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

Chapter 29 Jiayou, why don’t you give such a good manuscript to your mother?
"Lao Zhou, this is Lao Xu, the author of The Shepherd, also known as Cheng Xuemin!" Zhang Dening greeted him immediately and introduced him, "Lao Xu, this is our Yenching Literature editor-in-chief Zhou Yanru, you can also call her Lao Zhou with me!"

"Hello, Teacher Zhou!" Cheng Xuemin quickly stood up and greeted him!

"Aunt Zhou, please don't hurt me! My son Xuemin really wrote the manuscript behind my mother's back. If she knew about this, we would be finished!"

Apparently Feng Jiayou didn’t know the young newcomer Zhang Dening very well, but was very familiar with Zhou Yanru and directly called her Aunt Zhou!

"You little girl! I heard that you had married yourself off in northern Shaanxi, but I couldn't believe it! Would Gu Xueqing, the apple of her eye, let her get married in northern Shaanxi?!"

Zhou Yanru is obviously also a good at eating melons. Basically, all the people she sees are from the same circle. They used to live in the same yard together without even looking up or down!

She also heard from old neighbors and colleagues that her daughter, Gu Xueqing, was in northern Shaanxi and had married her off! Zhou Yanru was quite surprised at the time and thought it was unlikely.

But now seeing is believing!

The couple, Xu Lingjun and Li Xiuzhi, both came to Yenching Literature to submit their works!
"Aunt Zhou, you are making fun of me too!" Feng Jiayou pouted, showing a rare shyness.

"No, no! I have high hopes for you, you are definitely braver and stronger than your mother!" Zhou Yanru followed and continued, "Your husband is amazing, and 'The Shepherd' is very well written. We at Yanjing Literature are going to put him on the front page to promote him!"

This is the tone set by the editor-in-chief Li Qingquan. While the afterglow of "Scars" published by Shanghai Literature and Art has not yet passed, they at Yenching Literature are ready to make another effort to launch "The Shepherd".

"Front page headline!?"

Feng Jiayou was not really angry, of course. When he heard that Yanjing Literature attached so much importance to The Shepherd, he immediately panicked and said repeatedly, "Auntie Zhou really wants to promote it like this? Please don't tell my mom that The Shepherd was written by her son-in-law!"

"No, no, how about Aunt Zhou return The Horse Wrangler to us? Seriously, my mom would really beat me to death if she knew!"

There are times when women get nervous!
How did she betray and instigate Cheng Xuemin to stab her mother in the back and submit to Yenching Literature instead of her mother's October?

Now when I heard that Yanjing Literature is going to vigorously promote "The Horse Herder", I was instantly panicked. There are times when I am afraid! ?
"Jiayou, the edition and tone of "The Shepherd" was decided by our editor-in-chief. We will never reject your manuscript!" After Zhou Yanru knew the details of the couple, she knew what was going on. She smiled and said, "The worst that can happen is that we won't let your mother know!"

"Anyway, if you have any manuscripts in the future, please submit them to our Yanjing Literature. I promise you that I will never let your mother know! Even if she comes to our house in person to threaten us or bribe us, we will never tell anyone!"

Well, based on this point, it seems that I can eat the couple's life, isn't that too kind? !

"Oh my God! Is his book 'The Horse Herder' really that good? Aunt Zhou, you don't have to make it the front page story. Just publish it and pay him for it!"

I really don’t want to be known as that!

I thought that as long as I could publish my work in Yenching Literature and earn royalties, that would be enough!

She published it secretly and took the royalties secretly, and it was a small act that would not be discovered by her mother.

But Yanjing Literature is on the other side, promoting "The Shepherd" directly on the front page, which is like pushing the couple into the fire pit!
"Great! Lao Xu's article 'The Horse Herder' is so well written. Our Lao Li estimates that its influence may surpass 'Scars' and 'Class Teacher', so he made it the front page headline!"

Zhou Yanru then explained that their Yenching Literature indeed attached great importance to the article "The Horse Shepherd" and really intended to promote it generously.

Feng Jiayou felt like the sky was about to fall after hearing this. This was clearly praising her man's writing skills and pushing him towards fame. This was clearly good for them, but why couldn't she be happy?!

Bai Ling, who was standing by, felt even more jealous when she heard their team leader Zhou's boasting again. Originally, the author of this article was hers!
She was forced by her mother to go on a blind date and wasted half the morning, and thus missed out on such a front-page headline!
"Ahem!" Cheng Xuemin was listening on the side. When Zhou Yanru said this, he was just like Feng Jiayou, afraid that his mother-in-law would find out.

