What should I do if the system forces me to copy books?

As the editor-in-chief who has been on the front line of reading and reviewing manuscripts for a long time, the speed of reading a novel is still very fast, let alone more than 3000 words, so Xu Yanzhi finished it quickly.

Not only did he read it by himself, but he also invited Lao Xiong and Tie Zi, who were also in charge of reviewing manuscripts for the "Literature" magazine, to sit together with three heads in front of a computer screen at the same time...

Chapter 424 The Magic of Words

After the three of them finished reading the manuscript of the short story, they were surprisingly silent.

Take a closer look.

Both Old Xiong and Tie Zi were completely stunned!

Because in their eyes, the editor-in-chief, who has always been serious and famous for his majesty, at this moment, the eyes under the old eye sockets are slightly shining and teary, and Mimi even quietly lifted up the frame and wiped away tears thinking that no one else was watching.

This frightened both of them.

Tiezi whispered anxiously: "Editor, what's the matter with you? Did my sister-in-law on Double Twelve buy things too hard yesterday? Even if the savings suddenly plunged, you don't have to be so sad."

"Yes."

Old Xiong recalled that after returning home from work last night, his mother-in-law prepared a big table of sumptuous dinner for the first time, and changed his shoes for him, massaged his sore shoulders, and finally showed him the picture A shopping list with a full month's salary, this is what these old men with families have in common.

Having followed Xu Yanzhi in the "Literature" magazine team for so many years, the two had never seen the editor-in-chief look like this, and they lost their composure in front of the two outsiders.

Xu Yanzhi stood up from his seat and didn't care about the two treasures. He made a phone call with a slightly hoarse voice: "Immediately! Immediately! Book me a ticket back to Hangzhou, I want the earliest flight."

"The editor-in-chief..."

Lao Xiong and Tie Zi were completely panicked at this moment. What is the situation? Why do they suddenly have to book a ticket to go back to their hometown? Is this the rhythm of resigning and quitting?

The editor-in-chief said before that the three-day holiday in Shuangdan this year is not enough time to spend on the way home. Anyway, I insist on one or two more months and the Spring Festival will come. Wouldn’t it be better to go home to celebrate the New Year? Well, it turned out that after reading a short story, not only did I suddenly cry.

Now it's time to go home!

The editor-in-chief glanced at the duo of live treasures with flushed eyes, and said in a decisive tone: "Do you know how hard it was when I chose to enter the publishing industry as an editor?"

"what?"

Xu Yanzhi ignored the bewilderment of the two, and continued on his own: "When I first entered the industry, a small review editor was paid several hundred dollars a month, and even the most basic rent, water and electricity bills were not enough! I remember the worst At that time, my wife and I could grit our teeth for a whole day with the big white steamed buns from the Northeast with sauerkraut, but later my wife gritted her teeth and worked a job during the day, and a part-time job at night after work."

Tie Zi subconsciously said, "What happened next?"

The editor-in-chief smiled slightly: "Later, our family moved into the luxurious villa where we live now, and ate all kinds of delicacies. However, I have been busy with my career in the publishing house, and there are only a few days of my family throughout the year, but she chose to resign silently." Lose your job and return home to take care of your family and be a good wife, but often you can only be alone—”

"Do you think we are together all day like before or are we happier now? After watching this "The Gift of the Magi", I feel that I can't wait for a moment, and I must go home immediately to be with my family! But words Then again, I am also the editor-in-chief of "Literature", so it is no problem to remotely control your work, but you young people, please work harder, please~"

After finishing speaking, Xu Yanzhi nodded solemnly to the two of them, then turned around and left gracefully.

Old Xiong subconsciously stretched out his hand to persuade him to stay, and at the same time shouted in a daze: "Editor-in-chief..."

The editor-in-chief Xu Yanzhi suddenly paused after hearing this: "Well, next, let's talk to Mr. Li Chungang about the cooperation between the two short stories "Necklace" and "Magi's Gift" published in our "Literature". I'll be responsible for it, and if you can, please help me thank him and tell him that I will be his book fan from now on!"

This time, Xu Yanzhi really left.

Walk so resolutely and never look back!

Lao Xiong and Tie Zi were left alone and looked at each other in dismay, vaguely realizing that something big was going to happen to their "Literature" magazine team, and the editor-in-chief was yo-yoing directly, and the "culprit" who caused all this, if nothing unexpected It was the short story that was opening on the computer screen in front of the two of them.

