Chapter 4 The charm of smiling and proud
() It is not clear that the manuscript of the novel sent will be greatly appreciated by the two editors of the South Vietnamese Martial Arts Weekly. After sending the draft, I waited patiently for the news. In his opinion, there should be a reply in about three days at the earliest.
From the seashore to Yangcheng, the capital of South Vietnam, it is only a little more than two hours by car. Even if Yu Wenle sent it by surface mail, one day was enough time to send the letter to Yangcheng. The next day, the draft of the letter should have reached the South Vietnamese Martial Arts Weekly.
If Yu Wenle's novel can really be recognized by the editors of the weekly magazine, I believe that someone will contact him on the third day to discuss the signing of the novel cooperation. If there is no news on the third day, Yu Wenle is afraid that he will be worried.
Although Yu Wenle has full confidence in this novel. But there are some things that no one dares to guarantee 100% until the last moment. But Yu Wenle felt that if he couldn't sign a contract for this novel, then he could only find another way to make money.
Fortunately, in memory, there are many kinds of novels available for Bunraku to choose from, and if martial arts are not good, romance novels can also be used. No matter how bad it is, fantasy novels that are not yet popular in the Yanhuang Empire can be created like Wenle.
Yu Wenle, who is still immersed in writing, does not know how much a rookie author like him is paid per thousand words. But he knows that some well-known authors of martial arts novels abound with more than 1,000 yuan in words.
It's just that this income is not valued by many authors. What they really value is that after the newspaper is serialized, after the novel is very popular, there are publishers willing to publish their novels physically.
If the novel is published, this income is often higher than the income earned for writing for newspapers and magazines. If you are lucky, if the novel is adapted from a TV series, the income is naturally not expensive.
In short, Yu Wenle, who plans to write novels to earn the first pot of gold, still uses the guò Internet to inquire about a lot of information about the author's income. But in the final analysis, novels must be popular, and they can only make a lot of money if they are loved by the majority of book lovers.
When Bunraku was immersed in his creation, he came home from school the next afternoon. As soon as I got home, I heard my mother, who was busy in the kitchen, say, "Bunraku, did you write any manuscript and send it to any magazine?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Yu Wenle said with a little curiosity: "Mom, what's wrong?" ”
There was a man who called a few times and said you were looking for you. He said a little, what kind of weekly is it, I didn't listen too carefully. You're about to take the college entrance examination, why are you still doing all this mess? ’
Hearing his mother's slightly complaining words, Yu Wenle said happily in his heart: "Mom, don't worry, I will definitely be able to be admitted to university." Did the man say when he would call again? ”
I told him to call at half-past six. Look at the time, it should be about the same! It's not that mom likes to talk about you, it's that you really have to understand something. If you can't get into college, will you go to a big job? Or simply choose your own career? ’
Compared with her son, who still doesn't understand the importance of knowledge and education, Liu Hui, as a mother, knows very well how much pressure there is in today's society to compete for work. Without education and skills, it is impossible to find a good job.
If you can't find a good job, you won't have a good income. Without a good income, how can there be a good life?
Although Liu Hui knows that her son's grades are not bad in Haibin No. 1 Middle School. But she is still worried that her son will be distracted before the college entrance examination. If you really want to fail the college entrance examination, tutoring is a lot of money for your family.
Just when Liu Hui habitually nagged and told Yu Wenle, the phone in the living room rang again. Yu Wenle, who put down his schoolbag and rushed over, controlled his excitement a little, and answered the phone: "Hello, who are you looking for?" ”
Xu Ao, who had been arriving at the seashore for more than an hour, heard a male voice from his mobile phone and said with a little curiosity: "Hello, are you Mr. Yu Wenle?" ”
'Yes, you are the one?' Is there anything you want me to do? ’
Although he guessed that the man on the other end of the phone should be the editor or staff member of Martial Arts Weekly, Yu Wenle still didn't want to be too excited. If he is too excited, the next talk of cooperation will be controlled by others!
Sure enough, not long after Yu Wenle asked this sentence, a voice soon came from the microphone: "Mr. Yu, hello!" I'm very sorry, I always thought you were working at the moment, but I didn't expect you to be a high school student.
