Xiao Zheng's full name is Zheng Yaoxin, he has only been in the company for less than a year, and he is one year younger than Lin Hai, but compared to Lin Hai, of course, he is a senior editor, Zheng Yaoxin's personality is very serious, and he implements everything ordered by the editor-in-chief.

The publishing house is also a workplace, so competition definitely exists, maybe because the corporate culture here is better, maybe because Zheng Yaoxin's quality is much higher than those real estate agents, so he disdains to use intrigue to compete with colleagues

However, Zheng Yaoxin's introduction can only make Lin Hai get some negative impressions, as for what to do with the editor's work, in the end, he has to slowly explore and experience.

Contrary to Editor-in-Chief Xie's statement, Zheng Yaoxin told Lin Hai that the situation was not so bad, in fact, the publishing industry is not a single seller's market, and countless literary young people are like carp crossing the river, and a casual look at the number of submissions waiting for review on each editor's desk can be used as evidence.

In front of these new authors, editors like Zheng Yaoxin and Lin Hai are holding their future 'gods', and to some extent they can even get what they want, Zheng Yaoxin told Lin Hai that the editors of some publishing houses even use this to play some unspoken rules to blackmail or play with new authors, and the reputation of the noble profession of publishing editor has been stinked by these rat droppings.

Fortunately, Yunhai Publishing House has strict management in this regard, after all, it is an old publishing house, and it still cherishes feathers, but Lin Hai knows very well that if the water is clear, there will be no fish, even if it is an old publishing house like Yunhai, there will be rat feces, maybe a lot, this is human nature, but their eating appearance may be relatively good-looking.

All in all, it seems that the working environment of this publishing house is much better than that of real estate agents.

After Zheng Yaoxin introduced the work specifications and examples, he asked Lin Hai to go through his list of authors, and after a glance, he was a little surprised and said that Editor-in-Chief Xie should be very optimistic about Lin Hai, otherwise he would not hand over these authors above the average level to him, of course, in the face of these authors may be a little more aggrieved, but it is relatively easier to produce results, and more realistically, the commission should be better.

Lin Hai didn't really care much about this, but focused his attention on the first name on the list, which was Luo Haifeng.

Lin Hai pretended to inadvertently point to Luo Haifeng's name and asked Zheng Yaoxin, Zheng Yaoxin said that Luo Haifeng is a famous writer in China, but this Luo Haifeng's temper is a little big, and his works are actually serious realistic themes, and he also specializes in picking controversial topics to write, which is full of negative energy, and even sometimes crosses the line, this is a guy that many publishers and editors love and hate.

However, Zheng Yaoxin's understanding of Luo Haifeng only stops there, seeing that Lin Hai is a little entangled, Zheng Yaoxin smiled and comforted Lin Hai, this Luo Haifeng probably belongs to a dead horse as the object of a live horse doctor, and the editor-in-chief probably didn't expect Lin Hai to really get the work from Luo Haifeng, even if he did, the editor-in-chief might not really dare to make up his mind to sign and submit it for review.

Lin Hai was very grateful for Zheng Yaoxin's openness and honesty, and generously invited Zheng Yaoxin and other colleagues who stayed behind to have a meal at noon.

In the afternoon, Lin Hai carefully studied the information given by Editor-in-Chief Xie, compared it with Zheng Yaoxin's introduction, and found that Zheng Yaoxin's introduction was really dedicated, and even some experience that was not in the information was taught to Lin Hai, which made Lin Hai have a very good impression of Zheng Yaoxin.

The first day of work ended without any danger, Lin Hai bought three copies of Luo Haifeng's works in the Yunhai Book Café downstairs belonging to Yunhai Publishing House, and then rushed to the subway to go on a date with Ye Xuexin.

The location of the dinner was chosen by Ye Xuexin, Ye Xuexin found a very ordinary specialty restaurant very intimately, and bought a meal coupon in an online group, the two-person package is very affordable, in fact, Ye Xuexin originally planned to go to Lin Hai to cook for him, but Ye Xuexin's place of work is a little far away, plus the traffic jam during the rush hour, if she waits for her to go back to cook and eat, I am afraid that she will be called home by her mother before she eats the meal.

It was already past six o'clock when the two met at the door of the restaurant, and the street lights were all on in the twilight, and Yiren's smile under the light could not help but make passers-by look sideways, and the envious and jealous gaze made Lin Hai a little vain.

It's just that when waiting for the food to be served, Ye Xuexin pouted and played a little temper, and Lin Hai persuaded with a smile:

"Your mother is also worried about you, your family is just such a baby bump as you, and you look like a fairy, no one is at ease."

Hearing Lin Hai's praise, although Ye Xuexin hummed and complained in her mouth, the corners of her mouth were full of smiles:

"What age is this, and whose parents have you heard want their daughters to come home before nine o'clock? Besides, I'm almost twenty-six this year, and I'm not a child. ”

"It's all the fault of beauty."

"Go, you'll pour me ecstasy soup, which side are you on? A bit of a stance no. ”

"Hehe, of course it's on your side, but your parents can't be offended."

