Mixed in 1980

Chapter 57 Invisible Benefits
"Is there a story here?" Chen Fan's eyes lit up.

Eat melon!
Especially when it comes to eating the melons of beautiful women, especially those of his sister-in-law, he is still very interested.

Xu Jinqiu lowered her voice and said, "I can tell you, but don't let it slip. Among the three of us sisters, who do you think is the most noisy?"

"You don't mean to say, it's the eldest sister?"

Chen Fan didn't believe it. Among the three sisters, Zhao Yuanyuan was the most noisy.

"That's because you don't understand. My eldest sister had mild ADHD when she was young, so Uncle Zeng let her practice dancing and slowly corrected her condition."

Hearing this, Chen Fan was stunned.

Zeng Ali, ADHD? Isn't that nonsense?
This girl looks dignified and elegant, and has a cool temperament. She is the type that most boys would be attracted to but dare not pursue.

Moreover, when getting along with others, Zeng Ali is the type of person who is particularly considerate of other people's emotions.

She has the demeanor of an elder sister.

But if you think about the scene just now carefully, it seems that there is some suspicion of ADHD.

The kind that can't be stopped.

"You'll know after spending more time with her. Big sister is the type who is very good at fighting. When boys bullied us when we were young, big sister would just go up and punch them. Almost all the boys of the same age in our yard have been beaten by her."

Chen Fan was stunned!

You call this good hands-on ability?

Comrade Xu Jinqiu, are you sure we are learning the same Chinese characters?
After being stunned for a moment, Chen Fan looked at her strangely: "Wife, let your partner spend more time with other girls. What's wrong with your train of thought?"

"You still dare to set your sights on my elder sister?"

Xu Jinqiu glanced at Chen Fan and said jokingly, "Comrade Chen Fan, if you dare to have any evil thoughts, I might kill you one day."

Made a scissors gesture.

Chen Fan shuddered, reached out to hug his wife, and whispered in her ear, "Comrade Xu Jinqiu, are you willing to give it up?"

"Bah, gangster!"

Xu Jinqiu spat and quickly pushed the person away. The person was about to do something bad again: "Hurry up and help me solve this problem. If I don't get into college, you will be in trouble."

Xu Jinqiu attaches great importance to the college entrance examination.

She didn't want the gap between herself and Chen Fan to grow bigger and bigger, and she would end up being just a decorative vase next to Chen Fan.

Going to college was once her dream.

It’s just that I couldn’t pass the exam before.

Now that Chen Fan is tutoring her, although she is still unsure, she has some hope.

In the following days, Xu Jinqiu was always in high-intensity study and paid little attention to what was happening outside. However, there was quite a stir on Chen Fan's side.

The editorials that were submitted previously were published one after another.

Almost every editorial closely grasps the social phenomena unique to the times, and whether it is ridicule or criticism, it has aroused great public opinion.

Some media called this an extension of the Chen Fan phenomenon.

When Chen Fan saw the words "Chen Fan phenomenon", he felt sick. Which good person would like to be associated with "moral kidnapping, ineffective apologies, and a saintly heart"?

After receiving the manuscripts sent back by these publications along with letters asking for editorials, Chen Fan didn't want to reply. He didn't want to write editorials in the short term.

Let’s wait until no one mentions the “Chen Fan phenomenon”.

Chen Fan is now focusing all his energy on his new novel, which he is writing very quickly. He has already completed more than 50,000 words and is considering where to submit it.

People's Literature Magazine is definitely inappropriate.

It's not the magazine's problem. The serialization of "The Most Beautiful Youth" is not even halfway through, and tomorrow's issue has added a column called "Chen Fan's View of the World". It will be too crowded if we submit it to People's Literature again.

It is impossible for People's Literature Magazine to give so much space to the same person.

Chen Fan was just thinking about this when Wang Wei came to his door first, bringing a woman with him. She looked to be in her thirties, slightly plump, with short hair, wearing glasses, and had a very elegant temperament.

"Brother Wang, how come you have time to come visit me? Who is this?"

"Let me introduce you. This is Wang Jingyi, the editor-in-chief of the People's Literature Publishing House. You can just call her Sister Jingyi," Wang Wei introduced.

"Hello, Sister Jingyi, let's go to the backyard to chat. There are more children here."

