Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 28 Take the Manuscript Away

Lin Chaoyang missed the time when Tao Yushu returned to his hometown. He thought at that time that was just the beginning of his and Tao Yushu's happy life. Now he finally realized that it was clearly a sugar-coated bullet by Tao Yushu to trick him into coming to Yanjing.

Alas, what should I do when I have such a crazy wife?
When Lin Chaoyang first started working, he was also an introverted little prince. Later, when he got older and understood the workplace, he became disheartened and wanted to be a salted fish. But compared with Tao Yushu now, he was nothing.

He didn't know what this girl was like when she was in school. Anyway, when she got home, she would either eat or read and study. She would never go to the toilet for more than five minutes. On Sundays, she would sit at home all day.

After turning off the lights at night, Lin Chaoyang sadly thought of the KPI his father set for him before he came to Yanjing.

The objective reason was that the housing conditions of his father-in-law's family did not allow it, while the subjective reason was that Tao Yushu was obsessed with studying and was determined to become the top student.

Dad, don’t blame your son for not being good enough. It’s really because your daughter-in-law is too arrogant.

Let’s wait and see about the matter of our eldest grandson!

Tao Yushu stood up Lin Chaoyang on October 1st, so he had to focus all his energy on creation and took the initiative to ask the museum leaders to be on duty on October 1st.

The result of Tao Yushu's active involution directly led to Lin Chaoyang's passive involution. However, his colleagues in the library not only had no complaints, but also praised him happily: Xiao Lin is really motivated!

Lin Chaoyang smiled brightly at the compliments from his colleagues, but his heart was bleeding:

I am so motivated because I have a good wife!

However, there are benefits to Lin Chaoyang and his wife being so aggressive.

On the day after work after the National Day holiday, Lin Chaoyang's second short story was freshly completed. After some simple revisions, he mailed it to Shanghai.

After he came back, he went to the school finance department. After working for a whole month, he finally received his first salary from the library.

Forty-seven dollars!
His salary has doubled compared to his previous job as a teacher in the team, it really feels good to live off someone!
But when he thought that the money just went through his hands and disappeared, Lin Chaoyang felt a little depressed.

Fortunately, Tao Yushu was quite considerate and left him ten yuan every month, which left him four yuan after paying for lunch.

Zhou Yanru, the head of the novel group of "Yanjing Literature and Art", knocked on the door of a house in the tube building in the compound of Yanjing Municipal Cultural Bureau.

The house is a single room, about ten square meters, and looks very messy. There are a lot of luggage in it. It seems that the family has just moved in.

The owner of the house was an old man who looked to be in his sixties, with a kind face. Zhou Yanru said to him, "Comrade Qingquan, I'm really sorry to bother you just after returning to Yanjing."

"Don't be polite, drink some water." Li Qingquan poured her a glass of water.

After a few simple polite words, Zhou Yanru explained her purpose. She came today to watch Lin Chaoyang's "The Shepherd".

Due to personnel changes, the publication of the article "The Horse Shepherd" was suppressed at the editorial board meeting.

The quality of "The Shepherd" is beyond doubt. Zhou Yanru can say very responsibly that this novel will definitely cause a certain response as long as it is published. I dare not say that it will become popular all over the country, but at least it will be a work that can make the author Lin Chaoyang famous overnight.

It is obviously a good work, but it is suppressed. Some people say "I don't care about the flood after I leave", but she is afraid of alienating such a good work and the author.

Liu Xinwu's questions outside the Yanda Library that day made her feel a sense of crisis. Over the past year or so, many domestic literary journals have been re-launched or started, and now all literary magazines are short of good manuscripts.

You don't need good works or good authors, there are plenty of publications that want them.

After returning from Yanda, Zhou Yanru contacted the person in charge of the publication again, but still to no avail.

In desperation, she decided to change her approach.

