In the conference room, the atmosphere was suddenly slightly awkward.

Everyone turned their heads to look at the man in glasses.

Naturally, all the old comrades present here know him.

As the deputy director of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the vice chairman of the Yincheng Writers Association, although his official position is not large, he is the leader of the Writers Association.

However, to be honest, compared to Director Li, the leader of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, this is obviously a bit pedantic.

To put it bluntly, it is "old and stubborn", full of old ideas, and the way of thinking is still stuck in a special period, and the view of problems is too one-sided and rigid.

Although many veteran comrades do not say anything about this, they have already complained in their hearts.

"Old Kim! If you have any complaints and opinions, let's talk privately, this is the venue. At this time, Director Li said to him quite seriously.

Then, he continued: "Let me talk about the third topic of today's meeting, about the internal publications of the Yincheng Writers Association, in view of the fact that we do not have any literary publications in Yincheng, the superiors intend to take our Yincheng Writers Association as the core and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles as the competent unit to create a literary journal. ”

As soon as these words came out, the people present instantly looked at Director Li.

At this moment, everyone has no heart to care about the glasses man anymore, after all, compared to that, what Director Li said is obviously more important.

This is a literary publication! It's exciting to think about!

You must know that even in the entire Hunan Province, there are few literary publications, and the Yincheng area is only a small place, and it is really unbelievable that there should be a literary journal.

"Director Li, did your superiors really say that? But...... This is no small matter! ”：

"What Lao Pan said is very true, the funding is still secondary, where can I find editors? Also, our Yincheng is just a small place, even if we create a literary journal, printing and distribution are all problems! ”

"Yes, there is also a journal number, I heard that the journal number is the most difficult to apply for......."

Everyone thinks that this matter is more mysterious.

However, only two people present did not speak.

One is the man with glasses, and the other is He Yun.

He Yun didn't express his opinion because he didn't want to get involved in this matter at all, after all, the burden on his body was heavy enough, and if he took the lead again, he would have to die of exhaustion.

However, the more he thought about it, the more things went wrong for him.

No, just when he pretended not to hear, Director Li suddenly looked at him: "Xiaohe, I see that you have been silent, do you have any ideas?" ”

"Uh..... What can I think? I have chosen to be a transparent person, so what else do I think? ”

Of course, He Yun would not say this in his heart, he just grinned, shook his head and said, "Director Li, I don't know anything about this kind of thing, I'm really sorry." ”

"Xiaohe, I know you are modest, didn't you write a reform article before, how could you not know anything, you just talk about it?" At this time, Director Li suddenly smiled, looked at He Yun and said.

As soon as he heard Director Li say this, He Yun suddenly fell silent.

This is to "force" yourself to say!

Well, since you insist on me, then I'll say it.

After muttering a sentence secretly, He Yun immediately spoke: "Director Li, in fact, I have similar opinions with all the old comrades, and I am not very much in favor of establishing a literary journal. ”

These words were naturally in He Yun's heart.

A regional-level Federation of Literary and Art Circles, it is already very good to have a writers' association, and now it is actually thinking of starting a literary journal, if this is put in the future, it will be nothing, but when is it now? In 1987, in this era when the average person was less than 1,000 yuan, was this necessary?

What's more, it is not easy to apply for a publication number at all, even if it is a public unit, it is difficult to approve it.

Not to mention the private ones, which are completely impossible.

"You don't approve of it either? But this matter was decided by the superiors, so ......"

Director Li has made this very clear.

It's useless not to approve of this matter, and it is naturally imperative for the superior leader to speak.

"Ahem...... In this way, since everyone has doubts, this matter will not be discussed for now, and I will discuss it with the superior leaders, but the choice of editor must be chosen among you, especially Xiaohe. ”

Speaking of this, Director Li immediately looked at He Yun.

"Me? Director Li, I can't do it, and besides, I don't have the time? He Yun didn't think about it, so he waved his hand and declined.

