After listening to Ding Wenmin's words, Wu Xia said: "Editor Ding, in this case, I won't be polite to you anymore. When I get back, I will mail you the self-criticism written by Sun Lan for me."
Ding Wenmin shook his head: "Don't bother me. I'll tell the agency when I get back. Reporters will probably come over tomorrow. Just give them the information you have."
Wu Xia didn't expect the newspaper office to be able to act so quickly. She smiled and said, "That's fine. When comrade reporters arrive at my place, if you need help, just call me."
"good."
After Ding Wenmin agreed, his eyes became gentle again.
He pushed up his glasses and said with a hint of shyness in his voice: "Wu Xia, you said you were going to write a new novel before. How is it going?"
As an editor, he didn't want the author to immediately push forward the progress of another novel as soon as he finished writing one novel. But after finally meeting him, he wanted to hear Wu Xia's idea for the new novel first.
When Wu Xia heard Ding Wenmin ask about the new book, he directly brought the tofu curd and fried cakes to Ding Wenmin's table.
He said to him: "Editor, let's chat while eating."
After saying that, Wu Xia smiled apologetically at Sister-in-law Liu and Squad Leader Liu. Sister-in-law Liu quickly said: "You guys are talking about your business. Business is important. We just have a chat with Guoping."
Wu Xia nodded, and then said to Ding Wenmin: "I have already written part of the new novel. This time it will be longer than last time, probably tens of thousands of words."
So long?
Their newspaper rarely accepts serial novels of such length, and they don’t know how long it will take Wu Xia to finish them.
“I’ve now written almost ten thousand words of the beginning.”
After Wu Xia finished speaking, Ding Wenmin's eating spoon stopped.
In just a few days, Wu Xia actually wrote so many words!
If it were another author, he might question whether this person was writing a running account, but Wu Xia was different.
The last time she wrote the finale, she was much faster than the others, and the content was exciting. The twists and turns one after another made people reluctant to take their eyes away, so Ding Wenmin believed in her ability. Since Wu Xia said she had written 10,000 words, That's definitely a masterpiece.
"What subject matter are you writing about this time?" Ding Wenmin asked.
Wu Xia said: "This time I write about the feelings between men and women in the city, which is closer to the lives of the people in Pingcheng."
She told Ding Wenmin that the protagonists of the story were a couple in their forties. The man stayed in the big city by pursuing the woman. Later, with the woman's help, he rose to the position of factory director.
As men's careers develop rapidly, women devote all their energy to their small families, so they have not made any progress in their positions in recent years.
Later, because of business and cooperation, men often had to deal with outsiders and met many well-rounded social butterflies. Therefore, they increasingly looked down on the women who had helped them, thinking that women would only hang around the pot.
Later, young girls intervene in their relationship. The woman made a series of moves to save the marriage between the two people, but she couldn't stand the fact that the man's social status was much higher than hers at this time, and in the end it could only end in divorce.
The girl majestically entered their former home, and the man lived the fairy life of his dreams. But the good times didn't last long. He found that the girl didn't love him like his ex-wife at all, and she squandered all his money. He had scolded the girl, but who knew that the girl actually took away all his money and reported him? This man was corrupt and bribery... At the end of the story, the man was taken away for investigation and became terminally ill. His ex-wife saw him pitifully and came to see him for the last time.
After Wu Xia finished telling the story, Ding Wenmin remained silent.
"Editor Ding, doesn't the story I told you work?"
"No, no, no, this story is very novel. I am very optimistic about this article. When you get back, send me the beginning of your writing and I will take it directly to the editor."
Ding Wenmin looked at Wu Xia and asked seriously: "Wu Xia, are you interested in opening a column in our newspaper?"
"Can I?"
"Of course. I believe in your writing skills. The story is a good story. If it is written by your pen, it will be more exciting. Are you willing? But in this case, I'm afraid you will have to establish a long-term cooperation with our newspaper. You must submit a fixed number of words every month.”
Ding Wenmin was afraid that Wu Xia would not agree and added: "But don't worry, after you open a column in our newspaper, the fee you will be paid will be higher than that of ordinary authors."
"How much higher can it be?" Wu Xia's eyes lit up. What she lacked most now was money.
Ding Wenmin saw her eyes shining brightly and laughed softly.
"Well, I can't guarantee you this. I can only say that I will try my best to fight for you. If you want to know the final price, you'd better mail the new one over first."
Tsk~ Wu Xiaxin said: Editor Ding is too bad, it’s really exciting.
What makes her worried now is that she wants to fly home immediately and send him a new beginning.
At this moment, Wu Xia didn't have much thought about drinking tofu nao. He finished the meal in a few mouthfuls and then looked at Xu Guoping's table.
At this time, their table had almost finished eating. Seeing that Wu Xia had finished eating, Xu Guoping said to her, "Are you done talking? It's time for us to go to the train station."
Ding Wenmin didn't expect that Wu Xia would go back now. He said with some regret: "Next time you come to Pingcheng, you must come to the newspaper office to find me."
"Okay, I'll come again."
Wu Xia and Xu Guoping stood up. She waved her hand towards Editor Ding, and Xu Guoping nodded to him.
Monitor Liu and Sister-in-law Liu walked at the door to say goodbye to the two of them. Xu Guoping put all the things Wu Xia bought into his backpack, and then said to the two of them: "Squad monitor, you all have to go to work in the afternoon, so there is no need to see us off. , Xia Xia and I took the bus to the bus station."
"Okay, we'll take you here. Next time you come, we will usually continue drinking."
After separating from Squad Leader Liu and the others, Wu Xia and Xu Guoping came to the bus station. They first went back to the guest house and carried the things stored in the guest house on their backs, and then took the bus to the bus station.
Wu Xia sat on the bus and looked at the scenery going backwards. He felt that this trip to Pingcheng was like a dream.
She picked up the backpack at her feet and put it on her knees, happily looking at the molds, toner and other materials inside.
Seeing her holding her backpack in her arms like a treasure, Xu Guoping asked, "With these, can I make lipstick?"
"Yes!" Wu Xia nodded. She had rehearsed the steps of making lipstick several times in her mind, and would go to Fat Sister and the others later to witness the miracle.
