Chapter 718 You Are Not Jin Ping Mei
Richard Stengel left Yenching with an interview transcript full of information, and Lin Weimin returned to work.
The first thing I did when I got to work was to sign a publishing contract for "Nanhai Shisanlang".
More than a month after the novel was published, the third issue of "Contemporary" this year, which published "Nanhai Shisanlang", sold 3.2 million copies, setting a sales peak for "Contemporary" in the past three years. This shows the appeal of Lin Weimin among domestic literature lovers.
This month has kept domestic critics very busy.
Yu Hua, a master of flattery, specially collected review articles about "The Thirteenth Son of the South China Sea" published in newspapers and magazines. Not counting articles in various local publications, there were more than 60 articles in national and provincial publications alone. And this was just the first month.
This spring, "The Thirteenth Son of the South China Sea" is undoubtedly the most popular and highest-rated work in the domestic literary circle.
In late April, another volume of the collection of world literary classics, a major project of Guowen Publishing House, was released.
"Collection of World Literature Classics - Russian Volume".
Russian literature has a significant influence on the world literary scene, with many famous writers and masterpieces. Therefore, the editors of Guowen Publishing House also spent countless energy and enthusiasm in the process of editing and reviewing this volume of books, and spent nearly a year selecting 30 classic masterpieces and collections of works.
Among them are famous works that readers are already familiar with, such as "War and Peace", "Anna Karenina", "Resurrection", "Crime and Punishment", as well as niche but equally high-quality works such as "Selected Short and Medium Stories of Tolstoy", "The Eve, Fathers and Sons", and "Selected Plays of Alexander Ostrovsky and Anton Chekhov".
Among the translators, there are many famous ones such as Zhou Yang, Feng Zikai, and Jiang Lu.
One volume of "World Literary Masterpieces Collection - Russian Literature" is the result of hundreds of days and nights of hard work and hard work by the editorial team of Guowen Publishing House.
On the day this volume of essays was released, it once again triggered a frenzy among readers.
The hunger marketing strategy that Lin Weimin set for the "World Literature Classics Library" has achieved unprecedented success. In the past two years, the "World Literature Classics Library" has established an unparalleled strong brand effect and reputation among literature lovers and fine book collectors across the country.
Especially in the second half of last year, Lin Weimin issued a decisive order to suspend the reprinting of the French literature and Chinese literature volumes indefinitely.
This move was extremely crazy and the effect was immediate. The only remaining French and Chinese literature volumes of the "World Literature Classics Collection" in bookstores across the country were quickly sold out.
On the second-hand book market, the prices of French and Chinese literature volumes rose sharply, and some people even spent five times the list price to buy the books.
But even so, the book is still hard to find in the market.
Since its publication, the "World Literature Classics Collection" has been printed in a fixed quantity every month. Most of them have been hidden in readers' bookshelves, and very few are circulating on the market, resulting in this scene.
In two years, the "World Literature Classics Collection" published four volumes of content, namely French, Chinese, Indian and Russian. Among them, the collections of works from France, China and Russia have relatively more content in the library plan.
The "World Literature Classics Library" has a total of 200 books planned, and the contents of the four countries' collections together account for more than half of the library's contents.
For such a world-class library, it is extremely difficult to achieve such efficiency in just two years.
More than half of the books in the library have been successfully published, and not only Lin Weimin, but also the president Cheng Zaochun, breathed a sigh of relief.
Guowen Publishing House has invested a lot of time, money and energy in the "Collection of World Literary Classics". Now that the trend is set, they don't need to worry about the library project being aborted, nor do they need to worry about the prospects of the library project. This project has become the most stable-selling series in Guowen Publishing House's annual publication list, and will provide Guowen Publishing House with a steady stream of cash flow in the future.
"Oh, at this rate, maybe we can catch up with the next National Book Award!" Cheng Zaochun said happily.
The China National Publishing Award was established by the Press and Publication Administration in 1992 and is held every two years.
The Tao Feng Publishing Award is awarded to publishers, while the China National Publishing Award is awarded to books and publishing houses. This award has represented the highest honor for domestic publications since its inception.
It is different from literary awards because it is an award for publications.
The China National Publishing Awards are divided into nine categories: philosophy and social sciences, literature, art, science and technology, ancient book compilation, children, education, dictionaries and reference books, and books in ethnic languages. There are also three awards: the National Book Award Honorary Award, the National Book Award, and the National Book Award Nomination Award.
The award was established in 1992 and the first award ceremony was held in 1994.
In January 2005, Guowen Publishing House won the National Book Award for Ramayana and The Complete Works of Shakespeare, and the National Honorary Award for The Complete Works of Lu Xun, making it the top publisher in the field of literary publishing in the China National Publishing Award.
