Free Web NovelChapter 1504: Chapter 552: The Male Lead Gets Slapped in the Face (Part 16)_2
They were all living in the same courtyard, and "Heh Yuntian" was shouldering a huge debt of 500 yuan. If he couldn’t find a way to earn money, sooner or later he’d drag the rest of the Educated Youth down with him.
Now, seeing that "he" really could make money off manuscript fees, and quite a lot of it, pretty easily too, everyone secretly let out a sigh of relief.
"Exactly! I’ve been saying Old Heh is a talent. We’re breaking our backs in the fields for work points, while he just waves his Pen and money falls into his lap!"
"Old Heh, teach us, will you? Let us earn a bit of pocket money too?"
"Hahaha, you? Back in school, an 800‑character essay prompt could almost kill you, and you still want to make money by writing?"
"I just want to give it a try. Trying isn’t against the law!"
The other Educated Youth chatted and joked; some were envious, some jealous, some tempted.
Standing in the crowd, Zhuoya’s smile was still as calm as ever, but the hand in her pocket clenched hard.
Heh Yuntian, he really can earn money from manuscript fees.
Just once and he could earn over sixty yuan; in an instant, a tenth of the debt was gone.
Then if he does it a few more times, won’t he be able to take back the IOU with ease?
Besides, writing isn’t some one‑off deal.
Heh Yuntian wasn’t writing those overly serious articles, but continuous stories—novels.
Short stories ran from three or five thousand to thirty thousand characters; novellas from thirty thousand to seventy or eighty thousand.
As for full‑length novels, those were even longer, at least over eighty thousand characters.
With novels like that, he really wouldn’t even need to write many; just one book would be enough to pay off Han Dongmei’s debt, and there’d still be money left over!
This was no different from getting his hands on a golden rice bowl.
And yet she’d tossed it away so easily!
Zhuoya did her best to keep her expression normal, but inside she was full of regret.
But once a move is made on the board, there’s no taking it back.
Zhuoya lived very clear‑headedly and was smart enough to know she couldn’t just crawl back.
Otherwise, her reputation and image would be ruined.
Even if she were to go back, there had to be a strategy.
Zhuoya had originally planned to give Chen Jianjun a bit more sweetness, confirm their relationship, and then, when he returned to the city, leave with him.
However, looking at it now, Chen Jianjun’s side could be put on hold for a while!
Zhuoya kept a straight face, but her mind had already run through several loops and come up with a plan.
He Tiantian swept a glance over everyone. Regardless of whether their congratulations were sincere or not, she kept up her aloof male‑god persona.
He Tiantian noticed that Han Dongmei didn’t seem to be in the crowd.
"Of course she didn’t run out to watch the fun. She’s still yanking out her hair and copying model essays to write her own!"
Student Xiao D jumped out and said weakly.
Heavens, it really had been driven to the point of losing its temper by Han Dongmei.
The last electric shock had indeed taught Han Dongmei fear and made her start studying like her life depended on it.
It’s just, talent isn’t something you get by zapping it a few times.
Han Dongmei really wasn’t cut out for this.
Even after giving her Pills for clearing the mind and sharpening the wits, making her brain a tiny bit brighter, it still couldn’t change the essence—
The articles Han Dongmei wrote were way too stiff and mechanical.
Even if one got accepted with difficulty, it’d just be that one time; it’d be hard to replicate.
Unless Student Xiao D really shocked Han Dongmei to death.
Ahem, electric shock couldn’t be used anymore.
Han Dongmei still had a "study guide material" task.
Student Xiao D felt that, with Han Dongmei’s aptitude and patience, she’d probably still need to be prodded with electric shocks in that task; otherwise, tsk tsk—
She was hopeless, utterly hopeless, such a waste that no proper Tongzi would be able to help her Reverse her fate.
"Oh." After listening to Student Xiao D’s complaints, He Tiantian only replied with a single syllable.
Student Xiao D: ...It knew it, Tiantian was laughing at it.
He Tiantian: ...I really wasn’t laughing at you.
Actually, with Student Xiao D helping to keep an eye on that Wild System, He Tiantian could free up her hands to carry out her own plans.
"Heh Yuntian, remittance slip!"
The next day, the postman came again to deliver mail.
"My god, Old Heh, you’ve really struck it rich this time!"
"Hurry up and open it, let’s see how much it is this time!"
"Damn! Thirty‑five yuan? Old Heh, you’re awesome, you’re freaking awesome!"
"...What, Educated Youth Heh just casually wrote an article and earned over a hundred yuan?"
As He Tiantian received remittance slips one after another, the news that "Heh Yuntian" had made big money from manuscript fees instantly spread from the Educated Youth Corps to Liujiaao, the Qingliu Team, and the whole commune.
Not to mention outsiders, even just the villagers of Liujiaao were green with envy.
They knew it was easy for educated people to make money, but they still hadn’t expected it to be this easy.
