1980 My literary era

The news that Lin Weimin will be promoted to editor-in-chief of the Chinese Literature Society is no longer a secret within the society these days. When Lin Weimin argued with Cheng Wuchun about the editorial department's performance appraisal system in his office that day, someone overheard just a few words.

A few days later, Lin Weimin led a team to Huacheng Publishing House for an inspection, which further confirmed everyone's speculation on this matter.

In the past few days, colleagues who are familiar with him always come up to him mysteriously when they see him, and ask: "For the people, I heard that he is going to be promoted?"

Many colleagues in the agency did not know about the promotion episode. Many people thought that Lin Weimin's promotion to editor-in-chief was a natural thing, but they did not know the efforts made by Cheng Wanchun and Wei Junyi behind the scenes.

December passed by in a flash. I had a day off on New Year's Day, and then I had to go to work.

January 1991 is here, and so is the first issue of "Contemporary." If nothing else, this issue should be the last issue of "Contemporary" hosted by Lin Weimin.

On the day the publication was released, Lin Weimin bought a copy at the newsstand in the morning.

The cover design of "Contemporary" is as simple as ever, with a solid color background, with the title of the magazine, issue number, and the name of the headline work printed on it. Lin Weimin rubbed the cover with a bit of reluctance.

When we arrived at the Chinese Literature Society, early in the morning, the sun had just risen and the temperature outside had not risen much. There was already a group of people standing in the courtyard. Everyone gathered around the bulletin board and talked about it.

Seeing Lin Weimin coming, colleagues immediately gathered around.

"Congratulations to the people!"

"What is the name of Weimin? Now we have to call it the editor-in-chief."

"Yes, congratulations to the editor-in-chief!"

A red-tipped (no typo) document with the seal of the superior department was posted on the bulletin board, which was about the appointment of Lin Weimin as the editor-in-chief of the Chinese Literature Society.

The tone of everyone was either envious or ridiculing, full of joy.

Lin Weimin has always had a good reputation in the society. Over the years, both his work performance and writing performance have been obvious to all. He is kind, fair and convincing.

The only shortcoming is probably his age. He has become the editor-in-chief of the Chinese Literature Society in his early thirties this year, and he is unique in the Chinese publishing industry.

However, this is not a big problem. Over the years, Lin Weimin's reputation in society has gradually increased to the point where colleagues look up to him. No one will underestimate him because of his age.

After accepting the congratulations from my colleagues and joking a few times, it was already past working hours.

Lin Weimin came to the second floor of the back building and knocked on the door of the editorial department of "Contemporary".

"Lao He, come to my office."

Everyone's eyes instantly fell on He Qizhi. Everyone saw the announcement on the bulletin board just now. Lin Weimin was promoted to editor-in-chief. It was impossible for him to hold the positions of director and editor-in-chief of the "Contemporary" editorial department at the same time. Calling He Qizhi over at this time was The purpose is self-evident.

He Qizhi stood up with some excitement and came to the office.

Lin Weimin poured him a cup of tea and said with a smile: "You should know why I called you here, right?"

He Qizhi had a silly smile on his face but said nothing.

Lin Weimin thought to himself and said: "The leader has given me the position of editor-in-chief. I can no longer take care of the affairs of "Contemporary" personally. You are my senior. You have worked hard over the years and your achievements are obvious to all. I have been away from home for a long time, but the editorial department is running in an orderly manner in your hands. I can rest assured that the work is in your hands."

Listening to Lin Weimin's almost explicit words, He Qizhi finally couldn't hide his excitement, "Weimin, thank you..."

Lin Weimin smiled and said: "Thank you, no need. I want to treat you to dinner in two days."

He Qizhi calmed down a little now and joked: "It's only you who invite me."

Lin Weimin pointed at him, "Old and cunning."

"I'm giving you a chance to win people's hearts."

After a few jokes, Lin Weimin said seriously: "Lao Cheng wants to talk to you in the next two days to think about how to advance the work in the future."

"clear!"

After the conversation, He Qizhi left the office, feeling windy as he walked.

Lin Weimin looked at his back and couldn't help but recall the time when his leader asked him to talk to the department a few days ago.

Being in a different place, he could completely understand He Qizhi's joy.

He Qizhi returned to the editorial office briskly and was immediately surrounded by everyone.

"How is it? How is it? Lao He!"

"What did Weimin talk to you about?"

"Nonsense! Do you even need to ask? Of course I will be promoted!"

Everyone was buzzing around He Qizhi. He was more cautious and did not answer everyone's questions. He just smiled when asked.

Seeing his attitude, everyone couldn't help but crusade against him.

"This person is really boring. Once he became a leader, he immediately stopped being close to the masses."

"That's right. I haven't even taken office yet, and I'm already trembling. If I take office, I'm not sure how I'll mess with everyone!"

He Qizhi could only smile helplessly in the face of the ridicule and teasing of his colleagues. In this editorial department, leaders really have no authority!

As soon as the announcement was posted on the bulletin board, people from the general affairs office came to help Lin Weimin move.

Colleagues in the editorial department of "Contemporary" are still a little reluctant to leave.

"For the people, please come back and see us when you have time."

Lin Weimin said helplessly: "It's just that I moved to the front building, but it's not out of the third ring road."

Everyone started to laugh and send Lin Weimin off to the front building.

Everyone worked very hard to help the editor-in-chief move. Each person had two or three books in his hands, which made everyone exhausted.

