"Lu Mengping, do you still want to eat?"
Colleagues urged her several times, and every time Lu Mengping replied, "It's almost there, it's almost there." At this moment, the colleague finally couldn't bear it anymore and ran over directly, "If you don't want to eat, I'll go out on my own."
Lu Mengping closed the manuscript in her hand and said, "Let's go, I'll treat you to some beautiful fried chicken."
The colleague looked at Lu Mengping and said, "Look at the unstoppable smile on your face, and you want to treat me to a meal. No need to ask, you must have found a good manuscript."
Lu Mengping said with a smile, "It's not about Taoism, it's about Huang Tian paying homage to his conscientious people. Teacher Yu Dong finally sent me a novella."
"Really?" My colleague opened his eyes wide, "I heard that Yu Dong is very difficult to write manuscripts. Although he seems to have a high output, he doesn't like to write short and medium stories, and he always writes long stories as soon as he comes out."
Lu Mengping nodded, and her colleague hit the key point.
If we count only by the number of words, even if we exclude those science fiction novels and mystery novels, Yu Dong's output can be considered high.
But Yu Dong doesn't seem to like writing short stories, so in terms of the number of pieces, Yu Dong's output is very small, unlike some writers who can publish more than ten or twenty short stories a year.
Before royalties became popular, there was no essential difference between the money you earned from writing long stories and writing short stories. Anyway, they were calculated based on the number of words. Short stories were easy to write and easy to publish, and even if they couldn’t be published, it didn’t hurt to cut the manuscript and rewrite it.
Long stories are different. When a long story is written, there are many channels for publishing it. Once the manuscript fails to pass the test, it will be really heartbreaking if it is cut off.
Moreover, once the manuscript is cut, it means that there will be no royalties for a long period of time.
There are some highly prolific writers who write a short story every few days.
But Yu Dong is different. He doesn't live off the remuneration from his short stories at all.
Therefore, it is not easy to get an appointment for Yu Dong's manuscript.
Moreover, as soon as Yu Dong's manuscript came out, it was basically picked up by "Zhongshan" and "Harvest", and other magazines had few opportunities.
"So I said, Emperor Tian has lived up to his good intentions. I guess he also saw that I often wrote to him, so he gave me the manuscript."
"How is the quality of the manuscript?" a colleague asked.
"No need to ask, of course it couldn't be better. However, I found that Yu Dong's style has changed a bit this time, and the rhythm is more humorous and brisk, which is rarely seen in his previous works."
The colleague laughed and said, "It's not surprising. If you read his latest novel "The Martian", you will find that it is really humorous and light-hearted."
"Mars Rescue?" Lu Mengping asked doubtfully.
"The science fiction novel was just serialized in the new issue of "Science Fiction World". My son bought it and I also read it. It was so hilariously written that it made me laugh so hard."
Hearing her colleague's description, Lu Mengping became interested and said, "I'll buy a copy later and have a look."
…
"The Martian" came out at the end of October, and the new issue of "Science Fiction World" was sold out as soon as it came out.
Unlike Yu Dong's other books, "The Martian" takes a very long time to prepare.
It started before the summer vacation, and it wasn’t until almost November that I finally met everyone.
The topic of Mars has been discussed over and over again, and readers have read the popular knowledge about Mars over and over again, but they have yet to wait for Yu Dong’s new novel.
Fang Tao went to the association early in the morning.
Like the headquarters, the branch at Jinling University also cooperates with outside bookstores. Once a new issue of "Science Fiction World" comes out, the bookstore owner will send the magazines ordered by the association to the association's activity classroom.
So every time when "Science Fiction World" is about to be released, members go to activity classes and are very active.
Fang Tao has been coming to the mobile classroom for several days in a row to ask about the new issue of the magazine, and he finally got it today.
After taking the note in exchange for a magazine, Fang Tao couldn't wait to go far, so he stayed in the mobile classroom and started reading.
Because there was no notice in advance, Fang Tao didn't know that Yu Dong's new book was out. When he was about to look for "Deep Space", he suddenly found four conspicuous large characters on the cover: Yu Dong's new book!
Then under these four words are four big words: The Martian!
The cover of the magazine is only so big, these eight words take up half of it, and the remaining half is a painting.
In the painting, an astronaut is standing in a desert, staring blankly at a blue planet in the distance. That blue planet should be the Earth.
Fang Tao scratched his head, he was a little confused.
Yu Dong's new book is out, should I read the new book first or "Deep Space" first?
"No matter what, whoever is in front should see first."
In fact, making this decision already illustrates his thoughts, because since "The Martian" is released, there is a high probability that it will be in the front.
When I opened the magazine, sure enough, the first article was "The Martian (1)".
