Literary Master 1978

Lin Chaoyang was stunned for a moment before he realized that Contemporary was also owned by Renwen Press. This magazine, which was later known as one of the "Four Famous Actresses" in the literary journal world, was just launched this year.

"Old Li, it's not right for you to favor one over the other." Lin Chaoyang teased.

Li Shuguang shook his head and said helplessly: "People's Literature is ultimately led by the Literary Association. The Literary Association has decided to hand over its distribution rights to the Writers Publishing House starting next year, and it will have little to do with our Renwen Press in the future."

So that's it.

But this is not the focus of Lin Chaoyang's attention. "I want to give the novel to October, and it has nothing to do with People's Literature or Contemporary."

"October doesn't give you much in royalties." Li Shuguang said.

Seeing that Lin Chaoyang was unmoved, he advised again: "Chaoyang, I am also an old editor. I know the twists and turns of being an editor better than you. You are still young, so don't be fooled by some people. What they like most is to make you feel that you owe them a favor. In this way, when you have a manuscript in the future, you will be embarrassed not to think of them."

"I tell you, you must not think about the problem in this way. Writers write manuscripts, and editors review manuscripts. This is everyone's division of labor. You talk about favors with them, but they don't talk about favors with you. If your manuscript is not good, they will still reject it."

When Liu Xinwu came to ask for an article to diss Li Xiaolin, he was not very worldly, and he was an old hidden type.

Li Shuguang and he have a completely different style of play. He went straight to the bottom road when he came up, which can be said to be shameless.

If Lao Liu heard these words, he would probably want to fight him to death, but Li Shuguang's words were not completely nonsense.

As a writer, in the final analysis, it is still the work that speaks for itself. It is useless to have a good relationship with the editor, and vice versa.

Seeing Lin Chaoyang was silent, Li Shuguang did not persuade him anymore and said, "Well, go to the publishing house tomorrow and re-sign the contract. We'll talk about the manuscript later."

Lin Chaoyang nodded.

The next day, he took a special leave and came to Renwen Publishing House, signed a new contract, and immediately received a bill for the manuscript.

"The inventory of "Little Shoes" has been sold out these days. We need to print 100,000 copies this time. It's just right for you to come today and take the manuscript fee."

"Little Shoes sells so well?" Lin Chaoyang said unexpectedly.

"It's really good. The main reason is that you have a great appeal among the reader group. From "The Shepherd" to "Little Shoes" and then to "The Wreath under the Mountain", each work is not only highly praised, but also popular with readers. This is the most rare thing."

Li Shuguang has been in Renwen Publishing House for many years and has met too many writers. Many of them have written very good works and received very high reviews from critics, but when it comes to the sales of their works, it's hard to say. The publishing house may not even make back the manuscript fee. In fact, the publishing house is under great pressure to cooperate with such writers.

Lin Chaoyang's works have caused a wide impact since his debut, and this has been the case for several consecutive works. He has gradually established a good reputation and influence among readers.

In the future, as long as there are no accidents, publishers will not have to worry about losing money when cooperating with him.

"Are you still publishing your single volume of "The Wreath under the Mountain"?" Li Shuguang asked worriedly.

"I gave it to the Warrior Publishing House."

"Oh." Li Shuguang felt a little regretful, but he also understood this situation.

After receiving the manuscript fee, Li Shuguang sent Lin Chaoyang out. Before he reached the door of the building, he saw a middle-aged man with a kind face standing at the door.

As soon as he saw Li Shuguang and Lin Chaoyang, he came forward and extended his hand enthusiastically, "This is Comrade Chaoyang, right? Oh, he is indeed young and promising, young and promising."

The enthusiasm of the middle-aged man made Lin Chaoyang confused, and Li Shuguang introduced: "This is Zhu Changsheng, the editor of "Contemporary".

Lin Chaoyang looked at Li Shuguang meaningfully, saying that he would never believe that the two had not communicated in advance.

Li Shuguang looked calm in the face of his eyes, and he looked like a veteran who had been through many battles.

After a glance, Lin Chaoyang could no longer care about Li Shuguang. Zhu Changsheng was a little too enthusiastic and had to drag him to the editorial office of "Contemporary" to sit down.

Lin Chaoyang was dragged to the editorial office of "Contemporary" in the back building of Renwen Press without knowing what was going on. At that time, "Contemporary" had just been established for half a year, and there were not many staff, but almost all of them were elites of Renwen Press.

Compared with "People's Literature", the adopted girl, Renwen Press's support for "Contemporary" can be said to be unsparing.

