After I was reborn, I became a great writer

Chapter 385: Two-Stage Reversal!

In the morning, Kyoto, the headquarters building of the Writers Association.

In a spacious room, more than [-] senior writers are reviewing manuscripts in front of the computer. They are members of the Huaxia Library's collection activity review team, and are mainly responsible for the preliminary review of online submissions.

Although they all came very early, they didn't look tired on their faces. On the contrary, they all looked relaxed. This is because the current workload of reviewing manuscripts is not heavy.

Firstly, the judging team has a division of labor. The Writers Association is only responsible for reviewing literary works, and other classifications are made by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education.

Second, there is still nearly half a year before the final review time, and the manuscripts received so far are not too many. On average, each person gets a few works per day.

There are five teams like them in the Writers Association Headquarters. Currently, one team is fixed every day, and the rest are rotated.

However, there are exceptions. Among them, there is a middle-aged man with a Chinese character face who looks very serious and is a little busy.

In fact, he is a middle-aged man, and he is 48 years old this year. His name is Luo Yuanzhou, and he is the leader of the review team in this room, and he also takes care of the task of re-examination.

That is to say, other writers will report the works that have been reviewed first to Luo Yuanzhou, and he will conduct a second review to determine the works that can be finalized.

And Luo Yuanzhou is not someone else, he is one of the few writers who have been in the limelight in recent years, and he was the one who had a total of four works included in the last collection activity.

Luo Yuanzhou also participated in this session, but he did not prepare any new works. They were just a few novels he wrote in the past two years, so this did not affect his entry into the judging team, because the old works that had been published were put in the final unified review.

When Luo Yuanzhou was busy reviewing the manuscripts at hand, an old man over fifty years old opened the door and walked in. He was Chen Tianhong's old acquaintance, Zou Yingde.

He is also a member of the judging team, but he is one level higher than Luo Yuanzhou and the others, and Zou Yingde is now the assistant to the president, and he is planning to be the next vice president.

"Luo Yuanzhou, have you found any good manuscripts? The president has been asking me for the past two days, you can't hide any good manuscripts!"

Zou Yingde yelled at Luo Yuanzhou as soon as he came in.

"Old Zou, there are not many manuscripts received in the past two days, and there are a few manuscripts that can pass the review, but in the eyes of the chairman, it is probably not enough."

Luo Yuanzhou replied with a wry smile.

"Okay, let's take a look at it again, and report the good ones in time."

Hearing this, Zou Yingde was a little disappointed, but he didn't say anything, which is understandable.

Just as he was about to step away, a writer's surprised voice pulled his foot back.

"Help me take a look, I'm not dazzled, is this Hongwen's mailbox? Is it his contribution?"

Hearing this sentence, several writers around quickly surrounded him.

"The email address is verified by real name, how could it be fake, please download the manuscript quickly."

Someone urged.

"Then what, you guys go to review other manuscripts, and I'll do Tianhong's. Yuan Zhou, you're busy with yours too."

Zou Yingde came over, and after confirming that the email was really sent by Chen Tianhong, he asked the writer to make way for him, and stopped Luo Yuanzhou who also wanted to come.

"Hey, this is the manuscript that was posted yesterday."

When downloading the attachment, Zou Yingde saw that the date of the email was yesterday, but after seeing the time, he didn't say anything, because after six o'clock in the afternoon, everyone in the Writers Association got off work.

After the attachment was downloaded, Zou Yingde put on his glasses and muttered something.

"I'll get rid of you brat after I've finished reading it, and don't tell me when you release a new work, huh? "Border Town", that's the name."

[From Sichuan to Hunan, there is an official road to the east.When the official road approached the border of western Hunan and arrived at a small mountain town named "Chadong", there was a small stream and a small white pagoda beside the stream, under which lived a single family.This family only has an old man, a girl, and a yellow dog. 】

[The small stream flows down, flows around the mountain, and then joins the big river in Chadong about three miles away.If a person crosses the stream and walks over the hills, he will reach the edge of Chadong City in only one mile.The stream is like a bow, and the mountain road is like a bow string, so there is a small difference between the distance and the near】

The opening chapter is a half-chapter description of the environment, which should be left in Chapter 1 of the online article. If the editor doesn't even read it, he will directly refuse to sign the contract, which is too procrastinating.

But in Zou Yingde's eyes, the writing is neat, full and delicate.

"By the way, it has the taste of traditional literature. This is what our Chinese writers should write. Yes, yes, I thought this kid really wanted to write a companion article to "The Life of a Madman". Forgive you for the time being." .”

