1987 My Era

Chapter 359: Books You Can Take into Your Coffin (Subscribe!)
Li Heng felt a little nervous for no reason when he placed the manuscript in front of Mr. Ba.

Can you not feel uneasy?
Starting from Chapter 8, there are some very bold descriptions of sexual scenes. He had considered deleting these clips before, but after careful consideration, he decided to keep them.

how to say?

I feel that without these fragments, "White Deer Plain" is incomplete and cannot be considered the pinnacle of literary work.

But it is only 88, and many things are affected by the times and the general environment. He cannot grasp the right balance for the time being, so he wants to ask the respected old gentleman to take a look.

Mr. Ba put on his reading glasses, took the manuscript and started flipping through it. Without any exaggeration, he was directly immersed in the world of the book.

For a moment, Li Heng, Editor-in-Chief Liao, and Li Xiaolin looked at each other for a while, and then no one dared to disturb them. They all got up and went outside to the yard.

As soon as he arrived at the courtyard, Editor-in-Chief Liao patted him on the shoulder and said happily: "Your opening this time is amazing and has caused a huge sensation in the industry."

Li Heng has read newspapers, but he knows that the climax is yet to come. Influential domestic literary figures, literary critics, and authoritative media magazines have not yet made public comments on "White Deer Plain". They are probably all waiting for the sequel to this novel.

After all, a 50-word novel has only 7 words published so far. Although the signs of whether it is a good thing or a bad thing have already been seen, what if it collapses later?
If you jump to conclusions too early, won't you just be slapping yourself in the face later?

Therefore, the ones who are shouting the loudest now are just the readers who support Li Heng and some small media. As for those influential ones, they are all waiting for an opportunity and waiting for the follow-up.

Seeing that Li Heng just smiled, Chief Editor Liao was filled with emotion: "The February issue of Harvest sold nearly 2 million copies, once again surpassing People's Literature to become the No. 350 magazine in China.

A large part of this is due to you and White Deer Plain. When I got the statistics, I was not as calm as you. I was excited for a long time. "

Li Xiaolin, who was standing next to him, laughed and joked, "Then Brother Liao, you better try to curry favor with Junior Brother. If you neglect him one day, he might run away."

Editor-in-Chief Liao laughed, looked at Li Heng, and continued, "To be honest, we once had such concerns.

But now I have become more clear-headed. As long as the quality of White Deer Plain can be maintained, and I have such a literary work published in Harvest magazine, I will be satisfied. "

Editor-in-Chief Liao's underlying meaning is very clear: both publicly and privately, he certainly hopes that Li Heng will stay in "Harvest" magazine forever, but he also respects Li Heng's personal choice very much.

After chatting about White Deer Plain for a while, Editor-in-Chief Liao mentioned Cultural Journey. He took out a bill of exchange from his briefcase and handed it to Li Heng: "As of the end of March, Cultural Journey has sold a total of 3 copies. This is the second batch of settlement money."

The first batch was 200 million copies, and based on 8% royalties, the total amount received was 64 yuan. This amount was settled years ago.

The second batch refers to the following 1456013 volumes.

When it comes to money, Li Heng always speaks his mind and insists on settling accounts clearly with his brothers without any ambiguity. He took the bill of exchange promptly without any formalities.

Looking down, the amount shown on the bill of exchange was 46 yuan.

Apparently Harvest magazine gave him a few hundred more dollars to make the sum round off for him.

64 plus 46.6, the film "Cultural Journey" helped him earn 110.6 million yuan.

It made him a millionaire straight away.

He had a bank deposit of 13 yuan.

Wow! The total amount exceeded 120 million!
It reached a considerable amount of 123.6 million yuan!

This is definitely a huge sum of money, which an ordinary family could not earn in several lifetimes. Li Heng was a little excited for a moment.

Even if you had tens of millions in bank deposits in your previous life, the thought of becoming a millionaire at this age in this era makes your heart surge with excitement!
This sense of accomplishment and security cannot be compared to later generations.

The three of them drank tea and chatted in the courtyard for a while. Later, Li Xiaolin got up to make lunch.

After the others left, Editor-in-Chief Liao pondered for a while and asked him, "Did Zhaoyi go to Bailuyuan to look for you?"

Li Heng shook his head: "No."

Then he asked, "Why? Any more news about her? Or did she come to see you?"

Editor-in-Chief Liao said, "Not in the past month, but her mother asked me about you a while ago, so I informed you."

"Oh?"

Li Heng was surprised, "Why did her mother mention me?"

