Chapter 16

At five o'clock in the afternoon, it's dinner time at Binhu middle school.

When Wu Tao returned to the water conservancy station, he was catching up with the postman with a green hat and talking to Uncle Tang, the gatekeeper.

"Uncle Tang, does your water conservancy station have Wu Tao? I have an urgent telegram from him. "

Uncle Tang is old, but his eyes are smooth and easy to use. His mouth pointed to Wu Tao and said, "here, that's him."

The postman was a vigorous young man. As soon as he turned around, he confirmed according to the procedure: "are you Wu Tao himself? Do you have a seal? "

He certainly doesn't have a seal, but he has the impression that it is necessary to receive registered letters or telegrams in rural areas.

"I'm Wu Tao himself. Yes, uncle Tang can prove it. Can I sign without a seal? " Wu Tao winked at Uncle Tang as he spoke.

Uncle Tang was also familiar with him, and added painlessly: "Xiao Chen, he is still a student. It's normal to have no seal. You give him the telegram. Don't be so rigid. "

The postman looked at Uncle Tang and said, "OK, just make an exception to Uncle Tang's face."

Wu Tao signed and unfolded the contents of the telegram. A look: call the bosom friend editorial department quickly: 027 -

After reading the telegram, Wu Tao smiled, stared at the telephone in the reception room, and flattered the tunnel with a face: "Uncle Tang, be accommodating and lend me a call."

Uncle Tang stared, "that's not good. My phone is public and can't be used by private people."

"Uncle Tang, I have something urgent. It's related to the business of thousands of yuan. When I make money, I will buy a pack of cigarettes to honor you. "

Uncle Tang's face softened and said, "OK, you can fight. I tell you, for your sake of urgency, I won't do it again. "

"Thank you, uncle Tang!"

Grabbed the phone and dialed it. Uncle Tang is so anxious that he is excited. Please take it easy!

As soon as the telephone rang, it was picked up.

"Hello, bosom friend editorial department."

"I'm Wu Tao." Wu Tao comes straight to the point and reveals his identity.

The other party obviously stagnated, and then suddenly realized, "Oh, are you the author called 'the sound of the waves is still'?"

"Yes."

Once the identity was confirmed, the other party immediately came to the spirit and said, "I'm Wang Chao, a bosom friend and deputy editor in chief. Mr. Wu, you finally called."

"Yes." In the voice changing period, Wu Tao pressed his voice, sparing words as much as possible to avoid exposing his age.

Wang Chao naturally didn't think of the fishiness in it. He said bluntly: "there is a reason to contact you this time. This issue of bosom friend will be published tomorrow. We plan to compile your manuscript as a cover article. So I must confirm with you that the copyright of your manuscript is still in hand? "

"Yes." Wu Tao's words are calm, but secretly he can't help being excited. It seems that the other party is very optimistic about his manuscript.

Wang Chao said, "in this issue, we use 'choice is more important than effort' as the cover article, and the story of a drop of honey will be the cover article of the next issue. Mr. Wu, are you all right? "

"No problem."

"With regard to remuneration, Mr. Wu, I need to talk to you in detail."

"Well, you said."

"Well, your article and writing style are very suitable for the needs of our magazine. So we hope to sign a columnist agreement with you. You should ensure that you contribute at least 4 articles to us every year. If you agree, your remuneration standard will enjoy the famous standard, that is, 1000 words; If you don't want to, you can only follow the standard of 1000 words 800. "

Such conditions must be agreed! At home, this standard is absolutely the highest.

But Wu Tao didn't want the other party to think he was too anxious. He deliberately pondered for a while.

Wang Chao's heart suddenly slipped up. He was silent on the phone. It was embarrassing, so he hesitated and said, "Mr. Wu, I know it's a little difficult to submit four high-quality manuscripts a year. But our magazine's fee standard is definitely the highest in the industry. So... "

"No problem, editor Wang. I can sign it." Before he finished, Wu Tao gave a positive reply.

Wang Chao at the other end of the phone couldn't help shaking his fist and said, "that's great, Mr. Wu. I'll send you the columnist's agreement and contract, the recording notice and the royalties for these two articles. According to the standard of 1000 words, the number of words of your two articles is 167. According to 2000 words, the total fee is 4000 yuan. It will arrive in four days. Please check it. "

"OK."

"That's it first? Mr. Wu? "

After saying goodbye, Wu Tao hung up the phone and his arm trembled involuntarily.

"Are you sick? His arms are shaking like this? " Uncle Tang said with a serious face of "I care about you".

Wu Tao almost suffered an internal injury. Forget it. I'm excited and happy today. I don't care about you.

Half an hour later, after dinner, an Rong found the water conservancy station and saw Wu Tao sitting at his desk with a serious face.

"Wu Tao, what's the matter with you? What happened?" An Rong's concern was chaotic. Wu Tao, who had not noticed the prank, held it very hard.

"An Rong, my two contributions..."

"What happened to the submission?" An Rong couldn't wait to ask, "haven't you? In fact, you don't have to be discouraged... "

"It's all over!"

"What, what?" An Rong's mood couldn't change for a moment.

The next moment, she was already picked up by the excited Wu Tao.

Since his rebirth, this is the way he got the world "you are the best!"

Some excitement made the two people closer and closer. So that when she returned to the classroom in the evening, Zhao Li saw the red glow on an Rong's pretty face.

"You two kiss?"

Wu Tao was angry when asked. At that time, he wanted not to tell her about the draft.

"Are you two that?"

"Shut up, what are you thinking about all day..." Wu Tao said blandly: "I received a reply from a bosom friend magazine."

"What?" Zhao Li suddenly became nervous. "Has she finished the draft yet?"

"Yes, both passed." Wu Tao explained, "but it will take a few days for the recording notice and the fee to arrive."

"Really?" Zhao Li stood up. Her excitement immediately attracted the attention of the whole class, which was not much better than an Rong.

Wu Tao hurriedly took her to sit down and said, "don't be so excited! Now you can rest assured that we will win! "

Zhao Li's big eyes turned, "or, while everyone doesn't know about it, we'll add some bets. Maybe there will be an unexpected surprise..."

"Isn't that good?" With royalties, Wu Tao doesn't care about the small money.

"This girl is Jiang Taigong fishing. Those who wish to take the bait!" Zhao Li proudly held out her chest.