Chapter 54: Retirement Writing
In November, when the army's discharge work was launched, Chu Xiaohe persuaded his family to quit active duty, and did not accept the work arranged by the organization, but was assessed as disabled because of physical reasons.
Wang Ledan was eating breakfast when the mobile phone rang, "Ledan, do you have time today? I'll look for you," Cai Jiasheng said on the phone.
"How dare you call me?"
"I've had something to do during this time, so I'm not going to apologize to you."
"I'm not talking about this, I'm talking about why you scolded Chu Xiaohe, and you can't blame him all about Xia Yuxuan's affairs."
Cai Jiasheng heard that this was the case, "Oh this, if it weren't for him, how could Xia Yuxuan have had a car accident,"
"Who would have thought that?"
"Well, let's not talk about it, and that's over. Do you have time today? I'll go see you",
"No, I'm busy", Wang Ledan said angrily,
Cai Jiasheng knew that she was angry with him because of Chu Xiaohe, but he didn't feel good in his heart, "Okay, then let's do it, if you don't want to see me, I won't go", Cai Jiasheng hung up the phone after speaking.
As soon as Cai Jiasheng hung up the phone, Wang Ledan said angrily, "Okay, dare to hang up on me." Cai Jiasheng felt in his heart that he really liked Wang Ledan, why did he always want to see her, he just wanted to use her to take revenge on Chu Xiaohe, but now he felt that he couldn't extricate himself.
Chu Xiaohe exercised his body for an hour, sat in front of the computer and wrote novels, he specially applied for a blog and began to write novels in blogs. In more than a month, the number of visits has risen from a few hundred at the beginning to more than 200,000 now, and the number of fans has reached 100,000.
The title of the novel is "Practice", which is the title that Chu Xiaohe thought about for a long time before he decided, he felt that people are in the stage of self-cultivation all their lives, and the pen name is used to commemorate Xia Yuxuan.
Many netizens were moved by the plot of the story and were impressed by the protagonist's indomitable spirit towards life. Some asked if the protagonist of this novel was the author himself. Some fans asked Chu Xiaohe's phone number and address and wanted to come and see him.
Chu Xiaohe looked at what he wrote, although it was hard, but he felt that it was a particularly meaningful thing to resonate with so many people and encourage and motivate people who were at a low point to forge ahead.
I don't know how a publishing house knows Chu Xiaohe's contact information, so I called directly and wanted to publish Chu Xiaohe's book.
"Hello, are you Chu Xiaohe?" a woman's voice on the phone,
"Hello, I am, may I ask who you are?"
"Ah, hello, I'm the editor-in-chief of Phoenix Publishing House, just call me Editor-in-Chief Xie",
"Ah, hello hello",
"Did you write the book "Practice"?"
"Yes, I wrote it,"
"I saw it on your blog, so I asked for your contact information, we have read the novel you wrote, the material is very good, the story is also very touching, inspiring, and has good commercial value, we want to publish your book now, do you want to cooperate with us?"
"I really haven't thought about this, I just want to write something for myself",
"I know that the more works like this, the easier it is to become classics. You see, when your work is written, the best result is to influence the world and let everyone see your work, which is also the embodiment of your own value and a contribution to society, you can consider it first. Cooperate with us, we can directly buy out your copyright, or we can work together, you get a commission",
"This,Can you let me think about it first.,Actually, I don't know how to do it.,And I haven't finished writing it yet,"
"I know, you think about it first, and I'll call you later, okay?"
"Well, okay, I'll think about it", said the two of them and hung up the phone.
Chu Xiaohe walked out of the bedroom and saw his grandfather watching TV.
"Grandpa, there's something I want to ask for your opinion",
"Ah, what's the matter?"
"Just now a publishing house called me and said it was going to publish my book",
"Yes, that's a good thing!"
"I don't know how to do it, I didn't think about publishing a novel when I wrote it",
"Child, if a publishing house can ask you to cooperate, it is a recognition of your work. Only when you publish it can you make your book available to more readers?"
"Grandpa, you mean to work with them?"
"Of course, don't you know, our great leader *** often writes articles when he is young, and we also have to learn from our ancestors, only in this way can your work reflect its value",
"Grandpa, what you said really makes sense, so am I buying it out or publishing it with them?"
"I suggest, cooperate with them, don't buy out, so that you can still have your own copyright",
"Okay, then I'll listen to grandpa", Chu Xiaohe said happily.
Immediately afterwards, Chu Xiaohe called back to Editor-in-Chief Xie, "Hello Editor-in-Chief Xie, I'm Chu Xiaohe",
"Ah, hello hello, have you thought about it?"
"Well, I've thought about it, and I'm going to publish it in collaboration with you,"
"Ah, that's okay, then I'll arrange for someone to send you the contract right away. But you have to promise us not to publish this work on the blog, for the sake of the profit of the work, I hope you understand",
"Ah, I understand this, I will leave a message on the blog, saying that my novel is about to be published, I hope they will cheer it on",
"Well, okay, when the contract arrives, sign it and send it to us if you're okay. If you have any questions, you can always call me",
"Okay Editor-in-Chief Xie,"
"Oh, and also, I hope you update your work as soon as possible, and I hope we publish it as soon as possible",
"Well, I know, then I'm sorry for you", after making the call, Chu Xiaohe felt such a sense of accomplishment for the first time in his heart.
The old man looked at his grandson so happily and said, "Now my precious grandson has become a writer, hahaha",
"Grandpa, where am I a writer, grandpa I think writing is really not an easy thing, it's really brain-consuming",
"Of course, if you want to do a good job, there is no one who doesn't work hard, especially if you want to achieve a classic, you have to work thousands of times harder than others,"
"Well, I got Grandpa",
"When your mother comes back, tell her quickly, so that she may be happy. If your book is really popular, then you can become a writer in the future."
"Grandpa, to be honest, I really didn't want to be a writer,"
"And what do you want to do in the future?"
Chu Xiaohe thought for a while, "I have an impulse, I want to do business!"
"Why do you want to do business?" asked the old man.
"I don't know, it's just an inner impulse", Chu Xiaohe said and thought to himself, I don't know how since Gangzi said that he would do business with himself in the future, he always thought about this for so many days, and always felt that this was something that he had to do in his life. In fact, this may have something to do with Chu Xiaohe's family education environment, he is doing business when he is young, and he is used to it, and the word business has been integrated into his blood, but he doesn't know that he only needs a key to open the door to the thought of doing business in his mind, maybe Gangzi's words are this fuse.