Chapter 165 The manuscript has been published
The seasons change quietly and the passage of time becomes inadvertent.
After entering April, Liu Zhiyi has one more thing to look forward to every day - the article she has approved for Mengya will be published in the April issue.
As a monthly magazine with a fixed publishing cycle, the first day of every month is the publication date of the new issue.
If you are in Shanghai, you can see the new issue of the monthly magazine on the same day at the earliest.
It’s a pity that here on this remote island, even the new issue of magazines comes out half a beat slower than other places.
Starting from the 1st, almost every one or two days, Liu Zhiyi would run to the bookstore and ask:
"Boss, has the April issue of Sprout arrived?"
"Not yet. You don't have to ask every day. I told you it would take at least a week to get here."
The boss found it funny. He had no idea why this little girl was so addicted to Mengya. She came to him every few days to ask about it, and he could even remember her.
"But the story club does have some books. If you don't have any books to read, just buy one and go back to read it."
"All right……"
Liu Zhiyi also liked to read the magazine Story Club. She picked up the issue of Story Club handed to her by her boss, flipped through it briefly, paid the deposit, and rented the book.
Renting books is a very economical way. Even Liu Zhiyi is used to renting books. But unlike Fang Wei and Cailing, if she likes a book very much, she will choose to buy it after renting it. Most of her pocket money is spent on reading.
On the other side, Xu Cailing had also picked out the comic books and brought them to the counter to pay the deposit and rent the books.
Fang Wei also rented a book related to management and finance. He didn't read it himself, of course he would read it, but he mainly rented it for his father to read.
The old man has been very enthusiastic about studying recently. He actually finished reading the book I rented for him before. So I rented him another one while the iron was hot.
It is impossible to expect my dad to take the initiative to rent books and read them, but as long as Fang Wei rents the books back, he will take the initiative to read them based on the principle that he should not waste money since he has rented them.
It's the same principle as getting a gym membership when you go to the gym. Think about it, you've already paid for the membership, it would be a waste if you don't go, so you always go a few more times than usual.
After renting the books, the three of them came out of the store.
"Zhi Yi, is there still no sign of life?" Xu Cailing asked.
"The boss said the goods haven't arrived yet..." Liu Zhiyi felt a little regretful.
"Hahaha, it's okay! It will be there sooner or later! I guess a lot of readers have already seen your article!"
After hearing what Cai Ling said, Liu Zhiyi smiled shyly. Unfortunately, she had no place to see readers' comments. She was actually very curious about what readers would say when they saw her article.
While I'm looking forward to it, I'm also a little hesitant to watch it. Mainly because I'm afraid of seeing some bad reviews or something like that, which would be somewhat discouraging.
"Well, if this happens, Cailing, remember to keep it a secret for me, okay?"
"Don't worry! If our classmates see your article but don't know it was written by you, only Fang Wei and I will know! Hehe, this is so fun!"
Xu Cailing suddenly understood Liu Zhiyi's fun and thought that Zhiyi really knew how to have fun!
After renting the books, the three of them returned to school to find Asheng, who was still playing basketball.
It was afternoon school time, and in fact Xu Cailing and Fang Wei had just finished training with the school team.
After entering the new semester, the school track and field team has set a fixed training schedule, under the guidance of Teacher Niu, and has a fixed training period of 40 to 50 minutes every Wednesday and Friday afternoon after school.
Fang Wei and Cai Ling both joined the school team, so they naturally trained together. Although Liu Zhiyi did not participate, she would wait for them. When they were training, she would sit on the lawn and read a book, feeling contented and enjoying it very much.
After A Sheng finished playing basketball, the four of them went home together.
I didn’t buy the April issue of Liu Zhiyi, but I didn’t expect that the royalties would arrive first.
As soon as she parked the car in the yard, her grandfather came over with a letter and handed it to her with a smile.
"Zhiyi, your letter was sent from the magazine."
Liu Liangxun already knew that his granddaughter had submitted an article to a magazine, and that her manuscript had been accepted. The old man felt very proud of his granddaughter's excellence.
After hearing what his grandfather said, Liu Zhiyi became more energetic!
Without even putting down his schoolbag, he ran over and took the letter from his grandfather.
The envelope was not opened, and the sender's address was indeed that of Mengya Magazine. I felt the thickness of the envelope with my fingers and it was very thin, not thick.
The editor also mentioned in the previous phone call that the royalties will be mailed to you in the form of a remittance slip, and of course it will not contain cash.
"Grandpa, when was this letter sent?"
"That morning, the postman delivered it to the village committee, and the village committee called me to pick it up."
Liu Zhiyi carefully opened the envelope and took out the contents.
The most conspicuous one is the remittance slip of the manuscript fee from the Postal Savings Bank, which states the name and address of the payee, the remittance amount of RMB , as well as the remitter's information and the bank's official seal. When the time comes, you just need to bring valid identification to the bank to collect it.
In the postscript, there was a short line: [Your article has been published on the first page of our company's "Mengya" on April 2001, 4. I have remitted your royalties. Please check your receipt.]
Liu Zhiyi was extremely excited and held the remittance slip tightly, fearing that anything might go wrong.
For the girl, this was not only the first time in her life that she published an article in a magazine, but also the first remittance slip she received through her own efforts!
In addition to the remittance slip, there was also a short letter from editor Bai Yun, which praised the article she submitted and expressed the hope that "Nanfeng" would have more new works in the future.
"Grandpa! I made money!"
Liu Zhiyi was so happy that he jumped and danced while holding his grandfather, and almost twisted the old man's back.
Before her grandfather could praise her, she put the remittance slip and the letter back into the envelope and rode her bike towards Donghua Village...
