Era: 1979 From mountain man to richest man

Chapter 132: Banquet, colleagues, first precognitive dream in the county town
After hearing Editor Jin's invitation, Song Chaoyang didn't refuse.

I was originally the protagonist tonight.

But he just moved forward one more step, then turned his head and invited everyone to join him.

Then everyone followed Song Chaoyang up the steps and headed towards the box on the second floor.

Arriving at the private room on the second floor, Song Chaoyang checked with Editor Jin on the side, and then pushed open the door.

As soon as the door opened, there was a very large round table in the room.

The kind that can seat at least twenty people.

There are fruits and some cold dishes on the table now.

There were five people in the room.

In the corners around the round table, three men were smoking cigarettes, and two women were standing by the window of the room, opening the window for some fresh air while chatting.

Especially Song Chaoyang is so young. According to the year and age when he entered the industry, Song Chaoyang should call them seniors no matter what.

Of course Song Chaoyang also understood that there is a saying that scholars look down on each other.

Waiting for Song Chaoyang to take the initiative to get closer to them.

After greeting them politely and nodding, he ignored them again.

Almost at the same time, the eyes of the five people fell on Song Chaoyang.

You can only pretend to be cold.

Then several of them walked into the house.

After Song Chaoyang found a seat and sat down, the two editors Jin and Wu and the three people who followed him also sat down.

"Let me introduce you. This is Comrade Song Chaoyang, the writer of "Children's Magazine" and "Calabash Brothers" of our Oriental Publishing House."

"..." Song Chaoyang was speechless. This scene was very different from the scene he imagined.

It was Su Yu who took the initiative to ask about Song Chaoyang. She seemed very interested in Song Chaoyang's "Calabash Brothers" and said that she was inspired by Song Chaoyang's story and felt that she wanted to write a story with a grand setting.

It's just that I have this idea now, but I haven't started to implement it yet.

The younger one is called Luo Qian. She is twenty-five or six this year. She is trying to write in all genres. She is a second-level contracted writer of Oriental Publishing House. She also works in a junior high school in the south of the city. She is a teacher there. It is worth mentioning. Yes, this person is related to Su Yu. She calls Su Yu aunt.

As a result, Song Chaoyang was stunned and nodded to them from the moment he walked in.

An older one is called Su Yu. She is over thirty this year. She and Song Chaoyang are in the same industry. They both write fairy tales, but she writes short children's educational stories. She is also a Grade A contracted writer with Oriental Publishing House. Her workplace is the County Education Bureau.

"Come on, come in!" Editor Jin invited Song Chaoyang.

His name is Lin Yong, a skinny man. He is in his forties. He asks questions that are not nutritious. He seems to have low emotional intelligence. He mainly publishes poetry. He is a Grade A contracted writer of Oriental Publishing House. He is a county official. A cadre at the water plant.

The man with a fake smile and tortoise shell glasses is called He Chao. He is also in his forties. He came back from the army's literary and art troupe. He mainly writes some prose. He is also a Grade A contracted writer of Oriental Publishing House. He currently works in the county The Ministry of Culture is a small leader.

But there was no way. Today's protagonist was Song Chaoyang. The news they made when Song Chaoyang came in was directly broken by Editor Jin.

"How old is this young man?"

"She is too young. In terms of seniority, she must be behind Xiao Luo."

After everyone found a direction and sat down, they were far away from other people.

I feel like this guy Song Chaoyang doesn't understand the rules.

But the table is really too big.

But it was obvious that they had made a wrong calculation. From the moment they entered the house, Song Chaoyang had a bad impression of them. Now that they were silent, Song Chaoyang was in peace.

"Lao Jin, please don't lie to us."

Seeing the door being pushed open, everyone looked towards the door.

There were people sitting on both sides of Song Chaoyang.

Seeing that Su Yu and her niece, who were still at the window just now, sat over, but the three male authors did not move at all and had no intention of sitting over.

Now after entering the field, there is no way to use it.

There is also a person with a long square face who likes to follow the two of them. His name is He Xinglin. He is just fifty this year. He is also wrong. He returned from a job change. He likes to write some short stories. He is a second-level contracted writer of Oriental Publishing House. His workplace is in the county. From the Publicity Section under the Ministry of Culture.

