Daddy Academy

Chapter 2578 Little Pants

Chapter 2578 Little Pants

After Qiao Rong gave Zhang Tan the contact information of the editor of Science Fiction World magazine, he immediately called the other party after hanging up the phone.

"Boss Qiao, why did you think of calling me?"

The other party spoke first, with a teasing tone in his voice.

Qiao Rong smiled and said, "Old Wu, I did think of you because of something good. You should thank me later."

Old Wu asked, "What good news is that? Tell me about it. If it's really a good news, I should thank you."

Qiao Rong said, "I've introduced you to a big shot. I just gave him your phone number. He may contact you soon. You should be prepared."

Old Wu perked up, but still a little unconvinced: "What big shot? A famous writer? Someone you know? Want to serialize a novel?"

Qiao Rong works in a publishing house and does often deal with writers. Of course, these writers don't all publish books, they also publish some short and medium-length stories, which will then be serialized in magazines.

So Qiao Rong and Lao Wu have always had business dealings.

Qiao Rong didn't keep the secret and said directly: "Old Wu, I introduced you to Zhang Tan. He has a short science fiction novel that he wants to serialize. He asked me where it would be suitable to serialize it, and I recommended you here."

"Zhang Tan?!" Old Wu's voice rose several pitches, and he asked urgently, "Is it the Zhang Tan you have been responsible for publishing the single volume? Screenwriter Zhang Tan?"

Qiao Rong said, "Yes, it's Mr. Zhang. Old Wu, you must seize the opportunity."

Old Wu quickly agreed: "Don't worry, Mr. Qiao, I will definitely serve Mr. Zhang well. I also want to thank you for your recommendation. Let's go out and sit down in the evening. We haven't talked for a long time."

……

After finishing his phone call with Qiao Rong, Old Wu couldn't wait to receive Zhang Tan's call. He wished that the other party would call him immediately so that he could put the worry in his heart to rest as soon as possible.

But after waiting for more than an hour, just when Lao Wu thought that Zhang Tan would not call today, the phone rang. He picked it up in a flash and saw that it was an unfamiliar number.

With shaking hands and an excited heart, Old Wu answered the phone and said in an especially polite tone, "Hello, I'm Wu Kezhong, who are you?"

A hurried voice came from the other end of the phone:

"Mr. Wu? I'm from Shunfeng. You have a package coming. Are you free to come down and pick it up now?"

Old Wu was stunned for two seconds before he reacted. He asked the other party to put the package in the beehive and hung up the phone, muttering to himself why Qiao Rong refused to give him Zhang Tan's phone number so that he would not fail to recognize him.

But just as he hung up, the phone rang again. He looked and saw it was another unfamiliar number. After he answered it, he politely asked, "Hello, I'm Wu Kezhong."

A male voice came from the other side: "Hello, Editor Wu, I'm Zhang Tan..."

Old Wu did not hear the rest of the words. The only words echoing in his mind were “I am Zhang Tan.”

……

Even after hanging up the phone, Old Wu's mind was still a little dizzy. He felt that something was wrong, so he quickly calmed himself down and thought about why he was so excited about Zhang Tan's visit.

It's not that he doesn't know many great writers. He has been responsible for the serialization of novels of several great writers and has met them in person. The annual salon gathering brings together all the well-known writers of the year.

So Old Wu has seen the world.

But he felt that the reason why he was so excited about Zhang Tan was probably because Zhang Tan was the most famous one. Maybe Zhang Tan was not the highest in literary achievement, but his reputation was definitely there. Moreover, after Zhang Tan wrote the suspense trilogy a few years ago, he had not published any books or literary works until now, so he was overly excited.

After he calmed down, he logged into his email to check the science fiction novella "The Wandering Earth" that Zhang Tan was going to send him.

There are many unread emails in the mailbox, but none of them are from Zhang Tan.

Old Wu was not too anxious, but first browsed through the unread emails, all of which were submissions with works attached. He opened them one by one and started reading them immediately.

The first email submitted was a short story. It took Lao Wu more than 20 minutes to read it. When he was reading the second email, he saw a new email notification.

He immediately clicked on it and saw that it was indeed Zhang Tan’s!

He couldn't wait to open the electronic manuscript of the novel "The Wandering Earth" and began to read it carefully.

Zhang Tan is a good writer of suspense, but I have never seen him write science fiction. However, Lao Wu believes that Zhang Tan is also good at writing science fiction, because the science fiction movie "The Matrix" currently in theaters is proof of this!

Old Wu couldn't move after reading this. He was completely immersed in the story. Even at lunch time, he didn't move at all and continued to read the story eagerly.

A colleague noticed something was wrong with him and came to ask him what was going on. When he learned that he was reviewing a manuscript, he said, "Old Wu, I'll pack you a meal or there won't be any food in the cafeteria."

Old Wu said without even looking up: "Okay, thank you."

My colleague couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "Old Wu, what novel are you reading? The one you just submitted?"

Old Wu responded: "I just submitted it. I'll tell you guys after I finish reading it. It's well written. It's so exciting. It's very imaginative. I can't think of it."

The colleagues were even more curious and wanted to take Lao Wu's place right now, but this is how the editor-in-charge encounters a good story. Everyone here has had a similar experience. They are all story lovers.

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In the compound of the Municipal Party Committee, Xiaobai and others followed Liu Changjiang and his group for a stroll. Seeing that it was already eleven o'clock, Xier reminded Xiaobai to go back and help her aunt cook.

But Xiaobai was unmoved and thought Xier was stupid.

She wanted to be lazy, but Zhang Mingxue would not let her go. She called and urged them to go back quickly to help her cook, otherwise everyone would go hungry at noon.

Xiaobai went home reluctantly. Zhang Mingxue was sitting in the corridor in front of the yard. When she saw them, she immediately waved and asked them to go to the kitchen together.

She wasn't going to get angry until the kids came back. This guy is really something, Xiaobai muttered.

Suddenly, Zhang Mingxue noticed Xiao Xiaobai's pants and called her over: "What's wrong with your pants?"

Xiao Xiaobai laughed awkwardly, looked down at his pants and said, "My pants got dirty accidentally. It rained outside and there was a lot of water."

Zhang Mingxue said unhappily, "What a small pair of pants! Did you jump into a puddle?"

Xiao Xiaobai was startled and shook his head quickly, not daring to admit it.

But Zhang Mingxue is not a police officer, so there is no need to verify whether she really jumped into the puddle. As long as she thinks so, then it is.

She pinched Xiao Xiaobai's cheek and said, "Go change into a pair of pants first. Don't wear this pair. Take it off and wash it."

Xiao Xiaobai asked hopefully, "Auntie, would you help me wash my pants?"

Zhang Mingxue said: "I won't wash it. You can wash it yourself if you made it dirty, or ask your aunt to wash it."

(End of this chapter)