Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 268 Family members have made greater contributions

That night, the noise in Lin Chaoyang's bedroom continued until very late, until the woman's gentle pleading voice was heard, and then the noise stopped.

Having regained his vigor, Lin Chaoyang fell into a deep sleep.

He didn't know how much time had passed when the phone in the living room rang urgently. He woke up from his half-asleep state and went to answer the call. It turned out to be the security guard at the door calling to say that someone was visiting.

"Who is it, late at night?" Tao Yushu, with sleepy eyes, lazily leaned against Lin Chaoyang who was getting dressed.

"I wonder what's going on between Li Tuo and Zhang Chengzhi." Lin Chaoyang put on his clothes and said to Tao Yushu, "You go to bed first. I'll send them away before I go to bed."

Less than two minutes later, there was a knock on the door. When I opened the door, I saw Li Tuo and Zhang Chengzhi with red faces.

"What's wrong with you two? Why come here in the middle of the night to disturb people's sleep?" Lin Chaoyang complained.

Li Tuo immediately pointed at Zhang Chengzhi and said, "Blame him! He pulled me out of bed in the middle of the night and insisted on looking for a book."

"Looking for a book? What book?" Lin Chaoyang asked puzzledly.

Zhang Chengzhi said, "Martin Eden! Chaoyang, do you have it at home?"

"Just to find a copy of Martin Eden, you two stayed up late at night and ran across half the capital to disturb my sweet dreams?"

Lin Chaoyang didn't understand, but was greatly shocked and filled with resentment.

Li Tuo pointed at Zhang Chengzhi again, "I told you, he was the one who insisted on coming. I was sleeping well at home, and he banged on my door. As soon as he entered the room, he asked me for a book, but I didn't have one..."

Zhang Chengzhi continued: "Then he said, there must be one in Chaoyang, so I dragged him here."

"Hey!"

Li Tuo was betrayed by Zhang Chengzhi's two words. Just as he was about to argue with him, he was interrupted by Lin Chaoyang, "Alright, alright, keep your voice down."

He then asked Zhang Chengzhi: "Martin Eden, right?"

Zhang Chengzhi nodded excitedly, "Yes, yes, do you have it?"

Lin Chaoyang didn't answer. He went to the study, looked through the bookshelf, found a book, and threw it to Zhang Chengzhi.

Zhang Chengzhi was overjoyed when he received the book. Lin Chaoyang said, "We have the book. It's too cold outside, so you can sleep at home tonight. You two can squeeze into the little room."

"no, I'm fine……"

Li Tuo was about to refuse by waving his hands, but he saw Zhang Chengzhi sitting down on Lin Chaoyang's sofa, flipping through a novel intently, and he didn't seem to have any intention of leaving.

"Okay, let's do this for now. I won't care about the two of you. Go to sleep in that room if you're tired."

After saying that, Lin Chaoyang went back to the house and continued to sleep.

The next morning, when the couple got up, Li Tuo and Zhang Chengzhi were no longer at home, and there was a note on the table.

“Chaoyang, Li Tuo and I have something else to do, so we’ll leave first.

Sorry for disturbing you last night. I was recently finishing up a new novel and was struggling to find the right narrative language. Then, in a flash of inspiration, I remembered a description in "Martin Eden" that I could use as a reference, but my memory of it has long been fuzzy, so I thought of looking for a book to read.

The novel was finished on the coffee table in your house last night. Let Yushu help me submit it to "Yenching Literature" as a reward for your sweet dream.

In addition, if the manuscript is accepted, the royalties will still be mine.”

The note only had a few words and no signature, but from the tone one could tell it was written by Zhang Chengzhi.

The previous part is all good, but the last sentence is a little mean, "Do I still need your little bit of royalties?" He even emphasized it specially, really!
"What is this?"

Tao Yushu, who had just gotten up and washed up, walked over and saw the note in Lin Chaoyang's hand. Lin Chaoyang handed the note to him and picked up the pile of manuscript paper on the coffee table.

It only took Tao Yushu a dozen seconds to finish reading the contents of the note. He suddenly felt as happy as if pie had fallen from the sky. He snatched the manuscript from Lin Chaoyang's hand and happily flipped through it.

Unexpectedly, she was fascinated by it after seeing it, and did not come back to her senses until Lin Chaoyang called her to eat.

