Chapter 2 Xiangjiang in the Eighties
Chen Jiayao persuaded Chen Aijun to rest at home for five days, and then boarded a boat to the city.
Walking into the city of Xiangjiang, the retro streets and buses and cars are endless.
Men on the road wore voluminous suits, women wore long, neat hair, and boys and girls wore tight-fitting and trendy bell-bottoms.
Teresa Teng's songs floated in the commercial street, and in such an environment, she felt that Teresa Teng's voice was particularly sweet.
Along the way, Chen Jiayao was familiar with the environment first.
Passing by the newsstand by chance, she saw the advertisement of "Shaolin Temple" in the Central Plains Cinema at a glance.
Directed by Zhang Xinyan and starring Li Lianjie, this is an epoch-making work in the history of martial arts films, allowing the audience to truly appreciate the true kung fu of Chinese martial arts.
In 1982, "Shaolin Temple" was released, and the cumulative box office in the mainland was as high as more than 100 million at the ticket price of one cent at that time. As the first mainland kung fu film to be released in Xiangjiang, "Shaolin Temple" broke the record of the highest grossing in the history of Xiangjiang kung fu films.
"Shaolin Temple" has an excellent reputation, but it is a pity that it encountered the release of the classic movie "Best Partner", as well as Cheng Long, the "Young Master Long", which has urgent box office appeal, otherwise the box office would only be higher.
Chen Jiayao had the heart to go to the cinema to review this classic film, but unfortunately the economic conditions did not allow it. After buying a slightly accessible dress, there were only twenty yuan in his pocket.
However, Chen Jiayao smiled at herself, after all, it has not been released yet, and she will always have a chance to watch it.
The director has created scripts. Chen Jiayao's writing ability is not excellent, but it is also at a medium level.
As the saying goes, a penny is hard for a hero, and Chen Jiayao could only improve his life from the bank at the beginning.
During the period of recuperation, she still wrote a script, and later thought that the script was not easy to sell in this era, because in addition to full-time screenwriters in the film company, some directors and actors also held the position of screenwriters, but I was afraid that she would submit the script to the past, and no one would look at it at all.
Therefore, Chen Jiayao took great pains to write the novel version.
The novel version is much fuller than the script, Chen Jiayao put away the "Myth" movie script and began to write the "Myth" novel version.
Combining movies and TV series, Chen Jiayao wrote 80,000 words with difficulty, and this time she plans to bring a 50,000-word manuscript in the hope of being published, temporarily alleviating the financial dilemma.
In this era, the newspaper industry in Hong Kong was extremely prosperous, and the most popular ones were "Ming Pao", "Oriental Daily" and "Sing Tao Daily", which often took turns to sit as the "newspaper sales champion", and it is said that each issue sold more than 100,000 copies.
For Chen Jiayao, although money is important, it is more important to be famous now.
As long as the money is enough, and having a reputation will prevent her from starting from the bottom.
After the article was published, it became famous, and it may be possible to use the connections to send the script to the film company, and then seek a position as a screenwriter to slowly seek development, after all, many directors are still screenwriters.
After thinking about it for a long time, Chen Jiayao still went to check the Ming Pao founded by Mr. (Jin Yong) first.
After all, in the novel industry, because of Jin Yong, Ming Pao has an incomparably important position.
Although there are many martial arts in Ming Pao, there are also a lot of romance pages for the development of Ming Pao. Even now, Yishu often leaves footprints in Ming Pao.
Chen Jiayao knew that Ming Pao had a lot of manuscripts, and in order to prevent her manuscripts from being thrown into the trash, she was ready to go over in person to deepen the influence of the editors, after all, opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.
Now, as a fellow villager of Zhou Yanfa, she is determined to do this.
Finally arrived at the destination, Chen Jiayao tidied up her clothes and entered the Ming Pao building with her head held high.
The building is bustling with people and looks unusually busy.
Bypassing the front desk, Chen Jiayao entered the back corridor and prepared to find the editing room one by one.
Maybe there weren't any outsiders here, so she was quickly discovered.
A middle-aged man in a suit walked out of the planning room and asked, "Who is the little girl looking for?" ”
Chen Jiayao took a few steps forward and took the initiative to stretch out her hand: "Hello." ”
The middle-aged man shook hands with Chen Jiayao, and the little girl in front of him should not be an adult yet.
