In August, the people had a greeting with Zheng Long, and it was almost noon, and everyone went downstairs to eat, and Zheng Long was also involved. www.biquge.info Early in the morning, Zheng Long got to know most of the people in the magazine, and he really gained a lot.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the relationship between an editor and an author is nothing more than a relationship between writing and reviewing, but in reality it is far from that. A great editor often leads to a great author; It is said that Hemingway had an editor who chased his manuscript to the ends of the earth. Doing a good job in the relationship with the editor is the first step in entering the literary world.

People queue up to receive food in the canteen, which is not much different from all public institutions and civil servants. From this point of view, "Budding Magazine" still belongs to the system, although it has the intention to forge ahead, but there are always many constraints, and it is impossible to let go of its arms, which also directly leads to its lack of reform in the later period, and it was beaten to the death of Guo Mingming's publications.

But at this time, the atmosphere in the magazine was still harmonious. The editors of several other magazines upstairs, such as "October" and "Maritime Literature", also eat here, and from time to time some well-known or unknown authors come to visit, making this small western-style building look particularly literary and artistic.

Everyone was quite interested in Zheng Long and asked him a series of questions, such as whether he had a girlfriend, whether he was nervous about his junior high school studies, and what zodiac sign he was... The feeling of coming to the big city for the first time, the feeling of taking the subway for the first time, what books do you read after class... It seems that the gossip of these senior editors is not fundamentally different from that of ordinary people.

Zheng Long replied with a smile one by one.

The atmosphere of everyone was harmonious, and after a while, the meal was almost finished. Today's meal is soybean and pork knuckles, and a pickled cucumber is given, which is very suitable for Zheng Long's appetite. He added three bowls of rice in one go, which also surprised the weak editors.

"Zheng Long, I can't see it, you can eat it very well!"

"Well, when you're still growing your body!"

"Oh, I forgot, you're only in your second year of junior high school!"

August Man looked at Zheng Long, thoughtful, and suddenly he opened a new topic:

"Hey, there's been a lot of buzz lately, it's the banyan tree website. Under the banyan tree, do you know? ”

Hu Future shook his head inexplicably:

"I don't read these literary websites, there are no good articles on them!"

The editors of traditional literary magazines such as "Sprout" still have a pursuit of literature, at least in 2001, they are still not interested in the emerging literary carrier under the banyan tree.

"You don't understand this, there are many authors who write very well on the Internet, and I don't think the level is necessarily worse than that of our magazines, and some of them should even be said to be far beyond the level of most print media!"

"Oh, yes, I don't know... But what do you say? ”

Hu Future couldn't figure out why August people suddenly said this topic...

"Recently, there was a very popular post under the banyan tree, saying that there are now many publishing companies selling dog meat with sheep's heads, pretending to be some well-known magazines to defraud young authors' manuscripts, and now it has been exposed...

Oh, that's it... Jincheng Publishing House seems to be, pretending to be that Huaxia People's Publishing House..."

"What?"

Zheng Long, who had been listening quietly on the sidelines, immediately became excited when he heard the word "Jincheng".

"What's wrong?" Augustus looked at him in wonder.

"Oh, nothing..."

Zheng Long thought to himself, could it be that the buckwheat and the others have already taken care of the matter? That's too efficient, isn't it?

Could it be that this Jincheng Publishing House is really a liar? I was almost put on a show?

Augustine looked at Zheng Long in confusion and continued:

"It was said that the Jincheng Publishing House pretended to have a cooperative relationship with the Huaxia People's Publishing House, deceived the young author's manuscript, and after getting the full manuscript, he told the author a few days later that the manuscript did not pass the review, but in fact, he took it and published it by himself under the name of the author... Hey, the publishing industry is really chaotic now, and private companies like these are very unreliable! ”

"Hey, yes, the last time there was a private company that said it was going to package our authors, and after we recommended them to the past, they actually went out of business! You say that these private companies are not reliable; If you want me to say, you still have to publish a book in a regular old publishing house, although the process is a little cumbersome, but it is guaranteed! ”

Augustus smiled noncommittally, as if he wanted to refute it, but he didn't say it.