"Cut, wallgrass."

Lin Hai smiled and didn't answer, in fact, Ye Xuexin must understand the truth better than herself, Ye Xuexin is just tactfully explaining to herself and being coquettish, of course, Ye Xuexin's coquettish appearance is really cute.

Lin Hai coughed dryly, took out a book from the bag that was put aside and handed it to Ye Xuexin:

"Xue Xin, have you read this "Rage"?"

Ye Xuexin was stunned for a moment, and took the beautifully bound book, but she didn't look at it but put it in her hand:

"After reading it, why did you suddenly remember to buy this book? It's a realistic novel, and it's pretty dark. ”

Lin Hai waved his hand:

"It's not that I want to see it, it's work."

"Work?"

"Well, the author of this book is the one I work with."

"Uncle Luo?!"

Lin Hai should have shown a look of surprise at this time, but Lin Hai didn't want to deceive Ye Xuexin, so he smiled and said:

"Coincidentally, right? I remember that your father was a professor in the Department of Literature at Pudong University, and Luo Haifeng happened to be too, so I guessed that you might know him, how about it, is this person easy to contact? ”

Ye Xuexin tilted her head, revealing a sly smile and said:

"Did I tell you about my father?"

"Uh... Actually, that's what I've heard. ”

"Hee-hee, when did you hear about it?"

"Just, when I was in college, well, I know the situation in your family, your mother is a middle school music teacher, your grandfather and grandfather are also high-level intellectuals, and your family is a scholarly family."

"What else do you know?"

"No, no, that's all."

Ye Xuexin smiled even happier:

"What do you think you're doing with all this?"

"It's not me asking, in fact, everyone is very concerned about your situation... Well, I inquired, because I care about it too. ”

"How much do you care?"

Lin Hai grinned a little embarrassed:

"Is it wrong to care? Okay, get down to business, get down to business. ”

Ye Xuexin smiled and shook her head:

"That's the right thing for me!"

Lin Hai was a little entangled by Ye Xuexin's step-by-step pressing, of course he wanted to tell Ye Xuexin that he had been beating her for more than ten years, and he wanted to tell her that he was actually already an old husband and wife with her, but the established script was not like this.

In the last copy memory, the relationship between the two is very gentle and natural, and it is not at all the same as the current development speed that is as hot as fire, although different parallel worlds may cause different choices, but it is a little strange that the difference is so big.

It's not that Lin Hai is hypocritical, the more he cares about Ye Xuexin, the more he needs to carefully deal with the emotional problems between the two, Ye Xuexin's radical attitude makes Lin Hai a little worried, worried that Ye Xuexin has something to not tell herself, she may be under some kind of pressure, forcing her to be eager to clarify the relationship between the two, and even has a feeling of wanting to cook raw rice immediately.

Although Lin Hai did not reject this kind of good thing in his heart, and even looked forward to it, it was impossible for Lin Hai to feel at ease without figuring out the reason.

Seeing Lin Hai's hesitant expression, Ye Xuexin immediately realized that she was a little impatient, shrank back, waved her hand and smiled:

"Okay, let's get down to business, Uncle Luo, what do you say? It's really a little hard to contact, in fact, when I was a child, I was a little afraid of him, and I didn't dare to talk to him, sometimes he would quarrel with my dad when he talked, but after two days, the two would talk nonsense while drinking tea. But apart from my dad, I rarely see him talk so much to anyone, and he looks bitter and hateful all day long, and even heard that even his family doesn't seem to have a good relationship with him. ”

"I heard?"

"Well, my dad rarely talks about him at home, and I've never been to his house, and occasionally I see him just to say hello and leave quickly, about his family, I still happened to listen to those eight women in the yard, as if he was separated from his wife, and the children didn't follow him, and he currently lives alone."

Lin Hai pinched his chin and thought:

"It sounds really hard to touch, but in fact, you can see one or two from his works, all of these works are very dark, which makes people feel like they can't breathe."

"Hehe, what's more, I think reading too many Uncle Luo's works may produce anti-social thoughts, in fact, I'm quite curious, how his works are published, it is said that they should be harmonized."

Lin Hai shrugged:

"Who knows, maybe there's something inside it, the dish is here, eat first, and we'll talk in another place after eating."

Ye Xuexin shook her head helplessly:

"After eating, you have to accompany me back to the company to get the car, and I can just get home before nine o'clock after sending you back, hey..."

"So you used to go home before nine o'clock? Isn't your company always socializing? ”

"That's work, of course... Huh, how do you know? ”

Lin Hai smiled dryly and didn't answer, Ye Xue smiled narrowly and didn't delve into it anymore, while snatching Lin Hai's chopsticks and scalding them with boiling water, he said casually:

"It seems that you really know me, but I'm actually going to apply for another position."

Lin Hai looked at Ye Xuexin in surprise:

"A change of position? Why, you are now an assistant manager, and you can become an executive in two years, why do you suddenly think about changing positions, is something wrong? Don't hide it from me. ”