The first Tianjiao·Xinghuo Cup Essay Contest selected many good talents for "Xinghuo" magazine and publishing house.
In addition to the prize money set by the competition, after the competition, the copyrights of a dozen authors' works were purchased by Tianjiao, enriching Tianjiao's copyright library. When the time is right, Tianjiao will adapt these works!
At the same time, the works of the award-winning contestants in the long-form category were successively published by Chengdu Literature and Art Publishing House, which benefited the authors and made achievements for the publishing house.
I never expected that this piece of shit like Bao Lixin, who had only been working as editor-in-chief of the Chengdu Literature and Art Publishing House for a short period of time, would actually achieve "remarkable results" - not counting the fact that he forced away the best-selling author Wen Ying. From Chengdu Literature and Art Publishing House,
The publishing house resigned, and even poached several authors that the publishing house discovered through essay contests!
Only then did everyone come to their senses. It turned out that Chief Editor Bao was always on business trips and was not just avoiding Yuan Fenghui.
Wen Ying does not accept Bao Lixin's theory of "profits first, literature second", but some other authors can accept it.
They are all young writers. Why can Wen Ying achieve both fame and fortune while they can only take advantage of the readership market that leaks from Wen Ying's fingers?
Under Bao Lixin's instigation, several authors followed Bao Lixin and took away the new books that were originally intended to be handed over to Rongcheng Literature and Art Publishing House. As soon as this came out, Rongcheng Literature and Art Publishing House could only knock out their teeth and swallow them whole!
I heard that the leader who recruited Bao Lixin now wants to bang his head on the table every day.
Wen Ying, a leading writer, terminated her contract, and several lower-level writers left. The losses were too heavy. In the past two years, we had finally made achievements in the youth literature market, but most of the building collapsed in an instant. What will we do in the future?
Even Xie Qian, who usually doesn't like to meddle in other people's business, couldn't help but frown after hearing Wen Ying's words.
Regardless of whether it is Rongcheng Literary Publishing House or "Spark" magazine, they all have the hard work of Xie Qian's mother, Zou Weijun.
Although Zou Weijun resigned on his own, he was more forced by reality. What Zou Weijun really loves is the publishing industry, not intrigues in a big company like "Kumho".
Xie Qian hopes that Wen Ying can change jobs to a better and more suitable publishing house, but he also does not want Rongcheng Literature and Art Publishing House to decline... Slowly, Xie Qian's frown relaxed:
"Suddenly experiencing such changes, Chengdu's literary publishing industry will be turbulent for a period of time, but it is impossible to say that it will never recover. With you gone, Bao Lixin also took several authors with him, which also gave other authors the opportunity to rise.
, as long as "Spark" is not affected, an author will appear soon!"
Ni Sisi's ability is not bad, but she loses because she has too little qualifications.
Bao Lixin caused such a scene, which was a bad thing for others, but not necessarily for Ni Sisi.
Xie Qian felt that the opportunity for Xiao Salamander had come, and so had the opportunities for other authors who contributed to "Xinghuo".
If it doesn’t work, let’s quickly start the second essay contest!
Wen Ying felt relieved: "I hope the little salamander can hold on."
There's nothing you can do if you don't hold on.
Wen Ying could still write short stories for "Spark", but there was no chance of cooperating with Rongcheng Literary Publishing House in a short period of time - the Magic City was afraid that Wen Ying would regret it, so they not only signed the contract early, but also paid an advance payment of 5 million.
The money was transferred to Wen Ying's bank account.
It's hard to get the 5 million. If Wen Ying breaks the contract, she will have to pay three times the liquidated damages of Modu Literature and Art Publishing House, a total of 15 million!
If it weren't for the purpose of making a fortune in the A-share bull market in 2007, Wen Ying really wouldn't want to accept the 5 million advance payment from Modu Literature and Art Publishing House.
At school, Wen Ying was worried about Little Salamander.
In the magazine office, Xiao Salamander was calling the contracted authors of the magazine one by one.
As Xie Qian said, if the "Spark" magazine is fine, there will be no major problems with the publishing house.
