1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 587
Lin Weimin's idea of ​​awarding awards is not a temporary idea, it has been since Meng Weizai came to him.

In addition to the idea of ​​competing with the Yanbing Literary Award, the idea of ​​​​sincerely engaging in awards also accounts for a part.

There is a saying in "Zuo Zhuan": "On the one hand, there is virtue, then there is meritorious service, and then there is speech. Although it will not be abandoned for a long time, this is called immortality."

To be virtuous and meritorious, these are the three immortals that Chinese literati pursue all their lives, and Lin Weimin is not exempt from the custom.

However, Mr. Wan's exhortation gave him a wake-up call. If he can't maintain a public heart to do this, he may only end up with a messy result in the end, so he might as well not do it.

Apart from Mr. Yanbing’s last wish and the considerable manuscript fee left by Mr. Yanbing for the establishment of the Yanbing Literature Award, the most important thing is Balao’s dedication and the cooperation of the Association for Literature and Art.

Lin Weimin wanted to make an award, of course, because he wanted to make it big. If his own influence was not enough, and there were external factors interfering, there was a high probability that this award would not be successful.

It's better to follow Mr. Wan's words, first develop insignificantly for a few years, use the platform of Guowenshe to strengthen its influence in the domestic literary world, and wait two years before doing this matter.

After dinner at Mr. Wan's house, Lin Weimin and Tao Huimin went home.

The next morning, Tao Huimin was preparing breakfast when there was a knock on the courtyard door.

Lin Weimin went to open the door and found Cheng Ximi standing outside the door pushing Shi Tiesheng.

"Why are you two here so early? What's the hurry?"

Shi Tiesheng said anxiously: "It's something. Meiying is seriously ill. The hospital determined it was terminal cancer. The treatment failed and he was discharged, but there was no place to receive him. Weimin, don't you know someone you know in Xiehe? Can you?" help?"

Zhou Meiying was on the editorial board of "Today", and Lin Weimin knew him from Shi Tiesheng's home.

After listening to Shi Tiesheng's words, Lin Weimin started the car without thinking about eating, and took Shi Tiesheng and his wife to the hospital.

When he came to the hospital, Lin Weimin saw Zhou Meiying lying in the corridor of the hospital with a hole in his belly, which was caused by intestinal fistula.The man was already dying of pain, because of the long-term severe pain, his face was grim, obviously he was fighting the pain with great willpower.

Zhou Meiying was accompanied by his wife Xu Xiao and two friends. Seeing Shi Tiesheng and Lin Weimin coming forward, Xu Xiao asked with a sad face, "Weimin, can you help Mei Ying find a hospital to take him in?"

Lin Weimin asked Xu Xiao about Zhou Meiying's condition, and then said, "Don't worry, I'll call and ask!"

After he finished speaking, he left the hospital, found a public phone booth, called Yu Junli, and explained Zhou Meiying's situation.

"It does sound like bowel cancer. In his case, without previous medical records, it is difficult for us to diagnose. Forget it, you should send him over first, and then let the family members collect his medical records over the years At that time, we will find a way to find out the cause."

Yu Junli has been promoted to the vice president in the past few years. Zhou Meiying's condition is very difficult, but she still asks Lin Weimin to send him here first for the sake of Lin Weimin's face.

Lin Weimin thanked him, and hurried back to the hospital. Xu Xiao heard that Xiehe was willing to accept Zhou Meiying, bowed to Lin Weimin again and again, and he quickly helped Xu Xiao up.

"Don't be too polite, send Mei Ying to the hospital first, you go through the formalities first."

After tossing all morning, Zhou Meiying was sent to Xiehe.

Yu Junli called two professors in the hospital for consultation, and initially ruled out the possibility of bowel cancer, but because of the lack of support from previous medical records, they were unable to make a final judgment, so Xu Xiao was asked to collect Zhou Meiying's medical records as much as possible .

After working for most of the day, I finally got some good results, and everyone relaxed a lot.

Zhou Meiying was admitted to the hospital and didn't need everyone's care for the time being. Lin Weimin and Shi Tiesheng left together. Xu Xiao sent them out, thanking Lin Weimin with tears.

"How many times have I thanked you? Don't be so polite. When you encounter this kind of thing, you must help if you can help."

After chatting for a few words, Lin Weimin drove Shi Tiesheng and his wife home first, and then went to the Guowen Society to order a Mao.

After staying in the office for a short time, seeing that it was almost time to get off work, Lin Weimin came to the editorial department of Tongwen News Agency.

The collection of Jin Yong's works has been successfully published, and several young editors in the editorial department of Tongwen News Agency have focused their energy on the collection of manuscripts for martial arts publications.

Guowenshe specializes in the field of pure literature, and has no accumulation in the field of popular literature. Its author resources rely entirely on the presence of a few young editors.

You don't know many authors of martial arts novels very well, and the work of drafting manuscripts can be described as difficult and bumpy.

Today, when Yu Hua saw Lin Weimin, he happily handed over a manuscript, "Mr. Lin, Remnant Mo's manuscript has arrived, please take a look!"

