The whole word is ad-free] Chapter oo7 publishing house turmoil

During the Qingming Festival, it rained a lot, and the pedestrians on the road "wanted" to break their souls.

Approaching Qingming, Shangyang ushered in the first "spring" rain of the "spring" day in 93 years, the silky drizzle seems to clean the dust stained by Shangyang throughout the winter, and the weeping willows planted on both sides of the national highway leading from Shangyang to the provincial capital are gently swaying with the "spring" wind and "spring" rain, as if dancing to welcome the arrival of the "spring" day.

"It's beautiful. Dai Jia, who was sitting in the passenger seat of the Land Rover, looked at the beautiful "spring" rain willow picture in front of him like a splashed ink landscape painting, and sighed from the bottom of his heart.

Li Yan turned his head to look at Dai Jia, turned his head and concentrated on driving, yesterday he finally did not escape Dai Jia's questioning, under her unrelenting questioning, he had to process what Dai Yuankang did and told her, Dai Jia didn't believe Li Yan's words, so he proposed to rush to the provincial capital with Li Yan to find his father to verify the request in person, Li Yan couldn't help it, so he had to agree.

It was now half past eight in the morning on April 2, and Li Yan was driving on the national highway leading to the provincial capital.

"Li Yan, when did you learn to drive?" Dai Jia asked as she looked at the side silhouette of Li Yan driving seriously, and she remembered the feeling of sitting in the passenger seat of her father's car, safe and warm.

"I learned it when I first bought a car last year. Li Yan replied, staring at the road ahead of him with low visibility from the "spring" rain.

"Are you driving to the provincial capital alone?" asked Dai Jia again, because she was now very familiar with the roads.

"I've been there a few times, and I went there a lot in the second half of last year. Li Yan replied that Lin Jing was still in the provincial capital in the second half of last year, and he ran to the provincial capital very often, and after the Chinese New Year started, Lin Jing returned to Shangyang to go to school, and he never went again.

"Li Yan, did you buy this car, I remember last year you drove a green Mitsubishi car, why did you change the car so quickly, by the way, my dad drove it seems to be your original car, why did you give my dad to drive?" Dai Jia asked endlessly.

"Huh. Li Yan smiled, looked at the curious baby sitting in the passenger seat through the rearview mirror, and patiently explained: "I bought this car through a friend during the Chinese New Year, and the Mitsubishi car was not needed for the time being, so your father drove it, we are in business together, how can he do it without a car?"

"Hmph, it's definitely not like this, it's not that I don't know anything, that car is worth at least 500,000 yuan, but you are willing to give such a good car to my father in a partnership business, but you drive such an ugly car. Dai Jia was not satisfied with Li Yan's answer, so she pouted and retorted.

"Is this car ugly?" Li Yan asked for the first time when he heard someone say that his car was ugly.

"Isn't it ugly, it's not black, it's like two bricks stacked up, one big and one small, I've never seen this card before. Dai Jia pouted and said, "It's not as good-looking as my father's former Santana." ”

"Uh, well, this car isn't as good as your dad's Santana. Li Yan was speechless, he didn't want to argue with her about this issue, he was talking to Dai Jia for only three sentences, and he would always raise the bar because of something.

"Li Yan, what are you doing at home?" Dai Jia saw that Li Yan didn't want to argue with her on this topic, so she was silent for a while and couldn't stand the dull atmosphere in the car, so she consciously changed the topic.

"Why are you asking this?" asked Li Yan.

"I just want to know, tell me quickly, what are you doing at home?" Dai Jia blinked his eyes and looked at Li Yan with a look of anticipation.

"My dad is a local veterinarian and my mom farms at home. Li Yan said with a smile.

"What else?" asked Dai Jia.

"No more. Li Yan shrugged and said.

"You're a liar. Dai Jia sat angrily and looked at the road ahead and said.

"I'm telling the truth, believe it or not. Li Yan laughed, and then said a few more words, and he and Dai Jia were about to quarrel again.

"Then you tell me, where did you get the money to buy the car, and Huang Xiaoying, who helped us record, was so polite to you, your family is definitely not as simple as a farmer. Dai Jia analyzed, she counted them one by one with her fingers, "Hmph, I have seen many other things, my father's affairs are also solved by you, and he is also in partnership with you to do business, where does your money come from, oops, there are too many such things, I can't even count them, you tell me honestly, what do you do at home?"