The group talked and laughed, put the dinner plate back in the designated place, and then returned to the editing room on the second floor. Augustren smoked outside alone, while Hu Future, Shi Yi, and Zhou Hong took a nap in the editing room to prepare for their afternoon work. The work of the magazine is relatively free, as long as you can put the manuscript together, who cares whether you sleep or eat at work...

Zheng Long also said some things like several editors, and at this time, a middle-aged man with a gloomy face suddenly walked in outside the door.

Zheng Long didn't look like a good person, so he didn't take the initiative to talk, but chose to sit next to him and watch him quietly.

It seems that he should be a person like the leader of the magazine. When everyone saw him walk in, they stopped talking to Zheng Long, and they looked quite evasive. Zheng Long didn't know what to do, so he had to listen quietly to their conversation.

The man went to the August man and said:

"How is the planning of this author conference? Don't let anything go wrong!"

"No, no, there must be no problem, most of the authors have already gone to the sea market, we will hold a welcome party tonight, just near the Hongyun Restaurant, Editor-in-Chief Liu, do you want to come?"

As soon as Zheng Long heard it, and then matched the person's face, he knew that he should be Liu Guangguang, the editor-in-chief of "Budding". In Zheng Long's impression, Liu Guangguang has never been too kind to Guo Mingming, and later because of several manuscript appointments, the misunderstanding between the two sides became bigger and bigger, which finally caused "Bud Meng" and Guo Mingming's parting of ways and public tearing, and it can even be said to be one of the direct reasons why Guo Mingming founded "Ding Novel".

Zheng Long simply buried his face in the manuscript pile, so as not to let Liu Guangguang pay attention to him.

Liu Guangguang didn't notice Zheng Long's existence, but just snorted lightly:

"Well, I'm not going tonight, there's nothing to say with a group of children, it's better for you to go... Also, help me see what kind of three heads and six arms that person named Zheng Long has, so that our deputy editor-in-chief Wang values it so much, I want to see what special abilities he has tomorrow! ”

August couldn't say a word, so he had to echo a few times, and then watched Liu Guangguang's back humming and leaving. The atmosphere of the entire editorial office suddenly became dead from the activity just now, and everyone was silent.

Zheng Long also said hello to Hu Future in a funny way, saying that he was going out to go to the toilet.

As soon as Zheng Long walked out of the editorial office, August people chased him out.

"Zheng Long, Editor-in-Chief Liu may have some misunderstandings about you, don't take those things to heart just now!"

Zheng Longwan smiled and said:

"How so? I'm just a nameless newcomer, and I guess it's because of some factors that Editor-in-Chief Liu misunderstood... August people, do you know what the reason is..."

August looked a little embarrassed, so he pulled Zheng Long out of the small white western-style building. The two walked through the plane tree-lined streets, past several convenience stores, and found a café a few blocks away to sit down.

"I can't say anything about it in the magazine just now, but let's put it simply, Editor-in-Chief Liu has a nephew, because you lost the opportunity to enter the author conference because of your selection this time, of course he is very unhappy."

Zheng Long looked helpless...

"It has nothing to do with me... How can I say that I squeezed out his nephew's place? Aren't there still so many people who have been selected? ”

The August man looked at Zheng Long, looked out the window again, and said after making sure that there was no familiar person:

"In fact, the literary world is the same as any circle, and anyone will only covet a position that they think is possible. Other authors have more or less published several works in the magazine, and it is a sure thing that they will enter the author conference, and it is not easy for Editor-in-Chief Liu to make articles about these people. But you're different, you just published your first article in the magazine, and your foundation is unstable, so Editor-in-Chief Liu naturally wants to let your nephew take your place. ”

Zheng Long stuck out his tongue and said:

"Even if his nephew replaces me in the authors' conference, will there be any real benefit?"

The August man drank the coffee that the waiter had just brought and said:

"Do you really not understand or fake you don't understand... There are many admissions teachers from well-known universities who are paying attention to this author conference, especially the well-known universities in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, who are very concerned about this author conference. I know that you may only be in your second year of junior high school and are not interested in the special admissions of these universities at all, but for the nephew of Editor-in-Chief Liu, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! ”

"Well..."

Zheng Long is not unaware of the significance of this authors' conference, but as far as the current situation is concerned, he still maintains a state of not knowing anything, and he can win more support.