Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

Chapter 392 I don’t want you to think it, I want me to think it!

After hearing Xu Jingli's answer, Cao Zhiqiang remembered that he had indeed been waiting for someone to send a magazine to him before, but it was just because of Xiang Dongfang's series of actions that Cao Zhiqiang was so flustered that he forgot about it.

After thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang quickly sat up straight and cleared his throat: "Well, come in."

After hearing this, Xu Jingli pushed the door open and saw Cao Zhiqiang with a serious face.

"President." Xu Jingli walked over with a smile on her face, and then handed over the white-covered book in her hand, "This is the first issue of Confidant Magazine, please take a look."

"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang nodded calmly. After taking the book, he started reading it directly.

The so-called "Zhijiji" first issue with white cover is actually the first preview issue of "Zhijiji" magazine, which is also an unofficial internal version.

To put it simply, the content of the first issue of the confidant magazine has been prepared by everyone, but it still needs to be submitted for review before it is officially released.

There are many steps in this review process, the first of which is called preliminary review, which is to show it to the editor-in-chief.

The editor-in-chief has seen it and found that there are no problems. After it has been reviewed, it will be sent to the vice president of the magazine for review. This is called review.

The vice president approves it and then submits it to the president for review. This is called final review.

This three-level review system is called the three-review responsibility system, and it is also a policy designated by Cao Zhiqiang within the magazine.

By the way, Zhiji Magazine, although it is an independent unit with an independent license and independent brand, due to special circumstances, the office location is in the same place as Hongguang Publishing House, and the staff of Zhiji Magazine are also in charge of Hongguang Publishing House

employees of the company.

This situation of one person holding two positions in two units was very common during this period.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang is both the president of Hongguang Publishing House and the president of Zhiji Magazine.

In the same way, Chen Jiabang is not only the vice president of Hongguang Publishing House, but also the vice president of Zhiji Magazine.

By analogy, Yu Deli also serves as the editor-in-chief of Hongguang Publishing House and Zhiji Magazine.

During this period, although publishing houses and magazines were very strictly managed and could not be managed by ordinary people, once they could be managed, their internal review of publications was quite relaxed.

In other words, throughout the early 1980s, whether it was a publishing house or a magazine, the review of published books and publications was carried out by the publishing units themselves, with no one from above doing any careful inspection.

It is not that there are no units above that can review. For example, the Publishing Bureau has the right to review the publication review issues of various publishing units within its jurisdiction.

It's just that the Publishing Bureau has a small number of people and a weak power at the moment, and it simply doesn't have the energy or manpower to review the publishing houses and magazines below it one by one.

The reason is that many publishing houses and magazines are subordinate units of other public institutions, such as units under the Cultural Affairs Bureau, the Public Security Bureau, the Women's Federation, etc.

The superior management units of these publishing houses are very powerful, and none of them are afraid of management units like the Publishing Bureau.

This is the so-called incoordination between the handling unit and the management unit.

The publishing bureau started to become more powerful, and that had to be after 1987.

That year, the Publishing Bureau became independent from the subordinate units of the Ministry of Culture and became a Press and Publication Administration on the same level as the Ministry of Culture. It also clarified the powers of the Publishing Administration and its affiliated Copyright Bureau.

Since then, the Publishing Administration and the publishing bureaus spread all over the country have become a system directly under the central government. It has gained some confidence and power. It has been freed from the constraints of local government agencies and can seriously manage the publishing houses and magazines below.

Already.

It was also after 1987, or to be precise after 1990, that the Publication Administration, which had become more and more powerful, began to strike hard, vigorously clean up illegal and illegal publications in various places, and tightened the censorship system, finally clearing up the domestic atmosphere.

, no more mess.

Also since then, management units like the Publishing Bureau have become the real bosses, and the management units of various publishing units can no longer restrict units like the Publishing Bureau.

But for now, the Publishing Bureau is still a subordinate unit of the Ministry of Culture, on the same level as the Film Bureau, but its power and energy are far inferior.

This also leads to the fact that publishing units have great autonomy. Whether a manuscript can be published basically depends on the local publishing unit itself. It is not an exaggeration to say that the publishing bureau is just a decoration.

At this time, the so-called Leng Yamen, which had no power, no power and no money, had a place in the Publishing Bureau.

Of course, having said that, after various publishing units issue publications, if something goes wrong, such as the content involving bank affairs, etc., and it is reported by many people and causes a bad impact, the relevant departments will also take action to rectify it, such as imposing restrictions on rectification.

Category.

