Chapter 126 Chapter 126 Second

Update After Shen Shaoyuan's comic strip draft passed the review, the publishing house never contacted him about publishing matters, but it was not surprising. The publishing house was basically in a state of suspension. Now it must take some time to resume business.

A few days ago, Shen Shaoyuan called the publishing house and changed his contact address to this courtyard.

The person who answered the phone was a young man. Shen Shaoyuan didn't know who the other party was. He heard that the other party said that he would tell the editor-in-chief, so he didn't care about it.

He didn't expect that this editor Li would come directly to his door.

"I wrote to your original address and called your previous unit. They said you were coming to the capital. I thought you would contact me when you came. But it's been so long since the Chinese New Year and I haven't heard from you. I've been so anxious."

Li Qingguo took a sip of tea to calm his sore throat. "What a coincidence. When you called us that day, we were in a meeting. The person who answered the phone was a temporary worker who was just hired after the beginning of the year. The guy wrote a note with your address and left it on my desk, forgetting to tell me."

"My desk was messy and I didn't notice it at all. I only found it this morning when I was sorting out the manuscripts, so I hurried over."

Shen Shaoyuan refilled him with a cup of tea. Asked: "Didn't you say that there are still many procedures for formal publication?"

Li Qingguo quickly drank another cup of tea: "There are quite a few procedures, but it should be faster than expected. Now that the relevant policies have been relaxed, many processes have been simplified."

He paused and said: "The most important thing, Teacher Shen, you haven't sent us the second half of the comic book."

Shen Shaoyuan raised his eyebrows: "Sorry, this is my first time publishing a comic book, I thought I just had to give it to you before formal publication."

He thought that he had to come to the capital anyway, and when the publishing house was almost ready, he could ride a bicycle to deliver the drawings, so he didn't even think about sending the second half of the drawings to the publishing house.

Li Qingguo had never encountered such a thing.

Before the movement, he was an editor. He had been doing this for many years. He had seen many people who would call the publisher to urge progress after the first draft was approved. This was the first time he had seen someone like Shen Shaoyuan who didn't care at all.

Li Qingguo had no idea that Shen Shaoyuan had no shortage of money. Especially after coming to the capital, he found that gold and silver were much easier to get than when he was in Jiangbei County, and his son-in-law's family was not poor. Therefore, Shen Shaoyuan's thoughts of working hard to earn money to support his family before coming to the capital suddenly disappeared.

He had been eating, drinking and having fun since he was a child. During the years in Yangliu Brigade, he had to work hard due to the situation. Now he suddenly found that he could live well without working hard, so naturally he didn't want to work hard anymore.

Just like Liu Yinshuang said, after working for a long time, you will smell like a worker.

Although Shen Shaoyuan could not understand much, he could still understand the general meaning.

Working is indeed not suitable for him, and working hard is not suitable for him. He still prefers to be a parasite without doing anything.

So it doesn’t matter when the comic book can be published. Don’t wait for the royalties, just publish it whenever they want.

Li Qingguo: "Teacher Shen, we have discussed in the meeting that your comic book will be the first batch of books published by our publishing house, so the time is actually a bit tight, otherwise I would be embarrassed to come to your door directly."

Hearing him say this, Shen Shaoyuan was quite happy. His comic book has been finished, and it is naturally good to be able to print it earlier.

"Ping An, go get my sketch. It's on the desk in the room."

Zhou Ping An responded and went to Shen Shaoyuan's room to get the sketch.

Li Qingguo took the sketch and flipped through it carefully, praising it as he flipped through it: "The painting is exquisite and the conception is ingenious. Teacher Shen, I have a feeling that your comic strip will definitely be very popular!"

Shen Shaoyuan nodded with a smile: "I think so too."

It is said that emperors like flatterers. Everyone likes nice words.

"By the way, Teacher Shen, when we were communicating before, I asked you if you wanted to come to the publishing house to be an art editor. You said you wanted to think about it again. I wonder how you think about it?"

Seeing such a good painting, Li Qingguo immediately remembered the original invitation.

Shen Shaoyuan had considered the job of art editor, but the same thing happened again. His son-in-law's family was not in financial difficulty, and he had plenty of money. He suddenly lost the motivation to work. He didn't want to go to work because it was tiring and not free.

Shen Shaoyuan refused and said, "Forget it. My granddaughter is still young. Her parents have to go to school and don't have time to take care of her. I have to take care of her."

Li Qingguo: "..."

He was flipping through the pages and suddenly found a picture of a baby.

Shen Shaoyuan's comic strips are in black and white, with black strokes simply outlining the characters. The overall style is a bit like ink painting, but this baby portrait is in color. Not only is it lifelike, but the whole painting reveals a kind of vigorous vitality.

