A healing writer? No, it's a depressing writer!

Chapter 321 Who will compete? The tear harvester is online again! Listen to the crying? Is this a campus or a cemetery?
In the author circle, Jiang Hai may not be the most likable writer, because he always has some problems of one kind or another. He loves smoking, drinking, and making jokes. Many readers believe that Jiang Hai has lowered the overall quality of the entire literary circle by himself.

But among readers, Jiang Hai.
Definitely one of the most anticipated authors!
Ever since Huacheng Publishing House announced that it had signed a contract with writer Jiang Hai, the entire Huacheng magazine has received unprecedented attention in the industry:
"No, buddy, are you saying that Jiang Hai gave up the opportunity to sign a contract with our People's Literature and signed a contract with this Huacheng Publishing House? Is he crazy? Or am I crazy? Where did our People's Literature lose?"

"I still don't understand why Jiang Hai didn't sign a contract with our Xinhua Book Publishing House, but chose such an unknown small and medium-sized book publishing house? Does this president have any connections? Is he acquainted with Jiang Hai? I find it hard to believe that there is no PY transaction between them."

"It is said that Jiang Hai was poached by an intern editor from Huacheng Publishing House. This intern editor graduated from Chenghai Drama Academy and has a good personal relationship with Jiang Hai."

"Oh my god, let's change our thinking and try a roundabout way. Although I can't recruit Jiang Hai, if I can recruit this editor who is personally close to Jiang Hai to our publishing house, does that mean I have recruited Jiang Hai?"

"This is a great idea."

Even though, as an intern editor, oh no, to be precise, it should be a new editor-in-charge.

Taozi really wants to keep a low profile.

But there's no way, she really can't keep a low profile.

"Which intern can sign a great writer like Jiang Hai right from the start?"

According to the level of editors, the level of editors from low to high should be:

Editor-in-chief, chief editor.

Generally speaking, for a writer of Jiang Hai's level, the editor who can directly connect with him is either the editor-in-chief or the president of a publishing house. Apart from these, what about editors of other levels who want to contact Jiang Hai?

That's simply impossible, okay?
At first, the editors-in-chief of Huacheng Publishing House also tried to use their authority to pry such a big client as Jianghai from Taozi.

"None of us three editors-in-chief have resources like Mr. Jiang Hai."

"As an intern, can you sign with Jiang Hai right away?"

That is when the editor-in-chief added Jiang Hai's personal contact information through his own means.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Hai's attitude was very firm:
"Let Taozi come and connect with me directly. I won't connect with anyone else except her."

“Please tell your president.”

Even so, everyone is very jealous of the resources that Taozi has.

But there is no choice, there are some things.

He said he couldn't pry it away, and he really couldn't pry it away
In a workplace like this, there is no distinction between seniors and juniors. As long as you are awesome and can get resources that others can't get, then you are a senior.

At first, the editors in the editorial department didn't care about Taozi, the new intern, at all. They kept saying:
"Well, Xiaotao"

Then, after Tao Zizhen recruited Jiang Hai, they began to treat each other as equals:

"Well, Peach"

Finally, after learning that Taozi had poached Jiang Hai and handed his new work to Huacheng Publishing.

The originally unruly appearance suddenly turned into:
"Well, Sister Tao."

Have you ever experienced an old man in his thirties or forties calling you a young man in his early twenties "brother" on his left and "sister" on his right?

This is the case with Peach right now.

"Okay, Editor-in-Chief Gao, please don't bother me anymore." As if she was a little impatient, she raised her head and looked at the middle-aged man with gold-rimmed glasses in front of her, "What do you want from me? If you have anything, just tell me directly."

"Look at me, I almost forgot something!" Editor-in-Chief Gao slapped his thigh, and then very flatteringly put the iced Americano next to her, "President Zhang wants you to go to a meeting."

After she finished speaking, Taozi walked away.

Looking at her tall back, Chief Editor Gao subconsciously called out to her:
"Sister Tao, next time you want to drink coffee or something, come to me again."

