Chapter 167 Infernal Affairs (6000 words)

Chapter 167 Infernal Affairs (6000 words)

A week has passed since Ningchun Banquet issued the strictest silence order to Lu Qingxuan, and the day for the postgraduate examination has arrived as scheduled.

The examination center of Nanjing University is in the Chongwen Building of the school. Lu Qingxuan applied for the position of invigilator because of his status as the president of the student union (the invigilator can receive a stipend of 480 yuan for one day).

But at this time she was worrying about another thing.

Let’s not talk about that incident first, let’s talk about the so-called “strictest silence order”: since they witnessed the tragic situation of contemporary novel authors when they were creating, in line with the principle that family scandals should not be made public, Ning Chunyan warned the colleagues who went with them not to tell this matter. Everyone kept silent and never spread it.

It is naturally impossible for Chen Qingluo to tell anyone, so this gag order only targets Lu Qingxuan alone. Naturally, Lu Qingxuan didn't want to mention this matter. She even wanted time to wash away her memory like a waterfall.

However, when she dreamed about it at midnight, the image of a naked man wearing adult diapers still often appeared in front of her eyes. She always got up and sat on the bed for a long time, and it was difficult to calm down.

However, her main headache at this time was another thing, a thing about Du Kezhu.

Du Kezhu’s popularity is quite high. His popularity within the Academy of Liberal Arts is roughly between that of Haruki Murakami and Bob Dylan.

Her most famous deed is that she gave an outstanding student representative speech with pink hair on her head at the freshman opening ceremony. Since then, according to incomplete statistics, more than 26 boys have publicly confessed to her, and countless more have confessed privately.

Lu Qingxuan has always regarded her as his opponent.

This opponent is not a rival in love, nor does it involve any specific aspect of competition. "Considering someone as an opponent" is Lu Qingxuan's way of survival.

She regards Du Kezhu as an opponent worthy of surpassing in the broad sense of "excellence". She has been pushing herself in this way since junior high school. In other words, Dukezhu is her whetstone.

Her mentality towards her previous opponents is very subtle: she neither wants her opponents to be too good, making it impossible for her to catch up; nor does she want her opponents to collapse at the first touch, causing her to lose the fun of catching up. She always maintains a distant relationship with her opponents, flying birds and herrings, spring trees and dusk clouds.

The most important thing is: once you decide on your opponent, you cannot change it at will.

Changing your opponent is like cheating in a game. It will destroy all the rules and fun of the game and make your past persistence become a meaningless obsession. She only changes opponents after "beating" them.

As her 8th opponent, Du Kezhu had a tendency to disappoint her some time ago - first he lost his attitude towards learning, and then he took a long leave of absence for unknown reasons. She was thinking that this opponent's shelf life was running out, but a bolt from the blue brought her game to the verge of collapse.

A few days ago, she met Duan Xiaosang under the introduction of Zhao Peilin.

Duan Xiaosang is a well-known book editor and marketer. Her reputation is equally as infamous as her reputation. Her ability to create hot topics and provoke controversy is equally amazing, and she has always maintained a good relationship with Lu Qingxuan's cousin.

When Zhao Peilin found her, he told her that Duan Xiaosang proposed something very tempting to him but he was unwilling to do it, so he recommended the person who had the ability to do it - her - to Duan Xiaosang.

Lu Qingxuan was shocked after listening to Duan Xiaosang’s opening remarks:

“Is Du Kezhu not the emperor?!”

She used to read Fei Tianzi’s books with fascination, and imagined what kind of person the author was. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be her classmate, and he was also Du Kezhu.

“The key point is the last name.” Duan Xiaosang tapped the table with his fingers, “Innocent Poet, this is the ID she used in Wen Huan.”

Lu Qingxuan frowned: "Wen Yan? In my impression, isn't that a... software for talking about sex?"

"Yes."

"Girls can do it too?"

"Why not? "

Lu Qingxuan added nervously: "This matter must not be known to the students in the school."

Duan Xiaosang smiled: "I am not interested in ruining a student's reputation. What I care about is the person behind her, the little prince."

