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"How much can we get for our royalties?" Lao Li and Zhong Yueshan looked at each other, and finally Zhong Yueshan couldn't help asking. There was no other way, as none of them were very wealthy, and if there was a way to get extra money... who could refuse?
In the end, ideals cannot be used to make a living. Zhong Yueshan is very aware of himself. He can write articles according to his ideals, but in order to have food to eat and not starve to death, he will also try more money-making skills.
In the past, all I could think of was making movies, writing screenplays, and making some extra money, just like painters making money by making comic strips, which was not shabby.
As for other submissions, many people have not tried it. After all, they were only circulated privately before. If they are submitted to state-owned media, it is still unclear whether these articles and manuscripts can be published. But if you write special manuscripts just for the royalties, you might as well starve to death for your ideals!
"It ranges from ten to one hundred yuan. If you write well, there will be additional bonuses for the top three articles." Their Lifestyle Magazine is selling well now, and the authors of the articles are making a lot of money. Qin Yao wants to increase the salary, but is afraid it will be too eye-catching. After all, it is only the 1970s and 1980s. By 1979, when the market economy is gradually opened up and more and more people with an annual income of ten thousand yuan appear, people will be able to accept high salaries and even higher performance bonuses.
Their interview manuscripts are not long. A well-written one can get a fee of 50 yuan, which is enough to support a family of four. Even if college students live a more "luxurious" life, 50 yuan is more than enough for living expenses.
For some heavy smokers, if they have an extra fifty dollars, they don’t know how many more packs of cigarettes they can smoke.
Lao Li said, "We can write it, too. Just the kind of interview manuscripts you have?"
If the main article is written based on the facts of the interview, Lao Li and others can accept it. It does not mean that they are asked to praise or ridicule anything. It is just to polish the interview manuscript. It does not go against their psychology and they can earn royalties. There is no reason to refuse.
Qin Yao: "You can write, of course you can write, you are very welcome."
Now, the group of people in their magazine are also a bunch of literature lovers. Their writing skills can only be described as "okay". Compared with the group of poets in front of them, they are almost as far apart as heaven and earth. Especially Zhong Yueshan, his description of characters is extremely vivid. Qin Yao has read a short story written by him, which describes the protagonist eating. The scene and the details are displayed vividly... After Qin Yao finished reading it, the scenes described in the novel kept replaying in her mind. It was amazing!
Yuan Qun and Sun Yang mainly write poetry, but that type of poetry has nothing to do with Qin Yao's Life Magazine. However, the articles written by Lao Li and Zhong Yueshan are absolutely top-notch.
Being able to coax someone to write one or two short stories is a great thing for a journal, and Qin Yao is a very accurate recruiter.
If you are short of money, come and write!
Old Li said: "Okay, let me try. Comrade Qin Yao, how exactly do you..."
Seeing that he was interested, Qin Yao immediately started talking: "Don't worry, let me introduce our magazine to you first. The newsstand is not far from here. There is a newsstand at the entrance of the park. Let's go buy a copy now. I will introduce each column to you in detail. You can see which ones you are interested in..."
Qin Yao bought a copy of that month's Southern Life magazine, opened it and showed it to Lao Li and the others. As she introduced it, Lao Li and the others nodded frequently.
Yuan Qun was also listening nearby. They had also heard that this Southern Life Magazine was extremely popular among young people, but after flipping through it, they were not interested and most of what they heard was just hearsay.
For example, what are the “eyebrow shaping techniques” in it? Is this something men should read?
There are also various effects of hairstyles on face shapes, and recommendations on what kind of hair to have for different face shapes... What a joke! As a person with personality, you can have whatever hair you want, so what? Is it really necessary to listen to other people's advice on your hair? What nonsense.
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With so many preconceived notions, the original group of people were not interested in this journal. It was not that they liked to read T's stuff, but they only inquired about it for a while when Qin Yao became an assistant.
"Pfft - this is foreign news. What kind of news is this? Just this, this is also news? Why are foreign countries researching so many weird things? And this game console, can it be interesting?" Old Li looked at the "International News" selected at the front of the journal and couldn't help laughing out loud.
These international news have nothing to do with politics. Instead, they involve various other aspects, including humanities, geography, various latest research, and many new international products... It can be said to be very diverse.
There was a group of newly taken photos of penguins, and the number of failed experiments by a certain scientist, as well as the mysterious and ridiculous news about an adult swallowing XXX - yes, Qin Yao deliberately had people find out some international and ridiculous news. This kind of news is always common, and there are always two pieces in every issue.
