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Chapter 36: Stories from the editorial department

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The next few days.

On the new song chart this season, the number one song "Flammable and Explosive" has become increasingly stable and has already opened up a certain distance from the second place.

And at this time.

On major music players, the comment section of "Flammable and Explosive" is also extremely popular.

The song is highly discussed.

"I think the name of this song should be "What Do You Want From Me?"

“I think this song could also be titled “Straight Male Cancer, Go Die”, “Contradictory Straight Male Cancer”, “Who Do You Think I Am”…”

"Folk? Rock? The singing style is also unique!"

"I'm addicted to this song! I'll download it and save it to my collection!"

"Everyone who passes by, come and take a look. This is what the outside world demands of women. Under the scorching sun, I am really shivering with anger. When will our female compatriots stand up?"

"No, can you do boxing while listening to music these days?"

"This song gives me the feeling that a man loves a woman but keeps hurting her mentally. He obviously despises this woman but needs her by his side. He wants the horse to run but not eat grass. In short, he is a scumbag!"

"I think this song expresses the voice of us men. Every man's highest ideal is to have a woman who is pure and innocent yet full of temptation, who can handle affairs of state and cook, who can act cute and coquettishly, and who can fight against mistresses bravely."

"Catch the straight male cancer upstairs alive, he has everything in his daydreams."

"I went to KTV today and heard this song in several private rooms I passed by."

"… "

While people in the industry are praising the song, listeners are mostly discussing the lyrics. Many people feel that the lyrics of the song depict a certain phenomenon in real life.

However, the two will not conflict.

Xianyu took care of the lyrics and music, leaving no room for the public to compete with each other.

in addition.

Some people even edited some film and television clips together and used "Flammable and Explosive" as the BGM, which actually achieved good results.

As a result, many up-masters (people who upload video and audio files to video websites, forums and various sites) followed suit.

One of the videos was a mix of classic goddess images from many film and television dramas. As the classic shots of the goddesses appeared one by one and accompanied by this BGM, it immediately caused quite a stir.

"Burn to the clip!"

“I saw the colorful world!”

"This song is a perfect background music."

"Ahhh begging for the song name!"

"Go upstairs and read "Inflammable and Explosive"."

"I didn't have any feelings about "Flammable and Explosive" at first, but after watching the video mashup, I suddenly got the song and quietly downloaded it and saved it."

“The song is so well matched!”

“Sure enough, this is the correct way to open the song.”

"As we all know, when the song "Inflammable and Explosive" is released, the goddesses will appear on stage."

"… "

The spread of these videos also brought greater promotion to the song "Flammable and Explosive".

Oftentimes, using some songs as background music can give ordinary video clips a different kind of vitality.

This is similar to the way in some movies or TV shows, when the BGM sounds, the audience knows that the climax is about to come.

The popularity of a song is related to the quality of the work, but it does not entirely depend on the quality of the work.

The quality of Lin Yuan’s previous two songs is not necessarily weaker than "Flammable and Explosive".

But it is obvious that in terms of the number of song downloads, "Flammable and Explosive" is the most popular one.

And when "Flammable and Explosive" was spreading rapidly.

In the Silver Blue Book Library of Qinzhou Publishing Company, editors have no time to enjoy listening to music and watching videos.

They are busy reviewing novel submissions for this year's Supernova Awards.

Perhaps because the profession of novelist is becoming more and more popular among the public, the Supernova Awards received more submissions this year than in previous years.

So starting a few days ago, the editors have been reviewing manuscripts continuously.

In order to finish the review before the deadline, each editor's desk is filled with various refreshing drinks and a constant supply of coffee.

Yang Feng is one of the review editors of Silver Blue Book Library.

During the past few days of reviewing manuscripts, Yang Feng has read countless novels and is now dizzy.

Both coffee and a certain type of cattle are becoming resistant.

In order to stay focused, he had to go to the bathroom to smoke a cigarette.

There were several other editors in a similar situation to Yang Feng, so while smoking in the bathroom, several editors discussed the content of the review over the past few days.

"Have you found the recommendation?"

"I haven't, but I already have a few that are pretty good. I'll go through all the manuscripts on hand first and observe them carefully to avoid the works I like being screened out during the cross-examination."

"Every year's supernova is a gamble."

After reviewing the manuscripts in hand, the editors will have several recommendation quotas. Once a work recommended by an editor is finally adopted by the editor-in-chief, it will be counted as performance in the future, so the editors are still very cautious about their recommendation quotas.

At this time.

An editor said, "This year, submissions are still mainly about adventures in other worlds. Because there are so many people writing, it is not easy to find the best one."

This sentence resonated with everyone.

There are so many people writing about otherworldly adventures, so when most people write about the same subject, it’s not easy to choose the best one.

"After all, it's a classic subject."

"It's a pity that most people just follow the popular styles in the market, and few can write with their own characteristics."

"But this subject is likely to produce a hit."

"Yes, it's normal that there are many people writing about popular themes. Take me for example, I've read so many adventures in other worlds, and I still enjoy this kind of stories."

"… "

Yang Feng did not participate in the discussion.

After smoking, he returned to his seat to work.

In the editorial department, most editors are optimistic about the popular themes of alien adventures, and the criteria for selecting books are basically aligned with this type of subject matter, but Yang Feng has a different opinion.

Of course, he also likes themes such as adventure in other worlds.

However, because there are too many novels about adventures in otherworldly realms, this theme has become extremely homogeneous, so Yang Feng was almost sick of reading the stories on this theme during his review these days.

Now he really wants to find a different work.

Unfortunately, this is not an easy thing to do. The reason why some topics become popular is because readers love to read them.

This is the market's choice!

Even editors, for the sake of their own performance and the sales of the publishing house, must promote these popular topics.

Besides, the newcomers who submit their works are not stupid.

It is a very simple truth that you should write about whatever subject is easy to be approved. After all, only a minority of people can stick to their own style and not follow the market trends.

So after reviewing countless manuscripts for several consecutive days, Yang Feng still couldn't find a satisfactory story.

It’s not that no one has written some novel topics. Among the vast amount of manuscripts, there are always some relatively novel topics. But the problem is that these topics are novel but lack the storytelling and fun that a novel should have.

Yang Feng would rather not have it.

He will not deliberately pursue new topics and lower his review standards, nor will he deliberately exclude popular topics from his selection range.

Ultimately, the excitement of the story is what matters most.

It took fifteen minutes.

Finished reading another manuscript.

Yang Feng rubbed his tired temples, then gritted his teeth and applied some medicated oil on himself.

This is one of the killer moves for office workers to cope with fatigue.

In fact, there is an ultimate killer move, which is also related to Fengyoujing, but most people dare not try it because those who have tried it have died socially.

In short, after applying the Fengyoujing on his head, Yang Feng felt much more energetic.

Taking advantage of this excitement.

Yang Feng opened the new manuscript.

However, the title of this book made Yang Feng raise his eyebrows slightly. The name of this novel is: "The Prince of Tennis".

For ease of understanding.

The contributor also added an alias at the end, called "Prince of Tennis".