For example, in the situation at hand, Han Li initially spoke up for Le Chao and asked Sun Quan to recommend Le Chao's new book to the publishing house.
Is it easy for Sun Quan to refuse?
Han Li is Yuan Shuiqing's cousin, and Yuan Shuiqing is his wife. Le Chao is his high school classmate, and is still Han Li's boyfriend, and maybe he will become his brother-in-law in the future.
Therefore, although Sun Quan felt a little embarrassed, he still nodded, "Okay, you want me to help him submit the manuscript? Or should I give him the publishing house's submission email address and let him submit it himself?"
Han Li glanced at Le Chao and smiled: "Brother-in-law, I still need to trouble you..."
As soon as Han Li started her sentence, Le Chao, who was sitting next to her, interrupted her. With a smile on his face, Le Chao said to Sun Quan: "Sun Quan, I won't bother you anymore. Please submit the manuscript to the publishing house."
Give me your email address and the editor's contact information, and by the way, just help tell the editor of the publishing house that I am your good friend. Haha, I will handle the submission myself! Do you think this is okay?"
Han Li frowned and looked at him in confusion, and reminded in a low voice, "Are you stupid? Let Xiao Quanzi submit your manuscript for you, the success rate will be higher."
Le Chao did not answer, but shook his head slightly, still looking at Sun Quan with a smile on his face, waiting for Sun Quan's reply.
Several possibilities flashed through Sun Quan's mind in an instant.
1. This guy Le Chao doesn’t trust me, is he afraid that I will take the manuscript of his new book as my own? This guy asked me to help him read the new book. Instead of sending the manuscript to me through QQ, he directly brought the computer over for me to read.
It may also be due to this consideration.
Second, maybe this guy is not worried about me, but he wants to get the contact information of the editor of the publishing house and get close to the editor.
Third, it may be that this guy is not afraid that I will take his manuscript as my own, but is afraid that I will not do my best in helping him submit the manuscript and will not help him put in a good word with the editor of the publishing house.
…
After several possibilities flashed through his mind, Sun Quan just smiled and did not question Le Chao. He did not want to make the scene ugly.
As for the specific details of Le Chao's little thoughts, he was not interested in studying it in detail. Anyway, it didn't cost him much effort. Since Le Chao asked so, then let him grant his wish!
"Okay, then I will use QQ to send you the QQ number of the editor who received the manuscript! Then you can just submit the manuscript directly to her QQ mailbox."
Han Li: "Brother-in-law, don't forget to say a few kind words to Lechao!"
Han Li took advantage of the opportunity and gave a special reminder.
Sun Quan looked helpless and nodded with a smile.
After achieving their goal, Han Li and Le Chao sat for a while and then stood up to leave. Because it was difficult to take a taxi here at Qinglong Bay Villa Park, Sun Quan arranged for Cai Yanan to drive them back to the city.
The entrance of the villa.
Sun Quan and Yuan Shuiqing stood side by side at the door and watched the car go away. Yuan Shuiqing suddenly said, "Husband, were you in a bit of a dilemma just now?"
Sun Quan smiled, put his arm around her shoulders, turned to look at her, and said with a smile: "It's okay, Han Li is your cousin! Even if I don't care about her face, I have to agree to her request because of yours.
What’s more, she called me brother-in-law quite a few times today!”
Yuan Shuiqing shook his head slightly, with a helpless expression, and turned to look at him, "I know you are in trouble. Lili is a little immature. She and that Le Chao... Actually, I am not very optimistic about it, but she brought Le Chao with her today.
You make such a request..."
After a pause, Yuan Shuiqing sighed softly, "I will talk to her later and not allow her to do this again next time. She and that Lechao don't know if they can get married in the future, so I asked you to help him like this...
"
After speaking, she shook her head again.
Sun Quan patted her shoulder and comforted her: "It's okay. Don't think so much. You'd better stop talking about her, so as not to ruin the relationship between you two sisters. It's not a big deal."
Yuan Shuiqing turned around and walked into the courtyard, saying as he walked: "Don't worry about it. In front of Le Chao just now, I didn't stop you from agreeing to her, and I already saved her face. But this will not happen again. If you do this,
That’s all, I don’t have a problem with her begging you, but this is to ask you to help others, and that’s not how things work.”
What is it like for a daughter-in-law to have her own mind and act according to her own principles?
Sun Quan felt it at this time, and he said he didn't care anymore, but she still insisted on being serious.
He was a little helpless, but he was also quite happy.
Because his wife is thinking about him and doesn't want him to ask for help.
Does he need to ask for help?
In fact, it is not necessary.
That afternoon, when he returned to Xianyu Studio, he logged into QQ and sent Le Chao the QQ number of Qing He, the receiving editor of Pioneer Press.
Then he sent a private message to Qinghe, "Beauty, let me tell you something. I have a high school classmate who has also embarked on the road of no return for online writing. He knows that I have published several books, so he asked me to
I introduced him to an editor from a publishing house. You are out of luck. I gave him your QQ account. He will probably add you later.
