Tian Tian didn't have an appointment with anyone in the end, but left alone under the pretext that he had class tomorrow, making Tang Dashu think about what the problem was, resulting in not sleeping well all night.

"Big tree, now the teachers of the whole Chinese group are talking about you!" The second day of New Year's Day was Thursday, and as soon as I arrived at the class, Zhang Lili, the representative of the language department, shouted and said. Don't look at her not tall, but her lung capacity is not small, and the noise often rings through the class.

People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong has become a thing of the past, for Tang Dashu, people have to be famous, and they must be early. "Good things or bad things?" He smiled calmly. He probably knew something. When he decided to submit, he expected that it might become popular, after all, this is an article destined to be popular.

"Of course it's a good thing!" It is estimated that Zhang Lili can't say why she came "of course", but it doesn't affect her to exert the power of the Cannon King: "Did you submit a manuscript for the New Year's Day essay?" People are contributing, you are writing a novel! But you wrote very well, and the teachers were very impressed. She was a conversation she heard in the Academic Affairs Section while helping the teacher carry her homework book. Tang Dashu's pen is already very good, and it is not uncommon for the essay to be brilliant, and it is rare to be recognized by the teachers.

"Hehe, I'm still compressed, aren't I afraid of wasting paper?" Tang Dashu smiled.

"Mr. Zhou still wants to contact the newspaper for you to see if it can be published, I guess he will talk to you, but when will you take out your masterpiece and read it first?" Zhang Lili said expectantly. She is also one of the literature lovers, otherwise she would not have volunteered to be the representative of the language department.

"If you really want to publish it, I guarantee that everyone will have a copy." Tang Dashu said arrogantly. Although the idea and style of the novel are copied from Brother Ruffian, many of the things in it are their own, and it is not an exaggeration to count them as original. There is a lot of copying of articles in the world, and if it is not his turn, he will have to bear psychological pressure, and the benefits of rebirth are not so little?

In the afternoon, the Chinese teacher came to the school. Although he didn't teach Tang Dashu directly, it didn't prevent him from discerning talents. He talked to Tang Dashu about having acquaintances in the editorial office of the city's "City Evening News" and could help him contact him about the publication. For this, Tang Dashu expressed his great gratitude.

Although Beijing Institute of Technology is not well-known in the province, most of its teachers are very dedicated, or very responsible for students. This is a blessing for Tang Dashu, and it is also one of the reasons why he always has feelings for his alma mater before and after his rebirth.

Originally, the award for the New Year's Day essay should have come out within one or two working days, but because of Tang Dashu's incident, the judges and teachers had a lot of disputes and ideas on the arrangement of the first prize, and the idea was not decided, so it has been delayed.

The judges did not deny that "First Close Contact" was very well written: in terms of the novelty of the conception, the collision of ideas, the level of writing and the grasp of emotion, it definitely surpassed other manuscripts, and even could not be the same. At this point, no matter who is inclined or opposed to letting Tang Dashu win the award, there is no opinion. From a literary point of view, there is nothing wrong with its excellence.

But there are some other considerations for winning first place: first, it is too long, it is far beyond the scope of an ordinary essay competition, and perhaps the sum of the words of all the winning manuscripts is not as good as it. Secondly, the tendencies of this article are problematic, it is about love, which is inconsistent with the school's general policy of managing students, at least it should not be promoted in schools.

This is because as a tradition, the award-winning works of the essay contest will be publicly exhibited in the window, first, to express the open, fair and fair scoring criteria, with the meaning of third-party supervision; The second is to enable students in the school to observe excellent assignments to improve their writing ability. Tang Dashu's novel should not be made public, nor should it be promoted, according to this point of view, it cannot win the award, but other ways of reward can be considered.

The choice of "The First Close Contact" was no longer a matter for the judges and teachers of the Chinese group, and the good and bad things were spread thousands of miles, and many teachers from other subjects also came to watch it, and later the leaders of the student department, the teaching affairs department and even the school also saw it. To be honest, they were all shocked. The students of Beijing Institute of Technology were able to write such a deep and novel novel, and the faculty and staff of the school were honored.

At this time, Mr. Zhou brought another piece of good news, the editor-in-chief of the "City Evening News" was very interested in this novel, and had said that he would send someone to negotiate with the author about serialization in the newspaper.

Now that the mainstream media in the city have spoken out, do you still need a hammer to discuss? Therefore, it was later agreed that if the students' articles could be published in the newspaper and disseminated, it would also have a positive impact on the reputation of the school and the recruitment work in the coming year. It is precisely because of this consideration that Tang Dashu's novel finally won the first prize, and it was spread out in the window with a full page for the whole school students to see.

