This dinner was quite pleasant, but it was all about giving Wenmian psychological massage and reminiscing about the past, and no one talked about work at all.

Jiang Baige only remembered this when she got into the car, and hurriedly sent a message to Zhou Ling, asking her when she would return.

But Zhou Ling might be busy and didn't come back.

Jiang Baige put the phone back into her pocket.

Lin Xingran suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "I almost forgot to tell you... You haven't adjusted yourself in these days and haven't logged into our official account. Someone sent me a private message saying they wanted to publish a book for us."

Jiang Baige's eyes lit up: "Is it reliable?"

"It's a book company. I've heard of it before. They've been working hard on women's literature in recent years. But what's more famous than the books is this team."

"How to say?"

"From the boss to the editor, they are all girls. So I was not surprised that they came to us."

After Lin Xingran said this, Jiang Baige became even more interested.

"Their company is in Anjing. If the deal is successful, you may need to do more work with them."

"no problem."

Since the cyberbullying incident, Jiang Baige has rarely appeared in the backstage of "Women's Study Room".

Lin Xingran understood her and never mentioned this matter.

Now that she said that, Jiang Baige felt a little embarrassed and thought to herself that she had to do more in this matter.

Lin Xingran added: "After I saw that message, I added their editor's contact information. The other party happens to be on a business trip in Lincheng these two days. If it's convenient for you, can we meet together?"

Jiang Baige must agree to such a good thing immediately.

I was really happy today. I met my old classmates and heard that someone had a keen eye and took a fancy to the "Women's Study".

But soon, brain waves jumped from "side job" to "serious work".

She felt a headache when she thought about having to compete with her boss and colleagues when she returned home.

Although Su Su promised to help her find out who was dissatisfied with her, it was not important whether she found out or not.

What Jiang Baige cared about was not how to win the war, but that she didn't want to participate in this war at all.

She would rather compete with people like Lao Ge in order to create a good script than waste her energy and mind on such meaningless things.

Wouldn't it be better for her to use this time to write two chapters of a novel?

In her heart, writing is the weight to measure whether everything is "worthwhile" or "not worthwhile".

In her eyes, "labor struggle" was obviously not worth it at all.

But she had to take part in it, which made her expression suddenly depressed.

At this time, she and Lin Xingran had already gotten out of the taxi and walked to the front of the apartment building. Lin Xingran took out the access card from her bag under the white flashing street lights and turned around to see this expression.

"What's wrong with you?" she asked.

Jiang Baige said: "It's about work."

"Didn't you say that foreign company is pretty good?"

"When was the last time we talked about this?" The elevator arrival notification sound interrupted her words. She stepped out of the elevator door and continued, "But the whole thing changed during the Chinese New Year..."

Her tone was like she was telling a story, and Lin Xingran also acted as if he was listening attentively.

This story is not long and can be told in just a few words.

As Lin Xingran listened, his memories of working a few years ago were also brought back. After listening, he sighed in a similar way to Ye Zhi before: "Is there no job in this world that can make people happy?"

"From a philosophical and sociological perspective, currently no."

At this time, Jiang Baige's cell phone rang. It turned out that Zhou Ling had replied, saying that she would be back the day after tomorrow and they could meet tomorrow night or the day after tomorrow.

She also knew that Jiang Baige's schedule was full tomorrow during the day.

"But Lingling seems to be very satisfied with her work."

After all, Zhou Ling made this trip to Lincheng specifically for the smooth progress of her case.

“Isn’t it the same when you write?”

Lin Xingran recalled how Jiang Baige had worked so hard in the dormitory to earn only a few dollars a month, and was scolded by readers. At that time, she could not have imagined that her novel would not only be published, but also filmed into a short drama, and more adapted works would appear on TV in the future.

After hearing what Lin Xingran said, Jiang Baige also sighed: "Calculated this way, I have written six or seven million words in novels in the past few years... This does not include the words that were wasted or deleted..."

This input-output ratio may be even lower than the water purification rate of a water purifier!

If you write a thousand words, you might be lucky enough to use five hundred, but if you are unlucky, you might not be able to use any of them. You might even find that the logic doesn't make sense and have to delete the previous chapter...

As for the deletions and reductions at the beginning of each new article, there is no need to mention it.

"Wow, that means you have to write more than one million words a year." Lin Xingran's mouth formed an "O" shape.

"But I didn't feel tired at that time... At least, it was much happier than working."

"Since you can support yourself with your writing... then why do you still want to take this unhappy class?"

Jiang Baige has actually asked herself this question several times - especially recently, more frequently.

Finally, she came to a conclusion:

"I guess 'Born in hardship, die in comfort' is engraved in my DNA..." She sighed, "Although when I persuade others, I will also say that there is more to life than just working, but when it comes to myself, I also feel that having a fixed income every month makes me feel safe."

What's more, she starved to death in her previous life!

Most people will be afraid of ropes for ten years after being bitten by a snake once... You can't blame her for being reluctant to quit her job.

"However, Han Li really offered me a new job." Jiang Baige told Lin Xingran everything Han Li had told her. "At the time, I was a little hesitant because I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to handle two writing jobs, but now..."

Lin Xingran smiled and said, "Xiao Li works so hard to recruit people for Zhao Bi. It seems that he loves this job very much."

"Yes. He was originally forced by Zhao Bi to do this for three years, but now he is happy to do it and has renewed his contract on his own initiative."

"Maybe sometimes, the work itself isn't that annoying... What's annoying is the complicated interpersonal relationships. Even if you don't want to fight, people will feel that you are the only one who matters, and they have to fight with you... It's terrible."

Jiang Baige asked directly, "I'm going to meet Han Li tomorrow. What do you think about working for a literary website? Can you tell me the truth?"

"As long as I'm not opposed to new things, I want to try them! A while ago, Teacher Dugu came to ask about my job search intentions. I told her about Xiao Li. I was worried that she would be a little disappointed. After all, if I went to Xiao Li's place, I wouldn't be able to continue with her... Do you know what she said?"

Lin Xingran blinked and kept it a secret.

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