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"Yes, in the blink of an eye, the children have grown up. Our Kun'er works in a publishing house."

"The publishing house is a good company. I've known since I was a kid that Bingkun is different from us rough guys. Just look at his appearance and you can tell he's well-educated."

"........."

Along the way, whenever someone spoke to them, Li Suhua would stop and chat with them for a while. Zhou Chen smiled the whole time and felt that the muscles on his face were stiff from laughing.

Now he finally understood why Li Suhua insisted on getting off the car and walking home after arriving at Guangzi area. It turned out that she wanted to show off.

It was not a very long distance, but it took me nearly an hour to walk. When I was almost home, I ran into an acquaintance.

"Bingkun's mother."

"Hey, sister, what a coincidence."

Of the two people walking towards him, one was someone Zhou Chen had seen before, Aunt Qiao who had been to his house before, and the other was a girl in a flowery cotton jacket, Qiao Chunyan.

When Qiao Chunyan saw Zhou Chen, she greeted him enthusiastically, "Brother Bingkun."

Zhou Chen replied indifferently: "Chun Yan."

Qiao Chunyan is one of the most outstanding supporting actresses in the drama "The World" and has a lot of scenes.

In the drama, Qiao Chunyan has a free and easy personality and is always willing to help others. However, later on, she becomes a bit evil and becomes a selfish person who will do anything to achieve her goals.

In fact, such a change is not abrupt. Some people can only share adversity but not wealth.

Qiao Chunyan has some of these characteristics. When she is better than others and lives better than others, she can continue to give and help wholeheartedly.

But once she sees that others are living better than her and their interests are affected, she immediately turns hostile.

As for the things she did in the later part of the TV series, they were just TV dramas. If they happened in real life, how could they be forgiven?

However, at this time, Qiao Chunyan was still just a young girl, a few months younger than Zhou Chen.

Qiao Chunyan did not notice Zhou Chen's coldness. Instead, she walked to Zhou Chen happily and wanted to hold his arm, but Zhou Chen dodged her calmly.

Qiao Chunyan didn't take it seriously and asked, "Brother Bingkun, I haven't seen you out playing recently. What have you been doing recently?"

The piece of paper is so small, and the two families are relatively close, so she would see Zhou Chen every day. That's why she felt strange after not seeing him for more than a month.

"Nothing, I've been reading at home lately."

"Hey, Brother Bingkun, you are not lying to me, are you able to read books?"

Qiao Chunyan immediately laughed with disdain. There were not many people among them who could read. She had gone to school with Zhou Bingkun before, so she naturally knew what level Zhou Bingkun was at.

Li Suhua was unhappy after hearing this. She said with a smug look on her face: "Chunyan, you don't know this. Our Kun'er has indeed been reading at home recently. Sister, you may not know that Bingkun has found a job."

Chunyan's mother looked puzzled: "Bingkun was assigned? Why haven't I heard about it?"

She worked at the street level and was well-informed, but she had not heard that Zhou Chen had been assigned a job.

Li Suhua was even more proud when she heard this: "Our Bingkun didn't have an assigned job, nor did he go to work in a factory. He works at Jiangliao Publishing House, and he will report there tomorrow morning. So, to make it convenient for him to go to and from get off work, I just bought him a bicycle, a Forever brand."

The two families have a very good relationship, but it is also because of this good relationship that Li Suhua wants to show off even more.

"Oh my, is this true?"

Chunyan's mother and Qiao Chunyan both found it hard to believe. If they had said that it was Zhou Bingyi or Zhou Rong who went to work at the publishing house, they would have been able to believe it to some extent.

But Zhou Bingkun, are you kidding?

Seeing their doubts, Li Suhua immediately became unhappy: "Sister, how can I lie to you? Bingkun, take out the note and show it to your aunt."

Zhou Chen felt helpless: "Mom, I didn't bring the note. It's at home."

Chunyan's mother looked at Zhou Chen doubtfully: "Bingkun, is what your mother said true? Are you really going to work at the publishing house tomorrow?"

She is an activist working in the street and knows a little more than others. As the name suggests, Jiangliao Publishing House is a key state-owned unit in the province and is engaged in cultural work, so it is naturally more respectable than a laborer.

Feudal society had only been over for a few decades, and the status of scholars was still very high in the eyes of ordinary people.

Zhou Chen replied: "Yes, aunt, what my mother said is true."

"Brother Bingkun, you are so amazing."

