After marrying Tianhou, I suddenly became popular

Chapter 45 I'm Conservative

In the afternoon, the third editorial department.

Because the end of submissions for the Autumn New Talent Contest was approaching, most of the manuscripts recommended by the editors had been sent to the editor-in-chief a few days ago, and An Lan was considered the last batch of manuscripts sent by the crane.

Therefore, the manuscript sent to the editor-in-chief in the morning has been reviewed in the afternoon.

Editor-in-Chief's Office.

Unscrewing the thermos cup soaked in goji berry, took a sip carefully, and the editor-in-chief looked at An Lan who was a little nervous: "I read the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" you recommended, and to be honest, it is very well written, whether it is the ability to create characters It is still a sophisticated writing style, and I can hardly see a shadow of a newcomer in this book."

The evaluation given by the editor-in-chief Lao Wang was within An Lan's expectations. Whether it was writing, character creation, or story editing, they were all excellent... An Lan was a little relieved, since he said so, it should be fine!
Each author has a recommendation quota every month, and there are dozens of editors in the third editorial group, that is to say, there are dozens of books recommended by the editors of the third editorial department for the autumn newcomer competition, including Many old authors have new vests.

Dozens of books compete for additional recommended exposure spots, but there are only three or five books.

very competative.

An Lan is very confident in "Ghost Blowing Out the Lantern", but having confidence does not mean that she will be stable.

The editor-in-chief put down the vacuum flask: "But the only shortcoming of this book is that there is no reader base, and we cannot be sure whether readers will accept this new type of novel."

Without a reader base, it means that there is a high possibility of failure, but there is also a high possibility of becoming a hit.

"But attractive enough!"

An Lan insisted: "From the plot in the manuscript and the accompanying outline, it can be seen that this is a very eye-catching story. The plot of the story is very compact, and all kinds of bizarre events make people want to stop."

An Lan said with a smile: "It's been a long time since there has been an eye-catching horror novel on the market. Although the original book is not a real horror novel, I believe it can attract many readers from the horror genre."

"There are too many follow-up novels on the market now, and the homogenization of themes in the market is becoming more and more serious. It is inevitable that readers will experience aesthetic fatigue. If there is a completely different novel at this time, it will definitely attract many people to read it. .”

Completely novel subject matter type, novel type that has never appeared before, this is the irreparable disadvantage of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", and it is also its unique advantage.

There are no novels of the same type on the market, and it is certain that there is no reader base, but this also leads to readers who have never read this type of novel.

Today, when the homogenization of market themes is becoming more and more serious, completely novel novel themes have not appeared for a long time.

This is an opportunity!
After hesitating for a while, the editor-in-chief turned to look at the deputy editor-in-chief in the other direction: "Old Li, what do you think?"

The deputy editor put down the brand-name fountain pen in his hand, and pondered: "To be honest, I have no idea about this completely innovative subject matter, but it would be a pity to give up such an excellent novel."

"what do you mean?"

"Put "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" in the second-class recommended quota. In addition, it should be more conservative in publishing. First, 30 copies will be printed and put on the market. The printing quantity of the other four recommended novels will remain unchanged, which is still 100 million copies."

In Fuzi Culture Publishing House, an editorial department can only recommend five books to participate in the autumn newcomer contest.

Normally, if you get additional exposure from the publishing house, the initial printing starts with 100 million copies. This is the experience of the publishing house over the years. This number is neither too much nor too little. Words Exploding also had time to print a second issue.

But because the prospect of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is unpredictable, the two editors did not dare to give it a go. They chose to print 30 copies conservatively to see how the market responds.

"I agree!"

The editor-in-chief stood up and said with a wry smile: "This novel should be the pawn of our editorial department. I also want to enrich the types of themes in the novel market. After all, the consequences of homogenization will cause the entire novel industry to stagnate. , this kind of consequences will ultimately have to be borne by our publishing houses.”

"In order to resolve the continued homogenization of novel themes in the market, several other publishing houses have released novels with novel basic themes one after another in the past few months. Our Confucius culture should not be too far behind!"

"Although the final results of the new themes I tried were not ideal, I still have to try it."

"Besides, I also believe in An Lan's vision of reviewing manuscripts."

After a pause, the editor-in-chief continued: "An Lan, you have no problem with this arrangement!"

An Lan is already very satisfied to get an extra quota of recommendations from the publishing house. Although the exposure of the second-level recommendation is not as high as that of the first-level recommendation, An Lan is already very satisfied.

From the beginning, she made a good plan not to be selected, after all, it was a new topic.

Strictly speaking, Xiaobai got a wave of bonuses.

Eliminating the homogenization of themes is the common demand of all publishing houses. Publishing houses will be more tolerant of some books with innovative themes, and relatively lower some standards.

"Well."

The editor-in-chief sat back in the office area and said, "An Lan, go and contact Xiaobai first, and ask him to confirm the update of the follow-up manuscript, so as to ensure that there will be no delay or interruption of the manuscript."

"Next week our publishing house will announce the number of recommended places, and all novels will be officially published at the beginning of next month."

If the novel recommended by the publishing house continues to be delayed during the serialization period, not only the author's reputation will be affected, but the reputation of the publishing house will also be affected to a certain extent.

For novels that have been recommended, the signed contract will be different from other novels that have not been recommended. The biggest difference is the addition of a "no delays during the serialization period, no interruptions".

This can be regarded as a self-protection method of the publishing house!

"Okay, editor."

An Lan left the office and came out.

The colleagues outside have been looking at the editor-in-chief's office door since An Lan entered the office.

Seeing An Lan come out, the colleagues immediately lost their composure. What is the purpose of looking for an editor at this time? You don't need to think about it to know that it is a matter of recommendation.

"Sister Lan, Sister Lan, how are you? How are you?" Qiqi, a short-haired female editor, asked all the questions that editors wanted to ask.

Everyone has also read "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", and they still have a lot of confidence in this book.

The only shortcoming is that there is no reader base, and there is no way to do it. This is the flaw of new themes.

Readers are all accumulated, and those high-profile themes did not have a reader base when they first appeared, and they were all accumulated slowly.

An Lan smiled and said, "Second-level recommendation."

There is no concealment, and there is nothing to hide. This kind of matter will be announced in the editorial department soon. Besides, they are all colleagues, so there is no need to hide it.

"The second-level recommendation is not bad. If this is not a novel with a new theme, it is definitely a sure thing to get the second-level recommendation."

"I am very optimistic about "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", anyway, I like it."

"Little white is awesome!"

Indeed, Xiaobai is awesome!
After exchanging pleasantries with everyone, An Lan returned to her seat, patted her face and looked very excited.

The matter of recommending the number of places has been settled, and the next step is to contact Xiaobai to confirm the cooperation and sign the contract with the other party.

Xiaobai's contact information was left when he submitted the manuscript, so there is no need to look for it.

According to the contact information he left when he submitted the manuscript, An Lan used the landline of the editorial department to call Xiaobai.

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