Lu Qingxuan showed a puzzled look, and Duan Xiaosang said: "The little prince is Wen Yan's behind-the-scenes script writer. In other words, Du Kezhu, as Wen Yan's head speech therapist, must know the little prince."

Lu Qing Xuan asked: "What do you want to do?"

"I want to get to know the little prince."

Lu Qingxuan tilted her head and thought about it, and said to herself, no wonder Zhao Peilin didn't want to get involved in this matter. It was very difficult just to confess to Du Kezhu about Wen Ming, let alone ask her to reveal the little prince.

“If you want to schedule an interview or something with the little prince, you can contact our magazine. Our editor-in-chief of Ning Chunyan knows him, and our magazine’s editor Wang Zixu can also contact him.”

Duan Xiaosang laughed at her naivety: "How could such a thing be revealed to your magazine? You are Xiao Mengyin's cousin. Let me be honest with you. I want to bring the little prince to our company and make him a new generation of best-selling author."

"Isn't this bad? The little prince himself is unwilling to reveal his true identity."

" It doesn’t matter, this setting is very good, and we can create a number of hot spots around this setting. The key is that we have to connect with him, sign a contract, and make an agreement. Once the cooperation is established, how to package it is a matter later. " Lu Qingxuan said again: "Do we have to cooperate with the little prince? Why not cooperate with the emperor directly? "

Duan Xiaosang said: "She is indeed a talent worth exploring, but I have contacted her personally. The copyrights of her past works are in the hands of the platform, and her writing style is not suitable for physical publishing. Her potential is limited. The real big fish is still the little prince."

Lu Qingxuan's heart rate accelerated a little, and she asked cautiously: "I heard , is it true that the copyright of a book called Fei Tianzi was sold for 800,000 yuan? ” Duan Xiaosang laughed: “What is 800,000 yuan? If the little prince signs a contract with our company, it will be no problem to sell the copyright for 8 million yuan. Have you seen his "Lost in the Sky"? There are already no less than three producers asking me about the copyright. ”

Lu Qingxuan said: "The copyright of "Missing Kong Zhan" belongs to the little prince himself, and our magazine is only responsible for publishing it."

"I know. Otherwise, the person sitting in your seat should be Ning Chunyan." After Duan Xiaosang finished speaking, he lowered his voice, "We judge that the copyright of "Missing Kong Zhan" can be sold. To 1.5 million. "

"That's just a short story of less than 30,000 words!" "That's right, this is the short story."

Lu Qingxuan was stunned.

Duan Xiaosang added: "I heard from Xiao Meng that you also want to take the publishing route?"

Lu Qingxuan’s expression was a little sad and angry. Who is studying literature and doesn’t have a dream of publishing? Of course she wanted to. But after learning that Du Kezhu was not the emperor, she suddenly felt that her dream was a joke.

Her opponents have already become famous and have families through writing, but her dream is just a dream. Duan Xiaosang's question was a humiliation for her.

Duan Xiaosang knew something about her expression and smiled slightly: "If you help me this time, I can help you recommend your future works to magazines for publication."

A figure wearing adult diapers flashed through Lu Qingxuan's mind: "Really? We have an editor at the magazine. Shi Tonghe helped him recommend magazines, but all of them were rejected."

Duan Xiaosang smiled: "Are you talking about the author surnamed Wang? He was tricked and offended someone who shouldn't be offended. The guarantee I give you is to ensure that you will not be in such an embarrassing situation. You see, how hurtful it is to have your manuscript rejected twice? It directly led to the loss of this year's Fei Shi, and even unable to find a magazine to publish."

Lu Qingxuan said harshly out of the principle of protecting her own people: "That's not necessarily the case."

Duan Xiaosang added: "Sister Sang, I still have certain connections in the industry, and my guarantee is very valuable. As long as you can do me this favor, no matter whether it succeeds or not, I can guarantee that you will publish a manuscript in a core journal. If I contact the little prince, I can also guarantee that you will publish a manuscript in a first-class core journal."

After saying that, she winked at her again: "Besides, are you really not curious about the identity of the little prince?"