"I'm telling the truth, do you think I need to lie to you?" Li Yan smiled bitterly, Dai Jia can see this, then it also shows that as long as the students in the class are not the kind of nerds who are immersed in reading sage books, they must all be able to see it, from the perspective of ordinary people, Dai Jia's questions are understandable, these things are indeed not like what a peasant-born high student should do, if he says that he is the heir of a certain level of rich man or a high-ranking official, it should be more reasonable.

"I don't want to say forget it, big liar. Dai Jia pouted.

"Life is hard, to be honest, why doesn't anyone believe it, Dai Jia, are we born incompatible, why do we want to quarrel as soon as we speak, forget it, let's listen to the song." Li Yan shook his head and said, after speaking, he turned on the speaker in the car, and Teresa Teng's sweet song came out of the car speaker.

"Let's change the song, I don't like to listen to Teresa Teng's songs. Dai Jia said.

"Listen, it will be a swan song in a few years. Li Yan felt that when Teresa Teng died in 1995, as a "fan" of Teresa Teng, he was very sad for a while.

"Why?" asked Dai Jia as she turned her head to look at Li Yan in surprise.

"It's nothing, don't you think Teresa Teng is like an angel put by God on earth, I'm worried that God can't help but recall her to heaven in advance. Li Yan turned his head to look at Dai Jia and said.

"Are you jealous?" asked Dai Jia.

"Yes. Li Yan nodded and said.

"Then you have to be careful, there is another saying called jealousy of the talent, you are so 'colorful', beware of God calling you back in advance, hehe. After Dai Jia finished speaking, she looked at Li Yan provocatively and grinned, she didn't expect that Li Yan was talking about the real situation, Teresa Teng was really found in heaven by God two years later.

"Dai Jia, you are cursing me!" Li Yan roared angrily, and then he said with a weird smile: "Don't worry, God has already recalled me once, I am so smart because God and his old man compensated me for the mistake last time, haha, but you have to pay attention, you are so beautiful, God may call you back first." Haha......"

This time, Dai Jia, who was surprisingly surprised, did not refute Li Yan, but glanced at Li Yan with a red face, and then twisted his head to the other side and stopped talking.

"Hey, angry?" Li Yan noticed Dai Jia's abnormality and hurriedly asked.

"Nope. Dai Jia whispered.

"Why don't you talk when you're not angry, it's inexplicable. Li Yan muttered, ignored Dai Jia, and drove seriously.

There was nothing to say all the way, at ten o'clock in the morning, Li Yan and Dai Jia came to the original art publishing house, Li Yan wanted to send the manuscript to the editor Liang first, and then took Dai Jia to find Dai Yuankang.

The original art publishing house occupies a three-storey building, the red brick west gable is crawling with creepers, because it is only the beginning of spring, these creepers are only left with a strip of dead vines, in the middle of summer, they will grow dense again, for the west gable of the entire small building to put on a layer of green "color" coat, but from these creepers can be seen that this small building has existed for many years, and the original publishing house as the old publishing house of the original province, its history is not later than this small building, and may even be much earlier than the small building.

Entering the building, Li Yan went up to the second floor according to the address said by the editor Liang in advance, and hung many portraits of domestic and foreign tycoons on the white wall with a green "color" wall skirt, there was no one in the corridor, it seemed very quiet, Li Yan and Dai Jia also unconsciously lightened their steps, they came to the "door" of room 2o8, Li Yan knocked on the "door", a "flower" white head with a pair of thick glasses "fine" thin old man opened the room "door", looked up and down a pair of young men and women in front of him and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"We're looking for Editor Liang, is he there?" said Li Yan with a smile that he thought was very humble.

"Xiao Liang went to a meeting, do you have something to do with him?" the old man did not let Li Yan and the price in, but blocked them at the "door" and asked.

"I made an appointment with him to deliver him the manuscript today. Li Yan said.

"Manuscript, are you the author of that swordsman's love?" asked the old man.

"Yes. Li Yan nodded and said.

"Come in. The old man didn't show much surprise, he looked Li Yan and Dai Jia up and down again, and finally let them into the office, pointed to a row of sand placed on the wall in the office, and said, "Wait there for a while, pour the water yourself." ”

"Okay, you're busy. Li Yan nodded and said, he saw a few thermos and a few white enamel tea jars on the other side of the sand.

The old man went back to his desk, Li Yan and Dai Jia sat on the sand and looked up and down this office with interest, the editorial department of the publishing house was his first time, this office was very large, the large desks together occupied most of the space in the room, each table was full of various manuscripts, and there were people sitting in front of the four tables, in addition to the old man sitting near the "door", there were two men and one "woman", they didn't seem to see Li Yan and Dai Jia buried their heads in a pile of manuscripts without looking up.

