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Cheng Xuemin's willingness to volunteer not only made Mr. Wu very happy and satisfied, but also Mr. Shi from the General Political Department next to him.

Afterwards, he encouraged Cheng Xuemin for a while and made an appointment for Cheng Xuemin to report to the General Political Department on Saturday, March 10th.

The General Political Department will immediately arrange a special train to go south to express condolences.

After seeing Mr. Shi off, Mr. Wu kept Cheng Xuemin for a while longer and conveyed the old man's attitude towards the split of the Qin Dynasty.

I really want to praise Cheng Xuemin for his good speech. What we lack now are young people like Cheng Xuemin who dare to speak out.

The trip south with the group was actually arranged by them. Lao Shi came to Mr. Wu to ask for people only after receiving the arrangement from above.

That is to arrange Cheng Xuemin to go south to join the troops and gain some experience for a period of time.

With this explanation from Mr. Wu, Cheng Xuemin finally felt relieved.

Anyway, don't care what others say or how they criticize.

As long as he gets close to Mr. Wu and gets his support, Cheng Xuemin will be able to rise to the top in the future.

All we have to do is get through these uncertain years in the early stages.

This is also what Cheng Xuemin agrees with what his father-in-law said. Spending a few years settling down in the Yanda campus will be just the right time to get through this transition period.

"What should I tell my family about this?"

After leaving Zhonghai, Cheng Xuemin’s hot head was instantly sobered up by the cold wind from Chang’an Avenue.

This is going to go south to the battlefield!
If he goes back, how can he tell his wife who is waiting for him at home?

She is about to give birth!

Originally, my second uncle had not returned from Yunnan, which made the family very worried. Now, the son-in-law Cheng Xuemin volunteered to go south with him.

And to the front line!

After he goes back, I really don’t know what his mother-in-law will say about him.

"No, let's go to the Humanities Society first!"

Cheng Xuemin was riding his bicycle on Chang'an Avenue, thinking about going to the Humanities Society first.

The second half of the novella published by Yenching Literature was published at the end of last month. Mr. Li Qingquan also asked Zhang Dening to convey a message that he had already handed over the publishing materials of the single volume to Renwen Press on behalf of Cheng Xuemin.

Cheng Xuemin only needs to go to Renwen Publishing House and sign the subsequent copyright agreement, and Renwen Publishing House can publish it!

and so!
What Old Wu got today might not be considered good news for his wife, Feng Jiayou, so he had to bring some good news back to her.

I went to Renwen Publishing House and signed the agreement for the single-volume edition. I will try to get the manuscript fee receipt today and give my woman a little surprise.

"Xuemin, you're here?"

"The lecture you gave at Yanda the other day... you really dared to say anything!"

It’s such a coincidence that every time I come here, I always run into Zhang Guangnian from People’s Literature on the second floor.

This is not!

As soon as Cheng Xuemin entered Renwen Press and reached the second floor, he was bumped into by Zhang Guangnian, who pulled him into his office and started to express his concern for Cheng Xuemin.

"Teacher Zhang, are you staring at me? How come every time I come here, I always bump into you at the stairs?"

Cheng Xuemin was really surprised and suspicious, and joked with Zhang Guangnian.

"What a coincidence!"

"This shows that you and I are destined to be together. We are so connected by each other's minds!"

Zhang Guangnian politely served Cheng Xuemin a cup of hot tea, returned to his desk, and glanced outside downstairs without saying a word. Wasn't that the gate of their office building?

What a coincidence!
Every time Cheng Xuemin came over, Zhang Guangnian would subconsciously glance out the window, and just in time he saw Cheng Xuemin pushing his bicycle in, so he had to go out to stop this guy and see if he could intercept a manuscript or something!

"Teacher Zhang, you are really humorous!"

The corners of Cheng Xuemin's mouth twitched fiercely, and he thought to himself, who would be so close to a man like you?
"It's OK!" Zhang Guangnian waved his hand and returned to the subject, asking, "Why, Xuemin, did you come here to give us a manuscript this time?"

"If you didn't come today, I was thinking of asking Xiao Wang to go to Yan University in the next two days to ask you to do an article or something!"

"Every time I ask you, Xuemin, to deliver the manuscripts in person, I feel a little guilty!"

Zhang Guangnian was polite again and again!
Cheng Xuemin actually also has an editor-in-chief for People's Literature, and he is the Xiao Wang mentioned by Zhang Guangnian.

However, every time Cheng Xuemin sent the manuscripts, he would give them directly to their editor-in-chief Zhang Guangnian, so he had less interaction with the editors-in-charge.

"Teacher Zhang, please don't be so polite. Next time when you have a manuscript, I'll deliver it to you personally!" Cheng Xuemin also quickly replied politely.

"Ah, next time?" Zhang Guangnian's face turned bitter when he heard that. He said, "I knew it. We just didn't run hard enough!"