Editor Liao looked at him, sighed and said, "What else can I do? I just want to ask about your personal situation and see if there is any possibility between you and Zhaoyi?
As a mother, I can understand Zhaoyi's anxiety and worry for not having a family at such an old age. But don't worry, Junior Brother, she is a reasonable person and will not cause you any trouble."

Hearing this, Li Heng felt disappointed.

In other words, he never paid much attention to this matter. Although he had not had much close contact with Huang Zhaoyi, he could still make a preliminary judgment from their previous correspondence that she was upright and would not do anything dirty.

From morning to noon and then to afternoon, Li Heng stayed at the teacher's house, chatting with his two senior brothers and sisters, Hu Tianhai.

Mr. Ba was so absorbed in reading that he didn't care about his life or death until the evening. He stopped because his eyes were tired and he needed a rest.

Seeing this, Li Heng, Editor-in-Chief Liao and Li Xiaolin stopped talking and looked over together.

Editor-in-Chief Liao was especially concerned about the subsequent quality of this work even more than Li Heng, and immediately asked expectantly: "Teacher, how is it?
This question made Li Heng extremely nervous.

Generally speaking, this "White Deer Plain" is still the original "White Deer Plain", but it is not the original "White Deer Plain". After all, he added 30% of the content privately based on his experience in two lives, striving to make the original work more profound and thick.

Mr. Ba looked at Editor-in-Chief Liao, then at his daughter, and finally stopped his gaze at Li Heng. After being calm for a long time, his expression finally changed. He patted the manuscript slowly and said:
"Good! This is a book that can be used as a pillow when you lie in the coffin after you die."

One "good", one sentence, the evaluation is sonorous and powerful, it can be said to be very high!
What's more, these words came from the mouth of Mr. Ba, a leading figure in the literary world, which is enough to show their value.

Editor-in-Chief Liao stood up quickly, then sat down again, holding a cup of strong tea in his hand, looking extremely happy.

Li Xiaolin was also quite moved. She understood what kind of person her father was, and to be able to make such a judgment, she undoubtedly loved this literary work very much.

Li Heng was the most excited person, as he finally felt relieved. When he was writing, he felt that the new parts were particularly good, and many places had the effect of adding the finishing touch.

But as the old saying goes, those who are involved are often confused, while those who are not involved can see clearly!
No matter how good your senses are, it’s useless because it’s easy to have thinking errors. But if others highly recognize your goodness, then it’s really good!

Mr. Ba asked: "This is a good topic, it is easy to resonate with people. How did you come up with the idea of ​​writing about this topic?"

Everyone present was quite concerned about this issue, and their eyes were all focused on his face.

Li Heng answered calmly, "I didn't think about it deliberately. I just read a lot of literature and naturally had this idea."

Editor-in-Chief Liao seemed to be thinking about something, and asked, "What about the documents Zhao Jing gave you?"

Li Heng nodded: "The initial inspiration did come from that batch of materials. They recorded the customs and culture of Guanzhong and northern Shaanxi in detail, which gave me a lot of inspiration."

Hearing this, Mr. Ba nodded and said, "Where there is a will, there is a way. You are very good, much better than I was when I was young."

Editor-in-Chief Liao and Li Xiaolin looked at each other in silence.

Li Heng smiled shyly, "Thank you, teacher."

Then he asked the most concerned question: "Teacher, do you want to make some changes to some of the content in it?" Some words were understood immediately. Mr. Ba asked: "Are you referring to the description of Xiao'e's sexual desire?"

Li Heng is right.

Mr. Ba fell into deep thought. After a while, he slowly waved his hand and said, "These are all essences. It is not advisable to move them for the time being."

"Yeah, okay!" Li Heng responded happily.

With the old man backing him up, he doesn't have to be afraid of anything. He can just write and write as hard as he can.

Mr. Ba took a sip of tea, closed the lid, and asked, "When will it be finished?"

Li Heng has already made a plan for this: "If possible, this semester, if not, before August."

Mr. Ba nodded and said, "Please leave the manuscript here with me first. I'll ask Sister Xiaolin to deliver it to you after you finish reading it."

Li Heng hummed again, indicating that there was no rush.

After dinner, Mr. Ba took Li Heng and Editor-in-Chief Liao for a walk on the main road outside. They talked about some current literary events and finally told Li Heng:
"You have tremendous talent, you should make full use of it and cherish it. Your senior brother and I will take care of the off-field matters, you don't have to worry about it."

"Thank you, teacher. Thank you, senior brother." Li Heng felt warm in his heart after hearing this.

