1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

Chapter 229: All vests are exposed, shocking the audience! (Please order the whole thing)
Seeing that Liu Xinwu started to ask about Cheng Xuemin's manuscript, no one could pry the manuscript except Zhang Guangnian!

Others including Qin Zhaoyang, the editor-in-chief of "Contemporary" which had just resumed publication, Yang Xiaosheng of "China Youth", Haibo, the person in charge of "Kunlun", all gathered around!

They are basically the heads of magazines that resumed publication not long ago at the beginning of this year.

They had just resumed publication, and without influential manuscripts or authors, it would take a while for the magazines to resume publication to their peak before they ceased publication!
Moreover, it lags behind People's Literature, Yenching Literature and October, which took half a year or a year to resume publication. It can be said that it is slow at every step.

Therefore, everyone is trying their best to commission manuscripts from well-known authors and trying every possible way to catch up.

And in front of the door!

Who is the most popular author in the magazine and newspaper industry? It must be Cheng Xuemin, the pioneer of reform and opening up.

pity!

When they began to prepare for the resumption of publication and were about to ask Cheng Xuemin, a pioneer of reform and opening up, to write articles, he disappeared and was no longer in Yenching!
Another piece of news was that there was a report in the People's Liberation Army newspaper that the pioneer Cheng Xuemin had gone south to the front line to perform a consolation show!

Cheng Xuemin, an author, went to offer condolences for the performance?

At that time, everyone was surprised and astonished. Later, they heard that the incident had happened and it was a false alarm.

Everyone also realized that Cheng Xuemin went south this time with a mission!

Go to the front line to interview and write an article about the war.

This article has received special attention from the higher-ups and is another atomic bomb like "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office"!
It can be said that whoever can obtain the exclusive publication rights of this article and ignite this atomic bomb will be able to return to the top directly.

and so!
Everyone is eyeing this manuscript, but no one dares to be the first to come forward and propose it, for fear of disrupting the current delicate balance.

But who would have thought that Liu Xinwu's "October", knowing that she had a mother-in-law, would dare to break the delicate balance so blatantly and inquire about the manuscript in front of everyone.

What else is there to say!
Qin Zhaoyang from "Contemporary", Yang Xiaosheng from "Kunlun", Haibo from "China Youth", and several other magazine executives all rushed over!

Everyone was talking about it, vying for Cheng Xuemin's manuscript.

Cheng Xuemin was suddenly caught off guard by the competition among these editors-in-chief and was completely unable to cope with it.

"Teacher Liu, Teacher Qin, Teacher Yang, Teacher Hai, Teacher Li... Teachers, please let me finish what I want to say. Let me finish what I want to say!"

There was no chance to interrupt at all, these teachers were so enthusiastic!
"What are you grabbing? What are you pushing? Lao Qin, Lao Yang, Lao Hai, and you, Li Qingquan, why are you everywhere?"

"Let the scholars speak for themselves!"

"It's definitely useless for you to rob like this. Let Xuemin speak for himself. We are all responsible for our respective units. Can't you please have a little more image?"

Liu Xinwu also took the opportunity to help Cheng Xuemin persuade everyone not to rush or push!
He really thought that he had Cheng Xuemin's mother-in-law in his hand, so he was not afraid of these old guys snatching the manuscript from October.

Didn't Cheng Xuemin say that? The manuscript has been completed and is now being polished by his mother-in-law!
So what else is there to grab?

Teacher Gu must have left this manuscript for October to use for their own purposes. How could it really be snatched away by these old guys who have just emerged?

If they really snatch it away, wouldn’t it surpass their "October" in one fell swoop?
How does this work?
At least their "October" resumed publication half a year earlier than their "Contemporary" and "Kunlun", so they have already seized the initiative!

After publishing extremely influential articles such as "Records of Director Qiao's Taking Office" and "New Year Greetings", it was directly promoted from a bimonthly to a monthly.

Now is the critical period for us to make a concerted effort to catch up with Li Qingquan's Yenching Literature. Now that Xuemin, the son-in-law, has made such an atomic bomb, how could Mr. Gu give it to others?

This time, it will be October’s turn to release the atomic bomb themselves.

Zhang Guangnian from People's Literature next to him didn't say anything. He just watched these guys fighting over things. It was quite fun!

Once again, Liu Xinwu from "October" was full of confidence, ordering everyone to be silent and let their "October" son-in-law Cheng Xuemin speak for himself!
OK, very good!

Lao Liu, your October son-in-law will give you a big surprise!
Thinking of Le Chu, Zhang Guangnian secretly patted Liu Xinwu on the shoulder, hoping that he could hold on.

But at this moment, Liu Xinwu is all on Cheng Xuemin!

Zhang Guangnian patted him on the shoulder, but he didn't take it seriously and continued to look at Cheng Xuemin and wait for his next words.

