Chapter 495: A Gesture of Effort
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In mid-January, Lin Zixuan came to Shanghai and stayed in a hotel arranged by Xinya magazine.
The hotel was also inhabited by other judges, writers and editors of literary magazines, as well as professors of the university's literature department.
Everyone chatted together, and they didn't pay much attention to this new concept essay contest, after all, most of the participants were middle school students, and they didn't have much life experience, so it was difficult to write moving works.
These people agreed to come and be judges, mainly because they valued the organizers.
"New Sprouts" magazine also has seven well-known universities in China, which have a lot of influence in society.
Besides, there is food and shelter, and it can also increase popularity, so why not do it.
When a group of people engaged in literature get together, it is inevitable to talk about literary things, and Lin Zixuan has become the focus of it.
"Mr. Lin, I have read your works, there is depth of thought, my novels mainly focus on the lives of women in the city, and you have time to help guide you. A female writer pleaded.
"Teacher Fang, you're polite, I don't dare to give advice, let's discuss with each other. Lin Zixuan responded.
The female writer recommended her novel to Lin Zixuan because she wanted to adapt it into a film and television drama.
Nowadays, the traditional literary publishing industry is no longer good, and although writers rely on remuneration and royalties, although they do not have to worry about eating and drinking, they still have to hook up with the film and television industry if they want to make a lot of money.
After the novel was adapted into a film and television drama, the writer not only made money but also became famous, which can be said to be both fame and fortune.
Lin Zixuan, as the boss of a film and television company, "The Stubborn Master", "Alive" and "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" have been made into movies one after another, and their fame has spread abroad, which is naturally enviable.
Lin Zixuan, the female writer's works, is well known for her bold description of women's psychology, but it is suitable for adaptation.
Nowadays, the domestic film and television industry needs to innovate in the subject matter, novels have a readership base, and adapted novels have more vitality than originals.
If the novel is really good and suitable for adaptation, Lin Zixuan doesn't mind helping to introduce it, it's a gesture for him.
Seeing that Lin Zixuan did not refuse, the female writer became even more enthusiastic.
In the past, writers may still have retained their high school and felt that writing was very sacred, but under the impact of the wave of market economy, writers also wanted to live a wealthy life, live in a villa, and drive a car.
It's human nature.
Seeing Lin Zixuan talking so well, other writers also surrounded him and asked Lin Zixuan for advice.
In addition to adapting film and television dramas, everyone is also concerned about how novels are published in Europe and the United States and other countries.
Domestic writers are keen to go abroad and make a name for themselves in the international literary world, which is the same reason as domestic directors desperately squeezing towards international film festivals, but the path of writers is relatively narrow.
Lin Zixuan's "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" became a bestseller in South Korea, and was reported in literary magazines in Europe and the United States and other countries.
"It was only a coincidence that my novel was published because the film was noticed by Western publishers. Lin Zixuan explained, "Now that many Western sinologists are concerned about the development of domestic literature, this is a good opportunity, I know a few sinologists, I can introduce them to you." ”
There are many foreign scholars in Beijing who come to China to study history and culture, and these people are proficient in Chinese, that is, the so-called sinologists.
For example, Jiang Wen's wife is a French sinologist, engaged in the study of philosophy and Taoism, and can speak fluent Mandarin.
Occasionally, these sinologists also worked as translators, translating Chinese books into foreign languages and publishing them, making a lot of money while spreading culture.
Lin Zixuan is only responsible for introduction, and it is not up to him to decide whether those sinologists are willing to translate the works of these writers.
The writers invited to judge the essay contest this time are from all over China, and they usually only see each other's names in the newspaper and have no chance to communicate.
The so-called literati are inferior to each other, and it has been the same since ancient times.
Everyone writes novels, and they all think that their novels are well written, especially the writers of their time.
Therefore, there are many times when there are scolding wars between writers, and there are few times when they get along with each other.
Lin Zixuan has had this kind of experience, he has been scolded a lot before, but now the times have changed, although there are still people attacking each other, but it is more of a hype to improve each other's popularity.
Lin Zixuan is willing to share resources, which is quite generous.
On the one hand, he did this to provide a way for domestic writers to go out.
Moreover, if he wants to make a name for himself in the Writers' Association and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, it is necessary to gain the support of writers.
Maybe it's not needed now, but no one can say for sure, Lin Zixuan believes in multiple friends and multiple paths, and if he can help, he will help him, and there is no loss to him.
However, some people don't buy his account, thinking that writers who are in business, run film and television companies, and are covered in copper smell, how can they write good works.
Lin Zixuan wrote martial arts novels, which belong to popular literature and are not elegant.
The main people who have this idea are university professors, who have high salaries, a leisurely life, no pressure, and are naturally high.
Lin Zixuan can understand, in fact, he feels that this society needs to have these people who maintain their integrity, and may feel that they are pedantic and do not know how to be flexible, but they are indispensable.
If this society is full of profit-seekers, if there are interests, they will go up, and if there are no interests, they will hide, then it will be very boring.
After getting to know each other, they also have to do the work of the judges, that is, to write questions and judge.
According to the regulations of "New Sprouts" magazine for the competition, each judge can come up with an essay topic.
These questions will be put together, and two hours before the start of the semi-finals, the head of the judges will open the envelope and select the essay topics for the semi-finals by secret ballot, as a sign of fairness.
Lin Zixuan thought about it and wrote his own title.
His topic is to ask the invigilator of the semi-final to take an apple into the examination room, and then take a bite of the apple in front of the contestants, and ask the contestants to write an essay on the topic of the apple that has been bitten.
"New Sprouts" magazine notified all those who passed the preliminary round to come to Shanghai to participate in the semi-finals.
Lin Zixuan looked through the list of participants in the semi-finals, as well as the works they submitted during the preliminary round, and most of the people who participated in this new concept essay contest were locals in Shanghai.
This is related to the publicity done by "New Sprout" magazine in Shanghai, and the media in the north did not pay much attention to this competition.
If it weren't for the invitation of the magazine, Lin Zixuan wouldn't have known that there was this game.
He roughly looked through the entries, and the style of these entries was relatively mature, and it was difficult to determine whether the contestants wrote them themselves or if someone helped to revise them.
But it has nothing to do with him, he just needs to do his job as a judge.
In the list of semi-finals, Lin Zixuan noticed a name, this contestant is called Han Han. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.