Yunding Ranch

Chapter 157 Column Posting
Cole went out only for a moment, then came in quickly, calling out, "Fourteen, your registered mail." Generally, registered mail must be signed by the person, but New Braunfels is a In a small town, the postman knows almost everyone in every household. Naturally, he is very familiar with Cole, and he also knows the relationship between Cole and Yunding Ranch, so he allowed Cole to collect it on his behalf.

"Registered mail?" Lu Li glanced at it, but his hands didn't stop. "It's probably the graduation ceremony regulations sent by the school, but didn't they say to send emails before? Why is it so troublesome. Put it aside. , I'll take it apart later." Then, Lu Li resumed his fried egg business.

After being busy for a while, Lu Li finally finished frying all the eggs, and finally had time to sit down and have breakfast.The porridge made by Song Lingyi is really tasty enough, and the rice grains will not be soggy, and the chewing tenacity is more delicious than rice. The aroma of scallops has been completely integrated into the porridge, and every bite is enjoyable.

After breakfast, Song Lingyi was going to wash the dishes, but the girls Alice and Marian rushed forward and took over the job of washing the dishes. The atmosphere began to warm up again, and everyone was ready for the second day in a row. carnival.

Only now did Lu Li have time to pick up his registered mail. After looking at the address, Lu Li immediately understood, "This should be a sample of the newspaper sent by the newspaper."

The newspaper system in the United States is very special. Most newspapers are distributed locally, and only a few newspapers are distributed across the United States. For example, the "New York Times" is divided into a New York edition and a national edition.For example, the "New York Observer" is a newspaper that can only be bought locally in New York, and so is the "New York Post".Of course, it is already the 21st century, and people have gradually abandoned the traditional way of reading news. All major newspapers have web versions, which are updated in real time.Therefore, newspapers from other major states can also be read in Texas.

"Newspaper?" Song Lingyi was the first to hear Lu Li's voice amidst the commotion.Mothers seem to have the ability to pick out the voice of their child in a crowd, even the loudest.

Lu Li nodded, "Well, remember? Didn't I mention it before? They are willing to give me a chance to write a column."

"Ah, I remember, I'll give you the chance to write three columns, right?" Song Lingyi sat down next to Lu Li, then turned around and shouted, "Huaijin, come here, Lu Li's column has sent a sample."

Opening the envelope, there was indeed a "New York Observer" inside. Looking at the date on the upper right corner, it was already four days ago. The ink had dried completely, but it still had the unique aroma of newspapers.

"Wow!" The exclamation sound from behind made Lu Li stunned. When he turned his head, he saw all his friends standing behind, piled up one after another, each with their poking expressions. This really made Lu Li dumbfounded.

"Fourteen, hurry up, open it up and have a look!" "Yes, see what it feels like after your article becomes printed?" "This is really amazing! Someone beside us has become a real reporter!" ...

The excited voices came and went, even more excited than Lu Li himself.Lu Li was a little nervous at first, but seeing his friends behave like this, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

Alice was also standing in the crowd, her eyes were shining like stars. When she saw Lu Li's eyes, she lightly shook her right hand and cheered for Lu Li. Then her eyes fell on the newspaper and signaled to Lu Li Hurry up and open it, the impatient look made Lu Li excited too.

Turning his head to look at Song Lingyi and Lu Huaijin next to him, their expressions were also a little dignified, Lu Li couldn't help laughing, "This reminds me of the time when I was waiting for the notice."

Seeing that Lu Li still had the energy to make jokes at this time, Song Lingyi couldn't help but smile, patted Lu Li on the shoulder, and signaled him to open the newspaper.

His eyes fell on the newspaper again, and his fingertips trembled slightly, revealing the tension in his heart.This is not the time to wait for the university notice, but it is the time to wait for the start of his career, even more nervous than when he was in college.Taking a deep breath, Lu Li opened the newspaper, skilfully flipped to page 24, and successfully found the editorial column.

In the upper left corner is the culture column, which publishes an article, "What style of party would you choose, cowboy style, New Yorker style, or Asian style? ——Columnist: Lu Li"

There are no extra decorations, just black lead, but the meaning itself is completely different.Especially seeing the "Li-Lu" which represents an Asian name, presents the fact to every reader that this is an article written by an Asian.In the mainstream media in the United States, it is indeed not very common.For Lu Li, this was an important step, and a big one at that.

