That night, Chu Li shamelessly took back the phone that he had just said he would give to Chu Chuan, and followed Chu Chuan downstairs to eat the steak - the room was heated, so the steak was not completely cold, just a little hard, which did not affect the consumption. As for the taste...

I don't know about Chu Li either.

Just like she didn't understand why she kissed Zhuchuan on impulse. In fact, she really wanted to ask Zhuchuan if he knew that she liked him - but after thinking about it, she closed her mouth because the two of them reached an agreement ten minutes ago at her request: from now on, neither of them would mention anything about what happened tonight.

When Chu Li lowered his head to cut the steak, it felt like he was cutting his own flesh.

She didn't know that her wandering gaze was actually seen completely by Zhuochuan, and Zhuochuan was merciful enough not to expose her. Both of them had a little tasteless food during the meal.

Chu Li was completely immersed in the fear and embarrassment brought about by his own fantasy.

As for Zhuochuan, his eyes were sullen and his breath was steady. No one knew what he was thinking.

After the two of them finished eating steak, they parted ways amicably. Chu Li no longer had to urge Chu Chuan to wash the dishes. The man went into the kitchen with the dishes in his hand. Chu Li no longer had to urge the man to write the manuscript. When Chu Li finished taking a shower and returned to the attic, the existing manuscript of "Huangquan Inn" had been sorted out and posted to her QQ...

Chu Li raised his head and glanced at the moonlight outside, almost wondering if the sky had cracked and red rain was leaking out: this sudden kiss turned Togashi Yoshihiro into the industry's conscientious, fully automatic typing machine.

I read the manuscript of Huangquan Inn from beginning to end on my phone, thought about the cover composition in my mind, and thought about which ancient style painter would be better to hire this time...

I fell asleep while thinking about it.

When I opened my eyes, it was already 7:20 in the morning.

Chu Li got up as usual, made breakfast, ate breakfast and went to work. Before she left, she was stopped by Zhu Chuan. She paused while putting on her shoes and raised her head to see the man sitting at the dining table holding a glass of milk: "Jiang Yucheng came to see you at noon?"

"Yes, the contract for "The Lost Amusement Park"..."

"And bring you lunch?"

Chu Li was quite smart. She realized what Chu Chuan wanted to say, and her heart sank. Although Chu Chuan and Jiang Yucheng quarreled every day, it was obvious that the two of them were completely in the same boat. On certain key issues, they stuck together very closely. Even their fans often teased them as the "twin stars of the literary world"...

Zhuochuan was reminding Chu Li indirectly that Jiang Yucheng's matter had to be handled properly.

Why?

Is it because he knew that she no longer liked Jiang Yucheng?

Because she likes him?

Otherwise, he clearly didn't say anything before, why did he say this again this morning after she did this and that last night - ah, was he afraid that she would hurt Jiang Yucheng's feelings? What about her! If she is sad, does it mean she is not sad? !

Son of a bitch!

Chu Li didn't think there was anything wrong with her logic. She bit her lower lip and didn't dare to think any further. There was a hint of arrogance in her words. She grabbed her canvas bag and said, "I will explain it to Teacher Jiang Yucheng at noon. I have a boyfriend, don't I?"

The man who was cutting the fried eggs with a knife heard this, and the knife slipped on the plate. Fortunately, no sound was made... So he raised his head and looked at Chu Li calmly: "Boyfriend?"

“…”

Whatever.

I don’t care anymore.

Chu Li puffed up her cheeks and said, "Mr. L, that fake version of Chu Chuan! Is online dating not allowed? In 2013, is online dating not only old-fashioned but also illegal?!!"

The voice was so loud that even the people next door could hear it. Before Zhuchuan could reply, Chu Li slammed the door and left, leaving the two confused people and the dog in the room...

Zhuchuan put down the knife and looked at his big dog, who was looking at him with a reproachful expression, as if saying, "Why did you make my new shit shoveling owner angry again?" He raised his eyebrows and said, "What are you looking at? What did I say? What does it have to do with me that she is inexplicably angry... If you don't like Jiang Yucheng, wouldn't it be better to tell that old bastard clearly? And why did you kiss me when you have a boyfriend? Isn't the first kiss of a 28-year-old man's first kiss not a first kiss——"

When Ergou refused to listen to the nagging and lowered his head to continue eating, Zhuchuan also shut up because he suddenly realized that "Mr. L" seemed to be himself...

So, he cheated on himself last night.

Zhuchuan: “…”

Can.

This is very iing.

…

Here.

Chu Li, full of resentment, arrived at the editorial department. When she handed the manuscript of "Huangquan Inn" to Yu Yao, she found that her face was not very good. Only then did she realize that she had the subscription volume of the January issue of "Moonlight" next year from various physical booksellers in her hand. The number... was 15,000 less than the subscription volume in November, and 10,000 less than the subscription volume in December.

There aren't that many in total to begin with, are you going to dive off the roof?

