Chapter 14: Don't ...... Kill the golden goose
In the afternoon, Yan Buwen came to the office early, and the winter melon was also there. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info During this time, the winter melon's complexion is getting better and better, the face that was originally a little dry is now a little more oily, after seeing Yan Buwen, the winter melon hurriedly said: "Mr. Yan, Lu Yan's manuscript has been placed on your desk, he came in the morning, and when he saw that you were not there, he put it on the table." ”
Yan Buwen returned to the office, and then found a pile of manuscripts on the table, so he sat on the chair, looked at it carefully, and quickly finished reading, this is the first chapter of "Snow Mountain Flying Fox", a total of 15,000 words, Lu Yan wrote about 13,4000 words, the number of words is about the same, there is no problem with the writing at all, the storyline is very attractive, Lu Yan can needless to say, just a good story.
But this first chapter alone is not enough, you need the next two or three chapters, keep it updated steadily, if you can, it will be published every two days, and then with the current popularity of "Dajiang Daily", let "Snow Mountain Flying Fox" warm up, and when it comes to the second chapter, the story of the third chapter will start to be interesting. The novel "Flying Fox in the Snow Mountain" belongs to the hunting novel, which is attractive with storyline and structure, and is not long, and belongs to the collection of short stories.
Yan Buwen is very satisfied, and can give Lu Yan a manuscript fee of two yuan for 1,000 words.
After a while, Donggua came over and said that Wang Liangting asked Yan Buwen to come over for a meeting to discuss the issue of the draft of the novel "Zero Point".
Yan Buwen sorted out the manuscript in his hand, and followed the winter melon to the conference room on the second floor, where there were already seven or eight people seated, Wang Liangting was sitting in the main seat in front of him, and Shi Ming and Tang Bing, the deputy editors-in-chief of the "Zero Point" novel column, and there was a vacant seat next to Tang Bing, the deputy editor-in-chief on the left, which seemed to be reserved for Yan Buwen.
Wang Liangting saw Yan Buwen coming, and hurriedly smiled: "Mr. Yan, please take a seat!" I learned from Mr. Cao that our newspaper will soon be divided into different publications, and our novel column will use the name 'Zero' given by Mr. Yan to set up the newspaper "Dajiang Daily Zero" to publish novels. ”
"This is good, just like the Shanghai Daily's "Novel Forest", the World Book Company's "Jianghu Talk", and the declared "Freedom Talk". In this way, our "Dajiang Daily" can also be compared with these newspaper veterans. ”
"Not long ago, when Mr. Yan's "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" was popular, when I was angry about 8,000 sales, I said that our newspaper is going to grow, and it won't be long before it is distributed, which is good news." A colleague said that while the popularity of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" brought them surprises, there was also a panic in their hearts, as the saying goes, the higher you stand, the worse you fall, and it is also for a newspaper like "Dajiang Daily" that has a small readership and relies on Mr. Yan's novels.
"It's thanks to Mr. Yan." Everyone smiled and said, everyone's wages have risen a lot now, not to mention a commission of a few yuan a month, everyone is in a good mood, so when Wang Liangting called everyone to come to the meeting, they were all smiling.
Yan Buwen smiled, and at this time, Wang Liangting asked everyone not to discuss it first, and said to himself: "Everyone also knows that the first issue of the novel "Zero Point" needs at least four novels, except for Mr. Yan's "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", do you have any good manuscripts recently. ”
Wang Liangting seemed to be confident, then looked at all directions, listened to all directions, and finally glanced around, his eyes fell on Yan Buwen and the other two deputy editors-in-chief, and after waiting for a while, he saw that several novel editors sitting down shook their heads.
Wang Liangting seemed to be a little angry, and asked, "Yesterday I asked you to contact a few authors, and you didn't do anything about the manuscript of the novel?" ”
Several editors hurriedly said: "The contact is contacted, and the novel manuscript is also available, but we discussed it a few mornings and found that the quality of the novel manuscript is really poor, and the price asked by these writers is also outrageous, so we haven't agreed yet." If you don't ask for quality, there are a lot of manuscripts. ”
"Because Mr. Yan's novels are so wonderful that the readers' tastes are raised, it is difficult for us to find a novel that can match "Heaven and Dragon Slayer".
"Are you blaming Mr. Yan?"
"Mr. Yan is talented and has always been a role model for us, don't talk nonsense."
Wang Liangting nodded, what these editors said was not unreasonable: "I understand what you said, because you have just started, you must take the high-quality route, so do Mr. Shi and Mr. Tang have any ideas?" ”
Wang Liangting looked at the two deputy editors-in-chief and wanted to ask for their opinions. Shi Ming and Tang Bing glanced at each other, and then one of them said: "The two of us still think the same as everyone else, I hope that the novel publication "Zero" can take the high-quality route, but the specific high-quality novel has not been obtained, and we still need to find it again." During this time, I will contact more well-known novel writers in Shanghai and make an appointment to see if I can ......."
Wang Liangting interrupted: "When will there be a result at the earliest?" ”
Shi Ming said: "Next week at the earliest." ”
Wang Liangting laughed, knocked his index finger on the table a few times, and said, "Mr. Cao only gave me three days, and we will be completely separated next Monday, so we have to hand over the manuscript to the printing department on Saturday at the latest, and it will be too late." ”
Suddenly, an editor remembered something, and quickly stood up and said, "Editor-in-Chief Wang, didn't you have a few people under your command who wrote novels before, why don't you contact them and see if you can make an appointment." ”
"Yes, why didn't I remember, Editor-in-Chief Wang knows a few writers, and the manuscript is really good, if you use them, it will definitely be fine."
