Chapter 312: That's all you said
Try not to get angry. Could something big have happened?
Cheng Xuyuan couldn't help but look towards Shen Yumo.
If it were any other time, Shen Yumo would not have come to find me on his own initiative. Could it be that his coming here this time is also related to this matter?
For a moment, Cheng Xuyuan was really a little nervous.
But soon, he calmed down. One must remain calm in any major event. He had some self-cultivation after being reborn.
"Teacher Zou, please tell me, I think I can still bear it."
Looking at Cheng Xuyuan's calm expression, Zou Yanlai breathed a sigh of relief.
She hesitated for a moment and said, "Xiao Cheng, we recommended two of your novels for this short story selection."
“To be honest, both are excellent.”
"Especially 'The Pursuit of Happyness', which caused a strong response."
"We have very high hopes that you will win the award this time."
"But...but you are too young!"
"Some old-timers said that young people like you should be treated with more care."
"You can't give various awards to people at such a young age, as that will easily make you proud."
“So, you may not be the winner of this short story award.”
After saying this, she looked at Cheng Xuyuan a little nervously.
Zhang Dening also looked at Cheng Xuyuan a little nervously. She felt that at this moment Cheng Xuyuan should be angry, disappointed, and furious.
But what disappointed her was that Cheng Xuyuan was extremely calm at this moment.
After hearing this, he smiled and said, "Teacher Zou, is this the reason why you came here with so much fanfare?"
"Isn't this a big deal?" This question was asked by Zhang Dening.
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "This is not a big deal."
"De Ning, let me ask you, is there any prize money for this grand prize?" Cheng Xuyuan asked.
"It seems to be dozens of dollars." Zhang Dening said after a moment of hesitation.
"That's a pity." Cheng Xuyuan smacked his lips and said, "Although I don't agree with the old senior's opinion, I think we should give these few tens of dollars of royalties to those who need it more."
"Haha, I won't argue with them."
Give it to those who need it more! At first, Zhang Dening didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, but looking at Cheng Xuyuan's indifferent expression, she suddenly felt that Cheng Xuyuan didn't seem to care about this award.
"Aren't you disappointed that you didn't win the award?" Zhang Dening asked.
Hearing this question, Zou Yanlai frowned.
How could this student of mine be so annoying? Although she wasn't angry, you couldn't rub salt into the wound. Alas, this EQ was stuck in the mud! But in front of Cheng Xuyuan, she could only endure it.
But Cheng Xuyuan didn't care about this. He smiled and said, "I'm a little disappointed."
"But what can we do?"
“When an award is not judged fairly and impartially, the value of the award and the recognition it receives will be very small.”
"This kind of award is just some people's self-entertainment."
“Everyone soon stopped playing with them.”
As he spoke, Cheng Xuyuan continued, "As long as it doesn't interfere with my making money, I don't have the time to care about what they want to do."
Looking at the calm Cheng Xuyuan, Zou Yanlai felt relieved but also a little emotional.
It was a good award, but now such a good work as Cheng Xuyuan's is excluded.
Not to mention that Cheng Xuyuan would not be convinced, I'm afraid other people would not be too convinced either.
As Cheng Xuyuan said, if an award is not recognized by the majority of people, then this award will become an empty shell and there is no need for it to exist!
"Xiao Cheng, Lao Li asked me to tell you that he will still actively strive for this matter."
"He told you to be humble and not impatient, just wait for him and the news."
Although we don’t know what the result of Li Qingquan’s struggle will be, but Li Qingquan is fighting for it, and that is an attitude.
So Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "Teacher Zou, please thank Editor-in-Chief Li for me and tell him that it's not worth asking for help for this kind of thing."
"They don't want to give it to me, but I don't want it!"
At this point, Cheng Xuyuan glanced at his watch and said, "Teacher Zou, why don't you three take a rest in my office? I have to go to class. After I finish class, let's go have some food."
Zou Yanlai looked at the time, which was a little past half past nine, and thought it was a little too early to eat.
What's more, what they brought was not good news, and it was really unreasonable to let Cheng Xuyuan treat them to a meal!
So she refused and said, "Xuyuan, we still have a lot of things to do over there!"
"Let's choose another time for dinner. Lao Li said he wants to treat you to a nice drink."
"I think it's better to do it on Saturday night."
Cheng Xuyuan hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll come when the time comes!"
Zou Yanlai said, "How can we let you arrange it? Our editorial department can still afford this amount of money."
Seeing that Zou Yanlai had told him everything about the editorial department, Cheng Xuyuan could only say, "Teacher Zou, I will just respectfully obey your orders."
Cheng Xuyuan sent Zou Yanlai and others to the door, then went to class with a book under his arm.
Looking at Cheng Xuyuan walking towards the classroom, Zhang Dening said with emotion: "Xuyuan is a famous person now, but he still takes the class very seriously."
"If it were me, I would have to find a place to calm down first."
"It's just a class!"
Zou Yanlai frowned and was about to speak when Shen Yumo whispered, "De Ning, Cheng Xuyuan's class is different from yours."
"Why is it different? Aren't we all just attending classes?"
