Chapter 9 Fading Second Little Broken Article…
Chapter 9
Lin Mujin sets the background of her new novel in daily life, mainly describing the downfall of three beautiful girls.
One is a young girl from a middle-class family. She fell in love with a playboy. Because the playboy was perverted and liked group sex and swapping, she finally "sacrificed herself for love".
She comes from a single-parent family. Her mother loves extravagance. She was taken by her mother to take various photos at a very young age. When she grew up to be a beautiful young lady, she was noticed by the powerful and wealthy. Her mother couldn't wait to send her to their bed. After she got tired of her mother, she became a receptionist and public relations. Her task was to play perverted training games with other powerful and wealthy people.
The last girl was caught by the police because she had to pay off the debts of her gambling father. She was asked to make love videos, but she refused to respond even if beaten to death. Then she was sent to a bar to work as a waitress. Seeing the hostesses making a lot of money every day, she couldn't help but be moved. After working as a hostess, she became addicted to drugs and needed more money, so she took the initiative to make love videos and was trapped in the quagmire for the rest of her life.
The first three chapters of the article each describe a girl's "work scene", and then use a flashback technique to tell from the beginning how the girls fell step by step.
"Editor-in-Chief Wang, uncle said that his article is worth 20 yuan per thousand words this time. If you think it is not worth it, unfortunately we can only cooperate next time." After Lin Mujin finished speaking, he reached out and asked for the manuscript.
Editor-in-Chief Wang quickly tried to appease him, "Don't worry, don't worry, we can discuss everything. We'll accept this article! Twenty per thousand words is fine, but we need 5,000 words a day. 4,000 is too little."
Lin Mujin was adamant. "Five thousand words is too much. Uncle would have to write all day and wouldn't be able to rest. Editor-in-Chief Wang, let me be frank. Although the manuscript fee has increased, it's not worth risking his health. If you think the manuscript is not enough, you can save it for a while before publishing."
This time she will definitely not do eight days a day and ten thousand days a day, because she still has to write a new martial arts novel. That's right, this time she plans to open two new accounts.
Editor Wang saw that he couldn't persuade her, and he really liked the article "Fading," so he decided to give up while he was ahead. "Can I ask, roughly how many words are in this article?"
This way he can coordinate better.
Lin Mujin's face was filled with admiration. "Uncle said it was like 500,000 words. Uncle is so amazing! It's hard for me to write 800 words."
Editor-in-Chief Wang held the manuscript and advised, "Such a good story, three lines can be explored in depth. I don't think one million is enough."
Lin Mujin naturally understood that if she wrote freely, it would definitely not be impossible, but she couldn't do that. It wasn't because of her moral sense that prevented her from writing in a sloppy manner, but because she didn't have the energy. Once the new martial arts novel was stable, she would even give up Xiaopowen.
The legitimate son and the illegitimate son cannot be compared.
"I don't understand this either. I'm just an errand boy. I just convey whatever the uncle says. One million words, my goodness, how long will it take to write that?" Lin Mujin pretended to be stupid and had a terrified expression as if her hands would be worn out from writing.
Editor Wang choked and then asked with concern, "I wonder if your uncle's leg is feeling better? I'm going to go see him. We've always had a pleasant cooperation."
Lin Mujin didn't expect him to use this trick. He was planning to "capture the leader first" and go to negotiate terms with the old man in person. But his family knew his own business, and the old man was just a tool to take the blame.
This must be rejected! She was glad that she didn't give a specific address. She always went to the post office to pick up the money herself, and it was still written in her name.
"I really can't. My uncle is afraid of strangers. Now that his leg is injured, he won't leave the house. He doesn't care about outsiders except his family. But don't worry, Editor-in-Chief Wang, my uncle is very serious about writing." Lin Mujin quickly changed the subject, "Editor-in-Chief Wang, can we just stick to the old way?"
Editor-in-Chief Wang nodded subconsciously, "Okay."
Lin Mujin stood up and said, "Editor-in-Chief Wang, we have a pleasant cooperation!"
Finally, he did not forget to ask for royalties, the final payment for "The Lustrous Red Mansion Spring" and the royalties for the first three chapters of "Faded".
After carefully putting the money away, Lin Mujin waved goodbye to Editor-in-Chief Wang again.
She has important things to do.
Sitting on the bus, she began to count the accounts. She had written more than 260,000 words for "The Lustful Spring in the Red Mansion" and earned more than 4,100 yuan. After deducting the expenses she had incurred in the past few days, she still had more than 3,400 yuan left. Adding the more than 600 yuan she had received today, this money was enough to rent a tenement building.
As for where to rent a house, she had a rough idea.
Changing regions is not something we are considering for now as it is too much trouble. Lin Muli is studying and my cousins Lin and Lin’s sister both have to work.
So I can only look for a place in Kowloon, and have to give up on Tsim Sha Tsui and Kowloon Tong for the time being because the rent in the commercial and school districts there is more expensive.
So her first choice is Sham Shui Po, followed by Yau Ma Tei.
The bus arrived at the station in just over ten minutes. The Kowloon area is not that big.
After getting off the car, Lin Mujin took out her diary, which contained important information.
These were the rental listings she copied from various newspapers.
At that time, newspapers were the largest medium for disseminating information. They contained not only novels, entertainment, and current news, but also information on renting houses and finding jobs.
She had been planning to move house for a long time, so she naturally paid attention to relevant information early on.
However, after a long time, some houses are probably rented out, so it still takes some effort.
"There's a second floor for rent, it's made of wood..."
Lin Mujin did not go upstairs. She was not planning to rent the wooden tenement building.
The wooden tenement buildings are all old buildings, most of which are products of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
The living facilities in such tenement buildings are very inconvenient, and there are also great safety risks.
Most of the tenement buildings built after the 1970s are made of bricks and cement.
This is safer and the house design is relatively more reasonable.
"Then the next one..."
The four houses in a row were all made of wood. Lin Mujin was tired and hungry. It was already noon, so she prepared to replenish her supplies.
Fortunately, there is no shortage of delicious food in Sham Shui Po. The food here is both economical and delicious.
Lin Mujin went to eat wonton noodles, which was a bowl with both wontons and noodles.
I took two sips of the soup first. It was quite fresh, probably made from sea fish. The noodles were chewy and smooth. There were only four wontons at the bottom of the bowl, but the taste was even better, with whole big shrimps inside.
In less than five minutes, the whole bowl of noodles was eaten up, and there was not even a drop of soup left at the bottom of the bowl.
She even considered having a second bowl.
I suppressed my foodie urge, but I still memorized the location of the noodle shop and will definitely visit it again.
It’s said that everyone has a sharp eye. When she was choosing a food store, she would look at which one was popular and would rather wait in line for more than ten minutes. Sure enough, the food did not disappoint her.
She made the next decision in her mind that she would look for a house nearby.
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