Chapter 633
Announcement
Chapter 633 Announcement
Time has passed the beginning of autumn, and August has arrived in the blink of an eye.
This is the season when fruits ripen and fall from the tree.
Yunxi Village, which is becoming increasingly prosperous, is in the best time of the year. The temperature is neither too hot nor too cold, the fruits and grains are ripe, and the gullies and hills are covered with shades of green. The autumn harvest has begun: picking red dates, harvesting rice, picking peanuts, and harvesting soybeans... everywhere is a scene of a lively and bustling rural landscape.
After returning to Jiangchuan, Zhang Yunqi has been idly staying in his hometown of Yunxi. Most of his life's ideals have long been realized; being a country bumpkin boss who just lazes around and does nothing seems to be his biggest ambition right now.
However, he only stayed idle for a few days before Jin Shengze and He Lin came all the way from Lijin to Yunxi Village to cause him trouble.
Today, Yunxi Village, which has embarked on a new development path of diversified rural asset and resource management, has become famous throughout the country. Of course, Yunxi Village is most renowned for being the first rural area in China to build a unified villa complex under a collective system.
Jin Shengze and He Lin were bored out of their minds during summer vacation, so they traveled all over the world. Naturally, they knew about Yunxi, which was a thriving new village in China that their roommate had built single-handedly. After returning to Lijin, they learned that Zhang Yunqi had gone back to his hometown, so they followed him there.
With the arrival of these two brothers, Zhang Yunqi's leisurely days became much richer. He would go boating and fishing in the Crescent Moon River, swim and catch crabs under the Guanyin Bridge, pick watermelons and roast corn in the fields, and in the evening, he would cook some farm-style dishes for himself, eat with Chu Jian, watch the sunset, talk about life ideals, chat about family matters, and occasionally kiss and roll around in bed. He was so happy that his penis was almost unable to get hard.
Their first meeting was before Zhang Yunqi returned to Jiangchuan.
This girl is devoted to literary creation. Her first novel, which took two years to complete, is nearing completion. She spent more than half a month in seclusion in the beautiful Yunxi Village, nestled among mountains and rivers, and finally finished the manuscript in early August.
The novel was titled "Red Girl".
Zhang Yunqi was naturally the first reader.
He read it very carefully. The opening of the final draft of "The Red Girl" reads: "The red sun also sprinkles white powder on the sewers. After the soul is ground in the mill of this world, it rises into the sky. The world is dark, and three white stars twinkle. A barefoot girl, about six years old, wade through the water and climbs the cliff, like a traveler, hesitating on the blade of light..."
Zhang Yunqi had to admit that the girl's writing was impressive, with a broad scope, beautiful imagery, yet a cold and aloof style, full of imagination and vitality.
Zhang Yunqi spent three days reading through the entire manuscript of more than 200,000 words. The plot was quite captivating, and he basically read it in one go.
This is a semi-autobiographical novel set against the backdrop of Chu Jian's childhood in Hongshan Lane. It showcases the folk customs and poetic beauty of the 90s. The stories are based on Chu Jian's own experiences, and while heartwarming, they also contain some sadness, questioning the various situations in the adult world and reflecting on the true meaning of life.
Zhang Yunqi also offered some suggestions for revisions to Chujian. Of course, he's not a literary professional, and his opinions stemmed more from a reader's intuition and the feelings of those around him. More than technique, he was probably concerned with whether the words truly carried the weight of what the girl wanted to say.
When Zhang Yunqi read this book, some familiar scenes and his own difficult childhood experiences reminded him of Li Yufei.
In fact, during these days, while he was with Chu Jian, he would often think of Li Yufei. This wasn't just a simple affair or prostitution, nor was it about keeping the wife at home while having affairs on the side. Now, both girls were like nails embedded in his life, nailed to the heart. The truth couldn't be hidden forever. The truth was hurtful, but deception hurt even more.
Zhang Yunqi had considered all sorts of possible consequences. Given Chu Jian's personality, the most likely outcome was that she would dump him.
Zhang Yunqi summoned Yang Jin back from Yanjing.
This girl has now worked both at the grassroots level and in high-level positions. He originally planned to send Yang Jin out to another post, giving her a chance to build her career. She is already the legal representative and chairman of Lianhua Yunjing Media, but now he has to give her another responsibility.
He planned to acquire Feng Yuannan's Chutian Culture, then invest five million to establish a book planning and operation company called Zijian Yinli Culture Media, to plan and operate Chujian's new book "Red Girl". Yang Jin would serve as the behind-the-scenes chairman of the company, and she would also be given the relationship with Sun Xiangyun, the director of the Yanjing Municipal Bureau of Culture. In addition, a professional manager would be hired to handle the front-end operations.
Zhang Yunqi originally thought Wang Xiaokai was a more suitable candidate for chairman. It wasn't that Xiaokai was particularly good at business, but rather that he, Chu Jian, and Li Yufei were old classmates and friends with an extremely good relationship. He was the best and most suitable person to handle this matter for him in Yanjing. However, this idiot was indeed sometimes a bit of a headache.
Establishing such a book planning company could satisfy his personal hobby. In his previous life, he enjoyed reading online novels. He planned to develop and expand WordGravity Culture Media, and once the internet was more mature, he could create an online novel website based on WordGravity. He'd gather all the top authors from Central China and have them write for him every day, updating 100,000 words daily, to make up for the damage done to his young heart by short-form authors in those years.
Of course, the main reason for establishing this company was still Chujian.
Although she might not accept his kindness at first meeting, ISBNs were indeed very difficult to obtain in the 90s. For a complete newcomer like her, getting published through the normal process would be an impossible task. There were plenty of cunning cultural swindlers out of money and sex, and countless cases of using the extremely scarce ISBNs to gradually lure young female writers with dreams of becoming writers into the abyss.
Zhang Yunqi entrusted these matters to Yang Jin. Yang Jin stayed in Jiangchuan for one night to visit her younger brother Yang Wei, and the next day she flew to Yanjing to prepare for the establishment of Zijian Gravity Culture Media.
The day after Yang Jin left, it suddenly started to rain.
Zhang Yunqi and Chu Jian were at Yunxi's house. The pattering rain outside the window added to the tranquility of the afternoon. Occasionally, a draft would gently lift the pages of a book on the coffee table. Chu Jian was engrossed in reading a manuscript when Zhang Yunqi, watching television, asked, "When are you planning to find a publisher?"
Chu Jian turned her head to the side, smiled and said, "Let's wait until we go back to Yanjing after school starts, then I'll revise the suggestions you gave me."
Zhang Yunqi laughed and said, "My opinion doesn't count in front of professional writers like you; it's just a reference. But the Hongshan Lane you wrote feels more real to me than the real Hongshan Lane. I really like the character of your younger sister, Chuxin."
Chu Jian put down the red pen, leaned against Zhang Yunqi's chest, touched his slightly cool cheek, and said, "Your opinion is the most important, because in this story, there is the sky that your eyes have seen."
Just then, the phone rang.
Zhang Yunqi lowered his head and kissed the lips of their first meeting, then took out his phone and answered. Chunlan's voice immediately came from the other end: "Second brother, I have my college entrance exam results."
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(End of this chapter)