Lin Weimin took the manuscript, and after reading it for a short time, he put it down and said, "The quality of the manuscript is acceptable, but it is not enough to be the leading work of our inaugural issue."

Yu Hua couldn't help sighing in his heart. In his opinion, Teacher Lin's requirements were too high. Although Can Mo's "The Merry Man" is not comparable to Jin Yong's works, it can be called excellent. But it couldn't catch Mr. Lin's eyes.

"Ms. Lin, can we relax a little bit? It's really not that we don't work hard!"

Lin Weimin waved his hand, "I understand."

He pondered for a moment, gathered several people in the office, and said: "I have seen everyone's hard work in drafting manuscripts during this time, and I know that my requirements are a bit higher. But the first issue of the publication is very important. The quality of manuscripts, especially the quality of headlines determines the future of our journal, I hope you can understand."

Everyone nodded in unison. Of course they understood Lin Weimin's thoughts, but his requirements were indeed a bit higher.

They have read a lot of martial arts novel books and publications in the past few months because they have to run a journal. From their point of view, the manuscripts that have been assembled recently are not as good as the works published in magazines such as "Jingu Legend" There are very few, some are even better, but not many can catch Mr. Lin's eyes.

"How about this, the quality of Remnant Mo's "The Merry Man" is not bad, so it should be regarded as one of the serialized novels. As for the serialized works in Toutiao, don't worry about it, I will figure out a way."

After Lin Weimin finished speaking, Yu Hua and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

Other manuscripts are easy to say, and Lin Weimin’s review standards for Toutiao’s works are even more perverted. Several people in Yu Hua even suspected that Lin Weimin was using the standards of Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng to find Toutiao’s works, and asked them to compose such standard manuscripts. It's really embarrassing for them.

After Lin Weimin left, Li Xuegang and Yu Hua discussed it.

"Hey, tell me, Mr. Lin doesn't need our group headlines anymore. From what channel can he organize his manuscripts?" Liu Maowen asked.

"Then you don't need to ask, it must be from Xiangjiang and Wandao. Mr. Lin is familiar with Jin Yong! I can see that these martial arts novel writers in the mainland have not yet caught Mr. Lin's eyes. Yes." Qi Xianghua said.

"Nonsense! What do you think their manuscripts are good for? Using their manuscripts is too troublesome, and it needs to be approved by the department. And what is the price of the manuscripts over there? Using their manuscripts, our publications What price to sell and how many copies to sell to get back the cost?" Li Xuegang said.

Yu Hua said: "I think it's not that Mr. Lin doesn't look down on these martial arts writers in the mainland, but that he values ​​the first hit of our publication too much. The first issue is sure to be a hit."

Li Xuegang nodded in approval of Yu Hua's words, "Yu Hua is right. Mr. Lin's high standards are more about hoping to win the battle. It's not that he doesn't know. If we really follow his standard group, it's up to us whether our publication can be run or not." question."

While a few people were chatting and guessing Lin Weimin's thoughts, Lin Weimin was also thinking about Toutiao's works.

What Qi Xianghua said about soliciting manuscripts from writers in Xiangjiang and Wandao areas, in fact, Lin Weimin thought about it when he first had the idea of ​​starting a publication, but he quickly let go of this idea.

The reason is also very simple, too unrealistic.

Just like what Li Xuegang said, not only does the manuscript need to be approved by the higher authorities, but the manuscript fee standard is also too high.

The layout Lin Weimin planned for martial arts publications is 16 mosques and 16 printed sheets. Calculated with 800 to 1000 characters per page in a small five-point font, each issue must have at least 22 words of content. Each issue of the catalog contains two long-form serials and a medium-length Three to four articles.

For famous martial arts masters like Ni Kuang, in the 80s, the manuscript fee was as high as 1000~2000 Hong Kong dollars per thousand characters. Now it is in the 90s, and this figure has increased a lot compared to the 80s. More than 1000 words.

Calculated based on a novel of 20 words, that is 20 manuscript fees, and the 20 words will be published in at most five issues, calculated in each issue, the cost of paying for this novel alone is 4 yuan , Counting the manuscript fees of other manuscripts, plus administrative expenses, printing costs, distribution costs, loss of books, etc., the circulation of publications must be at least 10 copies to pay back.

These days, magazines have a life-and-death line for sales. This life-and-death line is usually 5 copies, which means that sales of more than 5 copies can survive.

But once the works of famous artists from Xiangjiang and Wandao were used, the life-and-death line immediately doubled and became 10 volumes.

Although the sales of popular books are very high these years, such an approach is too risky for a new publication!
If Lin Weimin was running a magazine for himself, he might take the risk, but now he is running a magazine for the public, so he must be cautious.

Several colleagues in the editorial department have done their best in the matter of collecting manuscripts, and all the authors who can be contacted have been contacted, but the quality of the manuscript cannot be determined by the editor.

Lin Weimin is picky about the standards of Toutiao's works, but he doesn't want to wait any longer.

After thinking about it for a long time, it seems that the best way is to do it yourself!
(End of this chapter)