Literary Master 1978

In a short period of time after the publication of "Yenching Literature and Art", "The Shepherd" has won the love of many readers, and at the same time, it has also attracted the attention of some people in the literary world.

At the beginning of the year, "People's Literature" published "The Class Teacher", and in the middle of the year, "Wenhui Daily" published "Scars". Coincidentally, at the end of the year, "Yenching Literature" published "The Shepherd".

Many senior people in the literary world and literature lovers have keenly noticed that a whirlwind seems to be blowing in the Chinese literary world.

Since the publication of "Scars", the name of "Scar Literature" has spread like wildfire, which well interprets the core and theme of this literary genre.

The emergence of "The Shepherd" is consistent with the spirit of "The Class Teacher" and "Scars" in criticizing buzz buzz buzz, but at the same time, it extracts and sublimates the spirit of reflection and the positive nature of human nature, which not only echoes the negative emotions of the general public towards buzz buzz buzz, but also invisibly elevates the social significance explored by scar literature.

With the hot sales of the 11th issue of Yanjing Literature and Art in 1978, more and more readers saw the novel "The Horse Herder", and the influence of the novel was further increased.

One night in the second week after the publication of "The Horse Herder", after dinner, Lin Chaoyang unexpectedly found Tao Yushu reading the novel, and he was shocked.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Chaoyang accidentally touched the foot of the bed, he hugged his foot and grinned, Tao Yushu asked with concern.

"It's okay."

He rubbed his feet, approached Tao Yushu, and asked casually: "What doggerel is there in this issue of "Yanjing Literature and Art"? "

"Doggerel is old news. This issue of "Yanjing Literature" has a big satellite."

Tao Yushu looked a little excited and showed the magazine to Lin Chaoyang, "Look at this article "The Shepherd", it completely inherits the style of "Scars", and it is better than the original."

She said excitedly: "I plan to write another review to talk about this novel."

"Write more this time, and take the manuscript fee to treat me to Lao Mo for dinner." Lin Chaoyang forced a smile.

"You're so happy!" Tao Yushu said angrily, "It's not certain whether it can be published."

Although she said so, Tao Yushu still had some confidence in herself.

A few days later, Zhang Dening found the library.

"Why did you come here?"

"The editorial department wants to invite you to write a creative talk, and also wants to ask if you have any new manuscripts recently."

"I'm too busy at work, and I don't have time to write."

This is of course just Lin Chaoyang's excuse. He received 85 yuan in royalties for "The Shepherd" some time ago, and he doesn't have such a strong motivation to create for the time being.

And he also submitted a manuscript to "Shanghai Literature and Art" before, but there has been no movement for the time being.

The most important thing at the moment is that "The Shepherd" is so popular that he was caught off guard. Every day in the library, he can hear students discussing this novel, and there are more and more commentary articles in newspapers and magazines.

It's easy to make money from royalties, but you have to be alive to spend it!

A Zu wants to stop!

Zhang Dening is puzzled by his behavior. No one forced you to write a novel before, right? Before the novel was published, you kept urging it, but now that the novel is popular, you don't have time to write it?

Zhang Dening had been an editor for a few years, and he knew that there were only a few reasons why authors refused to contribute. Either a bigger magazine had contacted them, and they had limited manuscripts, so they gave them priority, or they thought the payment was too low.

"Which magazine contacted you?"

"No!"

"Then they thought the payment was too low?"

"Hmm..."

Lin Chaoyang hesitated, and Zhang Dening thought it was true.

"I'll raise your salary by one dollar."

The standard payment for The Shepherd was five dollars per thousand words, and raising it by one dollar would be six dollars per thousand words. Lin Chaoyang hesitated, thinking it was not worth taking such a big risk for this dollar!

Zhang Dening understood his hesitation and said, "I only have this little power, so don't make it difficult for me. If it doesn't work, I'll go back and discuss it with the person in charge."

"How can I make it difficult for you? The main reason is that I really don't have time."

After saying this, Zhang Dening said helplessly, "Yes, yes, yes, I understand. You are busy with work, and writing manuscripts is just a break from your busy schedule. Then, you write me a creative talk first, and I will go back and fight for a salary of 7 yuan per thousand words for you, how about it?"

"This..." Lin Chaoyang was shaken, "Okay, then I'll write you a creative talk first."

"Can you hand it in within a week?"

"So fast?"

"Hurry up and publish it in the next issue. "The Shepherd" is on the rise now. By the way, I forgot to tell you that this issue of the magazine has sold 500,000 copies."

Lin Chaoyang had no idea about the sales of "Yanjing Literature and Art", "Is it considered a lot?"

Zhang Dening looked at him speechlessly, "Doubled."

Hiss~

That's hot enough!

Lin Chaoyang said, "Come and get the manuscript next Tuesday."

After receiving his definite answer, Zhang Dening breathed a sigh of relief. It was not a wasted trip today.

The two chatted for a few more words, and Zhang Dening said goodbye and left.

Turning around, the director Xie Daoyuan was standing not far behind Lin Chaoyang. It was unknown whether he had heard the conversation between him and Zhang Dening just now.

"Director!" Lin Chaoyang greeted him guiltily.

Xie Daoyuan's energy was not on Lin Chaoyang, but on the icicles on the facade of the library.

"Chaoyang, that string of icicles is a little close to the door. Go to the library and ask someone to go upstairs to get tools to knock it down."

Lin Chaoyang looked in the direction he pointed. A few days ago, Yanjing had its first snow of winter. The snow on the roof melted and dripped down the eaves during the day. In the evening, the temperature dropped and icicles gradually formed.

"Okay, curator!" Lin Chaoyang went back to the curator's office to call people.

Zhang Dening returned to the editorial office of "Yanjing Literature and Art" and first found Zhou Yanru and put forward Lin Chaoyang's request.

"This Lin Chaoyang, the novel just became popular, and he wants to raise the price!"

"If the novel is not popular, we can't agree to his price increase!"

Zhou Yanru shook her head helplessly. That's the truth.

The editorial office is not a charity. The determination of the remuneration standard is also directly related to the author's fame, strength and quality of the work.

With the success of "The Shepherd", it is not a problem to increase Lin Chaoyang's remuneration.

It's just that people are ashamed to talk about profits these days. It's a young author who took the initiative to ask for a remuneration increase, which makes Zhou Yanru, an old editor, emotionally difficult to accept.

"At such a young age, you care a lot about money."

Zhou Yanru said this, but she still went to Li Qingquan, the person in charge, to discuss the issue of royalties.

Finally, Li Qingquan gave his opinion that the writing talk should be paid at the standard of 7 yuan per thousand words. If he had a novel, it would also be 7 yuan per thousand words.

Li Qingquan, the person in charge who had just been at "Yanjing Literature and Art" for less than a month, showed Zhou Yanru a different spirit from the previous persons in charge.

The development of "Yanjing Literature and Art" may be on the fast track!