1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 255 Academic Journal?

Zhang Shouren is now the deputy editor-in-chief of October, in charge of novels.

The two of them were discussing the content of the novel in the car. Zhang Shouren said, "There is another question. I don't think the part about General Lei is exciting enough."

"Not enough fun?"

Jiang Xian was surprised. He had tried his best to be restrained in writing this novel, fearing that it would not be published. But Zhang Shouren thought he was too conservative?
Zhang Shouren pointed at the paragraph in the original manuscript and said, "I took the initiative to add a paragraph for you last night. What do you think?"

His words were written in the large blank space next to it. Jiang Xian took a look and saw that it was a sentence he added to Commander Lei.

“Gone! Three generations of grandparents and grandchildren who came from the Yimeng Mountains are gone just like that! Ah, these are our people, our God!”

"How is it?" Zhang Shouren asked.

Discussing the plot with the author and giving the author suggestions on the plot are the editor's responsibilities. Jiang Xian certainly would not feel offended by Zhang Shouren.

"You can add it in, very good!" He nodded in approval.

From the time they met until now, Jiang Xian has grown to trust the famous editor Zhang Shouren more and more due to his editorial qualities.

This article of his is very dangerous because it writes about the dark side and is the first to write about the dark side.

I heard that in the original history, even the old editor of Jie Xjun Literature and Art Publishing House did not dare to accept this manuscript.

At first, his plan was to try to publish it in "Capital Literature" or "Harvest".

Now that he had met the editor Zhang Shouren, Jiang Xian felt that he could hand the manuscript to him with complete confidence.

The final quality of a novel depends entirely on the editor's level. With the professionalism shown by Zhang Shouren, this manuscript will definitely be of very high quality when it is finally sent out.

After the interview in the suburbs of Beijing, Jiang Xian took Zhang Shouren and his wife to visit No. 15 Hufang Road.

Zhang Shouren was happy to discuss the manuscript with Jiang Xian again and did not refuse.

"Snakes and insects are everywhere, and heat poison is prevalent" is how the ancients described the month of May. Now that the weather was hot, Zhang Shouren was embarrassed to go to the door empty-handed, so he saw a farmer selling watermelons on the street, so he bought one and brought it upstairs.

After Jiang Xian thanked him and was about to cut it, Zhang Shouren's wife Chen Luo urged him to put it in a basin of water to cool it down before eating.

While the women took care of these things, Jiang Xian started drinking with Zhang Shouren.

"Everyone calls you 'Mr. Three Mores': many houses, many friends, and many articles. Today, it seems that you should have one more more - a lot of wine," Zhang Shouren said with a smile.

The two of them sat together, drinking, smoking, and chatting very casually about the subsequent creation of this manuscript.

In a blink of an eye, it was already afternoon. Jiang Xian personally cooked a few bowls of noodles with soybean sauce and took Zhang Shouren and his wife to eat. One bowl of noodles with soybean sauce made Zhang Shouren praise his cooking skills again and again.

Two days later, it was already the end of May.

Zhu Lin was busy submitting her graduation project, and her short study at the Beijing Film Academy came to an end.

After finally having some free time, Jiang Xian took her to Badaling for a stroll.

It was a hot summer day. As they climbed the Great Wall, they saw many foreigners.

"More and more foreigners are coming to China to travel," Zhu Lin sighed.

Jiang Xian pulled her and said, "We are gradually opening up."

The foreign exchange business operated by the Bank of China is a barometer of opening up to the outside world.

Not long ago, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange announced the "Implementation Rules for Foreign Exchange Management for Individuals".

Although it is still the case that any foreign exchange received by domestic residents from abroad will be settled in RMB on the same day.

But the details finally underwent a subtle shift.

"For each large remittance of RMB 3000 or more (inclusive), 3000% of the foreign exchange is allowed to be retained."

“Overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao are allowed to keep 30% of the foreign exchange they bring in or remit.”

In other words, residents can freely hold foreign currency deposits.

Jiang Xian then came up with the idea of ​​getting some foreign currency.

"Letter from an Unknown Woman" had been published overseas once before, but the English translation of "The Moon and Sixpence" had not yet been used.

Both Zhu Lin and he were in good physical condition, so they didn't feel very tired after climbing back, except that their legs and feet were a little sore.

"Don't sit and write manuscripts all the time in the future. It's bad for your health. Exercise more." Zhu Lin reminded.

Jiang Xian deeply agreed with this.

He is now relying on his youth and good health. Writing is a physically demanding job. Writers who are a little older all have more or less health problems.

Health is an important cornerstone of outstanding achievement.

Jiang Xian felt that he should learn from Japan's Haruki Murakami and insist on running every day regardless of the cold or heat.

Set such a goal and take action immediately.

I get up at four o'clock, write for two hours, and run for an hour, running from Hufang Road all the way to the Temple of Heaven.

That evening, Jiang Xian returned home, washed up, and was watching TV when he heard someone shouting downstairs.

