genius editor

Tian Tian never thought that Wu Lan would be a man.

Tian Tian is 22 years old this year. He has just graduated from university. After taking his graduation photos, he hurriedly got on the high-speed train bound for City B and came to Jingyu to go through the entry procedures.This had nothing to do with being anxious to get a job, it was purely because he wanted to see Wu Lan. The idea of ​​"go to City B to meet Wu Lan" has been lingering in his mind for eight years.It instructed Tian Tian to choose the Department of Chinese without hesitation when filling out the volunteers in the college entrance examination, and it also instructed Tian Tian to become a Beipiao ethnic group fearlessly as soon as he graduated.

If you want to ask Tian Tian how he met Wu Lan, it's a bad relationship.

When Tian Tian was in junior high school, it was the peak period of paper media, and all kinds of magazines were displayed on the newsstand, ranging from military and military to history, from comics to novels.The most popular periodical at that time was the monthly fiction magazine for young people-"Xin Hua". How popular is "New Painting"?On the 15th of every month, the day when "New Painting" is released, there can be long queues outside the newsstand.If anyone grabs a copy quickly, the whole class will want to read it. In the next few weeks, someone will help with cleaning, not to mention how face-saving it is.

Tian Tian was not good at reading at that time, but he was more active in reading idle books than anyone else.In the first issue of the magazine, I finished chasing the series of Xuan Yuan and Ten Continents and Three Seas, and even filled out the reader survey form and sent it back. It was more serious than writing homework.

Heaven pays off, one day, Tian Tian actually expects a letter from chief choreographer Lan.It was a new column planned by the editorial department. On the second anniversary of the publication, the editor-in-chief was asked to choose a small reader to interact with.

Every month, 120 million copies of "Xin Hua" are shipped from City B to all parts of the country; each "Xin Hua" needs to flow through the hands of 50 people in each class.Among the 6000 million viewers, an inconspicuous man received a letter from the person who made "New Painting".

Tian Tian still remembers that summer, he took out the pink polka-dot letter paper from the envelope, the beautiful cursive script on it, every word seemed to be shining.

Adolescents of fourteen or fifteen are the most pretentious animals in the world, and they need only a little encouragement to fall in love secretly.At that moment, Tian Tian fell in love for the first time.From then on, he was no longer satisfied with filling out the reader survey form with one question and one answer, as one of the 6000 million young readers; he began to regard himself as Wu Lan's confidant, and wrote letters to her by name.In just a few weeks, he grew rapidly from a boy who failed in Chinese to a man who could write poetry.Although one or two years later, he reluctantly admitted that the gap between him and Li Bai needed to be reincarnated to bridge the gap, but this is not the point, the point is that he always has to write something to Wu Lan.

Wu Lan never thought that her inadvertent feedback would provoke such a strong-willed man, so that she would send her diary, weekly diary, reading notes and bad poems to herself every month.Tian Tian's perseverance was not reciprocated at first, because it seemed too much like harassment; but scientific research has shown that spending [-] hours on any matter will eventually succeed-shortly after, Wu Lan, out of shame, became his pen pal.It's as if someone is tirelessly sending you hello on WeChat, and one day you will send him an emoji, after all, the postal era has not dragged it out.

Many things often have a nonsense beginning, but a fairytale ending.

Their correspondence lasted for eight years.

From the beginning, Wu Lan was a forced pen pal, and later she enjoyed sharing her life with Tian Tian, ​​and finally became a habit.Although life is always so fucked up, it is really a blessing to have someone to talk to, and someone who can enjoy poetry, wine and tea.

So they cited each other as confidants.

Then eight years later, he asked the HR department in the recruitment process—the editorial department wanted Tian Tian!The editorial department wants it!

The innocent Tian Tian naturally didn't know about these shady deals in the workplace, he just walked into the gate of Jingyu, raised his chest in the elevator, wiped his hair, straightened his shirt, Like a groom who is about to set off to greet his relatives.

The elevator door opened with a ding, and there was a somewhat dark cubicle in front of me. Sunlight shone in through the windows, and the place illuminated by the beam of light was dusty.All that can be seen is either books or paper; one box of magazines on the left and the other box on the right are left unattended, obstructing traffic;Although Tian Tian was immersed in his sweet secret love, he still couldn't help feeling a little worry from the bottom of his heart. No matter how he looked at it, he was going to go bankrupt.Speaking of which, he hasn't bought "New Painting" for a long time...

"Are you new here?" A handsome man poked his head out from the cubicle, holding a tray in one hand and coffee in the other, and seemed to be drinking English afternoon tea at nine o'clock in the morning.His handsomeness is very approachable, and he is well aware of his own advantages, and his smile is as gentle as possible, so that the moment he saw him, the entire editorial department brightened Tian Tian's eyes, making him instantly alert up.This kind of beautiful man who smiles harmlessly to humans and animals works beside Wu Lan... No, he has to trust Wu Lan, he can't be a man with a small belly.

"The editor's studio is over there." The handsome man pointed to the end of the corridor.

"Oh, thanks."

Passing the tea room, Tian Tian bumped into a man wearing a sports vest and tight shorts, who was doing squats with a box of A4 paper in one hand.

"One, two, three, four... Good morning!" He said energetically, "New here? Follow me every day for exercise!"

Tian Tian: "...?"

Although it's summer, it's okay to wear shorts and short sleeves, but he comes to work in a full set of fitness equipment... But his figure does look like a fitness instructor.Isn't he just a fitness trainer?So why is there a fitness trainer in the editorial department? !