Qiao Chunyan had a very loud voice. She stared at Zhou Chen with her big eyes, her eyes full of strangeness.

Zhou Chen said calmly: "Lucky, lucky, Mom, let's go back."

Li Suhua saw the expression she wanted to see on the faces of her old sisters, and felt extremely proud.

"Sister, let's go back first. Bingkun will go to work tomorrow, and I have to help him pack up. After all, it's his first day at work, and he needs to leave a good impression on his boss."

"Yes, yes, yes, Bingkun's mother, then you should go back and prepare."

Chunyan's mother said goodbye with a smile on her face, but after Zhou Chen and Li Suhua left, her smile instantly disappeared and she looked depressed.

"This is really strange. Bingkun was often beaten by his father for studying when he was a child. How could he possibly work in a publishing house?"

Qiao Chunyan was also very confused: "Yes, when Brother Bingkun was in school, his academic performance was not as good as mine."

Chunyan's mother looked at her daughter, and suddenly a thought came to her mind. If Zhou Bingkun really made it, then would he...

Zhou Chen believed that the news of his going to work at a publishing house would spread throughout the entire Guangzi Film Group before tomorrow.

The power of gossip is terrifying.

The next day came. Zhou Chen put on clean clothes, rode his bicycle, and set off from Guangzi Pian.

"Bingkun, are you going to work at the publishing house?"

"Nice bike, Bingkun."

"Bingkun, you have brought honor to our Guangzi film. Do a good job."

"........."

Today's neighbors were obviously too enthusiastic. When Zhou Chen went out before, although some people greeted him, they were just greetings.

But today, everyone greeted me with a smile, joked with me, and even tried to please me, which was completely different from their previous attitude.

Zhou Chen quickly drove away from Guangzipian and rode for a long time before arriving at Jiangliao Publishing House.

The working environment of Jiangliao Publishing House is a three-story building. Last time I was only outside, but this time I went inside and the feeling was different.

"Bingkun, here."

Zhou Chen had just parked his bicycle when he heard someone calling him. He turned around and saw that it was Shao Jingwen.

"Teacher Shao, are you waiting for me?"

Shao Jingwen smiled and said, "Of course. Today is your first day at work. I will take you to get familiar with the environment. Follow me."

Under the guidance of Shao Jingwen, Zhou Chen first went to meet the president of the publishing house.

Originally, as a newly hired employee, he did not need to meet the top leader of the publishing house, but the president wanted to meet Zhou Chen, so he took the initiative to ask Shao Jingwen to bring him over.

The president’s surname is Wang. He is in his fifties and looks quite kind. After seeing Zhou Chen, he asked some questions, and Zhou Chen answered them all calmly.

President Wang was very satisfied with Zhou Chen’s performance. After chatting for a while, he asked Shao Jingwen to take Zhou Chen to familiarize himself with the job.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 554: First Salary Payment, Zheng Juan blushes

After Shao Jingwen came out of President Wang's office, he introduced the publishing house to Zhou Chen.

"Our Jiangliao Publishing House is the largest publishing house in Jiangliao Province. It is a state-owned unit with multiple departments. We are the editorial department of the Golden Land magazine. In addition to you and me, there are four other editors in charge of the Golden Land magazine. Everyone has their own responsibilities and edits news for the magazine."

"As for colleagues from other departments, I'll introduce them to you when we meet later. Now let's go back to our office."

The publishing house has more than one magazine department, Golden Land. There are two offices for Golden Land magazine. Shao Jingwen and another senior editor share one office, and the rest of the people share another office.

Zhou Chen followed Shao Jingwen to the office and met the other four editors. Shao Jingwen introduced them one by one.

The other four editors were all quite old. The oldest was in his fifties, older than Shao Jingwen. The youngest of the other three was in his thirties.

"It's true that heroes emerge young, Comrade Bingkun."

Although Zhou Chen is the youngest, these four people did not look down on him. They did not know Zhou Chen's background, but the fact that he was brought here by Shao Jingwen himself and was an editor specially approved by the president showed that Zhou Chen was definitely not a simple person. Naturally, they would not look down on him.

Zhou Chen greeted them very humbly and with a humble attitude.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Zhou Chen wants to stay in the publishing house until he can take the college entrance examination, which means he still has eight or nine years left, so it is definitely beneficial to have good relationships with colleagues.

Among these four editors, the oldest one is Liu Xingyuan, and the other three are Hu Ke, Qian Zhenqing, and Ji Hongbo.

