Chapter 203: Frustration and Poetry

After An Xiaoxi hung up the phone, it was obviously unnatural.

She took her mobile phone to check the hot search, and then looked at the strange eyes of the classmates around her, feeling uncomfortable.

"Lin Li, I'm sorry, I seem to have caused you a scandal."

An Xiaoxi said seriously, but Lin Li always felt that she was snickering.

"It's okay, it's nothing." Lin Lidao.

An Xiaoxi was a little disappointed when he saw Lin Li so open.

In the past two days, because of Hua Li's affairs, the two have had more contact, and if Hua Li's affairs are dealt with, there must be no intersection.

After eating, Lin Li said to Hua Li, "Auntie, do you want to go to the Yan University Library?"

Hua Li nodded again and again and said, "Okay."

After the two finished eating, they took Hua Li to the library and found some poetry books for her to read.

When Hua Li entered the library for the first time, she seemed very excited, but she felt that she was really coming to see what books were in the library, not reading them.

Lin Li and An Xiaoxi sat together with her and read the book, and not long after An Xiaoxi's phone rang.

After An Xiaoxi answered the phone, he whispered: "Editor Cao is here, I'll pick him up at the door, you go to the student union to stay in the living room."

Lin Li nodded and took Hua Li to the student union's hospitality room.

Hua Li looked around, as if she could see that Lin Li was going to meet someone else, so she said, "I...... I'll go back. ”

Lin Li pulled her and said, "Auntie, do you want to publish a book?"

"Publish a book? I? Hua Li was shocked.

Lin Li nodded and said, "Yes."

Hua Li showed an innocent smile: "I...... I can't, I'm laughing to death. ”

"No, I think you can." Lin Li said, "Do you still have a lot of poems you write at home?" ”

Hua Li nodded: "I'm okay to scribble, it's not good to write."

"No, it's very well written, you like writing poetry so much, don't you want your poems to be published?"

Lin Li knew that the desire to publish was the primitive desire that all creators would have, and Hua Li would have the same desire, but life suppressed her and made her dare not think about it.

And Lin Li just wants her to think, and he wants to help her realize it!

"I ......" Hua Li seemed to think about this seriously for the first time, she thought for a while, and suddenly said, "I don't have the money......"

The audience of poetry is too small and there is no profit, except for a very few big poets and publishing houses are willing to publish, and ordinary people can only choose to publish poetry collections at their own expense.

Lin Li smiled bitterly when he heard Hua Li's words.

Hua Li knew about self-financed publication, and she must have thought about publishing it, but she knew that she would publish it at her own expense, and she couldn't afford it.

"You don't have to pay, the publishing house gives you money." Lin Li said.

Hua Li shook her head with a smile and said, "Impossible...... How can there be such a good thing? ”

Lin Li saw that Hua Li didn't believe it, and was a little sad, so many years of suffering had made her completely lose her yearning for a better life, and when she heard good things, her first reaction was doubt.

"When the editor of the publishing house comes, I'll talk to him, you listen, just don't talk."

Hua Li nodded obediently, and it could be seen that she was a little concerned.

After a few minutes, An Xiaoxi walked in with a young man in his thirties.

Lin Li hurriedly got up.

"Lin Li, this is Cao Jian, the editor of Kyoto Publishing House, Editor Cao, I don't need to introduce this, right?"

Cao Jian greeted him and said with a smile: "Famous Lin Li, who doesn't know him these days."

"It's true that the big names don't dare to be famous, and they like to make trouble."

Lin Li shook hands with Cao Jian, and Cao Jian said, "What happened last night is now known to everyone, and everyone gives you a thumbs up."

Lin Li's rescue last night was naturally praised on the Internet, but some people said that Lin Li deliberately made such a drama to hype.

Cao Jian naturally picked up good things to say.

"Sit down." An Xiaoxi said.

The four of them sat down, and Cao Jian saw Hua Li at this time, and saw that she had an ugly appearance and a rickety figure, which was very strange, and asked, "Who is this?"

Lin Li said: "This is the aunt we rescued under the overpass last night, her name is Hua Li."

Cao Jian suddenly realized and said, "It turned out to be this ......."

Although Cao Jian was curious about why the three of them were still together today after they rescued Hua Li, he didn't ask much.

"Let's get down to business." An Xiaoxi said.

"yes, get down to business."

Cao Jian thought of the task set by the president today, and suddenly became a little nervous.

The president of Kyoto Publishing House asked him to negotiate the copyright of Lin Li's poetry collection today.

Lin Li was in the finals of "The Voice", "Seeing and Not Seeing", and then the scolding war with Lou Haojie and others on the Internet was released, and a few particularly wonderful poems were published, and for a while everyone felt that there was a successor in the Chinese poetry circle.

Coupled with the two poems of Lin Li's earth-shattering crying ghosts and gods last night, all the publishing houses were eyeing him for a while.

It's a pity that no matter how you contact him, Lin Li can't see anything.

