Chapter 23: The Opponent

The end of the Liu Bingyang incident made Zhu Ziqing very depressed. According to the routine of the online novel in the previous life, there should be a plot of tearing and slapping the face. He has already taken the lead in this. Unexpectedly, people didn't bother to fight with a little shrimp like him at all, so they forwarded two scarves and ignored him.

It makes him feel like a hard punch in the air. The main thing, of course, is that this feeling of being ignored is too much to hurt self-esteem. What's even more aggrieved is that people are still taking advantage of everything, and all his previous preparations seem to have a self-inflicted appearance at this time.

There is a good saying, if you have the intention to plant flowers and flowers, you will not bloom, and you will have no intention of planting willows and willows. The seeds of his relationship with Lin Baoer finally took root because of some unexpected things. The emotional pride made him completely forget the unhappiness before.

Zhu Ziqing, who was immersed in the ocean of love, didn't know, although the verbal battle with Liu Bingyang was not successful. But a crisis awaits him, or rather, Children's Literature.

"The famous fairy tale writer Sugar Candy is back with his new work "Dream Wonderland". ”

"Our fairy tale master Yao Wenyuan's latest masterpiece "Hum Adventure" is about to be grandly serialized. ”

Zheng Tianqing devoted himself to creating "The Adventures of Little Dragonman" and will be with everyone. ”

Just when Zhao Mingyuan and Wei Zhixing defeated many strong players to become the No. 1 sales player and were ecstatic, many media were vying for the headlines. The wind changed dramatically overnight, and the major domestic mainstream media reported these three news in the most important sections. And it's continuous bombing.

The appearance of these three pieces of news made the entire media circle quiet, and then it became even more boiling. Who are Yao Wenyuan, Zheng Tianqing, and Tangtang? The most famous children's book writer in China, and the pillar of the author of "Children's Literature and Art" back then. What does it mean that the three of them are publishing books at the same time?

"Children's Literature and Art", which has been silent for a long time, finally launched a counterattack.

Big news, big news. Be sure to interview the person concerned, and all the media reporters were as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

"I'm a reporter for YC Daily. May I ask Editor-in-Chief Mao, are the three major writers of your magazine opening new books at the same time for "Children's Literature"?"

"Editor-in-Chief Mao, three of the most famous fairy tale writers in China are working together, are you sure that you can win the Seven Nights' "The Adventures of Shuke and Beta"?"

"I'm a reporter from Dajiang Daily......"

Its three major writers shot at the same time, using the connections accumulated by "Children's Literature and Art" to successfully occupy an advantage in the media circle and suppress the competitors who are in the limelight in public opinion. But Mao Wensu, as the editor-in-chief, was not very happy.

Especially in front of these media reporters, nine out of ten are related to the name that he hates. It's as if everything you do has become a foil for the other party.

"Again, I state that the publication of books by three writers at the same time has been determined a long time ago, not for whom. Our Children's Literature and Art has a long history and rich cultural precipitation, and has always played an important role in the children's book market. It is also one of the most successful magazines in the industry. So we don't have to target anyone. Please don't ask such questions in the future. ”

Mao Wensu finished this paragraph solemnly, and left the scene without looking back, leaving a large group of dissatisfied reporters. Which group of people in the world are the most undisciplined?

Even if something big passes through their hands, it can become bigger than the sky. The most 'admirable' thing is that they can still make up all kinds of major news out of nothing. It doesn't matter if you don't get the information you want, as long as you meet the interviewee, everything is fine.

As a result, the next day's important sections of the news media became:

"Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is intended for Pei Gong. ”

"Let's see if the three famous artists can strangle Seven Nights. ”

"Children's Literature and Art" struck hard and vowed to regain the championship. ”

Looking at the newspaper in his hand, Mao Wensu's face turned black as if he had been painted with a layer of paint. Before the whole magazine could rejoice in the winnings, they were silenced by the angry roar of the editor-in-chief.

I'm afraid there are only three people in the entire magazine who can not be affected by his mood, that is, Zheng Tianqing, Yao Wenyuan, and Tangtang. The three of them have a transcendent status in the magazine, not to mention the general editor-in-chief, even the editor-in-chief Mao Wensu has to be polite. It's all about strength.

"It's too rushed, and a lot of details are sent out before they have time to be repaired. This is using our credibility to consume fans. I have a bad feeling that this time I'm going to make a big mistake. Yao Wenyuan looked at the newspaper in his hand and said worriedly.

"I'm the same, this story has been in the works for years. But because it's not perfect enough, it hasn't been taken out. This time it's also a duck to the shelves. I only hope that readers can remember our old feelings and don't scold too harshly. Zheng Tianqing also said worriedly.

"Where's Tangtang? I haven't had time to see your work yet, so don't have a problem. The last reputation of our 'Three Heroes of Children' is counting on you to redeem it. Yao Wenyuan put down the newspaper and looked at the female writer opposite and asked.

