Chapter 131 A heart-wrenching article
"Successfully delivered!" Zhu Twelve stretched his waist.
Zhu Twelve is 12twelve12 in the group, and Zhu Twelve is his pen name.
It can be seen from the chat records in the previous group that he is a bit inexperienced in mathematics, but he is really good at writing articles, especially "The Adventure of Thirty-Six Countries in the Western Regions" has an excellent reputation.
"The Curse of Huhu Country" was ranked the 23rd best-seller in 2010!
"Tsk, tsk, it's such a waste for me to submit this article to "New Reading"." Zhu Twelve submitted it for the [Misty] section. It's not that he specifically wanted to compete with Gu Lu, the double champion, but mainly because the genre he is good at is suspense.
His current expression is, can this "Yanqi: Wrath of the Dragon (Part 1)" defeat the main character?
So, can "Yanqi: Dragon's Wrath (Part 1)" be defeated by adding "this"?
Yanqi is also one of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, and has annexed other Western Region countries everywhere. The king of Yanqi Kingdom is named "Long", and the dragon's wrath can also be directly understood as the king's wrath. In Zhu Twelve's opinion, with the brilliance of his article and the reputation bonus from the Thirty-Six Kingdoms Adventure Series in the Western Regions, how can you let him lose?
When Zhu Twelve went out for lunch, he bought a pack of cigarettes and two magazines from a newsstand near his home. He saw Bike at a glance, [The first revised edition of Xinrui Reading! 】
The cover is very different from before. It has changed from a horrifying picture to a more youthful picture. The biggest difference is that the price will be reduced from 6 yuan to 4 yuan.
The light falls and the darkness rises! Zhu Twelve once again complained about the insidiousness of the Bike editorial department. Although the previous version was six yuan a book, buy one and get one free!
After buying it home, Zhu Twelve also saw the magazine’s promotion of the four main articles on the cover——
[Tie Zhu: Misfortune can kill people, but happiness can also kill people.
Detective Pu Songling: Pu Songling is actually a ghost official, and his master is Zhong Kui.
Ghostly girl: It roared angrily with its bloody mouth open...
Listening to the moon song in the white room: I have magical special powers. The souls who died unwillingly or with resentment can penetrate the soul. My body was purified. 】
“Why is the introductory sentence of “Iron Pillar” so incompatible with the other three articles?” Zhu Twelve must have paid attention to the main article of his submission section first.
“There are no ads?” Zhu Twelve was particularly surprised after opening the magazine.
Why did Xiao Xue, the editor-in-chief, say earlier that his magazine is 50-50 equal to "Story Club"? Because whether it is the tonality or the eating aspect, they are almost the same.
There are various advertisements printed on the back of the cover, such as diet pills, sweating pills, electric shock sticks, height-increasing pills and so on.
The main text is more than 20,000 words long, which is more words than an ordinary short story. However, as a writer, Zhu Twelve can feel the author’s writing power. It is not lengthy and the “hook” of the storyline is buried. Very deep.
From "the most beautiful small mountain village" to "the happy death small mountain village", the mystery is revealed step by step, slowly and slowly.
The grandmother died of happiness with the help of her eldest daughter. The wife also happily committed suicide and left a simple suicide note: Xiaoyan, thank you in this life. I am very happy.
As the protagonist, "I" has collapsed several times, so I want to destroy the iron pillar.
While reading, I didn't think the story was very scary, but after reading it, Zhu Twelve shuddered.
[But this iron pillar has no cement foundation, but is inserted directly into the ground, as if growing out of the earth. ...] Especially this sentence made Zhu Twelve shudder.
The hero dug down for a whole day, but he still didn't reach the end.
"This sense of horror is very high-level, wait for the sense of horror? Why do I find this article scary? In reality, there are obviously no iron pillars that make people commit suicide." Zhu Twelve thought about the sense of fear. source.
He took out his mobile phone and clicked on the group, and found that the discussion in the group was already boiling, because many group members went out early in the morning to buy "New Reading", and now a large number of people have finished reading it.
"Oh my God, who is Gu Lu? "Moon Song" and "Iron Pillar" are so well written. Should I treat this kind of essay as a challenge and beat me on the head?"
"Iron Pillar beat me I was so scared. Why did I commit suicide? At first, I said that my life was perfect and I was so happy. However, later on, the village chief’s wife felt that her husband would cheat on her, so she chose to commit suicide after getting married. At that time, the village chief was as crazy as the protagonist. Dig down, but this iron pillar extends from the center of the planet."