Only a few people in the room reacted, and the three men smoking cigarettes said at once:

After introducing these five people, Editor Jin invited everyone to take their seats.

This made them very unhappy.

This writer shouldn't be so stern, talkative, and unsociable. Why do these three male authors, who appear to be in their forties or fifties, talk so much?
"Ahem..." The lines that Editor Jin had just prepared were interrupted by these people. He was a little embarrassed. He coughed dryly and interrupted the chatter of several people.

At this time, Lao Jin stood up and introduced to several people in the room:

Then he introduced it to Song Chaoyang.

"It's hard to win awards for writing children's literature. Why did you think of writing this, young man?"

Unless they sit together on purpose.

"Oh, so young?"

There were also two lesbians standing by the window sill.

As soon as she said this, without waiting for Song Chaoyang's reply, the three men across from him rushed to talk and began to express their opinions.

What they said was clear and logical, as if the three of them were also masters here.

Seeing them like this, Song Chaoyang wasn't angry, he just thought these three people were a little funny.

Lin Yong doesn't have enough emotional intelligence to talk awkwardly, while He Chao doesn't know much but likes to pretend, making a very simple matter very complicated to make himself look tall.

As for He Xinglin, he is just a yes man who plays assists. He just nods and shouts 666 when others say anything. He belongs to that kind of atmosphere group.

Su Yu originally wanted to discuss writing with Song Chaoyang, but the topic was brought up by these three people, and she was speechless.

One writes poetry and the other writes prose. They are not related at all. They insist on pretending to be experts, which makes people look disgusting.

There was also a person who was involved in writing novels, but ended up working as an atmosphere team on the side, licking the leader wildly.

Even Editor Jin looked a little embarrassed. He invited these three people here simply because they were contracted writers from the publishing house.

However, these three people seemed to have no idea who the protagonist tonight was.

In the end, Editor Jin had to bring the topic back to Song Chaoyang.

But just after saying a few words, the three people started to stir up troubles with Song Chaoyang again.

Let’s start with the title of “Calabash Brothers”.

The name is too vulgar and the content setting is too unrealistic.

The dialogue inside is too straightforward.

There is too much emphasis on the sense of substitution and the loss of literary imagination.

It is too pale without adding traditional culture.

The description of monsters is too simple. The monsters in it can actually refer to Journey to the West in The Classic of Mountains and Seas, which is correct.

But Song Chaoyang wasn't angry either.

He smiled and praised the three people for saying it was very good and asked them to continue.

Three people said that only one issue has been released so far, and they still don’t know what the subsequent issues will be.

That’s all for now.

If it were changed, it would definitely be very different.

Song Chaoyang listened happily and regarded these three people as clowns.

However, Editor Wu on the side couldn't stand it any longer and reminded them that this is children's literature, and it's possible that too many elements might be bad.

The three people immediately questioned Editor Wu.

It is said that literature must be educational.

Song Chaoyang couldn't remember anything he saw.

Adding the elements they mentioned can make the whole book fuller.

Editor Wu was also unable to complain.

Editor Jin stood up and quickly told them to stop talking and just eat more food.

Then he asked outsiders to bring in drinks.

When the wine came, the mouths of these three people were almost blocked.

By this time, Song Chaoyang was almost full. The food today was really good, and there were even seafood.

Although it's the soaked kind, it's definitely serious squid and sea cucumber.

After he was full, he took the initiative to chat with Su Yu beside him.

After chatting for a while, Luo Qian, who had been busy cooking, was also full and joined the chat.

Su Yu writes children's stories, but she spoke highly of what Song Chaoyang wrote.

As the saying goes, laymen see the excitement, and experts see the door. Everyone has their own perspective on things. Su Yu's perspective on problems lies in writing.

Song Chaoyang's story writing style is very straightforward.

The readability is very good, and it does not involve very complicated idioms or knowledge.

Children don't seem to be confused by idioms that suddenly pop up that they don't understand.

As an expert, Su Yu particularly praised Song Chaoyang for this aspect.

Literary people who write books these days are particularly prone to sloppy lyrics.

It seems that the more advanced and difficult it is to understand, the more awesome your book will be.

What is needed to write children's stories is Song Chaoyang's reading fluency, using stories to attract people rather than using complicated and gorgeous words to show off his skills.

