Chapter 175 (Thanks to the leaders Chi Meng Shuo and Shan Gui Ting)
In addition to reviewing manuscripts and other professional work, learning and improving oneself is also an important part of the editorial department. This is especially true for a young editor like Yang Yin.
As the print media market is gradually shrinking, considering future career development, it is even more necessary to constantly think and summarize, and strive not to become one of the "eight" in the 28 theorem.
Yang Yin drew a line under an obscure typo in a magazine with a hint of schadenfreude, then closed the magazine and put it aside. The notebook in his hand was already filled with a page of new words and good sentences. After he lowered his head and sorted it out again, he picked up "Acquisition" from the top of another stack of books.
Reading other magazines is part of learning. You have to read both the good and the bad. It focuses on being eclectic. A top-notch film in the industry like "Get" needs to be studied carefully.
Typesetting and binding are the last things to learn. The most important thing is to learn other people’s vision for selecting manuscripts, and to accumulate more names for your own author library.
China can use a lot of pens, but those who can really write clearly are just a drop in the bucket. In the current literary world in China, there are only a few at the top, and several magazines are vying for manuscripts.
As the editor-in-chief, Yang Yin’s biggest headache is not the hard work of reviewing and correcting typos, but compiling the manuscript. If you want to compile a good manuscript, it is like picking a mountain to cook the sea - picking a treasure from the vast mountains and a drop from the vast ocean.
Therefore, he must find more people who can write to fill his author reserve.
It is not enough to review the submitted manuscripts. It is also necessary to take the initiative and invite the authors to submit manuscripts. Other magazines are a way to get to know the author.
Yang Yin opened the "Get" magazine.
When you open "Get", the first thing you do is to open the table of contents. Yang Yin fixed his gaze on the author's column and scanned it from bottom to top. This is his work habit.
There is a reason for his work habit - when reading "Get", he first looks at the author to find out if there is a new name, so that he can know the primary goal as soon as possible. New authors who appear in "Get" magazine are generally ranked at the back, so looking from the back to the front is the most efficient way.
Shan Xuetao, Bi Feiyu, well, they are famous names, no need to ask; Xu Haofeng, A Yi... these are also old faces; Gu Zao, unfortunately, missed...
In fact, finding new authors in "Get" is a very cost-effective thing. Because there are very few non-famous works published on it. Works submitted by famous authors have to wait in line, let alone new authors?
But Yang Yin has never considered actually finding a new author from "Get".
Even if he doesn’t consider it in terms of work, he is still willing to watch "Get". Rather, he chose this high-investment, low-return job of making wedding dresses for others because he could enjoy reading other people's works here. Watching "Get" is both his mission and his benefit.
After reading the table of contents, Yang Yin was about to turn to the second page. Halfway through, he suddenly frowned and turned the page back.
He looked intently at the top of the catalog, rubbed his eyes, and stared hard, as if trying to see through the white paper.
At the top of the directory, there is a line of words printed grandly and without explanation:
"Fire in the Stone" - Wang Zixu.
Before Yang Yin realized what he had seen, his heartbeat had already begun to speed up, and hot blood could not stop rushing to his head. When his consciousness returned, he found that he had stood up on the table.
“What’s wrong?” asked the colleague next to me.
Yang Yin waved "Get" in his hand, but he couldn't hold back a single word for a long time. After a while, he threw the magazine on his colleague's desk, pointed hard at the first line of the catalog, and showed it to his colleagues.
The colleague looked at him in confusion, then followed his finger and said:
""Fire in the Stone", Wang Zixu... Hiss, let me go! Isn't this the manuscript you accepted?!"
Yang Yin was still speechless. His colleague patted his arm and said, "Is it the same person, the same manuscript? You should quickly open it and take a look!"
He reminded Yang Yin. Yang Yin quickly opened the pages of the catalog, his hands shaking uncontrollably as he turned. After turning the page roughly, what came into view was the familiar beginning.
"It's him, it's him..." Yang Yin sat down slumped, holding "Get" in his hand and wanting to cry without tears.
“Oops!” My colleague yelled regretfully, “You let go of the “Get” headline!”
The colleague screamed, which alerted several other colleagues behind him and looked over here.
“What’s wrong?”
Yang Yin said angrily: “No matter what, let me make it clear that I didn’t let Wang Zixu run away! Everyone knows what’s going on!”
The colleague said: "Don't worry, now is not the time to clean up. Let's take a look at his manuscript first. Have he made any changes? Is the full text published?"
