under the spotlight

Chapter 111
As soon as Lu Beicen returned to the office in the afternoon, it began to rain heavily outside.

Seeing that Lu Beicen wasn't wet at all, Wen Mengran laughed and joked, "Heh, you're lucky enough that even the Rain God shuns you when he sees you."

Lu Beicen's brows and eyes crooked with a smile: "Well, I can do it, wind, rain, thunder and lightning, which one do you want to summon?"

"That's all for free, just give me some cold air. It's so hot that people dare not go out. I didn't take pictures for several questions."

"I can't help you here, it's natural to be calm."

Wen Mengran curled her lips: "It's probably going to be very cold today. I'm recording in the studio this afternoon. Do you want to follow me to see it, so that you can quickly become a hot-blooded young man."

Lu Beicen was puzzled, but Wen Mengran was even more mysterious: "If you want to know why, please go to the scene to break it down."

Seeing Lu Beicen's tired face, Wen Mengran took a bottle of canned coffee from his cabinet and handed it to her: "Is your body still not fully recovered? I think your complexion is not very good. Refresh yourself." Bar."

Lu Beicen shook his head: "I interviewed the victim's family this morning, what a feeling, tsk tsk..."

Wen Mengran nodded clearly: "Understood, it will get better after a long time, you take a rest first, I will call to remind the host."

At this time, in "True Friends" magazine, the editors of the editorial department of the first half of the magazine were orderly like never before, and they were anxiously waiting for the results of the editor-in-chief's review.

There is such a day every month, when the manuscript is published, it means that this month has gained something. The most direct is the editing fee of 3000 yuan for a manuscript.

Of course, whether or not a manuscript is published directly means that it is farther away from being downgraded. If you publish more, you may be upgraded. If you upgrade, it means that the basic salary will be raised. There is a gap of 2000 yuan between each grade. The difference between the basic salary of the editor-in-chief is two thousand and eight thousand, and it is calculated whether to be downgraded or upgraded in a quarter.

Under such a salary assessment system, the pressure on editors to publish manuscripts is naturally enormous.Moreover, there are nearly [-] editors in an editorial department, and the number of manuscripts submitted every month ranges from [-] to [-] to as few as [-] or [-], but only a constant [-] or [-] are published. The fierce competition can be imagined.

High pressure and high returns. The editors are all dedicated to the cultivation of authors and the editing of manuscripts. Of course, the competition is also very fierce.For various reasons, "True Friends" magazine has not won the right to interview news. The editors do not have press cards, only work cards. Most of the manuscripts can only be written by authors with resources.

For this reason, "True Friends" magazine has long started to implement a thousand-word, thousand-yuan draft, which means that a manuscript has a remuneration of about 2000 words. Such an attraction, in the early 1000s, the salary level was about At around 2011 yuan, it was very attractive, but in [-], with the rapid development of the domestic economy and the substantial increase in income levels, it was not as attractive as before.

Moreover, in the environment of pursuing exclusive news and the vigorous development of online media, it has become more and more difficult to collect articles.

When editor-in-chief Wang Yihan and deputy editor-in-chief Wang Ling walked into the editorial office with a stack of manuscripts each, their expressions were not very good-looking.

Wang Yihan had fewer manuscripts. Everyone knew that those manuscripts were selected for distribution, and they gathered around one after another. The old editor-in-chief Hu Qingquan sat at the front. What's wrong? The manuscript is not good?"

Wang Yihan nodded: "I've been criticized."

Seeing everyone gathered around, Wang Yihan was not in a hurry to publish the manuscript, but it was rare for him to reprimand him: "The quality of this issue of manuscripts is not high, especially love manuscripts and human relationships. The circulation dropped again last month. Comrades, Trouble you, you still have to work hard, Boss Long has lost his temper today."

Everyone was silent for a while, Wang Yihan sighed and began to publish the manuscript, but Fang Nan came back with a full load, this issue published three manuscripts, Wang Yihan raised his voice again after publishing the manuscripts: "I want to praise Fang Nanha in this issue , sent three manuscripts, all of which are of good quality, and the manuscripts from Fang Nan’s group recently are all good, Fang Nan, come with me to the office.”

Fang Nan was very surprised. Editor-in-Chief Wang was probably forced into a hurry. She had never done such a typical thing before. In the face of such a high editing fee difference, building a model is no different from setting a target.