Zou Yingde talked to himself with satisfaction, moved his buttocks, chose a comfortable posture and continued to look down.

The story unfolds slowly. In the 20s, there was a small town of Chadong at the junction of Sichuan and Hunan. There was a small river in the town. The protagonist Cuicui and her grandfather, the old boatman, lived at the ferry.

The grandparent and grandson depend on each other for life. As Cuicui grows up and reaches the age of flowers, her marriage becomes the old boatman's heart disease.

The long-cherished wish of the old boatman is to marry his granddaughter to a reliable person, not to be rich and powerful, but to live a stable life.

There is also Shun Shun, the captain of the boat in the small town, who is quite famous. He has two sons. They are also of marriageable age.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Cuicui goes to watch the dragon boat race and meets the handsome Nuosong by chance. Since then, she has pretended to be someone else in her heart since then, and Nuosong also falls in love with this handsome girl.

It's a pity that his elder brother Tianbao was also there that day, and he also fell in love with Cui Cui, and begged his father in advance to ask the matchmaker to propose marriage. The old boatman didn't give an accurate reply because he didn't know Cui Cui's intentions, but he didn't refuse either.

However, the two brothers knew each other's thoughts. They did not follow the local custom to decide the outcome by duel, but agreed to sing love songs on the cliff opposite Cuicui's house at the same time.
It’s been a third of the time, and Zou Yingde doesn’t really have much feeling for the story itself, but the scenery of the border town described in the book, the living customs of the characters in the book, the psychological description of the characters, and their emotions are very good. It deserves the word "beautiful."

Zou Yingde looked very comfortable, but his expression fell into Luo Yuanzhou's eyes, which made his heart itch. After struggling for a long time, he still couldn't resist the temptation of a good article.

Luo Yuanzhou changed his posture, blocked the computer screen, and then secretly logged into the public mailbox, clicked refresh, and he wanted to download it too.

The first thing that came into my eyes were several new emails, one of which was obviously from Chen Tianhong again.

"Damn, he prepared two works? The one I just received is called "Suet Ball", and the one posted yesterday was, um, "Border Town". Which one should I read first? Mr. Zou must have seen it yesterday, so I will Let's see today."

Luo Yuanzhou made a choice and clicked to open "Suet Ball".

[For several days in a row, many remnants of the defeated army passed through the urban area of ​​Rouen. It was not a team at all, but some scattered nomadic tribes.The brothers had dirty and long beards all over their faces, and their bodies were covered in tattered military uniforms, and they had no regimental flags or regimental numbers. They walked forward with a weary attitude]

[The Prussians are about to enter the city of Rouen, according to people. The last French soldiers have finally crossed the Seine River]

After reading hundreds of words in a row, Luo Yuanzhou understood that the background of this story, which can barely be called a novel, turned out to be a Franco-Prussian war in the 18s. This setting surprised him a bit.

You must know that although some domestic writers will cite foreign events, they seldom write the background of their novels completely as foreign ones. This is undoubtedly a very bold setting, but Luo Yuanzhou quickly recovered his indifference.

He thought of "Murder on the Orient Express", which won the Ellen Master Award two years ago, and "The Detective Sherlock Holmes", which is selling well all over the world. Written by one person.

""Ball of Fat" can't be a detective novel, it shouldn't, there are already those two detective novels, there is no need to write repetitive genres, but hey, what does this title mean? It's so strange!"

I muttered and continued to read until I saw Chapter 2, the answer to the mystery was solved, it turned out to be the name of the protagonist.

At this time, the story is very clear. The Prussian army captured a city in France. Ten people from different social classes contracted a carriage and wanted to escape. Among them were businessmen, politicians, nuns, and nobles. Among them, the most "humble" status is the heroine, Ball-of-Fat.

Luo Yuanzhou also finally understood why he used a foreign background, because this is a heroine with a special profession.

the story unfolds slowly
Looking at it, Luo Yuanzhou's expression was in stark contrast to Zou Yingde's, one frowning while the other looked beaming.

The story of "Border Town" continues. That night, both Cui Cui and the old boatman heard the beautiful singing from the other side. The singing sounded all night, but only this night, and there was no singing after that.

The old boatman thought that the song was sung by Tianbao, and that the marriage of the old woman was settled. He wanted to talk to the captain of the boat, but when he passed the pier, he met Tianbao, who said that the song was sung by his younger brother Nuo.

In fact, Tianbao arrived early that night, but did not speak. He asked his younger brother to sing first, and after Nuosong spoke, Tianbao did not speak again.

