Su Mingzhe was queuing up to sign up when he suddenly heard a noise in the distance.
When he followed everyone's gaze, he saw a young Feng Xin woman wearing a snow-white slim long coat, with a graceful figure and a delicate appearance, passing in front of everyone and walking towards the school gate.
Both boys and girls were attracted by the woman's graceful grace.
Naturally, Su Mingzhe was not exempt from the vulgarity. He waited until the young woman's figure disappeared at the end of the road before he came back to his senses.
The report ends.
Su Mingzhe came to his eight-person dormitory and looked around. Except for four bunk beds and a wardrobe, there was nothing else.
After finding his own bed, he was on the lower bunk near the balcony. Looking at the dust on it, Su Mingzhe waved his hand and swept away all the dust in the room!
After putting away the items, Su Mingzhe took out a manuscript from the package and walked out of the school!
Last year, at the beginning of time travel, the original person left himself almost 800 yuan in cash.
In the past few months, Su Mingzhe has been spending money lavishly.
Especially when school was about to start, I bought six sets of clothes for myself and Ma Suqin in spring, autumn, summer and winter, as well as various other luggage items.
Before coming to Jinling, Su Mingzhe left another 100 yuan for Ma Suqin at the bottom of the box. Now he only has 100 yuan left.
The main reason why he took a flight to save two days to get to Jinling was to earn some pocket money before school started.
He had already inquired before and found out that the largest newspaper in Jinling City is the "Jinling Daily".
The newspaper office address of Jinling Daily is not far from Nanda University, just No. 56 Road.
He wants to go now to promote the novel he wrote.
Half an hour later.
Su Mingzhe walked to the newspaper office, asked a few people, and came to the door of the literary editor's office.
Dong dong dong——
Knocked on the door.
"Enter!"
Editor-in-chief Chen Jianjun, who was chatting with his niece, thought it was a subordinate reporting work, so he directly asked someone to come in.
Su Mingzhe pushed open the door and walked in. He did not look at the beautiful woman sitting on the sofa. He directly introduced himself to the editor and then handed over his manuscript:
"...Editor Chen, this is a novel manuscript I wrote. I have revised it several times and I would like to submit it to your newspaper!"
"oh?"
Hearing that Su Mingzhe was a freshman at Nanjing University, Chen Jianjun looked at Su Mingzhe in surprise, then looked at his niece, and then lowered his head to read the manuscript.
The manuscript is really good.
The genre of the novel is called "North Wind".
The content is very positive. It tells the story of educated youths going to the countryside, not afraid of hardships and working hard in the Great Northern Wilderness.
The manuscript Su Mingzhe handed over had a total of 20,000 words, as well as an outline for the first half.
Chen Jianjun read it briefly and couldn't help but applaud:
"Xiao Su, your manuscript is good. Our newspaper has accepted it. Well, the remuneration is thirty words per thousand words, how about it?"
"Thank you, Editor Chen!"
Su Mingzhe is now a newcomer. The fact that he can get a salary of thirty per thousand words is definitely because the editor in front of him is thinking of "cherishing talent".
You know, when Su Mingzhe submitted his first manuscript in "Under the Zhengyang Gate", the other party gave him a price of six yuan per thousand words.
Although it is now 1978, times have changed and literary fees have increased a lot.
However, the normal price for a newbie should not exceed fifteen yuan per thousand words.
After negotiating the price, Chen Jianjun called in one of his assistants and took Su Mingzhe to sign the contract.
After all, it was the first time we collaborated. Su Mingzhe gave his outline and 20,000-word manuscript to his assistant to make a copy, then signed the contract and went to the finance office to receive a remuneration of 300 yuan.
After saying goodbye to the assistant and agreeing to send a new manuscript a week later, Su Mingzhe prepared to leave.
As soon as I got down the stairs, I was stopped by a beautiful woman at the door:
"Hello!"
"Hello!"
Su Mingzhe recognized the beauty in front of him. He had met her twice before.
The first time we met was at the Nanyang University campus. This beauty was wearing a white coat and her graceful grace attracted many people's attention.
The second meeting was in Editor-in-Chief Chen Jianjun’s office. This beautiful woman seemed to call Editor-in-Chief Chen ‘uncle’.
