What should I do if the system forces me to copy books?

It’s not that Hong Lengshuang doesn’t like to read long stories at all, but for a busy working woman like her, the time required to read long stories is really a luxury, so it’s better to use this time to make some The more meaningful thing is that the short story will not waste too much time because of its short length.

Sometimes even the free time to make a cup of coffee is enough to read a short story while making coffee.

According to the publication cycle of "Literature" magazine, new ones will be published at the beginning, middle, and end of each month. Today, because it is the end of December and the end of 2021, most magazines will usher in a summary The content is published in a centralized manner, so Hong Lengshuang has bought as many as six or seven copies of this type of literary magazine in the past few days. Of course, it is impossible to read so many at once in a short period of time.

In addition, she has been busy with "one thing" recently.

This matter is nothing else, it is an agreement to cooperate with major domestic literary magazines. The literary magazines of the publishing house should be printed and published as usual, but at the same time, they must be listed on their Weibo in the name of their magazines. These literary contents are published on the blog literature section.

It's like saying...

The magazines of the publishing house, as always, strive for readers who like traditional reading habits, while their Weibo literature section wants to "collect" a large number of young readers who like to read traditional literature and use new reading methods. The two sides do not interfere with each other. In the case of mutual benefit, why not do it.

It's just that this plan, which should be a "win-win" in Hong Lengshuang's view, was not very smooth when it was implemented, and it repeatedly hit the wall in front of many publishing houses and magazines.

Just as these literary magazines are sticking to traditional literature, their ideas are more or less "traditional"!

Chapter 430 What You Think You Think

Hong Lengshuang also knew about the Seven Star Literature Cup that has been raging recently.

The reason why she knows about the Seven Star Literature Cup is not because she likes this competition so much. In her subconscious mind, it is a "stage" for college students who like literature in China to show themselves. Maybe a group of excellent literary seedlings will emerge , but if you want to say how excellent the work is, I dare not agree.

"A literary work written by a college student, no matter how good it is, how good can it be!"

This is almost everyone's usual view on this event... Just like ordinary people who go to the hospital to see a doctor when they are sick, when choosing a doctor, they often subconsciously choose some doctors who are obviously older from the appearance. In their opinion, being older means having enough experience, which often means being more reliable.

I am not a genius, so I will subconsciously deny the existence of genius!

Hong Lengshuang was no exception, until one day her subordinates recommended a short story called "The Necklace" to her. excellent work.

After some understanding, I learned that this short story named "The Necklace" was published by Li Chungang in the seven-star literature cup audition stage, and Hong Lengshuang changed his usual routine and began to pay attention to this short story among domestic college students. event in between.

When a person completely loses his habitual thinking, and then looks at many things, he will have many completely different views.

After Hong Lengshuang put aside her inherent prejudice against the Seven Star Literature Cup, she really let her discover many good works in the short stories of this year's Seven Star Literature Cup audition stage. She hit a wall everywhere in the publishing house and magazines, and suddenly came up with an idea:

Since the path of traditional publishing house magazines has repeatedly hit a wall and cannot go through, why not change the way of thinking!Most of the users who use Weibo are young people, and the new way of reading is also used by young people. If this is the case, why bother to stick to traditional magazines? When it comes to young people, contemporary college students, it starts with the "Seven Star Literature Cup"!

Both parties wanted to expand their influence among young people, so when Hong Lengshuang's subordinates contacted the organizer of the Seven Star Literature Cup to discuss cooperation matters, it was a concubine's love, and they hit it off quickly.

It is an extremely simple thing in itself, that is, the Weibo literature section gets the right to publish the excellent entries of the Seven Star Literature Cup, and the Seven Star Literature Cup can get a lot of publicity on Weibo.

at the same time……

Hong Lengshuang has been silently looking forward to Li Chungang's new short stories after entering the preliminary stage. When the Qixing Literature Cup seamlessly entered the preliminary stage and began to show his works, he immediately found the new short story "Maggie" written by Li Chungang. one's gift".

"Look what you wrote this time."

Although it is a bit of a pity in my heart, if Li Chungang's short story is not used for competition and published in the Seven Star Literature Cup, but directly published on their Weibo literature section, how much attention can it bring to the platform after some hype and publicity? , maybe it will be able to inject new impetus into the struggling literature section at once. Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in this world, but Hong Lengshuang, who is a little bit regretful, is also very curious about what Li Chungang wrote in this new work and whether it can Keep up that high standard as always.

