Huayu for engineering students

Chapter 275 Too many letters from readers
"Second brother, last time you said that Professor Jin's CD has been made, let me listen to you first, it's just finished, I'll go to the listening room to listen to it, are you coming?" Zhou Yi held a CD that had just been made Standing at the door of the reception room, he shook the white plate at Wang Xu.

"Listen first, just leave me a plate later, I'm entertaining guests." Wang Xu waved his hand, indicating that Zhou Yi was free, then turned his head and smiled apologetically at Editors Yang and Hong.

"You are music, painting, and novels. You are not busy enough." Yang Xinlan took a sip of milk tea. She fell in love with it from the first time she drank it. Unfortunately, it was too expensive. Her salary is really not willing to drink.

Fortunately, every time I come here, I can drink a cup of milk tea. This kind of little surprise makes her like to come here very much.So she likes to run here when she has nothing to do. Last time, she delivered the second contemporary issue of "Wukong Biography".

This time, even the letter from the readers was sent by Editor Yang himself, which made their editorial agency think that she had taken a fancy to Wang Xu.It turned out that it was an oolong, and it turned out that what she fell in love with was milk tea.

Yang Xinlan is a very literary girl. As an editor, literature and art is her major, but she prefers literature.

As for Editor Hong, today he came to work as a coolie and was dragged by Yang Xinlan to move things, but it is the same now, enjoying the mellow milk tea with a smile on his face.

Anyway, they have nothing to do after get off work, so it's good to just come over to visit, and it's also interesting to chat with Wang Xu.

Wang Xu’s milk tea here is not served in paper cups like later generations, but in beautiful mugs with cream bubbles on top, no pearls, no pearls, no pearls, the important thing is said three times.

I can't help it, because I can't buy straws, and there are no such thick straws to buy in the entire imperial capital.There are only thin transparent tubes, which are easily deflated and of very poor quality.

You can't find a seller for that kind of high-end thick straw, unless you go to Xiangjiang to buy it, that would be too exaggerated.

The main raw material of plastic straws commonly used in later generations is polypropylene, which is processed by ethylene polymerization.Ethylene is the basic raw material of almost all plastic materials, mostly from petroleum cracking,

Without vinyl, all plastic products are wishful thinking. Wang Xu is obsessed with straws now, and has complained countless times about disposable plastic lunch boxes, even foam plastic lunch boxes.

The domestic plastic shortage will not be truly resolved until the mid-90s, when several super-large ethylene projects in Huaxia are completed and put into operation one after another.

But at this moment, wait a little longer, the foundation is weak, the earth is shaking, and if nothing else, you can't even drink milk tea.

Wang Xu looked at Yang Xinlan sipping milk tea across the street, with a look of enjoyment on his face, and couldn't help laughing to himself, who would have thought that the vigorous and manly editor had such a feminine side.

Yang Xinlan came this time for two purposes, one is to send letters to readers, and the other is to invite new manuscripts.

"The Legend of Wukong" caused quite a stir among young people. Its unique writing style, full-dialogue structure, and subversive interpretation of Journey to the West can be said to be the first of its kind.

What's more, this novel created by Wang Xu has a unique middle school temperament from the original author, which can especially arouse the passion of young people, and at the same time, it has Wang Xu's own hypocritical literary youth.

The content is a mixture of Westward Journey and "Wukong Biography", so some nonsensical and absurd expressions are inevitably added in the writing.

All in all, this is a very experimental novel, which is also an important reason why "Contemporary" finally chose to publish it.

"Contemporary" magazine actually chooses realistic themes as the main topic, and at the same time, he also pays special attention to the innovation of literary genres. Wang Xu's version of Wukong's biography actually only meets the second article.

And its subject matter should belong to the magical genre, which has almost no living soil in China in this era, and neither readers nor editors seldom pay attention to this kind of subject matter.

This is also the reason why "Contemporary" was quite heated at the time. In the end, director He Qiqi defied the crowd and included this somewhat strange novel.

