"Oh! I just said that "Contemporary" is worthy of being a famous journal. The editorial comrades all have a pair of sharp eyes and unique insights.
It's a coincidence, you say. Lao Li came to see me just after I finished writing the novel. This novel was really prepared for your magazine."
"Haha, you're right!" Zhu Changsheng said with a hearty smile.
When he got home in the evening, Lin Chaoyang told Tao Yushu: "My novel has been accepted by "Contemporary" and will be published in the second issue of this year. The manuscript fee is ten yuan per thousand words."
"Ten yuan for a thousand words?" Tao Yushu's big eyes froze for a moment, "That's two thousand yuan for the manuscript?"
"That's right!"
Tao Yushu hugged him immediately, "We really don't have to worry about the house payment this time!"
The foreseeable sales of "Garland Under the Mountain" will definitely be explosive, and the royalties for the number of print runs will not be small. Coupled with the royalties from this novel, they will not only be able to pay off the house payment this year, but they may also be able to save a fortune.
money.
"Are you happy?" Lin Chaoyang asked.
Tao Yushu nodded with a smile on his face.
Two days later, No. 2 Shasha North Street.
This was originally the "Red Flag" magazine. In 1978, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles organization was restored. Because the original office building was occupied by the Commercial Press and Zhonghua Book Company, there was no office space, so it could only be built in the compound at No. 2 Shasha North Street.
Several rows of wooden houses serve as temporary offices for the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
The Literary and Art Association is a member of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, so its office is also here.
This year, the Literary and Art Association took back the publishing rights of "People's Literature" from the Humanities Society and handed it over to its own publishing house, Writers Press.
Naturally, the editorial department of "People's Literature" was also arranged to work here.
Compared with the working conditions in the Humanities Society, the working conditions in the editorial department of "People's Literature" today are undoubtedly much more difficult than before.
The National Outstanding Short Story Award was sponsored by the Literary and Art Association last year and hosted by "People's Literature". Previously, because "People's Literature" had not been separated from the Humanities Society, the Humanities Society was also the organizer of the award in name.
It's just that this year "People's Literature" was taken back by the Literary Association and returned to the Writers Publishing House, and the organizer no longer has the Humanities Society to deal with.
Last year was the first time the award was awarded. As the first national literary award in the Chinese literary circle, the National Outstanding Short Story Award caused a sensation in the domestic literary circle.
"Class Teacher" by Liu Xinwu, "Window" by Mo Shen, "Wish You Hear This Song" by Li Tuo, "Scars" by Lu Xinhua, "Why Riders Sing Mother" by Zhang Chengzhi, "Full Moon" by Jia Pingwa...
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This award has made a large number of young and middle-aged writers famous. This is the second year of the award. With the influence last year, it is self-evident that the literary world and the public pay attention to the award.
The National Outstanding Short Story Award is hosted by "People's Literature", and the editorial department has launched the award selection activities since October last year.
After the announcement of the selection, it quickly received enthusiastic responses from all sides, and the momentum was even greater than that of the first session.
As of February 10 this year, the editorial department of "People's Literature" has received a total of 257,885 "selection opinion forms" and recommended 2,000 novels. Compared with last year's award data, there has been a significant increase, which fully illustrates the readers' enthusiasm for the award activities. The enthusiasm for participation was unprecedented.
In the past few months, the selection of the National Outstanding Short Story Award has always been the top priority of the editorial department of "People's Literature".
According to the award procedures, the National Outstanding Short Story Award will be shortlisted by readers through the selection opinion form of "People's Literature", and then evaluated by experts on the basis of public recommendations.
The first selection committee consisted of 25 famous writers and critics, including Mao Dun, Ba Jin, Liu Baiyu, Feng Mu, Sha Ting, Yan Wenjing, Chen Huangmei, Zhang Tianyi, Zhou Libo and other well-known figures in the domestic literary circle.
This year, some old judges have quit, and new judges have joined, such as Ding Ling, Wang Meng, etc.
Today, the editorial department of "People's Literature" summarized the opinions of the judges, which also means that the results of the second National Outstanding Short Story Award have basically been announced.
