A healing writer? No, it's a depressing writer!

Chapter 186: Facing the sun, a grand escape! The interweaving of reality and ideals!
Now the streets are full of energetic old people and decadent young people.

Young people get up at eight in the morning to go to work. They have more resentment than ghosts. If they see two dogs peeing on the way to work, they want to kick them to death to vent their anger.

When the elderly go to the square to exercise at 8 a.m., they are full of energy and vitality. The main thing is that they have no worries and the true dragon's luck is bestowed on them.

Based on this, a number of experts have called on the society to:

The elderly also need to find employment!
Sixty years old is the age for adventure. Don’t be greedy for comfort when you should be striving!
The elderly sleep less and are hard of hearing so they are not afraid of noise, so they can definitely go to bars to play DJ.

If you are not used to the dim environment of a bar, you can also find a job as a screwdriver in an electronics factory. You can't sleep at night anyway, so you can work the night shift.
Although, statements like this are indeed a bit exaggerated.

But
Jiang Hai did see the possibility of re-employment in Editor-in-Chief Mo!
I am obviously in my early sixties, and I will be sixty-five in two years. At this time, I can take some easy work, read the newspaper and drink tea every day, and kill time in the last working hours, and then start fantasizing about a happy retirement life.

But who would have thought that Editor-in-Chief Mo, who is over 60 years old, would be so ambitious?
Although he knew that there was a road of no return ahead of him, he was determined to forge ahead with all his strength!
"Life is a rare opportunity, if not now, when?"

"If I can't be promoted to editor-in-chief in the last two years of my retirement, I will die with regrets."

In two weeks, students will start back to school.

Once students start school, it is an important moment when the sales of "Preface to Youth" skyrocket.

In order to restore the sales of "Preface to Youth" which was on the verge of collapse.

Editor-in-Chief Mo specifically finalized the specific details of "Dragon Race III: Tide of Black Moon" with Jiang Hai, and required Jiang Hai to deliver a 15-word text manuscript to "Youth Preface" magazine in the next two weeks for the magazine to use for positive publicity of "Dragon Race".

As for Editor-in-Chief Mo's request, Jiang Hai said helplessly:

"The estimated length of the entire book is 30 words, and you want me to submit 15 words in two weeks?"

"You're using me like a cow, aren't you?"

"This is too tiring. I can't stand it."

In response to Jiang Hai's complaint, Editor-in-Chief Mo was full of energy and said:

"Are you tired? Of course you are tired!"

"Comfort is for the dead! As young people, we should strive with all our might!"

"We must burn every inch of the remaining light in our lives and leave no regrets for our youth! We must use our iron bones and flesh to illuminate every inch of the dim road in our lives!"

"Your fate is determined by you, not by God"

Chinese culture is broad and profound.

How could Editor-in-Chief Mo, who has been in the workplace for decades, not understand the ways of the world?
some things--

In principle, no, that is, yes.

It should be possible in theory, but it just doesn't work.

When he proposed to Jiang Hai that a manuscript of 14 words needed to be delivered within two weeks, that is, within 15 days.

Jiang Hai’s first reaction was not to refuse directly, but to say that he was too tired and couldn’t bear it.

The implication of this sentence is to express that -

"I have the ability to deliver a 15-word manuscript in two weeks, but I am not very satisfied with the remuneration you give me. It is far from what I would work hard for."

Mr. Jia Qian once told us a philosophy of life:
"As long as the money is in place, I can even beat my own brothers to pieces for you!"

There is nothing in this world that cannot be solved with money.

If so, it means the money given is not enough.

How quickly the author can turn in his or her manuscript.

On the one hand, it depends on the author's creative inspiration.

On the other hand, it naturally depends on how much the manuscript fee is.
Seeing Jiang Hai complaining about the intensity of the work, Editor-in-Chief Mo understood without hesitation:

"I'll add money!"

When the remuneration for "Dragon Tribe III: Tides of Black Moon" increased from 1200 yuan per thousand words at the beginning, to 1500 yuan per thousand words, and then to the current 2000 yuan per thousand words.

Jiang Hai immediately patted his chest and said to Editor-in-Chief Mo:

"Two weeks, 150,000 words, that's a lot of time—"

“Just don’t be too good”

If you want to use one sentence to describe the overall story of "Dragon Race III: Tide of the Black Moon", then this sentence should only be -

[A team consisting of Lu Mingfei, Caesar Gattuso, and Chu Zihang, sent by Kassel College to Japan to carry out a mission. They experienced many twists and turns and hardships. At the last moment, Lu Mingfei sacrificed a quarter of his soul to kill the new White King.]

