October 17th, noon, Banyan City.

Fujian Province is a major cultural province, and there are five or six publishing houses alone, such as the Fujian Provincial People's Publishing House, the Fujian Provincial Education Publishing House, and the Strait Publishing House.

Chu Nu never expected that less than three days after she asked someone to send the manuscript to Sanchongmen, the deputy editor-in-chief of the strait called and wanted to do some interviews on the revision of the manuscript and the signing of the contract.

Chu Nu didn't want to sign the contract so soon, Yang Zijian had already informed her that next month, more than a dozen national magazines at home and abroad, such as "Reader's Digest", "Sprout", "Chinese Campus Literature", "Juvenile Literature and Art", "Fujian Province Literature", "United Literature", "Yanhuang", etc., will use his manuscripts.

Although publishing houses are all state-owned, and it is the state to earn more or less, as the leader of a publishing house, we must also look at economic and social benefits, which are all political achievements.

Lin deputy editor-in-chief is Chu Nu's uncle, for the sake of face, last night I hastily read the manuscript of the novel written by middle school students, and the result was like drinking famous tea, and the whole body was excited, and several editors in charge were called to come over to review the manuscript, all of which thought that this was a rare excellent novel, but because there were sensitive topics such as "first love of youth" and "quality education", it made everyone very cautious.

Therefore, he made a special call to ask Chu Nu to come over.

Rongcheng Shuidong Road.

Chu Nu walked into an eight-story building, took the elevator, and reached the seventh floor, where it was very quiet, with more than a dozen offices on both sides of the corridor, and a bunch of editors reading the manuscript were sitting inside.

Unlike newspaper editors, publisher editors are mainly responsible for publishing the author's manuscript in accordance with the publishing standards, and there is no requirement for creative criticism. The editor of the publishing house is more like a matchmaker, who takes a fancy to a guy or girl of the right age (the manuscript), dresses it up (editing and publishing), and then promotes it to the other party (the reader). The importance of matchmaking lies in the fact that Bole Soma and pounding dress, rather than going to conceive and give birth to a child, and the same is true for the editor of the publishing house.

Chu Nu has heard that now the Strait Society is also reforming, and the editor also has task requirements every year. For example, how many varieties to produce, how many words to process, how many yards of foreign (book industry terminology, pricing * number of books = yards) and so on. In the early nineties, literary writing had the most submissions, novels were easier to sell, poetry and prose, unless they were famous, they were often unsalable, and as for all kinds of technical, economic, and management professional books were in short supply, usually the first printing of an ordinary professional book was 18,000 copies, and it was common to sell tens of thousands of copies in a few years, so editors were also very interested in seeing this kind of book.

Chu Nu went straight to the last editor-in-chief's room and met the deputy editor-in-chief Lin Zheng.

"Chu Nu, is your father okay?" Editor-in-Chief Lin cordially beckoned Chu Nu to sit down, took her a clean enamel cup and poured water, "I haven't seen him for more than half a year." ”

This editor-in-chief is less than 50 years old, is a non-party intellectual, a famous writer, and Chu Nu's father is a world friend, and Chu Nu also directly voted for him here, eliminating the process of editing manuscript selection and review, in case of encountering a more rigid and conservative editor, it is very likely that the triple door will be directly "shot".

Chu Nu was wearing a fashionable black and white professional skirt, got up and took the teacup, thanked her, and then said: "My dad is fine, but he is too busy, he took several state-owned enterprises such as Nangang, Nanmei, and Nanguan to gasify the whole city of Nanjian, and encountered many problems, and his hair was much grayer. ”

Editor-in-Chief Lin shook his head and sighed: "Lao Tang is this kind of person, he is too serious and rigid in his work, not like your grandfather at all." ”

After greeting him for a while, Editor-in-Chief Lin took out the printed draft of the triple door and said: "I read it overnight last night, and it was refreshing, I want this novel." But there is a problem, this novel is not easy to be released in educational channels, because it has love and critical content, and it can only be distributed through adult channels......"

Editor-in-chief Lin has turned into a shrewd businessman, who obviously takes a fancy to a commodity, but still has to pick and choose, which is the characteristic of people in Fujian Province, who are more delicate and calculating.

Chu Nu listened with a smile, she knew Uncle Lin's personality, and said unceremoniously: "Uncle Lin, Yang Zijian is a promising and active young writer, he is in the early stage of his ascension, just the early stage!" ”

Then, she took out a copy of Yang Zijian's creation sheet, handed it to Editor-in-Chief Lin and said: "This is a list of his works published nationwide in the past two months, of course, mainly published by the Nanjian City newspaper, and he now has three literary columns. Next month, Baodao's "United Literature" and Gan Province's "Reader's Digest" will reprint his works, and more than a dozen national juvenile journals such as Sprout, Chinese Campus Literature, and Juvenile Literature will publish his works. Uncle Lin, I don't have to worry about selling good things, I also have to find good buyers, not to mention that you are only a provincial level here, and your distribution channels are at most in Xinhua Bookstore in the province, but there are not many channels outside the province. ”

Editor-in-chief Lin's face was like water, and he calmly took the creation sheet and looked at it, which recorded very carefully, what date, what newspapers and periodicals, what works were published, how many words, and so on.

There are 43 prose works about it, such as "The Memory of the Frost Moon", "Nantang Octagonal Pavilion", "School Scenery", "Nantang Wind and Rain Bridge", "Millennium East Tower", "Nantang Ancient Alley", "Terrifying Guitar", "Moonlight on the Lotus Pond", "My Pride My No. 1 Middle School", "Lilies", "Tianhou Temple and Cinema", "Lonely Huizhao Nunnery", "Guandi Temple and Tiger Temple", "Huchuan Sunrise", "Ancient Well under the Moon", "Tangxi Four Seasons Wind", "Reverie of Linshui Palace", "Five Hundred Meters of Pontoon Bridge, Three Hundred Years of Spring and Autumn", " Nantang Social Studies", "Fragrant Education, Yunlong Academy", "Bamboo Forest Deep Dongyue Palace", "Ginkgo Tree, Bronze Bell and Accordion", "Help Mother Make Roasted Wheat", "Adventures in the Air Raid Shelter", "Interesting Facts of Teacher Yang", "The First Morning Run", "Watching the Sunrise on Dongfeng Mountain", "Commemorating the Middle School Writer Guo Juan", "October Osmanthus Fragrance", ......

and two novels: "Triple Gate" and "Burning Rhino".

Editor-in-Chief Lin couldn't help but be moved, he was already very concerned about traditional culture, and asked: "This "Burning Rhino Strange Talk" looks like it is written about traditional culture, and it has already been written?" ”

Chu Nu said: "Not yet, Yang Zijian wrote from the perspective of a pair of young sisters and brothers with the folk tales, market legends, and myths of his hometown Nantang Town, which is a collection of short stories in a series. According to him, he probably had to write more than 1 million words, and now he has only written three articles with a total of more than 30,000 words, and the budding editorial department has already called, ready to adopt all of them, and publish them in November. ”

Editor-in-Chief Lin's eyes widened, he didn't suspect that Chu Nu was lying, and he also knew the energy of the Tang family, so he was not ambiguous, and shouted to the other side of the door: "Xiao Zhang, go and call Director Chen of the Literature and Art Department, and bring a copy of the signing contract you drafted in the morning." ”