Many people who have not read the content of the short story may not understand the meaning of "Maggie's gift". From the literal meaning, they would think that the protagonist of the story is called Maggie, but as an experienced reader, Hiroshi Lengshuang's intuition told her that the protagonist probably wouldn't be this Maggie——

In fact it has something to do with a Christmas legend.

Although there are many people in China who celebrate Christmas every year, Christmas has never been a major festival. On the contrary, it is the western countries that pay attention to the tradition of celebrating Christmas. The reason for all this is that many people in the West believe in the base According to legend, when Jesus was born, three wise sages sent gifts, and since then there has been a habit of giving gifts to each other at Christmas——

This may be the correct origin of the title.

Skipping the reverie about the title of "The Gift of the Magi", Hong Lengshuang officially started reading at this time:

[One yuan, eighty-seven cents, that's all, of which sixty cents is a penny of copper coins, and a penny is bought from the grocer, the greengrocer, and the butcher, and every time there is trouble His face was dry, and he felt that this kind of deal that weighed so much was really embarrassing.Jenny counted three times, it was still one dollar and eighty-seven, and the next day was Christmas. 】

The protagonist's name is Jack?

The author's name is too random.

Hong Lengshuang couldn't help complaining in his heart, because according to the Westerners' habit of naming names, the name Jack is equivalent to the random names such as Xiaoming, Xiaoqiang, and Xiaohong in China. Walking on the main road, ten women It is very likely that there are seven or eight people named Jenny in it. Fortunately, the content of the first paragraph somewhat understands the expression of the story.

Not surprisingly, this is a protagonist living in a difficult life. He is counting the few money he has on hand over and over again, and at the same time, he is worrying about the fact that tomorrow is Christmas.

It can be seen from here that the background of the story should be in a western country, and it must belong to a very old one in terms of age. At that time, technology was very lagging, and the currency value that had not experienced several inflation and bubble crises It's still very high, even so, this one octagonal seven must not be much, even pitifully little!

【…】

[Suddenly, she whirls from the window and stands in front of the wall mirror.Her eyes were bright, but within 20 seconds her complexion lost its luster.She tore her hair hastily, letting it fall loose. 】

What is she going to do?

As she read along the way, Hong Lengshuang quickly began to speculate on Jenny's intentions, and at the same time, she also guessed in her heart how the author Li Chungang's next plot would unfold. Various guesses quickly emerged in her mind, even There is also an extremely dramatic scene where Jenny sells her body in order to raise enough money to buy Christmas gifts, and finally the first guest she meets is her husband.

Of course, all of this is just her personal guess, if it is really so easy for readers to guess...

Then this "Gift of the Magi" cannot be called a very good short story.

Chapter 431 As long as the hoe swings well

Soon, Hong Lengshuang realized how wrong the follow-up content in his mind was!

Naturally, Li Chungang wouldn't be writing a plot that satirizes a certain phenomenon, if that's the case...

So what is the difference between "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Necklace" in terms of the nature of the core expression content? They both achieve the purpose of reflecting some social phenomena through the turning point of the storyline.

[Jack and his wife each have one thing that they are particularly proud of.One was Jack's gold watch, an heirloom passed down from his grandfather to his father, and from his father to him; the other was Jenny's hair.If a rich and beautiful woman lived in the apartment across from the patio, Jenny would one day let her hair hang out and hang out the window to dry, making the lady's pearls pale; If it’s the gatekeeper again, whenever Jack passes by there, he will definitely take out the gold watch, Hao Ran, King Solomon blows his beard and stares with jealousy...]

Don’t be afraid to say it frankly, a total of five short stories have been exchanged in the [Literary Encyclopedia System], including several languages. For this reason, Li Chungang specially spent money from the skill series library to unlock the language from low to high school. This is the first-level language skills series, so that there is a fluent reading experience, and there is sufficient level to translate it from the original language to Chinese.

The original text of "The Gift of the Magi" is in English. In the process of English translation, some sentences and descriptions will inevitably give people a sense of awkwardness. Of course, it will not affect the reader's reading experience in general. , and there will be no weird phenomenon where the story is not clearly expressed and what is wanted to be expressed is distorted.

In fact, the story is here...

But readers who have rich experience in reading short stories can already more or less guess how the next storyline will unfold. If nothing else, the heroine Jenny will choose to sell her hair reluctantly, while the male The protagonist Jack also has a high probability of choosing to sell the heirloom gold watch that has been passed down for three generations!

This is undoubtedly an extremely difficult decision for the two, because both the hair and the heirloom gold watch were once the most precious things they owned.

