Chapter 66 Album Release
Chen Xiaoer's style of eating and drinking while not forgetting to extort money from others is quite similar to the rogue style he would have a few years later.
For the script, Lin Weimin treated him to five meals in a restaurant, which cost him a month's salary.
Lin Weimin's current income is not low. His salary alone is 56 yuan. He joined Contemporary Magazine on the basis of the treatment given to college graduates. In addition to his salary, he also receives a monthly bonus of 7 yuan.
In addition to these, he joined the National Federation of Literary and Art Circles some time ago, and can receive a subsidy of 23.5 yuan from the association every month.
Calculated in this way, Lin Weimin's monthly income now reaches 86.5 yuan.
Looking back at the early 1980s, this income was definitely considered high-income.
Five meals a month cost more than 80 yuan. I can only say that Chen Xiaoer has a black heart. He dares to ask for a role even with this.
Perhaps he felt guilty, or perhaps because of the role Lin Weimin had agreed to play, Chen Xiaoer took the initiative to pay the bill today.
"I didn't realize that there would be a day when you would take the initiative to pay the bill."
Chen Peisi smiled crookedly, "Isn't it just the salary that was paid?"
Lin Weimin thought, I don't believe you, it's the end of the month, aren't you afraid of being beaten to death for paying wages at this time? Do you think the company now is the black-hearted capitalists of the future?
No matter whether he had just received his salary or not, at least the account was settled, proving that Chen Xiaoer's character was still worth saving.
Before leaving, Chen Peisi reminded Lin Weimin: "Don't forget my role. I'll treat you to a meal after you write it."
A little drunk, Lin Weimin returned to the Chinese Literature Society.
The address of Guowen Society is No. 166 Chaonei Street, which is a sacred place for many people in the literary circle.
The two buildings in front and back of the courtyard, as well as the east and west auxiliary buildings, almost form a circle here. There is only a gap at the north end of the west auxiliary building as a passage in and out of the courtyard.
The front building has a total of five floors, and the first to fourth floors are separated in the middle. On the east side is the People's Publishing House, and on the west side is the National Literature Publishing House. The employees on the east and west sides of the front building call each other "National" and "Literature".
"Contemporary" is on the second floor of the back building, which houses "Contemporary" and is also the guesthouse of the entire Guowen Society.
In the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, countless writers worked hard here.
Lin Weimin's dormitory is in 301, and the entire third floor is almost entirely occupied by writers or young editors.
When he walked in the corridor, he could hear the sounds from the dormitories on both sides. Since they lived close to each other, they often ate and drank together. No matter whose friends came, they had to drink together.
Today the noise in room 304 is particularly loud, maybe a friend is coming. The writer who lives in room 304 is named Yu, and everyone usually calls him Yu Zi. He is short and fat, and he is very good at cooking.
Also because of his talent in cooking, his dormitory became the most popular place for gatherings.
Lin Weimin could tell that the loudest voice in the noisy scene was from Old Zhang from Room 307.
Lao Zhang is a tall and strong man, a typical eastern Shandong man with a dignified look. His only shortcoming is that he is afraid of his wife. He cooks for their family every day.
He was a man with a high alcohol tolerance. When he was drunk, he would talk unsteadily and every time he talked about his past experiences, his versions were different.
After drinking, he has a hobby of comparing character with Yu Zi from 304. After comparing, everyone can only give a half-catty and eight-tael comment, which makes both of them quite depressed.
Lin Weimin had no intention of joining in the fun, but suddenly the door of room 304 was opened. When Yu Zi saw Lin Weimin, he immediately and enthusiastically pulled him into the dormitory.
It turned out that the gathering today was not because of guests, but because a new neighbor named Zheng Guo moved in in the afternoon.
He moved into the still empty room 302. He was from southern Henan, and you could tell by his accent.
There are people coming and going in the back building, most of them are writers who come to revise their manuscripts. They stay for a short period of time, ranging from a month to half a year or a year. It is a good place to make friends, but it is always accompanied by a sense of separation.
Today, a new friend came, so we had an excuse to have a drink. Tomorrow, the friend will leave, so we have to have another drink. Sometimes, if someone wrote a good work or had good news, we have to drink again. It was really lively.
Lin Weimin chatted with a few people for a while, took a few sips of wine symbolically, and then returned to his dormitory.
He had to go to work tomorrow, and he didn't have the energy to stay up late with them.
Guowen Press has some rules. For example, new college students have to intern in the proofreading department for a year. Lin Weimin was an airborne soldier and did not enjoy this treatment. He was directly assigned to become a preliminary review editor.
Lin Weimin felt quite regretful, if for no other reason than that the proofreading department was said to be full of beautiful ladies.
Moreover, the beauties of this era are different from those in later generations. They are proud of being educated. If Lin Weimin really went to the proofreading department, he would be surrounded by wolves.
The manuscript review process is generally a three-step process. After the initial review editor has reviewed it once and found no problems, it is submitted to the senior editor for a second review. After passing the second review, it is submitted to the editor-in-chief for a final review.
If all three reviews are passed, it means that the work can be published.
The Guowen Press is a little special because there is an editor-in-chief, Wei Junyi. Any manuscript that Meng Weizai and Qin Chaoyang are unsure about has to go through the review of editor-in-chief Wei Junyi.
Lin Weimin's current job is preliminary review, which involves weeding in the field, removing weeds that are mixed in with the good seedlings. Then the old editors water and fertilize them, and finally the editor-in-chief harvests them.
In addition, his job also includes letters from readers and registering manuscripts.
The work is a lot and very diverse, but very fulfilling.
The working environment in the editorial department of Contemporary Magazine is very pure, without any intrigue or deception. Even though it is a bit busy, Lin Weimin still feels very comfortable.
It is almost December and the "Spy War" album of "Contemporary" is released as scheduled.
At noon that day, during his lunch break, Lin Weimin went to Xinhua Bookstore to check the sales of the "Contemporary" issue.
"Comrade, do you still have the new issue of Contemporary Times?"
"No more. We are currently adjusting the stock. You can come back tomorrow to check."
"No, thank you."
After visiting two Xinhua Bookstores, Lin Weimin went to two newsstands. He didn't know if it was because it was an album, but this issue of "Contemporary" sold particularly well. Most of them were sold out in bookstores and newsstands on the first day of its release. Some were even sold out.
Lin Weimin felt a sense of accomplishment, not only because his song "Cliff" was the main song in this issue, but also because of the success of his album planning.
In the afternoon, Qin Chaoyang received calls from the bookstore and the post office. The sales of this album exceeded expectations and the first print run might not last more than three days, so they urged Contemporary to print more copies.
Such good news immediately lifted the atmosphere of the editorial department. The news that the version will be revised at the beginning of next year has been confirmed, and this album is equivalent to a test.
It looks like the sales will definitely increase after the magazine is changed to a bimonthly publication next year!
(End of this chapter)
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