Judging from the date, this letter from the "Golden Horse and Jade Rooster Veteran" should have arrived in Yanjing in July. It took a lot of time to forward it in the middle, so it is only now in my hands.
The content is all ordinary content, talking about what he has seen and heard recently, and also sharing novels or poems he has read recently.
There were two letters, one from Xia Yangyan. Yu Dong put it aside and read the letter from his teacher Hu Yueming first.
After reading Hu Yueming's letter, Yu Dong realized that it turned out that Hu Yueming helped forward the first two letters, and Hu Yueming's letter just explained the matter of the two letters, and then gave a few instructions.
He treats his work well. He has made mistakes before, so he should be more careful in the future.
After reading these three letters, Yu Dong looked at Xia Yangyan's letter.
This time the letter was very thick, six pages long.
Half of the first five pages were talking about how difficult it was to work after graduation, and how it often felt too much for one person to bear. The other half was a subtle accusation that Yu Dong, the boyfriend, had not fulfilled his responsibilities and could not be around. Letters were exchanged very sparsely.
I can't even give you any mental comfort.
It wasn't until the last half page that she finally entered the topic and proposed breaking up.
Seeing this covert breakup letter, Yu Dong found it a bit funny. Xia Yangyan probably put the blame for the breakup on her not writing to her often.
But he knew that in his previous life, he frequently wrote letters, but all he got in return was indifference.
Yu Dong wrote replies to four letters one by one.
My reply to Wang Yu was to thank him for his love. If I have the idea of ​​publishing another article in the future, I will definitely consider submitting it to him.
The "Golden Horse and Jade Rooster Veteran" briefly talked about the recent situation, and also said that he had changed his address and asked him to just send a letter to the new address next time.
On Hu Yueming's side, Yu Dong apologized again for what happened last time, thanked him for helping to forward these two letters, and made an appointment to go back to school to visit him next time.
As for Xia Yangyan, Yu Dong originally wanted to write a few more sentences. After all, she wrote several pages, but Yu Dong thought about it and couldn't think of anything else to write. In the end, he only wrote two sentences: Thank you for always supporting me.
By my side, I hope you can find a better destination in the future.
In order to make the letter less monotonous, Yu Dong deliberately wrote more and larger signatures.
After replying to the letter, Yu Dong started busy writing the manuscript for "The Second World" again. Not only did he not relax during the holidays at home these days, he devoted more time to writing more than 10,000 words every day.
The manuscript can be completed with 20,000 to 30,000 words.
It's just that these latter ones are rough drafts and need to be revised and then transcribed carefully. This work will take several days.
It is expected that the remaining manuscripts will be sent to "Science Fiction World" magazine in a week.
As for whether "Science Fiction World" will serialize this novel, and if so, when it will start, Yu Dong has no way of determining.
His other work "Mending the Sky", if all goes well, will be published in the issue on January 1 next year. The royalties should arrive in the next few days. The total is 350 yuan, which is equivalent to a thousand words.
More than thirty yuan.
This remuneration standard is not high, but it is not low for a newcomer like Yu Dong.
Judging from the remuneration, this period was the last glorious period for Chinese writers.
According to the average remuneration, if a writer writes an article of several thousand words and submits it to a magazine or newspaper, he or she will receive hundreds of dollars in remuneration once it is adopted.
Nowadays, the salary level is not high. For example, for Yu Dong's rank, the monthly salary is only more than 100 yuan. The remuneration that Yu Dong can get for his article "Mending the Sky" is equal to his salary in three months.
Such good times did not last long. Within a few years, the salary level increased year by year, or even doubled, but the remuneration standard has not changed much.
In the past, a 10,000-word novel could be exchanged for three months' salary. Later, not to mention, it became increasingly difficult for the manuscript to be accepted. Even if it was adopted, a 10,000-word manuscript could no longer be exchanged for one month's salary.
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In the remaining twenty days of October, Yu Dong compiled the remaining manuscripts of "Second World" and sent them to "Science Fiction World", and then silently waited for news.
During this period, he was not idle. He took the time to write another article, "One Day", with a total text of 20,000 words.
This "One Day" was not his own idea, but was based on the American movie "Groundhog Day". Based on his own impressions, he adapted the plot of the movie and wrote it into a novel.
The main reason why I wrote this novel was to earn manuscript fees as quickly as possible.
He didn't know when the "Second World" matter would be finalized, and the subscription certificate could happen at any time. He needed to get more capital before the subscription certificate came out.
The background of the novel "One Day" is placed in today's Yanjing by Yu Dong.
The protagonist of the story is a reporter from Yanjing TV station who was dawdling around all day. One day, he and his team went to a town near Yanjing to report on local customs, but they were trapped there because of a heavy snowstorm.
According to the situation of the blizzard, we will have to wait at least the next day before leaving the town.
The protagonist who wanted to return to Yanjing had no choice but to stay in the town for one night. When he was about to leave the next morning, he found that the people and things around him were the same as yesterday.
At first he thought it was just his delusion, but later he found that he really lived this day again and found it very interesting, and began to enjoy life wantonly.
But gradually he discovered that living every day was not a beautiful blessing from God, but more like a terrifying prison.
He has no way to leave this town. Everyone he met every day will forget him the next day. What he did every day will start again the next day. He is trapped in this cycle alone.
Halfway through, he began to commit suicide, wanting to end it all with death.
But he discovered that no matter how he died, the cycle of time would not be broken. He would come back to life every morning and start the same life in the same place.
Later, he changed himself in an endless cycle and had a higher pursuit.
He began to learn knowledge, began to be willing to help others, and began to learn to mingle with the locals. He would learn how to play the long Xiao from the old man at the entrance of the village, and would also ask the bamboo craftsman how to weave flower baskets. Occasionally, he would go to the retired old principal
There we discussed astronomy and geography.
At the end of the story, when everyone in the village recognized him, the time loop was released.
The story of "One Day" is similar to that of "Groundhog Day". The big difference lies in two points. One is that Yu Dong set the story in Yanjing, China, integrating local culture. The other point is that "One Day" is not like
"Groundhog Day" takes love as the main line.
In the original film, the protagonist changed his mind because he spent countless days pursuing his colleagues, only to be rejected by them in the end.
Chapter completed!