Chapter 190: Young General Fang, give your brother a hand
As expected by Fang Yan, he really came here for his own manuscript, and he showed great sincerity.
Qin Zhaoyang and Meng Weizai are not only the editor-in-chief and deputy editor-in-chief of "Contemporary", but also the deputy editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief of the Humanities Society.
“I didn’t expect you two to come.”
Fang Yan invited them to the small conference room of the publishing house.
"If the mountain doesn't come to me, we will walk towards the mountain."
Qin Zhaoyang sighed: "If you don't come to "Contemporary", we will have to take the liberty of coming to "October" to disturb you."
“Don’t say that.”
Fang Yan said: “This really upsets me.”
Meng Weizai sighed, “We had no choice but to do it.”
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Before the two came, Fang Yan had discussed with Lu Yuanchi and the others that, unless absolutely necessary, "Contemporary" would not dispatch the chief and deputy editors to serve him. Even though Fang Xiaojiang's status in the literary world was becoming increasingly prominent, it had not yet reached this point.
"I think you must know that "Contemporary" is the main front for reform literature, right?"
Qin Zhaoyang considered the words.
Dialect nodded, this is a fact recognized by the literary world.
Just as "Yenjing Literature" is the main battlefield of reflective literature, "October" is the main battlefield of love literature.
Although "People's Literature" has successively published the pioneering work of reform literature "The Account of Director Qiao's Taking Up the Office" and the seminal work "The Fission of the Qin Dynasty", which is far ahead of "Contemporary" in terms of qualitative comparison, but in terms of quantity In comparison, "Contemporary" is even better.
"In "Contemporary", which we will publish next month, all reform literary works cannot be published for the time being."
Meng Weizai had a heartbroken expression on his face.
"It stands to reason that the withdrawn manuscripts can be replaced by other manuscripts." Meng Weizai said: "But I am ashamed to say that the incident happened suddenly, and we currently have no good substitute manuscripts on hand."< br>
Dialect suddenly understood.
"Contemporary" is a bimonthly magazine published in odd months.
July is coming soon, and the article on the front page cannot be used. Isn’t this crazy!
Qin Zhaoyang said: "I originally planned to pick generals from the short ones, and pick the top ones who are barely usable from the eliminated manuscripts."
Meng Weizai said with emotion: "We also asked "People's "Literature", the last chapter of the book | Ji gave us a clear path, saying that you have an excellent manuscript, which was just completed. "
"Not bad "
Fang Yan suddenly understood.
This is the senior brother who asked them to come and bring in reinforcements. For the sake of working hard for the literary world, I want to help my brother's unit!
Qin Zhaoyang and Meng Weizai looked at each other with surprise.
“However, this novel has not yet been finalized. There are many areas that need to be revised and polished, and it must be reviewed by the relevant departments to ensure that there are no leaks before it can be officially published.”
Dialect said: "I wonder if it's too late?"
"It's too late!"
Qin Zhaoyang said that "Contemporary" will be published in mid-July. If it is not possible, it is not impossible to postpone it for a few more days.
"I wonder if you can let us take a look at the "Operation Sword" article?" Meng Weizai's eager tone was full of expectation.
Fang Yan walked out of the conference room and came back quickly.
Qin Zhaoyang took the novel and let Meng Weizai read it first. He and Fang Yan started chatting, with a hint of gratitude mixed in and out of his words.
"Oh, it's really hard to explain in words."
"This is not a problem with literature itself."
Fang Yan comforted him with a few words, "When the wind turns back, I think it will also be possible to reform literature. Will rise again."
"I hope so."
Qin Zhaoyang sighed.
This wave of reform literature is mainly due to the publication of "The Fission of Qin". When there is a benchmark work in a literary genre, it will naturally lead to an influx of writers into this field.
In order for reform literature to be revitalized, a masterpiece of reform literature such as "The Fission of the Qin Dynasty" needs to be published again to set off a new wave.
"You may be disappointed. The second part of the "Da Qin" series will be historical literature, not reform literature."
Fang Yan shook his head.
Qin Zhaoyang waved his hand, "Even if it is, we can't post it now. The time is not right."
"Novel may not work."
Fang Yan pondered for a while, "But it may not work for drama."
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One After being reminded, Qin Zhaoyang understood and said: "Are you talking about Cao Gong's "Shang Yang"?"
"Only such a drama can set off a grand reform drama again, isn't it?"
"I don't know when this play will be..."
"Casting will be done at the end of the month and rehearsals will begin in July. The exact length of rehearsals will depend on when Mr. Wan is satisfied."
Fang Yan was thinking about the time for the meeting at Renyi.
After a while, Meng Weizai handed the manuscript to Qin Zhaoyang and exclaimed that in ordinary times, such a work would be snatched up by "Contemporary" and placed on the front page like a treasure.
“This manuscript has not been submitted to other magazines yet?”
"No, I was worried about this matter."
"Then leave it to "Contemporary" to publish it!"
Meng Weizai held Fang Yan's hand tightly, as if Holding a life-saving straw, he solemnly requested: "Please!"
Fang Yan pondered for a moment and nodded.
Even if you don’t look at the monk’s face, you should still look at the Buddha’s face.
Zhang Guangnian, the senior brother, must give him face!
“Thank you, this is really a big help!”
Meng Weizai was very excited.
"We at "Contemporary" owe you a big favor."
Qin Zhaoyang breathed a long sigh of relief.
Immediately afterwards, the three of them chatted about other details of the publication of the novel. When they talked about the royalties, Fang Yan immediately stopped feeling sleepy.
Although talking about money hurts feelings, if you don’t talk about money, you won’t even have feelings!
However, it is a pity that at this time, the manuscript fee standards for publishing houses across the country are the same, and they are fixed and public.
There is no need for newspapers, magazines and publishing houses to easily break through this standard in order to compete for famous manuscripts and high-quality manuscripts.
The maximum is 10 yuan for 1,000 words, but only 10 yuan for 1,000 words.
However, Qin Zhaoyang and Meng Weizai still know how to behave.
The standard of the unit price of 1,000 words cannot be raised, but it can be rounded up. The total number of words in the entire novel "Operation Sword" is 373,000, so we can simply calculate it based on the number of 380,000 words.
Although it’s not much more, it’s better than nothing!
With the extra money, you can go to a trust store later or go to the alleys to buy one or two more old items.
Rounding up, it’s equivalent to earning several hundred million more!
However, compared to making money, Fang Yan is more proud of the fact that "Operation Sword" has been recognized and appreciated by so many big names in the literary and editorial circles.
After all, it was different from his previous novels such as "The Wrangler", "Dark War" and "Insidious", because he knew that these works would definitely be successful, and he was just the icing on the cake.
Although "The Fission of the Qin Dynasty" invested a lot of energy in creating originality, it was thanks to the careful guidance of teacher Shen Yanbing. It is no exaggeration to say that it is completely standing on the shoulders of giants.
But "Operation Sword" is different. It pioneered the concept of "military fantasy" in advance. From conception, collecting styles, to sorting out and creating, one person meditated hard, wrote in retreat, and put a lot of effort into it. Such a novel.
Especially there is a military-themed IP universe hidden in it, such as "Swallow Eagle", "Bright Sword", "Wolf Warrior"...
Young General Fang is no longer the "young general" he used to be!
From now on, he has to progress to the highest level step by step, step by step, step by step. He wants to be the "commander"!
Commander Fang!
(End of this chapter)