Chapter 295: Textbook Strategy
Why did Su Wen suddenly lower his body and talk to Wang Shao?
Big brother, that's a textbook!
What does it mean for a person's essay to be included in a textbook? Can that be simple?
You say how big a writer you are, how high your status is, and how strong your writing strength is, that's all false, after all, there is no single standard in this regard.
Even if your work has a high sales volume in the market, it only means that readers recognize your market appeal, you can be raised to a high position by booksellers, and you can also have a great reputation, but it may not be recognized by professionals.
What does it mean to be a professional?
The people who select textbook articles are probably more professional than everyone else!
They may be official after all, but their literary literacy is definitely many ranks higher than ordinary people. They may not be writers, but when they are selected, they will definitely gather many writers to discuss some articles for a long time, they have more factors to consider, and the problems they weigh are more comprehensive, and the final selected articles, even if they are not the best, will not be bad.
They have a professional and discerning eye.
In other words, the articles that can be selected into the textbook are all temporary choices, and they are the best choice at that stage, and the prestige of the writers whose articles are selected is naturally ridiculously high.
The articles in the textbook, in addition to requiring students to learn the literary art of the article, will also allow students to understand the connotation, and to understand the theme of the article, they have to understand the environment and era in which the author lives, so there will be a brief introduction to the writer in front of the textbook article.
In this way, many famous writers have made it known and remembered by all those who study through this introduction.
If the essay is well written, or if it has a clear imprint, it will be recognized by teachers and students. It can be said that this impression and memory is a lifelong thing!
This effect is much longer and more effective than any advertisement!
In the market, a writer's fame, no matter how much you promote or tout it, is not as quick and effective as an article being selected into a textbook.
Some writers only need three or two articles in their lifetime to be selected for textbooks. That influence is a generational thing. How long is a generation? That fame will last for at least a few decades, so to speak!
Even if Su Wen's selected articles are in the category of fairy tales, and more are selected as primary school textbooks, this is also a way to affirm him.
Textbooks! Go out and say that you are the author of a textbook article, this title, how shining, how dazzling, how brilliant!
Is there a more frightening hat than that?
If there is such a hat on his head, Su Wen does not mind being locked into the title of fairy tale writer. Only with fame can future works gain more attention, is it not easy to get rid of such a title?
He Su Wen is only afraid that the time is too short to get less attention, and he is never afraid that he does not have high-quality articles!
This is the reason why he can't be calm in the face of Wang Shao now, and he does not hesitate to let go of his arrogance for this reason.
Wang Shao seemed to understand Su Wen's excitement on the other end of the phone, first followed Su Wen's words to congratulate and encourage, and then asked him to calm down a little: "Mr. Su, cooperation must require your cooperation." But this matter is not in a hurry, the envoy of the Ministry of Education said. Now it's just a research, and it will be a year before some works are officially selected, and then the appropriate articles will be selected based on the opinions of various people. The final results will not be available until mid to late next year at the earliest. ”
Su Wen heard that he calculated the time, and now it is almost the end of the year, and it is only more than half a year, so I can't wait.
Editor-in-chief Wang. You say, what can I do? It's not that he's in a hurry, it's that he understands that textbook selection is never a simple thing, and the complexity is even unimaginable.
For example, there are so many fairy tale writers in the country. There are so many excellent fairy tales born every year, why do people have to use his Su Wen articles?
Because brilliant?
It is true that fairy tales such as "Snow White" and "The Ugly Duckling" are excellent, but the works of other writers are not bad.
Textbooks don't necessarily have to choose the best articles, just the right ones.
So Su Wen decided to take the initiative, as the saying goes, a crying child has milk to eat, and the cake is placed in front of everyone, who can eat the most delicious portion, has always been a prepared person.
You don't have to jump up and down, you have to know how to use your advantages to promote it, right? You do a good job, and some people see it, but you don't want to let more people know about it, so that the public can obey you?
Well, so much, just two words: PR!
Su Wen was thinking about public relations.
Wang Shao vaguely heard Su Wen's inner calculation, and said with a deep sigh: "Mr. Su, you are in the Huaxia Academy of Literature, and the teachers and students you know are all pillars of our imperial literary circle, maybe you can find a way to inquire about who recommended your fairy tale in front of the Minister of Education." If you can let him support you in public and bring in those famous writers and professors in your college, it is estimated that you will be more sure. ”
Su Wen snorted, nodded and said, "I will work this." Anything else? ”
Wang Shao said: "Don't try too hard for the time being, just leave it to us." Mr. Su, please believe us, apart from you, we at Kyoto Life Newspaper are the ones who want to see your work selected for the textbook! ”
Su Wen smiled, this is not bad, his fairy tale was published in the Life Newspaper for the first time, once it was successfully made into a textbook article writer, Su Wen was the one who made the most profits, followed by the "Kyoto Life Newspaper".
If successful, the latter will gain supreme prestige both in terms of readers and authors, and will have great long-term benefits.
The most unfortunate thing has also won Su Wen's feelings, and in the future, they need manuscripts for newspapers and periodicals, can Su Wen not give them?
At that time, the title of textbook writer will be in his body, and his appeal will be extraordinary, and any publication of his articles will attract readers and obtain the most basic economic benefits from sales.
At this point, the two sides have common interests and can work together.
"One more thing......" Wang Shao remembered the purpose of his call, "Mr. Su, in addition to the Ministry of Education coming to investigate your fairy tale, people from the royal family have also contacted us and asked when the fairy tale you promised to the little princess with her name as the protagonist will be written, it is said that the little princess is already very looking forward to and impatient." ”
"Uh......" Su Wen's heart was empty, and he hadn't started writing yet.
"Mr. Su, don't look at the royal people who have taken care of political affairs, but their weight in the cultural industry is still very heavy, after all, they are a thousand-year-old royal family. If you can satisfy them, you may be of great help in the choice of textbooks. ”
Su Wen immediately corrected his attitude: "Editor-in-chief Wang, I have already conceived the article, it's just a matter of doing it, don't worry, I'll let you see the finished manuscript within two days!" ”
"Oh?" Wang Shao became interested, "Can you tell me what the story is?" ”
"That...... You'll soon find out, wouldn't it be better to be patient and expectant? After Su Wen sold a pass, he saw that the other party was really satisfied with what he wanted to explain, and quickly hung up the phone, and without saying a word, he started his code word business with a dull head.
If you want to win the Ministry of Education, you must first win the favor of the royal family.
This fairy tale created with the name of the little princess as the protagonist is absolutely sloppy! (To be continued.) )