Yang Yin flipped through a few pages, raised his head and said, "It has been changed. It has been changed a lot. It is no longer the original manuscript."
The colleague breathed a sigh of relief: "It would be okay if he changed it. It is not the same as the manuscript he got from our agency before. In this case, the responsibility for losing the manuscript will be smaller." Why was it not me who asked him to change it? Why didn’t our magazine give him this stage? "
Colleagues said, "Look, you are so anxious! Is this the time to think about this?"
Several colleagues gathered around and heard the whole story. They all looked different, some were anxious, some were sighing, and some were gloating.
Yang Yin turned the pages faster and faster, until he reached the last page. He held all the content between the first and last pages of "Fire in the Stone" between his fingers. It was a thick pile, accounting for almost one-half of the entire "Get".
"With so much content, 200,000 words, "Get" has published a full 200,000 words of Wang Zixu's works!"
As Yang Yin spoke, his face gradually turned red.
He recalled the previous opinions of the ministry on rejecting the manuscript, and also mentioned "too many words."
Thinking of this made him angry. There were too many words. No matter how many words there were, "Get" would have been published 200,000 times in one go, which is equivalent to publishing a book! No matter what status they "obtain", they all have such courage. I don't know why they are still looking forward and looking back!
Another reason for rejection was that "The Ancient City" was also rejected. So what if "The Ancient City" is rejected, what if "Yangtze River" is rejected? Isn't "obtained" exactly as published? In the future, people will only remember that "Acquisition" published the article "Fire in the Stone", and "The Ancient City" and "Yangtze River" rejected it, and it will only be mentioned as a joke!
Yang Yin was completely angry. He is now disappointed with Editor-in-Chief Wu, the Chief Editor, the editorial department, and himself.
It’s not because our author went to another place. It was normal for the author to submit manuscripts everywhere. What he resented was that this work had a chance to stay, but he took it around with his own hands and failed to keep it, so it was lost. This feeling is worse than anything else.
Thinking of this, he picked up "Get" in anger and walked towards the office.
“What do you want to do?” asked the colleague.
"I'll show it to Editor Shen."
When Yang Yin opened the door to the editor's room, Editor Shen was still smiling. He had just invited a manuscript and was in a happy mood. When he saw Yang Yin walking in with resentment, he said in surprise: "What's wrong?"
Yang Yin slapped "Get" directly on the table: "Wang Zixu's "Fire in the Stone" is on "Get"."
Editor Shen's expression became solemn, he took out his glasses from the table and put them on.
""Fire in the Stone" is the manuscript I got last time?"
"Yes. The whole text has been changed, but it is indeed the same work."
"600,000 "How did you publish it?"
"The first issue contains 200,000 words. It should be divided into three installments."
"Did you tell Wang Zixu that he voted for "Get"?"
Yang Yin smiled bitterly: "I rejected the manuscript for that reason, how could I have the nerve to go to him? He only said that he wanted to change it, and I gave him a few comments. Then he didn't hear from him for a long time, and he didn't reply to me when I asked him."
Editor Shen sighed deeply and stared at "Fire in the Stone" for a long time. Yang Yin did not dare to disturb him. Then Editor-in-Chief Shen stood up and said:
"Let's go and report to the Editor-in-Chief."
Editor-in-Chief Shen took Yang Yin, spread "Get" in front of the Chief Editor, and repeated almost exactly what Yang Yin said just now.
The editor-in-chief remained calm after listening to it. He picked up "Get" with both hands and read it for a while. Then he put down the magazine, picked up the landline on the table and made a call.
"Ask Editor Wu to come to my office!"
Soon Editor Wu knocked on the door and came in: "Editor-in-chief, are you looking for me?"
The editor-in-chief reached out and clicked "Get" and said: "I only want to say one thing, listen." Wang Zixu's "Fire in the Stone" was on "Get" ”, the headline article was published in its entirety, with 200,000 words published in the first issue. "
Chief Editor Wu listened blankly to the editor before asking: "Chief Editor, I'm sorry, can I ask, who is Wang Zixu? "
Hearing what he said, the three people in the office couldn't hold their nerves. Yang Yin was especially annoyed and said loudly: "It's the manuscript that was rejected by "The Ancient City" last time it was submitted to me. Do you remember?"
Although he was angry, he could still control his emotions and did not say to his face, "It's the manuscript that you urged to reject last time!"
Editor Wu was sweating slightly on his forehead: "That article? Oh, that article was published in "Get"? How did it get published? Yang Yin, do you have any news?"
The editor-in-chief waved his hand and said: "You guys go out, Editor Wu stays."
