When I first graduated from the publishing house, several old men on the verge of retirement drank strong tea, crossed Erlang's legs, and nagged to our young people: "Hey! The paper media is dead, and in the future, the people of the publishing house will drink the northwest wind, and I advise you young people who have the opportunity to change careers, so change careers. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

I'm about to get a lot of pension, and I'm worried about this? As if they were more suspicious of schadenfreude.

I don't know what kind of psychology they have, while persuading us to change careers, they put the children of their third aunts and six aunts into it, and turned a good publishing house into a pigsty.

Shortly after I resigned from the Political Science and Law Publishing House, Liang Rongyue and most of the talented editors resigned one after another.

One of the benevolent brothers went back to his hometown to move bricks, and some went back to his hometown to raise scorpions and poisonous snakes.

Liang Rongyue told me that it turned out that Li Dang wanted to reform, and first wanted to start from the personnel point of view, so that the old editors and the new editors would be paid equally for equal work, but he was hindered by the old people led by Song Xue.

When their own interests are involved, they do not care about it, and they must not allow this "reform" to be realized.

Li Kang was physically and mentally exhausted, and he quarreled with Song Xue and them at a social committee meeting, and when he was excited, he had a heart attack and was admitted to the hospital.

Since then, he has been desperate and does not want to ask about the affairs of the society anymore, so he decided to retire early and go home to retire for the elderly.

Later, Song Xue was promoted to president, all the important positions were installed by his relatives, and a publishing house made a weekend reunion party for his family.

That was what happened the year after I arrived at New Speech.

When I went to see Li Kang in the hospital, he lay on the bed and apologized to me guiltily, saying, "I'm sorry for you, I'm so incompetent, I couldn't keep you really talented and thoughtful people in the first place." ”

"Mr. Li, I have always respected you, I am grateful to you, you have taught a lot of principles of life, the most important thing is to stick to the original intention, although the current publishing house is temporarily controlled by mediocrity, but I think the time will not be too long."

"It's all my fault for being powerless. Restructuring of enterprises now seems to be a joke. How many publishing houses can break with the traditional bureaucracy and adapt to the market? There are very few, and the poisoning is too deep to be cured in a day or two. ”

"Change, there are labor pains, not a day or two can be completed, we just arrived at the publishing house, although we are newcomers, but we can feel this kind of old-fashioned atmosphere more."

"Yes, most publishing houses change their soup and do not change their medicines, selling book numbers or relying on the help of the competent units, barely making a living, and living a life without dignity. There are always some historical and social factors in the decline of literati, and the most fundamental reason lies in their own decay and lack of desire to forge ahead and change. Although the people in the publishing house understand this truth, if they don't reform anymore, they may really have to drink the northwest wind, but they really have to do something, they are constrained in all aspects, and they are afraid to move forward. ”

"Mr. Li, you are recuperating, as a traditional paper publisher, your ideas have influenced many people in the publishing industry, they are now on the front line of publishing media, these are all changes, I think, everything will develop in a good direction, as long as we have hope."

"You remind me of my younger self, Xiaoyu, keep your thoughts, I won't tell you, one day you can be rich and rich, but I can say that you will live a frank and honest life in this life, with a clear conscience, and your life will be more powerful and complete than those who pursue great wealth and wealth. What I'm talking about is a big truth, and it may not be realistic, so you can just be an old man and a fool. ”

Li Kang and I have become old friends, and occasionally I visit him, and when I have difficulties at work, he will enthusiastically give me guidance.

Indeed, as we predicted, the next two years will show a cliff-like landslide under the impact of new media, and if it weren't for the fact that some newspapers and magazines have the caliber of propaganda and have administrative resources like landlords, they would have rushed to the streets to ask for food.

After coming to "New Speech", Che Zhen told me that there is no need to worry about this.

Regarding the current situation of the print media, as a far-sighted media person, he does not have a trace of sadness that is behind the times.

He said that "the paper media is dead" is at best a prank "lie" that "fears that the world will not be chaotic", and you see, people will not give up riding because of the popularity of cars.