Before, he agreed to be a teacher in the writers' training class because he felt that there would not be much conflict in time, but now he is asked to be the editor of a literary journal, which is a bit difficult.

"Xiaohe, don't be in a hurry to refuse, I understand, you have to take the postgraduate examination, but I don't want you to come to work with us every day, I just want you to put a name in the editorial department of a literary journal, such as serving as a consultant or something, I don't really want you to review the manuscript, of course, if you have time, then I also welcome it."

I have to say that Director Li's idea is indeed quite considerate of He Yun, but the problem is that there are two of them, and He Yun is worried that he will fall into the "trap" carefully arranged by Director Li at that time, and he will not be able to detect it.

Of course, then again, it's not impossible to put a name in the editorial department of a literary journal, He Yun feels that this kind of work is actually quite suitable for him.

But not at the moment.

After all, the postgraduate entrance examination is the main thing for him now.

For this reason, he even gave up the invitation of many magazines, and deliberately postponed the original long-form creation plan.

After a while, Director Li saw that He Yun still didn't say anything, and knew that He Yun hadn't thought about it yet, so he didn't "force" him anymore.

I saw that he glanced at everyone again, and continued: "It's almost time, let's dismiss, the cafeteria has prepared meals for everyone, let's stay for a light meal and go back!" ”

After Director Li said this, he immediately got up and came to He Yun's side, and whispered, "Xiao He, come with me." ”

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In the afternoon, after lunch, He Yun left with a wry smile.

When he returned to his dormitory, he couldn't help but sit down at his desk and sigh deeply.

This is really a person in the rivers and lakes, and he can't help himself!

This time, instead of reaping the slightest benefit, he participated in the meeting of the Writers' Association, but took on two heavy burdens.

Being a teacher in a writer's training class is nothing, it's like teaching in school anyway, but as an editor of a literary journal, it's a lot to worry about.

"Forget it, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, let's take a step at a time, maybe this matter of founding a literary journal is yellow?"

He Yun muttered, opened the book of postgraduate entrance examinations, and continued to read.

However, only two days later, He Yun received the news that Yincheng's first literary journal was confirmed to be launched.

In other words, these eight characters have already been skimmed, and the next step is to apply for a journal number, go through various approval procedures, and create an editorial department.

No, as he expected, the next day, Director Li asked someone to inform him and let him go to the regional Federation of Literary and Art Circles again.

When He Yun came to Director Li's office again, at this moment, there were already four people sitting in the office.

In addition to Director Li, there are three old comrades.

He Yun also knew these three veteran comrades, they were all members of the regional writers' association, and they have all retired.

"Xiaohe, you're here, I'm waiting for you, hurry up and sit down ......, sit down and say."

After Director Li beckoned He Yun to sit down, he immediately got down to business.

"Other things, I won't introduce much, now let's talk about the establishment of literary journals, Lao Liu and Lao Pan, you have all worked in the cultural station before, this time the two of you will be responsible for reviewing, Lao Xu, you have worked in the Xiang Provincial Daily, you will proofread the manuscript, and serve as the editor-in-chief, later, I will report to several leaders on your appointment."

"I know that at the beginning of the journal, there will definitely be a lot of things to be busy, and the editorial department will not increase the number of people in a short period of time, so everyone will have a hard time."

"However, please also overcome the difficulties, there will be a special person to handle the formalities and other matters, as for the name of our writers' association literary journal, the superior leader means that we want to want to report it, Xiaohe, you say it first."

After Director Li finished speaking, he looked at He Yun.

"Why me again?" He Yun muttered, but still pretended to think carefully.

After a while, He Yun opened his mouth and said, "Our Silver City is surrounded by Dongting Lake, why don't we call it "Dongting"?" ”

"Dongting? Lao Xu, you are the editor-in-chief, what do you think? Director Li muttered a sentence and couldn't help but look at one of the old comrades.

