It was the first time Wang Yiying had received such a strange assignment.
Editor-in-chief Li Mu had called her into his office and told her to commission an abridged manuscript from Yan Xiao.
In other words,
The Speaker was planning to do Education Reference's job.
That was very strange.
She had tried voicing her opinion, only for Li Mu to end the discussion with, "Just listen to me. You can't go wrong."
With no other choice,
she could only call Yan Xiao and explain what they wanted.
Yan Xiao readily agreed,
partly because the payment was generous, and partly because it had something to do with the selection for the "World Celebrity Rankings."
Less than three hours after they hung up,
Yan Xiao sent over the abridged manuscript.
Li Mu was very pleased when he received it and promised to double Wang Yiying's bonus.
When the latest issue of The Speaker came out with the long and short versions side by side, the media went wild again.
This time,
it was effectively an official endorsement of the earlier approach.
Unsurprisingly,
The Speaker enjoyed another rise in sales.
Li Mu was delighted and prepared to make sweeping reforms.
He wanted to release both long-form and short-form editions of the magazine, giving readers a choice of which to buy.
After all, constantly featuring long and short versions of the same articles in one magazine would put many people off.
He had his editors commission manuscripts from the writers.
His intentions were good,
but,
when they actually put it into practice,
Li Mu discovered that many writers ran into all sorts of problems even when abridging or expanding their own articles.
In light of that,
he abandoned his reform plans.
The days passed like that until the Gaokao approached.
Since the exams for