Because the editor-in-chief Xu Yanzhi has been in the People's Publishing House for so many years, and has been in charge of magazines large and small that have disappeared into the dust of history, as well as literature that has been brilliant until now.

"The Gift of the Magi"!

The magic of this novel!

The two suddenly came to their senses. Now that the editor-in-chief has left, this has become an established fact, and there is no point in arguing any longer. In this case, it is better to discuss what to do next.

"I'm going to tell the others about the boss's departure. You should stay here and see what to do. If you're unsure, call the boss."

After speaking, Old Xiong turned around and left the editor-in-chief's office, and walked towards the office area of ​​these employees, but when he turned around, he still had a word in his mind, "Anyway, the one who was scolded was not me."

The adult world is so realistic and cruel!

In the eyes of other people in the publishing house, he, Lao Xiong, and Tie Zi are brothers with a very close relationship. This is on the premise that their personal interests are not involved. Once their own interests are involved, they can only say "sorry" Yes, a dead fellow Taoist will never die a poor Taoist.

After Lao Xiong left, Tiezi couldn't wait to sit down in the editor-in-chief Xu Yanzhi's seat and start re-reading the short story "Magi's Gift". He really wanted to take a good look at the magic power hidden in this short story. After letting the editor-in-chief read it, he didn't even care about his work.

More than 3000 words, very short.

In the process of reading the novel, Tie Zi didn't have any special reaction, just like Gu Jing's calm state when they were reviewing manuscripts on weekdays.

But when he saw the end of this novel, Tie Zi suddenly couldn't help covering his temples on both sides of his forehead with his big palms, and let out a bitter and low-pitched wail:

"Damn!"

After reading the entire content, he now fully understands the anomaly of the editor-in-chief. Good writing has the magic power to influence others, which is quite scary. People who have had similar experiences will always look at other people's stories and flow their own stories. tears, especially in the face of the emotionally explosive ending of the novel!

"Tiezi, what's wrong with you?"

The old bear who came back looked at Tiezi who was slumped on the chair as if he had lost his soul, and couldn't help but worry.

Tie Zi sat paralyzed in Xu Yanzhi's original position: "Before the boss left, he also said that we should discuss cooperation matters with Mr. Li Chungang... How can we continue to talk after I read such a novel."

Chapter 425 Doubling

That's right, although the editor-in-chief Xu Yanzhi told the two to be in charge of discussing cooperation matters before leaving, Tie Zi dared not make an offer!

He has been working in People's Publishing House for ten years, and he has been the review editor of "Literature" magazine for five or six years. He has read countless excellent short stories, including works by famous predecessors. This article is also one of the top short stories in his five or six years of reviewing work. Of course, this may just be the opinion of those who have read this short story. After all, everyone's evaluation and views on literary works are very different.

But there is one thing that Tiezi firmly believes——

It is difficult for anyone who reads "The Gift of the Magi" to give even a bad comment, because this story is so warm and touching, especially the ending of the story is unexpected, Aftertaste, I feel that all this is reasonable.

Those who have read the short story "The Necklace" may not be too surprised.

Because the two short stories have one thing in common, which is to present the most exciting part of the story at the end!

But after thinking about it for a long time, there is no doubt about one point:

The Seven Star Literature Cup begins with the audition, and it needs to go through two schedules: the preliminary round and the final round. In other words, in addition to the two short stories known as "The Necklace" and "Magi's Gift", which must be won, it also includes the next final round. The one short story that comes out is also not to be missed.

"Why don't we make a special topic of short stories in the next issue of "Literature", and then display all three works of Mr. Li Chungang together!"

As soon as this idea came to mind, it took root in Tie Zi's mind and couldn't get rid of it, just like himself, as if if "Literature" magazine didn't do this, it would be an unprecedented loss.But now that the editor-in-chief Xu Yanzhi is gone, he can't make up his own mind, so he can only wait for a while for the old bear to come back and discuss it to see if this is feasible.

……

"Editor-in-chief Xu went home temporarily due to some personal reasons, but before he left, he told me and Lao Xiong to take charge of the magazine's affairs, but I personally think it's inappropriate for us to be in charge, Thinking about it backwards, let’s end up with a democracy.”

"What does democracy mean?"

"Everyone vote! As long as the people in our "Literature" magazine have the right to one vote, and the minority obeys the majority in the end, what do you think?"

"can!"

"no problem!"

"Just do it."

