1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 663 "Flower Season and Rainy Season"

Tongwen News Agency's catching up with Guowen News Agency has been widely discussed by the people in the agency at the end of last year. This kind of catching up is not only in terms of code and foreign languages, but in all aspects.

Even though some data are still slightly different from the Guowen Society, the Tongwen Society has only been established for two years after all.

Everyone is convinced that as long as the Tongwen Society is given a few more years to fully catch up with the big brother of the Guowen Society, there will be no suspense.

It is precisely because of the brilliant achievements created in a short period of time that the Tongwen Society has now completely become the favorite of the Guowen Society.

As soon as the meeting was over, the news about the personnel changes of the Tongwen Press spread throughout the Guowen Press, which immediately triggered discussions among many colleagues.

Although it is only a sub-brand agency, the development momentum of Tongwen Agency seems to be no worse than that of its big brother.

Forget about Li Xin, after all, he was the director of the first department of contemporary literature before, even if he didn't go to the Tongwen Society, Lao Cheng planned to promote him as the assistant to the president.

But at the beginning, Lin Weimin led Li Xuegang and his group of young people. They were all juniors in the editorial office of the Guowen News Agency. They didn’t even have the title of deputy editor or deputy director. Deputy editor.

If the work is even better in the future, when the deputy editor-in-chief of the Guowen Society becomes available, can't he be transferred back to be the deputy editor-in-chief immediately?
From the deputy editor-in-chief of the subordinate agency to the deputy editor-in-chief of the superior agency, it is easy to cross, and in a few years, he has transformed into the leader of the agency.

Many old comrades feel a little aggrieved when they think of such a scene. They have worked hard all their lives, but they are not as fast as other young people working in three to five years.

Some people are envious, some people are jealous, this is the norm.

Cheng Zaochun also received reactions from some people not long after the meeting ended. These people thought that Lin Weimin was making a fuss in the Tongwen Society, completely ignoring the superior agency and the leaders of the Guowen Society. Such an important matter as the new deputy editor-in-chief of the literary agency was decided in an internal meeting.

Even if it was just to put on a show, Cheng Zaochun had to talk to Lin Weimin.

Lin Weimin was naturally aware of certain remarks in the club these two days, but he didn't take them to heart.

"You say you, let's communicate in advance. Isn't it just a matter of who is going to be promoted?" Cheng Zaochun said.

"Old Cheng, that's not what you said back then!"

Cheng Zaochun was slightly embarrassed when he heard this.

When the Tongwen Society was established, it was poor and without an office. Many people were afraid of being transferred to the Tongwen Society by Lin Weimin's name, and they would walk around when they saw him.

At that time, in order to better support the development of the Tongwen Society, the social committee headed by Cheng Zaochun unanimously passed the decision to hand over all the personnel affairs of the Tongwen Society to Lin Weimin. The Guowen Society actively cooperated and would never hold back Lin Weimin.

Therefore, Lin Weimin, as the president and editor-in-chief of the News Agency, has an absolute say in the transfer of personnel within the agency.

It's just that now that Tongwen News Agency is developing well, it's inevitable that some people will start to be jealous.

"The situation is different now! You are also a big society."

Lao Cheng took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for Lin Weimin, even with some compliments.

The weasel gave the rooster New Year's greetings, no, it's courtesy to others, and there must be something to ask for, Lin Weimin looked at Cheng Zaochun vigilantly.

"Why are you looking at me like that? It's like I'm going to kill you." Cheng Zaochun dissatisfied.

"Don't harm me, maybe dig a hole for me."

Cheng Zaochun blew his beard and stared, "The heart of a villain."

"Seriously." He said sternly, "I heard that you plan to create another magazine?"

"I have this plan to create a romance magazine called "Red Bean."

"Good name!"

Cheng Zaochun brazenly flattered Lin Weimin, who didn't know what to say for a while, so he was so polite to Lao Cheng, as long as he didn't let him step down, everything was easy to discuss.

"There is no suitable candidate for editor-in-chief, right?" Cheng Zaochun looked at him poorly.

Lin Weimin said honestly, "No, but I plan to choose one of several editors."

"Well, how about thinking about the people in the club?"

"This... My idea is that the editor-in-chief still needs some experience and contacts in this field. After all, it is a new publication, so if you want to be a hit, you need to be able to do it." Lin Weimin said frankly, and he asked again: "Li Xin's report will be typed. Right? There is also an associate editor in the popular literature editorial office."

Cheng Zaochun understood what Lin Weimin meant, and said, "Then give it to an associate editor. There are quite a few capable young people in the agency, and the path to advancement is still too narrow."

"If you guys don't retreat, how can they come to power?" Lin Weimin muttered.

Cheng Zaochun pretended not to hear Lin Weimin's complaints. Anyway, he had two positions as deputy editors in his hand, so he could be able to shut up the mouths of those people in the agency.

This year, a deputy editor-in-chief is coming. In this way, three seats are enough to stir up the waters of the Guowen Society. This year, he should not need to worry about personnel issues anymore.

Thinking of this, Cheng Early Spring felt relieved.

After talking with Cheng Zaochun, Lin Weimin started to get busy with work.

At the end of the year, the call for papers for the Buhuo series started vigorously. Although the popularity has increased, all work has been suspended because of the Chinese New Year.

