Chapter 322: The Badger in the Melon Field
Guowen Publishing House, second floor of the back building, editorial office of Contemporary Magazine.
The colleagues' faces were filled with curiosity, and they were just about to move a small stool and sit aside obediently waiting for Teacher Niu to start the class.
After some persuasion from Teacher Lin, Niu Han sneered: "What did he do? I have been an editor for more than 30 years, and I have never seen such a shameless person!"
Everyone was delighted. This was something Lao Niu had never seen in his thirty-year career. How rare must this be?
This melon is huge!
"Calm down, don't argue with Old Wu. He is young and doesn't know much."
Lin Weimin tried to persuade Niu Han like a peacemaker, but every word he said seemed to hit him right in the heart.
"He's young? He's ignorant? He's almost forty years old and has been in our Chinese Literature Society for more than ten years. You tell me he's ignorant?"
All the colleagues frowned and looked at Lin Weimin, saying, "Don't talk at this time, it's time for Lao Niu to show his skills."
Lin Weimin gave everyone a look, you know nothing!
A good melon should crack open with a slight tap. How can you cut it yourself?
"What on earth is going on?"
Seeing that the time was almost right, Teacher Lin asked with a "worried" look on his face.
Niu Han's face was filled with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Wu Shiming, this villain, took advantage of his job to plagiarize important archival materials from the New Literature Historical Materials to write an article!"
Stealing information?
It is not a big deal to cite materials when writing an article, but Lao Niu specifically emphasized the word "steal", and the nature of the matter is different.
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of Wu Shiming. How could this person do this? After all, he is an employee of the Chinese Literature Publishing House. It is a taboo to steal information from the publication. How could this person do this?
At this point, Niu Han continued, "The most infuriating thing is that he actually published this article in another journal before our New Literature Materials was published."
When the colleagues heard this, the only thing they could say in their hearts was “WTF!”
It would be fine if they just plagiarized information from their own publication to write an article, but they actually published it first?
Not to mention how bad the nature of this incident is, does Wu Shiming have no intelligence?
Did he think that all his colleagues at the Guowen Press would not see the article he published?
It would be fine if it was just an ordinary person, but we all do writing work after all, how could he dare to do that?
Everyone's mind was filled with question marks, and they really couldn't understand why Wu Shiming did this.
Naturally, no one knew what Wu Shiming was thinking.
But after Comrade Niu Han explained the cause of the incident, everyone finally understood the truth.
While everyone was talking, Meng Weizai walked into the office. "Old Niu, Old Niu, what can I say to you? How old are you, and your temper is still so bad?"
Niu Han said stubbornly: "It was Zaochun who stopped me just now, otherwise I would have beaten this bastard up!"
"Alright, alright, stop scolding me. The whole community knows about what you two did. Don't you think people will laugh at you?"
"Who are you kidding? Me or him? This kind of person should be infamous forever!"
It is definitely an exaggeration to say that he will be infamous for eternity. After this incident, Wu Shiming's reputation in the Chinese Literature Society will definitely be damaged.
But it's unrealistic to say how we would deal with him.
The incident involving Wu Shiming had a very bad impact, but it was not considered illegal or disorderly. The most the commune did was to criticize and educate him and ask him to write a self-criticism.
Besides, if they dare to do this, they must have had someone to follow them.
Last year, the company's leadership team was restructured and a young vice-president was promoted who had a very good relationship with Wu Shiming.
The next day, the Modern Literature Editorial Department held a meeting to discuss how to deal with Wu Shiming. The editor-in-chief Cheng Zaochun attended the meeting despite being ill. He wanted Wu Shiming to admit his mistake in this matter and write a self-criticism to avoid such embezzlement in the future.
As a result, Wu Shiming not only did not admit his mistake, but he also quarreled with Cheng Zaochun in person, and the meeting ended in a bad mood.
Lin Weimin heard the fierce quarrel that broke out on the third floor from the second floor. After the meeting was over, he walked to the door of the first floor.
I saw Cheng Zaochun standing there alone, smoking.
Lin Weimin walked over, lit a cigarette for himself, and said, "Old Cheng, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're too pampering the people in your editorial office!"
Cheng Zaochun looked helpless. "Don't talk nonsense here, kid. A few days ago, Liu Yin said bad things about you behind my back, saying that you treated them like donkeys!"
“Ours are all contradictions among the people.”
"We are not enemies, there is no contradiction between us!"
Cheng Zaochun took a deep puff of his cigarette and blew out smoke rings. "I really envy your editorial department!"
Lin Weimin chuckled and said, "There are so many troublemakers in your editorial department!"
There was a hint of gloating in his words, which made Cheng Zaochun couldn't help but glare at him.
After the joke, Lin Weimin said seriously: "What's the matter with Wu Shiming? Why would he do such a thing?"
Cheng Zaochun said helplessly: "It's all because of the job title evaluation!"
Evaluation of professional title?
No wonder.
Last year, the State Press and Publication Administration decided to pilot the evaluation of editorial titles at the Guowen Publishing House. For this purpose, an evaluation committee was established. Mrs. Wei was appointed as the chairman of the committee, and Cheng Zaochun as the deputy chairman.
As a major player in the domestic publishing industry, Guowen Publishing House has a large number of talented people, and the professional title evaluation work is the first of its kind in history. There is a lot of knowledge involved in deciding who to evaluate and who not to evaluate.
At that time, some respected old comrades in the society took the initiative to refuse to participate in the assessment in order to avoid suspicion.
Wei Junyi also suggested that the leaders of the society should not participate in the evaluation, so as to minimize the conflicts in the process of professional title evaluation.
