Everyone in the family was stunned by the huge title, but of course Xu Shaoting himself was the most surprised.

On the contrary, Xu Yanran and Zhang Shi quickly showed such expressions.

Mrs. Zhang drank the last sip of milk in a hurry, and mentioned the briefcase she bought newly to be a teacher, which contained textbooks and stationery.

Now in mid-October, the autumn wind is about to turn into the winter wind. Today, I saw her wearing a white shirt, a beige sleeveless sweater vest, and a black cloth skirt that reaches to the ankle. round toe shoes.

She put down the glass, picked up the coat that was on the back of the chair, and said to Xu Shaoting first: "Just say that the article you made up is too nasty, it's not surprising that it has turned out like this now."

Turning around and putting on his coat, he held his briefcase and urged Zhenzhen, who was still in a silly mood, "Hurry up and go to school."

Zhenzhen was so happy that she couldn't speak, chewed the bread in twos and jumped off the chair, carried her schoolbag and went out with Mrs. Zhang, and turned around and made a face at Xu Shaoting: "My brother is so good, he wrote a novel and found me a sister-in-law. "

Then waved and shouted: "I'm going to school, you two don't miss me too much."

Xu Yanran rested her chin, stared at Xu Shaoting who was completely motionless, and said angrily: "Who would miss you, hurry up, don't make your mother be late for work."

After the two left, Xu Yanran said: "Let's say there is something wrong with your writing. I haven't told you before. Many people speculate that Zhixing is a young, innocent and well-born girl author. You still write so... ...then... soft and kind?"

Xu Yanran: "...No, you are not like this either?!"

Holding the newspaper, Xu Shaoting shook his hands and said, "I'm really kind."

Xu Yanran: "Then how soft are you, a big man?"

Xu Shaoting replied confidently: "Only women are allowed to be soft? Isn't a man's heart made of flesh?"

"All right, all right, I'm just asking for trouble, arguing with a writer, am I looking to lose?" Xu Yanran raised her little finger and spread her hands, "Then now everyone thinks that Qian Fengmingyue and Zhixing are lovers, How are you going to solve it? I'm not trying to scare you, the people's enthusiasm for gossip is unimaginable."

Shao Ting said: "To clarify at the end of tomorrow's "Da Dao Xian Journey" update, it is enough to say that Zhi Xing is a man."

Xu Yanran: "I don't think...it might be useful."

---

Facts have proved that Xu Yanran is quite prescient and understands the psychology of the public better than Xu Shaoting, a boy of only his real age.

He added a clarification at the end of The Avenue the next day.

Editor-in-Chief He came to pick up the manuscript the day before, and reviewed it by the way. When he saw the clarification at the end, he smiled and looked at him without saying a word.

Xu Shaoting was a little mad: "Zhixing is really a man."

Editor-in-Chief He smiled and said, "Don't worry, we will definitely publish this clarification together."

Xu Shaoting stared straight at Editor-in-Chief He: "You don't believe me?"

Editor-in-Chief He said: "I've never met a real Zhixing, besides, it doesn't matter whether I believe it or not, it depends on whether the readers believe it or not."

Seeing that Editor-in-Chief He didn't believe it anyway, Xu Shaoting comforted himself: He's not a big star or a celebrity in the political circle, isn't he just a small shrimp in the entire Shanghai stock market, who would care about the scandal of him as a small shrimp.

Until the past three days, when I opened the newspaper every day, I saw articles about Qianfengmingyue and Zhixing, and some wrote: Mr. Zhixing written by Mr. Qianfengmingyue is so touching, I can’t help feeling that Qianfeng Mr. also has such a delicate writing side, presumably this is the power of love. When a man falls in love with a woman, this man will also have a soft heart.

Xu Shaoting: I don't want to see the word "soft" in my lifetime!

There are more speculations and curiosity about what kind of woman Mr. Zhixing is, who can make the popular writer Qian Fengmingyue fall in love, and even spend a lot of pen and ink to clarify for her at the end of his popular novels, and even write for her. article.

On this basis, it is even more serious. Xu Shaoting actually saw a lot of articles based on such a guess, and actually fabricated many touching stories about Qianfengmingyue and Zhixing.