"It's ok, but it's a bit troublesome. In fact, it's okay for the two of you, Lao Xiong and Tie Zi, to take care of it. After all, you are both 'old men' in literature. The editor-in-chief trusts you to entrust the work to you. Responsible."

"..."

Not everyone is very enthusiastic about fighting for power and profit, at least most of the people in their literary magazine group belong to the more "Buddhist" kind, and most of them are in the situation of neither fighting nor grabbing.But if you think about it, you can be relieved. Although "Literature" is the most authoritative literary magazine in China, it is hard to change the difficulty of its narrow readership. At present, none of the editors in the group is under 40 years old, and there are still many editors. The people here either really love traditional literature, or they don't have much idea of ​​where to work, so they are preparing for retirement.

As for those who are self-motivated and enterprising...

It has long been transferred to other groups of the People's Publishing House. For example, the publication of Li Chungang's "Medical Skills Wushuang" was handed over to the People's Publishing House. There is more or less the influence of the state's "support" behind it, otherwise Their People's Publishing House has always only published traditional literature, some authoritative books and educational materials, etc., and it is absolutely impossible to publish an online novel.

In the final analysis, it is not to promote the spirit of "the benevolence of doctors"!

"It's a bit far-fetched... Next, let's talk about Mr. Li Chungang's two short stories and a short story with a high probability of follow-up. Should the three in total be gathered together for a special issue of "Literature" short stories? All votes, those who agree with it raise their hands, those who disagree do not raise their hands."

shhhhh--

I have to say that Tiezi's idea is really a rare good idea, especially since their "Literature" hasn't changed much in a year or two, and each issue publishes some high-quality articles after reviewing the manuscripts according to the rules. There are many kinds of works, such as poems and songs, long and short stories, and prose... as long as they catch the editor's eyes, they can be published smoothly.

In the blink of an eye, more than half of the people raised their hands, and after a while, most of them have raised their hands.

The remaining ones who don’t raise their hands don’t mean they don’t agree with Tie Zi’s suggestion, but that it’s better to have one thing more than one thing less. They don’t want to find opinions on this kind of thing, and do their own things honestly, so that they can retire with peace of mind. On the day of retirement, no matter what happens when I retire!

"Then it's decided!"

Tiezi was also relieved to see that his opinion was approved by so many people. Now that everyone agrees, the next thing will be easy to handle.

First of all, there is no doubt that it is necessary to report to the editor-in-chief Xu Yanzhi, both public and private.

It’s just that before Tiezi called Xu Yanzhi, he was full of joy and expected to get the approval of the other party, but in the end all he got was "I know, I will do as you say", which is one word away from ten words in both hands. I knew how perfunctory Xu Yanzhi was after listening to it.

Editor-in-chief Xu Yanzhi suddenly changed so much that the old Xiong and Tie Zi, who had been with him for five or six years, couldn't believe it.

Putting everything aside, Tie Zi took a deep breath, called Li Chungang according to the contact information left by the editor-in-chief, and expressed his thoughts directly after the call was connected:

"Hello, Teacher Li Chungang, I am Tie Zi, the review editor of "Literature" magazine. It is a great honor for us to be the first readers of this novel "Magi's Gift". Twelve thousand words to buy your two short stories "The Necklace" and "The Gift of the Magi". Of course, we offer this price does not mean that the value of your work is twelve thousand words, but like us There is generally an upper limit to the manuscript fee that a magazine group affiliated to People's Publishing House can apply for..."

"Twelve thousand characters?"

The first quotation was only [-] words per thousand words, and the price more than doubled after a day. This is not easy for a traditional literary magazine with a red background. Li Chungang agreed after careful consideration. Yes, after all, the other party only provided a channel to publish a few of his short stories, and he didn't want to sell the copyright of his novels to the other party, so he was not too harsh on the price.

Chapter 426 Super Double

In the following days, Li Chungang finally had nothing to do, and he was able to enjoy a few days of comfortable life.

Naturally, the daily coding work that should be completed cannot be less, and sometimes even a little more can be saved when there is no class, which can be reflected in the increasing number of saved manuscripts.In addition, whenever he is in a good mood, or on a whim, he will continue to sort out the content of "Dragon Race I: Dawn of Fire" from where he left off last time.

It's not a complicated job, but it's a bit time-consuming!

It is necessary to "find mistakes" word by word, just like a method of "catching bugs" that programmers like to use when programming to retrieve some content from certain places. Li Chungang's work at this time is very similar to giving "Dragon Race Ⅰ Dawn of Fire" catches bugs, finds errors and BUGs and corrects them.

