1978 Synthetic Writers - Chapter 508: That day of involution, involution
1978 Synthetic Writers
Chapter 508: That day of involution, involutionChapter 508: The involution of that day, the involution
"The Story of the Editorial Department" is a TV series released in 92.
It's only almost 87 now, five years earlier than the original trajectory, so a lot of the content in the original film is no longer useful.
If "Seahorse" is asked to write it, what he writes will definitely be different from the original plot.
However, the overall plot lines are not much different:
"A publication called Human Guide is facing closure due to boring content. All the staff in the editorial department have different feelings:
Editor-in-chief Lao Chen felt overwhelmed and wanted to resign.
The two youngest editors, Li Dongbao and Ge Ling, planned to find other ways out.
Veteran editors Liu Shuyou and Niu Dajie each believe that they are the most suitable new editor-in-chief.
The middle-aged editor Yu Deli took the initiative and sat directly into the office of the editor-in-chief Lao Chen, calling himself "Editor-in-Chief Yu".
Li Dongbao and Ge Ling, who failed to find new jobs, also changed their minds. They broadened their thinking and came up with many specific ways to adjust the content of the publication.
The moment of decision has come. Who will become the new editor-in-chief? Can the "Human Guide" magazine be revived? Everyone has his own plans in mind. They all hope that they can become the editor-in-chief of the editorial department, and each of them will do their part and show their talents in the editorial department.
"
"Boss, wouldn't you like to take over a few episodes?" Wang Shuo asked at this time.
"Me?" Jiang Xian scratched his chin.
After hearing what Wang Shuo said, the others immediately became excited and joined in the fun.
"Yeah, you should make a few episodes too."
"Just set an example for us."
"A whole one."
".Then I'll take two episodes." Jiang Xian couldn't refuse the kindness, so he said helplessly, "You know, I have a lot of things to do. Two episodes is already the limit for me."
In fact, it is not impossible for him to write "The Story of the Editorial Department". The main reason why he wants to develop Haima is that he wants to quickly train the "Haima" team. In the future, "Haima" will be able to operate independently and he will no longer need to lead this area.
But now he was suddenly asked to write two episodes.
Then he was happy to give it a try.
See if I can create two new episodes based on the original episodes of "Editorial Stories".
Finally, Jiang Xian found Liu Zhenyun and asked him for the manuscript he had mentioned to him last time.
"This is it." Liu Zhenyun quickly took out a stack of manuscripts.
Jiang Xian took a quick look and saw two words written on the first line of the novel, which was obviously the title of the novel: "Ta Pu."
"What are you talking about?"
"The experience of a demobilized soldier returning to his hometown to review for the college entrance examination is probably a sad story of a rural youth preparing to take the college entrance examination in 78 in order to change his fate of poverty."
Liu Zhenyun said a few words and blushed, "Oh, actually, what I wrote is an experience of mine."
He is a demobilized soldier. After demobilization, he worked as a private teacher in a middle school in his hometown in Henan. He taught during the day and reviewed at night.
Finally, he was admitted to the Chinese Department of Peking University as the top scorer in the liberal arts in the college entrance examination of HEN Province.
“It’s not surprising that writers always start with their own experiences.”
Jiang Xian said: "I'll take it back and help you take a look and modify it. If it works, I'll let you know."
"to make."
Liu Zhenyun's eyes were full of anticipation and excitement.
He still drove for Xu Chenhui and completed the progress of [Substitute]. After returning home, Jiang Xian couldn't wait to read Liu Zhenyun's "Tower Shop".
This article "Tower Shop" was written on the green grid manuscript paper of the "Farmers' Daily". The handwriting is clean, clear, friendly and natural. Every page of paper is as neat as a "blackboard newspaper".
Jiang Xian knew the novel "Ta Pu", which was Liu Zhenyun's famous work. It won the National Excellent Short Story Award as soon as it was published.
As for the article "Tower Shop" in Jiang Xian's hand, in his opinion, the content is not much different from that of the later article.
Liu Zhenyun’s level as the top student in liberal arts in the Chinese Department is indeed not exaggerated.
And he worked for Farmers Daily for many years.
The literary quality is very rigorous, and there are basically no grammatical or sentence errors in this novel.
Of course, Liu Zhenyun himself said later that he had a cheat sheet on his trousers when he was taking the exam.
This is true, he said it himself.
But if you really take it seriously and really think that this is exactly what he said, then you have been fooled by Liu Zhenyun.
This guy has this kind of "cunning" character.
That's Peking University.
Let alone a cheat sheet, can you get into Peking University if I only give you this book? Can you get into the liberal arts manor?Just listen for fun, don't take it too seriously.
