After marrying Tianhou, I suddenly became popular

Chapter 130 The Competition of the King of Short Stories (for Subscription)

Xiaobai was willing to make a move, and made the hearts of several people in this small office feel a lot easier in an instant.

In the end, we still have to rely on our third editorial department! ... The editor-in-chief of the third editorial department is very proud of himself, seeing that the nose of the editor-in-chief of the first editorial department is about to stick to the sky.

With his nostrils down, he looked at the editor-in-chief of the first editorial department and said, "Xiaobai will make a move in the next issue, but if there is only Xiaobai alone, the length of short stories is not enough. I wonder how many articles the first editorial department can come up with." A short story!"

It's time to launch an attack on the position of the first editorial department.

The first editorial department here is not the name of the editorial department, but the position in the publishing house.

There are three editorial departments in Master Publishing House, the first, second and third. Now the first place is the first editorial department of the old editorial department, and the second place is the No. The third editorial department, the second editorial department is at the bottom.

The person in the first editorial department is not tall and looks fat. He squinted his small eyes and instantly understood the plan of the editor-in-chief of the third editorial department.

It's funny to want to force the palace, thinking that if Xiaobai is born, he can shake the position of the first editorial department... The editor-in-chief of the first editorial department squinted his eyes, looked at the editor-in-chief sitting at the top, and said worriedly: "Xiaobai! I admit that his two novels are very wonderful, and I have also read his short story "Country Teacher", which is amazing, but since the release of that short story, Xiaobai has never written a short story again."

After a pause, he glanced slowly over the group of people in the office, and said, "Besides, after the four publishing houses joined forces, the one invited was Mo Zhu, who was known as the No. 1 short story three years ago. Xiaobai only wrote A short story, whether that short story was written by him in a flash of inspiration, we still don't know."

"So, can Xiaobai really beat Mozhu, or the short story author after the four publishing houses unite?"

As soon as the editor-in-chief of the first editorial department finished speaking, the editor-in-chief of the third editorial department quit immediately and rolled up his sleeves: "What do you mean by the surname Gao? You asked me to call Xiaobai from the third editorial department. After it came out, people are also willing to publish short stories for the publishing house, and now you put it aside to sing bad stories?"

Do you want to lose face?

Is it because I am jealous that my third editorial department has discovered Xiaobai, and I am worried that in the future, your first editorial department may shake your position in the big brother of the publishing house.

The editor-in-chief of the third editorial department is not stupid. When the editor-in-chief of the first editorial department said those words, he knew what he was planning.

Otherwise, these words can be said before contacting Xiaobai, or even before he said that sentence, instead of waiting until he finished talking about forcing the palace.

shameless.

The third editorial department has confidence in Xiaobai.

But it doesn't mean that everyone has confidence in Xiaobai. In fact, when you think about it carefully, what the editor-in-chief of the first editorial department said is not unreasonable.

Xiaobai is famous for his two novels, and only wrote one short story. Since then, he has no intention or sign of publishing a short story.

Can he really fight Mo Zhu?
Three years ago, Mo Zhu dared to be called the second person in short stories, and no one was called the first.Mo Zhu even announced that he had closed his pen at the peak, and the readers who liked his short stories were crying.

Now, he restarted.

Readers who liked his short stories three years ago would be so crazy. Many people have seen it in the last "King of Short Stories" essay contest.

scary.

It's not that they are ignorant and don't believe in Xiaobai, but that the data and achievements are in front of them, and it's hard for them to believe it.

The hope that had been ignited was suddenly shattered, and everyone inevitably fell silent.

The editor-in-chief smiled slightly, reassuring everyone and said, "Let's not talk about whether we can beat Mozhu. What we need is not for Xiaobai to rub Mozhu on the ground, but for our master to stand out with a short story. Let readers see that the Master is not defeated, and see the attitude of the Master."