Lu Qingxuan was silent.

Regarding this question, the answer is curiosity. She was very curious.

Although she has always behaved as cold as ice plums, like the cold moon overcoming frost and snow, and like the jade dragon on the top of Kilimanjaro that remains unchanged forever. But the curiosity inside her burned like fire.

When people talk about her work, they often ask with envy, if you work at the "New Appreciation" magazine, you must be able to meet the little prince, right?

She always answered with a slight smile, no. Not only can't I, I can't even speak.

"But at least you have a chance to communicate with the other party about the manuscript." People say.

People envy her for working in the place closest to the little prince in the world, and admire her calmness about this privilege. In fact, how could she not be curious at all?

As the student president of the School of Liberal Arts at NTU, she could easily get the opportunity to intern at September and Modern magazines, but she chose New Awards partly because of the little prince.

Lu Qingxuan promised Duan Xiaosang to think about it, but Duan Xiaosang asked her to think about it quickly, otherwise she would have to find someone else.

This decision was very difficult for Lu Qingxuan.

She always felt that she felt sorry for Ning Chunyan by leaking the information about the little prince. After all, the little prince was our top author. If someone poached him, he might have less energy to contribute to our society.

Duan Xiaosang also knew this, so he would rather bypass the Ningchun Banquet and start with Du Kezhu.

But she finally convinced herself: if she succeeded, she could contact the little prince harmlessly. She can tell the little prince that Duan Xiaosang has offered him an olive branch, and it is up to him to decide whether he is willing to accept it.

If he is not willing, she will never betray his contact information.

After waiting for a few days, she got a good opportunity. Postgraduate examinations are usually held in our school, with three examiners in one classroom. There are not enough faculty and staff in our school to sign up, and students also have the opportunity to take the exam, so she has a few places on her hands.

She lobbied for an opportunity to invigilate the exam for Du Kezhu in the college (this was not easy, after all, the teachers still remembered the pink color on her head), and in the name of the college, she forced Du Kezhu to participate in the invigilation of the exam (this was not easy, after all, her personality was super deviant).

After some work, things turned out to be the case. She specially arranged for Du Kezhu to be in the same examination room as herself. By creating an opportunity to be alone, she had a greater chance of getting something out of her mouth.

The day before the exam, Diao Yiwen called her:

"Xiao Lu, are you at school? Can you help me look at the exam room."

Lu Qingxuan responded enthusiastically : "Okay, I'll take a look at it for you and Brother Wang Zixu."

Diao Yiwen said, "Sorry to trouble you. But can you contact Wang Zixu?"

"Uh..." Lu Qingxuan was speechless.

She really can’t. Everyone was even worried that he would die like this, but Chen Qingluo would not let anyone disturb his retreat.

She said that this is nirvana for writers. According to Prajna Paramita, the mind has no worries, and there are no worries, so there is no fear, and it is far away from upside down dreams and the ultimate nirvana, Amitabha Amitabha.

Lu Qingxuan doesn’t understand very well.

Diao Yiwen complained a little bit: "He is stunned. The situation this year has been so bad. Isn't it better to give up and wait for next year? Do we have to send out the manuscript this year? If he fails to review well and fails in the exam again, I will see what he will do."

Lu Qingxuan said weakly: "The editor-in-chief believes in him."

"Of course Chen Qingluo believes in him, I have always doubted..." Diao Yiwen's mind flashed to the scene of Chen Qingluo blocking Wang Zixu at the Xihe Literary Society, "Forget it. It's nothing."

Lu Qingxuan said: "I think he will pass the exam. Although he passed the exam, he has a good foundation and knows literary knowledge better than me."

Diao Yiwen said: "I hope he will go well."

This is a scene.

Even the border shepherd of Lu Qingxuan’s family could hear the perfunctory tone in her tone.

