One week after the opening of 'Shrimp King', Qin Jiao went to Shanghai to participate in the exchange week as Deng Shangwei said.
Also going with him was Wang Shuang, a scumbag student. Wang Jun put a lot of effort into getting his son into the exchange group, saying that he wanted Wang Shuang to experience the atmosphere of a prestigious school in advance - with Wang Shuang's current grades, there is absolutely no possibility of going to a prestigious school.
, Wang Jun asked Wang Shuang to experience the atmosphere of a prestigious school because he still wanted to inspire his son.
There was no exchange group for the first graders, so Wen Ying couldn't go even if she wanted to.
Wen Ying is now looking forward to receiving the registered mail of "Sprouting" as soon as possible. According to the practice of previous years, the rematch notice of the New Concept Composition Competition will be sent to the contestants by registered mail before January.
Only contestants who are shortlisted for the semi-finals will receive registered letters.
There are often letters from Li Mengjiao in the school's communication room, from fans all over the country. Because there are too many letters and gifts, the communication room prepared a separate cardboard box for Li Mengjiao. Li Mengjiao used to pick it up once a week. Near the end of December, Li Mengjiao
She goes to the communication room almost every day, fearing that Wen Ying's semi-final notice will be lost if she doesn't receive it in time... Wen Ying feels that Li Mengjiao thinks too much, who would steal a registered letter?
"That's not certain!"
Li Mengjiao muttered, "What if you make it to the semi-finals and others don't? Sometimes it's just a moment of psychological imbalance that throws away your notice for the semi-finals? You told me to be careful about other people's plots. It's your turn."
Why are you not careful!"
Wen Ying was speechless by Li Mengjiao.
Who would throw away her rematch notice?
If Shu Lu saw it, it would be possible, but Shu Lu was no longer focused.
Wen Ying's participation in the New Concept Composition Contest was more about fulfilling a lifelong dream, making up for regrets, and she must be utilitarian. The New Concept Composition Contest is still a good way for young writers to become famous. The further it goes, the less effective it becomes. After the tenth session,
The popularity gradually disappeared, and Wen Ying caught up with the seventh competition this year.
Wen Ying is not the only one to participate in the Provincial Key New Concept Essay Competition. The school newspaper is quite famous in Chengdu. An article by Song Chan, a sophomore in high school, is often published in the school newspaper. A novel was also published last year. Although
The sales volume was mediocre, which was a very good result for this age. After the novel was published, Song Chan joined the Chengdu Writers Association under the recommendation of her seniors in the literary world.
Song Chan is not Wen Ying's only competitor at the same school, but Song Chan is relatively high-profile and made everyone aware of it when she first submitted her article.
The New Concept Essay Contest attracts not only young people, but also students with poor academic performance in key provincial schools. Although the first prize in the semi-finals has been canceled from this year, the prestigious schools that cooperate with the organizers of the New Concept Essay Contest are still
Contestants who win the first prize will be admitted with reduced scores!
The change in the recommendation system is a huge blow to many young literary students who are seriously partial to academic subjects. They participate in the New Concept Essay Contest not only to show their talent, but also to obtain a recommendation quota through this method. Now that the recommendation has been changed to admission with reduced scores, they will be able to
No matter how prestigious a school is, after all, there are standards for admission to prestigious schools no matter how low their scores are. Young students with serious academic biases cannot even meet this standard.
Students like Song Chan who attend the top high schools in Chengdu are different.
First of all, Song Chan's grades are neither top nor bad in the provincial key points. She could have been admitted to a good university on her own. If there is another score reduction policy, Song Chan can hit a higher-end university!
Students like Song Chan who submitted articles to publications very early and grew up with the reputation of "little talented girl" are not an exception in the provincial key points. However, Song Chan is very active in various school activities. She participated in the New Concept Essay Contest.
The behavior is particularly eye-catching.
In comparison, Wen Ying's participation was very low-key. After all, she was less famous than Song Chan, and none of her classmates knew she was writing for a magazine.
Even in "Egg" magazine, Wen Ying is an absolute newcomer.
Wen Ying did not wait for the registered letter from the "Grudge" magazine, but she did wait for the good news from the editor of "Eige". The editor asked Wen Ying to write a long serial novel. Wen Ying sent the 30,000-word text at the beginning and
Outline, the editor informed her that it was overdue!
"You are a newbie now. Although I try my best, the editor-in-chief can only give you a manuscript fee of 130 yuan per thousand words. If your book gets a good response during the serialization period, there is a chance for an increase in the manuscript fee."
"The theme is a little different from what is popular now, but it doesn't matter. I personally like it very much!"
"Xiaoyu, let me confirm with you again. I will submit a manuscript of 30,000 words every month, with a minimum of 20,000 words. Is that okay?"
30,000 words of manuscripts are submitted every month. Calculating the manuscript fee of 130 yuan for 1,000 words, the manuscript fee is 3,900 yuan a month. Wen Ying of "Teenage Idol" estimates that the total number of words in the book is between 250,000 and 300,000, even if calculated as 250,000 words
, and the manuscript fee has not been increased. This book can also bring Wen Ying more than 30,000 yuan in income during the serialization period!
Of course, if a single manuscript fee exceeds 800 yuan, Wen Ying needs to pay taxes, and her after-tax income is more than 20,000 yuan and less than 30,000 yuan.
But to complete the series of tasks, she only needs to take two rest days every month to get it done, and the rate of return is still amazing. These days, there are not many jobs with a monthly salary of more than 3,000, not to mention that she only needs to work a month.