[At this moment, Jenny's hair is splashing around her, rippling and shining like a brown waterfall.Her beautiful hair was below her knees, as if it were one of her gowns.Then, nervously, she combed her hair.He hesitated for a minute, then stood there motionless, one or two tears splashed on the shabby red carpet. 】

Here, the text almost focuses on describing how beautiful Jenny's hair is. The more so, the more Hong Lengshuang, who is also a woman, can feel the reluctance and bitterness of the heroine in the story.

But this woman finally sold her once proud and only precious hair, and successfully exchanged for 20 yuan of funds, but the gift she bought with the hard-earned funds was a white hair. The watch strap is worth 23 yuan, which is a huge gain after she bargained with the shop owner for more than half an hour with a three-inch tongue.

With the only [-] cents left on her body and the missing hair on her head, Jenny went home happily.

original……

[Although Mr.'s watch is gorgeous and precious, because it uses an old leather strap instead of a chain, he sometimes just glances at it furtively.

When Jenny got home, her ecstasy became a little prudent and rational.She got out her curling irons, lit the gas, and set about repairing the damage done by love and generosity, always a difficult task.

Within four or ten minutes, her head was covered in tight locks (liu) of little curls, making her look like a little boy playing truant.

She stood in the mirror and stared at herself all the time, looking back and forth carefully and harshly. 】

See the end of the story at the end...

Jenny, who sold a head of hair, brought Jack a brand new and precious watch strap; but Mr. Jack chose to sell the gold watch and brought a full set of luxurious combs for Jenny.

Those without a gold watch got a strap as a Christmas gift, and those without hair got a full set of combs as a Christmas present. This result may seem ironic to many people, but Hong Lengshuang gradually felt relieved and showed a familiar aunt smile .

It can only be said that readers who see an ironic ending, these readers only read literature at a superficial level, and do not really understand the true thoughts and emotions that the author wants to express from reading stories.

At the end of the story, it seems that both of them received a Christmas gift that was temporarily unavailable at the cost of losing their most precious items, but in fact, what the hero and heroine lost was nothing worth mentioning, and what they gained was the most precious The love of the novel, such an ending full of good wishes, makes people almost unable to help but want to fall in love after reading it, and hope that the relationship between themselves and the other side can be as in the short story.

Even though Hong Lengshuang is already a married woman, she still expects her husband to be like Jack.

"It's such a longing for love~"

Hong Lengshuang closed her eyes thoughtfully, at this moment she suddenly thought:

Fortunately, I had the foresight to reach a strategic partnership with the Seven Star Literature Cup, and the entries for the competition could be reproduced simultaneously on the Weibo literature section. Excellent works such as "Maggie's Gift" should have given more As many readers see, it can also affect many, many readers.

All this is thanks to the inspiration and reminder brought to me by the short story "The Necklace"!

A gleam of light flashed in Hong Lengshuang's eyes when she opened her eyes again. The next moment she picked up the landline on her desk, dialed the assistant's phone and said: "Notify all editors in the literature section, and a meeting will be held in five minutes. General meeting!"

Why has the literature section of Weibo been lukewarm? ?

Is it because Weibo is not willing to invest in capital?no!

It is purely because the literature section has not been able to produce stories of sufficient level and quality to attract netizens, readers, and young people.

In the final analysis, the most basic reason is that the literary section of Weibo is not attractive enough for outstanding literary writers, and it is far inferior to traditional literary magazines. If things go on like this, it will fall into an endless loop, and it will be too late Open up the situation.

How can this situation be changed?

It's very simple, that is to grab the story, grab the author!

Almost all the literary writers of the older generation reject the Internet as a new thing from the bottom of their hearts, so this group of literary writers was first excluded by Hong Lengshuang, and the remaining outstanding writers are their Weibo literature section that needs to focus on Competitive, powerful candidates to wield a hoe to dig into the wall.

Chapter 432

"Can anyone tell me why our literature section is not even as good as a traditional printed literary magazine?"

As soon as the editor-in-chiefs were seated, the first question Hong Lengshuang raised at the meeting was so sharp that everyone present couldn't resist. There is a refreshing coolness.

For a woman to be the boss, there are only two possibilities: either the one with an astonishing background in the backstage; or the one with extremely strong personal ability.

How the outside world and people from other departments evaluate Hong Lengshuang is not clear to the editor-in-chiefs present, but they themselves know very well that Hong Lengshuang was able to sit in that position because of his excellent personal ability "Climb" up step by step.

Of course, strong women are not completely without flaws, the biggest flaw may be that they can't tolerate a little sand in their eyes!

As soon as the meeting came up, there was no time for people to prepare mentally. It was just a "proposition". The editor-in-chief saw it all in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, but he couldn't think of any good way.