Among them, there is a short essay of about a thousand characters written by the author signed by the author of Spring Come Night, which is the most famous.

Seeing the name Chunlai Yeye, Xu Yanran was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear: "This is one of the representative writers of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School. He is known as a thousand words, and he actually wrote a short article for you and Zhixing."

Xu Shaoting looked at this essay and saw that it was full of paragraphs like this:

Under the green tree, I saw her looking back in the sunlight, and she pursed her lips into a smile, which made Qianfeng stunned, because all the beautiful words in this world were not enough to describe her. one.

She is the sunshine in the morning, the dew in autumn, and the crystal snow on the branches in winter. She is all the beauty in the world.

She was the time and time of half of his life, the everlasting beautiful figure who was by his side when the sun sets.

If she in the article does not refer to Zhixing, and the other protagonist is Qianfengmingyue, Xu Shaoting objectively evaluates: Oh!It is beautifully written.

Xu Yanran said: "There are many articles like this, because the great writer Qian Fengmingyue loves Zhixing, so everyone thinks that Zhixing is a woman who is both beautiful and inner. Many writers of different schools do not necessarily like Qianfengmingyue or Zhixing's novels, But they all wrote to praise the love between the two gentlemen."

Xu Shaoting: "I've already clarified that Zhixing is a man, why don't you believe me? Why do they pay so much attention to Qianfengmingyue and Zhixing's gossip? They are just two ordinary authors."

"You really don't understand how popular "The Great Dao and Immortal Journey" is..." Xu Yanran was completely helpless with his nephew's character of staying at home, "Zhixing can be said to be an ordinary author, but Qian Fengmingyue is not. You don't know that many film companies are asking about the copyright of "The Great Dao Xiantu". Editor-in-Chief He didn't tell you because he was still waiting, and there are many popular stars who went to the newspaper office to make friends with Qianfengmingyue Let's meet, sir."

"There are also these female celebrities." Xu Yanran reported a few names, and Xu Shaoting heard that they were names he had seen in the newspaper.

"Zhixing may only get a little attention in the circle of writers, but Qian Fengmingyue is now as famous as a big star, and as a writer, she is even more respected by ordinary people." Xu Yanran looked at Xu Shaoting, "Qian Fengmingyue is so famous. , I think you can’t escape the fate of being gossiped when you open the newspaper this week.”

Xu Shaoting, who came from the 21st century, fully understands that Qianfengmingyue is a celebrity author. Later generations of traffic stars get married, disclose boyfriend and girlfriend, and Weibo will be down for a while, but do these celebrities really have so many fans?

No, it's because of eating melons and gossip - this is the nature of the broad masses of people.

Even if they are not their fans, it does not hinder the gossip of passers-by. This is almost the case with Qianfengmingyue now. Nowadays, everyone in the Shanghai market is talking about the "love story" between Qianfengmingyue and Zhixing after dinner. Many people may not know Knowing who Zhixing is, many people know Qianfengmingyue but they may not have watched "The Great Dao Xiantu", but this does not affect everyone's gossip.

Even if we don't know each other before, we can happily meet and ask: Do you want to eat melon?

It's just that as the melon being eaten, Xu Shaoting simply didn't care. Many authors were still waiting for Qian Fengmingyue to issue a new clarification, and the two protagonists were all silent.

And found that from the beginning to the end, the author Zhixing has never spoken out, and a small number of people appeal to believe in Mr. Qianfeng, please believe that Zhixing is a man.

But many people also vowed: "Mr. Zhixing must be unhappy, and I don't want everyone to gossip about her and Mr. Qianfeng. After all, before the scandal spread, Mr. Qianfeng described Mr. Zhixing as soft and kind. Who would use these words?" Words to describe a man!"

There were also people who wrote articles in newspapers saying that it was a pity that Mr. Qianfeng was so devoted, and the newspaper office even received many love letters from female readers. Love letters are not easy for Editor-in-Chief He to detain. Xu Shaoting.

Xu Shaoting started to roll his eyes after opening and reading a few copies. Many female readers were complaining for him, thinking that Zhixing was not worthy of Mr. Qianfeng.

