1980 My Literary Era

Chapter 66 Album Listing
Chen Xiaoer's style of eating and drinking, not forgetting to blackmail the character, already has the demeanor of a rascal a few years later.

For the sake of the script, Lin Weimin invited him to restaurants for five meals, with a month's salary.

Lin Weimin's current income is not low. The salary alone is 56 yuan. He entered "Contemporary" according to the treatment of college graduates. In addition to salary, the monthly bonus is 7 yuan.

In addition to these, he joined the national shoe making some time ago, and can receive a subsidy of 23 yuan and 5 cents per month from shoe making.

Calculated in this way, Lin Weimin's current monthly income has reached 86 yuan and 5 cents.

Looking at the early 80s, this income definitely belongs to the high-income group.

Five meals a month cost more than 80 yuan. It can only be said that Chen Xiaoer's heart is dark, and he dared to ask for a role just like that.

Probably because of his conscience, or because of the role that Lin Weimin promised, Chen Xiaoer took the initiative to pay the bill today.

"I didn't see it, your kid will also have a day to check out on his own initiative."

Chen Peisi smirked, "Didn't you just get paid?"

Lin Weimin thought, I believe you, a ghost, looking at the end of the month, isn't your unit afraid of being beaten to death when you pay wages at this time?Do you think that the current unit is the gang of black-hearted capitalists in later generations?
Don't care if he just got paid or not, at least he settled the bill, which proves that Chen Xiaoer's character is worth saving.

Before leaving, Chen Peisi did not forget to tell Lin Weimin: "Don't forget my role, write it out and I will treat you to dinner."

A little drunk, Lin Weimin returned to the Guowen Society.

The address of Guowenshe is No. 166 Chaonei Street, which is a sacred place for many people in the literary circle.

The front and back buildings in the courtyard, as well as the east and west annex buildings, almost formed a circle here, and there was only a gap at the north end of the west annex building as a passage for entering and leaving the hospital.

The front building has five floors. The first to fourth floors are separated from the middle. The east side is the People’s Publishing House, and the west side is the National Literature Publishing House. address each other.

"Contemporary" is on the second floor of the back building, and there is "Contemporary" in the back building, which is also the guest house of the entire Guowen Society.

In the eighties and 90s, countless writers have sweated here.

Lin Weimin's dormitory is in 301, and almost the entire third floor is occupied by writers or young editors who live here.

Walking in the corridor, he could hear the sounds of the dormitories on both sides. Because they live close together, everyone often eats and drinks together. No matter whose friends come, they have to have a drink.

The voice in room 304 is very loud today, it should be friends.The writer who lives in 304 is surnamed Yu, and everyone calls him Yu Zi on weekdays. He is short and fat, and he is good at cooking.

Also because of his expertise in cooking, his dormitory has become the place where everyone gathers the most.

Among the noisy voices, Lin Weimin could tell that the loudest one was Lao Zhang from 307.

Lao Zhang is tall and big, a typical Ludong man, with a dignified appearance, the only shortcoming is that he is afraid of his wife, and he cooks their family's meals every day.

He is a very good drinker, and he speaks his mouth after drinking. Every time he talks about his past experiences, the version is different.

He also has a hobby after drinking, which is to compare his personality with Yu Zi from 304. After comparing each other, everyone can only give a half-pound comment, which makes them quite depressed.

Lin Weimin didn't intend to join in the fun, but the door of room 304 was suddenly opened, and when Yu Zi saw Lin Weimin, he immediately pulled him into the dormitory enthusiastically.

It turned out that today's gathering was not because of guests, but because a new neighbor moved in this afternoon, named Zheng Guo.

He lived in 302 which is still vacant. He is from southern Henan, and he can tell by his accent.

There are people coming and going in the back building, most of them are writers who come to revise their manuscripts. The short stay is a few months, and the longest is half a year. It is a good place to make friends, but there is always some sorrow.

Today is a new friend, everyone has a reason to drink a big meal.My friend is leaving tomorrow and I have to have a drink.In the middle, whoever wrote a good work, had good news, and had to drink, it was really lively.

Lin Weimin chatted with several people for a while, took a few symbolic sips of wine, and then returned to his dormitory.

He has to go to work tomorrow, but he doesn't have the energy to stay up all night with them.

The Guowen Society had some rules. For example, new college students had to do a one-year internship in the proofreading department. Lin Weimin was an airborne soldier, so he didn't enjoy this treatment.

Lin Weimin was quite regretful, not for anything else, it is said that there are so many beautiful women in the proofreading department.

Moreover, the beauties of this era are different from those of later generations. They are proud of being educated. If Lin Weimin really went to the proofreading department, he would be surrounded by wolves.

The manuscript review work is generally a three-trial system. The first review editor finds that there is no problem after reviewing it, and submits it to the old editor for a second review. After the second review is passed, it is submitted to the editor-in-chief for final review.

If all three trials pass, it means that the work can be published.

The Guowen Society is a bit special here. There is also Wei Junyi, the editor-in-chief, but any manuscripts that Meng Weizai and Qin Chaoyang are not sure about have to go through the editor-in-chief Wei Junyi.

What Lin Weimin is doing now is the preliminary examination, which belongs to weeding in the field, removing the weeds mixed in the good seedlings.Then hand it over to the old editor for watering and fertilizing, and finally the editor-in-chief will harvest.

In addition, letters from readers and registration of contributions are also part of his work.

A lot of work, very complicated, but very fulfilling.

The working environment of the editorial department of "Contemporary" is very pure, without intrigue or intrigue. Even though he is a bit busy, Lin Weimin still feels very comfortable.

December is about to begin, and the "Contemporary" album "The Spy" is on the market as scheduled.

At noon this day, during his lunch break, Lin Weimin went to the Xinhua Bookstore to see the sales of the album "Contemporary".

"Comrade, is the new "Contemporary" still available?"

"Nope. We're restocking. You can come back tomorrow."

"No thanks."

After leaving two Xinhua bookstores, Lin Weimin went to two more newsstands. I don’t know if it’s because of the album. This issue of "Contemporary" sold very well, so it was only on the first day of its release in bookstores and newsstands. Most of them have been sold, and some of them are directly empty.

Lin Weimin felt a sense of accomplishment, not only because his "Cliff" was released in this issue, but also because of his success in planning the album.

In the afternoon, Qin Chaoyang received calls from the bookstore and the post office. The sales of this album exceeded expectations, and the first printing might not last more than three days, urging "Contemporary" to print more.

This kind of good news immediately cheered up the atmosphere in the editorial department. The news that the new version will be revised early next year has been confirmed. This issue of the album is equivalent to testing the waters.

Looking at it like this, after the magazine is changed to a bimonthly next year, sales will definitely increase steadily!

(End of this chapter)