Like Yang Yi and Murphy, there weren't many parents who could participate in their child's parent-child activities. Many parents still needed to go to work, so at most, they would send one of them to attend. And if the scope was broadened to society, some people would be so busy that they could only let their elderly parents attend their child's school activities!
Yu Ying was like this. She had already changed shifts with the assistant foreman because the teacher arranged for Yu Xiaowei to participate in the school's poetry recitation competition. However, the assistant foreman suddenly caught a cold and couldn't come. She could only come back and replace her and couldn't cheer for her daughter.
Although she let her mother go on her behalf, Yu Ying still felt very guilty. She was looking forward to getting off work quickly so that she could go home and apologize to her daughter.
Of course, Yu Ying didn't bring her personal emotions to work. She still had a warm smile on her face as she commanded the waiters in the lobby. As usual, the restaurant maintained an orderly state of service.
"Sister Ying, didn't you mention that Yang Yi last month?" Finally, when it was time to get off work, Yu Ying was changing her shoes in the changing room when a waitress came over and said.
"En, what's wrong?" Yu Ying asked puzzledly.
"Nothing, my boyfriend saw that I mentioned him last time and went to check it out. He's going to take me to see his movie tonight. I heard it's very good!" The waitress smiled.
"Are you showing off your love in front of Sister Ying who has been single for many years?" Yu Ying smiled as she rubbed the waitress's bangs and said angrily.
"No, we also heard that Yang Yi has a book on the market today. It's just that we don't like to read. However, I don't know if Sister Ying would like it, so I'm just telling you!" The waitress smiled and ran away.
Yu Ying shook her head, picked up her bag, and quickly walked out.
She had indeed been studying Yang Yi's fairy tales recently to learn Yang Yi's writing style. However, this didn't mean that she was willing to spend money to buy books.
Right now, Yu Xiaowei hadn't finished reading the first part of "Xi Xi's Bedtime Story", so Yu Ying wasn't in a hurry to buy the second part.
… …
When she returned home, it was brightly lit again. Before Yu Ying went to take a shower, she asked Yu Xiaowei about her performance in the poetry recitation competition today.
"I only got the second prize." Yu Xiaowei turned around and went to the room to take out a thin certificate and a notebook as a reward, and said in a low voice. She lowered her head as if she felt that she had let down her mother's expectations.
"Second prize is already very impressive! When I was studying, I didn't even get an award! "Yu Ying was gratified and comforted her with heartache." Keep up the good work, keep working hard! "
Yu Xiaowei nodded obediently.
At this time, Yu Ying's mother handed over a thick letter. She looked at Yu Ying strangely and said, "Ying 'er, someone sent a letter to the post office today. Who sent it to you?"
Although it was signed by a publishing company, Yu Ying's mother felt that there was some hope!
In the eyes of the people of her era, letters were used to convey emotions! They were clearly in the same city, so why did they have to send a letter? Yu Ying didn't tell her mother that she was trying to submit a manuscript to a publisher, so her mother misunderstood and thought that a man was sending Yu Ying a love letter …
Yu Xiaowei also looked curiously at the thing in her mother's hand.
Yu Ying didn't know that her mother had misunderstood. When she saw the sender's signature on the envelope, she was stunned. Her right hand that was holding the letter trembled slightly.
Of course, Yu Ying didn't know what this letter meant. Was it a pass? Or was it a rejection?
Yu Ying was worried that the latter was more likely because how long had it been since she submitted the manuscript? A week? Two weeks? Didn't they say that the efficiency of these publishing companies was very low? That's why there was a reply so quickly, right?
"Mom, what is this?" Yu Xiaowei couldn't help but ask.
"It's a letter." Yu Ying came back to her senses and said vaguely while opening it.
Yu Ying still had some hope that she could face it bravely.
"Ms. Yu Ying, congratulations …" Seeing the first few words, Yu Ying's head buzzed and became blank.
Is this … is this a success?
Yu Ying's whole body was trembling. She even felt that her mouth was dry and her thoughts seemed to have stopped.
"Ying 'er, Ying' er, what's wrong?" Her mother saw that something was wrong and hurriedly asked, "Is it from that bastard?"
Yu Ying slowly came back to her senses. Looking at her mother's anxious face and her daughter's worried eyes, she felt warm in her heart. She focused again and looked at the letter just now.
That's right. The main idea of the letter was to tell her that her outline and work had been approved, and … the support fund approved her. It wasn't ten thousand, twenty thousand, thirty thousand, or forty thousand, but a whole fifty thousand yuan!
After that, it was mainly to inform her to sign a contract with the publishing company. If she wasn't from Jiangcheng, she could contact the publishing company to reimburse her travel expenses …
There was another thick stack of documents in the attached letter. It was a sample contract. Yu Ying finally understood why the other party had to send a letter! Of course, if she had a computer and provided an email, there would be no need to send a letter.
