Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 35 Chapter 35

From Sunday to Tuesday, Chen Muwu spent three days and finally finished Chapter 1 of "Shooting the Condors".

Looking at the heavy manuscript in his hand, another problem appeared in front of his eyes, that is, where should he submit this novel?

If it is a physics paper, Chen Muwu can still be familiar with the current physics journals.

But this is a martial arts novel, and his limited knowledge reserve is somewhat lacking.

Like "Legend of Heroes of the Jianghu", voted in "Red Magazine" of the World Bookstore?

Leaving aside the fact that the manuscript is sent through the postal service, there is a risk of it being lost on the way from Beijing to Qihai.

It’s just that it will take three or four days on the postal route, plus editorial review, typesetting and publication, it is estimated that he will have to wait for more than a month before he can get the manuscript fee for Chapter 1.

The same is true for "Fiction Monthly". Not only is the editorial office far away from the Commercial Press in Haihai, but since it changed its editor two or three years ago, this magazine has also changed from a pure Mandarin Duck and Butterfly school novel publication to a new cultural one. A field of new literature, popular novels like "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" may not be able to catch their eyes.

This is not in line with Chen Muwu's desire to earn quick money. After more than a month, he has already returned to Longhai. Wouldn't it be faster to get money directly from home?

What if it is not serialized in newspapers and magazines like "The Legend of Qi Xia Jing Zhong", but directly published by a bookstore?
It is also not feasible, because the bookstore also takes a long time from proofreading and typesetting to publishing.

Moreover, the number of Chen Muwu's saved manuscripts is only less than [-] words, which is far from meeting the word count requirements for a book.

Then the only way left is to serialize it in local newspapers in Beijing.

It's just that Chen Muwu didn't read newspapers much at home in Guhai. After coming to Beijing, he only bought a copy of "Morning News" from the newspaper boy on the side of the road on the day Cai Yuanpei resigned.

He didn't even know which newspaper in Beijing had the largest circulation and paid the most for the manuscript.

So today Chen Muwu played tricks and borrowed newspapers from the Ma family for the past few days, saying that he wanted to read the news.

Ma Yuzao's wife, Chen Dexin, took out a stack of newspapers, and he went back to the room to look through them, all of which were also "Morning News".

Seeing this name, Chen Muwu was suddenly awakened as if being poured with cold water.

The newspaper "Morning Post" may not be that famous yet, but its supplement "Morning Post Supplement" is well known.

In the Chinese textbooks from elementary school to high school, countless classic texts are from the supplement of this newspaper, such as "Starry Spring Water", "Send to Young Readers", and of course the famous "The True Story of Ah Q" .

Chen Muwu didn't expect to catch up with Mr. Lu Xun's literary attainments, but Xie Wanying, who was the same age as him, had been publishing some philosophical sentences imitating Tagore in the "Morning News Supplement" a few years ago to earn manuscript fees.

She can, can't she?
Maybe "Morning Supplement" is really a good choice?

Immediately doing what he said, Chen Muwu took the manuscript and went straight to the editorial office of "Morning News" in Caishikou Prime Minister's Alley.

The person who received Chen Muwu was Sun Fuyuan, the editor-in-chief of "Morning News Supplement", who appeared many times in Mr. Lu Xun's diaries and letters.

On the lintel of his office is a sign of "Editorial Department of "Morning News Fujian". Yes, "Supplement" is just a common name, and "Fujian" is the real name of this newspaper.

There was only one desk in the huge office, and Sun Fuyuan was in charge of everything from manuscript selection to review for this supplement.

He took the manuscript handed over by Chen Muwu and carefully read the words on it.

Seeing his two eyebrows gradually approaching the middle, Chen Muwu whispered in his heart, could it be because he was lazy for a while and wrote too many simplified characters, which made the editor unable to understand?

In fact, his worries are completely unnecessary. Most of the simplified characters are a kind of calligraphy variants. Nowadays, people's cultural accomplishment is very high, so there is no reason why they can't understand it!