Lu Li looked at the newspaper in front of him earnestly. His mood was a little strange. He didn't have the excitement and excitement he had imagined. His long-cherished wish of four years of struggle had finally come true. It seemed that he was more calm; The corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise up with the joy slightly stirring in his eyes.

He is now a reporter, more precisely, a columnist.He expresses his views in newspapers and shares his experience and opinions with every reader. After the bridge of information exchange is built, the influence will be produced.This also means that he has the possibility to change the thinking of some people—even if it is only a very small part, even if it is only a very small possibility, but at least he has the opportunity to change the world.

This is the most important motivation to enter the journalism industry.

"Fourteen, show me." Lu Huaijin said, and Lu Li couldn't help being stunned - Lu Huaijin actually called him "Fourteen", this is really...

Lu Li couldn't help but chuckled, and handed the newspaper to Lu Huaijin.Compared with speaking, their reading ability is obviously much better, which seems to be the common point of Chinese/Chinese English.

"Mr. L, read it, read it!" Fred's excited voice came from behind, "Let's read the column of Fourteen together!" There are too many people gathered around, everyone circulated it once, It takes a lot of time, so it is better to read them all together.

Lu Li spread his hands, "Guys, this is not a magical story, this is a serious column about culture, you won't like it." Although in the process of writing, Lu Li tried his best to complete it with a relaxed and witty style. This column, and the theme is quite approachable; but in the final analysis, this is a newspaper column, the content is quite serious.

However, no one paid attention to Lu Li's advice. Everyone waved to Lu Li at the same time and drove him away in disgust. This really made Lu Li dumbfounded.

Lu Huaijin handed the newspaper to Fred, "Come and read, I can't speak loudly."

Lu Li shook his head and left the sofa. Fred's voice read aloud, "When we show up at a party, what exactly are we expecting? Alcohol, drugs, music, beauties, swimming pools, Or a buffet?" The first sentence had everyone laughing - no one expects food at a party.

When he came to the porch, Lu Li called Julia Higgins' cell phone. The phone rang twice before Julia answered, "Julia Higgins, please tell me."

The vigorous style is still the familiar formula and familiar taste, "Here is Fourteen. I received the sample of the newspaper. I just called to say thank you."

"Newspaper, yes." Julia immediately responded, "This column has received a good response. In the past few days, we have received a lot of emails and expressed our opinions. Many of them complained, why There is no cultural feedback from my own state.” This column was also published on the online version, so it received a lot of feedback, “Unexpectedly, people are quite interested in the cultural phenomena reflected in it.”

"This is our original intention, isn't it?" Hearing Julia's affirmation, Lu Li felt lighter.The reason why he thought of writing this column at the beginning was because it was based on life, and the content was what he really felt. It may not be very profound, but it is real enough and can reflect a certain segment of society.

Especially now that the process of globalization has become universal, even residents in the valley can receive information from all over the world through TV or the Internet.More and more people are eager to understand different cultures, and are willing to understand different cultures. As for whether they can accept it, that is another matter.It can be said that this is the trend of historical development.

Julia nodded in agreement, "The first article of this column is really good, when will the second article be released?"

In just three days, they received nearly [-] emails, which is really rare for a small newspaper like the "New York Observer", especially since they didn't publish any gossip news worthy of attention in the case of.Therefore, the second article was naturally put on the agenda.

"I sent you an email last week, remember?" Lu Li wrote the second article a long time ago. After polishing and editing, he sent it to Julia, but there was no response. Lu Li was with his parents, so There is no question.

"Last week?" Julia thought about it, "Wait a minute." Then she opened the email and typed on the keyboard, "Oh, yes, I have received it, but because I have been busy, I haven't had time to read it yet. I will browse through it later, and then I will email you back. You can prepare the third article, and I will take the second article to the editor-in-chief to see if I can finalize a contract for you in advance."

It was a pleasant surprise that, although the New York Observer is only a small newspaper, hiring columnists is a well thought out job.Now that Lu Li has written an article, Julia is willing to talk to the editor-in-chief. This is really good news.Of course, even if the editor-in-chief nodded, what Lu Li got was probably only a short-term contract, three months or six months.

"That would be great!" Lu Li also laughed heartily.

(End of this chapter)