Chapter XIX. Don't gnaw old people
Walking out of the filming site of the children's program "430 Shuttle", Chen Xiaotang felt depressed and took a deep breath at the sky.
Originally, I joined TVB with great ambition, thinking that I would be able to make a splash with my prophetic ability, but who knew that I would make such a big basket in just two days.
What to do? Is it really just going home? What about the promises I made in front of my parents? Punch yourself in the face?
No, you can't!
You can't just give up!
There must be a way, and there must be a solution to this problem.
Chen Xiaotang fumbled to get a cigarette out of his pocket, but accidentally touched a business card.
By the way, how did I forget about him!
Chen Xiaotang, who was in joy, seemed to see the sunshine, and hurriedly took out his business card, yes, Zheng Shaoqiu, maybe he can help him .......
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Inside the phone booth.
Chen Xiaotang dialed Zheng Shaoqiu's phone.
"Brother Qiu, it's me, Chen Xiaotang, the one in the nightclub!"
"It's you," Zheng Shaoqiu recognized his voice at once. "Why haven't you come to me for so long?"
"Ahem, I've been a little busy lately----- I'm working at wireless now, but I'm getting into a bit of trouble......" Chen Xiaotang didn't expect Qiu Guan to be so enthusiastic about him.
"Trouble? Let's hear it. ”
"I hit someone."
"Who ----?"
"The Director of Children's Programs----"
didn't wait for Chen Xiaotang to finish speaking, and suddenly said: "It turns out that you were the one who sent Dog Yanxiang to the hospital?!" The tone seemed surprised.
"No, so fast...... People know about it? Chen Xiaotang was surprised.
"How big can wireless be? Besides, the people here are all professional media, and gossip spreads faster than anyone else! ”
"Is there a remedy for that?"
There was a pause of silence, "I'll help you figure it out." ”
"Thank you, Brother Qiu." Chen Xiaotang said gratefully.
"Thank you, thank you, but your temper needs to be changed, people who are too straight sometimes will suffer."
"I understand, thank you!" Chen Xiaotang hung up the phone. Although Zheng Shaoqiu didn't say that he would definitely be able to help with it. But where is his fame and energy, if he can't even settle such a thing, he really can't say it.
After making the call, there was nowhere to go, so Chen Xiaotang went home directly, and his father Chen Fugui asked him, he just said that he got off work early today, and didn't tell him what happened in the company. Sometimes the elderly are already worried enough, and there is no need to add trouble to them.
Entering his own house, Chen Xiaotang began to continue to write his first novel, "The Story of Qin".
To be honest, Chen Xiaotang didn't write a book to become famous, he also knew that it seemed a little difficult to become famous, after all, martial arts had reached an era of dying, and no matter how powerful he was, he couldn't turn the river and the sea; In addition, he was not born to support his family by writing books, he didn't have the energy or the perseverance to sit still, thinking about manuscripts all day long, and let him do it crazy; But why would he do it? The purpose is very simple, the pure crush is to earn some extra manuscript fees to supplement the family.
You can't be such a big man and ask his family for money from time to time, right?! Even my little sister looks down on herself, is she still a man?
Chen Xiaotang thought about it for a long time, and the only thing he can do now is to rely on a little "experience" to write a novel to make ends meet. Don't keep letting your family look down on you. Making a fortune by writing novels is a plot that can only be found in those nonsense novels in previous lives.
It is very difficult to move the pen, but Chen Xiaotang gritted his teeth and endured it, and wrote almost 20 chapters in a few days, and there were 40,000 or 50,000 words. It's time to publish it, but where? At this time, Chen Xiaotang suddenly remembered the newspaper where his sister Chen Xiaoxiao worked----- Xiangjiang "Ming Pao"!
As everyone knows, the reason why Xiangjiang "Ming Pao" can become a three-legged newspaper in Xiangjiang is because they have a great god, that is, the martial arts master ----- Jinyong!
In the early days of "Ming Pao", although the founder constantly changed the content of the supplement and changed the news route, and Jin Yong wrote "The Condor Heroes" despite his illness, "Ming Pao" still slid step by step to the road of "sound dogs and horses", with sales fluctuating between 1,000 copies, and a serious deficit in the first year.
Veteran employees of Ming Pao remember his hard work, often having to write all night and worrying about financial problems on the other. There is a legend that for a while he had to rely on pawns to maintain Ming Pao. According to the old staff of "Ming Pao", "Mr. Cha was really miserable at that time, he was tired from work in the afternoon, so he ordered a cup of coffee and drank it with Mrs. Cha. ”
At that time, Jin Yong lived in Jian~Sha Tsui, and when he got off work late at night, the Star Ferry had been suspended, and he had to take the electric boat commonly known as "Bang La Bang La" to cross the sea. Whenever they got off work late at night, the Star Ferry had already stopped sailing, so they had to take an electric boat to cross the sea, but they had to wait for six people to start the boat each time, and the boat fare was relatively cheap. If you want to open immediately, you need a charter fee of three yuan. The couple would rather wait in the cool wind in the middle of the night than charter a boat to cross the sea. Coffee and the ferry are just two of the usual stories, and you can imagine the hardships of those years.