Chen Fan looked at the room and saw that there were too many people, so he took everyone to the house in the backyard, cleaned up Chang'an simply, and brought the newly bought tea sets. "Xiao Fan, your room is great, the decoration is very simple."

Wang Jing glanced at them and her eyes brightened up a lot: "To collect this room of old Ming Dynasty furniture, it must have taken a lot of effort, right?"

"The previous owner of the house went to Hong Kong, and these are all left by him."

While making tea, Chen Fan said, "My father is a carpenter, and I have been playing with wood since I was a child. I stayed here because I thought the wood was good. Sister Jingyi, do you know anything about antiques?"

Wang Jingyi shook his head slightly. "I don't know anything about antiques. My husband likes old furniture, so I learned from him for a while. I know a little bit, but the characteristics of Ming Dynasty furniture are very obvious and easy to identify."

Ming-style furniture is often designed by literati and is extremely beautiful in design.

Its characteristics are beautiful, stable and simple shape. The proportion of each component emphasizes the consistency of practicality and aesthetics. The decoration is concise and elegant.

Simple, but not simplistic!
Wang Jingyi said a few words and Chen Fan had already made the tea.

After finishing a cup of tea, Chen Fan refilled it and then asked, "Brother Wang, Sister Jingyi, what's the matter with you coming here today?"

"I've got good news for you."

Wang Wei picked up the teacup and took another sip. "The Most Beautiful Youth is selling very well. It has been on the shelves for more than a week and has sold more than 200,000 copies."

Wang Jingyi added: "Thanks to you, Xiaofan. If your editorial hadn't gone viral and created the Chen Fan phenomenon, I don't think we would have sold this much in a month."

Hearing this, Chen Fan rolled his eyes.

"Can we not mention the Chen Fan phenomenon? Whose name of a good person would be equated with moral kidnapping, ineffective apology, and saintly heart?"

Wang Wei and Wang Jing looked at each other.

It really is like that.

Before, I was just happy and thought that Chen Fan had successfully risen to the ranks of first-tier writers thanks to this wave of public opinion, but I never thought that this would happen.

Wang Wei smiled and said, "You have to find Lao Li for this matter. It was their newspaper that did it, but no matter what, it is still very helpful to your reputation."

Chen Fan laughed and complained, "What's the use of being famous? No matter how many works you sell, you can't get royalties. It's the same money."

"You are obsessed with money." Wang Wei rolled his eyes. It is said that intellectuals are ashamed to talk about money, but Chen Fan is different. He must talk about money.

"Xiao Fan, the royalties are fixed by the higher authorities. No matter if it's a newspaper, a magazine, or our publishing house, there's no way to adjust it."

Wang Jing smiled and took out a stack of receipts from her bag: "But our publishing house usually subsidizes authors in other ways. These are for you."

"Thank you, Sister Jingyi!"

Chen Fan smiled, he didn't expect that there would be such benefits.

In fact, this situation is very common. Whether it is a newspaper, magazine, or publishing house, every unit has its own slush fund.

The use of the small treasury is much more flexible.

It’s not possible to pay writers directly, but if you want to retain them, you have to provide all kinds of hidden benefits.

The publishing house had invited Chen Fan before and asked him to revise the manuscript. In fact, there was nothing to revise. They just asked him to stay in a guesthouse, treated him to good food and drink, and gave him a daily subsidy.

But at that time, Chen Fan was in love with Xu Jinqiu, so he didn't have time to think about these things.

In addition, there are various hidden benefits.

For example, holding symposiums and discussions, and organizing writers to go out for field trips, etc., where writers are invited to come over for food and drinks, and receive a subsidy of a few dollars a day.

During festivals, units would send cigarettes, alcohol, tea, or some valuable gifts in the name of expressing their condolences to writers, as long as they didn't give money directly.

There is plenty of room for operation inside.

Those who have worked in a unit are no strangers to this.

For example, what Wang Jingyi took out was a stack of industrial coupons, which was a disguised way of giving benefits under the guise of comforting writers and improving their living environment.

You have to know that in those days, industrial coupons were almost equivalent to the second set of currency. To buy things like watches, radios, bicycles, sewing machines, thermoses, etc., you needed industrial coupons.

Industrial coupons are also hard currency on the black market and can be easily cashed out.

Chen Fan took the ticket and teased Wang Wei, "Brother Wang, learn from Sister Ren Jingyi. That's what it means to be generous. Go back and tell your leader that you are so stingy."

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