Chapter 64: The abacus beads were about to hit his face.
After receiving the materials to be translated next from Director Shao, she was pulled by Ren Baobei to the newspaper office. At that time, the staff of Xincheng Evening News were all extremely busy, and Shen Yuzhu almost bumped into people several times when she went in.
When they saw Ren Baobei, they only nodded hastily. The two of them had just walked into the editor-in-chief's office when they heard a roar coming from inside.
"I need a manuscript, a manuscript, not shit! What kind of garbage is this? It's riddled with typos, and the radicals are all missing. You guys are really something else, aren't you? One pile of shit wasn't enough, you sent five! What, you think I haven't eaten dinner and want me to choke to death? How did you review this? How did this piece of garbage even get to me? Are you naive?"
(Note: This is a criticism of the author. I am aware of my writing flaws and apologize.)
Shen Yuzhu: "......."
No wonder he's Ren Baobei's father; his temperament is just like hers!
The head of the review team came out of the office wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. When he saw Ren Baobei, he looked at her as if he had seen a savior, and grabbed her little hand, calling her a Bodhisattva.
"Honey, your dad's gone crazy today. You need to go and comfort him and buy some time for your uncle. I'll get you a new headband tomorrow, okay? Help, honey."
Ren Baobei opened her big, bright eyes and raised her fist at the team leader.
"Uncle, just you wait and see!"
The team leader nodded gratefully to her, then pushed her inside, pulling Shen Yuzhu along with her, and slammed the office door shut with a bang.
"!!!"
Shen Yuzhu: "......."
Ren Baobei: "......."
That's a real dog!!!
The man sitting in his office, clutching his manuscript as if about to tear it up, was a little stunned when he suddenly saw the two people walk in. Ren Baobei and Shen Yuzhu were also a little stunned, as they were pushed in too quickly.
"What's going on here? What's going on?"
"Dad, my friend and I didn't break in on purpose, do you believe me?"
Ren Guoquan blinked, looking at his daughter with the same expression an elderly man on the subway would when looking at his phone. "What do you think?"
"Hehehe, let's not talk about anything else for now, Dad. I brought my friend over to discuss something with you. Take a look at this draft, do you think it's well-written?"
Ren Guoquan had just been looking at dog poop... and his head was aching from reading manuscripts. Now his precious little darling was making him read manuscripts again. To be honest, if she weren't his own daughter, he would definitely slap her.
"Honey, maybe we should call it a day. Dad's been looking at the manuscript all afternoon, and his eyes are getting tired."
“If you don’t read this, I’ll have my mom beat you up and break your teeth. Oh, Dad, just take a look. Didn’t you want to start a children’s column? Look at what my friend wrote, it’s guaranteed to get approved.”
If force doesn't work, try a softer approach; the key is that Ren Guoquan is particularly susceptible to his daughter's charm.
He smacked his lips as he took it, but immediately froze as soon as he opened his eyes.
Um?
"You, you silly roe deer, are fighting with the big bad wolf for meat, and this little white rabbit is racing with an eagle. This is interesting, but when I planned this column, I wanted to enrich the children's thinking and childlike fun. Your writing is too sharp. Won't it scare the children?"
"Yes, when I was writing this, I wanted to make it both interesting and educational. Even children are surrounded by many dangerous things. We need to teach them from a young age how to distinguish between good and bad people, and what to do when they encounter bad people."
Ren Guoquan nodded repeatedly after listening, finding it very reasonable.
"Young lady, your manuscript can be published after I revise it, but can you write other manuscripts? It would be even better if you could do a serialized version, what do you think?"
Shen Yuzhu was about to speak when Ren Baobei pushed her aside.
"Ahem... Editor-in-Chief Ren, you can talk to me about this. I'll take charge of Yuzhu's matter."
Shen Yuzhu: "......."
Ren Guoquan: "......."
The abacus beads are practically hitting someone's face! Could you please hide them a little?!
"Then tell me how to do it?"
Ren Baobei rolled her eyes and pulled Shen Yuzhu to sit down, then pointed to the table.
"Pour some tea, Lao Ren. Is this how you conduct business?"
"......"
Ren Baobei took a sip of the tea poured by Ren Guoquan, cleared her throat, and then said, "It can be serialized." After saying that, she turned to Shen Yuzhu and asked in a low voice, "Is it Yuzhu, it can be serialized?"
Shen Yuzhu: ".......Hmm!"
“We can serialize it, but we don’t want a one-off deal. We want revenue sharing. We need to sign an agreement. Let’s write two articles first and see how it goes. If the response is good, we’ll set a final price. What do you think, Editor-in-Chief Ren?”
"You child, why don't you side with your father at all? You're just like your mother, so annoying." Ren Guoquan glanced at her, then looked down at the manuscript, and finally nodded.
"Okay, then I'll price you according to the revenue share. You guys go out first, and I'll have someone come and draft an agreement. The later pricing is up to you. Cough cough... Honey, don't rip off your friends too much, okay?"
Ren Baobei stuck out her tongue at him and pulled Shen Yuzhu out the door.
"See, I told you you could do it. From what I know, a newspaper is four cents, and our share is about three to five cents. If we accumulate enough, it will be pretty good. Yuzhu, you are my benefactor. I'm going to get rich."
Shen Yuzhu: "......"
Me too! ! !
Ren Baobei had a good plan, but Ren Guoquan didn't let her have her way. It was true that the manuscripts were accepted, and Shen Yuzhu was given forty yuan for each of the two articles. It wasn't a buyout; he just wanted to see how the newspaper's sales would go.
If sales are good and readers specifically request her work, then the price can be split, calculated at two cents, and the price can be increased later.
This is already very good for a new author, but the key is that Ren Baobei is not happy. She held the agreement and glared angrily at Ren Guoquan, but the latter did not even glance at her.
Shen Yuzhu thought it was acceptable and signed her name directly. However, she also wrote in the agreement that the subsequent pricing would be negotiated with Ren Baobei, which finally made the young lady smile.
As they left the newspaper office, Shen Yuzhu took out fifteen yuan and handed it to Ren Baobei, who only accepted five yuan.
“I’m not greedy. You did the work, I just talked. Five yuan is a lot. But don’t worry, if the newspaper sells well, I’ll make sure the old man bleeds a lot.”
Shen Yuzhu: "......."
That's your dad! Even your own father wouldn't be treated like this!
The next day, when she was about to leave, Ren Baobei came to see her and bought her a lot of local specialties from the provincial capital. The two agreed that she would inform her of any news from the newspaper as soon as possible.
Looking at the people waving to her on the platform, Shen Yuzhu felt that this trip was really worthwhile.
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