Chapter 412 “This comrade is not Liu Bei.”

“Comrade Zhang Dening? Why is it you?” Zhu Wei came out from under the corridor and looked at Zhang Dening in surprise.

“Comrade Zhu Wei, long time no see.” Zhang Dening said with a smile.

Both of them were members of the Beijing Writers Association. They had met each other at previous meetings and were very familiar with each other.

“This young comrade is revising a manuscript at our Beijing Literature and wants to send a letter to your People’s Digest, so I just came here with him.” Zhang Dening explained his purpose.

“Oh, the courier, just put it in that office.” Zhu Wei pointed to a door.

Yu Hua nodded, pushed the door open, and felt a pleasant cool breeze blowing on his body, which immediately relieved the burning sensation on his skin.

“Comrade, you are here to deliver a letter as well, right?” a young female comrade with a bun on her head asked skillfully.

“Hey, yes.”

Yu Hua glanced at the female comrade for a few times. She was not very old, probably about seventeen or eighteen years old.

She was wearing a simple white Dacron short-sleeved shirt and had a warm smile on her face. That smile contained endless tenderness and kindness, as if the spring sunshine had spread across the entire world, making people want to get closer.

In terms of appearance, it is absolutely top-notch!

Yu Hua didn’t dare to look at her any longer, for fear of offending this fairy.

“Please sit down.” Liu Bei handed Yu Hua a cup of tea. “Please have some tea.”

“Don’t bother, don’t bother.”

“It should.”

Liu Bei smiled faintly.

This smile immediately struck Yu Hua.

Yu Hua, who came from a small place, had never seen such a beautiful girl, and his heart was immediately moved. Oh, he immediately felt that this female comrade was so beautiful that it was beyond description.

“Are you the editor here?” he asked boldly.

“Not really. I’m just responsible for the reception.” Liu Bei said with a smile.

Since she came to People’s Digest, she and another young sister have been responsible for the reception work.

Although the working hours are not long, the daily workload is heavy.

In less than a week, Liu Bei was able to receive customers skillfully.

“Please leave your contact information here.”

“it is good.”

“If you win, we will write to you to let you know.”

“it is good.”

When a young boy meets a girl he likes, his first reaction is to become less talkative.

Yu Hua is no exception.

Liu Bei spoke to him, and he stammered in agreement.

“Well, I have something else to say, but I don’t know whether I should say it or not.”

“You can say anything you want!”

“this.”

Yu Hua glanced at Liu Bei, hesitated for a moment, and said, “Well, what’s your name?”

“My name is Liu Bei.”

“okay.”

Yu Hua’s heart was pounding.

No wonder this girl is so attractive, it turns out it’s because her name is Liu Bei.

Oh, from ancient times to the present, everyone with this name is truly charming.

“Comrade Liu Bei, I think your magazine is really well run, and the editorial staff are very enthusiastic.
There are too many novels from the north, and we southerners can’t see much resonance, and they are not down-to-earth enough. It would be better if there were more works by southern authors. This is just my sincere opinion as a reader to your magazine, Comrade Liu Bei, please don’t mind. “

“It’s okay.”

Liu Bei quickly wrote down his opinion on the manuscript paper, and left his name, “Reader ‘Yu Hua'”, and then looked up:
“Comrade Yu Hua, thank you for your opinion, thank you for buying our magazine and for your strong support for our magazine.”

“Oh, you’re welcome, you’re welcome.”

Yu Hua looked at this fairy-like smile and felt ashamed.

When he thought that his copy of People’s Digest was not bought by himself but exchanged at the railway station, he blushed and wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Oh, I have to go to Xinhua Bookstore later and buy a ticket to do justice to Comrade Liu Bei.

Jiang Xian, who was chatting with Zhang Dening outside the door, saw the situation in the room clearly through the window.

“Yu Hua, let me introduce you, this is the writer Jiang Xian.” Zhang Dening introduced him to Yu Hua with a smile.

Yu Hua, who was still a little distraught, suddenly became excited again. He raised his head excitedly with a look of surprise on his face.

“Hello, Mr. Jiang.”

“Hello, hello.” Jiang Xian shook hands with him calmly, while secretly sizing up the young man from Haiyan.

“I have been reading your works since your “The Chess King”.” Yu Hua said with a grin.

“Thank you, thank you.” Jiang Xian said politely.