What is interesting is that the higher-level units that can impose fines and rectifications on specific publishing units are usually the local cultural bureau or public security bureau, and the publishing bureau mostly makes up the numbers.

In other words, at this time, the review of domestic journal publishing basically depends on the publishing unit itself, which is also called self-examination and self-correction.

However, the publishing units themselves do not have a strict and universal self-examination and self-correction system at this time. They all speak for themselves and have their own measurement standards, or rules and regulations.

For example, at this time, the so-called manuscript review by a publishing house usually takes place after the editor-in-chief makes a decision and then it can be published directly. There is no second or third review.

The three-review responsibility system commonly implemented by publishing units in later generations had no trace at all during this period.

Even the presidents of many publishing houses and magazines do not care about the specific publishing work of books and magazines, and the responsibility basically rests on the editor-in-chief.

The so-called editor-in-chief responsibility system was the mainstream during this period.

The advantage of this is that content review is more relaxed and creation is more free. The disadvantage is that it is too loose and too free.

Therefore, in the early 1980s, the review environment of the domestic publishing industry was quite loose, and a lot of "critical literature" and "scar literature" were produced. The root cause was the extremely loose review system.

After Cao Zhiqiang decided to publish a magazine, he not only set the tone for magazine publishing, which is the so-called shocking style, but also set another tone, which is the dual and third review responsibility system.

In other words, if a magazine publishes a magazine in the future, the manuscripts it receives must go through triple checks by the responsible editor, deputy editor, and chief editor. Only after passing the review can they be included in the magazine.

After all the content of this issue of the magazine is edited, it will be reviewed by the editor-in-chief as a whole. If there are no problems, it will be sent to the vice president for review. If the vice president confirms that there are no problems, it will be sent to the president for review.

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Only after the president approves it can it be officially released.

This is the dual three-instance responsibility system, or the six-instance system.

Of course, since Cao Zhiqiang is busy with his affairs, and he doesn't pay much attention to the Confidant magazine at the moment, it's more about taking advantage of the situation in advance and letting the group of people brought by Yu Deli do some serious work, instead of just sitting around and eating nothing all day long.

So in fact, when it comes to Vice President Chen Jiabang, it's basically the final review. Cao Zhiqiang's review is usually just a formality.

In other words, as long as Chen Jiabang passes the review, there will basically be no big problem.

After all, Chen Jiabang has been the secretary to the factory director for nearly 20 years. He came here in the 1960s and has extremely rich experience.

Not only is he very experienced in dealing with people, but he is also very experienced in reviewing manuscripts.

Also, without experience, he would not have been the secretary to the factory director for nearly 20 years.

So as long as you make an agreement with Chen Jiabang and ask him to strictly review it, then there will be no problem.

Cao Zhiqiang's request for Chen Jiabang is very simple. He would rather the work be boring, have poor sales, and not have sensitive content.

Anyway, Cao Zhiqiang's current most profitable products are his books and his records. As for magazines, he should first occupy the issue slots. Whether they sell well and make money is no longer important.

Even if the publication Confidant does not sell well and does not make money, we must continue to do it, because this is a media channel that can speak for itself, and its power in the future cannot be underestimated.

And when Cao Zhiqiang makes enough quick money, or other industries develop one after another, there will naturally be ways to make unprofitable publications sell well.

What's more, with the secret of shocking body that Cao Zhiqiang mentioned before, the release of Zhiji magazine may not be impossible.

Unfortunately, Cao Zhiqiang had never paid attention to the situation of Zhiji magazine before, so he didn't know what the content of the first edition was.

So now that he comes to the final review, it is actually no different from reading a new magazine.

It doesn’t matter what you read. I probably laughed immediately after reading the title and content.

Because Cao Zhiqiang discovered that the title inside was indeed very obedient, and everyone was shocked.

For example - "Shocked, Journey to the West is actually a shocking scam!"

Another example - "Pan Jinlian's Witful Life"

Another example is - "Lessons from Fengshenyan, how the leader of Tongtian, who holds a good hand, failed."

Well, after seeing these titles, Cao Zhiqiang probably knew what the content was, which was nothing more than a new interpretation of ancient classics.

There are many reasons for these contents.

First of all, Cao Zhiqiang’s internal review was too strict, so most of the content that kept up with current affairs was cut out.

On the contrary, the risk is much smaller when interpreting ancient masterpieces from a novel perspective.

This is actually similar to articles reinterpreting Jin Yong's novels in later headlines, and many people read them.

