A week after the opening of "Shrimp King", Qin Jiao went to Shanghai to participate in the exchange week as Deng Shangwei had said.
Also going with them was Wang Shuang, a poor student. Wang Jun took great pains to get his son into the exchange group, saying that it was to let Wang Shuang feel the atmosphere of a prestigious school in advance. With Wang Shuang's current grades, it was impossible for him to go to a prestigious school. Wang Jun let Wang Shuang feel the atmosphere of a prestigious school, or he wanted to motivate his son.
There was no exchange group for the first year of high school, so Wen Ying couldn’t go even if she wanted to.
Wen Ying is now looking forward to receiving the registered letter from "Mengya" as soon as possible. According to the practice in previous years, the notice of the semi-finals of the New Concept Writing Competition will be sent to the contestants by registered mail before January.
Only contestants who have qualified for the semi-finals will receive registered mail.
There are often letters from Li Mengjiao in the school's mailroom. They come from fans all over the country. Because there are so many letters and gifts, the mailroom prepared a special cardboard box for Li Mengjiao. Li Mengjiao used to go to pick it up once a week. Near the end of December, Li Mengjiao ran to the mailroom almost every day, for fear that if she didn't pick it up in time, Wen Ying's rematch notice would be lost... Wen Ying felt that Li Mengjiao was thinking too much. Who would steal a registered letter?
"You never know!"
Li Mengjiao muttered, "What if you make it to the semi-finals and others don't? Sometimes, due to a momentary imbalance, you might end up throwing away your semi-final notice. What if you told me to be careful of other people's plots? Why aren't you careful when it's your turn?"
Wen Ying was speechless after hearing what Li Mengjiao said.
Who would throw her rematch notice?
If Shulu saw it, it would be possible, but Shulu is no longer in the provincial key school.
Wen Ying participated in the New Concept Writing Competition more to fulfill a dream from her previous life and make up for regrets. She was definitely motivated by personal gain. The New Concept Writing Competition is still a good way for young writers to become famous, but it has become less and less popular as time goes by. After the tenth session, the popularity gradually faded, and Wen Ying caught up with the seventh competition this year.
Wen Ying was not the only one who participated in the New Concept Writing Competition at the provincial key school. The school newspaper of the school was well-known in Chengdu. Articles written by a sophomore named Song Chan were often published in the school newspaper. She also published a novel last year. Although the sales were mediocre, it was a very good achievement at her age. After the novel was published, Song Chan joined the Chengdu Writers Association under the recommendation of literary predecessors.
Song Chan is not Wen Ying's only competitor in the same school, but Song Chan is more high-profile and became known to everyone as soon as she submitted her work.
The New Concept Writing Competition attracts not only young literary people, but also students with mediocre academic performance in provincial key schools. Although the reward for admission to prestigious universities for the first prize winners in the rematch has been cancelled this year, the prestigious universities cooperating with the organizers of the New Concept Writing Competition will still lower the admission scores for the first prize winners!
The change in the admission system is a huge blow to many literary and artistic students with serious academic imbalances. They participated in the New Concept Writing Competition not only to show their talents, but also to obtain admission through this channel. Now that admission has been changed to admission with reduced scores, they can no longer get into famous schools. After all, no matter how much the admission scores of famous schools are lowered, there is still a standard, and literary and artistic students with serious academic imbalances cannot even meet this standard.
Students like Song Chan who attend the top high school in Chengdu are different.
First of all, Song Chan's grades were not the best among the provincial key schools, but they were not too bad either. She could have been admitted to a good university on her own. If there was a policy to lower the scores, Song Chan could have applied to a higher-level university!
Students like Song Chan, who have been contributing to publications at an early age and have grown up with the title of "little talent", are not uncommon in provincial key schools. It's just that Song Chan is very active in various school activities, and her participation in the New Concept Writing Competition is particularly eye-catching.
In comparison, Wen Ying's participation in the competition was very low-key. After all, she was not as famous as Song Chan, and her classmates didn't know that she was writing for the magazine.
Even in "Aige" magazine, Wen Ying is an absolute newcomer.
Wen Ying did not receive the registered letter from "Mengya" magazine, but she received good news from the editor of "Aige". The editor asked Wen Ying to write a long serial novel. Wen Ying sent the beginning and outline of the 30,000-word text, and the editor informed her that the manuscript had been accepted!
"You're a new writer now. Although I've tried my best, the editor-in-chief can only give you 130 yuan per thousand words. If your book gets a good response during the serialization period, there's a chance the fee will increase."
"The subject matter is a little different from what's popular nowadays, but that's okay, I'm personally very optimistic about it!"
"Xiaoyu, let me confirm with you again. The monthly submission is 30,000 words, with a minimum of 20,000 words. Is that okay?"
With a monthly manuscript submission of 30,000 words and a royalty fee of 130 yuan per thousand words, the book earns 3,900 yuan a month. Wen Ying, the author of "Teenage Idol," estimates that the total number of words in the book will be between 250,000 and 300,000. Even if calculated at 250,000 words and the royalty fee does not increase, this book can still bring Wen Ying an income of more than 30,000 yuan during the serialization period!
Of course, if the single manuscript fee exceeds 800 yuan, Wen Ying will need to pay taxes, and the after-tax income is more than 20,000 yuan but less than 30,000 yuan.
But to complete her serialization, she only needed to take two days off each month to complete it, and the return rate was still amazing. These days, there aren't many jobs that pay over 3,000 yuan a month, let alone only working two days a month. Such a job is hard to find!
"Of course no problem, I can handle 30,000 words!"
In order to prepare for special circumstances, such as the final exam week, Wen Ying decided to write more as a reserve when she has plenty of time, so as to avoid interruptions during the serialization period.
She is not a big-name author, and her bad habit of delaying or delaying updates will only leave a bad impression on the magazine, and the editor who originally defended her will be disappointed.
Wen Ying counted on her fingers the royalties she would get from Aige in the coming year, her dividends from Shrimp King, and her income from her part-time screenwriter job during the winter vacation... Adding it all up, it would not be a problem for her to own a house of her own before she turned eighteen.
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