“This kid is a new gem that we have found at Beijing Literature!” Zhang Dening boasted to Jiang Xian proudly, “His speed in revising manuscripts is almost catching up with yours. He finished revising the manuscript and handed it over to us in one day.”

“Really?” Jiang Xian gave a thumbs up. “Well done, young man. You can publish your works in Beijing Literature at such a young age.”

“I still need to learn a lot from you, Teacher Jiang,” Yu Hua said modestly.

“Ah.”

Jiang Xian patted Yu Hua on the shoulder and said, “How about this, young man? Write an article and give it to our People’s Digest.”

“what?”

Yu Hua was surprised.

He didn’t expect Jiang Xian to ask him to write an article so suddenly.

Zhang Dening was also surprised.

She didn’t expect Jiang Xian to poach people openly in front of her.

Yu Hua is still a writer for their “Beijing Literature”!

“This isn’t appropriate.”

She quickly said, “Yu Hua is still writing for our Beijing Literature magazine, so it’s not convenient for him to write for your People’s Digest.”

Due to Jiang Xian’s current status, Zhang Dening did not dare to confront him and could only express his protest in a tactful way.

Jiang Xian said quietly, “It doesn’t matter. Didn’t you just say that he has already revised the manuscript and handed it to you?”

“.”

Zhang Dening suddenly wanted to slap himself in the face.

She originally wanted to show off to Jiang Xian that they had made some great fortune from “Beijing Literature”.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xian used these words to refute himself.

This is simply digging a hole for yourself.

“Teacher Jiang, this.”

Yu Hua looked at Zhang Dening and felt a little conflicted.

He has a high EQ and knows that even if he agrees, he cannot agree in front of Zhang Dening, as that would be inappropriate.

But now Jiang Xian has asked for an article.

If he refuses Jiang Xian now, he will offend Jiang Xian. If he agrees to Jiang Xian, he will offend Zhang Dening.

Both sides are in a dilemma.

Jiang Xian was heard saying to Zhang Dening, “Teacher Dening, come to our People’s Digest. I’ll help you transfer over from Beijing Literature. We are old partners, so we work well together.”

“.”

Zhang Dening raised his head in surprise and glanced at Jiang Xian. Seeing that he was not joking, he instinctively turned his head to look at Yu Hua, and his eyes met his.

“Jiang Xian, you are such a joker.” Zhang Dening was already tempted, but he refused with reserve, “I’m already used to the work at Beijing Literature.”

“Teacher Dening, don’t rush to refuse. I don’t want your reply right now. Please go back and think about it carefully, and then tell me the result.” Jiang Xian said.

“.”

Zhang Dening was dealt with in just a few words.

Looking at Yu Hua again, Yu Hua, who had been resentful just now, spoke much more freely.

I was just concerned about you, Zhang Dening.

Now, let’s not say anything about each other.

“Since you’ve asked, I’ll try to write a few for you. I just don’t know if you’ll like them.”

“Don’t worry about that.”

Jiang Xian smiled and said, “You can move to our guesthouse first and write slowly and carefully.”

After that, he called Liu Bei and asked her to take Yu Hua to check into the guesthouse.

This Liu Bei is also a big shot, she is the actress Liu Bei:
Shuangshuang in “The Story of the Editorial Department”.

Jia Ling in “Getting High”.

Zhou Beiyan in “Party A and Party B” is Yao Yuan’s wife.

She is also Zhang Ruoyun’s stepmother. To be more precise, she is his former stepmother, and they have a harmonious relationship.

Liu Bei was a surprise for Jiang Xian during this street recruitment.

She is 18 years old and was born into an artistic family. Her father is a director and her mother is a drama actor.

She comes from a proper Peking Opera background. She first learned the Mei style from teacher Huang Shixiang of the “Shi” generation of Fu Liancheng. Later, she learned the Cheng style from teacher Li Wenmin, a disciple of Cheng school artist Mr. Zhao Rongchen.

After graduating from the opera school, she was assigned to the Youth Troupe of the Beijing Peking Opera Theater and became a famous actress.

Unfortunately, after seeing Liu Bei, who is now successful in the film industry, her mind is no longer on Peking Opera.

Li Hanxiang chose her for the role in “The Burning of the Old Summer Palace”, but her unit refused to let her go and even gave her a disciplinary punishment.

In a fit of anger, Liu Bei simply quit her job and became a “self-employed actor”, bravely venturing into the entertainment industry.

Ideals are beautiful, and reality is very skinny.

When an actor can’t get any roles, in the eyes of others, he is just an unemployed young man.

