1980 My literary era

The title of the book on the first page of the manuscript paper is four words, "Plain Clothes Police".

Author name: Hai Yan.

Haiyan is the pen name of Lu Haiyan. Because of an accidental idea, he spent more than a year writing "Plainclothes Police".

A novel with sixty chapters and a total of 470,000 words is an extremely difficult creative process for a newcomer, even for a long-time creator.

So you have to admit some people’s talents.

My colleagues in the editorial department spent several days reading the novel from beginning to end, and they recognized Lin Weimin's opinion even more.

Haiyan is a newcomer after all. Even if he is talented, he cannot avoid the mistakes that newcomers should make.

The beginning of the novel "Undercover Police" is very exciting, but after the end of the first 100,000 words, the structure of the novel begins to become loose and the plot becomes protracted.

Revision is a necessary process.

After summarizing everyone's review opinions, Lin Weimin called Haiyan over again. After explaining to him the precautions for revising the draft, Lin Weimin asked him whether he wanted to revise the draft in the club or at home.

Lin Weimin also specifically emphasized that there would be a subsidy for revising manuscripts at the club, two yuan a day.

Haiyan's heart pounded after hearing this, but after thinking about it, he still shook his head firmly.

He is a prison guard, and the nature of his job is a bit special. He cannot take long leave, so he can only regretfully reject Teacher Lin's invitation.

Lin Weimin looked at Haiyan's leaving figure and sighed in his heart.

I spent more than a year on my own and wrote a long novel of more than 400,000 words. I think this is such a good idea for Guan Xiaoheiwu!

Pity!

"Okay, stop looking. He is a prison guard, so you don't need to lock him up. He is in prison while working." Liu Yin joked.

Lin Weimin thought so, and that was true.

In this way, Teacher Lin's undefeated golden body is not broken.

Well, this time I have a clear idea!

In the blink of an eye, October is here, the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the city of Yanjing is bustling with activity.

More than a month ago, the Olympic delegation returned with great honors. At this time, it is necessary to be lively and lively.

In this atmosphere, Lin Weimin received a piece of news.

Jiro Hasegawa, the deputy editor-in-chief of Nibo New Trend News, came to Yanjing the day before National Day, which made Lin Weimin a little helpless. There were not many holidays and he couldn't take a good rest.

Everyone is coming, so we can’t help but receive them.

The work unit was on holiday, and Lin Weimin set the meeting place at the Yanjing Hotel.

Jiro Hasegawa is a thin middle-aged man with sunken cheeks. At first glance, he seems to be strangely thin, as if he is a ponytail.

He behaves politely and bows at every turn, which is a characteristic of most Nihong people.

"Mr. Lin, this is our first meeting. Please give me your advice!"

Lin Weimin was not used to bowing to others, so he shook hands with him as a courtesy.

Hasegawa Jiro came here to publish Lin Weimin's novels. He had fully understood Lin Weimin's many works beforehand. During the chat, he revealed his appreciation of these works, which made Lin Weimin feel happy.

Regardless of whether they are pretending, at least their attitude is comfortable.

After chatting for a while, Hasegawa Jiro took out the list of novels he planned to publish on behalf of Shinchaosha this time.

Taking the list of novels handed over by the translator, Lin Weimin took a look at it and was slightly surprised to see that there was "Speak Well" in it.

However, if you think about the popular novels and film and television works of later generations, many of them are based on the small to see the big, but it is very close to the style of "If You Have Something to Say".

In addition to "Speak Well", Xinchaoshe also selected two novels, "The Lover" and "Chasing the Murderer", both of which are in line with Ni Hongren's usual taste.

Lin Weimin had to admit that it was indeed very comfortable to talk to Nihong people as long as you had the upper hand.

Things went smoothly and the process was uneventful.

Xin Chao News Agency has long been aware of Lin Weimin's previous cooperation with Random House. This is a writer who can be enjoyed by American fathers.