"No, no, no, we didn't run away at all. We didn't have any sincerity at all. It's our fault, our fault!"

Zhang Guangnian's face was indeed miserable. He heard Cheng Xuemin say next time. That meant that there was no manuscript this time, so he was not delivering the manuscript to them.

"No, no, no! Teacher Zhang, please don't say that!"

"Actually, I've been a little lazy recently and haven't written any manuscripts. This time I really have no manuscripts to submit!"

Seeing Zhang Guangnian being so polite, Cheng Xuemin felt flattered.

When have you ever heard that People's Literature also asks its editors to go out and collect and commission manuscripts?

As the top literary publishing venue, it has countless massive submissions from all over the country. It is simply too much to read all the submissions, so how can you ever hear of asking the editor-in-charge to go out and find authors to commission articles?

When did the editor-in-chief of People's Literature ever become so servile?

Therefore, Cheng Xuemin just thought that Zhang Guangnian was joking with him, and it must be a joke.

"We are just not sincere!"

"If we are sincere enough, will your "My Years in the Corps" be given to us as People's Literature?"

"If we are sincere enough, even if your mother-in-law gets the first copy of 'My Years in the Corps', won't they give us the remaining manuscript?"

Zhang Guangnian still said with a bitter look on his face.

"Uh... Teacher Zhang, you know all this?!"

Cheng Xuemin was dumbfounded on the spot. It turned out that Lao Zhang had set his eyes on Cheng Xuemin's newly written manuscript!

At that time, his mother-in-law had two manuscripts in her hands and she had to choose one!

Finally, they decided on "My Years in the Corps" in October, and the payment was based on the first release, 7 yuan per thousand words.

However, it is not yet time for them to publish in October, so the payment has not been approved yet.

Since my mother-in-law chose "My Years in the Corps", the new manuscript became vacant. At that time, "Yenching Literature" also contacted Cheng Xuemin and asked for this manuscript.

However, Cheng Xuemin didn’t give it to anyone. He mailed it directly to the magazine Yanhe Literature in his hometown. It’s been almost a week!
So, Lao Zhang, your movements are a bit slow!
"How could I not know? A few days ago, Old Liu from October and Old Li from Yanjing Literature came over to do some work and talked about this matter!"

"We barely chatted for a few minutes, but they almost got into a fight because of your copy of My Years in the Corps! Everyone wants it, and I said that no one can get it from you, so why not just give it to People's Literature?" "They almost spit on my face!"

Zhang Guangnian replied to Cheng Xuemin, it was really funny and he said, don’t feel too wronged!
"Ah?! There is such a thing? Why haven't I heard of it?!"

Cheng Xuemin was indeed quite surprised when he heard this. So the three of them almost came to a fight over "My Years in the Corps"?
Isn't it?

"Well... Mr. Zhang, I've sent the other manuscript to Yanhe Literature!"

"I promised Teacher Hu when I passed by there during the Chinese New Year this year!"

Seeing that Zhang Guangnian was looking at him eagerly, Cheng Xuemin had no choice but to tell the truth without saying anything about the consequences of the fight.

"That's what I said! Our sincerity is just not there!"

After hearing this, Zhang Guangnian actually gave it to Lao Hu's Yanhe Literature, and even lost to Li Qingquan of Yenching Literature. He felt a little surprised and disappointed!
Because Li Qingquan has no shortage of manuscripts this time, and the second half of Cheng Xuemin's novella has just been published, and it has received good response and sales.

On the contrary, their People's Literature had two issues missing because it did not have Cheng Xuemin's manuscript in this issue. This is because People's Literature is a bimonthly magazine and its demand for manuscripts is greater than that of Li Qingquan and Liu Xinwu.

"No, no, Mr. Zhang, please don't belittle me like that! I really don't deserve it, I don't deserve it!"

Cheng Xuemin could only smile bitterly and said, "Next one! Teacher Zhang, I will definitely give you this when I finish writing the next article, okay?"

"Alright then! Then it's a deal!"

Zhang Guangnian's face instantly brightened up, and he immediately hugged Cheng Xuemin's hands, shook hands and said, "Xuemin, this is what you said, the next article must be for our People's Literature!"

"The Fission of the Great Qin! Your next manuscript is going to be this long novel, right? Write it as soon as possible, and write down the content of the last class as soon as possible. I will arrange for it to be published for you as soon as possible!"

"Ah?! Teacher Zhang, what you want is the Great Qin Fission?"

Cheng Xuemin never imagined that the book Zhang Guangnian had been laying the groundwork for for so long was not "My Years in the Corps" nor the one that Cheng Xuemin sent to Yanhe Literature!
Instead, he set his sights on the "The Rise of the Qin Empire" that he was already preparing?
So after all the preparations made by Lao Zhang, is he waiting for him here?

Cheng Xuemin realized on the spot that he had been tricked by Lao Zhang as soon as he entered his office.