The reason why it is "basic" is because the results will eventually be sent to the judges for consideration and revision, and the selected articles will be finalized on March 16.
"As expected, "Wrangler" was far ahead, with 25,910 votes, and it was also the most vocal among the judges." Wang Fu sighed as he looked at the list.
Cui Daoyi said with a smile: "Normally, "Wrangler" is the pinnacle of scar literature. Last year, "Scar" and "Teacher" were both successfully selected, so there is no reason why it can't be the same.
Moreover, the completion and artistry of this novel are also unique. It not only accuses and criticizes humming, but also contains reflection and humanistic care.
It’s a pity that Jiang Zilong’s article “The Taking of Factory Director Qiao” was ranked second.”
Wang Fu said: "Hey, I heard that someone recently classified "The Wrangler" as reflective literature?"
After she finished speaking, laughter erupted from the editorial office.
This laughter naturally has an allusion.
Since last year, the atmosphere in the literary world has gradually become more conservative due to political factors.
Then just last month, Mr. Hu ascended to a high position, and the originally cold atmosphere suddenly became warm again. This atmosphere was quickly reflected in the literary world.
After this change, the trend of scar literature, which was originally prevalent in the literary world, gradually turned around.
The "reflective literature" proposed by Lin Chaoyang earlier in the article "The Inevitable Rise and Decline of Scar Literature" was brought up again by some people in a grand way.
But this time is different from the previous situation. Previously, Lin Chaoyang was scolded by a large number of people in the literary world because of this article, but this time, his article was regarded as a standard by many people.
The trend of reflective literature is gradually rising. As the first person to propose this concept in the public media, Lin Chaoyang's "Wrangler" has naturally been included in the queue of reflective literature by many people.
It also includes a number of works such as "The Wrong Editing Story" by Ru Zhijuan, "Prisoner Li Tongzhong" by Zhang Yigong, and "The Traitor" by Fang Zhi.
In less than a year, because of an article, Lin Chaoyang started to be praised again after being scolded. This incident was full of realist irony and magical absurdity, making everyone familiar with the ins and outs of the matter
Everyone couldn't help but laugh.
"However, it is no problem to say that "The Wrangler" is reflective literature. The reflective spirit of this novel goes beyond simple catharsis and accusation. Even if it is placed in reflective literature, it can serve as a banner." Cui Daoyi praised.
Scar literature has become a trend in the past two years, with the main content of exposing and criticizing the social tragedies and personal sufferings during the humming period. Its social significance and literary value are naturally undeniable.
Compared with the more emotional catharsis of scar literature, reflective literature is more ideological and philosophical. It does not simply stop at retaliatory criticism of social systems, cultural traditions and human weaknesses, but has a more rational analysis and analysis.
Reflect.
It's hard to say which one is better between the two, but the popularity of the two does have a certain color of alternation between the old and the new.
Lin Chaoyang straddled two literary trends with his novel "The Wrangler", which is somewhat legendary in the eyes of many knowledgeable people in the literary world.
Of course, this change may not even be noticed by the author himself.
It's just that there are always some good people in the literary world, and most people have the mentality of taking advantage of others, so this kind of discussion has a market.
"With this knowledge alone, Chaoyang is a level higher than most people in today's literary world." Cui Daoyi sighed.
Wang Fu nodded, "You are indeed knowledgeable. The most important thing is that you have the courage and courage to express your attitude. It's true that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers!"
She added: "Yesterday I heard Rong Da boast that they got a new novel written by Lin Chaoyang, and it is a full-length novel."
The Rong Dachui mentioned by Wang Fu is Rong Shihui, the editor of "Contemporary" and a senior editor of the Humanities Society. He got such a nickname because of his love for bragging.
"Ah!" Cui Daoyi said in surprise, "Long story? How many months has it been?"
"I was also puzzled at the time. It was said that it was written in less than a month."
Cui Daoyi was surprised again, "Less than a month? It's not that fast, right? Just listen to what Rong Dabo said."
But when he thought that Lin Chaoyang had written a new novel, but he didn't know it, and it was censored by "Contemporary", he felt uncomfortable in his heart.
"It's too fast, it's too fast!" Cui Daoyi muttered to himself for a while, then asked Wang Fu, "Do you know what the novel is about?"