Ni Yu once said: ""Ming Pao" does not go out of business, it all depends on Jin Yong's martial arts novels. At that time, Jin Yong's martial arts were serialized in the "Business Daily" and already had a large number of readers. In order to watch Jin Yong's martial arts, many people began to pay attention to "Ming Pao". Slowly, Jin Yong's martial arts novels laid a solid foundation for Ming Pao, and with Shen Baoxin's business methods, Ming Pao's advertising business rose steadily. Until now, it has only become one of the eight major newspapers and magazines in Xiangjiang.
Chen Xiaotang, who knows this history, has reason to believe that according to Mr. Jin Yong's eyes, his novel definitely has a selling point.
Make up your mind. At noon, Chen Xiaotang pulled his little sister Chen Xiaoxiao to his room.
"What are you doing, do you want to pay me back? Let's say okay first, if you want to borrow money, don't talk about it! ”
"Brother and sister, don't talk about money at every turn, it hurts your feelings like that!" Chen Xiaotang said with a smile.
"Cut, what do I have feelings for you? Other people's brothers buy this and that for their little sisters, you're good, you're always empty-handed! ”
"Who said that, isn't this there?" Like magic, Chen Xiaotang took out a hairpin.
"Come on, sister, I'll put it on for you!"
"No need!" Chen Xiaoxiao took the hairpin and fiddled with it in his hand, "Cut, it's all a bargain!" He said that he was reluctant to throw it away.
"Although it's a bargain, it's a piece of your brother's heart!"
"Say it----!"
"What?"
"Nothing to do, be courteous or steal, what do you ask of me?!"
“………?!!!”
"Little sister, you are really a wise and empathetic, smart and clever woman with both wisdom and beauty!"
"Don't slap the sycophants, the louder the sycophants beat, the harder things will be!"
"Tsk, I still know how to be sophisticated and considerate, I really don't know who is blessed to marry you!" Chen Xiaotang smiled and took out his novel manuscript, "No, this is it, I want to publish it in your newspapers and magazines, I don't know if it's okay?!" ”
Chen Xiaoxiao's beautiful eyes flashed, and he rolled his eyes, "Who do you think I am?" I've only been working as an assistant editor for less than three months, and my probationary period hasn't expired yet, so how can I call the shots for such a big thing?! ”
"Well---- why don't you take a look at it first and see if I write it well......" Chen Xiaotang retreated.
Chen Xiaoxiao coughed and made a very familiar appearance, "Help you review the manuscript, you have some eyesight!" ”
"That's it, please ask the future official editor, Miss Chen Xiaoxiao, to take a closer look and correct it sternly!"
"Of course, yes, I won't cheat for personal gain, of course, I don't recognize my six relatives! Because, it's sacred! Chen Xiaoxiao said and opened the manuscript of Chen Xiaotang's novel.
After reading less than two pages, he frowned and said, "What are you writing here?" How can a person run to another world when he dies?! It's just nonsense, and there is no scientific basis at all! ”
It turned out that Chen Xiaotang was lazy, and did not directly write that Xiang Shaolong was arrested as a guinea pig and returned to the Warring States by time machine, but directly "traveled" him to the past, so as to enter the high~tide part as soon as possible and catch the reader's eye, but forgot that this is an era that pays attention to "truth".
Chen Xiaotang was depressed, this was a masterpiece in her previous life, she only changed it slightly, isn't it to her appetite? !
"You don't want to jump to conclusions so early, okay? Take a closer look back and see the wonderful ones behind! ”
"Don't look at it, it's so bad in the front, how good can it be in the back?!" Chen Xiaoxiao threw the manuscript into Chen Xiaotang's hand, "I said brother, don't dream anymore, you don't have that kind of talent, let's accept your fate!" ”
"I accept your size, even your sister doesn't support me, so what ideals will I talk about in the future?!" Chen Xiaotang lay down on the bed angrily, he didn't expect this world to be so difficult to mix! How can I make a big show in the future, punch the Hulk of the North Sea, and kick Ultraman of the South China Sea?!
Chen Xiaoxiao saw that Chen Xiaotang was really angry, but his tone softened, and he pushed him, "Brother, are you angry?" ”
"Nope!"
"But you look like it."
"Really?" Chen Xiaotang hugged his arms and ignored her.
"Brother----" Chen Xiaoxiao pushed him again.
"What for?"
"Do you really want to publish this novel?"
"What do you say? Otherwise, how can you be idle and pat your ass?! ”
"Perhaps, I can help you hand it over,......" Chen Xiaoxiao bit her bright lip.
"That's ----! you're right." Chen Xiaotang flipped up one by one, and added, "Don't be skinned." ”
"I'm afraid that if I hand it in, it will be rejected!"
"How so? Do you appreciate this novel, but you don't have to have a discerning eye? You think the whole world is blind! ”
"Perhaps----!"
"Not perhaps, but definitely!" Chen Xiaotang solemnly pressed Chen Xiaoxiao's shoulder, "Just wait and see, a dazzling new star is about to rise in the Xiangjiang martial arts literary world!" ”
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Some book friends say how it is an old joke like copying books again, what I want to explain is that this is just a part-time job that the author wants to feed his stomach, like you and me, in order to fill his stomach, he is willing to do anything, isn't it?!;