"Chengzhi's novel is really well written."

"It's good."

"You haven't seen it yet? How do you know it's good?"

Of course, Lin Chaoyang couldn't say that he knew it was right when he saw the three words "Black Stallion" on the first page of the manuscript. He could only say, "Even if he knocked on our door in the middle of the night, it couldn't be wrong."

Hearing this, Tao Yushu couldn't help but smile.

“Without a bit of enthusiasm, you can’t be a writer!”

The couple finished their meal while chatting. After clearing away the dishes, they tidied up the house and then went into the study.

Tao Yushu continued to review the manuscript that was a piece of cake, while Lin Chaoyang worked overtime to write the movie script of "The Garland under the Mountain".

Today is the weekend and they don't have to go to work, but the couple are both busy in their own ways.

The next morning, Tao Yushu came to the editorial office in high spirits. When he saw Zhang Dening, he joked, "Yushu, you look like you had a good rest over the weekend?"

Tao Yushu nodded excitedly, "Very good."

As she spoke, she opened the black leather briefcase she carried with her, which had the word "Yanjing" printed on it, and took out a thick manuscript from it.

When Zhang Dening saw the things she took out, he moved awkwardly.

People like Tao Yushu are not common in life, but almost everyone will meet them.

They are usually top students in school, have a very good attitude towards learning, and have such a strong aura that bad students feel ashamed.

When they start working after graduation, they hardly have any of the bumps and bruises that young people encounter in the early stages of their careers. They seem to get into work right away, maintaining their usual enthusiasm and ambition.

To sum it up in the words of later generations, this is the chosen worker.

After one month on the job, her professional skills improved rapidly and her work attitude became positive and enthusiastic. She won unanimous recognition from the editorial department, which made Zhang Dening, her good sister, feel a sense of crisis.

When Tao Yushu first came to the editorial department, Zhang Dening acted like a senior and gave her business guidance. But a month later, Zhang Dening was surprised to find that there seemed to be not much she could guide Tao Yushu with.

Even in the field of manuscript review, which requires great experience and literary literacy, Tao Yushu was able to discuss matters with her and always came up with brilliant ideas that surprised her.

What’s more important is that Tao Yushu not only has a strong learning ability and is quick to master the business, but also has a very dedicated work attitude.

After getting used to the work in the editorial department, I would occasionally pull Zhang Dening aside to talk about manuscripts until after get off work.

Zhang Dening clearly remembered that she had packed up her things when she was about to leave work the day before yesterday, and was about to leave on time, but was stopped by Tao Yushu and talked about the manuscript for more than half an hour. Finally, she watched Tao Yushu put the manuscripts that had not been reviewed into his briefcase.

What good person would bring manuscripts home on the weekend?

Zhang Dening thought she had recruited a resourceful person who could bring money into the editorial department, but she didn't realize that she had recruited a catfish that would destroy the ecological balance of the editorial department. Unfortunately, it is too late for her to realize the seriousness of the matter now.

"Yushu, have you finished reviewing these manuscripts?" Zhang Dening asked with a glimmer of hope.

"No, I was too busy on the weekend to take care of it."

After listening to Tao Yushu's words, Zhang Dening breathed a sigh of relief.

I was shocked, it turned out he was just pretending.

Just when she relaxed her vigilance, she saw Tao Yushu take out a manuscript from the pile, and she clearly saw the title on it - "Black Stallion".

Zhang Dening clearly remembered that this name was not in the manuscript that Tao Yushu took with him when he left the day before yesterday. She asked curiously, "Yushu, this manuscript didn't have this name, did it?"

"Well, I just received it yesterday."

Yesterday? Wasn't it a day off yesterday?

Zhang Dening looked confused. She really wanted to ask: Everyone is taking a break, where did you get the manuscript?

She didn't ask the question out loud. After answering her question, Tao Yushu sat down, spread out the letter paper, unscrewed the pen cap, and started writing.

"Review comments on the novella "Black Stallion"..."

The title is quite formal, Zhang Dening thought.

Then she watched Tao Yushu write at a rapid speed without stopping. In just over ten minutes, he had written several hundred words of opinions. There was no sign of him stopping. He would flip through the manuscript of "Black Stallion" from time to time and continue to write quickly.

