Near the front door, the Youth League Central Building.
On the 10th floor, there is a children's journal editorial department, and Zheng Yuanjie, who has just been seconded, comes to work as usual.
He only had an elementary school education. When he was a teenager, he served in the army and learned to repair airplanes. One day he caught a sparrow and brought it into the airplane. However, the sparrow was nowhere to be found. He thought that if the sparrow got into the wing of the airplane, it would break.
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So he found dozens of people and dismantled the fighter jet, but couldn't find a single chicken feather.
From then on, I said goodbye to repairing airplanes.
At that time, Li Tiemei, the heroine of "The Story of the Red Lantern", was a national idol. Zheng Yuanjie particularly liked Li Tiemei and kept thinking about her at night. The second year after joining the army, he applied to join the group.
Before joining the league, he had to mobilize his thoughts. Everyone said, "Hardship comes first, pleasure comes last." When it was his turn, he said: "I just like Li Tiemei and want to live with her!"
The leader almost spat on his face.
It can be said that this person's brain has been abnormal since he was a child, and he mainly has a eccentric behavior that makes him stand out from the rest.
Later, he changed jobs and was assigned to be a worker in an instrument factory. He was responsible for looking after the water pump. There was a green button and a red button. At work, he pressed the green button to deliver water and after get off work, he pressed the red button to stop the water. He earned 41 yuan per month.
Later, he started writing and published many works in children's magazines. He became somewhat famous, so he was seconded as an editor and still published works. The fee was three yuan per thousand words.
When he was at his most impressive, he contributed articles to 16 magazines at the same time, and his code words were comparable to those of a tentacle monster with 20,000 updates per day.
But children's literature is not taken seriously, and he doesn't make much money. When he discussed the requirements with the magazine, he said that he didn't need to give me a higher increase, just give me an increase of three yuan and ten cents. The other party said: There are so many authors, so I will give you a raise.
Will others rise?
So he still pays 3 yuan for the manuscript, and those classic works such as "Shuke Beta", "Pipilu and Lu Xixi", and "The Rubik's Cube Mansion" have not been written yet.
His mentality was also relatively good and he didn't care much. The real change was that after he had a child in 1983, he began to pay attention to material conditions, and then he made "The Fairy Tale King".
At this moment, he has thick hair and has not yet gone bald, and he comes to work casually.
The editor's job is to review manuscripts, which is very boring every day.
"Zheng Yuanjie, someone is looking for you!"
Just when he was bored and thinking about what to eat in the cafeteria for lunch, someone suddenly called out and he walked out of the office inexplicably and entered a small reception room, where a handsome young man sat.
"Editor Zheng!"
"Introduce yourself, my name is Chen Qi!"
Chen Qi rarely shows up, but his name is very famous. Now when he usually interacts with people, he only gives his name and does not make specific statements.
Sure enough, Zheng Yuanjie showed a surprised expression and said hurriedly: "Hello, hello! Are you still filming martial arts movies this year?"
"ah?"
Chen Qi was stunned for a moment and said: "Shooting, we are taking photos!"
"Oh, that's great. I watched "Tai Chi" twice. I wanted to watch it a third time but couldn't get a ticket. I drew one myself and it didn't get through. I think it might be because of the pencil. Next
Try using a pen first."
"Then you might as well carve a carrot seal and buckle it to look more like it."
"That's a good idea!"
Zheng Yuanjie nodded. Others may be joking, but he really took action.
Chen Qi was also happy. He didn't have a bad impression of this person and found it quite interesting. Some of his practices, such as not letting his son go to school and teaching him at home, were nothing...
Moreover, his son cannot go to school and will not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of his life. The father has earned all the family property.
"I came here today to discuss something."
Chen Qidao: "I have read some of your works and find them very interesting. I have also recently had the idea of ​​starting a magazine. Let me talk to you in advance. Can you contribute to our magazine?"
"You also do children's periodicals?"
"No, no, a journal for adults."
“Is it appropriate to publish children’s literature?”
"Children's literature is not necessarily for children; cartoons are not necessarily for children."
brush!
Zheng Yuanjie's eyes were bright. If he was excited to see a celebrity just now, now he resonated deeply with him and became a confidant. He hurriedly said: "It's rare for someone to express such a view!
Children's literature and serious literature are only different in form, but the core is the same. They both write about kindness, ugliness, honesty, deception, dedication, selfishness... Just by using the name of a child, the status becomes very low."
"Your previous works are still a bit juvenile. If you agree to contribute to us, you might as well be more liberal and put your thoughts on life in them. You don't have to let children be the protagonists. You can also write about adults."
Chen Qi paused and said: "I don't know how much your remuneration is. We are starting a magazine and we can't give it too high. If the article is approved, it will be calculated at 3.5 yuan per 1,000 words. How about it?"
The current standard is: 3-10 yuan per thousand words.
Chen Qi knew his income and deliberately gave him 5 cents more.
"Okay, it's a deal!"
"Well, I won't bother you!"
Zheng Yuanjie went back happily.
This person is a real coding robot. He has written a total of 20 million words of works in later generations. He has topped the rich list of Chinese writers twice. His titles "Shuke Beta" and "Pipiru and Lu Xixi" can actually be used as IPs.
Derived.
It's a pity that there are too many restrictions in this era, and no one knows how to do it, so it is wasted.
When IP development matures, these works of his will be outdated again.
Chen Qi had already hooked up with the director of Shangmei Studio, and then contacted Zheng Yuanjie, of course to pave the way for future animation.
At the moment, he is soliciting manuscripts for magazines. Zheng Yuanjie has written many adult protagonists, and some of his fairy tales are really not suitable for children. For example, "The Rubik's Cube Mansion" is written like "Flowers in the Mirror"...
There were very few popular fiction writers in the 1980s. If you wanted to start a magazine, you had to look for it everywhere, including Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Now "Reader" already exists, and a new magazine was born this year, namely the famous "Jingu Legend", a monument of domestic popular periodicals. Later, it was divided into "Jingu Legend·Martial Arts Edition" and "Jingu Legend·Fantasy"
version".
A large number of domestic martial arts writers such as Xiao Zhen, Cang Yue, Bu Feiyan, etc. started to become famous in this magazine and were prominent for a while. Unfortunately, their vitality did not last and disappeared with the decline of martial arts culture.
There are also early classics of online literature, "Sou Shen Ji" by Wild Fox under the Tree, which is also serialized in "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times", Tuoba Ye, Concubine of the Rain Master...
It has been around for a long time, and younger readers may not know the writers above.
Chen Qi's first magazine was to follow the path of "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times". In the early 1980s, it was the period when popular magazines were sprouting and messy. They were particularly easy to sell, with sales often reaching millions, which could provide good funds for the company.
source……
When it gets bigger, it will become its own platform and can do many things.
Chapter completed!