Actually, Yu Ying only saw the latter part of the letter later. When she saw the amount of support she received, Yu Ying was so excited that she hugged her daughter.
"Ying 'er, what's wrong? Don't scare me! "Her mother asked anxiously.
Yu Ying raised her head. Her face was already covered in tears. She reached out and hugged her mother and daughter together. Unable to control herself, she sobbed, "Mom, I did it! I really did it! "
…
Of course, Yu Ying was still worried that she didn't get the money. After being excited for an entire night, she called the assistant manager who stood her up yesterday and asked her to help cover for her.
She nervously boarded the bus and went to Sahara Publishing in Tingshan District to sign the contract.
The person who received her was still Editor Wen Xuefeng. Before signing the contract, Wen Xuefeng carefully explained the details of the contract to Yu Ying, including the rights and responsibilities of both parties. After signing the contract, Yu Ying was brought to the finance department by Wen Xuefeng. The finance staff directly arranged for the foundation's account to transfer the money to her bank account through online banking.
Fifty thousand yuan. Yu Ying, who had opened a text message, received the notification that the huge stone in her heart had been lifted.
"Our chief editor would like to meet you. Is it convenient for you, Ms. Yu?" Wen Xuefeng asked with a smile when he saw Yu Ying's tense brows loosen.
The one who wanted to meet Yu Ying was Lu Benjie. Of course, before meeting Yu Ying, he didn't know who this name represented.
"It's actually you!" Lu Benjie was a little surprised when he saw Yu Ying.
Subsequently, Lu Benjie commented on the outline and story outline of Yu Ying's work. He gave a high evaluation of Yu Ying's story, "You used the perspective of a rag doll to describe the series of adventures it went through after it escaped from its young master, as well as its growth in the process. This idea is very novel and interesting! In the opinion of our editorial department, if you can write it and write it well, it will be a very wonderful children's book! "
Yu Ying was a little flattered and asked, "Does Mr. Yang Yi think so too?"
"Mr. Yang Yi?" Lu Benjie was a little surprised. He smiled and said, "Let's not talk about how he has the time to come to the publishing house to participate in the review. Moreover, didn't Mr. Yang already tell you that he won't interfere with the foundation's selection?"
"I thought it was just a casual remark," Yu Ying said embarrassedly.
"Of course not, Mr. Yang has always been a man of his words!" Lu Benjie said seriously.
Of course, Lu Benjie didn't call Yu Ying over to praise her. He pointed out that when Yu Ying submitted the manuscript, the first three chapters weren't written well. There were a lot of flaws in the writing style.
"These three chapters will definitely need to be rewritten, but I hope that you don't rush to rewrite them. Instead, you should listen to a few of our experienced senior editors' writing classes and study the works of Mr. Yang Yi or other people. It won't be too late to write them then!" Lu Benjie said excitedly. He even got up and took out a complete set of Yang Yi's works from the cabinet. However, he only picked out the fairy tales written by Yang Yi and handed them to Yu Ying, "These books are for you. I hope they will be helpful to you!"
Yu Ying didn't expect that she would be able to own Yang Yi's works without buying them. Moreover, Lu Benjie gave her a hardcover book that Yu Ying couldn't bear to buy! What Yu Ying bought herself was just a simple paperback book.
"Thank you, Chief Editor Lu!" This time, Yu Ying was really touched by Sahara Publishing House's concern. Not only did they give her financial support, but they also allowed her to attend classes and even gave her books for her to study. How could a publishing house be so considerate?
"Don't thank me. If you can create a wonderful work, our publishing house will also be proud of you!" Lu Benjie smiled.
However, he put on a serious face and said, "Madam Yu, in the end, I still hope that you can understand that the original intention of our support fund is to hope that more wonderful children's literature will emerge from the Chinese literary world, as well as more outstanding children's literature writers!"
Yu Ying was briefly stunned before she listened seriously.
"Although the financial support fund for you might be a huge income for your current life, I hope that you can look further ahead. But I hope that you can set your sights further and work hard to write your work well. Our publishing house has a complete supply chain waiting to support the release of your work. Adaptation of a picture book or even an anime adaptation in the future is possible, as long as your work is exciting enough! " Lu Benjie said slowly, "This ¥50,000 financial support fund is really too little compared to your future income!"
Lu Benjie would talk to every recipient of the ¥50,000 financial support fund, and his purpose was obvious. Yang Yi didn't think it through. He thought that he could realize his ideas by giving money, but there were still many short-sighted people in this world!
It was inevitable that there would be authors who would disappear after taking the money! Although the publishing house could still take back their ideas as compensation, that would be the opposite of Yang Yi's purpose! Lu Benjie talked to them one by one, hoping that he wouldn't see such an unpleasant situation happen!
Yu Ying understood. She wasn't stupid. She nodded seriously and said, "Chief Editor Lu, don't worry. I will work hard. I won't lose the watermelon for the sesame."
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