Future Optical Brain System

Chapter 35 Finding a Publisher

Holding the first manuscript of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" in his hand, he will go to a publishing house to publish it.

There are countless publishing houses in the empire. For example, each university has a publishing house affiliated with it. For example, Dinghai University has a publishing house affiliated with it. However, the two most influential publishing houses in the country are Great Wall Publishing House and Yellow River Publishing House.

Chen Dong found the addresses of these two publishing houses on the Internet, and submitted the first manuscript of those things in the Ming Dynasty according to these addresses, and then he waited.

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Dinghai Branch of Yellow River Publishing House.

The editor-in-chief of the branch was Zhang Liangyu, who wore presbyopic glasses and had gray hair. He slapped the manuscript on the table and said angrily, "What the hell is this? Is this how history is written? Nonsense."

In his opinion, the author of this book has personal views and preferences, and some aspects are very subjective and inconsistent with historical truth. Some of the less rigorous views in the book will make readers have vague judgments about history, and it is not suitable for the general public, especially It is for teenagers to read, so Yellow River Press cannot publish this book.

At the Dinghai branch of Great Wall Publishing House, editor Du Wenhai swiped his card to go to work on time as usual. He smiled and said hello to colleagues passing by, came to his office, sat down, made a cup of tea, and placed it in front of his computer desk.

His job is to review manuscripts and use his professional eyes to pick out books that can bring profits to the publishing house.

"Cool and crazy!"

Du Wenhai frowned when he saw this inexplicable and unclear title, and subconsciously put this book in the ranks of junk books. Besides, if the content is attractive, the author can be suggested to change the title when it is published.

After 10 minutes, Du Wenhai determined that this was a worthless book. At the very least, the sentences were incomprehensible, there was no main line, the literature was deep and difficult to understand, and the most annoying thing was to deliberately write a bunch of inexplicable gorgeous words to modify the content.

He has read a lot of manuscripts like this, and he receives a lot of them every day. It is difficult for him to understand, let alone show them to readers.

Throw this manuscript aside and classify it as worthless.

"Is it really that hard to find a good book?"

His definition of a good book is that it does not require the author to have excellent writing style. Of course, excellent writing style is the best. Secondly, it must be smooth to read, and you cannot deliberately add some flashy words that make people understand it. Third, there must be a main line, you can’t start from east to west, and you can’t let readers read for a long time without knowing what you are writing. Fourth, it must be readable. To be readable is to be interesting first, and the content should not be empty or tasteless.

If he can do these four points, Wuying is a good book, but "Ku Ku Kuang Tu Ba" didn't do that at all, and he directly classified it as worthless, so let's move on to the second book.

"Those things in the Ming Dynasty."

"Interesting. In fact, the Ming Dynasty has a lot of things to write about. The powerful eunuchs, civil officials who love to fight, the interesting imperial examinations, Zheng He's voyages, and the carpenter emperor are all very interesting."

We start with a file.

Name: Zhu Yuanzhang Alias ​​(nickname): Zhu Chongba, Zhu Guorui
Sex: Male
Nationality: Han
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For example, the wind blows, it rains heavily, the fragrance rises, the stars twinkle in the sky, and red light shines everywhere. Anyway, I want to tell you that this person is different from others.Mr. Zhu Yuanzhang is no exception. When he was born, the ground was full of red light, and there was a strange light in the house at night, so that the neighbors thought there was a fire and came to rescue him (Ming Shilu)

"It's interesting that history can be written like this." When Du Wenhai saw this, he couldn't help but praise.

Then look down.

One month after Xiao Zhu Wusi was born, his parents gave him a name (the custom in Yuan Dynasty): Zhu Chongba. This name can also be called Zhu Baba. very characteristic.

The name of Zhu Chongba's great ancestor: Zhu Bailiu;
The name of Zhu Chongba's great-grandfather: Zhu Sijiu;
The name of Zhu Chongba's grandfather: Zhu Chuyi;

We have introduced his father, his name is Zhu Wusi.

Such a name is not chosen because the Zhu family is engaged in mathematics, but because in the Yuan Dynasty, ordinary people would not have names if they could not go to school or be an official. (People who register will be dazzled)

"Ha ha!"

Seeing this, Du Wenhai couldn't help laughing out loud.

"It's so interesting, it's full of fun, it's also in line with historical facts, and it allows readers to know that period of history while reading the book.

As soon as readers read this paragraph, they will know that in the Yuan Dynasty, people who could not go to school or serve as officials did not have names. They could only be named after the sum of their parents' ages or the date of their birth.

If you understand this, you will know why there are so many people in the Yuan Weiqi/Rebel Army who use numbers as their names, such as Zhang Jiusi, Zhang Jiusi is Zhang Shicheng, and Zhu Chongba is Zhu Yuanzhang.

Du Wenhai finished reading the events of the Ming Dynasty in one breath, and his face was still full of emotions. It could be seen that the manuscript in his hand was only a small part. From the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the demise of the Ming Dynasty in 1368, the events of the sixteenth emperors, the manuscripts in hand wrote that Zhu Yuanzhang established the country, Zhu Yunwen cut down the vassals, and Zhu Di launched the Jingnan Change.

"Interesting, it turns out that history can still be written like this."

He had a premonition that this book would be popular, and now the key was how to sign it. It seemed that he had to do it himself. He looked at the mailing address on the envelope.

Dinghai City, Dinghai University.

The next day, Du Wenhai met Chen Dong at a tea restaurant in front of Dinghai University.

On the table is a pot of Longjing tea with the aroma of tea, and two steaming baskets of soup dumplings.

After introducing himself, Du Wenhai poured Chen Dong a cup of Longjing tea.

"Please." Du Wenhai gestured with his hand.

Du Wenhai poured tea on himself, looked at Chen Dong and said, "I'm curious, what kind of person would write historical facts so interestingly."

Chen Dong smiled, took a sip from his tea cup, and said, "An ordinary college student who likes history and usually likes to read some books on history. I was thinking while reading it, why do I write history so heavy and boring?" Well, most ordinary people don’t like to read it, so why not change it to a different way of writing, and present the history of the Ming Dynasty for more than 300 years in front of readers in a humorous style. Dynasty history."

Du Wenhai put a soup dumpling into his mouth, smiled and nodded, "Yes, it's really interesting. I didn't know that history can be written like this until today. I want to know how many chapters there are in this book. Is it finished yet?"

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