Editor-in-Chief Wang took Fang Nan into his office and closed the door, motioning for her to sit by herself, but Fang Nan handed Editor-in-Chief Wang a glass of water with a wink.

Editor-in-Chief Wang gulped down a few mouthfuls of water, sat down, and Fang Nan also sat down across the table.

"The bosses said that this case draft is the best, do you know what that means?"

Fang Nan didn't say anything, she seemed to understand that Editor Wang didn't call her here specifically to praise her.Sure enough, Editor-in-Chief Wang's next sentence was: "Your classmate wrote this manuscript for you. It's best not to use the same author's signature, otherwise, it will be very popular."

Fang Nan immediately understood that Editor-in-Chief Wang was worried that the second half of the monthly magazine would snatch the authors, so he nodded quickly: "I see, I will deal with it."

Editor-in-Chief Wang nodded: "Look at today and tomorrow, invite your classmate out for dinner, no matter what, you have to guard this field, and we don't call people too much, so we will call you Teacher Wang, the four of us , make an appointment to tell me."

Because the two editor-in-chiefs are both surnamed Wang, everyone used to call the deputy editor-in-chief Mr. Wang, and for Fang Nan, this Mr. Wang was the teacher who really led her in.

Fang Nan nodded quickly, and Editor-in-Chief Wang asked again: "Did they say when it will be aired for the manuscript of the supporting college students? Mr. Ganglong even asked."

"It should be these few days. My classmate was sick and asked for leave a few days ago and didn't go to work. I'll ask later."

"Did you go to see him when he was sick? Why don't you tell us?"

"It's just a cold. It's okay. We live in the same community. I often visit her."

"Then your relationship is really good, it's rare, that's fine, you go, make an appointment and tell me, if you are sick, it doesn't taste good and is too greasy, we can go vegetarian, see what she says."

Fang Nan was a little flattered for Lu Beicen: "Editor Wang, it's no big deal, my classmate and we know each other so well, just order casually."

"Look at you kid, if other authors come to Huxia, we are not allowed to invite people to have a meal. Your classmate has been back for so long, and it is rare for an old author to transform and glow with new vitality. Your classmate It's pretty good, I guess you don't have to put too much effort into editing the manuscript she wrote for you, right?"

Fang Nan nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, I will call right now. If she doesn't work overtime tonight, I will definitely call her over."

Lu Beicen answered Fang Nan's call, looked at Wen Mengran who was obviously agitated sitting opposite, and said softly, "Shall I call Xiao Ran together?"

For Fang Nan, he was already familiar with Wen Mengran anyway, and for the editor-in-chief, she was also the author, so naturally there was no problem, so he immediately agreed.

Lu Beicen told Wen Mengran that all the three manuscripts he wrote this time had been sent out, and Wen Mengran smiled and gave a thumbs up: "You are really amazing, you picked up the manuscript fee of [-] yuan for nothing, and when I look back, I will Invite you and Fang Nan to have a big meal."

"Don't tell me, Fang Nan and her editor-in-chief invited us to dinner tonight, and I've already agreed for you." Lu Beicen said with a smile.

"Ha, that's fine..."

The two were talking, when a strong fragrance wafted through the office, Wen Mengran got up immediately when she smelled it, Lu Beicen followed her gaze, one of them had heavy makeup, thick eyeliner and exaggerated Women with fake eyelashes and painted eyes bigger than doll eyes appear in the aisles.

"Teacher Xu, you're finally here." Wen Mengran said in a somewhat resentful voice, but Lu Beicen could feel the barely suppressed anger in it.

Lu Beicen recognized that this was Xu Mei, one of the two hosts of "Scene Witness". She took her annual leave in July, and the host was not working in this office. It was also the first time she saw her.

Xu Mei twisted her slender waist, and her career line was very conspicuous under the light and close-fitting dress. Her big eyes blinked innocently: "What's the matter? I can go to the studio after changing clothes and applying makeup." , wait a moment, and copy the manuscript to me first."

"Teacher Xu, I sent you an email yesterday, didn't you check it?" Wen Mengran's dissatisfaction was overflowing.

"Ah, I was very busy yesterday. You see, today we will record your manuscript first, so there will be no delay." Xu Mei pouted.

"How many more do you want to record later?" The smile on Wen Mengran's face was gone.