Wen Ying and several waist authors changed jobs, and the other authors needed to be reassured. Fortunately, Xiao Sala and Zou Weijun had similar ideas, so they spent a lot of effort on weekdays, so there was no need to worry about it when things came to a close.
Familiar authors have basically given Xiao Salam the right words.
Xiaoyu's active urging also gave the authors confidence.
It seems that "Spark" magazine has not been greatly affected?
So good!
"Spark" magazine has a large circulation, and the magazine pays generous royalties, so writers who write short stories don't want to move away easily.
Only by steadily contributing to the same magazine can you have the opportunity to switch from writing short stories to writing long stories.
For example, Liang He, the female author who skipped over from the previous "Eige", almost went astray and gave Han Qin perjury. After Liang He repented in court, Xiao Sala ignored the past and asked Liang He to write a manuscript.
Lianghe has submitted articles to every issue of "Xinghuo" since its establishment. Only when "Xinghuo" has made it clear that the manuscripts will not be adopted will she submit them to other magazines.
In the beginning, Lianghe's manuscripts were accepted every other issue, but gradually, her manuscripts were published in every issue, and the fee paid to her by "Xinghuo" became higher and higher.
Liang He is far less popular than Wen Ying, but because every issue of "Xinghuo" has her works, readers of "Xinghuo" are familiar with the pen name "Lianghe". Even after writing it for so many years, she is still not warm.
Lianghe of Huo has accumulated a lot of experience and has made great breakthroughs in writing skills. Xiaoyu has made an appointment with Lianghe to serialize a long manuscript——
In the QQ author group, friends are congratulating Liang He for his success.
In reality, Liang He just finished the phone call with Xiao Salamander.
To survive?
Liang He felt excited in his heart.
Serialization first, then publication, this is the path set by Xiaoyu for Lianghe.
Xiao Salan encouraged Liang He to write his own story. A good author may not be recognized for his talent for a while, but he will never be rejected for a lifetime. You can make a lot of money by imitating a popular author. Only by writing what you are good at and what you really want to write can you go further!
In the QQ group, author friends congratulated Liang He for being taken seriously and expected to become the "No. 2 Wen Ying". Liang He couldn't help but think of Bao Lixin, the editor-in-chief of the publishing house who had just resigned.
Before Bao Lixin left, he tried to win over Lianghe. He used similar words to Han Qin's before and asked Lianghe if he envied Wen Ying's fame and fortune.
Of course Lianghe is envious!
But when Bao Lixin asked Lianghe if he wanted to become the "No. 2 Wen Ying", Lianghe refused.
"I just want to be myself."
Being the second best person to smell the cherry blossoms won’t hurt your wallet, but it will hurt your conscience.
You may not be able to make much money by doing Lianghe, but your conscience is indeed solid.
Even if Bao Lixin really appreciates Liang He's talent, Liang He may not leave. What's more, Bao Lixin just wants Liang He to imitate Wen Ying, and Liang He won't agree even if he beats him to death.
Some authors hit it off with Bao Lixin, and many more have the same bottom line as Liang He.
Xie Qian was right. Bao Lixin left and Rongcheng Literature and Art Publishing House suffered heavy losses, but "Spark" did not collapse.
Ni Sisi changed from editor-in-chief of "Spark" to deputy editor-in-chief, and Song Foxiang was transferred from the magazine to the publishing house as publishing editor!
Before the end of December, there was another thing that surprised Wen Ying. Lao Wen's test results came out.
Everyone thought that Wen Dongrong would not pass the exam. Only Deng Shangwei believed that Wen Dongrong could pass the exam. Deng Shangwei mainly suffered from his lack of education and had a blind trust in Wen Dongrong - who would have thought that this time Lao Wen would actually pass the exam.
On the line!
On the day the results were announced, Wen Dongrong's eyes widened, which showed how surprised he was.
Deng Shangwei looked envious: "For my brother-in-law, this is easy, right?"
Wen Dongrong nodded lightly with his hands behind his back, "It's indeed very simple."
He looks calm on the outside but happy inside.
With such a happy event, I can move from the living room balcony back to the bedroom!