Chapter 32 Who would use a pen name if they were serious?
Zhang Dening was full of curiosity about the author of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door".
After all, someone who can write such a novel about optimism and constant pursuit of happiness in difficult situations is definitely not an ordinary person.
In fact, she wanted to run over as soon as she got to work.
However, Zou Yanlai stayed and talked about some other things, so we arrived at the Nancheng District Cultural Center at around nine o'clock.
Zhang Dening is no stranger to sister units such as the cultural center.
She has several friends who are all from the cultural center.
It's just that these friends belong to the Municipal Cultural Center! "Uncle, I'm from the editorial department of Yanjing Literature and Art. My name is Zhang Dening." Zhang Dening parked his bicycle outside the communication room and introduced himself to Old Li with a smile.
She is very familiar with this procedure.
After all, at that time, if you want others to trust you and if you want your things to go smoothly, you have to introduce your identity first.
Old Li, who was warming himself by the fire, smiled more when he heard that the person was the editor of Yenching Literature and Art.
Although he is a gatekeeper, he is the gatekeeper of the district cultural center after all.
He knew about "Yenching Literature and Art". After all, "Yenching Literature and Art" was one of the magazines subscribed by their cultural center.
"Hello, Comrade Xiao Zhang, what can I do for you?" Old Li greeted him warmly, "It's a bit cold outside, come inside and warm up first."
"Thank you, sir. No thanks. I'm looking for Xu Lingyun. Which office is he in?" Zhang Dening was in a hurry to meet the author of "The Pursuit of Happyness", so he asked directly.
Old Li was stunned for a moment.
As a qualified gatekeeper, he is familiar with everyone in the cultural center. He may not be familiar with everyone, but there is definitely no one in the entire cultural center that he cannot name.
So he was sure that there was no one named Xu Lingyun in the cultural center.
"Xiao Zhang, did you find the wrong company? There is no one named Xu Lingyun in our district cultural center."
Old Li's words were firm and full of confidence.
Zhang Dening was stunned for a moment, then reacted.
Because she was thinking about the protagonist's name, she accidentally said the wrong name of the person she was looking for.
"Uncle, Xu Lingyun is his pen name. His real name is Cheng Xuyuan." Zhang Dening asked expectantly, "Is Cheng Xuyuan from our cultural center?"
Hearing Cheng Xuyuan's name, Old Li laughed and said, "Xiao Zhang, if you had mentioned Cheng Xuyuan earlier, wouldn't it have been easy? He is in the writing group of our cultural center."
"Hey, what a joke this Xiao Cheng is. Why does he even have a pen name?"
"Several people in their writing group used their real names when writing, for fear that others would not know that they had written a work."
"This Xiao Cheng is so good, he just does the opposite of what others do."
Although he had not met Cheng Xuyuan yet, after listening to what Old Li said, Zhang Dening felt a little more favorable towards Xu Lingyun.
Low-key, doesn't like to show off! Moreover, judging from the affectionate way Old Li addressed him, this young man is a good person and can get along well with the gatekeeper.
"Uncle Li, may I ask which office Xu... Cheng Xuyuan is in?" Zhang Dening, who wanted to see Cheng Xuyuan as soon as possible, asked the same question again.
Old Li said, "Comrade Xiao Zhang, what do you want to talk to Xiao Cheng about?"
"He submitted a manuscript to us some time ago, and we plan to publish it in the next issue of Yenching Literature and Art. I came here this time to discuss several issues with him face to face." This was not something to hide, so Zhang Dening said it without any concealment.
Cheng Xuyuan’s manuscript will be published in "Yenching Literature and Art"!
Although Old Li had vaguely guessed it, he was still surprised when he heard Zhang Dening's confirmation.
You have to know that in their cultural center, recently only Ma Boyuan has occasionally published one or two works.
As for others, at most a few pieces of tofu are published in the newspaper.
Xiao Cheng, who just arrived, not only published his works, but also the editor of the magazine came to visit him specially.
"Xiao Zhang, let me take you to Xiao Cheng's office."
As Old Li spoke, he picked up a somewhat gray cotton jacket and put it on.
Zhang Dening hurriedly said, "Uncle, go ahead and do your thing. Just tell me where Cheng Xuyuan's office is."
"Xiao Zhang, don't be polite. I've been sitting for a long time, so I need to stretch my muscles." As Old Li spoke, he walked out and said, "Also, Xiao Cheng's office is a bit far away, and I'm afraid you won't be able to find it in a short time."
Faced with the enthusiastic Old Li, Zhang Dening could only thank him while following Old Li towards the office building of the cultural center.
There are many people coming and going in the cultural center.
After all, everyone's work is not very busy, and many people carry an enamel mug and run around the office as soon as they get to work.
At the stairs, someone saw Old Li leading Zhang Dening over and asked with a smile, "Old Li, who is this?"
Old Li greeted them and said, "This is Xiao Zhang, the editor of Yanjing Literature and Art. She is here to see Cheng Xuyuan."
As someone who works at the district cultural center, I am no stranger to "Yenching Literature and Art".
The person asking the question looked at Zhang Dening and asked curiously, "Comrade Xiao Zhang, what do you want to talk to Xiao Cheng about?"
Zhang Dening was not angry about this somewhat presumptuous inquiry. She smiled and said, "Cheng Xuyuan submitted a novel to our magazine. I came to talk to him."
Cheng Xuyuan submitted a novel! And, most importantly, he also recruited the editor! Just when the person who greeted him woke up from the shock, Old Li had already led Zhang Dening to the writing team's office.
Lifting aside the thick door curtain, Shi Xuehong was seen eating melon seeds while knitting a sweater.
When Shi Xuehong saw that Old Li was leading a strange girl in, she was not embarrassed at all. Instead, she smiled and said, "Uncle Li, why are you here?"
"Xuehong, where is Xiao Cheng?" When Old Li saw that Cheng Xuyuan was not in the office, he asked Shi Xuehong.
"Aren't you going to collect folk songs again?"
Old Li knows everything about the hobbies of everyone in the writing group.
Shi Xuehong put down the sweater in her hand and said, "Xiao Cheng has gone to the folk art group. Team leader Luo and his team are rehearsing the short play he wrote. Now let him go over and give his opinions."
"After all, he is the author of the skit."
"Uncle Li, what do you want to see him about?"
Uncle Li suddenly raised his voice a lot and said, "Xuehong, this is Xiao Zhang from the editorial department of Yanjing Literature and Art. She came to talk to Xiao Cheng about the manuscript that Xiao Cheng submitted."
"Hurry up and find him. Don't keep him waiting."
Shi Xuehong was surprised.
Editor of "Yenching Literature and Art"!
Cheng Xuyuan submitted an article to "Yenching Literature and Art"!
this……
I can tolerate you writing a skit. We all agreed to have fun together. How could you still submit it?
And you provoked the editor by submitting an article. You...you...
"Xiao Shi, don't stand here. Go find Xiao Cheng as soon as possible!" Uncle Li looked at the dazed Shi Xuehong and felt speechless.
I thought to myself, this generation is really worse than the previous one. Shi Xuehong usually looks very smart, but why does she suddenly become dazed in front of outsiders?
From now on, no matter what, I have to teach this little girl a lesson so that she doesn't look so stupid every day.
"Okay, I... I'll go find it right away, I..."
Zhang Dening asked curiously, "Uncle Li, is Cheng Xuyuan still writing skits? If it's not too abrupt, can I go over and take a look?"
Uncle Li chuckled and said, "Why not? Xiao Cheng wrote this short play in preparation for the city's performance on New Year's Day."
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