The "Princess's New Clothes" celebration party has been held for several days, and the finale is finally here tonight.
Mrs. Wang used this play as an example, which is really convincing.
From the beginning to the finale of this drama, the male and female protagonists did not fall in love. It completely did not conform to the routine of ordinary youth idol dramas. Isn't it still rubbing "Emerald Forest" on the ground?
The ratings cannot be faked. As Mrs. Wang said, whether a TV series is good or not depends on the audience’s most intuitive reaction!
In the same way, for excellent creative essays, readers’ opinions are also very important.
Readers may have different literary qualities and different preferences, but among the long-lasting literary masterpieces and the beautiful poems passed down by word of mouth, which ones were not selected by the readers themselves?
It’s just that no essay competition has ever incorporated “reader voting” into the selection mechanism, and the judges directly selected the winning works.
Except for the particularly important literary awards, most essay competitions have failed to create much excitement. Only people in the literary circle are playing themselves, and the general public is isolated.
The "New Concept Essay Contest" became popular because it initially tied winning awards to admission to prestigious schools. Later, some of the winning contestants became popular and had a role model effect.
In addition to the new concept essay contest, are there any new essay contests popping up?
not a single one.
The essay contest has become synonymous with a little person’s ability to poke fun at others and make them cute.
The literary circle does not involve ordinary readers, and over time, readers no longer want to pay attention to things in the literary circle.
This creative essay competition proposed by Wen Ying is different. The original purpose is to spend money for Mrs. Wang...ah, bah, bah, that's wrong. It's for the promotion of "Spark" and to let more people know about "Spark". Open
Magazine sales!
It would be extremely useful to let readers participate in the award evaluation.
Readers who have voted definitely want to see the final results and have to buy one more issue of the magazine in order to see the final results. Isn’t this just reader stickiness?
"I think you can try it."
Yuan Fenghui was the first to come to his senses.
When enough benefits were placed in front of him, Yuan Fenghui immediately put aside his awe of the seriousness of literature.
The readers who participated in the voting may be the audience for the film and television adaptation of the award-winning works in the future. The higher the reader participation, the greater the possibility of paying for the film and television adaptation of the work!
Yuan Fenghui also wanted to persuade Zou Weijun not to be too pedantic and quickly agreed to the proposal. The biggest profit from this was "Spark" magazine, followed by Tianjiao.
Before Yuan Fenghui could persuade him, Zou Weijun laughed first:
"You are all looking at what I am doing, do you think I will object? I just didn't expect such a method at the moment, and I was a little surprised."
Mrs. Wang flattered her wildly, "I knew you wouldn't object, Sister Zou. I've admired Sister Zou ever since "Hush, Little Secret" was released. It's not like an open-minded person couldn't plan such a book!"
Just now I was Editor-in-Chief Zou, now I am Sister Zou.
This is how Chen Ru fell into the trap two days ago.
Although Wang Shuang is older than Wen Ying and Xie Qian, Mrs. Wang is younger than Chen Ru and Zou Weijun. It’s not wrong to call her that way, but she is too familiar!
Zou Weijun's cheeks turned slightly red due to Mrs. Wang's enthusiastic flattery. He did not bother to correct Mrs. Wang's title. He did not shy away from admitting that he was hesitant at first hearing Ying's suggestion. However, for the sake of the development of "Spark" magazine, Zou Weijun suppressed it.
I am hesitant, but I am willing to try the "reader voting" proposed by Wen Ying.
Zou Weijun recognized the length limit of the manuscript emphasized by Wen Ying, and also put forward his own additional opinions:
"It is better to limit the number of short stories to 5,000-10,000 words, which is suitable for magazine publication. But the competition has been held, and it seems that we should not give up on long stories. In addition to "Spark" needing excellent manuscripts, publishers also need excellent manuscripts.
…I wonder if we can divide the competition into two groups, one group for short stories and another group for long stories.”
Zou Weijun is truly a very qualified editor-in-chief of a publishing house, and he never forgets his own job.
Wen Ying and Yuan Fenghui haven't expressed their opinions yet, but Mrs. Wang took a clear stand and waved her support: "It must be divided into long-form groups. Otherwise, it would be unfair to the authors who write long-form stories."
With one more group, the bigger the scale, she can spend more money on Zou Weijun hehe!
Wen Ying couldn't help but cough lightly, reminding Wang Dakai to pay attention to the point of flattery. There is usually only a thin line between a fanboy and an idiot, so don't use too much force and it will have the opposite effect.
After receiving Wen Ying's reminder, Mrs. Wang concealed her excitement and tried hard to find reasonable support for Zou Weijun's idea. It had been a long time since she had used her brain, and it was particularly difficult to think about business. However, with the attributes of a senior TV audience, Mrs. Wang
I really thought of a related one:
"I agree with Sister Zou from Tianjiao's point of view. Short stories are suitable for magazine promotions, while novels are more suitable for TV series adaptations. It would be beneficial for Tianjiao to set up an additional long-form group."
Material library and direct adaptation are two different things.
Short stories can serve as a material library and can be expanded into movies.
A novel has so many words and richer plots, so it’s suitable for a TV series.
Very good, this reason moved Yuan Fenghui, and at the same time, Yuan Fenghui was also moved by Mrs. Wang - Mrs. Wang must be the proud public relations manager, and no one's objections will be valid!
Zou Weijun couldn't help but laugh.
Although this is my first time dealing with Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang is really an interesting person.
After reaching a consensus on the general direction, all that is left is to discuss the details.
Online publicity is possible, not only online publicity, but also online voting, but doing so will definitely increase the publicity budget.
"Spark" published the first issue of the magazine, and the competition was officially launched.
You can learn new concepts about how to register. A competition registration form is provided with the journal. One registration form corresponds to one entry manuscript, and the same author can mail multiple manuscripts.
Considering that the writing time required for short manuscripts and long manuscripts is different, the selection of these two groups can be started simultaneously, and the results of the long-form group will be announced later than the short-form group.
As for the rules of readers’ selection, it is more applicable to the short story category.
This rule will be mentioned during the promotion, but readers will have to wait until the final round of semi-finals to actually exercise their voting rights. The semi-final manuscripts that enter the top ten will be published first. Readers can only vote after they have read the manuscripts that entered the semi-finals.
How to ensure the authenticity and effectiveness of online voting and magazine voting needs to continue to be discussed. This is already a detail within the details.
The rewards for the short story category are also different from those for the long-form category. The short-form category mainly gives cash rewards, while the winning works in the long-form category will win a generous publishing contract. For new authors, a generous publishing contract is better than a buyout bonus.
More attractive.
"Only brave men are rewarded with great rewards. If the bonus is higher, more authors will participate. There is really no need to save money for the talented ones!"
Mrs. Wang kept adding firewood and adding fuel to the fire.
She really wants to spend money on Zou Weijun!
Really, she doesn't mind spending too much, but is afraid of spending too little.
Wen Ying couldn't bear to look at Mrs. Wang, and Zou Weijun was very embarrassed, "In terms of expenses, the magazine must bear part of it. Tianjiao sponsors it with good intentions, but I can't let Tianjiao pay too much."
Wen Ying lowered her head and almost laughed.
——Aunt Zou, you really don’t have to worry. Someone is rushing to pay.