The cooperation with the "Literature" magazine was far smoother than expected. The other editor Tie Zi deliberately went to Tsinghua University College to find Li Chungang in front of a large crowd, and took out the contract that the two parties had negotiated on the phone on the spot. Come out and sign for him.

It is very rare for Tsinghua University to have a publishing house come to sign a contract.

Coupled with Li Chungang, a well-known celebrity at Tsinghua University, and Tiezi People's Publishing House's "Literature" magazine review editor, this very important status bonus, made the original extraordinary things suddenly inflamed, not only It quickly spread throughout the Faculty of Letters, and even the entire school.

Originally, the holding of the Seven-Star Literature Cup made the students of the entire campus more or less focus on their liberal arts college, especially "Li Chungang", who was once hailed as the number one scholar in the liberal arts who had descended from the world of literary music, freshman The reason for keeping a low profile throughout the school year is to lay a solid foundation for familiarity with the environment and studies, but now that I am a sophomore, and it coincides with the Seven Star Literature Cup being held, I can't help but get the attention of other students.

"Mr. Li Chungang, if you guessed correctly, this "Maggie's Gift" is the work you plan to use for the preliminary stage of the Seven Star Literature Cup, right?"

"Yes."

Li Chungang nodded in response. This is not something that needs to be concealed. Firstly, he believes in the integrity of the "Literature" magazine, and the other party will not turn around and reveal his works to others; secondly, he has enough confidence , even if the other party really leaked or published "Maggie's Gift", I still have a lot of excellent short stories on hand, not to mention the "mass" that has not been unlocked, there are still 2 novels on hand even if I have unlocked them before What about the rest.

At the beginning, I chose to unlock five short stories in one go, instead of the three that just satisfied the Seven Star Literature Cup, just in case something unexpected happened.

You should know that there is a clear one in the notices of the Qixing Literature Cup schedule: all contestants' entries must be unpublished short stories.That is to say, once "Literature" magazine publishes "Maggie's Gift" before the preliminary competition of the Seven Star Literature Cup, this short story will automatically lose the possibility of entering the competition. ask.

"Understood. Let me tell Mr. Li Chungang about our "Literature" magazine's plan..."

"Is there a special issue of short stories? It's not impossible."

"Thank you, Teacher Li Chungang, for your understanding!"

"Editor Tiezi, you are too polite. You are talking about a teacher...you are embarrassing to call me. Otherwise, you should just call me by my name." Classmates, and most of them are from their own colleges, they are a little bit sick from embarrassment.

It would be the same for anyone else. At the age of just 21, it is really not used to being yelled at by a teacher and you by a middle-aged man who looks at least 40 years old!

"There is a priority in hearing the truth, and those who have mastered it are teachers! I think it is only appropriate to call you a teacher with the two short stories "The Necklace" and "The Gift of the Magi". Even our editor-in-chief will do the same. "

"Okay, okay, as long as you like it."

Seeing that he couldn't resist the other party, Li Chungang didn't intend to continue persuading him. Anyway, it's just a title, and the business is still important: "If it is true that "Literature" plans to publish a special issue of short stories as you said, apart from "Necklace" In addition to "The Gift of the Magi" and the final works, I have two short stories that I can provide to you for publication..."

"Of course the price is still as negotiated before, [-] characters per thousand will do."

"real!?"

Hearing the words, Tie Zi felt overjoyed for a moment, wishing to rush up and hug him hard. According to his plan, it would be perfect if he could successfully win three high-quality short stories as the "finale" of the special issue. Unexpectedly, now Li Chungang said that in addition to the three original articles, there are two other short stories that can be handed over to them for publication in the "Literature" magazine.

You must know that because of the Seven Star Literature Cup, three of them can only be published in their "Literature" magazine after they have already appeared. In this way, it is somewhat suspected of "fried rice", and there is also a lack of such a special issue of short stories. Such a gimmick, but if the two unpublished short stories can be won, this will be completely reversed, and there will be something to say.

"Thank you very much, Teacher Li Chungang, so it's a deal!"

"Where is it, it's just a little effort."

"Of course we understand the rules. Before you win the Seven Star Literature Cup, teacher, we will not publish your work in advance."

"No, no, no, don't say that. Maybe there will be a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger this year. Don't dare to talk nonsense about winning the championship!" Winning the final championship, this is simply killing the world all at once, and I don't know how to continue.