Chapter 89: Qinglian Sword Immortal
Tang Dynasty Publishing House.
As the leading publishing house in China, Tang Dynasty Publishing House has published a large number of literary works in recent years, among which children's literature, prose poetry, and novels and stories are the categories with the highest publication rate of the publishing house.
As the editor-in-charge of the fiction story department, Zou Weilun needs to review a large number of submissions from literary creators from all over the country, and after a detailed screening, select suitable manuscripts for publication and recommend them to his editor-in-chief and boss.
If the editor-in-chief has no objection, the editor-in-chief will be directly consulted, and then the department will hold a meeting to discuss and give the author of the work a buyout price in response.
In terms of price positioning, the editor-in-chief's opinion is precious, because the editor-in-chief generally does not go back to look at ordinary manuscripts, but the editor-in-chief has pricing power, so he will often price the work according to the editor-in-chief's opinion.
Under normal circumstances, the buyout price of a newcomer is mostly about 50 to 200 per thousand words.
If some well-known authors come to work, or high-quality works, it will be a little higher on this basis, and even if conditions permit, royalty sharing can also be taken.
Zou Weilun is a native of Guangdong, and after graduating from university, he has been involved in literature-related work, of course, before taking office, he himself has published many literary works in the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, including prose, poetry, and the most popular martial arts novels of this era.
In short, Zou Weilun has a considerable part of the industry's creative dedication, which is able to go through layers of competition and come to the employment position of one of the largest publishers in China.
Zou Weilun knows that creation is boring, and most of his works are also inspiration, or the mind is hot, and prose poetry is fine, but when he writes novels of hundreds of thousands of words, Zou Weilun will have a state of inspiration fault, and his martial arts novels published in Taiwan, Hong Kong and other places are also for this reason, after publishing less than ten volumes, they were cut in half by the publishing house, the reason is that the rhythm cannot be controlled, the plot is scattered, resulting in poor sales.
Therefore, this is also the reason why Zou Weilun entered the Tang Dynasty Publishing House, the first is that the economic income is too small for simple writing, and the second is that after working in the publishing house and experiencing countless reviewers, his writing experience can be greatly improved.
Of course, he also loves this industry, and in addition to working hours at work, he will also take the initiative to open the computer at home when he gets off work and review emails from all directions.
"Drop!"
At this time, Zou Weilun was in his bedroom, reading a martial arts novel called "Withered Leaf Sword School" intently, and suddenly heard a lifetime prompt ringing in the mailbox, his eyes moved slightly, and he saw the subtitle popping up in the lower right corner of the mailbox: "You have a new email".
looked at the time, Zou Weilun didn't care about it, it was already ten o'clock, and he had to go to work tomorrow, so he would rest early after reviewing this "Withered Leaf Sword School".
After half an hour, Zou Weilun took off his glasses, rubbed his somewhat sour glasses, and turned off the manuscript of "Withered Leaf Sword School".
"The author has a sophisticated writing and rich literary experience, and he should be about forty years old, and he writes well, but the story is too redundant and the plot is a bit clichéd, but it can be passed, but it is not too ......"
Zou Weilun hesitated, and finally decided to give it, anyway, he is only a preliminary review here, and it is the leaders of the editor-in-chief and the editor-in-chief who make the final decision.
After processing the manuscript, he was about to close the page, but somehow, at a glance, he swept to the display of the incoming piece, the three words in capital letters - "Xun Qin Ji".
These three words seemed to have magical power, so that Zou Weilun, who stood up and bent down and was about to click the mouse to close the page, sat down again.
Let's take a look!
It won't take long anyway......
For Zou Weilun, judging the quality of the work, basically the first 10,000 words can give him a general understanding of the tone of the whole work.
Click on the email, there are a total of four documents, Zou Weilun clicked on the first attachment, and slowly waited for the file content to be cached.
After a few moments, the document was opened.
Zou Weilun pushed his glasses, got closer to the screen, and began to look at them seriously.
"Chapter 1: The Time Machine ......"
Two minutes later, Zou Weilun slowly stood up, his face was a little surprised, and his figure became more and more focused.
An hour later, Zou Weilun breathed a sigh of relief, his face was slightly excited, got up and poured himself a glass of boiling water, and after returning, he continued to read while drinking boiling water.
Two hours later......
Three hours later......
It wasn't until the sky gradually brightened that Zou Weilun muttered to himself in frustration: "It's gone?" ”
He finally stood up at this time, because he had been sitting for a long time, and he had just stood up, and he was a little dizzy.
However, it was only the sequelae of staying up late, and in a blink of an eye, he looked clear and recovered.
Then, I saw Zou Weilun take a deep breath, and then slapped his hands hard, and under the agitation of the mood, he began to walk around the bedroom with his hands behind his back.
"Good book!"