Anyway, she felt that Wang Zixu would not be able to go smoothly next. She can imagine his situation next:

If he fails to pass the exam, he will become the laughing stock of Shi Shuqiu and his gang in the hospital; if he passes the exam, he will also become the laughing stock - because his manuscript was rejected twice in a row and failed to be nominated by Fei Shi. Since ancient times, the top name in the Xihe Literary Society has not suffered such humiliation.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Qingxuan went out to help Diao Yiwen look at the examination room. In front of the seat number plate at the entrance of Chongwen Building, I saw a green head floating over.

"Du... Du Kezhu." Lu Qingxuan greeted her awkwardly, "What a coincidence."

"Yeah . ”

After learning about Du Kezhu’s vest, Lu Qingxuan suddenly didn’t know how to get along with her, but because of her plans for tomorrow, she had to have a good relationship with her.

Du Kezhu didn’t care about her strangeness, he just nodded slightly, walked to the seat number notice board, raised his head and stared at it.

“Are you here to help look after the examination room too?” Lu Qingxuan asked, raising her eyebrows.

“Hmm.”

“You also have friends who will take the postgraduate entrance examination tomorrow?”

Du Kezhu looked back at her with doubts in his eyes.

Lu Qingxuan felt strange about the look in her eyes. She didn't understand what she said wrong.

But in fact, Du Kezhu was just measuring his relationship with the little prince, whether he could be considered a "friend" or not.

How to define their relationship? Teachers and students? Superior or subordinate? Master and slave? ?

“That’s right.” Du Kezhu said simply in the end.

"You come to the same examination room with me tomorrow, don't be late." Lu Qingxuan said, then she looked back at the notice board, "Ah, what a coincidence, Sister Yiwen and I are in the same examination room..."

“...Ah, Wang Zixu is also in the examination room.”

Du Kezhu turned his head and stared at her with strange eyes, which made her feel guilty.

“What, what’s wrong?” Lu Qingxuan asked somewhat staggeringly.

Du Kezhu was just curious: Why would Wang Zixu rather ask her to help him look at the examination room than ask such a useful Lu Qingxuan?

Du Kezhu asked bluntly: "How much do you know about Wang Zixu?"

"Well, I know a little bit...probably...to be precise, my understanding of him is only superficial. You ask me how superficial it is? Probably below clothes and above adult diapers. That level..."

Under Du Kezhu's aggressive gaze, Lu Qingxuan finally admitted: "Probably somewhere between the understanding of Orhan Pamuk and Han Jiang."

"That's just a complete lack of understanding."

"You can't say that...well, it's almost the same." Lu Qingxuan said, "Why do you ask this?"

"I didn't even tell you."

"What did you say?" Lu Qingxuan asked strangely.

Du Kezhu’s dark eyes shone with a strange luster. She said nothing, just patted her shoulder.

She has read "Missing Kong Zhan". She originally thought that the "New Appreciation" magazine published the works of the Little Prince, and Lu Qingxuan, the temporary editor, was among them (even sitting next to Wang Zixu himself) and should be an insider.

But judging from her performance, she seemed completely unaware.

How determined does a person have to be to hide the fact that he is the little prince when he is alone in such a fanatical environment?

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that the little prince was terrifyingly tough.

At the same time, she was also curious about what would happen when the identity of the little prince was revealed. Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Du Kezhu's lips.

With puzzled eyes, she drifted away.

…

The next day.

Postgraduate written examination day.

The inside of "Xin Shang" magazine was deserted.

Ning Chunyan asked: "Today is the exam day."

"Yeah." Chen Qingluo snorted.

“Xiao Wang and Xiao Diao both went to take the exam.”

“Yes.”

“Xiao Lu went to invigilate the exam.”

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“Hmm.”

“Should we recruit a few more people?”

“Recruiting.” Chen Qingluo said concisely and to the point.

But this couldn’t stop Ning Chunyan’s mouth. She added: "Do you want to go see them?"

“I’m not going.”

Ning Chunyan said, “I mean to cheer him up. What if Wang Zixu fails to pass the exam?”

“If he doesn’t pass the exam, just fire him. I can’t afford to lose this person.”

Ning Chunyan’s beauty turned pale and said: “He voted 8 for me. 00,000, how dare I quit him?”

“Give it back to him”

“How can I have the money?”