After the award ceremony of the first New Concept Essay Contest was held, there was nothing to do.

But at this time, the Cheng editor of "Harvest" came to Xiao Fei.

"Sprout" and "Harvest" are both literary magazines under the jurisdiction of the Modu Writers Association, and everyone works in the same building in the same courtyard.

Xiao Fei came to the magic capital this time, and by the way, he also brought the manuscript of the lower part of "Brother" and sent it to the editorial department of "Harvest".

According to the harvest plan, "Brothers" was to be published in the spring and summer volume of the 1998 novel. It stands to reason that a month or two later in the manuscript would be nothing.

But after the incident of the Writers Publishing House, Editor-in-Chief Xiao was a little anxious, afraid that there would be any more accidents, so he asked Editor Cheng to call to test Xiao Fei's attitude.

After receiving this call from Editor Cheng, Xiao Fei directly told him that the writers' club had indeed contacted him and wanted to pry the corner of the harvest, but Xiao Fei refused.

Hearing what Xiao Fei said, Editor Cheng was very moved.

In today's society, which has increasingly developed towards the interests of money, Xiao Fei's style of giving up the higher royalties promised to him by the writers' society in order to keep his promise to the harvest is even more precious.

"Brother, I didn't say it, "Harvest" will not treat its own author badly, the conditions promised to you by the writer's club, we may also be able to fight for you!" Editor Cheng said to Xiao Fei at the time.

Xiao Fei is a young writer cultivated by "Harvest", and now he has become an iconic writer of "Harvest", Editor Cheng is an enlightened person, he knows that it is impossible to tie up a talented author only by affection, and the writers' club has sounded the alarm for Harvest, in order to let Xiao Fei cooperate with "Harvest" with peace of mind, "Harvest" should pay some concessions.

After this contact, Editor Cheng reported the relevant situation to Editor-in-Chief Xiao.

Editor-in-Chief Xiao listened. It's also a little annoying.

In addition to being annoyed, she believes that what Editor Cheng said is true, and she wants to maintain a good cooperation with Xiao Fei. "Harvest" should indeed give Xiao Fei a little more compensation for his interests.

The two discussed this and came up with two plans.

One plan is to issue a separate manuscript fee price code for Xiao Fei: from 80 yuan per thousand words to 200 yuan per thousand words, so that his manuscript fee will be directly doubled.

Another option is to raise the manuscript fee to 100 yuan per thousand words, and also provide a 5% royalty based on the sales of the magazine.

But. It seems that it is not normal for a magazine to pay royalties to one author, after all, there are other writers' works in an issue, and if you only give royalties to one author, it will be seriously protested by other writers, right?

Later, it was Editor Cheng who came up with a way: to publish a separate issue of the special issue of the novel supplement for Xiao Fei's "Brothers", and the original spring and summer volume of the 1998 novel special issue was edited and published as usual.

Wouldn't it be possible to pay royalties in this way?

Editor-in-Chief Xiao thinks that Editor Cheng's proposal is very good and can be followed.

Since it is necessary to issue a separate long-form supplement for Xiao Fei's "Brothers", it can be operated in advance, and even launched before the Spring Festival in 98.

The premise is: Xiao Fei's "Brothers" can be delivered in advance.

After discussing with Editor-in-Chief Xiao, Editor-in-Chief Cheng. called Xiao Fei again to ask for Xiao Fei's opinion.

Xiao Fei was very moved when he heard what Editor Cheng said. He knew that a large literary journal like "Harvest" would not easily accommodate a writer.

If you can consider yourself and increase your manuscript fee so much, it is a high degree of concern for yourself!

Xiao Fei agreed with Editor Cheng's suggestion and promised to deliver the harvest in advance.

This is the main reason why when he came to the magic capital this time to perform the duties of a judge of the New Concept Essay Competition, Xiao Fei brought the manuscript under "Brothers" with him and handed it over to the harvest.

"Xiao Fei, Editor-in-Chief Xiao and I have read the manuscript under "Brothers". The quality of the lower part is as firm as the upper part, and it continues the good reading of the upper part, which we like very much, in recent days. We are all preparing for the special novel supplement for "Brothers", and we are almost ready, we just want to launch it before the Spring Festival, take advantage of the enthusiasm of the upper part of "Brothers", and then publicize it, and strive to continue to sell well! Editor Cheng pulled Xiao Fei to his office. immediately opened the conversation box excitedly.

"Teacher Cheng, your efficiency is really high enough." Xiao Fei laughed.

