sovbooks 12: Submission
12: Submission
Zhou Ning occasionally sensed the change in the relationship between the two, but he didn't pay it any mind.
She believed in Han Wen, and of course, Han Wen was completely worthy of her trust.
Besides, Zhou Ning has no right to interfere in his private affairs, especially matters of the heart.
Because they are just business partners, not siblings, friends, or lovers.
"I wonder what kind of girlfriend Han Wen will find in the future?" Zhou Ning would sometimes think to herself. "Being his girlfriend would be so happy and joyful. He's so handsome, and so gentle and considerate."
Unfortunately, she herself had never been in a relationship or had a boyfriend, so how could she possibly understand these things?
Han Wen naturally had no idea what Zhou Ning was thinking, nor did he have the time or energy to worry about such things.
He now devotes all his time and energy to making money, and when he has a spare moment, he spends it revising his manuscripts.
In his past life, these manuscripts never had the chance to be published, which was indeed a lifelong regret and pain for Han Wen.
In this life, his writing experience from his previous life, combined with his decades of experience reading online novels, has made him quite skilled.
At this point, when he went back to revise and polish his work, he found it much easier.
However, revising and polishing a manuscript of three novels and four short stories, totaling nearly a million words, is no easy task.
In particular, "People in Cave Villages" (over 300,000 words) and "Orphanage" (over 200,000 words) are huge projects.
There's also a book called "Single-Parent Family," which is nearly 200,000 words long and is no small task.
Han Wen was too busy to handle everything at once, so he had to revise and polish the four short stories first.
The first book is "Mom," which he wrote for his mother; the second book is "Goodbye Ideals," which is about a teenager's ideals and pursuits; the third book is "Little Friends," which is about his life experiences in elementary school; and the last book is "Where Are We," a fictional story about him and his junior high school classmates getting lost while playing in the mountains.
Han Wen spent more than ten days revising the four manuscripts and submitted "Mother" to People's Literature; "Goodbye Ideal" to Children's Literature; "Little Friends" to Juvenile Literature; and "Where Are We" to Songhu City's Story Club.
After finishing all that, Han Wen went on to revise three other novels, working almost non-stop.
Moreover, in order to speed up the process, he moved downstairs at night and switched sleeping places with Gu Amei.
Gu Amei stayed in the shop every day, so she naturally understood what Han Wen was busy with. She was surprised and impressed by his hard work.
If you're talking about a workaholic, then Han Wen is definitely a workaholic. Both of them are fearless when they get busy, so they're evenly matched.
Birds of a feather flock together. It must be said that Han Wen and Gu Amei really did find common ground and mutual respect during this period.
In order to prevent Han Wen from exhausting himself, Gu Amei showed him even more care and concern in their daily lives.
Besides her work, she meticulously prepared meals for Hanwen during the day, served him tea and water, and even did his laundry and folded his blankets.
In the evenings, she would find opportunities and excuses to come to Hanwen's side and chat with him.
Give him a massage on his shoulders and back to help him relax.
"Little Plum, I'm not an official from ancient times, and you're not a maidservant. There's no need for you to take such good care of me."
Besides, no matter how good you are to me, I won't reward you.
Han Wen always felt helpless at this point.
"You heartless bastard!" Gu Amei couldn't help but laugh, her whole body trembling, exuding a fierce aura: "Brother Han, it's my choice, it's none of your business. What, you dare to refuse!"
"No, no, I wouldn't dare," Han Wen pleaded immediately. "Please, heroine, have mercy and don't break the bones in my body."
Although both of them are from the Southwest Province, they are not from the same place. Therefore, their personalities are different.
Gu Amei is the kind of feisty, outspoken, and bold girl. Han Wen, on the other hand, is the kind of optimistic, carefree, and handsome young man.
"It's not that bad, I know my own strength." Gu Amei laughed, somewhat puzzled: "Brother Han, you really don't seem like someone from our Southwest Province."
We people from the southwestern province are not as tall as you, nor are we as gentle, refined, humble, and polite as you.
You're only 17, and you're almost 1.8 meters tall. If you keep growing like that, what will happen?
"Little Plum, you guessed right, I really am an orphan. Of course, I don't even know where I'm from," Han Wen laughed.
"Really?" Gu Amei asked in surprise, disbelieving.
"I grew up in an orphanage when I was a child. I have no family background. Even the leaders of the orphanage and my adoptive mother did not know where I was from," Han Wen explained, briefly telling the other party about his background.
"Brother Han, I never imagined you were also a person with a tragic fate." Gu Amei felt sorry for him.
"I don't feel like I'm suffering; on the contrary, I'm very happy and content right now." Han Wen said nonchalantly, "My adoptive mother treats me very well, even better than my biological mother."
In his past life, he didn't bother to find his roots and didn't know who his parents were or where they were. In this life, he naturally wouldn't care about such things either.
"As long as you feel happy, that's all that matters." Gu Amei nodded: "Brother Han, I hope you will always be this happy."
"You too." Han Wen nodded.
"Brother Han, it's not good for you to stay up so late every night. Why don't you give me the revised and polished manuscript, and I'll print it for you?" Gu Amei thought for a moment and said, "By the way, I'd also like to see your story. Don't worry, I don't want any money."
Han Wen was taken aback, feeling that Gu Amei's suggestion was excellent. This would indeed make things much easier for him.
If nothing unexpected happens, and the two of them work together, they can print all three manuscripts in less than a month.
What Hanwen lacks most right now is time, because his time is too valuable to be wasted on printing manuscripts.
No one else can help or replace the work of revising and polishing the manuscript, but the task of printing the manuscript can be completely entrusted to Gu Amei.
"Everything must be done according to the rules, and the rules cannot be broken. This is my manuscript; I can't let you type it for me for free." Han Wen nodded and emphasized, "Let's go by market rates. I'll pay you for every word you type. That'll make things even more tiring for you."
"As long as I can make money, I don't feel tired," Gu Amei shook her head.
She didn't argue with Han Wen because she was really short of money. Even a single penny was very important to her right now.
Han Wen was the boss, and he wouldn't care about such a small amount of money. Therefore, she didn't need to be polite with him.
Besides, she and Han Wen had known each other for a long time and she was familiar with his personality and way of doing things.
Once the other person has made a decision, they will never change it. They are serious and persistent, a very manly approach that seems somewhat out of character for their age.