Chapter 654 Unparalleled Attention
Time has unknowingly come to the end of October, and the sales of "World Literary Classics Collection" are still in full swing these days.
After three months of suspension and rectification, Southern Metropolis Weekend has been severely damaged, its backbone has been lost, and the credibility of the publication is almost zero.
On October 29, after a three-month hiatus, Southern Metropolis Weekend was finally published again.
Today's publication has only one theme, with a huge headline on the front page: "A Painful Lesson."
The content is an apology from Southern Metropolis Weekend for many reports in previous years that were suspected of exaggeration, fabrication of facts, and making up stories. In the article, Southern Metropolis Weekend made a deep review and reflection on its past actions, and also included many people who were harmed by the false news, including Lin Weimin.
Looking at the sincere apology in the newspaper, Lin Weimin whistled happily.
I just like your stubbornness that makes you talk tough but then get slapped in the face by piapia!
As for the main perpetrators of fabricating false news in "Nandu Weekend", it is still okay for the leaders. After being dismissed, at least they still have some benefits. Even if they are not reused in the future, at least their lives will be fine.
Those soldiers were in a more miserable situation. After this incident, they were essentially expelled from the news media industry. No organization would dare to risk the world's condemnation by employing such a group of people.
These people have only one choice, which is to give up their professional experience of several years, more than ten years or even decades, switch to another field and start over.
It’s quite sad (huo) (gai) to say!
A few days ago, Lin Weimin received a call from Li Xiangyang, who asked right away, "Did you report the fake news about Southern Metropolis Weekend to the higher-ups?"
Lin Weimin was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He instinctively argued, "It's a rumor! It's absolutely a rumor! This person is so vicious. He wants to kill me!"
Li Xiangyang knew Lin Weimin quite well. Seeing how angry he was, he knew the rumor was probably true.
He tried to test Lin Weimin again, but Lin Weimin refused to answer him. Instead, he asked him where these rumors came from.
"I heard it from the publicity department. This matter has been spreading like wildfire recently. My colleagues are very concerned about you! Hehe!"
There was a hint of gloating in Li Xiangyang's tone.
Lin Weimin was a little distressed. There is no wall that is impenetrable in this world.
I have to be more careful when doing this kind of thing in the future.
"These are all rumors. You journalists should know right from wrong and should not be used by villains with ulterior motives."
Li Xiangyang said, "Come on, I don't know you yet? Anyway, many people have already recognized you. In the past two months, everyone has been tortured by you. I don't know how many people are stabbing you in the back with needles!"
"I've already told you, this matter has nothing to do with me, so don't make up stories. Friends are friends, but if you slander me, I will still sue you for defamation." Lin Weimin said angrily.
"Yes, yes, it has nothing to do with you. It was Southern Metropolis Weekend that did the wrong thing and caused the wrath of heaven and people. It is God who wants to take them away."
That’s good enough. Teacher Lin finally felt a little psychologically comforted.
After some joking, Li Xiangyang finally told the real reason for the call. He wanted to arrange an interview with Lin Weimin.
"Why are you interviewing me for no reason?" Lin Weimin asked.
"Isn't it because of your book Spirited Away? Many students have written to us, asking us to interview you. I have more than a thousand questions waiting for you to answer."
Lin Weimin said helplessly: "How can I have time to accept your interview?"
"How about this, we don't have a face-to-face interview. I'll give you all these summarized questions, and you pick out some to answer, at least fifty questions. How about that?" Li Xiangyang made a suggestion.
Lin Weimin thought for a moment and said, "That's fine. Ask someone to send it to me when you have time."
"Okay, but hurry up!"
"knew."
The next day, Li Xiangyang brought a stack of manuscript paper. Lin Weimin couldn't help but complain: "Can't your newspaper use office software to summarize these questions and put them on a floppy disk?"
"Do you think everyone has the same wealth and power as you? There are only two computers in the entire newspaper office. Can we, who do manual labor, use them?"
"If you can't even use your chief reporter, who else can?"
"It's no use for the chief reporter. I'm not the leader."
It can be seen that Li Xiangyang is full of complaints about this.
When I got home in the evening, Han Dingbang and Yin Geli brought their little girl with them.
The little girl was born in 1987 and is five years old this year. She is one of the big sisters in the kindergarten.
As soon as she entered the door, she looked for the little bean buns everywhere, "Little Chihiro, little Chihiro, when will you grow up?"
During the few months when "Spirited Away" was serialized, the sales of "Childhood of Life" continued to rise, and the historical record of 1.2 million copies has long been broken.
Now every issue is making history, and it is making history in big strides.
Children's literature has an advantage. Although it seems niche at ordinary times, once word of mouth successfully ferments, the viral effect it triggers is extremely terrifying.
After all, little kids have to go to school, and a few loyal readers in a school are enough to make the novel known to everyone in a short period of time.
Moreover, these little kids are different from university monks. University monks claim to be knowledgeable, well-informed and have a good memory. They always have various ideologies and tendencies, and they look down on this and that.
The demands of the little ones are much simpler, just want it to look good.
By the time of the September issue, sales of "Childhood" had exceeded 1.4 million copies.
By the October issue, sales had risen sharply again, reaching a staggering 1.9 million copies.
