Chapter Twenty-Seven: Your Pseudonym
When night falls, the lights come on, the birds return to their nests, and passers-by return home.
Perhaps because in July, when many schools have finished their final exams, the night is a bit more lively than usual, and parents and children can be seen walking side by side on the street, walking in twos and threes, even exceeding the number of couples who hook up and sprinkle dog food all the time.
When Su Bai and Chi Xiaonuan sat in the must-visitor, it was already half past seven in the evening.
This is not over, the two beckoned the waiter to order, and then there was no food, let alone pizza and pasta and snack platter, even tea and cake were not served.
In this case, Su Bai can be regarded as having no temper, almost all the tables around them are full, and they are also the standard format for parents to take their children out to eat, basically the table top of each table is empty.
Although the guests are delicious, the speed of serving food has always been stiff, and there are so many people today......
It would be nice if I could serve the food quickly.
It would be nice to go for a quick snack.
It would have been nice to have done it sooner earlier.
Su Bai touched his stomach and thought about it, and regretted that he didn't go through his brain and followed the visitor, Chi Xiaonuan's kind of foodie girl who doesn't get tired of eating doesn't care about being hungry for a while, and he would rather eat a bowl of spicy tang on the side of the road.
"It's coming, it's coming, it's been a little warm pit once today, and I don't care about that, the right should be an effort to get acquainted with and contact my friends. He comforted himself in his heart.
Su Bai took out his mobile phone and turned it on. Fang didn't dare to turn on the machine at school, but taking it out at this time could suppress the discomfort in his abdomen.
The technological products of 2086 are not a little more advanced than the earth, and in addition to being lightweight and thin, this phone is actually foldable. The full unfolded mobile phone is close to a ten-inch screen, which is the size of a general touchscreen mobile phone, and it can also be folded twice and stuffed into a pocket, which is very comfortable and convenient.
While talking to Chi Xiaonuan, Su Bai paid attention to the waiter's trajectory while checking in his mobile phone, and the mobile phone suddenly vibrated and the March of the Volunteers sounded.
Chi Xiaonuan held up the lemonade and looked over: "Xiaobai, you still use such an old song to make a mobile phone ringtone." ”
"Well, it hasn't changed. Su Bai made a note in his heart that he must change the bell when he goes back.
A string of numbers without remarks appeared on the screen, and he could only see the local address of Yangcheng marked below, thinking of something, Su Bai adjusted the pronunciation position to make his voice appear more mature, and then picked it up.
"Hey, I'm Sun Nan, the editor of Shanshi Wenke. A young male voice rang on the other end of the phone, straight to the point, "Your submission of the work "This Miracle's Name is Father" is very good, we are willing to pay 400 Huaxia yuan to publish it in the magazine, can you accept it?"
Yes, yes.
Su Bai was also stunned when he received such news, he had been busy with Didikeng for the past two days and always dozed off, he didn't pay attention to the matter over there, if it wasn't for today's call, he would have completely forgotten it.
He recalled in his heart the standard of manuscript fees in this world: more than 500 words and 400 Chinese coins for pure newcomers' articles are considered a very fair price, and the editors of Shanshi Culture are still reliable, and they can rest assured that the debut of this new world will be handed over to them.
"Well, the price is okay. Su Bai's words were silent.
"Then I'll send you a contract, sign it, and ask you to send it to me at ...... address."
Su Bai felt that something was wrong: "The mail is too slow, can you catch up with this Saturday's magazine?"
"If you accept it, you can also sign a fax. ”
Sun Nan thought so: "To tell you the truth, the editor-in-chief of this article appreciates it very much and wants to arrange it in this Saturday's magazine, but first, I can't contact you for the time being, and second, the mailing time will be relatively tight." If we can fax the contract for us before 12 o'clock tomorrow, we can send it to this Saturday's "Shanshi Wenke", and the manuscript fee will be received within tomorrow. ”
"Just this week. Su Bai said.
What are you kidding, the results of the preliminary round of the Shi Shao Cup will come out next Monday, what a classic article "The Name of This Miracle is Father", if it is too well written and is watched by the onlookers within Shanshi Culture, the debut of the traverser will be smashed.
The other end of the line continued: "Okay, I will now send a contract to your mailbox, if you confirm that it is correct, please sign the contract and fax it to the address mentioned there. ”
Su Bai replied: "Okay, it can be done tonight." ”
"Reconfirm your bank card number*********** Huaxia Bank, right?"
"Yes, that's right. ”
After finishing the matter, the editor added very professionally: "The information has been confirmed, I am your editor Sun Nan, if you have any questions in the contract, you can call me." ”
"I have the pleasure to read your manuscript, the content is very exciting, the sense of picture and reality of the story is very strong, it can be said to be a classic in the short story, if there are other manuscripts, you can also send them directly to my mailbox, we have certain benefits for the old authors who submit again......
The editor over there was still thinking about it, and Su Bai had already seen a waiter walking towards the two of them with a tray.
The golden pizza on the iron plate exudes a faint heat, and the aroma of cheese and bacon wafts through the steam. Seeing that Su Bai's call had been going on for a long time, Chi Xiaonuan also looked over with questioning eyes.
"Okay, I got it. Su Bai directly interrupted the editor's politeness, "Is there anything else, I won't hang up without me." ”
The editor obviously heard his impatience: "Well, you used your real name when you submitted the manuscript, may I ask what your pen name is?"
The three holes of the cunning rabbit, the pit goods should pay attention to the name "Xiaobai" in Didi Radio, which has been used elsewhere, and cannot be used. In case a book friend or audience member in a vest riots, you can change to a vest and continue to pit it.
didn't think of any good pen name for a while, Su Bai said casually: "Pizza." ”
The other end of the phone was stunned: "The pen name is pizza?"
"Have a duplicate name?"
"Uh, no," the phone was stuck, "but isn't it a bit of, um, sloppy?"
The pizza was already on the table, Su Bai pinched the fork and inserted it into the pizza, the fork and the bottom of the plate made a crisp clanging sound, and he replied: "If the pizza is not good, the fork can also be used." ”
After a period of silence, the other end of the phone replied: "Actually, the pen name pizza is fine......
"Okay, then I'll hang up. ”
"Goodbye," the editor on the other end of the line paused, "and have a nice meal." ”
"Okay, goodbye. ”
Hanging up the phone, Su Bai turned off his mobile phone as soon as possible, blocking out all the noise that affected eating as quickly as possible.
Chi Xiaonuan had already taken a dinner knife and cut two knives along the cutting line of the pizza.
He reached out and grabbed a piece of pizza and took a bite: the ingredients were very good, the heat was very good, the style was very good, the taste was very good, and the good news of Fang Cai made people feel happy. Deciding to celebrate a little on a whim, he called back to the waiter, who had not gone far, to ask for the menu.
"Please order another blue jasmine. He said, pointing to a beverage that clearly indicated its alcohol content.
The waitress looked at him and hesitated: "I'm sorry, we don't sell alcoholic beverages to minors." ”
Su Bai pretended to be straightforward: "What are you kidding, I'm an adult." ”
The waitress glanced at him again, smiling at what was called a school uniform.
Chi Xiaonuan also raised her head from the plate, her eyes were still a little red, but her lips were already shining.
"Eh, I don't see it. She sighed, "Xiaobai, you are a drunkard." ”