Chapter 39 One word, absolutely
It’s almost July and the weather in Yanjing is so hot that it’s making people feel stuffy.
When it was almost noon, the cafeteria became a steam room because the kitchen was cooking.
Some of the guys ran to the trees in the yard to enjoy the cool air, waiting for lunch.
Cheng Shixu held a copy of Reading and shouted, "Weimin, come and take a look!"
"What's wrong?" Lin Weimin heard him call him big and walked over in agreement.
"A book review of 'The Death of Euler' was published in 'Reading'."
The book "Reading" in Cheng Shixu's hand was just delivered this morning, and no one else in the class has read it yet.
Just after class, Cheng Shixu ran to the institute's library while there was still some time before lunch. He happened to find a magazine that had just been delivered and saw an article commenting on "The Death of Euler". He immediately ran to tell Lin Weimin the good news.
As he said this, other people around him also rushed over, "Where is it? Where is it? Let me see!"
Nowadays, publishing a work and having a review article is itself a recognition of the author's ability or the quality of the work. Of course, there are also criticisms.
After Jiang Zilon published "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office", many domestic newspapers and magazines published commentary articles, some critical and some praising, but overall the praises outweighed the criticisms. This also made him famous, and the name of "Reform Literature" also spread quickly with this trend.
The fact that "The Death of Euler" was published in "Contemporary" clearly shows its quality, but we are still excited to see a review article about it in "Reading".
As a literary review magazine founded after the reform and opening up, "Reading" has a short history, but because of the sentence "There are no forbidden areas in reading" in its first issue, it became a favorite of countless Chinese literature lovers at that time.
The first edition of the inaugural issue was printed in 50,000 copies, and another 50,000 copies were printed thereafter, all of which were sold out.
After that, the sales of "Reading" continued to rise, and it became a leader among domestic literary review magazines.
"Thoughts on Human Nature - Thoughts after Reading "Eula's Death"".
This is the title of a commentary article written by Xie Mingqing.
"Xie Mingqing, who is this person? He looks familiar." Lin Weimin asked.
Cheng Shixu said loudly: "Xie Mingqing, the deputy head of the North Fiction Group of People's Literature, the one who talked to Brother Shan a few days ago."
"People's Literature" has always had a very special status in the domestic literary world. Backed by the National Literature Publishing House, it is a rich second-generation born with a silver spoon in its mouth.
His novel team is composed of elite talents. As one of the leaders of the novel team, Xie Mingqing's status in the industry is recognized.
This is also the reason why An Shishan acted so proud when he learned that Xie Mingqing wanted to talk to him that day.
Lin Weimin suddenly realized, no wonder it sounded so familiar.
After hearing what Cheng Shixu said, the people around him became even more excited. They pushed Lin Weimin aside and started to appreciate this commentary first.
Lin Weimin looked at the group of people speechlessly, but he felt a little ashamed to read the reviews of his own work. So he let them read it first and then read it secretly in bed.
There was only one magazine, and more than ten people were crowding to read it. Many people couldn't see it, and Cheng Shixu was also squeezed out.
Lin Weimin asked him, "How is your novel going?"
"It's okay. With the ready-made story direction and character settings, it doesn't seem to be difficult. But I can't say for sure about the quality." Cheng Shixu said with a nervous look on his face.
"That's okay. I'll find an editor to look at it later. It would be best if it can be published."
"Yeah." Cheng Shixu nodded.
After class in the evening, Teacher Tang Yuqiu called Lin Weimin and said that someone was looking for him and was waiting in the office.
Lin Weimin went to the office and saw a quiet woman waiting there.
"This is Teacher Wan's daughter Wan Fang, and this is Lin Weimin."
Teacher Tang Yuqiu introduced the two of them.
Lin Weimin immediately put on a smile, "Hello, Senior Sister!"
Wan Fang was stunned at first, then she laughed, "My dad said that the kids in the Institute of Literature are really interesting, and it really is true."
Teacher Tang Yuqiu explained: "He is a devil who does not care about anything. If he were in A Dream of Red Mansions, he would be Baoyu."
Lin Weimin said playfully, "Teacher Tang, I don't know whether you are praising me or insulting me."
Teacher Tang Yuqiu glanced at him and said, "Experience it yourself."
Lin Weimin suddenly looked miserable.
Wan Fang was laughing the whole time while the two were joking.
After the greetings, she told me the purpose of her visit.
She took out a wrapped manuscript paper from her bag and said, "My father is on a tour to the United States recently and will be back in a few days. He asked me to return the manuscript before. I was busy with work in the past few days and only had time to come here today."
"Senior Sister, you are too polite. Just let me know and I will get it myself."
"It's not a big deal. I just happened to come by and see my 'little junior brother'!"
There was a hint of teasing in Wan Fang's tone. Lin Weimin scratched his head with a smile. He was only twenty years old and looked young, so there was nothing wrong with this action. Instead, it made people feel young and simple, which made people like him.
"Teacher Zhang just told me that your institute has assigned a mentor to each student. Other students may have already met with the teacher to study. Don't worry. Wait for my father to come back and he will call you."
"Okay, Senior Sister, I understand."
After explaining everything, Wan Fang got up to say goodbye. Lin Weimin and teacher Tang Yuqiu sent her to the school gate. She came on a bicycle.
"How's the manuscript going?" asked Teacher Tang Yuqiu.
“It’s only halfway done.”
"Is the article so long?" Teacher Tang Yuqiu was a little surprised.
"Yeah. I'm going to try a long story this time."
Teacher Tang Yuqiu pondered for a moment and nodded, "This is also a good thing."
For a novelist, the novel is the best standard to test his ability.
Even a famous writer like Lu Xun is inferior to several great writers of his time when it comes to writing long novels.
"Shihui met me yesterday and heard about what you are doing. He was very interested and wanted to see your manuscript."
Lin Weimin had previously written two manuscripts, "Hidden" and "The Death of Euler". "Hidden" was published in "Zhongshan" and "The Death of Euler" was published in "Contemporary". Rong Shihui had read "Hidden".
Lin Weimin guessed that he was probably curious about how he would write the same story twice.
"Wait until I finish writing it, and I'll show it to him."
"good."
At night, there was no one around.
Lin Weimin opened "Reading" and found the review article by Xie Mingqing.
After reading it, Lin Weimin had only one thought.
You are a great editor after all. You have thought of things that even I, the original author, have not thought of.
In one word, absolutely!
(End of this chapter)
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