At nine o'clock the next morning, Alan Smith arrived at Harber Collins Publishing Company to visit the editor of the publishing house, Mr. Lauren, an old friend.

In Mr. Lauren's office, the two exchanged pleasantries and got to business. Alan Smith took out part of the manuscript of "Football Boys" from his briefcase, handed it to Lauren for review and evaluation, and after politely thanking Mr. Lauren, he said that he was waiting for good news, and then Alan Smith submitted his farewell to Mr. Lauren.

After a polite farewell to Alan Smith. Lauren looked back at the manuscript on her desk and couldn't help but be a little surprised. From the mouth of Alan Smith, I learned that the book "Football Boys" was written by Andrew, the third son of the Smith family, thirteen years old this year, in his spare time for three years.

The please, the manuscript of a book written by a young man, Mr. Lauren couldn't help but be a little interested. As there wasn't much going on today, Mr. Lauren decided to take a look at the manuscript of "Soccer Boys" first.

In his seat, Mr. Lauren calmed down and carefully reviewed the manuscript of "Football Boys".

Well, "Football Boy" is a good subject and has selling points, and now the British people are very interested in football. Mr. Lauren reads and evaluates the manuscript.

The opening plot is well set, and the technology products of the 22nd century serve ordinary people in today's era and help ordinary people realize their dreams. The combination of science fiction and reality gives readers a sense of substitution.

As Mr. Lauren gradually read deeper and gradually immersed himself in the book, the image of the protagonist Xilin gradually substituted in Lauren's mind. The original scrutiny of the manuscript gradually faded away.

The description of Cillin's perseverance, hard work, and passion in the spiritual world allows Lauren to empathize with Cillin's love and dedication to football. The physical condition of the protagonist Cillin, the degree of achievement of the ball skills, and the digital description give Lauren a clear understanding of the difficult process of Cillin's progress.

The morning passed in Lauren's flipping through the pages, and the review speed of the professional literary editor was still very efficient.

By the time the bell rang 12 o'clock for lunch, Lauren had already flipped to the last page and reviewed the first part of "Soccer Boys" of about 30,000 words, which Mr. Lauren spent two and a half hours on.

After flipping through the stack of "Football Boys" manuscripts in his hand, Mr. Lauren stood up, stretched, and slowly paced around the office with the manuscript in his hand.

But his mind looked back at the manuscript of "Football Boy". The article is novel and has selling points, the structure is unique and reasonable, the sentences are fluent and coherent, and the interest is strong. Although the written language is not flashy, it is accurate and vivid, emotionally rich, and the article is full of football passion.

From the aspect of market value, Mr. Lauren generally evaluated "Football Boys": the writing level of the article is medium, but the subject matter is in line with the current trend, timeliness, and selling points. Coupled with the topic effect that the author is a thirteen-year-old boy, the book "Football Boy" has a very promising market prospect, and the publishing house is worth publishing.

After going to work in the afternoon, Mr. Lauren immediately wrote the evaluation report of the book "Football Boy", put it into an urgent file bag together with the manuscript of "Football Boy", and personally submitted it to the editor-in-chief's office for the final review of the editor-in-chief's office.

Andrew entrusted his father with the follow-up to the book "Football Boys", but he spent his summer vacation leisurely. If you're bored watching books and TV at home, wander around the city of London, or connect with your classmates to play football on the pitch.

In a blink of an eye, a few days passed. On this day, my father received a call from Mr. Lauren from the publishing house, saying that the first part of the book "Football Boys" had been approved, and that he would bring the manuscript of the book to the publishing house at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning to discuss the publication method. Mr. Lauren made a special request on the phone to come to the appointment with Andrew, the author of "Football Boys".

At nine o'clock in the morning the next day, Allen and Andrew, father and son, arrived at Harber Collins Publishing Company with the manuscript of the entire book "Soccer Boys".

On the publisher's side, Mr. Lauren came forward to receive them, and the three of them talked about business after a while of greetings in the reception room.

Because Mr. Lauren and his father Allen are good friends, Mr. Lauren also explained more directly that the manuscript of "Football Boys" was agreed by the publisher with its market distribution prospects.

Now the two sides need to discuss the following points:

The first point is whether "Football Boys" is authorized to be distributed by Harber Collins, the scope and duration of its distribution.

The second point is whether to choose a one-time remuneration or royalty sharing.

The third point is how much is the remuneration or royalties.

Fourth, can Andrew, the author of "Football Boy", be placed on the title page of the book?

After some discussion between the two parties, Andrew, the contributor, authorized Harber Collins Publishing Company to publish and distribute the English version of "Football Junior" in the United Kingdom for a period of ten years. The portrait and age introduction of Andrew, the author of "Football Boy", can be placed on the title page of the book.

The royalty is 7% of the book's price, with a first printing of 10,000 copies, and the new book is priced at around £3.

After signing the contract, Andrew handed over the manuscript of the entire book "Football Boys" to the publisher. After Andrew's portrait was taken under the arrangement of the publisher, the publisher paid a royalty of £2,000 in advance.

The release of "Football Boys" was confirmed, and after the father and son said goodbye to Mr. Lauren, they went home happily and shared the joy of successful publication with their families.

The summer vacation goes by quickly, and it is almost over in the blink of an eye.

On the morning of August 26, 1966, Andrew received a telephone call from the publisher informing him that 10,000 copies of "Football Boys" had been printed and priced at £3.2. Posters will be displayed in bookstores from today, and the release date will be set for the day after tomorrow, August 28.

