The fate of writers

Chapter 9
Faced with the contempt of middle-aged men, Jiang Ling is not annoyed. If the New Moon Society has never had a woman to submit an article, then she will be No. 1: "Sir, why don't you take a closer look? The horse is too thin, and the fortune-teller is too poor. If you miss my article, sir, you will lose the good opportunity to develop the first string magazine of the New Moon Society to Pingbo Mansion!"

When the middle-aged man saw that Jiang Ling spoke well and did not let others' contempt affect him, he couldn't help but want to take a closer look at what Jiang Ling wrote.

At this moment, a man wearing an indigo gown looked at the middle-aged man, then looked at Jiang Ling, and said to him, "Isn't that right? Brother Chai, have you already accepted all the articles?"

The middle-aged man surnamed Chai obviously knew the man wearing the indigo gown. He frowned first, then let go, and said: "I just haven't had time to return it to this lady. I don't know how far I've gotten." Brother Liu, worry about it."

After saying that, the middle-aged man surnamed Chai handed the manuscript back to Jiang Ling: "I hope the lady will choose another company."

Jiang Ling knew that she probably had no luck with the New Moon Society.She entered the club with the manuscript, and everyone just looked at her silently. Only Mr. Chai was willing to ask her what she was here for, and was willing to take the manuscript and have a look.It's a pity, because he almost persuaded this Mr. Chai.Mr. Chai is a good man, but he is not firm and easily influenced by others.

"Sorry sir." Jiang Ling left politely.

Mr. Chai looked at Jiang Ling's leaving back, and couldn't help but feel regret in his heart.This is a lady who understands etiquette, and you can tell at a glance that she is well-versed in poetry and books.

It's not that the Crescent Society has no female authors, but they often ask for information when they submit articles, and ask a suitable editor for an interview at the tea house. Like Jiang Ling, she is the first one who goes straight to the Crescent Society to submit a manuscript.

Mr. Chai saw that Jiang Ling was not old, so he thought it was his first time submitting an article and he had no experience.Once this young lady learns about the unspoken rules for submission of articles by female authors, she will probably come to him again, right?When she comes to see him again, he will take a good look at the novel written by this lady, Mr. Chai thought.

After Jiang Ling walked out of the Crescent Society, he couldn't help turning his head back, took two steps back, and looked at the words "Crescent Society".I couldn't help but sighed, it would be great if we could join forces.She is a systematic woman!
Jiang Ling turned around, and she remembered that there was a newspaper opposite the New Moon Society, called Guanhai Society, with two newspapers under its name.The most famous one is Haichao Magazine, and it is also Yin County's millennium second child.It's a pity that with the development of the New Moon Society in recent years, there has been a faint sign of decline. The authors leave, and the pens are closed.Even last month, it was almost overtaken by the last issue of the Crescent Society.

Jiang Ling felt that with her in Haichao Magazine, she would definitely be able to overthrow the second place in the millennium and compete for the first place.She was born to save Guanhai Society.Guanhai Society, wait for her!
Before Jiang Ling turned around and raised her head, she took a step forward. She felt that she was very handsome when she just walked away.

At this moment, a man in his thirties, wearing a pine-colored gown with two or three bamboo leaves embroidered on it, bumped into Jiang Ling head-on.

Zhou Zhou felt that he was extremely unlucky. The most famous author under him ran away, and even went to their biggest competitor, the Crescent Club.She gave up her face to persuade her to stay, and accidentally bumped into a young lady. Now that she's done well, she will definitely not be able to catch up.

"Sorry, sorry!" Zhou Zhou bent down and picked up Jiang Ling's manuscripts one by one.Out of professional habit, Zhou Zhou picked it up while looking at it, and he was fascinated by it.

"It's okay." Jiang Ling was about to reach out for the manuscript that Zhou Zhou had picked up, when he found that Zhou Zhou was standing still.

"Sir? Is there something wrong with my manuscript?" Jiang Ling couldn't help reminding that she was going to save Guanhaishe with her manuscript!
"No, there's no problem. It's just perfect." Zhou Zhou's last words were so soft that Jiang Ling couldn't hear them clearly.

