1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 634 Editor-in-Chief Qiu is Really Nice
Shanghai, No. 157 Changshu Road, "Children's Times" magazine office.

"Children's Times" magazine is different from ordinary magazines or publishing houses. It is affiliated to the China Welfare Institute. It was founded in 1959 and is the first children's literature publication in China.

Huang Anyi worked here from the late 70s to the early 80s, and then she became a full-time writer. After so many years, the staff has changed, and some familiar faces have been lost, and some new faces have been added.

Sister Lu is an old employee of the editorial department. She has been here since the publication of "Children's Times" and will retire next year.

Lin Weimin's "Spirited Away" was sent to the agency on Tuesday afternoon. The editor-in-chief Qiu Shilong attached great importance to this matter. As soon as the registered letter arrived, he directly handed over the manuscript to Yu Huili, a young editor in the agency, for review. Time was set.

"Children's Age" has been established for many years. It's not that there are no major writers who have published things here. Many famous and famous writers in the Chinese literary world have published their things here, such as Balao and Binglao.

But this time Lin Weimin's situation is different. Needless to say, Lin Weimin's status in the domestic literary world today, the key is that he actually wrote a 16-character long fairy tale.

This is extremely rare for a writer of his level.

The field of children's literature is placed in a somewhat embarrassing position among the large literature categories.

Good people don't like to write, bad people can't.

This has also led to the uneven level of works in the field of children's literature.

Counting them in detail, there are actually quite a few classic works at home and abroad, but apart from these works that have been precipitated for hundreds of years, there are very few works that are unforgettable to readers and even have a contemporary influence.

Nowadays, a great writer famous at home and abroad has entered this field. Although he wrote this work to celebrate the birth of his daughter, Qiu Shilong naturally dare not take it lightly.

Yu Huili graduated from university in her early thirties this year and has been working as an editor for Children's Times. Although she has six or seven years of work experience, she can only be a preliminary review editor in front of Sister Lu's senior qualifications. She and Sister Lu It is a team, and Sister Lu is in charge of the review.

It took two days to finish reading the manuscript handed to him by the editor-in-chief. Yu Huili couldn't hide her excitement, and her heart was filled with amazement.

She has read a lot of Lin Weimin's works, and knows his talent in literary creation, as well as his ever-changing writing style, but Yu Huili never dreamed that he is so talented even in the creation of children's literature.

"Spirited Away".

Yu Huili couldn't help turning the manuscript to the front page, staring at the title of the book on the front page, which is really rare.

There are pure childlike innocence, fantastic adventures, magnificent imagination, moving emotions, and the style of the times...

Yu Huili recalled all the children's literature works she had read in her editing career, including many classic works at home and abroad, but this was the first time she had seen works like "Spirited Away".

It covers almost all the elements that a children's book can cover. It is rich in content, colorful, full of emotion, and closely related to the present. No matter in the storyline, character creation or other aspects, Yu Huili can't pick a little bit of it. fault.

Yu Huili feels that this is not only a very suitable work for children to read, but also suitable for readers of all ages.

The outstanding creative quality has made this work out of the category of children's literature, and has a broader literary meaning and ideological connotation.

Yu Huili even felt that the work of "Spirited Away" should be worthy of a Yanbing Literature Award.

In addition to the quality of the work itself, it is also because such outstanding children's literature is so rare in the domestic literary world.

After being amazed, Yu Huili handed over the manuscript of "Spirited Away" to Sister Lu.

"I've finished reviewing Mr. Lu's manuscript, please take a look."

Sister Lu took a closer look at the review comments written by Yu Huili, and she wrote more than [-] words on five manuscript papers, which is extremely rare for an editor who reviews dozens of works every day.

If everyone follows this standard, it may not be possible to finish a few manuscripts in a month.

"Oh! Xiao Yu, you wrote this opinion too carefully, right? Is this manuscript really so good?" Sister Lu wore reading glasses, looked left and right, if this novel is really as good as Yu Huili boasted Like, that is simply a big gift to "Children's Era"!

"Okay, don't you know after reading it? Anyway, I have been an editor for so many years, and the manuscripts I have handled are not 8000 million words, but [-] million words. The quality of this manuscript is even better than those well-known classic works. Don't give up."

Sister Lu smiled and said, "Then I have to take a good look to see if it is as good as you said!"

Yu Huili had several reserved and confident smiles on her face. She was not confident in her vision, but in the work "Spirited Away".

She can say responsibly that with this work, there will be another classic fairy tale in the Chinese literary world, and it will surely become an unforgettable childhood memory for countless children.

A few days later, Lin Weimin received a call from Qiu Shilong.

"Mr. Lin, oh, Mr. Lin, you really gave us "Children's Age" a great gift!"

During the phone call, Qiu Shilong's tone could not conceal his excitement and excitement.

The manuscript of "Spirited Away" was sent to him after the preliminary review and review of two editors. As the editor-in-chief, he needs to make a final review of the manuscript.

