game wars

"Why change editors?"

Xie Qing stopped writing, raised his head and looked at the person in front of him: grandma's gray hair, bright eyes; probably because of running over, a little sweat appeared on the tip of her nose; and her lips tightly drawn into a straight line Gives away the speaker's bad mood.Xie Qing put on the pen case and said seriously: "Is this why you are standing in my office now?"

Three days ago, Xie Qing told Rorschach that starting next week, he would no longer be his editor, and that the new editor "Wutong" would be responsible for the future work.This was a trivial matter, and the main work was handed over to "Cedar" and "Wutong", which basically had no effect on Rorschach.But Rorschach resisted: "Why? I don't want to change."

Xie Qing thought that he was worried about the new editor, so he personally promised: "I brought out Wutong with my own hands. I have a good temper and strong work ability. You don't have to worry."

Luo Xia refused to let go: "I'm not used to it, I don't want to change."

Xie Qing was speechless: "Is this something you're used to or not? You're not an office colleague. You two probably won't see each other twice a year."

Luo Xia didn't speak, Xie Qing thought he accepted, and was about to comfort him a few more words, but Luo Xia hung up the phone.Xie Qing looked at the mobile phone that automatically jumped back to the main screen, and didn't return to his senses for a long time.And now, three days after the phone call, Rorschach suddenly appeared in his office, furious.

Rorschach replied provocatively: "I can't tell on the phone. I just sold the copyright, and I can fly with money."

Xie Qing sighed in his heart, and said softly: "This is the company's arrangement. I have too many things to do, and I am not suitable to be the editor in charge of the author."

Rorschach refused: "I don't want it."

As if he had expected him to say this, Xie Qing said again: "It's not just you, Qin Hai's has changed too. I picked the best editor from Quan Yuesi for you."

When Luo Xia heard it, he got angry again: "Aren't you the best editor of Quan Yue Si!"

In the past, Xie Qing and Luo Xia often fought back and forth like a cat catching a mouse. Sometimes Luo Xia would yell "I want to change to a better editor" when she got angry. Best editor ever."

Xie Qing was taken aback, thought for a while and said, "It doesn't matter if I've already been promoted."

Rorschach is furious.

Xie Qing twirled the pen cap in his hand, looked at Luo Xia for a while, and asked, "It's just a change of editor, why are you like this?"

Rorschach: "You don't respect me."

Xie Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Why don't I respect you? Other authors can give at most three days' notice before changing editors, but I'm still not respectful when I give one week's notice?"

Luo Xia thought for a moment, frowned and said, "I'm really not used to it."

Xie Qing is not used to it either, not used to the always smiling and unserious Rorschach, suddenly turned into a bitter and bitter Rorschach.

Rorschach said again: "Who made the decision to let you stop being my editor? I'll go and talk to him!"

Xie Qing didn't speak.Because it was his own decision to stop being Rorschach's editor.

Xie Qing was signed by Rorschach three years ago.At that time, Luo Xia had just entered college, and he had just been liberated from the purgatory mode of high school. He had no way to vent his energy, so he began to try to write essays.Luo Xia's first article was called "10 o'clock in the evening". The name was very casual, and the style of writing was also very casual, but the content was interesting: Qin Rui, a college student who had just graduated, rented a house, and after he moved in, something happened. Strange thing, every night at 10 o'clock, time and space will overlap in the living room——Qin Rui can see everything that happens in this room in another time and space, but he can't touch it, and he can't hear it, just like a projection.This story is about what happened between Qin Rui and the protagonist "A" from another time and space.

Although Luo Xia's brains are big enough, the subject matter is unpopular and niche, and the writing style is indeed a bit rough, so there is no splash after the article is published.Xie Qing accidentally saw that he liked him for no reason, and felt that he had potential, so he decided to sign him.At that time, the only author under Xie Qing's name was Qin Hai, the pillar of Yuesi. When he specifically mentioned in a meeting at the company that he wanted to take Luo Xia personally, the employees under him were all surprised, and they all speculated about the origin of this new author. Call him by name.On the other hand, Luo Xia was confused and didn't know what the name "Xedong" meant to Yuesi. He only felt that his talent was finally appreciated, so he signed the contract happily, and from then on, he and Xuesong began to "love each other and kill each other" day.

It was only later that Xie Qing discovered that he had taken it lightly.

At that time, he only wanted to discover potential newcomers. He didn't know that Rorschach had a bad habit. Once the inspiration came, he had to catch someone to chat with him. He could talk for two or three hours without pausing, and he had to respond. Discuss with him and even post your thoughts!Luo Xia's classmates were all abused by him, it can be described as miserable.This is all right, as soon as the contract was signed, there was an extra "professional chatter", Luo Xia instantly gave up on his classmates, caught Xie Qing, a fat sheep, and squeezed hard: called at three o'clock in the middle of the night and said that he wanted to chat with him about the universe Collapsing; I went to the bathroom in the morning and sent a WeChat message saying that artificial intelligence is so romantic; while having dinner, I told the other party that I had a Cthulhu-related inspiration...

It is no exaggeration to say that Xie Qing lost weight during that time.

Of course, at the beginning, Xie Qing patiently discussed with him two or three times, speaking softly, hoping to arouse his enthusiasm for writing. Later, he found that he had mentioned countless ideas, but wrote only a few, and finally couldn't bear it. live broke out.

On that day, Luo Xia finally saw the power of Xie Qing's venomous tongue—his essays were sprayed from beginning to end, not even punctuation marks were spared, which made Luo Xia doubt his life.At the end of the spray, Rorschach said pitifully, "Then why did you sign me?"

Xie Qing said indifferently: "Use a microscope to pick out a little light."

In short, Rorschach was honest for a long time after this spray.Of course, with the idea of ​​"making Xie Qing look at him differently", he began to seriously embark on the road of writing.Although sometimes it is inevitable to exchange outlines or memes with Xie Qing, but at least it is not "empty talk without evidence".

Rorschach's second article is called "Space Bone". It tells the story of a gloomy genius scientist who accidentally discovers a node of multidimensional space. This node is the "bone". Childhood playmates triggered a series of stories.It was this article that made the name "Tiangai" popular overnight.This "red" is not only an Internet celebrity, but also recognized by mainstream literary awards.The conference center where the award ceremony was held was not far from Yuesi. After receiving the award, Luo Xia ran over to Yuesi and threw the certificate on Xie Qing's desk.

That was the first time Xie Qing saw Luo Xia: he was carrying his schoolbag, slightly raised his head and looked at himself, his eyes fluttering, as if he was waiting for something.

At that time, Yuesi’s office building was in the old city, and Xie Qing’s office had half floor-to-ceiling glass. At first glance, it was not a tall building with dozens of floors like now, but a patchwork of buildings and a very beautiful skyline.The weather was fine that day, and they were dyed red by the sunset, together with the light in Rorschach's eyes.

Luo Xia didn't speak, Xie Qing ignored him.He signed three documents in a row, until he opened the fourth document, Xie Qing wrote the first stroke of "Xie" on the paper, and suddenly stopped the tip of the pen again.After a while, he raised his head and said four words:

"Deserved."

Rorschach laughed all of a sudden.

And Xie Qing also suddenly realized that that point of light finally burned into sparks all over the sky.