Chapter 176 Rejection

After listening to Chief Editor Tian's earnest words, Lin Yuzhu finally understood what was going on.

Yes, she was so busy thinking that his story was well written that she forgot the current era. At that time, there was no reform and opening up yet, or it was just in the enlightenment period of reform and opening up, and the policies had just changed. The country definitely wanted to see some positive stories.

The plot of Zhao Yanshu's novel is indeed too dark.

She remembered watching a news interview in the past, in which a famous writer in later generations was once asked to revise his manuscript because his articles were too dark.

The most famous book of that writer seemed to have been published after the 1990s, by which time the country had already been developing for some time.

So even though that book is also about suffering, there are not so many restrictions.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuzhu couldn't help feeling a little worried.

But Zhao Yanshu was very calm. He thanked Editor-in-Chief Tian without changing his expression, said he understood, and thanked her for her trouble. However, he finally rejected her request to revise the manuscript.

"I'm sorry, this ending was already determined when the character Jiang Shugen appeared. If it is changed, he will no longer be Jiang Shugen..."

Editor-in-Chief Tian understood what he said and did not force him. He sighed, stood up and patted him on the shoulder.

"I understand. In that case, I support your choice. Good kid, don't be discouraged. You are talented. If you can write "Going Home", you can write better ones. If you have other good stories in the future, please send them to me."

"good!"

After the two came out, Lin Yuzhu saw the rejected manuscript in Zhao Yanshu's hand and felt a little worried.

On the contrary, Zhao Yanshu was very calm. He took a deep breath and smiled at her, "Don't worry, I have already guessed this."

"Ah? You've already thought of this?"

"Well, I guessed it when I didn't receive a reply after submitting the manuscript for three or four days."

"Then..." Lin Yuzhu didn't know how to comfort her.

"Did you guess this result when you wrote it?"

"Yeah!" Zhao Yanshu nodded. "I guessed it, but I want to try again! Do you remember the story you told me about finding your relatives? After I heard your story, this story appeared in my mind, and I wanted to write it down at that time."

Lin Yuzhu was stunned when she heard this. She had told him the story of the movie "Lost and Love" which was quite famous on the Internet. She just didn't expect that Zhao Yanshu's inspiration came from her.

I felt a little regretful at that moment. I wish I had told him more beautiful stories.

But it's too late to say anything now.

"Then why don't we change publishers? What about the magazine we used last time? I remember you wrote some slightly darker stories that were published before."

Zhao Yanshu shook his head. "I don't think so. This is a long novel with too many words. It's not suitable for a magazine. Besides, Chief Editor Tian is right. This novel is dark and depressing from beginning to end. It's not suitable for the current mainstream environment. Other magazines probably won't be willing to take the risk."

Lin Yuzhu sighed after hearing this, that was all that could be done, but she still cheered herself up and encouraged him: "It's okay, since we can't publish it, let's keep it for now, anyway, society is always changing, maybe it will be possible in the future."

Seeing that she was no longer so disappointed, Zhao Yan breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll keep it and talk about it later."

"Well, you have to keep it well. This is the first novel of a future great writer."

"good!"

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