"Mr. Li, I'm a little embarrassed, I've already been approached by a publishing house to negotiate this matter before, so ......" Xiao Fei stretched out his hands at Li Tianran and said with a smile.

When Li Tianran heard Xiao Fei say this, he knew that this was Xiao Fei's refusal.

However, he was not ready to give up.

"Xiao Fei, I think it will be more beneficial for you to cooperate with our club to publish a single book of "Brothers" for your future awards! For example, the selection of the 5th Mao Award will start the year after that, don't you have the slightest ambition for this? Li Tianran said.

Xiao Feileng was stunned.

He didn't expect that Li Tianran would be so frank and directly tell the matter of the Mao Award.

What does this mean? Is this a quid pro quo? "Brothers" signed a single book by the Writers' Society, and the Writers' Club promised to recommend the book to the Mao Award Jury?

"What does Mr. Li mean?"

"As long as you sign the book 'Brothers' to us, we can promise you to recommend your book to the Mao Award jury, you know, each publisher has a limited number of places to recommend, and we have generally not given any writer a similar commitment before. If "Harvest" also recommends your book at the same time, the possibility of it becoming a finalist for the Mao Award is very high. Li Tianran said with a smile.

The selection of the Mao Award is more complicated.

First of all, it must be recommended by the publisher or periodical press, and the recommended work will become a candidate work.

After becoming a candidate work, the jury will make the first selection and select more than 20 shortlisted works.

Only by becoming a shortlisted work can you be eligible to win the Mao Award. And who will win the final Mao Award depends on the votes of the judges of the jury.

Whichever work gets more votes has a better chance of winning the award, and the vote rate will be determined after the first few works have been carefully reviewed by the jury.

Therefore, if you want to win the Mao Award, it is really the so-called five levels and six generals, which is extremely difficult!

The quadrennial Mao Award. There are thousands of works to choose from, and it is unambiguous to choose so few from so many works.

"But, Mr. Li. There are really publishers who have talked about it before, which makes me quite embarrassed. Xiao Fei said with a wry smile.

It's not impossible for this "Brother" to be published by the Writers' Society, the National Shrine, which is also more influential and famous.

Especially. They took the initiative to ask themselves and took the initiative to sign the book "Brothers", which also satisfied Xiao Fei's little vanity.

The reason why Xiao Fei didn't agree happily was that he felt that the other party often didn't pay too much attention to things that were too easy to get, so it was better to take it and be hypocritical.

But Li Tianran was a little anxious when he heard Xiao Fei say this.

Previously, Xiao Fei's several books, each of which was a bestseller. According to statistics, the sales volume is more than one million. Such books are all important books that can bring huge profits to the publishing house.

The operation of writers' clubs is now becoming more and more market-oriented, and the publication of books is also about efficiency.

Good book publishing projects and new books by writers with market appeal, they are also scrambling, and they are grabbing very fiercely.

The first few chapters of "Brothers" have been made public, and they have been published in many newspapers, and Li Tianran has also read them, and he also thinks that this book is extremely readable. It is a pure literary novel with strong commercial potential.

Combined with Xiao Fei's excellent achievements in publishing in the past, this book will definitely sell well!

Li Tianran was entrusted by the leaders of the society to go to the magic capital this time. It is to fight for the publishing copyright of the single book of "Brothers". He didn't expect to meet Xiao Fei at the airport.

No matter what, he thought, he had to seize this opportunity.

If you go to the scene of the press conference in the magic capital, it is estimated that there will be many more competitors, and there are also many variables.

"Xiao ...... Teacher. Have you also learned about the awards of the previous Mao Awards? Li Tianran changed his words and called Xiao Fei a "teacher".

Xiao Fei nodded: "Yes, I know a little." ”

"Then you should know, right? In the previous Mao Awards, the books of our society and its brothers accounted for more than 80% of the share. Li Tianran said.

The relationship between the Writers' Club and the People's Literature Publishing House is very close, and it was once a publishing house in history.

"Teacher Li, I know this." Xiao Fei laughed.

Up to now, there have been 4 Mao Awards, and most of the award-winning works are really from the Writers' Club and the People's Literature Publishing House.

It's a fact.

"Your two are national literary professional publishing houses, and domestic writers who have excellent novels must want to publish them there, Mr. Li, the reason why most of your books in the previous Mao Awards is because there are the most excellent novels published in your publishing house!" Xiao Fei pointed out this fact.

Before the end of the 90s, it is an indisputable fact that the vast majority of the country's outstanding novels were published by the Writers' Publishing House and the People's Literature Publishing House.