"The protagonist's wife probably committed suicide for this reason. After all, the protagonist did have an affair, and his wife was pregnant. If you don’t have children, your future life will definitely be miserable. It’s okay to die when you are happiest..."
Zhu Twelve saw the discussion in the group, and he finally understood why his back felt cold after reading it. This kind of thinking is unacceptable. Don't commit suicide just because you imagine bad days in the future!
He retorted in the group.
The group of friends immediately said, "Fantasy? Then how can you guarantee that it will not happen? Isn't it good to avoid harm and die at the best time? If life is just like the first time we met!"
The iron in the story The pillar seems to grow from the center of the planet, but in fact it is the "negative emotions" that grow from the human heart.
“There will definitely be bad things in the future, but there will definitely be good things worth living for. If the iron pillars that everyone in the world takes for granted really appear, I might not be able to help it...” Zhu Twelve sighed again, “Gu What does author Lu think? He wants the story to have a story, to have content, and to make people feel chills on their spines.” The power of war." Zhu Twelve said, and opened his mailbox to send a message, [Editor, I thought about it, and the tone of my article is more suitable for the midnight scare section, because I am quite good at creating a horror atmosphere. ]
It’s not that I’m afraid of Gu Lu, it’s mainly that the article must be posted in the appropriate section.
Since ancient times, literati have looked down upon each other, and even the authors have applauded it. You can imagine how the response was in other places.
"New Reading" was a success!
The level of stories in the publication is much higher than that of the Bike period, especially the four main articles, which have been widely praised.
Many bounty hunters in the literary world (who specialize in making money by participating in various essay contests) know that the four articles are not weak.
Sales are feedback from readers. In the next two days, the sales of "New Reading" reached the upper-middle level before the revision.
Quite good, after all, revision is risky.
The proportion of mailed evaluation forms is much higher than before the revision. The main reason is that the audience has the right to vote on the attack and defense articles, and the sense of participation is very high.
“Why do so many readers leave messages saying they can’t understand “Listening to the Moon Song in the White Room”?” Editor-in-Chief Dong couldn’t understand.
From his personal point of view, Yue Ge is better than Tiezhu, but looking at the feedback from the first batch of readers' form, Tiezhu rated it as the best of the four main articles.
107 evaluation forms, read them slowly...
"Xiao Xue is indeed right. Gu Lu is an author who can change the fate of the magazine." Editor-in-chief Heipidong said.
“There are many people who can write good novels, but there are very few writers in the world who can write good short stories.” Editor Dong said, “Let’s work together and create a famous short story writer. We all have them. Benefits.”
Although the Lu Xun Literature Prize awards the best short stories every year, how many years has it been since there was an impressive collection of short stories? "It's almost done, it's time to move on to the second step." Editor Dong glanced at the time and felt that if he didn't take action, someone under him would call to urge him.
The second step is to expand the dissemination of the main article more widely. To put it more bluntly, it is to find some people in the industry to praise it. Editor-in-Chief Dong has been in the newspaper industry for seven or eight years, so he must have connections, and he usually provides friendly support.
Therefore, when looking at the works recommended by editors and presidents, they are basically based on human feelings and sophistication, and are no different from the articles recommended by online article authors.
Soon, the other party replied, "Tie Zhu and Yue Ge? It's very simple. What kind of praise do you want to hear? I have to find the angle for the other two articles."
"No problem, When recommending, remember to bring the author’s Weibo account, King Gulu, Yin Ying, no overtime pay, and the author himself.”
Editor Dong nodded inwardly. Although Gu Lu received the highest manuscript fee in the magazine, this money is It's really not for nothing. The work is really impressive!
Looking at the school again, Thursday and Friday passed by in a flash, and the students were all working hard for the mid-term exams.
But this week, Gu Lu left with a sigh, "Today's high school students are so reliable!"
First of all, Lu Ping, since he lost last time, he has been training hard and supervising his teammates.
Another reliable person is Li Guyuan. Gu Lu came up earlier and proposed the idea of starting a monthly magazine. However, because there were many difficulties, no solution was found for a while, so he stopped taking action.
But Li Guyuan has already applied for a spot in the school magazine from the school, even though there are currently only two members, Li Gu.
“I’ve always been thinking about ways while doing it, otherwise I’d think about it for a long time and not make any progress at all, and the efficiency would be too low.” Li Guyuan said.
Li Guyuan said, "My idea is that we work hard to prepare first and see how far we can prepare in one year? It's just the two of us anyway."
"Aren't we recruiting new people? Proofreading, editing, and typesetting What?" Gu Lu asked.
