11

Chen Beiming received a call from Ma Youwei when he returned home.

"Hey, is it a hill? I'm Ma Youwei. ”

"Hello, Mr. Ma."

"Xiaoshan, come to our editorial office tomorrow morning, remember to bring your ID card, do you know the address of our editorial office.... Then you remember. ”

Hanging up the phone, Chen Beiming waved his fist excitedly, and the publication of "Bright Sword" in "October" magazine was already a certainty.

So there is no doubt that becoming a literary soldier is just around the corner.

The next day, he came to the editorial office of "October" early.

What he didn't expect was that Ma Youwei was earlier than him, and it seemed that he had been busy for a while.

Ma Youwei is a person, he has not had much contact, but based on what he has seen and heard in the past two days, it is inferred that this person is a bit yin, but generally speaking, he still belongs to the pragmatic school, and the imprint of being a soldier has not been erased until now, which can be seen from the scene of his hard work just now.

Knock knock.

Chen Beiming knocked on the door: "Teacher Ma." ”

"Xiaoshan, here, come in and sit." When Ma Youwei saw Chen Beiming, his black face suddenly smiled like a chrysanthemum, so brilliant that it was a bit fake.

Ma Youwei quickly dealt with the matter in his hand, and then sat down in front of Chen Beiming.

But he's not busy talking about things, he's rambling around.

"Xiaoshan, do you remember, I had a little opinion of you when we first met." Ma Youwei said with a smile.

"Huh? Have it? How did I not find out? Chen Beiming was deliberately stunned for a moment and deliberately pretended to be stupid.

Seeing Chen Beiming's reaction, Ma Youwei's heart that had been hanging finally landed.

He deliberately suppressed Chen Beiming before, if he knew about this matter, he was afraid that there would be trouble.

This Chen Beiming is Li Qiulin's brother, a brother in the mouth of a soldier - and a brother of life and death, what does that mean Ma Youwei knows better than anyone else.

So although he had apologized to Li Qiulin and had obtained the other party's understanding, and the other party had promised not to tell Chen Beiming about it, Ma Youwei was still not at ease.

It was not easy for him to climb the big tree of Li Qiulin, and he would have to rely on others to climb up in the future, if Chen Beiming's matter made the other party feel guilty, it would be more than worth the loss, so he must strangle all dangerous factors in the cradle today.

But after this temptation just now, he finally put his mind at ease.

But we still have to work harder.

So Ma Youwei laughed, patted his ass and said: "Xiaoshan, that can only mean that you are not sharp enough, I am much better than you at this point, don't you know, the first time I saw you, my heart chuckled, my intuition immediately told me, this young man who appeared in front of me at this moment, is terrible, if he becomes my competitor, then I will definitely not have a good life, if he becomes my opponent, then ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep at night! Fortunately, you are Li Shao's good brother, and we are standing on the same trench. ”

I have to admit that Ma Youwei's sycophant really has a set, after a few words, even Chen Beiming couldn't help laughing, although his mind has long matured, but Ma Youwei's sycophant still makes him extremely useful.

After a lot of rambling, making Chen Beiming laugh, Ma Youwei got down to business in a hurry.

"Xiaoshan, that's the case, I discussed it with the editor-in-chief yesterday and decided to let your "Bright Sword" be officially serialized next month, but for the time being, I can only give you a remuneration of 500 words per 1,000 words, and when the first issue is on the market and the results of the questionnaire survey come out, we will increase your remuneration to 800.

You can rest assured, I absolutely believe in you, and I also absolutely believe in the work "Bright Sword", I believe that anyone who has seen him can't help but give a thumbs up, so we are full of confidence in the results of the questionnaire, as long as more than 60% of readers think this novel is good, the magazine will increase your remuneration.

In fact, according to my thoughts and that of the editor-in-chief, I should directly prescribe you a thousand words and 800 words now, but the magazine is not a magazine for me and the editor-in-chief after all, and the increase of our remuneration always has to go through a procedure, so ......"

Ma Youwei told Chen Beiming about the benefits he had won one by one.

"Thank you, Mr. Ma, for your hard work. I don't have any opinions, I listen to Mr. Ma. Chen Beiming immediately expressed his position.

In fact, he also knows that there are many things in Ma Youwei's words that are not credible, but what does it matter, everyone has their own style of doing things, as long as there is nothing wrong with the most fundamental things, he is no longer seventeen, eighteen or twenty years old, he is already mature, and his requirements for many things are no longer so harsh.

"Oh, yes, little mountain, there's one more thing. We would like your work to be entered into our October magazine essay contest, do you have any comments? Ma Youwei asked.

Essay contest?

Chen Beiming was stunned.

He actually knew about the essay contest of October magazine.

This competition is held once every five years, it is one of the most important activities of the "October" magazine, and it is also a grand event in the Xia Kingdom literary circle.

Of course, the most attractive thing is the prize money of this essay contest - one grand prize, one million; Two first prizes, 500,000 yuan!

In addition to bonuses, there are other great rewards.

So as soon as this essay contest came out, there was a sensation in the Xia Kingdom literary circle, but all writers who need to go further will do everything possible to participate.

But this contest is not something you can participate in if you want to participate, first of all, your work must be able to enter the eyes of the editorial board and be recognized by them.

The subsequent evaluation requirements are also very demanding.

Seventy percent of the judges' ratings are awarded, and the other 30 percent are voted for by readers.

In other words, if you want to win the first place, you must not only be strong but also have enough popularity.

Obviously, the current Chen Beiming has been thrown a few streets away in terms of popularity.

But the most important point is that the essay contest has ended, and the deadline at the beginning of this month is approaching, so Chen Beiming has no chance to participate.

So there's something strange about him.

Ma Youwei smiled: "Your work is really very good, so I persuaded the editor-in-chief, hoping to do something special, and the editor-in-chief agreed, so now there is only one question, are you willing?" ”

"Yes." Chen Beiming replied immediately.

Hearing this answer, Ma Youwei smiled, nodded with satisfaction, and then picked up an agreement from the table and handed it to Chen Beiming: "Xiaoshan, then look at this agreement, if it's okay, sign it below." ”

"Okay." Chen Beiming took them and looked at them.

There was nothing wrong with the agreement, so he signed his name with a huff.