"Go physical or send it online first?" Zhuang Yan touched his chin, "I really haven't thought about this question." ”

Wang Lijian took a sip of the teacup and said with a smile: "Then you should think about it, if you want to post it on the Internet, I won't talk about it first, if you want to go first, then do you want to discuss it with Lao Yu first?"

Zhuang Yan glanced at Wang Lijian and said, "This is a bit too urgent, the book has not yet come out, and we have begun to discuss the matter of publishing?"

Wang Lijian shook his head, "It's not that you are asked to finalize anything immediately, but to ask you to talk to Lao Yu about this matter, as for what to say, it depends on you." ”

Zhuang Yan pondered for a while and said, "Well, okay, I'll talk to Brother Yu about this matter when I go back." ”

In fact, he didn't tell Wang Lijian the truth, after the manuscript of "The Catcher in the Rye" came out, he thought about this problem, and his idea at that time was that it was best to serialize it on the Internet first, so that it could not only give the popularity of the book for a period of time, but also make more money, after all, the manuscript fee on the Internet is actually more than that of the physical book.

And the reason why he didn't tell the truth was because he wanted to test what Wang Lijian thought. When Wang Lijian suddenly talked about this matter, he definitely didn't say it casually, he should have some ideas.

However, the conversation just now did not let Zhuang Yan test what Wang Lijian wanted to do, whether Wang Lijian was anxious to get the Literary and Art Publishing House to sign his book as soon as possible, or did he want Zhuang Yan to serialize the book on the Internet first, or both?

didn't try it out, and Zhuang Yan wasn't going to say anything, after all, the book has not yet determined the specific release time, and it is too early to talk about these things.

After the two talked again, Yu Hai knocked on the door and came in.

He was holding a book that was 16 years old, and when he entered the door, Zhuang Yan noticed two mice on the book cover.

After greeting each other, Yu Hai shook the book in his hand and said, "This is the final version, but whether it is the final version or not, you have to nod your head." ”

Zhuang Yan didn't say anything modest, but smiled and took the book in Guo Hai's hand and looked at it.

Looking at the size and tone of the book, you can see that this is a book aimed at the children's market, with a horizontal edition of 16 pages, a very hard cover, and a very bright color.

The cover on the book cover is similar to the cover made by the literary and art website, and the highlight is, of course, the two mice as the protagonists. Of course, if there is another one later, it may be necessary to change the cover, because there will be other important characters in the back, such as Beta's wife Bei Yi.

Turning over the book cover, Zhuang Yan first touched the paper of the text, because it needed color printing illustrations, so the paper was very thick. And because it takes care of children's reading, the font size of this book is also very large, and the line spacing is also very wide.

Of course, these things are trivial, and Zhuang Yan doesn't really pay attention to these things, what he really wants to see is the effect of the illustrations inside.

After probably flipping through it, the illustrations in the book are still relatively frequent, basically there will be one or two illustrations on each page, which is a good thing, which can help children read and reduce the fatigue caused by reading.

After reading the whole, Zhuang Yan started reading it from the beginning, and he wanted to see how well the illustrations fit the text. Don't look at the illustrations are very good, but the key to the illustrations in this kind of book is not how well they are drawn, but how much integration the pictures and texts have.

Of course, since Yu Hai said that it is a professional team, of course, it is impossible for that kind of situation where the picture and text are unrelated. Zhuang Yan took a few more looks from the middle, and felt that these illustrations were still very tightly tied to the text, and they had already done it to the point of adding points to the book.

Zhuang Yan nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, it's even better than I imagined, it can be seen that the authors of these illustrations still have a thorough understanding of the story, and they also have a better understanding of the children's aesthetics." ”

Yu Hai nodded proudly, "Of course, this is the best illustration studio in the country." ”

"Well, very professional indeed. Zhuang Yan nodded in affirmation, of course, it was just very professional. In his eyes, these illustrations are professional and accurate, but they still lack a little imagination. However, Zhuang Yan is a layman, even if he feels that there is a flaw, he can't give any good advice, in short, this small flaw has little impact, and it is not satisfactory.

Yu Hai rubbed his hands and said, "So, do you think there is no problem, you can finalize it?"

Zhuang Yan bowed: "No problem, it's ready to be finalized." ”

In fact, as an author, he has no decision-making power unless there is a major problem, and the reason why Yu Hai showed it to him is because he values his opinions. Of course, Zhuang Yan knows this and keeps it in his heart.

Wang Lijian stroked his palm beside him and said, "Okay, this matter is settled, do you have anything else to say?"

Yu Hai put the book away and said with a smile: "Don't say it, I really have other things to say." That's right, the publishing house is going to translate "Alive" into English and publish it, I want to ask Zhuang Yan how your own English is, if you can do it, you will do it yourself, and we don't have to find a translator again, after all, you are the author, and the translation must be better. ”

Hearing Yu Hai's words, Zhuang Yan rolled his eyes, his English is indeed not bad, but it is definitely not to the point of being able to translate a work. What is the emphasis on translation, Yan Fu, the most famous translator of our time, has proposed, the most important thing is "Xinyada", which is accurate, literary and fully expresses the meaning of the original work.

Zhuang Yan asked himself that he would never be able to do these three things, so he shook his head and said: "I still don't want to be ugly, let's leave the translation to professionals." ”

Yu Hai had an expression of "I knew this was the case", and said with a smile: "Then do you have any opinions on the choice of translator?"

Zhuang Yan shook his head again, "What opinion can I have, the matter of the translation world, my eyes are black, and I don't know anything." ”

At this time, Wang Lijian spoke, "The two most famous people in the translation industry today are Gu Hongming, Tang Shenggong, and Mr. Yan Fu, the former president of Yenching University. ”

Zhuang Yan was taken aback, "Are these two ...... No free time?" he wanted to say if these two were too big, but after holding back for a long time, he only said that there was no free time.

Yu Hai was also shocked, "Lao Wang, these two are not good to move, right?"

Different from the surprise of the two, Wang Lijian calmly touched his chin and said, "Mr. Yan Fu is now in AH, it is difficult to contact, but Tang Shenggong is in Yanjing, you can give it a try." ”