The manuscript was handed over to Zhang Guangnian for final review. Cui Daoyi was planning to contact the author Xu Lingjun. However, yesterday when he was smoking downstairs, he heard that the Contemporary Literature Editorial Office was going to publish a single volume of Xu Lingjun's "Little Shoes".
Isn't this a coincidence?
As soon as he went to work early this morning, he ran to the contemporary literature editing room, and he was actually caught.
Li Shuguang introduced Lin Chaoyang and Cui Daoyi to each other.
"Are you Xu Lingjun?"
Cui Daoyi asked a question, but he couldn't hide the admiration in his eyes.
"Hello, Teacher Cui!"
If Cui Daoyi's face was stern, he would look very serious, but he always smiled and said, "What do you call Teacher Cui? Lao Cui will do."
By this time, everyone was used to being called Lao X.
Lin Chaoyang followed the good example and called him "Old Cui". The two of them talked and laughed. Zhou Yanru on the side felt very uncomfortable, feeling resentful of being pried in front of someone.
But as she listened, she felt something was wrong. Lin Chaoyang's new novel was going to be published in "People's Literature"? Wasn't it given to "October"?
Cui Daoyi invited Lin Chaoyang to sit in the North Novel Group, and Zhou Yanru followed suit.
Cui Daoyi signaled to Lin Chaoyang with his eyes, what is going on?
At this moment, Zhou Yan only wanted to know the whereabouts of Lin Chaoyang's manuscript, so she pretended not to see Cui Daoyi's eyes and followed the two of them to the office of the Novel North Group of "People's Literature".
If we classify martial arts novels according to genre, the status of "People's Literature" in the world of Chinese literary journals should be Shaolin or Wudang.
The word "people" on the top of its head is destined to have an extraordinary origin. Even if it is a magazine with national influence, it is still half a head taller than other publications.
Behind him are the People's Literature Publishing House and the National Literary Association, which also allowed it to establish an extraordinary position in the Chinese literary world.
This literary magazine, which grew up with New China, has proven its significance to Chinese literature with countless classic works.
Of course, such an authoritative literary magazine is not without its shortcomings.
Strong political overtones and outdated literary aesthetic concepts are all problems existing in "People's Literature". As Zhang Dening said privately, as an official literary publication with the highest standards, its conservatism and caution are understandable.
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But even so, "People's Literature" boldly published Liu Xinwu's "Class Teacher" at the beginning of last year, laying a solid foundation for the popularity of scar literature in the country.
The office layout of the Novel North Group is similar to that of the Contemporary Literature Editorial Department, and even the editors are about the same age.
In terms of editorial division of labor, Cui Daoyi is nominally in charge of the Novel North Group, and the core force in the Novel North Group is the Yanjing Writers Group. Cui Daoyi is naturally very happy when a new force like Lin Chaoyang joins them.
Cui Daoyi had finished reading the manuscript and chatted with Lin Chaoyang. They talked about some ideas during the creative process. The two communicated for almost an hour.
Cui Daoyi still had more to say, but just now Li Shuguang reminded Lin Chaoyang that he had to rush back to work at noon, so he had to stop the topic and finally said: "Your manuscript is now in the final review stage, and I approve it very much. If it passes the final review, it should be
It’s scheduled to be published in the August issue.”
Lin Chaoyang nodded, "Thank you."
When Lin Chaoyang came out of the Humanities Club, Zhou Yanru couldn't wait to ask: "Didn't your novel belong to "October"? Why did it come to "People's Literature" again?"
When Lin Chaoyang and Cui Daoyi were chatting just now, they never mentioned the reason why the manuscript was changed to a different publication. She almost suffered internal injuries, but now she could finally ask.
"The content of my manuscript is relatively sensitive and needs to be reviewed by the army. After reading it, the leaders of the army thought the novel was very good, but they didn't quite recognize the influence of "October" and needed to find a more authoritative magazine."
"Ha!" Zhou Yanru almost laughed out loud after hearing Lin Chaoyang's words, but luckily she held it back in time.
God is wise. You, Liu Xinwu, think you can pry off Lin Chaoyang's manuscript and publish it in your "October"?
This is really like the mantis stalking the cicada, with the oriole behind.
The key point is that the oriole didn't move at all, someone brought it to its mouth.
But after being happy for a while, Zhou Yanru felt a little depressed again.
The "October" manuscript didn't get it, and their "Yenjing Literature and Art" didn't get it either. This was a lose-lose situation, and "People's Literature" got a big advantage.
"Our "Yanjing Literature and Art" influence is not bad, so why can't you just think about us?" she said unwillingly.
Lin Chaoyang glanced at her speechlessly.
Comrade Zhou, can we seek truth from facts?
Going home in the evening, Tao Yushu has been sitting at his desk writing furiously since eating.
Lin Chaoyang told her that there might be two royalties arriving in the next two months, which would add up to 1,800 yuan. She just said "hmm". This calm reaction made Lin Chaoyang feel that something was wrong.
When did their little money-loving family react so blandly when they heard about money?
He came to the desk, Tao Yushu's pen was still scratching on the manuscript paper and writing non-stop.
"Where does "Scar Literature" headed by emotional value lead? "
"Yushu, are you writing a review?" Lin Chaoyang asked.
"Um."
"Why did you write this?"
Tao Yushu stopped writing and looked at Lin Chaoyang with a serious expression, "I was reading in the library today and found two articles targeting you."
"Then what?"
"Your article has only been published a few days ago, and there are already two articles. If this trend continues, maybe there will be more and more articles over time."
"So?" Lin Chaoyang wondered what he meant.