"I don't know, Rong Dachui said it was stream of consciousness literature."
"Stream of consciousness? Why did he write this? No one in this genre writes about it, right?" Cui Daoyi felt that he was constantly surprised today.
"Who knows? Young people absorb knowledge quickly and always have some novel ideas."
Cui Daoyi chatted with Wang Fu, sighing and feeling full of regret.
A few days later, Zhang Dening ran to the Yanda Library with a happy face.
"Chaoyang, your "Wrangler" won the award!"
"What prize?"
"The National Outstanding Short Story Award, the award organized by "People's Literature"!"
Zhang Dening's words did not surprise Lin Chaoyang. She came to announce the good news at this time, and she could only be a judge for the National Outstanding Short Story Award.
"Why are you unhappy?" Zhang Dening couldn't help but ask when he saw Lin Chaoyang's expression was dull.
"I'm not unhappy, I'm quite happy." Lin Chaoyang said.
He was indeed very happy to win the award, but because he had expected that "Wrangler" would have a high probability of winning the award, the joy and excitement he felt when he first heard about winning the award was greatly reduced.
The expression on his face was somewhat calm. In Zhang Dening's eyes, he felt that Lin Chaoyang was pretending to be reserved.
"You are producing excellent works frequently now, but I'm afraid you will be too weak to win awards in the future!"
"Awards are not that easy to win."
"Wrangler" was published in "Yenjing Literature and Art", and the award results had just been released. Naturally, Zhang Dening, the editor-in-chief, had to inform Lin Chaoyang.
"Just talking about winning a prize, there is a bonus, is there any prize?" Lin Chaoyang asked.
"I guessed you had to ask." Zhang Dening boasted that he had figured out Lin Chaoyang's temper and preferences.
"If the works that win the first prize have not been published in "People's Literature", "People's Literature" will reprint them, and People's Literature Publishing House will subsequently collect the winning works and publish a single volume.
Another thing is to invite the award-winning authors to come to Yanjing for a meeting, and each of them will be given a commemorative certificate..."
Zhang Dening mentioned that the People's Daily's reprinting of his works and the collection and publication were good news for Lin Chaoyang. He could receive two royalties in a row, but commemorative certificates were meaningless.
"Pick some important points," he reminded.
Zhang Dening rolled his eyes at him, knowing that what he meant by "key points" was material-related rewards.
"The winning works will be awarded a bonus of one hundred yuan, eighty yuan, and sixty yuan or books according to the first, second, and third prizes respectively."
After Zhang Dening said this, there was no movement. Lin Chaoyang waited for a long time and asked: "Is it over?"
"It's over."
"After all, it's a national award, and it's just such a small bonus?"
Zhang Dening said: "Isn't there still royalties?"
"The manuscript fee is a manuscript fee, and the bonus is a bonus. After all, it is a national award."
Lin Chaoyang shook his head, his face full of disappointment.
Zhang Dening looked at him with disgust and decided to change the topic, "Have you written any new works recently?"
"I wrote it." Lin Chaoyang said happily.
Zhang Dening was immediately happy and asked: "Where is the manuscript? Show it to me!"
"Give it to "Contemporary"!"
A thunderbolt struck from the blue, and the smile on Zhang Dening's face froze.
"Give it to "Contemporary"? Why did you give it to "Contemporary" again?"
Let’s not talk about the last time “Wreaths Under the Mountains” was given to “People’s Literature”. How could we give it to “Contemporary” this time with a new novel?
Before she could start questioning her, Lin Chaoyang said, "The royalties are very high, ten yuan per thousand words!"
When Lin Chaoyang spoke, he gestured to Zhang Dening to emphasize the importance of this remuneration standard.
"Ten yuan for a thousand words, it's not like we won't give it to you!" Zhang Dening said with wide eyes.
"We didn't give it to you last time."
Zhang Dening felt the urge to vomit blood, "Last time I raised it to nine yuan, won't it be ten yuan this time? There has to be a step-by-step process."
"There is no step-by-step process in "Contemporary", and neither does "Harvest"." Lin Chaoyang said confidently.
Chapter completed!