1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 202: Reject if Not Suitable

Zhongshaoshe is the China Juveniles and Children's Publishing House.

The editorial department of "Children's Literature" is also among them, because "Children's Literature" is a journal publishing department led by China Youth Publishing House. At present, this nationally renowned children's literature magazine is still a monthly magazine.

Just as Mr. Jin Jin was looking excited, the wolves in the editorial department of "Film Creation" were equally excited.

Shao Huifang's photos have been developed and sent to Chen Che, who is in charge of art editing and layout design, and is responsible for selecting the photos.

Well, I shot three rolls of film, a total of ninety photos.

Chen Che is in his early thirties and did not go to the studio during the photo shoot. Now he took a sip of hot tea, picked up a stack of photos and took a look.

"Wow!" After turning a few more pages, it became "Wow wow wow!"

Beside him, editor Cao Hongxiang was working on a script. Deputy Editor-in-Chief Jiang threw an idea to him and asked him to put it together into a script. He also said that this job was called "bridge making", which is the jargon for filmmaking in Hong Kong and also the jargon for Cantonese opera.

What this means is that starting with an idea or a sentence, seven or eight screenwriters work together to eventually create a script.

Cao Hongxiang was so depressed. It took seven or eight screenwriters to put together the work, but he was doing it alone. How could that be called putting together the work?

But he had no choice but to save up his ideas, because as Deputy Editor-in-Chief Jiang said, good ideas are called "good bridges" and bad ideas are called "shitty bridges".

Cao Hongxiang held the pen like this for the whole morning, fearing that he would write something too big. He wrote with great trepidation and caution, as if treading on thin ice.

Hearing Chen Che yelling at his workstation, Cao Hongxiang couldn't sit still any longer. "Old Chen, what are you doing alone?"

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Chen Che didn't say anything, so Cao Hongxiang stood up and walked over.

Before he went over, he saw colorful photos scattered on his desk. He glanced at them and saw Shao Huifang wearing bell-bottom pants and holding a small purple umbrella. His pupils suddenly dilated.

“Yo!” His spirits perked up, and he turned his gaze to look at the photo of the man wearing yellow blagi, “Yo yo yo!”

These photos are so eye-catching! Especially the one where she is kneeling on the ground, wearing long johns, or big stockings. Shao Huifang turns her head to look at the camera, with her hands on her knees, showing her curves to the fullest, looking coquettish and charming.

"Is this the cover photo?"

Cao Hongxiang was so excited that he trembled when he spoke, and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, that's great!"

He had never seen pornographic pictures or adult films. Even if he had an extra head, he couldn't imagine that photos could be taken like this.

Jiang Xian said he couldn't think of it either.

He also didn't know what kind of innate holy body Bai Ling had that allowed her to comprehend the essence of the edge in the 80s.

It took several decades for online writers to finally figure out this truth: If you want to avoid being censored but still want to express temptation and ambiguity, you can write enough.

Cao Hongxiang and Chen Che made a lot of noise, which attracted several editors. The photo incident quickly fermented and spread out, becoming more and more exaggerated and bizarre. The third floor east, which was usually sparsely populated, was constantly crowded with Beijing Film Studio employees who came to visit.

"These bell-bottom pants look good on you."

"Oh my god, look at this photo, is it taken seriously?"

"I can't bear to watch it anymore."

"It's an insult to politeness! It's an insult to politeness!"

The mouth is criticizing, but the eyes are staring honestly.

Chen Che noticed that the breathing around him was getting heavy, so he quickly put the photo away, fearing that it would cause any more trouble, and sent it to Jiang Xian.

Jiang Xian held it in his hand and took a quick look at it. Finally, he selected a few more photos based on Chen Che's selection and decided on the cover picture, which was Shao Huifang's famous cover.

"Deputy Editor-in-Chief Jiang, why don't you choose another one?" Chen Che asked.

"This is called placing a pearl in the most appropriate position. This way, the pearl will not be covered in dust and the risk of publication will be reduced." Jiang Xian explained to Chen Che that this was the editing technique he and Li Qingquan learned.

The other set of pictures is definitely more eye-catching, but "Film Creation" is ultimately just a small magazine of the Beijing Film Studio. It cannot be compared with "Popular Film" which is backed by the Film Association. Things should be done in a low-key manner.

When Chen Che heard this, he was immediately impressed.

Having artistic level and political courage, this is the art of editing!
After Chen Che said goodbye and left, Jiang Xian picked up several books of "Children's Literature" that he had collected in the past few days on the table. One of them was the first issue from more than ten years ago, and the cover image was a woodcut work by Huang Yongyu.

The articles in the magazine are also very luxurious, all of which are works by writers such as Ye Shengtao, Jin Bo, Bing Xin, and Zhang Tianyi. Moreover, each article is accompanied by specially drawn illustrations, all of which are drawn by masters such as Wan Laiming and Zhang Leping.

The magazine "Children's Literature" is very interesting.

This is a very best-selling magazine. It is extremely popular and has great vitality no matter what era it is in.

Even in the 21st century when the autumn wind has passed and traditional literary magazines have collapsed and declined, the rough wax cover of "Children's Literature" and the words "This magazine is suitable for citizens aged 9 to 99" are still the memories of many people born in the 80s and 90s.

