Huayu for engineering students

Chapter 158 Edit
Imperial Capital, the editorial office of Contemporary.

"Director, I have a manuscript to submit here, and I'm not sure." Editor Yang Xinlan stood in front of the desk of the director, holding a thick stack of manuscripts in his hand, with a deep confusion on his face.

"Oh? What manuscript? Let's talk about it. Why do you say you're not sure?" Director He looked up and was thin.

"A very strange manuscript, it is a novel, whether it is the writing method or the content, it seems to be very naive, but also seems to be very profound. It seems to be very young, but it seems to be very mature. It is obviously full of contradictions, but it is very smooth to read. Anyway This kind of novel feels very strange, why don't you read it?" Yang Xinlan stood in front of the desk of any banner.

"So what's your opinion, do you recommend it?" Director He picked up the big tea mug at hand, picked it up, blew on it, and took a sip comfortably.

"I don't know." Yang Xinlan still looked confused.

Director He sized up Yang Xinlai in front of him. This girl was a young editor in the agency, a talented student from the University of the People's Republic of China who was assigned five years ago.Although not senior, but also a mature editor with five years of experience.

Moreover, she has a cheerful and generous personality. It seems that this kind of confused expression has never been seen on her face. Director He can't help but find it interesting.

"Then, do you like it?" Director He continued to sip his tea leisurely, but he didn't intend to reach out to pick up the manuscript.

"I, I like it, I understand what you mean, thank you." Yang Xinlan suddenly understood what Director He meant, bowed, and turned back to her seat holding the manuscript.

Sitting in front of the seat, Yang Xinlan put down the manuscript, but did not immediately write comments at the desk as usual, but leaned gently on the back of the chair, raised her head, and stared at the ceiling quietly in a daze.

"If it was five years ago, I just graduated, I'm afraid I can't wait to clap my hands, why do I hesitate after five years? Is it because I have become mature, or have I become less pure?"

Yang Xinlan's thoughts were surging, but she couldn't come to a conclusion for a long time, she shook her head, but smiled again.Who cares, who can guarantee that he will always be pure.And is it really good to be pure? This is a literary question, but also a philosophical question.

Yang Xinlan didn't know, maybe she could figure it out after many years, but now she couldn't.

"What kind of article makes you so entangled, it's rare to see you like this."

"It's a long story, it doesn't quite fit the tone of our magazine, it's about mythology, it's very subversive, but I still think it's a good book." Shen Xinlan didn't hesitate this time, he was sure of his inner thoughts.

"Oh? You feel fine?"

"Well, yes. Can you take a look?" Shen Xinlan looked sideways at Hong Qingbo at the next table.

Hong Qingbo is the only editor of his age in the agency, only two years older than her, and he is also a relatively easy-to-talk person here.

"Okay, I'll take a look too." Hong Qingbo smiled, and reached out to take the manuscript Shen Xinlan handed over.

The manuscript was very thick, and it was printed on a computer, and it was also very heavy. This was Hong Qingbo's first impression after taking over.

In this era, such submissions are very rare, and it can even be said that this is the first computer typed manuscript that Hong Qingbo took over.

Computers are still a very rare item, not only expensive, but also very difficult to maintain.

The most important thing is that when most people think of computers, the first thing they think of is science, research, and science and engineering. Few people who are engaged in writing will think of using computers.Not to mention using it, there are very few people who have even touched it.

This is also because the view of computers at the moment is still too lofty, and they are usually placed in a centralized manner, and a special computer room is established, and someone needs to maintain it, which is not an ordinary trouble.

What's more, the computer is still using the DOS operating system at this moment, and any function needs special commands, the kind of text input.

As for typesetting, thanks to the god-level programmer Qiu Bojun, WPS was created by him alone, so that Huaxia can be the only one in the world in this field.This level can be compared with Wang Xu who rubs single crystal copper by hand.

Therefore, even if they have been exposed to computers, most liberal arts students will give up because the threshold is too high.

Therefore, the submissions received by "Contemporary" magazine are still mainly handwritten manuscript paper.Wang Xu's article was printed by a computer, and the printing studio made it. In order to save paper and ink, they arranged the text densely, which is no different from a printed book.

Wang Xu's manuscript made the editors very uncomfortable, and there was always a feeling of submitting a manuscript after it was published.

Of course, computer typesetting has many benefits, but most of them are only for users, typesetters, not readers.

But at least the editor doesn't have to worry about the author's handwriting being too scribbled and hard to read.

Recognizing scribbled fonts is the first professional skill that all copy editors must master.

Many editors who are new to the post are directly beaten by the author's strange fonts repeatedly, until the poison resistance reaches the standard, you are considered an official editor.

However, editing is still the best employment direction for literature students, sitting in an office, not afraid of wind and rain, earning a lot of money, speaking politely and decently.It can be said that no matter men or women, as long as you say you are an editor, it is a high-quality stock, and you can get [-] points for finding a partner.

Editors have a catchphrase that makes fun of their work,
Contributions are welcome, regardless of length.

The manuscript fee is favorable, the quality is high and the price is high.

Open call for papers, open to the public.

Private appointment, personalized service.

If you have a manuscript, you must respond, and reject the black box.

The final draft must be prepared and paid upon arrival.

This jingle describes the basic life of the editorial department. If "draft" is replaced with "do", then it is not an editorial department, but a nightclub.Therefore, hell and heaven are sometimes just a word difference.

Hong Qingbo slowly got used to the densely packed fonts. In fact, the font size is not small. It is larger than printed books, and the spacing is larger. It is not difficult to read, but it is still much denser than 400-character manuscript paper.

When you read the book, it will be fine. This is a problem of subconscious expectations. You subconsciously think that this is a submission, so it should be loose, but in reality it is very tight, and you will feel awkward.But you won't feel tight when you read a book. Your brain subconsciously adjusts your expectations.

The book is quite long, more than 30 words, more than twice as long as the original Wukong Biography, mainly because Wang Xu actually did a lot of secondary creations.Rather than saying that he copied the "Wukong Biography", it is better to say that he borrowed the genre and writing method of "Wukong Biography" and wrote a copy of "A Chinese Journey to the West".

Therefore, when submitting the manuscript, Wang Xu even thought about changing his name, but after all, there are still a lot of content from "Wukong Biography", and Wang Xu chose to respect the original work.

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(I went to find a job this morning, and started coding in the afternoon. I don’t think there will be four chapters. The first update)
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