Shen Yumo said, "A professor in Cheng Xuyuan's history department is ill. In order not to delay the students' studies, let Cheng Xuyuan take his place this semester."
"Cheng Xuyuan was explaining Ming history to seniors who were one grade higher than him."
After hearing Shen Yumo's explanation, Zhang Dening said with emotion: "This Cheng Xuyuan is really not simple."
"He actually gave lectures to his seniors. That's amazing."
Listening to Zhang Dening's sigh, Zou Yanlai said: "Cheng Xuyuan's knowledge of Ming history is not comparable to that of ordinary people."
"This professor at their school has a keen eye for talent."
"And we can recruit talents regardless of their background!"
"Compared to the professor's vision and perspective, some people are really..."
Talking about this topic again, Zhang Dening couldn't help but said to Shen Yumo: "Yumo, you know Cheng Xuyuan best."
"Tell me, he just acted nonchalant, does he really not care?"
Shen Yumo had an urge to ignore Zhang Dening. What do you mean I know Cheng Xuyuan best?
We just got a marriage certificate, okay?
Now that we are preparing for a divorce, you are still poking at my pain points so casually. What do you mean by this?
What's more, Cheng Xuyuan now has a girlfriend.
Shen Yumo felt that the emotional entanglement between herself and Cheng Xuyuan had become distant and vague as divorce was put on the agenda. Now that Zhang Dening's words had made her heart ache, she once again deeply realized that she still cared deeply about Cheng Xuyuan.
Although he felt uncomfortable, Shen Yumo still tried to calm himself down and forced a smile.
When Shen Yumo saw Zou Yanlai looking at him, he knew that he had to answer this question.
"I think he really doesn't care."
"Because in the past, he always showed a lot of things on his face."
"Happy is happy, unhappy is unhappy."
"Although he has matured a lot now, I think there is no need for him to hide anything in front of us."
"Also, I think his current state of mind is different from before."
Zhang Dening smiled and said, "If this guy really doesn't care, I don't have to worry about it anymore."
"Hey, I heard he made a lot of money, Mr. Zou, he should treat us to this meal!"
Zou Yanlai nodded and said, "He makes a lot of money, maybe that's why he wasn't awarded the prize."
"I heard that the royalties for his book Stories about the Ming Dynasty in Hong Kong have reached HK$120 per thousand words."
"Being able to directly increase the sales of an evening paper to 400,000 copies is also a very terrifying thing in Hong Kong."
Zhang Dening counted on his fingers and said, "One thousand words is one hundred and twenty. I heard that he submits 120,000 words a month. In other words, he earns about 15,000 Hong Kong dollars a month."
"Even if we calculate it based on the exchange rate, this guy's monthly income is almost 5,000 yuan."
"This... this is still a remittance voucher."
"Teacher Zou, I don't think he really needs comforting."
"Maybe in the future, he will go into the history circle."
Although Zou Yanlai knew that Cheng Xuyuan's royalties were high, he was still shocked when he heard Zhang Dening's calculations.
The amount of money Cheng Xuyuan earns in a month is really enviable!
Shen Yumo also pursed his lips.
Although she felt that this money had nothing to do with her, it was really too much.
The money I have saved so far is less than 500 yuan.
And this person's money has reached such a large amount.
The three of them sighed as they rode their bicycles out of Yenching University.
I don’t know if it was because of the calculation of Cheng Xuyuan’s royalties, coupled with Cheng Xuyuan’s nonchalant attitude, that the three of them felt much more relaxed when they returned than when they went to see Cheng Xuyuan.
"Teacher Zou, I seem to have seen "The Pursuit of Happyness."" Zhang Dening suddenly stepped on the car brake and said in a deep voice to Zou Yanlai.
Zou Yanlai parked the car and said, "De Ning, what are you talking about!"
"How can you watch The Pursuit of Happyness?"
"Teacher Zou, what I said is true. It's over there." As Zhang Dening spoke, he rode his bike towards the back.
Although Zou Yanlai and Shen Yumo didn't know what happened to this colleague, they still quickly followed him under the circumstances.
In just a minute, they arrived at the door of the cinema and saw a very simple poster on it.
"The movie 'The Pursuit of Happyness'!"
"Director: Xie Jin."
"Screenwriter: Cheng Xuyuan."
…
Looking at these, the three people hesitated for a moment, but still under the leadership of Zhang Dening, the three people came to the ticket office.
This time I came out to comfort Cheng Xuyuan. Watching "The Pursuit of Happyness" is also a comfort to Cheng Xuyuan.
At the ticket window, a middle-aged woman in her forties was knitting a sweater. When Zhang Dening asked for three tickets for "The Pursuit of Happiness," the middle-aged woman said directly, "No."
"Didn't they say there would be six shows today?" Zhang Dening asked the middle-aged woman somewhat unhappily.
"They are all sold out. The tickets sold out so quickly. They went on sale at 9am and were sold out in half an hour."
"If you want to see it, come early tomorrow."
"Let me tell you, there are people lining up, some of them came at seven in the morning."
After hearing what the middle-aged woman said, Zou Yanlai had only one thing in his mind, that is, this "The Pursuit of Happyness" is likely to cause a viewing craze!
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