Chapter 26 Did you write it? The elm head suddenly enlightened (seeking for further reading)
No. 51 East Xinglong Street outside Chongwenmen, the office of "October" magazine.
Feng's mother, Gu Xueqing, parked her bicycle and saw Liu Xinwu, their editor-in-chief, from afar. She greeted her and said, "Good morning, Old Liu!"
"Good morning, Teacher Gu!" Liu Xinwu nodded to Mother Feng and responded politely. He also parked his bicycle and asked casually, "By the way, Teacher Gu, your family's manuscript was really bad?!"
Yesterday when this issue was officially finalized, Liu Xinwu asked Gu Xueqing if her manuscript by a top student from Yan University had not been revised yet? !
If I don’t improve it, I really won’t be able to catch up with the publication of this issue. But who would have thought that Feng's mother actually told him that he was done with it and wouldn't write it for the time being!
At that time, several of their colleagues who were optimistic about it were shocked.
You must know that Gu Xueqing is famously proud in their workplace. The original story of her family having a daughter was almost passable.
It’s because she is a proud mother and has high standards. She must strive for excellence and not allow outsiders to gossip or use backdoor stuffing to get the manuscript published!
Really, it’s not that exaggerated. In fact, I can pass the manuscript. Although it is not up to the excellent level of manuscript, the passing mark is definitely met. After all, the top students of Yanda have a good foundation. No matter how bad the writing can be, how bad can it be?
But Gu Xueqing wanted to be strict and call her daughter back to make revisions.
With this change, there really is nothing to go on!
When I asked about it yesterday, I actually said it directly! ?
It's dead!
A manuscript that was above the passing mark and could actually be published was just killed right away?
As the editor-in-chief, Liu Xinwu was busy finalizing the draft yesterday and had no time to ask about the situation in detail?
Don't tell me that the mother and daughter were quarreling and saying angry things, right? !
Liu Xinwu came to his senses and asked again with concern to make sure.
"Damn it! She is not thinking about this at all now. The more she changes the manuscript, the more she goes back. I will simply kill her!" Feng's mother Gu Xueqing nodded and mentioned the debt collector in her family. She was really going to be pissed off. Death, I don’t want to say more.
"That's really a pity!" Liu Xinwu followed him into the unit and continued talking to Feng's mother, "Actually, sometimes, Teacher Gu, you shouldn't be too harsh on your children. After all, she just came back from northern Shaanxi and is also the first If you submit your article to us for the first time, we should encourage enthusiasm!”
"It's a good thing to have too strict requirements, but I'm afraid that it will backfire and make the children resist. They will also think that our October submission requirements are too high, and they will be frightened into not submitting to us in October, and will submit to "Yenching Literature" instead!"
Liu Xinwu knew that Gu Xueqing's daughter, Feng Jiayou, was a college student who had just been admitted to the Chinese Department of Yan University. If she was too strict, she would not only scare her daughter, but also the classmates around her daughter in the same department.
They are all from the Chinese Department, and they are the reserve forces of these magazines. If they are really frightened by their request to submit manuscripts, if word spreads, they will all go to "Yenjing Literature" and it will be too late to cry. .
"Huh?! Old Liu... you are right!"
Feng's mother, Gu Xueqing, who was her immediate boss, was shocked, otherwise she would have said "How dare she!"
But in fact!
More than once or twice, her debt collector clamored in front of her to apply for "Yenching Literature".
Maybe as Lao Liu was worried, her debt collectors didn't dare to switch to "Yenjing Literature" behind her back, but her classmates would definitely care about whether her manuscript passed or not?
I must have known that her manuscript was rejected by their "October" magazine several times, and it couldn't pass after repeated revisions. Will it scare them all away and submit it to "Yenching Literature"?
Or, even directly challenge "People's Literature".
After all, in terms of magazines in Yenching now, the national-level "People's Literature" is definitely far ahead and has the highest manuscript requirements, followed by the ministerial-level "Yenjing Literature" and their "October"!
Other influential magazines such as "Youth" and "Contemporary" are still preparing to resume publication and have not yet resumed publication.