She was afraid that Song Chaoyang had listened to the advice given to the three people just now.

Whisper to him that those three are not writing children's stories, so don't listen to their advice.

Although everyone writes books.

But when it comes to children's stories, they are clearly amateurs. Isn’t it a mess if a layman gives advice to an expert?
There are also these three people who like to put on airs and have bad habits.

Let Song Chaoyang have less contact with them, lest it affect his ability to write good stories.

Su Yu made no secret of her disgust for those three people.

On the contrary, Song Chaoyang felt that this person did not want to be in officialdom.

Not even as smooth as Qin Wanshan, the captain of Qingsong Bay.

It seems that if her strong background had not protected her well, she would not have been afraid of offending these three people.

Or she was acting in front of him to gain his favor.

The second conjecture that Song Chaoyang quickly rejected was, what is his background, do people need his favor?
He talked about asking her to help the little girl go to school.

I still have to gain a good impression in front of her.

After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, both Yilin and Lianghe were drunk.

They smoked cigarettes and began to point out the country again at the dinner table, talking about their achievements that year.

Editor Jin was also quite speechless. He thought he would have known better and would not have called these three people over. They would have had a good dinner party and no one knew who the protagonist was.

Originally, they hoped to continue this meal and gain a good impression in front of Song Chaoyang.

I don't know if he has a good impression of him now, but the performance of these three great writers made him very annoyed.

However, Editor Jin still caught an opportunity to gain favor in front of Song Chaoyang.

He told Luo Qian that sister Song Chaoyang was going to study in their Chengnan Junior High School.

Luo Qian had always been an audience member beside her aunt.

She is a second-class contracted writer, and knows that she has no say in this scene. She eats her own food quietly, listens to the big guys chatting, and learns as much as she can. This is her plan tonight.

Unexpectedly, when the show was about to end, it would be her turn to speak.

So she briefly asked about Song Chaoyang's sister.

Then he said that the problem was not big, just ask her when registering, and she took him with him to go through the formalities.

Song Chaoyang just needs to go back and ask Murakami to issue a certificate.

In fact, Song Chaoyang initially thought that this matter needed to be approached by Su Yu from the Education Bureau, but he did not expect that Luo Qian, who had not spoken much all night, could handle it.

And seeing that she barely hesitated, it seemed like it really wasn't a big deal.

After having enough wine and food, everyone was ready to leave.

Although this reception banquet prepared for Song Chaoyang was not particularly perfect.

Fortunately, Song Chaoyang didn't look angry.

Before leaving, Su Yu asked Song Chaoyang to leave an address.

He said that after he wrote the story recently, he wanted to check it out with Song Chaoyang.

Song Chaoyang told her that he lived in Qingsongwan ravine forty miles away, and if it was not troublesome, she could go find him.

I thought she would be intimidated, but unexpectedly she agreed happily.

It can be seen that she is quite persistent in literature.

Then everyone left.

Lin Yong and He Xinglin were riding bicycles.

The two didn't care at all that they drank.

I climbed into the car and rode off unsteadily.

He Chao drove the work jeep and had to send Su Yu and Luo Qian home when he left.

However, despite repeated invitations, they were still rejected.

Su Yu's house is nearby. Although Luo Qian is a little far away, she can go directly to her aunt's house to live.

He Chao, an old man, wanted to show off and send someone home, but was rejected ruthlessly. He couldn't hold himself tight, but he didn't want to get angry. He forced a smile on his face to cover up his embarrassment.

Only Song Chaoyang could see clearly that the old boy made the steering wheel rattle.

You can imagine how angry he was.

After Su Yu and Luo Qian left, he drove away slowly.

"Don't call these people next time at this kind of gathering." Editor Wu whispered to Editor Jin.

Editor Jin smiled bitterly:
"How do I know they are this kind of virtuous? If I had known they were like this, I wouldn't have called them to death."

At this time, he turned to Song Chaoyang and said apologetically:

"Sorry, Xiao Song."

"I was planning a wedding banquet for you tonight, but I didn't expect it to end up like this..."

Song Chaoyang waved his hand, originally wanting to tell him not to worry about this.

The result was unexpected. Editor Jin immediately said:

"Tomorrow! We will have another one tomorrow."

