The first ceremony of this morning was quite late.

This is actually not in line with her usual style of getting up early and staying up late, but today it was just an accident -

On Saturday afternoon, she received the manuscript of the first three chapters of Jiang Yucheng's "The Lost Amusement Park". After saying goodbye to the editors and leaving the hot spring hotel, she called Yu Yao as soon as she got out of the hotel. However, she was reminded that Yu Yao's phone was turned off. She sent text messages, WeChat messages, and QQ messages, but there was no response at all. For a moment, she almost suspected that her editor-in-chief had been mad at her to death.

Helplessly, she returned to G City at 10 o'clock last night. She could only take a series of things back to the editorial department as quickly as possible and put them on Yu Yao's desk, leaving a note to ensure that Yu Yao would see it first when he went to work the next day;

It was almost midnight when I got home, and it was 1am when I washed up and went to bed...

So of course the next day I stayed in bed for more than 40 minutes longer than usual. When Chu Li hurried into the office, people in the office were packing up to go to a meeting.

Lao Miao raised his head and glanced at her, then laughed in a sinister tone, "Why, did you sleep well last night? I envy you heartless people who get into trouble but don't know the severity of the situation, and sleep soundly without any worries."

Xiao Niao raised her eyelids expressionlessly and glanced at Chu Li, then lifted her hair.

Ah Xiang glanced at Chu Li anxiously;

Another art editor, Mr. Li, was like a hermit, like a person with nothing to do. He picked up his folder and said in a local accent, "I'm going to a meeting. I'll be scolded for a while, and I'll get over it if I endure it. Why are you here now?"

Chu Li: "..."

As soon as Chu Li saw the atmosphere in the editorial office was like a graveyard, she guessed what was going on... She looked up at Yu Yao, who was picking up a familiar USB flash drive from the table and putting it into her shirt pocket. Feeling Chu Li's gaze, she raised her head, smiled at Chu Li, and nodded as if to comfort him.

Chu Li: "Good morning, Boss."

Yu Yao: "Good morning, thank you for your hard work."

Lao Miao looked ridiculous, as if to say, "Am I deaf because of my pierced ears or are you blind?" He said, "??? Hello? Why is she so hard-working?"

Everyone: “…”

This day is the Monday morning meeting of the entire Yuanyue Society, which means that not only the editorial department of "Moonlight" magazine, but also the editorial department of "Star Track" magazine, the finance department of Yuanyue Society, the sales department and other departments all sit around in a big pot...

The Jiang Yucheng affair caused a lot of commotion on Friday night. At this time, the whole world was probably waiting to see the joke of the "Moonlight" editorial department. So, with no idea of ​​the current situation, Lao Miao and others were of course ready to die with the mentality of "today I'm going to be a circus animal" - under the leadership of Yu Yao, ten minutes later, the entire "Moonlight" editorial department rushed into the conference room in a mighty manner, sat down there, and everyone's face had a look of "If the enemy is coming, we will stop him with the generals; if the water is coming, we will cover it with the earth; if you want to scold, scold the editor-in-chief first".

The meeting started with each department routinely reporting on the progress of the previous week. After the editor of Star Track, who was the second to last to speak, finished speaking, everyone was silent for a few seconds, and then turned their heads with an expression of "the show is about to begin" and looked at the editors of Moonlight.

Chu Li: "..."

Very exciting.

She was rushing from one cemetery (*editorial office) to another cemetery (*conference room).

Amid the glaring eyes of the crowd, Mr. Xia, the 55-year-old straight man and editor-in-chief of Yuanyue Society, who had been used by Chuli to suppress the evil Zhechuan, cleared his throat and finally spoke: "How are "Luohe Divine Book" and "Hua Li" doing?"

Yu Yao: "Last week, Mr. Zhaochuan came to the editorial department. The editor-in-chief took him to the library to select the cover style. Once the cover is confirmed, we can start looking for an artist to move forward with the cover design..."

Lao Miao: "Hua Li" is ready to enter the promotion period.

Teacher Xia nodded and said, "You should work on the two books a little bit faster, especially The Divine Book of Luo River. You need to find good illustrators who are worthy of Zhechuan. It would be best if they are already famous illustrators with ancient style as their selling point. Don't be reluctant to spend money... Then try to catch up with the progress, so that both books can be released before the book fair in October. Our Yuanyue Publishing House has always been engaged in traditional literature in the past, and has never participated in such book fairs that are biased towards young people. This first battle must be fought beautifully to impress others..."

