Rebirth of Rural Literary Life

Chapter 634 The Hit Novel of the Writer's Village
Another reason for He Ping to start writing is that he often goes to the Writers' Village recently to arouse the creative impulse in his heart.

After a year and a half of development, the operation of the Writers Village has achieved initial results.

Since the village was opened for more than a year, five large-scale events have been successfully held here, and there is a corresponding event every quarter, forming a good interaction with dozens of domestic newspapers and magazines.

"Vegetable Garden", a semi-public monthly magazine, has been issued 149 times, with a total of 86 novels, essays, poems, documentary literature, and reportage published. Among them, 57 works were created by the author and published in regular publications for the first time, accounting for the total number of works. [-]% of the total.

Most of these works were republished through other domestic newspapers, magazines and other publications, and the writers thus obtained good manuscript fees and a small range of popularity.

The Writers' Village invites writers who have published their works on Vegetable Garden, hoping that they can come to the Writers' Village for full-time writing.

In the past year or so, the resident population of the Writer Village has exceeded 100, and more than 20 of them are potential writers who were discovered through the "Vegetable Garden" magazine. They are invited to live in the Writer Village, where they will be provided with Free board and lodging, and a certain amount of living allowance every month.The only condition is that the works they write must be published by Universal Publishing House first.

For many young people who love literature and writing but cannot make a living from it, the Writers' Village is a paradise tailor-made for them.

In the writer's village, they don't have to run around for a living, and they don't have to balance work and writing time.What they have to do is one thing - writing. If they feel tired or uninspired, they can communicate with colleagues and editors in the writer's village, and they can also relax and have fun.

Of the nearly [-] new writers who published their works on "The Vegetable Garden", only a dozen or so were invited to come. This ratio is not high, but it is definitely not low.

Because this era is different from later generations, most people's jobs are iron rice bowls, the kind that can be eaten for a lifetime.

To be able to have the courage and determination to leave the original working environment and living environment and enter such an unfamiliar environment as the Writers’ Village must have pure literary dreams and pursuits.

Such people are very rare no matter what time they are.

In addition to the works published in newspapers and magazines, among the hundreds of works published in "Vegetable Garden" magazine and the new works of authors who entered the literary world through "Vegetable Garden" magazine, 9 novels have been edited and reviewed by Universal Publishing House published.

So far, these nine novels have achieved a total sales volume of 9 million copies.

One of the Beijing-flavored novels "Qianmen Tavern" has sold 6 million copies within 110 months of its publication, accounting for nearly one-third of the sales volume of the Writers' Village publications, becoming the first hit among the Writers' Village publications. novel.

The author of the novel is called Hui Xiaotang, who is from the capital, and most of his creations are Beijing-style novels.A year ago, he learned about the acceptance of "Vegetable Garden" through a friend, so he submitted his first novel "Rouge Alley" to "Vegetable Garden" magazine. The novel was quickly rejected by the two magazines. It was published in The Vegetable Garden.

Hui Xiaotang got the first manuscript fee in his life, 105 yuan, and he was excited for several days.Unexpectedly, half a month later, he received a letter from "Vegetable Garden" magazine, saying that the work "Rouge Hutong" was selected by "Zhong Shan" magazine and would be published in a new issue of "Zhong Shan".

After receiving the second draft fee of 84 yuan, Hui Xiaotang was very excited. At this time, the editor of "Vegetable Garden" magazine invited him to the writer's village, and he agreed without saying a word.

The two successful publications of "Rouge Alley" made Hui Xiaotang see his talent and possibility in writing.

After being invited to the writer’s village, I went back to Xiaotang to share my idea of ​​writing a novel with the editors of Vegetable Garden. It took Xiaotang only four months to complete the 20-word Beijing-flavored novel "Qianmen Tavern".

He Ping's later generations have never heard of such a number one character as Hui Xiaotang, let alone such a work as "Qianmen Tavern", and he is not sure if he is too ignorant.

However, the appearance of Hui Xiaotang and "Qianmen Tavern" is really a good thing. It sold over a million copies in half a year.

With the potential of this novel shown in the past six months, it is not difficult to sell tens of millions of copies in the next three to five years.

Of course, excellent and best-selling works like "Qianmen Tavern" are hard to come by after all. The sales volume of other writers' village books ranges from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of copies.

This kind of achievement is enough to satisfy He Ping. As long as the Writers Village can develop step by step in this way, the future take-off is just around the corner.

He Ping was very happy that the writer's village had achieved results, and even showed off to Wang Xiaobo, who came to the writer's village as a guest.

Both Wang Xiaobo and his wife are university teachers. They came to Ping County Writers' Village during the summer vacation in August.

On the first night of coming to the Writers Village, Wang Xiaobo and his wife Li Yinhe lay in bed to share their knowledge and experience in the Writers Village that day.

For Wang Xiaobo, who returned from studying in America, the facilities in the Writers Village were not fancy, but he was very moved by the ingenuity and painstaking efforts contained in it.

From ancient times to the present, the lives of creators of serious literature have always been unsatisfactory. Only a very small number of them who become famous and have a family can realize the possibility of living comfortably, while others have to worry about three meals a day.

But in Writers Village, writers can enjoy board and lodging at a very cheap price, all facilities are open to writers free of charge, and there are professional editors and colleagues to guide and communicate with them.Not only that, the Writers' Village will also serve as a communication bridge between these writers and various publications and publishing houses, providing them with convenient channels for publishing their works.

This is simply heaven for writers.

"Yinhe, what do you think if I stay here?"

Li Yinhe was not surprised by her husband's thoughts, she knew him too well.For the husband who is obsessed with literature and writing, the Writer's Village is a paradise.

Although the couple only came here for the first day, the experience of this day had a stronger impact on the couple than when they first set foot on the American soil.

"I don't think it's urgent. Anyway, we will stay for more than half a month this time. During this period of time, experience it well. If you still have the same idea after this period of time is over, then we will stay here. "

Wang Xiaobo felt that his wife's words made sense. Today was only the first day they came here. When they first saw everything in the Writer's Village, they felt that everything was new, but this did not mean that this place was completely suitable for them.It's better to wait for a while before making a decision.

The couple's night talk is over and they have a good night's dream.

(End of this chapter)