Chapter 99: Changes in personnel in the editorial department
Soon, a war broke out in Editor He's office. At first, the two of them discussed matters, arguing about the content of the novel "The Donkey Gets Water", but gradually escalated later on.
"Old He, you are so stubborn! You don't want such novels? Look at what novels are published in "Yanhe" magazine now? I can't even stand them!"
"That's none of your business! Dong Mo! Don't forget your identity. You are the leader of the poetry group, not the novel group! Don't overdo it!"
"You, you"
Dong Mo was so angry that he couldn't speak. Fang Minghua and several people rushed in and pulled Dong Mo away.
Seeing that Dong Mo was still angry when he returned to his office, Fang Minghua poured him a glass of water and said: "Editor Dong, it's just a novel. It's not worth your anger. Chairman Wang Meng said , if "Yanhe" is not accepted, you can submit it to "Yanjing Literature""
Dong Mo sighed and said: "Xiao Fang, this is not a matter of a novel. He Hongjun is so stubborn and conservative. If this continues, what will happen to "Yanhe" magazine? You know, novels account for the majority of the magazine."
Fang Minghua was speechless.
The three deputy editors of "Yanhe" magazine have great power. If they don't like the work, it won't work even if the editor agrees, and vice versa. This actually acts as a mutual restriction.
Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages. Editor-in-chief He's conservatism led to the rejection of many submissions. The decline in magazine sales is not unrelated to this.
This was not something Fang Minghua could solve, nor was it something he considered. He comforted Hui Dong Mo, left the building, immediately rode to the Bell Tower Post Office, and sent the novel by registered mail!
President Huang, don’t blame me.
They don’t want it.
The reply from "Yenjing Literature" was very fast. Just over a week later, Fang Minghua received a reply saying that the manuscript had been adopted and would be published in the October issue, and a photo was also included The remittance order, 512 yuan, is paid at 10 yuan per thousand words, the highest standard in the industry.
Fang Minghua thought this incident was over and he was planning a new novel. Unexpectedly, the ripples caused had just begun.
It is already October, and the weather is getting cooler. Fang Minghua’s dormitory is extremely lively tonight. It turns out that the Qunmu Literary Club is holding an event tonight.
Originally, it was placed at Jia Pingwa’s house, but with his wife and children at home, the house was small and inconvenient. Everyone else was like this except Fang Minghua, who was single and had a dormitory at work, so he placed it here.
Fang Minghua didn't have any objections, and even bought peanuts and melon seeds. This was not a serious seminar, so everyone chatted while eating melon seeds.
This money was not paid by Fang Minghua. According to the original club regulations, everyone paid one yuan of honor or shame fee every quarter, which was used for this.
But the content of the conversation was quite serious.
"Everyone, you have all seen that the book "The Sun Also Rises" written by Xiao Fang some time ago caused great controversy in the literary world, mainly over this writing technique. Today we will discuss Let Xiao Fang talk about stream of consciousness."
Jia Pingwa came to open the conversation.
“Of course I don’t mean that everyone must write in this way. I mean to open everyone’s eyes and change their thinking. I estimate that in the future, various writing methods and schools will emerge in endlessly in the literary world.”
< br>"Isn't that right?" Li Tianfang took over: "The article "The Donkey Gets Water" that Xiao Fang published in "Yanjing Literature" two days ago was not criticized for using the magical realism popular in Latin American literature. ”
"Hey, Sister Li, I heard that Xiao Fang's novel was rejected by Editor He, and Editor Dong even had a quarrel with her over it." It was Lu Yao who spoke.
“Hey, you don’t know, the noise was so fierce that day, we just dragged Editor Dong away.”
Li Tianfang is also the editor of the editorial department of "Yanhe" and was also present at the time .
Regarding the quarrel between editors, especially the gossip between editors-in-chief, everyone present pricked up their ears. Even Chen Zhongshi became interested.
"Hey, don't go off topic." Jia Pingwa stopped everyone's gossip in time.
Fang Minghua naturally didn't want to say anything. To be honest, he didn't want to mention this matter, so he just let it go.
Seeing what Jia Pingwa said, Fang Minghua started talking about stream-of-consciousness novels.
Basically, it is based on the article published by Shuo Fang. Of course, since everyone present is a writer, there is no need to go into such detail about some popular science things. "As Jia Ge said, in the future the literary world can be said to be full of flowers. Reform and opening up will not only impact the lives of ordinary people, but also impact the thoughts of domestic literary writers. In the next period of time, some writing genres and techniques of European and American writers will Dominate the literary world.”
Everyone listened carefully.
This kind of formal chat only lasted for more than an hour, and the rest was just casual chat. Fortunately, there was no mahjong tonight.
At almost ten o'clock in the evening, the party ended and everyone left one after another. Lu Yao lived in the Writers Association next door so he was the last to leave. He also helped Fang Minghua clean up the room and said before leaving:
"Xiao Fang, I heard that there are changes in personnel in the editorial department of the magazine?"
"Change? How?"
"I just heard that Stanley Ho is not the deputy editor-in-chief and novel team leader Duty." Lu Yao said.
"According to her age, I remember that Editor He will retire next year, right? Why don't you quit?"
"Look at the sharp decline in sales of "Yanhe" magazine now. As the deputy editor in charge of novels, she will definitely have to bear the responsibility. The most important thing is that she had a fight with President Huang a few days ago."
"Fighted with President Huang?"
"You don't know?" I really don’t know. To be honest, I rarely go to the front building recently." Fang Minghua told the truth.
"Not because of the continued decline in sales in October, President Huang called a meeting with several major leaders of the editorial department. At the meeting, he criticized the novel team, saying that the published articles were of low quality and unattractive, and Editor He couldn't sit still. , I had a quarrel with President Huang on the spot.”
“Really, what was the result?”
“At that time, Editor He got angry and said that he disliked the editing work of the novel team, and I, the team leader, resigned, including the deputy director. I don’t want to be the editor anymore!” Lu Yao said.
“Editor He was just talking angrily, right?” Fang Minghua said with a smile.
“Yes, but President Huang took it seriously. He agreed to Editor He’s resignation on the spot and immediately reported it to the Writers Association. I heard that the Writers Association also approved it.”
Damn it!
"Is President Huang just waiting for Editor He to say this?" Fang Minghua asked.
"Haha, that's about it. Don't look at President Huang smiling all day long, but he's still worried."
That's right, the top leader of the magazine has been sitting in this position for decades, so what if he doesn't have any skills? OK?
“Then who will be the deputy editor?”
"I heard it's Li Tianfang, who is also the leader of the novel group."
Oh.
"Sister Li is relatively more open-minded." Fang Minghua said.
Lu Yao nodded after listening.
"Li Tianfang is open-minded, but to be honest, his vision for reading articles is not very accurate." Lu Yao said.
this?
"But this matter has little to do with us. Brother Lu, you are a professional writer of the Writers Association. As for me, I still stay in the Security Department. When submitting articles, if suitable, I can submit to Sister Li."
"Haha, Xiaofang, it doesn't have much influence on me, but not you."
"Me?"
"I heard that President Huang wants you to join The novel team of the editorial department serves as editor to assist Li Tianfang," Lu Yao said slowly.
Ah?!
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