42. Secret Conversation (I)

I don't know if Jiang Shuiyuan is lucky, or Yue Wenjing is too lucky, when they arrived at Maxim's restaurant by car, they saw the president Wu Qifei accompanying Guo Siming and Han Xia to talk happily in the private room, and the female receptionist I saw yesterday stood aside serving tea and pouring water. When they saw Fang Quan and Jiang Shui coming recently, they stood up one after another.

Wu Qifei smiled and said, "Thank you for coming to our magazine's dinner! Before that, I will introduce myself, so that you don't think I'm a strange person." ”

Needless to say, it must be the secret told by the editor-in-chief Fang Quanfang. Jiang Shuiyuan glanced at Fang Quan with dissatisfaction: Do you know what it means to "lose your subordinates if you don't keep secrets, and if you don't keep secrets, you will lose your body"? A big mouth like you will lose his body sooner or later! But then again, as the editor-in-chief, he has already sold himself to a magazine agency, and it doesn't seem to matter if he loses his body or not.

Wu Qifei continued: "I am Wu Qifei, the president of "Cultivation" magazine. You should know these two young talents next to you, right? They are the famous young writers Guo Siming and Han Xia! Even if you don't know each other, you should have heard of it, right? As for this girl, her name is Lu Jiamin, a senior student at Aurora University, and she is now interning in our club, mainly responsible for running errands and miscellaneous tasks, in addition to serving as the front desk, secretary, cleaner, waiter, and so on. Of course, the most important part-time job is to be my niece. ”

There was a chuckle in the private room.

Since they have all made introductions, Jiang Shuiyuan can't be rude: "My name is Jiang-"

"You don't need to introduce yourself, we all know you!" Guo Siming interrupted Jiang Shuiyuan's self-introduction, "But I'm really curious, how did you memorize all the tomes like the Thirteen Classics and the Twenty-Four History? Just thinking about those tomes makes my scalp tingle." If you're not mistaken, you don't have a childhood, right?"

"No, I have a childhood. Just worried about not having old age. Jiang Shuiyuan said truthfully.

"Are you jealous of talent?" said another chuckle in the private room.

According to reason, Yue Wenjing or Cao Duan should introduce themselves next. Jiang Shuiyuan turned his head, only to see Yue Wenjing's face flushed like a spicy crayfish, his hands and feet were trembling slightly, his eyes were fixed on Guo Siming, and he muttered meaningless words in his mouth: "I am...... Guo, Guo ......"

Jiang Shuiyuan had no choice but to substitute for her: "This beauty's name is Yue Wenjing." A native of Lizhou, Chunan, he is now in his second year of high school. Her favorite writer is Guo Siming Guo Dashao, it is said that she has read all your works, and every time she reads them, she can be moved. This time I came to Shanghai to compete, and my biggest dream was to see Guo Dashao and you. In her words, it is called 'coming to Shanghai to compete has nothing to do with winning or losing, just to get to know Guo Siming'. How about Guo Dashao, can you sign her name, take a photo or something, and satisfy the little wishes of other girls?"

said. He pushed Yue Wenjing, who was down.

Yue Wenjing also came to her senses at this time, and said stumblingly: "Guo, Guo Dashao, can you please sign my name and take a group photo?" Before coming to Shanghai, she had already premeditated, so she immediately took out the prepared autograph book and signature pen from her bag and handed it over.

"Signing is naturally no problem, just take a group photo!" Guo Siming picked up the pen and wrote on the autograph, "It's not that I'm arrogant, but 'Zhuyu is on the side.'" I feel that I am filthy! Speaking of which, little girl, you don't have any vision! Obviously, the handsome guy is next to you, and you actually take a photo with us. Isn't that typical darkness under the lights?"

Yue Wenjing's eyes were staring at her toes: "I've always wanted to take a photo with him, but I haven't found a chance yet......"

"Hahahaha!" everyone burst into laughter. Jiang Shuiyuan also twitched a little: Emotional Yue Wenjing, this girl was too excited to see the idol, and she had a mild stroke, so she couldn't speak, right?

However, Jiang Shuiyuan immediately understood why Guo Siming only wanted to sign and not take a group photo. It's very simple, Guo is too small, and it is estimated that he is not as tall as Yue Wenjing when he stands up. If this kind of photo is circulated, it will not be comfortable in anyone's heart. In the same way, in order to get an autograph for Yue Wenjing just now, he praised Guo Siming fiercely, is Han Xia over there also uncomfortable?

The world is full of knowledge. Affection is an article!

When Jiang Shuiyuan was about to ask Han Xia for an autograph to help him get back to the field, Cao Duan began to introduce himself: "President Wu, Editor-in-Chief Fang, Han Dashao, Guo Dashao, and Lu Meinu, hello everyone! My name is Cao Duan, Cao Cao's Cao, Duan Zheng, from Anqing Mansion Senior High School, a sophomore in high school this year, I am honored to meet you." My male god is Han Xia Han Da Shao! Da Shao, can you please sign for me, go back and hang it on the desk, three kowtows in the morning and dusk, and a stick of incense in the morning and evening. ”

Everyone laughed again, the previous embarrassing atmosphere was swept away, and Jiang Shuiyuan was secretly relieved.