If we look more closely, the influence of their "October" is much worse than that of "Yenjing Literature".
However, if the manuscript requirements are said to be higher than those of "Yenjing Literature", it will indeed have a certain impact on their acceptance of manuscripts.
After saying hello to her colleagues who had come earlier, Feng's mother, Gu Xueqing, sat back in her office, placed her briefcase on the table, opened it, and planned to take out the information inside. She also took out the manuscript that her debt collector gave her today.
She didn't have much hope at first, but she said it like a wild man, and it took her two nights to change it, but she wanted to see what the change would look like.
Looking at it this way, more than half an hour has passed before I knew it!
"I'm going to die!"
Suddenly, Feng's mother, who was sitting quietly in her seat, suddenly jumped up and muttered something, which instantly attracted other colleagues in the editorial department, who all looked at her in astonishment!
"Teacher Gu, have you discovered another masterpiece?"
What their editorial department does is review the manuscripts that are mailed in from all over the country and find useful manuscripts.
As the chief editor, Gu Xueqing takes care of the review process!
She was usually such a quiet and proud person, but suddenly she screamed and muttered so abnormally. She must have discovered something masterpiece, right? !
“I’ll go find Lao Liu!”
Feng's mother, Gu Xueqing, ignored chatting with her colleagues and quickly got up to find Liu Xinwu, the editor-in-chief of the final review.
Die, that hateful debt collector of yours!
When did it suddenly dawn on me? ?
The revised manuscript this time was so excellent, why did you hide it and wait until she asked today before taking it out? !
She was telling Lao Liu just now that the manuscript was finished, but the debt collector turned around and gave her such a big star?
"Teacher Gu, what are you..."
Seeing Gu Xueqing entering his office in a hurry, Liu Xinwu asked doubtfully.
"Old Liu, take a look at this manuscript first!"
Feng's mother, Gu Xueqing, slapped her daughter's masterpiece on Liu Xinwu's desk and said.
"A masterpiece?!"
Gu Xueqing's extraordinary reaction also made Liu Xinwu's eyes light up. This is the rhythm of finding a masterpiece!
"Isn't this still the same article that I wrote!?"
But when he picked it up and looked at the manuscript, he found that it was her daughter's manuscript. Wasn't it said that it was dead?
This... what happened to the mother and daughter?
"It's her article, old Liu Qian, help me read it!" Feng's mother, Gu Xueqing, nodded and motioned for Liu Xinwu to continue looking behind.
Enlightened!
The debt collector of my family really had an enlightenment overnight. She was able to change it like this, and her junk article was suddenly improved to several levels!
"Okay!" Liu Xinwu said no more, just stood there and started to look behind him. His eyebrows changed from confusion at the beginning to more and more surprise later on, until he couldn't help but couldn't help himself after reading it. One of them jumped out: "Okay!"
"Old Liu, do you think she has changed like this, okay?!" After receiving Liu Xinwu's approval, Feng's mother Gu Xueqing's eyes lit up, full of relief!
"Teacher Gu, my parents have done a very good job this time! The idea of the manuscript has been improved from the passing mark at the beginning to become excellent!" Liu Xinwu nodded repeatedly, and immediately picked up the pen on the table. Directly on the original manuscript, he commented, "The manuscript has been approved and will be published in this issue!"
"Old Liu, the publication of this issue was decided yesterday, and the manuscript fees have all been mailed away!" Feng's mother saw Liu Xinwu writing the manuscript with a stroke of his pen, and this issue was published. She was delighted and at the same time reminded him.
Missed it!
As long as the debt collector took out the manuscript yesterday, he wouldn’t have missed the publication of this issue’s manuscript!
"Take down my article and publish it in the next issue! We old guys should make room for young people and give them more opportunities!"
Liu Xinwu said very cheerfully again.
"Let her wait for the next issue! You have already finalized the edition!" Feng's mother, Gu Xueqing, said embarrassedly. No one can squeeze out the masterpiece that the editor-in-chief penned!
"Just book it for this issue! I'm afraid if I don't publish it, all my classmates from the Chinese Department will go to "Yenching Literature"!"
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(End of chapter)