In early June, the communication room of the Hydraulic Components Factory received a registered letter from the editorial department of "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times" in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

Lao Qiu, the janitor in the communication room, signed and sealed the letter. After receiving the letter, he looked at it and found it strange. He called out to Zhou Xiaoyan, who had been promoted to deputy director of the office.

"Director Zhou, can you see if this registered letter was sent to the wrong place?"

Zhou Xiaoyan took the kraft paper envelope with the red seal on it, looked at it, and said

"It's a letter from Director Huang. The address is correct! "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times"? Oh! Maybe Director Huang ordered this magazine. It's strange, why does the editor write a reply when ordering a magazine?"

Lao Qiu said, "I just find it strange. In more than ten years, I have never seen any editorial department write to our factory!"

"I don't understand either!"

"Then please take this letter to Factory Director Huang!"

"Okay!"

Zhou Xiaoyan came to the bungalow in the office area of ​​the hydraulic components factory. There were only five rooms with corridors, facing north and south.

Each room is about 25 square meters, one is for the financial department, and the two rooms are connected to the reception room and conference room. There is a three-person sofa that can be turned down as a bed.

One room is reserved for Zhou Xiaoyan, Wang Xiangchun, and Tang Jianshe, and the rest is the factory director's office.

There are two large desks facing each other in the factory director's office. In the middle of the desk is a dial-up pulse telephone. It is very crowded because there are also two wooden benches, a pair of single sofas and several old filing cabinets.

Zhou Xiaoyan knocked on the open door of the director's office and said, "Director Huang! Have you ordered "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times"? The editorial department has replied."

"Did "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times" reply?" At this moment, Huang Daozhou couldn't help but become nervous, and his breathing became much heavier.

Writing a long article and publishing it is really far away from ordinary people. Huang Daozhou has been full of expectations during this period. The moment before the answer to the mystery was about to be revealed, he actually lost his composure.

"Hey! What's wrong with you, Director Huang? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Zhou Xiaoyan noticed that Huang Daozhou looked wrong and expressed concern.

"I'm fine, I'm fine!"

After receiving the letter, Huang Daozhou adjusted his breathing and carefully picked up the scissors to cut open the envelope. He read it silently and soon a smile appeared on his face.

In the end, Huang Daozhou couldn't help but laugh out loud "Hahaha...".

"What's going on? I'm so happy."

"Happy event, my Huang Han...oh, it's nothing, it's just me, alas! It's hard to say, you can see for yourself."

After all, Huang Daozhou is a real person, and he is really embarrassed to say that he has written a novel that will be serialized in the latest "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times", and the royalties have been remitted to him.

"Oh my god!" Zhou Xiaoyan, who had already read the contents of the reply letter at a glance, exclaimed.

"Director Huang, you are amazing." Zhou Xiaoyan was so excited that she ran to the finance department and then to the workshop.

Only half an hour later, the entire hydraulic components factory knew that Director Huang was not only a capable person who invigorated the economy, but also a writer with many talents.

Ding Jun, a young worker assigned to be an apprentice in the storage room of the hydraulic components factory, asked Zhou Xiaoyan, who came to get the material inventory list.

"Director Zhou, I heard that Director Huang has a novel that will be serialized in "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times". The editorial department has already remitted the royalties minus taxes?"

"Yeah! I've seen the letter and the remittance slip. It's more than 1,300 yuan in total?"

Ding Jun swallowed a big mouthful of saliva and exclaimed, "It's terrible, the royalties are so valuable!"

"The editor's letter said that because of the excellent manuscript, the editorial department of "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times" took the initiative to increase the manuscript fee, which is calculated as twelve yuan per one thousand words."

"This money can buy a fourteen-inch color TV! It makes people envious! Oh! If only I could write too!"

"Haha! You have graduated from high school, you can give it a try! Maybe you can also write a color TV set."

"Where am I from?"

Although he said this, Ding Jun really had the idea of ​​writing it in his heart.

Huang Daoqian, who was listening on the sidelines, was confused. He came out again and again. What happened to the third child? Is he possessed by a god? He has done such unimaginable high-end things as writing and publishing?

He can write, why can't I? At this moment, Huang Daoqian started to write nonsense.

Huang Xiancheng, deputy director of the first workshop, was also stunned. He was surrounded by more than 20 colleagues asking questions.

A young apprentice said, "I have a copy of "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times" at home. The serialization in it is very interesting, but I didn't expect that our factory director Huang is a writer.

When did he start writing? Did he have any published works before?"

"Director Huang, do you know what story our Director Huang wrote in his book? Is it about fighting Japanese invaders?"

"Could it be a book for catching spies?"

A young worker exclaimed, "Director Huang is so powerful. He can use his pen to equal our two or three years' salary!"

"That's not right! I remember you got more than fifty yuan last month, and it should be more this month. The total salary for three years must be more than two thousand yuan, right?"

"We only get bonuses when we have to do something. It's very unstable. Who can guarantee that it will be as good as it is now in three years?"

"Yes, yes!"

A gray-haired re-employed master said with envy on his face, "I'm convinced, I'm convinced, I'm totally convinced. Compared with the yellow factory manager, I've lived as long as a dog!"

A new apprentice said, "I'm going to wait for Factory Manager Huang to come to the workshop and ask him to sign my notebook!"

Another said, "I don't. I'm going to buy the next issue of "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times" and ask Director Huang to sign the book. I can show off this book to my classmates in the future."

"Yes! I want to buy one too. Haha! The book is signed by the author, which I never dared to think of before!"

"How often does "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times" come out? How much does it cost to sell a copy?"

"I'm not sure how long it will take to issue an issue, but it will probably cost more than two yuan! I don't know if there has been a price increase."

We can't blame the young workers for not being very clear, because "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times", which has just been published less than a year ago, has no fixed release date and should be released as the market goes.

How much should be published? When should it be published? There is a certain degree of flexibility. Later it was changed to bimonthly, monthly, or semi-monthly.

"I'll go to the post office after get off work."

"Xiao Wang, you always take East Street when you go home, right?"

"Yeah!"

"Remember to bring money. If you see that this issue of "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times" featuring Director Huang has arrived, help me buy a copy."

"Buy me a copy too."

"I also want!"

"No problem, I'll stop by to check it out when I'm at work or after get off work, and I'll make sure to buy it as soon as it arrives at the post office."

The old master smiled and said, "Okay, okay, stop talking. Don't you want to earn bonuses? Let's go. Let's go our separate ways. Xiao Wang, remember to bring a copy for me too."

"Master Gu, didn't you say you can't read a few words?"

"Haha! I have never bought a book in my life, nor have I read it. This time I opened the box and bought a book to take home and read in the dictionary."

"Hey, Master Gu, how dare you think about it! A "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times" probably has two to three hundred thousand words. If you look at it this way, I'm afraid it will take you more than half a year to read it."

"The longer you look at it, the better it is. For just over two yuan, you can buy three kilograms of pork! It makes my flesh ache just thinking about it."

"Ah? Hahaha..." A group of young workers burst into laughter.

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