1980 My literary era

Negotiations for the publication of Jin Yong's collection of works went extremely smoothly. Jin Yong had two identities, one as a scholar and the other as a businessman. The two identities were superimposed, which destined his thinking to be different from that of ordinary literati. When his works are introduced to the mainland, while ensuring benefits, he also pays great attention to the repercussions they can elicit.

As the number one publishing house in the domestic literary world, Guowenshe has always focused on pure literature. Now it has decided to introduce his works, which will provide a positive impetus to the spread of his novels in the mainland.

To put it bluntly, it improves the quality of the novel.

In the past few years, martial arts novels were a veritable "poisonous weed" in China, and it was wishful thinking to publish them. In 1981, Jin Yong traveled to China, and his martial arts novels were finally lifted from the ban. Although they were welcomed by some martial arts novel lovers, But it is still regarded as a scourge by many people.

Now that the Chinese Literature Society has proposed to introduce it, his martial arts novels can be said to have entered the mainstream, so he naturally agreed happily.

Lin Weimin was in high spirits after receiving the publishing authorization for all Jin Yong's works in the Mainland.

As everyone in later generations knows, Jin Yong's martial arts novels can be summarized as "The flying snow shoots the white deer, the laughing book hero leans on the blue mandarin duck". These fourteen words cover most of the martial arts novels Jin Yong created in his life, but they are still considered One novella "Yue Nu Sword" is missing, so it should be fifteen novels.

The total number of words in these fifteen novels exceeds 8 million, but because they are all novels that have been published for many years, in fact, the review effort required by the Chinese Literature Society to publish them is much less than that of ordinary anthology publishing, which is considered an easy job.

Lin Weimin found Gao Xianjun, who was in charge of the second editorial office of contemporary literature.

“Editing Jin Yong’s portfolio is not difficult, mainly because there are many works and a large number of words, so the workload is relatively large.

The introduction of his works this time is an attempt. If they sell well, the company may consider continuing to publish collections of works by some famous martial arts masters in Hong Kong and Bay Island.

There have been relatively few tasks in your editorial office recently. My idea is to form an editorial team in your editorial office to be responsible for editing martial arts novels. What are your thoughts on this? "

Gao Xianjun shook his head and said: "I don't have any ideas, it's just the members of this editorial team..."

"On a voluntary basis, it is best to select two or three editors who are involved in and interested in martial arts novels. It is likely to be young people. They may be more interested in martial arts novels."

"I understand, I'll do it when I get back."

Gao Xianjun left the editor-in-chief's office and returned to the second editorial office of Contemporary Literature, announcing that the agency would introduce a collection of Jin Yong's works.

As expected, the middle-aged and elderly comrades in the second department were not interested, but a few young people were very excited and took the initiative to take over the job.

Being an editor is their job, and reading martial arts novels is their hobby. Now they have the opportunity to turn their work into their hobby. What a great thing it is!

After completing the task assigned by Lin Weimin, Gao Xianjun felt relaxed.

He felt more and more the benefits of working under Lin Weimin. The leader wanted to take care of everything and there were not so many things to worry about.

The Chinese Publishing House has confirmed the publication of Jin Yong's collection of works, and the editor selection has been finalized. There is one more thing that Lin Weimin needs to do.

Nowadays, if Xiangjiang and Wandao's works are to be published in the mainland, they need approval from the Department.

Previously, Lin Weimin was responsible for the introduction of Liang Fengyi's works and easily passed the department's approval. However, this time his report was typed for several days, but there was no movement.

Lin Weimin inquired a little and said that some comrades had different opinions on this publication. They believed that martial arts novels could not be regarded as pure literature and that these books should not be published by the Chinese Literature Society.

This reason sounds fair and square at first glance, but upon careful consideration, it is completely untenable in theory.

It is true that the Chinese Literature Society is famous for publishing literary works, but no one stipulates that the Chinese Literature Society can only publish purely literary works.

Over the years, the Chinese Literature Society has published many literary works, including documentary literature, biographical literature, and literary criticism. Strictly speaking, they are not pure literature. According to the logic of "martial arts novels cannot be considered pure literature," shouldn't these works be considered pure literature? publishing?

Lin Weimin immediately thought of the mess he made before taking office. He said that the two things were not related, and he would not believe it even if he was beaten to death.

Approval for the introduction of novels is not a big deal, it is probably just to deliberately disgust myself.

With a rough idea in his mind, Lin Weimin drove directly to the department. The person in charge of introduction approval was a deputy, and he went directly into his office.

Many times, the reason why villains dare to do evil is because they know that most people have a strict concept of superiors and subordinates and do not want to make things worse.

So sometimes, sometimes, the more timid you are, the more this kind of person will get into trouble.

Lin Weimin was recognized by several leaders as unorganized and undisciplined, so he naturally knew how to deal with such disgusting little tricks.

He swaggered into the office, neither smiling nor bending down, and asked blankly: "Boss, I heard that the report I typed up a few days ago cannot be approved?"

"Yes, the comrade responsible for the specific review and approval said that martial arts novels cannot be regarded as pure literature, and it is inappropriate for your Chinese Literature Society to publish them." The leader's reasons were high-sounding.

Lin Weimin nodded, "It seems that there was a mistake in the work of our Chinese Literature Society. Some time ago, we also published several financial novels by Ms. Liang Fengyi of Xiangjiang. It is really inappropriate to make such a mistake. When I turn around, I will quickly ask the bookstore to return those few books. Collect all the novels to avoid any negative impact."

