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Chapter 185 The most handsome guy in the county! (Subscribe)

An invitation letter from Hong Kong Island alarmed the Guanzhong Chinese Literature Association.

A few special guests came to a county-level high school outside Chang'an City today.

"Is Mr. Li Wenhua here?"

From the first-year high school teacher's office, the head teacher's excited shouts were heard.

"Here he is!"

Li Wenhua was a little confused and quickly stood up and said, "Director, what's going on?"

"Great news! Comrades from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles are looking for you!"

The head teacher strode in, followed by several people from the provincial and municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

"Oh, is it from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles looking for me?"

Li Wenhua was even more bewildered, even at a loss for what to do. He subconsciously said, "I don't have any acquaintances in the Federation of Literary and Art Circles!"

"Hahaha……"

These words made the people from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles who had just entered the room burst into laughter.

"That's it, Teacher Li!"

The person from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles hurriedly explained, "Didn't you write a novel called 'Interesting Stories of Zhengde'? It's even been picked up by a publishing house in Hong Kong!"

"So that's what it is. It's just a little extracurricular hobby of mine. It's nothing wrong with it, right?"

Upon hearing this, Li Wenhua felt relieved and asked curiously, "Could it be that something went wrong with the publication of this novel? The other party has already transferred the royalties!"

Speaking of this, my originally calm mood began to fluctuate again.

By the way, it has been more than a year since Wu Feng solicited manuscripts from mainland writers.

During this period, many mainland writers benefited from this wave of benefits.

Apart from anything else, the author of any selected novel will receive a high fee.

Basically, they are all over 80 yuan per thousand words, and this is just the remuneration for novels published in "Novel Monthly".

The novels published in "Mong Kok News" are at least 1,200 words long.

If the published novels and comics sell well, there will be an additional bonus.

For newspapers in Hong Kong Island, these fees are just a small amount of money and are not a big deal.

But for mainland writers, that is a huge sum of money.

After all, a popular novel can easily be written at least 100,000 words.

Through writing, many mainland writers have become millionaires!

Although the value of a 10,000 yuan household at this time is not as high as it was in the early 1980s, it is still quite remarkable.

At least I and my family can live a rich and fulfilling life, without any problems.

Not to mention, they earn Hong Kong dollars, which helps the country earn foreign exchange.

Many writers from local literary associations have become rich through this method, becoming the envy of everyone, and even sparking a considerable writing craze.

The Federation of Literary and Art Circles, which originally belonged to the Qingshui government, actually had a lot of surplus food.

They even took the lead in building staff dormitories, which caused quite a stir.

As time went by, what was originally just a way for writers from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles to make money gradually spread.

At least here in Chang'an, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles has opened a mailing channel for popular novels from Hong Kong newspapers.

Of course, all novels mailed to Hong Kong newspapers must first be reviewed by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

Teacher Li's family has some connections, but they are all in the education system.

He is young and smart, and is a graduate of a regular normal university.

Because I like history and am a history teacher myself, and because I have a loose mind, I wrote a popular novel with a humorous nature, and then mailed it to the Chang'an Federation of Literary and Art Circles for review, and finally forwarded it to the Hong Kong Island Newspaper.

After all, the Hong Kong newspapers have already listed the types of submissions they are looking for, and historical parody happens to be one of them.

In fact, there are very few official writers in the Federation of Literary and Art Circles who can write popular novels that parody history.

After all, they are used to writing serious novels, so it is already very good that they can smoothly transition to popular novels. For them, historical fiction is still too entertaining and they are not used to it.

Because of this, Mr. Li's novel not only passed the review, but was also noticed by the Hong Kong Island newspaper. It was successfully bought out at a price of one hundred yuan per thousand words and was soon published in "Novel Monthly".

Teacher Li used this opportunity to become one of the five millionaires.

There is no other reason, the "Interesting Stories of Zhengde" he wrote has more than 500,000 words.

However, he had kept this matter very well hidden, otherwise it would have caused a sensation throughout the school and even the entire county.

Although many writers in the Federation of Literary and Art Circles earn much more than him in royalties, he is just a history teacher who has just entered high school. Such income is really too astonishing.

Fortunately, when the manuscript was bought out, it was a newspaper in Hong Kong, and the money was directly transferred through the post office, without going through the hands of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. This is also the main reason why the staff of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles did not know him.

I just know that there is such a person, but I don't know the other specific details.

After the mailing channel was opened, the number of novels accepted by non-Federation of Literary and Art Circles writers increased sharply. It is impossible to review all of them one by one, as the Federation of Literary and Art Circles simply does not have that many people.

As for the share that the Federation of Literary and Art Circles deserved, the Hong Kong newspapers deducted it from the novel author's royalties and also remitted it to the local Federation of Literary and Art Circles by post.