And at this time, Lin Li actually wanted to meet the people of his publishing house, which was great news for Kyoto Publishing House, and they had to talk about Lin Li's copyright!

Even if the poems are not enough to publish a poetry collection, they are willing to pay a deposit in advance to take the priority!

Lin Li took out a few pieces of paper from his pocket, handed them to Cao Jian, and said, "How about you take a look at these poems?"

Cao Jian said with a smile: "Don't look at it, it must be excellent, to tell the truth, in the entire poetry world, just one or two songs, there may be someone better than you, but it is so prolific and maintains such a high quality, not to mention this era, even in the seventies and eighties of the last century, there are few who can compare to you, but now the social atmosphere is not as good as before, young people don't read poetry, they know the ...... of chasing stars"

When Cao Jian said this, he suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, Lin Li was a star, so he hurriedly added: "Of course, there are still many people who like a talented star like you."

Lin Li didn't mind, and said with a smile: "Take a look at these poems."

Seeing that Lin Li was so persistent, Cao Jian had no choice but to pick up the few wrinkled pieces of paper and look at them.

The poem on the paper has no name, and although the paper is a little wrinkled, the words are not bad, at least they look serious and hard.

The first sheet of paper reads:

Take your medicine on time, sleep on time, day after day, and live hard

When the sun is good

Push yourself out to get sunburned

The sun-dried self looks like tangerine peel

………………

After reading it, Cao Jian was a little depressed, thinking that Lin Li's poem was too sad, but the power in the poem is still very strong, especially the last sentence "A barnyard tree is worried about the spring".

I looked through the second piece of paper, and there was still no poem on it.

The stone mill in the yard tied me in my past life and this life

Life blindfolded me

There is no more day or night in the world

…………

After reading this song, Cao Jian was a little sad, as if he was the donkey who was reluctant to pull and grind day and night!

Moving on to the last sheet:

The scissors are rusty

The umbilical cord has been wrapped around the neck since birth

Suffocate me

Life is like a dog

You have to bow your head when you eat

I hold my soul in both hands

The flesh is just a faΓ§ade

After reading the three poems, Cao Jian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, feeling like his heart was blocked.

"Editor Cao, how are these three poems?" Lin Li saw that he finished reading it and asked.

"Okay, very good, this style of poetry is too hard to see, and it will definitely sell well!" Cao Jian said.

"So, would you like to publish it?" Lin Li asked.

Cao Jian's spirit was shocked, and he hurriedly said: "This is natural, as long as you are willing, our publishing house will help you out within a week, and our president also said that the remuneration will be calculated according to the highest 12% remuneration in the industry!" How is it? ”

"I think so, what do you think, Auntie?" Lin Li glanced at Hua Li.

"Huh?" Cao Jian was stunned, "What do you mean?" ”

An Xiaoxi didn't know Lin Li's idea, she picked up the paper and looked at it for a while, and asked, "Lin Li, what do you mean...... These are auntie's poems? ”

"Yes, these three capitals were written by Aunt Hua, and there are still a lot of them in her family, and she can publish a collection of poems."

Cao Jian and An Xiaoxi were surprised when they heard Lin Li's words, An Xiaoxi read Hua Li's poem again, and felt uncomfortable.

Cao Jian hesitated, it turned out that it was not a poem, no wonder he felt that the style of poetry was a little different.

"Editor Cao, these poems are very well written."

An Xiaoxi sighed, and immediately united with Lin Li and promoted Huali.

Cao Jian smiled awkwardly and said, "Yes, it's not bad......"

"Does that mean your publishing house is willing to publish it?"

An Xiaoxi instantly took over the negotiation power from Lin Li.

Cao Jian smiled and said, "I thought Lin Li was going to publish a poetry collection......

"Lin Li's poems are not enough, there are ready-made ones, Aunt Huali's poems are very good, they will definitely make money if they come out."

Cao Jian hesitated for a while and said: "It's very difficult to sell poetry collections now, and if you have them, you can sell three or five thousand copies, and you can't make money, unless Lin Li can still make some money by selling hundreds of thousands of copies."

An Xiaoxi continued to analyze: "Editor Cao, you must know that Aunt Hua is actually very selling like this, and her poems are good, if you are willing to publish them, you will definitely not lose money."

Cao Jian was a little disappointed, he naturally knew that a person like Hua Li, who seemed to have physical defects, published a poetry collection, which was indeed very selling, plus she was still the person Lin Li and An Xiaoxi rescued last night, the selling point was enough.

"I know there is a selling point, but ...... The selling point also requires the publishing house to use publicity money to promote, she is a newcomer, and the publishing house may not be willing to take this risk for her. Cao Jian said.

Lin Li spoke: "Editor Cao, I was the first to find you for the sake of you and your senior sister, if you don't want to, we'll find the next one, and now that we saved my aunt, it's still on the hot search, and there are more than one or two people who are willing to take over."