"Besides, even if Xiaobai wrote "Country Teacher" because of a flash of inspiration, with his mellow and mature writing skills and unparalleled imagination, it is not impossible to write another short story that is not weaker than "Country Teacher" Can't do it."

What is the most outrageous thing about Xiaobai?
It was his unstructured imagination.

The unconstrained imagination in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" makes the novels about tomb robbers so attractive.

"Life grows and hates water and Changdong" subverts people's understanding of traditional mythological novels. Otherwise, why does a book that abuses readers to death have such a high approval rate?

"Country Teacher" is even more so.

Xiaobai's unique skill is his incomparable imagination.

The editor-in-chief's words awakened everyone.

Yes!

The most outrageous thing about Xiaobai is his crazy imagination.

With this kind of imagination, is it difficult to write a short story with a good idea?

It is not difficult to force!

Even if I can't write short stories comparable to Mo Zhu, but I can write short stories that are slightly inferior to him, and there is still great hope.

The editor-in-chief was right.

The master doesn't need to win the alliance of the four publishing houses, he just needs to show that he will not admit defeat and can resist.

The combination of four publishing houses violates industry standards. It is almost impossible to expect one to win against the four.

No.

It is absolutely impossible.

"All right."

The editor-in-chief got up and looked around everyone: "Go down and prepare, all the channel resources of the publishing house will be poured into this short essay call."

Gather the resources of the entire publishing house and fight the defense battle.

Everyone got up.

They also have a lot of things to arrange. Although Xiaobai is willing to write a short story for the publishing house, but the master's essay competition cannot only have one novel!

Then ask for a hammer article.

They want to contact other authors, and they will participate in this essay competition, regardless of whether they can win or not, at least the number of works must be combined.

If there are not enough writers of short stories, let the writers of novels fill in. It doesn’t matter how good the writers are, the number must be enough.

After everyone left, the editor-in-chief of the third editorial department went back and forth and came to the meeting room: "Editor-in-Chief, Xiaobai is going to publish a short story at this time. Fame has a great impact. In fact, he can completely ignore it, Xiaobai is acting out of righteousness, bleeding for the publishing house."

That's right.

He went back and forth just to avoid everyone, to find the editor-in-chief alone, and to get benefits for Xiaobai.

The benefit of Xiaobai is the benefit of the third editorial department.

The editor-in-chief was helpless: "For the two novels of Xiaobai, the publishing house will provide corresponding resources. Don't worry, the publishing house will not let down those who have made contributions to the publishing house."

The editor-in-chief of the third editorial department said cheerfully: "I know that the editor-in-chief understands righteousness, unlike Gao who is short-sighted, small-minded, and narrow-minded..."

Just as the third editorial department was making a small report from the editor-in-chief of the first editorial department behind the scenes, the phone that the editor-in-chief placed on the table suddenly rang.

"I'll take a call."

The editor-in-chief of the third editorial department shut up obediently, and the editor-in-chief sat aside to answer the phone.

Just as the third editorial department was mentally accusing the editor-in-chief of the first editorial department, he suddenly saw that the editor-in-chief's face suddenly became ugly, and his fists on the table were clenched.

What made the editor-in-chief lose his composure?
The third editorial department suddenly had a bad premonition in their hearts, and their hearts tightened.

He looked at the speechless editor-in-chief after hanging up the phone, and asked nervously, "Editor-in-chief..."

The editor-in-chief threw the phone on the conference table and sighed: "The latest news is that in the 'King of Short Stories' essay competition jointly organized by the four companies, besides Mo Zhu, there are also Bai Xia and Qian Shan who have closed their pens in the early years. Bird and Zheng Changgong will also participate."

"how come?"

The editor-in-chief of the third editorial department paled instantly, unbelievable: "How could they suddenly come out in the past three years? Didn't they close their pens and announce that they would no longer publish new short stories?"

"and……"

The third editorial department's face was ugly: "If I remember correctly, the editor-in-chief of these three people also invited them to come out, but they..."

The editor-in-chief nodded with an ugly face.

