Chapter 31 It was me who stabbed the knife, and it was your son-in-law who handed the knife (please vote for me)
"This Lao Li...isn't it strange?"
Liu Xinwu, the editor-in-chief of "October", received a call from Li Qingquan, the editor-in-chief of "Yenjing Literature", and he looked confused!
I called them out of the blue to thank them, and even treated myself to a meal later. I don’t know why he, Li Qingquan, is so crazy?
The two magazines are the ministry-level units of Yanjing that have resumed publication. They are in a competitive relationship and no one is convinced by the other. Everyone wants to be the second best.
But Yanjing Literature really has a lot of pressure on them. At the end of the month, Li Qingquan is the editor-in-chief of Yanjing Literature who just took office at the beginning of the month!
So, can Li Qingquan’s mindless phone call be regarded as a provocation?
"What's wrong, Old Liu? Is it Li Qingquan of Yanjing Literature?!"
Gu Xueqing and others from the editorial department happened to be in Liu Xinwu's office, typesetting this issue of the journal. When Liu Xinwu answered the phone, his expression and tone were not right, Gu Xueqing asked.
"He, Li Qingquan, just took office and said he wanted to treat us to dinner to thank us for October. What's going on?!"
Liu Xin's military general Li Qingquan said it on the phone and mentioned it for everyone to help with reference.
"Li Qingquan of Yanjing Literature? This is not a new year or a festival, but he called us to invite us to dinner?!" Editor Zhang Shouren raised his head in astonishment. He was also puzzled. What was Li Qingquan doing?
"No, no! I think this is a bit fishy. He, Li Qingquan, is messing with us! These two days seem to be the days when they are finalizing the draft of Yanjing Literature, right?" Liu Xinwu walked around the desk, walked over, and said to Gu Xueqing and the others, " Mr. Gu, has your editorial team recently rejected manuscripts tactfully and sent letters and messages asking them to switch to Yanjing Literature?”
"Could it be that we missed a masterpiece and Li Qingquan picked it up and called us specifically to laugh at us?"
They are in a competitive relationship with Yanjing Literature in October in terms of manuscripts. They usually have overt and covert competitions over who has higher sales and who has better quality.
Of course, there are also many little stabbings in the back.
For example, for those whose writing is really bad, it is impossible to submit the manuscript, and it is not easy to directly state clearly that your writing is too bad, so there is no need to revise or resubmit.
They all made suggestions in a very tactful way: "We have not yet met the manuscript requirements of our society. You can try to switch to "Yenjing Literature""
Liu Xinwu came back to his senses and thought that their editorial department had overlooked a certain author's submission, allowing Li Qingquan to pick up and discover the masterpiece, and let him know that it was Yanjing Literature that they transferred to them in October.
So I got such an inexplicable phone call of thanks! ?
After searching for manuscripts from the massive submissions from all over the country, occasionally a certain manuscript is rejected, which actually doesn’t mean much.
Those who could use it did not need ordinary manuscripts, so they were withdrawn. There was also a precedent of manuscripts being submitted to Yanjing Literature.
But like Li Qingquan, he called me specifically to express his gratitude and even invited me to dinner!
Then the leak is a bit big!
If the masterpiece was really missed by them in October and picked up by Yanjing Literature, if word spread, they would really be a big joke in October!
The cultural circle is so big. Once the joke spreads, they can laugh for ten years. Li Qingquan and others can laugh for several years, but they can't even try to catch up with Yenching Literature.
No, no, the more I thought about it, the more I realized this was the possibility. Liu Xinwu couldn't sit still!
"That's not the case, Lao Liu. Li Qingquan is just one phone call away, so we won't be in trouble!" Wang Shimin, the leader of the editorial team, felt that Lao Liu was a little overconfident. Li Qingquan's phone call wouldn't make them doubt themselves so much, so he continued. , "Perhaps Li Qingquan just wants to thank his old friend?! After all, he has just been transferred back to Yanjing to take charge of the work of Yanjing Literature!"
"Old Liu, there shouldn't be any trouble in our review. We have cross-preliminary review for every submission. How can this allow Li Qingquan to find out?"
"Li Qingquan even called me to express his gratitude. He wanted to treat me to dinner. How big a deal does this have to be? I, Gu Xueqing, sometimes see things wrong, but it's not like the five or six pairs of eyes in our editorial department are all blind, right? !”
What Liu Xinwu said made Feng's mother Gu Xueqing unhappy. What did they mean by asking their editorial department to conduct a self-examination to see if any manuscripts had been leaked to Yanjing Literature?
