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062 [Big Trouble]

The next morning, Xia Tian took a car to Ming Pao Building on Hong Kong Island with Chen Yixin.

Because they live in Qingshui Bay, New Territories, and Ming Pao Building is located in Chai Wan, Hong Kong Island, it takes several reversals and has to squeeze with many people, which is really a bit miserable.

"Brother Tian, ​​it would be great if you took Cheng Long's car that day. We don't have to work so hard to squeeze the bus." Chen Yixin said with a bitter face. He was accidentally pushed by someone when he got on the bus, but his leg hit the guardrail. It's still hurting so much now.

"Is it so easy to take advantage of others? You think they are fools and give you a car for no reason." Xia Tian curled his lips. He didn't believe that there would be such a good thing as a pie falling from the sky. If one day a pie falling from the sky really happens, it would be a trap, not a pie.

"It's a problem to squeeze the bus like this every day." Chen Yixin frowned. It's really hard to take a bus from New Territories to Hong Kong Island for at least 40 minutes.

In comparison, their previous transportation was great. They walked straight to work and arrived in a short time. It was simple and convenient.

"Or, Brother Tian, ​​let's go back and rent a room on Hong Kong Island?" he suddenly suggested.

"Stop dreaming. The houses on Hong Kong Island are very expensive, a 30-square-meter small house costs two or three thousand yuan. I have paid all my royalties for shares. If the magazine is not profitable, I will not even have the shame to receive a monthly salary. How can I still have the money to rent a house in Hong Kong Island?" Xia Tian waved his hand.

"Besides, what should we do if we live in Hong Kong Island? Should we let her move with us and take the bus to school every morning?" Xia Tian asked again.

"Well, let's work harder, don't let her make trouble." Chen Yixin waved his hands repeatedly when he heard this. He couldn't bear to ask Xia Xue to squeeze into the bus to school every morning.

...

As he spoke all the way, he came to Ming Pao Building.

Xia Tian first took Chen Yixin to meet Jin Yong, and then took him to the third floor to find the newly established Fantasy World Magazine.

The paint on the sign hanging in front of the door has not dried yet.

Ren Wanying was taking people to pack up the tables and chairs. When she saw Xia Tian coming, she couldn't help but smile and greeted, "President, I'm so active when I go to work on the first day! I've come so early, I've given us a surprise inspection."

"How dare I? Sister Wanying. I know you are busy, so I brought someone to help." Xia Tian smiled, "This is Chen Yixin, my good brother, and he will be a member of our magazine in the future." He then introduced everyone to Chen Yixin one by one.

When everyone saw that the magazine was first opened, they stuffed their own people into the club in summer, and their faces were inevitably a little strange.

Chen Yixin is younger than Xia Tian, ​​and obviously doesn't understand the matter of the magazine. If you stuff such a person in it, isn't it nepotism or random things? What if he relies on Xia Tian's relationship, what should he do? Moreover, the magazine has just opened and the funds are limited. If one more person is to get a job, wouldn't it force the magazine to be finished early?

"A Tian, ​​the magazine was just founded today, and you can't wait to stuff people in? What if he does something random?" Ren Wanying didn't want to see Xia Tian make a mistake, so she quietly gave him an opinion.

Xia Tian blinked, "Don't worry, Sister Wanying, I'm watching him, and I guarantee he won't do anything randomly. Moreover, my brother has a good personality and is not the kind of person who is lazy and careless, so you can rest assured."

"Oh, okay, since you praise him so much, I believe you. But others are not as easy to talk to me. If you do it, please explain it to everyone so as not to arouse their dissatisfaction." Ren Wanying reminded again. She is Xia Tian's assistant and has the obligation to give him advice and assist him in doing a good job in the magazine.

Xia Tian nodded and deliberately said to Ren Wanying, "Sister Wanying, Yixin's position is considered an intern, so there is no need to arrange his specific position. In addition, his salary does not have to be taken from the magazine, I will just send it to him."

When everyone heard him say this, their faces looked a little better. Since they were just interns, they did not occupy positions, and did not receive salaries from magazines, it didn't matter.

Seeing that everyone looked at him with repulsive eyes, Chen Yixin couldn't help but blush with embarrassment when he heard Xia Tian say this.

"Brother Tian, ​​if you ask me to start as an intern, then you still have to be a younger brother?" Chen Yixin said a little aggrievedly. He worked as an assistant lighting teacher at Shaw Brothers for more than two years, and finally he was about to make a comeback. Unexpectedly, he came to the magazine to be a younger brother again, which really made him unable to accept.

"I'm afraid of anything, even I want to be a younger brother." Xia Tian glared at him and said, "No matter what, this is all about working in the office, being decent and clean, isn't it better than if you are wearing a stinky sweat in the studio?"

