Chapter 130 Seeking Only a Perfect Ending
As the car drew closer, Grandpa Chu raised his hand and waved, indicating that someone wanted to get on.
The minibuses here are not city buses.
Buses must stop at every bus stop, regardless of whether anyone is getting on or off.
Even if people are standing on the side of the road, the minibus will not stop unless they wave to the driver.
The minibus slowed down and gradually came to a stop in front of the group.
The woman, carrying the child, quickly ran forward and got into the car.
Shen Xuewei waved to Grandpa Chu and Chu De'an behind her, then quickly walked a few steps and got into the car.
There were three seats left on the bus, and Shen Xuewei chose a window seat.
After sitting down, she opened the car window a crack and leaned her head in.
The wind blowing outside the car hit her face, which somewhat suppressed her motion sickness.
A portly ticket seller approached Shen Xuewei. "Where are you going?"
"To Mingda Town."
This minibus is traveling from Liulan County to Luli County, passing through Mingda Town and villages along the way.
The fare will vary depending on where you get on and off the bus.
"Two yuan."
She tore a two-yuan ticket off the ticket book with a steel ruler and gave it to her.
Shen Xuewei brought her schoolbag to the front and took out two yuan from a hidden compartment for her.
After collecting the money, the ticket seller left through the aisle next to her and went to collect money from the mother and child who had just boarded the bus.
The minibus swayed and bumped along the road, stopping and starting frequently. In less than half an hour, it arrived in town.
Several people got off the bus in town, and as soon as the bus stopped, they all rushed to get off.
Shen Xuewei was short, so she didn't compete with them and just waited quietly until the last of them got off the bus.
She went to the bookstore and bought several novel magazines, wanting to see if any new popular themes had emerged.
She put her things back in the dormitory, planning to take a look at them during her lunch break or before going to bed at night.
Besides the homework assigned by the teacher, everything else in my schoolbag was locked in a box.
After lightening the weight of her backpack, she and her roommate cleaned the place together, then carried the trash can to the landfill to empty the garbage.
After taking out the trash, her roommate dragged the trash can back to the dormitory by herself, while she went straight to the computer lab.
As is customary, we cleaned the computer lab first.
After taking out the trash, I sat down at the computer and started creating.
The CEO-type novel in her hand was already halfway through its plot, reaching 400,000 words.
She expects to finish writing over 600,000 words, which should be completed around December.
Before the final exams are over, I can still write another campus youth novel of no more than 100,000 words.
She opened QQ and saw that Yun Li had been urging her to submit her manuscript just a few days ago, asking if she had any new works...
In order to finish this novel, she hadn't submitted her work to Yunli for more than two months. No wonder she would keep asking her indirectly, probably thinking that Yunli had joined another magazine.
Yunli's magazine, Bieyang, is one of the larger youth romance magazine publishers in China, targeting romance enthusiasts aged 15-30 and enjoying high popularity.
Shen Xuewei has already serialized several short and medium-length novels in the magazine "Bieyang".
In less than two years of collaboration with Bieyang Magazine, the payment for articles has increased from 70 yuan per thousand words to 160 yuan per thousand words, representing a leap in both quality and quantity.
Not only in terms of royalties, but also in the improvement of her writing skills and works, which can be seen from each submission.
From a bland narrative at the beginning to a rich plot, vivid characters, and concise yet delicate writing style now.
Looking back at her first work, and up to her most recent work, they are on completely different levels.
Shen Xuewei sometimes wonders when she looks at the characters she has created.
Did you write this yourself?
I'm actually this amazing! I can even write a book?
Through the platform of the magazine "Bieyang", she has become known to many readers under the pen name Huayunbi, and has even been regarded as one of the representative authors of contemporary youth romance novels.
Yun Li once joked that many magazines wanted to poach her from Bie Yang and recruit her to their magazines.
However, since they didn't have Shen Xuewei's contact information, they could only try to reach her through a few editors she knew.
One of them did indeed get her contact information from her former editor and added her on QQ.
However, after glancing at the offer and inquiring about the magazine with several authors she knew, Shen Xuewei declined the offer.
The compensation isn't as good as Bieyang's, the reputation isn't as good as Bieyang's, the scale isn't as good as Bieyang's, everything about Bieyang is inferior to Bieyang's...
So, she's currently staying put in Bieyang.
Yunli cared about her and trusted her completely.
The authors who collaborate with their magazine rarely switch to other magazines after working with them.
After all, they offer good compensation and pay royalties promptly without delay.
All the authors who collaborate with their magazine are loyal and committed; they are confident that they won't be poached by others.
After writing 10,000 words, Shen Xuewei sent Yun Li the beginning of her new book, which she had written several thousand words, as well as the setting.
It was almost six o'clock, the time to leave work, and Yun Li was leisurely drinking tea, preparing to go home.
Suddenly, she noticed her QQ status flashing. She clicked on it and found that it was a message from Shen Xuewei.
She last contacted Shen Xuewei a few days ago.
Ever since Shen Xuewei started writing that CEO romance novel, I've probably been busy writing this one and haven't submitted any chapters to her for two or three months.
When I asked her a few days ago, she said she didn't have a draft for her.
So quickly, you finished the book you were writing and started a new one for her?
Thinking of this, she opened the file that Shen Xuewei had sent her.
Three minutes later, she stared at the computer screen and typed a line of text in anger.
Yun Li: Xiao Wei, Weiwei, Shen Xuewei! You're getting more and more outrageous and perfunctory. You only wrote the beginning and some character settings, and you sent it to me?
Shen Xuewei's words were concise and to the point.
Become a rich woman as soon as possible: sign or not?
Yun Li's hands clattered across the keyboard.
Yunli: Sign!
Yunli: I knew you were going to bring up the price increase, so this time I'll raise it to 165 per thousand words.
Shen Xuewei did indeed want to bring up the issue of raising prices.
However, seeing how readily she agreed, I knew there was still room for further price increases.
After a heated debate on QQ, the two sides finally settled on a payment of 170 yuan per thousand words.
After the decision was made, Yun Li, who had been somewhat irritable, sent a much calmer message.
She sighed, thinking that the child opposite her, though young, was quite the bargainer, like a seasoned old hand.
However, the other party's writing was indeed excellent, and the payment was definitely worth it.
Shen Xuewei submitted a total of six works to Bieyang, and each one received a very good response.
In particular, the previous two-part series on unrequited love was written with delicate and gentle strokes. It used subtle fragments of daily life to vividly portray the secret feelings of a young girl's unrequited love, making her recall the person she had a crush on when she was young.
The unspoken affection ultimately becomes the most beautiful regret of youth.
Even if there is no outcome, pure affection is enough to illuminate one's entire youth.
Yun Li generally doesn't like reading novels with tragic endings (BE).
In real life, there are too many missed opportunities and regrets. In the world of novels, she only seeks to find a perfect ending.
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