After Mo Zhu announced the restart of his pen, he visited several short story writers who announced their closure many years ago, and all the results he got were rejections without exception.

Bai Xia, Qian Shanniao, and Zheng Changgong were also among his invited targets.

He thought that these people chose to refuse because they sealed their pens.

Now it seems that it is not that new short stories will not be published, but that they will not be published in Master!
"Why are these old-fashioned short story writers who have publicly announced that they have closed their pens in the early years, and now they are coming out together? This is too unreasonable!"

The third editorial department was very puzzled: "These are all old people in the field of short stories. They should value their own fame more than anything else. It is impossible for them to be moved by money!"

It's impossible for these people to be short of money!

How could they all run out in one go.

How is this still playing?
He has confidence in Xiaobai, but his confidence is also based on one-on-one. Now there are three veteran short story writers with seniority even older than Mo Zhu.

How does this make Xiaobai fight?
How does this make the master fight?The lineup gap is too big.

There is only one Mozhu, and Xiaobai can still rely on Xiaobai to fight. Now that these three are added, they can still fight with a hammer!

The editor-in-chief sighed: "These short story authors who had closed their pens in the early years suddenly came out to announce the release of new short stories. It's not surprising that one of them still hasn't released the news."

"what news?"

The editor-in-chief of the third editorial department asked.

"The Ministry of Education is going to revise the extracurricular reading materials for primary and secondary schools, and will add several short stories and ancient poems."

The editor-in-chief said: "However, the Ministry of Education has not officially released this news, but it has basically become a certainty, and it will be officially released in a few days."

This news has not been officially announced to the public, but to achieve his position, it is still possible to have some friends in the Ministry of Education.

Presumably those four companies also got this news, so they put aside their previous suspicions and united together to hold this so-called 'King of Short Stories' essay contest.

The purpose is to copy the popularity in advance before the Ministry of Education documents are issued, so that the Ministry of Education can focus on their essay competition.

These short story writers who had long since closed their pens suddenly came out so that their novels could be included in extracurricular reading materials for primary and secondary schools... The editor-in-chief of the third editorial department was stunned, he didn't know anything about this matter.

"Even so, there's no need to come out of the mountain suddenly! Could it be that the short stories written by these people are not good?" the editor-in-chief of the third editorial department was puzzled.

There are quite a few short stories written by these people before they closed their pens, and there are also short stories written in their peak period. Even if they are included, they should also include short stories written in their peak period!

The editor-in-chief said unhappily: "If it can be included, it has been included long ago, so why wait until now!"

The extracurricular reading materials for primary and middle school students are not always revised, basically they will be revised every three or four years.

If it can be included, it was included in the last revision, but if it was not included, it means that it is not possible.

The editor-in-chief of the third editorial department understands that it's not that they can't do it, but that their writing is not good.

This trip out of the mountain was their last fight.

It's no wonder that so many old monsters who sealed the pen came out of the mountain in an instant, announcing the resumption of the pen and the release of new short stories.

It's not about the money, it's about the name.

It's over!

The editor-in-chief of the third editorial department also understood why these short story writers who closed their pens in the early years chose the four joint publishing houses.

Because of flow and heat.

Hanhai, Beibei, Linglong, and Jiuxing are the leading publishing houses in China. After the combination of the four, they became the most popular in the country. Such popularity is also conducive to the exposure of these writers' works, and it is even more beneficial for their works to be selected.

……

The four moved quickly.

After Bai Xia, Qian Shanniao and Zheng Changgong decided to participate in the "King of Short Stories" essay contest, the four joint publishing houses quickly began to publicize.

With the addition of these three, the popularity of the four joint publishing houses has reached an unprecedented height in the field of short stories.

Soon, the publicity spread, and netizens who followed the short story were instantly shocked.

"Crazy, crazy, crazy! These three bosses have also announced their rewriting!"

"What's the matter? Why are so many big bosses announcing the resumption of writing recently? Judging from my experience as a craftsman with more than 30 years of experience, something big will definitely happen next."

