Exciting 1979!

Chapter 35: Wei Ming, the Criminal Nemesis
After reading the novel, Professor Qu said: "It can be published directly after some minor changes."

"Okay, you say."

After the revision, Wei Ming asked Sister Chen Rong to review it. She was deeply moved and said that it really takes talent to write novels!

I am less talented and only started to get started when I was 40. I don’t know when my older son, who also loves literature, will be able to get started.

"It just so happens that I've almost finished revising it. We've been busy writing these past few days. How about we go out and have some fun tomorrow?"

Professor Qu said: "Count me in. There will be no meeting for me tomorrow."

In addition, Professor Qu said that she borrowed a camera from her mother's home and could take pictures for everyone.

“And it’s a color photo.”

Upon hearing this, Wei Ming became excited. He had never taken a color photo before!

In fact, there are not many black and white photos. Due to financial difficulties at home, every photo shoot was almost a big event. Before coming to Beijing, he participated in less than ten photos and only had one solo photo.

"Let's talk about tomorrow's matters tomorrow. Now let's talk about the submission. Who should I submit such a short article to?"

"The level of this article may be difficult for Harvest to publish. It's not that it's bad, but Harvest is the bridgehead of serious literature. This novel is too cheerful, and you are already in the queue for Harvest. At least your article will not be published in the near future. But Yanjing Literature and Art or Magic City Literature should not be difficult." Chen Rong said.

Professor Qu smiled and said, "He is also lining up for Yenching Literature and Art. In fact, I think you might consider newspapers."

"newspaper?"

"Yes." Professor Qu went back to the room and brought over a copy of Wenhui Daily.

The Wenhui Daily is one of the largest newspapers in Shanghai. Its current circulation is about 50 per issue, and it has a very long history. It was suspended several times due to its anti-Japanese stance and opposition to civil war, but was later restarted.

In the middle, there was also a Hong Kong Wen Wei Po. Although the two newspapers are not affiliated with each other now, they share the same origin. Hong Kong Wen Wei Po and Ta Kung Pao are also the two major left-wing newspaper giants in Hong Kong.

In recent years, in addition to promoting policies, Wenhui Daily has also published some very important literary works. "Scars", which gave name to scar literature, was first published in Wenhui Daily.

In addition, Wen Wei Po was also one of the first major newspapers to stand out in support of commercial advertising, and its newspaper culture has always been very open and inclusive.

It was precisely because of Wen Wei Po’s stance on advertising that Professor Qu felt his manuscript would definitely be accepted by Wen Wei Po.

"Besides, you are short of money, aren't you? Wenhui Daily publishes one issue every day, so it might be arranged faster."

Wei Ming accepted Professor Qu's suggestion: "That's it!"

In order to prevent the middlemen from making a profit from the price difference, he borrowed a bicycle directly from the guesthouse and ran to Wenhui Daily to submit his article in person. In addition to the address in Yenching, he also left the phone number of the guesthouse.

Then the next day, Wei Ming, Professor Qu and Sister Chen started a one-day tour of Shanghai.

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Beijing, Peking University.

Zhao Debiao counted the days. How many days had Brother Ming been gone? Oh, it was the fourth day.

The days without Brother Ming are really like years. Even Mei culture is not as active as before.

At this moment, he was still at his post, but his heart had already followed Wei Ming to the Great Demon City and into Jin Yong's world of martial arts.

Suddenly, he saw Mei Wenhua dressed in bright and beautiful clothes, pushing a bicycle to go out, and her hair was shiny and oily, and it was obvious that she had used Stancon.

"Melancholy handsome man, you just finished the night shift, what are you doing?" He snatched back Mei Wenhua's poem and circulated it among his colleagues, so "Melancholy handsome man" became his code name.

Mei Wenhua shook his hair and said, "There is a poetry reading in Yuyuantan Park today. I have to go!"

"No, you haven't given up on poetry yet?" Biaozi laughed.

"It's not about writing poetry, just reciting. My voice is pretty good," Mei Wenhua said, "and we have Wei Ming's "Ideal" on the stage. Once this poem comes out, it will definitely overwhelm the audience!"