Waiting for Cheng Xuemin to continue, he had no say on who to give the manuscript to, as it was up to his mother-in-law, Teacher Gu.

For their "October", just this one sentence is enough!

"Teacher Liu, teachers, this is it!"

"This time I went to the south to express my condolences. I was commissioned by the General Political Department to write an article about the soldiers on the front line!"

"This manuscript may involve sensitive issues, so it needs to be sent to the General Political Department for review first!"

"If there are no problems with the censorship, it will be published in a publication designated by the General Political Department..."

"Actually, it's PLA Literature and Art. Teacher Dong Ling from PLA Literature and Art, who came with me to the south this time, is also the first editor of this manuscript of mine!"

"So, I want to make all the teachers love you wrongly!"

After saying that, Cheng Xuemin half bowed to express his apologies and regrets to these enthusiastic teachers.

Especially Liu Xinwu from "October" disappointed them again!
"Ah? You want to give it to Liberation Army Literature and Art?"

When the editors heard that the manuscript was going to be given to the People's Liberation Army Literature and Art, they were instantly speechless. There was no way to snatch it away!

If it was Liu Xinwu's "October", they would still want to give it a try.

But after hearing that it was "People's Liberation Army Literature and Art", everyone knew there was no hope!

And what Cheng Xuemin said is right!
This manuscript is about the war on the front line. If not given to "People's Liberation Army Literature and Art" who should it be given to?
"Xuemin, are you going to give it to "Liberation Army Literature and Art"? " Liu Xinwu's face, which was originally beaming with joy, instantly collapsed, just like the last time "Director Qiao's Taking Office" was stolen. He nodded bitterly and said, "That's right, that's right!"

"Xuemin, it is indeed correct for you to submit this manuscript to the PLA Literature and Art Magazine. After all, this is the manuscript approved by the General Political Department!"

Liu Xinwu nodded repeatedly to show his understanding, and he was also very open-minded!

Anyway, don't give this manuscript to "Contemporary" or "Kunlun", especially Li Qingquan's "Yenching Literature", you can give it to anyone else.

Even if it’s given to Zhang Guangnian’s "People's Literature", it’s fine!

Because giving it to "Liberation Army Literature and Art" and "People's Literature" will only add icing on the cake for them, and can also help the author Cheng Xuemin to increase his influence.

It is not at all competitive with their "October".

So after Liu Xinwu heard the report and reported it to "People's Liberation Army Literature and Art", although he was very disappointed, he soon became secretly treacherous.

Just don’t give it to Contemporary or Kunlun, otherwise, once they publish, they will definitely catch up with October, or even surpass it by a long distance.

After all, the influence of these publications before they ceased publication was greater than that of October.

What they lack now may be an equally influential manuscript. As for Li Qingquan's "Yenching Literature", that is even more impossible to give it to him!
Otherwise, they, "October", really won't be able to catch up, even if they try their best.

"Thank you, Teacher Liu!"

Cheng Xuemin could only give Liu Xinwu an apologetic smile, say a few more polite words, and then go back to their unit's "October" to sit and chat further.

I also politely accepted the invitations from several other editors-in-chief.

You can politely agree to go over and sit down, and people won’t take it too seriously whether you go or not.

However, when they asked Cheng Xuemin to write an article in person, he never agreed. He always said that he was taking the college entrance examination soon and he really couldn't spare the time to write the article.

As for the commissioned articles from the teachers, we will have to wait until the second half of the year to see.

Hearing that Cheng Xuemin was going to take the college entrance examination this year, Qin Zhaoyang and others who had just returned to the city to resume work were stunned.

The author they were vying for was actually a student who was going to take the college entrance examination this year?

Oh my goodness, there are always talented people in every generation, and the new generation pushes the old generation forward. It’s amazing!

"Okay, Xuemin! I've signed your copies of "The Horse Herder", "Director Qiao's Taking Office", and "Grass of Love" for you!"

"Please submit your manuscript for review and publication. We will try to send you a single copy as soon as possible!"

If we were to say who was the most indifferent to fame and fortune and who was just watching the fun the whole time, it would be Li Shuguang from Renwen Society!

Seeing that everyone was almost done, Li Shuguang spoke up to help Cheng Xuemin sign in, and reminded him to submit the finished manuscript for review and publication as soon as possible!

After it passes review and is published, the humanities publishing house will definitely strike while the iron is hot and quickly arrange for the single volume to be published!
and so!
No matter how these magazines fight, in the end they still have to rely on the humanities publishing house!

The decision on whether or not to publish a book for you lies in the hands of Li Shuguang.

Moreover, Li Shuguang is the first executive member of this selection committee, and his say is second only to the director and three deputy directors.

But those directors and deputy directors are all respected great writers. They are just figureheads. The real work is done by committee members like Li Shuguang!
Li Shuguang is the first executive member and can be said to be the real person in charge of this selection committee.

