Rebirth: Recovering My Treasure Girl

The visitor was none other than Gu Mei. She was going to Tanzhou today to attend an important industry development meeting, because Chen Yang would get off the bus in Hengzhou temporarily.

Gu Mei did this partly because of Zhou Lin's face.

After all, Shen Qiuyue was her best friend in college, and her daughter had called her, so she still had to give her some face.

Another part of the reason is that Chen Yang's novel genre is novel enough, which aroused her strong interest.

Gu Mei came to "Century Youth" as the deputy editor-in-chief, and it took exactly half a year to join the job.

Although Gu Mei has not made any mistakes in her current position as deputy editor-in-chief, she has also not created any achievements to be proud of.

It can be summed up in eight words: step by step, doing nothing.

In this regard, Gu Mei, who has always been strong, felt strong in her heart.

She eagerly hopes to make some achievements for her colleagues and leaders to see, in order to prove her ability to work, so that those who gossip behind her back can completely shut up.

Gu Mei pushed her suitcase and stopped in front of Chen Yang. Then she took off the sunglasses on her nose and said with a smile: "Hello, classmate Chen Yang, I am Gu Mei."

With that said, Gu Mei extended her right hand to Chen Yang.

Chen Yang immediately reached out his hand and shook Gu Mei lightly.

However, the handshake between the two was very short, and they immediately let go in less than a second.

Gu Mei looked at Chen Yang with a smile and said, "Classmate Chen Yang, you are much more mature than I thought."

When Gu Mei first heard Chen Yang's voice, she thought he was a childish boy.

But after actually seeing him in person, Gu Mei found that Chen Yang's eyes were much deeper than those of his peers, and his overall temperament was also very mature and steady.

For a moment, Gu Mei even had the illusion that Chen Yang and she should be the same age.

Chen Yang also smiled and said: "Editor-in-chief Gu, you are more intellectually beautiful than I imagined."

Gu Mei was slightly surprised. She didn't expect Chen Yang to use the word "intellectual beauty" to describe herself.

Although Gu Mei is already forty-two years old this year, she takes good care of herself. In addition, she is naturally beautiful, and she looks only thirty-four or five years old.

Most of the time, people who just met her would praise her for her youth, beauty and outstanding temperament.

But so far, only Chen Yang has praised her for her "intellectual beauty."

Although Gu Mei also likes to hear others praise her for being young and beautiful, in comparison, she prefers the word "intellectual beauty".

Because of this, Gu Mei has developed a certain liking for the high school boy in front of her.

Gu Mei smiled and said: "Classmate Chen Yang, I only have three hours. I have to get on the train to Tanzhou in three hours, so let's find a place to sit down and read the manuscript first."

Chen Yang nodded, then pointed to the far left side of the station square and said, "There is a dessert shop over there. The environment is not bad. How about we go there to sit?"

"Okay!" Gu Mei agreed readily.

Then, Chen Yang led Gu Mei towards the dessert shop.

The two of them passed a series of steps on the way. Chen Yang wanted to help Gu Mei carry the suitcase out of politeness, but Gu Mei refused and insisted on doing it herself.

Chen Yang thought to himself: This editor-in-chief Gu is really a strong woman.

The two chatted all the way and soon arrived at the dessert shop.

There were not many people in the dessert shop, only two tables of customers. There were suitcases and travel bags beside their tables. You could tell that they were passing the time here.

Chen Yang and Gu Mei came to an empty table and sat down, then ordered two cups of coffee.

After the waiter walked away, Chen Yang took out the portfolio bag from the canvas bag and placed it in front of Gu Mei.

"Editor Gu, this is my novel."

Gu Mei noticed that Chen Yang took out the manuscript and put it in front of her. The whole process was not hurried or slow, and she could not feel any nervousness on his part.

And most of the authors she has met will show more or less nervous emotions and eyes when handing the manuscript to her face to face.

Gu Mei nodded slightly, then opened the file bag and took out the thick typed manuscript.

Gu Mei didn't say a word, she just picked up the manuscript and started reading it with an extremely focused expression.

Chen Yang waited quietly, looking at the flow of people and vehicles passing outside from time to time.

During this period, except when the waiter brought the coffee, Chen Yang said softly "Thank you", Chen Yang did not make a sound the rest of the time.

