In 1977, the State Administration of Publishing issued the "Notice on the Trial Implementation of the Measures for Remuneration and Subsidies for Press and Publication Articles", which restored and abolished the 10-year-old remuneration system, and stipulated that a low remuneration system would be implemented, and that the remuneration would be paid at one time according to the quality and number of words of the work, with 2 to 7 yuan per 1,000 words for manuscripts and 1 to 5 yuan per 1,000 words for translations.

This year, the Party Group of the State Publishing Bureau has formulated a new standard of remuneration, appropriately increased the basic remuneration, restored to the previous level, increased the manuscript to 3 to 10 yuan per 1,000 words, and the translation manuscript is 2 to 7 yuan per 1,000 words, and at the same time resumed the remuneration for printing 1~20,000 copies per 10,000 copies, and paid 5% of the basic remuneration per 10,000 copies.

Among them, poetry is calculated according to ten lines and one thousand words, so there is no need to worry about the loss of writing poetry, if it is really one word at a time, then one poet from all over the country will be counted as one, and they will all starve to death.

It should be noted that this is only the basic manuscript fee, and large journals like "Harvest" magazine, which have a large impact and a large print run, and are located in a big city like Modu, have more generous funds, and the standard of remuneration is higher than the general level; Some particularly excellent works, or works by well-known writers, can give 30 or more words per 1,000 words.

Shen Long's "Yellow Earth" has a total of more than 12,000 words, and the amount on the remittance slip is more than 300 points, and the "Harvest" magazine is given according to the standard of 25 yuan per thousand words, which is equivalent to Shen Long's income from moving bricks for nearly half a year, which is higher than the salary of a young man who has just joined the work for a year.

Even compared with Sun Shao'an, who opened a brick kiln, Sun Shao'an and Xiulian only earned six or seven hundred yuan a month, and he could write more than one or two articles a month.

It is in this period that a group of newcomers emerged in the literary world, Yu Hua, Su Tong, Wang Anyi, Zhang Kangkang, Wang Xiaobo, Shi Tiesheng, Bi Feiyu, Gu Hua, Chen Zhongzhong, Jia Pingwa and others all entered the literary world in this era.

In the next few years, the manuscript fee will rise, adjusted to 6 yuan ~ 20 yuan per 1,000 words for manuscripts and 4 yuan ~ 14 yuan per 1,000 words for translations.

By the nineties, the good days of writers were over, prices continued to rise, and although the basic remuneration was higher than before, the amount of money that could be bought for the same number of words was less and less, and until the first half of the twenty-first century, there were very few full-time writers at this stage.

Almost all of those writers are members of the writers' association or the academy of letters, and they have a stable salary, and the manuscript fee is another income, otherwise they would not be able to support themselves by the manuscript fee alone.

However, these are not problems for Shen Long at all, he has already gotten out of the stage of worrying about money, and he can completely let himself and the Sun family and Tian Xiaoxia live a rich life.

The next day, Shen Long said to the contractor, left early, arrived at the business hall before the post and telecommunications bureau got off work, handed the remittance slip to the little girl behind the counter, and saw that he was dressed as a worker, the little girl was a little disgusted, and said casually without raising her head, "Wait." ”

At this time, don't talk about any smile service, no matter where you go to do things, don't want to have a good face, unless your identity is different, people can recognize it at a glance.

"Withdraw money, huh? I don't know if I'll come early, you'll come when it's almost time to get off work. The little girl muttered in her mouth, and her eyes casually swept the unit on the remittance slip and the amount, three hundred and thirteen yuan five, "Harvest" magazine, manuscript fee?

Well? Royalties? The little girl was stunned, now that the policy has been liberalized, there are more people running business outside, she hasn't seen a large remittance order, but the manuscript fee is the first time to see it, the little girl turned around and greeted her colleagues, "Brother Liu, is the magazine you usually read "Harvest"?" Someone has come to collect the payment from Harvest magazine. ”

"Wei Hong, you must have read it wrong, no one in our Huangyuan has been able to publish an article on "Harvest" for a long time, I'm afraid it's not "Huangyuan Literature and Art", right?" A polite young man wearing glasses said casually, hey, no, even if Wei Hong just went to work, it is impossible to see two words as four words, right? Could it be that everyone has a new work?

He quickly stood up and looked around, now the title of literary and artistic youth is very popular, there are so many young and middle-aged people who love to read and ponder writing in that unit, his eyes flashed on Shen Long, he really can't connect this worker with a writer who can write articles and publish them in "Harvest".

"Well, you see, it's 'Harvest'." Wei Hong handed him the remittance slip, and the eye-catching words on it almost blinded his eyes, this is a harvest, if I can publish an article on it, then Hongmei is not ...... At this time, the writer is also a very admirable identity for women.

"Really, the teacher came to collect the manuscript fee? I'll do it for you! Liu Jianguo hurriedly squeezed the little girl aside and searched again, but looking at the people outside, there was no one who looked like a writer.

"The teacher didn't dare to be it, I came to collect the manuscript fee." Shen Long took out a letter of introduction from Shuangshui Village, and the ID card will not be piloted in some big cities until four years later, and now he relies on a letter of introduction or a household registration book to prove his identity.

Liu Jianguo was stunned for a moment before taking the letter of introduction, and carefully compared the name on it with the name on the remittance slip, and then confirmed that the laborer in front of him was really the owner of the remittance slip.

"Sun ...... Mr. Sun, are you experiencing life? Liu Jianguo's mind turned around several times before he found such a reason, no wonder people can publish articles on "Harvest" to see their attitude towards experiencing life!

"Sort of, can you please help me do it quickly? It's almost time to get off work, right? Shen Long urged.

"It's okay, it's okay, even if I get off work, I'll have to do it for you!" Liu Jianguo showed a smile, turned his head and began to scold the people behind, telling them that they didn't have to queue up, and they had already gotten off work today.

"Teacher Sun, wait a minute, I'll pour you a glass of water, and I'll do it for you right away." Although he looks younger than himself, everyone can publish articles on "Harvest", so he has to be called a teacher.

Liu Jianguo washed his cup with hot water several times, and took out the tea leaves he entertained the leaders from the drawer and soaked them for Shen Long, and then quickly helped Shen Long complete the formalities, and took out thirty-one ten yuan for unity, three female tractor drivers for one yuan and one textile factory five cents.

"Thank you!" Shen Long took the banknote and thanked him, then saw Liu Jianguo take out a notebook and hand it to him, "Teacher Sun, sign it for me!" ”