At the front of the text is a letter of thanks. In the letter, Yu Dong thanked the units that provided him with information.
After a quick glance, Fang Tao didn't look carefully and hurriedly opened the text.
…
Fang Tao felt that in the blink of an eye, he had finished reading the main text of "The Martian".
But when he looked back, he found that he had read more than a dozen pages. This book was not too small, with tens of thousands of words.
But he really felt that he finished reading it very quickly, without stopping at all.
The main reason is that this novel has a brisk pace, a compact story, and a lot of laughs. There are absolutely no jokes at all, so I finished it without even realizing it.
Several times, he almost laughed out loud, but he still held it back. There were already many people in the mobile classroom, and everyone was reading seriously. He didn't want to disturb others.
But just because he endured it doesn't mean that everyone can endure it.
Just when Fang Tao was flipping through the previous content and preparing to study it further, he suddenly heard a laugh.
"Ha ha--"
When laughter suddenly breaks out and then stops abruptly, the person who is laughing probably realizes that something is wrong and is embarrassed to continue laughing.
But his smile was like an introduction, lighting up the entire mobile classroom.
"Ha ha……"
More and more people laughed out loud.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It turns out that everyone was holding back their laughter just now, but now they finally couldn't help it when they heard someone laughing.
"I thought you all had a good sense of humor."
After a round of laughter, someone made a joke.
"No matter how funny you are, you can't hold it back. Yu Dong's new book is too funny. Do you understand what the name Bi Donghua means?"
"Nonsense, I must understand it. There is also a living person in the middle, and you have to rely on death to understand it. This sentence must be teasing Yu Hua."
"There are some knowledge points in it that I don't quite understand. Can someone from the science and engineering field explain it to me?" someone asked weakly.
"Haha, if you don't understand, please read the analysis at the back of the magazine. In this issue, the knowledge points involved in the book are popularized." Fang Tao said with a smile. He had just discovered this, and the editorial department was quite considerate.
"Hey, after finishing this issue, I have to wait for the next one. It's really hard." Someone complained.
"Just be content. The updates to "Deep Space" and "The Martian" add up to a lot. If you feel it's not enough, the "Second World" movie will be released in the middle of next month. Then go and watch the movie to satisfy your craving. Listen.
He said that this movie was extremely popular in the United States and the box office was frighteningly high."
"I'm definitely going to watch the "Second World" movie, but now I'm still wondering what "The Martian" will look like as a movie."
"We've just come out, why are you so anxious?"
…
"I'm going to sue you for infringing on my right to my name."
At noon, a student came to Bi Feiyu with "Science Fiction World" and told Bi Feiyu that his name was used in Teacher Yu Dong's new book.
He looked at it with curiosity. Good guy, not only did he use his name, but he also used Yu Dong's own name and Yu Hua's.
Bi Donghua, this guy can figure it out.
So after dinner, he came to Yu Dong with the magazine.
After dinner, Yu Dong had nothing to do but was practicing calligraphy. Bi Feiyu came in with a loud voice. His hand shook and the character he was writing was lost.
He slowly exhaled and sighed to himself, he still didn't have enough skill and his hands were unsteady.
Putting down the brush, Yu Dong turned to look at Bi Feiyu, "Infringement of your right to name? Is your name Bi Donghua?"
Bi Feiyu smiled and said, "My name is Bi Donghua. I will change my pen name to Bi Donghua later."
"Then wait until you change it and then sue me for infringing on your right to name."
"Okay, no more joking. Otherwise, I will come to see you this afternoon. Old Wu has arranged a task for the two of us."
"What mission?" Yu Dong asked.
"They said a new colleague is coming and asked us to pick him up."
"New colleague? Are we majoring in theater creation?" Yu Dong frowned, feeling something was wrong. If there was a new colleague coming to theater creation, he should have known about it for a long time, but if it was from other majors, why should he be asked to work with Bi?
Will Feiyu pick me up?
Bi Feiyu shook his head, "Old Wu didn't elaborate, and there's no need to go to the train station. When the time comes, he will bring the people over and let the two of us take the new colleagues to get familiar with the campus."
Yu Dong raised his eyes and looked at Bi Feiyu, "Old Bi, you are also a mad man. You didn't even ask what his name was or what major he taught, so you just took over the task."
Bi Feiyu said nonchalantly, "I'll find out soon. I said I'll be there at four or five o'clock."
Yu Dong nodded, "Okay, I got it. You go ahead and I'll write for a while."
"I'm here, can't you write?" Bi Feiyu stretched out his head and looked at it, "Just in time, write me a couplet during the Chinese New Year, so you don't have to spend money on it."
Yu Dong glanced at Bi Feiyu and picked up the pen again, "I have already thought about what to write on your door couplet."