In the past year, the number of stable subscribers of the magazine has increased by as much as 780,000, and the number of regular subscriptions for each issue of our magazine has risen to more than 260,000! Not only that, since the launch of the brand of novel issue, the sales volume of each issue of novel issue has exceeded 500,000 copies, and the efficiency of our magazine has become much better; The magazine is rich, the income of every editor and every staff member has been greatly improved, and the editorial department is now highly motivated, hoping to continue to develop and impact the domestic pure literature magazine sales champion! Editor Cheng said excitedly.

The current champion of pure literary sales deservedly belongs to "Novel Monthly".

It is known that the current "Novel Monthly" has a subscription and retail of nearly one million copies, which is a little worse than "Reader" and "Youth Digest".

But "Novel Monthly" is an selected publication, which is different from an original publication like "Harvest".

It is not ordinarily difficult for "Harvest" to compete with "Novel Monthly" in terms of sales.

"Teacher Cheng, I hope that the harvest will come true." Xiao Fei said with a smile.

"If you can consistently supply Harvest with high-quality manuscripts, or help us achieve that goal as soon as possible." Cheng said.

"This is no problem, but Mr. Cheng, you also know that a good manuscript is not so easy to write, which requires a little inspiration."

"Or you can also write a short story, write a short story or a novella, and it will be done, of course, these short stories are a little less economical for you, and they are not as good as long stories that can bring more royalty income." Editor Cheng obviously wanted Xiao Fei to write more manuscripts and write good manuscripts, and even put forward a suggestion to let Xiao Fei write short stories.

"However, there are also benefits to writing short manuscripts." Editor Cheng continued, "The advantage is that you can participate in the selection of the Lu Xun Literature Award, you know the Lu Award, right? ”

"You know, the first Lu Award selection should be about to be announced, right?" When Xiao Fei heard Editor Cheng's words, he thought that the first Lu Award had recently entered the end of the award.

The Lu Xun Literature Award is known as the second largest literary award in China, and in addition to the Mao Award, it is the most authoritative.

There are many and complete projects selected for the Lu Award.

It included the original National Award for Outstanding Short Stories and the National Award for Outstanding Novellas.

At the same time, the Lu Prize will also award a total of seven awards, including the Prose Award, the Reportage Award, the Literary Theory Award, the Translation Award, and the Outstanding Poetry Award.

It is equivalent to covering all literary genres except novels and dramas.

The scope of the first Lu Award is the outstanding works that emerged in the two years from 1995 to 1996, and the primary selection began in 1997, that is, writers' associations at all levels, publishing houses, and major literary journals recommended works to the Lu Award Selection Committee.

Xiao Fei suddenly thought, did he have any works recommended to the Lu Award Committee?

He made his debut in 1996.

Although he directly took out a novel, he also published excellent prose works, and his essays have also been praised in China.

His essay collection "The Sunshine Shines on the Old Times" published by Hexi Literature and Art Publishing House is also a hot seller, and many critics have published research and criticism articles around his prose.

Xiao Fei was a little annoyed.

Since his rebirth, he has been busy and has so many things in his mind that he has forgotten about Lu Prize.

Although there are too many winners of the Lu Award every year, and too many controversial winners emerge every time the award is awarded, it is a big domestic literary award after all.

Especially the first evaluation of the Lu Award, overall, is still rigorous enough, if you can use dim sum, it is estimated that it is very likely to operate a Lu Award.

"Yes, the shortlisted works are being selected recently, and it is estimated that the final results will come out, Xiao Fei, I forgot to tell you one thing, our magazine recommended your prose works to the Lu Award Committee, and Hexi Literature and Art Publishing House also recommended your essay collection "The Sun Shines Those Old Times", maybe you will also win the first Lu Award." Editor Cheng said with a smile.

"If you really win the award, the 21-year-old winner of the Lu Prize will probably cause a sensation in the country again." Editor Cheng paused and continued.

"Oh, so I have some works that have been recommended." Xiao Fei listened, and his mood relaxed a little.

"Yes, you have been popular since 1996, your prose works are still very influential, your prose can be said to have created a genre of style, many readers love it, many critics think that your prose has the power to return to the basics, it is strange not to recommend your works!" Editor Cheng said very seriously.

"However, many of us think that the time you have entered the literary world is too short, your network has not yet been finally established, and the pressure of the first Lu Award is not ordinary, many excellent old authors are waiting in line for the award, the pressure of the award is very high, you want to win the award, it is difficult! Editor-in-Chief Xiao believes that if you can be shortlisted, it is a big victory! Editor-in-chief Cheng just gave Xiao Fei a little hope, and then cruelly killed that hope.

Xiao Fei smiled and thought to himself, that is not necessarily.

Although he did not operate to lobby those judges, he deliberately established a good relationship with well-known literary writers in China through Hanmo Company.

Of the 11 members of the first Lu Prize Prose Award Committee, as far as he knows, 8 have signed an agreement with Hanmo to publish a book. (To be continued.) )