"Okay, okay, thank you Teacher Li, I will do it as soon as possible!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded, and when he saw Li Shuguang was about to put the sign-in book away, he quickly said, "Teacher Li, I haven't finished signing yet, I still have two more to sign in!"

Li Shuguang only signed "The Shepherd" and "The Grass Heart" submitted by Yenching Literature, and "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office" submitted by People's Literature, but he has not signed the other manuscripts published in other places!

"Huh?! Xuemin, you have an award-winning manuscript?! Which one is it? How come we haven't heard of it!?"

After hearing what Cheng Xuemin said, Li Shuguang looked puzzled. He went over the list of winners in his mind and thought that no one should be missed, right?

Didn’t Cheng Xuemin only publish those few articles?

"Yes, Xuemin! Our upcoming New Year Greetings and Harvest's Chen Huansheng's Journey into the City were both published this year. This time, the selection is for manuscripts published before December last year and up to the second half of 77!"

Liu Xinwu misunderstood and thought that Cheng Xuemin didn't know that the manuscripts published this year didn't count, so he quickly explained.

Although these two manuscripts were indeed well written and received very positive responses, they were both published before the New Year.

But this time the selection is calculated according to the Gregorian calendar. Although these two manuscripts were published before the New Year, that was already January of this year's Gregorian calendar. We have to wait until this time next year to be selected.

Thinking of another point, Liu Xinwu added, "Besides, this time the selection is for outstanding short stories, so Xuemin, your novellas were not submitted for selection either!"

In addition to several short stories, Cheng Xuemin also published two novellas before the New Year, which were also very well written and received good responses.

If there was an award, I would definitely win.

But that is a novella, which is not within the scope of this short story selection, so it is also not acceptable.

"Teacher Liu, I know!" Cheng Xuemin nodded to Liu Xinwu, then looked at Li Shuguang and said, "Teacher Li, I published two articles in Ba Lao's Harvest a few years ago!"

"One is the 'Chen Huansheng Enters the City' that Teacher Liu just mentioned, and the other is 'The Traitor'!"

"Did you also write "The Traitor"? "

As soon as Cheng Xuemin finished speaking, Li Qingquan next to him exclaimed, "Two of Ba Lao's 'Harvest' were selected this time, and one of them is 'The Traitor'. Was it written by you, Xuemin?"

Good guy!
Li Qingquan couldn't help but exclaim, because although "Harvest" had just resumed publication for one issue last year, this issue directly tied their "Yenching Literature" for the entire year, with two articles winning awards! !
The two articles in their "Yenching Literature" were all manuscripts provided by Cheng Xuemin, but who would have known that one of the two award-winning articles in "Harvest" was also written by Cheng Xuemin!

My goodness, why have I never heard Cheng Xuemin mention this? !
"Xuemin, was it also you who wrote the award-winning article "The Traitor" in Harvest?"

Liu Xinwu, who had just changed his way of thinking and become a little more open-minded, was stunned when he heard that the winning manuscript of "Harvest" was also written by Cheng Xuemin!

What's wrong with Teacher Gu's son-in-law?

All the winning manuscripts are sent out. Don’t you really want to take care of them, October?
"No way!? You, Xuemin, also wrote "The Traitor"? No wonder Li Xiaolin joined us in the first place!"

Zhang Guangnian of People's Literature was also amazed after hearing this. Now he finally understood why the United Front had the magazine "Harvest" in Shanghai at that time!
Before this, Cheng Xuemin had already hooked up with Li Xiaolin from "Harvest" and had published articles in their "Harvest"!

"Doesn't this mean that, Xuemin, you have four manuscripts selected and four of them have won awards?!"

"No way?! Four manuscripts won awards!? This, this, this... is too impressive, right?"

Following several other teachers, they were all amazed and shocked. It turned out that this pioneer comrade also had a base in Shanghai!

Moreover, it is "Harvest" which can compete with People's Literature, so this position is not small.

"You also wrote "The Traitor"?!"

"Xuemin, please don't tell me that besides this article "The Traitor", there are other winning manuscripts that we don't know about!"

"If there is more... this award ceremony will really be monopolized by you!"

Li Shuguang, the actual person in charge of the jury, also almost dropped the pen in his hand. He looked at Cheng Xuemin in horror, opened the sign-in book again, found the winning work "The Traitor", and signed it!

He looked at Cheng Xuemin stupidly again and asked another question.

What I was thinking in my heart was just as Li Shuguang said, if there are more winning works later, then wouldn’t this award ceremony be for him, Cheng Xuemin?

Such a big thing, but Li Shuguang, the head of the jury, didn't even know about it!
"Teacher Li, there are two more!"

"One is "Female College Students' Dormitory" published in Shanghai Literature and Art, and the other one, which you just mentioned, is "Loess Plateau" published in Yanhe Literature in my hometown!"

……

Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of this chapter)