The second one is that the preparation time for Zhijizhi magazine was too short, and it was unknown and did not receive many decent manuscripts. Therefore, many of the manuscripts were written by Yu Deli's subordinates using small pen names.

This situation is very common. When many newly established magazines are short of manuscripts, editors usually write articles themselves. This is called an impulse article.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of impulsive articles directly cover up foreign countries. The entire content of a certain domestic story is used to create a foreign experience or the like, which is easy and attractive.

But Cao Zhiqiang does not allow everyone to do this, because this obvious banana routine will stink the market for future generations. Cao Zhiqiang does not want his magazine to have such a stain.

Cao Zhiqiang can accept the poor sales of his magazine and accept the shock, but he absolutely cannot accept his magazine being labeled as public knowledge.

Just kidding, Zhiji magazine was founded by Cao Zhiqiang. If others don’t know that the content in it has nothing to do with Cao Zhiqiang, they will only forcefully bind it.

Therefore, the reputation of Zhiji magazine is equal to the reputation of Cao Zhiqiang. This is something we must pay attention to.

However, because Cao Zhiqiang's conditions are harsh, no one can make up too much, so they can only do interpretation.

In short, it is a reinterpretation of a character in familiar ancient works such as the Four Great Classics.

For example, the villain Jiejiao in Fengshenyan is reinterpreted as a good sect that loves and helps each other but has a tragic fate, and the villain Tongtian Cult is reinterpreted as an honest man with high ambitions but insufficient emotional intelligence.

Another example is the interpretation of Pan Jinlian, the pronoun of slut, as the witty resistance of an ancient woman who had no control over her fate.

Anyway, the same thing, the same person, interpreted from different angles, can always lead to some tricks, which will be ruined in later generations.

But in this era, this unique yet logical and self-consistent interpretation is still very novel.

Especially now that we are in an era of reform and opening up, this interpretation is more likely to be accepted.

But unfortunately, the interpretations in the article are all about ancient classics. You can only say that this is a literary discussion and nothing else.

This avoids all problems.

If some people interpret this and have a deep understanding of it, they may also be able to use the past to satirize the present, which is in line with the mentality of people nowadays who like to talk about national affairs.

There are also some people who, after seeing these new interpretations, are likely to feel refreshed and feel that they have mastered the truth, and then they will brag about it to others. If they can scare people, they will be very happy and become more confident.

Love this magazine.

Many publications during this period, such as "Youth Science Illustrated" and "Science Illustrated", were so popular. Isn't it because before the Internet era, these books contained a lot of content that ordinary people didn't know, and then everyone read it.

If you only know a little bit about that, can you go out and brag about it?

Otherwise, do you really think that so many people really like science?

But once the Internet age arrives and everyone can easily search for all kinds of information online, popular science journals such as Science Illustrated will no longer be able to do so.

Is it because everyone doesn’t love science anymore?

No, it's just that in the Internet age, when you read something like Science Illustrated, you can no longer pretend to be cool in front of others, no, it's a holy show, which naturally makes it unattractive.

In the same way, the new interpretations of a large number of ancient literature and foreign literature in Zhiji magazine provide everyone with a new idea, which makes some people think that they have mastered the truth. Having a topic to brag about will naturally attract people.

Therefore, just by seeing these interpretation articles, Cao Zhiqiang knew that Zhiji Magazine had already achieved half the success.

As for the other half, it just depends on luck.

"Not bad, not bad, very good." Cao Zhiqiang nodded with satisfaction after flipping through a few articles. "The title is shocking, the content is surprising, and the logic is self-consistent. It uses modern new ideas to interpret the virtual characters and virtual characters in ancient masterpieces.

The event can attract people and has no risks, so it’s great!”

Seeing Cao Zhiqiang's very satisfied look, Xu Jingli blinked and said, "President, I also think the articles in it are quite interesting, but almost all of them are this kind of articles. Is it really appropriate?"

"What's inappropriate?" Cao Zhiqiang glanced sideways at Xu Jingli.

Xu Jingli said: "Well, these articles are interpretations of ancient masterpieces and foreign masterpieces. Strictly speaking, they cannot be considered original articles. This is a trick.

Although we also have some original articles, the number is too small and almost all of them are fill-in.

Therefore, should we add more original articles with stories, especially more articles that are close to reality?

Even if you have to write commentaries, shouldn’t you write more commentaries that are close to reality?

For example, we can comment on the shortcomings of the unified allocation system of various universities today.

I think that when it comes to college graduation assignments, we should at least ask college students what they mean, and not just..."

