He wanted to know what kind of family would allow women to do such things as welcoming and seeing off guests. Later, he found out that it was indeed a family of officials. At first, he didn't dare to provoke them. Later, he learned that the master of the Zheng family was dismissed from his official position. He felt that God was hinting at him to do something. He followed his heart and squatted at the door of the Zheng family for several days. He met the eldest aunt of the Zheng family.
He told the eldest aunt of the Zheng family everything he knew. He thought that everything would be fine and the female boss would be taken back to the backyard to serve her parents-in-law. Unexpectedly, the Zheng family could not even control a woman and instead caused him to fall into such a state.
Within two days, Huang Wanzhen learned that the Zhu family shop had a new owner. In a very good mood, she agreed to let Zhan Yongwen sign one thousand copies of "The Swordsman".
Yes, her novel "The Swordsman" has been sold in bookstores. In just one month, Huang Wanzhen made a lot of money. She didn't expect it to sell so well. In order to give back to readers, Zhan Yongwen arranged for one thousand signed books by the author to be put on the shelves.
After Song Wenyin and He Lanshan found out, they took advantage of their acquaintance with Huang Wanzhen and got the signed book of "Huang Erjie" without competing with anyone in the bookstore.
The two even took it to school to show off.
This made Huang Wanzhen a little angry at school. When Miss Green found out, she called her to the office and gave her a reprimand.
"I was wrong..." Huang Wanzhen, who was very sensible, lowered her head and admitted her mistake as soon as she came up. Her chin was almost buried in her collar. Her ten fingers twisted the corners of her clothes and kneaded them constantly, causing the sleeves of her navy blue school uniform to rise and fall.
Seeing how pitiful she was, Miss Green sighed inwardly, not wanting to blame her any further. "You're right. You write novels to earn money to support your family, but that takes up too much of your time. How much time do you have left for studying? You should learn more while you're still young."
Huang Wanzhen nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes."
"Didn't I introduce you to the tutoring job? How's it going?"
"That's great. Thank you for writing the recommendation letter for me."
"That's good. Don't write novels anymore. Wait until you go to college and have time to write."
"good."
Seeing that Huang Wanzhen had a good attitude in admitting her mistakes, Miss Green asked her if she had any difficulties in life and study, and gave her a few words of advice, saying that if she had any difficulties, she must speak up and not keep them in her heart and think about them by herself, and then she let her go.
After Zhan Yongwen received the news that Huang Wanzhen had stopped writing, he did not even wait until the next day, but rushed to Jixiang Hall in the afterglow.
When Huang Wanzhen saw him, she was afraid that he would say something nonsense in front of the customers, so she quickly invited him to the studio.
"Editor Zhan, please have some tea."
"Hey, Mr. Huang, I don't even have the energy to drink tea anymore. How can you just stop writing like that?" Editor Zhan couldn't wait to confirm. "Did that kid Xiao Shitou misinform me?"
"Here's how, if you think he's not working well, I'll get you a better one." The more Zhan Yongwen thought about it, the better he thought it was. "I was inconsiderate. I hired Xiao Shitou as your liaison while he was working in your shop. That was wrong. I'll assign you another person tomorrow."
Huang Wanzhen pressed her hand down, "Editor Zhan, don't get excited. I will finish this book, 'Soul Blade', as soon as possible. Don't worry, I will finish what I start and I will never cut it off casually. I also like reading novels, and I can't stand eunuch writing. I can empathize with the readers."
Huang Wanzhen spoke readily, but Zhan Yongwen was left bewildered. What was this about cutting off? What about eunuch writing? After pondering it more carefully, a sudden realization dawned on him. "Ahem—ahem—" As expected, she was the author of the beloved "Swordsman" novel by male readers.
He understood, but Zhan Yongwen's heart still hung in the air. "Mr. Huang, you were born to write stories. Don't you know that your imagination and creativity are unparalleled? Take your novel 'The Swordsman' for example. The eighteen martial arts in it, although they are artistically processed and exaggerated, are truly unprecedented and will never be surpassed!"
These words made Huang Wanzhen ashamed. It was indeed unprecedented, but there were countless people who came after her. With the explosive growth of entertainment and popular literature in the 21st century, she just took advantage of the opportunity.
"Editor Zhan, I know how much you've taken care of me. You've helped me many times since we met, but I've also been diligently writing for you for two years. During that time, I've seen many other newspapers reprint my novels, but they've never asked our newspaper for a reprint fee. Even their royalties were only recently increased thanks to the efforts of my classmates."
"I only let you do what you want because I truly consider you my friend. Otherwise, I would have turned against you long ago. I've carefully considered stopping writing this time. My teacher, Miss Green, is very kind to me. She's worried that writing novels will take up too much of my time and affect my grades. I've also been so busy lately that I'm a little overwhelmed."
Huang Wanzhen was sincere in her words, and Zhan Yongwen was not the kind of person who would force others. Seeing that Huang Wanzhen had said this, he could not force her any further and could only nod and agree.
However, a new contact person was sent over the next day. Little Shitou was very sad. He felt that he had lost his "iron rice bowl" and his future security was gone. He felt uneasy and began to work harder to save more money for his retirement.
While there was bad news, there was also good news. After Mrs. Xu learned from her daughter that Huang Wanzhen had published a book, she became more polite to her. On Sunday, she even took the initiative to bring Xu Shengyi to Jixiangtang and ordered two cheongsams.
After the beginning of winter, the weather became colder day by day, and Huang Wanzhen's "Soul of the Sword" also came to an end. Since learning that she had stopped writing, Song Wenyin and He Lanshan felt very guilty. If they had not taken Huang Wanzhen's signed novel to school to show off, Miss Green would not have found out and forced Huang Wanzhen to stop writing.
"Wen Yin, let's open a newspaper company so that Wan Zhen can secretly write novels in our newspaper." He Lan Shan brought up the old matter again under the pretext of Huang Wan Zhen.
Huang Wanzhen paused while drawing, raised her eyelids to glance at He Lanshan, then lowered her head to continue drawing without saying anything.
"Hey! You submitted several times before your new-style poetry was published in the Literary Newspaper. I feel that you don't have the talent for this and your business won't last long. You'd better forget it." The money Song Wenyin now earns from Huang Wanzhen is not only enough for her daily expenses, but she also has a lot of surplus. Now she is a real rich woman, so she doesn't want to open a newspaper with He Lanshan.
"Ah! Hate it!" He Lanshan was very frustrated when she saw Song Wenyin didn't help her. She turned around and talked to Huang Wanzhen, "Wanzhen, how about we open a new one together? Your novels are so good, it's a shame to stop writing like this."
"I'm too busy now. I don't have time to write novels, let alone open a newspaper." Huang Wanzhen didn't even raise her head, pretending to concentrate on drawing.
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