Exciting 1979!

Chapter 72 So many letters, forcing me to buy a house, right? (Please read on!)
Even if these newspapers did not directly report on him, "Wei Ming", but if he could get just a little bit of this huge traffic, he would be unimaginably rich.

Another point that can be confirmed is that when Wei Ming was listening to the passengers chatting on the train, he heard the saying "The duck knows first when the river water is warm in spring" more than once.

I also heard the words "Brave people enjoy the world first" from several young people who seemed quite enterprising.

While reading the newspaper, Wei Ming also saw the old man’s National Day speech. He said: Economic work is the biggest political issue at present, and economic issues are the overriding political issues.

This statement was also written in bold and large font.

Just like Uncle Ping An said, he really stepped on the forefront of the times and rose with the wind.

He had lunch on the train. It was already afternoon when he arrived at Yenching Station, and it was almost dark when he reached Peking University.

Wei Ming's luggage was much lighter than when he left. He only brought a few bottles of Lao Baigan from his hometown and some local specialties that his parents brought for Uncle Ping'an.

The car stopped at the South Gate. Wei Ming looked at the familiar sign. It had only been three days since he left, but he still missed it.

"Hey, Wei Ming is back!"

A senior gatekeeper shouted in surprise and called everyone from the dormitory downstairs to come up.

"Brother Ming, let me help you with your luggage!" Zhao Debiao was still so positive.

"I know what you're thinking. Don't worry, I'll continue telling you about The Legend of the Condor Heroes tonight."

Zhao Debiao: "Brother Ming, don't you think martial arts stories go better with good wine?"

Wei Ming laughed and said, "Hengzhou Laobai Gan, I'll remember it."

After saying that, Wei Ming was about to make the bed, but he saw that it was full of things.

"Is this... a letter?" Wei Ming was a little confused.

Biaozi said: "Yes, they are all yours. I guess there will be more later."

"Why, why are there so many!?"

Biaozi said, "Don't move yet, I've sorted them for you."

He sat on Mei Wenhua's bed and pointed out to Wei Ming: "The smallest pile is addressed to a certain editorial department. The middle pile is addressed to Wei Ming, the author of "The Duck Knows the Warmth of the Spring River First", and the largest pile is addressed to Wei Ming, the author of "Ideal".

"And there are a bunch more?"

"Oh, it didn't say which Wei Ming it was for, so I put them together."

"How many of these are there?"

"326 envelopes, they should weigh about ten kilograms." Biaozi reported casually, showing that he is very responsible.

What Wei Ming didn't know was that after the serialization ended, Wenhui Daily published a review article on the novel, in which it was mentioned that the author Wei Ming was a staff member of Peking University.

This situation was also mentioned when China Youth Daily reprinted the article.

In addition, the Poetry Magazine, which reprinted "Ideal" a few days ago, also briefly introduced Wei Ming's situation, mentioning that he is a young poet who is only 18 years old and currently works at Peking University.

Looking at the more than 300 letters covering the entire bed, Wei Ming asked himself a soul-searching question: Where the hell should I put them?

The dormitory did have a personal cupboard, but it was already crowded, and the space under each bed was also occupied.

"Brother Ming, what are you thinking about?"

Wei Ming: "I'm thinking about buying a house to store the letter."

"Brother Ming, you are so humorous. It's not that bad."

It's not the case now, but it's hard to say in the future. He had never thought about this problem as he only received ten letters for one fairy tale. He even thought he was not as charming as Lao Zheng.

When I saw her today, I realized that the people I was attracted to were adults.

"Brother Ming, do you want to open the letter now? I'm quite curious, what did these readers and screenwriters write to you?"

Wei Ming nodded and started with the smallest pile.

Just opened a letter from a certain provincial literary magazine, it turned out to be a letter for manuscript invitation, Wei Ming put it aside, opened another letter, it was also a letter for manuscript invitation, at this time Qiao Feng came back, holding another bunch of letters. "You are back, Xiao Ming, here are the letters brought by the brothers at the West Gate and East Gate after get off work, 35 in total." This made a total of 361 letters.

