Xiao Fei took Liu Zelai and Su Qing out of the bedroom and went straight to the door.

At the gate, he was stopped by the doorman and asked. Xiao Fei gave a Hongta Mountain to the uncle, told him about his situation, and asked the uncle to be accommodating.

When the doorman learned that the thin and tall boy in front of him was Xiao Fei, he praised him greatly, and then waved his hand very generously and said: "Good boy, go out to do things if you have something, this is a school, not a prison, if it weren't for the school leaders to be strict with me, I wouldn't do this offending thing, you go!" Just remember to come back as soon as possible when you're done. ”

The three of them left the school gate.

Heyang No. 1 Middle School is on the southern edge of the county, and there are still some small shops, small restaurants, and small guest houses near the school gate.

However, after Zhu Wangnian took office, he adopted a strict militarized management system, and on weekdays, students could not even leave the school gates, and these nearby shops, restaurants, and guest houses suddenly became crowded and their business was bleak, and they closed down one after another, and even those that had not closed were half dead.

Xiao Fei felt that it seemed to be neglectful to entertain the two teachers here.

It's better to go to a decent restaurant in the city to eat. By the way, it is cheaper to find a phone call near the restaurant where you eat, and ask Su Qing to call back to the publishing house to ask for instructions.

"Teacher Liu, Teacher Su, let's go a little further." Xiao Fei said to the two editors with a smile.

"Huh?! Do you still have to walk? My feet are wearing out. Su Qing wailed.

Liu Zelai glanced down on his friend: "It's hard to walk such a little way, it's not like a gentleman." He turned his head to Xiao Fei and said, "Xiao Fei, you are familiar here, you can lead the way." ”

"What do you mean to go so far? We've walked more than 10 kilometers today, haven't we? Why am I not a gentleman? Am I called polite and gentle? Su Qing retorted at length.

Xiao Fei smiled, walked more than a kilometer with the two of them, and turned to the South Street of Heyang County.

Although it was autumn, the sun was quite strong, and it was steaming.

All three of them walked sweating profusely.

Xiao Fei looked at the time, it was less than 11 o'clock in the morning, and it was too early to eat. He pointed to a façade not far away and said, "Teacher Su, there is a message here, you can go over and make a call." ”

It can also be regarded as a product of the characteristics of the times.

Before telecom companies set up card-type public telephones on a large scale in the streets and alleys of cities, it was very popular for a while.

"Well, since you insist on being paid according to the royalty system, then I'll report to the leader and see what he instructs." Su Qing shook his head and followed Xiao Fei to talk.

A small house of more than ten square meters, separated into card slots, is placed with more than ten telephones. It's very clean and cool in the bar, there are a lot of people calling, people are constantly coming in and out, and there are people using every phone.

Xiao Fei and Liu Zelai waited on the side.

Su Qing went to the queue and waited for the call.

While waiting, Liu Zelai talked to Xiao Fei: "Xiao Fei, your column manuscript is almost finished, is there a new manuscript now?" ”

Xiao Fei took out a stack of manuscripts from his bag and said with a smile: "Teacher Liu, it's ready, if you don't come in the next two days, I'll send it to you directly." ”

Liu Zelai took the manuscript and looked through it, there were a total of ten manuscripts, and the quality was as good as ever.

He sighed in his heart, this kid is learning and writing at the same time, the speed is not slow, the quality is not bad, and people without talent can't do it at all!

"Okay, I'll just take it back." Liu Zelai directly put the manuscript into his bag and patted it carefully.

Then, as if he remembered something, he smiled and took out another piece of paper from his bag and said: "I almost forgot, your manuscript fee for August has come out, this is the list, you take a look at it first, I estimate that the manuscript fee list will be sent to your school in the next two days." ”

Xiao Fei took the list in his hand and looked at it.

He found that the publication date, title, and manuscript fee of each manuscript in August were all on it.

In August, he published a total of 22 manuscripts in the Central Plains Evening News, each of which was 150 yuan, with a total manuscript fee of 3,500 yuan.

This manuscript fee was not deducted, but was remitted to Xiao Fei every penny.

"Thank you, Mr. Liu." Xiao Fei hurriedly thanked him.

"Huh! Since the opening of your column, many readers have called and written to the newspaper, and they have praised the high quality and attractiveness of the manuscripts on the pages of our supplements. Liu Zelai rubbed his hands and said with a smile.

Xiao Fei's article is popular, and he is equally honored.

has been an editor for 6 years, and has supported many newcomers, but he has never seen anyone who can rise as quickly as Xiao Fei.

Liu Zelai now attaches great importance to Xiao Fei.

While the two were talking, Su Qing had already made a phone call and was reporting to the editor-in-chief of their publishing house, Fu Mingde.

Fu Mingde was also surprised to hear that Xiao Fei did not want manuscript fees and insisted on royalty payment.

A newcomer to literature.

Being able to publish a book at a young age is already a great achievement.

This Xiao Fei actually talked about the conditions and asked for royalty sharing, which is a bit interesting.

Fu Mingde is a nearly 50-year-old veteran editor, and he has been in the position of editor-in-chief of the Literature and Art Society for more than four years. He is a kind person, conscientious and responsible, and has done a lot of work conscientiously, but the performance of the publishing house has not been able to improve much.

This made Fu Mingde very depressed.

The work of today's publishing houses is very simple, that is, to grab the new works of famous artists and win the excellent works of famous artists to be published by the publishing house.

The more famous artists you win, the better the efficiency of the publishing house may be.

However, Hexi Literature and Art Publishing House has always been not a strong publishing house, and even many famous artists in this province are reluctant to publish books with them.

Not to mention the first-class masters in other provinces and even in China?

Fu Mingde is anxious!

That's why he thought of pushing potential newcomers, forming some incense, and the newcomers launched in the future became famous and could continue to cooperate.

In the past few years, Yu Qiuyu is the hottest time, a cultural journey in 92 years after the publication of the sensation of the whole country, the whole child sold crazy, the printing plant machine day and night keep reprinting, can not catch up with the market demand.

Fu Mingde also turned his attention to the field of prose.

So, he found Xiao Fei's essay column in the Central Plains Evening News, and after reading it, he was very amazed, and when he learned that the author was still a 19-year-old young man, he saw his opportunity.

This is the reason why Fu Mingde hurriedly sent Su Qing to find Xiao Fei to sign a book publishing agreement.

He was going to take the young man into his own hands.

Even if a book is not popular, it shouldn't be too bad, right? The quality of the work is there, and the Chinese people respect young geniuses very much, and it shouldn't be too bad to vigorously publicize it, right?

On the phone, Fu Mingde pondered for a long time, he was thinking, whether to agree to the conditions put forward by Xiao Fei?