"Ah, there seem to be two more, where are they? Why haven't they come yet? What time is it? I'll make a phone call to remind you. Hurry up and copy the manuscript." Seeing that Wen Mengran was about to lose his temper , Xu Mei said while going out by calling.

Wen Mengran watched Xu Mei leave the office with a speechless face, and after a long time of stunned, he sat down on the office chair, bit his lip, and began to look for the hard drive with a full of anger.

Lu Beicen saw that Wen Mengran obviously didn't want to talk, so he didn't want to follow up and ask, anyway, he would follow him later to see what was going on.

But in any case, as a host of a legal program, shouldn't he be dignified and intellectual?Why does the real deity have such a real face? No, it's made up into such a ghostly appearance. Lu Beicen is also a little hard to understand. The other host named Zhuang Jie in the column has a suitable image and temperament, and he is also a good person. Gentle, Lu Beicen stayed in the office every day some time ago, and saw her come to check the manuscript with several editors and directors.

Today, Xu Mei didn't read the manuscript at all before recording. This is a naked recording similar to streaking.

Looking at Wen Mengran's expression, Lu Beicen knew that Xu Mei was most likely the latter.

After copying the manuscript, Wen Mengran got up and called Lu Beicen: "Let's go, if I lose my temper later today, you can just pretend to be a noob, don't pull me, MM, do this with this girl."

Lu Beicen sniffed, it seemed that the anger in Wen Mengran's heart hadn't lasted for a day or two, but he didn't do any unnecessary consolation, he just said softly: "You're almost done, don't make things worse. "

Wen Mengran snorted coldly: "I don't want to make a big fuss, just make it almost big. If I don't make a fuss, she really doesn't know how much she weighs."

Wen Mengran yelled to switch Mei Li, and when she went to the studio, everything was ready inside, she copied the seven-segment manuscript to the teleprompter, and took Lu Beicen to the broadcast control room by herself. Li seemed to feel the murderous aura on Wen Mengran's body, but she just glanced at her and pouted, obviously waiting to see the excitement.

Wen Mengran and the others waited in the computer room for another half an hour. Even Mei Li got impatient playing with her mobile phone. When Wen Mengran was about to make a call to urge her, Xu Mei finally arrived late and entered the room. studio.

The spotlight was on and the camera was in place. Although Xu Mei's thick dress and shawl-length hair still didn't match the style of the show, the hard line of the small suit finally neutralized part of the seductive temperament. At least it was better than watching it in the office. Some.

After all the departments were in place, the recording finally started.

"Hi, everyone in Guanzhong. Welcome to the column "Witness on the Spot". The orange orchard in summer should have been fruit-bearing and quiet, but not long ago in an orange orchard in Lixi City, A scream in the morning broke such a peaceful life..."

Hearing this, Lu Beicen suddenly understood why Wen Mengran was a little impetuous. The host Xu Mei, who seemed to be quite old, really had a hard waist, and even the accent in such a simple oral broadcast, Almighty read it wrong.

Wen Mengran was patiently waiting for Xu Mei to finish recording this paragraph before calling a stop, but she didn't expect her to call a stop: "Wait a minute, that Wen Dao, what are you putting in these brackets, come down and delete these Yes, it affects my performance."

Wen Mengran looked at Xu's brows pouting on the screen, a very innocent look, gritted his teeth, suppressed his anger, and said to the microphone: "Mr. I marked it and read it, then deleted it."

Xu Mei let out a disapproving expression, and continued pouted: "No need, it's been so many years, can I still not know where the accent is?"

"Well, I think the accent you know does not meet the needs of the manuscript. For example, just now, I have marked that the accent should be on scream and break, but you put it on morning and tranquility. Also, I remember When we went back to our recording studio, you asked me to mark the accent in the manuscript for you."

"Ah, did I say that? Impossible. I think this manuscript should focus on morning and tranquility. You don't think so. You have to convince me."

"Then you record it yourself, I will go up first, and I will explain the situation to the leader later."

"How about that, you are the director..."

"I am the director, but I have no responsibility or obligation to persuade you."

"How can you talk like that, aren't we all here for work?"

"Do you think I'm joking with you? I remember our department's regulation is the director responsibility system?"

One is in the broadcast control room, and the other is in the studio. The two of them fought through a microphone. Although there is no dirty word, sparks are overflowing...

(End of this chapter)