"Ah, it's the building opposite, go in next to the convenience store."

Mai Shiyao pointed to the glass door opposite and patiently showed the girl the way.

Jiang Shi nodded and said thank you.

He also looked at the "Story" magazine on the workstation next to him.

"Uncle, do you read "Story" too?"

Uncle...

Mai Shiyao felt his heart making a sound like glass breaking.

He is only in his twenties now, but has he automatically been promoted to the level of uncle?

She is obviously a beautiful girl with bright eyes and white teeth, why can she say such chilling words...

Mai Shiyao sighed helplessly and reached out to pick up the magazine on the table.

"Yes, "Story" is very popular recently, and it is the industry benchmark among magazines."

Hearing Mai Shiyao's tone, Jiang Shi also became interested.

This person looks like a colleague of Sister Qinglan.

"Uncle, are you also in the magazine business?"

Jiang Shi discovered that there were many literary journals of various types piled up on the other party's workstation.

Seeing the girl's curiosity, Mai Shiyao introduced his own "Mystery Novels" with great interest.

Maybe he could dig out a hidden customer?

That's progress!

But think about it, girls of this age should like romance novels.

Mai Shiyao handed the latest issue on the workstation to the girl.

"Mystery novels are still in the classical style, are you so stubborn?"

Jiang Shi was a little surprised. Whether it was the orthodox school or the social school, at this time, the popularity of mystery novels in China was getting colder.

It can be said to be a niche among niches, and it may not even be as good as the horror suspense theme next door.

Even when she wrote "The Silence of the Lambs", she did not dare to focus on the reasoning of the novel.

And many times it was thankless, with carefully designed plot clues, but in the end only a small number of people could read it.

Mai Shiyao felt his heart, which had just been repaired, break again when he heard the girl's words.

However, he still forced a smile and said, "Mystery novels are indeed declining now, but there are still many loyal fans abroad. It's just that domestic readers are not used to this subject matter for the time being."

Jiang Shi agreed with the uncle's words.

Think about the Japanese writer who was known as the "printing machine in the publishing industry" before his rebirth. His works are also very popular in China.

Jiang Shi flipped through them casually and found that there are still many works that made her feel bright.

"Uncle, how much is the manuscript fee if you submit your works here?"

Mai Shiyao was stunned for two seconds when he heard the girl's sudden words.

Then he smiled and said, "Why, little girl, you can also write mystery novels?"

"Yes, is it difficult?" Jiang Shi replied casually.

Mai Shiyao didn't know how to respond for a while.

Looking at the girl's appearance, she is at most in junior high school, and he believes that she can write a perfect essay.

It was hard for him to believe that he could write a mystery novel with strict logic and twists and turns in the plot.

Experience, writing skills, and logic are all indispensable, which is why there are very few writers who are famous for mystery.

Although their "Mystery Fiction" is not a big magazine, they also have to be responsible for readers and cannot bring out all kinds of messy works to fill the numbers.

Because of this principle of "better to have nothing than to have something shoddy", although their magazine is not large in scale, it has also come to the present step by step.

However, these words are easy to hit the girl's self-confidence.

Maybe in twenty or thirty years, he will really become a famous writer?

"The basic manuscript fee is definitely not comparable to "Story", but we can give sales share and original shares to excellent authors."

Jiang Shi rolled his eyes, that's just a blank check.

The premise of sales share is that the magazine has good sales. Looking at the fact that there are few people in the other party's office, it is obviously not expected.

As for the shares, that was even further away...

At this time, Jiang Shi also saw Sister Qinglan coming out of the building opposite and looking around.

"Uncle, I'm leaving first. I'll give you the magazine back."

Jiang Shi waved and left the class editorial department of "Mystery Fiction".

Mai Shiyao saw the little girl trotting towards the opposite side, and suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked her why she was looking for the story editorial department...

"Shiyao, what are you daydreaming about? Have you reviewed all the manuscripts today?"

A colleague came over and nudged Mai Shiyao's back with his elbow.

"No, a little girl came over to ask for directions just now, so I helped point the way."

Mai Shiyao saw the little girl follow another young girl into the building of the "Story" editorial department.

The colleague followed his gaze and alsosaw this scene.

"I guess they are here to look for their parents. The students are on winter vacation, so we have to work hard."

"Let's go, let's have afternoon tea after work."

Mai Shiyao also retracted his gaze and followed his colleagues out the door.

...

"Sorry, sorry, sister Jiang Shi, I was busy with something just now and didn't see your message."

Shi Qinglan still had a work card hanging around her neck. Jiang Shi glanced at it and saw the department position and name written on it.

"It doesn't matter. It's working hours. It's already very disturbing to ask sister Qinglan to take time to show me around."

Shi Qinglan smiled slightly and lifted a few strands of hair that fell by her ears.

"And it's been a long time since we last met. Sister Jiang Shi has become more beautiful again."

"But she still can't compare to sister Qinglan."

Jiang Shi looked at the scale in front of the other party, which made the work clothes tight, and felt that he was inferior.

The two exchanged a few words, and Shi Qinglan took a visit card for Jiang Shi to hang up at the front desk.

"Sister Qinglan, who is this? When did you have such a big daughter?"

The pretty lady at the front desk also joked with a smile.

"Sasha, don't joke around, this is Jiang Lai."

Shi Qinglan looked serious. It was okay for colleagues to tease each other. Jiang Shi was a customer after all.

"Are you Jiang Lai who wrote "The Silence of the Lambs"?" The lady called Sasha covered her mouth with disbelief on her face.

"Hehe, that's right, it's me!" Jiang Shi put her hands on her waist. She always had no resistance to beautiful sisters.

Although she was regarded as Sister Qinglan's daughter, she still had some nagging.

She didn't look that young...

"Can you sign for me? I'm your fan!" Sasha took out paper and pen from the table at the front desk and looked at Jiang Shi excitedly.

"Uh..." Jiang Shi was stunned by the sudden enthusiasm of the other party.

Then he took the pen and said, "Oh, sure!"

Jiang Shi wrote his pen name and was about to hand it back.

The front desk lady pointed to the blank space on the paper and said, "Can you write another sentence? I wish Pan Shasha to be single soon. Thank you, our great writer!"

Jiang Shi smiled and shook his head, and continued to add a sentence after the signature.

Pan Shasha took back the signed paper with satisfaction and prepared to take a few photos with her mobile phone.

Jiang Shi followed Shi Qinglan upstairs.

"Am I so famous now?" Jiang Shi touched his head, a little confused.

"Anyway, I am quite famous in our editorial department." Shi Qinglan replied with a smile, "You will know later."

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