"I feel okay about myself, and you know I've been writing this book for a long time. Even if there is no such thing, it can be finished in this period of time. I can only say that I have better luck than you. ”

Sugar Candy is the only one of the three who is calm, but the two friends are not doing well, and she can't be happy.

"I've read Sugar Candy's book, and in terms of readability, it's better than all her previous works. None of your or my previous works can compare. If you can give me another year, my book will not be worse than it, but it's a pity ......"

"That's great. Can you beat Seven Nights' Shuk and Beta?"

The "......" scene fell silent for a while.

As the other party, Zhao Mingyuan and Wei Zhixing had sad faces in front of the media. Behind closed doors, he was calm, as if he didn't pay attention to the heavy punch of "Children's Literature and Art" at all.

"Lao Zhao, this is not right. Usually our competitors have any big moves, and you are depressed. Now that the troika of "Children's Literature and Art" is starting at the same time, why aren't you worried at all? Wei Zhixing said with a smile.

"If it was only 'Shuk and Beta', I would definitely not be able to sleep with worry. But our biggest reliance is not on it, but on "Seven Nights Fairy Tale". With it, don't say anything about the 'Three Heroes of Children', even if the authors of the entire fairy tale circle add up, I'm not afraid. Zhao Mingyuan knows his old partner's temperament best, but he still answers seriously.

"Well, it's boring. But aren't you worried that "Seven Nights Fairy Tale" will also have problems?" Wei Zhixing looked like he would never give up until he reached his goal.

You read that right, it's "Seven Nights Fairy Tale". Didn't Zhu Ziqing hand Wei Zhixing a stack of manuscript paper when he signed the contract, that is, "Seven Nights Fairy Tale".

In order to increase the bargaining chips during the negotiations, Zhu Ziqing sorted out the "Grimm's Fairy Tales" and "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales" in his previous life, as well as some scattered classic fairy tales, and compiled them into "Seven Nights Fairy Tales" and gave them to children's literary magazines.

Such a collection of fairy tales that can be called a masterpiece unsurprisingly surrendered Wei Zhixing and Zhao Mingyuan. successfully earned a satisfactory contract for Zhu Ziqing.

Wei Zhixing and Zhao Mingyuan are not stupid. After getting part of the manuscript of "Seven Nights Fairy Tale", I began to plan how to maximize the benefits. And immediately linked the collection of stories with the magazine revision.

But I didn't expect to encounter such a crisis before the revision. Of course, this crisis is only for the previous "Children's Literature and Art". Now Zhao Mingyuan, who has "Seven Nights Fairy Tale" in his hand, did not take such a 'crisis' into account at all.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? He gave us not three or five manuscripts, but thirty articles. None of these thirty stories are below par. What does this mean? It shows that the people who wrote these stories captured the essence of fairy tales. If Zheng Tianqing and the three of them can reach such a level, I will write the word 'Zhao' upside down. Zhao Mingyuan said loudly.

"That's not what I'm talking about, I have no doubt about the quality of his work. I mean, is there really no problem with the article used in the first issue of the new edition?" Wei Zhixing restrained his smile and asked seriously.

Looking at his partner's serious appearance, Zhao Mingyuan said in a deep voice: "To be honest, I am also very apprehensive. If it had been before, maybe I would have taken it one step at a time. But you see, now, we are obviously better than him, but everyone thinks that we are inferior to him. He just took out three of his authors and put down all of our months of hard work.

I'm not convinced, so I'm going to take the risk. If you lose, it's a big deal to start all over again. If we win, we will be able to erase the gap with "Children's Literature and Art" in one fell swoop. Old Wei, will you support me?"

"I know that you look kind on the surface, but in fact you are the most arrogant in your heart. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had such a good job back then, and I would have to come out and start a business. Okay, I dared to venture with you back then. Even more so today. Let's change the world together. ”

No matter how dark Mao Wensu's face is, no matter how confident Zhao Mingyuan is, the competition between the two magazines is intensifying. Now, when the outside world mentions one, it will inevitably pull the other out for comparison.

But on the whole, "Children's Literature and Art", which is still profound in terms of word-of-mouth, is better, and it presses the opponent under him.

In the midst of all the disturbances, time passed day by day. The new issue of the magazine has also been released with great anticipation.

Although the sales of this issue of "Children's Literature and Art" have risen again, exceeding 500,000 copies. But in the end, he still lost to his opponent and gave up the championship throne that had not yet warmed up.

Not surprisingly, "Children's Literature and Art" once again regained the leading position with 610,000 copies sold. Seeing this achievement, the ice on Mao Wensu's face finally melted, and all the colleagues of the magazine dared to breathe a little.

Everyone took this result for granted. Peers think so, the media thinks so, and even the staff of "Children's Literature" agrees with this result in their disappointment.

But soon, they knew they were wrong. And it's still so outrageously wrong.