Teacher Xia: "Besides these two books, are there any other projects that can be advanced?"

Yu Yao: "The other authors who are collaborating with the magazine don't have any suitable books at the moment..."

Teacher Xia: "What about the ghost who appeared in the June issue? I saw a lot of comments on the official Weibo that mentioned her?"

Yu Yao: “Ah?”

Teacher Xia: "That's what many people ask about, that ghost!"

Yu Yao: "...Ghost doll?"

Chuli: “…………………………”

Guiwa is a writer of gay stories, teacher! ! ! ! ! ! !

Why mention her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you think the air is not solemn enough? ! ! ! !

"Oh, by the way," Editor-in-Chief Xia said slowly, completely ignoring the death look Chu Li gave him for a moment, "Speaking of the June issue, last week, Moonlight magazine invited Jiang Yucheng to write a frontispiece for the June issue, and asked Jiang Yucheng to write a frontispiece for us..."

Coming.

Chu Li moved her lips. At this time, Yu Yao kicked her under the table and gave her a look, signaling her to shut up.

Lao Miao thought for a moment and said, "Teacher Xia, this is what happened. The editor in charge of this matter is a newcomer who has just joined the company. He doesn't know much about the pros and cons and functions of our magazine... So this happened because the subsequent manuscript review was not done well. Yu Yao and I are also responsible."

Teacher Xia: "No, no, I'm not asking who is responsible! This free advertising for authors is actually not uncommon. For example, didn't "Star Track" also receive an advertising mission to cooperate with the launch of "Luohe Divine Book"? In our industry, it is necessary to build a good relationship with the author. You don't have to be so nervous..."

——A standard sentence ending with an ellipsis. The turning point is coming, and the next sentence will either start with "but" or "just".

Chu Li thought expressionlessly.

Teacher Xia: "It's just that, although Jiang Yucheng is a very famous author, he has never cooperated with our Yuanyue Publishing House before... Although we want to build a good relationship and strive for cooperation, it's a waste of a whole P to give others free advertising space——"

Teacher Xia: "If this book "The Lost Amusement Park" is finally signed to Xindun Publishing House next door and it is abandoned, it will still be a bit embarrassing."

"Xindun" has always been a giant in the youth fiction industry. It originally had a bit of a relationship with Yuanyue Publishing House, which specializes in traditional literature. However, since Yuanyue Publishing House began to prepare for an IPO and expand its business scope, it has begun to try to get a piece of the pie from non-traditional literature novel projects...

The positions of the two societies became somewhat awkward.

No matter what, as a member of Yuanyue Society, no one wants to be laughed at by the people of Xindun.

So when Teacher Xia said this, the atmosphere on the scene became a little serious - Yu Yao kicked Chu Li, who had a blank face, under the table again. Chu Li trembled and looked at her eldest brother.

Yu Yao maintained a dignified smile and said, "Chu Li, please report your work progress to Teacher Xia."

Chu Li nodded reflexively and stood up. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Yu Yao reaching his hand into his coat pocket: inside were the drafts of the first three chapters of "The Vanishing Amusement Park".

Chu Li calmed down, and then under the gaze of all the senior executives of Yuanyue Society, she took a deep breath and looked at the editor-in-chief not far away. She heard her own calm voice and thought: "Teacher Xia, regarding the book "The Lost Amusement Park", I have already obtained the serialization rights from the old man Jiang Yucheng. I just got the sample manuscript yesterday-"

Yu Yao put down the USB drive in his hand, stood up slightly and pushed it to the middle of the table where everyone could see it.

Under the shocked gazes of Lao Miao and the others, Chu Li nodded and said, "We are preparing to move the project forward to the stage of asking the Legal Department to draft a preliminary contract according to the teacher's request."

Chu Li: "According to our initial plan for Moonlight, we will sign the project contract as soon as possible, find an illustrator, and then strive to officially serialize The Disappearing Amusement Park in the September issue."

Chu Li's voice was loud and clear. After he finished speaking, he calmly glanced at the people around him.

The air at the scene was quiet for three or four seconds.

Yu Yao and A Xiang were laughing; Old Li raised his eyebrows in surprise; Xiao Niao still had a cold, dead look on his face; Old Miao's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

The editor-in-chief of Yuanyue Publishing House probably didn't expect that she had actually negotiated the book. After being stunned for a while, he smiled happily like all the senior executives, saying "It's signed" and "Why didn't you say so earlier"...

