Chapter 2799: Mediocre Talent, No Right to Be Noble

Ye Xunmei knew who it was as soon as he heard it. He was a friend of Yu Ziwu and knew him. There was only one old man with the surname Yu. He was really a hypocritical old man. He had clearly met several times, but he still said he was not familiar with him.

"I know him. His name is Yu Hailin. He used to be an editor at Pingjiang Publishing House. He worked with Yu Ziwu for ten years. He should be retired now. He asked me to write a manuscript, but I didn't have time to write it, so I turned him down. This old guy must still remember this. He is really petty."

Ye Xunmei shook his head. He really didn't have time. It just so happened that when Yu Hailin asked him to write a manuscript, he had signed with someone else first. He wrote manuscripts just to kill time, not to make a living. He could only write 20,000 to 30,000 words a month at most. He would never write more than this limit.

So when Yu Hailin asked him to write, he turned him down. After that, he never asked him again, and he took the initiative to avoid him.

When he returns to Pingjiang, he will invite friends to dinner. In the past, Yu Hailin would occasionally attend, but since he refused to be invited to write, Yu Hailin has not attended again. Every time, he said he was busy, but in fact, he was deliberately avoiding him.

Twenty years ago, Ye Xunmei was still a little arrogant, and he was not as smooth as he is now in terms of social skills, so he was naturally not very cunning, so after being rejected several times, he got angry, and then he never mentioned this person again when he returned to Pingjiang.

Now that he is older, he is more tolerant of people and things, and Ye Xunmei understands Yu Hailin a little.

All of his former friends are moving up. Although they can't be called luxurious clothes and food, they are also rich and prosperous, and their careers are also thriving. When they go out, they all look decent, either respectfully calling him an expert or a teacher, and their social status is still quite high.

Only Yu Hailin is going downhill. He doesn't know the specific situation, but Yu Ziwu said it's not good, and this old guy is particularly stubborn. He refuses to accept help from others and just holds on by himself.

Ye Qingqing became interested. Since he was an old editor, how could he live so poorly? At least he had a pension.

"It seems that someone in his family was sick. I don't know what the disease was. This guy has a strong self-esteem. He doesn't talk about family matters at all, and doesn't let anyone help him. Anyway, he is so awkward." Ye Xunmei shook her head when she talked about Yu Hailin.

Yu Hailin is upright and has no tricks. He is worth getting to know, but his biggest problem is that he is too noble. He is not smooth at all and doesn't understand the ways of the world. If Yu Hailin had extraordinary talent, it would be fine.

Geniuses have the capital to be noble. Being too down-to-earth makes people uncomfortable.

But Yu Hailin's talent is mediocre. His biggest advantage is that he is meticulous and conscientious. However, it is not enough to have a responsible attitude. He also needs talent and insight. Yu Ziwu came to the editorial department later than Yu Hailin, but he had a keen eye for pearls in a few years and discovered Wang Yang, a genius writer who created a literary school.

Wang Yang is a typical representative of the gangster literature that emerged in the 1980s. He was also the first to create gangster literature. But before he met Yu Ziwu, Wang Yang encountered many setbacks. No publishing house was willing to publish his works, thinking that no one would read his books.

But one day, the down-and-out writer Wang Yang met the ambitious editor Yu Ziwu. After reading his novel, Yu Ziwu immediately decided to publish his works. Wang Yang was hit too hard and did not trust Yu Ziwu too much.

But Yu Ziwu kept his word and convinced the editor-in-chief of the publishing house, guaranteeing that Wang Yang's book would definitely create a precedent and leave a strong and colorful mark in the history of Chinese literature. In short, Yu Ziwu gave Wang Yang a very high evaluation, which moved the editor-in-chief.