Chapter 570 The Leader’s Misunderstanding of Me is Too Deep
The negotiations for the publication of Jin Yong's collection of works went exceptionally smoothly. Jin Yong has two identities, one is a literati, the other is a businessman. The superposition of these two identities destined his thinking to be different from that of ordinary literati. When it comes to introducing his works to the mainland, while ensuring the interests, he also pays great attention to the response that can be aroused.
As the number one publishing house in the domestic literary world, Guowen Publishing House has always focused on pure literature. Its decision to introduce his works will have a positive impetus on the dissemination of his novels in the mainland.
To put it bluntly, it improves the quality of the novel.
In the past few years, martial arts novels were truly "poisonous weeds" in China, and it was wishful thinking to publish them. In 1981, Jin Yong visited China, and his martial arts novels were lifted from the ban. Although they were welcomed by some martial arts novel fans, they were still regarded as a scourge by many people.
Now that Guowen Publishing House has proposed introducing the novel, his martial arts novels can be said to have entered the mainstream, so he naturally agreed with pleasure.
Lin Weimin was excited after obtaining the publishing authorization for all of Jin Yong's works in the mainland.
People in later generations all know that Jin Yong's martial arts novels can be summarized as "Flying snow all over the sky, shooting white deer, laughing books, heroes leaning on green mandarin ducks". These fourteen words cover most of the martial arts novels created by Jin Yong in his life, but they still miss a novella "The Sword of Yue Girl", so it should be fifteen novels.
The total word count of these fifteen novels exceeds 8 million words, but because they have all been published for many years, the proofreading effort that Guowen Publishing House actually has to put in to publish them is far less than that for publishing an ordinary collection of essays, so it can be considered an easy job.
Lin Weimin called Gao Xianjun, who was in charge of the second editorial department of contemporary literature.
“Editing Jin Yong’s collection of works is not difficult, but the main reason is that there are so many works and so many words, so the workload is relatively large.
Introducing his works this time is an attempt. If they sell well, the publishing house may consider continuing to publish collections of works by some famous martial arts writers in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Recently, your editorial office has relatively fewer tasks. My idea is to set up an editorial team in your editorial office to be responsible for the editing of martial arts novels. What do you think about this?"
Gao Xianjun shook his head and said, "I don't have any ideas, it's just that the staff of this editorial team..."
"It's a voluntary principle. It's best to select two or three editors who have read and are interested in martial arts novels, and lean towards young people, as they may be more interested in martial arts novels."
"Understood. I'll do it when I get back."
Gao Xianjun left the editor-in-chief's office and returned to the second editorial office of contemporary literature, where he announced that the publishing house was going to introduce a collection of Jin Yong's works.
As expected, the middle-aged and elderly comrades in the Second Editorial Office showed little interest, but several young people were very excited and volunteered to take on the task.
Being an editor is their job and reading martial arts novels is their hobby. Now they have the opportunity to turn their job into a hobby. What a great thing!
After completing the task assigned by Lin Weimin, Gao Xianjun felt relaxed.
He increasingly felt the benefits of working under Lin Weimin. His leader was always ahead of him in everything, so there were not so many things to worry about.
Guowen Publishing House has decided to publish the collection of Jin Yong's works, and the editor has also been selected, but there is still one thing that Lin Weimin needs to do.
Nowadays, works from Hong Kong and Taiwan need approval from the agency before they can be published in the mainland.
Previously, Lin Weimin was responsible for the introduction of Liang Fengyi's works, and he easily passed the approval of the agency. However, this time, his report was submitted for several days, but there was no movement.
After a little inquiry, Lin Weimin learned that some comrades had different opinions on this publication, believing that martial arts novels could not be considered pure literature and that these books should not be published by Guowen Publishing House.
This reason may sound reasonable at first, but upon closer inspection, it is completely untenable.
It is true that Guowen Publishing House is known for publishing literary works, but no one has stipulated that Guowen Publishing House can only publish pure literary works.
Over the years, Guowen Publishing House has published many literary works, including non-fiction literature, biographical literature, and literary criticism, which, strictly speaking, are not considered pure literature. According to the logic that "martial arts novels cannot be considered pure literature", should these works not be published?
Lin Weimin immediately thought of the trouble that happened before he took office. He would never believe the suggestion that the two things were unrelated.
The approval of novel introduction is not a big deal. I guess they are just trying to disgust me on purpose.
With a general idea in mind, Lin Weimin drove directly to the office. The person in charge of introduction and approval was a deputy, so he went straight into his office.
Many times, the reason why villains dare to do evil is because they know that most people have a strict concept of superiors and subordinates and do not want to make a big deal out of things.
So sometimes, at some times, the more timid and fearful you are, the more likely these people will take advantage of you.
Lin Weimin was recognized by several leaders as being unorganized and undisciplined, so he naturally knew how to deal with such disgusting tricks.
He swaggered into the office, without smiling or bowing, and asked bluntly: "Boss, I heard that the report I submitted a few days ago could not be approved?"
"Yes, the comrades in charge of the specific approval said that martial arts novels cannot be considered pure literature, and it is not appropriate for your Guowen Press to publish them." The leader's reason was plausible.
Lin Weimin nodded. "It seems that our Guowen Press made a mistake. Some time ago, we published several financial novels by Ms. Liang Fengyi from Hong Kong. We shouldn't have made such a mistake. I will ask the bookstore to collect those novels to avoid any adverse effects."
The leader was choked by Lin Weimin and was speechless. He looked at him with a bit of fear.