Then everyone sat down to eat and chat about some interesting things in the literary world, of course, mainly Wu Qifei, Fang Quan, Guo Siming, Han Xia The four of them were chatting, Jiang Shuiyuan relied on his familiarity with ancient classics, and occasionally could interject a few words. Lu Jiamin is responsible for watching without responsibility, and Cao Duan is responsible for feasting. As for Yue Wenjing, she was looking at Guo Siming with a on her face, and it was estimated that at a certain moment, she even had the urge to knock the idol unconscious and snatch it back to suppress the village.

A meal that was enjoyed by both the guests and the hosts.

After the meal, Guo Siming and Han Xia went back to correct the re-examination paper under the pretext of going back, and soon left together, Cao Duan and Yue Wenjing were also taken by Lu Jiamin somewhere, and then only Jiang Shuiyuan, Wu Qifei and Fang Quan were left in the private room.

Jiang Shuiyuan shouted in his heart. Ever since Wu Qifei said in the examination room that he would invite himself to eat Maxim, Jiang Shuiyuan knew that he must have a plan. "There is no good banquet, there is no good banquet", "there is nothing to be courteous, either treachery or theft", these are the lessons summed up by the ancestors with thousands of years of blood and tears, and they will never be empty words.

Sure enough, Wu Qifei lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Classmate Jiang, you are a smart person, you should know what we mean." Yes, we have something to do with you. But where should we start? Tong Guò can see from the chat just now, Mr. Jiang, you don't know much about the current affairs in the literary world. Guo Siming and Han Xia are here today, and I drank some more wine, so let's start with the two of them!"

Sharing secrets and revealing privacy is normal a prelude to becoming brothers by cutting off the head of the chicken and burning yellow paper. Jiang Shuiyuan wanted to shout: Don't say it! Don't say it! I am not interested in gossip and blood in the literary and artistic circles, and if you have a strong desire to talk, can you trouble you to find someone else?

But these words are really unspeakable. It is said that "the hands of people are short, and the mouth of eating people is soft", and now the dishes, dishes, bowls, and leftovers are still on the table in front of them, so it is not good to wipe their lips clean and not admit it, right?

"I remember very well that Han Xia participated in the New Concept Essay Contest for the forty-third time, that is, ten years ago, when he was also in his first year of high school. In terms of Chinese literacy, he is naturally far inferior to you, but when it comes to his writing skills, you are on par, and he is even better in game writing, laughing and scolding. As soon as we read it, we were shocked and thought that he was the best newcomer in this competition. Who knew that when the rematch came, for some reason he didn't participate.

"This kind of thing has happened before, such as finding someone to ghostwrite or plagiarize other people's works to submit, but after entering the re-examination, they are afraid of revealing their stuffing, so they simply choose not to participate in the competition. People generally don't bother to ask. But such a talent is really rare, and I couldn't hold back with the editor-in-chief Zhao at the time, so we searched for the address where the article was submitted and found that he was really good. He encouraged him to continue to participate in the next competition, and with his strength in the preliminary round submission, it was easy to win the first prize in the semi-final and guarantee the Chinese Department of a famous university.

"This is the path we designed for him in life, and it has been chosen by many winners in the past. Unfortunately, he did not comply, but chose to drop out of school in his sophomore year of high school, relying on a series of articles published in our "Cultivation" magazine and the great fame he made, and began to publish books, make commercials, and act in movies, and embarked on another road to success. The most important of these is his personal efforts, but it is also indispensable for the support and publicity of our magazine, which finally made him a famous young writer today. ”

Wu Qifei threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, lit another one, took a few deep breaths, and continued: "I was talking about Han Xia just now, and then I was talking about Guo Siming." Compared with Han Xia, his path to success is more like the choice of an ordinary winner, who participated in the 44th and 45th New Concept Essay Contest, won the first prize, and then was sent to the Chinese Department of Aurora University in Shanghai. During his college years, while working diligently, his works continued to come out, causing a great sensation in the literary world, and on the other hand, he actively learned editing, publishing, screenwriting, directing and other knowledge, so as to lay a good foundation for entering the society in the future. As for the quality of his studies, he didn't care very much, he was very similar to Han Xia in this regard.

"In addition, they have a lot in common, such as the initial fame depends on the recommendation of our "Cultivation" magazine, the works have been published in our "Cultivation" magazine for a long time before and after becoming famous, they have always had a good relationship with our magazine, most of the time they will agree to the invitation, and they will be invited to be judges in the annual new concept essay competition. In addition, there is another point, that is, we can't keep them in the "Cultivation" magazine!

But this is understandable, after all, they are young and talented, how can they be willing to crouch under a magazine and become writers who make a living on their salaries? Originally, this is a good thing, which shows that our "Cultivation" magazine has been very effective in discovering new talents in the literary world and cultivating young writers. But as the president, I feel like marrying a daughter, on the one hand, I am intellectually told me that 'the girl is not left', and the girl I have cultivated will marry sooner or later; on the other hand, it is very difficult to accept emotionally, and I feel that the girl who has spent so many years of training is suddenly taken away with potted flowers one day, and I feel uncomfortable!"

At this point, he pressed out the cigarette butt and drank the glass in front of him.

Jiang Shuiyuan was a little confused: "Then what?" (to be continued......

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