"Jiang Xian, phone call!"

CCTV installed a telephone in the home of a resident at 15 Hufang Road. It was not a public phone, but an internal phone of CCTV.

In theory, Jiang Xian was not qualified to make the call, and people had no obligation to pass the call to him, but he had a good relationship with CCTV, and by building relationships with that company, they agreed to the matter whether they were willing or not, and they would pass the call to him when someone called.

He lived on the third floor and didn't want to climb the stairs to make a phone call. He thought it was troublesome, so he just shouted at the top of his lungs downstairs.

Jiang Xian grabbed a handful of White Rabbit snacks and stuffed them into the hands of Sister Wang. Sister Wang smiled and said a few polite words, then quickly put the snacks into her pocket.

"Why are you being so polite? Don't do this again in the future."

"For the kids."

Jiang Xian picked up the receiver with a smile.

"Which one?"

"Is it Comrade Jiang Xian?"

The voice on the other end was unfamiliar. He claimed to be the editor of "Novel Selections" and wanted to reprint Jiang Xian's "Brown Lychees" published in "Harvest".

“Brown lychees?”

Jiang Xian was not surprised by the reprinting of these articles. His novels were often reprinted. Even in "Novel Selection", it was not uncommon to reprint his articles.

It’s just that it was 79 when “Brown Lychees” was published in “Harvest”, which is nearly two years ago.

Moreover, although this article received a good response in the cultural circle and among historians after it was published, unfortunately, this novel did not cause much sensation among the readership, and therefore did not receive any reprints or heavyweight reviews.

Among all the novels published by Jiang Xian, this one is considered to be less popular and niche.

How come two years later, "Selected Novels", which is known as the "barometer and weather vane of contemporary Chinese literature", suddenly paid attention to this article?
"Comrade Jiang Xian, please leave us your address and we will send you the payment slip later." said the person on the other end of the phone.

"Row."

Although he felt strange in his heart, Jiang Xian was very happy to receive the royalties.

No matter what the reason is, he won't suffer any loss as long as people are willing to reprint his novel.

After hanging up the phone and saying hello to Sister Wang, I went upstairs for less than ten minutes when I heard someone knocking on my door again.

When I opened it, it was still Sister Wang.

"Hey, why are you here?"

Sister Wang slapped her thigh and said, "Isn't there another phone call for you? I don't know what it is, so I came to call you."

Zhu Lin looked at Jiang Xian in surprise, and Jiang Xian ordered, "Zhu Lin, quickly pour a cup of tea for Sister Wang. I'm going downstairs to answer a phone call."

"No, no." Sister Wang waved her hand.

Zhu Lin had already pulled her into the house, "Take a sip, take a sip."

Jiang Xian went downstairs and went to Sister Wang's house.

The door was not closed, and her husband and son were at home.

"Thank you for your help." Jiang Xian said politely.

"No trouble, no trouble."

After exchanging pleasantries, he picked up the phone. "Hello, who is this?"

There was another unfamiliar voice on the other end.

"Is this Comrade Jiang Xian? We are from the editorial department of the Chinese Journal of Education. I am Feng Bochao, the editor of the Chinese Journal of Education."

"Editor Feng, who are you looking for?"

"Ah, that's right. We want to reprint the article "Brown Lychees" that you published in "Harvest" and would like to ask for your consent. Don't worry, we will pay you for the reprint."

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Jiang Xian was stunned.

It’s fine that “Selected Novels” just called to ask for my manuscript, but why is “Chinese Journal of Education” also wanting to reprint it?
He has been in the cultural circle for so long that he is familiar with various journals and has also heard of this "Chinese Journal of Education".

This publication can be said to be one of the leading journals of basic education in China.

It was founded not long ago, in 80. It has a high level and is a biweekly sponsored by the Ministry of Education. It is published every 10 days.

The most important thing is that this is a comprehensive academic journal aimed at basic education.

Why would an academic journal choose him as a writer?

Jiang Xian was confused, but he couldn't ask directly, so he couldn't say it out loud.

If someone wants to reprint your novel, you can't ask them what attracted them to the novel.

After leaving the other party an address for sending the payment slip, Jiang Xian hung up the phone and went upstairs.

I am still surprised that this matter has not been resolved yet.

This time it was Sister Wang's son who came to knock on the door, telling him that there was a call. When he picked up the phone, the person on the other end also wanted to reprint "Brown Lychees".

After chatting for a few words, Jiang Xian hung up the phone in confusion.

"Hey, which unit has been calling you all the time?" Sister Wang was extremely curious.

Those days were different from later times. There was basically no telephone communication between individuals, so if anyone could pick up a phone call, it would be worth discussing among the neighbors for a while.

"A magazine wants to reprint my novel." Jiang Xian said bluntly.

It's no secret that he writes articles; almost all of his neighbors know about it.

"With so many calls, I don't sound like a human being."

"From several magazines."

"Oh, really?!"