A few months before each issue is published, the editor-in-chief Wei Junyi will hold a pre-editing meeting, and all deputy editors-in-chief, editorial directors, and editorial group leaders of Renwen Press will participate and report what manuscripts they are ready to provide. It can be said that the whole society is working hard to run "Contemporary".

Of course, Renwen Press's attention to "Contemporary" has also received rich rewards. In July this year, the first issue of "Contemporary" was launched and 70,000 copies of the magazine were sold out.

By the second issue, sales had reached 110,000 copies, and the supply was in short supply.

At this rate, it would take less than a year for Contemporary to become a heavyweight literary magazine with national influence.

Contemporary is now a quarterly magazine, and it has shown its potential to become a famous magazine after only two issues, but the editorial department is still under great pressure.

It is no exaggeration to say that Renwen Press is the highest temple of Chinese literature. If the whole society fails to run a magazine, wouldn’t it be a joke?

But Contemporary cannot always rely on Renwen Press for blood transfusions. After this stage, it must be independent, so the editorial department is eager for external manuscripts at this stage.

Zhu Changsheng pulled Lin Chaoyang into the office and was immediately warmly welcomed by the editors. Everyone even put down their work and a group of people chatted with him alone.

"I can't believe that Comrade Chaoyang is so young."

"The novel "The Wrangler" is really well written. I was very impressed when I read it. It can be called the pinnacle of scar literature."

"I particularly like your "Little Shoes". It is fresh and timeless, unconventional, like a clear spring in summer."

"I think "Garland Under the Mountain" is the embodiment of Comrade Chaoyang's creative strength. The emergence of this novel can be said to have broken the conventional creation mode of military-themed novels and is quite groundbreaking."

…

Lin Chaoyang vaguely remembered that he had a pleasant conversation with the editors of "Contemporary", but he didn't know when he had already left the editorial department, followed by a tail.

"Chaoyang, let's go!" Zhu Changsheng urged.

"Where to go?" Lin Chaoyang asked blankly.

"Get the manuscript!"

Get a manuscript?

Oh, by the way, he just agreed to give the newly written novel to "Contemporary".

Eh? How did I agree at that time?

The only thing that Lin Chaoyang remembered was that he was intoxicated by the editors' showers of praise. What everyone said was so nice!

Lao Liu, I'm sorry!

Lin Chaoyang took Zhu Changsheng back home and got the manuscript. Zhu Changsheng was overjoyed.

"Chaoyang, I'll take the manuscript back first, and I'll give you feedback as soon as possible."

Zhu Changsheng confessed and was about to leave, but he happened to bump into Tao Yucheng who was returning home from get off work.

After Zhu Changsheng left, Tao Yucheng asked: "That comrade is..."

"The editor of "Contemporary" is here to pick up the manuscript."

Tao Yucheng said in surprise: "You have written a new novel again?"

"Well, I just finished writing."

"Short story?"

"No, long story."

Tao Yucheng was dumbfounded when he heard this. He remembered that Lin Chaoyang was busy writing the script and rehearsing for "The First Floor in the World" two months ago. How could he write a novel in less than two months?

After the shock, Tao Yucheng said to Lin Chaoyang: "Chaoyang, I have a friend who wants to visit you."

"Who?"

"Li Tuo."

The name Li Tuo was familiar to Lin Chaoyang. He had heard this name when chatting with Chen Jiangong, and had also heard it from the editors of "Yanjing Literature and Art" and "October".

He was a worker at the Yanjing Heavy Machinery Factory in his early years. He began publishing novels in 1975. This year he just won the first National Outstanding Short Story Award for his short story "Wish You Hear This Song" and was transferred to the Yanjing Literary and Art Association to become a Writer-in-residence.

According to rumors, Li Tuo is very smart, very warm to others, and very charming. He is very popular in the literary circles of Yanjing. He even has a good relationship with some underground poets who are not popular with the mainstream. He belongs to Yanjing. He is a very popular figure in the Beijing literary world.

Li Tuo's wife is Zhang Nuanxin, the director of Yanjing Film Studio, and his uncle works in the Chinese Theater Company, so it's not unusual to meet her.

"What's wrong with visiting? I heard my friends and editor mentioned him, otherwise I'll go see him with you tomorrow."

Lin Chaoyang took the initiative to meet Li Tuo, which gave Tao Yucheng a lot of face. "It's okay. Let's go to Xiaoxi Tian'er after get off work tomorrow. You two know each other. He is a good person."

"good."

The two decided to go find Li Tuo together tomorrow. Lin Chaoyang returned to the room and handed Tao Yushu the manuscript fee he had received from the Humanities Club today.

