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Chapter 102 "Contemporary": If you print more, I will print more! (500 monthly tickets for more)

Wei Ming wiped his face and said, "Please don't look at me like that, okay? This is a very common etiquette in foreign countries. Have you heard of the cheek kiss? You will know it after a few times. This is very normal."

Biaozi: I'm just naive, but I'm not stupid!
"Then why doesn't she give me that kiss on the cheek?" he asked back.

Wei Ming spread his hands: "Maybe you didn't shave."

Biaozi stroked his beard and asked again: "What did she put in your closet?"

"Uh..." Wei Ming couldn't make up any more stories, so he said, "Children shouldn't ask about adult matters."

Biaozi took two steps back and said, "You, you are already an adult?"
And with such a beautiful foreign girl, this, this is too exciting!

Wei Ming sent Biaozi away who wanted to discuss the matter in depth. He walked out of the dormitory building and began to stretch his muscles outside. Making love really makes people happy both physically and mentally, and makes people feel refreshed.

In my previous life, I lost my virginity when I was in my thirties?

Wei Ming believes that enjoying sex life more than ten years in advance, when his physical abilities are at their strongest, is the biggest gain from his rebirth.

It’s a bit regrettable that this relationship only lasted for more than a month.

The relationship between him and Melinda... let's call it a relationship, was a countdown relationship from the very beginning, and both of them understood this.

However, as a foreigner, a person from the future, I don't need to be too entangled or sad. I just need to enjoy the present moment.

When Aunt Wang came over to take over her shift, Wei Ming gave up his place and took his manuscript to the library to continue working on it.

As soon as he left, Aunt Wang prepared to clean the room. Suddenly she squatted down and picked up a red curly short hair from the ground.

She recalled that there was no one with short red hair in the girls' dormitory.

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Wei Ming now likes the job of dormitory manager. He can spend the morning in the library, attend classes in the afternoon, and go back to the original dormitory for a while at noon. However, he cannot be separated from the crowd.

Fortunately, he went back to Nanmen Post at noon, otherwise Liu Zhenyun would have been disappointed.

"I went to Shaoyuan first, and they said you were not there during the day, so I guessed you might be here."

He placed the December edition of Yenching Literature and Art in front of Wei Ming. The cover of the magazine was the Dai Water-Splashing Festival, and it seemed to be the same one at the Capital Airport.

In October and November, Yenching Literature and Art published a novel and a short poem by Wei Ming respectively, and this issue is still related to Wei Ming.

Liu Zhenyun wrote an article entitled "From Two Donkeys to Two Oxen: A Brief Discussion of the Similarities and Differences in Wei Ming's Works".

When The Story of Two Donkeys triggered a war of words among many parties, Liu Zhenyun took a different approach. Instead of simply talking about The Story of Two Donkeys, he analyzed the characteristics of Wei Ming's works through these two novellas written successively.

To put it simply, it is called Ming blowing, which is also a way for Liu Zhenyun to put his knowledge into practice.

"Yanjing Literature and Art" was worrying about how to get a share of the traffic from "The Story of Two Donkeys". This article by Liu Zhenyun can be said to be timely. It compares the two donkeys in "Harvest" with its own two cows, creating a feeling that we are on the same level.

After Wei Ming opened it, he saw Chen Zhongshi's novel "Happiness" on the table of contents. In Wei Ming's opinion, his "White Deer Plain" is the pinnacle of literature in the new era and the work that best represents the value of the Mao Dun Literature Award.

"Okay, leave the magazine here so I can take a look."

"Remember to return it to me. I'll keep it for later." Liu Zhenyun then mentioned a piece of good news. "The popularity of The Story of Two Donkeys is so high that the discussion about it will probably continue for a while. And have you heard that this issue of Harvest has been reprinted!"

"Ah?" Wei Ming was indeed a little surprised. The first print run was already as high as 40, and they even printed more.

"And another 15 were printed!" Liu Zhenyun told the news he heard from the teachers.

Wow, with a circulation of 55, the first print run and the reprint run all surpass "Huacheng". The golden age of "Harvest" is about to come. Now "Huacheng" should realize the gap with its big brother.

The news of the additional printing of "Harvest" had already spread in the industry, and "Contemporary" received the news even earlier.

Now they are worried about how many copies of the third issue of "Contemporary" should be printed?
The circulation of the second issue of this magazine was only 11. The original plan for the third issue was to have a circulation of 13, but because of the acquisition of "The Horse Wrangler", it was initially set at 15.

However, "The Story of Two Donkeys" is so popular now that Liu Zhenyun's article in "Yenching Literature and Art" is still very fascinating.

In particular, he asked a question at the end of the article: After writing about donkeys, cows, and ducks, it is said that Wei Ming's new work is still related to the animals he is familiar with. I wonder if it can be as novel and sensational as his previous works. Let us wait and see.

This question will invisibly increase readers' curiosity and anticipation for this new work, and may create a good circulation.

In order to determine the number of copies for the first print run, several main persons in charge of Contemporary magazine, Wei Junyi, Yan Wenjing, Meng Weizai, Qin Zhaoyang, and the editor of this novel, Bai Shurong, held a small meeting.