"This name is quite meaningful, but there is one thing that our editorial department must first think clearly, what kind of literary themes are the core sections of our literary journals? Is it poetry? Prose? Again, or something else. ”

"That's right! This problem must be solved, and there is also the issue of periodicals, whether to choose bimonthly, or monthly, or semi-annual, I suggest that we still choose bimonthly for now, if the sales are still good, you can consider supplementing, or change to monthly. ”

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The three veteran comrades are indeed very experienced, and they have all done similar work before, so they naturally know more than He Yun.

No, the three of them, you and I will say a word, and after a while, things will be straightened out after the launch of the journal.

If this is changed to He Yun, his eyes will definitely be black.

"Lao Pan, Lao Xu, Lao Liu, these questions you raised, let's come one by one, first of all, the name of the literary journal, if you have no other opinions, then use what Xiao He just said, take Dongting as the name of the journal, followed by the core section, everyone talk, express their opinions, Lao Xu, you were the first to put it forward, then you will first talk about your thoughts."

"Yes, I think that with the influence of our Yincheng Writers Association and various factors, if we want to compete with other literary journals, we can't do it in a short time, so we have to find another way."

"Lao Xu is right, we have to take a shortcut, and the key depends on Comrade He Yun."

At this time, another old comrade couldn't help but echo it.

At this moment, He Yun, the "melon-eating masses", was suddenly stunned.

"Look at me? What do you want to see me? What are you three old comrades fighting dumb about? At this moment, He Yun looked puzzled.

He set his eyes on Director Li, but saw that he, like the other three, all looked at him.

At this time, he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Wouldn't the three of you have already discussed it with Director Li?"

Just as He Yun was secretly speculating in his heart, Director Li smiled and followed up and said, "Xiao He, do you have any thoughts about the core section of literary journals?" ”

"Me? This one...... You turn me to think about it first, think about it......" He Yun said for a moment.

After a while, He Yun looked at the three old comrades again, and saw that they pretended to be "innocent", but said: "Just now the three old comrades said that competing with those old literary magazines must not be competitive, and they must take shortcuts. ”

Speaking of this, He Yun deliberately paused, pretended to think for a while, and then continued: "Prose, reportage, and scripts are not good as core sections, after all, we can't compare with national literary journals, and there are more similar genres like "Story Club", so we have to ignore it, as for highly professional literary topics such as science fiction and popular science, we don't have professional editors......

After some analysis, He Yun ruled out almost all possibilities.

Until He Yun changed his words, he said with a smile: "It is to introduce the folk customs and customs of various places, and there are relatively few magazines of the same type in tourist attractions, if we take the ......"

To put it bluntly, He Yun's idea is actually a travel magazine.

Speaking of travel magazines, the predecessor of "Traveler" magazine, "Travel Journal", which was founded in the 20s of the 20th century, has to be mentioned, which is the first modern travel magazine in our country.

But in general, travel magazines are not as fast-growing as other literary magazines.

After all, this is an unpopular magazine, and before the reform and opening up, personal travel basically did not exist, so there are almost no travel magazines in the real sense.

After the reform and opening up, with the improvement of people's living standards, a large number of excellent magazines such as "Geographical Knowledge" and "Travel" have resumed publication one after another, and tourism has gradually become a hot word in everyone's mouth.

However, to run a professional travel magazine, with the strength of the Silver City Association, it is almost a fool's dream.

Of course, He Yun knew this, so he did not plan to set up a professional travel guide journal, but focused on introducing local folk customs.

To put it more bluntly, it is to introduce local customs.

For example, why dumplings are eaten in the north every festival, but not in the south, for example, why do you eat tangyuan during the Lantern Festival in the south, what are the different customs across the country during the Qingming Festival, and the stories behind these festivals and different legends in various places, which can be introduced as part of the folk customs.

"Ahem...... Xiaohe, this idea of yours is quite special, but the problem is, we can't go to various places to collect wind, right? I'm afraid of ...... of this fund."

Before the old comrade who spoke could finish speaking, He Yun smiled and immediately explained: "Of course it can't be like this, even if we have so many funds, we don't have so many people to go to various places to collect style?" Actually, my thoughts are like this......"