Since no one spoke, the office seemed very quiet, Li Yan sat for more than ten minutes, feeling a little dull, so he said to Dai Jia: "Dai Jia, if you drink water, I will pour it for you." ”

"I don't drink. Dai Jia shook her head and said, she smiled at Li Yan, the silence in the room made her a little restrained.

"Don't you think it's boring, I'll tell you a joke. Li Yan smiled, he saw Dai Jia's restraint, and he also felt depressed, so he wanted to adjust the atmosphere.

"Ahem, you two be quiet, what's the matter with the noise. The 'female' editor closest to them looked up and frowned.

"Damn, it's scary. Li Yan secretly screamed, this is the first time he has seen the face of the "female" editor, just now he looked at it from the side, this "female" editor is in good shape, but the face completely covered by cosmetics directly reminded him of the "female" zombies of some zombie movies he had seen in his previous life.

The other editors looked up at the "female" editor, then at Li Yan and Dai Jia, and lowered their heads to work again, as if what had just happened was born in another dimension and had nothing to do with them.

"Our voices are not as high as yours. Dai Jia muttered dissatisfiedly.

"Yo, you don't want to say a word about you, I've seen a lot of people like you, and I don't know how thick the sky is when I write a broken book, I tell you, you must have a good character to write a book, otherwise the book you write is also poisonous to the reader, and it is better not to publish such a book. The 'female' editor jumped up from her chair like a rabbit with her tail stepped on, and scolded Dai Jia loudly with one hand on her waist and the other on Dai Jia's nose.

"Why do you say that we have a bad character, and say that others should first look at their own virtues. Dai Jia stood up without showing weakness and said coldly, she has never been scolded by anyone when she is so big.

"What's wrong with my moral 'sex', what do you say is wrong with my moral 'sex'?" the "female" editor jumped to her feet and asked.

Li Yan stood up and grabbed Dai Jia, who was about to fight back, feeling very unhappy, looking at the face of the "female" editor in front of him was as disgusting as eating a fly, but he would not scold her in the office, he felt that it was an insult to himself.

"Dai Jia, since we are not welcome here, let's go. He said coldly, and then pulled Dai Jia to walk out of the office, and when he walked to the "door" of the office, he turned his head and said to the few editors who were pretending to be deaf and dumb in the room: "Editor Liang is here, please tell him, just say that Li Yan has come." After that, he closed the door and went out.

"Li Yan, it's so annoying, why don't you let me quarrel with her, I really don't understand, how such a person can be an editor. Dai Jia said angrily.

"Forget it, the dog bit you, you can't bite the dog back, we are here to find Editor Liang, not to her, and scolding her is to lower our identity. Li Yan persuaded him.

"It's a pity to leave like this, didn't you hear her say that you have a bad character, and that the broken book you wrote is poisoning readers?" Dai Jia said.

"Hehe, it's not up to her to decide whether the character is good or not, it's not up to her to decide whether the book is broken or not, and she's not the king of heaven, Chrysostom 'jade' said. Li Yan said with a smile.

"Hmph, it's cheap, Li Yan, your manuscript wasn't sent to Editor Liang, what should I do?" Dai Jia listened to Li Yan's words, his anger was a little smoother, and then he took care of Li Yan's manuscript.

"It's okay, don't we have a phone, let's go out and call Editor Liang in a while, and ask him to come out and give him the manuscript. Li Yan patted the bag on his body and said, with his phone in the bag.

"Well, in that case, let's go, I don't want to stay here for a moment, I feel disgusted when I think of that 'female' person, people look disgusting, and their character is disgusting. Dai Jia said, and she followed Li Yan to the "door" of the publishing house.

"Dai Jia, it's the first time that our opinions are so consistent, you say that she looks ugly and doesn't blame her, that's the responsibility of her parents, but it's her fault to look ugly and scary, it's her fault, especially dare to scare Dai Jia such a beautiful 'girl' child, that's really an unforgivable sin. Li Yan comforted as he walked.

"Hehe, Li Yan, am I really beautiful?" Dai Jia asked with a smile and narrowed her eyes when she heard Li Yan praise her for being beautiful for the second time today.

"Of course, who in the school doesn't know the two 'flowers' in the eighth class of high school. Li Yan smiled.

"Who are the two 'flowers'?" Dai Jia asked curiously, she had already automatically placed one of the 'flowers' on her head.

"Guess. Li Yan asked, and at this time they had already walked through the corridor on the first floor and came to the main "door" of the publishing house.

"Oops, it's broken, I patronized and got angry and forgot to take the umbrella. Looking at the drizzling rain outside the "door", Dai Jia exclaimed.

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