February goes, March comes.
Before we knew it, spring had arrived, all things came back to life, and the earth was covered in a new coat of green.
On this day, in the classroom of Class 1, Middle School.
As soon as the bell rang, Wang Shi couldn't wait to take out a magazine and read it when he saw the teacher walking out of the classroom.
"Wang Shi, what are you reading? I noticed you were absent-minded during class just now. Is this magazine so interesting?" Zhou Tan asked curiously when he saw Wang Shi immersed in a page of the magazine.
"People's Literature has resumed publication. This is the first issue of the year.
One of the novels, "The Convenience Store of Sorrow," is really good. I've read it for the third time already." When Zhou Tan asked him this, he looked up and said with a hint of excitement in his eyes.
"Is it really that good?" Zhou Tan took the magazine handed to him by Wang Shi with half belief and half doubt, turned to the page of "The Convenience Store of Sorrow" and began to read it carefully.
A few minutes later, Zhou Tan raised his head, his eyes flashing with surprise.
"It's really well written! It's amazing that this grocery store can solve people's problems." Zhou Tan exclaimed.
Wang Shi nodded, a satisfied smile on his face.
"Yes, I was also deeply attracted when I watched it for the first time. It felt like entering a fantasy world. Every character in it was so vivid, and their troubles and choices were so relatable.
Unfortunately, this novel has not been published yet. If you want to see the ending, you will have to wait until May to see the full story.
"Wang Shi, who wrote the 'Sorrow's Grocery Store' you mentioned?" After class, Zhang Mingqi, who was sitting in the front row, heard the conversation between Wang Shi and Zhou Tan, and she immediately turned around and asked curiously.
In the past, Zhang Mingqi didn't read novels and wouldn't care about these things.
Ever since her aunt published a novel in Xiaoxiang Magazine and made money, she began to develop a strong interest in literature, especially those works that could be published in well-known magazines.
She has also read several novels written by her aunt.
The first two stories have dramatic plots and vivid characters, making readers feel as if they are there and experiencing the characters' joys, sorrows, anger and happiness. Unfortunately, the endings are both tragic.
After watching "Parents' Love", Zhang Mingqi began to think and yearn for love at her age.
The stories in "Parents' Love" express simple and sincere emotions that transcend the boundaries of time and space and touch the softest part of Zhang Mingqi's heart.
The love of our parents’ generation is not embellished with fancy words or earth-shaking actions, but it reveals its depth and greatness in the little things in daily life.
"It was written by a man named Xiaoxiang Qingkong. It's very good. Mingqi and Qiurui, you should also take a look at it." Wang Shi strongly recommended it to them both.
"Didn't Xiaoxiang Qingkong publish his novel in Xiaoxiang Magazine? How come it went to People's Literature?" Zhang Mingqi said this to Wang Shi, Zhou Tan, and her aunt.
Zhang Mingqi knew that her aunt's novels had always been published in Xiaoxiang Magazine, but she didn't expect that she had also published novels in People's Literature.
People's Literature is not comparable to Xiaoxiang Magazine. Whether in terms of fame or the time of its establishment, People's Literature is at the top of the industry.
Zhang Mingqi couldn't help but feel genuine pride and joy for his aunt's talent and progress.
"Xiaoxiang Qingkong is still publishing novels in our Xiaoxiang Magazine. Mingqi, you have seen her novels in those issues of Xiaoxiang Magazine." Wang Shi was attracted by the novel "The Convenience Store of Worry" written by Xiaoxiang Qingkong, and he couldn't wait to read Xiaoxiang Qingkong's previous novels.
"Several of Xiaoxiang Qingkong's novels were published in the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth issues of Xiaoxiang Magazine last year, as well as in the first and second issues this year."
"Okay, I'll buy these issues of magazines tomorrow and read the novels written by Xiaoxiang Qingkong."
"Aunt, why did you publish your novel in People's Literature again?" Zhang Mingqi borrowed the magazine published by People's Literature from Wang Shi. Before reading the article "The Convenience Store of Sorrow" written by her aunt, she leaned close to her aunt's ear and asked in a low voice.
"People's Literature asked me to write an article before. I wrote one and mailed it to them. I didn't expect it to be accepted." Zhang Qiurui said casually.
Now both People's Literature and Xiaoxiang Magazine have asked her to write articles, and she is still thinking about what to write for her next article.
"Aunt, you are so awesome." Zhang Mingqi's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this, and her face was full of admiration.
"That's all. Mingqi, you must go to high school. Aunt Qian can help you with that.
Also, have you thought about what you want to do in the future?" Zhang Qiurui felt that his eldest niece was a good student, hardworking, motivated and down-to-earth, and would definitely achieve something in the future, so he decided to train his eldest niece.
"I will definitely study with you in high school.
"We'll talk about other things after I finish high school. As for what I'll do in the future, I haven't really thought about it." Zhang Mingqi didn't dare to think about going to high school before. But ever since her family started making money growing mushrooms and selling them, and her younger sister-in-law made a lot of money having her novels published in magazines, and now that things are getting better and better at home, the idea of going to high school has quietly taken root in her heart.
"I haven't thought about it. From now on, think about it carefully." Then, Zhang Qiurui ignored Mingqi.
Instead, she took out the magazine that People's Literature mailed to her from the desk and started reading it.
The novel I published in People's Literature was actually placed on the first page, at the beginning of the first article.
It can be seen that People's Literature attaches great importance to her work "The Convenience Store of Sorrow".
A magazine will publish novels, short stories and novels by more than a dozen authors. The novels published on the first page of the magazine are naturally the most eye-catching.
It often carries the magazine's careful selection, aiming to attract readers' attention and set the tone for the entire magazine with a unique narrative style, profound thematic exploration or fascinating plot setting.
This novel may be the opening chapter of a long serial or a short story by a well-known author.
In short, the quality of the first page of novels is directly related to the reader's first impression of the entire magazine. Therefore, the magazine is extremely cautious in screening, striving to dig out the brightest pearl among the numerous submissions.
This novel must not only attract new readers, but also retain old readers and become one of their must-reads every time.
Zhang Qiurui flipped through the magazine and found an advertisement for Hong Kong on the last page.
After seeing the advertisement, Zhang Qiurui didn't know what she was thinking about, and her eyes lit up slightly.
I immediately started to think about it.
“Perhaps, we can open up a new track.”
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