“The rules of the Eighth Middle School are that the club can only recruit people at the annual recruitment meeting—not in normal times.” Li Guyuan answered.
So there is still this rule? Gu Lu found that his ideas were very exciting, but they did not fall into practice at all. Almost all his time was spent on serializing and publishing outside school magazines.
"How about you be the editor-in-chief," Gu Lu said, "I feel like you are the one who is busy with everything."
"No, no, no, although we are twin stars, is the school magazine club led by editor-in-chief Gu Lu more attractive, or the club led by editor-in-chief Li Guyuan is more attractive?" Li Guyuan said, "This is not the same at all. Magnitude."
Gu Lu thought that he seemed to have a name in the Model United Nations... I don't know if there will be others later, but he is definitely not as good as his predecessors.
It seems that the current situation is that some clubs in No. 8 Middle School, under the influence of Gu Lu, have developed to a height beyond themselves.
Not bad. Gu Lu quickly accepted his role. If he really wanted to spend all his time on club activities, which would conflict with his great cause of literary copying, he would not be able to be a spiritual leader and deputy like he is now. Good.
"How are you thinking about the name? I really think "The Ancient Continent" is good, do you want to stop thinking about it?"
Li Guyuan is reliable, except for the name!
I won’t go to Baile Grocery Store for lunch this week, because I have almost finished tutoring for the three subjects of geography, politics, and history. Gu Lu now feels that he is terribly strong, and even wants to find two papers to do it right away.
"Why is there more than 10,000 yuan in the account?"
Gu Lu went to buy snacks and stopped by the bank to withdraw some money. When he checked the balance, he found that the assets had "exploded".
Retrieve the payment record at the counter, and the payer is "Xinrui Reading".
But the price is wrong! Gu Lu's two articles are almost 50,000 words, and the quoted price is 220 yuan per thousand words. The after-tax manuscript fee should be more than 9,000 yuan, not 13,000 yuan.
When a pie falls from the sky, you must first consider whether it can kill people.
He called Xiao Xue, the editor-in-chief. In fact, he knew everyone from top to bottom in New Reading, such as Editor Dong, who was as black as a black sports student, and furthermore, President Wang of New Youth Publishing House. However, There is no need to spend a lot of time on small things.
"Editor Xue, has our editorial department paid me my royalties?" Gu Lu first introduced the topic.
"My colleagues in the editorial department sent it out the day before yesterday. It should have all arrived yesterday and today." Xiao Xue replied.
"Isn't that the wrong amount? I received 13,000." Gu Lu said.
"Let me ask, Mr. Gu, please wait a moment -" Xiao Xue said on the other end of the phone. After two or three minutes of silence, a response came, "The amount is correct, there is a reward of five thousand yuan for the main article. . ”
Bright! Gu Lu only said this. According to the revised regulations of "New Reading", there is a reward of 5,000 yuan for successful challenge, but as the first batch of main articles, it doesn't matter whether you give the 5,000 yuan or not.
"Teacher Xiao Gu, have you selected the first draft of your short story collection?" Xiao Xue suddenly asked.
"Uh..." Gu Lu responded, still choosing.
Xiao Xue's tone on the phone became serious, "Hurry up, it's been more than half a month. Collections of short stories are not easy to sell in the domestic publishing market. If there is no good gimmick, no matter how good the writing is, It’s also difficult to get ahead.”
“With the support of New Youth Publishing, we have revised the edition of “New Reading” and invested a huge amount of publicity resources. The publication of Teacher Xiao Gu’s short stories originally had nothing to do with me. It’s just a pity that Teacher Gu missed such a good opportunity,” Xiao Xue said.
Xiao Xue is the editor-in-chief of the editorial department of "New Reading", and the person who talked to Gu Lu about publishing was the New Youth Publishing House, the parent company of the editorial department, which indeed had nothing to do with him.
"Thank you, Editor Xue, I will hurry up." Gu Lu said.
"It's useless to just hurry up. Let's talk about it in a superficial way. You need to set a target time for yourself for everything." Xiao Xue said, "Otherwise, procrastination will be difficult to defeat."
After receiving a few minutes of positive energy from editor-in-chief Xiao Xue, Gu Lu hung up the phone.
It’s so shining. I haven’t noticed before that the light of struggle shining on Xiao Xue’s body is a bit dazzling.
But if you put the facts and make sense, what Editor Xue said is correct. Gu Lu decided to do it today. It was finally another Saturday, and he originally wanted to go back to the rehabilitation training center in Ferry Park.
After all, he had eaten so many meals. Although each time was paid for by his own labor, Gu Lu still wanted to see it again.
(End of this chapter)