As soon as I got to work that morning, I received a notice from the administration in the editorial group that the final review meeting would be held in the first half of the month at half past ten, and I hope everyone will attend on time. Nie Congcong replied as usual and received.

Each issue of the magazine has three reviews and four proofreadings, the first review of the editor, the second review of the director, the third review of the editor, the first trial is the torture of the author, the second review is the torture of the editor, and the third review is the final review is the double torture of the editorial director and the editor.

At half past ten, Editor-in-Chief Zhang took a bunch of manuscripts on time and entered the office of the editors in the first half of the month, because it belongs to the process work meeting that there is every month, there is no polite words, Editor-in-Chief Zhang entered the topic concisely, his first thing is to say that there is no good manuscript in this issue, and the night before yesterday I urgently asked Director Chen to add some, and the quality has improved, but it is not very ideal, and editors with good manuscripts can continue to submit before getting off work today.

Then the editor-in-chief commented on the manuscripts handed in by each editor, and in just 20 minutes, it can be described as a killing and bloodshed. At that time, Nie Congcong only saw the editor-in-chief's mouth open and closed, and barely listened to what he was saying. You don't need to hear it to know that the subject matter of the manuscript is not new, the story is simple, the plot is lacking, and new authors need to be expanded.

After the final review meeting, Nie Congcong's manuscript was returned to a large number of others, looking at the pass rate of only one large draft in addition to the 6 versions of the column manuscript, Nie Congcong's mood was very depressed, others were revising the manuscript, she held a cup of tea alone, sat on a chair and watched a fish in the fish tank, swimming and swimming. This fish tank was bought after the Spring Festival, and when I first came back, there were 7 of them, and I was fed too much by my enthusiastic colleagues, and I successively supported six of them, and there was only one left, and I don't know how long I will live.

Seeing Nie Congcong in a daze, Shan Dan sent a message on QQ, what's wrong with you, Cong Cong, are you okay? Why don't you go for a spicy hot pot at noon and release yourself? Nie Cong Cong returned, okay. Shan Dan's approval rate in this issue is also one more large draft and one small draft than Nie Congcong, and the mood of the two people is estimated to be about the same.

At noon, Nie Congcong and Shan Dan did not wear parasols, but took a taxi at the door of the unit under the sun to eat hot pot at the Little Sheep Main Store in Nanguomen. Both of them are not spicy or happy, a big spicy pot bottom, a beef, a mutton, many vegetarian dishes, each of which is their own favorite, after the dish is ordered, the two of them feel that their hearts are much closer, it turns out that there is not much gap between girls and girls.

After working together for more than a year, the relationship between Shan Dan and Nie Congcong has not been close, and they can only be regarded as good colleagues. The four female editors, Nie Congcong and Bai Lin all belong to the mature personality type, the two of them are relatively close, Shan Dan and Yang Jing are relatively close, one is that they have a common column to do, and the other reason is that they are all elven and eccentric people, fresh ideas and all kinds of ideas are splashing around like small sparks.

This meal, the two of them ate from beginning to end, and the people around them had to change two rounds before it was over. The stomach is full, the spicy is also happy, and the words that are hidden in the heart that make people depressed are also said, and the two lonely people are now a pair, and now they are in a good mood, and both parties feel that they have gained a girlfriend for a meal, and it is still a very happy thing.

In the afternoon, Nie Congcong had just finished revising the manuscript and was drinking water, when an author called Nie Congcong, Nie Congcong looked at the number, and felt quite empty, this manuscript was delayed for three months, and this month I thought it was going to be used, who knew that it was rejected, she picked up the phone, and when she was about to say sorry, she was very excited and said, Nie Congcong, thank you for not using my manuscript. Nie Congcong asked, what did you say, it's useless to thank us, are you okay? The author laughed happily, and he was really grateful. Do you know? If you use my manuscript, delete the word count to more than 3,000 words for me, and I will be four or five hundred yuan at most, you are useless, I will send it to the family without a word, one dollar per word, and my remuneration can be 5,200 yuan, you say, should I be very grateful to you. Nie Congcong was of course very happy when she heard this, so that she didn't need to feel guilty at all. Although this manuscript is not used, it is not something that I can control, and a good work should have a good result, so as not to discourage the author's enthusiasm for writing.

A few days later, another author who wrote for Nie Congcong, Liuyan, also found Nie Congcong, Congcong, are you the editor-in-chief of the first half of the month alone? Nie Congcong said yes. Liuyan said, then why did you reject the manuscript I submitted to you last time, and I sent it to the editor in the second half of the month, and the manuscript not only passed, but the word count was not deleted, and it was rated as a good draft. Nie Congcong said that although the editor-in-chief is the same, our styles are different in the first half of the month, and there will still be differences when selecting manuscripts. Although the words to the author were like this, Nie Congcong still felt very uncomfortable in his heart, at that time, the editor-in-chief criticized this manuscript very much, who knew that there was a gap of two months, not only in another magazine he managed, but also rated as a good manuscript of the month. This makes it feel like a joke to outsiders.

In a magazine, judging whether an article is good or bad, apart from intellectual errors, data errors and typos, is entirely a matter of personal preference. Although everyone says that everyone has their own opinion on bad things, and everyone thinks good things are good, a magazine is not as simple as a picture after all, it has more content and extension.