If he really takes it seriously, Liu Zhenyun will achieve his goal.
Everyone in the literary world knows who Liu Zhenyun is.
There is a famous joke in the literary world, which says that Wang Shuo once attended a writers' club with Liu Zhenyun.
On the first day, Liu Zhenyun slowly sat down next to Wang Shuo and flattered him: "Teacher Wang writes novels very well."
Wang Shuo waved his hand modestly: "No, no, I just wrote it down."
The next day, Liu Zhenyun praised: "Teacher Wang's writing is indeed good."
Wang Shuo was still humble and kept declining.
On the third day, Liu Zhenyun continued to praise.
This time, Wang Shuo finally couldn't stand the compliment and said, "Actually, I think my novel is pretty good."
Liu Zhenyun laughed and said to others, "You see, this is flattery. Most people can only handle it for three days at most."
This is really a disservice to others.
Jiang Xian couldn't help but complain at this moment.
"This kid is such a thief."
This "cunning" guy said that his writing was not good and that he was afraid that his work would not be published.
Actually?
The novel is already quite complete.
Getting published in a literary journal is definitely not difficult.
"Pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger?"
"It's interesting."
"Pretend to be cool with me, huh?"
"Waiting"
A few days later, Liu Zhenyun received a phone call and was called to the editorial office of People's Literature in the Federation of Literary and Art Circles building.
After finding out the place and getting on the elevator, Liu Zhenyun felt a lump in his throat.
"People's Literature" is undoubtedly the holy land that every writer dreams of.
And he actually had the honor of having the opportunity to publish his work for the first time in People's Literature.
"Liu Zhenyun, right? Editor-in-Chief Jiang is waiting for you." Liu Zhenyun was led by an editor to the office of Editor-in-Chief Jiang Xian.
When he entered the office, he saw the desk was piled with manuscripts. Jiang Xian was buried in the manuscripts and did not pay attention to the sound coming from the door until Zhang Dening called out.
"Editor-in-Chief Jiang, Liu Zhenyun is here."
That’s right, Zhang Dening.
This old editor of Jiang Xian had co-published many works with Jiang Xian. In recent years, she has also been doing very well in Beijing Literature. She succeeded Zhou Yanru as the head of the fiction group and editorial board member of Beijing Literature. The work ability of this beautiful editor, De Ning, is absolutely no problem.
Jiang Xian was thinking about her all the time.
As soon as he took office, he asked the Beijing Writers Association to transfer Zhang Dening. He just completed the procedures these days and seconded her to People's Literature.
Zhang Dening looked at Jiang Xian at this moment with mixed feelings.
Back then, Jiang Xian was just a small author under her, and he would call her Teacher Dening whenever he saw her.
Looking back now, that was truly the pinnacle moment of my life.
After all, when I see Jiang Xian now, I have to call him "Master" willingly, no, "Editor-in-Chief Jiang".
"Zhenyun, sit down." Zhang Dening called Jiang Xian out from the pile of manuscripts.
"No trouble, boss. Oh no, Editor-in-Chief Jiang, you go ahead and do your work first." Liu Zhenyun looked shy.
While he was nervous, he was also feeling emotional in his heart. As the head of the top publication "People's Literature", Jiang Xian, as the editor-in-chief, was extremely responsible.
At least this work attitude can't be faked.
Liu Zhenyun was excited.
Such people have truly created a new world for Chinese literature.
"Inspiration [Replacement] Progress +1, Current Progress (87/100)"
Jiang Xian showed joy when he heard the familiar prompt in his mind.
"Zhenyun, don't be so restrained."
He waved his hand, motioning Liu Zhenyun to sit on the chair, then personally poured Liu Zhenyun a glass of water and talked about Liu Zhenyun's manuscript.
“It’s a really good manuscript.”
Jiang Xian admired it with all his eyes, "In terms of literary talent, it not only describes objects and scenes with vivid shapes and spirits, and is as lifelike as a painting, but also expresses his thoughts and aspirations with profound emotions and reasoning, which is of high quality."
"Thank you for the compliment." Liu Zhenyun scratched his head.
Although he was being modest, Liu Zhenyun exuded a sense of confidence.
He didn't say it, but he was actually quite confident about his novel.
"The novel is well written overall, and there is basically no room for modification." Jiang Xian continued to affirm.
"Really?" Liu Zhenyun's tone was surprised, but the smile on his face never disappeared.
He still has confidence in his heart.