She looked surprised and asked, "What kind of money is this?"

Lin Chaoyang told her about today's situation, and she looked surprised.

The royalties for the printing of "Little Shoes" were not much, only eighty dollars and zeros, but this symbolized a good sign. As long as "Little Shoes" was still selling, Lin Chaoyang could always have income and a steady flow of money.

During this period, Tao Yushu received three royalties in a row, which made Tao Yushu more and more confident in buying a house.

The next day, Lin Chaoyang left work and headed to Xiaoxitian, where the Yanjing Film Institute and the China Film Archive are located.

Li Tuo's family lived in a bungalow behind a small alley next to the film school. Tao Yucheng seemed to be very familiar with Li Tuo. When he came to his house, he opened the door and walked in politely, shouting: "Li Tuo, Look who I brought to you?"

There are two rooms in Li Tuo's house, one serves as the living room, kitchen and dining room, and the other serves as the bedroom for him and Zhang Nuanxin.

When the two entered, Li Tuo and Zhang Nuanxin were cooking. Li Tuo was extremely happy to see Tao Yucheng arriving with Lin Chaoyang.

"Comrade Chaoyang, nice to meet you!"

After exchanging pleasantries, Li Tuo introduced another guest who was visiting their home to Lin Chaoyang, Zhu Wei, the youth editor of "China Youth".

Zhu Wei came to visit today because of his reputation. It was also the first time he met Li Tuo. Li Tuo and his wife were about to cook for Zhu Wei.

Seeing Tao Yucheng coming with Lin Chaoyang, Li Tuo quickly asked his wife Zhang Nuanxin to go out to buy some food.

Tao Yucheng said unceremoniously: "I'll just take a look at these few dishes. Just buy some steamed buns and bring them back."

While Zhang Nuanxin went out to buy steamed buns, they chatted for a while.

Li Tuo wanted to get to know Lin Chaoyang because he recently watched "The First Floor in the World" which was published in "October".

"I used to read "The Wrangler" and "Little Shoes", and I thought Xu Lingjun's novel was really good. It was different from many Chinese writers who were bitter and resentful.

But what surprised me the most was "The First Floor in the World". Your script is full of color, fragrance and taste. It's beautiful, so beautiful! "

As soon as Li Tuo sat down, he praised Lin Chaoyang. Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "I'm just playing for fun. I was just helping my lover and his friends put on a student drama."

"It's not easy for you to play tricks, you have stunned our Yanjing drama community!" Li Tuo laughed.

Zhu Wei on the side kept looking at Lin Chaoyang with curious eyes while the two were talking. From last year to this year, the three words Xu Lingjun were like a whirlwind blowing through the Chinese literary world.

What was in front of him today was the man behind this pen name.

He also writes novels and scripts, but Zhu Wei feels that the standard of Lin Chaoyang's works is much higher than that of Li Tuo.

Of course, he couldn't say this directly.

Li Tuo was chatting with Lin Chaoyang and mentioned that he and his wife Zhang Nuanxin's movie script "Fly, Sand Ou" was submitted to "October" and it is expected to be published in the next two months.

This year is the first year of the Chinese women's volleyball team's craze. The Chinese women's volleyball team will go to Hong Kong for the first time in September to participate in the Asian Championships.

Facing the host, the Japanese women's volleyball team, the former Asian world champion, they finally defeated the Japanese women's volleyball team 3-1, achieving the first huge victory in Lang Ping's sports career, and immersing the whole people in the spiritual carnival of the women's volleyball team finally defeating Japan.

The script of "Fly, Seagull" tells the story of the women's volleyball team, and the story itself is of course fictional.

Li Tuo is more interested in movies than writing novels, maybe because of his wife Zhang Nuanxin.

This year, he also co-wrote an article "On the Modernization of Film Language" with Zhang Nuanxin, proposing the concepts of "changing film language" and "getting rid of drama and becoming more cinematic", which has caused considerable influence in the domestic film industry. .

Li Tuo kept chatting about movies. Lin Chaoyang didn't know much about film creation and spent most of his time listening. On the other hand, Tao Yucheng and Li Tuo had a great time chatting.

When Zhang Nuanxin came back from buying the steamed buns, everyone was chatting while eating. Li Tuo found that his topic had left the guests out in the cold, so he changed the topic to literature again.

"Has Chaoyang written anything new recently?"

"I just finished writing a novel and submitted it to "Contemporary"," Lin Chaoyang said.

Li Tuo asked curiously: "What story is the novel about? Is it still continuing your previous style?"