Huacheng Publishing House, office.

The marketing operations director was standing on the podium reporting on recent sales:
"The 337th issue of Huacheng magazine, first issue, million copies"

Even though he was mentally prepared, he was surprised to learn that Jiang Hai had been invited to be the editor-in-chief of the magazine without any further publicity.
The sales of magazines and periodicals increased from 300,000 to 400,000 copies per issue.

Has it become the current 3-4 million copies?!?!
What is the influence of top writers?

This is the influence of top writers!
Even though everyone is not familiar with Jiang Hai's new work "To Live", the name "Jiang Hai" alone has attracted many readers. As the saying goes -

“Anything produced by Jianghai must be of the highest quality!”

This statement is absolutely true!
Even though I don't know what your new book is about, as long as I hear your name [Jiang Hai], this book will be very popular.
It's definitely worth a look!
It is definitely worth buying!
Looking at the sales data compiled by the head of the marketing department.

Zhang Chengye, president of Huacheng Publishing House, burst into tears:
“This is something we have never achieved before.”

Who would have thought that a small or medium-sized magazine on the verge of bankruptcy would be ruined because of a contracted writer, Jiang Hai.
He was miraculously brought back to life?! ? ?
In an era when print media magazines are declining, a pure literature publication is selling three to four million copies per issue. What does this mean?
Let's take Harvest, one of the four famous literary magazines, as an example. The chief writer of this issue of Harvest is Jia Pingwa, who is also a veteran writer with a very high status in the field of contemporary literature. The May Fourth Youth Day is approaching. In order to celebrate this sacred and great festival, Harvest magazine specially asked the writer Jia Pingwa to write a short story entitled "Old Actor".

"Harvest" is the ceiling of domestic pure literature journals, and its position in domestic literary journals is unshakable.

Jia Pingwa is also a very famous veteran writer with outstanding strength and status.

But even so, the top writers who publish essays in top journals have a high sales volume per issue.
Only about 700,000 or 800,000 copies?

Jiang Hai, publishing the article in a small and medium-sized magazine like Huacheng, which is not well-known, can cause such a sensation. What if "To Live" is published in a top magazine like Harvest?
What kind of explosive impact would that cause?
Zhang Chengye didn’t dare to think too deeply!
It is worth mentioning that "October" and "Contemporary", both of which belong to the Four Great Dan Actresses, also commissioned works from two famous writers, Liu Zhenyun and Su Tong, respectively, during this period of the May Fourth Youth Day activities. Originally, everyone had planned to publish the books and finalize the drafts on the same day, but the time for them to be released to the market was approaching.

The editors-in-chief and writers of these two magazines suddenly changed their minds:
"Don't run into Jiang Hai!"

"We will wait two days before publishing the original manuscript."

People live their whole lives for only two things.

One is for the name.

Second, for money.

When it comes to writers at the level of Liu Zhenyun and Su Tong, there are very few things that can touch their hearts.

They didn't want to run into a monster like Jiang Hai at the last minute, who was at the peak of his power, and then spread some unpleasant words, such as:
"Liu and Jiang's dispute! Writer Liu Zhenyun was eliminated by Jiang Hai! Is this Jiang Hai's dominance in the literary circle?"

"Su Tong, the representative of avant-garde neo-realist writers, was defeated by Jiang Hai, a rising star in the literary world?"

"As soon as Jiang Hai's new work was released, it destroyed the book rankings. The literary masters Liu Zhenyun and Su Tong disappeared."

Don't go against Jiang Hai.

When I accept media interviews, I can also argue with the author:
"Why do you always compare me with others? We are not writers from the same era."

"There is no first in literature, and no second in martial arts. There is no need to argue about winning or losing in such matters."

But if I publish books together with Jiang Hai, the results will be clearly shown before my eyes.

How can you argue then?