Tian Tian was thinking about the fitness coach, and forgot to arrange her hair outside the French window of Wu Lan's office.

Soon, he found that he didn't need to fix his hair either.

Because, sitting in the editor's office...

It's a man.

Tian Tian never thought that Wu Lan might be a man.

Her handwriting is so delicate, her writing is so mournful, her thoughts are as delicate as a strand of hair, and she often worries about little things in the middle of the night.And the man in front of him didn't look like a hesitant person.He sat calmly on the boss chair behind the desk. When Tian Tian pushed the door open, he only peeked out one eye from the edge of the newspaper. Data list.The man's perfunctory body language showed that although he could deal with the thing that came through the door casually, he obviously had no interest in showing it.

This thing is Tian Tian.

Tian Tian was enraged.He is a rookie who has just left school and knows little about society, so he values ​​his self-esteem more than anything else.If there's anything worse than "Wu Lan is a man" it has to be "Wu Lan is a man and he's not interested in me".

"I'm the new editor."

The man didn't even bother to peek from the edge of the newspaper this time: "Oh."

Tian Tian threw his backpack on the table and was shocked when he sat down: "I came to Jingyu for you, do you have anything to say to me?"

The man finally looked at him now, with both surprise and pity in his eyes.He slowly put down the newspaper, carefully folded it in half, and then put his hands on top of it: "The new editor...do you understand the editorial work?"

Of course what Tian Tian wanted to hear was not work issues, he came to talk about personal issues, but the sudden work issue reminded him - now he and Wu Lan are in a superior-subordinate relationship.His mood quickly changed from rage to guilty conscience, and he tried to recall the bits and pieces that Wu Lan mentioned in the past letters: "At ordinary times, you should actively accept and remind the manuscript; after the manuscript is received, review the manuscript and notify the author to reject it." Or accept; complete the proofreading of the magazine manuscript, assist the editor and typesetting; if it is a booklet, plan the topic selection, supervise the author's creation, and send the author to the publishing house for review, get the book number, and finally send it to the printing house for printing. "

The man nodded frequently, and had a general understanding of his ignorance.After he could no longer utter a word, the man said simply and rudely: "The editor's job is to find a good author and fuck him."

Tian Tian: "...?"

"It's not an easy job. In ordinary jobs, if you work hard, you will gain something, but this is completely unworkable in the editing industry. Editing is a subsidiary job that needs to be attached to the author. Editing itself does not create value. It’s the author who creates value. It’s like a housewife counting on her husband who comes out early and stays late. No matter how well you do housework, the life you can live depends entirely on how well he performs in the company, which is out of your control What kind of author an editor meets is the same as what kind of husband a woman chooses. It is essentially a gamble. Success depends on one's fate, two luck, three Fengshui, four accumulation of Yin virtues and five books. Paying noble people is ten health preservation. So this work is a kind of metaphysics to some extent.

"Since it is a subsidiary job, it is difficult for you to gain both fame and fortune in this industry. You have heard of countless great writers throughout the ages, but have you ever heard of their editors? No. No one cares about editors. No matter how good a book you make, it is impossible to be famous for thousands of years, because only the author's name is printed on the spine. As for making a fortune, it is even more difficult. There are tens of thousands of people who write books, how many of them can maintain their families and not starve to death? If you are lucky enough to meet one or two talented people, what are the chances that they will be able to persist until they become popular? At that time, they will eat meat and you will drink soup, so it will not be considered a profitable business.

"Besides, serving the author is the most troublesome thing in the world. What a villain or a woman is difficult to raise. Compared with the literati, it is nothing. The literati are always pretentious and arrogant. When they are penniless, they feel I live so hard because you are too incompetent; when they become successful, the credit will be theirs again. You try your best to make them popular and take a penny from them, and they think you want too much A lot. There are many people who kicked the editor away after being famous. They speak righteously in their books. Don’t be too white-eyed when you drop the pen. You want to be a father and bring him up, but you want to be with your grandson smiling face, and finally the end of the next wife, this is the miserable life of an editor."

Tian Tian was dumbfounded and trembling.He's only on his first day at work, and his future has been wiped out—God knows he just wanted to talk about his personal problems.This very meaningful entry guidance successfully made him reflect on why he wanted to enter the job.After experiencing a period of bewilderment, he said stubbornly and angrily: "Okay, but I still want to try to make a book like "Denyan Xiao" and praise an author like Xuanyuan Dashen."

There was a clear smile on the corner of the man's mouth: "Then do it well. Maybe one day you will train a Nobel Prize winner for literature." He said so lightly, and picked up the newspaper again, making people This consolation seemed all the more implausible and insignificant.

At this moment, there was a wailing sound outside the door: "What did you say?! Something happened to the editor-in-chief?!" Then there was a panic.Half a minute later, the handsome man pushed the door open and entered, "You guys sit here for a while, Brother Liehuo and I are going to the hospital, something happened to the editor..."

"Together." The man frowned and left his position.

Tian Tian didn't know which news was more exciting for a while: "The editor-in-chief is hospitalized? Then who are you?"

The man gave a condescending look: "I'm new here too, and it's my first day at work today."

Tian Tian: "..."

The author has something to say: [Small editorial knowledge class: What do editors do every day? 】

Print media editors want to select topics, plan, find manuscripts, read manuscripts, edit and design, proofread, publish films, write publicity cases, do book pre-sales, sales and after-sales maintenance.

Online editing is to dig out author resources, maintain author relationships, sign contracts with potential authors, discover better works, and regularly plan topic selection, etc.

There is no one of the most important tasks: press release.