Literary Master 1978

"This question... sounds like it's my fault. Actually, I wanted to give you a surprise."

"What's the surprise?" Tao Yushu asked.

Lin Chaoyang slapped the iron frame bed under the two of them with one hand, and there was a slight creaking sound.

"Our bed is so ugly. I planned to change it to a better bed and buy a spring mattress, but unfortunately I never got the tickets."

After listening to her husband's words, Tao Yushu felt funny and a little moved. She remembered that Lin Chaoyang did mention this matter in the first few days when she came home.

But she didn't expect that he would really keep it in her heart.

"It's just a bed, is it worth putting so much effort into it?"

"Eating and sleeping are two important things in life and cannot be ignored. They are directly related to the happiness index of our lives." Lin Chaoyang said righteously.

Tao Yushu joked: "You are indeed my father's son-in-law. On this point, you two have very similar ideas."

"That's right, Lord Taishan is my role model."

"If you say you are fat, you will gasp."

Tao Yushu stretched out his hand, "Where's the royalties?"

Lin Chaoyang felt a big stone fall in his heart, he finally got over it.

He took out the money from his inner pocket and handed it to Tao Yushu.

"Just leave it here? Aren't you afraid of being discovered by me?"

"If you find it, just find it. I don't really want to hide it from you." Lin Chaoyang said confidently.

Tao Yushu counted the money and said, "This money is wrong."

Lin Chaoyang's heart skipped a beat, "What's wrong?"

""The Wrangler" is only 17,000 words long, so why does it cost more than 100 yuan?"

The remuneration payment system in China has completely collapsed. Last year, the National Publishing Administration issued the "Notice on the Trial Implementation of Remuneration and Subsidy Measures for News and Publishing."

The notice stipulates that a low remuneration system shall be implemented, and remuneration shall be paid in one lump sum based on the quality and word count of the work. The fee for a manuscript is 2 to 7 yuan per 1,000 words, and the fee for a translation is 1 to 5 yuan per 1,000 words.

Therefore, the general standard for manuscript remuneration for submissions to publications in the past two years is three to five yuan per thousand words, and six or seven yuan is already the standard for famous writers.

Tao Yushu also contributes manuscripts himself and is very clear about the current standards for manuscript fees.

Lin Chaoyang breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time secretly complained, Did you read it for a long time just now to check the word count?

"You forgot, I also published a creative talk in "Yanjing Literature and Art", and the editorial department even gave me an increase in the manuscript fee. "Wrangler" is five yuan per thousand words, and the creative talk is seven yuan per thousand words. Together, 113 yuan.”

"I said so."

Tao Yushu was happily about to put a bunch of banknotes into his pocket. After thinking about it, he pulled out a big note from it.

"This is for you."

"This is mine."

Lin Chaoyang was still a little distressed about the money that he had been holding on to for a few days, but looking at Tao Yushu's appearance of being obsessed with money, for some reason, he suddenly felt happy.

After receiving the royalties, Tao Yushu looked at Lin Chaoyang again, with admiration in his eyes.

"Tell me, how did you write such a wonderful novel? I've never heard of you saying that you have written a novel before. The first time you wrote it, it was published in "Yanjing Literature and Art", and there were so many publications Big name!”

If you mention this, I won't be sleepy anymore.

Tao Yushu's attitude made Lin Chaoyang feel a little high-spirited, otherwise they would say that a woman's admiration is the best aphrodisiac for a man.

"At first I wanted to write, but I didn't have any ideas. Then I saw a report published by the Workers' Daily, about a couple of college students in Ningxia who refused to inherit huge assets from overseas relatives and resolutely stayed in It is built in remote areas in China.

This report inspired me. I happened to have some free time at work in the library every day, so I looked for some information and came up with the idea for "Wrangler". "

As early as when he came up with the idea of ​​writing the novel "The Wrangler", Lin Chaoyang had already thought of the wording. No matter readers, family members or editors, they would inevitably ask about the origin of his creation in the future. This is called preparing for a rainy day.

"Then you can write it right away? No difficulty?"

This is what Tao Yushu finds most curious.

It's not that she looks down on her husband's junior high school education, but it's just that literary creation doesn't mean that you can write and be good at Chinese. Any novice will inevitably encounter various problems in the initial stage.

"That's right. The writing was not smooth at the beginning, and I was stumbling. I think the key is to be patient. Once you get through it, you'll be fine."

Lin Chaoyang's answer was very simple, but Tao Yushu majored in Chinese and is now writing literary criticism, so he knows the difficulty of it.

My husband has never had any experience in creative writing. He was able to complete a wonderful novel of tens of thousands of words in such a short period of time. In the final analysis, this must be due to his talent.

She couldn't help but think back to the time when the two first met.

At that time, she was still working in Xiaoyangtun. Lin Chaoyang was fair and fair, and he was quite polite. The two of them worked together occasionally on weekdays, so they knew each other, but they couldn't tell anything.

It wasn't until later that he lost a lot of blood while saving her and finally recovered. She was grateful to Lin Chaoyang for saving his life and took care of him with all his clothes on.

Slowly, she discovered through contact that Lin Chaoyang was actually a very talented person, especially in literature, with keen feelings and insights.

Others thought that she was only with Lin Chaoyang because of the grace of saving her life. This was certainly one of the reasons, but it was not the main reason. She, Tao Yushu, was not that pedantic.

Only she herself knew that she and Lin Chaoyang had similar interests.

In the blink of an eye, it was almost a year since they got married. Tao Yushu was very clear about the discussions and pessimism of people around her about her marriage with Lin Chaoyang. Even her mother, who was close to her, was against it, but she still insisted.

Recalling the experience of this year, Tao Yushu felt a little sour in his nose.

Tao Yushu suddenly buried his head in Lin Chaoyang's arms. At first, he thought that his wife couldn't restrain her inner admiration and threw herself into his arms, but when he felt the wet warmth in his chest, he felt something was wrong.

Lin Chaoyang gently held up the pretty face, but saw Tao Yushu crying with tears in her eyes, which made people feel pity.

This cry made him a little flustered, and he didn't know what happened.

"What's wrong? Why are you crying again?"

Before the crystal tears fell, they were full in his eyes. Tao Yushu sobbed and looked at Lin Chaoyang without saying a word, and he became more anxious.

"Speak up? Were you bullied at school? Or did someone at home make you angry?" Lin Chaoyang wiped Tao Yushu's tears distressedly.

Only then did she sniff and speak, "They don't understand. Only I know that you are a piece of gold."

The anxiety in her heart turned into tenderness at this moment. It turned out that she was crying because of this.

Every bit of the past year flashed through Lin Chaoyang's mind. From the day she chose herself without hesitation, she must have been under a lot of pressure, right?

"Silly girl, what's there to cry about?" Lin Chaoyang wiped her tears again, "Your husband is not just a piece of gold, but a gold mine."

Tao Yushu burst into laughter, and this smile was bright and beautiful, "Arrogant!"

After laughing, Lin Chaoyang said with a guilty look: "I'm sorry!"

Tao Yushu thought he apologized because she was wronged, "We are husband and wife, why are you saying this?"

"Hey, let me ask you, how did you come up with the character Xiuzhi?"

"You didn't even see that, I wrote it according to you!"

"Humph, sweet talk, what about Qingqing? Why is it a daughter?"

"Don't you like daughters? I thought you like daughters!"

"I like both sons and daughters."

"Then let's create one!"

"Ah! Are you crazy!"