By the time.
I'm afraid my reputation will be ruined in my later years!
“I admit that as the founder and promoter of Northwestern local literature, Mr. Jia Pingwa does have a certain style.” Seeing that the little-known Huacheng firmly stepped on Harvest, one of the four famous magazines, Zhang Chengye suddenly had the illusion that if Li Chungang had not been born, the sword path would have been like a long night forever?

"But, a famous writer? That depends on who you compare yourself with!"

"It's true that you have Jia Pingao, but we have Jiang Hai! Hahahahahahahahaha."

Honestly speaking, as a little-known small or medium-sized journal, there aren’t many opportunities to be proud of this.

Seeing that "Harvest", which has always been known as one of the four famous literary works, was thrashed out by their "Huacheng" in terms of sales?

At this moment, Zhang Chengye showed an unbridled yet extremely relieved smile:
“Who says there are no great emperors in the literary world?”

"Who said Jiang Hai has run out of ideas? Jiang Hai is really amazing."

President Zhang Chengye's laughter was so loud that even the aunties outside the corridor could hear it.

The assistant hurried forward and reminded him to pay attention to his appearance:

"Boss, watch your face."

Restrain the smile on your face.

President Zhang Chengye looked around the conference room, quickly determined Taozi's location, and then rushed to her:
"You are the hope of our Huacheng now!"

"President, you..." Taozi retreated tactically, obviously frightened by his actions, "What do you want to say?" Zhang Chengye stared at her expectantly:
"What did Teacher Jiang Hai say?"

"Did Mr. Jiang Hai say when the sequel will be submitted?"

Taozi looked at her watch, then roughly recalled what Jiang Hai said.

"He said, maybe another three"

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Chengye answered:
"Three seconds?!?!"

"How can it be so fast?" Taozi was helpless and almost rolled her eyes at Zhang Chengye, "Teacher Jiang Hai said--"

"It will probably take another three days."

Peking University, Weiming Lake.

The roadsides are lined with passers-by coming and going, and the breath of youth fills the entire campus.

on the lawn.

There was a girl wearing glasses and looking very bookish, holding a copy of "Huacheng" in her hand. She opened the column about Jiang Hai's new work "To Live".

Begin to read carefully and deeply:
"What kind of protagonist does Mr. Jiang Hai want to create?"

Generally speaking, when readers read a book, they will subconsciously put themselves into the role of the protagonist.

The protagonist's experience is the reader's experience.

The protagonist's joy and anger are the readers' joy and anger.

Even though there are only a few strokes in the book, the readers have already followed these strokes and lived through the life of the characters in the book.
In the past, when reading a work of traditional literature, readers would try to empathize with the characters in the text in order to gain a better understanding of life.

But this time.
Is it really hard to empathize with the protagonist of "To Live"?

What kind of person is Fugui, you want to ask?
Judging from the first part of the plot that is currently being serialized
A dandy, uneducated, addicted to whoring and gambling, and a man with a long history of bad deeds seem to be labels that can be applied to him?

"Are you also reading Mr. Jiang Hai's new book?" As if he was a little surprised, the boy next to the girl hurried over to her side and asked, "Can you give me a rough description of the plot of the book?"

"The bookstore's copy of Flower City is sold out, so I couldn't buy it."

The girl closed the book, held the magazine in her arms, and then began to recite the first third of the book almost silently:
[Fugui is a lucky man who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He was born in a landlord family and was raised by his parents. His family has hundreds of acres of fertile land and a virtuous and beautiful wife Jiazhen. If the degree of happiness is defined by the amount of wealth, Fugui is the happiest at this time, but he is also the least likable at this time]

[Relying on his status as a landlord, Fugui could insult the old man and contradict his father at will. He spent all day in brothels and had a good time at the gambling table. It was normal for him to go home once every ten days or half a month. The most unacceptable thing was that in order to give his father-in-law a warning, he actually let a prostitute carry him on her back while he was drunk and pass by his father-in-law's door, deliberately letting his father-in-law see him, to show his status and dignity as the male owner of the house.]

