Chapter 425: Doubling

That's right, although the editor-in-chief Xu Yanzhi told the two to be in charge of discussing cooperation matters before leaving, Tie Zi dared not make an offer!

He has been working in People's Publishing House for ten years, and he has been the review editor of "Literature" magazine for five or six years. He has read countless excellent short stories, including works by famous predecessors. This article is also one of the top short stories in his five or six years of reviewing work. Of course, this may just be the opinion of those who have read this short story. After all, everyone's evaluation and views on literary works are very different.

But there is one thing that Tiezi firmly believes——

It is difficult for anyone who reads "The Gift of the Magi" to give even a bad comment, because this story is so warm and touching, especially the ending of the story is unexpected, Aftertaste, I feel that all this is reasonable.

Those who have read the short story "The Necklace" may not be too surprised.

Because the two short stories have one thing in common, which is to present the most exciting part of the story at the end!

But after thinking about it for a long time, there is no doubt about one point:

The Seven Star Literature Cup begins with the audition, and it needs to go through two schedules: the preliminary round and the final round. In other words, in addition to the two short stories known as "The Necklace" and "Magi's Gift", which must be won, it also includes the next final round. The one short story that comes out is also not to be missed.

"Why don't we make a special topic of short stories in the next issue of "Literature", and then display all three works of Mr. Li Chungang together!"

As soon as this idea came to mind, it took root in Tie Zi's mind and couldn't get rid of it, just like himself, as if if "Literature" magazine didn't do this, it would be an unprecedented loss. But now that the editor-in-chief Xu Yanzhi is gone, he can't make up his own mind, so he can only wait for a while for the old bear to come back and discuss it to see if this is feasible.

 …

"Editor-in-chief Xu went home temporarily due to some personal reasons, but before he left, he told me and Lao Xiong to take charge of the magazine's affairs, but I personally think it's inappropriate for us to be in charge, Thinking about it backwards, let’s end up with a democracy.”

"What does democracy mean?"

"Everyone vote! As long as the people in our "Literature" magazine have the right to one vote, and the minority obeys the majority in the end, what do you think?"

"Can!"

"no problem!"

"Let's do it like this."

"It's ok, but it's a little troublesome. In fact, it's okay for the two of you, Lao Xiong and Tie Zi, to take care of it. After all, you are both 'old men' in literature. The editor-in-chief trusts you to entrust the work to you. Responsible."

"..."

Not everyone is very enthusiastic about fighting for power and profit, at least most of the people in their literary magazine group belong to the more "Buddhist" kind, and most of them are in the situation of neither fighting nor grabbing. But if you think about it, you can be relieved. Although "Literature" is the most authoritative literary magazine in China, it is hard to change the difficulty of its narrow readership. At present, none of the editors in the group is under 40 years old, and there are still many editors. The people here either really love traditional literature, or they don't have much idea of ​​where to work, so they are preparing for retirement.

As for those who are self-motivated and enterprising...

It has long been transferred to other groups of the People's Publishing House. For example, the publication of Li Chungang's "Medical Skills Wushuang" was handed over to the People's Publishing House. There is more or less the influence of the state's "support" behind it, otherwise Their People's Publishing House has always only published traditional literature, some authoritative books and educational materials, etc., and it is absolutely impossible to publish an online novel.

In the final analysis, it is not to promote the spirit of "the benevolence of doctors"!

"It's a bit far-fetched... Now let's talk about Mr. Li Chungang's two short stories plus a follow-up short story with a high probability. Should the three in total be assembled for a short story of "Literature"? A general vote will be held for the special issue of novels, those who agree with it will raise their hands, and those who disagree will not raise their hands."

Swish Swish Swish——

I have to say that Tiezi's idea is really a rare good idea, especially since their "Literature" hasn't changed much in a year or two, and each issue publishes some high-quality articles after reviewing the manuscripts according to the rules. There are many kinds of works, such as poems and songs, long and short stories, and prose...as long as they catch the editor's eyes, they can be published smoothly.

In the blink of an eye, more than half of the people raised their hands, and after a while, most of them have raised their hands.

The remaining ones who don’t raise their hands don’t mean they don’t agree with Tie Zi’s suggestion, but that it’s better to have one thing more than one thing less. They don’t want to find opinions on this kind of thing, and do their own things honestly, so that they can retire with peace of mind. On the day of retirement, no matter what happens when I retire!

"Then it's decided!"

Tiezi was also relieved to see that his opinion was approved by so many people. Now that everyone agrees, the next thing will be easy to handle.

First of all, there is no doubt that it is necessary to report to the editor-in-chief Xu Yanzhi, both public and private.

It’s just that before Tiezi called Xu Yanzhi, he was full of joy and expected to get the approval of the other party, but in the end all he got was "I know, I will do as you say", which is one word away from ten words in both hands. I knew how perfunctory Xu Yanzhi was after listening to it.

Editor-in-chief Xu Yanzhi suddenly changed so much that the old Xiong and Tie Zi, who had been with him for five or six years, couldn't believe it.

Putting everything aside, Tie Zi took a deep breath, called Li Chungang according to the contact information left by the editor-in-chief, and expressed his thoughts directly after the call was connected:

"Hello, Teacher Li Chungang, I am Tie Zi, the review editor of "Literature" magazine. It is a great honor for us to be the first readers of this novel "Magi's Gift". Twelve thousand words to buy your two short stories "The Necklace" and "The Gift of the Magi". Of course, we offer this price does not mean that the value of your work is twelve thousand words, but like us There is generally an upper limit to the manuscript fee that a magazine group affiliated to People's Publishing House can apply for..."

"Twelve thousand characters?"

The first quotation was only 5,000 words per thousand words, and the price more than doubled after a day. This is not easy for a traditional literary magazine with a red background. Li Chungang agreed after careful consideration. Yes, after all, the other party only provided a channel to publish a few of his short stories, and he didn't want to sell the copyright of his novels to the other party, so he was not too harsh on the price.

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