I'm really not a star, I'm just a gourmet restaurant owner

However, the works that can make people shine are only a very small number after all.

Disappointment and regret have long been the main themes of Qu Lingyi's review process.

Today is no exception.

Qu Lingyi has read hundreds of submissions in a row, mainly poems, fables and fairy tales.

However, none of the works can make people shine.

Although it was expected, Qu Lingyi still began to have a headache again.

However, she continued to look down with enthusiasm.

She believes surprises will always come.

Really.

A work called "Tortoise and Rabbit Race" surprised her very much.

A rabbit saw that the turtle was crawling very slowly, so he kept teasing and mocking. The turtle was angry and offered to race with the rabbit for a run.

The rabbit even mocked it, saying how could a turtle run past it? Then he accepted the challenge.

As a result, the rabbit ran away without a trace, but fell asleep halfway, and finally the turtle won the game.

The whole story is very vivid and very interesting. Moreover, it is quite intriguing, and the truth to be explained is easy to understand.

Even if a child has seen it once, or after listening to it once, he will definitely be able to understand the truth that he cannot be proud of.

Even if you dig deeper, you can taste some other truths.

The most important thing is that the children will be very interested in this work.

The biggest difficulty in children's works is to get children interested in them.

This piece is perfect at this point.

This is a very good piece. It is one of the best works Qu Lingyi has received since he was an editor for two years.

Qu Lingyi did not expect that there would be such a huge surprise today.

At the same time, there are some doubts, how did such an excellent work come to their childhood magazine?

Even if this work is submitted to the highest-circulation children's magazine "Fun Little Reader", it will definitely enjoy the highest treatment.

You know, "Fun Little Reader" has a circulation of more than 300,000 copies per issue.

And their "Childhood" has a circulation of only about 1,000 copies per issue, which is simply not even a fraction of it.

How did you come to their magazine?

Qu Lingyi couldn't figure it out.

See who the author is?

Sotang Layman?

This name is quite retro! It's also very strange, never heard of before.

Which children's literature master's vest?

Could it be that which children's literature celebrity is planning to support their childhood magazine for what reason?

It seems that only this makes sense.

There is the author's contact number in the back, and you can find out by calling and asking.

Qu Lingyi grabbed the landline phone next to him and was about to call the author.

She contacted the author on a landline phone and never used a mobile phone.

The phone is a private phone and the author number will not be told. The author wants to find her, either through a landline or on board the Penguin.

She has a working penguin number, and the contacts added to it are basically all authors.

But soon, Qu Lingyi put the phone down again.

She was going to go to the editor-in-chief first.

Perhaps the editor-in-chief knows which children's writers are supporting them. In this case, it would not be appropriate for her to call and contact.

The editor-in-chief should be contacted personally.

If the editor-in-chief does not know, you can also apply to the editor-in-chief for a higher manuscript fee first.

Regarding the fable's manuscript, she and the other two editors have a maximum fee of 500 yuan for an article.

Then, according to the quality of the work and the number of words in the work, comprehensively consider how much is the appropriate writing fee?

It doesn't just look at the word count. Because if you only look at the word count, many authors will maliciously water the word count. A work is obviously the best to write 500 words, but it needs hard water, water to 2000 words.

The manuscript fee is only the remuneration for the work published in the magazine, and it is not a buyout of copyright.

All copyrights remain in the hands of the authors themselves.

For "Tortoise and Rabbit Race", even if the maximum manuscript fee of 500 yuan is given, it is still too little.

Therefore, Qu Lingyi should first apply for a higher manuscript fee, and then when contacting the author, it is easy to say.

Contacting the author is generally to thank the author for his submission, and then inform the author that the work has been selected, and how much the magazine is willing to pay.

Knock on the editor-in-chief's office.

Qu Lingyi said excitedly: "Editor-in-chief, show you a manuscript." The

editor-in-chief's name is Xie Hui, and he smiled when he heard this: "It seems that you have received another good work." Which one? Let me see.

"The Tortoise and Hare Race, I've shared it in a shared file."

"Okay, I'll take a look."

Xie Hui found "Tortoise and Hare Race" in the shared file and began to watch it.

The more you look at it, the brighter your eyes get.

After reading it, he said with some excitement: "The quality of this work is quite high. Looking at the entire field of fables, it is definitely one of the highest quality works, if not one of them.

Qu Ling recalled, "I think so too. And the author, the Kusado Layman, is very unfamiliar. I wondered if some famous children's writer deliberately opened the vest and then deliberately supported us for some reason? Otherwise, how could such an excellent work be submitted to our magazine?

Xie Hui mused, "Even children's literature masters want to write such works, it is very difficult. If it is really the work of any famous children's writer, it should also be his highest quality work. Will he support us with such works? I don't think that's likely.

Qu Lingyi heard Xie Hui say this, and knew that Xie Hui did not know.

At the same time, what Xie Hui said also makes sense.

Even for a children's writer, writing this piece is almost certainly his highest quality work.

Will he be willing to support them with the highest quality work?

Very unlikely.

So how did this work come to your own magazine?

Is it multiple submissions in one draft?

But even if they are multi-cast, they should not include their childhood magazines!

Authors can submit multiple drafts at once, but in the end, they can only choose to publish in one magazine.

Unless it is a very influential celebrity, communicate well with multiple magazines, and then publish in multiple magazines at the same time.

"In short, Lingyi, you contact the author first. After contacting the author, there may be an answer. Xie Hui said.

Qu Ling recalled, "What about the manuscript fee?

Xie Hui mused, "500 yuan is indeed too little. This work is not much even for 10,000 yuan. But the conditions of our magazine ... In this way, we will first ask for 5,000 yuan. If the author is not satisfied, we will talk again. In short, we must show our greatest sincerity.

Qu Lingyi nodded, "I see." Then I'll contact the author now.

"Good. We must grasp this work.

"Okay."

Qu Lingyi left Xie Hui's office, returned to his place, grabbed the phone and dialed the author's phone number.

After a few rings, it was connected.

"Hello!" The other person's voice came from the earpiece.

Qu Lingyi was a little excited, and quickly said: "Hello sir! I am Ling Yi, the editor of the childhood magazine, are you the author of the work "Tortoise and Rabbit Race"?

The other party was silent for a moment, and then said: "Hello Lingyi editor, I am a Caotang resident.

Qu Lingyi was even more excited, and was about to continue the following words, but suddenly felt that how did this voice seem to be a little familiar, and where did it seem to have been heard?

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