Chapter 101 101 Just sign up for the call for submissions
The National Excellent Novels and Short Stories Selection is sponsored by the Chinese Writers Association. Excellent short stories are held once a year. It has been held for three consecutive years since 1977. There are a large number of outstanding short stories. Award winning.
Liu Xinwu's "Head Teacher", Jiang Zilong's "The Takeover of Factory Director Qiao", Chen Zhongshi's "Trust", Zhang Xianliang's "Spirit and Flesh", etc. have all won this award.
Excellent Novellas has been held for one session. Among the many national novellas from 1977 to 1980, 15 were selected and won the first, second and third prizes respectively.
Five novels including Zhan Rong's "Middle Age" and Wang Meng's "Butterfly" won the first prize, among which Lu Yao's "Thrilling Scene" won the third prize.
Like the biennial national awards for outstanding novellas, it has become a major event in the domestic literary world. Due to the limited number of recommendations, each magazine is carefully prepared to recommend the best two to three novels they publish.
Seeing everyone talking, Editor Zhang quickly knocked on the table, "Be quiet, comrades, be quiet and listen to President Huang continue to speak!"
The conference room became quiet, and President Huang continued Said:
"In the 1977-79 session, among the outstanding short stories there were also works recommended by our "Yanhe". However, in 1980 and 1981, for two consecutive years, none of the novels recommended by our agency had won the award. "
"The novella "Yanhe" is not recommended by us! What does this mean that we have fallen behind!"
After President Huang finished speaking, everyone started talking again, pointing the finger directly at the novel team. They all said that there was a problem with the quality of the novel team's selection of manuscripts, which resulted in not even one of the works winning the award.
Li Tianfang did not defend himself.
Although she was not the leader of the novel team before, she was still the editor of the novel team after all, which had something to do with her.
Bai Miao was young and energetic and couldn't bear it anymore. Anyway, he was only recruited this year and had no burden. He stood up and said loudly: "You can't completely blame our novel team, right? Look at the quality of the submissions! If there are no good writers to submit good works, what can we do?”
“I have long proposed to the editorial department to hold a novel essay contest and set up first, second and third prizes, as well as several excellence awards, as long as the bonuses are in place. , I don’t believe that the big writers are not interested, but the agency says there is no money! So what can we do?
President Huang was a little embarrassed when he heard this.
He rejected this proposal.
Because, there is really no money.
The end of the year is coming soon, and a lot of employee benefits have not been cashed out. Thinking about this makes my head hurt. How can I still have money to hold an essay contest?
Set up bonuses and invite big names in the literary world to serve as judges - only in this way can you be authoritative, but this all requires money.
Fang Minghua, who was sitting next to Bai Miao, couldn't help but shake his head slightly after hearing this.
No money?
Isn’t this easy? Go and get sponsors.
There are many well-known state-owned enterprises in Xijing.
Butterfly Watch Factory, Northwest Optical Instrument Factory which produces Huashan brand cameras, Xijing Daily Chemical Co. which produces Shandandan washing powder
Just find a company and write a XX cup novel essay contest. Isn’t it easy to make tens of thousands of dollars?
But Fang Minghua didn’t dare to say that he would get hit by bricks if he was too forward.
But this subtle movement was noticed by President Huang who was sitting at the leadership table and he immediately called his name? "Xiao Fang, what do you think?"
"I just came to the editorial department and I don't understand a lot. Now I just listen to everyone and learn by myself." Fang Minghua is very modest.
President Huang said nothing more.
But President Huang, who already knew him well, could tell from his subtle expression just now that this guy must have some idea!
I'm just embarrassed to say it in front of everyone.
Go down and ask.
The meeting lasted for more than an hour, and nothing came of it. At the end, Editor Zhang also made a concluding speech, asking everyone to work hard, stick to their posts, and strive to discover outstanding works of potential writers.
Correct nonsense.
After the meeting, Minghua returned to his office. Before he could sit still, he was informed by his colleague: "Xiao Fang, President Huang wants you to come to his office!"
Fang Minghua went to the second floor and knocked on President Huang's office. When the other party saw him coming in, he went straight to the point: "Xiao Fang, I just saw that you were hesitant to speak at the discussion meeting. Is there any good way or suggestion that is not convenient to say at the meeting? Then let's say it here." Fang Minghua didn't hesitate and told President Huang his thoughts.
He thinks President Huang is a good person. At least he won’t slap you in a big way.
President Huang was stunned when he heard this.
"What? Sponsoring an essay contest? Advertising?"
After a while, he slowly said: "Xiao Fang, your method is good, but it is not suitable. Nowadays, people are very interested in advertising sponsorship. There is a big debate about this genre. Our "Yanhe" is a serious literature, how can it be linked to the smell of copper? "
However, President Huang felt very embarrassed after saying this.
You are obviously short of money, but you still have to act like you regard money as dirt!
"Perhaps, it will be OK in a few years, but it is not suitable now." President Huang expressed his conclusion and looked at Fang Minghua: "Xiao Fang, you are smart, see if there is any other way?"< br>
Fang Minghua was not surprised at all by President Huang's attitude.
They all praise the courage of the first crab eater.
But who knows how much pressure this person was under?
We are all mortals, so there is no need to criticize President Huang’s conservativeness too much.
“There is another way. We can publish a call for manuscripts in a newspaper, preferably in the People’s Daily, and welcome literature lovers to submit manuscripts to “Yanhe” with favorable royalties,” said Fang Minghua.
President Huang's eyes lit up when he heard this.
"Well, this is a good idea! Spend a small amount of money to do big things! I will immediately contact the "People's Daily" reporter station in Qin and try to get it published in the newspaper as soon as possible!" President Huang was very excited.
This is actually advertising in disguise.
But President Huang doesn’t seem to care?
The magazine also acted quickly. Four days later, a piece of news about the acceptance of the article was published in an inconspicuous corner of the literary section of "People's Daily".
Not long, just a few lines like a tofu block.
Fang Minghua read the newspaper.
I wonder if the young man named Yu Hua, who is thousands of miles away in a small town in Zhejiang Province, has seen it?
If you see it, please submit it to "Yanhe" as soon as possible. I promise that you will never come to Xijing to revise the manuscript. The article will be published immediately and it will not be bright from beginning to end!
You can come and revise the manuscript. Come to Xijing and have some fun. Take a look at the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, go to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, etc
But what Fang Minghua didn't know was that Yu Hua, who was thousands of miles away, had never seen this "People's Daily"!
The only copy of "People's Daily" in the health center is still lying in the dean's office, sleeping. He, a small dentist, is not qualified to see it.
At this time, Yu Hua was sitting at his desk, carefully revising a new short story "The First Dormitory" that he had written.
Looking at the messy manuscript that had been revised, I couldn't help but sigh.
My recent submission to "Yanjing Literature" failed.
Forget it, lower your goal.
This time, he targeted "West Lake", a municipal magazine in the province.
As the saying goes, "Deliberately planting flowers will not bloom, but unintentionally planting willows will create shade." This call for submissions published in the "People's Daily" was not seen by the dentist in the south who wanted to be a writer, but it caused a stir. The attention of a female college student in Hubei Province.
E Province, Wuhan University.
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