Sun Fuyuan's reading speed is ten lines at a glance, and Chen Muwu's writing is also a popular novel, so there is no need to read word by word.

After a while, he finished reading the last piece of paper in his hand, knocked the manuscript neatly on the desk, and returned it to Chen Muwu: "Sir, I'm sorry, I'm afraid our "Morning News" cannot publish your manuscript. A masterpiece."

"Huh? Can I ask if there is something wrong with this novel?" Chen Muwu couldn't figure it out.

"Not really. Your novel is very fluent in writing and exquisite in conception, but the content is still old-school literature. It pays attention to chivalry and martial arts. It does not meet the requirements of our supplement, which is mainly for new literature."

Yep, it's new literature again.

Chen Muwu only thought that Lu Xun Bingxin and others' articles were published in this newspaper, but he didn't think about why their articles were published in it.

Seeing the disappointment of the young man who came to submit the manuscript, Sun Fuyuan kindly comforted him and said: "Sir, you don't have to be so depressed after being rejected. Our newspaper is not the only one in Beijing. I can recommend you to go to another newspaper." Try your luck. My classmate Cheng She and I work as editors at the Beijing branch of "Yi Shi Bao" in Tianyi. The supplement "Yi Zhi Zong" of their newspaper is more for the general public. This manuscript, try your luck with them."

Chen Muwu thought to himself, it had no choice but to do so, so he nodded: "Then thank you."

Coming out of the editorial office of "Morning Post", he took the manuscript and the note written by Sun Fuyuan and ran to the editorial office of "Yishi Bao" in Beijing outside Xuanwu Gate.

Coincidentally, Cheng Shewo, who was written on Sun Fuyuan's note, went out to cover the news today and was not in the editorial department.

The person who received Chen Muwu was an editor named Zhang Xinyuan.

After reading the manuscript, Editor Zhang was full of praise for this work.

"Sir, your masterpiece is good in content and writing skills. It is different from the common martial arts novels on the market. Our "Yishibao" lacks such good manuscripts. I think if it is published in the newspaper, it will definitely inspire him. It’s just that,” Zhang Xinyuan changed the subject, “I don’t have the final say on what is published in the newspaper. Why don’t you leave your contact information and we’ll contact you after Editor-in-Chief Cheng returns, how about that?”

"I would like to ask, if it is published in your newspaper, how should the manuscript fee be calculated?"

"A general article costs two to three yuan per thousand words, but please rest assured that I will try my best to fight for your masterpiece from the editor-in-chief, and I should be able to add another one or two yuan."

Hearing this quotation, it was a bit different from Chen Muwu's expectations. How come "Legend of Heroes of Jianghu" can cost ten yuan per thousand words, but when it comes to me, it costs three to five yuan per thousand words?
But no matter how small a mosquito’s legs are, it’s still meat. I can exchange my 100 characters for more than [-] yuan, and I can salvage another national treasure this Sunday.

So he wrote down Ma's phone number and address on the paper provided by the newspaper.

"Yao Fulan?" Zhang Xinyuan stared at Chen Muwu suspiciously.

"This... This is one of my younger sisters. She didn't want to show her face, so she asked me to do it for her."

He doesn't have any younger sister, it's just a tribute.

Besides, walking in the rivers and lakes, who can't prepare a few more vests for self-defense!
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Thursday, January 1923, 1, at two o'clock in the afternoon.

Chen Muwu opened the first lecture in Beijing in the auditorium of the Faculty of Science in the Second Academy of Bei University, Mashen Temple, Jingshan East Street. The topic was "Relativity and Space".

　Don't scold me, don't scold me, originally I had a hot head and wanted to write a plot about protecting the national treasure. I was so passionate when I wrote it, but I was scolded miserably after it was published.

　　I also know that what I wrote deviates from the topic. At first, I wanted to change the follow-up article. Now that I think about it, I should post all the saved manuscripts of this paragraph.

　　For the sake of so many updates, everyone, just forget about digressing, okay?

　　thank you all.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)