Preliminary Topic: Write an essay of no less than 600 words on the topic of your loved ones, with no restrictions on the genre (poetry does not limit the number of words).

You can actually write poetry.

Well, it's a competition, and if someone writes poetry well, that's okay too.

After Tang Mingyao read the title, he was a little speechless.

In the exam-taking essays of this era, the theme is either to write about ideals or relatives, or to write about beliefs, which are the same and not interesting.

Unlike 20 years later, middle school students' essays have been infinitely closer to the civil service examination, and the test questions are either to analyze social phenomena or solve practical problems, many of which are similar in nature to arguments and practical tests, which is the right direction for cultivating talents.

Now, what is the use of these other than cultivating students' ability to talk nonsense with fake big emptiness.

The essay contest in front of me has not jumped out of the trap of exam-taking essays.

It's just that speechlessness is speechless, and it has to be written.

Tang Mingyao pondered about a few relatives around him, his younger brother didn't have anything to write, and his father ...... 's father, who is away all the year round, doesn't seem to have much to write...... Then I had to write about my mother.

I heard that this competition is a competition between the three grades of junior high school, in order to stand out among millions of students in the province, Tang Mingyao felt that the composition of this theme must not be written step by step.

Otherwise, when the teacher looks at it, what is it, it is similar to the previous hundreds of people, and throws it away.

Directly buried.

Unless the writing is very beautiful, or the pen is unusually sharp and spicy, it can break through more safely.

So it's important to be creative.

First, don't sing the praises of your mother.

This alone can be distinguished from the 95% of the essays.

Among the remaining 5%, 1/3 will write a few blindly, and 1/3 do not conform to the core values of the social (defense) association (and) the main (harmonious) righteousness, after elimination, there are few left, and the competitive pressure is much less.

Second, be positive.

Not singing praises does not mean that you can complain, belittle, or curse, that is, as mentioned above, it must conform to the social (prevention) association (and) the main (harmonious) values, after all, this is a competition organized by the education department, and it is impossible to pass the wrong concept.

After determining the two basic points, Tang Mingyao began to conceive the outline, and a few minutes later, he officially started writing.

Topic: When I was a child, you held me, and when I grew up, I held you

The first paragraph of the text reads:

My mother was an authentic rural woman, timid and inferior. She has been the eldest in the family since she was a child, but her grandmother often confuses the rankings between her and her uncle, and has told her more than once that her uncle is the boss. In fact, her uncle was two years younger than her. This is the psychological root of her inferiority complex for half her life, stemming from her mother's patriarchal thinking rooted in the depths of her soul.

Tang Mingyao wrote down the topic, began by analyzing the reasons for his mother's inferiority, and then wrote that although his mother had low self-esteem, she was very hardworking, and she was very conscientious in raising herself, and she was a qualified mother.

Then I wrote that the social changes were too fast, and my mother couldn't keep up with the times, and after entering the city, it was more difficult for me to survive.

In the end, he wrote that he had grown up, was a man who stood up to the sky, could already take on the heavy responsibilities of life, and helped his mother gain a firm foothold in the city, and then he would pull his mother all the way to face difficulties and move towards a better life.

End of the full text.

After writing it, I look back at it, it's so shameful, the middle school student's essay is too sensational.

But the whole is still quite satisfied, this opening, this idea, if he can't pass the preliminary round, he will perform in public...... Dine.

After the competition ended, there was still a week before the results came out, Tang Mingyao put this matter behind him and continued to save his novels.

I went to Rowan Creek's house on the weekend.

Luo's mother is more accustomed to his behavior of coming to his house every week, saying that he eats fruit by himself, and watches TV in the living room, ignoring the two of them.

The sound of computer games came from the next room, and it was Luo Xiaobo, who had only transferred to the city this semester, playing "Xuanyuan Sword". This guy is compared to Tang Lingfeng, every time Tang Mingyao sees him, he is either playing games, watching TV or sleeping.

I went into Luo Wenxi's room, turned on the computer, typed quickly, typed a week's worth of manuscripts in one afternoon, and submitted them.

I thought that there would be a reply in a few days, but who knew that Tang Mingyao walked around the forum for a while, and there was an email back.

"Hello train king, your work has entered the review process, can you add a QQ chat?"

Tang Mingyao got off a QQ, registered a new six-digit number, and sent it by email.

Soon someone added him, and the other party's nickname: Glowing Angel.

Click Approved.

Glowing Angel: Is it the Train King himself?

Tang Mingyao: Yes.

Glowing Angel: I'm Yang Bing, editor of Hot Wind magazine, and I just read your new novel "Martial Arts Supreme", and I think this novel is different from the martial arts I've seen before. What is the expected word count?

Tang Mingyao: It is a long story that is serialized, and it is expected to be one million words.

Glowing Angel: I just read the first 20,000 words, and there is no problem with the manuscript of your novel, and if it goes well, it will be published in the May issue. In terms of manuscript fees, it is still 30 words per 1,000 words. Because it is a serial, we will ask you to submit at least 50,000 words per month, do you have any questions? If there is a difficulty, we will adjust the serialization time and length appropriately.

Tang Mingyao: There is no problem with the delivery, but in terms of price, they are all old authors, so don't you increase the price? As far as I know, it should be extremely rare to write long-form martial arts now, and long-form serialization is indispensable if a magazine wants to develop in the long run.

Glowing Angel: I can't be the master of the price increase, wait for me to apply to the editor-in-chief.

And then there was no movement over there.

After waiting for more than half an hour, I got a new reply: the editor-in-chief agreed, and I will raise the price to 45 yuan per thousand words.

Tang Mingyao was stunned.

He was finally able to communicate directly with the editor, and casually mentioned the price increase, how did he know that it could really rise?

But that's a good thing.

A million-word novel costs 45 yuan per thousand words, and the total income after writing is 45,000, which is 15,000 more than 30 thousand words, a full third.

Although it doesn't seem to be much compared to the money he made when he sold his back during the winter vacation, he can write so many words in less than half a year, with an average of six or seven thousand yuan a month, which is a proper high income in this era.

Get down to business.

Tang Mingyao, who was idle, applied for a QQ number for Luo Wenxi, and the two added each other.

The Internet age has begun, and they must keep up with the times. With QQ, if you are far away from each other in the future, you can chat online without the hassle of unrequited love or only calling.

When choosing a screen name, Luo Wenxi thought shyly for a while and named himself: Meet Happiness. It's also very silly to add a heart symbol in the middle.

Tang Mingyao didn't stop her, and felt that his little girlfriend who was full of happiness bubbles was very cute.

As for himself, his screen name is directly called the train king, and he is too lazy to change it.

I went back to school and read for two more days, and the results of the preliminary essay competition came out, and a total of three people in the class passed the preliminary round, Tang Mingyao, Hou Yan, and a boy named Lei Yu.

The teacher said that he would go to the provincial capital this weekend to participate in the unified semi-final organized by the provincial education department.