Perhaps his novels cannot surpass those of other writers in terms of ideology and literary quality, but when it comes to the rigor of the text, Liu Zhenyun feels that he has few rivals, and many editors who have worked for many years are not as good as him.
He is a graduate of the Chinese Department of Peking University. How could he be inferior to the native-born old writers and educated youth writers in this respect?
"Take the manuscript back and have a look at it first. I have annotated the parts that need revision for you."
"Thank you."
Liu Zhenyun took the manuscript of "Ta Pu" from Jiang Xian with a smile. After thanking Jiang Xian, he glanced at his manuscript.
The next second, he was stunned.
The originally clear and neat manuscript now looked like it was covered with black ants crawling between the green grids.
The entire manuscript is covered with dense handwriting of approval.
Liu Zhenyun was numb.
Is this still my manuscript?
Isn't it said that there is basically no place to modify?“Some areas still need more improvement.”
Jiang Xian looked at Liu Zhenyun's pale face, fearing that the young man could not withstand such an impact.
"Look, for example, here, I think if you change the words 'parents' and 'father' in the novel to 'adult' and 'father', it will be more in line with the atmosphere of local literature, and it will be more down-to-earth and in line with the context of creation. I remember that the background of your novel is your hometown in Henan. Well, with this change, isn't the novel more approachable and easy to understand?"
"Yeah," Liu Zhenyun agreed weakly.
While Jiang Xian was talking, he had already scanned the following pages.
The dense handwriting on it made him tremble with fear. Just from what he saw, the number of words in the annotations was almost more than the main text.
It's almost time for him to rewrite it.
Liu Zhenyun was almost crying.
Isn't it basically impossible to find any place to modify?What is going on now?"Zhenyun."
Jiang Xian spoke considerately at this time, "When you go back, you must revise it carefully according to my comments. As the saying goes, it is better to revise it once than to write it ten times. How many articles can be naturally perfect? Good manuscripts are all revised."
"I understand." Liu Zhenyun felt numb now.
As a Peking University student and an editor of the Farmers' Daily, Liu Zhenyun was not completely confident in the wording of his manuscript, but he was about 70% sure.
But now, the writing skills that he was so proud of have been met with devastating doubts.
If this person were any other editor, Liu Zhenyun would probably argue with him.
But this person happened to be Jiang Xian.
He is not only a well-known writer, but also a famous editor in the literary world.
Can't even say famous.
It is no exaggeration to say that he is the editor-in-chief of People's Literature and is the number one editor in the literary world.
In front of such a person, how could Liu Zhenyun have the nerve to show off his little literary skills?
Given their reviewing level, if they ask you to revise your manuscript, there is only one possibility, that is, there are problems with the manuscript, and ordinary editors cannot find where these problems are.
“A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise.”
The scope of this revision was no different from rewriting it. Liu Zhenyun kept comforting himself, but he couldn't help but question himself in his heart:Is writing a novel so difficult?As the two were chatting, Zhu Wei knocked on the door again and came in, "Editor-in-chief, Liu Yong is here."
"It's just right. We just finished talking. Please invite him in."
The next moment, a young man with a scholarly demeanor walked into the office, his face also full of excitement.
"Hello, Comrade Jiang Xian."
"Please sit down. Should I call you Liu Yong or Ge Fei?"
"We are all here for a literary exchange, so let's follow the custom of the literary world and call me by my pen name Ge Fei."
"Ah."
Jiang Xian nodded, introduced Liu Zhenyun to him, and then talked about the manuscript "Lost Boat".
"Full of poetry and philosophy, I can see that your works are filled with thoughts on society and people, especially on the spiritual core of intellectuals." He made such a comment.
Liu Zhenyun, who was standing by, was secretly surprised when he heard Jiang Xian's evaluation, and couldn't help but feel curious about Ge Fei's "Lost Boat".
Is it really that good?"I have reviewed your novel and marked out the parts that need revision. During this time, you can stay with editor Dening in our guesthouse and revise the manuscript."
"it is good."
Jiang Xian chatted for a while and let Liu Zhenyun and Ge Fei get to know each other. He told them that their works would be published in the same issue, and the quality of the revised works would determine who would make the headlines.
This is quite tense.
Liu Zhenyun and Ge Fei left the office together and suggested looking at each other's manuscripts.
Liu Zhenyun took a look at Ge Fei's "Lost Boat" and found that there were only a few traces of annotations on it, and he couldn't help feeling a little anxious.
It seems that Jiang Xian trusts him more.
Ge Fei took a look at Liu Zhenyun's "Tower Shop" and found that it was covered with dense annotations, and he was also anxious.
It seems that Jiang Xian cares more about him.
(End of this chapter)