The situation is what it is, and what is going on is what it is.
Well, I don’t mean anything else. Just follow your process to see if his manuscript passes. I wish you success in your cooperation!"
At the end of the text message, he included a smiling emoticon.
A few minutes later, Qinghe replied to him - "I understand, haha, this kind of thing is inevitable. Old authors often introduce their friends to me. It's okay. I won't submit too many articles. Thank you!"
Sun Quan sent her another smiling emoticon.
For him, there was only so much he could do to help Le Chao.
Therefore, Yuan Shuiqing's worries are unnecessary.
Is this considered asking for help?
In fact, the longer Sun Quan has been in this industry, the more he understands the reality: in this industry, asking for help is useless.
He had experienced it himself before. He had been without a recommendation slot for a long time and asked the editor to give him one. The editor pretended not to be there and did not reply at all.
The book was on the street, and he wanted more monthly votes to support the scene, so he sent out a single chapter asking for votes, but the monthly votes hardly increased. Then he felt embarrassed and silently deleted the single chapter asking for votes.
There is another example. He once met a new author. Every time he published a new book, he would write "Please collect" at the end of the title of each chapter.
The results of it?
When the book has 10,000 or 20,000 words, the number of collectors is in the single digits. When the book has more than 100,000 words, the number of collectors is only a few dozen.
Therefore, Sun Quan did not tell Qinghe: For my sake, please give my classmate’s book a draft!
Because he knew very well that even if he said this, if the quality of Le Chao's manuscript failed to impress the review editor, the final result would still not pass the manuscript.
Publishers are not philanthropic, and they will not easily approve manuscripts based on someone's reputation.
…
In the evening of that day, Sun Quan finished writing the manuscript for the second chapter in the afternoon and logged into QQ as a habit.
I received several private messages sent by Qinghe more than three hours ago.
The content of the first private message was a screenshot of her QQ chat with Lechao.
In this screenshot, Le Chao said: "Hello, I am Xianyu's best friend, Sun. He should have told you about me, right? My time for writing novels is not much shorter than his, and he and I often
For example, I asked him to help me revise the subject matter and outline of my recent new book several times. He also gave me a lot of opinions on the content. By the way, if I submit a manuscript to you, what should I do? Submit
Is your QQ email address? I heard that the submission time is about 60,000 words? An outline is also required, right?"
The content of the second private message was written by Qinghe himself: "Is this really your best friend? Have you really helped him revise the outline and text of his new book?"
The third private message was written by Qinghe: "Haha, if what he said is true, then I will definitely make a note with my review colleagues, and the probability of rejection will definitely be much higher."
The fourth one is just a smiley emoticon.
Sun Quan looked a little dumbfounded.
He didn't expect that Lechao had the idea to receive the editor's QQ message.
Since when has he been my best friend?
When did I help him revise the topic and outline several times?
I also gave a lot of opinions on the content?
He shook his head speechlessly. At this moment, Sun Quan's understanding of Le Chao was refreshed. Is this the way smart people do things?
Sure enough.
But he is so smart. When he said this, didn't he think that Qinghe might come to me for verification?
Or is it: He is sure that for the sake of Han Li and Yuan Shuiqing, even if Qinghe comes to me for verification, I will definitely help him cover up this lie?
Does this confirm me?
Pouting slightly, Sun Quan replied to Qing He, "This guy is usually humorous and likes to joke. You just need to get used to it."
Unexpectedly, Qinghe was still online at this time.
Qinghe: "..."
Qinghe: "So what he told me is all false?"
Xianyu Laosun: "Let's put it this way, he did show me the beginning of his new book. There are still some new ideas. Maybe you can really publish it, but I don't have the subject matter, outline and text of this book.
Participate, just follow the normal process and review the manuscript for him."
After about two minutes, Qinghe: "Okay! I understand, thank you for your reply, and thank you again for helping me introduce the author."
Sun Quan replied with a smiley face.
He didn't help Le Chao lie, but he also didn't deliberately belittle Le Chao's "God of Fighting". He told the truth.
In principle, not only his wife Yuan Shuiqing has it, but also his grandson.
His principles do not allow him to lie for others.
Because it consumes other people's trust in someone else.
When Qinghe learns that he helped Le Chao lie today, how much will Qinghe dare to trust what Sun Quan says in the future?
Le Chao is his classmate and Han Li's male ticket, that's right!
But Qinghe has been dealing with him for two or three years. Not to mention friendship, he is a happy partner. How can he cheat Qinghe just to help Lechao?
The main reason was that Le Chao's actions made him feel unhappy.
You, Lechao, are using his name as Sun Quan behind his back to deceive people. You, Lechao, have increased your success rate in drafting, but have you, Lechao, ever thought that you are trying to trick me?
I'm going to introduce you to the editor of the publishing house. I don't expect you to thank me, but at least you can't cheat me, right?