By the way, Director He is still the Bole of "White Deer Plain". That is, this year, Director He also defied the crowd and collected the later famous "White Deer Plain", which has become a legend.

The editorial discussion was intense, and readers would only add a word of change. Once "Wukong Biography" was published, it aroused countless discussions among readers. Some loved it, and some hated it even more.

Especially for many traditional writers and critics, after reading it, they feel like they are stuck in their throats, and they can't complain.

As a result, there have been a lot of letters from readers, expressing their views, and what's more, some influential seniors in the literary world have begun to publish articles in newspapers and periodicals to criticize.

Wang Xu once asked Editor Yang to help read the letters from readers, and don't send them if there is nothing important. After all, Wang Xu's energy is not here, and Mizuki's affairs are already too busy.

But this time the commotion was really big, almost a sack of incoming letters was collected, and Editor Yang was really powerless, so he had to pull Hong Qingbo and ride a bicycle to carry it himself.

I still asked the doorman to help carry it all in. Even Yang Xinlan's small physique couldn't move the big bag of letters.

Wang Xu also had a headache, how could he have the energy to read this? Could it be that he followed Zheng Yuanjie and bought a house with confidence?As for someone writing an article to criticize it, it’s not a problem, it’s not painful or itchy, as long as you don’t read it, it doesn’t happen.

Forget it, let's hire someone later, Wang Xu will leave this troublesome matter to Wang Jinghua, and he will chat with Editor Yang leisurely.

Yang Xinlan came from the literature department of a famous school, and worked as an editor for one of the best literary magazines for several years, and her job was to read books.

So her knowledge is really extraordinary, and she can easily control any topic related to literature.

Wang Xu especially likes this kind of communication atmosphere, and also likes talking with such professionals. This kind of very equal communication always makes him feel that he has benefited a lot.

An important reason why he has been taking in all kinds of wandering artists is to maintain a pure pursuit of art.

Wang Xu knew that it would be easy for him to make money, and things that were too easy would make people lose awe. From the outside, it seems that such a person is particularly easy to drift, easy to be impetuous, and even more likely to not know what his last name is.

Most netizens of later generations have problems in this regard, especially those celebrities and big Vs. Their success often comes very suddenly, with a lot of metaphysical characteristics.

The shallowness of online information makes them mistakenly believe that their success comes from their own strength, exaggerate their erudition, and always feel that they can express their opinions on anything, and it is inevitable to overturn in the end.

The old ancestor's words and deeds are cautious, it is a talk of experience summed up over the years, and it should really be cherished.

Wang Xu now feels a little bit like walking on thin ice, like facing an abyss.

He has become less and less afraid to express his opinions casually, because his influence has reached a level that he never imagined, and the things he casually said are likely to become reality, such as the art festival he casually talked about.

Fortunately, Wang Fei doesn't like to talk, let alone criticize others. Wang Xu is also kind to others and doesn't cause much trouble.

Wang Fei prefers to live her own life. She should play and make trouble. As long as others don't provoke her, she can live a happy life.

Otherwise, as long as she likes to point out the country, or gossip more, the public opinion environment she faces outside will probably be ten times and a hundred times more troublesome than it is now.

The two editors drank tea and chatted with Wang Xu, and the time passed slowly. Wang Xu still rejected the request to write another novel. Now he doesn't even have time to draw. Go back and write a reply to the reader.

In the end, Wang Xu and Wang Fei invited the two editors to have a hasty dinner. By the way, please ask them to see if there are any writers who are floating in the imperial capital.

As a writer, you don’t need much space, you just need a table and a chair, which can be said to be the cheapest artist.

Apart from Mr. Shuo and others, Wang Xu’s small courtyard has very few writers visiting, and the style of writing is still a bit poor. Wang Xu thinks that he can make up for it. He still has a lot of story ideas, and maybe he can find someone to write them out.

Ghostwriting is not uncommon these days, otherwise there would be so many manuscripts for those magazines in the train station.

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(See you tomorrow)

(End of this chapter)