Editor-in-Chief Shen and Yang Yin closed the door after going out, and soon, the sound of angry curses came from the office.
“I haven’t heard the editor-in-chief lose his temper like this for many years.” Editor-in-Chief Shen said.
Yang Yin felt that he was even a little gloating about his misfortune.
“This manuscript was almost saved, if it weren’t for Editor Wu... Sigh.” Yang Yin sighed deeply. He was still regretting the loss of the manuscript.
Editor Shen whispered: "Scold him. It doesn't hurt his self-cultivation to scold him at this time. I want to scold him."
Yang Yin finally couldn't help but snickered, but then he fell into deep annoyance.
After a while, there was finally no movement in the office. Chief Editor Wu came out tremblingly, opened the door for the two of them, and motioned for them to come in.
The editor-in-chief said to the three of them: "I have only one request. Wang Zixu's next manuscript must come to us. If you lose it, you can get it back. Did you hear that, Editor Wu?"
Editor Wu nodded shiveringly. The editor-in-chief looked at Yang Yin, but Yang Yin straightened up and said with a cold face: "It's a bit difficult." Because "The Ancient City" was rejected, Wang Zixu was very disappointed with our company. " Editor Wu immediately said: "How can you say this? Really, how can you say this directly? "
Yang Yin looked at him with a cold face: "Then what should I say? What reasons should I give? Do you want to say that his writing is not good?"
Editor Wu said: "Aren't manuscripts rejected silently now? Why should we give a reason? How unpleasant would it be if this spread? Yang Yin, if you don't save face for yourself, you don't know how to save some for the society. "Is there any room?"
Yang Yin said angrily: "Zizixu was already very depressed at the time. If he really rejected the manuscript silently, maybe the work "Fire in the Stone" would be gone and it would not be included in "Get"!" Editor Wu wanted to say that it was not right, but he didn't say it out loud.
The editor-in-chief said with a straight face: "Stop arguing."
Yang Yin glared at Editor Wu and didn't give up.
“As I said, how did you lose it, how do you get it back, whether you come in person, or apologize, you can get the next article back!”
…
The editor-in-chief wants to keep Wang Zixu’s next article, so he naturally has his own intention.
"Fire in the Stone" was lost, and it was lost without dignity. Speaking of the reason, it is enough to make people lose face, because they took the initiative to not want it.
However, "Fire in the Stone" published "Get", which may cause a sensation. If we talk about it, it is not a problem that Wang Zixu, the debut author of "Yangtze River", did not submit to "Yangtze River", but submitted "Yangtze River" but was rejected by "Yangtze River". If people knew about it, I am afraid it would cause collective ridicule in the industry.
So the editor-in-chief wanted Wang Zixu to send the next article, even if it was a small piece of tofu or an unimportant article, as long as it was published in "Yangtze River", it would mean that the friendship was not harmed and the friendship was still there. After canceling "Fire in the Stone", it doesn't seem so stupid.
As for the creator of "Ancient City", he didn't take "Fire in the Stone" seriously from the beginning. It is obviously irreversible. I can only wish it good luck!
Yang Yin learned from Editor Wu that it was Hao Chengliang who quit "Fire in the Stone", and it was actually him who made his own decision. He knew Hao Chengliang, and after learning about this, he just sneered silently and had no intention of reporting to him. He planned to call Wang Zixu first to congratulate him.
Before Yang Yin’s call came, Wang Zixu was “watching the guard of honor” at the south gate of Nanda.
It is an exaggeration to say that the guard of honor is a bit excessive. Today's "Yesterday's Stars" seminar will be held at NTU. Many big names are coming. Many students are running to the door to count cars to see which industry bosses and idols will come to support the event.
Zhao Peilin is one of them. He was also the one who dragged Wang Zixu here.
In fact, Wang Zixu himself thought this was very boring, and he would not come here himself, but Zhao Peilin acted as a tour guide, and when someone came by car, he introduced, "This is the editor-in-chief of "Modern"", "This is the judge of this year's Feishi", "This is the winner of the last Excellent Novel Award", it sounds like this, it is not boring.
Finally, Shi Tonghe’s familiar black car slowly drove in.
“He’s still here.” Wang Zixu said.
Zhao Peilin squinted and looked: "The stars are shining over the moon."
"If he doesn't attend the seminar, why is he here?"
Wang Zixu was confused. He asked himself, living in a different place, he would never be able to be as shameless as Shi Tonghe, and he almost ignored the bright card of paving the way for his son.
(End of this chapter)