"At that time, it will be just you and our Chief Editor Fang, no other outsiders."

After speaking, he pointed in the direction where He Chao left and said:
"You don't have to worry about these people. They probably won't appear in front of you in the future."

Editor Wu nodded in agreement:

"That's right. Unless it's a writers' gathering, they won't want to see you."

Song Chaoyang smiled and said that he didn't care about it at all and asked them not to take it to heart. When Song Chaoyang said this, the two of them felt a little relieved.

Then they began to apologize to the colleagues they invited over:

"Actually, I wanted to talk about the comic book adaptation of the story "Calabash Brothers" tonight, so I'm really sorry to call you over to accompany me."

These colleagues didn't pay much attention.

Even if the conversation didn't work out, it was a good meal.

This standard of food is not something you get often.

Besides, Song Chaoyang also solved the problem of the little girl going to school tonight.

This meal was not in vain.

Then the two painters and the marketing manager went home directly, while Editors Jin and Wu sent Song Chaoyang back to the guest house and brought them the towels, toothpaste, toothbrushes and other things they just bought.

He even brought a pot of boiling water to Song Chaoyang for him to wash up.

This made Song Chaoyang feel a little embarrassed.

It can be seen that they really take themselves very seriously.

This level of care is absolutely unprecedented.

After Song Chaoyang was settled with two people, he left and told Song Chaoyang to go directly to the duty room of the guest house if anything happened.

There are people and phones over there.

Song Chaoyang reassured them that he was not a child.

After seeing the two off, he sent Chaoyang back to the room.

I glanced at the clock on the wall and saw that it was already past 9 o'clock.

Speaking of which, this was his first time staying overnight in a county town.

Look at the yellowing incandescent lights in the room.

Song Chaoyang felt like he had traveled back to modern times.

There is no electricity yet in Qingsong Bay, so kerosene lamps are used every night.

When we get here, there are not only lights in the room, but also lights in the corridors outside and on the streets in the distance through the windows.

Song Chaoyang couldn't help but sigh, people's ability to adapt is really strong.

I don’t have much experience living in the countryside.

After sighing for a moment, Song Chaoyang went to wash up.

After sitting on the bed, I started to sit cross-legged and meditate as usual.

But after sitting for a while, he realized that this was not a cemetery, and the Yin Qi was not that strong at all.

After retreating from that state, Song Chaoyang decided to sleep.

This is the first time I sleep somewhere other than Qingsong Bay.

I don’t know what kind of information the content of precognitive dreams will provide if I sleep here?
Will something change?
Thinking of this, Song Chaoyang started to look forward to it.

Turning off the light and covering himself with the quilt, Song Chaoyang closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.

The prophetic dream comes as promised.

In the first dream, Zhu Xiao, the second-rate man who robbed Wang Liang's father last time, finally collected enough money to open a kiln factory, but tonight his younger brother and his mistress took away all his savings and ran away to the south.

In the second dream, He Chao drank and drove his car into a shop on the street. When he woke up in the morning, he found that he was in the hospital and his left leg had been amputated.

In the third dream, Kong Fan gave the magazine to his wife to read. When she heard that it was written by Song Chaoyang, Kong Fan's wife found out that it was a children's magazine and directly chose not to read it. However, later she found that many people around her were discussing this gourd. She quietly touched the book and read it again.

In the fourth dream, Lin Yong made a rumor that Su Yu, a widow in her thirties, was attracted to the young and strong Song Chaoyang, and the rumor spread in a small area.

In the fifth dream, Chen Jiangtao saw Song Chaoyang's novel and thought it had the same name.

In the sixth dream, Song Chaofeng's body smelled like feces, and people around him felt disgusted with him, so he started taking baths like crazy.

In the seventh dream, the provincial zoo needed animals and asked counties to provide pandas, golden monkeys, and other animals.

In the eighth dream, the exploration team discovered natural gas in a commune field in the county town and decided to continue exploring in the surrounding areas.

In the ninth dream, Professor Qian’s friend received the letter and began to help him move around.

In the tenth dream, the third issue of "Children's Magazine" was published, and the third issue of "Children's Magazine" was reported by the national newspaper "New Youth Daily".

(End of this chapter)