Chapter 562 The Difficult Road to Publishing
"Several years of my hard work! It's all gone... Gone... Xiuyu, I'm useless! I really am! I didn't expect that they, who look so righteous, would do such a thing... I was careless... You must look down on me... right?
I even boasted to Uncle Zheng that I'd give him books, but now I feel like slapping myself. I've embarrassed Hongbin...
I am useless, I am not worthy of being his father... I can't give him anything, and I have to embarrass him..."
Zhuang Chaoying cried and Zhu Xiuyu listened. After he finished speaking, Zhu Xiuyu calmed down and said:
"Hongbin wouldn't think so. He'd only feel bad for you. Tell me exactly what's going on, and we'll see what to do."
"The books have been printed and are now on sale..."
"It's okay. There are ways to deal with it. Just tell me slowly." Zhu Xiu Yu patted his hands.
Zhuang Chaoying wiped the tears from the tip of his nose, nodded, and then told Zhu Xiuyu the whole story.
His manuscript has been completed. He had visited the publishing house before, and the publishing house felt that there would be no problem publishing the book. However, if it were an individual, it would have to go through layers of approval and wait in line, so it is unknown when it would take.
The editor gave him a plan, asking him to submit the book to the school, and have the school negotiate with the publishing house about the publication. He could then thank the school on the title page. This way, he could get his book in line quickly and earn face for the school, killing two birds with one stone.
Many university professors now use this method to publish books.
Zhuang Chaoying didn't want to do this at first, but the editor reminded him that if the book could not be published in a short time, the content of the book might become outdated, and he might have to revise the manuscript and start in line again.
When Zhuang Chaoying heard this, he thought it was indeed possible. Education is given great importance nowadays, and the content of textbooks, learning, etc. are changing all the time.
He then went to the Academic Affairs Office and told the matter. The Dean of Academic Affairs, Yang Xuezhen, took it very seriously and took him to see Zhao Bang, the head of the Propaganda Section who was in charge of external affairs, and Vice President Sun Qihuan.
The leaders attached great importance to it and the school was willing to step forward, so the matter was handed over to Zhao Bang to be in charge of the contact.
Zhao Bang and Zhuang Chaoying held two small meetings on this matter. They were very polite to him and asked him about the ideas, time nodes and other details of writing the book. He said:
"Teacher Zhuang, if your book is published, you will be the first one in our No. 10 Middle School!
I ask this because after the book is published, I will write a report about you and send it to the newspaper, so that everyone can see the skills and efforts of us grassroots teachers, and see that we are also contributing to the community just like the workers, but we use our brains!"
Zhuang Chaoying was so excited when he heard it.
"Teacher Zhuang, publishing is no easy task. You have so much to do with your graduating class, so I'm honored that you've entrusted this to me."
Zhuang Chaoying was very grateful, and Zhao Bang said:
"But I have a small request. Oh, not from me, but from the school."
"You go ahead." Zhuang Chaoying replied.
"I just want to ask you if you can include some introduction about our school and its leaders in the preface... Oh, it depends on you... It's not mandatory." Zhao Bang said politely, with a hint of pleading.
"Of course, I'll revise the preface right away. I'd appreciate your help in reviewing it later. You know me, I only know how to teach, and I don't really understand these things..."
Zhuang Chaoying is not afraid of writing, but he is afraid of involving his superiors. If he writes too much, it will be fine, but if he writes too little, it will be a big trouble. Zhao Bang is different from him. He does external work every day and is very good at dealing with people.
"That's no problem. I'll take your time. Bring all the manuscripts you've compiled and I'll contact the publisher. Don't worry, leave them to me. Wait a minute, I'll get you a new file box! This is a lot of hard work!"
Zhao Bang stood up and went to the office filing cabinet to take out a brand new manila file box and handed it to Zhuang Chaoying, then instructed:
"However, Mr. Zhuang, I still have to remind you that this matter will definitely be a long process, and there will be many variables. Therefore, it is best not to publicize it yet. We will hold a commendation meeting for you after it is published."
When Zhuang Chaoying heard this, he thought, if you had told me earlier, people would laugh at me if the book wasn't published for a long time, so it would be better to wait until it is published.
By then it would be a huge success.
So he replied:
"I understand. Thank you, Director Zhao, for reminding me. Thank you for your hard work."
Zhuang Chaoying returned home and told Zhuang Hualin and Xiangdong about this. They were both happy for him.
Zhuang Hualin also asked him to send some gifts to Zhao Bang on the weekend. After all, this matter would not benefit him at all and he would have to run errands, so he would be more concerned if he sent some gifts.
After hearing what Zhuang Hualin said, Zhuang Chaoying felt that it made sense, so he bought some relatively high-end gifts and found an excuse to revise the preface to send them to Zhao Bang.
Then, Zhuang Chaoying began a long wait.
During this period, he also asked Zhao Bang several times, and Zhao Bang was still as enthusiastic and respectful as ever.
Until one day he went to see Zhao Bang again. Zhao Bang was not in the office. Zhuang Chaoying was standing in front of his desk waiting. His desk was mostly filled with messy papers, documents and newspapers, with a piece of white paper sticking out from under the newspaper.
The book was a little different from ordinary books. It didn't have a colored cover. Zhuang Chaoying took a closer look out of curiosity. When he saw the word "thinking", his heart started pounding. It turned out to be his sample book!
It seems I came to the right place today.
He couldn't help but pick up the book and open it. He was shocked to see the author's name clearly written as "Sun Qihuan".
At this time, Zhao Bang just walked in. He saw the book in Zhuang Chaoying's hand, so he looked around in the corridor and saw that there was no one, so he closed the door.
"Director Zhao, what's going on?" Zhuang Chaoying asked.
"Teacher Zhuang, don't worry. This is just a sample book! Look, I circled it in red. I don't know what the publisher did, but they got the author wrong. I was just about to proofread the others and send them to them for correction. Don't worry, Teacher Zhuang. I will definitely check this big thing."
It was just time to get off work, so Zhao Bang invited him out for dinner. The two of them had a great chat, but Zhuang Chaoying was still vaguely worried.
Zhuang Chaoying went to the publishing house again to find the editor in charge, and the editor told Zhuang Chaoying that the process had not been completed yet.
When Zhuang Chaoying asked about the author, he smiled and said:
"Oh, someone made a mistake when making the cover. Since it was an application submitted by the school, Vice President Sun was the one filling it out and in charge. He didn't even look at it carefully before writing it. Director Zhao later reminded us to correct it."
After hearing this, Zhuang Chaoying felt relieved, but he was still worried.
However, he had no choice but to wait.
Whenever he had free time, he would think of this matter and run to Zhao Bang again and again.
Zhao Bang began to feel impatient.
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