Chen Yixin was stunned and nodded. Of course, working in the office is better than being in a studio. The wind cannot blow, the rain cannot drip, and it is comfortable and easy to make money.

"But I'm afraid I can't do it myself." Chen Yixin frowned and said.

He did not graduate from high school and his education level was not high. After dropping out of school, he joined Shaw Brothers as an assistant lighting teacher. He had no other skills except lighting. Now he suddenly asked him to join a magazine, but he really didn't know what he could do.

"It doesn't matter. If you don't know how to do it, just look more and learn more. Start with the basics and study hard, and you can always learn something." Xia Tian encouraged him, "When I first entered Shaw Brothers to learn to be a lighting teacher, those masters would not teach you step by step immediately. You have been serving tea and water, but it took more than a year to learn the skills."

"So don't be inferior or proud. Keep learning from the basics. I have confidence in you." Xia Tian patted his shoulder and said.

After hearing what he said, Chen Yixin nodded solemnly.

...

Chen Yixin heard Xia Tian's words last night and thought that after joining the magazine, he would become the "second president" who was inferior to everyone and above everyone else.

But dreams are beautiful, reality is cruel. I didn’t expect that I would start with the most basic intern, which made it difficult for him to accept for a while.

But after being taught by Xia Tian, ​​Chen Yixin began to calm down, change his mind, and start with his younger brother down-to-earth.

He first helped Ren Wanying and others clean up the office, and then took the initiative to make tea and water. After running, people felt that this young man was very real.

At first, everyone was a little hostile to him, but later they changed their impression.

After packing up the office, it was already noon. Xia Tian sent Chen Yixin out to buy lunch boxes, and everyone settled the lunch in the office.

"President, our magazine has been officially established today. I think the work must get on track as soon as possible." Tang Congsheng said while eating.

Xia Tian nodded, "I'm just thinking that way. I think after dinner, let's hold a meeting to discuss the first issue."

Everyone nodded.

After eating, we all entered the summer office together.

The whole magazine has only two rooms, only Xia Tian has an office, while the other four have to be squeezed together.

Chen Yixin took the initiative to bring everyone the brewed tea, and then sat in the corner in a proper manner, making people nodded when they saw it.

"Everyone, I don't know much about running a magazine. I still need to listen to your opinions on how to produce it." Xia Tian said with a smile, "I would like to give you advice."

"No problem. To run a magazine, the first thing to solve is the manuscript problem. Our magazine mainly promotes fantasy novels. But as far as I know, there are currently no other works except the book "The Mingyue of Qin" written by you, President." Tang Congsheng said in a speech.

"An 70-page literary magazine requires at least one novella of 100,000 words, a long serial of 25,000 words, and eight to nine short stories." Tang Congsheng said again, "Now we only have one novel, and we can't get a magazine at all. But I can call a few familiar writers and ask them for a draft."

Xia Tian nodded. Without a manuscript, it is indeed the biggest problem. It is hard for a good cook to cook without rice!

"Okay, let's put the manuscript in advance, and I can't even get anxious." He said, "Is there anything else left?"

"Well, the rest is easy to handle. Our magazine can use the Mingpao Group's printing factory to print, and use the Mingpao Group's channels to promote and sell." Tang Congsheng explained again.

"Okay, since that's the case, let's go and do your own thing." Xia Tian clapped his hands and smiled, "Editor Tang, you have to worry more about the manuscript."

"Okay, President." Tang Congsheng nodded.

...

After everyone left, Xia Tian took out the manuscript of "The Ming Yue of Qin" and continued to write it down.

"It would be great if the magazines published all novels, so I don't have to worry about the manuscript." He said to himself while writing.

He has never read the fantasy novels in the novella. The online novels he read start at least one million words. Fantasy novels of one hundred thousand words are not enough for him to get stuck in his teeth. Therefore, he has no way to solve this problem now.

Xia Tian had just written more than two thousand words when the door of his office was suddenly pushed open.

Xia Tian was stunned and raised his head, and saw Tang Congsheng running in from outside with a look of panic on his face, "President, it's not good, things are in trouble!"

"If you have something, sit down and say slowly, don't worry." Although being disturbed by him made Xia Tian a little dissatisfied, seeing Tang Congsheng's sweating profusely made him unable to bear to blame him anymore.

Tang Congsheng sat down and was about to speak, when the others heard the movement, they all came in curiously.

"If you want to hear it, come in and don't stand at the door." Xia Tian said speechlessly, and then asked Tang Congsheng, "Editor Tang, what's going on, come on, tell me slowly."

"President, I'm in trouble now. I called those writers and friends to make an appointment for manuscripts, but I didn't expect that they would be rejected. If we don't have manuscripts, everything will be over." Tang Congsheng sighed and said.

After hearing what he said, everyone present couldn't help but change their faces.

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