Chapter 96

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"Hey? Whose letter is this?" Huang Wenfeng glanced at the letter Li Tangqiu was holding, which was from the magazine Harvest and the Z City Evening News, and asked.

"It's Xiao Fei's letter," Li Tangqiu replied, his eyes fixed on the envelope from Harvest.

"Could it be that Xiao Fei submitted something to Harvest?" Huang Wenfeng asked again.

Harvest is one of the few literary magazines in the country that sells well. Apart from the Novel Monthly, no other literary magazine can match its circulation and retail sales.

Moreover, the Novel Monthly is a selection magazine, not an original one.

In this era, there are hardly any young people with a bit of literary flair who haven't been influenced by Harvest. Huang Wenfeng, of course, has read Harvest.

He also knows the weight of Harvest in the domestic literary world. That's why he came over after spotting the Harvest envelope.

"I don't know," Li Tangqiu said. "But I don't think Xiao Fei's writing is good enough for Harvest. Xiao Fei only writes some reflections and essays, while Harvest publishes novels, works by famous domestic writers, and new literary talents. Even a slight drop in quality won't make it into this magazine. It's a rule passed down by Mr. Ba, and Harvest claims to publish only the best literary works!"

Li Tangqiu, of course, doesn't believe that Xiao Fei's work could be published in Harvest. That would be too incredible. In the entire Heyang County, apart from a few writers who have made it out, is there anyone who has been published in Harvest?

No!

Many writers in the province have spent their entire lives trying to get published in Harvest but have failed.

Li Tangqiu thought that Xiao Fei must have sent a suggestion letter to Harvest as a reader, and the editorial department picked it out from thousands of letters and replied.

Even this is quite rare.

"Oh." Huang Wenfeng walked away, saying no more.

Li Tangqiu looked at his watch; it was already the end of the second class. He originally just needed to hand the letters to the students, but now he decided to go to the class himself.

Li Tangqiu entered the classroom and distributed the letters.

After giving the other students their letters, he saw that Xiao Fei was still sitting in his seat, talking to Yan Zhang, and walked over, smiling, "Xiao Fei, you have a letter."

As he said this, he placed the two letters on the desk.

Yan Zhang saw Li Tangqiu come over, smiled awkwardly, and walked away from Xiao Fei, like a mouse seeing a cat.

Xiao Fei picked up the letters and glanced at them, seeing that they were from Harvest and the Z City Evening News. The one from Harvest was even marked as express mail. He thought it was probably a notice about his work being published.

What about the one from the Evening News?

It definitely wasn't a sample issue; if it were, it wouldn't be so thin. It must be that Liu Zelai wrote a letter about something.

Xiao Fei had written to Liu Zelai to change his mailing address before returning to school for a second year, and he had left the address for Harvest as Heyang No. 1 High School.

He didn't expect to receive letters at his new address so quickly.

"Take a look, what does the letter from Harvest say?" Li Tangqiu put down the letters and didn't leave, instead urging Xiao Fei with a smile.

It seemed that he wasn't planning to leave until his curiosity was satisfied.

Xiao Fei tore open the letter, took out the letter paper, and read it. It matched his expectations; it was a notice about his work being published.

This was an official notification.

It also meant that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he would soon be published in Harvest twice.

Xiao Fei sighed in relief and smiled.

"What's it about? It must be good news, right? You look so happy," Li Tangqiu said from the side.

This couldn't be hidden from Li Tangqiu and others. Once his work was published in Harvest, everyone would know. Xiao Fei didn't plan to keep it a secret; there was no point in being secretive.

Just as he was about to speak, Li Tangqiu said again,

"Ha ha! You must have written to Harvest with some suggestions, and they replied to you, right?" Li Tangqiu said, voicing his thoughts.

Since Li Tangqiu had said it, Xiao Fei changed his mind. If he said it himself, it might seem like he was showing off. He nodded vaguely in response.

Seeing Xiao Fei nod, Li Tangqiu smiled smugly, "Ha ha ha! I thought so. Xiao Fei, you're really lucky. The editorial department of Harvest receives hundreds or even thousands of letters every day. Getting a reply is harder than winning the lottery!"

Satisfied with his curiosity, Li Tangqiu walked away, laughing.

Xiao Fei put away the letter from Harvest, thinking about writing a thank-you note to Editor Cheng after class.

He tore open the letter from Liu Zelai and took out the contents.

Liu Zelai wrote that the literary publisher of Heyang Province (hereafter referred to as Heyang Province, and Z City as Zhongyuan City) was interested in the essays Xiao Fei had published in the Zhongyuan Evening News and wanted to publish a collection of his essays. Since the editor in charge was a college classmate of Liu Zelai, he asked Liu Zelai to help connect him with Xiao Fei and ask about Xiao Fei's intentions.

Liu Zelai said that the literary publisher of Heyang Province was very serious about publishing Xiao Fei's essay collection. In early September, his classmate from the publisher would visit Heyang and meet with Xiao Fei. If possible, they would sign the publishing agreement on the spot.

If it didn't work out, it was no problem; they could still become friends.

However, Liu Zelai advised Xiao Fei to entrust the publication of his essay collection to the literary publisher of Heyang Province, as it would be beneficial for his future growth and development.

The literary publisher of Heyang Province had promised that if the collection sold well, they would hold a special seminar for Xiao Fei, inviting renowned critics and writers from across the country to participate.

This would attract the attention of the domestic literary world to him.

Xiao Fei closed the letter, feeling very grateful to Liu Zelai. He was making a great effort to promote him.

The literary publisher of Heyang Province is the only large-scale publishing institution in the province dedicated to publishing literary works, but compared to publishers in other provinces, its current situation is not very good.

This is mainly because it hasn't published any significant works in recent years, leading to a significant decline in economic benefits.

Xiao Fei has more ambitious plans for the promotion of his works, but it's not impossible to entrust this essay collection to the literary publisher of Heyang Province.

Let's publish a book and see how it goes.

Also, building a good relationship with the literary publisher of Heyang Province will be useful when implementing his comprehensive plan in the future.

However, the current situation is: so far, he has only published about thirty essays, which is not enough for a book. A collection of essays like his, with each essay being about a thousand words, would need at least eighty to a hundred pieces to make a proper book.

Let's not worry about it for now; we'll see what happens when they come.

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