Chapter 187: Young Man
After the meal, the guests and hosts are happy.
When he removed the meal and continued to chat, Zhang Chaoyang couldn't help but look at the "Guandi Temple" written by Guan Xiaojun, the more he looked at it, the more incredible he felt, he looked at Guan Xiaojun with a slight look of amazement, "Xiaojun, your book will definitely be published, very good, very good!"
He said "very good" several times in a row, which shows how much he recognizes this book.
Guan Xiaojun said with a smile: "Actually, I also think it's very good, and it should be no problem to publish." ”
Zhang Chaoyang laughed, "Young people, it's a good thing to have self-confidence. In this way, you will stay with me for one night, and then tomorrow, I will ask the driver Xiao Wu to send you to the magazine office, and after talking to the editor, I will let Xiao Wu take you around, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, all go for a walk. ”
When he said this, he turned to look at Zhang Xiaowan beside him, "Xiaowan, you go too." Tomorrow, wear a camera, take a few more photos for them, and then wash them out later, and then mail them to Xiaojun. ”
Zhang Xiaowan nodded vigorously, suddenly remembered something, got up and ran upstairs quickly, and after a while, he came to Guan Xiaojun with a small red box, handed the box to Guan Xiaojun, and motioned for Guan Xiaojun to open it.
Guan Xiaojun looked at Zhang Chaoyang suspiciously, with an inquiring look on his face, not knowing what was in this box.
Zhang Chaoyang nodded to Guan Xiaojun and said softly: "Take it, this is a small gift that Xiaowan prepared for you." ”
Guan Xiaojun took the box, and under the gaze of Zhang Xiaowan's bright eyes, he opened it gently, and saw a piece of mutton fat jade pendant on the red silk lining, this jade pendant is oval, milky white all over, and there is no carved pattern decoration on it, just a piece of warm white jade with a hole drilled.
"This piece of jade was given to him by Xiaowan's grandfather's comrades-in-arms, and later the old man gave it to Xiaowan, and now, Xiaowan gave it to you again. Xiaojun, a gentleman is like jade, gentle and elegant, I hope you will be the same as this mutton fat jade pendant in the future, with high quality and the same inside and outside. ”
Guan Xiaojun used to study antiques a little, just look at the material of this jade pendant, you know that it is a good thing, and it is a new material, not the kind of antique old goods that have been handed down, such a jade pendant is an ornament hanging on the waist, and now few people wear this kind of thing.
Guan Xiaojun has a psychological cleanliness fetish, and he doesn't like to wear that kind of old jade toy very much, he thinks that it is a dead man's thing, and it is psychologically uncomfortable to wear it, so he can play with it, but it is suitable to wear on his body.
It is estimated that the Zhang family is also thinking about this, so they gave Guan Xiaojun a flawless jade, which is still a new thing.
This jade pendant is very precious, but it is worth thousands of dollars.
But this is just a small gift, whether it is expensive or not is secondary, the key is that the little girl's heart is touching, depending on the situation, this gift has been prepared for a long time.
Guan Xiaojun took the jade pendant, tied it around his waist casually, and said with a smile: "Ouch, thank you, thank you, I will wear this piece of jade on my body in the future." Uncle Zhang, it is impossible for me to be as high quality as this piece of white jade, the inside and outside are the same, I can try as much as possible. ”
Zhang Chaoyang said: "You are real. ”
Zhang Xiaowan saw that Guan Xiaojun had accepted the jade pendant, and she liked it very much, the corners of her mouth were upturned happily, and her eyes were curved into a crescent moon.
The next day, the driver Xiao Wu drove the four people to the door of the "Contemporary" magazine in a jeep, and Guan Xiaojun walked to the yard with a backpack on his back.
"Here, here, this kid should be Guan Xiaojun!"
When Guan Xiaojun walked into the courtyard, at the window on the first floor of the magazine, a person had already seen him, and smiled at his colleagues who had gathered in the office a long time ago: "Our young genius writer is here!"