"What to write?" Bi Feiyu asked curiously.
Yu Dong didn't say anything, but picked up a pen and wrote a line of words on the paper.
"The old road is westerly and the horses are thin, and the heartbroken people are at the end of the world. The words are good, but the couplets are not suitable for the occasion." Bi Feiyu said.
Yu Dong said with a smile, "This is the first couplet. Once you read the second couplet, you won't feel uncomfortable."
"Write out the second line and let me take a look."
Yu Dong picked up his pen and started writing the couplet again.
He wrote a word, and Bi Feiyu read a word, "Mahjong, Pai, Jiu, Egg, after losing, go back home - go to hell!"
Bi Feiyu laughed and cursed, then walked out of Yu Dong's dormitory. Then he turned around and said, "Don't forget our afternoon mission."
…
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Yu Dong went to the office. After waiting for more than an hour, Wu Changxin came to see them and said, "Yu Dong, Bi Feiyu, you guys come over here."
The two of them got up and followed to the principal's office.
When they arrived at the principal's office, they saw an acquaintance.
"Little tiger?"
In the principal's office, Ruan Xiaohu had not put down the big bag he was carrying. When he saw the two of them, he smiled innocently and said respectfully, "Teacher, Mr. Bi."
Yu Dong nodded, then turned to Wu Changxin and asked, "Principal, is this the new colleague you are talking about?"
Wu Changxin smiled and nodded, "Well, Xiaohu is our school's newly signed writer-in-residence. It's not too much to say that he is a colleague."
Bi Feiyu smiled and said, "It's not too much, but principal, you are so good at it... I thought our theater was going to have a new teacher, but it turned out to be Xiaohu."
"Isn't this a surprise for you? Okay, I'm not in a hurry. Xiaohu is tired from the journey. You two should take him to settle down as soon as possible. Feiyu, he will live in the room between you."
"okay."
The two of them pulled Ruan Xiaohu out of the principal's office. After walking for a while, Ruan Xiaohu explained, "Teacher, I actually wanted to tell you this, but Principal Wu said he wanted to give you a surprise and didn't let me.
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Yu Dong waved his hand, "It's okay. It's a good thing that you came to Jinling. It's indeed a surprise."
Hearing what Yu Dong said, Ruan Xiaohu felt relieved and said with a smile, "Teacher, I heard from Principal Wu that my dormitory is above yours."
"That's right, you will live on top of him from now on. But he won't be able to live there for long. When your master and your wife get married, they will move to the apartment. Xiaohu, you also have to work hard to find a wife.
, try to move to the apartment to be closer to your master." Bi Feiyu said with a smile.
"How young is he? Why don't you teach him better?"
"Haha, just kidding. But having said that, Xiaohu, your writing has been very good recently. I saw your articles in "Yuhua" a few days ago, and they are becoming more and more mature. No wonder Lao Wu wants to sign you,
You are a good young talent. When you become famous in a year or two, we Jinyi will pick it up."
"When Principal Wu contacted me, I was surprised. In my mind, the writer-in-residence should be like Teacher Yu Hua. I never thought that I could become a writer-in-residence."
Bi Feiyu asked curiously, "How did Lao Wu contact you? You two probably didn't know each other before, right?"
"It was Master who told Principal Wu about me, and then Principal Wu contacted me." Ruan Xiaohu explained.
Yu Dong scratched his eyebrows and said, so his students and his teacher knew about this, and he was the only one in the middle who didn't know anything.
However, it is indeed a good thing that Ruan Xiaohu comes to Jinyi. With him here, Bi Feiyu and Yu Hua, it is easier for him to make progress than if he stays in his hometown. It is also a good thing for Jinyi, at least it is possible
It's a good thing.
Previously, the school signed Yu Hua, which brought some fame to the school, but many people criticized Jin Yi for only spending money to find writers to be affiliated with him, which did not reflect the strength of the school.
Now that Ruan Xiaohu is such a newcomer, if Ruan Xiaohu becomes famous in the future, he will naturally be more convincing than Yu Hua. At least it can prove that Jin Yi is not just someone who picks up what is already available.
"Xiaohu, it's actually very easy to be a writer-in-residence at Jinyi. One of the most important things is to grow vegetables." When they were approaching the dormitory courtyard, Bi Feiyu suddenly said something else.
Ruan Xiaohu and Monk Zhang Er were confused, "Growing vegetables?"
Bi Feiyu nodded solemnly, "Well, growing vegetables, haven't you been to the dormitory compound, and you know there is a vegetable garden there. As a writer-in-residence at Jinyi, the first thing you have to do is to take care of the vegetable garden."
Chapter completed!