"Hello, my name is Wen Qingxue, and editor-in-chief Chen Jianjun is my uncle!"
Wen Qingxue was generous and introduced himself to his family, and then explained his purpose of calling Su Mingzhe:
"I came to see my uncle today, actually, to submit a manuscript. Originally, my uncle read my manuscript and was helping me revise it. However, after you came, he directly said, let me come to you to study, and also said , please be my teacher, that’s more than enough!”
From the appearance, Wen Qingxue has an elegant and delicate temperament, but when she opens her mouth, her fierce aura comes out directly:
"By the way, I forgot to mention, I am also a freshman at NTU, majoring in literature!"
After finishing her words in one breath, Wen Qingxue pouted her thin red lips and her eyes were filled with stubbornness. She was obviously very dissatisfied with her uncle for asking her to ask this 'peer of the same age' for advice!
After finally waiting for Wen Qingxue to finish speaking, Su Mingzhe said with a smile:
"Since we are all classmates, let's learn from each other in the future. I am from the History Department!"
NTU currently has three colleges: liberal arts, science, and agriculture. The Department of Literature and the Department of History are both majors in the Faculty of Arts.
"What a coincidence!"
Wen Qingxue is a very smart woman. When Su Mingzhe introduced himself in the office just now, she had already memorized it.
Seeing that the two parties had become acquainted, Wen Qingxue said bluntly:
"Student Su, are you free now? I have some writing questions and I want to ask you for advice?"
"Of course I'm free!"
Su Mingzhe doesn't look at the monk's face or the Buddha's face. Even for Editor Chen's sake, he will not refuse the invitation of a beautiful woman.
At that moment, the two of them came to a nearby park. Wen Qingxue took out his manuscript without politeness and asked Su Mingzhe for help.
Su Mingzhe also took out his manuscript and asked Wen Qingxue to 'correct' it.
Wen Qingxue took Su Mingzhe's manuscript and was quickly attracted by the content, and then began to read it with gusto.
Su Mingzhe just took a look at Wen Qingxue's manuscript and couldn't help but frown.
This article written by Qingxue turned out to be about educated youth going to the countryside.
Unlike Su Mingzhe's writing, which is full of positive energy, Wen Qingxue's article is full of discrimination and contempt for rural life.
Su Mingzhe endured the discomfort in his heart and slowly read through the manuscript of more than 5,000 words. He looked up and saw that Wen Qingxue sitting next to him was still concentrating on his manuscript, so he lowered his head and read her manuscript again.
After nearly an hour, Wen Qingxue finished reading Su Mingzhe's manuscript. After taking a long breath, he was about to ask Su Mingzhe how the protagonist and his group would deal with the severe weather in Beidahuang.
Su Mingzhe spoke first this time:
"Classmate Wen, your manuscript...the wording is gorgeous. It can be seen that you have good literary skills. In addition, the story structure is also complete, so you should have certain writing skills..."
Before criticizing, he first gave some praise. Su Mingzhe thought that he had done some preparation, so he slowly said:
"However, when writing novels, it is not about writing reports, news, or notes... Its most important purpose is to write content and attract readers' resonance..."
Su Mingzhe tried his best to explain his views to Wen Qingxue in a less irritating way.
When Wen Qingxue heard Su Mingzhe's criticism, a blush immediately appeared on her fair and jade-like skin.
After reading Su Mingzhe's manuscript, I knew that there was a big gap between myself and Su Mingzhe. Wen Qingxue did not feel disgusted with the man's criticism, and even nodded seriously to express that he accepted the criticism:
"Classmate Su, tell me, how should I change it?"
Seeing that this beauty could listen to her opinions, Su Mingzhe suddenly fell in love with her, and his words of advice began to gain depth:
"Revising is not difficult, but before revising, you have to think through one thing: who is the 'audience' of your novel?"
"After all, we write novels for people to read."
"Now, I need you to think about it, how many readers will your novel have?"
"If you want to write for ordinary people to read, then you have to know what ordinary people like to read..."
“If you know what readers like to read, you can try to analyze and modify it from the reader’s perspective...”
"Of course, when we write, we don't necessarily have to follow the readers' thoughts, but at least we can't go against the public's values..."
"In addition, there are some tips for this writing..."