I'm Xu Ao, the editor of Nanyue Martial Arts Weekly, did you send a novel manuscript to our weekly the day before yesterday? Can you please tell me the name of the novel? We need to confirm that you are the original author of the novel. ”
Of course this is no problem, the novel I sent you is called Xiaoao Jianghu. Because it was the first time I wrote a novel, I didn't think of any good pen name, so I temporarily wrote the pseudonym of Anonymous. ’
Knowing his age, the editor may not believe that this novel is from his handwriting. After Yu Wenle answered Xu Ao's inquiry, he couldn't help but smile.
In fact, if it weren't for the blessings. Such a classic martial arts novel, he can't create it at all. But now, Yu Wenle must always remind himself that 'Smiling Proud Jianghu' is his work, his original martial arts novel.
Hearing that Yu Wenle could even say 'anonymous', he sighed incredible, Xu Ao hurriedly said: "I really can't imagine that Mr. Yu is so young and has such an excellent creative talent, it seems that there are successors to Yanhuang's martial arts novels!"
The situation is like this, after reading the manuscript you submitted, we are going to talk to you about signing a contract. The editor-in-chief of our weekly is very optimistic about your work and would like to ask you to meet him. I wonder if it's convenient for you? ”
In the face of Xu Ao's compliment, Yu Wenle was ecstatic in his heart, but he thought for a while and said, "Editor Xu, hello! Because I am a junior in high school, the course schedule is relatively full. If you want to go to the provincial capital, you can only wait for the weekend. ”
As a result, as soon as Yu Wenle finished saying this, he heard Xu Ao on the phone laugh and said, "Oh, I'm very sorry, I forgot to say it before." This afternoon, the editor-in-chief of our weekly magazine and I happened to be on the beachfront on an errand.
Thinking that Mr. Yu is a seaside person, we plan to deal with the signing of the contract together. I don't know, does Mr. Yu have time at night? If it's convenient, how about finding a place to meet and talk in detail? ”
Just on the beach?
Listening to Xu Ao's excuse, Yu Wenle also began to snicker in his heart. It seems that he writes about the rivers and lakes, but he is afraid that the South Vietnamese Martial Arts Weekly will attach great importance to it. For fear that others would take the lead, I rushed to him to sign a contract so quickly!
It's a pity that when Yu Wenle sent the manuscript, he only sent the South Vietnamese Martial Arts Weekly. In his opinion, this weekly is the martial arts weekly with the largest circulation in South Vietnam, and he still understands the truth that fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders.
With this understanding, Yu Wenle continued to suppress the ecstasy in his heart, and pretended to think: "Ah! So coincidentally? I still have evening self-study in the evening, and if I want to meet, I'm afraid it won't be until after nine o'clock. ”
This is not a fool, for a senior high school student like Bunraku, it is also necessary to participate in evening self-study. After school in the afternoon, self-study begins in the evening, and there is only an hour of rest and meal time.
Compared to other students who eat and live at school, Yu Wenle eats three meals a day at home. The back and forth on the road, plus the time to eat, is almost just enough for an hour.
If you want to talk about signing a contract, you must want at least half an hour. This means that Yu Wenle must wait until the evening self-study is out of school before he can really spare time to talk to Xu Ao about the cooperation signing.
As a result, Xu Ao seemed to be very generous: "Ah! That's it! It's okay, then we can meet again after nine o'clock. I heard from your mother that you are a student at Haibin No. 1 Middle School. Is that right? ”
'Yes! ’
So be it! I'll be waiting for you at the tea restaurant near Haibin No. 1 Middle School, I've already been to that tea restaurant. If I'm not mistaken, it's called Dilin Tea Restaurant. You should know, right? ’
I remembered that I used to come to the seaside on a business trip, and I happened to go to the tea restaurant next to the seaside No. 1 Middle School with my friends to drink tea. The name of that tea restaurant, Xu Ao just remembered. This is the place where the meeting will be held in this tea restaurant.
In this regard, Yu Wenle naturally has no opinion. Even in his opinion, before going home from school, go to the tea restaurant to talk to each other. Maybe you can even eat a free late-night snack!
made an appointment with the time and place, and the first call between Yu Wenle and Xu Ao was announced. The moment he hung up the phone, Yu Wenle jumped three feet high, dancing excitedly.
After all, the fact that the novel can be signed and approved by Wuxia Weekly shows that his plan to write a novel to earn manuscript fees has finally succeeded. In this way, there is no problem in earning the cost of attending college before the college entrance examination!