Of course, although it is brief, it is a book with such rich content and plot.

You certainly can’t sum it up in just one sentence.

Counting the "Dragon Clan" trilogy that has appeared so far, whether it is the protagonist Lu Mingfei or other characters in the book, these vivid characters seem to exist in reality, they have lost too much, and there are also too many characters who disappeared in the process of slaying the dragon.
At the end of "Dragon Tribe I: Dawn of Fire", Lu Mingfei lost his best friend Lao Tang.

At the end of "Dragon Tribe II: Eyes of Mourner", Chu Zihang lost his beloved Xia Mi.

At the end of "Dragon Clan III: Tide of Black Moon", the protagonist Lu Mingfei will also lose his lifelong love in the process of slaying the dragon because of his cowardice. He is also the most important character in the "Dragon Clan" series of books——

Uesugi painted pear clothes.

In the book "Dragon Clan", what it wants to tell is never the story of slaying a dragon. What this book wants to express is the grievances, love and hate entanglements that happen to the teenagers and others during this destined unusual journey of slaying a dragon.
Although the book label of "Dragon Clan" is defined as "fantasy" and "adventure", it is undeniable that in this story known for its fantasy adventure, you can find many characteristics and shadows of people around you in the book.

Knowing that Lu Mingfei likes Senior Sister Nuonuo, but due to his cowardly character, he dares not express his love to Senior Sister Nuonuo, Chu Zihang, without any hesitation, takes Lu Mingfei to rob the wedding, and shoots Nuonuo's wedding car on the way to the wedding scene.
Does Chu Zihang look like that friend of his who is both bold and careful, considerate of his buddies’ feelings and very loyal?

Although Caesar and Lu Mingfei are rivals in love, and this man is also very arrogant, he also has many shining points. He is strong and confident, rich and handsome. While going back and forth among the flowers, he can still maintain his loyalty and love for Nuonuo.
Does this person look like that friend around you who has a wealthy family, excellent academic performance, and a mind that is almost genius, but with whom you don't even have the courage to compete?

It is precisely because the characters in the book are too similar to the experiences of the people around me.

The prototype of each character can be found in real life!
It is for this reason that "Dragon Clan" is loved by a large number of sensitive and fragile readers who are in adolescence.

Two-thirty in the morning.

In the dormitory.

Jiang Hai habitually lit a cigarette.

He just exhaled a thick mist from his mouth, then opened the forum and browsed the relevant information about the [Dragon Clan Forum].

After the almost crazy pre-heating by the Youth Foreword magazine -

[Confirmed by the editorial department and the author Jiang Nan himself, "Dragon Tribe III: Tide of the Black Moon" will be officially released in a week! For more exciting content, please stay tuned to "Youth Preface".]

When this news was released, it immediately sparked a nearly crazy discussion among readers:
"I, Dragon One, like Lao Tang, and Lao Tang died. I, Dragon Two, like Xia Mi, and Xia Mi died. Whoever I like dies immediately? Then who should I, Dragon Three, like? Will Dragon Three do anything weird again?"

"Brother upstairs, I suggest you just like Jiangnan."

"I heard from a friend that Xia Mi was killed on Tang San's suggestion, and Jiang Nan really believed it. But who could have expected that Tang San had a trick up his sleeve? After killing Xiao Wu, he came up with a trick called [Resurrection, My Love] and brought Xiao Wu back to life! Jiang Nan was completely confused. Can anyone tell me if this rumor is true?"

"The last time I saw this joke was the day before! How come my Third Young Master is always blamed wherever he goes? It was clearly the idea of ​​the editor of Youth Preface to write Xia Mi to death, so don't blame others."

"I don't care whose idea this was. In short, I just want to say one thing: if this Dragon Three is like Dragon Two, and it attacks me unexpectedly without my being prepared, don't blame me for being rude, no matter if it's Jiangnan Old Thief or Qingchun Qianyan!"

"My 40-meter-long sword is thirsty."

The "Dragon Clan" series of youth adventure literature, as a phenomenal reading material, has received widespread acclaim among the vast number of adolescent students.

The book became popular, is this a good thing?
Objectively speaking, this is indeed a good thing. No author would want his or her book to be forgotten by the crowd.

only.
Becoming famous also requires paying a corresponding price!

Looking at the comments of these readers, Jiang Hai gradually realized that it seemed that the direction of the subsequent plot of "Dragon Clan" had begun to be somewhat out of his control?