For two days, it was hard to find such a job even with a lantern!
"Of course, no problem, I can do 30,000 words!"
In order to prevent special circumstances, such as the final exam week, Wen Ying decided to write more and save the manuscript when she has enough time to avoid interruption during the serialization period.
She is not a big-name author, so her bad habit of delaying updates will only leave a bad impression on the magazine, and the editor who originally protected her will be disappointed.
Wen Ying counted on her fingers, the royalties she would get from "Eige" in the next year, her dividends from "Shrimp King", her income from "part-time screenwriter" during the winter vacation...it was like this.
All in all, it would not be a big problem for her to have her own apartment before she turned eighteen.
As for where to buy the house, Wen Ying has already thought about it.
She has no plans to buy a house in Chengdu. Her parents have already bought two houses.
She is going to Shanghai to buy a house, and "buy back" the house she just paid a down payment of more than 4 million in her previous life. This time, Wen Ying does not have to pay back the mortgage, and she can buy the house in full!
Thinking about it this way, Wen Ying was particularly motivated.
This is the advantage of being reborn. You don’t have to spend six years saving for a down payment, and you don’t have to pay off a mortgage for 20 years. I feel very happy just thinking about it.
She was so proud that she couldn't help but ask Xie Qian if he liked Magic City.
Xie Qian looked at her red face and wanted to reach out and touch her forehead: This poor child will go crazy if she can't receive registered mail again, right?
"Actually, it's okay to participate again next year. The competition is just there and I won't run."
Xie Qian comforted her, and Wen Ying groaned: "I'm not worried about the competition!"
Little brother, what we are talking about now is buying a house in Shanghai. An asset worth tens of millions in ten years will be much more important than a new concept essay contest, okay?
Forget it, Xie Qian has never been short of money, so he can't understand her desire to go to Shanghai alone to work hard, eager to own a property of her own so that she wouldn't have to move just because of a phone call from the landlord - what she was obsessed with was actually not...
A house in a magical city, but a sense of belonging that is truly accepted by the city where you work and live.
Xie Qian saw her distracted and misunderstood.
From that day on, not only did Li Mengjiao love to go to the communication room, but Xie Qian would also go there occasionally.
Li Mengjiao was careless and may not have found the registered letter in time, which was very important to Wen Ying.
On Friday, the last day of 2004, Wen Ying still hadn't received the notice for the rematch. Li Mengjiao didn't dare to mention it in front of Wen Ying, and went to the reception room secretly.
Wen Ying was originally full of confidence, but now she is gradually accepting the reality.
Just because her manuscript was published in EGGER does not mean that she can be shortlisted for the New Concept Essay Competition. Maybe her manuscript just doesn't meet the judges' preferences.
"Let's go eat fried skewers!"
There was no self-study on Friday night, so Li Mengjiao was going to use delicious food to relieve Wen Ying's frustration.
Wen Ying usually wouldn't eat this kind of high-calorie food, but Li Mengjiao invited her kindly, and Wen Ying couldn't resist it.
Winter is coming, and the intensity of ultraviolet rays in Chengdu has become lower. Wen Ying's skin is two degrees whiter than in summer. Her weight has recently stabilized at around 105 kilograms, and she has grown two centimeters taller. She is now 162cm tall without shoes, which is the same as in summer.
She insists on drinking milk every day and exercising.
Wen Ying is not thin now, but she is already a well-proportioned girl, but her body curves cannot be seen due to her winter school uniform.
What worries her the most is her face. She has lost weight and the baby fat has not gone away, but it is still chubby.
During Wen Ying's adolescence, there was always an excess of collagen.
In my previous life, I went to college, and my round face slowly became clearer, revealing a small pointed chin.
Wen Ying doesn't plan to lose weight for the time being. Being underweight affects her growth. She wants to seize the opportunity of puberty and gain some height!
After being held by Li Mengjiao's arm and passing the communication room, Wen Ying saw a circle of people gathered around the door of the communication room. A girl screamed "Song Chan" and squeezed out of the communication room, holding a letter in her hand.
"Notice of the rematch, Song Chan, your notice of the rematch!"
Wen Ying and Li Mengjiao's footsteps were frozen in place.
Song Chan is also a famous figure in the school. There are such celebrities in every grade. Li Mengjiao is the most famous girl among the freshmen in high school. Qin Jiao is the recognized goddess in the third grade of high school. After the start of this semester, Qin Jiao gradually withdrew.
The school's club activities began to prepare for the college entrance examination. Qin Jiao's "retirement" gave Song Chan a chance.
Song Chan is not only a talented woman, but also a temperamental beauty.
She is very thin, half a head shorter than Wen Ying. Her skin is white and translucent. She raises her hand to reveal her slender wrists. If you look closely, you can see the blue blood vessels under the skin... This kind of beauty is extremely fragile and makes people unable to help themselves.
Want to care.
The girl holding the letter ran to Song Chan and couldn't help but lower her voice.
"Song Chan, look!"
"Song Chan, please take it apart and take a look."
"Are you the only one in our school to be shortlisted this year?"
Song Chan took the letter and opened it in front of everyone. She confirmed that it was indeed the rematch notice and felt relieved.
Of course, Song Chan said she didn't care, "I'm just shortlisted for the semi-finals, but I don't necessarily win the prize."
Li Mengjiao released Wen Ying's arm and rushed into the communication room.