Chapter 22 Advance Payment of Manuscript Fees

It's finally done!

Zheng Long finally wrote the upgraded version of "Phantom City", it can be said that this work, even if it gets to the xx Chinese online in 2016, should not hit the street. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zheng Long is so confident. It comes from the confidence in the work, but also from the confidence in oneself.

I don't know what's going on, since being reborn into this world, Zheng Long's self-confidence in himself has increased a lot.

When a person is able to take full control of his or her own destiny, the mental state of the whole person will be different.

Now Zheng Long, this spirit is in a state of near-perfection.

Even though he was sleepy, he felt extremely excited! So, he simply turned on the computer and went to see what the reaction was under the banyan tree.

Since it was already intended to be published in paper media, serialization on the banyan tree had been suspended. But the popularity gathered some time ago is still fermenting, and "Phantom City" has finally been pushed to the most prominent position, and the number of reviews and readers is also increasing rapidly.

The most heated discussion on the forum was what theme "Phantom City" wanted to express. Is it fate, or is it love? Or both?

Why did Cassel kill Shi for no reason?

Why does he think that Shi is no longer the carefree and innocent brother?

Why can't the pure love between brothers be able to resist the temptation of the throne?

Does it really confirm that sentence, may the next life not be reborn in the emperor's family?

In short, there was a high degree of discussion, and the issues discussed were varied.

Zheng Long glanced at it, his eyes resting on a few numbers.

"Readership 20013, Comments 581."

"Well, that's pretty much it..."

It can be said that this is the height that this "Phantom City" should reach.

As soon as I logged in to my account, I found that several messages popped up.

Most of them were sent by readers, some were curious, some hoped that they would continue to serialize, and some questioned why they had to write a tragic ending.

There are also several who are editors of publishing houses. However, to Zheng Long's disappointment, they are not well-known publishing houses, probably those little-known private publishing companies.

Maybe he was really tired, Zheng Long closed the computer, lay on the bed, looked at the starlight outside the window, but couldn't sleep.

The intellectuals outside are screaming endlessly.

How to say it, reborn into this world, in fact, I found that even if I really have a lot of golden fingers, life is still quite difficult.

It can be seen that Guo Mingming's success back then was definitely not achieved overnight. Zheng Long once watched Guo Mingming's interview and learned that he had also been deceived by many publishers to cheat his manuscripts and money, and finally came to the other side of success.

"People are often envious of successful people, especially people like Guo Mingming, who have no background and are unscrupulous. But who would have thought that sometimes they were also forced out. ”

Sometimes, if you don't be cruel to others, you will become someone else's chopping block.

Man is a sword, I am a fish.

Zheng Long began to understand Guo Mingming a little.

But right now, the most important thing for him to think about is going to the authors' conference.

Although he usually skips class, after so many days, he should still ask the school for a leave.

The bigger problem is actually how to go to the sea market.

He didn't want to ask his family for money anymore, because recently, his parents' work unit had not paid his salary for several months, and the family situation was already very bad. This is also the direct reason why Qian Lizhen is unhappy that Zheng Long did not hand over the manuscript fee to subsidize the family.

But where can he get the money?

Before getting the money, he thought of a very serious problem, that is, he didn't have a bank card!

In 2001, high school students in Pucheng generally did not have the habit of using bank cards. At that time, minors did not have ID cards, and they did not need to use them in ordinary times. For example, Zheng Long, in life

It is not allowed to keep major finances, Zheng Nanxing and Qian Lizhen said in their name that Zheng Long would not be contaminated with the smell of copper too early.

Therefore, even if others want to give themselves money, they can only give themselves cash directly, which is a big limitation.

If you can get a bank card, everything will be much easier.

Zheng Long thought of someone again.

That's right, it's Cai Liangfa.

Cai Liangfa must have a bank card, because his father is in business, and he himself often comes into contact with those large amounts of property.

So, at noon the next day, Zheng Long told Cai Liangfa his thoughts.

"It's not a big deal to give you a bank card, but it's in my name, okay?"

"No problem, as long as it's stuck in my hand."

"yes, okay."

Cai Liangfa happily handed a debit card from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China to Zheng Long...

"Okay, I've paid off all the favors I owe you, and if you ask me for help in the future, I'll have to charge for it."

Zheng Long smiled:

"As a brother, you should help too, right?"

Cai Liangfa smiled and did not speak.

In fact, after this period of time, he has recognized Zheng Long as his brother.

Unlike those brothers who were born and died with him, Zheng Long's calm temperament made Cai Liangfa feel a little sympathetic.

Moreover, the kind of pampering and courage in Zheng Long's bones is also something that his reckless brothers do not have.

It can be said that Cai Liangfa admires Zheng Long very much.

Of course, for the sake of face, he won't say anything.

After getting the bank card, Zheng Long has to borrow some money...

Who should I borrow it from? Zheng Long decided to extend his evil little hand to the "Budding" magazine this time...

So, Zheng Long borrowed Cai Liangfa's mobile phone to make a call to Sister Shi Yi.

"Sister Shi Yi?"

"Oh, it's Zheng Long, did you give you the buckwheat for the manuscript fee last time?"

"Well, I'm done with it..."

Shi Yi sighed, and had a premonition that something was wrong...

Based on her experience, Zheng Long will probably ask her to borrow money in the next sentence...

Sure enough, Zheng Long said the following paragraph without shame:

"Sister Shi, I really want to go to the author conference of your magazine, but I don't have the money... My parents' unit hasn't paid me for months, and our family is almost out of the pot... You see, I'm a little boy who has no power to tie the chicken, and I can't move bricks on the construction site to subsidize my family in my spare time, I really hate it! If my sister is really kind-hearted, I don't know if she can... Can... Hey, forget it, I know it's really embarrassing to do this, so I'd better not go to the overseas market... Perhaps, I don't have the life to be a literary youth at all... I now know how expensive it is to be a literary youth, and I don't have that life! ”

… Shi Yi burst out laughing, she thought that Zheng Long wanted to borrow money, but she didn't expect this guy to be so unscrupulous in order to borrow money.

"Well, for your sake, I'll lend you money. Say, how much does it cost.

If it's less, I'll pay for it myself, and if it's more, I'll have to report to the magazine. ”

"Not much, not much, as long as 500, I can sit on the hard seat back and forth, anyway, Jianfu Province is not too far to the sea market."

"Good. Still, how can I give it to you? You don't have a bank card or something, right? ”

To Shi Yi's surprise, Zheng Long had already prepared to report a series of bank card numbers...

"You're awesome..."

"Okay, I'll call you this afternoon. You pay attention to check it..."

Shi Yi was also very helpless, and he couldn't cry or laugh.