"I remember a writer with a pen name Jin Feilan, do you remember?" One editor said.
Wang Liangting pondered for a while, and slapped his head suddenly: "If you don't say it, I can't remember it, this Jin Feilan's level is indeed not low, I happened to meet yesterday, he said that he wanted to write a novel in our newspaper, so let me bring back a pile of manuscripts, hey?" It just so happens that my clothes haven't been changed, and they're still in my pockets, why don't you take them over and have a look? ”
Wang Liangting laughed, as if he was pleasantly surprised to find a good writer for the newspaper.
Wang Liangting distributed the manuscript of the novel, and then left two for Yan Buwen: "Mr. Yan, do you want to take a look?" ”
Yan Buwen smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll take a look." ”
Wang Liangting distributed all the manuscripts, and soon everyone read them, and then Wang Liangting asked with a smile: "What is the level of this novel?" ”
The deputy editor-in-chief on the left of Wang Liangting, Tang Bing pondered carefully and said: "I took a look at this novel, it is not conventional, and the writing is not bad, although it is not as good as Mr. Yan's "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", but it can also be ranked first-class." ”
"This matter is done, we still thought about what to do if the novel newspaper was established without novels, but I didn't expect Mr. Wang's vision to be a level higher than ours, isn't this a high-quality novel?"
"So good, so good." The editors breathed a sigh of relief, whether this novel is good or not, these editors don't care, the only thing they need to know is the origin of this Jin Feilan, he is a relative of Wang Liangting, who used to write novels in the newspaper, but because of poor sales, he was directly cut by Mr. Cao. In the past few days, Jin Feilan sent a bunch of novel manuscripts over, so Wang Liangting talked to them, and today's incident was born.
said that it was for everyone to choose the manuscript together and select a few high-quality manuscripts, but in the final analysis, it was the words of Wang Liangting's family.
Yan Buwen glanced at the manuscript in his hand, just from this manuscript, this novel is not very well written, and there are many unsmooth tones and typos. Coupled with Wang Liangting's tone and the reactions of these editors, Yan Buwen could guess that this was a scene directed and acted by Wang Liangting.
This Jin Feilan must have something to do with Wang Liangting!
Seeing that everyone had no opinions, Wang Liangting turned his head to look at Yan Buwen and asked, "What does Mr. Yan think of this novel?" ”
The corners of Yan Buwen's mouth bent, showing a smile, it looked like an ordinary smile, but there were turbulent waves in Wang Liangting's heart, Wang Liangting knew that Yan Buwen was not only the deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper but also the financial source of the newspaper, the author of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", 'Yongsheng', no matter how many people he found to come over today, if he couldn't pass Yan Buwen's level, it would be in vain. Therefore, in order to pass the manuscript smoothly, Wang Liangting found so many editors to come over, which was also a reference for Yan Buwen, so many people said okay, if you don't give me face, you can't help but give so many people face.
Wang Liangting thinks that if he grasps the psychology of Yan Buwen, he can increase the probability of passing the manuscript by fifty percent.
Sure enough, under Wang Liangting's expectant gaze, Yan Buwen handed the manuscript back: "Pay attention to the sentences and typos when publishing, otherwise it will affect the reading feeling." ”
Wang Liangting couldn't believe it, but Yan Buwen directly agreed: "Since Mr. Yan said that there is no problem, then finalize this draft." If you have a manuscript that you think is good, submit it together, let's take a look, if you can, publish it first, and then cut it if you can't. ”
Wang Liangting's suggestion was recognized by everyone, so a novel written by a writer named "Iron Fan" was selected.
Two books have been selected, and Wang Liangting plans to continue: "I think this novel is also good, what do you think?" ”
This is the manuscript I got from Shi Ming, and after I distributed it to everyone, all the editors thought it was good and acceptable. So Wang Liangting made a decision: "Then it's OK to make this one." ”
"Wait." Yan didn't hear anything for a long time, and suddenly said, "There is no need for this novel, I have already chosen a novel." ”
Yan Buwen smiled, he couldn't let these people come nonsense, what are the two novels he chose, if he didn't really have a good draft, Yan Buwen wouldn't let Wang Liangting choose two books in a row. The two of them are almost there, and they have to give "Snow Mountain Flying Fox" a publication page.
Wang Liangting was stunned for a moment, obviously didn't react, and wanted to finalize this novel, but Yan Buwen directly refused, so Wang Liangting asked, "Mr. Yan, is there anything wrong with this novel?" ”
Yan Buwen took out a stack of manuscripts, and then asked the person next to him to read them and pass them to the next one: "I have a high-quality manuscript here, plus the two novel manuscripts you selected over there, which is enough." ”
Wang Liangting didn't give up, and said: "Otherwise, Mr. Yan will take a look at this novel manuscript again, we think it's all good, and Mr. Yan, the manuscript in your hand is only five novels, it shouldn't be much." ”
Oh? Yan Buwen sneered in his heart, it seems that today's three manuscripts are all planned by Wang Liangting for a long time, the first Jin Feilan's novel was taken out of his hand, the second iron fan was taken out from the hands of an associate editor, and the third was taken out from the hands of an editor. Wang Liangting thought that he couldn't see this little action if he didn't hear it? This Wang Liangting took 100% of the author's kickback, but Yan Buwen didn't have the need to debunk him now, so he just nodded: "Editor-in-chief Wang, think carefully, otherwise the "Zero" newspaper will be dragged down by some novels, and it will not be a trivial matter." Never...... Kill the golden goose! ”