Now that the new year has just started, manuscripts continue to pour in from all over the country.

In order to solicit essays for the Cloth Tiger Series, Lin Weimin specially set up an editorial team within the Guowen Society for the "Cloth Tiger Series". The retired senior editor serves as the reviewing editor.

The entire editorial team has a total of twelve people, including Lin Weimin, the editor-in-chief, can be described as a strong army.

Within half a month of the first year, the editorial team of the Buhuo Series has received nearly 50 manuscripts, nearly half of which are from well-known domestic writers, and the other half are new writers who came to try their luck.

Such a huge number of manuscripts is a test for everyone in the editorial team.

Everyone has been working hard almost since they came back from the holidays. Tan Chaoyang and other senior editors and reviewers have been fooled. They would not have come to join in the fun if they had known that the editorial team of the Buhu Series had such a heavy workload. , In the end, he blackmailed Lin Weimin for a meal at Xiangjiang Food City before giving up.

The first book in the cloth tiger series has been determined to be Jia Pingwa's "Abandoned Capital", but Lin Weimin is not in a hurry to release it, but waits patiently for the editors to continue to discover potential works. well-known writers, and then hold a grand signing ceremony, once again starting the reputation of Buhuo Books.

After spending more than 20 days, the editorial team finally completed the review of the first batch of nearly 50 manuscripts, and only four novels were submitted to Lin Weimin.

Each of the works selected into the Buhuo series will receive a sky-high remuneration of 150 yuan per thousand words, so Lin Weimin needless to emphasize that the editorial team has already set a very high threshold for this manuscript review.

But Lin Weimin was not very satisfied after reading the four manuscripts. He only left a novel called "Bitter Realm". The author of this novel is Hong Feng. Lin Weimin knew it. He has created quite a reputation, and he can be regarded as one of the writers who was fooled by him into the big boat of avant-garde literature.

Of course, Lin Weimin's interest in his manuscript was not because of this matter, but because of Hong Feng's ability to tell stories in "Bitter Realm".

Since the 90s, pure literature has gradually declined. Of course, there are reasons for the external environment, but a considerable number of writers' self-sufficiency and self-entertainment are also very important reasons.

Many writers don't even have the basic ability to tell a story smoothly. How can such a person write a good work?How to talk about making readers like it?Let the market pay?
The biggest difference between the Buhuo series and all previous series in China lies in Lin Weimin's requirements for this series.

Nothing is taboo, the story first, the reader's first choice.

Twelve characters express the original intention of the cloth tiger series, and also represent the criteria for book selection.

But after reading the four manuscripts that entered the final review list, Lin Weimin could clearly feel that the minds of many editors were not as open as he thought, and they still reviewed manuscripts from the traditional perspective of pure literature.

It can't go on like this.

Lin Weimin first asked people to move all the 45 manuscripts eliminated in the first batch into his office. The colleagues in the editorial team didn't understand what Lin Weimin was going to do, but they did it anyway.

Faced with dozens of manuscripts, Lin Weimin couldn't help scratching his head, there were indeed too many.

Flipping through the registered book list for comparison, after only a few glances, he found a familiar name.

"Flower Season and Rainy Season"?
Lin Weimin's spirit was shocked for a moment. He didn't feel sleepy when he saw the title of the book. He was afraid that it was the same name, so he took a special look at the author's name.

"Yuxiu? That's right, that's the name."

After reading the whole novel at a glance, the content is basically the same as what he remembered.

"Flower Season and Rainy Season" is not an ordinary romance literature or pain literature. If it has to be said, it should be regarded as the originator of Chinese youth literature.

No puppy love, abortion, dropping out of school, etc., which are so-called "youth literature" in later generations. Moving towards the sensitive and thoughtful 16-year-old rainy season, this group of high school students has troubles, joy, growth, and loss.

The author Yuxiu was only 16 years old when she wrote this novel. The novel was completed in 1990, but it was not published until 1996.

In the year of 96, "Flower Season and Rainy Season" was published. It not only became popular in Chinese campuses at that time in just a few months, but also won the National Book Award Nomination Award, Five One Project Award and other awards in one fell swoop. Then it was quickly adapted into movies, TV series, comics, etc., and became popular all over the country for a while.

The reason why "Flower Season and Rainy Season" took six years between completion and publication is precisely because many publishing houses were not optimistic about this novel about the youthful growth of boys and girls.

The content of "Flower Season and Rainy Season" is not an ordinary romantic novel, on the contrary, it has a fresh and clear feeling, which can be called excellent.

But even such a positive and high-quality work still cannot impress the hearts of many editors in publishing houses. This shows how narrow and outdated the review standards of many so-called "pure literature" editors are today.

Thanks to my careful consideration, otherwise I missed this novel. Wouldn't the so-called "story first, readers first" idea of ​​Buhuo series become empty talk?In the future, "Flower Season and Rainy Season" will become popular, and the cloth tiger series will become the laughing stock of the domestic publishing industry.

It took a few more days for Lin Weimin to go through the rest of the manuscripts as quickly as possible, and after confirming that there were no best-selling works familiar to later generations, he notified all members of the editorial team of Buhuo Series to attend a meeting in the conference room.

　Doesn't this update deserve a few monthly passes?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)