Tao Yushu kept writing, which made Zhang Dening unable to concentrate for the whole morning. His eyes were attracted by her figure writing furiously from time to time.

It was almost lunchtime when Chief Editor Yang Mo walked into the editorial office and noticed Tao Yushu was writing non-stop. He asked, "Yushu, what are you writing? Let's go eat first."

"Editor-in-Chief, I am writing a review and received a particularly good manuscript yesterday."

Listening to Tao Yushu's words, Yang Mo became interested. He took a careful look at what she wrote and showed surprise on his face.

"How much did you write?"

There is no fixed format or requirements for review comments. They are written by editors based on their own review experience.

For general works, editors rarely write review opinions, at most they just write a few comments.

The real review opinions are basically only written for the key works that the editors are concerned about, and are usually three to five hundred words. Only for a few works with outstanding quality or for those that the editors believe will have a certain influence after publication will more content be written.

Tao Yushu said a little embarrassedly: "I had too much to say and I couldn't control myself for the moment."

Listening to the conversation between the two, colleagues in the editorial department all cast curious glances at Tao Yushu.

Yang Mo was intrigued by Tao Yushu's actions and took the manuscript away.

A day later, Yang Mo returned the manuscript and asked Tao Yushu for the review comments she had written.

Tao Yushu spent most of the day writing this review yesterday, which is more than 3,000 words long. After reading it, Yang Mo praised her a lot and also encouraged the old comrades in the editorial department to learn from Tao Yushu.

"Yushu's review opinion is insightful and can be published as a commentary by changing the name. I think it can be published together with "Black Stallion" in the next issue of the magazine." Yang Mo said finally.

"Yenching Literature" has a special review column, and editors occasionally recommend and comment on key works published in the magazine, but more often than not, writers and critics publish articles in it.

Tao Yushu had published commentary articles on it before, but this was the first time he published a comment as an editor.

After listening to Yang Mo's words, she stood up and said happily: "Thank you, editor-in-chief."

"You're welcome. Your article is well written and can be used to supplement the novel "Black Stallion"."

After Yang Mo left, Zhang Dening whispered to Tao Yushu.

"Yushu, just write down the review comments."

Tao Yushu wrote a 3,000-word review in one go, which was publicly praised by Yang Mo. It was also going to be published in a magazine, which made his colleagues feel pressured.

Tao Yushu was not a nerd who studied hard when she was in school. She has always been flexible in dealing with things. When she listened to Zhang Dening's words, she could guess how her colleagues felt.

"I'm used to writing reviews, and I always like to write long articles. This is my first time to post a review as an editor. I'll treat everyone to a meal when the payment comes in."

With just two sentences, Tao Yushu eliminated the pressure that his previous actions had brought to his colleagues and won everyone's love.

However, Tao Yushu was a young person who had just started working, so her colleagues didn't feel comfortable asking her to treat them to a meal. They all declined the offer and instead focused their attention on "Black Stallion", which was highly praised by both Tao Yushu and Yang Mo.

After two days of holding back, Zhang Dening finally had the chance to ask, "Yushu, where did this manuscript come from?"

Tao Yushu recounted exactly what happened on Saturday night, and his colleagues were amazed.

"Your experience in collecting manuscripts... is very unique!"

"We have been searching for manuscripts for a long time but have never been able to find them, but Yu Shu was obtained without any effort."

When these words were spoken, colleagues couldn't help but burst into laughter.

After the joke, the manuscript of "Black Stallion" was circulated among everyone.

Zhang Dening sighed and said, "It's been a month since Zhang Manling's book There is a Beautiful Place was published, and it received a good response. This month, her book Cloud was published, and next month Black Stallion will be published. You have created a record for our Yenching Literature."

"What record?"

"The new editor who just joined the company has published three novellas as the editor-in-chief. We have never had a talent like you in our editorial department." Zhang Dening said, nodding his lips in Liu Heng's direction, "In the first three months since Liu Heng came here, he didn't edit a single decent article."

Liu Heng said helplessly: "Sister Zhang, please be gentle with your words. You were no better than me when you first joined the editorial department."

"Go away!" Zhang Dening rolled his eyes at him with disdain.

Tao Yushu smiled relaxedly, he didn't expect that he had accidentally broken a record.

However, she did not feel complacent. She felt that her family members had contributed more to her success in her new job.

(End of this chapter)