Once again, I deeply felt that, damn it! It’s good to have a backer, and you can go anywhere in the world.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, after taking a walk, Mr. Ba continued to read "White Deer Plain".

Seeing that it was getting late, Li Heng also said goodbye, "Sister Xiaolin, I'm going to go back first. I'll come to see you and the teacher later."

Li Xiaolin warmly tried to persuade him to stay: "It's so late, it's almost dark, why don't you stay here tonight and leave tomorrow morning."

Li Heng shook his head. "Tomorrow is Monday, and I have a full class schedule. I have to rush back to class. I missed too much class time, so I need to make up for it."

After some refusals, seeing that he had made up his mind, Li Xiaolin had to give up. Finally, he said to Editor-in-Chief Liao, "Brother Liao, please drive him there."

Editor-in-Chief Liao had already had this intention. After leaving the courtyard gate, he got into a van with Li Heng and headed towards Yangpu.

The two talked and chatted along the way, and before they knew it, they arrived at Lushan Village.

After getting off the car at the alley entrance, Li Heng leaned against the window and asked, "Brother, do you want to come to my house for a while?"

Editor Liao lit a cigarette, took two puffs and said, "Next time, it's a bit late today."

"Okay, then drive slowly on the road and be careful."

The two were old acquaintances, so there was no need to beat around the bush. Li Heng immediately stepped aside and watched the van leave before walking into the alley.

"Huh? Aren't you all home?"

When he reached the end of the alley, Li Heng discovered that the three surrounding small buildings were all dark. Without the bright lights and bustling atmosphere of the past, he felt very uncomfortable.

Not giving up, he tried to shout louder.

I called out to Teacher Yu, Mai Sui, and Zhou Shihe, but there was no response. Everywhere I looked, there was a cold and deserted place.

After standing in the middle of the alley for a long time, Li Heng took out his key, opened the door and went into the house.

The moment he entered the house, he wondered if it was an illusion. He felt that he would not see Teacher Yu for a long time.

In fact, his premonition was correct. In the following month, Yu Shuheng not only did not come to his house, but even rarely returned to Lushan Village.

Every sunset, the small building No. 25 opposite would be lonely, with its doors and windows closed, looking all alone in the sunset. The people were gone, and the sound of the ocarina was gone, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the small building No. 27 next door is often open, but Zhou Shihe and Mai Sui come to his house less frequently than before, and they basically never stay overnight at his house.

However, Li Heng, who was always busy writing, had no time to think deeply about these things. He was immersed in his own writing world and was having a lot of fun.

Although I have less contact with the outside world, the writing results I get are gratifying.

During this month, in addition to attending classes, he practiced in seclusion and pushed the progress of "White Deer Plain" to 35 chapters, and the quality of each chapter was better than the previous one.

Therefore, Mr. Ba praised him highly and always told his daughter and Editor-in-Chief Liao in private: He was born to be a writer.

"Li Heng, your letter."

May 5th, today is Thursday. After the 12th class, Liu Yue walked in from outside with a stack of letters in her hand.

Li Heng asked casually: "Where are you from?"

"Look for yourself, there are several." Liu Yue said, handing him 6 letters at once, which scared him.

After a rough look, he found that except for Song Yu's letter which was within his expectations, the other five letters were rather rare.

For example, Yang Yingwen's.

For example, Chen Lijun, who I have never contacted.

For example, the two sisters Li Wang and Li Xi.

While he was pondering the envelope, Liu Yue tore off a piece of paper and wrote: I'm going abroad soon. Is the promise you made two months ago to have dinner with me still valid?
Li Heng was stunned for a moment, put away the six letters, and wrote back: When are you leaving?

Liu Yue frowned and wrote: Everyone in the class knows it, haven’t you heard of it?

Li Heng replied: Sorry, I have been very busy recently.

Thinking of the huge influence that "White Deer Plain" has had on newspapers in recent days, Liu Yue felt relieved and didn't hold on to it. She wrote: I will leave the day after tomorrow morning. Today is the last time I will send you a letter.

Li Heng tilted his head to look at him and replied sincerely with two words: Thank you.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked: When are you free?

Liu Yue wrote: How about tomorrow night?
Li Heng asked: In the evening? How about tomorrow afternoon? There are only two classes tomorrow afternoon.

Liu Yue wrote: I am not free in the afternoon. My family has to hold a ceremony on my behalf. All my relatives and friends are here, so I can’t leave.

Li Heng looked straight into her eyes, and after a few seconds, he wrote back: OK.

Liu Yue wrote with great energy: Then I will pick you up at the school gate around 6 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

Li Heng replied: OK.

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