Ming Pao is the Taishan of Hong Kong's literary media, and every day, countless writers in Hong Kong rush to send their manuscripts to Ming Pao for publication, hoping to show their faces in newspapers and magazines. But the buyer's market, coupled with the oversupply of demand, doomed most new authors to have a hard time showing their faces in Ming Pao.

If He Zilong sends the manuscript normally, even if it is a good work, there may be a 50% chance that it will be thrown directly into the trash by the editor.

What He Zilong didn't know was that Ling Yumo, the young lady at the front desk, was somewhat related to Jin Lao, although this relationship was a little far away. But because of this, she's not your average front desk. I saw her walk directly to the outside of Jin Yong's office, and then knocked directly on the wooden door of the office.

"Please come in!" came a deep old man's voice inside.

Ling Yumo pushed the door in, and Jin Yong, who was waiting at the desk to give some documents, raised his head, glanced at it, showed a kind smile, and asked, "Xiaoyu, did you send the manuscript over so early?"

"The plan of the day lies in the morning, my uncle recommended me to come to work in Mingbao, Xiaoyu is stupid, so I can only fly more stupid birds...... Ling Yumo replied jokingly, as a smart woman, she will try her best to get closer to everyone every time, especially with Jin Lao.

Ling Yumo smiled and held the manuscript and put it on Jin Yong's desktop.

Jin Lao didn't think much about it, and when he opened the manuscript, the first one was He Zilong's "Searching for Qin"! After reading about 10,000 words, his brows were tense and sometimes loose, and he wrote down some comments with a pen. I saw that it read: "Through time and space, the opening idea is quite novel." However, the writing is a little frivolous, and the plot is a little unbearable, tentatively 60 points. ”

After all, he is a little old, and Jin Lao will now record all the works he pays attention to.

If you change the general editor, you may see that it has stopped here, then the meaning of 60 points is, the real meaning: the writing is not enough to read, and there is a tendency to be glamorous, so let's do it!

There are only more than 100 manuscripts that Jin Lao has to review every day, and they are still the parts that are only read after they are selected, and if he reads them all alone, he can't read the manuscripts 24 hours a day, so he can't do anything else.

Just when Jin Lao was thinking about whether to continue reading or change to read it.

Ling Yumo obviously saw Jin Lao's thoughts, and lightly mentioned on the side: "Uncle, I'll pour you a cup of tea, oh yes, the author of this "Xun Qin Ji" is below, and he has been waiting for several days, it seems to be quite sincere......"

It seems to be a casual reminder, but it actually has multiple meanings, and it also adds some exaggerated elements of half-truth. It seems that He Zilong is full of sincerity, as a Dundun elder, Jin Lao thought about it, it is better to read all this manuscript, and then send the comments down to the author. People have been waiting for a few days, and it's hard enough.

"Since Huang Ying died, the new martial arts have declined, alas, it's good to dig up some newcomers...... "Jin Lao sighed in his heart.

Huang Ying's real name is Huang Haiming (1956.10.28-1992), also known as Huang Ming (another name is Wang Ming), and he also has a pen name "Lu Ling". Born in Beijing on October 28, 1956. Originally from Zhongshan, Guangdong, he is a writer of the "supernatural reasoning school".

Huang Ying is a well-known writer and screenwriter in Hong Kong's publishing, film, television and comic strip industries. It can be said that he is a versatile and multi-career young talent, but he also succeeds and loses.

It can be said that Huang Ying is too distracted and ambitious, and he wants to write novels, screenwriters, and directors, and he is multitasking and distracted, which makes the beginning of his novel amazing, and the more the story goes on, the more mediocre the story becomes, and the quality declines very much.

It's a bit like the online literature of later generations, but that's not the point. The point is, this thing is still a short-lived ghost, and he died in 1992.

Regarding the cause of Huang Ying's death, official sources said that he died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

However, Jin Lao knows the truth, but it is not good to talk about it to the outside world. The real cause of death was that Huang Ying was unable to make a "zombie movie" and borrowed loan sharks, but later lost all his money, so he was beaten to death at home by debt collectors.

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Although Jin Lao has officially closed his pen a long time ago, he has always paid attention to supporting a new generation of novel writers.

After all, Gu Long hung up, and Huang Ying was also hacked to death, and Ming Pao now serializes only one of the more famous "Wesley" series, which has been serialized for more than ten years. It's a little bit of a green and yellow, and there are some other small authors, but they are not very famous.

In addition, in recent years, many media have challenged Ming Pao's leading position, if it weren't for Ming Pao's immediate signing of a contract with the author of the "Wesley" series for hundreds of nearly 1,000 yuan or 1,000 words, I am afraid that this last good seedling will also jump ship.

"Science fiction is booming, maybe it's not bad to take advantage of this kind of trend and write a new martial arts. Then take a closer look at this book of Qin Ji!" Jin Lao thought thoughtfully.

People like the new and hate the old, and readers are no exception.

Martial arts novels, from Liang Yusheng's creation of "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua" in 1954, to 1992, it has been almost 40 years. It's not an exaggeration to say that readers have changed two or three generations, if it's still a martial arts novel every day, around the family and country hatred, the secret treasure of martial arts, and the life-and-death battle between the righteous and the underworld, it seems that it can't keep up with the times.

In recent years, American movies have become popular, superheroes have a sci-fi style, and modern people's thinking is no longer the kind of a few decades ago. And most of the world is a time of peace, and readers' tastes have indeed changed a lot.

Thinking about it this way, Jin Lao unconsciously changed a lot in his heart in the style of evaluation.

After ten minutes, he read all of He Zilong's manuscripts quickly.

"It seems to be getting more and more interesting in the back. Jin Yong nodded, put down the manuscript and sighed: "Okay, the idea is fresh, unique, and it is compatible with science fiction, and it is down-to-earth, and it can return to the Warring States Period, I believe that what can resonate with readers is a rare masterpiece." ”

"Huh?" he was about to ask the secretary and assistant to ask the front desk to invite the author up, but when he looked up, he found that Ling Yumo, the front desk lady, had not left yet, and was on the side. So, I hurriedly asked her to go down and call someone!

"Xiaoyu seems to be quite interested in this author, could it be someone she ......knows?" Looking at Ling Yumo's beautiful shadow in the distance, Jin Lao thought thoughtfully.

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"Hey, what's the front desk? What, I'm helping you send the manuscript to the editor, well, where did you come from, rich guy, isn't it okay for you to play with tickets like this? Literature is a thing that needs to be patient, it's not something that can be bought casually with a little money. Please come back!"

Just as Ling Yumo walked near the front desk in the hall on the first floor, he heard a strange voice.

"I'm sorry, Professor Xiong. This gentleman's manuscript won the appreciation of Jin Lao. I'm waiting for him in the office at the moment, please get out of the way!" she politely walked over and said to a middle-aged man who had stopped He Zilong and his party.

When the latter heard this, his whole face turned red in an instant. Then, he quickly handed over the manuscript in his hand to the front desk, and then said a few words of embarrassment and left.

Watching the man leave, He Zilong, who had inexplicably made this person speak, turned his head to look at Ling Yumo and asked, "Who is he......?"

"Leave him alone, a university professor who has been submitting, but can't even pass the first review, is still a professor like this, and it's okay to stop other authors to comment and ridicule others every day, and every time he comes, he is particularly annoyed......"

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