"Sir?" Jiang Ling felt that Zhou Zhou was a bit strange, so he stretched out his hand to take back the manuscript.

"Let me introduce myself. My surname is Zhou, my given name is Zhou, my courtesy name is Jichuan, and I am the editor of Guanhaishe. I wonder if Miss, will you have time to come to Rongji Tea House with me for a detailed discussion?" Zhou Zhou thought he had discovered a piece of jade, but It cannot be released to the Crescent Society.

"Of course, sir, please lead the way." The editor of Guanhai Society?This is not a coincidence.Jiang Ling was going to contribute to Guanhai Society.

Zhou Zhou, the editor who just lost his author, and Jiang Ling, the author who just hit a wall when submitting a manuscript, can be said to be running in both directions.

At Rongji Tea House, Zhou Zhou ordered a pot of chrysanthemum tea which was in season.

Seeing Xiao Er lead Zhou Zhou to the old position, Jiang Ling knew that Zhou Zhou was a regular visitor of Rongji.The regular customers of Rongji should not be liars, but Jiang Ling still had to ask: "I don't know if sir has a certificate?"

"Yes." Zhou Zhou thought for a while and took out a pen. "This is a Western thing bought by the owner. It has the word "Guanhai" engraved on it. The owner brought back three pens in total, which should be enough. Let me prove my identity to Miss."

Jiang Ling took it over and took a look. It was a fountain pen, brand new, with no signs of use.

"Although it's very offensive, I still need to confirm to the lady that you completed this novel independently? Is there a follow-up? By the way, what's your last name?" Zhou Zhou asked about the follow-up, his eyes full of anticipation. Can't wait to see what's next.

"Of course, it is difficult to imitate my handwriting. There is no follow-up, I only wrote this time, but the whole novel has a clear concept in my mind. My surname is Jiang, and my name is Ling. Self-named Qianli" Jiang Ling even joked about his rigid handwriting.

After hearing that there was no follow-up, the light of expectation in Zhou Zhou's eyes was extinguished, but when he heard that the whole novel had a clear idea, he felt that he could do it again.

"I want to sign a book contract with Ms. Jiang. I know that Ms. Jiang may want to sign a book contract with the more famous Crescent Club, but Miss Jiang doesn't know that the number of female authors in the Crescent Club is very small, and they have always treated female authors well." Friendly." Zhou Zhou can be said to be blatantly smearing the Crescent Society, Jiang Ling saw that he was running for the name of the Crescent Society, and he also wanted to intercept the author of the Hu Xinyue Society.Of course, it may not be considered slander.Telling the truth is not discrediting.

"So that's it." Jiang Ling felt that Zhou Zhou might have misunderstood something, but it's hard for her to reveal that her submission to the Crescent Club was rejected, right?
"Our Guanhai Society is different from Xinyue Society in that there are not many female authors. Our supplement, Haixi Magazine, has the most female readers in Yin County." Zhou Zhou said proudly. He really loves literature and novels. And he deeply loves Guanhaishe, which he has worked for for more than ten years.

"I can sign a contract with you, but I want to publish the novel in Haichao Magazine. What do you think?" Jiang Ling's goal is Haichao Magazine. After all, the sales gap between the main magazine and the supplement is quite big.

"No problem." Zhou Zhou agreed without hesitation.He could tell that Jiang Ling's works were novel and interesting, and would definitely be popular, but the difference between big and small fires was nothing more than that.

"We can discuss other details later. I want to know how much you think my novel is worth?" Jiang Ling still wanted to fight for the best interests of his novel.Living without money is absolutely impossible.

"A thousand words and a hundred words." Zhou Zhou blurted out.

Jiang Ling was also shocked by Zhou Zhou's sincerity.This is almost the highest price a newcomer can get.She felt that Zhou Zhou was a discerning person, and she decided that as long as there were no differences in other details, she would take him to fly.As a future literary giant, Bole may be able to leave his name in history, Zhou Zhou, you have earned it!

　1. "Song Ma Tu Cheng Du Mian Zhai Zuo Si" Song Zeng Ji
　　
　
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