"Okay." Gu Hanping didn't know how many times Gu Yunyang had surprised him, yet he felt that things were still reasonable.
Gu Yunyang is such a good student, isn't it normal for him to write an article?
Gu Yunyang had already taken the envelope and the money order, and glanced at the number on it.
Forty yuan.
Gu Hanping saw it too, and his eyes widened in surprise.
"so much?"
Gu Yunyang thought for a moment and said, "I sent two articles in total, one of which is about two thousand words long. They may have been sent together."
The postman offered a few words of congratulations and then rode away on his bicycle.
Gu Yunyang thanked him, then opened the envelope, took out the letter, and began to read it quickly.
The author first expressed gratitude for his submission.
Then it was mentioned that the story fit the theme of the women's newspaper, indicating that the submission had been accepted.
The price is five yuan per thousand words.
So, it does indeed cost five yuan per thousand words.
However, in addition to the money order for forty yuan, some grain coupons were also mailed with the letter. Gu Yunyang counted them and found that there were a full five jin (2.5 kg) of them.
There was also one soap coupon and one pound of sugar coupon.
Not a lot, but definitely not a small amount either.
Especially grain coupons.
In rural areas, ration coupons were not issued.
This is issued based on the city's population.
In the middle of each month, the ration coupons for the following month are issued. Urban residents take their grain ration book to the grain bureau or grain station to collect grain coupons, and then exchange them for their rationed grain.
If you have a work unit, you eat at the work unit and have to hand over your food coupons to the work unit canteen in exchange for meal coupons.
The other party probably took into account that Gu Yunyang's address was in the production brigade, so he was likely a rural resident or an educated youth, and that's why they gave him five jin of grain coupons.
In addition to the 20 jin of grain coupons given by the police station each month, as long as there is enough oil and fat.
Actually, if you save some money, there's enough to eat.
In addition, Gu Yunyang and the brigade secretary each receive ten work points daily.
Supporting a family is no problem.
"Good lad." Gu Hanping was startled: "The royalties are that much? It's only a few thousand words, and you've already earned more than the commune cadres."
He was probably referring to Hao Jianshe's nephew, Hao Wenhua. Hao Wenhua was just a junior staff member, and his salary was less than Gu Yunyang's.
Gu Hanping was tempted and planned to talk to Gu Changzhu about it when he got back. Didn't he say he wanted to take the college entrance exam?
Learn from Gu Yunyang.
Gu Yunyang didn't know how to speak up, after all, he had received a considerable amount of royalties this time.
There were far more workers than in the commune's factories.
Especially the newly hired apprentices.
For example, Gu Hanbin hasn't been officially hired yet; he's still an apprentice.
My monthly salary is only fifteen yuan.
Once I'm officially hired, I'll probably earn about 22.5 yuan a month.
If someone were to say that the payment for the article is unreliable, not everyone would be willing to write it.
If you dampen someone's enthusiasm, they might think you're afraid of making money together with them.
So he could only smile and say nothing more.
"Let's go check out the cowshed. We should also take a look at the pigsty."
Gu Yunyang read the entire letter quickly, skimming through it.
The other party really liked his writing style and even invited him to contribute an article with the letter.
As long as Gu Yunyang can maintain the quality, Yangcheng Women's Daily will give him priority in admission.
Royalties may also increase in the future.
It must be said that the other party offered a decent fee.
At that time, the payment for manuscripts was divided into many levels, such as 2 yuan, 4 yuan, and 6 yuan per thousand words.
Gu Yunyang pondered that his price of 5 yuan per thousand words wasn't exactly low.
"I can write more in my spare time in the future; it will be an additional source of information."
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