Chapter 23: Editors' Discussions
No matter in which era, readers who have no creative experience will always misunderstand the author, thinking that the author must have an inevitable connection with the protagonist when creating a work, if the protagonist has three positive views, it means that the author has three positive views, if the protagonist is dark and evil, then the author is dark and evil, and even thinks that the male protagonist must be a male author, and the female protagonist must be a female author.
In fact, this is not the case at all, the author who really controls the overall situation is always on top, and the protagonist is just a pawn in his hands, whether he is male or female, right or evil, he is the same as other characters, just a tool used by the author to convey something.
Therefore, "Ms. Yiren" and "her" protagonist Xu Shizhe do not have much connection, and this protagonist is just created to facilitate the author to advance the plot.
The whirlwind of the work "Love and Sex" blew into the editorial office of "Gusu Evening News" without any suspense.
If you choose to work as an editor in a newspaper this year, unless your job is arranged by your family, who doesn't like to read?
Now this masterpiece of human nature "Love and Sex" on the market is so popular that it has made a little-known literary magazine "Red Rose" a dark horse in the entire Suzhou magazine industry.
When they chose to do this, they naturally entered the pit without suspense, and they only felt that after watching this work, their bodies seemed to be hollowed out......
However, the editors are worthy of being editors, and when they discuss this work, they are by no means as shallow as ordinary readers, but boast about the writing of the work, the author's talent, and the breadth of knowledge.
"This work is so popular, I think it is because the opening description of life abroad is particularly realistic, so that readers feel as if they are immersed in the scene, as if they have traveled abroad in person, or travel with foreign beauties, how can such a plot not make readers forget to return?"
"You said well, but it's not comprehensive enough, I think this 'Ms. Yiren's writing is really good, now the vernacular has not been popular for long, many literary bigwigs are writing vernacular texts, the style is always mixed with some ancient styles, but the vernacular of 'Ms. Yiren' seems to have been completed, as if she was born to write vernacular Chinese, this is a talent!"
"Have you forgotten the brilliant modern poems in the book? I think it's too wasteful for such an excellent modern poem to be casually wrapped up in a novel, and if these poems were to be submitted to those poetry magazines, it would definitely establish 'her' status in the poetry world in one fell swoop, and it would be a pity that such a good poem became written by a character in the novel......"
"I'm looking forward to the development of the plot anyway, although the description of this foreign country is wonderful, but the foreign girl is just a dessert before the dinner after all, when it comes to charm, it should be my Chinese woman who is better, the next issue of "Red Rose", I must buy it as soon as possible, and feel the influence of this supreme literature!"
As the editors spoke, everyone showed a tacit smile, and they never mentioned the color content of the text that really made them want to stop, but vigorously touted the literary nature of "Love and Sex", as if they read such a work, it was noble, without a trace of obscene thoughts.
Du Shuhuan saw that "Love and Sex" became popular among the editors, and he couldn't help but say to the editors with regret: "In fact, this "Love and Sex" was originally serialized in our "Gusu Evening News", but it's a pity that there are some old things, and they can't even grasp the trend of really good articles, and they are also responsible for the novel section of the newspaper. ”
Du Shuhuan was obviously complaining about Wang Defu, so he almost scolded the middle-aged bald editor-in-chief Zhou Qiyun by name.
And as soon as he said this, the other editors naturally exploded-
"What? A strange book like "Love and Sex" has even been submitted to our newspaper? ”
"If it is really accepted by our newspaper, then we will not be able to read the author's manuscript in advance, what a happy thing!"
"Our newspaper actually rejected such a work, this is obviously missing a gold mine, and it is cheap to buy "Red Rose" that I have never heard of before!"
"Oh, I remember, it seems that there was indeed a pair of handsome men and women who came to our editorial office that day, presumably that girl is 'Ms. Yiren', as for that man, maybe it is the prototype of the male protagonist in her pen?"
"When you say this, I also have an impression, I feel that what you said is very reasonable, but unfortunately after so many days, I have forgotten what the two of them look like, and I don't know their names."
"Hey, the works serialized in our newspaper, compared with "Love and Sex", are really scummy, this vision of selecting works, tsk......"
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Zhou Qiyun, the middle-aged bald editor-in-chief, naturally heard the discussion of his colleagues, he only felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, he never thought that a manuscript that he had rejected for his own interests would cause such a huge impact in the future!
It's ridiculous that he also asserted that this work could never be published in any newspapers and magazines, because under a cursory look, he didn't find the literary nature of this work at all, but decided that it was a work that was useless except H.
But now he seems to have been slapped hard, the cunning thing about "Love and Sex" is that it is indeed well packaged, just like the H paragraph in the famous book, can you characterize the famous book as an H book?
It can be seen that sometimes when a bitch is still supposed to set up an archway, just like the protagonist of an online novel, to open a harem, but also to package it with true love, the end of the simple dark bulldozer text, that is, 404, just a reader who stands and talks without backache, does not understand the painstaking work of the harem flow author at all.
However, Zhou Qiyun, the editor-in-chief who attaches great importance to his face and cares about his authority in the editorial department, refuses to admit his mistakes, he relies on his deep qualifications in the editorial department, and shouts to these small editors: "You know fart literature, kitsch works like "Love and Sex", and they rely on those bold and explicit descriptions in exchange for temporary attention, I want to see how long this kind of text garbage can be popular!" ”
The little editors didn't dare to scold a senior editor-in-chief like Zhou Qiyun, but Du Shuhuan, a son-in-law with a deep background, is also the editor-in-chief, so naturally there is no need to scare him, he sneered: "You said that "Love and Sex" is text garbage, so what are the serialized novels in our "Gusu Evening News"? ”