But the reality is that where there are people and interests, there are conflicts. Even though the Guowen Society is a place where cultural people gather, it is still not immune to vulgarity.
The situation within the Guowen Society could be described as "involution" in later times.
Because everyone's conditions are so excellent, the threshold for professional title evaluation is very high.
University undergraduates who joined the workforce before and after the liberation could only be rated as editors. Some editors and translators who were quite well-known in the country could only be rated as deputy editors or deputy translators.
In short, it was a mess.
Given Lin Weimin's time in joining the company and his qualifications, he couldn't even be promoted to an assistant editor, so naturally he didn't care about this aspect.
Wu Shiming has been in the publishing house for more than ten years. His conditions in the modern literature editorial department are considered outstanding, so he naturally has some ideas about the professional title evaluation.
But his qualifications are really not enough among the bigwigs in the National Literature Society.
In a desperate situation, he did this thing.
After listening to Cheng Zaochun, Lin Weimin shook his head and said, "It's just a job title!"
Cheng Zaochun smiled bitterly and said, "My dear brother! Who do you think is as famous as you, a famous writer all over the country? Although our Guowen Society is full of famous writers, the majority of editors are not famous and have no works.
We are all colleagues in the same building, and have worked together for decades. Why can you be promoted but I can’t? Also, assistant editor, editor, associate editor/associate translator, editor, these titles have corresponding salaries and benefits. Can they be the same?”
Lin Weimin put out his cigarette butt and said, "This thing is really giving me a headache!"
"Then how do we deal with Wu Shiming?" he asked again.
Cheng Zaochun spread his hands and said, "There's nothing we can do! At most, we can't let him access the archives of New Literature Materials in the future."
Lin Weimin smiled and said, "You are such a frustrated leader!"
"If you do this job, you have to worry about it. There's nothing you can do about it!" Cheng Zaochun sighed.
Lin Weimin patted his shoulder without any respect and said, "Okay. Comrade Cheng is conscious and will become the president in the future."
Cheng Zaochun slapped his hand away, "Don't talk nonsense. If Old Meng hears this, won't he fight you to the death?"
Lin Weimin immediately perked up when he heard this, "What do you mean?"
"What do you mean?" Cheng Zaochun showed a mysterious smile on his face, "Find out for yourself, little comrade!"
Lin Weimin looked at Cheng Zaochun's back and cursed in his heart: Damn, I hate you riddlers the most!
He naturally knew that Cheng Zaochun meant that Lao Meng might succeed the position of president, but there had to be a time, right?
Then Old Yan must be retiring, but what about Old Lady Wei? Logically speaking, if Old Yan retires, she should be a strong candidate for president. Is Old Lady Wei also going to retire?
Considering Mrs. Wei’s age, there would be no problem for her to retire with Old Yan.
With Old Yan and Old Madam Wei retiring together, two top leadership positions in the publishing house are suddenly vacant. Old Meng is definitely a strong contender for the president, so who will be the editor-in-chief?
Old Cheng is a youngster, so he seems to have a chance. No, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Li Shuguang has more experience than him, so he seems to be more suitable. Unfortunately, Old Tan was rehired after retirement, but he also holds the title of Deputy Editor-in-Chief.
Lin Weimin got the news unexpectedly and felt like a badger in a melon field. He took a bite of one watermelon, but before he could taste it, he took another bite.
The melon field was so big, but he touched his round belly and pushed his hands behind his back, realizing he couldn't eat any more.
Back upstairs, Lin Weimin felt more and more itchy the more he thought about it, so he simply went to Qin Chaoyang's office, with an unsatisfied look on his face, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
"If you have something to say, just say it. It makes me uncomfortable to see you in this state." Qin Chaoyang said unhappily.
"You're a leader after all, so vulgar!" Lin Weimin said quickly after Qin Chaoyang glared at him, "Well, I heard that Lao Meng is going to be promoted?"
Qin Chaoyang looked at him in surprise, "Who told you that?"
"Don't worry about who I heard it from. Just tell me if it happened or not."
Qin Chaoyang shook his head, "No."
Um?
Lin Weimin looked at him in surprise.
"What are you looking at? Even if you look at it a hundred times, what I said is still not true."
Lin Weimin thought he knew Lao Tan well, so he could naturally notice the subtle changes in his expression.
"I know that you are highly conscious, and you cannot reveal the secrets of the club. This is just a pure chat. Who do you think has the best chance of becoming the Dabao after Old Yan retires?"
Qin Chaoyang waved his hands impatiently, "Get lost! Dengji Dabao, aren't you afraid of making mistakes when you say this? You are a deputy editor-in-chief, why do you worry about these things? It's not your turn to be the president!"
"It's not my turn yet, so why am I not allowed to care? I'm also pursuing progress!"
Lin Weimin was kicked out of the office by Lao Tan for making a joke.
After coming out, he smacked his lips.
Through Lao Tan’s performance, he can be sure that Lao Meng has a great chance of being promoted!
Although I am not a fan of officials, it is definitely a good thing for my direct leader to be promoted. At least I will have a stronger backing in the company in the future.
The only thing worth worrying about is that after Lao Meng leaves, his successor as director will be promoted on the spot or transferred to another place.
As for positions, each radish has its own position. If one radish moves, the whole bunch of radishes will have to move.
If you promote on the spot, all the colleagues in the editorial department can be moved.
If you are transferred to another place, it's like everyone is staying where they are, just changing the leader, and colleagues will have some opinions.
Is it a transfer from other editorial offices within Guowen Publishing House, or from other sister units?
Lin Weimin scratched his head.
It's really, this melon is neither up nor down, it's really uncomfortable to eat.
(End of this chapter)
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