Chapter 290 One general’s incompetence exhausted the three armies!
Fang Minghua went to work the next day. Not long after making a cup of tea, he heard a knock on the door.
"Please come in."
I saw Bai Miao walking in with a smile.
"Brother Bai, I haven't had any happy events recently, so don't ask me to treat you." Fang Minghua said jokingly.
"Minghua, look at what you said, it seems like I have nothing to do with you except treat you." Bai Miao said and sat down on the sofa.
“Let’s get down to business. Our editorial department will soon be competing for the position of editor-in-chief. I think you already know about this, right?”
“It’s not too early. Before the Chinese New Year, the Provincial Writers Association held a chairman The matter was finalized at the executive meeting. It was only then that I found out. Do you have any ideas?"
Bai Miao shook his head: "I'm not even a deputy editor, so why do I have the nerve to compete for the chief editor? We are all optimistic about you! I hope you can apply for this position."
"You?" Fang Minghua heard something from Bai Miao's words.
Bai Miao didn't answer and went straight to open the door.
Hehe
Several people were standing outside the door, and they all came in at once.
They are all from the editorial department, including Zhao Munchun and Zhang Yanqian from the poetry group, Zhang Wenke and Pan Yang from the novel group, and Bai Xuefeng from the theory group. They are basically the backbone of the editorial department.
“Everyone, sit down, sit down,” Fang Minghua greeted with a smile, and asked Zhang Yanqian to pour tea for everyone.
"You guys came to my office all of a sudden, and uninformed people thought I was forming a clique to join forces."
"What is this? Isn't Deputy Editor Wang like this too?" Bai Miao said Finished sentence.
"Deputy Editor Wang, Wang Yu??"
Wang Yu is one of the three deputy editors in the editorial department. He is mainly responsible for literary criticism. He is in his early fifties.
“Yes, Deputy Editor Wang has publicly announced that he will compete for the position of editor-in-chief.”
"Isn't it right? Isn't he going to organize "Novel Review"?" Fang Minghua was a little surprised: "I was also the editor-in-chief in the past."
"The new journal is not as influential as Yanhe" ?" Bai Miao pouted.
"To be honest, we are not saying that Deputy Editor Wang is not good. He has been an editor for nearly 30 years and works very seriously. The problem is."
At this point, Bai Miao emphasized: "The problem is His acting style is conservative, similar to that of Editor-in-Chief Zhang who just retired. If he were to be the Editor-in-Chief, what would be the difference between him and Editor-in-Chief Zhang? "Yanhe" will still be the same "Yanhe", but not the "Yanhe" we expected. "Yanhe"! "
"Yes, Bai Miao is right. Isn't our "Yanhe" known as the "People's Literature" now? Since then, the content of the magazine has undergone earth-shaking changes! It has changed from a dull writing style to a leader in avant-garde literature! Look at us again, we still have a lifeless face. If we continue like this, we, "Yanhe", will not be able to help others. Not worthy!”
The speaker was very excited. His name was Zhang Wenke. He graduated from Qin Normal University and had been working in the editorial department for eight years. He was the backbone of the literary criticism team.
That's right.
"People's Literature" is sponsored by the Chinese Writers Association and founded in October 1949. It is a national literary journal born with New China. It plays an important role in the contemporary literary world and is regarded as a "national journal".
The first editor-in-chief of "People's Literature" was the famous writer Mao Dun, who was also the first chairman of the Chinese Writers Association.
But in the early 1980s, faced with the sudden rise of a number of magazines such as "Contemporary" and "Harvest", the quality of manuscripts also declined, and the scenery was not as good as before. Wang Meng was appointed editor-in-chief of "People's Literature" in July 1983. It took a lot of trouble to take office. It is said that a leader of the Central Propaganda Department initially disagreed. Finally, after repeated communication and coordination, Wang Meng finally took office.
Wang Meng took office in a low profile, but worked in a high profile. He first carried out personnel reforms in the editorial department. The older generation of writers on the original editorial board withdrew and a group of middle-aged writers Ru Zhijuan, Xu Huaizhong, Chen Rong and Huang Zongying were replaced. , Jiang Zilong and others became new editorial board members.
Then the next step is to reform the magazine's philosophy of "People's Literature", advocate dominance, inclusiveness, diversity, boldly pioneer and innovate, and lead the literary trend.
Under his initiative, Liu Sola's "You Have No Choice", Xu Xing's modern novel "Variations on No Theme", Can Xue's "The Cabin on the Mountain", and Ma Yuan's "Old Songs of the Himalayas" were published , Mo Yan's "Explosion", Hong Feng's "The Flow of Life".
"People's Literature" began to shine again, and Wang Meng was indispensable.
Now "Yanhe" is facing the same dilemma as "People's Literature".
"Editor Fang, you have this ability! Since you became the leader of the poetry team, our poetry column has been very popular with readers. This is an example!" Zhao Muchun from the poetry team also interjected: "I heard Bai Miao said that Liu Sola's article "I Have No Choice" was originally intended for you and submitted to our "Yanhe", but Editor Zhang refused! As a result, "People's Literature" took advantage of it."
< br>"Yes, I get angry when I mention this!" Bai Miao continued:
"If you had been the editor-in-chief earlier, would this novel have been able to survive? Look, when mentioning avant-garde literature in the literary world now , except for the article "The Sun Also Rises" that you published two years ago, this novel by Liu Sola was published in "People's Literature". Isn't this the best publicity?"
"Also! , it’s true that Li Tianfang, as the leader of the novel, is obviously optimistic about it but dare not publish it. If you have such courage, why would you ask Editor Zhang to publish it directly?”
Got.
Even Li Tianfang was blamed.
"Bai Miao is right, one general is incompetent and will kill the three armies!"
"Editor Fang, just do it!"
Seeing everyone's excitement, Fang Minghua did not There was no rush to express my opinion.
"I know everyone's opinions. I will seriously consider it. Whether I compete for the position or not, I will give you a clear answer in the next two days."
Zhao Muchun wanted to say something else, but was ignored. Miao stopped him with his eyes and said:
"Okay, Editor Fang, think about it carefully, I won't disturb you anymore."
Everyone left the office and dispersed, but Zhao Wuchun did not He was in a hurry to go back to his office, so he called Bai Miao.
"Bai Miao, let's go and find a place to smoke."
The two then went up to the fourth floor. At the end of the corridor was a rooftop. Many smokers hid here to smoke out of fear of being told by a lesbian in the office.
Zhao Wuchun threw a "narrow version" of the Monkey King to Bai Miao, and the two began to smoke.
"Say Bai Miao, didn't you tell me at the beginning that we must persuade Editor Fang to participate in the competition this time? Why didn't you let me say it in the end?" Zhao Muchun asked.
Bai Miao smiled: "What's there to say? Editor Fang has decided to compete for the position, why are we still chattering about it?"
After hearing this, Zhao Muchun hurriedly asked: "Editor Fang Agree? Why didn’t I listen to him?”
"Based on my understanding of Minghua, if he doesn't agree, he will reject us on the spot and will never be sloppy." Bai Miao leisurely blew out a smoke ring.
"But today he didn't refuse, but said he would seriously consider it. In fact, he had already decided in his heart."
"Then why didn't he say it?"
"He felt this The editor-in-chief doesn't have enough power," Bai Miao said lightly.
(End of this chapter)