After a quarrel and a good cry with her online love object, Chu Li calmed down... The conversation with Mr. L made her realize a problem: she could not give the initiative to proofread "The Divine Book of Luo River" to anyone - even if that person was Zhuo Chuan himself.
Chu Li studied Chinese language and literature, so during her university years, she also helped her teacher with proofreading work for publishing houses. When she came into contact with those editors, she often had the opportunity to listen to the editors' complaints about the authors. Sometimes, in order to avoid trouble, these editors liked to dismiss them with a simple "whatever" -
Editor: Teacher, what style should I use for the cover? Do you have a favorite design style?
Author: Whatever.
Editor: Teacher, the book is a bit thick with so many words. How about dividing it into two volumes?
Author: Whatever.
Editor: Teacher, this character seems a bit redundant. The editor-in-chief thinks that deleting it may make the content of the article more compact and complete. Would you like to see if it can be deleted...
Author: Who is this person? I wrote this? Delete it, whatever.
……above.
Sometimes these bastard authors are not as conscientious about their works as imagined, and even surprisingly like to be hands-off managers... and if such a conversation becomes a fact -
[Yu Yao: Teacher Zhuchuan, our editorial department is in a turmoil today over the right to proofread your "Luohe Divine Book" because this matter involves the editor-in-chief of this book. Do you think Chu Li should be the one to do the proofreading or Lao Miao...]
【Cheongchuan: Who is the first guest? It doesn’t matter. 】
First Li: “………………”
Chu Li shuddered at the thought of that irresponsible scene. At the same time, his mind emerged with the cold face of Zhechuan, who was muttering, "People like Empress Xun are not even worthy of washing my feet" with his eyebrows slightly raised... He felt more and more that the probability of such a terrible conversation happening was as high as 80%.
Chu Li decided that she couldn't just sit there and wait for death, but had to take the initiative.
She opened Q, squinted her eyes and looked around, and found Ah Xiang in her friend list...
[The navy hired by the monkey: Ah Xiang, thank you for reminding me today! QAQ I will treat you to delicious food on Monday! ]
Chu Li waited for a while, and Ah Xiang responded with two simple words:
【Flying elephant: No need: D】
Chu Li thought about it, but couldn't figure out why Ah Xiang, who was obviously in the same camp as Xiao Niao, suddenly helped him today. He didn't dare to ask directly, so he sent an emoticon of kneeling down to express gratitude, and after thinking for a while, he added:
[The sailors hired by Monkey: I will definitely get the proofreading of this book. If possible, I hope to be the editor-in-chief of this book... This is too important to me. I was also very angry that Lao Miao gave this job to Xiao Niao.]
Ah Xiang was silent for a moment before he started typing.
【Flying Elephant: ...She.】
[Flying Elephant: Before you came here, you proofread a manuscript that was taken over by another branch as an emergency. You did a very poor job, and the editor-in-chief even scolded you at the time, saying that after proofreading it once, it was the same as if you hadn’t done it at all.]
Chu Li's eyes lit up.
[The Monkey’s hired sailors: Eh! That shouldn’t be the case. If students majoring in Chinese language and literature want to develop in this field while studying, they will take the initiative to do similar work... They all have experience!]
【Flying Elephant: Oh, she is not. 】
[Flying Elephant: I studied accounting in college, haha, I don’t know how to go from the finance department to the editorial department.]
At this time, Chuli didn't know what Ah Xiang wanted to say, she only knew that she already knew what she should say...
[The Monkey’s Navy: OK, I got it! Thank you! Really, really! ]
[Flying Elephant: Hey, I didn't say anything, what are you thanking me for? Haha:D]
[Flying Elephant: Please buy me a drink on Monday, hey! I have been in the editorial department for so long, and I always buy drinks for others. I wonder if anyone has ever bought drinks for me.]
Drinks?
Even if you don’t even want to eat, I still want you to buy a box, my friend!
After closing the chat box with Ah Xiang, Chu Li started to work. First, she sorted out the proofreading work she had done before and made a table, putting the books that looked high-end and could highlight the cultural level at the top of the list; then she saved the table, grabbed her phone, opened WeChat, cleared her throat, and left several messages directly to the editor-in-chief Yu Yaoyin -
Chu Li: "Editor-in-Chief, I'm sorry to bother you on my day off to talk to you about work, but after thinking it over, I really can't give up being the editor-in-chief of Luohe Divine Book... When signing the contract, I repeatedly promised Zhu Chuan that I would fight a good battle for him, so I really can't be excluded."
Chu Li: “Editor-in-Chief, I don’t know what advantages Xiao Niao’s major in college brought her as a student who graduated from accounting, which made Lao Miao choose her first, but I studied Chinese language and literature for four years, and during college I dreamed of becoming an editor and publishing books for my favorite authors. So at least in the proofreading area, I have taken on proofreading work for many publishing houses. I will email you the list of books I have worked on. They all say that I am fast and good at my job…”
Chu Li: "I can proofread all those professional books. I don't get impatient when I have to go to the library to look up information sometimes - so I can definitely do a good job on Zhuchuan's book. I promise it will be faster than Lao Miao requires! Three days! Give me three days and I can finish proofreading! As long as you nod, I can even go to the office tomorrow to get the printed copy and start working on it this weekend."