"Isn't he a complete playboy?" Hearing the girl's words, the boy was shocked. "He smokes, drinks, drinks prostitutes, and visits brothels, and does everything?"

"Can a character like this be the protagonist?"

"I haven't finished yet." Looking at the boy's reaction, the girl nodded in agreement, "What happened next was really explosive."

[One night, Fugui was addicted to gambling in the casino. His wife Jiazhen, who was seven or eight months pregnant, walked a long way to beg Fugui to come home. Under the pregnant wife's begging, Fugui was not soft-hearted. Instead, he felt very unlucky and thought that it was Jiazhen's appearance that caused him to lose money. In front of everyone, he slapped Jiazhen twice and had her dragged out. In the lonely night, only the pregnant Jiazhen sat on the street corner crying.]

First of all, this person loves to gamble.

Second, this person loves PCs.

Finally, this person actually committed domestic violence???

Hearing this, the boy was completely confused:

"Why did Mr. Jiang Hai write such a protagonist???"

You know, when "To Live" was released, the editor of "Huacheng" Publishing House directly promoted the book by claiming it was on par with "Camel Xiangzi".

But now
Xiangzi?

How is this Fugui similar to Xiangzi?
At the very least, in the early days, Xiangzi was still a good young man with hope, ambition and ideals.

But this Fugui
At the beginning, he is a playboy with a bad record, who doesn't know what is good for him and is involved in pornography, gambling and drugs?
"Has Mr. Jiang Hai's writing skills declined so much?"

"How dare you compare a work of this quality to "Camel Xiangzi"?"

To be honest, due to Jiang Hai’s reputation, quite a number of readers actually come here because of his reputation.

No one knows what kind of story "To Live" is about. All people know is the writer Jiang Hai.

Very cool!
Great!
I originally thought that Jiang Hai would, as he had done in the past, show his extraordinary literary skills and abilities at the beginning of the article.

Who would have thought.
How could this beginning be so unremarkable?

"What happened next?" the boy continued to ask the girl, "What happened next?"

"Later." The girl frowned while holding the book, as if recalling the plot in the book, "Later, Fugui was framed by people in the casino and lost all the family's real estate, land deeds, and even the old house left by their ancestors."

If an ordinary protagonist encountered such a change, the readers would definitely wail in grief:
“That’s real estate!”

"That's the title deed!"

"That's a fortune!"

"You just lost to someone like that?"

"Hate, I hate this loser"

But if this person is Fugui.
The boy's attitude immediately reversed 180 degrees:

"Should!"

"He deserves it!"

"He deserves it! He deserves it, okay!"

"Please God, distinguish between loyalty and treachery! God has eyes."

Generally speaking, readers don’t like authors to torture the protagonist, because once the protagonist is tortured, it will make readers feel extremely sad and miserable.

But what if the protagonist is a scumbag?
That’s another matter?
"How could anyone in this world empathize with Fugui?" The boy simply didn't understand, "This is just a rubbish protagonist."

"Is it worthy of readers' love?"

"It just makes me hate it!"

"What on earth was Mr. Jiang Hai thinking? Why did he suddenly come up with such a rubbish book to waste my time?"

Just as the boy was extremely dissatisfied and was about to shout out: "Geneva, give me back my money!"

At the other end of the lawn, not far away.

A petite girl with big wavy hair shouted at him with tears in her eyes:
"Student, don't worry. I suggest--"

"Read the rest of the article before you comment"

Following the direction of the sound, the boy turned his head and looked:

"Wow, good guy"

There were more than a dozen students in different clothes suddenly appearing on the lawn.

These people, holding a copy of To Live in their arms, cried bitterly and kept repeating to themselves:
"Fugui, you are so miserable, wuwuwuwuwuwu."

When seeing this scene.

The boy was completely stunned.

I know, I know they are on the Peking University campus.

If you don’t know, you might think they have come to a cemetery?

"Oh my god, what's going on."

(End of this chapter)