Li Qingquan used to be the editor-in-chief of "People's Literature". He was exiled to Harbin a few years ago. This year, he was able to live a normal life and is about to return to Beijing to take over the position of head of "Yenching Literature and Art".

Since the old leader is leaving, I can always find a new leader, right?
Although this is a bit against the rules, Zhou Yanru believes that this is the best approach for the publication.

"You just returned to Yanjing, so I shouldn't bother you. But I heard that you won't report to the editorial office until the end of the month. There are few good manuscripts now, and even fewer that can make an impact. We at Yanjing Literature and Art urgently need such manuscripts to make a difference.

We will show it to you when you come to the editorial office. The manuscript still has to wait in line, maybe until January or February.

Besides, if we always refuse to publish manuscripts submitted by others, the authors will be dissatisfied. This time the manuscript is in our hands, and they won’t say anything. But will they dare to submit to us next time?”

Zhou Yanru talked for a long time, explaining what happened, her communication process, and her thoughts. Li Qingquan was silent for a moment after listening.

"Comrade Yanru, your consideration makes sense."

Zhou Yanru breathed a sigh of relief after receiving Li Qingquan's affirmation.

After the two communicated, Li Qingquan took the manuscript of "The Shepherd" and started reading it.

He was a heavy smoker, and after reading the manuscript for a while, the room was already filled with smoke.

Zhou Yanru was used to this, as there were many heavy smokers in the editorial department.

"It's really good! It's an excellent manuscript, and what's even more rare is the author. You said this is his debut work, and his talent is extraordinary. If such a manuscript is not published, wouldn't it drive such a potential author to other publications?"

He threw the cigarette butt to the ground and extinguished it with his foot.

"hair!"

"The organization asked me to report to the editorial office on the 23rd, so it will be published in the eleventh issue."

Li Qingquan made the final decision.

Zhou Yanru was overjoyed. "That's great. With your words, it will be easier to deal with the author. I will contact him right away to revise and polish the manuscript."

Li Qingquan added: "Contact him privately. This matter..."

"I see."

The old leader hasn't left yet, but the subordinates have teamed up with the new leader to cause trouble. This is a taboo in any unit.

With Li Qingquan's permission, Zhou Yanru was able to obtain the Imperial Sword.

The next day was the weekend, and she ran to Yanda to find Chen Jiangong.

On the day when the May Fourth Literary Society was re-established, at the end of the conversation between Zhou Yanru and Lin Chaoyang, he mentioned that he asked Zhou Yanru not to mention his novel writing outside the editorial department.

If you need to contact him for something, just leave a note for him at the Yanda Library, or find Chen Jiangong.

Zhou Yanru was not sure whether Lin Chaoyang was at work on Sunday, so she had to go to Chen Jiangong first.

"Chaoyang is very hardworking and is at work on Sundays."

Chen Jiangong brought Zhou Yanru to the library and asked the person at the front desk to pass a note to Lin Chaoyang who was on duty upstairs.

After a while, he came down and saw the two people waiting at the front desk. Lin Chaoyang quickly lowered his voice and said, "Go out and talk, go out and talk!"

He turned around and said to the front desk, "Du Rong, please help me get to the roof for a while."

When they got outside the library, Zhou Yanru took out the manuscript and said, "I have marked all the places that need to be revised and added or deleted. There are 16 places in total. They are not a big problem. I will briefly tell you about it now. Please revise it and send it to me before the 25th. We will try to publish it in the eleventh issue."

"Yenching Literature and Art" is a monthly magazine, published on the 10th of every month. The eleventh issue corresponds to November 11th, which is still a month away. However, we have to exclude the time for finalization, proofreading, typesetting, printing, and mailing. The actual time left for Lin Chaoyang to revise is only about half a month.

After explaining the content to be revised, Zhou Yanru planned to leave.

Unexpectedly, Lin Chaoyang grabbed her and said, "Take the manuscript away later."

"What?"

(End of this chapter)