Chu Li: "Editor-in-Chief, please give me a chance. I don't want my favorite authors to think of me or even my magazine as a liar who only knows how to draw big cakes."
Chu Li sent four long voice messages, and her palms were sweating as she held the phone. She stared at the screen for a long time, and just when she thought Yu Yao wasn't looking at his phone and hadn't received her message...
However, the words “(typing)” appeared after Yu Yao’s name on WeChat.
Chu Li's heart suddenly began to tighten.
That time seemed like a century, but Yu Yao's reply was simple:
【Yu Yao: I understand. Go to bed early. Good night. 】
Chu Li stared at this for a long time. After a long time, she collapsed on the bed and let out a long sigh: At least, she tried her best.
Lying on the bed, Chu Li casually checked her WeChat Moments and a new status from Xiao Niao popped up: a screenshot of the male lead in a Korean drama, with the caption: Ahhh, Do Min Joon is so handsome! My Love from the Star is so good! I must stay up all night to watch the drama this weekend! YER!
Chu Li: "..."
Chu Li rolled his eyes.
I refreshed my Moments again and saw Lao Miao again.
What this guy posted was not a Korean drama, but a chat record. In the picture, it was a chat record with Joo Chuan about 30 minutes ago.
[Zhuchuan: Are you free tomorrow? ]
[Meow meow: Yes! Teacher Chuchuan, do you want to make an appointment? I have something to talk to you about! ]
【Zhuchuan: OK, let’s go to the office. 】
[Meow meow: Hate you, you're so serious! You even said you were going to the new cat cafe on Nanhuai Road!]
【Zhechuan: Office.】
The screenshot dialogue ends, Lao Miao captioned: I have an appointment with Teacher Zhuchuan tomorrow "heart" "heart" "heart"
Chu Li: "..."
Chu Li rolled her eyes again. This circle of friends was most likely sent to her, and it was probably divided into groups, and she was the only one in the visible group! Oh, now it's good, at the critical moment, Zhu Chuan came to Lao Miao to persuade him...
He is indeed unreliable!
Chu Li directly took a screenshot of the Moments, and immediately sent a screenshot of Lao Miao’s bragging picture to Mr. L——
[The monkey’s hired navy: Look! ]
【The disappeared Mr. L: What are you looking at? 】
[The Monkey’s hired naval officer: What kind of crow are you? You are just saying what you want to say… Just now I said that Chu Chuan might not agree to the deputy editor-in-chief becoming the editor-in-chief, and now he’s asking me out for coffee! ]
[The disappeared Mr. L: Are you blind? Isn't this an appointment in the office? ]
[The Monkey’s hired navy: What’s the difference? They are going to meet in private! I thought Chuan Chuan didn’t like Lao Miao very much! But now you’ve said something so toxic that the two of them are going to meet in private! Ah, you damn crow, quack!]
[The disappeared Mr. L: What the hell, there is a hint of dislike in the tone of Chu Chuan's words, right? ]
[The water army hired by the monkey: You don’t like him, but you still take the initiative to invite Lao Miao! ]
[The disappeared Mr. L: Okay, okay, he took the initiative to make the appointment, and you made him so angry that he wanted to call 120, so you go. ]
[The monkey's hired navy: Why didn't they piss you off to death? ]
[The disappeared Mr. L: …]
After Chuli vented her anger on Mr. L, she closed her Q and went to take a shower with an uneasy heart… It was about half an hour after she came out of the shower, blew her hair, climbed into bed, lay on the bed and browsed Weibo for a while, and when she refreshed her page, she saw the Weibo that Zhuchuan updated half an hour ago——
[Zhu Chuan: I met an ungrateful idiot, but I couldn't do anything to him, so I had to sulk alone... I won't update today, let me be angry for a while. 】
Chu Li: “Wow.”
Who is the reincarnation of Sun Wukong who can make Zhao Chuan so angry that he stops updating, and he is helpless against him?
Chu Li opened the comment list, and as usual, there were a lot of "I'm so angry, so angry", "Oh my god, who made a good-tempered person like me so angry that I lost ten years of my life", "Why do I feel so sad when I read the Weibo post? If I wrote this to my girlfriend, it would be terrible"...
Chu Li was getting goosebumps from the last "so sad" comment, when he accidentally saw a message saying: "It's not easy to make you so angry. After all, you are such a gentle person."
First Li: “……………………”
………………Um.
gentle person.
Thinking of "not even worthy of washing feet" and "do you think I'm begging for food", Chu Li couldn't help but sigh "your father is so gentle", and he didn't know what state of mind he was in. He typed slowly, mixed in with the crowd and sent out a sentence -
【To increase followers, please add Q7758520: I am not angry. If anyone is angry with me, we will beat him up for you "doge"! He actually bullied us, who are soft and cute and can't say a single harsh word "doge"! Ah, this is simply unbearable! 】
The two "doge" emojis perfectly imply the ridicule and absurdity of the commenter. The last exclamation and exclamation mark express the commenter's accusation and cry against the poster's hypocrisy, being a human being in front of others and a beast behind their backs...
Um.
When you are in a bad mood, it is really useful to blame the sky, the earth and the air.
Especially when he was able to use a Weibo account and even spared no effort to target Chuan himself.
...it's perfect.