After leaving Zhang Yimou, Yu Dong went directly back to school. When he reached the door, Uncle Zhou unexpectedly called him: "Teacher Yu, when did you go out? Why didn't I notice?"
Yu Dong stopped the car and said with a smile, "Uncle Zhou, you can't have a radar on your head. It's not normal if you didn't see me going out."
"Oh, that's it. A young man came to see you just now. I thought you were at school, so I asked him to go to the Government Affairs Building to find you."
"Young man? You haven't seen him?"
Uncle Zhou shook his head, "I've never seen him before. He sounds like he's from the north. I've been here for a while."
"Yes, I understand." Yu Dong nodded and rode towards the Government Affairs Building.
After entering the office, Yu Dong saw a strange young man sitting in his seat at a glance. He should be the one Uncle Zhou mentioned.
There was no one else in the office at this time, only the young man.
He was staring at the table in a daze. After Yu Dong walked over, he turned around when he heard the movement.
Yu Dong saw his eyes full of doubts, and knew that although he came to find him, he didn't know what he looked like.
"Hello, I'm Yu Dong, are you here to see me?" Yu Dong said.
Hearing Yu Dong's words, the young man was stunned, stood up suddenly after a slow beat, "Hello, Teacher Yu, I am Meng Hua, the editor of "Yanjing Literature", nice to meet you."
"It's okay, you can sit down." Yu Dongchong waved to Meng Hua and told him to sit down. Then he pulled He Yu's chair over and sat down himself. "I heard from the doorman, Uncle Zhou, that you have been here for a long time.
?”
"It didn't take long. When I entered the building, I happened to meet a teacher. He brought me here. He told me that you would be back soon." Meng Hua pushed up his glasses and smiled.
Yu Dong looked at Meng Hua. He looked about 24 or 5 years old, of medium height, with some teeth missing. He looked like he was smiling even when he wasn't talking.
"How do you have my address? "Harvest" and "Zhongshan" would not be so kind as to disclose my information to you." Yu Dong said with a smile.
Meng Hua scratched his chin and said with some embarrassment: "I did call and ask "Zhongshan" and "Harvest", and they did not disclose your information to me. I still saw "Science Fiction World"
》In the last interview with you, I learned that you work in Jinyi.”
"Aren't you afraid that Yu Dong is a pen name, and people in our school don't know my pen name? It wouldn't be cost-effective to rush in vain."
"I have thought of this possibility, but I have also made a plan. If it really fails and I don't see you, I will divert to visit some other teachers in Jinling."
Yu Dong smiled. Meng Hua was quite honest and didn't say anything nice.
If it were another editor who was more tactful, I'm afraid the big words would have been flying all over the place.
After some chatting, Yu Dong roughly knew about Meng Hua's situation. After graduating from the University of Political Science and Law last year, he joined "Yenjing Literature" as an editor. After nearly a year of accumulation, he began to try to get manuscripts from everywhere.
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Nowadays, the work of many editors is like this, which is similar to that of sales and business. They travel all over the world to visit authors and invite manuscripts.
Newcomers like Meng Hua who have not yet established their own network of contacts have to work harder. They spend most of their time trying their luck. They often fail to meet writers, and even if they do, those writers may not pay attention to him.
Before Meng Hua came to Jinling, he had already scanned Yanjing and visited all the writers he could, but with little success.
"After you come to my place, where are you going to next?" Yu Dong asked.
"I'm going to "Zhongshan" to visit Teacher Su Tong."
Yu Dong laughed and said, "You are going straight to Huanglong. Jinling is not as good as Yanjing. There are not many writers who live here permanently. There are only a few you can meet. This time I want to make an appointment with them."
It is basically impossible to write a manuscript, but it is good to meet him and become familiar with him, which will make it easier to contact him in the future."
"Well, that's what I think." Meng Hua nodded.
Seeing Meng Hua's face full of fatigue, Yu Dong couldn't help but shook his head. Editors are not easy to do. Meng Hua must have come out of the station without stopping and came directly to Jin Yi. He looked dusty.
of.
It is conceivable that he will not gain much from his visit to Jinling this time.
Needless to say, Yu Dong himself is currently preparing a science fiction novel and has no other plans. And even if he has a plan, the first thing he considers is "Harvest", "Zhongshan" or "People's Literature". Even
"Shanghai Literature" is also prioritized before "Yenjing Literature".
Su Tong is the editor-in-chief of "Zhongshan" and is usually very busy, so he has no time to greet Meng Hua.
There are also Bi Feiyu and Ye Zhaoyan. The former has almost no contact with "Yenjing Literature", while the latter has a strong relationship and usually has more contact with the publishing house.
In addition, Meng Hua may not be able to find writers like Gu Qian, and may not even have heard of him.
After chatting for a while, Meng Hua took his leave and walked in a hurry. He seemed to be afraid that if he took one step too late, Yu Dong would chase him away.
Watching him leave, Yu Dong couldn't help but shook his head. The young man was still too thin-skinned. He finally saw him and didn't know how to take advantage of him.
He could have asked Yu Dong to help him introduce Su Tong or others. In this way, Su Tong and others would be more courteous to him in order to take care of Yu Dong's face.
Although Yu Dong may not be willing to help with this, he didn't even mention it, which shows that he is still not proficient in his business.
Not long after Meng Hua left, Liu Changmin walked in. Seeing that Yu Dong was the only one in the office, he asked strangely: "Didn't an editor of "Yanjing Literature" come to you just now? Didn't he leave first without waiting for you?
Already?"
"No, I met him once, but he has already left."
"Left?" Liu Changmin looked surprised: "Didn't he come to you to ask for a manuscript, and he left so soon? Then you didn't agree to him?"
Yu Dong smiled and said: "I promised to give him a manuscript as soon as we met. How can it be so easy to ask for a manuscript? There will definitely be more and more people asking for manuscripts in the future. If I had to agree to each one, I would be exhausted."
Liu Changmin also laughed, "That's right. I thought too highly of "Yenjing Literature" from my own perspective. In fact, for you, there are many choices, and "Yenjing Literature" is just one of them.
.This is the first time I have seen an editor visit me, and I have never met him before. I always thought that editors just sit in the office and wait for others to submit articles to them."
"No profession is easy."
Yu Dong dialed the card left by Meng Hua with his hand, which contained his personal information and contact information. Yu Dong will receive a lot of things like this in the future, and as his fame grows, there will also be
Chapter completed!