After Su Tong got the manuscript, he returned it to Yu Dong because he knew that Yu Dong was expanding and revising the manuscript recently.
Euidong put the manuscript back in his room, and the four of them sat together and chatted in a harmonious atmosphere, as if nothing had happened just now.
Cheng Yongxing arrived late and asked about the situation of the International Book Expo: "When I received the notice before, I was quite surprised. In previous years, the expo was not always held in autumn. Why is it so early this year?"
In fact, Yu Dong has always been confused. He has never participated in the International Book Fair, but this fair is well-known in the book industry and he has heard of it before. In his impression, this fair is held every two years and is always held in autumn.
Mo Yan said with a smile, "Actually, this time cannot be regarded as a formal international book fair. The full name should be called the Yanjing International Book Fair Promotion Conference. The last fair was not very satisfactory, and the number of exhibits was even greater than the previous one.
has dropped, so I want to do some publicity in advance this year.”
Cheng Yongxing nodded and said, "It's understandable."
None of them seemed disappointed when they learned that it was not an official expo. After all, book expos were not the closest thing to them.
Domestic publishers, booksellers and exhibitors pay more attention to such an exhibition than they do, because the exhibition directly involves copyright trade.
Cheng Yongxing and Yu Dong came here just to broaden their network and get to know more publishers and authors.
As long as publishers and authors attend the meeting tomorrow, their trip will be considered in vain.
Then Mo Yan revealed another news, "Although there were fewer exhibits at the last exhibition, the copyright trade increased several times. The leaders of this year want to continue their efforts and increase the number of copyright trade."
"I've heard about this." Su Tong took over and said, "If I remember correctly, the number of copyright trade in the last exhibition was 300, while the copyright trade in the second exhibition in 1988 only had more than 70 pieces.
It’s four or five times worse.”
"That's right, so the Book Import and Export Corporation is going to do something big this year." Mo Yan said with a smile.
Yu Dong also nodded secretly. In recent years, the domestic publishing industry has developed very well and is becoming more and more ambitious. And just this year, China will also join the "Bernier Convention" and the "Universal Copyright Convention", so that
As a result, it will inevitably attract more and more overseas publishers and booksellers to enter the domestic market.
However, this is not actually good news for domestic writers, because the influx of foreign publishers and booksellers will inevitably cause domestic publishers to purchase the copyrights of a large number of foreign works.
As a result, the living space of domestic writers will be squeezed. As long as domestic publishers invest less manpower and material resources, they can publish excellent foreign works, and it will be difficult to focus on cultivating domestic works.
Cheng Yongxing and Su Tong both know this, but they have full confidence in domestic works. And the emergence of this situation may also be an opportunity for domestic writers.
If foreign works can come in, domestic works can naturally go out. We don’t have to sell copyrights for a little foreign exchange, but we need to use a new attitude to show the overall image of China to the world and promote domestic culture and literature to the world.
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The next morning, Yu Dong and his party arrived at the International Exhibition Center at No. 6, North Third Ring Road East.
For Yu Dong, this International Exhibition Center is the old venue. But for Su Tong and others, it is the new venue.
The International Exhibition Center was completed in 1985 and is still the largest exhibition hall in China. Currently, it only has the first phase, and the second phase will not start construction until this summer.
Although it is not a formal expo, the scene is still very lively.
Without cutting the ribbon, Yu Dong and the others entered the exhibition hall directly. The 9,000-square-meter hall displays books from nearly a hundred publishing organizations in more than a dozen countries and regions.
In addition, there are many promotional booths for exhibitions, the main content of which is the official International Book Fair this fall.
In one morning, under the leadership of Su Tong and others, Yu Dong got to know no less than thirty publishing houses and booksellers, as well as countless writers.
Some of them had names that Yu Dong had heard of, and some had no impression at all.
Most writers come to exhibitions to expand their network of contacts. Networking is of extraordinary importance anywhere in the world.
Writers are not immortals who do not eat fireworks. On the contrary, in this era, they know the importance of connections better than most ordinary people.
Yu Dong followed Su Tong and the other big guys behind him, which was considered a "fake power". Even people who had no impression of his works or were not interested in his works would still give him false compliments.
But it is unclear whether they will criticize Yu Dong behind his back for being a villain who relies on connections.
Throughout the morning, what impressed Yu Dong the most was Wang Shuo whom he met before lunch.
Unlike others, Wang Shuo is a straightforward person. As soon as he saw Yu Dong and his group, he shouted that he was bored and bluntly stated the purpose of his visit.
"I also thought that I could meet some big names, but I didn't expect that most of the people who came today are unrelated people. It's a good thing that I met you, otherwise my visit today would have been in vain."
Wang Shuo spoke in a very arrogant manner, which Yu Dong and others were not surprised by. Many local people in Yanjing spoke in this way.
But the difference is that most people in Yanjing keep it quiet when in public or when they meet people they don't know well.
Wang Shuo, who was present, had never seen Yu Dong before, and asked with a smile: "Who is this? I don't know you."
Cheng Yongxing helped introduce: "Yu Dong, he just published an article "Death of a Widow" on "Harvest"."
Hearing Cheng Yongxing's introduction, Wang Shuo immediately became interested, "What a coincidence, your novel is next to mine "You Are Not a Common Man", and the one after mine is yours. I don't like to read my own writing.
Generally, I start reading things from the back of my works, and the first article I read in this issue of "Harvest" is yours."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "I also watched "You Are Not a Commoner". It was very interesting. I was deeply impressed by the Three Good Associations in it."
Wang Shuo said with a smile: "You southerners are so fake and modest."
Cheng Yongxing rolled his eyelids and said, "Your attack is too broad and biased."
"I'm telling the truth." Wang Shuo said with a smile and waved his hand, "Stop hanging around here. It's dinner time. I'm making a meal today, so I'll treat you to a meal."
He wanted to invite him to dinner, but everyone followed him out without refusing.
Cheng Yongxing walked behind and laughed with Yu Dong: "Wang Shuo is a very poor person, but he is a good person and his works are also very good. As for making friends... we can only be good friends, not ordinary friends."
Yu Dong asked with interest: "How do you say this?"
Mo Yan smiled beside him and said, "If you have a friend who catches you and scolds you every day, you won't be able to bear it. If you can stand it, are you still an ordinary friend?"
Yu Dongshen agreed and said: "It makes sense."
Wang Shuo is the kind of person who can be a good friend and won't care about his minor flaws, and may even think that he is straightforward. If he is not a good friend, it will be difficult to tolerate his flaws and think that he is a gangster.
But Yu Dong thought of something else and asked, "Are you good friends with him or just friends?"
Cheng Yongxing laughed: "We are just good friends."
Chapter completed!