1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

Chapter 107 Teacher Gu, your son-in-law is too arrogant. Is he here to slap him in the face?

"Excuse me, comrade, who are you looking for?"

In the editorial office of October, editor Cao Aiqin, who was sitting at the door, looked up and saw a young man at the door, who was looking in at them, so she greeted him and asked.

Is this the place?

Cheng Xuemin also knew the address of his mother-in-law's workplace, having asked for it along the way! When he arrived at the door with the sign of the editorial office of October magazine, he poked his head inside and was seen by a female comrade in the front row, who greeted him!

"Hello, hello, is this the editorial office of October? I'm looking for... Teacher Gu!"

Cheng Xuemin peeked in and didn't see his mother-in-law in the editorial department, so he asked!
"Looking for Teacher Gu! Are you here to submit an article or have you already submitted one?"

"Come in first!"

When Cao Aiqun heard that the person was looking for Teacher Gu, she knew that he must be here to submit a manuscript, or had already submitted one and was coming to ask whether it had been accepted.

This situation is very common in newspapers and magazines.

"Okay, thank you!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded and entered the editorial department of October, taking a look at the situation of his mother-in-law's unit. The layout of the editorial department was similar to that of Yenching Literature, and the number of editors should be about the same.

The other editors in the October Editorial Department also looked up, and Cheng Xuemin looked over and nodded one by one as a greeting.

"Are you here to submit an article? Or have you already submitted one?!"

"Are you from Yanjing? We have already decided on the manuscript for this issue of October, and the manuscript acceptance notice has been sent out. If you are from another place, you probably won't receive the manuscript acceptance notice so quickly!"

Cao Aiqun also looked at Cheng Xuemin in front of her, nodded secretly at the handsome and elegant young man, and asked again.

"Hello, teacher!" Cheng Xuemin followed up, "If Teacher Gu is not here, I can also ask Teacher Liu Xinwu!"

"I'm not here to submit an article, I'm here to get my manuscript fee refunded!"

Here to refund your manuscript fee?
After hearing this, not only Cao Aiqun looked at Cheng Xuemin in surprise, but several other editors were also stunned and looked at Cheng Xuemin!
They have seen people come to collect their royalties, but they have never seen anyone come to return the royalties. This, this, this... This should be the first case since the resumption of publication of their "October", right?

What's the situation? !
"Are you here to ask Teacher Gu to return your manuscript fee? Comrade, have you already received our manuscript acceptance notice and manuscript fee invoice, but do not want to publish it and want to return it?"

Now the editor-in-chief Wang Shimin also became nervous. He quickly stood up and asked curiously.

This kind of situation seems to be the first time that Lao Wang has seen it even though he has been an editor for decades!
"Yes, teacher. I received the manuscript fee in the middle of the month!"

There seems to be no notification of manuscript acceptance, but the payment slip has been received a long time ago. Feng Jiayou has even gone to the post office to withdraw cash and deposited it into her little piggy bank!
Cheng Xuemin came here now, not only to help Mr. Wu to be a good person and deliver the letter of approval, but also to return the manuscript fee invoice he had just received from People's Literature to October.

Anyway, the maximum price is seven yuan per thousand words, and the amount on the manuscript fee slip is the same, so it should be okay to return this to my mother-in-law, right?
As for the reprint fees, it depends on the attitude of "October"!
Because there is no regulation, reprinting must pay the author reprint fee. Some publications will give a little for reprinting, most of them are three or four yuan per thousand words.

But most of them are just pretending to be ignorant and won't get any reprinting fees.

Of course, most of the people who pretend to be ignorant and refuse to pay are new authors. If you reprint articles from well-known authors, just try not paying for them!
Of course, articles that are not particularly influential will generally not be reprinted.

Especially in magazines, reprinting is extremely rare, but it happens frequently in newspapers.

"Is that so?" Wang Shimin nodded, still asking with suspicion, "Why do you suddenly want to reject the manuscript? Which manuscript did you write?"

"We have already finalized the draft, comrade, why are you suddenly rejecting it..."

Before Wang Shimin could finish his embarrassing words, Xiao Yang, the editor in charge of mailing acceptance notices, suddenly interrupted and said, "I received the manuscript fee invoice in the middle of the month. This seems impossible, right?!"

"Our manuscript fee bills for this issue will only start to be mailed out on the 20th!"

Uh, yes!

After being reminded by Xiao Yang, team leaders Wang Shimin and Cao Aiqin, as well as two other male editors, also reacted.

They decided on the manuscripts for the October issue in advance. According to regulations, they should have started finalizing the manuscripts at the beginning of next month and sent out the manuscript acceptance notices and payment invoices.

However, because this issue might have to drop an atomic bomb ahead of schedule, Lao Liu decided to start finalizing the edition and manuscript in advance to prepare for possible additional publications, so the manuscript acceptance notices will be mailed out starting on the 20th of this month.

No earlier than the 20th, the comrade’s statement of the middle of the month is worth pondering whether he is wrong?