"It really doesn't give Master Culture Publishing House a chance to survive. Now Master is going to be completely finished in the field of short stories."

"Curious, why the publishing houses don't bring the master to play together? Is it because there is some contradiction that can't be resolved?"

"I'm super curious now, why so many bigwigs re-write, although I like Mo Zhu's short stories very much."

"Master, it's over. Get out of the short story market as soon as possible. Maybe you can stop the loss in time. If it's too late, you will lose a lot."

"Bai Xia also wants to write again, which is great. I have loved reading his short stories since I was a child, and I still have a deep impression on his "Children Who Can't Grow Up"."

"Wow! Qianshanniao is finally going to publish a new short story. I've been waiting for him for five years. Damn!! I have children."

"And Zheng Changgong, I love his short stories so much, each one is very critical, I really like it!!!"

"So happy."

"..."

Netizens are all excited about the rewriting of these three short stories.

When the readers of these three authors heard the news, they were so happy that they would die, and they all threatened to support them.

Post one, buy one.

However, netizens are still puzzled, why so many authors who have announced their closure of pens all of a sudden suddenly resume their pens.

It's fine if it's just one writer, but one after another, writers with closed pens join the team of rewriting, and even those who lack brain circuits find something is wrong.

soon.

"The extracurricular reading materials for primary and middle school students will usher in a new round of repairs. Some works will be eliminated and some new works will be added. The types of new works include: ancient poems, short stories, short stories, etc."

Like a bomb, it set off a stormy sea on the Internet.

Netizens suddenly understood why the four publishing houses suddenly and inexplicably jointly held the "King of Short Stories" essay contest, and also understood why so many short story authors who had closed their pens a long time ago suddenly announced their resumption of writing.

It is all for the purpose of being included in extracurricular reading materials for primary and middle school students.

"Now I have read some of them. In the next period of time, excellent short stories will definitely emerge in endlessly."

"I love it, love it, this kind of revision should be done once a year, so that many excellent short stories will appear every year."

"My wallet is already hungry, this time I want to buy Mo Zhu's short stories."

"I don't know if the master will make a move, otherwise the master will really quit the field of short stories this time."

"Facing the alliance of four publishing houses of the same level, what can Master do? This wave can only say that Master is unlucky and isolated."

"It's not necessarily true, maybe Master has writers who can stand up and fight the tide!"

"What are you thinking! In this situation, Master can only wait for death. If Master can turn the tables against the wind, I'll stand on my head...... Pretend I didn't say anything."

"despise!"

"There is a big show to watch next."

"..."

Netizens are looking forward to the response from Confucius Culture Publishing House.

Master Culture Publishing House did not disappoint the netizens, and soon released the latest announcement on the official blog and major social platforms:
"Fuzi Culture Publishing House will hold the 'Emperor of Short Stories' essay contest, and everyone is welcome to sign up."

The four publishing houses jointly held the "King of Short Stories" essay contest, and Master Culture Publishing House directly came up with the "King of Short Stories". If you are not the king, then I am the king.

On it.

Master is on.

Soon, netizens were boiling.

Many people think that Master Culture Publishing House has chosen to withdraw from the field of short stories and devote itself to the field of novels. After all, facing the powerful alliance of four publishing houses, Master has no chance of winning at all.

As a result, the master not only fought, but also directly put the name of the challenge on the "King of Short Stories", and directly called it "The King of Short Stories".

Good guy, I'm afraid that others don't know that my essay writing is better than yours.

"Fuck!"

"This boss is awesome! Although I am not as good as you, my name must sound better than you."

"This wave of hatred is directly full, I suggest starting a group directly."

"So what if the name takes advantage, Master, how many short story writers are there now, and almost all of them are about to run away! Don't make a joke if the essay application fails."

"Let's just read the 'King of Short Stories' solicitation, this wave of masters is really not good."

"Where does the master have the courage to directly cooperate with the four publishing houses for hard steel? I really don't know how death is written!"