But once the manuscript is submitted, it is like spilled water. Cheng Xuemin has no intention of taking it back, so he can only go all the way. Now what he cares most about is the manuscript fee, the money!

He coughed, interrupted her, and asked, "Teacher Zhou, how should the fee for this front-page article be calculated?!"

"Five yuan per thousand words! We at Yanjing Literature have always encouraged young new authors to submit their works, and the support we provide in terms of royalties is much better than your mother-in-law's October!"

Mentioning the manuscript fee meant that there would be no more requests for manuscript rejection. Without waiting for Zhou Yanru to speak, Zhang Dening, who was afraid that the manuscript would be lost, quickly answered from behind!
Although their editor-in-chief did decide on the edition and tone, and put the article on the front page, the author insisted on having the manuscript rejected and Yenching Literature had no choice!

Now, when hearing Comrade Lao Xu asking about royalties, we must quickly point out the advantages of Yenching Literature!
"It's also five dollars per thousand words!?" Cheng Xuemin's face visibly fell when he heard that!
Not satisfied with the five yuan per thousand words fee? !

Hearing this tone, Zhou Yanru was also shocked, and then quickly said: "Five yuan per thousand words is the support price for young new authors at Yanjing Literature. In your case, Xuemin... I can decide to settle the fee at six yuan per thousand words. The writing of Shepherd is really good, and it's worth the price!"

"Of course, if you have new works in the future, you must continue to submit them to Yanjing Literature. Then we will settle your royalties according to the new national royalties regulations and the highest price for well-known veteran writers, 7 yuan per thousand words. How do you think?!"

There is a mother-in-law at "October". They have no advantage at Yenching Literature, so they can only hook him with the royalties, but it may not be a long-term solution. Let's just keep him as long as we can!

The premise is that her mother-in-law must not know about this, otherwise this son-in-law, Lao Xu, would be forced by his mother-in-law to work as a long-term laborer at October! ?

"Teacher Zhou, if you say so! I just wrote a new manuscript. Can you help me see if we can charge both manuscripts at the same price of seven yuan per thousand words as the old author?"

Cheng Xuemin became more and more demanding and took out his newly written manuscript on the spot. Fortunately, he had prepared a new manuscript.

"Another new manuscript? So soon!?" Zhou Yanru was stunned when she heard that. She took the manuscript puzzledly and started reading it!

Upon hearing this, the two editors Zhang Dening and Bai Ling were also extremely surprised. They all came over and were curious about what other masterpieces Old Xu, who could write "The Shepherd", had written.
As time passed, other colleagues in the editorial department noticed that the atmosphere was not right and came over one after another!

About half an hour later, Zhou Yanru said to Cheng Xuemin with a complicated expression, "Xuemin, you two wait for me. I'm going to find Lao Li!"

After saying that, he quickly got up, left the editorial office, and went to the office next door!
"Old Li is our chief editor, Mr. Li Qingquan!" Zhang Dening introduced him again.

After waiting in Li Qingquan's office for more than half an hour, Zhou Yanru saw that Li had finally finished reading. She then asked nervously, "Li, how is it?"

Li Qingquan, the editor-in-chief of Yenching Literature, first told Zhou Yanru not to worry, but picked up the phone next to him and made a call!
The call was quickly connected, and Li Qingquan said, "Old Liu, we at Yanjing Literature would like to thank you very much this time. We will treat you to a meal later!"

After saying that, he hung up the phone, leaving the other party guessing without any clue!

"This... Old Li, are you calling Liu Xinwu from October?!" Zhou Yanru seemed to have heard something and asked in a confused manner.

"Shouldn't we thank them?" Li Qingquan replied to Zhou Yanru with a smile, and said, "Let's go and meet Gu Xueqing's good son-in-law. After two great works in a row, I feel worried about Comrade Cheng Xuemin. His mother-in-law..."

"Then why did you call Liu Xinwu, Lao Li? I think you are just gloating over the misfortune, aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?!"

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PS: The book has been published for more than half a month, but it has not been recommended for trial reading. The reading of the next chapter is related to whether the fat lady can be recommended for trial reading next week, so I beg the little dads and moms to help me read the next chapter. Thank you very much!

(End of this chapter)