He thought Wei Ming could write poetry, but he didn't expect him to be so good! Compared with those obscure poems that he thought he could write, he thought Wei Ming's poems were well-balanced and easy to read, which had technical content.

Mei Wenhua thought that while this poem was only circulated in Peking University and Tsinghua University and had not yet spread far, he would force himself to pretend to be famous. Then he would say that the poem was written by his younger brother.

I heard that students from the Film Academy will also be participating in this event. They are all future actors, especially actresses. Maybe I can ask for their contact information and make friends through poetry.

I definitely won't keep these contact information to myself. I'll have one for Wei Ming, one for Biaozi, and one for Brother Feng.

Hehe ~
Mei Wenhua rode away on his bike, leaving behind only a string of silver bell-like laughter.

As soon as he left, Liu Zhenyun came again.

This guy has been wanting to make three trips a day in the past two days, but there's nothing he can do because the girls are all waiting to receive customers.

"Brother Wei hasn't come back yet?"

"No, it will take at least a week." Biaozi replied.

Liu Zhenyun could only leave with regret. After walking a few steps, he saw his senior sister Cha Jianying and her group, and they seemed to be in a good mood.

Cen Xianqing also told Liu Zhenyun: "Our protest was successful!"

Originally, the school magazine decided to publish the poem "Ideal" tomorrow. This was known to the editorial department of "Wenming Lake", so several female editors took the lead in protesting, saying that we were the first to discover this poem, so how could their first publication rights be snatched away from us!

Finally, a consensus was reached and the school magazine changed the publication date to the National Day issue on October 10st.

It just so happened that the first issue of "Weiming Lake" was also officially released on that day, which was considered the first launch of the double publication.

Liu Zhenyun was also happy, then made an excuse "I have to go to class eight" and ran away.

As soon as he left, the girls remembered that they had not yet arranged to have dinner with Wei Ming.

But it doesn’t matter. They are going to Laohudong to buy things, and they happen to be passing by the South Gate so they can ask Wei Ming’s colleagues.

However, as soon as they reached the south gate, they saw from a distance two people in military uniforms, one old and one young, with something in their hands.

Only after I got closer did I understand what was going on.

It turned out that these two were from a military compound, one was a veteran Red Army soldier, and the other was an active air force officer.

The old man fell ill a few days ago and the whole family was taking care of him in the hospital. Unexpectedly, it is difficult to guard against thieves in the home. The daughter of this soldier was abducted by a distant relative and was sold to the mountains.

Fortunately, she met Wei Ming on the train. Wei Ming had sharp eyes and could tell at once that there was something wrong with the human trafficker. With his wisdom and courage, he successfully subdued the trafficker and rescued the little girl.

Several female college students were stunned when they heard this, their eyes shining. They thought Wei Ming was truly an amazing person, and they became even more eager to treat him to a meal.

Seeing that Wei Ming had not returned, the soldier said, "Then we will come back in a few days and bring the child and her mother. We should have come as a family, but her mother fell ill out of fear after the incident. If it weren't for Comrade Wei Ming, I really don't know what we would do!"

Zhao Debiao grinned foolishly while holding the gift. After seeing the guests off and dealing with a few chattering female college students, he immediately called Qiao Feng to inform him of the good news.

Qiao Feng hung up the phone and ran directly to Wei Ping'an's office to report in person.

"Okay! Okay!"

After hearing this, Wei Ping'an excitedly slammed the table. Wasn't "Ideal" cancelled from tomorrow's school magazine? Then let's replace it with this story, and change it now!

He had already thought of a title: "Beijing Guardian, Criminal Nemesis - Wei Ming!"

Wei Ping'an is a good writer and he used to write articles for his superiors. This time he also plans to write it himself.

There's no way. This nephew of mine has made me proud. Even if I don't mention it, the school will probably compete to make him a regular student.

However, he didn't know much about the situation, so he called the Shanghai Writers Association, intending to ask Wei Ming in person about the details of the matter, and to find out whether the manuscript revision was going smoothly, whether the publication was finalized, and when he would return home.
(End of this chapter)