"Old Liu, don't look down on Bingkun just because he's young. I'm telling you the truth. Although Bingkun is young, he's very talented. He's very good at writing poems and stories. I'm ashamed of myself."

Liu Xingyuan and the other three originally thought that Zhou Chen had a background, but after hearing what Shao Jingwen said, it seemed that was not the case. Could it be that this young man was really recruited because of his talent?

Shao Jingwen did not explain further, but asked Zhou Chen: "Bingkun, the poems you wrote are very good. I want to select a few of them for the next issue of the magazine. What do you think?"

Zhou Chen said: "Of course no problem, but I don't want to use my real name, can I use a pen name?"

Shao Jingwen was delighted and said, "Sure, you can use a pen name, Bingkun. I have already discussed this with the president. If I use your poem, I will give you a fee, but it may not be much."

Literati also need to eat, so writing poetry and works is not only for fame, but also for making money.

A publishing house like theirs would definitely have to pay a fee to some well-known poets and authors when they invite them to write for them.

Today's publishing houses are all state-owned units, not private enterprises, so it is rare for them to exploit their employees.

The circulation of publishing houses is very average nowadays, and much of the content such as magazines and newspapers needs to be found by the editorial department themselves. If they can’t find them, they have to edit them themselves.

If you can write well, the society will give you rewards. It’s not much, but it’s also a windfall.

But these days, newspaper circulation is good, but magazine sales are very average.

In other words, everyone is a formal employee with a regular position. If it were a few decades later, with such performance, they would have been fired by their boss long ago.

"It doesn't matter. I don't need the fee. I'm already satisfied that the company has allowed me to work here."

Zhou Chen has gradually understood this era and found that being an editor at a publishing house is a very respectable job with a good salary.

As for the writing fee, he really doesn't care too much whether it's a lot or a little.

The main reason is that this era is a bit special. Money is not omnipotent and many things cannot be bought.

For example, the house that everyone cares about cannot be traded casually at this time, and food, clothing and other daily necessities require tickets.

So in recent years, having money is not a good thing. Even if you have money, you dare not spend it casually, otherwise you may be reported by someone with ulterior motives.

"I want to use your song "Facing the Sea, Spring Blossoms" as the cover of the next issue of the magazine. What do you think?"

Among the many modern poems given by Zhou Chen, Shao Jingwen liked the two best ones the most, so he wanted to use one of them as the cover. He believed that once this poem was published, it would definitely make their "Golden Land" magazine stand out.

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "No problem on my side. I don't write poetry for my own amusement. If more people can recognize my poetry, it will be a happy thing."

"That's good."

After getting Zhou Chen's authorization, Shao Jingwen felt relieved. "Think of a pen name in the next two days. Tell me when you have one."

"it is good."

Shao Jingwen called Hu Ke over and said, "Xiao Hu, in the next two days, you should take Bingkun to familiarize himself with the specific affairs of our magazine."

"Okay, Editor-in-Chief."

Hu Ke responded, then took Zhou Chen to choose an office desk, and then introduced their specific work and processes to Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen did not participate in work throughout the day, but followed Hu Ke to familiarize himself with the situation of the publishing house.

Hu Ke is 31 years old this year, the youngest among them except Zhou Chen, and is not married yet.

Being still unmarried at the age of 31 is quite rare in this era.

However, Hu Ke was a very talkative and enthusiastic person. He took Zhou Chen around the publishing house building and introduced many people to him.

For example, the Logistics Department, Printing Quality Department, etc. It can be seen that Hu Ke has good relationships with people in the publishing house.

Zhou Chen has worked in both state-owned and private enterprises, and has served as the head of private enterprises many times. He is very familiar with the ways of doing things in enterprises.

Even though it is now the late 1960s, many things still reflect the future, so we naturally become familiar with them very quickly.

Coupled with his strong memory, he basically remembered everyone introduced by Hu Ke.

From now on, we will all be colleagues in a publishing house. We will see each other every day. I don’t have to have a good relationship with everyone, but I will try not to offend anyone.

A few days passed in a flash, and Zhou Chen had become familiar with his work flow. The work was not very busy, but there was a lot of things to do.

Because he had just arrived, Shao Jingwen did not assign him too much work. He was mainly responsible for the preliminary review and proofreading of manuscripts, finding typos, wrong sentences, etc.

In addition, Shao Jingwen's biggest hope is to allow him to express himself freely and write better articles and poems.