"Teacher Li, don't worry, it's a good thing!"

The staff member of the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles chuckled and said, "Your novel has been noticed by a TV station in Hong Kong. They want to adapt it into a TV series. They hope you can come over and participate in the script adaptation!" As he said that, he took out the invitation letter and handed it over.

"Oh, that's it! You scared me!"

Li Wenhua breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly took the invitation with both hands.

"This one……"

After reading the traditional Chinese characters on the invitation letter, he felt a little at a loss.

He had no experience in adapting scripts for TV stations, let alone going to Hong Kong Island.

"Teacher Li, don't worry!"

A staff member of the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles said with a smile, "After receiving the invitation letter, we immediately contacted the Hong Kong Island Newspaper's office in the mainland and have learned the details!"

"The TV station in Hong Kong wants you to come over. Not only are your travel expenses, food, and accommodation all covered, but there's also a hefty screenwriter fee!"

Speaking of this service, the staff of the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles spoke with envy: "After all, you wrote the novel, so it would be most convenient for you to adapt it according to the requirements of the TV station!"

"Also, the office over there has made it clear that if the TV series adapted from your novel performs well in the viewership, they will continue to purchase other scripts from you!"

Li Wenhua was stunned when he heard this, and his heart was already burning with anger.

He is a young man and is quite curious and yearning for Hong Kong Island.

If you have the opportunity to go there and have a formal job, that would be great.

but……

"Hey, hey, am I going to Hong Kong Island alone?"

He said with some worry: "This is not good, I don't know what procedures to go through!"

"Don't worry, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles will send someone to go with you!"

The Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles had apparently made some arrangements. A staff member chuckled and said, "This is the first time, after all, so we think we should be more serious!"

"Who knows, there might be other novels that might be adapted into TV series in the future. I can try this to get a feel for the situation. It's a good thing!"

Of course it is a good thing. Not only can the Federation of Literary and Art Circles share tangible benefits, but it is also a very good achievement, which is a face-saving thing to tell others about it.

"This is the best!"

It would be great if someone from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles could accompany us, so Li Wenhua agreed on the spot.

Soon, the staff from the provincial and municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles left as they still had to go through travel procedures.

"Okay, Mr. Li, why didn't you tell me such a big thing earlier?"

At this time, a group of teachers, including the grade director, surrounded Li Wenhua.

"Haha, I just wrote a novel out of interest, but who knew it would be picked up by a publishing house in Hong Kong!"

Li Wenhua said somewhat embarrassedly, "I can only say that I was just a little luckier!"

The other teachers looked at each other in bewilderment, naturally unable to believe that things could be so easy and simple.

After a while, a teacher asked if they could also see what Teacher Li had written.

In fact, what they are most curious about is Li Wenhua's royalties.

As people in the education system, most of them have heard about what happened at the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

There is no way. The writers of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles earn too much and have long attracted the attention and envy of others.

At that time, the wages of workers in Chang'an were less than 100 yuan, so you can imagine how high the income of those lucky writers in the Federation of Literary and Art Circles was.

I had only envied them when I heard about them before, but it had little to do with the teachers.

But now it’s different. My colleagues have also become people with super high incomes. How can I not be envious and jealous? I want to know the specific details of their royalties.

It’s just that it’s difficult to ask about money, but they know that Teacher Li must have made a lot of money.

According to gossip, as long as the novel is not short, it can earn at least 10,000 yuan.

That's ten thousand yuan. Even if a dual-income family wants to save that much money, it will take at least twenty years.

There was a commotion in the office, and soon even the principal and vice principal rushed over after hearing the news.

Now it’s even more lively.

In short, Li Wenhua became famous and completely famous in his county.

In particular, after some news from the County Federation of Literary and Art Circles spread, the Li family received a constant stream of people wanting to introduce a partner to Li Wenhua.

Damn, making 40,000 or 50,000 yuan from a novel is almost like a fairy tale.

This time, I was invited by a Hong Kong TV station. It is said that if the script is adapted well, I will earn at least several thousand or even tens of thousands of dollars.

What does that mean when the average salary is less than 100 yuan?
If I become Li Wenhua's wife, I will basically never have to worry about food and drink in the future.

Not only the neighbors, but also the teachers and colleagues in the school actively worked for Li Wenhua's lifelong event. Even the Xi'an Film Studio and Guanzhong TV Station sent people to investigate the situation.

They know very well that the situation of TV stations in Hong Kong Island is very different from that of TV stations in the mainland.

The TV stations there have very high requirements for ratings.

Novels that are noticed by TV stations may have great potential for adaptation.

At this time, many of ATV's classic TV dramas had already been hotly screened in mainland China, such as "Huo Yuanjia" and "The Chen Zhen", which were quite shocking when they were first introduced to mainland China.

(End of this chapter)