But no matter what, this call for papers is very important to Liu Xiaowen now!
Her family's financial situation is very different from Wang Zhenzhen's.
Since the holiday, Wang Zhenzhen has been helping out in the family shop, but that was just some easy work that she did when there were too many people around.
Moreover, Liu Xiaowen often saw her sitting at her grandfather's stall, leisurely reading newspapers and magazines, and occasionally pestering her grandfather to buy her soda.
During the holidays, Liu Xiaowen would follow her mother to work part-time in the factory. However, because the pay for part-time jobs was not much, she could only earn a few dozen yuan after working hard all day in that dim, cramped and crowded room.
The money she earned from these part-time jobs was barely enough for her living expenses for next month. If she wanted to buy books, notebooks, or pens, she would have to calculate her expenses carefully.
So no matter how tiring the part-time job is or how low the salary is, Liu Xiaowen dare not give up easily.
Moreover, any job that can make money is in great demand now. Many people from the mainland who have difficulty sneaking in have no relatives or friends here and can only do this kind of work to fill their stomachs.
So during the holidays, Liu Xiaowen was very grateful to be able to find this kind of job to earn some money to supplement the family income.
But every time Liu Xiaowen saw Wang Zhenzhen reading newspapers and magazines leisurely, she was very envious.
Fortunately, Wang Zhenzhen likes to read newspapers, so she found out about this good news right away.
If it were Liu Xiaowen herself, her family would not be willing to spend money to buy newspapers for a year or two. At most, they would occasionally see old newspapers discarded by factory owners, and Liu Xiaowen would secretly take them to read after discovering them.
However, since old newspapers can be recycled and sold as waste, there are not many opportunities to see them.
If Wang Zhenzhen hadn't seen the news and came to find me, I might never have seen this news.
Liu Xiaowen carefully read the content of the call for submissions again. It clearly stated that only short stories and novels were accepted.
The short story requirement is 8,000 words, and the manuscript fee ranges from 50 yuan to 200 yuan. The manuscript fee can be increased at the discretion of the author for high quality.
Novels must be at least 100,000 words long, and the fee ranges from 500 to 2,000 yuan. However, the manuscript must be submitted in one go; if it is not accepted, it will be returned in full.
There is no restriction on the subject matter of novels. You can write romance novels, ancient novels, realistic novels, ghost stories, martial arts novels, fantasy novels, mythological novels, Western fantasy novels, etc.
Seeing these subject choices, Liu Xiaowen paused, because she had not read many novels and had no money to buy books. The most she had read was Jin Yong's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" on her teacher's desk.
"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is a classic martial arts novel. The wonderful storyline and the fascinating chivalry in the martial arts world left a deep impression on Liu Xiaowen.
But is it really possible for her to write such a wonderful novel?
Now that this opportunity to make money is right in front of her, is she going to miss it?
No! She couldn't let go of this hard-earned way of making money!
When thinking about writing a novel, Liu Xiaowen thought of the owner of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", her Chinese teacher Mr. Guo!
She had read more than one novel from Teacher Guo, which meant that Teacher Guo himself liked reading novels, and Teacher Guo also taught Chinese.
Then let Teacher Guo guide her, uh, they should be fine!
Liu Xiaowen knew that Wang Zhenzhen came to her not just to tell her the news. Seeing Wang Zhenzhen's eager expression as she looked at her, she guessed that Wang Zhenzhen also hoped to make money by writing articles!
After all, even if Wang Zhenzhen's family living conditions are better than Liu Xiaowen's, there are still many people in Wang Zhenzhen's family. In addition, Wang Zhenzhen herself is not very good at studying. After graduation, she can only work as a worker, and the money she earns is hard-earned.
Now that she knows there is a way to make money just by writing, Wang Zhenzhen must be tempted.
She came to tell her the news because Liu Xiaowen was the best student in the class, and Wang Zhenzhen's grades were not good, and her writing skills were even worse.
So I wanted to ask her, who had good grades, to help tutor her!
Liu Xiaowen knew this and didn't think it was a big deal. After all, it was the other party who told her the news!
If it weren't for Wang Zhenzhen, she might not have received the news.
But now Liu Xiaowen also encountered a problem, that is, she had only read one novel, which was "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" borrowed from Teacher Guo. Apart from that, she had not read any other novels. Many of the novel themes listed in the newspaper were unheard of by her.
Now looking at Wang Zhenzhen, Liu Xiaowen said, "I've never written a novel before, so I don't know if I can do it. How about this! Let's go find Teacher Guo to help guide us!"
Wang Zhenzhen's eyes lit up when she heard this. Although she used to be a poor student who didn't like studying, she didn't like the teachers at school at all. Like all students, she was also afraid of these teachers.
But now it’s different, she really needs someone to guide her in writing novels!
Of course, she also knew that not only Teacher Guo, but all the teachers in the school didn't like her very much. It was unlikely that she would be guided by the teachers during the holidays!
Now, with Liu Xiaowen, who is liked by all the teachers, Teacher Guo will definitely not chase her who follows behind Liu Xiaowen!
He immediately said, "Okay! Okay! Let's go find Teacher Guo to guide us!"
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