"Comrade Weimin, the comrades in charge of approval are also trying to maintain the purity of your Guowen Society."
"The purity of Guowen Publishing House does not lie in what type of literary works it publishes, but in the quality control of the published works. Besides, since it was able to publish Liang Fengyi's novel last time, why can't it publish Jin Yong's novel this time? Are there any differences in the approval standards these two times?"
Lin Weimin had a faint smile on his face, and his eyes contained a hint of provocation, as if he was asking a question knowingly.
There was a flash of anger in the leader's eyes, and he fell silent as he ran out of words to explain himself.
The atmosphere in the office was a little tense. After a long stalemate, Lin Weimin's attitude softened.
"You are right. After all, our Guowen Publishing House is an authoritative publishing house in the field of pure literature in China. It is indeed ill-considered to rashly publish a collection of Jin Yong's works.
How about this? I will discuss this with Comrade Zaochun later and apply to the agency to restore the sub-brand of "Popular Literature and Art Publishing House". From now on, all popular literary works will be published under the name of the sub-brand.
We have no experience with the Jin Yong collection this time, so we won't do it again. What do you think?"
Lin Weimin said these words lightly, and the leader naturally knew that this was an excuse given by Lin Weimin.
After all, he is a deputy. When he cannot decide the other party's future and destiny, the trouble he can cause to the other party is actually very limited. Faced with Lin Weimin's tit-for-tat and straightforward style of doing things, he only has two choices.
Either they break up directly or accept the way out given by Lin Weimin and give up the idea of causing trouble.
Looking from the perspective of a leader, Lin Weimin's expression was calm, and if one looked closely, one could see that behind that was a spirit of daring to engage in close combat and draw one's sword.
He could choose to break up with Lin Weimin directly, but given Lin Weimin's influence in the publishing industry, it is very likely that he would lose face.
What are you most afraid of as a leader?
What they fear most is being humiliated.
When someone in the unit challenges him without having to bear any consequences, the leader's authority is gone.
It is obvious that Lin Weimin is the person who can destroy the leadership authority without having to bear any consequences.
Such people are collectively called troublemakers in the workplace, and are the ones that leaders try to avoid.
After hesitating for a moment, the leader made a decision and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.
“There was indeed a lack of communication regarding the approval result this time. The comrades in the agency were also doing it for the good of your Chinese Literature Publishing House, but your publishing house did not understand the situation.
This is it for now. I'll let the comrades in charge of approval approve your application first. You can apply again later to restore the sub-brand of Popular Literature and Art Publishing House. This will make it easier to publish some popular books in the future and avoid problems caused by poor communication. "
After receiving the leader's reply, Lin Weimin nodded with satisfaction and smiled, "Leader, you are really thoughtful."
After some intrigue, Lin Weimin got a satisfactory result. He ignored his leader's expression and left.
After coming out of the office and walking a few steps, I saw the head of the department just coming back from outside.
"Why are you here?" the leader asked.
"I came here to do something."
"What business?" the leader asked.
Lin Weimin joked, "Leader, look at you. Why are you guarding against me like a thief?"
"Humph! Don't you know why I'm on guard against you?"
"I really came here to do some business. I've done it, so I'm leaving now."
The leader stared at him and said, "No!"
He said he wouldn't see him off, but judging from his attitude, the leader didn't even plan to enter the office until he left.
Lin Weimin was speechless. If the situation continued to develop in this way, he was really afraid that the office would hang a sign at the door.
My leader has misunderstood me so deeply!
After returning to the Guowen Publishing House, Lin Weimin went to Cheng Zaochun's office and briefly reported today's situation.
Cheng Zaochun immediately said anxiously: "You should let me go for this matter."
"Wouldn't it be a perfect solution if I went there?"
Cheng Zaochun looked at him helplessly, "You call this a perfect solution?"
"Why not? Just wait and see if he dares to find fault. Besides, we can use this opportunity to legitimately restore the sub-brand of Popular Literature and Art Publishing House. It's killing two birds with one stone. What's wrong with that?"
There was a hint of complacency in Lin Weimin's tone, and he was very satisfied with his performance today.
Cheng Zaochun looked up to the sky and sighed.
Judging from the result, it was of course a good thing that Lin Weimin went to the office to seek justice, but after hearing the process, he couldn't be happy at all.
"You are really not afraid of offending people!"
"He is not afraid of offending me, so why should I be afraid of offending him? What's more, do I have any requests for him?" Lin Weimin asked righteously.
Cheng Zaochun shook his head. "You really don't have any reason to ask him for help. But have you ever thought about whether he will cause trouble to the community in the future?"
Lin Weimin patted his chest and said, "I'm still here for you! If this thief Sun does something naughty again, I'll take care of him. But don't worry, he's a smart guy and won't do such a stupid thing again."
"Have you ever thought that he might become your regular wife in the future?"
"He's already helping with cooking, it's not his turn yet."
Cheng Zaochun squinted his eyes and looked at Lin Weimin carefully. He had to admit in his heart that although Lin Weimin's idea and approach were simple and crude, it was also a good idea.
In any case, the trouble was solved successfully this time, and it is indeed unlikely to cause any serious consequences.
Another benefit is that if the Popular Literature and Art Publishing House mentioned by Lin Weimin can really be restored under the Guowen Publishing House, it will also be beneficial to the development of Guowen Publishing House.
He looked at Lin Weimin for a long time, and suddenly a word popped up in his mind.
You kid, you are really a talented person!
(End of this chapter)
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