1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 320 Another author with a wrong background

Li Guangfu has never regarded decoration as his main business. It is a great thing that he can earn half a year's income with an extra money.

And the most important thing is that Mr. Lin is an open-minded person. He can't spend the foreign exchange certificates in his hand, so it's not too convenient to talk to him if necessary.

Although Li Guangfu seemed to be a great help in helping Mr. Lin to decorate the house, in fact, because of the regular availability of foreign exchange certificates, Li Guangfu also became a celebrity in the circle of relatives and friends around him.

So, for Li Guangfu, it is worthwhile for him to help Mr. Lin.

The renovation of the courtyard house has progressed so far, and it can only be tidied up in winter, and the basement needs to be dehumidified, so this year is enough to let things in.

While chatting with Li Guangfu, Lin Weimin found a restaurant and had some dinner.

During the chat about Han Zhuangzhuang's house, Li Guangxing said enthusiastically: "Everyone in the courtyard heard that Zhuangzhuang found a foreign girlfriend, but I have never seen a real person, so rumors are raging."

"There is such a thing. His girlfriend used to study at Yenching University, and now she is a foreign teacher at Yenching University."

"Hey, your family is full of cultural people."

Lin Weimin complained in his heart: Is it considered strong?

After dinner, Lin Weimin took Li Guangfu home on purpose, and then drove back to Shichahai by himself.

The next day, Guowen Society.

The recent work focus of the editorial department has become a series of selected novels, and the office is much busier than the previous few days.

Lin Weimin ran away before he got off work in the afternoon. He was going to Renyi to see the rehearsal of "Let the Bullets Fly" today.

When I came to pick up the car in front of the front building, I saw a young man with small eyes and a sharp face squatting in front of the Guowen Society, with a sad face.

Lin Weimin took a look at him and found that there was a stack of papers between his waist and abdomen, probably the manuscripts that had been returned by the front building.

Just as Lin Weimin walked over, he seemed to think of something again, stopped and looked at the young man.

"Comrade!"

The young man raised his head. If these small eyes are placed 30 years later, they will belong to the handsome guy in Korean aesthetics.

"Come here to contribute?" Lin Weimin asked.

The young man with small eyes and sharp face glanced at Lin Weimin and nodded, "Yes."

"Looking at you like this, the manuscript is not accepted?"

The young people didn't talk, if you don't know how to chat, then stop talking, isn't this nonsense?

Sensing the small emotions of young people, Lin Weimin didn't think it was a joke, and asked with a smile: "Can I read the manuscript?"

The young man raised his head again and looked at Lin Weimin.

He looks younger than himself, but this is after all in the Guowen Society, maybe he is the editor of that editing room.

With the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, the young man took the manuscript out of his arms and handed it to Lin Weimin.

Lin Weimin glanced at the first page of the manuscript, and it seemed that he was right about the face.

"Stop squatting here, and sit in our office for a while, just in time for me to read the manuscript."

Coincidentally, Lin Weimin met a later celebrity whose manuscript had been rejected. Lin Weimin didn't plan to go to Renyi anymore, and dragged him back to the editorial department.

The young man stared blankly at the word "contemporary" on the mouth of the editorial department, and then followed Lin Weimin into the office.

"Hey, Weimin, why are you back?"

Colleagues were a little surprised to see Lin Weimin who left early but returned, and then saw the young man behind him and the manuscript in his hand, they immediately realized the situation, and their eyes were full of curiosity.

When the young man heard everyone calling Lin Weimin's name, he seemed to realize something, his breathing became short of breath, and he was a little emotional, but he forced himself to calm down.

When Lin Weimin was flipping through the manuscript, his colleagues surrounded the young man kindly.

Now everyone is extremely sensitive to the fact that Lin Weimin retrieved the authors and works of the editorial department through various places, because this often means that "Contemporary" is likely to discover another piece of rough jade.

The young man has never seen much of the world, and facing many approachable editors, he confides all his information without concealing anything.

He was professionally assigned to the Labor Reform Bureau of the Yanjing City Public Security Bureau by the army, and became an honorable prison guard.

My family lives opposite the Guowen Society, and when I passed by the Guowen Society on my way to work last year, the idea of ​​writing a book suddenly popped into my mind.

After holding back at home for more than a year, he really let him hold back this novel.

He didn't think twice, and came directly to the Guowen Society full of enthusiasm, but he didn't expect to be rejected directly.

After listening to the young man's narration, several colleagues felt a little guilty in their hearts.

You prison guard, you haven’t even published a short story before, and you want to write a book after you go out and glance at the gate of our Chinese language society?

This style becomes more and more familiar to everyone.

When the editor is evil, the authors who get it back are also more evil than each other.

"Okay, what are you doing? When did you develop this problem? You come back to an author you don't know, so you have to find out first?"

Lin Weimin sent several colleagues away, and met the expectant gaze of the young man.

