Su Changhen's roommate had a huge misunderstanding of Yin Lian and had no intention of inviting her in. Yin Lian couldn't break down the door to explain. In the end, he had to find a store nearby and wait for Su Changhen to show up.
Su Chang regretted that he could never admit the wrong person.
There were photos of Su Changhen in history, but this did not mean that Yin Lian could recognize him. Firstly, most of the photos Su Changhen left behind were taken many years later, and there is a big gap between them and now. Secondly, the photos at this time are all black and white, and the resolution is not high. There is a big gap between two-dimensional and three-dimensional vision. Even if Yin Lian takes the photos he took yesterday, he may not be able to distinguish them from the crowd at a glance. out of himself.
She could only roughly judge Su Changhen's possible appearance and temperament, and then pay attention to the situation at the door of his apartment.
By the way, Su Changhen himself is definitely not called Su Changhen. This will also be his pen name later on, and he may not have come up with it at this time. His real name is Su Huisheng.
However, as a person from a later generation of Xia Kingdom, Yin Lian is definitely more accustomed to calling him Su Changhen.
This squatting lasted for most of the afternoon, and I almost missed Su Changhen because the hall was dark, his eyes were dull, and his soul was out of body.
The legendary author has a delicate appearance and a bookish look. He should have been quite pleasing to the eye, but now he looks like a drug addict and looks like he will collapse at any time. It is really not good-looking.
However, such a miserable look is like a state that an author will appear in, especially when the deadline is due.
Yin Lian made a prompt decision and asked someone to catch up to him and stop him, and then he chased after him.
"Mr. Su!"
Su Changhen turned around and was stunned when he saw her.
"Who are you?"
Yin Lian said: "My name is Zeng Erya, and I am one of the chief editors of "Lady", a current periodical in Beijing. I came to visit you today, and it seems that your roommate misunderstood."
""Lady"?" He thought for a moment and asked, "The "Lady" from "Lu Huazhen's Study"?"
Yin Lian didn't expect that he actually knew. She paused and replied, "Yes, it's the "Lady"."
Su Changhen suddenly became more energetic and said: "Please come in, please come in!" Then he suddenly realized that it seemed inappropriate, "Well, the apartment is a bit messy and the time is a bit late. How about we make an appointment..."
Yin Lian asked him to meet at the coffee shop the next morning.
When they met the next day, Su Changhen still hadn't had a good rest. But despite the thick dark circles under his eyes, he was in good spirits. After Yin Lian left last night, he realized that he had not asked why Yin Lian came to him. At this time, Su Changhen had just serialized two novels, and had not yet become famous all over the world. Although he felt that Yin Lian might be a fan, he soon felt that he felt too good about himself, and finally convinced himself that the other party might be a fan. I read my article and thought it was pretty good, so I came to poach him.
In fact, this is a guess that is closer to the truth.
This was exactly the help Su Changhen needed.
After the two met, Su Changhen expressed his love for "Lady". His words were very sincere. Although he said them with some caution, he really liked the newly founded "Times".
Nanyi Province is close to the sea and has a very developed economy and culture. It is considered an important economic center in the south. There are also many newspapers, periodicals and periodicals here, but most of them are quite old-fashioned in form.
It was well known that Su Changhen had been working in a newspaper when he was young, and most of his works were serialized in newspapers. Later, he became a pillar of "New Times". Yin Lian did not expect that he would be fired by the newspaper.
When Yin Lian asked about this matter, Su Changhen hesitated for a while and then said, "Because I was impulsive at the time."
Yin Lian said: "If you don't have a deep hatred to cut off your life, how could you do it so thoroughly?"
Su Changhen continued: "But I don't regret it!"
He thought for a while, worried that Yin Lian would misunderstand him, and he was not a person who was good at hiding his worries, so he simply said: "This matter is easy to say. When we were in a coffee shop before, there was a young lady who seemed to like A young master, it turned out that the young master liked a waitress who worked in a coffee shop, and the young lady came to cause trouble all day long, and deliberately made fun of her and knocked things over. "
"When I was a child, my family was very poor. I despised people wasting food. I thought what she did was really stupid, so I couldn't help but said a few words. She probably felt that she had lost face, so she started to cause trouble for me."
Yin Lian was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized, isn't this the plot in Su Changhen's later article "The Golden Jade Lock"? One of the main characters in "Golden Jade Lock" has such a young lady. She is beautiful, but has a willful personality, extravagant and wasteful. People who like her praise her for her true nature, while people who don't like her think she is arrogant and selfish.
When she first met the male protagonist, she was looking for trouble with her half-sister. However, because the male protagonist spoke up, she directly transferred her hatred and caused trouble for the male protagonist.
...But, the male protagonist of "The Golden Jade Lock" is also relatively difficult to describe. He has many flaws in his character. Although he later wakes up and corrects his mistakes, he is definitely not a good person at the beginning.
Yin Lian didn't even know if Su Changhen actually acted as himself when writing this role. They say don’t offend the author, otherwise you might become Pan Jinlian and Chen Shimei at some point, but some authors are so cruel that they even offend themselves - the male protagonist of "Golden Jade Lock" obviously has elements of the prototype of Su Changhen himself. inside.