"..."

Just when netizens were still admiring the super courage of Fuzi Culture Publishing House, a new message was updated on the official website of Fuzi Culture Publishing House and major social platforms: "Xiaobai, the author of "Country Teacher", will carry his new short story Participate in the 'Emperor of Short Stories' essay contest, so stay tuned!"

noob?

That little white!

Netizens quickly responded.

Xiaobai is actually going to write a new short story, and he also has to participate in the essay contest of "The King of Short Stories" held by Master Culture Publishing House.

Fuck!

This is the rhythm of things!

"Is Xiaobai finally going to write a short story? After reading his "Country Teacher", I can't read other science fiction novels anymore. I look forward to new short stories."

"When I finish the latest issue of "Life grows and hates water Changdong", I will support the short story, woo woo woo!!!"

"The new short story is also science fiction!"

"I like Xiaobai's "Country Teacher", but even if he can write another good short story, he can't stand the siege of so many people!"

"It's useless for Xiaobai to come! He has only written one short story, and I don't know if he can write a second one! I think it's better for him not to come to this muddy water, and write a novel obediently." Okay!"

"That's right, coming here is also asking for humiliation."

"The reason why "Country Teacher" achieved such a good result last time is entirely because most of Niu's short story writers have closed their pens. Now that they are back, Xiaobai should just stay cool!"

"..."

Although Xiaobai wrote an explosive short story "Country Teacher", most netizens are still not optimistic that he can withstand the joint attack of the four publishing houses.

Without it.

Xiaobai once wrote "The Rural Teacher", and no other works have appeared in the field of short stories since then.

Who knows if the "Country Teacher" is Xiaobai's only one.

Mo Zhu, Bai Xia and others have written many popular short stories!

……

Noisy on the Internet.

Li Xiaobai was very quiet, if you ignore Lao Hu's shocked expression.

"You kid really joins in wherever the excitement is! Can't you be stable for a while?"

Lao Hu didn't know what to say: "If you want your short stories to be included, just tell me, and I can go and find out what types and themes of short stories you need. Let's keep a low profile. Isn't it good to be included?"

Why do you have to be so high-profile, what about the "King of Short Stories" and "King of Short Stories", and I'm not afraid of the wind flashing my tongue.

Damn it, Lao Hu, why didn't you say it earlier... Li Xiaobai was stunned, for such an upright person as Lao Hu, he would learn how to get rid of the back door sometime.

Lao Hu didn't talk big, his status in the literary world was not high, but he wasn't low either.

The current second-in-command of the Ministry of Education is Lao Hu’s younger brother. With this relationship, it’s not a matter of directly inserting an article in the collection list, but just asking for the subject and type of short stories to be included. This is absolutely no problem.

Li Xiaobai exaggerated his shocked expression: "Old Hu, you have changed."

"Stop talking about those useless things."

Lao Hu said unhappily: "Even if I don't know the type and theme of the collection, I also know that "Country Teacher" has absolutely no chance."

Li Xiaobai asked, "Why?"

"Don't you know how many words are in "Country Teacher"?" Lao Hu said, "Do you know how many pages a novel with tens of thousands of words will take up in extracurricular reading materials?"

Lao Hu explained to Li Xiaobai: "The standard for extra-curricular readings is short stories of a few thousand words. The number of words should not be too many, otherwise it will take up too many pages. The extra-curricular readings are not very thick, and there is a lot of content to be included."

It turned out to be like this, I thought my writing was too rubbish... Li Xiaobai nodded: "Don't worry, Hu, I know it well."

Your sudden realization just now doesn’t seem like the expression that someone with a clear mind should have... Lao Hu was tired: "Show me the short story you prepared, and I'll see if there is anything that needs to be revised."

Prepared short stories.

en... This is embarrassing.

Can I say I'm not ready yet?
But after Lao Hu's explanation, Li Xiaobai immediately had a target short story to publish.

It's up to you!

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