"Huh? This kid's ideals are quite lofty!"
"He wants to be our colleague! But he is still far from qualified. He is only 18 years old, too young.
Which newspaper would let an 18-year-old kid be an editor? "
“But it doesn’t seem impossible! If Facing the Sea, Spring Blossoms is really a big hit, and the author is an editor at our Poetry Magazine.
On the one hand, it can greatly enhance the popularity of our Poetry Magazine, and on the other hand, can it also serve as a role model for poetry lovers across the country?
That is, if you are good at writing poetry, it can also be a career path.
In addition to being a professional poet, you can also be an editor of a poetry magazine.
The country is already considering relaxing restrictions on the publishing industry, and in the future all kinds of newspapers and periodicals will definitely spring up like mushrooms after a rain, and there will be more and more of them.
We can indeed try to be more eclectic and recruit a group of young literary enthusiasts as editors.”
"Yeah! I agree. After all, doesn't Poetry Magazine still have vacancies for recruiting people?
It doesn't matter who you recruit. Comrade Zhong Yuejin can write a poem like "Facing the Sea, Spring Flowers Bloom", which is not easy."
…
During the heated discussion among the editors, Chief Editor Yan Chen finally made the final decision:
“It is indeed inappropriate to rashly let an 18-year-old educated youth who was sent down to the countryside to be the editor of our Poetry Magazine.
Well, let's wait a little longer.
Let’s take a look at the real influence of the poem “Facing the Sea, Spring Flowers Blooming” published in this issue of “Poetry Magazine”.
If it really becomes popular all over China as Li Ying said, we can consider letting Zhong Yuejin become a member of our editorial department."
…
After the meeting, it was already very late at night.
Editor Li Ying rode a women's bicycle all the way from No. 10 Nanli, Agricultural Exhibition Hall, where Poetry Magazine was located, back to her home in the Naval Officers' Compound.
The noise she made when she came back so late was quite loud. As soon as she opened the door, her sleeping mother was woken up by her.
"It's Yingzi! Why did you just get off work?
I want to ask you, a magazine that deals with literature, why do you have to work overtime?
I think you are more tired than the workers in the factory. Isn't it just selecting some well-written poems from readers' letters?
Is it necessary to work so hard and stay up all night looking for it?"
Although Li's mother complained, she actually felt sorry for her daughter's leaving home early and coming back late.
She went to the kitchen and heated up a bowl of egg soup for her daughter, mumbling, "If I had known, I wouldn't have asked your dad to use his connections to get into Poetry Magazine.
How nice it would be to be a salesperson in the department store right next door. Everyone would envy you and flatter you.
Whatever you want to buy, there are internal discount prices.
The biggest dream of many young girls is to become a salesperson in a department store.
But you don’t care...”
“I don’t mind!
As an editor at Poetry Magazine, I would not feel tired even if I worked all day, because this is the job I like.
If I worked as a salesperson in a department store, I would be bored to death. Even if I only worked for one morning, I would feel like I was living a year."
Li Ying drank the hot egg soup while holding her mother's hand and said, "Mom! I was really good today. I found a very, very, very good poem from the pile of letters."
"Go! Go! Go!
I said three verys, how good is it?"
Mother Li teased.
"I'll read it to you... Starting tomorrow... Facing the sea, with spring flowers blooming..."
After only reading it a few times, Li Ying could recite it word for word.
Mother Li also listened to her quietly. She didn't care much at first, but the more she listened, the more her eyes became different.
She looked a little sleepy at first, but then Li's mother's eyes lit up.
"Good! This poem is really well written."
Mother Li couldn't help but sigh.
“I said this is a very well-written poem that will become popular all over the country.”
Li Ying was not humble at all in front of her mother and spoke proudly.
"Hmm! Who wrote this poem? It's really well written.
Even though I am a housewife who doesn’t understand poetry, I still feel good when I listen to it. I feel hope and happiness.”
Mother Li nodded and said with approval.
"The author's name is Zhong Yuejin, an educated youth from Beijing who went to Baishan City, Jilin Province in the northeast. He is only 18 years old this year, four years younger than me!
How can he be so talented and write such good poems? "
"Baishan City? That's such a coincidence!
Your cousin Ye Zhifei is on a business trip this time, and he happened to be going to the Northeast Military Region, which is in Baishan City!"
Mother Li said with a smile.
"Ah! When did Brother Fei go to the Northeast? How come I didn't know?
Oh, right! Comrade Zhong Yuejin also wants to be an editor at our Poetry Magazine. The editor-in-chief said that we will wait and see the influence of his poem "Facing the Sea, Spring Flowers Bloom" before making a judgment.
The editor-in-chief said...if it really becomes a big hit, then take me with you to the Northeast to personally visit Comrade Zhong Yuejin!
By the way, I will interview him. When the time comes, Mom, please find time to ask for Fei Ge's address and phone number in Baishan City in Northeast China.
When the editor-in-chief and I go to the Northeast, we will have someone we know, right?"
Li Ying also said with surprise.
"Okay! I'll ask for you tomorrow.
But why would your editor-in-chief take a little girl like you on a business trip, especially to the freezing cold Northeast."
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