144. Fan letters
Next, Liang Yu followed Guo Pinyuan to the editorial office of Fantasy by car.
Liang Yu is no stranger to this place, in fact, during the submission period before the serialization, she probably had to run here every once in a while, but now that she has become a professional cartoonist, it is all the editors who come to her.
Entering the door, there was a familiar feeling, Liang Yu still remembered the first time he came to the White Bird Building to find the editor, he didn't understand anything, and almost made a joke, but fortunately, the customer service lady in charge of registration over there was kind enough to lead him to the waiting room for an interview with the editor.
Liang Yu glanced at it and found that it seemed to be very lively today, and there should be a lot of people coming to contribute.
Because he was accompanied by an editor, Liang Yu avoided the trouble of registering at the front desk, and was about to rush to the elevator leading to the Fantasy editorial office, when an editor in the interview room over there was talking to the contributor, and came out of it and walked in the same direction.
"Hey, isn't this Lao Guo, didn't you say you wanted to meet the author today?" The editor was obviously an acquaintance of Guo Pinyuan, so he naturally said hello.
"Ah, yes, but something has fallen into the newsroom, so I'll come back." Guo Pinyuan responded, at this time, the elevator just stopped in front of them, "5th floor? ”
"Hmm." After the editor nodded and entered the elevator, he seemed to find that he had come in with Guo Pinyuan, he looked at Liang Yu, and then at Guo Pinyuan, and then asked tentatively: "Old Guo, is this ......?"
"Oh, that's the author I'm responsible for."
"Could it be the author of "Chess Soul"?" This editor, who has permed hair and wears a floral shirt, seems to wake up and is pleasantly surprised.
"yes." Guo Pinyuan didn't know why the other party was so excited, but he always felt a bad premonition, but he still answered truthfully: "This is Teacher Liangyu who is in charge of the original story." ”
"Is it Teacher Liangyu, that's great." The level of enthusiasm of the other party is absolutely extraordinary, "The teacher's writing style is very delicate and unique, and I am honestly a fan of the teacher, so please accept my business card." Please contact me when you are free. ”
"Ahh It was not so much that Liang Yu accepted it, but that it was forced by the other party.
"Ding-dong." It also happened that at this stall, the elevator went to the 5th floor.
The editor sighed, looked at the slowly opening door and turned back: "Ah, I'm here, so please call me if you are interested." ”
Liang Yu looked at the other party and waved his hand with a smile on his face, and then disappeared into the corridor.
The elevator door closed slowly, and there were still 3 floors left before Liang Yu and the Fantasy editorial office they were going to.
"This guy ......" Guo Pinyuan seemed to understand something now, and smacked his lips dissatisfied.
Only Liang Yu was still confused: "Editor Guo, was that person also an editor just now?" ”
"The editor is an editor, but not an editor of Fantasy magazine, but an editor of Margaeryline."
"Shoujo manga?" Liang Yu lowered his head and glanced at the business card that the other party forcibly handed him just now, which was printed with the title of deputy editor-in-chief of the Margaret Magazine of the White Bird Society, and his name was Huang Yuan.
"Yes, that guy was an intern in the same class as me when he came in, but he was transferred to Margaret Lyn to do shoujo comics after he officially took office, and I still stayed at Fantasy as an editor, this guy has been a business-oriented guy since before, and he has pulled people to Brother Magazine, what is this, Liang Yu, you don't have to pay attention to him."
Liang Yu just smiled, didn't answer, but put away the business card. Soon, they also reached the floor of their destination.
Today is a rest day, and there are not many people who still stay in the editorial department, but there are also seven or eight who are working overtime, and they are no strangers to Liang Yu's words, so they all said hello.
"Why is Teacher Liangyu free to come over today?"
"Oh, I'm here to get something." Liang Yu is still a little unaccustomed to being called a teacher, so Guo Pinyuan will help her answer.
The editors were not idle and had nothing to do, and after talking for a few sentences, they were all busy with their own business, while Guo Pinyuan took the key from the drawer, and then went to a cupboard by the corridor wall to get something.
"Let's go over there." Guo Pinyuan greeted, after all, if it is discussed here, it will affect the work of other editors.
Liang Yu nodded, and followed Guo Pinyuan's pace.
They didn't leave the editorial office, but found a place near the door in the editing room, which was separated by half a bookcase, that is, it was like a separate meeting room.
Guo Pinyuan lifted the three bags on the table and motioned for Liang Yu to sit opposite.
"Are these letters from readers?" Liang Yu was somewhat surprised, even if he made a rough estimate, there were at least more than a thousand letters here.
"Well, these are all letters of support sent by readers to the author of "Chess Soul", there should be quite a lot of feelings and comments in it," Guo Pinyuan can somewhat understand the author's mood when he sees the letter from his fans, to be honest, the sales of the single book of "Chess Soul" are very good, if the book is signed and sold next time, there will only be more fans who come to report. However, he did not forget to take the precautionary shot first: "However, these readers' letters can only be used as a reference, but can not be accepted unreservedly, to rationally analyze what is beneficial to the work, what is harmful to the work, after all, there are thousands of readers, but the author has only one story in mind, and you must not let these letters disrupt the story you originally designed, in that case I would rather you not read these letters." ”
"yes, I understand." Liang Yu nodded seriously.
"That's good." Guo Pinyuan also laughed.
Liang Yu and Guo Pinyuan each took out some letters from their bags, opened them and read them. Because it is a huge project to read more than 1,000 letters, even if you pick them up, Guo Pinyuan, as the editor-in-charge, has no other work now, so he helps Liang Yu choose some letterheads that he thinks are inspiring or meaningful.
However, because this is a letter accumulated over so many months, there is also a span on the content, Liang Yu opened one casually, and Juanxiu's handwriting must have been written by a girl.
"Teacher Chen Nan, Teacher Liangyu Zhan Xinjia:
I'm a big fan of the two teachers, when I first saw "Chess Soul" in Fantasy magazine, I was fascinated by the story, Chen Nan's painting of Zuo Wei can simply fascinate people, and the story designed by Liang Yu teacher complements each other, I really want to see Ah Guang and Xiao Liang, the fateful opponent can face off, by the way, I am Xiao Liang's ......"
sprinkled hundreds of words, it took Liang Yu a full three minutes to read them, but the intention between the lines was reached.
Soon, she opened another letter, this time it was a primary school student, there may be some words in the language that do not reach the meaning, and there are also a lot of new words written in pinyin, but he told Liang Yu that because of reading this comic book "Chess Soul", he began to play Go, and became the most powerful one in the class, and when he grows up in the future, he will also become as powerful as Zuowei.
Seeing this, Liang Yu once again realized that what he and Chen Nan were doing might be a job that gave him a dream.