Cao Jian also knew that what Lin Li said was very reasonable, and Hua Li's poems were indeed very good, which made him unforgettable after reading them.

"Shall I ask for instructions?" Cao Jian was embarrassed.

The publication of Hua Li's poetry collection was something he didn't expect at first, and now he is hesitant, so he naturally has to ask the leadership.

"Absolutely."

Cao Jian left the reception room and made a phone call to the president.

After communicating for a while, the president agreed, because if there was no cooperation this time, Lin Li and they found another publishing house, and next time Lin Li really wants to publish a poetry collection, I'm afraid Kyoto Publishing House will not be the first consideration.

Cao Jian returned to the reception room.

"My president said it was okay, but ...... There is a small request. ”

"What requirements?" An Xiaoxi asked.

"You also know, this aunt is completely new, now these three poems are good, but we haven't seen the other poems, it's hard to say how exactly, in order to ensure that this poetry collection can be sold, we mean...... Lin Li, can you help spread the word? ”

Although Lin Li is not a superstar, the current hot search is still very influential, and Lin Li has published a lot of poems in a row, everyone is still very sure of his poetry attainments, so let Lin Li help promote it, the effect is the best.

As long as Lin Li agrees to publicize, Kyoto Publishing House is willing to publish a collection of Hua Li's poems, as long as they don't lose money and can have a good relationship with Lin Li, they are naturally happy.

Lin Li said: "I can cooperate with the publicity, but I must give the remuneration to my aunt to increase."

Cao Jian said: "I told the president that in her case, we don't follow the 5% manuscript fee, but give 8%, which is already a very high manuscript fee for an ordinary person who has no poetry name."

An Xiaoxi said to Lin Li, "Yes."

Lin Li calculated slightly, according to the price of 20 yuan per volume, for every 10,000 copies published, Hua Li can get 10,006 manuscript fees, although it is not much, but at least it is self-supporting, so that she can find a sense of identity, if it sells well, she will not worry about eating and drinking.

"Okay, you go back and draw up the contract, let's go find the poem written by my aunt, and sign the contract tomorrow." Lin Li said.

"Okay, then I'll take my leave!" Cao Jian got up and said.

After sending Cao Jian away, Lin Li and An Xiaoxi took Hua Li back to Hua Li's house, ready to collect all the poems Hua Li had written before.

The three of them returned to Hua Li's house and found that Bai Yiming was inside, and Hua Li's husband looked depressed.

What Lin Li and An Xiaoxi didn't expect was that Jin Simin was also standing beside Bai Yiming in a uniform.

Bai Yiming found that Lin Li and they were coming, stood up and took a document, and said, "It's just right, give it."

Lin Li took it and saw that it was a divorce agreement, on which Hua Li's husband Wang Guiqing had already signed his name.

"Just sign it, and then go to the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow." Bai Yiming said.

Hua Li looked at the divorce agreement and suddenly burst into tears.

Wang Guiqing saw Hua Li, stood up, and left angrily.

He ...... Won't retaliate, right? An Xiaoxi asked with some uneasiness.

"Don't worry, he went in, and he was scared to death when he saw Officer Jin's clothes, and I have evidence of his domestic violence and the testimony of his neighbors, so he didn't dare to mess around at all."

Only then did Lin Li know that Bai Yiming called Jin Simin to deter Wang Guiqing.

"Thank you, Officer Kim." An Xiaoxi opposed

"You're welcome, I'm derelict in my duties, this guy is domestic violence, we don't even know."

Jin Simin looked at Hua Li, and wanted to say that she should call the police, but seeing her like that, Jin Simin changed and said: "It'll be fine in the future, then you talk, I'll go back."

"I'll send you." Ahn Xiaoxi sent Kim Simin out.

Lin Li looked at Bai Yiming and praised: "Yes, Bai Yiming, this thing is done beautifully!"

Bai Yiming said arrogantly: "Little meaning, my original intention of studying law was to help the weak."

Lin Li said with a smile: "If I have any lawyer's letter to send in the future, you can also help me."

Bai Yiming glanced at Lin Li and said, "I don't want to work for celebrities."

"What kind of part-time job, that's called legal counsel!" Lin Li corrected.

Bai Yiming snorted, noncommittal.

An Xiaoxi came back, and Lin Libai and Yiming began to look for Hua Li's poems in the bookcase.

Hua Li found three small notebooks from a small drawer in the room, which contained poems written in her youth, about four or five hundred.

Lin Li read a little, and her poems didn't seem to be as dark as they are now, but it can still be seen that she is very talented, and her overall level is not bad.

The three of them searched for a while in the books on the bookcase, and Hua Li herself rummaged around, finding a total of seventy or eighty poems.

These poems were written by her in recent years, which are more gloomy, and the level is obviously much higher, but unfortunately there are not many of them, not as well preserved as when she was young, maybe her life is not satisfactory, but it is this frustration that makes her poems full of poetry.

A selection of Hua Li's early poems, together with these poems in recent years, is enough to publish a collection of poems.