Tao Yushu stared at her big round eyes, "So I'm going to write a few articles to cheer you up. Although we don't care about the scolding, this kind of argument sometimes depends on the volume of the voice. You always don't respond loudly, and people think you can't argue.
If they don’t, the readers may also be misled into thinking that you are really sensationalizing.”
Lin Chaoyang looked at her expression and didn't know why it felt so cute, so he couldn't help but kiss her.
Tao Yushu was serious when she was kissed suddenly, and she asked blankly: "What are you doing?"
"Why not." Lin Chaoyang took her hand and said, "Those voices from the outside world are not worth our time. If we have that time, why don't we hold hands and take a walk?"
Lin Chaoyang's voice was gentle, and Tao Yushu imagined the picture he painted, feeling a sense of happiness in her heart, but she still said: "It's not a waste of time, and you can still earn royalties!"
"Huh?" Lin Chaoyang looked at her dumbfounded, "I wonder if you still have such little thoughts?"
The husband starts a fight, the wife produces articles in batches and starts a war of words with others, and the manuscript fees fly into her pocket.
Lin Chaoyang shook the picture out of his mind. Seeing her full of confidence, full of energy, and high morale, he really couldn't bear to hurt her.
"You can write, but don't tire yourself out, and don't get angry because of these things."
Feeling Lin Chaoyang's concern, Tao Yushu felt a little warm in his heart, "Don't worry, I just don't want you to look too weak."
Lin Chaoyang gently hugged Tao Yushu. With such a wife, what could a husband ask for?
"How much royalties did you say you could charge?" Tao Yushu asked angrily as he held him in his arms.
"A thousand dollars."
A novel is to be published, a novel is published as a single volume, and the two novels combined exceed 130,000 words. It is reasonable to earn a thousand dollars.
Tao Yushu frowned slightly when he heard this figure, "How much did you earn from royalties this year?"
Lin Chaoyang joked: "What? Are you feeling pressure?"
"Humph, are you the only one who can earn royalties? I can too." Tao Yushu's eyes were firm.
"Five hundred yuan!" She said the number and hesitated, "No, three hundred yuan! I will definitely earn three hundred yuan in royalties this year!"
She looked stubborn but also a little cute. Lin Chaoyang said: "You can make as much as you want, but you can't tire yourself."
Tao Yushu rested her head on his shoulder and said softly, "Yes."
Time flies to August, and the 7th is the day to check the college entrance examination results.
Tao Yushu, who had nothing to do during the summer vacation, accompanied his sister to the district's admissions office to check her scores. After returning home, the two sisters looked happy.
The current college entrance examination is a national unified examination, with a total score of 510 points, and the full score of each subject is 100 points, except for English. The English paper score is also 100 points, but it is included in the total score and calculated as 10%.
Tao Yumo studied six subjects: liberal arts, politics, Chinese, English, mathematics, history, and geography, with a total score of 510. She scored 442 points.
According to information from the admissions office teacher, Tao Yumo’s score ranked among the top 30 in the Yanjing area.
This year's top scorer in the National College Entrance Examination is Ying Zhiqiang, a recent graduate from the Second High School Affiliated to Shanghai Normal University, with a total score of 454.
He was only 12 points away from being the top scholar in the country, and only 3 points away from being the top candidate in liberal arts in Yanjing City. Tao Yumo was happy but also a little annoyed at the same time.
"Just three points away!"
Father Tao warned: "The college entrance examination is just the first step in a long march of thousands of miles. Fighting for the length of time will only blind your vision."
The eldest brother Tao Yucheng also consoled him: "Yes, the first thirty are pretty good, at least better than your sister, right?"
Tao Yushu on the side was plotted by his elder brother and sneered, "At least I'm better than you!"
The uncle was not tired of such a comparison. He pointed at Lin Chaoyang and wanted to fire, but was stopped by Tao Yushu, who said nonchalantly: "Yu Mo, you left your brother-in-law alone and didn't look for him. You just asked him to tutor you in the composition. No wonder you didn't."
Become the top scholar in liberal arts!"
"Hey!"
The elder brother-in-law didn't expect that Tao Yushu would lead to trouble. When he saw that the younger sister looked wrong, he immediately wanted to defend himself.
"Okay, okay, stop arguing."
Tao's mother was impatient with the quarrel among them, "Hurry up and fill out the form. It will be completed tomorrow. Yushu and Yushu, you two will take Yumo to deliver the form."
At this stage, students have to fill in two forms to apply for admission, one is the registration form for admission to colleges and universities, and the other is the political review form for candidates.
Due to the changes in the political environment, the intensity of the review of candidates' political review forms has become lower and lower in the past two years, which can be regarded as loosening the reins for many students with poor academic performance.
Filling out the application form is not difficult for a family like Tao Yumo's. Tao's father is from Yanda University. Her first choice is of course Yanda University, and her major is law.
She only filled in the "National Key Institutions of Higher Education" column and didn't even look at the "General Institutions of Higher Education" next to it. This was all because of the confidence brought by her 442 points.
Tao Yumo's seemingly reckless move did not attract any resistance from his family. Although 6.1 million people took the college entrance examination last year, 402,000 people were admitted, and the admission rate was only 6.6%. This year's situation will definitely not be much better, but in the past
Tao Yumo's achievements are capricious.
And this cannot be called willfulness, but self-confidence.
Tao Yucheng watched his sister fill out her application form and said cheerfully: "It's good this time. We have two students from Yan'an University in the family. In the future, Xiwen and Xiwu will also take the exams at Yan'an University, and our family will also have a "Four Jinshi"."
The brothers Tao Xiwen and Tao Xiwu, who were grabbing candy bars, had no idea what kind of difficult KPI their father had set for them to enter college.
Chapter completed!