Chapter 147 Taking "October" to a higher level
In the coffee shop of Yanjing Hotel, foreigners looked at the table of Fangyan with a vague look, five women and one man!
"Teacher Fang."
Suzuki Yoko still had excitement on her face: "This is the best New Year gift I have ever received!"
"New Year gift? Spring Festival "Isn't it not here yet? Why do you say it's a New Year's gift?" Su Ya asked Fang Yan in a low voice.
Dialect explained that the New Year in many countries, including Japan, falls on January 1, so there are so many foreigners in the hotel today, gathering together to celebrate the New Year.
Bai Ruoxue looked sideways, and Su Ya suddenly realized:
"So that's it."
"It's just like Teacher Fang said!"
Suzuki Yoko invited them to attend a New Year's Eve party for foreign students in the evening. Dialect declined politely and shifted the topic to the translation of the novel. "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" is not long. How long will it take to translate the entire novel.
Bai Ruoxue looked left and right.
I heard from Suzuki Yoko that with their current time and ability, the translation volume per day is about one or two thousand words. After the translation is initially completed, "bilingual comparison" proofreading will follow. Once this link is over , it’s time for the final review of pure translation proofreading.
“That’s about a month.”
Fang Yan took a sip of coffee.
“Hi!”
Suzuki Yoko said that her translation can only be regarded as a first draft, and when it is published, it will be polished by professional translators from Feige.
"If you have any problems during translation, you can come to me."
Bai Ruoxue smiled and said she was willing to help at any time.
“Thank you.”
Suzuki Yoko said gratefully: “If I am lucky enough to be able to translate Teacher Fang’s manuscript, when the translation is completed, I will ask you to help me check it. I hope that I can Present it to my father in the best possible condition and let him see the results of my years of studying abroad.”
Bai Ruoxue asked: "Yoko, would you mind letting me show it to my Japanese teacher?"
Fang Yan asked curiously: "Do you still have a Japanese teacher?"
Bai Ruoxue smiled He said that he was just an elder who watched him grow up, his grandfather's old acquaintance, Chen Tao, a professor in the Japanese Department of Foreign Trade.
"He is Wakayuki-chan's teacher!"
Suzuki Yoko and Hashimoto Yui looked at each other in surprise.
Dialect learned from them that Chen Tao was the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Japanese Language Learning and Research" and presided over the editing work of "Japanese-Chinese Dictionary" and "Modern Japanese-Chinese Dictionary".
Su Ya's eyes widened and she lowered her voice and said: "Ruoxue, your Japanese teacher is Mr. Chen, then your grandfather is..."
"He is just a teacher at the China Foreign Affairs University. "
Bai Ruoxue raised her hand, "I am also a fan of Teacher Fang. I have always wanted to get to know you and talk about "The Fission of the Qin Dynasty" "
"I will definitely do it if I have the chance."
Fang Yan raised his eyebrows. Sure enough, those who can be good sisters with Qiu Peining are not ordinary people, but it does no harm to themselves. The higher the quality of the translation of "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog", the better it may be when it is published.
"Arigado, Wakayuki-chan!"
Suzuki Yoko is even more excited. With Chen Tao, a great expert in the field of Chinese-Japanese translation, he will definitely be able to translate well and be able to do it in front of his father. Put on a good show.
Bai Ruoxue smiled and waved her hands, and heard that Su Ya wanted to ask her to teach her a foreign language, "Xiaoya wants to learn?"
Fang Yan said: "You have to learn foreign languages, it's good to learn one more. ”
"If Teacher Fang is willing to learn, I will definitely teach you everything you have!"
Bai Ruoxue's eyes were firm.
At this moment, a foreigner not far away became restless and began to sing "Auld Lang Syne" softly.
Amidst the singing, everyone drank coffee, talked and laughed.
Tang Shengnan said weakly: "Teacher Fang, you gave Yui and Yoko a New Year's gift, can you give us one too?"
Fang Yan said: "I may not be able to give you what you want."
"It's given! It's given!"
Tang Shengnan said excitedly: "Can you give me the last time in Yuanmingyuan Park?" Singing "Lake Baikal" , sing it completely?”
Fang Yan said in surprise: “Are you still thinking about this song?”
Bai Ruoxue said with emotion: “I can’t forget it after listening to it. I can’t forget it at all. Drop. ”
"That's right, Sister Peining and we are still talking about it these days."
Tang Shengnan put his hands together and begged, "Teacher Fang, please, just do it once."
"Please Hello, Teacher Fang!”
Bai Ruoxue, Suzuki Yoko and others looked at him eagerly.
Tang Shengnan said: "If you are willing to release the tape, I promise to be the first to buy it, and I will buy ten copies!"
"I can't compose music."
Fang Yan put down the cup gently.
Today's audio and video publishing houses are not as numerous as there were in the mid-to-late 1980s. There are only a few Huaxia Records, Record Factory, and Yanjing Audio and Video Publishing House. Moreover, at this time, there is no sales share for singers, lyrics, and composers. All with only a little royalties.