"In the middle of the month? Comrade, you are here to see Teacher Gu? You, you, you...you can't be Teacher Gu's son-in-law, Lao Xu, the author of The Shepherd, right?"

Zhishen editor Cao Aiqun paid the most attention to Teacher Gu, and she went over it in her mind. They did issue a manuscript fee invoice in advance in the middle of the October issue!

But that was given to Teacher Gu's son-in-law, Lao Xu, the author of The Horse Wrangler, as royalties for the atomic bomb.

But this morning it was suddenly reported that the atomic bomb had been detonated by People's Literature, and there was no chance for them in October!
Now this person wants to find Teacher Gu and return the manuscript fee!

Thinking of this possibility, he looked at it carefully and asked with a tone of doubt and shock.

"Xuemin, why are you here? Didn't you go to the Humanities Society today?"

It was at this time that Feng's mother, Teacher Gu, walked in from outside the editorial department carrying a thermos. When she saw her son-in-law Cheng Xuemin, she couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Mom, I just came back from there, and I came to see you and Teacher Liu!"

When Cheng Xuemin saw his mother-in-law come in, he quickly greeted her and said!

Oh shit, it’s really Teacher Gu’s son-in-law, Lao Xu, the author of The Horse Wrangler, the awesome son-in-law who helped them make an atomic bomb in October, but the higher-ups didn’t allow them to use it?

"Teacher Gu, is this comrade really your son-in-law?!"

They both recognized each other as mother and son, but Cao Aiqin, who was standing next to them, still hadn't come back to her senses and asked jealously.

Where can you find such an outstanding and awesome son-in-law?
Cao Aiqun also really wants to have a son-in-law as awesome and powerful as Teacher Gu's!
"Yes! Cheng Xuemin, my young lover!" Mother Feng introduced him to everyone with a smile on her face, and then said, "Xuemin, this is our editorial team leader Wang Shimin, Mr. Wang, the editor of Zhishen, Ms. Cao Aiqin, this is Lao Chen, and the preliminary review editor Xiao Yang!"

"Hello Teacher Wang, hello Teacher Cao, hello Teacher Chen, and hello to you too, Teacher Yang!" Immediately afterwards, Cheng Xuemin also greeted everyone again.

"Ha! Is he really Mr. Gu's son-in-law, Lao Xu, the author of The Wrangler?!"

"Hurry, hurry, sit over here!"

Wang Shimin slapped his thigh, then quickly pulled over a chair and motioned for Cheng Xuemin to sit down.

"No, no, thank you, thank you Teacher Wang!"

He didn't want to sit down. After delivering the approval letter and returning the manuscript fee, he had to go back to Yan University to pick up the woman and announce the good news.

I have over 2,000 yuan in royalties on me, so I should celebrate tonight!
"Let's go inside first. Lao Liu's office is inside!" Feng's mother nodded, put the thermos on the shelf, and led Cheng Xuemin to the single office of Lao Liu, the editor-in-chief of the Jin Dynasty.

"Okay!" Cheng Xuemin followed closely, and Lao Wang, Cao Aiqin, Xiao Yang and others also came over.

Teacher Gu's son-in-law came here to return the royalties, which should be the royalties for the atomic bomb. If Old Liu knew about this, wouldn't he go crazy again?
Moreover, Teacher Gu's son-in-law is very arrogant and so proud that he even dared to come in person to return the manuscript fee. He didn't even give Old Liu or their "October" any face at all!
When it was time to collect the manuscript fee receipt, her son-in-law didn't come to collect it. It was Teacher Gu who took it back on her behalf. Now look what has happened!

If this isn’t a slap in the face, what is?
"Oh, by the way, Mom, please return this manuscript fee receipt to Teacher Liu for me!"

As expected, Lao Wang was just waiting to see how the "mother and son" would slap Lao Liu in the face. But he didn't expect that this awesome son-in-law would be so arrogant and just back off like that?
"You came here just for this?"

Mother Feng was also stunned for a moment. Looking at the royalty receipt in her son-in-law's hand, the corners of her mouth twitched violently!
Xuemin is not like this usually? He has always been very good at dealing with people!

But what's going on today?

I specially came here to return the manuscript fee. Can you be so anxious? If you want to return it, just go home and tell her, and she will help you to return it privately!
But what is he going to do now?
The most outrageous thing is that he actually took the manuscript fee receipt issued to him by People's Literature and returned it to Shiyue and to Lao Liu!

This... Feng's mother was so overwhelmed that she took the manuscript fee receipt and hid it.

If she hadn't already come here and didn't want to embarrass her son-in-law, she would have really wanted to kick him out.

"Ah!" Cheng Xuemin nodded subconsciously and responded!
Feng's mother rolled her eyes. She was about to say, "When you see Lao Liu later, don't mention the refund!"

But at this time, Liu Xinwu, who heard the noise outside, also came out. Seeing Cheng Xuemin at the door, he couldn't help but stare at him and asked in surprise: "Hey, Xuemin, why do you rarely come to our place? What a rare guest!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Come in, come in, I was thinking of going to look for you!"