In mid-to-late September, 2003 was almost over for magazine makers. Preparations for 2004 began. The magazine began preparations for the republication of the magazine in 2004. That year's republication would be placed in the Huaqing Palace in Lintong. When that day arrived, the autumn sun was shining, and after everyone arrived, they did not make specific work arrangements, and colleagues chose to live in a room with a good relationship, and everyone ate and walked, soaking in the hot springs, and scattering their hearts everywhere.

At that time, Huaqing Palace was still called Huaqing Pond, and it was not upgraded to a 5A-level scenic spot, the park was simple and clean, because it was a working day, there were not many people in the park, after dinner, Nie Congcong also climbed to the position of catching Jiang Pavilion wearing high heels, and later the name of this place was changed.

The next day was cloudy, and there were a few drops of rain in the morning. At half past nine, the republication will be held in a large conference hall near the lake, presided over by Editor-in-Chief Zhang. A total of 24 editors and editors from all over the magazine sat around a long conference table with the president as the core. At this time, there are no lotus flowers in the lake, but the lotus leaves are still vigorous and lush, the gates on both sides are open, the breeze is gentle, there is an autumn breeze to chat with someone, half of the wall Qingbo smiled shyly.

First of all, the president summarized this year's magazine, and talked about the development environment of the magazine, saying that 2004 is a year of great development of the magazine, and it is imperative to change the publication of family friends, but how to change it in order to keep up with the general situation and not be eliminated by the market, which is a very important thing.

The second was the director of the editorial department of the two magazines, who gave a detailed introduction to each journal, and in the process of discussion, everyone had various opinions, especially when it came to the issue of the style of the magazines getting closer and closer in the first half of the month and the second half of the month, the biggest differences were made. The main point of contention is whether to keep the current style and continue to go, or to let the second half of the color magazine develop as a real fashion magazine.

Editor-in-Chief Zhang's opinion is that for a magazine, if one step ahead is progress, three steps ahead is death. In 2001, when I began to do the second half of the month, the positioning was a pure fashion magazine, but after walking for more than a year, I found that I couldn't go on at all, so I returned to the state of a semi-fashion magazine, part of the content like a fashion magazine to do fashion life, part like a black magazine to do emotion, and now in order to cater to the market, the emotional part of the content is more and more, which is the advantage of the second half of the month, but also a problem.

After the words of the editor-in-chief Zhang, Nie Congcong said, editor-in-chief, I think what you said is right, but, as a magazine there are two magazines, the purpose should be to think of two products, the style should be completely different, only two magazines with completely different styles can become two commodities, just like one is a TV and one is a washing machine, because of different functions, to occupy different markets, instead of making two TVs of different sizes, forming self-competition, you say, right? Regarding Nie Congcong's opinion, Editor-in-Chief Zhang did not continue to discuss this issue, but asked the chief editor of the second half of the month to talk about the current problems in the second half of the month.

At the end of the day's reissue, Shan Dan said to Nie Congcong, Congcong, you are too reckless, you have offended the editor-in-chief now. Nie Congcong said, am I not right? Shan Dan said, it was because you were right that you offended the editor-in-chief, and the words you said should be what the president wanted to say the most, but he didn't say it. However, you are wrong to say it, Cong Cong, everyone is sensitive.

Many years later, Nie Congcong experienced a lot of things in the workplace, and she completely understood that what Shan Dan said at that time was really incomparably correct, and she suddenly understood the helplessness of the position of the editor-in-chief at that time, the market is very cruel, you have to use all means to keep the magazine alive. contrary to the original intention. But, so what? Isn't it the first thing for a product to be alive?

On the third day after the republication meeting, Nie Congcong and Qin Ge made an appointment to meet. In Nie Congcong's heart, Qin Ge is not only a handsome boy with good looks, but also the hottest editor-in-chief in the journal market, it is said that the first half of the monthly magazine he is responsible for has a monthly circulation of 30,000 as a base for continuous growth, which makes the presidents of other periodicals very envious

Because Qin Ge had a meeting in the afternoon, the two of them met for a short time, and they had a simple meal together. Nie Congcong told Qin Ge about the problems she was currently facing, Qin Ge glanced at Nie Congcong, and he said, Nie Congcong, what do you want me to say about you? Aren't you very high in IQ, why can't you when it comes to the critical moment? Seriously, I would be very upset when our editor told me what you said, and you are still in front of the whole magazine, and the president is still there. However, now that the situation is already like this, you still don't think about it so much. From what I know of your editor-in-chief, he's not the kind of person who is short-sighted and narrow-minded, so you don't have to take this matter too seriously. However, you try to communicate with the editor-in-chief as much as possible and try to make a good manuscript, which is the key at the moment. Making a magazine is actually like drinking water, the only person who really drinks water is the editor-in-chief, and the editors are all people who pour water. A good editor, the first element is to execute, to implement the editor-in-chief's intention as much as possible, don't think about the rest, think too much, you will be very uncomfortable, the editor-in-chief will also feel that you are useless, so you must put yourself in the right position.

Qin Ge said these words, Nie Congcong has always remembered until she became the editor-in-chief, and she has been using this theory to teach the editors below, and she has a deeper understanding of the role of the editor.

Many times, Nie Congcong thinks that if she is a little stupid, or her sense of autonomy is weaker, she also feels more comfortable doing it in Friends of Home Magazine, but no, she has not done any of the above two points, so Nie Congcong is often in a struggle.