I should have reacted earlier!
When he entered the room just now, Lao Zhang talked to Cheng Xuemin about "The Rise of the Qin Empire".

All the painful foreshadowing that follows is waiting for him here.

"if not?!"

"Could it be that you have something better, Xuemin?"

Zhang Guangnian should not smile too much, he just wants the Qin Dynasty to split.

He also learned from Liu Xinwu in October that Cheng Xuemin wanted to compile the content of his lecture that day into a long article.

After getting such important information, how could Zhang Guangnian not think about it?

And I know it too!
October's Liu Xinwu is also eyeing this long novel. If they want to snatch it from Liu Xinwu, they will definitely not be able to win.

Because of their People’s Literature, there is one less mother-in-law!

So, it can only be done this way today. I have to seize the opportunity and meet Cheng Xuemin in person to agree to write this manuscript.

Just cut off the source of the trouble for Liu Xinwu in October.

"This... then... Teacher Zhang, since you said so, after Da Qin finishes writing, I will submit it to your People's Literature!"

Cheng Xuemin thought that there might be something better!
However, he did not say it explicitly. Instead, he thought about it for a moment and then agreed to Zhang Guangnian's request.

Because from the very beginning, he was going to write "The Splitting of the Great Qin Empire" and give it to Zhang Guangnian's People's Literature.

Not only will the first part, "Fission", be given to People's Literature, but Cheng Xuemin will also let People's Literature release the following parts, "Vertical and Horizontal" and "Rise".

Others like his mother-in-law's "October" and Lao Li's "Yenching Literature" are somewhat inferior.

Of course, this was the previous thought!

"That's right! Don't worry, Xuemin. Your long novel should be given to us at People's Literature. We will publish it in several issues in a row and it will definitely be a bestseller!"

Then Cheng Xuemin listened to Zhang Guangnian's words and smiled, saying, "But Teacher Zhang, I have to say that the Great Qin Fission may have to be slowed down. I may have to write another new manuscript first!"

"You guys won't snatch it from Teacher Zhang then, right?"

Daqin was given to People's Literature. This was Cheng Xuemin's previous idea, but today he received a task from Mr. Wu and the General Political Department to go south to the front line and write a military manuscript.

Then Cheng Xuemin must give priority to the military manuscript, and Daqin will have to be put aside.

Moreover, once the military work is written, the publication will definitely be decided by Mr. Wu and the General Political Department, so Cheng Xuemin cannot submit his article casually.

So if they decide, there are only two options!

It’s either Zhang Guangnian’s People’s Literature or the army’s “People’s Liberation Army Literature and Art”!
Cheng Xuemin guessed that it might be "People's Liberation Army Literature and Art", but it is not certain whether it is Zhang Guangnian's People's Literature.

So Cheng Xuemin had said it first!

If the military manuscript is really given to People's Literature, then Cheng Xuemin will have to consider whether to submit another one to Ba Lao?
Everyone should benefit from it equally. Ba Lao's "Harvest" also follows the route of long novels, and it is also a top magazine that can compete with People's Literature. Its influence is not much less than that of People's Literature.

"Xuemin, do you have another manuscript? Can you tell me what it's about?"

When Zhang Guangnian heard that Cheng Xuemin wanted to give priority to writing another manuscript and that the agreed Daqin had to be put on hold, how could this be possible?

"This...targeted topic must be kept secret first!"

It would be difficult for Cheng Xuemin to publicize it everywhere. After Cheng Xuemin goes south, they will know about it.

"Directed manuscript?"

"Xuemin, you came here today... Did you just come from Mr. Wu's place?"

At this moment, Zhang Guangnian was startled for a moment, then he realized what was going on and asked in a low voice without looking too shocked.

Cheng Xuemin nodded, and without saying anything more, he said one last thing to Zhang Guangnian: "Teacher Zhang, let's make this deal first. I'll send the manuscript to you when it's finished!"

"Today I actually came to see Mr. Li upstairs. There is a book coming out, and I came to sign the agreement!"

"A single volume? I know this, it's the novella from Yanjing Literature, right? The last time Li Qingquan came over, it was this manuscript of yours!"

"Okay, Xuemin, let's make this a deal first. When your manuscript is finished, I'll let Xiao Wang go get it!"

After talking to Zhang Guangnian, Cheng Xuemin went upstairs to find Li Shuguang from Renwen Press, and inevitably showed his surprise and concern.

At the same time, Li Shuguang treated Cheng Xuemin as positively as ever, and asked Cheng Xuemin to take the manuscript fee receipt back that afternoon!
Since I came here specifically, I had to wait until I got the manuscript fee receipt before going back, so I had another meal at Li Shuguang's place.

"Xuemin, you're finally back! How come you were gone for a whole day? Did Mr. Wu invite you to dinner?"

The daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou was looking forward to it and was extremely worried. When she saw her husband return safely, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked with concern.

"Wife, I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

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Asking for a monthly ticket!
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