Zheng Yaoxin pulled a wheelchair and sat opposite Lin Hai's desk, pinning a page of circulation tables to a book manuscript, and explained unhurriedly:

"For all the manuscripts assigned to you by the assistant, you should paste such a circulation form, review and fill in your comments in this column, and then return it to the assistant."

Lin Hai nodded, looked at the pile of not too thick manuscript bags on his desk and asked:

"How do you write a comment in general?"

"If you don't think it's valuable, write a brief introduction and your brief review, if you find it interesting, then write in detail, especially the reason for your recommendation, be sure to write it clearly, but it's best not to exceed 500 words."

"Got it, do those drafts do the same?"

Zheng Yaoxin smiled and shook his head:

"No, you have to use this kind of circulation form for those manuscripts, and then fill in the author's name and our internal writer grading level, and then write the classification of the manuscript."

"Grading grades, that's it..."

"Yes, what I just said is A-level and B-level author manuscripts, and those below C-level still follow the procedures for external submission, but you also need to use this form, the difference is that you need to review it once, after all, the editor-in-chief and deputy editor-in-chief don't have so much time to read all the manuscripts, we have to filter them first."

Lin Hai looked left and right, leaned forward and said in a low voice:

"What if I'm not good enough?"

Zheng Yaoxin laughed:

"Every manuscript has to be reviewed by two people, don't you see that there are review comments below, but it's not a good thing if the review opinions are always different from your evaluation."

Zheng Yaoxin vaguely warned Lin Hai, and Lin Hai nodded with a smile:

"Yes, but it's nothing compared to missing out on good work, and to be honest, I'm not that confident."

Zheng Yaoxin smiled:

"It's the same for everyone, when I first came, I was always worried that my level was not enough to mislead other people's piety, but fortunately, there are others to help review, and when I read too many manuscripts, I don't have this kind of concern."

"Oh? That's right. ”

"Yes, I've read a lot of manuscripts, and it's obvious that if you can't get it, you can ask everyone's opinions."

"That's right, I forgot about this stubble, I probably know the review process, so what about the manuscript?"

Zheng Yaoxin was about to speak, but a footstep slowly approached:

"You're a new colleague, welcome, my name is Chen Liguo, just call me Ah Guo."

Lin Hai hurriedly stood up and looked at the young man in front of him with thick eyebrows and big eyes, this person spoke loudly, his face looked like a sea of the sea, and his hand movements opened and closed widely, not like a literary youth, but like a mixed society.

"Hello, my name is Lin Hai, Shuangmu Forest, the sea of the sea, and I will ask my seniors to take care of me in the future."

The two shook hands, and Chen Liguo's hands were quite strong, looking enthusiastic.

"Take care of each other, take care of each other, haha... Newcomer report, I'll organize it, let's have a welcome party. ”

Lin Hai hurriedly said with a smiling face:

"Don't dare, don't dare, I should invite everyone, it's just a newcomer, I don't know the rules, since Brother Chen appreciates the face, it's better to trouble Brother Chen to organize it, I'll invite you seniors to dinner."

Chen Liguo patted Lin Hai on the shoulder, and said with a relieved smile:

"It's too polite, everyone will be colleagues in the future, it's right to help each other, okay, I'll connect with everyone, Ah Hai, you just came, let's not be so extravagant, just go to the opposite side of the restaurant to get together and contact the feelings, but Editor-in-Chief Xie has to say it yourself, see if Editor-in-Chief Xie is free that day, let's call others."

"Yes, yes, I'll go and tell Editor-in-Chief Xie when I'm free at noon, and I'll trouble Brother Chen when it's decided."

Chen Liguo laughed, leaned a little closer and lowered his tone:

"I heard that you were introduced by someone else?"

Lin Hai was stunned for a moment, and then said calmly:

"Oh yes, thanks to an elder for helping."

