all, he wants to praise the writers that his wife values ​​​​so he might as well praise a few more. This title is just an opening. In the future, he can write an article about whoever he wants to praise.
After finishing the article, Tao Yushu did not publish it in "People's Literature", but gave it to Zhang Dening and asked her to help publish it in "Yanjing Literature". The effect of self-promotion will certainly not be as good as the praise of others.
The content of "Notes on Reading Novel Part 1" is not long, only about a thousand words, and contains the reflections on reading two short stories.
One of these two novels comes from the local magazine "Lotus Pond" and the other comes from "People's Literature", but the author is the same person.
Chapter completed!