The leader was choked by Lin Weimin and was speechless, looking at him with a bit of fear.

"Comrade for the people, the comrades responsible for review and approval also want to maintain the purity of your Chinese literary society."

"The purity of the Chinese Literature Society does not lie in the type of literary works it publishes, but in the quality control of the published works. Besides, since it was able to publish Liang Fengyi's novel last time, why can't it publish Jin Yong's novel this time? These two Are the approval standards any different?”

Lin Weimin had a faint smile on his face, and a hint of knowing provocation in his eyes.

A trace of anger flashed in the leader's eyes, and he fell into silence at the loss of words.

The atmosphere in the office was tense. After a stalemate for a while, Lin Weimin softened his attitude.

"What you said is actually correct. After all, our Chinese Literature Society is an authoritative publishing house in the field of pure literature in China. It is indeed unconsidered to rashly publish a collection of Jin Yong's works.

How about this? I will discuss it later with Comrade Wan Chun and apply to the department to restore the sub-brand of "Popular Literature and Art Publishing House". In the future, if popular literature and art works are published, they will be published under the sub-brand.

We have no experience with Jin Yong’s collection of works this time, so we won’t do it next time. What do you think? "

After Lin Weimin said these words lightly, the leader naturally knew that this was the step Lin Weimin found for him.

After all, he is a deputy. When he cannot decide the future and fate of the other party, the trouble he can cause for the other party is actually very limited. When faced with Lin Weimin's tit-for-tat and straightforward approach, he has only two choices.

Either break up the relationship directly, or take the step given by Lin Weimin and give up the idea of ​​​​looking for trouble.

Looking from the perspective of a leader, Lin Weimin's expression is calm. If you look carefully, behind it is a spirit of courage to fight in close combat and draw a sword.

He could choose to break up directly, but with Lin Weimin's influence in the publishing industry, it is very likely that he would be disgraced.

What are you most afraid of as a leader?

What they fear most is losing face.

When someone in the unit challenges him without having to bear any consequences, the leader's authority is gone.

Obviously, Lin Weimin is the person who can make the leadership authority disappear without having to bear any consequences.

This kind of people are collectively called thornheads in the unit, and they are the people that leaders are afraid to avoid.

After struggling for a moment, the leader made a decision in his mind and put a relaxed smile on his face.

“The result of this review and approval is indeed a lack of communication. The comrades in the department are also doing it for the good of your Chinese Literature Society, but your society does not understand the situation.

This time, I will let the comrade in charge of approval approve your application first. You can apply again later and restore the sub-brand of Popular Literature and Art Publishing House first. This will make it easier to publish some popular books in the future and avoid problems caused by poor communication from happening again. "

After receiving the leader's reply, Lin Weimin nodded with satisfaction and smiled brightly, "It's better that you think carefully, leader."

After some intrigues, Lin Weimin obtained a satisfactory result, ignored the leader's face, and left.

After coming out of the office, after walking a few steps, I saw the head of the department just coming back from outside.

"Why are you here in the department?" the leader asked.

"I'm here to do something."

"What to do?" the leader asked.

Lin Weimin joked: "Leader, look at you, how come you are just as guarding against me as you are guarding against thieves?"

"Huh! Don't you know why I'm guarding you?"

"I'm really here to do something. I've done everything and I'm leaving just in time."

The leader stared at him, "No!"

He said he wouldn't send it off, but judging by his attitude, the boss didn't even intend to enter the office until he left.

Lin Weimin was speechless. If this situation continued, he was really afraid that the department would put a sign on the door in the future.

The leader misunderstood me too deeply!

Back at the Chinese Literature Society, Lin Weimin went to Cheng Wuchun's office and briefly stated today's situation.

Cheng Wuchun immediately said anxiously: "You should let me go with this matter."

"Wouldn't it be perfectly solved if I go?"

Cheng Wanchun looked at him helplessly, "You call this a perfect solution?"

"Why doesn't it count? Just wait and see if he still dares to find fault. Besides, with this opportunity, we can legitimately restore the sub-brand of Popular Literature and Art Publishing House and kill two birds with one stone. What's wrong with that?"

Lin Weimin's tone was somewhat complacent, and he was very satisfied with his performance today.

Cheng early spring looked up to the sky and sighed.

Judging from the results, it was certainly good for Lin Weimin to go to the agency to seek justice, but after hearing the process, he couldn't be happy at all.

"You are really not afraid of offending people!"

"He's not afraid of offending me, but I'm afraid of offending him? Besides, do I have anything to ask of him?" Lin Weimin asked confidently.

Cheng Wanchun shook his head, "You really have nothing to beg him for. But have you never thought about how he might cause trouble to the club in the future?"

Lin Weimin slapped his chest and said, "It's still me! If this thief makes trouble again in the future, I will deal with him. But don't worry, this guy is a smart man and he probably won't do such stupid things again."

"You never thought that he would straighten himself out in the future?"

"Already the old helper, it's not his turn."

Cheng Wuchun squinted and looked at Lin Weimin carefully, and had to admit in his heart that although Lin Weimin's idea and approach were simple and crude, it was still a good idea.

In any case, the trouble was successfully solved this time, and it is indeed unlikely to cause any serious consequences.

Another benefit is that if the Popular Literature and Art Publishing House mentioned by Lin Weimin can really be restored to the Chinese Literature Society, it will also be beneficial to the development of the Chinese Literature Society.

He looked at Lin Weimin for a long time, and suddenly something came to his mind.

You boy, you are really a fucking talent!