Miss Zeng's family obviously has a lot of influence in the newspaper industry in Nanyi Province, because after Su Changhen offended her, she was fired by her current employer, and her subsequent job search became very difficult. Of course Yin Lian knew that this was only a temporary matter - although he didn't know what would happen in the future, it was an undeniable fact that Su Changhen would later become a millionaire writer in Nanyi Province and a leader in the newspaper industry.
But no one can predict the future. For Yin Lian, this happens to be a very good opportunity.
Yin Lian said: "In this case, what are your plans next?"
Su Changhen said: "I will definitely find another job." Then he looked at Yin Lian, swallowed, and suddenly said in a direct and unsociable voice, "Miss Zeng, you came so far to come to me, did you look at me?" Manuscript? Do you think mine is suitable for "Lady"?"
Yin Lian didn't expect him to be so direct. Su Changhen's articles are actually very secular and talk about world affairs and human conditions, but his behavior is a bit too straightforward and lacks the patience to deal with the world.
To be honest, this is not a shortcoming, it just catches people off guard sometimes.
After taking a good look at Su Changhen's character, Yin Lian did not adopt the original strategy and said directly: "Of course, in fact, I came all the way here just because I wanted to ask for a manuscript. Since you are free now, Mr. Su, would you like to Are you thinking about working directly on "Lady"?"
Su Changhen was a little flattered.
There is a difference between commissioning articles and working directly for a newspaper. The publishing house of "Lady" is in the capital, which is a completely different place from Nanyi Province. Su Changhen was still a little hesitant and said, "Are you going to the capital..."
When Yin Lian saw his hesitation, she knew there was something going on, and immediately offered all kinds of very favorable treatment.
After hearing this, Su Changhen thought about his current situation in Nanyi Province, but it was difficult to restrain his heartbeat. He said cruelly: "Give me a few days to pack my things."
Yin Lian took the opportunity to ask him about his past manuscripts.
Su Changhen said: "My previous work has been published in Dawn Daily. I have a new idea recently, but it's just the beginning and I haven't written much yet."
Yin Lian said: "Can I see the new manuscript? In addition, I also hope to get authorization for publication of the two old manuscripts. If possible, I hope to collect them into a volume and publish them."
Su Changhen was shocked, but also overjoyed. His works have been serialized in newspapers, and the response has actually been very good, but it has not reached the point where a publishing house has actively expressed its willingness to compile it into a volume. Firstly, it was because "Shuguang Daily" was only a city newspaper and its influence was not great. Secondly, because Su Changhen's writing style was not mature enough at this time, and generally speaking, it was relatively immature and had not yet entered the public eye.
Therefore, Yin Lian's proposal was still very tempting to Su Changhen.
Afterwards, Su Changhen went to show Yin Lian his new and old manuscripts. Logically speaking, the old manuscript didn't have too many words, but when Yin Lian saw it, it was filled with a full cardboard box, which shows the inconvenience of writing the manuscript by hand at this time.
However, having too many manuscripts is not a bad thing for Yin Lian. These papers will be worth a fortune in future generations, and Yin Lian will definitely not have too many.
The new manuscript turned out to be "Golden Jade Lock", which can be said to be both surprising and expected for Yin Lian.
Calculating the time, it should be too early for this serialization to be completed, but in fact the manuscript is indeed in Yin Lian's hands at this time. She read it and found that there was already a prototype of the later "Jin Jade Lock", but there was no rich daughter who looked like another "Miss Zeng" in it at this time.
She then took the opportunity to compare the manuscript with the electronic data stored in her personal computer, and found that it would be a long time before the rich lady appeared, but the male protagonist would soon be in trouble - this was different from reality. The situation is actually consistent.
Yin Lian soon realized that his intervention would probably lead to changes in the plot of "Golden Jade Lock". After thinking about it later, he realized that it didn't matter much - there was a difference in the plot. It could be said that the version of the manuscript was different. Anyway, the author Revision is a common operation, and it is also common for several versions to be very different, as long as the manuscript is the true original.
She quickly finalized a contract with Su Changhen, and even paid the copyright fee for the old manuscript first. Su Changhen was very grateful. He quickly took care of some formalities that needed to be completed and personal matters that needed to be dealt with, and planned to go north with Yin Lian.
While waiting for Su Changhen, Yin Lian visited several celebrities of this era. The capital of Nanyi Province has been a popular place since ancient times. There are many people worth visiting. If time were not limited, one must make choices. Yin Lian would probably spend several months visiting all the people he wanted to visit.
That day when she was visiting an old writer, she happened to encounter a group of students gathering at his home. She was obviously wearing a curtain hat, but a handsome young man came to her inexplicably and kept trying to tease her into talking, which made her roll her eyes.
A young man came over to stop him and said: "This is a letter, please stop teasing other people's little girls. You have to tell jokes, and you have to tell them so that people want to laugh. It's not very good to tell jokes that make the listeners feel like they don't want to laugh. humor."
Although it was the first time for Yin Lian to see the young man who spoke, and he did not introduce himself, she recognized him at a glance.
This young man is the prince of the old dynasty and the leader of the new dynasty.
