There are two main reasons why Kang Jianfei directly submitted the manuscript instead of submitting it to the email address of Ming Pao.
First, the email submissions are all due to fate. If you come to the door to contribute in person, you will have room for face-to-face communication and the chances of being hired are much greater. Kang Jianfei doesn't think he is writing "The Legend of Qin", but he will definitely like it in Ming Pao, and even come to him to write the article.
Secondly, the novels of Ming Pao were published in its supplement. The manuscript appointment work in the "Supplement" was personally hosted by Jin Yong and editor-in-chief Pan Yuesheng, and other supplement editors are only responsible for manuscript urging and proofreading. Jin Yong and Pan Yuesheng naturally would not read all the manuscripts. They only read the manuscripts that were screened by ordinary editors. If they submit their articles in their email, they will directly throw them into the trash can as a waste manuscript. That would make them cry without tears.
Kang Jianfei led Hu Juncai into the Mingpao building. He did not go to the supplement editorial department, but asked directly where the editor-in-chief's office was.
There were people coming and going in the building, and the staff in various offices were working intensively. This modern office atmosphere made Hu Juncai panic and always felt that someone was secretly monitoring them.
Walking on the aisle, Hu Juncai's actions were probably suspicious. A man in a suit and glasses who was about 60 years old stopped them and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
Seeing that the man with glasses had gray hair and a little majestic on his body, Kang Jianfei smiled at him and said, "Hello, I'll find Editor-in-Chief Pan Yuesheng."
The man in glasses frowned and asked, "What's the matter with you when you contacted Editor-in-Chief Pan?"
Kang Jianfei said: "I wrote a novel and made an appointment with Editor-in-Chief Pan to read the manuscript. Where is the editor-in-chief's room?"
"Are you sure you made an appointment with Editor-in-Chief Pan?" the man in glasses asked with a smile.
Kang Jianfei felt that his smile was a little wrong, and he said with a tough bullet: "It's true."
The man in glasses waved his hand and said, "No need to look for it. Editor-in-Chief Pan has no time to meet you today."
Kang Jianfei asked, "Why? Is he not here today?"
The man in glasses sneered, threw a sentence and left: "Because I am Pan Yuesheng!"
Kang Jianfei and Hu Juncai looked at each other, but Kang Jianfei quickly reacted and chased after him and said, "Mr. Pan, this is a novel I created. I'm also bothering you to read it. Help correct the axe."
"Didn't you say you made an appointment with me?" Pan Yuesheng sneered, "I hate people who lie and deceive the most. If they don't have a good character, what good novel do you expect him to write?"
Seeing Pan Yuesheng going to enter his editorial office, Kang Jianfei took the opportunity to stop him, took out the manuscript and said, "Mr. Pan, I think no matter what my character is, as the editor-in-chief of Ming Pao, you are always obliged to read the author's manuscript. This is your job responsibility."
Pan Yuesheng did not leave any affection for Kang Jianfei and said, "Sorry, I have my own set of review standards, and the judgment of the author's character is also one of them."
Kang Jianfei didn't expect that he was so unlucky. Pan Yuesheng didn't even read his manuscript and was shot to death.
Seeing that the old man was too stubborn and could not make sense, Kang Jianfei picked up his manuscript and turned around and left. Only Jin Yong and Pan Yuesheng could make the decision on the manuscripts in the supplement of Ming Pao. Since it would not work for Pan Yuesheng, he had to find Jin Yong himself.
Hu Juncai felt a little inferior when facing Hong Kong people and whispered: "A Fei, I think we should go back, it's not easy to be a writer."
Kang Jianfei had a smile on his face, as if the scene just now had not happened at all. He comforted: "Don't worry, if you don't want my manuscript, it only means they have no eyes!"
Having said that, Kang Jianfei actually realized in his heart that his manuscript would not be hired by Ming Pao. As the editor-in-chief, Pan Yuesheng, if Ming Pao was missing, he would never refuse to read the manuscript because Kang Jianfei told a few lies. Since Pan Yuesheng did this, there is only one reason that can be explained - Ming Pao is not short of manuscripts, and countless writers in Hong Kong are rushing to send the manuscripts to Ming Pao for publication, and it is difficult for new authors to show their faces on Ming Pao.
Kang Jianfei asked Hu Juncai to wait downstairs, and asked Jin Yong's office clearly and knocked on the wooden door of the office directly.
"Please come in!" A low voice came from inside.
Kang Jianfei pushed the door open and Jin Yong, who was writing an editorial at his desk, looked up and saw that it was a strange young man, and asked, "What are you?"