When we look at the news of "the wave of physical bookstore closures" and "the sharp decline in the time of people reading books", people's biggest emotion is that they read more and more information, but the value they get is getting less and less.

So, the paper media has not declined, but only eliminated the pseudo-readers who should have been eliminated, can you imagine how bad it feels to read your beloved text, not with a textured paper in your hand, but with an electronic product that has been burned hot by a lithium battery?

Che Zhen said that he would not take his mobile phone to read his favorite text, which was disrespectful to the word elf. Only when you hold paper, a medium from plants, will your heart be quiet and simple.

His remarks seemed to be a bit serious, but Sima Fang and I nodded in agreement, and gave him 10,000 likes.

Although Che Zhen is quite confident in the future of "New Speech", it is indeed difficult for print media to generate more profits by relying on circulation alone. Therefore, the magazine set up a project operation department and a new media center a few years ago, such as providing decision-making support for cultural enterprises and technical support for the company's publications.

Beijing's spring and autumn seasons are ruthlessly compressed, and summer and winter are stretched out very lengthy.

Another autumn is coming, and Beijing has entered the most wonderful day of the year, but this good day is short-lived, and it will soon be cut off by a cold wave from Siberia.

Then there was a strange scene on the street, two people in a t-shirt and two people in a down jacket passed by on the street, and each thought silently in his heart: Look at this stupid fork, from Mars.

In this cool autumn, the magazine successfully bid for a fashion magazine group in Shanghai to be responsible for the creation and promotion of a new tourism and culture magazine.

We have to arrange for a person to stay in Shanghai for a long time, and the magazine group belongs to the same competent unit as us, which is a bit of a secondment.

Feng Yuqiang arranged for me to go, but it stands to reason that this is the work of the project department. I was a little confused and didn't understand why I was arranged to go this time.

Feng Yuqiang said with a smile: "The other party designated, people want to set up a tourism geography magazine with a bit of sharpness and cultural connotation, and name Zeng Xiaoyu, a classmate of our club, haha, you see, you are now famous." ”

"But the job I have at hand ......"

Feng Yuqiang waved his hand: "This is a great thing!" Go ahead, work hard, give full play to your talents, I will temporarily find someone to replace you on the task of "New Speech", and give you a promotion when you come back. If this case is done well, the profits brought to the magazine are much stronger than writing articles. ”

"There are a lot of people in the magazine whose ability is above me, why do you name me and ask me to be responsible?"

"This is not a problem for us to consider, if the other party wants people, we will send people, our magazine is full of talents, and we can afford people!"

"Alright then, I can try it first."

"By the way, when you come back, remember to bring me the fried buns on the street of Tianzifang and pack them!"

I'm speechless.

Shanghai, the magic capital, the former Paris of the East, and Beijing staged an ambiguous game of two cities.

One is rough, the other is graceful, two cities with different styles, representing the frontier of China.

All the major events that have occurred in modern China can be concretely traced and fed back in the high-rise buildings and alleys of these two cities.

If you want to compare, Beijing has a slight advantage in terms of history and culture; Shanghai has a slight edge in terms of fashion and prosperity.

When I came out of Pudong Airport, I saw a young and rich young man with a round face holding a sign with my name written on it.

After greeting, he said warmly: "Welcome to Mr. Xiaoyu to Shanghai for correction, I am the driver Xiao Han." ”

"Don't dare to be, just call me by name in the future."

"yes, okay." His smile was bright, like a freshly baked laughing Arhat, "Our editor-in-chief arranged a reception banquet at the Back Garden Hotel in Lujiazui, and we went to the accommodation to put our luggage first, and then went to the hotel." ”

"What's your editor-in-chief's name?"

Xiao Han smiled meaningfully at this time: "I'm really sorry, Xiao Yu, our editor-in-chief ordered that her name cannot be revealed to you beforehand." ”

"Oh? Is this your work of secrecy? ”

Xiao Han laughed, noncommittal.

Looking at the exquisite scenery outside the window, I wondered in my heart, who is this editor-in-chief? Could it be someone you knew before? I am full of anticipation for this mysterious person who will work together in the next stage.