……
The next day after lunch in the cafeteria, Fang Wei accompanied her to the Postal Savings Bank to withdraw money with the remittance slip.
"whee……"
When inside the school, the girl seemed calm and indifferent, but when they walked out of the school, Liu Zhiyi could no longer contain her joy.
"Very happy?"
"Of course!" "Will you treat me?"
"no problem!"
"How's the new manuscript going?"
“I’m writing!”
Fang Wei looked at her and said with a smile, "Are you going to withdraw the money directly? Do you want to go to a printing shop to make a copy of the withdrawal slip first?"
"Eh? Why do you want to make a copy..."
"Silly, keep it as a souvenir! After all, this is the first remittance slip in your life. After you go to the post office to withdraw the money, the slip will be gone, right? Why not make a copy and keep it as a souvenir? I think it is still very meaningful!"
After hearing what he said, Liu Zhiyi suddenly realized.
As expected, Fang Wei was not only attentive but also considerate, and he could think of what she needed most!
The two of them went to a printing shop first to make a copy of the remittance slip, and then went to the post office together to withdraw the money.
Accompanied by Fang Wei, the girl successfully received the first royalties in her life.
Three hundred-yuan bills, one fifty-yuan bill, one ten-yuan bill, one two-yuan bill, one fifty-cent bill, and one twenty-cent bill.
Eight banknotes of different sizes and colors were held in her small hands. Even though there were only three hundred and sixty-two yuan and seventy cents in total, Liu Zhiyi still felt that the royalties in her hand were particularly substantial.
Fang Wei was also happy for her. Perhaps she was still far from being called a writer, but at least it proved that the fourteen-year-old girl had successfully taken the first and most crucial step on the road to her dream.
After collecting the manuscript fee, when the two returned to the school gate, Fang Wei held her back:
"Why don't we go to the bookstore and ask? Your payment slip has been sent, and I think the magazine should be here soon."
"Ah? I just asked you yesterday afternoon. If I keep asking you, won't the boss be annoyed..."
Liu Zhiyi naturally wanted to ask. She wanted to stay in the bookstore, but she was embarrassed to bother others all the time.
"What are you afraid of? Come on, I'll go ask for you."
The two walked into the bookstore. Before they could speak, the bookstore owner saw the familiar face and greeted them with a smile:
"Hey, you came at a coincidence today. The April issue of Sprout just arrived this morning. I've been asking you for a few days. If you don't buy it, I can..."
“Buy, buy, buy!!”
Liu Zhiyi's eyes lit up and her heartbeat quickened. She walked over quickly and took the brand new April issue of "Mengya" handed to her by her boss.
Fang Wei stood beside her and watched her turn the pages quickly.
Until one page, the girl's delicate fingers stopped turning the pages and could not turn them anymore.
The snow-white paper exudes the fresh fragrance of ink, and her article is already printed on the page - "Sea Breeze Blows" · Nanfeng
In addition to the more than 3,000-word article, the magazine also carefully included an illustration of a small island with waves gently brushing the beach and seagulls flying in the sky...
It is hard to describe the feeling of the girl when she saw the article she wrote published in her favorite magazine. It was like something far away that she had always longed for suddenly became very close to her and within her reach.
Not to mention that Liu Zhiyi was in a strange mood at the moment, even Fang Wei felt strange too.
After all, no matter whether I read an article in a book or a magazine, I always felt that the author was very far away from me. But now, the author of this article I am reading is right next to me!
Seeing the two of them staring at the article, the boss also smiled and said:
"This article is quite well written. It feels like it is about our place..."
"Y-yeah?"
This may be the first time in Liu Zhiyi's life that he received comments from wild readers in person.
Besides being in a good mood, the girl, who was full of secret feelings, couldn't help but feel a playful sense of delight - the boss probably would never have thought in his lifetime that the author of the article he had read was right in front of him?
"Do you want to rent it, or..."
“Don’t rent anymore, buy it!”
The wealthy girl said so.
……
Liu Zhiyi sandwiched the photocopied remittance slip for the royalties between her own article in the April issue and placed it in the most special place on the bookshelf, keeping it as a treasure.
As the April issue of Sprout arrives on the island, the magazine has also become popular on campus.
For young boys and girls, what they read the most are various issues of magazines, including "Readers", "Story Club", "Youth Digest", "Sprout", etc. They are an important part of their daily entertainment, especially for girls, who read them the most.
Often a magazine will be circulated in class for a long time.
As an original literary magazine targeting teenagers, "Mengya" is now in its heyday. People like Du Peipei, Wang Yushan, Ye Xiaoli and others are all loyal fans of this magazine.
Just the next day, Liu Zhiyi saw many classmates reading the April issue of Mengya during breaks.
As a deskmate, if Fang Wei were to describe her reaction at this moment, it would probably be sneaky, calm, secretly happy, and occasionally she would casually ask them during a chat, "What articles are good in this issue?"
Every time this happened, Fang Wei couldn't help but snicker, and then the girl would give him an embarrassed and warning look, and a step on him.
Xu Cailing felt much more uncomfortable because she could not help but keep this secret for her. Especially when she saw Peipei reading the article "Sea Breeze" with great interest, she wanted to say something but stopped herself from saying it, which made Cailing feel suffocated! If she had known this earlier, she would not have known this secret!
But she also found it very funny, and had a sense of pride that she was in the dark while others were in the know. After all, others read the article with great interest, and she not only knew who 'Nanfeng' was, but also that he was her sister!
"Hahaha, Cailing, the personality of Xiaolin in this article is similar to yours?"
“Haha… Really?”
"Yes, I feel very familiar with it, as if the author lives here. Do you feel the same way?"
"Ah? I, I don't know!"
Cai Ling is going to get mad!
(End of this chapter)
