Yue Qingyan can still drink some wine. But that amount of alcohol is too far behind Miwu, Du Xiao, Ah Yue or Xu Yingying. After two or three rounds of drinks at the bar called "Yuan" that everyone frequented, Yue Qingyan became a little delirious. (This bar really used to have it, and it was great.) It's a pity that it's turned off now. ）

"What should I do?" Du Xiao scratched his head a little: "Let you not be too ruthless." ”

"It's only two rounds of wine. Miwu said a little timidly, "What now?"

"My family is the closest, where to send me. Xu Yingying said.

"You're there, is it appropriate? a boy. Ah Yue asked.

"Are you worried about what he's doing to me?" or are you worried about ......?"

Ah Yue nodded without hesitation: "I'm worried about what you do to him!"

"Hey!" Xu Yingying scolded with a smile: "Just an unscrupulous boss like you." ”

"As an essay organizer, if this matter is known, it will be an unspoken rule to give a reward, and it will be a ...... if you don't give a reward Ahem, irresponsible afterward. Have you thought about it?" Du Xiao asked with a grin.

Among a few people, Xu Yingying was really able to settle the delirious Yue Qingyan well. Miwu only has one bedroom at home, Du Xiao has a family and a room, and he lives very far away, almost at the opposite end of the city with Yue Qingyan, and Ah Yue lives with his girlfriend, and the place is also small. Only Xu Yingying, a rich second generation, has a big three-bedroom house in the city center. Her parents said they bought it for her, and they used to be able to live there, but ...... Xu Yingying's parents usually live in a big villa in a suburban county, and they are busy with work. Meeting with the second female and eating together are all other places, so they won't really live here. She really had plenty of space to take Yue Qingyan in for one night.

Du Xiao and Ah Yue helped send Yue Qingyan to Xu Yingying, and then went back. And although Xu Yingying took Yue Qingyan in, she would not take care of it meticulously. A boy who hangs up after not drinking much alcohol is not seriously ill or injured or anything, and it is not a hangover, just throw it there. Time solves everything.

When Yue Qingyan woke up, it was almost 10 o'clock in the morning of the next day. Xu Yingying had already gotten up, eating a healthy meal while holding a salad bowl while watching TV. Seeing Yue Qingyan walking out of the room, Xu Yingying said happily, "Alas, are you awake?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, yesterday...... It's a gaffe. Of course, Yue Qingyan knew how much he had drunk, so he drank a few rounds without warning. However, now this body seems to have no resistance to alcohol, and the amount of alcohol needs to be cultivated slowly.

"It's fine. It's not that they're so good at persuading alcohol. Xu Yingying said: "You can only accompany me to eat grass for breakfast." Nothing else. Well, I can add an egg to you. ”

"Sister Yingying, aren't you going to work today?"

"I'm an operator. Just get things done. Usually I go to the office in the afternoon. Xu Yingying said nonchalantly.

"That's right. After breakfast, I should go back. Actually......"

Xu Yingying smiled and said, "Don't like a meatless breakfast? ”

When Yue Qingyan was eating, Xu Yingying suddenly said, "I envy you." has the ability to write good things, and will soon be recognized by Miwu and Du Xiao. It's hard for me to get into that circle. ”

"But, it looks like they all get along very well. Yue Qing was puzzled. He hadn't really been a real author before.

"The writers are picky, and the classification is very clear. Xu Yingying said helplessly: "Friends who can eat, drink tea, and talk about things together, friends who can communicate problems in life and work, and friends who can talk about creation together." When you meet a few crazy demons, you can ignore everything like friends, home, etc., but only the creation is serious and can't be disturbed. Compared to the children in their family, the work is the real spiritual descendant. Talking about creation, talking about ideas, etc., people like me can't get involved at all. ”

"Sister Yingying, you also wanted to be an author before?" asked Yue Qingyan. Xu Yingying's mind obviously contains a lot of thinking that is biased towards the author.

"Yes, but I'm not talented. It's too far off. I wrote it for two years, but I really couldn't stand it anymore. Xu Yingying said: "I can't imagine the results of three high-quality novels in the first month like yours." ”

Yue Qingyan scratched his head and said, "Where is the problem?

"I don't know. Mi Wu also instructed me, Ah Yue is my boss, and I can find him at any time if I need to ask for advice. But it doesn't feel like it's working. Miwu herself is also very casual, and it's great to fix words, but if she asks about the plot, she will scratch her head and say: I don't know this, I just think I want to write like that. ”

"That's right. "The kind of spirituality in Miwu's works is indeed not something that can be learned and imitated.