The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly changed from being as solemn as a cemetery to being as cheerful as a disco.

Eaten with Lao Miao's face as black as the bottom of a pot——

The atmosphere on the scene can probably be summed up in four words: "disco on a grave".

...Well, of course it was Lao Miao’s grave that was jumped on.

About half an hour later, when the meeting ended, I heard that Chu Li had used his weekend break time to personally go to another city to win over Jiang Yucheng. Editor-in-Chief Xia personally said to Chu Li, "Thank you for your hard work."

Exactly the same as Yu Yao said.

Only this time, no one dared to ask Teacher Xia in a suspicious tone, "Why is she working so hard?" The senior managers looked at this new editor with loving eyes, who had just entered Yuanyue Society and had successively defeated two great masters to create miracles.

That look made Chu Li very happy, and he even felt that his salary might increase a little next month.

…

After the meeting, everyone returned to the editorial office. Chu Li logged into the official Weibo account of Moonlight and reposted the prologue of The Vanishing Zoo that Jiang Yucheng posted on Friday, with the words:

【Moonlight Magazine: Looking forward to working with Professor Jiang Yucheng o(*////___////*)q】

The crowd immediately responded to the post:

【Wow, I really want to collaborate with Jiang Yucheng! 】

[Moonlight is amazing, first it was Joon-hwa and then it was Kang Yo-sei... As expected of a veteran industry leader, it was as easy as drinking water to win over a few great actors...]

[Our outdated author Jiang Yucheng finally doesn’t have to go hungry anymore! That’s great, good luck on your new book!!!]

[When will the serialization begin? Buy buy buy! ]

[QAQ I am so happy that I want to cry to see the serialization of Jiang Yucheng in my lifetime... Thank you "Moonlight" magazine, thank you editor! ]

Ten minutes after the post was forwarded on Weibo, it quickly accumulated thousands of comments, private messages were flooded, and the official Weibo followers skyrocketed. It was very lively for a while! Chu Li happily read the comments of those readers, and was infected by their excited and expectant emotions...

Apart from her identity as an editor, she is also a reader of Jiang Yucheng.

She probably knows very well what kind of state a reader wants to see his or her favorite author in.

In the beginning, discovering an unknown author in the crowd was like finding a treasure in a vast sea of ​​people.

I read his works all night long, every word and every sentence, maybe grinning like a fool in the book, maybe secretly envious of the book;

I closed the book and went around recommending it to others, repeatedly emphasizing: His book is so good! The plot is good, the writing is good! Sooner or later, it will become super popular!

Finally, one day, he really became famous all over the country, and the feeling that I had carefully kept in mind suddenly became happy and sad - happy because many people liked the person I liked, sad because in the vast sea of ​​people, I was probably further away from the person I liked;

Watching him become so popular, buying every one of his books, I felt happy;

Then I watched him enter the bottleneck that he was bound to experience, going downhill, being mocked and ridiculed, as if he was stuck in a quagmire, and I felt anxious;

I accidentally discovered that his Q and Weibo were changed to helpless words: Will it be silent?

So I started to worry, would he just give up?

I'm starting to get scared. Big Boss, when are you going to publish a new book?

I started to feel uneasy, fearing that one day when I opened Weibo, I would see my favorite author say: Sorry everyone, I’m not writing anymore…

——Until one day.

——Seeing my favorite author standing in front of everyone in high spirits, I smiled and told everyone: Sorry for the long wait, I’m writing a new article! This time I’m working with a very powerful entity leader, I’m fine, don’t worry!

At that time, as a reader who had always loved, feared, and expected the book, the feeling of the stone hanging in my heart finally falling to the ground could not be expressed or described in ordinary words.

——The feeling of looking forward to his return to the top.

——I want to tell him loudly that you are great and you will not be silent!

…

【Ding Dong.】

The Weibo forwarding notification sounded, and the number of @s quickly increased. Chu Li clicked on the @ content and found that it was indeed forwarded by Jiang Yucheng——

【Jiang Yucheng: @《Moonlight》Magazine, please take care of me from now on! (＾＿＾)】

The comments below were naturally the ecstasy of the readers and fans. Everyone congratulated He Jiang and Cheng on the new book and finding a reliable partner... Chu Li, who was sitting in front of the computer, giggled. At this moment, Chu Li felt that she and these fans had the same feelings -

She perfectly received the joy they wanted to express.

She felt very happy and blessed.

I have never been so glad to have stepped into this circle as I am at this moment.