Old Li read with great interest. Those who had been sent to the countryside as educated youth thought they were more "experienced" than those who grew up in the city. They had experienced the hardships of society, had worked in the fields, and had already tasted all the hardships of society. They wrote poetry and thought they had seen through life and knew what the state of life, aging, illness and death were like for everyone.
But seeing this international news in this magazine is like opening a window to a new world, and getting to know a lot of different people and things. Oh, it turns out that foreign countries are not a society based on favors. Everyone lives in their own house, and you can’t “break into private homes” - this is so cool!
It turns out that everyone can really live in seclusion at home.
Writers like them like to have their own personal private space, but this kind of space is extremely luxurious in China, and even more luxurious when they go to the countryside.
In rural areas, people don’t close their doors during the day. If they do, people will gossip about them behind their backs: “What shameful things are you doing? You must be hiding something when you close your doors in broad daylight!”
They secretly reported you and said with certainty that "only people with something to hide cannot live with their doors open."
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Old Li read with great interest. There were several interview articles at the end, which were about life in many overseas Chinese villages, such as the eating habits of some returned overseas Chinese, their current lives, and some of the situations they encountered when they returned... Old Li had never come into contact with this type of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, and he was amazed to see these contents.
"Editor-in-Chief Qin, you are thoughtful." After flipping through half of the book, Old Li realized his lack of knowledge. In the past, he thought he understood everything just because he went to the countryside. Now he realizes that there is a broader world out there. The so-called popular science is not just the answers in "100,000 Whys". There are many, many whys in the world.
Old Li began to feel that the magazine published by Qin Yao was extremely useful for ordinary people, as it could help them gain knowledge and broaden their horizons. For ordinary people, reading a few modern poems may arouse temporary emotional resonance, but reading this "Life Journal" opens all kinds of windows in life, allowing a heart that was originally on the verge of death to feel the vitality and fun of life again.
"It's quite interesting, isn't it?" Qin Yao's tone was full of confidence and pride. The manuscripts of this journal were all checked by her, and many sentences were revised by her personally. It was definitely interesting and fascinating, making people unable to put it down once they picked it up, and they had to read it all in one breath.
Qin Yao raised her head, her eyes twinkling like morning stars: "Do you want to continue watching, or should I introduce it to you?"
As soon as she said this, her whole body was filled with the confident glow of a winner, shining brightly like the bright moon. She seemed particularly powerful, without any trace of the fragility that a woman should have.
Many poems and articles written by female authors can make people read delicate emotions, the delicate feelings of the authors, and even a hint of sadness.
The woman in front of me was standing under the clear sky, with a bright and warm light on her body, so dazzling. She doesn't make people feel pity, sentimental, or fragile. This kind of neither arrogant nor humble attitude, and the self-confidence that hides great power, is truly dazzling.
Qin Yao's temperament is more attractive than her appearance.
It's rare to have a beautiful body, and it's even rarer to have a beautiful body and such spirit.
It’s just a pity that Luofu already has a husband.
Zhong Yueshan was shocked by Qin Yao's momentum. He glanced at Gu Cheng. The man was tall, but very handsome. He couldn't help but whisper to Gu Cheng, "Marrying such a beautiful woman who is also a strong person, as a man, staying in such a family where the woman is strong and the man is weak, it must be a pain, right?"
Gu Cheng glanced at him calmly without further explanation: "It's okay, I'm at home doing laundry, cooking and taking care of the kids."
Zhong Yueshan: “…”
Qin Yao: “…” This big liar.
But from the current perspective, what Gu Cheng said is not wrong. The couple takes turns to wash clothes, and cooking depends on who is convenient. There is no fixed person who cooks, and there is no division of labor between the two. Gu Cheng does it when he is free, and Qin Yao does it when she is free. As for taking care of the children... Comrade Gu Cheng is indeed "taking care of the children" when he picks up the children from kindergarten every day.
Both husband and wife can be said to "do laundry, cook, and take care of children at home", but this literal meaning of "do laundry, cook, and take care of children" is different from what Zhong Yueshan and others understand.
Xu Zhehua smiled and said, "He's a good man."
Seeing that Qin Yao and his wife have a good relationship, Xu Zhehua's eyes flashed a little loneliness and sadness. He hopes that the couple can stay like this forever. She envied the relationship between Qin Yao and her husband. The love between husband and wife was truly the rarest "luxury" in the world.
"I've decided. I want to write an article for this column of your journal!" As Old Li flipped through the pages, he couldn't wait to roll up his sleeves and get to work. He seemed to have grasped something in his mind.
Zhong Yueshan: “!”
Lao Li is the one who cares the most about their literary journal, but now he wants to write for someone else's journal. This...
He originally wanted to poach people, but in the end he was poached by others and his hometown was destroyed.
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