Chapter 20 Well Done
Liu Shutang's superior editor-in-chief, Pan Liang, is already an old comrade over 50 years old.
Pan Liang is considered an editor with considerable experience in the popular fiction circle, but his ability is mediocre. The highest author he has worked for ranked only 23rd on the monthly bestseller list.
The bestseller list is divided into monthly bestseller list, annual bestseller list, and overall bestseller list, which is considered to be the most valuable list in the popular fiction circle.
The most unpredictable of these is undoubtedly the monthly bestseller list, because generally speaking, the sales of new popular novels by famous authors will be very strong, after all, they have the support of old readers.
However, if the quality of the work is not good and its reputation declines, sales will naturally decline in the next month, and then it will be replaced by works with better sales.
Compared with the monthly bestseller list, the annual bestseller list can undoubtedly better reflect the author's overall strength and the continued popularity of the work.
The nomination requirement for the "Qiu Tian Award", the highest annual award in the popular fiction circle, is that the novel must be in the top ten of the annual bestseller list.
Of course, it is not necessarily the case that the work that ranks first on the annual best-selling list will win the "Qiu Tian Award", because the "Qiu Tian Award" is awarded to completed works. Otherwise, what if the "Qiu Tian Award" is awarded to the work, but the work is abandoned?
In the popular fiction circle, there really are such willful writers whose works are clearly in the top ten of the annual bestseller list, but still remain eunuchs.
Of course, they would not openly say that their work was abandoned. They would only say that it was temporarily suspended and they needed to collect more materials for inspiration.
After saying this, they might just turn around and open a new pseudonym to write a new book. As long as the writing is good, they don't worry about readers not buying it. They just worry about being recognized by some old readers who are familiar with their writing style...
Authors who can write good best-selling books but often fail to manipulate readers' mindsets are often nicknamed "old thieves".
Pan Liang is one of the four editors-in-chief of "Qidian.com". He has five web editors under him. In other words, the entire "Qidian.com", including the editor-in-chief, has a total of 24 editors.
In addition, "Qidian.com" has an editor-in-chief and a deputy editor-in-chief. They are generally not responsible for reviewing manuscripts. This is the job of the editor-in-chief and web editors.
At this time, Pan Liang saw "Who Can Compete" recommended to him by his web editor Liu Shutang.
At first glance at the title, Pan Liang thought it was a traditional fantasy work. He couldn't help but be certain that among the three best-selling categories, fantasy was his favorite.
After reading the introduction, Pan Liang frowned. E-sports novel, what the hell is this, a completely innovative category?
Pan Liang naturally felt disgusted. Popular novels have been developed for such a long time, how could it be so easy to innovate completely?
He subconsciously labeled the author of "Who Can Compete" as "overly ambitious".
It has to be said that an older editor like Pan Liang is indeed prone to prejudice against topics he is not familiar with, and his ability and vision have always been mediocre...
So when he watched "Who's the One", he was not as amazed as Liu Shutang, but instead felt a little puzzled.
Pan Liang doesn't think this work is exciting at all. Isn't it too low-brow for the protagonist to pretend to be cool by playing games? What's e-sports? Isn't it just teenagers addicted to the internet playing games?
After reading it over and over, Pan Liang found that the only thing that impressed him about this work was the writing style. He felt that it was a huge waste to use such writing style on such a strange subject.
So, Pan Liang called Liu Shutang over and said to him, "I don't think there's any need to recommend 'Who's the Contender' to the magazine department. They're definitely not going to like it, and it would be a waste of quota. Our group's performance is already worse than the other three groups, so we have to be more careful in our selection and not take any risks."
Liu Shutang was shocked. How could this old guy Pan Liang look down upon such a good work as "Who Can Compete"?
In addition, he also knew that his team's performance was poor. Wasn't it because he had poor vision?
He always likes to recommend traditional level-up fantasy novels to the magazine department, but there's no way the magazine department would be interested in them!
"Editor-in-Chief Pan, I think this work is really good, and it is the pioneering work of e-sports novels. It may even lead a trend!" Liu Shutang insisted. He has never been so confident about a work.
Comrade Pan Liang, an old man, felt unhappy when he was contradicted by Liu Shutang, a young web editor, and felt that he was being underestimated.
"What a pioneering work, and it's said to be leading a trend, but now it doesn't even earn a penny in royalties!" Pan Liang said disdainfully.
After saying this, Pan Liang added earnestly, "Actually, this author has solid basic skills and good writing style. If he's really a newcomer, he's a good talent.
But writing about this subject is a waste. If you contact the author and ask him to write a traditional fantasy novel, as long as the quality of the text is guaranteed, he can get a fee of 80 yuan per thousand words, and his work can be published in a magazine. Maybe he can even publish a single volume in the future.
Pan Liang thought his suggestion was quite reliable. Generally, the payment for a new writer in the popular fiction circle to have his work published in a magazine was only 50 yuan per thousand words, but because he was impressed by the writer's writing style, he paid 80 yuan per thousand words, which was already very sincere.
Liu Shutang thought that this old guy was an idiot. He could not bear to see such a good work as "Who Can Compete" being buried.
Liu Shutang chose to stick to his own judgment, not only because this work gave him confidence, but also because he didn't care about the job of web editor at all.
He came clean. In fact, the only income he really relied on to support himself was the rent from the ten houses his family rented out. But who made him love novels so much?
Liu Shutang turned around and recommended the work "Who Can Compete" to another editor-in-chief, Ye Jingyi.
Ye Jingyi is the only female editor-in-chief among the four and the youngest, just 30 years old. Rumor has it that she has a strong background and is a relative of the senior executives of Jinhuang Entertainment Group, which controls Qidian Publishing House.
Jinhuang Entertainment is one of the four largest publishing houses in China, but Qidian Publishing House is just one of its controlled publishing houses, specializing in popular novels.
Liu Shutang's behavior of recommending his favorite novels to the editors-in-chief of other groups can be said to be a big taboo in the workplace. After all, the four groups are in competition with each other.
But he still did it. He thought that if such a good novel could not be seen by readers, it would be useless to be an editor for this crappy website!
On the surface, Ye Jingyi did not comment on Liu Shutang's behavior, but in her heart she actually did not agree with this approach. If everyone did the same as him, wouldn't the company be in chaos?
But after watching "Who's the Contender," she smiled and said to Liu Shutang, "You are very good, well done."
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