In addition, now that Lin Weimin has won the Naoki Award, one of the Nihong Literary Awards, they have taken the initiative to increase the royalty share to 12%.

In Nihong, this is already the treatment of famous people.

Lin Weimin also felt the sincerity of Xinchao Press and readily agreed to the publishing matter.

It was finally agreed that the first of the three novels will be published before March next year, and then one will be published every three months. The first printing volumes are 30,000 copies of "Something to Say", 50,000 copies of "Lover", and 50,000 copies of "Chasing the Murderer".

Judging from the number of first-print copies, it is not difficult to see Xinchao Society’s expectations for these novels.

In fact, compared with the treatment received by previous Naoki Award winners after winning the award, the number of first printing copies of Lin Weimin's works is already quite conservative.

"Speak Well", which had the lowest number of copies in its first printing, was actually equivalent to the number of copies of "Farewell My Concubine" when it was first printed.

Xinchaoshe is not stupid. Lin Weimin is a foreign writer. Even if a novel is popular in Nihong, what if other works are not adapted to the local climate in Nihong?

The royalties are high, but the print run is low. Even if you lose money, you won't lose anything. If you make money, you really make money.

After discussing the publication of the novel, Lin Weimin specially invited Hasegawa Jiro to have a meal at Tanjia Cuisine on the seventh floor of the Yanjing Hotel to celebrate the success of the cooperation.

After eating, Lin Weimin threw Hasegawa Jiro aside. Anyway, he was surrounded by foreign affairs personnel and translators. After all the official business was discussed, he would not receive the rest.

On the second day of National Day, I had a long sleep.

Well, the holidays are over.

In an era when there is no need to promote consumption, the holidays are so unpretentious.

Just after the National Day holiday, Lin Weimin received an international letter at work. He thought it was from Arthur Miller, but unexpectedly it was from Mark Meng.

The purpose of the letter was not only to reminisce about old times, but also to send Lin Weimin an American version of "Horse Trapper".

This novel was only released in the United States last month. Mark Meng said in the letter that he discovered it when he visited a bookstore a while ago and bought a copy for Lin Weimin to mail as a souvenir.

Lin Weimin touched the exquisite book cover of the American version of "Horse Trapper" and sighed in his heart, Lao Ma is interested.

While he was replying to Lao Ma, he heard something moving upstairs.

"what's the situation?"

Colleagues also heard the noisy noise.

Everyone couldn't help but come to the corridor to listen to the noise, but not Lin Weimin, who swished up the stairs.

The sensitivity of his reaction and the swiftness of his movements astonished all his colleagues.

The sound insulation of the office building is very poor, and the sound of quarrels echoed in the corridors.

Lin Weimin crossed the rooms in the guest house and came to the door of the editorial office of "New Literary Historical Materials".

"New Literary Historical Materials" is a publication founded by the society in 1978. The main purpose of running this publication is to provide the most important platform and channel for writers to publish their memoirs, so that old writers can write down their personal experiences and then start a new career. to preserve historical materials.

At this time, many people had gathered around the entrance of the editorial department, including colleagues from the two editorial departments and the binding and design department next door on the third floor, as well as writers who were also on the third floor to revise manuscripts.

Lin Weimin squeezed over and took a look into the office, only to see an extremely angry Niu Han holding on to a middle-aged man, his waving fists being blocked by Cheng Wuchun on the side.

All three of them knew Lin Weimin. Niu Han was a senior editor in the society, as well as a poet and writer. Now he was not only the vice president of the National Poetry Association, but also an honorary member of the Literary Association.

He had retired two years ago, but due to the shortage of manpower in the agency, he was hired back as the chief editor of "New Literary Historical Materials".

"New Literature Historical Materials" is administratively managed by the Modern Literature Editorial Office, but in fact it is quite independent. Cheng Wuchun is the director of the Modern Literature Editorial Office.