On the magazine side, the current long-running serials are Jiang Yucheng, who has firmly held the vote championship, and Suo Heng, who will soon finish his serialization with the final chapter in the December issue;

Next is the short story. Occasionally, Zhuochuan and Ah Gui would help write a short story. Originally, there were also Nian Nian, Hippo, etc. - around September, after Yao decided to cut off some unpopular authors, Hippo had not published a short story for a long time. Lao Miao searched for a bunch of great authors again under the banner of "Yuanyue Society" and "Deputy Editor of Moonlight Magazine". Some of them were even as good as Jiang Yucheng and Zhuochuan. However, because these great authors were busy on weekdays and did not care about the hundreds of yuan for a thousand words, they agreed to write articles just to sell the "Yuanyue Society" and "Deputy Editor" a few words of face...

So the quality of the manuscript is actually not that good.

The reader has the ability to judge.

Mr. Lu Xun's compliment that "the weather is nice today" means "the author feels that the world has been renewed after the revolution, and the motherland has taken new steps towards a better tomorrow." This kind of thing only happens in Chinese textbooks... and the reality is that, in the eyes of readers, no matter whether you are a great writer or not, your own appeal may attract some people to make a fuss at the beginning, but in the end, everyone still has to rely on strength. If you don't write well, they won't buy it, and the people who originally gathered will eventually disperse.

As a result, the lineup of authors for Moonlight magazine has become increasingly glamorous, but sales have been declining sharply.

Chu Li opened the mailbox.

All of them are——

[If Suo Heng can't write anymore, don't write anymore. It's a waste of paper. ]

[Is that Yu Bo really the Yu Bo who wrote "The Monk in Luoyi"? I am really dizzy to see such an ugly short story published. Is it a copycat? ]

[Every time I bought "Moonlight" I could still read some short stories, but now that I don't have Chuan Chuan, I'm completely reading "The Lost Amusement Park" by Jiang Yucheng. If this continues, I will not subscribe to it anymore. I'd rather wait for the single volume of "The Amusement Park". ]

[Magazines are becoming less and less sincere recently…]

[I don’t want to order this year anymore. I don’t even have the interest to go to the post office for you. 】

Chu Li quietly closed his mailbox and was about to say something when Lao Miao handed in another manuscript by a great author named "Sui Sanduo". Chu Li said nothing but downloaded it and took a look. The content was a cute story about a little fairy descending to earth, exactly the same as the long outline that Suo Heng had handed in before...

You can tell who taught it at a glance.

"Lao Miao, Si Sandu is a master of writing modern youth romance campus novels. You asked her to write an ancient style cute novel. This is very strange no matter how you look at it." Chu Li closed the document. "Some of the words used in it have the taste of painful youth. It's an ancient style novel!"

"The style of the magazine determines that our readers will buy into this. Painful youth has never been published in Moonlight. If she can't write, she won't reject my topic proposal!"

"An editor provides a specific outline, and you don't have to think about it, just write it and it will be published. Which author would refuse such a good thing?"

"You said it's a good thing."

"But what she wrote is not a good article! Can this thing be published in a magazine--"

"Sai Sanduo has 200,000 fans on Weibo. If one-tenth of them buy her products, that would mean 20,000 sales."

"However, these people will not be attracted to Moonlight itself and stay. Without good content and the third year of life, these readers will not buy the next issue. What's the point of having an extra 20,000 copies sold in a month? Who told me that magazines are used to cultivate regular passers-by readers and their main purpose is to advertise? Magazine sales have dropped drastically recently. Don't tell me you don't know! Isn't it because of these ugly short stories that are stuffed into the magazine every day? When Jiang Yucheng first joined the magazine, sales were 160,000, double the previous 80,000. Now sales have dropped to 100,000 in a few months, and there are no more than 100,000 a month. The submission mailbox is full of complaints about the bad content of the short stories! Only the few fans brought by Jiang Yucheng are buying the magazine!"

"Then you should use Suo Heng. I'm afraid you won't even be able to bring in 20,000 fans, let alone casual readers..."

"In short, I disagree with Dengsui Sandu's article. It does not meet or reach the standards of Moonlight magazine."

"You don't agree? If you say you don't agree, then you don't agree. If you don't agree, go and tell Teacher Si Sandu yourself. Your short story is really ugly. Please revise it."

"…Why can't I revise it? Jiang Yucheng's serials weren't well written, so I asked him to revise them? I've even overturned and rewritten them before!"

"Do you think everyone is Jiang Yucheng and has a crush on you? Just focus on the single volume in your hand, and don't you want to interfere with the content of the magazine..."

"you--"

The two of them were arguing with each other and were about to start a fight.

Finally, it was Yu Yao who asked them both to shut up, and the entire editorial department finally quieted down.

The two artists were working so hard that they were banging their heads against the wall. Xiao Niao looked around and said, "No, Chu Li, if we reject some great artists' manuscripts just because of the content, not only will we offend people, but the magazine won't have enough content..."

"If it's not enough, make it thinner." Chu Li glanced at her, "No one will read those pages anyway, why waste paper? Aren't we promoting environmental protection now?"

"But the number of pages is fixed every month."

"Revise the version."

"You can change it if you want. This kind of thing..."

The little bird didn't finish her words.

The entire editorial department was plunged into a period of gloom.