"Struggle." I replied cautiously.

"Why are we looking for corn to make an appointment?" The editor-in-chief continued to ask me.

"She has topicality, and her experience is the most struggling story." Like a schoolboy who made a mistake, I repeated to the editor-in-chief the reason for choosing corn for the manuscript at the topic selection meeting.

As soon as I finished speaking, the editor-in-chief threw the printed draft of Xie Xiaoqiu's "Jiang Chen" in front of me.

"Why are you struggling? This is surrender! ”

Corn Obedient was originally just an online writer, and he wrote a lot of novels that didn't become popular. But she never gave up, insisted on constantly changing, and insisted on writing until many years later, her debut film "Sadomasochistic Sisters" was favored by a film and television company.

Then, she went on fire.

When people are on fire, they are busy. People are on fire, and the novels that no one cared about before are also on fire. Attend events, go to various places to speak, go to book signings. In the past, the time to write novels was gone, and after a long time, the excitement passed, and the corn obediently found that he could no longer write good works, but it did not reach the point where he could sit and eat empty, so he switched to writing columns.

It is precisely because I have tasted the sourness that no one cares about, and I have also tasted the soaring sourness, and finally the prosperity has fallen, the fireworks have dispersed, and the ordinary has returned. Because of his life experience and writing skills, the column is once again on fire.

Writing a column is not like writing a novel, you need to rack your brains, you need to design the plot and story conflict, and writing a column often has a ready-made topic, so it will be relatively easy to write.

As a result, Maize obediently transformed from an online writer to a magazine columnist. Being able to get a good manuscript is also a standard in our industry that reflects the level of the magazine.

I'm lucky to be an alumnus of Corn. When I was still going back to school to give a speech as a popular writer of online literature, I established a relationship with her because of my participation in event planning.

Later, I worked in a magazine, became an editor, and was close to the water, and obediently got along with the corn. For this, the editor-in-chief also praised me.

It's just that today, because of the corn obedient draft incident, I was criticized. It's really corn that is good when it succeeds, and corn is good when it fails.

I didn't dare to continue talking, although I thought to myself that if we failed, we would have to learn to let go. The editor-in-chief and I were at a standoff in his office, and no one took the initiative to speak.

About two minutes passed. The editor-in-chief took a few sips of water, picked up the "Jiang Chen" that was thrown on the table, and said to me, "Remember, this is the last time!" ”

Then I was blasted out of the office.

……

After winning the essay competition, I, Sijie, Erya and Huahua had a meal together that night.

Because the school is under closed management, it is unrealistic to go to restaurants on the street, and you can only eat chicken legs, spicy tang or something in the cafeteria.

Huahua stared at me stupidly, nibbling on the chicken leg while smiling and saying, "Ermao, you are amazing, you are amazing." You know, my classmates didn't dare to laugh at me anymore, and they realized that my buddy was so good. ”

I was very happy in my heart, not only to boost Huahua's ambition, but more importantly, to show my face in front of Erya. Didn't you just ignore my love when the essay was just on the essay newspaper, and today my buddy won a special prize in an essay contest that you can't climb.

Of course, this is not my true inner thought, my real thought is that Erya should be able to realize that there is still a long way to go before she becomes a teacher, and she needs to continue to ask me for advice on writing.

Although Sijie has a literary pen name, the composition newspaper and essay competition seem to have nothing to do with him. Even so, he was the happiest man that night.

"Ermao, let's open a can of beer when we go back to the dormitory at night?" Sijie looked at me with a smile, his eyes full of all kinds of sneers and evil.

Drinking alcohol is definitely not allowed for junior high school students, but I know that Sijie has secretly brought alcohol to the dormitory.

"Why do you want to go back to the dormitory at night and open it again, just go back to the dormitory and get it now." When Huahua heard that we had beer in our collection, the whole person was excited.

Erya still maintained her usual caution. "Don't drink beer in the cafeteria, if you are caught, you will be punished."

Of course, the four precepts are to listen to Erya.

"Huahua, you little girl, you haven't developed yet, what kind of beer do you drink." Sijie nu his grease-stained mouth, stared at Huahua's chest with squint, and said maliciously.

Erya and Huahua gave Sijie a brain collapse at the same time.

"No kidding," I duly organized their fight, "it's time to turn off the lights in the dormitory in a moment, let's hurry back after eating." ”

That night, as soon as Sijie and I returned to the dormitory, we saw the beer on the bed, but we didn't finish a sip.

The homeroom teacher has been waiting for the four precepts for a while.

"Who made you drink beer at school?" The homeroom teacher glared angrily, glared at Sijie and roared loudly.

"Why are you flipping through my stuff?" Although Sijie's voice was not as loud as the homeroom teacher, the anger in it also made me and the classmates present not long apart.

I subconsciously pulled the sleeve of Sijie, suggesting that Sijie should not be impulsive. Sijie directly shook me off and continued to mumble, "You are violating other people's privacy." ”

"Privacy?" The homeroom teacher's anger rose to another level, "You don't have school rules and discipline, you don't study well, what privacy do you need?!" ”

"When did you see me drinking?" Sijie began to quibble, and I pulled Sijie again, I was really afraid that he would fight with the homeroom teacher.

"Wang Dachun, stay away from this kind of rotten person!" The homeroom teacher said, "I've caught it all now, and you still quibble with me that you didn't drink, why did you bring all this wine if you didn't drink." ”

I didn't expect that the homeroom teacher, who had always been a model teacher, would scold Sijie as a rotten person in front of the majority of students, and even ordered me to stay away from Sijie.

I've always been a good student, a good student, but I also know that such words are too hurtful and unacceptable. However, I didn't expect that the head teacher's next words were even more unacceptable, "Qin Lang, it's okay if you learn badly, don't bring Wang Dachun badly." ”

Because the lights are turned off in the student dormitory. So, before I could see Sijie's expression clearly, the dormitory suddenly darkened. Sijie, who had been fighting back strongly, suddenly lost his words.

I don't know if I realized that I was angry and said something I shouldn't have said, and the homeroom teacher suddenly stopped roaring and roaring.

"Li Lin, bring me the beer to the office." The homeroom teacher said, "Hurry up and wash and sleep." ”

Then we left our dormitory.

Li Lin is our dormitory master. In the dark, he carefully picked up the cans of beer from the four-ring bed, and then left the dormitory and went to the teacher's office.

I patted Sijie on the shoulder and whispered, "Sleep." ”

Sijie stood there motionless, and the roommates who came in and out also walked around Sijie, as if Sijie was a lion that would explode at any moment.

Because it is in a rural area, teachers often use foul language when criticizing students, and even carry out what we now see as life attacks, but there is still one point that is worthy of learning from the majority of teachers now, and it is easy not to invite parents.

The beer incident ended with a public review of the beer by Sijie in the class and confiscation of the beer, and Sijie's parents did not ask to come to the school to deal with the matter.

It's just that the words of the homeroom teacher have planted a gap in Sijie's young heart.