Just like that, 18-year-old Liu Bei was picked up by Jiang Xian and temporarily became a member of their “People’s Digest”.

Ren Bowen is an editor of People’s Literature. He followed Wang Meng to People’s Digest and felt a little absent-minded after coming back.

At noon that day, he followed a group of editors to the cafeteria for lunch.

Their cafeteria is pretty cheap.

Dishes like braised pork, braised fish fillets, and crispy pork are Grade A dishes, costing 8 yuan per serving.

Shredded pork with green peppers, Kung Pao chicken, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes are Class B dishes, costing 5 cents per serving.

Spicy and sour shredded potatoes, cabbage and tofu stewed with vermicelli, and stir-fried lotus roots are Class C dishes, costing 2 cents per serving.

Ren Bowen ordered a serving of spicy and sour potato shreds and three steamed buns weighing two taels each. Then he found a place to sit down. After taking a few bites, he heard the conversation of his colleagues.

“Have you heard that the publishing house is planning to transfer people to People’s Digest?”

“You need to transfer another person? Didn’t you say before that only one person would be enough?”

“That was when we first started. It’s different now. The first issue is doing well, and we are more confident. So we are more confident when we ask for help.”

There was a hint of reluctance in everyone’s words as to whether they wanted to be transferred over.

Suddenly someone asked Ren Bowen, “Xiao Ren, I remember you went to People’s Digest. How was it there?”

“.Let’s leave it that way.” Ren Bowen said vaguely.

“You don’t know.”

Someone laughed and said, “Let me tell you an interesting story. When we revealed that we were going to transfer someone to People’s Digest, Xiao Ren didn’t come to work for several days. I thought Xiao Ren was sick, so I went to visit him at home. He was alive and kicking. When I asked him, I found out that he didn’t go to work because he was afraid that he would be transferred by his boss.”

The editors all laughed, and one joked, “Xiao Ren, don’t get scared again this time.”

“Cough cough.”

Ren Bowen scratched his head awkwardly. “I was indeed feeling a little unwell before, but I have never resisted being transferred. I tell you, if any of you don’t want to go, just give me the spot. Anyway, we are serving the people wherever we go, just working in different places.”

These words immediately won the admiration of other editors.

“Well done, Xiao Ren, you are much more conscious than these old comrades!”

“That’s a good thing to say. We serve the people wherever we go, just in different places.”

An editor was moved and said, “Comrade Jiang Xian’s words are so good, ‘Long live understanding!’ Since the organization needs us, why should we get upset? We are not going to some remote area.”

“Yeah yeah.”

Several editors were inspired by these words and promised to obey their superiors’ arrangements.

Ren Bowen looked at this scene and couldn’t help but groan in his heart, wishing he could slap himself in the face twice.

Why are you talking so much?

Now it’s over.

It aroused the revolutionary enthusiasm of all the comrades.

He sighed, feeling extremely upset.

What are you old comrades fighting over from me?
Let me go!

Writers Publishing House.

It took about a week for four printing factories to work overtime and finally complete the task of printing 10 copies of People’s Digest.

Another 10 copies of publications were put on the market.

But it seems that it can only alleviate the immediate crisis.

According to feedback from the publishing house, these 10 copies are still not enough.

And as its fame grew, orders for subscriptions to People’s Digest began to appear from post offices all over the country.

Of course, the most important channel is Xinhua Bookstore, which is the undisputed first channel.

The writers and publishers were all confused.

What is the upper limit of this inaugural issue?
They originally estimated sales of less than 10 copies.

See now.

20 copies still didn’t reach the top.

“In recent years, there have been many publications of all sizes in China, but I think only Huacheng Magazine can achieve such good results in its first issue,” Yao Xiaoyu said with emotion.

“Huacheng” has become one of the “Four Famous” pure literature journals along with “Harvest”, “Dangdai” and “October”.

This is undoubtedly one of the top publications in the country.

Although its status had declined before, with the publication of Jiang Xian’s two novels, the magazine has returned to the ranks of top magazines with a circulation of one million copies per issue.

Comparing People’s Digest and Huacheng Magazine, it can be seen that Yao Xiaoyu is optimistic about the future of this publication.

Cong Weixi listened to his words and suddenly laughed: “Old Yao, you’re right. I thought about it and realized that the current achievements of the two magazines, People’s Digest and Huacheng, are inseparable from Jiang Xian.”

“This comrade is incredible!”

(End of this chapter)