A number of readers said:
"As long as this "Dragon Tribe" dares to have a bad ending, as long as this "Dragon 3" dares to casually kill people like the previous two works——"

"Even if they have to dig deep into the ground, they must find Jiangnan!"

Among them, Jiang Hai saw an angry young man in the Dragon Clan Forum with the ID "I will always be Chu Zihang's father" who directly said in the public forum:

"Jiangnan, if you dare to stab me again, I will beat the shit out of you and then stuff it in your mouth."

This angry young reader had a very bad temper and posted more than a dozen comments in a row, all of which were madly targeting Jiangnan.

There are many angry young readers like this.

After witnessing the comments of these angry young readers, Jiang Hai did not tolerate them and directly switched to the account of [Yanyu Rujiangnan] and said in public:
【Welcome to play! 】

You want to ask why Jiang Hai didn’t avoid it?
Because I am not afraid!
"You can't even find me, and you still want to fly over to fuck me? What a joke!" Jiang Hai smiled and extinguished the cigarette in his hand. "I'm in the dark, and you're in the light. How can you fuck me? At most, you can fuck me for a while in "Youth Foreword"."

"What does the life and death of others have to do with me?"

"I like this kind of look, you can't stand me, but you can't get rid of me"

Recovering his thoughts, Jianghai closed Baidu Tieba.

He looked up and looked at the document about "Dragon Tribe III: Tide of Black Moon" on the computer screen.

Like it's full of rhythm and rhyme.

He slowly typed line after line on the keyboard:
[Chapter 10, Facing the Sun, a Grand Escape.]

[Preface: What stays in the depths of memory are always illusory things, just like you often remember a person not because of her beauty. Many years later, you even forget what she looks like, but you accidentally smell her usual perfume on a crowded street. You subconsciously turn your head in horror, but you only see the backs of thousands of passers-by.]

[You then remembered that even if it was indeed her who just passed by you, even if you were face to face with her, you might not be able to recognize her appearance today.]

For an author, staying up late should have long been a common occurrence.

A mature author should have the following qualities:
The work and rest schedule in the United States, the skin color in China, the social life in Antarctica, and the expenses in Dubai.

If an author has not achieved anything remarkable in writing books, then he should add one more thing to the above:

Africa's income!
The main character is a mixed-race of the Eight-Nation Alliance
I wrote from two o'clock in the morning until eight o'clock in the morning.

Jiang Hai lay on the bed, covered his head with the quilt, and slept until two in the afternoon.

"Ah!" Jiang Hai had dark circles under his eyes and yawned as he walked out the door and headed straight towards the cultural center.

At 2:30 in the afternoon, Jiang Hai arrived at his workstation on time.

When he sat down at his workstation and looked around, he suddenly discovered——

It seems like he is the first one to arrive again today?
This made him sigh again:
“I came to the right place.”

Jiang Hai turned on his computer out of habit and wanted to check for typos in "Dragon Tribe III: Tide of Black Moon".

Just as he began to check the contents of the book word by word and frame by frame.

Suddenly, he received an email from October magazine:

【Hello, author Jiang Hai! 】

[Your novella "The Crucible" has been included in the October magazine.]

"October" is a literary magazine founded in the 1970s. It mainly publishes medium-length and long novels, essays, scripts, poems and other types of literary works. It is a pure literature magazine with a very high recognition in the mainstream literary circles in China.

The so-called pure literary magazine readings are magazines and periodicals that do not pay attention to national boundaries, sales, or readers. The literary works that can be selected by October magazine are:

Most of them are realistic literature that can reflect the characteristics of the times.

There has always been a saying about the "Four Great Dan Actresses" in the mainstream domestic literary magazines. The "Four Great Dan Actresses" in these literary magazines refer to:

"Harvest", "Flower City", "Contemporary" and the last "October".

"How could a realistic work like The Crucible, which describes foreign literature, actually be selected by October?" Jiang Hai felt incredible when he saw the news. "The same novel was rejected by Harvest, but was accidentally included in October?"

"It is true that when you reach the mountain, you will find a way out. When you are in the dark, you will find a new village."

Ever since his submission of Harvest to The Crucible was rejected, Jiang Hai had always thought that if it was not realistic literature describing the domestic situation, it would be difficult to be included in such a large and influential domestic magazine.
Today, "October" gave him such a surprise?
Jiang Hai opened the email immediately.

What caught my eye was a comment on The Crucible written by contemporary writer Su Tong:
【We fight all the way, not to change the world, but to not be changed by this world. 】

[Although the scorching sun is bright, don't forget that there are indelible shadows under the sun.]

(End of this chapter)