After giving the money in silence, Xiang Nan returned home.
The reason why he did not tell Shen Shen the truth was because it was not the best time yet.
He wants Silence to come to him on his own initiative, instead of pestering her like a licking dog.
The next day, Xiang Nan continued to go to work.
In the evening, he came to Victoria Entertainment City again.
I did not see Shen Mo playing the piano, but I saw her on the second floor, settling accounts with the entertainment city manager Lao Ge.
"You've only been here for two days, how can I pay for it with you? Besides, you left in such a hurry, and I have to recruit more people. Aren't you causing me trouble?" Lao Ge complained.
“I’m sorry, manager.” Shen Mo lowered his head and said.
"Forget it, since you are a student, I won't make it difficult for you. What happened yesterday and you don't want to continue doing it, then I can understand." Lao Ge nodded, and then took out eighty Yuan, "This is two days' wages, go ahead, a little girl like you is really not suitable for this line of work."
“Thank you, manager.” Shen Mo put away the money, turned around and walked out.
“Hey, Silence, do you know who the boy was yesterday?” Lao Ge suddenly said again.
“I don’t know.” Shen Mo shook his head.
“Go.” Lao Ge waved his hand again.
Shen Shen immediately left Lao Ge's office and walked out of the back door. She suddenly looked across with a feeling.
She saw a dark figure in the dark night, nodded to her, and then disappeared in a flash.
Silence was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly.
Although she didn’t know who Xiang Nan was and what the purpose of helping her was, she could feel that Xiang Nan had no ill intentions. And she really likes this feeling of being cared about, cared for and protected by others.
…
About ten days have passed and Xiang Nan is reporting to work at the factory.
Suddenly the phone rang.
Reporter Li Huihao picked up the call and handed the phone to Xiang Nan, "Wang Yang, your phone number."
Xiang Nan picked it up and said, "Hello, hello."
"Hello, are you Mr. Wang Yang? We are the magazine "Story Club"." A woman on the other side of the phone said.
“Yes, it’s me.” Xiang Nan responded.
"That's it, Mr. Wang, our editor thought the manuscript you mailed to us a few days ago was very good and decided to adopt it," the woman said immediately.
“Thank you.” Xiang Nan nodded.
“We will send the manuscript fee and sample issue next week, please pay attention to check them.” The woman said again.
“Good.” Xiang Nan responded.
“We look forward to your submission again.” The woman finally said, “I wish you a happy life, goodbye!”
"Thank you, goodbye." Xiang Nan said, and then hung up the phone, feeling secretly happy in his heart.
A few days ago, he submitted manuscripts to magazines such as "Story Club", "Zhiyin", "Grudge", "Harvest", and "Reader".
In the 1990s, with the advancement of marketization, the publishing industry’s remuneration also changed with the market and was no longer the previous fixed price. The larger the circulation of a magazine, the more willing it is to pay high prices for manuscripts.
Magazines such as Story Club, Zhiyin, and Reader often charge more than 100 yuan per thousand words. It’s not uncommon for an article to sell for tens of thousands of dollars.
Xiang Nan was eager to make his first pot of gold, so he would invest in whichever magazine had the highest remuneration.
…
"No." Xiang Nan waved his hand, "It's the editor of the magazine. He called me to inform me that my manuscript was accepted." "Yes, which magazine?" Li Huihao asked curiously.
“Story Meeting.” Xiang Nan replied.
“Damn, you’re awesome!” Li Huibao said in surprise, and everyone in the other offices was also surprised.
Who has never heard of the name "Story Club"? The people working at their factory newspaper have an easy job. They only need to publish one issue of the newspaper a week, so everyone has a lot of leisure time. It is said that "a cup of tea, a cigarette, and a newspaper can be read for a day."
Also because leisure is boring, everyone has their own hobbies, such as listening to the radio, raising flowers and fish, and many reading leisure books.
Like Jin Yong, Gu Long, Qiong Yao, Xi Juan, Sherlock Holmes, Goosebumps, Dragon Ball, Slam Dunk... these miscellaneous books can be found everywhere.
Story Club is often bought by people, and I have a big stack of it. Therefore, everyone knows that this magazine is very good, and it would be really great to be published in it.
“It’s okay.” Xiang Nan curled his lips, then returned to his seat and continued to write his manuscript.
"real or fake?"
“You can’t fake it, right?”
“It must be bragging.”
“Who knows whether it’s true or false.”
Everyone whispered.
…
Two days later, half a month of military training ended in silence, and then they arrived at Hualin Iron and Steel No. 1 General Plant.
“Master, may I ask, is there anyone named Wang Yang in our factory?” She came to the reception room and asked the guard.
"Wang Yang? Which department is he from? There are tens of thousands of people in our factory. If you don't know which department it is, it will be difficult to find him." Upon hearing this, the guard curled his lips and said.
"I don't know which department he is from." Shen Mo shook his head and said, "But I know he is a young man, probably about eighteen or nineteen years old."
"Eighteen-nine years old?! Just graduated from high school? That's impossible. Our factory hasn't hired new people for several years." The guard shook his head and said.
"Master, can I go in and look for him?" Shen Mo asked reluctantly.
"That won't work. If you're not from the factory, you can't just enter the factory." The guard refused, "Besides, this factory covers several thousand acres. If you don't know which department he is from, then you can look for him for a year." Can’t find it.”
Silently nodded, "Master, what time does your factory get off work?"
“The factory now works in two shifts. The day shift gets off at six o’clock and the night shift gets off at eight o’clock.” The guard replied.
"Thank you, master." Shen Mo nodded, and then stood at the door of the factory, preparing to find Xiang Nan from the crowd when the factory got off work.
"Girl, who are you, Wang Yang?" The guard saw that she was pretty and elegant, and looked like a good girl. His first impression was quite good, so he moved a stool for her to sit down, and then asked curiously. road.
A little girl is looking for a little boy, which seems to be a bit interesting.
“He’s my friend.” Shen Mo thought for a while and said.
“Oh.” The doorman nodded, “Girl, what do you do?”
“I am studying pharmacy at Hualin Health Vocational College.” Shen Mo replied.
“You college student, that’s really good.” When the guard heard this, he said with envy, “My son also failed the college entrance examination this year. Hey, this brat really **** me off.”
Shen Shen pursed her lips.
“What do you want to study medicine? Are you going to be a doctor in the future?” The doorman was chatting with Shen Shen.
Time passed quickly. From one to six o'clock, with the sound of an electric bell, tens of thousands of workers poured out of the factory.
Silent couldn't care about talking to the gatekeeper, and stared at the people who were from get off work, hoping to find Xiang Nan's trace.
She must find him and ask him clearly. Otherwise, it would be like being kept in the dark, and she would feel extremely uncomfortable.