Although he had long had confidence in the work sent by Lin Weimin, Qiu Shilong was shocked after seeing the review comments of his two editors.

Both of them wrote more than [-] words of review comments, of which only a few paragraphs were real "opinions", and all the rest were full of praise for "Spirited Away".

Under the pens of the two editors, the novel "Spirited Away" is already a rare classic children's literature work in the domestic literary world, and it is also difficult to find rivals in the field of international children's literature in the past 30 to [-] years.

Qiu Shilong is confident in the professionalism of his editors. The two praised this work so much that he couldn't wait to read it.

After reading the novel, Qiu Shilong's heart was turbulent, and he couldn't calm down for a long time. After thinking for a long time, the content of the two review comments floated in his mind.

There are only four words in my heart: I deserve it.

"Oh, Teacher Lin, I really don't know what to say. I used to know that your novels are good and your style is ever-changing, but I didn't expect you to be extraordinary in our field of children's literature. It's really amazing!"

Facing Qiu Shilong's admiration, Lin Weimin said a few words modestly.

After Qiu Shilong praised him, his mood calmed down, and he said with a bit of embarrassment, "Mr. Lin, there is something I have to tell you."

"You say."

"It stands to reason that for a masterpiece like yours, it is a matter of course to finish publishing one issue. Unfortunately, our publication has limited space, so it can only be serialized..."

Lin Weimin smiled and said, "Hey! What am I supposed to do? Since the manuscript has been handed over to you, it is up to you to decide how to publish it."

His easy-going made Qiu Shilong relax, and he brought up another matter that he thought might embarrass Lin Weimin even more.

"Another thing is that our publication is a publication under the Welfare Association, and the remuneration is really not comparable to the standard of your previous published works. You see, four thousand words..."

Before Qiu Shilong could finish speaking, Lin Weimin interrupted him, "Forget about the manuscript fee, this novel is a Children's Day gift for children all over the country. If your magazine is interested, you can use the money you saved. Let’s donate some publications to rural primary schools with the manuscript fee.”

Qiu Shilong didn't expect Lin Weimin to do things so generously that he would waive the manuscript fee. For a while, he didn't know what to say to express his gratitude.

What's more, the manuscript fees are exchanged for magazines and donated directly to rural primary schools, which can not only bring the joy of reading to those rural children, but also broaden their horizons.

With his ideological awareness, it is no wonder that he became the editor-in-chief of the Guowen Society at a young age. Qiu Shilong's heart is full of admiration and admiration for Lin Weimin.

"No problem, then do as you said. Thousand words... 60 yuan, exactly 1 yuan in manuscript fees, all of which are purchased at our cost price for magazines, and donated to Hope Primary Schools around the world after purchasing, What do you think?"

Qiu Shilong temporarily increased the manuscript fee standard by 20 yuan per thousand characters. Teacher Lin is so generous in his work, and their Children's Times Society can't be too stingy.

It is okay to be stingy when calculating manuscript fees with writers, but they must be more generous when engaging in charity and welfare. Who made them wear the gold-lettered signboard of "China Welfare Association" on their heads?

And he also knows that Lin Weimin is enthusiastic about charity. The China Youth Education Development Foundation and the Hope Project were established under his initiative and generosity. Donating all the purchased magazines to Hope Primary School is also reciprocating.

"Editor Qiu has a heart!" Lin Weimin praised.

"We are only generous to others, the real kindness comes from you."

The bridal sedan chairs were carried by everyone, Lin Weimin liked to do good deeds, Qiu Shilong was also happy to cooperate, and both parties were very happy.

Qiu Shilong talked to Lin Weimin about the release date of "Spirited Away". Next month will happen to be Children's Day, so Qiu Shilong plans to join the team for "Spirited Away". It will start serialization in June and is expected to be serialized Eight issues, about [-] words each.

"Everything is up to your arrangement." Lin Weimin said cheerfully.

Qiu Shilong communicated in advance and gave Lin Weimin enough respect, so he naturally knew how to advance and retreat.

After communicating about the publication, Qiu Shilong hung up the phone with Lin Weimin, and then made a special call to Huang Anyi.

The reason why "Spirited Away" was voted for "Children's Age" was entirely because Lin Weimin and Huang Anyi were acquaintances, otherwise "Children's Literature" would be in Yanjing, where would it be "Children's Age"?

"An Yi, thank you so much this time, you can still think about our company."

Huang Anyi was a little flattered by Qiu Shilong's grand thanks, she just recommended a manuscript to the past, shouldn't it be like this?
"Editor Qiu, you are too kind. Children's Times is my first job, and it is also the place where I started my literary journey. I am also very happy to do my part for the development of our publication."

"Okay, An Yi, you really have a heart. This time, the agency has really accepted your favor. If you need it in the future, just give me a call."

Qiu Shilong said solemnly.

Sensing his sincerity, Huang Anyi thanked her, thinking in her heart, Editor Qiu is really nice.

(End of this chapter)