Chapter 53: Notes from the Courtyard
A few days later, Lu Yao finished revising his manuscript. His editor, Liu Yin, was very satisfied with the manuscript and decided to publish it in the next issue of Contemporary Magazine. Lu Yao's purpose of coming to Yanjing this time was completely achieved.
The night before leaving, Liu Yin invited Lu Yao to dinner, and Lu Yao brought Lin Weimin and Gu Hua along. They had formed a deep friendship over the past few days.
Before leaving, Lin Weimin did not forget to remind Lu Yao.
"Old Lu, when you finish writing your novel, don't forget to send it to me so I can have a look."
"Don't worry, I'll let you read it first after I finish writing it."
The successful typesetting and publication of "A Thrilling Scene" boosted Lu Yao's confidence and also gave him more confidence in the upcoming story about Gao Jialin and Liu Qiaozhen. He planned to go back and work on this work that inspired him.
After Lu Yao left, Lin Weimin returned to the Institute of Literature Research as school was about to start.
On the day he returned, some of his classmates had already returned.
A month is not a long time, but when the classmates got together again, they still felt a little unfamiliar.
Everyone has changed their appearance, with new hairstyles, new clothes, and even their complexions look much better. It is obvious that they have enjoyed the warmth and sweetness of family and hometown in this month.
After everyone arrived, Teacher Tang Yuqiu gathered everyone together and held a class meeting.
The previous stage of study has come to an end, and everyone needs to prepare graduation projects in the next period of time. Everyone has been assigned a tutor, and there will not be many opportunities to attend large classes in the future. Many people couldn't help but show a bit of disappointment on their faces when they heard this.
After the class meeting, Lin Weimin collected the manuscripts one by one. Everyone participated in his group writing before the holiday, and some people had not submitted their manuscripts yet.
When everyone asked Lin Weimin at that time, he was mysterious and refused to say anything. This time everyone asked again.
Lin Weimin had already received a positive answer from Rong Shihui, so he no longer concealed it and told everyone about his plan to have their work published in Contemporary Magazine.
Everyone was shocked.
"For the people, sure, there are still such connections?"
"Is this true? Are you sure this will work?"
Everyone was talking to him and asking endless questions. Lin Weimin could only shout, "Stop talking. Now that the matter has been settled, it depends on the quality of your manuscripts. Let me make it clear that just because we've agreed to make an album doesn't mean we'll accept everything. If your manuscript is rejected, don't come to me."
After hearing what he said, the students who had originally had a casual attitude immediately became serious.
Some people who had just given their manuscripts to Lin Weimin asked him to return them.
The ugly girl found a good husband, but she needs to draw her eyebrows well.
This matter soon reached Tang Yuqiu and the leaders of the institute. Tang Yuqiu was a good friend of Rong Shihui and should have known about it in advance, but she did not meet Rong Shihui during this holiday and naturally had no idea what Lin Weimin had done behind his back.
Xu Gang asked Tang Yuqiu to call Lin Weimin over. Lin Weimin was a little nervous when he saw him, fearing that he would be scolded.
"I heard that you have made an agreement with Contemporary Magazine to make an album using the manuscripts of the students in the institute?"
"yes."
"How did you come up with such an idea?"
When Lin Weimin saw that Xu Gang was interested in this matter, he immediately realized that this was a good opportunity. If he could get Xu Gang to pass a message to the Humanities Publishing House, the difficulty of getting in would definitely be much lower. So he told Xu Gang all about his situation and thoughts.
Xu Gang was a little surprised after hearing this. He didn't expect Lin Weimin to have such thoughts.
When Xu Gang heard Lin Weimin's implicit words trying to get him to say something good about him, he fell silent.
After a while, he slowly said, "The institute has arranged graduation works for each of you. The original plan was that after you submit your graduation works, the institute will contact the publication to review and approve these works. Your idea just helps the institute solve the problem. If this album can be published smoothly, the institute can save a lot of effort. OK, I understand. I will discuss it with Comrade Wen Jing later."
Xu Gang's rank is slightly inferior to Yan Wenjing, the president of the Chinese Literature Society, but after all, they belong to the same system, and it is easier to talk when they meet as acquaintances.
With his guarantee, Lin Weimin was delighted and felt more confident about his work.
In the evening, Lin Weimin saw Huang Zonghan taking a stack of manuscripts from Huang Anyi. After Huang Anyi left, he asked, "Old Huang, what's going on?"
"The manuscript that I had agreed to write with An Yi was finished during her vacation."
"Is that so!" Lin Weimin fixed his eyes on the manuscript and snatched it away without waiting for Huang Zonghan to review it.
After he finished reading it, he looked at Huang Zonghan with a teasing look, "Old Huang, it's a pity to give this manuscript to your magazine!"
Lin Weimin's words were indeed quite hurtful. Huang Zonghan glared at him and snatched the manuscript from his hands.
But after he finished reading it, he looked at Lin Weimin and fell silent.
He had to admit that the boy was right.
Huang Zonghan never expected that Huang Anyi's manuscript would do so well. It was indeed a pity not to publish it in Jiangcheng.
Lin Weimin said with a smile: "How is it? Am I right?"
Huang Zonghan felt a little frustrated and said, "I'll find a good place for An Yi's manuscript later."
"No!" Lin Weimin snatched the manuscript away, "I won't bother you with this matter, just leave it to me."
"Where can you go, kid?"
"Don't worry about it. I'll go talk to An Yi."
After that, he found Huang Anyi and told her Huang Zonghan's decision. Huang Anyi was disappointed but also a little happy after hearing it, "Is this manuscript really as good as you said?"
"Of course, Comrade An Yi, you have to have confidence in yourself. Just give me the manuscript, and I will definitely find a good place for it for you."
"Then... then thank you."
Huang Anyi thanked him a little shyly.
"It's okay. There's no need to be polite between us classmates."
A few days later, Lin Weimin came to the editorial office of "Contemporary" with a pile of manuscripts, and plopped them on Rong Shihui's desk with full confidence.
"The manuscripts are all here, you can use them as you see fit."
Rong Shihui couldn't help but laugh, "Look at how arrogant you are!"
He flipped through the manuscript and said, "Have you read the manuscript? How is the quality?"
"Do you dare to take it from me without reading it? Don't worry, there is absolutely no shoddy work. Including the one I gave you before, there are 17 pieces in total. One long story, six novellas, and 10 short stories. It's easy to publish an album."
Rong Shihui nodded slightly, quite reliable.
Lin Weimin took out Huang Anyi's manuscript from his bag again. "This is a new manuscript written by a female comrade in our class. The manuscript is of very high quality. Do you think it meets your recruitment standards?"
Rong Shihui took the manuscript and asked, "Miscellaneous notes about the courtyard?"
(End of this chapter)
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