Facing several senior predecessors, Bai Shurong said calmly and confidently: "I think Wei Ming's creative ability has been improving. Although there have been only a few months between them, I think the quality of "Horse Herder" is higher than those two works of Niu Lu."

Qin Zhaoyang agreed with her point of view: "In fact, the theme of The Shepherd is even bigger, and it may trigger even bigger discussions at the whole society level."

The editor-in-chief of People's Literature Publishing House, Mrs. Wei Junyi, asked, "Lao Qin, what do you think is a suitable first print run?"

Qin Zhaoyang said: "Considering that our foundation is indeed weaker, how about we keep it at 15 and adjust it if it's not enough?"

Wei Junyi asked Yan Wenjing again, and he pondered and said, "I think at least 20, which is a big step forward."

If the first print run is 20, then it can basically be on par with Yanjing Literature and Art. Finally, Meng Weizai, the youngest of the big guys, expressed his opinion: "I think everyone is still conservative. I think the first print run should be 30!"

Everyone was stunned, including Bai Shurong who was most optimistic about Wei Ming: Boss, if you take too big a step you may hurt yourself!

After some further discussion, the number was finally decided at 20, and the distribution was tracked and ready for reprinting at any time.

"Also," Wei Junyi said to Qin Zhaoyang, "Old Qin, please ask Wei Ming to write an article in the name of People's Literature. Just based on this article "The Shepherd", his position and ability are very reliable. Young people like him must be protected."

After hearing this, Bai Shurong could only sigh in her heart. She still wanted to continue working with Wei Ming, but now that she was being targeted by People's Literature, what else could she say? I wish you two all the best in the future.

Among many literary journals, People's Literature has a unique status, higher than Harvest and Yenching Literature and Art.

It is not only because the first editor-in-chief Mao Dun had a higher status than Ba Jin and Lao She, but also because of its political attributes.

At the beginning of the year, Liu Xinwu was an editor at October. He approached Ding Ling, who had not yet resumed her status, to ask her to write an article.

Ding Ling was somewhat grateful, so she gave one of her previous manuscripts to October.

As a result, Ding Ling's status was soon restored, and a leader from the Writers Association came directly to take her manuscript away from "October", saying that Ding Ling needed to appear in "People's Literature". At that time, "October" had been typeset and was about to be printed.

Just so domineering.

The fact that Wei Ming was noticed by People's Literature can also be seen as a manifestation of political correctness, indicating that there is nothing wrong with this person.

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After finishing a class in the afternoon, Wei Ming was preparing to go back to Shaoyuan to work. However, when passing by Triangle Land, he saw a group of foreigners posting posters.

Wei Ming wondered, could it be that he and Melinda had disturbed the classmates last night? Should they criticize them?

That shouldn't be the case. They are both very restrained.

When I got closer, I saw that the international students had collected signatures to oppose Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia, and they also seemed to be raising funds for Cambodian refugees.

The Cambodian people are really miserable now. The Khmer Rouge is tormenting the people at home, and Vietnam is eyeing them covetously abroad. I heard that the population has decreased by one-fifth in just a few years.

He was not Prince Sihanouk, so he just mourned in his heart and returned to Shaoyuan.

Aunt Wang was waiting to hand over her shift to him.

"Oh, Aunt Wang, does your grandson like candy?"

"What kid doesn't like candy?"

Wei Ming immediately took out a few White Rabbit milk candies from the cabinet and handed them to her.

"Oh, this is inappropriate. It's inappropriate."

"It's for the child. Take it."

Wei Ming didn't feel guilty yesterday, but after he slept with Melinda here last night, he felt a little guilty.

Soon, after class, Melinda came back. She said hello to Wei Ming and went upstairs, but she quickly brought down her tape recorder.

"If you are bored at work, you can listen to some music or the radio." She saw that her former dormitory manager had a radio.

"how about you?"

"I can come to your place to listen to music whenever I want." She remembered something and took out a new tape from her bag. "I just borrowed this. It's South American music. I'll listen to it with you after dinner."

When Wei Ming took it, there was no song title on the tape, only the word "Gu" (Valley).

"Do you want me to bring you some food, steak or hamburgers?" Melinda leaned over Wei Ming and asked.

Wanting to eat meat buns, Wei Ming smiled and said, "No need, someone will deliver them to me. I can't stop them from coming."

Biaozi and Xiaomei were not at work for dinner. They came hand in hand and saw the tape recorder on Wei Ming's desk.

I guessed it was Melinda's, but their hearts had been trained to be very strong and they were not moved at all.

While Wei Ming was eating, they chatted endlessly with the female foreign students.

Wei Ming ate his meal with the radio on. As he was listening, a piece of news from Korea caught his attention.

Wow, all the young generals have taken action!
When Melinda came back, the two friends were gone.

When the melody of samba music came from the machine, not only Melinda, but also the other female classmates coming in and out wanted to dance along, as if they were in the Amazon rainforest.

Wei Ming asked: "Did you borrow this from your South American classmates?"

Melinda shook her head. "No, I borrowed it from a Chinese auntie, who seems to be a musician~"

(End of this chapter)