Chen Liguo patted Lin Hai's shoulder hard, shook a look that could only be understood, and then said with a smile:

"You go on, Xiao Zheng is very cool, it's just a little roundabout, in fact, our work is very interesting, let's talk slowly, haha..."

Lin Hai replied with a smile:

"I can't ask for it."

Chen Liguo smiled and walked back to his seat with figure-eight steps, but Zheng Yaoxin frowned, glanced at Lin Hai vaguely, and a trace of heat in his eyes seemed to disappear.

Lin Hai took in the subtle expressions of the two, but on the surface, he pretended not to see anything, sat down with a smile and said to Zheng Yaoxin:

"This Brother Chen is a very enthusiastic person."

"Passionate? Hehe, right, where did you just go? ”

"Oh, speaking of the process of requesting a manuscript."

Zheng Yaoxin nodded, his tone was still not hurried, and his expression was still serious:

"The second half of the manuscript is the same as reviewing the manuscript, and as for the first half, it is basically a relationship."

"Pull the relationship?"

"Yes, according to the list of authors assigned to you, you can visit them at your own pace, or invite them to dinner and tea, or whatever, anyway, try to get them on good terms with them, and strive to get their works published on our side."

"It's... Seems like it takes a lot of investment, right? ”

"In this regard, the company will have special entertainment expenses, each of our editors has a certain amount of money, you just came, you can confirm the amount with Assistant He, generally speaking, there are about 1,000 to 1,005 entertainment expenses per month."

Lin Hai nodded, and then asked with some curiosity:

"Is this enough?"

Zheng Yaoxin looked at Lin Hai playfully and replied:

"It depends on how you use it, but A-level authors can be reimbursed, but they must apply to the editor-in-chief in advance."

Lin Hai looked down at the list of authors he had assigned, among the dozen authors, there was only one A-level, three B-level, and most of the others were C-level.

Lin Hai didn't think much about it, he didn't know what was hidden in this list, Zheng Yaoxin also followed Lin Hai's line of sight and looked at the list in Lin Hai's hand, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, but he didn't say anything, but still asked without being salty:

"Any questions?"

"Not for the time being."

"Okay, I'll take you with me tomorrow to meet one of the authors I'm in charge of."

"Okay, I'm sorry for you."

"Yes, then you're busy, I'll go."

Lin Hai smiled and nodded to see Zheng Yaoxin return to his seat, he looked down at the manuscript in his hand, and quietly glanced at Chen Liguo, who was playing with his mobile phone not far away, pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled secretly in his heart, sure enough, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

During the lunch break at noon, Lin Hai found an opportunity to send an invitation to the editor-in-chief Xie, and the editor-in-chief Xie agreed to attend the party in the evening, and then Lin Hai asked Chen Liguo to take him one by one to invite colleagues from the same department, everyone knew that the editor-in-chief would also go, and they also gave face, except for a few really something, a total of fourteen colleagues in the entire second editorial department will attend tonight's party.

Fortunately, this is a copy, otherwise Lin Hai would have felt a little distressed about this large expenditure.

Tell Ye Xuexin about his evening entertainment, and tactfully dispel Ye Xuexin's idea of wanting to help, all afternoon, Lin Hai honestly read the manuscript, to tell the truth, most of these manuscripts are really bad, even if Lin Hai is not learning Chinese, he can judge that these or sentences are not smooth, or full of disgusting contrived smells, it will definitely not be a good article.

China's wine table culture is indeed a very valuable thing, after three rounds of wine, people's vigilance is unconsciously lowered, the original strong individual slowly walked out of their castle, whether true or false, the biggest effect of alcohol is to let everyone come out.

A group of people who were originally strangers quickly became harmonious and familiar after drinking and being hot, and even female colleagues dared to make some small jokes with Lin Hai, Chen Liguo is the king of the wine table, he will never be cold, and this person is clever in speech, left and right, and has a super ability to bring the atmosphere, and the whole dinner was made very lively by him.

