1979 Golden Age

Near the front gate, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League building.

On the 10th floor, there is a children's magazine editorial department. Zheng Yuanjie, who was seconded not long ago, came to work as usual.

He only had primary school education. He joined the army in his teens and learned to repair airplanes. One day he caught a sparrow and brought it into the plane, but he couldn't find the sparrow. He thought that if the sparrow got into the wing, it would be broken.

So he found dozens of people and directly dismantled the fighter plane, but didn't find even a chicken feather.

From then on, he said goodbye to repairing airplanes.

At that time, Li Tiemei, the heroine of "Red Lantern", was a national idol. Zheng Yuanjie liked Li Tiemei very much and kept thinking about her at night. In the second year of joining the army, he applied to join the Communist Youth League.

Before joining the Communist Youth League, they had to mobilize their thoughts. Everyone said "suffering first, enjoyment later" blah blah. When it was his turn, he said: "I just like Li Tiemei and want to live with her!"

The leader almost spit on his face.

It can be said that this person's mind was abnormal since childhood, and he was different from others with a quirk of behavior.

Later, he changed his job and was assigned to an instrument factory as a worker, responsible for taking care of the water pump. There was a green button and a red button. When he was at work, he pressed the green button to deliver water, and when he was off work, he pressed the red button to stop the water supply. He was paid 41 yuan per month.

Later, he began to write, and published many works in children's magazines. He became famous, so he was seconded to be an editor. He still published works, and the manuscript fee was 3 yuan per thousand words.

When he was at his best, he contributed to 16 magazines at the same time, and his typing was comparable to that of a tentacle monster with 20,000 words per day.

But children's literature was not taken seriously, and he didn't make much money. He talked to the magazine about his requirements and said that he didn't need to increase his salary too much, just increase it to 3.10 yuan. The other party said: There are so many authors, and you have increased it, so will others?

So he still has a manuscript fee of 3 yuan, and those classic works such as "Shukebeta", "Pipilulu and Luxixi" and "Magic Cube Building" have not been written yet.

He was in a good mood and didn't care much. The real change was when he had a child in 1983, and began to pay attention to material conditions, and then he started "Fairy Tale King".

At this moment, he had a thick head of hair, and had not yet become bald, and came to work in a sloppy manner.

The editor's job is to review manuscripts, which is very boring every day.

"Zheng Yuanjie, someone is looking for you!"

Just when he was bored and thinking about what to eat in the cafeteria at noon, someone suddenly called him. He inexplicably left the office and went to a small reception room where a handsome young man was sitting.

"Editor Zheng!"

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Chen Qi!"

Chen Qi rarely shows up, but his name is very famous. Now when he deals with people, he usually only gives his name without making any specific statements.

As expected, Zheng Yuanjie showed a surprised expression and hurriedly said: "Hello, hello! Are you still shooting a martial arts film this year?"

"Ah?"

Chen Qi was stunned and said: "Yes, I am shooting it now!"

"Oh, that's great. I watched Tai Chi twice. I wanted to watch it for the third time but couldn't get a ticket. I drew one myself, but it didn't pass. I think it might be because I used a pencil. I will try using a pen next time."

"Then why don't you carve a carrot seal and put it on to make it look more like a seal."

"That's a good idea!"

Zheng Yuanjie nodded. Others might be joking, but he really put it into action.

Chen Qi was also happy. He didn't have a bad impression of this person and thought it was quite interesting. Some of his practices, such as not letting his son go to school and teaching him at home, are nothing...

And whether his son goes to school or not, he will have no worries about food and clothing in this life. His father has earned all the family business.

"I came here today to discuss something."

Chen Qi said: "I have read some of your works and found them very interesting. I have also been thinking about publishing a magazine recently. I want to talk to you in advance. Can you provide articles for our magazine?"

"Do you also publish children's magazines?"

"No, no, adult magazines."

"Then is it appropriate to publish children's literature?"

"Children's literature is not necessarily for children to read; cartoons are not necessarily for children to watch."

Swish!

Zheng Yuanjie's eyes lit up. If he was excited to see a celebrity just now, he was deeply in sympathy at this moment, and regarded him as a confidant. He hurriedly said: "It's rare for someone to express such a view!

Children's literature and serious literature are only different in form, but the core is the same. They all write about kindness, ugliness, honesty, deception, dedication, selfishness... It's just that the name of children makes the status very low."

"Your previous works are still a bit childish. If you agree to provide us with manuscripts, you might as well let go a little and put your thoughts on life in them. It doesn't have to make children the protagonists. You can write about adults."

Chen Qi paused and said: "I don't know how much your remuneration is. Our magazine is just a start-up, so we can't give too much. If the article is passed, it will be calculated at 3.5 yuan per thousand words. How about it?"

The current standard is: 3-10 yuan per thousand words.

Chen Qi knew his income and deliberately gave him 50 cents more.

"Okay, it's a deal!"

"Okay, I won't bother you anymore!"

Zheng Yuanjie went back happily.

This person is a real coding robot. He has written 20 million words in total and has topped the list of China's richest writers twice. His works "Shukebeta" and "Pipilulu and Luxixi" can actually be IP derivatives.

Unfortunately, there are too many restrictions in this era, and no one will do it, so it's wasted.

When IP development matures, his works will become outdated.

Chen Qi has already hooked up with the director of the Shanghai Mei Factory, and contacted Zheng Yuanjie, of course, to pave the way for future animation.

At present, he is soliciting manuscripts for magazines. Zheng Yuanjie has written many adult protagonists, and some of his fairy tales are really not suitable for children, such as "The Magic Cube Building", which is written like "Flowers in the Mirror"...

There were very few popular novelists in the 1980s. If you want to support a magazine, you have to look everywhere, and you have to look in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Now "Reader" already exists, and this year there is a new magazine, namely the famous "Legends of the Past and Present", a monument of domestic popular periodicals, and later it was divided into "Legends of the Past and Present·Martial Arts Edition" and "Legends of the Past and Present·Fantasy Edition".

A large number of domestic martial arts writers such as Xiao Lin, Cang Yue, Bu Feiyan, etc., started and became famous in this magazine, and were once prominent, but unfortunately their vitality did not last, and disappeared with the decline of martial arts culture.

There is also a classic work of early online literature, "Soushen Ji" by Shuxia Yehu, which is also serialized in "Jin Gu Chuan Qi". Tuoba Ye, Yu Shiqi...

It's been a long time, and younger readers may not know the writers mentioned above.

Chen Qi's first magazine wanted to follow the path of "Jin Gu Chuan Qi". In the early 1980s, it was the stage when popular magazines were emerging and chaotic. It was particularly easy to sell, with sales of millions, which could provide a good source of funds for the company...

When it grows bigger, it will be a platform of its own, and it can do many things.