"It's okay. I recognize my ability to help people in the company promote their works and operate them well, which is the same. Xu Yingying said: "The author is too bitter. I can't live like that. ”

The author's suffering is reflected in all aspects. Even if you become famous and have a family, you may not be able to live a good life. Miwu ranks very high among female authors, whether it is publishing or copyright sales, she is not short of money, but she is busy writing and others, she has no time to meet other people, and there is no time to fall in love and get married. She bought a house and moved out by herself in order not to be urged to marry all day long by her family. Du Xiao's income as an author is also very good, but the pressure of supporting his family is also heavy. Moreover, the author's income is not stable on a monthly basis, and there are various fluctuations, so he can only calculate, thrift, and wait. There is really no shortage of money for eating, drinking, watching movies and watching performances, but if you encounter something big that you want to buy, you have to calculate and plan. Moreover, professional authors do not have a unit, no social security and provident fund, and it is a big problem to buy a house and other loans, which is very stressful. There are only a handful of authors who can earn millions of dollars a year from a book, and most of them are not so good.

And that's just one aspect, the simplest aspect. The author's job requires solitude and enough solitude to write well and complete the manuscript. But if you are separated from basic social networking, you will lose your own channels for promotion and marketing. After having a family, they are obviously the closest people, but they will cause the most trouble in their lives. Authors with families prefer to go to cafes with notebooks to code words. If possible, they will even set up another studio. These are all designed to distance yourself from the tedious daily life. And in this way, it has invisibly caused pressure and even harm to the family. Not to mention when it comes to cardin, key plot writing, revisions, scheduling and the like, the grumpy author is almost a little bit at it, and wants to retreat in a place completely cut off from outside communication.

The personal problems of these authors alone are enough headaches, plus the coordination of publishing platform relations, reader maintenance, attention to sales, and so on. Becoming a successful author is now more than just writing a good book.

"By the way, Ah Yue should hand in your "Your Name" today, and we will leave the contract in a few days. When the time comes, you come to our company, meet our boss by the way, and communicate the situation of your essay contest together. Let's see if we can sign it off first. Xu Yingying said: "Anyway, this time your two articles must be selected for the final list of winners, the ranking does not matter, the important thing is that the copyright licensing contract can be negotiated first." ”

"Uh, will there be a feeling of inner decision? Isn't this okay?" Yue Qingyan had never heard of this kind of operation before.

"Nothing bad. The competition is to find the author to choose the work, and since there is an author's work, the competition link is not important. I even thought about asking you to give up your name and sign the copyright license directly, but think about it, there will still be some publicity for you in the competition, forget it. ”

Yue Qingyan understood this logic, and after thinking about it, he said: "The copyright can be signed first, then you can get the contract template and show it to me, right?"

"Okay", Xu Yingying agreed easily.

After saying goodbye to Xu Yingying's house, Yue Qingyan thought about it, and suddenly, it seemed that there was no shortage of money. If you include the copyright licensing fee, you can at least make your life easier for a while. The cooperation with Ming Qian, although the works in his hands were packed and emptied all of a sudden, at least this company is quite sincere. In addition, I began to meet insiders, and I am no longer a lonely person in this world except for staying at home with nowhere to go, no one to chat with or even to send messages to harass.

Before Yue Qingyan went home, he also bought snacks and drinks at the convenience store in the subway station. Although he reminded himself that the days of death could not go on like this, he really had no other way now.

Unexpectedly, in the evening, Xu Yingying called from the company.

As soon as the phone was connected, Xu Yingying asked, "Can you come out now?" ”

"Huh, what's the matter?" Yue Qingyan looked at the time, he had only been sitting at home for a few hours.

"Probably, it's a save. Xu Yingying sighed: "Don't say much on the phone, can you come? ”

"I'm going to go, probably...... It's more than an hour to arrive. Yue Qingyan glanced at the address, fortunately, it basically belongs to the subway line.

When Yue Qingyan felt that the company was in front of the Ming Dynasty, it was almost 7 o'clock. Because of the rush hour, he spent an hour and a half on the road.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Hit the peak, a little delayed. Yue Qingyan saw Ah Yue waiting for him at the door of the company, and hurriedly said.

"It's okay, there's no way to call you out. Ah Yue said.

"What's wrong?"

"One of the author's short stories went wrong. It's too late to revise, so you can only change the original to a compilation. I'm looking for you to fill in the hole. ”

"Who?"

"Stinged. ”

It's impossible, isn't it? It's a middle-aged author with a lot of names, can there be problems with the short story collection? Yue Qingyan's face was full of incredulity.

The collection of short stories contains a total of 12 articles and 250,000 words. He selected 10 articles that had been previously edited in a collection of short stories or in magazines, and only two new ones. Just after the copyright search, 7 of the 12 articles were duplicated and had to be removed. One of the two new short stories has a serious quality problem. Ah Yue said: "If it weren't for the fact that the printing factory had already scheduled tasks and paid a considerable part of the royalties in advance, we would have refunded the book directly." There are some other problems, this book must be published, but let him be in charge of compiling it. The old author is not willing to give the manuscript, and the compilation of the stinging does not mean that he has the highest ability and status? So he can only find the work of the newcomer, but ...... can't hold down the scene, so I have to have one or two heavyweight newcomer works. ”

"So you thought of me?"

Ah Yue said: "Yes, the length is right, give us one." Jianghu emergency. ”