Wang Meng put on reading glasses and immediately took the two manuscripts handed by Shen Yun.

He weighed both manuscripts and saw that one was only a few pages long, while the other was noticeably thicker.

"Where did you send this?" Wang Meng casually asked Shen Yun while reading the manuscript.

"Editor-in-chief, this is sent from Hunan Province, looking at the address and the sender, it should be written by the same person, but it is packed in two envelopes, it is estimated that the author is afraid of confusion."

"Really? It is rare to be the hometown of a great man and the author of the land of Hunan and Chu! In this way, you are busy with your going first, and I will give you a final opinion after reading it, do you think it's okay? Editor-in-chief Wang Meng lifted the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose and looked up at Shen Yun.

"Okay!" Shen Yun nodded and quickly agreed.

He was very familiar with Mr. Wang's habit of reading manuscripts, and he didn't like to be waited for advice, so he answered and turned away.

After Shen Yun left, Wang Meng continued to read the manuscript, he first put the thick manuscript paper aside, picked up the other one and read it carefully.

Looking at this manuscript titled "Dream of the Future", the more he looked at it, the more his eyes lit up.

Although the writing of this manuscript is not very good, and the writing is not very good, the content in it is surprisingly novel.

Of course, as the editor-in-chief of "People's Literature", Wang Meng values not only the novelty of the content of this manuscript, but also the following points.

The author of this science fiction novel borrowed the mouth of the protagonist and cleverly pointed out the various contradictions and conflicts brought about by social development, especially the change of human values.

This turned what seemed like a science fiction essay into a social argumentative essay.

What is even more valuable is that there are many things in it that are worth thinking about and pondering today.

For example, in this science fiction novel, the future is full of high-rise buildings, and the city has become a steel forest, but the protagonist finds that the original neighborhood family suddenly does not exist, and is replaced by cold security doors, and the neighbors are no longer "relatives", but strangers.

In the future, how beautiful people's lives will be, with sufficient materials and rich people.

But young people have become tools to make money one by one, puppets dominated by money, and they are either busy making money to buy houses or earning high bride price money every day.

In contrast, although people are not rich and do not have a good life, life is not busy, although the family does not have much money, but they live very happily, whether it is a child or an adult, there are not so many worries.

It can be said that this science fiction novel seems to be writing about future technology, but in fact, it is secretly exploring various social problems brought about by social development.

I have to say that this author is indeed very cleverly written, and it is a rare masterpiece.

"The land of Hunan and Chu has produced talents since ancient times, and it is really worthy of being the hometown of a great man, and it is indeed a rare masterpiece!"

After Wang Meng finished watching "Dream of the Future", he praised it greatly.

He pondered for a moment, and quickly picked up the landline on the table and prepared to make a call.

But suddenly, he was stunned for a moment, as if he remembered something again, and then put down the phone and picked up the stack of manuscript papers that had been placed aside.

"Fanghua? Is there something interesting about the name of this novel? Looking at the title on the first page of the manuscript paper, Wang Meng smiled, and then looked down.

And at this look, he completely sank into it.

It wasn't until more than an hour later that he slowly put down the manuscript, then took off his reading glasses and gently rubbed his red eyes with his hands.

An exclamation followed.

"Alas......!"

Previously, Wang Meng originally went to see this stack of manuscript paper with the mentality of trying it out, after all, with a masterpiece like "Dream of the Future" first, he felt that the work sent by the author at the same time should not be too bad.

But he never expected it!

This novel is written so sincerely, profoundly and movingly, especially for the portrayal of the male protagonist, which has reached the pinnacle.

The cruelty of war and the desire for peace are deeply integrated between the lines, and after reading it, people can't help but fall into a long silence and reflection.

It can be said that whether it is from the writing, style, plot, character building, or even the open-ended finale design, this medium-length novel can be called a very good anti-war novel.

"Alas...... It's a pity that our magazine is afraid that it won't be able to publish such a masterpiece! Wang Meng sighed again and couldn't help muttering to himself.

Although he is the editor-in-chief of the magazine and has a lot of power in the magazine, "People's Literature" is not an ordinary magazine after all, it is the largest magazine under the National Writers' Association, representing the country.

Although he tried his best to make this novel "Fanghua" appear in "People's Literature", after thinking about it repeatedly, he finally had to give up.

The reason is simple!

This is a medium-length novel, with more than 70,000 words, which is too long to be published in the "People's Literature" magazine.

However, that science fiction miniature novel "Dream of the Future" is very appropriate.

"Forget it, let's call Shen Yun first and see what they say!" Wang Meng sighed lightly, and finally picked up the phone and called Shen Yun, the editor who delivered the manuscript.

"Editor-in-chief, are you done?" As soon as Shen Yun entered the office, he couldn't wait to ask.

"Hmm...... I'm done! It's really good.,Both of them are rare masterpieces.,It's just that in principle, I only allow that science fiction novel to be published.,The rest of the medium-length novel.,What do you think? ”

In the face of Wang Meng's inquiry, Shen Yun organized the language and immediately replied: "Editor-in-chief, our opinion is the same as yours, that medium-length novel is too long to be published in our magazine." ”

Shen Yun said this, paused, and then said: "But you can recommend this novel to other brother publishing houses to give it a try!" ”

"Hmm...... Your idea coincides with mine, so be it! I'll call Lao He of the People's Literature Publishing House, don't they have a contemporary literary magazine under their umbrella? You can try it there, it's a waste to hit back such a good work like this! ”

"Contemporary literature? Editor-in-chief, is that contemporary literature that was founded in '79 and changed from a quarterly to a bimonthly magazine in '81? Shen Yun seemed to think of something, and continued.

"Hmm...... That's it, doesn't Lao He often complain to me that there are no good works? Their contemporary literary magazine happens to have a medium-length literary column, so you can send this medium-length novel to them to give it a try? ”

Wang Meng's words suddenly made Shen Yun's eyes light up, and he hurriedly said after listening: "Understood!" Editor-in-chief, I'm going to contact them! ”

"Wait...... It's better for me to call Lao He first, and then you call, so it's more formal! Wang Meng stopped Shen Yun in time and said.