There are only a few famous writers in China, and naturally all of them are controlled by national magazines and big presses.

What about rookies? It's also a famous magazine with eyes fixed on it.。

In my country, there are levels of literary journals, what county, municipal, provincial, and national level, just like fighting monsters and upgrading novels, the growth process of a writer is to conquer a higher level of literary publications.

And the same is true of publishing houses, municipal publishing houses, provincial publishing houses, that is, there are no national publishing houses with higher reputation and stronger authority!

Domestic rookie writers also tried their best to get their works published in national magazines and shrines, and the high concentration of superior resources was formed in this way.

However, by the end of the 90s, this situation had changed.

The market competition mechanism is taking shape, and many local publishing houses are beginning to use higher remuneration to attract excellent writers to submit their new books to them for publication. The undercurrent of private publishing companies such as Hanmo has also stirred up the overall situation of the market.

The Writers' Club and the People's Literature Publishing House began to feel the pressure of competition.

Li Tianran was very surprised.

He didn't expect that Xiao Fei actually knew a lot about the situation.

It seems that if you want to get the publishing copyright of "Brothers" today, you have to show a little sincerity.

"Teacher Xiao, the situation you said is indeed a factor that our club and its brother society have taken the lead in the four Mao Awards, but this is not the most important, the most important point, do you know what it is?" Li Tianran said calmly.

Xiao Fei shook his head: "Teacher Li, I really don't know. ”

In fact, Xiao Fei knows a little about what Li Tianran wants to say. That is, as far as the Mao Award is concerned, there is also a certain amount of cattiness in the award process.

This is greasy.,It's not that it's a dark box operation or anything.。

Rather, if you want to win this award, you must have a strong organization to stand out for you, fight for you, and provide you with strong support and even network operation behind your back!

A Mao Award is no longer an honor for a writer alone, but a collective honor for a certain institution, a certain department, a certain region, and a certain industry.

Of course, it is no longer a writer's business for writers to win awards.

Li Tianran opened his mouth and said: "Mr. Xiao, our society is affiliated to the China Writers Association, and the Mao Award is also one of the most important literary awards under the Writers Association. ”

The building near the water gets the moon first!

Li Tianran said this, how could Xiao Fei not understand.

But he still shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand.

Li Tianran said: "As long as the quality of the works strongly selected by our society is good, and when it is not inferior or even inferior to the works of our opponents, I can guarantee that the works selected by our society will have a much greater chance of winning awards than the works of other societies." ”

"What does Mr. Li mean?" Xiao Fei blinked.

"My meaning is very simple, in terms of the selection of the Mao Award, I will strive for the strongest support for your work in the society, so that the chances of your novel winning the Mao Award will be greatly improved!"

Li Tianran said.

Are you fooling yourself with this? Xiao Fei was a little confused. That's a lot of commitment.

Didn't he say that to a lot of people?

Xiao Fei knows that some people are born to be foolish, and when they ask for you, they talk to you wildly, but in fact, these promises are all empty cannons.

"Teacher Li, I really don't know what to say......" Xiao Fei rubbed his hands and smiled.

He had been observing Li Tianran for a long time, but he really couldn't see that this Li Tianran was not as loyal and reliable as his face showed.

It stands to reason that the dignified writers' club, a large national literary publishing house, even if it is just an ordinary editor, he can't make random promises to writers.

If they make empty promises for the sake of temporary interests, but in the end they cannot be realized, then I am afraid that the interests of their entire publishing house will be harmed.

When a writer with the right to speak like Xiao Fei casually says a few words to the media, it will be an uproar. Even if you just say a few words in the circle, it is estimated that the reputation of the writers' club will be stinky.

Therefore, Xiao Fei didn't believe that Li Tianran dared to fool himself.

"Teacher Xiao, if you still don't believe me, then I really can't help it, what I said to you today, please keep it secret for me, even if we can't cooperate this time, we can always have a little friendship, right?" Li Tianran saw that Xiao Fei still didn't spit out, and he was also a little deflated.

"Mr. Li, you have shown your great sincerity, which makes me very embarrassed, but after thinking about it, I still think that the book "Brother" will be handed over to the Writers Club to publish." Xiao Fei said at this time.

"Huh?!" Li Tianran was stunned, he thought that Xiao Fei had made up his mind that he had no hope of getting the copyright of "Brothers", but he didn't expect it to be bright in the end.

This is also Xiao Fei's bad taste, which tortured Li Tianran a lot. (To be continued.) )