Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 4 Difficult
"This is the same idea that many people have when they start writing novels, but it's the first time I've seen you at such a young age."

Chen Changming paused as he spoke, and continued: "Lin Zai, I hope you don't dislike me for speaking too bluntly. As for you, you are too young and have never gone to college. Maybe you have read a lot of martial arts novels, but reading novels and Writing novels is two different things. It doesn’t mean that after reading novels for many years, you can write novels yourself.”

"Editor Chen, I know what you mean, but my novels are of a certain standard. If you don't believe me, you can browse them first."

As Lin Baicheng said, he immediately picked up the manuscript. Given his age disadvantage, it is normal for people to think he is unreliable.

"This is not in a hurry."

Chen Changming raised his hand, but did not go to pick up the manuscript: "I still have to tell you something first. Generally speaking, we still have requirements for new writers. For example, graduates from Chinese University, or majors in history and law are fine." , or even wrote prose articles and so on."

"Pure newcomers, without the slightest experience in this industry, we have requirements for the university and major they study. After all, we have a limited number of editors. If anyone comes to our door with a novel and we all read it, then we are Definitely not busy."

The conditions Chen Changming said Lin Baicheng did not meet the requirements, so he couldn't help being a little silent after hearing this, but he was a little unwilling to give up like this.

"Editor Chen, is there no other way?"

"Not at all."

Chen Changming said: "If you have a recommendation from a well-known writer or professor, it will also be valued, at least to the point where it can be reviewed by the editor-in-chief. As for whether it can be serialized, it depends on the quality of the novel itself."

"If you say that, then those of us who did not graduate from the Chinese University will have no chance at all?"

Lin Baicheng has no relationship with a writer and a professor, so he is very disappointed. He did not expect that his ambition would not even be able to take the first step.

"Of course not."

Chen Changming shook his head and said with a smile: "Newcomers definitely have opportunities, even young people like you, Lin Zai, are no exception. However, if they meet certain conditions, they will definitely receive preferential treatment from our newspaper, and their novels will be reviewed first. , priority is given to serializing their novels. The reason why I said this just now is to explain some difficulties to you first, lest you think that we are deliberately embarrassing you because of your youth."

"No way."

Lin Baicheng hurriedly said: "Editor Chen, please tell me more."

"First of all, Lin Tsai, you are writing a novel. Just now you said that you have written about 18 words, which meets our acceptance requirements. For newcomers, the reason why we have word count requirements is because many newcomers start All of them are well written, but after the serialization, the newspaper office’s daily task of urging manuscripts may force the author to decline in quality, so the author needs to save some manuscripts to deal with this situation and make revisions.”

"After all, if a novel is serialized, when we encounter this situation, we will take it off the shelf, or not. If the quality is not good, we will definitely be scolded by customers; but if we suddenly take it off the shelf, we will only be scolded even more severely. .”

"Fortunately, Lin Tsai, you have already written 18 words. If we think there is no problem here and decide to serialize, there are so many words in the manuscript, even if you can't write it in the next few days or the writing is not good, Lin Tsai, There’s wiggle room there too.”

Speaking of this, Chen Changming looked at Lin Baicheng, and said seriously: "Lin Tsai, there is something I want to say first, if your writing is not good, even if you write 18 characters, we may only read a few thousand words It will reject your manuscript. It has nothing to do with how many thousands of words you have written. If the quality of the novel is not good, it is not good. We are professional in this regard.”

"Editor Chen, don't worry, I know this. If the quality of the novel is not good, it must not be serialized."

Lin Baicheng nodded immediately when he heard the words, and it will be the same decades later.If the quality of online novels is not good, even if they can barely be put on the shelves, if there is no subscription, they will not be able to make money, so it makes no difference whether they are on the shelves or not.

"You just understand."

Chen Changming nodded: "There is one more thing I want to explain to you first, that is, even if we take a fancy to your novel and decide to serialize it, we have to wait at least three months, maybe half a year or a year at most."

"That is why ah?"

Lin Baicheng was a little puzzled.

Chen Changming explained: "The serialization time of novels is very long, and now we have several novels in serialization in Ming Pao, and the fastest one will not be serialized until three months later. The reason why we say three months It is the shortest time. That is because we have received a lot of new books, and it is up to the editor-in-chief to decide which one to serialize. Unless the quality of your novels, Lin Tsai, can really beat everyone, this will only happen in three months. The first time to serialize your novel."

"So it is."

Lin Baicheng nodded in disappointment. There must be no problem for the newspaper to do so, but it is not friendly to newcomers like him.The problem is, he also thought of one more thing, that is, "Ming Pao" has cooperation with many well-known writers, if a well-known writer suddenly wants to serialize novels, the novels of newcomers like him will definitely be placed at the back, and so on When it was his turn, he didn't know what year and month it was.

All of a sudden, Lin Baicheng found that a big newspaper like "Ming Pao" was not his best choice, because there are many co-authors in a big newspaper, and they will definitely give preferential treatment to well-known writers. After all, the novels of well-known writers are guaranteed and have a lot of potential. The audience is the so-called book fans.

Of course, it doesn't mean that serializing novels in major newspapers is not beneficial, otherwise Lin Baicheng would not have found Ming Pao in the first place.Big newspapers have a large daily circulation. For example, the three major newspapers in Xiangjiang have a daily circulation of more than [-] copies. Novels can be popular in Xiangjiang as quickly as possible, so that more people can see them.

Lin Baicheng left Ming Pao soon, and he didn't ask Chen Changming to help him read his novel.He has already decided not to serialize novels in Ming Pao. Since he is not serializing in Ming Pao, it is impossible for the editor Chen Changming to help him review novels for nothing, right?
For Lin Baicheng's departure, Chen Changming had no regrets. Instead, he was relieved because of Lin Baicheng's departure. He had come to persuade Lin Baicheng to leave.Young people like Lin Baicheng are the most difficult to deal with. If you say something serious, you are afraid that the other party will make noise. At that time, even if Ming Pao is reasonable, it will become unreasonable.

There were many difficulties, but Lin Baicheng did not give up the idea of ​​serializing novels.But this time, he already had an idea, that is, he would not go to those big newspapers, but only look for second- and third-tier tabloids, which might be more friendly to newcomers like him.

As for the issue of tabloid circulation, let’s leave it alone.The novel can be serialized, and we can talk about it after getting the manuscript fee.

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