Liu Xinwu greeted him enthusiastically and shouted to Xiao Yang, "Xiao Yang, hurry up, pour tea for Xuemin, and get the best box of tea in my office!"

"Xuemin is here, our October son-in-law is here, it's so rare!"

What the hell!

Liu Xinwu's reaction made Lao Wang, Cao Aiqin, Xiao Yang and others shocked and horrified!

Isn't Old Liu being too nice to his son-in-law, Teacher Gu?

Not only did he have to pour tea, he also had to use the best box of tea in his office. But the last time Li Qingquan, the editor-in-chief of Yenching Literature, came over, he was reluctant to take it out!
And Lao Liu, do you know?
Return our October son-in-law? Do you know that you, the October son-in-law, are here to return the manuscript fee to you, the October father-in-law, and come to your house to slap your face?

"Brazier, brazier, and more braziers. Hurry up and bring the braziers outside in for me!" Liu Xinwu called out again.

The office conditions at October are indeed much worse than those at Yenching Literature. Thanks to the Cultural Bureau compound, there is central heating.

The conditions are not right here in October, so we have to rely on braziers to keep warm in winter!
"Come on, come on, Xuemin, come and sit down. This is your first time sitting in our house, right?!"

"I think you should come over here more often and don't be so reserved!"

Liu Xinwu welcomed Cheng Xuemin in and helped pull a chair over for him to sit down. His enthusiasm upset Feng's mother who was standing next to him.

If Old Liu knew that Xuemin came here to return the manuscript fee, I wonder how he would react.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Liu, you are right. I will do it in the future!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded repeatedly. He was a little uncomfortable with Lao Liu's enthusiasm!
Moreover, he is completely different from the Liu Xinwu who had his manuscript stolen and felt hopeless yesterday.

"Cha Cha Cha! Xiao Yang, is the tea you're pouring ready yet?"

Liu Xinwu shouted to Xiao Yang who was outside the door again!
"Teacher Liu, don't be in a hurry. Don't be so polite. You make me feel so restrained and embarrassed!"

As Lao Liu was an old acquaintance, Cheng Xuemin was really confused by his enthusiasm.

Being so attentive and enthusiastic towards a junior like him, there must be something fishy going on!
Are you still thinking about the atomic bomb?

"Here we go, Mr. Liu, Comrade Xu, tea is here, tea is here!"

Xiao Yang shouted as he held a large teacup in his hand. He handed it to Cheng Xuemin and said, "Please have some tea, Mr. Xu. Please sign an autograph for me later!"

Xiao Yang may be younger than Zhang De, Ning, Bai Ling and others from Yenching Literature. He is the preliminary review editor for October and also the "office director", responsible for miscellaneous tasks!

"Uh... okay, okay, Teacher Yang!"

Cheng Xuemin also joked with the young female editor who was only two years older than him.

"Hehe, Lao Xu, you can call me Teacher Xiao Yang. I can't bear that responsibility. Just call me Xiao Yang like Teacher Gu and the others!"

"Okay, Teacher Xiao Yang!"

Liu Xinwu signaled Xiao Yang to stop wasting time here, as she already had a lover, so she should get out of the way.

"Xuemin, you should be coming from Lao Zhang today, right? How is our atomic bomb going over there? Is the sample issue out?"

When mentioning this, Liu Xinwu still felt heartbroken, real pain.

"It's out. I sent it to Teacher Zhang for review this morning. Mr. Wu is very satisfied and has instructed that it be published in the newspaper tomorrow!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded and said to Liu Xinwu.

"Oh, that's fine! In fact, it would be better for you, the scholar, to let Lao Zhang publish People's Literature!"

Liu Xinwu slapped his thigh and couldn't help but sigh. He had been hoping that there would be some leaks on Lao Zhang's side so that they could pick up the pieces.

Now that Mr. Wu has directly approved the republication, there is no hope at all!

However, Liu Xinwu thought about it for a whole day and realized that having Cheng Xuemin's manuscript published in People's Literature would indeed benefit the author Cheng Xuemin himself a lot.

"Thank you, Teacher Liu, for your understanding. I am really a little... sorry, Teacher Liu!" Cheng Xuemin responded modestly with an apologetic tone.

"No, no, no, this has nothing to do with you, Xuemin. After all, it's because our October magazine has a poor influence. We can't blame others for not being as skilled as others!"

Liu Xinwu waved his hands repeatedly and said self-reflectively: "So, in the future, we need you, Xuemin, to give us a few more quality articles in October, so that we can borrow your influence and improve our influence in October!"

"That's for sure. Teacher Liu, I would definitely do this even if you didn't tell me!"

"Xuemin! You have seen the current situation of October. Can you please return the novella you gave to Li Qingquan and give it to October to publish?"

"If you leave it to us, I plan to publish the full text in a special issue for you, Xuemin. How do you think?"

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