"… "
Lin Yuan's answer shattered some of Huang Benyu's long-held perceptions, but when he thought that there was a more talented Gu Xi in the school, he suddenly felt relieved.
This is a good thing.
This shows that our school is full of talented people.
In fact, without Huang Benyu's professional ears, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate how mature Lin Yuan's skills are. The classmates in the class can only come to a roughly correct conclusion:
Lin Yuan is very good at playing the piano.
However, after Lin Yuan performed a song, Huang Benyu no longer said such broad and indiscriminate attacks as “I’m not targeting anyone, I’m just saying how everyone here is.”
In the following piano class, Huang Benyu's speech had a routine prefix:
"Except for Lin Yuan, you all need to remember this knowledge point."
"Except for Lin Yuan, I believe no one else would understand why this is done here."
"Except for Lin Yuan, everyone should practice this piece after class, especially the last section."
"Except for Lin Yuan..."
Anyway, after a piano lesson, the six words "Except classmate Lin Yuan" almost became Huang Benyu's catchphrase.
Huang Benyu probably hoped that Lin Yuan would be like Gu Xi and not come to piano lessons.
He is willing to give credits!
Lin Yuan's peaceful campus life will not change just because he shows off his piano skills in class.
If we have to say there is any change, it is probably that he is more popular in the class.
Too.
He has a poor health but a good personality, is handsome, studies hard, and is good at playing the piano. It is hard for anyone to dislike such an excellent student with a good personality.
actually.
When Lin Yuan first transferred to the Composition Department, his classmates thought he was aloof, but after getting to know him, no one thought he was aloof anymore.
Being taciturn and being aloof are two different concepts. This boy just doesn't like to talk.
The following days.
Lin Yuan was as taciturn as ever, and as serious in his studies as ever. His grades in his major courses had completely caught up with the schedule and were no longer affected by his sudden department change in his sophomore year.
And in such peaceful days, March came unknowingly.
In this season of sudden change from warm to cold, the weather in March is still so cold that people don't want to get out of bed easily.
At this time, the New Year atmosphere gradually fades away.
The latest issue of "Prince of Tennis" is still selling well.
Also released on March 1st, and published in Fun Magazine, is Chu Kuang’s new work—
Short story "The Gift of the Magi".
On this day, Lin Yuan also received several sets of sample issues sent by the Silver Blue Book Library for free.
Definition: A sample issue is a newspaper or periodical containing an author's work provided free of charge by the editorial department of a newspaper or periodical after the author's work is published. Providing sample issues is the newspaper or periodical company's obligation to the author.
Get a sample issue of "Fun Reading".
Lin Yuan saw that "The Gift of the Magi" was placed in the most conspicuous promotional position on the cover of the magazine, and the four big words "Chu Kuang's New Work" immediately caught his eye.
This represents the importance the editors attach to this story.
However, the publicity effect of "Chu Kuang's New Works" is actually not that great, because the users who like to buy "Qu Du" magazine and the readers who like youth fantasy novels do not overlap much.
After all, Chu Kuang became famous for his youth fantasy novels.
If you are not interested in youth fantasy novels, some buyers of "QuDu" may not even know who Chu Kuang is. However, after seeing the cover promotion, many people will look forward to the story advertised on the cover.
…
Han Jimei is the operations officer of Tribal Literature, which means she is in charge of the Tribal Literature section. Her future goal and work tasks are to build the Tribal Literature section into a fragmented reading and leisure base that users will develop habits with.
As a woman who loves reading, she enjoys her job and has the habit of subscribing to some magazines every month.
Qinzhou's best-selling magazines are of high quality.
There are always many excellent short stories published on it.
It’s not that Han Jimei doesn’t like long stories, but for a busy working woman like her, the time required for long reading is really a luxury. Short stories, due to their shorter length, do not take up too much time.
Today is the beginning of March.
Various books are released on new days, so Han Jimei bought six magazines for this month alone, but the first thing that caught her attention was the latest issue of the best-selling magazine "Fun Reading".
It’s not how much she likes Fun Reading.
It was because the cover of this magazine was actually promoting Chu Kuang’s new work.
You should know that last month Chu Kuang wrote a short story in Tribal Literature which received very good response.
The story called "Artificial Beauty" is really cleverly conceived and is a rare masterpiece.
Han Jimei was originally expecting Chu Kuang to write some new short stories in the literary section of the tribe, but he didn't expect that Chu Kuang had completely shifted his position and started serializing them in "Qu Du".
"Look what you wrote this time."
Although he felt it was a pity that Chu Kuang did not continue to choose Tribe as the publishing platform, Han Jimei was still very curious about what Chu Kuang's new work was about.
Just skip the first few short stories.
Han Jimei first watched "The Gift of the Magi".
Many people may not understand what "The Gift of the Magi" means, and they think that the protagonist of the story is called Magi. However, as a reader with a high reading volume, Han Jimei knows that the protagonist of the story is most likely not called Magi.
This is related to Weizhou’s Christmas legend.
Qinzhou also has Christmas, but Christmas is not a mainstream holiday in Qinzhou, and there is not even a holiday. Qinzhou people just celebrate this holiday for fun.
It’s different over in Weizhou.
They have the habit of celebrating Christmas, and many of them are Christians. Legend has it that when Jesus was born, three wise men brought gifts to him, and from then on there was the custom of exchanging gifts at Christmas.
This should be the origin of the title.
At this time, Han Jimei began to read: Tomorrow is Christmas, and Mrs. A only has three dollars and eighty cents to buy a gift for her husband. She has been frugal for several months and saved up all she could, but in the end she only has this little.
She's called Madam A
Chu Kuang was too lazy in naming.
Han Jimei complained in his heart, but he understood the expression of the first paragraph of the story.
This is a woman living in poverty. She is counting the little change she has on her hand over and over again, worrying about what gift to give her husband for Christmas tomorrow.
The story should be set many years ago.
The value of currency was still high at that time.
But obviously three dollars and eighty cents is not a lot of money.
She suddenly turned from the window, stood in front of the wall mirror and looked at herself. Her eyes were bright and clear, but her face was pale within 20 seconds. She quickly untied her hair and let it fall down.
What is she going to do
Han Jimei guessed Mrs. A's intention.
As an experienced reader, she even made some exaggerated associations, such as Mrs. A sold her body for money, and the first customer she met was her husband.
It’s not that Han Jimei’s thoughts are unhealthy.
In some special times, it was not uncommon for people to sell their bodies for a living. Chu Kuang might want to restore the cruel side of that era, but if it was just for a Christmas gift...
Is the reason a bit far-fetched