Writer saves the world

Business matters are always discussed last.

The more important the occasion the more so.Fitzgerald was not at all in a hurry to discuss business with Erye Tingming. Before that, he arranged for him a two-day tour of New York that was more thoughtful than a travel agency. Projects, eating and playing with each other will bring the relationship closer, and it will be easier to discuss when it comes to interests.

Although the war had just ended, the art world in New York seemed particularly vibrant. From the graffiti on the walls to the new books in the bookstore, the seeds of literature and art were tentatively sprouting on the barren battlefield.

War is often the fuse/fuse of rapid changes in people's thinking. The violent storm has aroused a raging tide that will wash away the old ideas in the past. The old art ideas can no longer comfort the devastated world after the war, so like everything else , Art is also driven by the times to change into a new look.

Represented by the works of the traitors, "Zhengming" has undoubtedly become the protagonist of this literary trend of thought. Since the beginning of the literary field, it has led the artistic style that was originally superficial or blindly retro to a deeper and diverse perspective—reflecting on war, exploring Human nature, observing the society, and the tender seedlings that germinated in thinking grow upwards depending on the mature works in "Contentation", to test the sunshine and rain at higher places.

Erye Tingming's most intuitive feeling about this is that his vegetable garden has become more suitable for cultivation.The beets cultivated hard bear the first batch of fruits, which are not very tasty, but more seeds fall in the soil. The sun and rain become abundant and suitable, and those fragile seeds take root as soon as they hit the ground, and everything is thriving scene.

This is undoubtedly a wonderful season for all things to grow.

When Erye Tingming sat in the most influential literary salon in New York, he heard familiar terms such as "naturalism" and "realism" appear in the topic, and saw several familiar names among the creators, Even if he is not a full-time writer but just a literary lover because of his interest, he is so satisfied that he can't help but want to smile.

I seem to be on the verge of success.

He whispered this to the world consciousness.

【you shut up. 】

The world consciousness replied in this way, even he thought Erye Tingming did a good job. With the improvement of the literary environment, the originally shaky world line has stabilized a lot, but the well-informed and experienced world consciousness is clear, especially at this time. The more you can't stand fg, or you may be slapped in the face every minute.

Otherwise, you can see that He was both the Government of Time and the Imperial Library back then, and the tactics of the sea of ​​people overwhelmed the time-traveling army and the eroders, and he was also attacked by the villains, and the collapse was so fast that even He Too late to save.

I can't talk too much about this matter, if I talk too much about the world consciousness, I will feel like whining again.

Erye Tingming was rarely unilaterally silenced by World Consciousness, so he could only sigh helplessly to take care of the PTSD of his immediate boss—after the collapse of the World Line, it is equivalent to restarting the entire line, only World Consciousness itself has kept a complete historical record , Tingming Erye still had no self-conscious literary concept at that time, no matter how hard he tried to recall, there was only overwhelming hunger and emptiness left.

No, he doesn't even need to deliberately recall, the remains after the collapse of the world are hidden in the void of his true self, like a piece of solid ice that will never melt in his arms, and he can feel the huge coldness all the time Dead silence seeped into his body.

Don't think too much about this matter, Erye Tingming will feel even more hungry if he thinks too much.

Ellen Poe, who handed food to Erye Tingming at this time of hunger and cold, was like stepping on colorful auspicious clouds, and Erye Tingming's eyes shone with dazzling light. My lord.

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As expected of Edgar Allan Poe!

Ellen Poe was very embarrassed by Erye Tingming's undisguised enthusiasm. The most feared person in society is Erye Tingming, who can't read people's hearts and always wants to come over to post with you.

If the other party is a repulsive and disgusting guy, Poe can put on a straight face and make a mean and unfavorable look to drive people away-just pull the corner of his mouth down again , the gloomy eyes that were already hidden behind the hair stared a little more fiercely, and with a few sharp speeches that hit the nail on the head, no matter how difficult the guy was, he would stay away from him.

In fact, Poe was surprisingly good at this kind of thing, and it was only because of this ability that he did not become a poor creature at the bottom of the social circle.Yes, as long as he lowered his face and sprayed out the harsh venom that he had prepared in his heart...

"Huh?" Erye Tingming tilted his head, looked at Poe who opened his mouth but stopped talking, and blinked lightly at him twice.

——There are still some hazy afterimages like mist in those eyes, refracting happiness and contentment in Poe's sight, sticky and sweet brilliance like honey, which makes Poe suddenly stuck Mouth-like unable to utter any harsh words, he could only watch his own figure lost in the mist of those eyes, as if he had fallen into a dream.

