Chapter 64: To See or Not to See

In the letter from the Yanhe Literary Editorial Department, in addition to congratulating Jiang Yulou on being admitted to Yan University, he also made a small request.

That is to hope that Jiang Yulou will continue to submit poetry works in the "Yanhe" literary magazine.

Since the publication of two of his love poems by Yanhe magazine, the magazine has been a huge seller and can be said to be a huge success.

When Yanhe Literature thought that July's magazine could continue this success, reality poured cold water on them. Only 100,000 copies were sold, a gap of more than 100,000 copies compared to the previous month.

If it was in the past, this sales volume would have been enough to make the editorial department laugh from ear to ear.

However, one thing that is most feared is contrast.

Last month, it set a sales record for a national literary magazine, but it collapsed the next month.

Who can accept this!

The reason for this is that there are still fewer popular works.

That is, works such as Jiang Yulou's "Mountain Wood" and "Ten Commandment Poems" have great influence.

The editorial department thought about it, instead of looking forward to the old writers and poets that Yanhe Literature had worked with, it was better to count on Jiang Yulou.

After all, this young man has created a miracle that is not too big or too small.

If you use him as a selling point, you don't have to worry that readers who like the love poems he wrote will not buy it.

So, there is a situation where the reader wrote to him this time.

If the letter from the reader is fake, the request for manuscript is the real one.

In the letter, Yanhe Literature also promised Jiang Yulou the top poetry remuneration in the industry.

That is, the basic remuneration plus the remuneration for the number of prints.

The basic remuneration has changed from the current policy of paying remuneration by line to adopt the basic remuneration according to the down payment. That is, a poem pays 200 yuan.

Remuneration for the number of copies printed = 1% of the basic remuneration for 1,000 copies (less than 1,000 copies will be counted as 1,000 copies).

That is to say, Jiang Yulou published a poem in "Yanhe", and if "Yanhe" printed 1,000 copies of the magazine, in addition to the basic remuneration of 200 yuan, he also had a remuneration of 2 yuan for printing, totaling 202 yuan.

At the end of the 70s, there were very few people in China who could get paid for printing a number of manuscripts, and although this number was not much, it was an honor.

This can be regarded as a recognition of his poetry by Yanhe Literature, and it has a positive impact on his reputation in the literary world.

So, after Jiang Yulou replied to a few letters, he began to think about which poems to write.

Of course, if he wants to publish, he will still consider Internet celebrity poems.

Because later generations can be said to be the era of the information explosion, there is no illiteracy anymore, and the poems that can have an impact on the young and middle-aged groups are themselves the best of the best.

If he doesn't copy the fine products, won't he have some serious illness.

It's just that you still need to think carefully about whose poems to choose.

Previously, the two poems he wrote, "Mountain Wood", were originally written by Littlesen, which were first published on the BBS of Yanda University, and then became popular all over the Internet.

"The Ten Commandments" is based on a translated version of a love poem by the 6th Dalai Lama, Changyang Gyatso, and has been added or subtracted by later generations of netizens before he published the final version.

These two poems are about love, and it can be seen that the word love is the most touching and the most popular among the literary youth of the current era.

In later generations, there was a poet whose works happened to be very profound in the discussion of love, and his works were very poetic in the flavor of Cangyang Gyatso's poetry, and his works were mistaken for Cangyang Gyatso's works.

This writer is the contemporary poetess Tashi Ram.

In later generations, director Feng Da's movie "If You Are Honest Do Not Disturb 2" became popular with a small poem "See and Don't See".

In the film, Li Xiangshan's daughter sent him a poem at her father's farewell party before his death. It explores the two themes of love and life, restrained and affectionate, and many viewers burst into tears.

Its author was once said to be the famous 17th-century poet Cangyang Gyatso, but in fact the original work was Tashi Ram.

And the real name of "To See or Not to See" is "The Silence of Banzaguru Baima".

"That's it." Jiang Yulou made a decision.

He decided to write this poem, in addition to the far-reaching artistic conception, there is another reason, that is, it is easy to understand.

Modern poetry is generally straightforward, and this "To See or Not to See" is no exception.

Actually, this is very good, poetry is originally used to reflect the joys and sufferings of the people.

For example, the beginning of ancient poetry in China, the Book of Songs, reflects labor and love, war and conscription, oppression and resistance, customs and marriage, ancestor worship and banquets, and even celestial phenomena, landforms, animals, plants and other aspects, which is a mirror of social life in the Zhou Dynasty.

To give another example, every time Bai Juyi finishes writing a poem, he must ask an old woman: "Can you understand the meaning of this poem?"

When the old woman said she could understand, he wrote it down, and if he couldn't understand it, he revised it again, and he made sure that the old woman understood before he stopped.

His behavior is a manifestation of an easy-to-understand style of literary creation.

After making up his mind, Jiang Yulou wrote the name of the poem "See or Not" on the manuscript paper.

Then, after recalling the contents, he wrote in block script one by one: "You see or don't see ......"

The full text is seventeen lines, and with punctuation, it is only three hundred and one words.

Does a love poem of more than 300 words cost more than 200 yuan?

Not much, Jiang Yulou is confident that with his poem, Yanhe literature can create more than 100 times the profit.

By the time he finished writing, it was already late at night, and the friends in the dormitory had already fallen asleep.

"Huh." Jiang Yulou yawned.

After stretching, wash up and turn off the lights and go to bed.

At seven o'clock, Wei Guoping woke up with urine.

At this point, everyone is still asleep.

School hasn't started yet, so it's normal to sleep for a long time.

Wei Guoping also drank too much water yesterday, otherwise according to the usual practice, he would still be lying in the bed and sleeping.

He lightly got down from the top bunk, not wanting to disturb Jiang Yulou's sleep.

Because he slept late yesterday, Wei Guoping knew how hard Jiang Yulou worked last night.

There were dozens of letters to read and reply, and he felt his scalp tingle just by looking at them.

After releasing the water, he reached back to the bed, and by this time, the halo of the morning sun had already shone through the window.

In the sunlight, he saw the stack of envelopes on the table next to the bed, as well as ......

A poem?

Is it a new work of Yulou?

Curious, he picked up the manuscript paper with the name of the poem written on it.

"To see or not to see?" Wei Guoping muttered.

Open it up and take a look?

The next moment, he glanced at Jiang Yulou, who was still asleep, with a weak heart.

It's okay if he didn't see it, but since he saw Yulou's new work, not letting him see it was worse than killing him.

Wei Guoping opened the manuscript with trembling hands.

"You see, or you don't see me

I'm not sad or happy there

……”

The whole poem is not long, and it is simple and easy to understand, it is still a love poem, and it is still that style.

After reading it, Wei Guoping is already stupid.

Silently in love, silent and joyful.

This last sentence really went to his heart.