That's all, they even recommended themselves and even wrote love poems to him...

At dinner, Xu Shaoting complained about these letters to his family members, Xu Yanran and Zhenzhen couldn't help but not read them, Zhang Shi also showed a different look when he heard it.

Those two went to Xu Shaoting's bedroom to look for love letters and poems, and Mrs. Zhang asked as if talking to herself at the dining table: "You will be seventeen by the end of the year."

Xu Shaoting didn't understand the implication, he pretended to be stupid and asked in a daze: "What month and date was I born?"

Mrs. Zhang glanced at him strangely: "My birthday is December [-]th, and the lunar calendar is October [-]th."

Xu Shaoting then changed the subject: "I don't know Xu Huaiqing... when will father come back."

---

Xu Huaiqing called earlier and said, "I'll be back soon."

Later, when he called again, he said, "The return date is uncertain."

Just let everyone in the family not to worry, but it also changed from one call a day to once a week.

As for the scandal and gossip between Zhixing and Qian Fengmingyue, it has died down after the past week, except that there are some surprises. For example, Zhixing's two novels "Spring Breeze" and "Chasing the Sun" have been reprinted by more newspapers and magazines. Naturally, the remittance slip was also sent to Xu Shaoting, which gave him an extra 1000 yuan in manuscript fees.

In addition, the editor-in-chief of "Today's Literature" also brought him good news. Three publishing houses wanted to buy the publishing rights of "The Man Who Chased the Sun".

After the extra troubles caused by writing subsided, Xu Shaoting counted several small coffers, and he already had a deposit of 5000 yuan. Converted to the purchasing power of future generations, it can be equivalent to [-] yuan or more. It's just the payment brought in by writing for two months.

Money is not everything, but it does bring a lot of motivation to people's hard work. After checking the small treasury, Xu Shaoting's indescribable mood improved slightly because of this unexpected incident caused by plagiarism that turned into gossip among the whole people.

He himself said to himself: "Why do writers care too much about the voices of the outside world? If you don't see it, it doesn't exist. I just write novels well. No matter what time it is, the most important thing for a writer is always his work."

Because he also deeply understands that readers are ruthless. He can leave you just because of how much he likes a novel, and also leave you because your next novel is not good-looking or does not suit his taste. What's more, it will leave a negative/negative/comment/comment on your next novel.

When Shaoting first started writing online novels, he always thought that the author and readers were a different kind of friendship. After all, even as a "commodity", novels are also a very special "commodity", which involves cultural and spiritual aspects, and even about the relationship between the author and readers. Mutual expression of values.

But in fact, it is not a good thing for the author and the reader to get too close. The output and reception of values ​​​​are two-way.

Some people have debated whether the author should listen to the voices of the outside world. The answer given by many authors is: write according to your own heart, and don't be influenced by the voices of the outside world.

According to Xu Shaoting's own knowledge, some online writers have listened to readers' suggestions, and their grades have improved, while others have worse grades...

There is also a master author, who saves the full text of the manuscript for publication. This is a typical reader who does not care about the comments. He has achieved the highest level of self-expression in writing.

So at the end of October, the first volume of "The Way of the Great Dao" ended, and readers saw Mr. Qianfeng Mingyue, who has never written anything except knowledge and practice. At the end of this volume, he wrote such a paragraph— —

What I have experienced this month is really the first time in my life. It is impossible to say that I am not afraid in my heart. I have also thought about it a lot. The last paragraph is for you:

Thank you very much for liking this novel, and I can also understand the curiosity about what kind of person the author is because of liking, and because of this liking, I imagined a nearly perfect character design.

But frankly speaking, I don’t like socializing, I hardly ever go out, and I seldom interact with people, so I’m always so reticent that it’s almost boring. Being friends with me is probably very boring.When I was bored, I picked up my hobby of writing novels again. I didn't expect to achieve such a result, and it was really beyond my expectations.

In addition to being pleasantly surprised, I just want to tell everyone that please pay more attention to my works. As for the person who wrote the work-the egg is eaten in his mouth, why should he care about whether the hen that lays the egg is beautiful or not? [1]

A Thousand Winds and Bright Moons was written on 1927.10.28

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