"I-I mean," stammered Poe, "that you like me, and I... I'm really glad."

Writing is the condition for his supernatural ability to activate. For a long time, the direction of his training and efforts is also the side of his supernatural ability.He devoted himself to writing more incomprehensible tricks and setting up more treacherous mechanisms. People only looked at the mice who were trapped in his trap and could not escape, but this was the first time someone praised his stories like this.

Poe found himself feeling an unprecedented sense of accomplishment because of this, and without thinking, he agreed to Erye Tingming's request to continue writing, and even took the initiative to express his willingness to contribute to "Zhengming" for a long time.

Anyway, the family doesn't expect him to inherit the family business, and besides going to school, he has a lot of free time to squander.Part of the time Poe contributed to Fitzgerald as a part-time consultant for data analysis, and the other part of the time could be used for writing.

Erye Tingming smiled slightly, "In this case, you won't have to worry about subscribing to the American version of "Contentation."

One of the contents of the cooperation he discussed with Fitzgerald was to separate the publication and operation of "Contending" in different languages.The current "Zhengming" is the same edition all over the world, publishing the same articles in different languages. The advantage is that the selection of manuscripts is easy to operate. It is only a matter of writing a few lines on the "book", but compared with it, the disadvantages are more .

For example, due to the aesthetic differences brought about by cultural differences, no matter how convincing and elegant the translation is, it will eventually be less meaningful than the original version. For example, the published articles cannot keep up with the increasing number of high-quality manuscripts. Zhengming is definitely the top literary magazine in the world, and it is an absolute dream palace in the eyes of writers and poets.

Another example is to continue to operate in the current mode, Erye Tingming really feels sorry for the energy he has burned.

It was all the rations he had saved bit by bit to press the bottom of the box, and "Contending" would be emptied every time it came out, so he wouldn't have enough to eat if it went on like this.

Based on the above reasons, Erye Tingming readily accepted Fitzgerald's cooperation proposal, and he took care of his family and occasionally assisted other magazines in the transition from a small workshop that was full of pretense to a mature team to take over the operation. As a serious publishing media company, "Zhengming" has accordingly returned from a special case in wartime to the normal state that a literary magazine should have in peacetime.

It is not a good thing for the entire industry to achieve dominance by relying on "book" cheating. Only by reducing the excessive influence of "Zhengming" will there be competing products gradually emerging—literary magazines, websites, forums, social media... the Internet Times have so many possibilities.

With enough pages and enough demand for literary content, there will be more beets with potential who are willing to devote themselves to the literary career. .

Only when the top and bottom are taken into consideration can the industry ecology develop healthily.

Ellen Poe has already heard some cooperation-related news from Fitzgerald. Since Erye Tingming always likes to run to him, he was also entrusted by Fitzgerald to inquire about Erye Tingming's important task.

The cooperation negotiation this time was too smooth. No matter what Fitzgerald said, Erye Tingming had no objection. Even the issue of management rights that he listed at the beginning, which was to wait for Erye Tingming to counter the price, was only symbolically After a few disputes, Fitzgerald always felt that there was a pit in front of him while talking.

But Erye Tingming didn't have any bad intentions, he just wanted to quickly get rid of the "Zhengming" that had eaten up his food, and then lie down and enjoy the delicious fruits of ripe beets in the vegetable garden.

Everything that human beings care about has no practical meaning to the "book". No matter how much money and power and how long time passes, in the eyes of Erye Tingming, it is just a meteor, a dream that he experienced after a brief waking up.

The only thing he asked for was the copyright of the works of writers who did not belong to this world.

Erye Tingming agreed to open up the publication, translation, and possible future creation of those works, such as film and television, but all the copyright proceeds from this will be used to establish a foundation, and use this money to encourage and Support literary creation.

How to operate Erye Tingming will be left to Fitzgerald to consider. After discovering that Fitzgerald has no intention of writing and only wants to make money, his position in Erye Tingming's heart has plummeted. There is no guilt in pushing the cauldron over.

Fitzgerald was also happy to hold the initiative in his own hands. Erye Tingming's request just fit the little "little ideas" that had been floating around in his head these days. 》The status is elevated above the competing products of the same style that will be available in the future.

"What do you think of us having an award?" Fitzgerald suggested.

"The Zhengming Award, or——the Zhengming Literature Award."