The World Literature Classics Collection is a large collection, but only half of it has been published so far. There is no eligibility for registration at all, so if you want to award a prize, you can only wait until it is completed.
If we hurry up, maybe we can make it and participate in the next competition in 1996.
"It will be the same in the next term as well!" said Lin Weimin.
Old Cheng glared, "It's the same for you, but different for me."
The next term was in 1998, when he would have retired.
"Old comrade, don't be so vain." Lin Weimin teased.
"This is not called vanity, this is called knowing honor and disgrace, and valuing honor."
"Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense, I'll publish the novel."
Cheng Zaochun muttered, "Send it, send it. If anything goes wrong, you'll be the one to take the blame."
"You can't run away!"
Lin Weimin came to see Cheng Zaochun today because of Wang Xiaobo's "The Golden Age". This novel has been withheld at Guowen Publishing House for several years, and Lin Weimin promised Wang Xiaobo that it would definitely be published.
It has been more than a year since "Wasted City" was published, and it can be said that it has paved the way for "The Golden Age".
Of course, in terms of color, "The Golden Age" is more exciting than "Wasted City".
Given Cheng Zaochun's conservative personality, there is no way he would agree to publish "The Golden Age".
You are not "Jin Ping Mei"!
But his thighs are not as strong as his little arms!
After confirming the publication of "The Golden Age", Lin Weimin called Wang Xiaobo to the Guowen Publishing House.
Wang Xiaobo was extremely excited when he heard that The Golden Age was finally going to be published.
He resigned from Yan University a few years ago and has been working as a freelance writer ever since.
Unfortunately, he has published few novels in the past two years, but has published a lot of essays.
The result is that Wang Xiaobo is not well-known in the literary world, but has gained considerable fame in the intellectual world.
"How many days have you not washed your face?" Lin Weimin couldn't help but teased Wang Xiaobo as he looked at his disheveled appearance.
Wang Xiaobo smiled carefreely, "I write at home, whenever I feel like it. If I don't have any inspiration, I won't write for a few days. I don't have any concept of time. I don't even go out, why should I wash my face!"
This reason is very powerful and there is nothing wrong with it.
"You still have to pay attention to your work and rest schedule and go out for exercise from time to time." Lin Weimin said with concern, and then used Lu Yao as an example, "Look at Lu Yao now, he is half a useless person. If you are like him, how can you write?"
Wang Xiaobo hesitated and said, "Not really? I feel I'm in good health."
"Lu Yao thought so at first."
After scaring Wang Xiaobo a few words, Lin Weimin got back to business.
"The Golden Age" is a novella, and it is impossible to publish it independently due to its length, so it must be published as a collection of novellas.
"I've taken a look at the novellas you've published in recent years. It shouldn't be a problem to pick out four or five to compile into a collection of novellas. I'd like to hear your thoughts."
Wang Xiaobo said without hesitation: "It's up to you. Just make the arrangements as you see fit."
He has known Lin Weimin for so many years and has watched him rise from editor-in-chief to chief editor. Yet, he is still thinking about his unpublished book. This has made Wang Xiaobo extremely grateful, so how could he have any ideas or requests?
After he finished speaking, Lin Weimin pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, I think it would be better to write the novels "The Golden Age", "At Thirty", "Like Water Flowing", "Love in the Revolutionary Period", and "My Yin and Yang Worlds."
"I'll listen to you!" Wang Xiaobo nodded without any objection.
"The editing and review will be handed over to the Contemporary Literature Editorial Office. I'll have someone contact you later."
"become."
Lin Weimin asked again: "How do you plan to choose the payment method for royalties? Per thousand-word payment or royalty sharing?"
Wang Xiaobo was stunned for a moment, "Can I still choose?"
Lin Weimin smiled and said, "Yes. We can choose after the royalty system is implemented. After all, for many writers, it is not so easy to make their works popular. If the works only sell a few thousand copies after publication, or even less, the writers may not even have enough porridge to eat. Wouldn't they rebel?"
Lin Weimin's attitude was easygoing and his words were humorous. Wang Xiaobo also laughed. He thought for a moment and said, "I'd still choose the one thousand-word payment!"
"What? You have no confidence in sales?" Lin Weimin joked.
Wang Xiaobo smiled sheepishly and said, "Learn from past mistakes."
The so-called lesson from the past is "Tang People's Stories". A few years ago, Guowen Publishing House published this collection of novels. The sales were mediocre and it took two years to sell out the few thousand copies. Guowen Publishing House has never reprinted it, but the sales in Hong Kong are good.
"Okay, then 60 yuan per thousand words." Lin Weimin said decisively.
Wang Xiaobo's five novellas were published in a collection, totaling nearly 250,000 words, and the royalties were 60 yuan per thousand words, which is 15,000 yuan.
He made some calculations in his mind and was overjoyed, as he had saved enough food and fodder for several years.
(End of this chapter)
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