Chen Jiayao took out the manuscript and said, "I'm here to contribute." ”
The middle-aged man took it curiously: "Generally, you can mail it directly, and the editorial department will read it." ”
Chen Jiayao saw him take the manuscript and smiled: "Will I say that this is the only manuscript I have saved?" If it gets thrown in the trash, it has to be rewritten. ”
The middle-aged man couldn't help laughing: "Ming Pao has strict review, and there are few people who can pass it for the first time, so little girl, you still take a copy and come over." ”
Chen Jiayao shook his head: "I'm in a ruin, if I can't pass it, it proves that my writing level is not good, since I can't do it, I have to rewrite it." ”
The middle-aged man was quite surprised, it was rare to see such a real little girl.
Curiosity rose, and he opened the manuscript.
The purpose is an extremely delicate font, the words are like their people, this little girl should be a serious person.
He didn't take the little girl's work seriously, but he found that the little girl's writing was not bad, and the characters of Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao at the beginning were very interesting, and he was aroused at the end of the chapter.
Through? Traveling to the end of the Qin Dynasty?
He couldn't help but flip back, just in time to see that Yi Xiaochuan and Xiang Yu had become brothers, and he felt that this story had attracted him.
"Is there anything behind?" He stared at Chen Jiayao closely.
Chen Jiayao smiled in her heart and shook her head calmly.
"But I already have an outline, and now I want to see if I can publish ......"
The middle-aged man suppressed his desire to inquire and said to Chen Jiayao, "You go to the house first and wait." ”
Chen Jiayao looked at him curiously, looking really harmless and innocent.
The middle-aged man greeted the room, then walked upstairs with the manuscript.
The people working in the house smiled and talked to Chen Jiayao, and Chen Jiayao knew that the middle-aged man was Cai Zhong, the review editor of Ming Pao. Ming Pao's novels were published in its supplements. The manuscript work on the "Supplement" is presided over by Jin Yong and the editor-in-chief Pan Yuesheng himself, and Jin Yong and Pan Yuesheng naturally don't have so much time to read all the manuscripts, so generally speaking, they only look at the manuscripts that have been screened out by ordinary editors.
Chen Jiayao talked to the staff in the house from time to time, which was also a lot of news.
After about half an hour, Cai Zhong walked down.
He smiled and said, "Okay, do you have an ID card?" This article can be serialized in the next issue of the Ming Pao supplement. ”
Chen Jiayao was overjoyed and nodded again and again: "I brought my ID card here." ”
Cai Zhong shouted outside, and soon the contract was brought over.
Chen Jiayao looked at it, and needed to ensure that it was finished, and at least 30,000 words of manuscript needed to be submitted every week, and then the manuscript fee was 25 words per thousand, which was the price of ordinary newcomer authors in the 80s.
Chen Jiayao can only accept his fate, Ming Pao is a deposit with a low manuscript fee in the industry.
Looking at it again, she found that there was no problem with her, and she signed her name.
Cai found that she did not fill in her contact number and residence, so he asked.
Chen Jiayao also had nothing to hide, and said, "I just came from Lamma Island today...... Rest assured, I'll be personally delivering the manuscript next week, and I may find a place to live by then. ”
Cai Zhong immediately felt a pity when he heard it, looking at this novel, Chen Jiayao is a good seedling that can be cultivated, who knows that her background determines that she can't continue her studies.
"That's it, this is my number, and I'll be in charge of your correction and storage."
Chen Jiayao took it and said, "Thank you." Then he was a little embarrassed and said, "Can I advance part of the manuscript fee first......
Cai Zhong smiled dumbly, he thought about it for a while, and said, "I'll apply for you." ”
Chen Jiayao's eyes lit up, she didn't expect to really succeed? In fact, she has already coped with the work of finding a bag to eat and shelter.
Cai Zhong was very fast, he took a bag, and then handed Chen Jiayao a note.
Six hundred, which is half of the manuscript fee of 50,000 words.
Chen Jiayao thanked him again after signing.
Cai Zhong is very good at talking, but he just asked Chen Jiayao to deliver the manuscript in time.
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