"This painting..."

Shen Shaoyuan took a look and said, "Oh, this painting is of my little granddaughter, they got stuck together by accident."

Shen Shaoyuan reached out to take the painting back, but Li Qingguo dodged it swiftly.

"Teacher Shen, this painting is well done. Can you use it as an illustration for one of our children's books?" Li Qingguo held the painting like a golden brick and refused to let it go.

But Shen Shaoyuan refused immediately, "No."

He was even a little glad that he didn't agree to work as an art editor at a publishing house. Not only that, if the publishing house asked him to draw Xiao Liangliang as an illustration, it would be hard to refuse.

Li Qingguo said anxiously, "Why?"

He tried to persuade Shen Shaoyuan: "Teacher Shen, don't worry, I will apply for the royalties from the publishing house and will give you the highest standard."

Shen Shaoyuan shook his head: "It's not about the royalties. How can our little Liangliang be printed in a book and show up in public? No, no, it's inappropriate."

Li Qingguo: "..."

No, she is just a little kid, what's wrong with being printed in children's books? How can it be inappropriate? Besides, how can a little kid be decent? !

But Shen Shaoyuan refused to nod no matter how he tried to persuade him. After being annoyed, he simply said that the comic strip could be not published first or published by another publisher. After a series of threats, Li Qingguo finally gave up the idea.

After the two of them agreed on a time to meet next time, Li Qingguo stood up to say goodbye. Just then

, Xiao Liangliang woke up and was carried out by Fu Mingze. Li Qingguo was about to go forward to play with the child, but Shen Shaoyuan immediately asked Fu Mingze to take the child back to the house, and his expression when looking at Li Qingguo was full of scrutiny and vigilance.

Li Qingguo was stunned for a moment, and then he didn't know whether to laugh or cry after he figured it out. He explained repeatedly: "Teacher Shen, don't worry, I will definitely not mention the illustration again, and it won't harm your granddaughter. I just want to tease her because she is cute."

Shen Shaoyuan opened the door coldly and sent him away: "It's okay, she doesn't need someone to tease her."

Li Qingguo: "..."

He shook his head and laughed. He had seen many people who doted on their grandsons, but this was the first time he saw someone who doted on his granddaughter so much.

Well, it's not good to eat from the bowl and look at the pot, and it's even worse to look at others. It's better to finish the comic strip first.

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The next day, Shen Moer got up early in the morning. After breakfast, Fu Mingze took her to school on his bicycle.

Fu Mingze rode the bicycle from home. It was a brand new Phoenix brand. It was said that it was originally used by his father to go to and from work. No one knew how his father went to work after he rode it away.

They did not wander around the campus yesterday for nothing. At least they knew all the teaching buildings and cafeterias of each department. They did not go to the dormitory today. Fu Mingze directly sent Shen Moer to the bottom of the teaching building of the Economics Department, turned around, and rode to the Physics Department himself.

Shen Moer walked into the classroom on the west side of the third floor. The classroom suddenly became quiet. All the men and women in the classroom looked at her.

Most of them lived on campus. They came to the classroom early this morning. They sat together in groups of three or five and chatted. Shen Moer was the only one who came so late. Especially since she was good-looking and had a special temperament, she naturally attracted attention.

Someone who had been a factory director would naturally not be afraid of other people's eyes. Shen Moer walked into the classroom calmly, and her eyes swept over. There was only one empty seat left on the right side, so she walked over and sat down.

The classroom soon began to talk again, but everyone looked at her intentionally or unintentionally, and some people asked each other: "Who is that female classmate? Do any of you know her?"

"Do you think this classmate looks, how should I put it, quite dignified? To be honest, I thought she was a teacher just now, and almost wanted to say hello to her."

"She is from the capital, right? Look at her clothes, the style is so fashionable. Girls from the capital are different. They look outstanding."

At this time, two voices suddenly rang at the same time:

"She is not from the capital. She said it herself. She came from the southern province."

"What do you mean she's from the capital? She's from a small mountain village in a small county town in a remote corner of our southern province."

Shen Moer felt the two voices sounded familiar. She looked up and saw that the first person should be Feng Manni. After she finished speaking, she lowered her head to read a book without looking at anyone, as if she couldn't help but clarify the facts.

The other person surprised Shen Moer a little.

It was Zhang Jiaojiao.

Shen Moer knew that she was from the Department of Economics of Capital University, and she was a classmate of the same department. She guessed that she might run into Zhang Jiaojiao on campus, but she didn't expect that Zhang Jiaojiao was in the same class as her. She

looked at Zhang Jiaojiao and found that she was full of energy. It seemed that the drug used by the traffickers did not cause any serious harm to her.