Chapter 13 Jealousy makes people ugly
On the way back, Liu Hongmin was a little excited. I wonder what kind of success it will have if I start a small fire?
When he arrived near the dormitory, several classmates suddenly ran over and said, "Liu Hongmin, please sign for us!"
Liu Hongmin was stunned for a moment, then saw the Shao Bao book in their hands. He took the pen with a smile and signed his artistic signature on it. During the winter vacation, he had been practicing artistic signatures at home, and he didn't expect to use them soon after returning to Beijing.
After signing, Liu Hongmin casually asked, "Each of you bought a copy. Is the price of this book reasonable?"
"One dollar, not cheap."
"It's a bit expensive!" Liu Hongmin turned to the back of the book and found that the retail price was indeed one yuan.
For students whose scholarships and allowances are only about 15 yuan, buying a book for one yuan is a luxury. The chemistry students Liu Hongmin met before would buy a magazine together as a dormitory. The price of a magazine is more expensive than a single volume, but buying it individually will definitely cost more than buying it together.
Liu Hongmin chatted with them for a few words, and then the students said goodbye and left.
"Liu Hongmin, you must continue writing. We all like your novels very much."
"Thank you!"
Liu Hongmin waved, but after taking only two steps, he was stopped by several classmates.
"Liu Hongmin, please sign for us!"
"Uh...okay!"
After signing his name quickly, Liu Hongmin returned the book.
On the way back to the dormitory, he signed seven or eight signatures.
“Is this what a little fire feels like?”
Liu Hongmin felt a little proud, as he had finally gotten his fill of being a celebrity.
"Hongmin, what are you so happy about?" Zhao Zhizhong, my roommate, asked curiously.
Liu Hongmin glanced at the other two classmates, pondered for a moment, and said with a smile: "Nothing special, just the single volume of the novel has been published."
The two students looked sour, "We all know it, you have said it many times."
Liu Hongmin smiled faintly. He had mentioned this matter once in the dormitory. These two people were obviously unable to eat the grapes and said that the grapes were sour. Jealousy makes people ugly.
"We are studying history. What's the point of writing novels?"
Xu Liancheng was the leader of the Shuihudi Qin Bamboo Slips to prove Sima Qian lied, and he was also the one with the biggest conflict with Liu Hongmin. He was talented, but immature in thought and easily influenced by others.
Sima Qian lied because he was influenced by another professor. This professor was a skeptic and had no trust in history, so he believed that Sima Qian lied.
Liu Hongmin doesn't care about this kind of academic contradiction. No one knows the truth of history. You believe it is this way, and I believe it is that way. As long as you provide enough evidence, you can say that Qin Shihuang unified the world.
But Xu Liancheng doesn't think so. He is quite serious and believes that things are either black or white. As long as you disagree with my point of view, you are my opponent and I will prove that you are wrong.
This stubborn character made him achieve great academic success. His paper "The Lie of the Dazexiang Uprising" was published in the school magazine last semester and received praise from many students on campus.
Xu Liancheng was very proud, but what made him dissatisfied was that Liu Hongmin did not "surrender", and his paper was also to be published in the school publication, which made Xu Liancheng very unhappy, so he said what he just said.
Zhao Zhizhong helped Liu Hongmin out, "Hongmin's paper will be published soon, and he will also have academic achievements."
"If he hadn't put his mind on such messy things, he would have achieved more. He earned a little money from writing but sacrificed his future. He was just picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons." Wang Qingyang's words made Zhao Zhizhong frown. His words sounded like he was thinking about Liu Hongmin, but in fact he was just jealous.
When Liu Hongmin first received his royalties, he invited them to dinner several times. However, Xu Liancheng and Wang Qingyang ate Liu Hongmin's meals and lectured him at the dinner table.
What about writing novels is completely trivial, what about Liu Hongmin should focus on studying...
His jealous face was completely undisguised. If it weren't for the fact that they were classmates and roommates, Zhao Zhizhong would have wanted to tell them: Liu Hongmin can learn better than you even if he focuses on writing novels. If he really puts his whole body and soul into studying, I wonder how much better he will be than you!
As they were talking, Zou Shifang pushed the door and walked in.
"Hongmin, you are really good! The whole boys' dormitory is reading your book now!"
"...???"
Except for Liu Hongmin, who knew the truth, the other three looked at Zou Shifang in confusion and disbelief.
"Why are you looking at me like that? There's a copy of Fame in almost every room in this dormitory building. Don't you know that?"
Zhao Zhizhong looked at Liu Hongmin with admiration. If he could not read the November issue of "Weiming Lake" in Liu Hongmin's collection at any time, he might have bought a copy for his collection.
Although "Famous Throughout the World" does not reach the level of a classic, it is indeed a good novel and worth reading over and over again.
Wang Qingyang looked at Liu Hongmin ferociously, jealousy made him unrecognizable.
Xu Liancheng was madly complaining about the unfairness of heaven in his heart. In his opinion, Liu Hongmin had no talent at all. He could write a novel like "Famous Throughout the World".
However, he never thought of writing a novel, perhaps because he knew deep down that he was not cut out for it. He only denied Liu Hongmin's achievements for the purpose of denying Liu Hongmin.
Jealousy broke him down and he couldn't recognize himself anymore.
Liu Hongmin motioned to Zou Shifang to go out and talk. He was really afraid that Zou Shifang would provoke Xu Liancheng and Wang Qingyang again. If these two guys turned into dormitory maniacs and attacked him while he was sleeping, it would be terrible.
"What do you want from me?"
Zou Shifang nodded. "The single volume of Famous Throughout the World is selling well, so the editorial department decided to hold a book club."
Liu Hongmin knew that the reading club was a salon organized by the Chinese Department for the purpose of exchanging learning experiences of famous works.
But what does this have to do with him? He doesn't need to study famous books.
"Cha Jianying thinks My Brothers and Sisters is great, so she decided to invite you to participate in this reading club. She wants to read My Brothers and Sisters at the club and ask you to share your thoughts on writing it."
Liu Hongmin was startled and quickly waved his hands and said, "Don't make a fuss. I'm a history student, and I'm sharing my writing experience with students from the Chinese department? Aren't you afraid that I'll be torn apart by them?"
"Don't be so narrow-minded! When the students in the Chinese Department heard about this, they welcomed it very much."
"They want to laugh at me."
"I'm not that boring. If you weren't a good writer, I wouldn't have to organize a book club for you to share your writing experience."
Just as Liu Hongmin was about to speak, the dormitory door was pushed open. Zhao Zhizhong came out and patted Liu Hongmin on the arm, "Hongmin, great! You will be a role model for our history department in the future."
Liu Hongmin turned his head and looked inside the door, and sure enough, he saw two pairs of jealous red eyes.
(End of this chapter)