In fact, the earliest "Children's Literature" was an "internal publication" with no publication number and no fixed distribution cycle. It was published about four times a year. It was more of a compilation of children's literature works than a magazine.

There were few similar publications at the time, and their quality was excellent. Although Shanghai had an earlier and more formal children's literature publication, Juvenile Literature and Art, there was an old tradition that "northern writers did not contribute to southern publications, and southern writers did not contribute to northern publications." In addition, Beijing gathered almost all the outstanding children's literature writers at the time.

So in the 60s, the first issue of "Children's Literature" sold more than 30 copies.

Seeing such promising results, the editors immediately planned to develop the magazine into an "external publication" distributed nationwide and to fix the distribution cycle.

Unfortunately, after only 10 issues, the fairy tale turned into a revolutionary fairy tale, sales plummeted, and due to great external pressure, the publication was discontinued.

It was not until 77 that it was finally resumed and had a fixed publishing cycle and was distributed nationwide.

Like the traditional literary magazines at the time, children's book workers from all over the country also held a meeting in Lushan. Editorial board members such as Yan Wenjing and Bing Xin repeatedly emphasized at the meeting, "What political style does a children's literature magazine have to do with?"

So in the years when traditional literature was revived and ushered in its golden age, children's literature also followed suit and moved towards glory. The environment was even freer than traditional literature, and there was no talk of scars or reflections.

Well, this is where a wonderful person comes from.
This guy was born in a wealthy family. His childhood dream was to become a night soil collector. He only finished elementary school for more than half of his life and was sent back home by school in the fourth grade, so he only has an elementary school diploma.

Because of a broken heart, he picked up a pen.

Since last year, the fairy tales written by this guy have almost filled up every issue of "Children's Literature".

The magazine is almost taking on his shape.

Jiang Xian put down the booklet in his hand and raised his eyebrows.

If he could also take up a full issue of "Children's Literature" and steal the limelight from this guy, it would be quite impressive when this matter is told to others in the future.

He could imagine how the marketing accounts in the future would brag, and write in a journalistic style: the fairy tales he wrote were better than those of the "Fairy Tale King" Zheng Yuanjie.

Jiang Xian is quite confident about this article "The Grass House".

Cao Wenxuan is Zheng Yuanjie's old rival. Regardless of his character and only in terms of literature, his representative work is certainly much better than Zheng Yuanjie's works of this period. Zheng Yuanjie hadn't even written Pippi Lu at that time.

No. 21, East nd Street, Beijing.

A row of ancient locust trees shades a courtyard. The sunlight shines dappled on the plaque, on which are engraved the words: China Juvenile and Children's Publishing House Headquarters!

It is under the management of Tuan Tuan.

Xu Dexia came to work early in the morning. After graduating from Hebei University in 78, she joined Children's Literature. Now 27 years old, she is the youngest fairy tale editor in the editorial department.

“So many submissions again?”

"Yes."

Xu Dexia smiled helplessly. Ever since the meeting in Lushan, children's literature has become very popular. There are so many submissions from all over the country every day that they have to be packed in sacks.

"Comrade Dexia, please take a look at this manuscript first and make comments on the parts that need to be revised."

Yu Kebin, the leader of the fairy tale group, brought a thick stack of manuscripts to Xu Dexia's desk and emphasized, "This novel was sent to me by the editorial committee. You must pay attention to it. Well, you should also know the author."

"know?"

Xu Dexia instinctively replied, "Zheng Yuanjie?"

Zheng Yuanjie is undoubtedly the most beloved author among the editors of Children's Literature today. His manuscripts alone are enough to satisfy all the editors of Children's Literature who are looking for manuscripts.

Xu Dexia still remembers that last winter, the mother of writer Zheng Yuanjie braved the heavy snow and came to Children's Literature with his article "Heihei on Honesty Island" which had been rejected by many magazines. This was the first time Zheng Yuanjie had a connection with Children's Literature.

During the period that followed, it was as if he had opened up his Ren and Du meridians. He kept writing, and his writing got better and better.

Someone in the editorial department joked that at his speed, he could write a monthly magazine by himself.

“It’s not Zheng Yuanjie.”

Yu Kebin said with a complicated expression: "It's Jiang Xian."

"Jiang Xian?"

Xu Dexia raised her eyebrows, "Is it Jiang Xian who wrote "The Chess King"? "

"it's him."

"How can he provide us with manuscripts?"

Xu Dexia looked incredulous, and Yu Kebin was also confused, but this manuscript was handed in by Jin Jin, the old founder of their "Children's Literature", and it was written by such a famous writer as Jiang Xian.

"You take a look first."

After hesitating for a moment, Yu Kebin whispered again: "We also have principles in Children's Literature. Even if it is Jiang Xian's work, if it is not suitable for our magazine, we should reject it. I believe Comrade Jiang Xian can understand."

"I understand, team leader."

Xu Dexia suddenly felt her shoulders grow heavier. After Yu Kebin left, she picked up the manuscript on the table and began to read it page by page.
(End of this chapter)