"Stop!" Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand, then frowned and looked at Xu Jingli.

"Xu Jingli." Cao Zhiqiang frowned and said to her, "Do you know what you are talking about? Do you know that your current thoughts are very dangerous?"

"I, I know." Xu Jingli bit her lip, "But I feel..."

"Stop!" Cao Zhiqiang interrupted her again, "I don't want you to feel it, I want me to feel it!"

Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang said to Xu Jingli with a serious face: "Xu Jingli, you are just an intern editor now. You are just here for an internship, and you are not yet our official employee.

So when it comes to certain issues, don’t be quick to talk nonsense.

Many things are not as simple as you think, do you understand?

You only need to do your job well, and you don't need to be responsible for the rest.

If you want to be responsible, wait until you become president or editor-in-chief, do you understand?"

"I, I..." Xu Jingli lowered her head aggrievedly, "Yes, I understand, President."

Cao Zhiqiang then sighed: "Xu Jingli, I am also a young man. Of course I understand your thoughts, but understanding does not mean I agree.

You have to know that as a human being, some things cannot be willful.

For example, as you just said, once we actually do it, what should we do if something goes wrong?

At that time, what if the entire magazine is ordered to make rectifications, or even our magazine is canceled and the magazine is not allowed to be published?

Then you are not the only one who can afford it, everyone will suffer.

You are young, your family is rich, and you are not afraid of being fired. Of course you are not.

But there are many people in the magazine who rely on this place to support their families.

If everyone loses their job because of your willfulness, can you shoulder this responsibility?"

"I, I..." Xu Jingli raised her head, her face flushed, and she was about to cry. She obviously didn't expect that it was just a suggestion, but it was said so seriously.

"I'm just making a suggestion." Xu Jingli hummed in a low voice.

"Ah, a suggestion." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "The suggestion is very good, don't mention it again."

Upon hearing this, Xu Jingli bit her lip and lowered her head again, obviously very aggrieved.

Cao Zhiqiang turned a blind eye to this. After all, such dangerous ideas must be nipped in the bud.

At this moment, the door suddenly opened and Xiang Dongfang walked in from the outside.

Looking at the atmosphere at the scene, Xiang Dongfang blinked and then said with a smile: "What's wrong? President, are you bullying Xu Jingli?"

"How dare I." Cao Zhiqiang shrugged, "It's just that Comrade Xu Jingli just gave me a suggestion, and I rejected it."

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang turned to look at Xu Jingli, who had his head lowered, and smiled slightly: "Xu Jingli, don't blame me for being blunt, I am actually doing it for your own good.

If you have anything to say in the future, you should think about it first before speaking, especially don't make suggestions casually and beyond the level.

For example, what you just told me, you should first talk to your boss, the editor in charge of you.

He agreed. You need to talk to your deputy editor and chief editor again.

After they all agree, you have to talk to the vice president again. Only after the vice president agrees can you come to talk to me.

Now you are taking advantage of the opportunity of delivering magazines to tell me this above the level, which is a taboo in the workplace, do you understand?"

Xu Jingli raised her head: "But, but..."

"No buts!" Cao Zhiqiang said with a livid face.

"I have so many things to be busy with every day, and there are so many people to take care of. If everyone can report to me casually, then why should I do anything else? Shouldn't I be the leader before me?

Any organization with combat effectiveness must have strict discipline and rules and regulations, which must be neither rigid nor too arbitrary.

Xu Jingli, you are a college student and a top student. I am very optimistic about you and want to reuse you.

That’s why I’m telling you these words, the purpose is to help you avoid detours and learn more about the ways of the world.

Otherwise, I can just prevaricate you with a few words. Why do I have to tell you so much?

Can you understand my painstaking efforts?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Jingli looked at Cao Zhiqiang blankly, then took a deep breath and wiped her tears with the back of her hand: "I, I understand. President, what you mean is that good medicine is bitter. I hope I can think twice.

is that so?"

Cao Zhiqiang nodded seriously: "Of course!"

Only then did Xu Jingli stand at attention: "I understand, President, I will definitely be more cautious in the future, just watch my performance."

Cao Zhiqiang then smiled slightly and handed her the white-covered magazine in his hand: "Very good, this is the talent I value!

You can take this thing back, tell me that it has been reviewed here, and let them prepare it for publication according to the procedures."

Xu Jingli took a deep breath again, took the magazine, bowed to Cao Zhiqiang, then nodded to Xiang Dongfang, and then walked out of the office with her chest raised and her head raised.

(End of chapter)