Just like the common hype method in later generations, the more disputes over Tang Dashu in the school, the greater the confusion of these news to the students. Romance novels, romance novels that even teachers praise, romance novels that want to be serialized in newspapers... This kind of eye-catching news has made all the students in the school read this novel, and even many students from other schools have come to the higher vocational class of Beijing University of Technology, wanting to meet Tang Dashu, who wrote a very famous romance novel. Many people also want to borrow the manuscript, or ask him what he has written, and the source of the creative materials.

In this regard, Tang Dashu, who has once again become a legend, has only one action, he said to Shen Jing: "Put away the manuscript, when my brother becomes famous, he may be able to sell it for a lot of money in the future!" ”

January 1997 is probably the happiest day for Tang Dashu. The editor-in-chief of the city's "City Evening News" had a discerning eye and first serialized it in the newspaper, causing a sensation and rave reviews.

But this is still local, and then, mainstream newspapers and magazines such as "Yellow River Evening News" and "Youth Literary Magazine" have reprinted it, and the Oriental Literature and Art Publishing House in the province has also come forward to negotiate publishing matters. At this time, it also began to spread on the Internet, but the audience was smaller, and the publication of physical books had a greater impact. For this reason, Tang Dashu has received a total of 30,000 yuan in manuscript fees.

What kind of income is that? According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, it is five times the average annual salary of urban workers in the country last year, that is, in 1995. Based on Tang Dashu's family economic conditions, it was about the sum of the foreign debts owed at that time. In a word, he is developed, greatly developed.

The only real benefit that the family has done since the birth is that the father does not have to worry about the usury interest borrowed for investing in ships---- in fact, in the 90s, especially in 1995 and beyond, inflation was quite good, even if the bank returned 10% a year. Dad borrowed one, two, or even two-and-a-half interest investments that still have to be earned. It was only when the tide receded that it was discovered that several years of money had been earned by moneylenders.

With this money, the family can finally ease their efforts, this is a sum of income that can be called charcoal in the snow!

In fact, Tang Dashu has other ideas, that is, the housing prices in the country are extremely low at this time. In the experience of one of his colleagues later, this colleague's family is in the eastern coastal area, and he built a house in 97, with two floors, 180 square meters per floor, without decoration, and a total of about 90,000 yuan including the foundation. This money can build a small one-room house, as long as you wait for 20 years, your worth will rise gradually, what do you have to struggle!

But is it interesting?

Tang Dashu is not a person who drills money, and he even despises those "unrighteous and rich and expensive" nouveau riche for a long time because of the edification of literature---- or is it the acid that he does not have this opportunity? Watching my father work hard for many years to repay the money, no matter how big the plan is, he can only take care of the present! The most important thing in life is happiness, not only yourself, but also your family and friends.

Of course, because the manuscript fee is very secret, many students do not realize that they can also make money by monetizing words, they don't know that there are already classmates around them who are crowded ----into the "rich people", for this group of poor students whose living expenses are usually 100 to 150 yuan per month, 30,000 yuan is definitely a huge amount of money!

The greater achievement is also in the psychological aspect. Because of the strong response from the literary circles, the municipal and district federations of literary and literary circles organized literary criticism (non-derogatory, referring to normal literary criticism) of "The First Close Contact", and urgently added Tang Dashu's name to the list of winners of the municipal literary award, and also went to Beijing University of Technology to "investigate". During this period, Tang Dashu also made a special report for them, which was very sensational. On that day, there were huge red letters hanging at the school gate and on both sides of the campus road, "Congratulations to Tang Dashu for winning the first prize of the Municipal Literature Award", which was very stylish.

"First Close Encounter" should have received this honor. Since then, the literary world knows that there is a young writer with the pen name "Chen Tang Old Things", and the students of Beijing Institute of Technology know that there is a master of writing love letters, Tang Dashu.

Many do-gooders make sentences based on classic sentences in novels, such as the paragraph about being too lazy to get out of bed to eat on the weekend: "If I still have a breath, I don't need to get out of bed to eat." Do I still have a breath left? Yes. So I don't need to get out of bed to eat. ”

Regarding the rejection of the confession, it can be changed like this: "If you don't love me, I will find another home." Do you love me? Not loved. Then unfortunately, I'm looking for a home. ”

Regarding eating, some people said, "If I had money, I would invite you to eat in the small cafeteria." Do I have money? No, so don't even think about it if you want me to treat you! ”

This kind of joke was spread everywhere, and Tang Dashu's reputation also spread, and until much later, his legend was still circulating on campus.

However, celebrities also have the bitterness of celebrities, at least it is a little difficult for him to go to Tian Tian. I can't touch it in the daytime, I can't get into the dormitory, and at night, it's too abrupt for such a "famous" male senior to look for a student in the class. We all know the truth that iron can only strike while it is hot, and the good relationship that I have just established with Tian Tian needs a proper atmosphere to sublimate it from friendship to love.

If the iron gets cold, I don't know how much effort it will take to re-burn it.