At the beginning when he made the promise to sing, Tianbao had already lost. He was asking his younger brother to
The unfortunate thing is that after telling the truth, Tianbao followed his father to go out on a boat to do business. Because of his sad love and depression in his chest, he accidentally drowned.

Shun Shun, the captain of the ship, blamed the old boatman and Cui Cui for the incident, and he did not want Cui Cui to be the daughter-in-law of his second son Nuo.

At this time, Lao Chuanfu already knew that the person his granddaughter preferred was Nuo Song, but Nuo Song pretended to be indifferent to Lao Chuanfu because he couldn't let go of his brother's death.

The house leak happened to be raining all night. Another well-known local group always wanted to betroth his daughter to Nuo Song, and the dowry offered was very attractive. Nuo Song refused without hesitation, but his father Shun Shun agreed. this marriage.

Nuosong had no choice but to go out with the cargo ship on the pretext of wandering, and went away to avoid it.

When the news reached the old boatman, the old man didn't know how to explain to Cuicui, and he was even more worried about Cuicui's future fate. After several blows, the old boatman who loved his granddaughter passed away with regret.

Cui Cui woke up the next day to find that her grandfather had left, the white pagoda behind her house had also collapsed, the wooden boat she used to live on drifted away with the current, and her lover didn't know where she went.
However, the grief did not knock Cui Cui down. She took over her grandfather's job and stood guard at the ferry, waiting for the return of Nuosong.
Zou Yingde's gaze stayed at the end of the novel for a long time, and he sighed leisurely.

Will that boy come back?
Maybe, maybe not.

But there is always that one person in this world who is worth waiting for, and makes you understand that the world is worth it!

Zou Yingde didn't get entangled in the final ending, nor did he feel too much about the stories of Cuicui and Nuosong.

He tastes more the scenery of Xiangxi described in his novels, the small town surrounded by water and mountains, the ferry boat that climbs the cable, the white pagoda that is related to the "feng shui" of Chadong, etc., all of which make him feel at ease.

"Such a beautiful article must be printed out for the president to read! Tianhong's writing style is getting better and better, and he has everyone's demeanor. Not bad, not bad."

After a word of praise, Zou Yingde stretched beautifully, and wanted to ask Luo Yuanzhou to print out "Border Town", but he saw this guy staring at the computer with a look of disgust, as if he saw something that made him Disgusting stuff.

"Luo Yuanzhou, what's wrong with you? Could it be that there is a manuscript that you can't read?"

Zou Yingde walked up to Luo Yuanzhou with great interest and asked with the steps of a scholar.

"Old Zou, it's not that I can't stand it, but this article written by Tianhong makes people feel uncomfortable. I have never seen such a brazen person. What a bunch of people."

Luo Yuanzhou quoted a classic sentence from the Internet, and added a foul language.

What he said immediately made Zou Yingde blow his beard and stare angrily, such a good novel of aesthetics and art, you dare to talk about it, what do you mean?
What else is a group of brazen people? The people in "Border Town" are so simple and honest. Even Shun Shun, the ship's boss who is barely a villain, later agreed to marry Cui Cui to his son.

"Luo Yuanzhou, have you watched "Border Town" well? Speak well."

Zou Yingde started to roll up his sleeves.

"Er Zou, I didn't watch "Border Town", I was talking about "Ball of Fat"."

"Didn't you see what you're talking nonsense here, what is suet ball?"

"Old Zou, "Suet Ball" is another work just sent by Hongwen, it's a novel, you...you should read it yourself."

Luo Yuanzhou hurriedly explained that he wanted to explain the content of "Ball of Fat" in detail, but he was afraid that he would not be able to explain clearly for a while.

"Another work, what is Tianhong doing? I'll take a look. If it's not what you said, I'll see how I deal with you."

Hearing that there was a new work, Zou Yingde temporarily gave up rolling up his sleeves. He turned around and went back to the computer, opened the mailbox, and saw the new email.

And when he was downloading "Suet Ball", he said to Luo Yuanzhou aloud.

"Luo Yuanzhou, if you have nothing to do, watch "Border Town"."

In fact, Luo Yuanzhou had already opened "Border Town", and other writers also opened their mailboxes and downloaded the two novels separately. They all wanted to see what kind of novel it was, which would make the two show completely different attitudes after reading it.

Therefore, in the following time, Luo Yuanzhou and Zou Yingde's expressions reversed in two levels, one was smiling, and the other was frowning.

The writers in the room also showed two expressions according to the novels they chose to read, and the polarization was very obvious.

(End of this chapter)