A lifetime is an inaccurate concept.

It's a short time to be muddy, but it's a long time to be busy.

Shen Zhe wanted to live a simpler life, but the editor in charge, Su Wei, contacted him, which made him unable to be idle.

"Xiao Shen, can you provide another medium-length story next month?"

Shen Zhe took the phone and said stunned: "Isn't there two issues left in the column, and the next one should be delivered on time." ”

"One more article, preferably one of those pure love novels."

Shen Zhe asked: "Two serials in one issue?" "He has a lot of manuscripts, but there is nothing wrong with contributing, just spend more time typing.

"Well, a column will be withdrawn next month, and the editorial office has not yet found a suitable author to take over. Originally, Tang Bian was in charge of that block, and he asked me to ask you if you could fill in this gap first. ”

Shen Zhe had met the editor-in-chief surnamed Tang in the magazine, but he was not very familiar with it and did not say a few words.

"What about the flower season that year?"

Su Wei sighed: "Editor Tang is jumping, in addition to your martial arts column, the youth column of the flower season is also the main focus of the magazine." But when we asked her to renew the contract, we were rejected, and we don't know what the reason is for the time being. ”

Shen Zhe frowned, I heard that the famous young female author has been cooperating with "Chinese Youth" for several years.

If you don't renew the contract now, something must have gone wrong.

Now this magazine is also equivalent to Shen Zhe's other home, and he will definitely help him when he encounters difficulties.

After all, he was born in online literature in his bones, and the first thing that came to mind was the pure love trilogy that was widely circulated on the original time and space network.

One was published last year, the other is being serialized in the forum, and the remaining one is just on top.

"Sister Su, give me ten days, and I'll give you a manuscript."

Su Wei breathed a sigh of relief and said in surprise: "Now you have an idea?" You serialized that article on the Internet, and it was good to stop you at that time. ”

Shen Zhe smiled, "The First Close Contact" was serialized on the Internet, which was an obsession of his.

"Don't worry, next month, you can't make a mistake."

Su Wei said: "Well, her column contract expires at the end of next month, and if you can find a new author to take over, you can still concentrate on the martial arts column." ”

"I look at your martial arts, the creation speed can't be fast, it takes a lot of effort."

Shen Zhe didn't speak, if he wanted to let go of his speed, he would be able to code for seven or eight hours a day, and thirty or fifty thousand words would be no problem.

After hanging up the phone, Shen Zhe pondered for a while.

The most important resource of a magazine is the author, especially the columnist who changes jobs, which is a huge blow to any magazine.

"Chinese Youth" will also hold an annual meeting every autumn, gather for dinner, travel, and give away some souvenirs, just to attract several important authors. Because Shen Zhe was preparing for the college entrance examination last year, he had not yet participated in the annual meeting of the magazine.

It is estimated that the female author revealed the intention of changing jobs, and it was not a light blow to Su Wei.

Thinking about it, Shen Zhe called Zhongli again.

"Brother Zhong, are you okay?"

Zhongli's voice sounded relaxed: "Oh, it's Editor Su who told you, it's okay, what did she tell you?" ”

"Sister Su asked me for a manuscript, in mid-August, I will submit another manuscript to you."

Zhongli was a little happy, but asked, "That's good, you can talk to Editor Su about the manuscript, it won't affect your column, right?" ”

"Don't worry, I'm out of the way." Shen Zhe said with a smile.

"Righteousness!"

Don't talk about double opening, three openings are no problem, Shen Zhe said in his heart.

As for the "First Close Contact" serialized on the forum, it was originally very short, and it could be completed in the evening.

I thought that the matter would be settled like this, but then several things happened.

At noon, he watched TV with Lin Yuhan and his mother while eating, and changed the channel with the remote control.

When I cut to Zhonghai Satellite TV, I overheard the name of the Chinese youth, as if it was talking about the author's job-hopping incident, and I immediately watched it intently.

This kind of local satellite TV still occupies a lot of shares in the ratings of other cities, but it is basically a chicken rib in Zhonghai City, because the largest TV media group in China, Xingchen TV, is here, and the local satellite TV is very inconspicuous.

gradually became a gossip media, specializing in reporting some strange events and gossip that happened in Zhonghai City.

The TV screen interviewed an author of the Chinese youth.

"The magazine has changed, and it is no longer the home of youth that we used to know."

"It's no surprise that the flower season left me back then, and readers will definitely find that the magazine they got their hands on has lost a lot of their favorite content."

The female reporter of Zhonghai Satellite TV asked with a smile: "So you are also ready to betray your old club?" ”

This is a male author in his thirties, and his face is not very good-looking when he hears this: "Betrayal? We writers are not slaves of magazines! ”

Today's magazines and authors are indeed a family, since the establishment of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the registered author's information will indicate which cultural unit it belongs to. It's just that the female reporter obviously has bad intentions and deliberately uses some unacceptable words.

Shen Zhe immediately called Su Wei.

"Sister Su, how many people have left the magazine? Is the situation very strict? ”

Su Wei sighed: "Maybe, I don't know the specific situation, Editor-in-Chief Zhong didn't leave the editor-in-chief's room in the morning." ”

"Does it have anything to do with me?"

The magazine and the author are a family, so the author should be a brother and sister, and Shen Zhe is obviously not very close to other authors.

His column is still in its own right, and has almost reversed the direction of the magazine's content.

"Did you hear anything?"

Shen Zhe snorted and said, "Then they jumped ship because of the martial arts column?" ”

Su Wei was silent for a moment.

"Xiao Shen, several of our editors have confidence in you, but ignore other authors. Some people still have pursuits, the greater the impact of your column, the impact on their publication sales, and indirectly affect the author's star rating, which in turn will be reflected in the manuscript fee......"

Su Wei said a lot, and Shen Zhe gradually understood.

The author star rating of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles is usually of little use, and its main role is to standardize the standard of judging manuscript fees.

The minimum manuscript fee for each star is stipulated by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

This is the general situation, if the magazine is very optimistic about a certain author, it can be increased appropriately.

For example, Shen Zhe took a manuscript fee of 200 per thousand words for the first manuscript, which was set by Zhongli himself.

At that time, he was just a newcomer, and according to the star standard, he should have taken about 80-100 words per 1,000 words.

As for why Zhongli gave Shen Zhe almost twice the manuscript fee, it was a matter of his personal vision, and it turned out that he did not lose his eyes.

With more than half of the serialization of "Dragon and Tiger Jinghua", the magazine has been favored by a group of chivalrous readers, and has also been abandoned by some young readers. An author of youth literature like Hua Ji must have an idea, and at this time, someone lured him behind his back, and it became inevitable to run away.

"Which magazine did you go to that year?"

"It's not easy for her star author to guess that you are so smart." Su Wei said.

Shen Zhe rarely reads youth literature anymore, but he has heard that Hua Ji was a five-star author back then, and the small magazine is estimated to be unable to accommodate it.

The star rating is the number of published books, which proves that she has published more than 5 million copies of her works.

The standard of authorship fee at this level is 300 per thousand words, and the publication share is more than 10%, and the number of authors in the whole country does not exceed 200.

Before Shen Zhe appeared, Hua Ji had been the main author of the magazine that year.

Shen Zhe narrowed his eyes: "Young man? ”

Su Wei said: "I think so too, Editor-in-Chief Zhong has not spoken, and now we editors don't know the specific situation." ”