The 2nd New Concept Essay Contest was successfully concluded in Shanghai. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since it is a competition that spans the new century, the organizers have made sufficient preparations, and nearly 20,000 people have signed up for the competition, and the participants are distributed in a wider area and the level of participation is higher.

The key point is that the nine national key universities that host the competition will admit eligible winners in advance.

In the first New Concept Essay Competition, only six universities participated, and the number of admitted students from each university was seven, and in the second year, nine universities participated, and the number of admitted places increased to fifteen.

In other words, 135 winners will be admitted to key universities this year.

This is undoubtedly quite attractive for those high school students.

Even though the enrollment of universities across the country began to expand in '99, and the admission rate of universities rose from 30 percent to 50 percent, the chances of being admitted to major universities were not high.

Instead of trying your luck in school, write two essays.

Of course, there are certain conditions attached to the admission of the university, first of all, the students in the third year of high school, the grades in the school must not be too bad, otherwise it will be difficult to keep up with the courses when entering the university.

Then there's the issue of character, and universities don't want to admit students who are so stubborn.

It is also necessary to pass the school's interview, check the checks, and reflect the all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor advocated by quality education.

Han Han won the second prize in the second essay competition, proving that he has a talent for writing, at least recognized by the judges.

The rules of the second essay contest were stricter than those of the first, and the results of the on-site re-examination accounted for a larger weight.

Although there are many first prize winners in this competition, the media pays special attention to Han Han, and among these winners, the name Han Han can attract the attention of readers.

Failed exams, repeated, poor students, and won essay contests......

These labels attached to Han Han are destined to become the focus of the media.

The publishing house also announced that Han Han's first novel "Triple Gate" will be published on February 1.

The publication of a novel by a freshman in high school is news in itself, and the fact that this person is Han Han has a double news value.

The news has been reprinted by many media, including even many mainstream media, and everyone has mixed evaluations of it.

Some people think that Han Han may have some writing talent, but what high school students can write that is worth publishing is not worth reading.

There are also people who think that this is a good thing, encouraging young people to create, even if it is the great writers in history, the first article written is not necessarily a classic.

It is necessary to have the bearing to accommodate young people's creation, give them the opportunity to grow, and not beat them to death with a stick.

If Han Han can write the first novel, there will be a second one, and if you don't let him write the first one, the second one will never appear.

Some people think that this is the hype of the publishing house, using Han Han to make money.

In any case, the genius young writer Han Han's first novel "Triple Gate" has become a hot topic in the media.

In these years, publishing books is nothing new, as long as it costs money, the book number of a regular publishing house is about 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, plus the cost of proofreading and typesetting, and the printing of 1,000 copies will not exceed 50,000 yuan.

This is called self-publishing.

It's just that this kind of book doesn't sell much, so it's just for coaxing yourself to play.

Many leading cadres who are vassals and elegant will publish their poetry collections and articles at their own expense, and show them when they have time.

In the past, everyone thought that those who could publish novels were great writers, but now the domestic publishing industry has entered the era of popularization.

Even so, Han Han's novels have attracted much attention, mainly because he bears the title of a "genius young writer".

This title was not self-appointed, but was coined by publishers and media to attract readers.

With such popularity, Han Han received an invitation from a local TV station in Shanghai to participate in an educational TV program and discuss the issue of quality education with sociologists and educators.

The program explores some of the current hot topics in the education industry, including the uselessness of schooling, the reform of the college entrance examination, the education method of geniuses, and so on.

In fact, Han Han and them couldn't talk to each other at all.

He was only a first-year high school student, and he did not have such a wealth of knowledge, and he did not know much about the professional terms spoken by experts, so he could not intervene on the topic of teaching reform.

The show invited Han Han more because he was topical, and he didn't expect him to express any profound insights.

Han Han criticized the school's education on the show, and he did not analyze it theoretically, but told about his subjective feelings.

This gives the audience the impression of a rebellious teenager, the kind of student who is disobedient and does not like to learn.

For middle school students, they think Han Han looks cool like this, and he dares to criticize the school and teachers on TV, and he is lawless.

Sixteen or seventeen years old is the age of teenager rebellion, TV programs are more widely disseminated than newspapers, and real people are more vivid and specific than newspaper reports, so Han Han has become the idol of many middle school students.

The publishing house is happy to hear about this, and the more popular Han Han is, the better the sales of the novel will be.

Lin Zixuan didn't watch the TV show, and he received a sample book of "Triple Gate" from the publisher in the mail.

The publisher was so confident in the sales of "Triple Gate" that it printed 50,000 copies for the first time, and will reprint it if it sells well.

This is the treatment of a bestseller, the average writer has a first print run of about 3,000 to 5,000 copies of a novel, and a well-known author has 10,000 copies.

The fifth volume of Lin Zixuan's "Xiaoxue's Great Adventure" was also published around the Chinese New Year, with a first printing of 200,000 copies, because this novel has the foreshadowing of the first four parts and has a large readership base.

Book sales are a long process, and sales will be good in the first month or two, and then they will enter a plateau.

It takes about a year or two for "Xiaoxue's Big Adventure" to sell two million copies in China, so the publishing house will print it in batches to ensure zero inventory and reduce operational risks.

In the new century, this children's story will be published in countries around the world and translated into dozens of languages.

Some foreign readers are anxious to know the following story, and will buy Chinese books from China, or have them translated, or learn Chinese on their own, for a sneak peek.

This is the case with Chen's British classmates, which has made many foreign primary and secondary school students interested in Chinese.

It can be seen that a global bestseller can play a role in cultural exchange.

In order to cooperate with the production of follow-up films, the next two parts of "Xiaoxue's Great Adventure" will be published two years apart, and the longer the time, the greater the influence.

A few years ago, Lin Zixuan and Mu Shanshan traveled to Japan and met with the owner of the Japanese Oriental Bookstore.

They talked about plans to publish "Little Snow's Big Adventure" in Japan, and the publisher, Mashi Yamada, had no interest in children's stories and missed the opportunity. (To be continued.) )