Wenhao: This child has been smart since he was young

Chapter 19 Young Genius
"Here, Director." The intern placed the thermos cup filled with hot water in front of Lao Li.

Lao Li is the deputy editor and the leader of version A. If the trainee editor really wants to advance, it is okay to call him director.

"Show me the schedule." said Lao Li.

The chores were originally done by the office assistant in the editorial department, but the intern was willing to do it and he was willing to give instructions.

One issue of the storytelling session is actually not long, and it is impossible to publish Gu Lu’s seven articles in the same issue, so the typesetting needs to be postponed.

When the editorial office was about to get off work, a strange phone call came in, and the caller ID indicated that it was from Fog City.

It was from Teacher Gu Lu. Lao Li had seen the address where the manuscript was sent and knew that the author's address was normal.

Old Li couldn't wait to answer the phone, and then he heard a very young voice coming from the other end of the phone.

"Hello, Editor Li. I'm Gu Lu."

The voices were all different, some showed age, some did not, but in any case the male voice coming from the phone was too young.

"Gu Lu..." Old Li couldn't even pronounce the word "teacher" properly, "Is he really a junior high school student?"

"Third grade of junior high school." Gu Lu corrected, "The high school entrance exam is coming soon."

"Did you really write this yourself?" Old Li added, "I'm sorry, I'm really shocked. Although the writing style of the manuscript you submitted is not very good, the content is very philosophical. It doesn't seem like a work that a young person can write, so I asked this question."

"Editor Li must have searched the Internet and found no similar texts." Gu Lu selectively told the truth, "In this world, I did write these articles to earn some living expenses."

To make some money... Lao Li got the message, "Geniuses are born young. If this is the case, those under 18 years old need a guardian's signature and consent."

"Thank you, Editor Li. I will find a way to get the guardian to sign." Gu Lu responded.

"Our editorial department will receive the contract within three days."

Old Li did not forget his main business. He recommended "Smash the Piggy Banks", which had not passed the review, to a children's literature magazine.

Compared with "Story Club", "Youth Literature and Art" is undoubtedly at the top of the contempt chain, and the title of China's No. 1 children's literature magazine is not a joke.

But in terms of sales volume, the former is far ahead, which means the latter gets less royalties, with only 100 yuan per thousand words.

"Thank you Editor Li for the recommendation." Gu Lu thanked.

At the same time, I was a little surprised that "Shoes" was accepted, but "Smashing the Piggy" was not. The short story "Shoes" was originally about a concentration camp, and Gu Lu didn't want to submit it, but on the last day, he still had more than half an hour to play on the computer at the fat boss's place.

After asking the fat boss, he was told that even within half an hour he couldn't get back half the money, so he changed the core story of "Shoes" to the Nanjing Massacre.

"You're welcome. The review process of "Wen Yi Shaonian" takes longer than ours, so don't worry." Lao Li added considerately.

Both parties added some details, such as ICBC is the best bank to pay the royalties, and the bank would pay the royalties the fastest.

After hanging up the phone, Gu Lu was stunned for a few seconds. He was rejected. It seems that publishing works in magazines is more complicated than imagined. It is not invincible just by using cheats.

Don't be complacent, this is a real world and the world does not revolve around you, Gu Lu said to himself.

"Why is he gone?" Gu Lu calmed down and found that his alcoholic father was not at home.

Only lasted two or three days? This time it was too fast, Gu Lu thought that men should not be so fast. Guardian's signature and ID card copy, it's too bad, I just missed it...

If there is no other choice, I can only go to my original strong mother.

"My original body was so disliked by my mother, probably because I looked too similar to my father when he was young. She hated the whole family."

In the Gu family, girls take after their mothers and boys take after their fathers.

What my mother dislikes me for is not whether I am disobedient or not, or whether my grades are good or not, but simply my appearance due to my innate genes. It is really dangerous and depends entirely on luck.

"It's a blessing in disguise. If my sister looked like my father, it would be a bigger sin." Gu Lu began to sort out his belongings. "I still have thirty-three pieces on me."

If we add the 20 yuan pocket money that his alcoholic father gave him the day before yesterday, we can see that his savings have been greatly reduced. The main reason is that his Chinese, math and English teachers are not good!
If Gu Lu doesn't assign difficult assignments, where will his business come from?

I went out to the M&G stationery store and printed out the contract. M&G is really awesome, it seems like there is one at the gate of every school.

Passing by the bank, the original owner's bank card was processed here. It is still early in the month, but when the fog like a furnace starts to smoke in August and September, there will be many people sitting at the door of the bank steps to enjoy the air conditioning.

Gu Lu glanced at the snacks on the street, and his greed was aroused again. Damn, this really ruins my moral character!

"It's almost time. I'm going to eat as much as I can after I get the royalties!"

He went home humming a song. Gu Lu had no idea that the editorial department of Story Club was discussing him intensely at that moment.

Pengpeng——Old Li Ping knocked on the door looking for Deputy Editor-in-Chief Wu.

The editor-in-charge, the team leaders of version A and version B, the deputy editor-in-chief and person in charge of the red version, the executive deputy editor-in-chief and person in charge of the blue version, and the president (editor-in-chief) of the Story Club editorial department. This is roughly the order. Lao Li is equivalent to knocking on the door of his immediate superior's office.

"Please come in."

"What's the matter, Lao Li?"

Deputy Editor-in-Chief Wu was working, so when he looked up and saw that the person coming was Lao Li, he lowered his head and asked while working.

Lao Li asked, "Editor Wu, do you still remember the author whose seven manuscripts were accepted?"

"Oh, you're talking about Gu...that Teacher Gu, right?" Deputy Editor-in-Chief Wu still had an impression of him. He was responsible for the final review, and each manuscript left a deep impression on him.

“Do you want long-term cooperation? It’s no problem for such an excellent author to have long-term cooperation,” said Deputy Editor-in-Chief Wu.

Although "Story Club" does not accept medium-length or long novels, there are too many magazines published by Shanghai Century, such as "Little Sherlock Holmes", "Youth Literature and Art", "Books and Paintings", "Chinese Language Learning", etc. It is completely fine to recommend an excellent author to publish a long novel.

"Teacher Gu Lu is a junior high school student." said Lao Li.

"?" Deputy Chief Editor Wu looked up at Lao Li, his eyes revealing what horrible things you are saying.

"It's basically confirmed. I talked to Teacher Gu Lu on the phone, and later we discussed the details of the novel. Even Gu Lu... Teacher has other creative ideas that he hasn't had time to write down yet." Lao Li said.

Deputy Editor Wu's expression was filled with shock. "Are you really sure? Forget about stories like "The Bus Driver Who Wants to Become God", "The Flying Man of Santini", and "Good Heart". Children have different perspectives on things. Forget about "Shoes". Junior high school students are also organized to visit the Martyrs' Cemetery. But you told me that "Guan Zi" was written by a junior high school student?"

When the editor mentioned Guanzi, Lao Li instantly realized which article it was, because this manuscript could be published in any literary magazine and had a very high literary value.

(End of this chapter)