"Mr. Cha, I am a novel lover. This is a novel I wrote. I want to ask you to read it." Kang Jianfei smiled and held the manuscript and put it on Jin Yong's desktop.
Jin Yong frowned. He hated others to disturb others when writing. Moreover, the manuscript of this new author is just handed over to ordinary editors below for review. If everyone comes to him for writing a manuscript, wouldn’t he have to be busy reading the manuscript every day?
Jin Yong is not good at speaking, and since Kang Jianfei has brought the manuscript, it is not easy for him to drive people out directly. He doesn't talk to Kang Jianfei at the moment, and after he takes the manuscript, he will look it out.
At the beginning of the novel, it points out that Xiang Shaolong is an ordinary grassroots in Hong Kong. He has learned some kung fu since elementary school and is a martial arts enthusiast. Then Xiang Shaolong's girlfriend was snatched by the young master, and he was bullied and beaten by the young master. The thug of the rich young master kicked Xiang Shaolong down from the rooftop, but the protagonist traveled through time and space while falling, and actually landed on the bed of an ancient beauty.
Jin Yong's brows were sometimes tight and loose. After reading about 30,000 words, he wrote a few lines on a note, and then handed the manuscript of "The Legend of Qin" and the note to Kang Jianfei, and waved his hand to signal him to leave.
This is Jin Yong's habit. Because he is not eloquent, he often writes notes to express himself, even if he manages Ming Pao on his usual management.
Kang Jianfei took the note and saw it read: "Traveling through time and space, the idea is quite novel. However, the writing is too frivolous and the plot is very vulgar. I hope it will be corrected in the future. I have great potential in the novel."
Kang Jianfei was amused and laughed when he read the note. Jin Yong first affirmed him, then pointed out his shortcomings, and finally encouraged him to correct his shortcomings and have a bright future.
Acknowledgement, lack, encouragement, and everything is perfect, and it is indeed worthy of being the ego of Dundu.
But these are all scenes, and the real meaning is: your writing style is not enough, and you tend to write erotic articles, which does not conform to the style of Ming Pao, so this newspaper will not accept this manuscript.
Kang Jianfei suddenly wanted to laugh. The first time he copied a novel that was sold in later generations was rejected by Ming Pao.
It is also considered that Kang Jianfei was unlucky. At this time, Ming Pao had manuscripts from a group of writers such as Ni Fu, and Ming Pao Evening News had manuscripts from a group of writers such as Wen Rui'an. The source of manuscripts on both sides was very stable and the sales were good. Therefore, unless the work was of high quality, it would be difficult for new authors to publish novels in Ming Pao.
If there were ten years later, the talents in the Hong Kong martial arts novel industry would wither and good works were hard to find. If Kang Jianfei took out "The Legend of Qin" again, Ming Pao would definitely rush to ask for it!
Kang Jianfei walked out of Jin Yong's office with the manuscript. When he walked to the door, he turned around and smiled at Jin Yong: "Mr. Cha, we will have a date later!"
Jin Yong was stunned, then politely nodded at Kang Jianfei with a smile: "Goodbye."
Watching Kang Jianfei leave, Jin Yong did not take this matter seriously. "The Legend of Qin" is suspected of being erotic. Although it is almost done, "Ming Pao" has already been on the right track and will not rashly publish such novels to reduce its style. Ni Fu's novels published in "Ming Pao" also have flesh-and-heart dramas, but they are all love for men and women when they are in a deep state, which is essentially different from "The Legend of Qin" naked love. Kang Jianfei's novels are obviously much more vulgar.
What's more, at the beginning of this year, the first single-line version of "Old Cat" was published in the "Wesley" series that had been serialized for more than ten years in Ming Pao, which triggered a new round of Wesley fever in Hong Kong. Ming Pao took advantage of this east wind and sold 150,000 copies.
Seeing that Wesley was in a big fire, Huang Yulang immediately invited Ni Fu to write a novel at a price of 500 yuan, setting a new record for Hong Kong writers' remuneration.
Now Ni Fu is very popular, and the Wesley series "Chain" is well serialized in "Ming Pao". Jin Yong will replace Ni Fu's Wesley when he is crazy and instead publish Kang Jianfei's "Looking for Qin".
Kang Jianfei went downstairs with the rejected manuscript. Hu Juncai hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is it, have they accepted the manuscript?"
"Go to the Oriental Daily!" The smile on Kang Jianfei's face disappeared without a trace, and a few words popped out from his teeth.
Isn’t it just Ming Pao?
There are many newspapers in Hong Kong, so I don’t believe that “The Legend of Qin” can’t be voted out!
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Chapter completed!