There is no awareness of copyright. Once a song becomes popular, many singers will immediately cover it. "Little Deng Lijun" and "Xiao Liu Wenzheng" are everywhere. As for whether the audio and video publishing house pays royalties in accordance with regulations, probably Only the publishing house knows it in its heart.
"As long as you have words, you are a poet and a lyricist."
Tang Shengnan said with great sincerity: "The people from the audio and video publishing house will make arrangements for you."
"I can't be called a 'lyricist'."
Fang Yan couldn't laugh or cry, no matter what. It has to be at the level of "The Sky of History" and "Dare to Ask Where is the Road" to be worthy of it.
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On New Year’s Day, Fang Yan took the opportunity to send Zhang Guangnian an invitation letter for the “October” Literary Award, and went to his senior brother’s house to report with reservations. Suzuki Yoko translated the novel.
As expected, without any surprise, it was approved.
After all, being able to be valued so much by international students and believing that there will be a huge market after being introduced to Japan is in line with the purpose of cultural exchange. As for the translation work, it is not impossible to adapt.
“I understand.”
Fang Yan stood up and prepared to leave.
“Recently, there has been a lot of noise about the literary prize organized by your magazine “October”. I heard that you came up with the idea?”
Zhang Guangnian sent him to the door.
Fang Yan said with a smile: "Although the idea came from me, to run this literary award successfully requires the cooperation of the entire editorial department."
Zhang Guangnian said with emotion: "At the beginning, I regretted not recruiting you to "People's Literature". Now I see you joining "Ten People's Literature" After "October", the sales, reputation, and style of the entire journal have increased, and I regret it even more when I think about it."
"Don't make fun of me, even if I promote "October" too much. Even if it is high, it cannot shake the status of "People's Literature"."
Fang Yan shook his head and laughed.
"If "October" continues to be aggressive and enterprising, "People's Literature" will remain the same, I'm afraid it will be hard to say." Zhang Guangnian said frankly, "Today's "People's Literature" needs new leaders."
"What do you mean?" Fang Yan was greatly surprised.
"It's a pity that you are too young, otherwise Comrade Feng Mu and I would have handed over "People's Literature" directly to you."
Zhang Guangnian took a picture of him shoulder.
Fang Yan felt that his shoulders were heavy and heavy.
"Even if you leave it to me now, I'm afraid I won't be able to manage it well. I haven't learned or understood many things in the publishing house."
"You do still have a long way to go. "Work hard on "October" and make more amazing achievements!"
Before leaving, Zhang Guangnian gave a few words of encouragement.
"I will, senior brother!" Fang Yan looked serious, and then continued to send invitations door to door, Ding Ling, Feng Mu, Ai Qing, Wang Zengqi...
For the first literary award of "October", the entire editorial department went all out. They either invited well-known writer representatives and senior figures in the national literary circle to present the awards, or confirmed and verified the selected writers on the day of the awards. Can you be there?
“Isn’t this Pang Dahai, give me some!”
Fang Yan drank some water and moistened his throat.
In the past two days, Lu Yao, Jiang Zilong, Gu Hua, Wang Anyi and others were notified one by one to attend the award ceremony, and their throats were filled with smoke.
“I’ll soak it for you.”
Tian Zengxiang put down the document in his hand.
“Why is Mr. Zhang missing?”
Fang Yan glanced at the empty seat.
While making tea, Tian Zengxiang said: "Teacher Zhang went to the editorial offices of "Contemporary" and "Youth Literature" and sent out invitations. Now many journals want to imitate us in organizing literary awards, and we don't hide it. Privately, please come to the site to observe and share experiences.”
“Lao Tian is right!”
Zhang Shouren walked in, holding an empty glass in his hand.
“You also want some fat sea food?”
Tian Zengxiang smiled.
Zhang Shouren nodded, and then took out the list of awards.
“Originally, I was a little worried that the winning works selected for our first Literature Award would be the same as those selected for the National Outstanding Short Story and Novella Awards, but the result was far beyond my expectation. Although There is some repetition, but not much.”
"This is the advantage of not dividing the books by length, but by subject matter." Tian Zengxiang filled the cups of the two of them with Pang Hai.
Fang Yan sighed faintly, "But it can't be perfect, such as "Bitter Love", "Flying Sky", and "When the Sunset Glow Disappears". These films are of excellent quality but are extremely controversial. The work still missed out on the literary award."
Zhang Shouren comforted: "Yanzi, I can't blame you, you have done your best. "I tried my best."
Tian Zengxiang said: "Yes, although it is a pity to leave the pearl behind, President Lu and Editor Su also think about everyone, and no one wants to experience the second "Bitter Love" incident. . ”
Fang Yan nodded. Although "October" has the bloody character of "Hang Dao Prancing Horse", it will not be so stubborn that it will hit the muzzle of the gun.