This viral spread is showing its power. "Spirited Away" has been serialized for five issues, and there are three issues left before the end of the serialization. It is conceivable that in the next three issues, the sales of "Children's Times" will continue to increase at this exaggerated rate and create new and insurmountable history for the Children's Times Publishing House one after another.
Along with the skyrocketing sales of "Children's Times" is the growing influence of "Spirited Away" among primary and middle school students in China.
In just a few months, "Spirited Away" has become a common topic among all children of this age group, and it is still constantly being compatible with both upward and downward developments.
At the beginning, many parents regarded "Spirited Away" as just an ordinary fairy tale and did not notice anything special about it.
But because of children's love for it, many parents have to passively learn about the story of "Spirited Away", just like Qu Xiaowei.
As a result, after reading the story, many adults actually appreciated the novel better than the ignorant children.
Many adults also learned about the novel "Spirited Away" through chatting with colleagues and friends. After reading it, they thought it was good and told it to their children.
This is how Yin Geli told "Spirited Away" to her little girl as a bedtime story, and as a result, the little girl is now completely fascinated by the story.
He regards little Doubao, his aunt who is still in swaddling clothes, as more important than all the toys. He comes to see if the little aunt has grown up every two days.
Also because of this sudden popularity, "Spirited Away" is gradually attracting the attention of the mainstream literary and critical circles.
Over the past few months, newspapers and magazines have published book reviews of "Spirited Away".
Last month, Yan Wenjing published an article titled "Spirited Away - A New Attempt in Chinese Children's Literature" in Contemporary Magazine.
"The novel's sense of history and reality are skillfully integrated into rich cultural connotations and profound philosophy, and in the fascinating storyline, it is instilled into the readers' minds unconsciously.
Coupled with the exquisite and rigorous structure, the well-balanced density and the fresh and elegant use of literary language, the work has achieved an aesthetic reading effect that is appreciated by both the elite and the masses, and suitable for all ages, with its excellent artistry.
From this we can see that a truly excellent literary work is not limited to subject matter, style and length. It should have multiple functions such as universal entertainment, aesthetic value, cognitive value and educational effect.
The birth of Spirited Away has undoubtedly opened up a new path for Chinese children's literature, which has gradually fallen into a fixed pattern, and has greatly broadened the boundaries of this type of literature. It is a successful and beneficial attempt."
In addition to being the editor-in-chief of Guowen Publishing House, Yan Wenjing is also a famous children's literature writer in my country. Although he has a good relationship with Lin Weimin, he has never made any public comments on Lin Weimin's works.
The article "Spirited Away - A New Attempt in Chinese Children's Literature" published in "Contemporary" was Yan Wenjing's first comment on a novel written by Lin Weimin, and he praised it highly and did not hesitate to use lavish words of praise.
In addition to Yan Wenjing's commentary article, there is another more eye-catching article among the many comments, written by Ms. Bing Xin, who is over 90 years old.
This article was published in this month's "Wenyi Bao" with the title "Looking at Chinese Children's Literature from Spirited Away".
"Overall, Spirited Away is a good work full of childlike innocence, freshness, profound meaning and charm. Judging from the depth of the work and the skills of the novel, Spirited Away should also be one of the best contemporary Chinese children's literature works, and is not inferior to many novels that have won the Hans Christian Andersen Award."
Seeing Bing Xin's high evaluation of Spirited Away in the Literary Gazette, Lin Weimin was happy but also puzzled. The old lady was over 90 years old and had stopped writing for many years. It was okay for her to read her own novels, but it was too exaggerated for her to write a special review article.
After some inquiries, Lin Weimin found out that it was Qiu Shilong who specially asked the old man to write this article.
When talking about the relationship between Bing Xin and "Childhood", we have to start from the late 1950s.
At that time, "Childhood" had just been published. The president and editor-in-chief Feng Bingxu went to Yenching to find the children's literature writer Yuan Ying to collect manuscripts. During the conversation, they talked about Ms. Bing Xin's article "Another Letter to Young Readers" which had just been published in the supplement of "People's Daily" and they really wanted to publish this article in "Childhood".
Later, through the introduction of Yuan Ying, Feng Bingxu visited Ms. Bing Xin and obtained the reprint rights of "Another Letter to Young Readers".
When "Childhood" resumed publication in 1978, Bing Xin wrote "Three Letters to Young Readers" specifically for "Childhood".
In addition, Bing Xin’s other works such as "Mom" and "I Was Almost Eaten by a Wolf" were also published in "Childhood".
When the fourth issue of "Spirited Away" was published, the sales broke the historical record, and Qiu Shilong felt that he should do something to commemorate it.
After much thought, I came up with the idea of asking Mr. Bing Xin to write a review article for "Spirited Away". This approach would not only expand the fame of "Spirited Away", but also create momentum for "Childhood" in disguise and further enhance the magazine's popularity.
Given the relationship between Bing Xin and Childhood, Qiu Shilong's request was naturally approved, and it just so happened that Bing Xin was also reading this novel.
She dictated the story and the younger generation in her family wrote it, which took several days to complete. After communication with the Children's Times Publishing House, the article was published in the Literary Gazette.
After its publication, it indeed had an immediate effect, and the mainstream literary circles in China paid unparalleled attention to "Spirited Away", Lin Weimin's first cross-border attempt at children's literature.
(End of this chapter)
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