When Lin Juanjuan returned home, it was already past midnight. This was not too late for him. Sometimes, he even had to start from 9 pm the previous night and not get home until seven or eight o'clock the next morning.

Lin Juanjuan took off his shoes from his feet at the entrance, changed into slippers and walked in. He took a bottle of Paris water from the refrigerator, unscrewed the lid and drank it.

He sat on the sofa in the middle of the living room, looking at the figure placed on the left side of the TV wall, with a tall man in a maid outfit, and smiled and said, "Wife, I'm back."

Although Lin Juanjuan couldn't wait to respond, he had his own fun. He looked at the Ram figure placed on the right side of the TV wall, which was also tall and tall, and was wearing maid outfits, but he didn't say anything.

Even if Rem and Ram are twin sisters, they have different differences. The most important point is that Rem, as a sister, has bigger breasts than his sister Ram. As a man, what about cute girls who don’t like big breasts?

Even though it was getting late, Lin Juanjuan was not sleepy at all. He leaned his back on the sofa cushion and began to think about his own affairs in his head.

Wang Xiaobo's short story "A Pig with Independent Special" has not only been written down by him, but has also been printed out.

Tomorrow morning, he will submit it to the "Selected Novels" in the form of express delivery. As for whether it can be published, he has no idea.

Even if it is not in this parallel world today, the short story "A Pig with Independent Special" is not one of Wang Xiaobo's representative works.

If it is rejected, it seems not surprising. Wang Xiaobo’s most representative novel work is also the novella "Golden Age" that literary scholars talk about.

Lin Juanjuan is a literary youth. Not only has he read most of Wang Xiaobo's works, but he is also clear about the other party's writing characteristics and black humor.

On the surface, it seems to be inappropriate, but in fact it reflects all kinds of misfortunes and pains from that special era.

Lin Juanjuan thought of this and stopped, holding the bottle containing Paris water in his right hand, and put it in front of his mouth. He raised his head and drank it a big sip.

After a moment, his head began to turn again. If the short story "A Pig of Independent Special" was adopted by "Selected Novels", his next short story would still be Wang Xiaobo's work.

In fact, the reason is very simple. The writing style needs to be consistent. So he will choose Wang Xiaobo's representative short story "The Silent Most".

Lin Juan suddenly said to himself with a lot of emotion: "Fortunately I don't have to worry about my livelihood."

He knew very well that even if the works submitted were adopted, they would not be published immediately. It would be normal to wait for one or two months.

An unknown writer like myself will naturally not be allowed to pay the manuscript fee in advance. It will only be possible unless you can gain a certain reputation.

Of course, he did not have too high expectations for the royalties. At best, this is 100 or 200 yuan per thousand words. There is still a long way to go to get to 100 yuan per word.

Lin Juanjuan also knew very well. Even if one word is one yuan, it is not the highest for pure literary works. There are still five yuan or ten yuan per word. It is just a rare existence.

Writers who can get N yuan per word royalty often have a very well-known existence. Even if they have not read any of their works, they have more or less heard of the other party's name.

Works written by a novice writer who has no fame and has no reputation can be published by the national publication "Selected Novels", which represents a kind of success.

In addition, the number of words in a short story is not large, and it is calculated at 200 yuan per thousand words. If you get it, it will only cost a few hundred yuan.

Therefore, both ancient and modern, both at home and abroad, those writers who have become famous by a short story have not completely improved their personal quality of life.

Even Dostoevsky, a world-class writer and literary master, represented the depth of Russian literature, became famous by relying on his own novella "The Poor" in his letter-style, but he still did not get rid of his poor life.

His work "The Poor" was not written at one time and was published, but was serialized in the journal "Petersburg Collection".

The era in which Dostoevsky lived was not only in Russia, but also in the world, for pure literary works, an era where many masters emerged.

Lin Juanjuan suddenly had a self-deprecating smile and began to say to himself: "In this era in which pure literature has long declined.

Not only in their own country, but also in developed capitalist countries in Europe and the United States, the number of writers engaged in pure literature is decreasing every year.

Even if aspiring young people want to pursue a lifelong career as a writer, they generally choose to take the path of popular novels, after all, the audience is wider.

Once you write a bestseller, it can not only bring fame, but also bring considerable wealth, and it is no problem to change your destiny.

The most typical representative of writers is JK Rowling. When she first contributed to "Harry Potter", it was a pure literary work.

The editor felt that this way of writing would not have a market, so she completely changed it to the way of writing popular novels. This change became popular all over the world.

Before JK Rowling became famous, she was a single mother who relied on receiving government relief funds. Not only that, he was also ridiculed by an editor and asked her to sign up for a writing training class."

Lin Juanjuan sighed heavily. He knew very well that this was the self-exposed of a famous writer. Writers who have not become famous have to endure more things.

Not only is there spiritual pressure, but also the most basic material needs for survival. Being a writer is simple, and investing in extremely small cognition is extremely ridiculous.

The biggest investment is opportunity cost. Some writers are unfamiliar during their lifetime and become famous after death. Herman Melville, the writer of "Blue Whale", is widely regarded as one of the pinnacles of American literature.

British writer Maugham believes that his "Blue Whale" is one of the top ten literary masterpieces in the world, and his literary history status is even higher than that of Mark Twain and others. Melville is also known as the "Shakespeare" in the United States.

Franz Kafka was unknown and struggled alone during his lifetime. As time passed, his value gradually became known to people. His works caused shock to the world and formed a "Kafka" fever around the world, which lasted forever.

Kenji Miyazawa had no reputation during his lifetime. The fairy tale "Crossing the Snowfield" was the only work he received during his lifetime. It was published in the magazine "Patriotic Women". Today's RB literary world has regarded him as a god-like existence.
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