Chapter 105 Liu Xinwu commissioned
Ms. Chu looked at everyone's reactions and chuckled, "Everyone has received the information. Please take a closer look when you return home. In half a month, we will be heading to Hong Kong. Please be prepared and gather in front of the Ministry of Culture's guesthouse on the morning of the 10th."
After the breakup, everyone headed outside.
Chen Jiangong said to Liu Hongmin, "It's been a while since we've met. Let's have lunch together?"
Liu Hongmin nodded, "Let's go to my house!"
"Great! I haven't seen Lao Ge and the others for a long time. It's a good opportunity for us to get together."
Liu Hongmin looked at Liu Xinwu who was hesitant to speak, and casually invited him, "Teacher Liu, would you like to have dinner together?"
Seeing that Liu Xinwu was still hesitant, Chen Jiangong immediately said, "Teacher Liu, let's go together! Hongmin is a hospitable person, so you don't have to be polite."
Liu Xinwu smiled awkwardly, "I just feel a little bad."
"That's because you don't understand Hongmin. You'll know once you go to his house."
Chen Jiangong took Liu Xinwu and followed Liu Hongmin out of the house. The three of them rode their bicycles towards Shichahai.
"Hongmin, I'm afraid Teacher Liu wants to ask you to write an article."
Liu Hongmin turned around and looked at Liu Xinwu.
Liu Xinwu glared at Chen Jiangong speechlessly, then said to Liu Hongmin: "Any editor would like to ask Comrade Weimin to write an article for them."
Chen Jiangong laughed. "That's right, Hongmin. If you attend events more often, I'm afraid you won't know how many editors will ask you to write articles."
Liu Hongmin shook his head, "Please forgive me! It's ok for me to eat and drink, but I'm not good at communicating with those intellectuals."
"You are just lazy!" Chen Jiangong revealed the secret.
Liu Xinwu looked at Liu Hongmin in surprise. How could he be a lazy person if he could write novels of hundreds of thousands of words a year?
Chen Jiangong explained for him: "Hongmin is a man with many abilities, but he has a wide range of interests. He wants to do this and that, which makes him very busy. In the little time he has left for entertainment, he would rather drink and brag with his friends than engage in useless socializing."
Liu Xinwu suddenly realized, "Comrade Hongmin is really a wonderful person."
"He is indeed a wonderful person."
"Wonderful Man" Liu Hongmin looked at the two of them speechlessly, "Let me make it clear first, no matter how many nice things you say, I will not agree to the commission."
Chen Jiangong laughed out loud, "Teacher Liu, you've been rejected!"
Liu Xinwu said puzzledly: "Comrade Hongmin, I know your work was published in Contemporary, but our Renming Literature is no worse than Contemporary."
Liu Hongmin smiled but did not respond to him.
Chen Jiangong smiled and said, "Teacher Liu, Hongmin is a person who values feelings. He has a very good cooperation with Contemporary Magazine and will not change places easily."
"Isn't that right?" Liu Xinwu said, "Didn't Comrade Hongmin also switch from Capital Literature to Contemporary Journal?"
"Cough cough!"
Chen Jiangong coughed twice, "Teacher Liu, don't mention this matter again."
Liu Xinwu was confused and didn't know what was going on.
"Old Chen, why are you being so secretive?" Liu Hongmin said casually, "We've already talked about it. This matter is over."
Liu Xinwu looked at Chen Jiangong in confusion, and Chen Jiangong whispered, "Hongmin was dating one of my classmates, and that female classmate had a good relationship with the editor of Beijing Literature. Later, they broke up, and Hongmin moved to Contemporary."
Uh……
Liu Xinwu thought of many reasons, but he didn't expect it to be like this. But it's understandable that sometimes there's no logic to the relationship between men and women. However, if this is the case, he really has no hope of getting an article from Liu Hongmin.
The three of them arrived at Shichahai. Liu Xinwu looked at Liu Hongmin's large yard and was extremely surprised.
"So big?"
Chen Jiangong introduced it to him: "This was bought by Hongmin two years ago, relying on the royalties from the publication of Young Justice Bao in Hong Kong."
Liu Xinwu was surprised and said: "I heard that the remuneration for writing in Hong Kong was very high before, but I had no idea. Now that I see this courtyard, I know how big the gap is."
"It's true that the difference is not small, but not as big as one might imagine. When a red citizen is at his highest, he can get 70 Hong Kong dollars per thousand words. According to the current exchange rate, it's only 20 RMB per thousand words."
Liu Xinwu shook his head, "You can't calculate it that way. The Hong Kong dollar is a foreign currency."
“But for us, it makes no difference.”
Liu Xinwu nodded, then he pulled Chen Jiangong and asked in a low voice: "Jiangong, do I really have no chance to get an article from Liu Hongmin?"
Chen Jiangong shook his head. "Not much hope. I just said that if there is nothing wrong, Hongmin will not change the magazine."
Liu Xinwu was a little disappointed. He really wanted to ask Liu Hongmin to write an article for him.
"Teacher Liu, don't think about it. Come in first and I'll introduce you to some classmates from Beijing University."
Chen Jiangong pulled Liu Xinwu into the living room, where Ge Chaoguang and others were sitting.
"Old Chen, long time no see!"
Ge Chaoguang and others joked.
Chen Jiangong greeted them with a smile, and then said, "Let me introduce you. This is the editor-in-chief of Renming Literature, Mr. Liu Xinwu."
When everyone heard this, they immediately stood up and said, "Welcome, welcome."
"Teacher Liu, I really like your "Class Teacher"."
Liu Xinwu shook hands with this group of people while smiling bitterly in his heart.
Chen Jiangong laughed and watched Liu Xinwu's fun.
Liu Hongmin went to the kitchen to take a look, and when he came back he saw this embarrassing scene and asked in confusion: "What happened?"
Ge Chaoguang and the others shook their heads. Liu Xinwu pointed at Chen Jiangong speechlessly. Chen Jiangong said, "Just now, Old Ge and the others said they liked Teacher Liu's "Class Teacher."
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "Teacher Liu, it's okay to be ignorant. They have only read your book. Please understand it."
Liu Xinwu shook his head helplessly, "I'm not that petty, it's just that Jiangong wants to laugh at me all day long."
Chen Jiangong spread his hands, "Who told you to take this matter so seriously?"
Liu Xinwu slapped his thigh, "I'm not careful in choosing friends!"
Liu Hongmin said, "Teacher Liu, now you know Lao Chen's true face, right? You should have less contact with him in the future."
Chen Jiangong retorted, "Comrade Xiao Liu, stop pretending to be a good guy here. You are the worst person in this room."
Ge Chaoguang and others echoed: "That's right. He always makes us work as free labor. This capitalist always wants to exploit us."
Everyone immediately started to make a fuss and attack Liu Hongmin.
Liu Hongmin was not willing to be outdone, so he started "arguing" with them alone.
Liu Xinwu couldn't help but chuckle as he watched Liu Hongmin debate with the group. Young people are indeed full of energy!
(End of this chapter)