Sister Wang was surprised and quickly urged her son to do it.

"See? Study hard and be as successful as your brother Jiang Xian when you grow up."

Jiang Xian smiled, then went upstairs thinking about the reprint, but he couldn't figure it out the whole night.

The next day, he went to the editorial office of "Film Creation" and received another note from the mail room, saying that there was a phone call and the other party also wanted to reprint "Brown Lychees".

Feeling strange, Jiang Xian thought about asking Wang Meng about this matter. With his identity and status, he probably knew the details.

A phone call came, and Wang Meng laughed out loud on the phone after hearing his question.

"You are so slow in getting news."

"Teacher Wang, please stop teasing me. What's going on?"

"Now I think about it, I remember you have a sister-in-law who is taking the college entrance examination this year? If you ask her, the truth will come out."

Wang Meng kept the secret on purpose, and Jiang Xian was confused. With no choice, he had to go back to Zhongguancun with Zhu Lin.

"Zhu Hong."

As soon as I entered the door, I ran into my sister-in-law Zhu Hong.

"Brother-in-law!"

When Zhu Hong saw him, she came over with her braids swinging and asked excitedly, "Brother-in-law, do you know?"

"Know what?" Jiang Xian was confused.

When Zhu Hong saw Zhu Lin coming in, she ran over excitedly, grabbed her arm, and shared, “Sister, you don’t know.

My brother-in-law's novel has become our college entrance examination question!"

Zhu Lin was stunned for a few seconds, and instinctively doubted: "Is it true?"

"Is this fake? How could I not know the questions I did myself?"

Zhu Hong kept saying that in the first college entrance examination in May this year, an excerpt from Jiang Xian's novel "Brown Lychees" was included in the Chinese test paper.

There were four reading comprehension questions, two objective questions and two subjective questions.

Objective questions:
1. Select the incorrect understanding of the relevant content of the novel.
2. The analysis and appreciation of the novel's artistic features is incorrect.
Subjective questions:
3. Based on the text, please explain what psychological changes Li Shande experienced during the transaction with the broker?

4. What is the purpose of the game between Li Shande and Dianzuo in the text? Please analyze it in conjunction with the text.

"Luckily, I have read my brother-in-law's novel before!" Zhu Hong felt excited as if she had guessed the topic correctly.

In Chinese, in addition to composition, another test point that can increase your score is reading comprehension questions.

For reading comprehension, there are a thousand different answers in the minds of a thousand students, and the scores vary accordingly.

Zhu Hong has read the full text of the novel "Brown Lychees" and has some grasp of its content.

When others see this short excerpt, they are still confused and don't understand what it is about, but she has already clearly grasped the personalities of the characters in the text, and has understood the context of the story, and can sort out the context of the entire text.

In this way, she had a great advantage on this question, and it was no wonder that Zhu Hong was so excited.

Jiang Xian finally understood why the article "Brown Lychees" suddenly attracted so much attention.

You should know that at this moment the college entrance examination has not yet started to set questions for each province, and is still in the stage of nationwide unified question setting. In other words, all candidates in China are taking the same test paper and have all done Jiang Xian's "Brown Lychees".

This level of enthusiasm is indeed huge.

What's more, today's college entrance examination is divided into two parts, and the first examination is equivalent to a weather vane for the second examination, for students who have to take the college entrance examination for the second time.

"Brown Lychees" seems to be a novel that they are going to study in depth in the short term.

Even Jiang Xian's other novels will attract the attention of college entrance examination students.

God knows whether he will be tested again in the next college entrance examination.

For readers like Zhu Hong who have already read Jiang Xian's novels, this saves them time in reading and studying the novels during their subsequent review period.

"Oh my God, this is a national college entrance examination." Zhu Lin still felt deeply unbelievable.

Since the resumption of the college entrance examination in 77, its sacred importance and status have gradually been established in the minds of the people.

The question-setting group chose Jiang Xian's article for use, which is definitely a recognition of him and a great honor for him.

The novel "Brown Lychees" has also been elevated to a new height.

"Brother-in-law, I have a question and I don't know if I answered it correctly. Can you help me think about it?" Zhu Hong asked.

Jiang Xian was in great glory at the moment, and when he heard this, he patted his chest.

"tell me the story."

"It's an option in the objective test. When weighing the cost and location of the house, Li Shande thought about his wife's daily washing of vegetables and clothes and his daughter's bathing. This shows that he is a good husband and father who loves his family. Is this option correct?"

"This option"

Jiang Xian's throat seemed to be blocked and he was stunned for a long while.

Seeing this, Zhu Lin couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Jiang Xian, you wrote the article yourself, you don't even know whether this question is right or wrong, right?"

"Ahem, it's normal that I don't know how to do it."

Jiang Xian coughed awkwardly twice and explained:
"Reading comprehension does not test students' ability to understand the author's psychology."

“It’s about understanding the examiner’s mind.”

(End of this chapter)