The editor-in-chief is one of the troika of the Chinese Literature Society. Not only does he have a separate office in the front building, but there is also an editor-in-chief’s office to cooperate with his daily work.

The editor-in-chief's office, as its name suggests, is an organization that implements the editor-in-chief's work intentions, but its functional work is not limited to this.

The chief editor's office of most publishing houses is just a general office responsible for handling daily trivial editorial work, and is often jokingly called a "choice job."

The chief editor's office of a few publishing houses is the power and decision-making department. It can determine almost all publishing plans and publicity strategies of the publishing house. It can be said to be the "central nervous system" of the publishing house.

The job function of the editor-in-chief of the Chinese Literature Society is a combination of both. It does not have such great power, but it should not be underestimated.

Lin Weimin had nothing in the office, so the move was over in less than half an hour.

"Director Ma, thank you for your hard work!"

"Editor-in-Chief, you are too polite. If you have anything, just tell me directly."

Director Ma is the person in charge of the general affairs office. He smiles when he meets everyone and is always good at getting things done.

In the past, I was called Lin Weimin and Editor-in-Chief Lin, but now I have omitted the word and am just called Editor-in-Chief.

There may be several editors-in-chief in a publishing house, but there will only be one editor-in-chief.

After taking office, Lin Weimin did not treat guests to dinner as before, but got familiar with the business step by step. Although he was familiar with most of his colleagues in the company, his position was different now, and it took some time to get used to it.

In the past, when he was in charge of "Contemporary", he was thinking about how to make a good publication, and his main focus was on reviewing and organizing manuscripts.

Now he is responsible for the publishing business of the entire Chinese Literature Society. Most of the administrative affairs in the society are taken care of by the president Cheng Wuchun, and the party affairs are taken care of by the secretary. His core job has become writing books.

However, Lin Weimin's top priority now is not to write a book, but to implement his own ideas.

There are three things a new official should do when he takes office, and his first step has already been prepared.

The new week's regular meeting was Lin Weimin's first public appearance in the club after taking office. He was teased by everyone as soon as he entered.

He is young, and even if he becomes the editor-in-chief, it will be difficult for the veterans in the agency to awe him.

The regular meeting was hosted by Cheng Wuchun. After a few brief remarks, he handed over the right to speak to Lin Weimin.

"Everyone should know that I led a team to Huacheng Publishing House for an inspection some time ago, and everyone should have seen the documents on the table. In the past few years, the domestic publishing and book market has been flourishing, and the publishing house has been very prosperous, but these two Things are a little different this year.

Prices have increased significantly, and many readers have shifted their spiritual pursuits to material pursuits. Coupled with the impact of piracy, the sales of various types of books are steadily declining.

If this trend cannot be stopped in time, the impact on our publishing house will be unprecedented, so we must be prepared to fight a tough battle. "

Everyone listened to Lin Weimin's speech, not paying much attention at first, but seeing his serious face and a bit of majesty, they couldn't help but pay attention.

"As the old saying goes, you need to be tough to fight. To fight a tough battle, we ourselves must be prepared. Our Chinese Publishing House is a national publishing house, and I have never worried about hard power, but some issues cannot be ignored."

Lin Weimin looked at Li Xin when he said this, "Over the past year or so, colleagues in several editorial offices in the agency have successively asked to resign, and they are all the backbone of the editorial office. It was when they were young and strong that these colleagues resigned. The reason, I think everyone should know it even if I don’t say it.”

“In terms of wages, professional titles, and benefits, older comrades entered the workforce earlier than younger people, so it’s understandable that they have advantages in these aspects.

But the only thing is that there should be no seniority at work. In the past two years, some comrades in the company have not done enough in their own work. There may be various reasons for this, but we will not delve into it.

What I want to say is that we are all editors. We may have different professional titles and professional abilities, but the workload will not deceive others. We cannot let some people who have done a lot of work not get as much as those who do less work. There are many people.

If things continue like this, it will be very detrimental to the ecology of our entire society, let alone retaining talents.

What I say here is not directed at old comrades. Comrade Jiang Lu and Comrade Wang Yangchen, the veteran experts in the society, have always worked conscientiously and hard-working without complaint.

Therefore, I plan to implement an editorial performance appraisal system in each editorial office after March.

Now, let me explain this document to you in detail..."

The editorial department’s performance appraisal system document does not contain much content. It contains more than a dozen pages of 16-letter paper, but it covers all aspects of the daily work of the editorial department. More importantly, it comprehensively quantifies these work contents.

A few seemingly inconspicuous pieces of paper may have an extremely far-reaching impact on the Chinese Literature Society.

The editorial directors who participated in the meeting flipped through the documents on the table with different expressions.

Many of them secretly observed the expressions of the president and secretary when Lin Weimin was announcing and implementing the documents. The two of them looked at their noses and their hearts, and they obviously had a tacit understanding with Lin Weimin for a long time.

When everyone thought that Lin Weimin, the editor-in-chief, was taken off his shoulders by Cheng Wuchun, they fully understood in their hearts.

It seems that this reform is imperative.

I've been suffering from cervical spondylosis, neck pain, and toothache recently for a few days. I just couldn't bear it anymore. I spent a day in the hospital today and the test results were pretty good.

X-rays were taken of the lumbar and cervical vertebrae, and there were no major problems. It was just ligament calcification and fasciitis. I took medicine and rested.

Thyroiditis was found in the neck test, which is related to high-intensity work. I am taking medicine for the time being and will go for a review next week.

I will only update twice for the time being. My health is very important. I hope everyone understands.