After eating, the older colleagues said goodbye and went home, Editor-in-Chief Xie also withdrew with a smile, and the younger ones shouted to continue drinking, but Zheng Yaoxin politely said goodbye, Lin Hai was naturally inconvenient to refuse Chen Liguo and others, so a group of people went out of the restaurant to take a taxi and went straight to the bar.

Fortunately, these people think they have some taste, so they are looking for a clear bar, not the kind of Di bar whose music can shock people's hearts, but Lin Hai, who has never even drunk cocktails, has become the object of ridicule by everyone, fortunately, Lin Hai's heart is very strong, and seeing his serious way of learning from everyone, everyone is not good to continue to make fun of.

Of course, Chen Liguo is a half-immortal in wine, he can tell a door to every cocktail, and after blowing the interesting story of drinking for a while, everyone's topic somehow returned to work.

Chen Liguo hugged Lin Hai's shoulders and smiled mysteriously:

"Ah Hai, do you know what the biggest benefit of our business is?"

Lin Hai thought for a while and said:

"I don't know, it can't be that you see good articles before others, right? Or get some books for free? ”

"Haha... Ah Hai, you're pretending to be funny. ”

Everyone also laughed, Lin Hai shook his head and replied with a little seriousness:

"I really don't know, Brother Chen, don't mess with me."

Chen Liguo smiled, leaned a little closer and said in a low voice:

"Unspoken rules! There are no unspoken rules in any line now, there is no free lunch in this world, although those literary young women are working hard, but... Hehe, you get the idea. ”

Lin Hai almost squirted out of a slump, but he still held back, took a sip of wine and said:

"Brother Chen, you are playing me, how can there be so many young women in literature, besides, this matter is not a benefit, I think it is a pit! It's still a big pit! If one is not good, he will be ruined. ”

Chen Liguo and the others laughed, then raised their wine glasses and signaled, drank their wine in one gulp, and beckoned the waiter to ask for another round, and then took Lin Hai's shoulders and said:

"It's not as serious as you said, you love it, I don't force them with a gun, who can control it, or how to call it an unspoken rule, haha."

Lin Hai responded in his heart, but he smiled strangely on his face:

"It's... It's a pity that I have a girlfriend, so I'm afraid I won't be able to enjoy this benefit. ”

Chen Liguo was stunned for a moment, and then patted Lin Hai's shoulder vigorously and said:

"No, it's going to be in the pit so soon! It's still a strict wife! ”

Everyone laughed again, Lin Hai shrugged his shoulders and looked like I was thick-skinned and I didn't care, and everyone stretched out their middle fingers in disdain.

Chen Liguo pursed his lips disdainfully and said:

"Ah Hai, do you know why Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang's hair is about to fall out?"

Lin Hai was stunned:

"It's normal to lose hair in midlife, right? Is there any way to say it? It seems that the two deputy editors-in-chief and the editor-in-chief Xie have some hair loss. ”

Everyone looked at each other and laughed weirdly together, Chen Liguo laughed for a while and said:

"That's because of kidney loss! Ha ha... However, you must have read it wrong, Editor-in-Chief Xie has absolutely no hair loss, haha..."

Lin Hai swept the people who were smiling very happily, although he was tired in his heart, he didn't say anything, he was not a defender, and he couldn't care about those young people who didn't love themselves, let alone save the world, but fortunately, he could still choose his own path and soul.

After laughing for a while, Chen Liguo leaned over again and said:

"Ah Hai, who is the person who introduced you in, the ability to stuff your management department into the editorial department is still quite large, and someone will cover it in the future, so it will be easy to mix in the company."

"Hehe, this... People don't let me say that it's one of my father's... Friends, it's just that this kind of thing is used less once, in the final analysis, it still depends on your own ability. ”

Chen Liguo's eyes rolled, he smiled and didn't say anything, but drank the wine in the wine glass again, and beckoned to the waiter again, Lin Hai sneered in his heart, this product is really not a good thing, and he found that his backstage use value seems to be small, so he immediately began to change his attitude and desperately take advantage of himself.