Chapter 39 It’s time to consider a house!
"You, don't think too much and think that these readers are thrifty. Don't you think that those who can afford to subscribe to our magazine these days will definitely not be short of food and drink?"

Liu Jianqing finally gave Li Changhe some reassurance.

Although two or three cents for a magazine is not expensive, this amount of money is not a necessary expense.

To put it bluntly, this is an expense in the category of hobbies and interests, and readers who can afford their literary interests are unlikely to be from the low-income group.

In this way, Li Changhe came out with another 142.6 yuan in royalties and five or six big bags.

These are the letters that readers have written to him during this period, and they have been kept at the People's Literature Publishing House.

There were so many bags and they were so big that Liu Jianqing was kind enough to help Li Changhe find a car.

Their People's Literature has a small truck that is specially used for transportation, and it happened to be going to Haidian, and it took the two people back with it.

Li Changhe had originally wanted to eat something delicious in the city, but now that he had to follow the car, there was nothing he could do.

Zhu Lin, on the other hand, became interested again.

So many letters mean that I can continue to draw prizes and go back to count the money.

The two returned home and continued to draw the prizes with great interest.

This time, Zhu Lin didn’t even go home for dinner and just had a bite at Li Changhe’s house.

After all, the two of them hugged each other, and the parents of both sides had met each other, and there was nothing to be embarrassed about living upstairs and downstairs.

But at eight o'clock in the evening, Professor Zhu and his wife could not help it and came down under the pretext of visiting a friend.

Then he entered the house and saw Li Changhe and Zhu Lin tearing the letter with great interest on the bed.

Liu Shuwan was a little surprised.

"Yuxiu, what are they doing?"

Shen Yuxiu said with a smile: "They are opening letters. They are all letters from readers of Changhe's novel."

"Some readers put money and food coupons in the letter, and two people are opening them!"

“Is it true that there are readers who give money in letters?”

After hearing this, Liu Shuwan found it hard to believe.

"It's quite a lot. After two people opened it, it added up to more than 500 yuan, and the food coupons are more than 200 kilograms."

"I'm shocked. Are these readers so enthusiastic these days?"

Shen Yuxiu was also shocked when she talked about it. These readers actually gave so much money.

"Is there any problem with this?"

Liu Shuwan was still a little worried because this way of collecting money was not formal.

Shen Yuxiu waved her hand: "It's okay, the two of them went to the People's Daily this afternoon, they said it was all legitimate, and they gave them more letters."

"Come, eat some melon seeds, and let's chat about our own things. Let them count their money and be happy."

Shen Yuxiu grabbed a handful of melon seeds and ate them while chatting with Liu Shuwan.

As for Professor Zhu and Li Lishan, they just made an appointment to go downstairs for a walk and didn't pay any attention to this matter at all.

In this way, it was not until after nine o'clock in the evening that the anxious Liu Shuwan came in to check several times before the two of them finished dismantling it.

"I've counted it. Including the previous ones, the total is 1,279 yuan!"

Li Changhe shook the thick stack of money in his hand and said with emotion.

The money sent by these readers was not just a few cents, the lowest was one dollar, which was considered a large reward in that era.

Zhu Lin also carefully counted the food coupons in his hand.

"My food coupons are worth 698.7 jin."

After the two people confirmed it, they couldn't help but look at each other.

"These people are really crazy. They pay so much. So, writing articles can bring in a lot of money."

Zhu Lin couldn't help but sigh.

Li Changhe shook his head: "Impossible, I guess this is a special case. The proportion of money I send in these letters is too high."

"I'm afraid ordinary authors can't get so much money."

"In fact, in essence, it is because the novel "The Educated Youth" became popular. In addition, "People's Literature" is now the magazine with the largest circulation in the country, and it is an official and orthodox work, which aroused the enthusiasm of readers." Li Changhe said seriously.

It is now 77, and magazines such as Contemporary, Harvest, and Huacheng, which could compete with People's Literature in the future, have not yet come out.

The circulation of each issue of "People's Literature" is now increasing significantly. Li Changhe remembers that in the 1980s, this top literary magazine could produce nearly two million copies a month.

There are definitely not that many now, but even if it is discounted by half, it would still have to be a minimum of 500,000 copies.

Li Changhe's manuscript "The Educated Youth" is equivalent to the top-tier hit of this era. As the "pioneering work" of scar literature, it uses the writing method of later generations to mobilize emotions and has touched the hearts of many educated youth.

It just so happens that the educated youth who can read "People's Literature" in this era are considered to be the group with the greatest consumption power at the moment.

Just like Haiwen, who has a fixed salary and job, but is single.

He was young, wealthy, loved literature, and was in desperate need of spiritual guidance.

That’s why this crazy “reward” situation occurred.

However, this kind of data is unlikely to be reproducible, and it would probably be difficult for other authors to reproduce it.

It can only be said that it was coincidence that made Li Changhe's article so popular.

"Okay, it's getting late tonight, you should go back and rest early, and we will continue working hard tomorrow."

Li Changhe looked at the watch on his wrist. It was almost half past nine and Aunt Liu had come in several times.

"Do you have any letters to open tomorrow?"

Zhu Lin asked in surprise.

"No, but we have to reply. With so many people giving us money and tickets, we should at least reply to a few of them to show our appreciation!"

Li Changhe said while nodding at the large number of letters beside him.

They are all the "sugar dads" of this era, so at least they should respond to them.

"Okay then, I'll come back tomorrow."

At this moment, Zhu Lin stretched, showing off her graceful curves, then got out of bed, put on her shoes and walked out.

Seeing that her daughter finally came out, Liu Shuwan stopped chatting with Shen Yuxiu and looked at Zhu Lin with a stern face: "You still remember to go home."

"Oh, Mom, I'm almost exhausted. Stop nagging and go home."

Zhu Lin had long been immune to his mother and was not afraid of her expression at all.

"Really, Yuxiu, let's go then!"

Liu Shuwan greeted Shen Yuxiu, then followed Zhu Lin out the door.

Then Li Changhe also walked out in his slippers and went into the bathroom to wash up.

Upstairs, after Liu Shuwan and Zhu Lin returned home, Liu Shuwan couldn't resist her curiosity after all.

"Linlin, you and Li Changhe have been counting for so long, how much money did you receive?"

Zhu Lin looked at his mother playfully, then said with a smile: "Guess"

"You stinky girl."

Liu Shuwan was a little annoyed. She was just curious about this kind of thing, but Zhu Lin was still keeping her in suspense.

"Oh, it's not much, maybe about a thousand yuan."

"More than one thousand?"

After hearing Zhu Lin's words, Liu Shuwan was still a little surprised. This number was not low.

"Well, there are still nearly 700 kilograms of national food coupons."

Zhu Lin added casually.

This time, Liu Shuwan didn't say anything.

At the same time, Li Changhe downstairs also returned to the house after washing up.

With this money, the originally empty small treasury became full again. Including the remaining money and the new royalties, Li Changhe had nearly two thousand yuan in his hands.

In this case, you can definitely consider buying a house!

　Thanks to book friend 160310193332273 for the reward. It has been delayed for several days. I bow to thank you!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)