One said: "What kind of genius writer? Is it not certain whether he wrote this book or not? I don't believe that he can write such a mature work as a child." ”
"Don't talk nonsense, how do you know it wasn't written by someone else?"
"Alright, alright, don't make a fuss, he's already here. Good guy, is this a thirteen-year-old? Why is he so tall?"
Guan Xiaojun had already called the magazine yesterday and told them that they were coming over today, and at this time, the entire staff of the magazine was shocked, and they all wanted to see what this child who had caused controversy in the unit looked like.
Chen Youting took the lead in welcoming out.
The old man was now in his fifties, slightly bald, wearing a white short-sleeved undershirt, and the pants were blue-black pants, and he had spent six dollars to tear the cloth and let the tailor make it. Under his feet is wearing a pair of pull-back sneakers, this dress is very mismatched, and it looks very awkward, but he wears it like this, this old man doesn't pay attention to appearance.
"I'm Chen Youting. ”
He looked at Guan Xiaojun who came over, with a curious look in his eyes, "Is it Guan Xiaojun's classmate?"
Guan Xiaojun was also very curious about the old man in front of him, "Hello Uncle Chen, I'm Guan Xiaojun!"
Chen Youting smiled and said, "Good guy, why did you grow so tall? Didn't you say in the letter that you were only thirteen years old?
Guan Xiaojun said with a smile: "Maybe when I was farming at home, I accidentally ate a few grains of fertilizer, and it was ripened all of a sudden!"
Chen Youting laughed, "You kid, it's so interesting!"
He stretched out his hand and grabbed Guan Xiaojun's hand, "Let's go, go in and talk." Everyone is waiting in the house, and our colleagues in the club want to meet you. ”
Entering the editorial office, five or six of them stood up, looking at Guan Xiaojun, their eyes all showed the taste of scrutiny, curiosity, disbelief, surprise, and amusement, all kinds of emotions, to name a few.
After giving Guan Xiaojun a brief introduction, Chen Youting took Guan Xiaojun to his office position, "Xiaojun, I asked you to come this time, mainly to ask you some questions." ”
Guan Xiaojun casually pulled a chair from the side, sat next to Chen Youting, and nodded: "I know, Uncle Chen, if you have anything to say, you can just say it." ”
An editor next to him saw Guan Xiaojun pull his seat away, and said with a smile: "Hey, this kid, he's welcome! You have a seat, what am I going to sit on?"
Guan Xiaojun waved his hand, "How can there be any reason to let the guests stand? This is your territory, you can't let me stand, right?" This uncle, you are tired, go find a chair again." ”
"You're welcome, boy!"
The young editor smiled and shook his head, walked out of the office, and went to find a chair.
Chen Youting saw Guan Xiaojun sitting in front of him, and drove his colleagues away with a wave of his hand, naturally showing a domineering attitude, and couldn't help laughing: "Xiaojun, you drive Yu Yang editor away, be careful that when your book is published, he votes against it." ”
Guan Xiaojun said: "He's a big man, and I'm angry with a child, is he embarrassed?"
Chen Youting laughed and said, "I think he should be embarrassed!"
When Chen Youting laughed, Guan Xiaojun opened his backpack and put a large stack of materials on the dark red desk, "Uncle Chen, this is some of the information I collected when I was writing a book. Here are some of the articles I've published in some magazines over the years, well, here's the original manuscript of my book. ”
He divided these materials into several parts and slowly put them in front of Chen Youting, "I brought these things over, in fact, I just want to prove that this "Guandi Temple" was indeed written by me, and I didn't find anyone to write it." I'm going to say something arrogant here, looking for people in our entire Yunze region, who can now reach the level of writing like me, who are either dead or not yet born, and people from other places are not interested in the affairs of our region at all. ”
He laughed and said, "So my book can only be written by me." ”