"Well, I just heard you chatting with them, so I'll call you Xiao Lu!"

"Mr. Lin, you..." Seeing Lin Weimin speaking, Xiao Lu quickly stood up.

From the moment he entered the door and saw the word "contemporary" and heard the name "Weimin", he had already guessed Lin Weimin's identity.

"Don't be nervous!" Lin Weimin waved his hand and asked the other party to sit down. He spread the manuscript on the table and said after deliberation: "Your novel is really not interesting."

Hearing what Lin Weimin said, the young man immediately showed disappointment.

I was rejected just once in the afternoon. I thought it was a lucky time to meet Lin Weimin, but I was still rejected.

"Don't be too discouraged. I read your novel, and it must have more than 40 words. Just being able to control such a long work has already demonstrated your writing ability. Your novel's There is no problem with the story, but the ideological quality is quite poor.”

Lin Weimin did not expect that one day he would use the word "ideological" as a basis for rejecting manuscripts. Seeing that the other party looked a little puzzled, he said: "Let's put it this way, your novel is a very good one. It is a popular work, but it is not satisfactory if it is to be published in a literary publication such as "Contemporary" as a literary work."

When Lin Weimin said this, the young man had completely given up.

He put away the manuscript on the table, bowed slightly to Lin Weimin, "Thank you for your opinion, I will go back and revise it."

He was about to turn around, but was stopped by Lin Weimin, "Young man, don't worry, you have to listen to what you have to say."

The young man looked at Lin Weimin with a puzzled expression on his face.

What I said just now is quite clear, this manuscript does not meet your acceptance standards.

"I also said just now that your novel is very popular overall. Although it is not up to the publication standards of our "Contemporary" publication, we are currently planning the "Selected Contemporary Novels Series".

It mainly collects the works published in previous years and those leftovers that were not adopted. I want to put your novel in the series. What do you think? "

After Lin Weimin said this, the young man was overjoyed.

"Series? Teacher Lin, do you mean that my novel can be published?"

Lin Weimin shook his head and said, "To be precise, it should be published. Series books are not publications, but books."

I don't care whether it is published or published, as long as it can be printed in type!
The young man held Lin Weimin's hand excitedly, "Thank you, thank you, thank you, Teacher Lin!"

Lin Weimin pulled out his hand vigorously, "Okay, okay, don't get excited..."

After reassuring the young man, Lin Weimin continued to tell him that he hadn't read the manuscript completely, and made a bold decision to adopt it.

In the future, it will be necessary for young people to cooperate in revising the manuscript, but this will not be decided until the colleagues in the editorial department have finished reviewing the manuscript.

For young people, it is a blessing to have their own novels published.

Revision?Isn't that what it should be?

Anyway, his house is just across from the Guowen Society, so it's not too convenient to communicate with him at any time if there is a problem.

After talking about the manuscript, Lin Weimin sent the young man away.

When he came back, Lin Weimin found that the manuscript on the table had disappeared.

Turning around to look for it, it was in He Qizhi's hand.

Liu Yin shook her head, sighing in her tone, "I just don't understand, why are the authors and works you found so crooked for Weimin?"

"What do you mean by saying this is wrong!" Lin Weimin said dissatisfied.

"That means you are crooked! Didn't you hear that?" Yao Shuzhi teased.

Colleagues laughed together.

Over there, He Qizhi, who had just read the first tens of thousands of words, raised his head.

"Weimin, I think your current requirements are a bit too high? If the quality of the beginning is followed, it is not impossible to put it in our publication."

Lin Weimin said with a smile: "About the series of books, I actually have some considerations."

Seeing him say that, everyone looked serious.

"As I have told you before, our long-form book series this time is not only to screen the works that have already been published, but also those regrets, including works that have a long waiting period for publication. factors, but more importantly, to keep readers fresh.

Besides, if you are screening manuscripts in the past few days, you may also find that most of the works I want to keep are more popular ones.

The series of books is old wine in new bottles. If it is full of old wine, the taste is still weak, and it will be boring to drink.

Emphasizing popularity is to distinguish it from our "Contemporary". Our series of books is not only to delineate the previous reader group, but also to open up new readers.

Xiao Lu's novel could indeed be published if the overall standard was lower, but I think it would be better to simply put it in a series of books.

As long as the sales of the series can meet expectations, I believe that the bonus for Xiao Lu will not be weaker than that published in "Contemporary". "

After listening to Lin Weimin's thoughts, all the colleagues pondered for a moment, and had to admit that Lin Weimin's thinking was much higher than everyone else's.

He considers the issue from the perspective of the editorial department as a whole, not just from the perspective of the level of the manuscript.

No wonder the society would consider adding burdens to him!
He Qizhi sighed in his heart, stroked Xiao Lu's manuscript with one hand, and there were four words written on the first page.

　There are two updates today.I'm so tired, I have to slow down.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)