1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 569

In 1981, Jin Yong's martial arts novels were "unbanned" in China, and soon became bestsellers.

But in fact, throughout the 80s, only Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House obtained the authorization to publish Jin Yong's martial arts novels in the mainland in 1985, and the scope of this authorization was only the novel "Book and Sword Enmity Record".

In addition, Jin Yong's martial arts novels that have fascinated countless readers over the years are all pirated editions.

In the past ten years, more than a dozen domestic publishing houses have published dozens of Jin Yong's works without Jin Yong's authorization.

After private piracy became rampant, many counterfeit works under the name of Jin Yong became popular in the book market.

Lin Weimin's second fire is to introduce Jin Yong's martial arts novels into China.

Jin Yong's martial arts novels have a wide readership base in China, and after the introduction, the sales volume is bound to be good, and they even have the potential to become bestsellers.

After hearing his opinion, Cheng Zaochun pondered for a while, and asked, "Is it too common?"

"Liang Fengyi's novels are probably more popular than Jin Yong's, right? Leader, I think you should be aware that pure literature is on the decline.

There is no going back when a pure literary work easily sells tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions of copies. It is impossible for us to expect the Chinese society to bet on an "Ordinary World" every year Or "White Deer Plain".

Therefore, the editing and publishing direction of books in the society must be adjusted.

I am not saying that we should completely follow the path of popularization, but we must properly balance the publishing ratio of pure literature and popular literature.

To put it bluntly, in the future the publishing of pure literary works in the society will most likely depend on the publishing of popular literature.

The introduction of Liang Fengyi's novels and Jin Yong's works is an attempt. "

After Lin Weimin said these words, he looked at Cheng Zaochun firmly.

Looking at his expression, Cheng Zaochun naturally knew that this idea should have already formed in his mind.

Cheng Zaochun said slowly: "Okay, since Liang Fengyi's works are going to be imported, and Jin Yong's works are not bad, then try it."

With his approval, Lin Weimin's expression lightened, and Cheng Zaochun asked again: "Did you contact Jin Yong in private first, or send a letter from the agency?"

Lin Weimin thought for a while and said, "Let's write a letter directly for business affairs. I'll give him a call after he receives it."

Cheng Zaochun slightly nodded, "Alright."

"Then I'll see you later."

The Guowen Society has regulations that all letters to overseas authors must be reviewed and approved by the supervisor.

Lin Weimin is the editor-in-chief, so it stands to reason that he can be the master, but in order to avoid suspicion, it is safe to let Cheng Zaochun take a look.

After drafting the draft invitation letter, he gave it to Cheng Zaochun to have a look, and then signed and stamped it. After the letter was mailed out, Lin Weimin's energy was temporarily put on reviewing the manuscript.

As the editor-in-chief, manuscript review is still part of his work, but unlike before, he is now only responsible for the final review of key publications in the agency.

In addition, grasping the direction of publishing and planning of publishing topics are also the focus of his work. For example, the collection of Jin Yong's works he proposed to Cheng Zaochun falls into this category.

The job of the editor-in-chief is summarized as follows: grasp the direction of publishing, be responsible for the quality of books, participate in the management of publishing, and lead the editorial team well.

The things Lin Weimin is doing recently, such as the final review of books and manuscripts, the formulation of the performance appraisal system of the editorial department, and the promotion of the introduction of Jin Yong's works, are all within the scope of his duties.

When he was about to leave work, Lin Weimin received a call from Yu Hua from Jiaxing.

After the release of "Alive", the response was good, and its influence continued to expand. Yu Hua was very happy. Apart from expressing his gratitude to Lin Weimin, he also had a more important purpose for calling.

"Ms. Lin, if "To Live" is published, can I also get royalties?"

He thought about royalties right after the novel was published, which fit Yu Hua's personality very well.

"Yes." Lin Weimin said.

Yu Hua was overjoyed and asked, "When does the society plan to publish my novel?"

Lin Weimin asked, "Are you in a hurry to spend money?"

"Didn't I tell you before that I plan to settle in Yanjing? Jiaxing has resigned, and the house assigned by the unit will be taken back. I want to buy a house in Yanjing. The house in Yanjing is too expensive. My money may not be enough, I would have known better not to buy a computer."

When Yu Hua talked about buying a computer, his tone was a bit regretful, but he didn't feel any regret when he mentioned that his house was taken back by his unit after he resigned. Ten flat houses.

""Alive" has only been published for less than a month, and it will be a few months before it is published. Don't worry about the house. When you come to Yanjing, I can ask someone to find it for you first. a residence."

All the houses in Lin Weimin's hands were entrusted to Li Guangfu for lease, so it was very easy to find a place for Yu Hua.

Lin Weimin's words made Yu Hua feel at ease. With such an acquaintance in Yanjing, he will definitely save a lot of effort in the process of settling here.

Two days later, the sample booklets of Liang Fengyi's three novels "Drunken Red Dust", "Oiran Robbery", and "The Dream of a Rich Family" were released and sent to Lin Weimin's desk.

The publication of Liang Fengyi's novels was initiated by New H Agency. After the novel sample book came out, Lin Weimin immediately contacted Liang Fengyi and New H Agency to inform them that these three novels would be on the shelves of bookstores across the country in half a month. .