Gu Mei read the manuscript very quickly. After an hour, Gu Mei had already read half of it.

Another half hour later, the cup of coffee in front of Chen Yang had bottomed out.

By this time, the first two tables of customers had already left, leaving only a new young couple in the store.

While waiting, Chen Yang couldn't help but focus on the young couple.

The boy was eating the dessert his girlfriend fed him with his mouth open. The two of them were smiling sweetly. The scene was warm and romantic.

Seeing the intimate and sweet interaction between the two, Chen Yang was secretly envious and thought: It would be great if he could spend Valentine's Day with Zhou Lin today.

After an unknown amount of time, the young couple had finished their desserts and left, but Gu Mei still lowered her head and read the novel seriously.

Chen Yang looked at it and found that Gu Mei had already read the last few pages and was about to finish reading.

After a few minutes, Gu Mei finally finished reading.

Gu Mei first breathed a sigh of relief, adjusted her breathing and emotions, and then slowly placed the printed manuscript on the table.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Mei raised her head and looked at Chen Yang, looked into his eyes and said, "Classmate Chen Yang, your novel is very exciting, I like it very much!"

"Thank you, Editor-in-Chief Gu, for your affirmation." Chen Yang said with a smile.

Gu Mei thought for a while and asked: "Classmate Chen Yang, I'm curious, why did you write this novel? Or, where did your inspiration for writing this novel come from?"

Chen Yang thought to himself: What else could it be? I just want to make money!

Chen Yang smiled and said, "Editor Gu, I'm not afraid of your jokes. In fact, I have a best friend. He always talks to me about flirting with girls online. The inspiration for my novel comes from him."

"Of course, the most important point is that the future will be an era of the Internet, and the Internet will be integrated into people's daily lives. Whether it is food, clothing, housing, or transportation, they will be inseparable from the Internet."

"So when I was creating it, I was convinced that my novel would definitely have a big market in the future!" At this point, Chen Yang's eyes were already extremely confident.

After hearing this, Gu Mei smiled slightly and nodded lightly.

In fact, Gu Mei has the same idea as Chen Yang. At present, the domestic Internet is developing rapidly, and it is only a matter of time before the Internet becomes popular. This is the main reason why Gu Mei attaches great importance to this online romance novel.

Then, Gu Mei took a look at the manuscript and said, "I like your novel very much. The writing is sophisticated and funny, and the plot is fascinating. I am quite satisfied with it in every aspect."

After a pause, Gu Mei's tone became more solemn: "Classmate Chen Yang, I wonder if you would like to submit an article to our "Youth of the Century"?"

Hearing what Gu Mei said, Chen Yang was not surprised at all, but asked calmly: "Editor-in-chief Gu, if I submit it to you, how will the manuscript fee be calculated?"

Gu Mei thought for a while and said seriously: "The quality of your novel is very good. I can make a decision now and give you a royalties of 700 yuan for 7 words. If the 4 words are calculated, the total royalties will be 9 yuan."

Chen Yang suddenly hesitated. Although the manuscript fee of 700 yuan per thousand words was not bad, it was still a little short of his ideal manuscript fee of 800 yuan per thousand words.

Seeing Chen Yang's hesitant expression, Gu Mei immediately said: "Classmate Chen Yang, you are still a newcomer, and the fee of 700 yuan per thousand words is not low, and I can assure you that if you agree to sign the contract, next month The first serial issue of your novel will be published in "Youth of the Century"!"

Chen Yang thought for a moment and asked: "Editor-in-Chief Gu, I can accept a manuscript fee of 700 per thousand words, but before signing the contract, I must understand clearly what is the possibility of my novel being published as a physical book in the future?"

Gu Mei replied with certainty: "It's very big!"

Gu Mei said seriously: "Several novels that have been serialized in our magazine have been published as physical books. If your novel has a good response from the market in the future, our magazine will also publish it as a physical book. Book."

Later, Gu Mei also told Chen Yang that their magazine had always had in-depth and close cooperation with the contemporary publishing house in Shenzhen.

Therefore, as long as it is a good work, they will actively promote the release of physical books.

Chen Yang suddenly remembered that it was this contemporary publishing house that no one answered the phone. It turned out that they had a cooperative relationship with their magazine.