No matter who comes forward to answer such a question, if Hong Lengshuang is not satisfied in the end...

While everyone was looking at each other, the editor-in-chief sitting first on the right suddenly said: "I personally think there are a few factors, one is that the positioning of our literature section is relatively vague, and most users don't know the exact positioning of our literature section. What is it, they can go to online novel websites if they want to read online novels, and they can buy magazines and periodicals if they want to read traditional literature, but when they can’t think of what they want to read, they should come to our literature section.”

"Secondly, we don't have a relatively fixed co-author, and we don't have a stable source of works! At present, most of the literary works on the literature section come from the authorized reprints of the partners, and there is a feeling of picking up people's tooth and wisdom. I believe that some time ago I found You have already experienced that traditional literary magazines hit a wall everywhere.”

"As for the third point...with all due respect, we don't pay authors enough!"

A writer is also a human being, and as a human being, one has to eat well!

Just relying on the rewards that readers on the platform appreciate after reading the works and think they are good, let alone buying a house or a car to reach the pinnacle of life, even the most basic support for a family is difficult. Which author intends to publish works in the literature section and generate electricity for love?

Hong Lengshuang stood up, pressed her hands on the table, and lowered her body slightly. At this moment, no one paid attention to her proud figure, but was deeply attracted by her sharp eyes: "You don't need to worry about the funding problem, I will solve it! As for the future positioning of our Weibo literature section, I have already decided that we will focus on short stories. I suggest that you pay attention to the Seven Star Literature Cup that appears on the hot topic list from time to time recently, especially some outstanding young people on it. Author, I think you should understand what I mean, and you also know what you should do?"

"Poach people!"

The editors-in-chief are all ghost spirits, and they understand it in a flash.

Hong Lengshuang smiled knowingly: "Before I get off work today, I will see the list of targets you want to poach. Each editor-in-chief must have at least [-] writers to poach. If we don't do it in the literature section, we will do it." To play a big ticket."

"It seems that this time we are going to completely offend people from major publishing houses and magazines."

The editors showed sly smiles. There are only so many well-known writers in China. Some of them have cooperated with publishers and magazines since they were not well-known. It is basically useless for this part to poach the wall; Since the commercial partnership is a cooperative relationship, cooperating with magazines is cooperation, and cooperating with their Weibo literature section is also cooperation.

What's more, compared to the traditional publication method of paper magazines, it is obvious that the number of users and readers of their Weibo literature section is much larger!

They have been in contact with some writers on weekdays, and they still have a lot of network resources in their hands. They used to suffer from insufficient funds, so they were too embarrassed to invite others to publish their works on the literature section, but now they have Hong Lengshuang's guarantee, it is completely different today, and it is not difficult to find excellent writers.

"very good!"

Hong Lengshuang straightened his waist: "The code name of this operation is 'Hoe', and everyone here is a person wielding a hoe. As for whether you can dig down the corner of the target! In addition, I will give you the poaching list first. Recommend someone."

"Who!?"

"Li Chungang. No matter who it is, as long as he can find Li Chungang to come to our literature section to publish works, I will give him the first credit for this action, and personally ask the chairman for him."

At this moment, the editor-in-chiefs were stunned, and some people subconsciously thought that Hong Lengshuang had made a mistake: "As far as I know, Li Chungang is a well-known writer, but isn't he good at writing online novels and fantasy literature? He and Man Jinghua I also collected a whole set of "Kyushu Misty Records" published by the publishing house. The content is really good, and I strongly recommend you to read it. But if you want to talk about the achievements of short stories, you can't be regarded as an excellent writer. Bar."

"You will understand this when you have read the two entries "Necklace" and "Magi's Gift" that he recently participated in the Seven Star Literature Cup!"

Hong Lengshuang didn't have the time to explain to the editors, because they would definitely come to their senses after reading these two short stories, and then she glanced at everyone: "I don't care who each of you wants to poach. , but Li Chungang is the only goal I want to fight for."

……

As the first article on the entry page for the preliminary stage of the Seven Star Literature Cup, "Maggie's Gift" was naturally read by netizens who followed this competition for the first time.

After less than a week of fermentation, the short story "Maggie's Gift" has been thoroughly discussed on the Internet.

The first platform where the heated discussions gathered was naturally the book review section of the official website on the Seven Star Literature Cup entries display page.

The function of this book review area is exactly the same as the book review area in online articles.

"The quality of the entries in the preliminary stage is obviously higher by more than one level, especially "Maggie's Gift", which was placed first. After watching it, I really like it, and the ending is very touching!"