Biaozi took it and said, "I'll sort it!"

"From the editorial department of Guangzhou's Works, put it here, for Chunjiang... put it here, ideally put it here..."

Soon the letters were divided, Wei Ming continued to open the letters, and then gold coins exploded.

Haha, a reprint fee receipt!
I heard that some phenomenal hit novels can be reprinted hundreds of times. How much royalties does that make!

"The Duck Knows the River Water Warms in Spring" has been hailed as a phenomenal work because it conforms to the times and policies. Its popularity is no less than that of "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office", the pioneering work of reform literature.

Finally, Wei Ming read all the dozens of letters from various editorial departments, and they could be roughly divided into three categories.

The first category is letters inviting submissions, which are also the most numerous. They are basically from local newspapers and periodicals in various provinces and cities. Magazines like People's Literature, Contemporary, Huacheng, and October have not yet responded.

The most prestigious letter-receiving magazine was Hongyan, a Shancheng magazine that resumed publication last month. Its resumed issue made a small splash in the literary world with a novel called Xu Mao and His Daughters.

The second category was those who sent invoices for reprinting their works. There were about 11 of them, so Wei Ming earned another 200 yuan in royalties!
He really didn't expect that the short story he wrote casually, "The Duck Prophet", would make the most money!

The third category is several media represented by China Youth Daily who want to interview his personal deeds. Wei Ming wants to discuss this with Uncle Ping An tomorrow.

It took more than an hour just to finish reading the smallest pile of letters from editors. Wei Ming was a little tired after sitting in the car for a whole day, and he even had to ask Biaozi to bring him food.

It happened that Mei Wenhua returned from work at this time. He had long been coveting letters from readers like Wei Ming.

"How about I help you to open and read it?"

So Wei Ming asked him to open the second pile, those written to Wei Ming, the author of "Duck Prophet".

"Dear Teacher Wei Ming, have you eaten yet..."

When the editor introduced Wei Ming, he only said that he worked at Peking University, so people thought he was a teacher.

This is a confused, unemployed young man from Generdu. He heard that Guangzhou is developing very fast and wants to go there to see if there are any opportunities. However, his family thinks it is too far away and there is no one selling pancakes, so they strongly disagree. So he wants to ask Teacher Wei Ming whether he should be brave for once.

Mei Wenhua asked, "Do you want to reply?"

"If I have to reply to every email, I won't have anything to do in the next few months," Wei Ming said. "I won't consider it for now."

He also needs to earn enough money to take his whole family to Sichuan and Chongqing to look for his relatives. Since they are looking for their relatives, he also needs to buy a camera, so the top priority is to create.

Besides, it costs ten cents to reply a letter, and with so many letters, it is a considerable expense.

Mei Wenhua switched to the next letter, still mumbling, "If they were my readers, I would definitely reply to every one of them."

Biaozi: "That's because you don't have it, so you can say that."

Mei Wenhua did not say anything back. He read the letters one by one and found that most of them regarded Wei Ming as a life mentor, hoping that he could help them decide whether to be brave or not. In fact, they just wanted to find someone to push themselves.

But Wei Ming really didn't dare to be the pusher. Going south in that era was also risky, and many people disappeared later.

There are also a small number of people who simply like the novel "The Duck Prophet" and want to explore literature. Although this novel is not one of the profound literary works nowadays, its writing style is still very unique.

While Mei Wenhua was opening the letter, Wei Ming had almost recovered, so he picked up a letter written to Wei Ming, the author of "Ideal".

As a result, when the envelope was opened, a photo fell out. There was a beautiful girl in the photo.

Wei Ming quickly read the letter. This, this turned out to be a letter of friendship!

The girl first expressed her admiration for Wei Ming's talent, and then talked about herself, including her family situation and age. As for her appearance, it was all in the photos, so she was definitely not ugly.

Although Wei Ming would not reply to her letter either, he became more interested in these letters.

When he opened the third envelope, in addition to the photo, Wei Ming also found a local food coupon inside.

And a five dollar bill!
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(A reminder: it will be released next Tuesday. It will be a big hit then, so please bear with me~)

(End of this chapter)