"Magnificent tome!"
"It's a whimsy!"
"Definitely a masterpiece!"
Zou Weilun was so excited that he couldn't control himself, and his mind was constantly replaying the ups and downs of the story of "Looking for Qin".
"This person is so talented that he can think of such a story as time travel!"
"Physically traveled to the Warring States period and helped Qin Shi Huang unify the Six Kingdoms?"
"Interpreting historical figures from the perspective of modern human beings...... Wonderful!"
"Recommended, must be highly recommended!"
Only then did he have time to look at the author's name.
In the end, he found that in addition to his email address and contact number, he had only one pen name left.
This pen name is, "Qinglian Sword Immortal"!
"Shixian Li Bai's nickname is interesting!"
Zou Weilun was a little surprised, and then smiled slightly, it seems that this person is also a self-proclaimed talent.
Looking at his watch and finding that there was less than an hour before the start of work, Zou Weilun hurriedly operated the computer and sent the manuscript of "Xun Qin" to the editor-in-chief's mailbox, waiting for the editor-in-chief's review.
He was still a little worried, so he picked up the phone and called the editor-in-chief and specially notified.
When the editor-in-chief heard that Xiao Zou had discovered a big satellite, he was also in good spirits when he boarded, and hurriedly responded to watch it immediately.
Putting down the phone, Zou Weilun couldn't hide his excitement, if "Xun Qin" can really be published, and it can really become popular after publication, it will play an unpredictable role in his reproduction and salary increase, and in the industry, he will also be famous.
When it comes to "Xun Qin" in the future, who in the industry doesn't know that this masterpiece was excavated by him?
As soon as he thought of this, Zou Weilun didn't have the heart to continue to stay at home, got up and washed up quickly, and after getting dressed, he rode his bicycle and went out to work.
After buying a casual breakfast of soy milk fritters on the side of the road, he ate it while quickly riding to his place of work.
All morning, Zou Weilun was in a state of excitement, the sequelae of staying up late completely disappeared, and he was also full of energy at work, more energetic than before.
But because he was too excited, he didn't have the heart to review other manuscripts at all, and after reading "Xun Qin Ji", he found that it was difficult to swallow when he went to read other manuscripts.
I used to think that the "Withered Leaf Sword School" was well written, but now that I look back, I can't help but let him secretly feel to himself, what the hell is this **** thing written?!
When some colleagues heard that he had found a treasure, they came to inquire about the manuscript and wanted to see the birth of the famous book.
Under the pursuit of his colleagues, Zou Weilun himself was a little flustered, and sent a copy of the email of "Looking for Qin" to his colleagues.
Only an hour or two later, a colleague came over and congratulated loudly, envious and jealous to let Zou Weilun have a treat!
Zou Weilun was a little excited for a while, and in the face of the envious eyes of his colleagues, he naturally agreed.
However, just as he was waiting for the final result after the editor-in-chief's review with great anticipation, he found that the editor-in-chief came to his office with a depressed face.
"Xiao Zou, don't hand over manuscripts like "Searching for Qin" in the future. The editor-in-chief said a word, and turned to leave.
As soon as this sentence came out, several colleagues next to him couldn't help but look at it.
Zou Weilun's smiling face suddenly froze, and he said in surprise: "Why?"
"The story is fictitious, falsifying history, misleading the people, and the internal document released by the Ministry of Culture a while ago prohibits the publication of superstitious literature, haven't you read it?" asked the editor-in-chief rhetorically.
Zou Weilun was stunned for a moment, and when he saw that the editor-in-chief had a serious face, he snorted a few times, but did not speak again.
"The work must be done in a down-to-earth manner, but the spirit conveyed by the leader must also be implemented, Xiao Zou, you are still young, you should calm down, take a few more steps, and read a few more books!" the editor-in-chief snorted and turned to leave.
Zou Weilun seemed to have lost his soul and returned to his job.
He opened the novel "Xun Qin Ji", re-read it, and finally looked complicated, and wrote the reply on the email reply letter with a hint of reluctance: "I'm sorry, your work does not meet the publishing requirements of our ......"
As soon as he had finished writing these words, he heard a stream of gossip in his ears.
"Hey, I'll just say it, it's definitely not going to happen!"
"Zou Weilun, this guy was still proud just now, no, he was slapped in the face, right?"
"Eh, you said that I asked him to have a treat now, will he still have a treat?"
"Haha, you're so bad!"
Zou Weilun looked at the manuscript of "Looking for Qin", his face was uncertain, unwilling!
It's so unwilling!
He doesn't understand how a good literary work can become superstitious propaganda!
After thinking about it, he finally stood up and walked towards the editor-in-chief's office under the surprised eyes of his colleagues.
He decided to go for it again!
For myself, and for this "Searching for Qin"!――
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