Is it still a masterpiece? !
Li Qingquan really leaked a masterpiece to him, unless she, Gu Xueqing, was blind!
"Look at what you said, Teacher Gu, aren't I worried that Li Qingquan will really catch him by the pigtails!" Liu Xinwu said with a bitter look on his face after being reprimanded by Gu Xueqing, "Maybe I am just being suspicious and overthinking it. Li Qingquan will be transferred back this time." Yanjing really wants to treat us old friends to dinner!”
"Yes, let him treat me to dinner! Later I will invite the old boy out and test his tone!" Liu Xinwu said with a smile to liven up the atmosphere. "Okay! Lao Wang, let's sort out last month's submissions again. Don't let Li Qingquan really take advantage of us. We are still kept in the dark!" Gu Xueqing said afterward, But I was also worried that the editorial team might miss some articles, so I made an appointment with the team leader Wang Shimin.
"Okay Teacher Gu, this is no problem, but it shouldn't be a problem!" Wang Shimin nodded and agreed.
Li Qingquan's mindless phone call immediately sent Liu Xinwu's "October" editorial department into a panic!
At the same time, Cheng Xuemin has also reached an agreement with Yanjing Literature!
Yanjing Literature is indeed very wealthy. His two manuscripts, "The Wrangler" and "The Heart of the Grass," were all settled with him at the top rate of seven yuan per thousand words by a well-known old writer!
The combined word count of the two manuscripts is more than 45,000 words. The total number is 46,000 words. If 1,000 words are 7 yuan, the total manuscript fee is 315 yuan!
"Xuemin, it's settled! The article "Wrangler" will be our front page headline for this issue!"
"The manuscript "The Heart of the Grass" is also very good. We plan to use it on the front page of the next issue. According to your request, we will publish it under the pen name "Old Xu", is that okay!?"
After the final agreement, Li Qingquan left early because he had a meeting at the Humanities Club. Zhou Yanru and editor-in-chief Zhang Dening are responsible for finalizing and publishing the manuscript.
After the manuscript fee was almost negotiated, Zhou Yanru smiled and told Cheng Xuemin about the publication arrangements for his two manuscripts.
The two manuscripts "The Wrangler" and "The Heart of the Grass" were both very good. This was the reason why Li Qingquan couldn't help but make that call to the editor-in-chief of "October".
Both are excellent manuscripts and will definitely not be sent out at the same time.
So before Li Qingquan went to the meeting, he decided to make the headline of "Wrangler" in this issue, and "Heart of Grass" in the next issue, which was also the headline.
Obviously, Li Qingquan wants to push Cheng Xuemin, the new author, into the most famous direction!
Perhaps, some of them recommended "October" to Liu Xinwu, but they didn't even tell Liu Xinwu openly to take a look and take a good look!
These two front-page masterpieces were all submitted to their "Yenjing Literature" by your "October" son-in-law!
Just wait and see the show!
"Okay, okay, Teacher Zhou!" Cheng Xuemin certainly had no problem with this arrangement.
Now that "The Wrangler" is on the front page, is the dead pig not afraid of being scalded by boiling water, but is it afraid that "The Heart of the Grass" will make the front page again? !
After all, this was the first prize for outstanding short stories in the country that year. If it didn’t make the front page, wouldn’t it be a injustice to the original author?
If his mother-in-law really knew about it, the worst possible outcome would be the death of the Taoist friend but not the poor Taoist, so she would push her rebellious and filial daughter Feng Jiayou out to block the knife.
"Okay, then it's settled!" Zhou Yanru nodded with a smile, and then said, "Youyou basically don't need to change your heart, you can publish it directly! There is a small problem with the Wrangler, let Dening help Xuemin correct it later. !”
"As for the manuscript fee, we will settle the payment with you for these two manuscripts together, but the day for us to pay the manuscript fee has not yet come, so when it comes out at the end of the month, we will mail it to you together with the sample issue!"
"Then the fee bill should be written in your name or as the youngest one!"
"My, my, my! Aunt Zhou, write my name on the manuscript fee sheet!"
Before Cheng Xuemin could say anything, Feng Jiayou next to him heard the manuscript fee bill, his eyes instantly lit up, and he answered quickly!
Cheng Xuemin rolled his eyes and said to himself, Teacher Zhou, why don't you mention this so much? Why don't you ask this?
Can't you just fill in Cheng Xuemin's name and send it to him? !
Besides, Cheng Xuemin actually wanted to come and collect it himself. If he had the money, he would go to the trouble of collecting it in person!
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(End of chapter)