Of the four letters, two were from Golden Horse and Jade Rooster veterans, one was from Meng Nan, editor of "Yenjing Literature", and one was from Ruan Xiaohu.
Yu Dong first opened Meng Nan's letter. The content was nothing special. He just asked how he was doing recently, and if there were any suitable manuscripts for "Yenjing Literature", please feel free to submit them to their publisher.
This letter was not answered in the East. Today is different from the past. There will only be more and more letters like this in the future. He does not have the energy to reply to them one by one. And since there is no manuscript for them, it is useless to say nice things in reply.
Then he opened Ruan Xiaohu’s letter.
It has been several months since Ruan Xiaohu last came to say goodbye, and this is the first time he has written a letter.
The letter stated that he had now obtained a local tour guide certificate issued by his hometown and was ready to work as a full-time tour guide.
What he is most happy about being a tour guide is not that his income will increase, but that he will have more time to read books.
Some time ago, I was busy getting my certificate, so I had fewer opportunities to read literary books. Now that I finally got my certificate, I am going to seriously look for some books to read. I also hope that Yu Dong can recommend some books to him.
Reading Ruan Xiaohu's letter, Yu Dong could feel his pleasure from between the lines, and he was also happy for him.
In his reply to Ruan Xiaohu, Yu Dong recommended several books that he thought were good, and encouraged him with a few words, telling him not to give up reading.
Finally, Yu Dongcai opened the two letters from the Golden Horse and Jade Rooster veterans.
The two letters were written more than twenty days apart.
In the first letter, the veteran said that he had been to the countryside before and felt that the educational resources in the countryside were lacking, so he made up his mind to go to the countryside to support education. The address for correspondence may need to be changed in the future.
The second letter was sent from the school in the countryside. When the letter was sent, the veteran was already in the countryside.
Yu Dong held the letter from the veteran and fell into deep thought. In his previous life, the veteran never went to the countryside to teach. Before the two stopped communicating, the veteran had been teaching at Jiangcheng University.
But now, something unexpected happened.
Is this change also because of his return?
But recalling the letters from this period, Yu Dong felt that there was no point that would have caused the veteran to come to teach. In fact, the veteran himself said that he came up with the idea after going for a walk in the countryside.
In fact, Yu Dong thinks that from a rational point of view, it is better for the veterans to stay in Jiangcheng.
It’s not that teaching in universities is smarter or nobler than teaching in primary and secondary schools, but that China now needs outstanding young teachers like veterans to make full use of what they have learned before.
Rural education resources are scarce, and the role he can play as a supporting teacher is really limited.
In fact, many students in rural areas now have no conditions to study at all. Even if you tell them how knowledge can change their destiny, the current predicament prevents them from thinking about the future.
What they can see in front of them is that if they drop out of school and go to work or farm, they can help reduce the burden on their families and live better.
But no matter what, as a friend of the veteran, Yu Dong still supported his decision.
Abandoning his identity as a university teacher and running to teach in the countryside, one can imagine what kind of resistance the veteran encountered. Since those resistances did not dampen the veteran's enthusiasm, why should Yu Dong pour cold water on him again.
In his reply, Yu Dong expressed his support for the veteran's decision and hoped that he would take care of his health. The body is the capital of the revolution, and the same is true for Yu's support education.
If you destroy your body, you will lose more than you gain for him, for education, and for the country.
After replying to the veteran's letter, Yu Dongshen felt that maybe he could do something within his power, such as setting up a hope primary school, donating some teaching materials, and setting up some scholarships.
Fundamentally speaking, if we want to win in the cultural confrontation, education is the top priority. For education, the country has its own plans, and all he can do is add some bricks and mortar to it.
In this case, it is necessary to earn more money, preferably more foreign money.
“Am I making excuses for my desire to make money?”
Yu Dong smiled, he couldn't care about that much anyway, he just wanted to finish the matter.
…
On August 29, before school officially opened, Jimmy called Yu Dong to tell him two pieces of good news.
One is that the translation work of the English version of "Second World" has been completed, and the other is that the first 20,000 words of "Resident Evil" have also been translated.
Jimmy is about to return to the United States with these two manuscripts to look for publishers who are interested in them.
Yu Dong had to lament Jimmy's ability to do things. He actually found the famous translator Wen Anxiong to translate "Resident Evil".
Wen Anxiong is amazing. He is not only a translator, but also a literary critic. He has translated many American literary works from the 1950s and 1960s, and he has done a lot of research on the literature of the American beat generation.
At the same time, he has also published many English works and is also well-known abroad.
Considering many aspects, Wen Anxiong is indeed a very suitable candidate.
…
While Yu Dongzheng was busy with the start of school in Jinyi, Jimmy was already in New York.
His first stop in New York was Bantam Books.
The American book market seems to be blooming, but in fact there are only a few major publishers, and they are inextricably linked to each other.
Bantam is the largest popular book publisher in the United States, and from a stylistic point of view, they are also the most suitable for "Resident Evil".
And Jimmy had some friendship with Dante Self, the manager of their business book department, so he came directly.
Dante Self was drinking coffee and enjoying the rare leisure time in the afternoon, when Jimmy knocked on the door and came in.
"Jimmy, you hit the right time every time." Dante Self put down the cup, then picked up the phone and said, "Susan, bring in a cup of coffee."
Jimmy said with a smile: "Because only at this time can I drink your coffee."
After the two hugged each other and sat down, Dante looked at Jimmy with a smile: "I heard that you have been staying in China recently. Did the last "One Day" thing give you a taste of the sweetness?"
"I can't fool you about anything, clever Dante. I'm actually looking for some good novels over there in China."
"So you came here this time just to recommend to me the novels you are looking for in China?"
"Since you brought it up..." Jimmy smiled and took out two document bags from his briefcase and placed them on the coffee table. "There are two books here. I hope you can read them."
Dante glanced at the document bag on the coffee table, but did not take it, "Jimmy, I am not responsible for reviewing the manuscript. I suggest you take the manuscript to the editorial department. If they think the manuscript can be used, we will discuss the follow-up matters.
what do you think?"
Chapter completed!