"In any case, it is already a breakthrough from zero to one!"
Zhang Shouren said: "In the past, I would not have dared to think that novels with the theme of 'love' could also be awarded awards."
< br>Tian Zengxiang said with a smile: "No, this time the selection includes not only love literature, but also local literature, military literature, reflective literature, historical literature, and prose poetry, which not only shows our inclusive nature. The magnanimity of the publication can not only reflect the trend of diversity in the literary and art circles, but also demonstrate the inclusiveness, value and role of the "October" Literary Award as a weather vane. "
"We can talk about the advantages, but not the shortcomings. Don’t pay attention.”
Fang Yan blew the hot air and said, “Although we strive to be objective and fair in this award, there are still many pearls covered in dust.”
"Yanzi is right, let's take you as an example."
Zhang Shouren gave an example seriously.
In the espionage literature category, "Latent", "Listening to the Wind" and "Dark War" written in dialect should all be shortlisted for awards. However, in order to avoid duplication, although many works can be on the list, they can only Similar situations abound when awarding a work an award.
“I have been selected enough.”
Fang Yan showed a helpless smile, “If I win it again, the fairness of the entire literary award will be destroyed.”
"You can't say that."
Tian Zengxiang said: "Those works of yours should win awards!"
Zhang Shouren had no objection and glanced at the list of winners.
"Hawthorn Tree Love", as a love novel that breaks through the literary forbidden area, must be on the list of love themes!
"The Wrangler" is the pioneering work that set off the trend of reflective literature, so how can it be absent from the list of reflective literature?
Even if "The Fission of the Qin Dynasty" does not win an award in the name of reform literature, it is still a masterpiece of historical literature.
Not to mention "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" which failed to enter the local literature list because it missed the selection deadline.
"If Yanzi hadn't stopped him, his song "Love Life" would also have been on the list."
There was a hint of regret in Tian Zengxiang's tone.
Fang Yan sipped his saliva, "One more, one less, it's not a big problem. Giving it to someone who doesn't deserve it is a big deal."
After chatting for a while, it was time for lunch.
Everyone happened to bump into Zhang Zhong'e when they came back from the canteen.
"What do they say about "Contemporary" and "Yanjing Literature"?"
Dialect put a piece of braised pork.
Zhang Zhonge took out the aluminum lunch box, "Of course they want it, and they have agreed to send representatives to attend the award day."
"Then all the links are basically in place."
Fang Yan, Tian Zengxiang and the others looked at each other and smiled.
Zhang Zhonge said that of the several editorial offices he went to, every one of them said that "October" has strong momentum and has become a force that cannot be ignored in literary journals across the country, especially the "October" literary journal. award.
"They are right. If you don't talk about influence, let's talk about sales."
As soon as Tian Zengxiang said this, everyone talked about the sales of "October" throughout the year. Condition.
Since getting the official first issue, sales have been steadily increasing.
After editors such as Fang Yan joined in, the number of sales and subscriptions increased significantly. Especially the lifting of paper restrictions gradually released the potential of large-scale literary publications. Nowadays, the sales volume of one issue can be It has stabilized at around 700,000 copies.
The issue that published "Life", "Autumn Memories", etc., which was enough to detonate the country, has exceeded one million copies.
There are 6 issues a year, and the total sales volume for the year reached 4.22 million.
You must know that a bimonthly magazine like "China Youth" relied on the continuous fermentation of life discussions, and its sales volume that year only reached 3.95 million.
"If we continue the momentum we had in 1981 this year, will it be possible to sell millions every year?"
Tian Zengxiang looked around and couldn't help but wonder.
“Haha, you are too bold to think about millions every issue!”
Zhang Zhong’e said: “That issue of “Life” had the highest sales volume last year, how many did it reach in the end?”
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“1.32 million copies, just broke the 1.3 million mark, and 30,000 more copies were printed.”
Zhang Shouren sighed, "The estimate was too optimistic at the time. We have to stop the loss in time, otherwise we have to pay."
Suddenly, there was silence.
Although Zhang Zhonge was at home with Dai Zui at that time, reflecting and reviewing, he also knew that "October" was to reverse the negative impact of the "Bitter Love" scandal as soon as possible, and the entire editorial department was very impetuous.
I was dazzled by the hot scenes of "Life", so I printed so many more copies. As a result, they were unsaleable and severely dampened everyone's enthusiasm. It was not until "Autumn Nostalgia" came out that I could print more copies. So much better.
“I think Lao Tian’s goal is still promising.”
Fang Yan patted his hand, "As long as we can discover more good authors and good works."
"That's right, we have Yanzi in "October"!"
Tian Zengxiang smiled and said He put his arm around his shoulders.
"It's not me, it's us."
Fang Yan glanced around, his eyes passing over the faces of Zhang Zhong'e, Zhang Shouren and Tian Zengxiang one by one.
I will take "October" to a higher level step by step!
(End of this chapter)