The Modern Literature Editorial Room is one of the important editorial rooms of the Chinese Literature Society. It was formerly known as Xun Ge’s Writings Editorial Room and the May Fourth Literature Editorial Group. As you can tell from the name, this editorial room is basically responsible for the works of important writers since the May Fourth Movement. .

The middle-aged man Niu Han grabbed was named Wu Shiming, and he was the editor of "New Literature Historical Materials".

"Asshole! Bastard!"

Niu Han was over sixty years old, but he still had a fiery temper. His hands and feet were blocked by Cheng Wuchun, and he kept yelling and scolding, while struggling constantly. It seemed that he would not give up without giving Wu Shiming a few punches.

Wu Shiming was frightened by this time.

Lin Weimin looked around. The colleagues crowded at the door were watching the excitement with great joy, and had no intention of trying to break up the fight.

He couldn't help but shook his head secretly, what a culture of the Chinese Literature Society!

"Old Niu! Old Niu! Calm down, please calm down, don't make yourself angry!"

Lin Weimin squeezed through the crowd and helped Cheng Wanchun hold Niu Han while persuading him.

His appearance made Cheng Wuchun relieved, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and cast a grateful look at Lin Weimin.

The two of them worked together to pull Niu Han away. Lin Weimin glanced at Wu Shiming, who was standing there like a quail, and shouted to his colleagues crowded at the door: "Okay, okay, don't look at it anymore, just do what you have to do." go!"

He and Cheng Wuchun dragged the cursing Niu Han to the editorial office of "Contemporary" on the second floor. After finally getting Niu Han to sit down, Lin Weimin noticed that something was wrong with Cheng Wuchun's face.

"Director Cheng, what's going on?"

"I have a fever. I was going to the hospital, but I received a call from Zhao Qi, saying that Lao Niu was going to beat someone, so I came over quickly."

Cheng Wuchun gasped and said, Zhao Qian is the secretary of the modern literature editing room.

Lin Weimin saw that his face was sickly rosy and plump, and touched his forehead, "Hey, your temperature is too high. Go to the hospital quickly and don't get pneumonia again."

Cheng Wuchun had a wry smile on his face. He also wanted to go to the hospital, but in this situation...

When Lin Weimin saw the look in his eyes, he understood immediately and patted his chest, "I'm here, don't worry."

Cheng Wuchun glanced at Niu Han worriedly and saw that although the old comrade was still angry and cursed, he did not get up again.

He persuaded Niu Han and then said to Lin Weimin: "Then I'll leave this place to you. I'll go to the hospital to get a sling first. You must hold Lao Niu down for me. I'll talk about it when I come back."

"Don't worry, leave it to me!"

Cheng Wuchun once again cast a grateful look at Lin Weimin and left the office.

After he left, Lin Weimin asked Yao Shuzhi to pour a cup of tea for Niu Han, and said to Niu Han, who was panting and sweating: "Old comrade, you have such a strong temper, but your body is your own."

Niu Han took the tea cup from him and groaned angrily.

"What's going on? Old Wu is also one of your men after all. How can he hit someone?"

Upon hearing Lin Weimin's question, Niu Han's emotions that had finally calmed down became aroused again, and he dropped the teacup in his hand heavily on the desk.

"Hit him? Beating him is a minor offense! This kind of person should be put in jail!"

"Hey, hey, I said Comrade Lao Niu, that's too much! He's still a comrade no matter what."

Niu Han sighed, "Who is my comrade? Do you know what he has done?"

"What did you do?"

Isn’t this drama coming?

Lin Weimin has always looked down upon the simple and crude way of eating melons by his colleagues at the Chinese Literature Society. If you eat melons from such a distance, no matter how big the melon is, how much can you eat?

Look at us now, we are sitting in the melon field eating melons, and the melon farmers personally explain to us the techniques of growing melons and cut the melons for us.

There are only two words for eating this melon.

major!