The three novels were solicited by the Chinese Literature Society in advance, and the first printed copies were all [-] copies.

Liang Fengyi is not well-known in the country, this figure is already very remarkable.

Lin Weimin just called to inform, but he didn't expect that the attention of the new H agency was far beyond his imagination.

Less than an hour after he made the phone call, the leader of the relevant unit contacted him.

"Comrade Weimin, Ms. Liang Fengyi's new book has been published. We hope that the Guowen Society will hold a grand launch of the new book. We will invite some respected leaders from the Literary Association to attend. What do you think?"

Everyone said that, Lin Weimin naturally couldn't refuse.

The introduction of Liang Fengyi's work itself has a certain political color, otherwise Lin Weimin would not have gone to Xiangjiang to have an interview with Liang Fengyi a few months ago.

"There is no problem in holding a new book launch. We will arrange it here, and you can arrange people to connect with it."

Holding a new book launch is not a complicated matter. It is enough to determine the time and place of the launch, prepare materials, contact guests and the media, as long as these things are done well.

The guests and the media will be contacted by relevant departments, and the preparations for the press conference will be handled by the Guowen Society.

Lin Weimin communicated this matter with Cheng Zaochun, and then handed over the matter to the subordinates of the editor-in-chief's office for preparation.

A week later, the new book release conferences for the three novels "Drunk Red Dust", "Oiran Robbery" and "A Rich Family's Dream" were grandly held at the Yanjing Hotel. Liang Fengyi, the author of the novels, was notified and came to Yanjing from Xiangjiang in advance to attend the conference.

In addition to her, the leaders of relevant units, Chen Huangmei, Feng Mu and Wang Meng from the Cultural Association all came to attend and spoke, congratulating Liang Fengyi.

Cheng Zaochun and Lin Weimin also came to the press conference today. Although they were the organizers of the press conference, they were supporting roles. After the brief press conference ended, Liang Fengyi and the guests were all being interviewed. The two slipped aside and had a private conversation .

"Today's battle is a bit big!" Lin Weimin exclaimed.

Cheng Zaochun looked at the reporters who were interviewing. Today, all the heavyweight national media came. During the press conference, there were even CCTV reporters taking pictures. It was said that they were doing material for "News Network".

"It should be regarded as setting a model." Cheng Zaochun said.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Lin Weimin and joked, "When will your new book be released?"

Lin Weimin said helplessly: "You are embarrassing me, and I am not worth a barrel!"

Cheng Zaochun glanced at the leaders of the relevant units not far away, "Don't talk nonsense."

"Didn't you talk nonsense first!"

Lin Weimin said again: "You should be happy this time, right? This press conference has saved us a lot of publicity fees!"

Although the works of Liang Fengyi introduced by the Guowen Society are politically charged, but now the relevant departments have set up a big scene for Liang Fengyi in order to establish a model, and they have also played a great role in publicity. I believe these novels should be able to achieve good sales. .

Cheng Zaochun had a relaxed smile on his face, "They all cooperate with each other!"

In the evening, "News Network" reported Liang Fengyi's new book release conference, and reported the new book release conference of Xiangjiang writers. This should be the first time in the history of "News Network".

In the early morning of the next day, the reports of major paper media immediately caught up. Under the operation of relevant departments, the news that Liang Fengyi's works were introduced into domestic publishing became household news among ordinary people across the country in just a few days.

Lin Weimin put a newspaper on Cheng Zaochun's desk, smiling all over his face, "Why do I think we should hurry up and print it?"

While the books were still on their way to bookstores across the country, Lin Weimin started discussing with Cheng Zaochun about reprinting. Cheng Zaochun also flipped through the newspaper with a smile, and said, "Don't worry, we'll wait until it's sold for a few days."

"You are too conservative." Lin Weimin teased.

Cheng Zaochun glared at him, "This is called playing steadily."

After arguing for a few words, Lin Weimin finally said, "Jin Yong has sent a letter, saying that he wants to discuss it in detail."

"Then it's up to you to come and talk, you have dealt with each other before."

Lin Weimin picked up the phone, "Then I'll use your phone to make a call."

He started to make a call as he spoke, and after waiting for a long time, the call was connected.

"Mr. Cha, long time no see!"

A few years ago, when Lin Weimin was invited by Xiangjiang Sanlian Bookstore to visit, he had dealt with Jin Yong and raised a sum of money from Jin Yong for the Chinese Literature Foundation.

Lin Weimin chatted with Jin Yong for a while, and specifically talked about Liang Fengyi, who has been widely publicized these days, "Ms. Liang is not well-known in our country, and her works are so popular and attracting attention when they are published. If your works can be published, they will definitely become famous. the focus of public attention."

"And I think you should also know that there have been countless piracy of your novels in China over the years. Not only private piracy, but also many publishing houses have participated in it. If you can authorize your works in the Mainland, there will be no other problems. Dare to say, what our Guowen Society can guarantee is that the pirated editions of the publishing house will definitely disappear in the future.”

It is not new for Jin Yong's martial arts novels to be pirated in the mainland. He also knows it in Xiangjiang.

What Lin Weimin said touched his heart, and Jin Yong readily agreed to the introduction of the work on the phone.

(End of this chapter)