At last

Little Hoss still chose to borrow from Mr. Raleigh,

He only borrowed seven silver coins, plus the three silver coins he had accumulated at home, which was just enough to pay the church's fine.

It's not that little Fox had no idea that there might be trouble with Mr. Raleigh for a loan.

But he's a half-grown kid, and what else can he do to get seven silver coins?

And seeing that little Fox mortgaged his family's land to Mr. Raleigh,

The smile on the face of the neighbor, Mr. Moore, was much less.

subsequently

Mr. Raleigh signed a contract for a loan to Little Horse. And left.

He didn't just give the seven silver coins to Little Hoth, but told Little Hoth that the seven silver coins would be repaid directly to the church on his behalf.

All he had to do was give the church three more pieces of silver.

After Mr. Raleigh had gone with his servants,

Little Hoss turned his head back and looked at his neighbors, Mr. More and Miri-Asia.

"Mr. Moore, Miria Lady, is there anything wrong with you?"

Miria looked at little Hoss too much to say something, but she didn't say anything, and then looked at Mr. Moore,

Mr. More looked at little Hoss and asked,

"Little Hoss? Do you still have money at home? Is it enough? Do you want me to lend you some more? ”

As he spoke, Mr. More looked up into the room behind Little Hoss.

Milia listened to her husband's words, but couldn't help but take half a step closer in front of Little Hoss, blocking half of Little Hoss's body,

"Little Hoss?"

Mr. Moore pulled Miria away and looked at little Hoth with a smile.

Little Hoss looked up at the smiling Mr. Moore, and then at the side of Miria Lady, who had a worried eye and a new wound on her face.

Little Hoss lowered his head,

"Yes, it was just enough for the church's fine, and then it was gone."

“……”

"Pathetic, my little Hoss. Have you eaten, I have some to eat there. ”

Mr. Moore paused, sympathy renewing on his face.

After asking like this again, without saying anything else, he left.

Little Hoss just stood there and shook his head, saying no,

I watched as Mr. More and Miriah left.

As she left, she looked at little Hoth again, but did not speak.

Little Hoss went back to the house and closed the door tightly.

I tried to go to the kitchen and cook.

After eating,

He needed to go to church and send the church fine.

……

This concludes the submission.

After reading it, the editor-in-chief of El Publishing House paused and was a little silent.

This story is somewhat depressing, and the more you delve into it, the more depressing it becomes.

Little Hoss, whose father was killed by the way of the church knights,

From the beginning, his future seemed preordained, and hope was a rare thing for him.

"Hoo ......"

After a moment of silence, the editor-in-chief let out a long breath and eased some of his emotions.

And then

The editor-in-chief began to struggle.

It's not that I'm struggling with whether this excellent, or even some great, work can be published.

but

As a small publishing house, can I really leave this excellent work?

Is this small publishing house really qualified to publish such great works?

After reading the tens of thousands of words at the beginning of this work, he was conquered.

The identity of the reader even overshadowed his identity as an editor,

He even felt that his publishing house was really delayed in publishing this excellent and great work.

From the text, the words, and the content of the story, they are all so good,

made him, the editor-in-chief of the publishing house, have no confidence,

Forget it, and recommend it to a big publishing house for publication.

Although the opportunity to publish this great work may be missed,

But to be able to witness the publication of this great work,

Maybe his name will appear in the celebrity anecdotes of some literary giant, which is not bad.

Thinking about it this way,

His tangled emotions suddenly became clear.

I didn't expect that I, a person engaged in publishing, would one day want to push this excellent work to other publishing houses?

He couldn't help but laugh at himself,

But it strengthened the idea just now.

Well! This work cannot be delayed.

Even if it is not published by your own publishing house, you must let this book be seen by more people.

This is just what he thinks as a faithful, even somewhat devout reader,

Of course, it would be nice to be able to see the rest in advance.

Thinking so,

He began to organize the language and began to prepare an email reply to the writer who submitted the manuscript.

……

"Ordinary and Great" Ji Zhuo himself thinks that he writes well.

After all, although the selection of materials is serious, he is still ready to be beaten by two big vests,

But this work itself is still written seriously.

However, he didn't expect it to have such an effect.

When I received a reply from Al Press,

Ji Zhuo had just finished dinner and was in the house continuing to sign "Star Dream".

When I received the reply email, looking at the content of the email, Ji Zhuo was a little numb.

"Dear Mr. Writer,

I have read your contribution "Ordinary and Great" carefully, and there is no doubt that this is an excellent work, even a great work,

I read him with anger, with emotion, with trembling, and I am sure that when he is published, he will be as famous in history as those classics.

But it is precisely because of this, and precisely because I, presumably as his first reader, have a responsibility to take responsibility for this great work,

So I chose to reject this work by Al Press. With your permission, I can recommend this excellent work of yours to another, better publisher.

As you know, Al Publishing is a relatively small publishing house. ”

Is this a rejection?

It's been a long time.

Although the reason why he was rejected this time was because he wrote too well?

It's okay for publishers to feel that they don't deserve to publish such excellent works......

Although, this email is quite sincere, but Ji Zhuo is still a little numb.

However, this is also a good thing, this publishing house has little confidence in its own publication of "Ordinary and Great".

This one is pretty good.

thereupon

Ji Zhuo also replied to the email.

To your publishing house:

If your publisher didn't politely reject my work, I would still want to choose your publisher to publish it. ”

Ji Zhuo expressed some of his thoughts again,

Then I left a penguin account for the editor of this publishing house.

Sending emails back and forth like this, Ji Zhuo is not used to it.

Then, Ji Zhuo's penguin account received a friend application that was obviously a newly registered account.

The name says El Press.

Ji Zhuo felt that he was contributing to the overseas market of Penguin Chat.

Approved the friend request.

"Al: Is that Mr. 'I'?"

The message came right after.

"Clumsy and extraordinary: yes."

Then, the other side didn't send another message for a long time,

After a while, the news came back.

"al: Mr. I, the email I just replied to you is what I mean.

AL: I read your work and loved it, so as a reader, I don't want to delay this excellent work. ”

Good guy, you're like this, isn't the editor-in-chief of your publishing house really going to fire you?

"Al: Even though I'm the editor-in-chief and owner of Al Press, I still think so."

……

Ji Zhuo was silent, not knowing what to say.

"al: Thank you, Mr. I, for your liking, but apart from what I just said. In fact, it is true that the publishing house has no experience in operating such serious works, and it can provide fewer publicity channels, so it is easy to delay ......"

That's not right,

So Ji Zhuo replied to the message seriously.

"Clumsy and extraordinary: If Editor-in-Chief Al likes this work and approves of it, then this work will be published in your publishing house.

Clumsy and extraordinary: What could be better than a publishing house and its editor-in-chief who fully identify with the work, right, Editor-in-Chief Al.

Al: It's ......"

Editor-in-chief Al was a little embarrassed.