In addition, 10 sample copies of "Soccer Junior" will be sent to my home tomorrow.

Andrew hung up the phone and happily informed his family of the publisher's arrangement.

The family was even more excited than Andrew when they learned the news. Ruth, the mother who was wiping the furniture, was the most excited, threw the rag in her hand, immediately went into the room to change clothes, and after a while, hurriedly came out with her bag, and said to the family that she wanted to go to the bookstore to enjoy Andrew's new book poster, and went out.

Mother Ruth's performance made the family stunned. After that, the eldest brother Arthur suggested that everyone go to the bookstore together, and buy a few posters by the way to post them at home, which is very memorable.

The family nodded in agreement, and after making some preparations, they organized a group to go to the bookstore to see the excitement.

When I went to a large bookstore closest to my home, a banner was hung in front of the bookstore, which read, "Congratulations to the thirteen-year-old young writer for his dedication." Walking into the lobby of the bookstore, a set of promotional posters of "Football Boy" Xilin's various football scenes are posted on one wall facing the door.

Today, the British people are still very passionate about football. The book "Football Boys" promoted by the bookstore has attracted the attention of some football lovers, and they have come to the bookstore staff to learn about the distribution of the book.

The staff of the bookstore warmly informed the book lovers that the release date was August 28, and distributed a brochure of "Football Boys" to each book friend who came to learn about the book.

After watching the excitement of this bookstore for a while. Andrew and his family went to several nearby bookstores to see the promotion of "Football Boys".

I found that there are many people who are interested in the book "Football Boy", and it seems that the release prospect of "Football Boy" is good. The family is very happy about this.

After the family walked around, seeing that it was almost time for lunch, they finally bought a set of promotional posters for "Football Boys" and went home.

When he returned home, he found that his mother, Ruth, had not returned. It's time for lunch, but there is no one to cook, so the family has to take snacks to deal with it.

It wasn't until five o'clock in the afternoon that Ruth, her mother, returned home with a red face. He proudly announced to his family the great achievements of his day.

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but laugh. It turned out that her mother Ruth ran to more than a dozen bookstores to learn about the promotion of "Football Boys". He even became a free volunteer propagandist in a large bookstore, and enthusiastically helped the bookstore promote the book "Football Boy".

Not to mention, I didn't expect that my mother Ruth was quite talented as a propagandist, and under her flickering, there were 19 people who paid money to book the book "Football Boys".

When the bookstore manager heard about it, he felt that talent was rare, so he went to the hall in person and invited his mother Ruth to join the bookstore with a high salary, serving as a publicity specialist.

Of course, her mother Ruth did not agree to the bookstore manager's invitation, so in order to avoid embarrassment, Ruth explained to the manager the reason for the voluntary promotion of the book "Football Boys".

This free volunteer propagandist turned out to be the mother of the author of "Football Boys"!

The manager of the bookstore learned about the situation, and although he regretted that he had not invited Ruth to join the bookstore, he thanked Ruth and gave her a gift.

Mother's "great achievements" today seem to the family to be a bit of a coke. But after Coke, Andrew, who was a man of two lives, felt the flashes of maternal love from his mother's behavior.

Mother Ruth is so tireless today, helping to promote Andrew's books. Although in this process, the mother felt that doing this was just doing something for her son's career. There's nothing to say about it, but there's a sense of pride that I'm just growing up and going to be famous.

But in this regard, Andrew couldn't help but sigh that mother's love is boundless! No matter what social system, the essence of a mother's identity will not change, "Mother is eternal." ”

At this time, Andrew's mind came to mind an anonymous modern poem from his previous life, "Eternal Mother". In the poem, simple and sincere language is used to remember the attachment and praise of a new life to maternal love.

Andrew secretly decided in his heart to translate this modern poem "Eternal Mother" into English and dedicate it to his mother Ruth on his mother's birthday.

Two days later, August 28, 1966. The day when "Soccer Junior" was officially released and sold. This time, Andrew did not go to the bookstore with his family to see the excitement. The family members expressed their understanding of this. I thought Andrew was worried that there might be an embarrassing scene at the launch site, and I didn't want to face it directly.

Actually, Andrew is not too worried about the release of "Football Junior". Under the conditions of the right time, the right place, and the right people, failure is impossible.

For the past two days, Andrew has devoted his mind to the modern poem "Eternal Mother". Ever since Andrew decided to translate "Eternal Mother" into English and dedicate it to his mother Ruth. I felt like I was simply copying, as if my mind was not very sufficient, so I decided to make up the poems into tunes. Singing to my mother on my mother's birthday is more touching and meaningful.

Andrew thought it would not be a difficult thing to make up the poems into a tune, but after trying many times, it never felt very smooth.

Although I learned some music theory in school, I was not very interested in music in my two lives, and I didn't study much hard. Now it takes time to know what is lacking. Headaches, cramming, try harder. I really can't do it, when school starts, go and ask the teacher. Mother's birthday is September 29, and there is still a month to go.

At noon, the family members who had gone to the bookstore to see the excitement came back and told Andrew about the sale site. Although it is a new work by a newcomer, there are many fans who are interested in "Football Boy". Overall, it should be regarded as a preliminary success. The follow-up depends on the quality of the novel and the reader's recognition.

PS: Dear book friends, please collect, ask for recommendations!