N-A-A Chapter 285
Chapter 285
Della obviously liked this gift, and the text describes it clearly: [But she still held the comb in her arms, and after a long time, she raised her misty eyes and said to Jim with a smile: "My hair grows very fast, Jim!"]
Seeing this, Zhang Yucheng smiled.
Yes, although the hair is cut short, it will grow out one day.
Although the comb cannot be used now, it will definitely come in handy in the future.
There are some small regrets, but it can be remedied, which makes her feel pretty good.
And then, Della also took out her own gift.
[She eagerly stretched out her open palm and handed it to him. The insensible precious metal seemed to reflect her cheerful and enthusiastic mood.
"Is it beautiful, Jim? I went all over the city to find it. Now you have to look at the watch hundreds of times a day. Give me your watch, I want to see how it looks on the watch."]
It seems that this is the real ending, Zhang Yucheng smiled and nodded.
This is how the story should be. A regretful ending is the most memorable.
And this also makes the originally ordinary and simple ending full of beautiful imagination, making people want to believe in love again.
Although Zhang Yucheng is already in his thirties.
She picked up the teacup and took a sip, feeling that she was immersed in this beautiful article.
How should the last sentence of Qian Jian be written?
It should be "From then on, the couple lived a happy and beautiful life" right?
Her eyes fluttered to the last sentence-
In just a moment, the teacup in her hand lost control and fell directly to the floor, making a crisp sound.
[Jim did not do what she said, but fell on the couch, resting his head with his hands, and laughed.
"Della," he said, "let's put the Christmas gifts aside and save them for the time being. They are so good that it would be a pity to use them now. I sold the gold watch and exchanged the money to buy your hair comb. Now please fry the steak."]
The whole article ended here.
Zhang Yucheng was stunned and stood up suddenly.
She turned the pages repeatedly in disbelief, hoping that there would be something below.
But it was in vain.
There was nothing behind.
It stopped abruptly!
The story really ended!
She had never thought of this ending!
In order to match her husband's beloved gold watch with a delicate watch chain, Della reluctantly sold her beautiful hair.
In order to buy a set of precious combs for Della's beautiful long hair, her husband sold his three-generation ancestral gold watch with tears.
In order to express their deep love for their lover, they lost these two most precious assets on Christmas Eve, in exchange for a watch chain without a gold watch to match and a comb without beautiful hair to dress up.
The momentary joy paid a high price, and what followed was undoubtedly deep pain.
The bitterness brought by this regret makes every kind reader tremble in the heart.
Zhang Yucheng couldn't let it go, her hands trembled, and she swallowed her saliva.
She sat down again, closed her eyes slightly, and carefully recalled the whole story in her mind.
After a long time, she finally showed a bitter smile on her face.
"In a society where money is everything, their gifts cannot be regarded as the wise "gift of the Magi". However, they lost their wealth, but deepened the most precious and sincere love in the world."
"Is this what you want to express most, Qian Jian?"
"This is really... a love that makes people yearn for."
With conflicting feelings, Zhang Yucheng closed the magazine, but her mood could not calm down for a long time.
After a long while, Zhang Yucheng came back to her senses.
Although she is a senior reader, she is also a professional editor.
After feeling the good story, an idea suddenly popped up in her mind.
Qianjian's achievements in short stories in the future will definitely not be low!
Just relying on this "Gift of the Magi", he is enough to be enshrined as a god!
A gleam of light flashed in Zhang Yucheng's eyes!
She picked up her phone and sent a message to the editor group of "Lin Yi".
"Let's have a video conference in half an hour."
As a magazine focusing on short stories, one of the most important points for "Lin Yi" to maintain its leading position in the industry is that it has a large number of excellent authors, but recently they are facing a problem that they have to pay attention to.
That is, many authors have begun to leave "Lin Yi" and choose to submit to other magazines.
The reasons are very complicated, but in summary, the most important thing is that the royalties of "Lin Yi" have not been paid in time, and the royalties offered by many other magazines are obviously more generous than those of "Lin Yi".
In order to attract authors, those magazine publishers often offer very good welfare benefits.
The original treatment of "Lin Yi" was also good, but since it became the industry leader, it began to become arrogant. Not only was it unwilling to increase the treatment of authors, but it also changed and reduced the treatment many times, causing many authors to complain. This is also one of the main reasons for the continuous departure of authors.
Although Zhang Yucheng is the person in charge, she has always opposed these decisions. She clearly knows the importance of excellent authors to a magazine publishing house, which cannot be measured by money. If you only care about the immediate interests, problems will arise sooner or later.
But there is no way. The decision is passed by the overall high-level meeting, and it is useless for her to oppose it alone.
There is no way, she can only organize more activities to increase the income of the authors under her in disguise.
However, this is also a drop in the bucket and is far from solving the main problem.
It's not that she didn't want to make changes, but she has never made up her mind.
She is an old employee of the company. She was there when the company was founded. It can be said that the achievements of "Lin Yi" today are inseparable from her contribution.
However, it still takes a lot of courage to oppose the decision made by the high-level meeting. She is still hesitating.
But after reading Qian Jian's work, Zhang Yucheng finally came to her senses.
Her company was still standing still, intoxicated with the so-called glory, while other magazine publishers had quietly risen. If she didn't make any changes, her dream of making "Lin Yi" one of the best magazines in the world would be completely shattered.
While there was still time, she had to do something to save it.
At this time, the editors were also confused when they received the news. They felt that they couldn't live in peace during the New Year, but they didn't dare to disobey their boss. They had to complain while finding a quiet place, turning on their phones and joining the video conference in advance.
They didn't dare not come. They knew Zhang Yucheng's boss's temper. She was vigorous and resolute, a typical strong woman. If anyone dared not to listen to her, they would be in trouble.
Half an hour passed quickly, and Zhang Yucheng entered the video conference on time. She glanced at the number of participants and nodded slightly - everyone was here, no one was absent.