""Broiled Ruoda, I want to confess my love to you!!!""
"This confession is so fresh and refined, it really suits my taste!"
"I just went to browse the page of this literature contest, and I was shocked! I found another good-looking novel by accident!"
A wave of enthusiastic confession of braised pork swept across the Internet, and immediately drew the attention of all netizens to the little-known local competition, the Georgia Literary Star Competition.
Countless readers and fans of "reading braised pork every day" clicked into the website to view the hot confession about braised pork published in the literary competition, and unexpectedly got another more excellent work-"Little Fairy".
""Elf"? I remember it became popular on the Internet a while ago!"
"I remember being so moved when I read the reposted post, I was so moved by Nuan Xin's poke and cry, I didn't expect to find the original text here."
"My classmate's roommate and cousin have all recommended it to me, and the teacher once mentioned it in class, pushing it hard!"
In an instant, "Elf" became popular, and a large number of netizens who read it with gusto shouted from the air, hoping to see more and more exciting novels like "Elf".
With so much attention, the entire literature, like the deserted Goliath, came to the forefront for a while. For the first time, the local residents of Gelia proudly puffed up their chests, and there were endless calls for the elf author to open a new book. Qiqi looked forward to the author's name of Su Tan, and felt proud in front of the entire interstellar world.
Under such a situation, Gelia and others immediately awarded Su Tan the prize money and the trophy of the Star of Literature Contest as soon as the competition was over.
Fergus, the chairman of the Gelia Literary Committee, and Bain, the principal of Gelia Middle School, came to the door together and presented him with the trophy and bonus in person. They wanted to hold a solemn awards ceremony, but Su Tan politely declined.
The literary competition also showed sincerity. Chairman Fergus came to the door in person and said warmly and kindly: "Readers are looking forward to more and better works from you, and we are also looking forward to it."
Such great expectations equate to enormous pressure.
Falling on the shoulders of a middle school student in Sutan, it seemed even more difficult to bear the weight.
Of course, the Guilia Literary Committee knows that it is not easy. In order to support the growth of Su Tan, Chairman Fergus generously provided various resources and promised: "We will do our best to create a good creative environment for you and strongly support you. new work is out."
The robot Suning looked at Su Tan worriedly, worried that he was under too much pressure.
But Su Tan thought for a while, but agreed. "It just so happens that I recently came up with an idea to write a novel."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Chairman Fergus was very interested. "What subject?"
Su Tan rolled up her lips and said with a light smile, "Children's literature."
This answer stunned everyone on the spot. Fergus and Headmaster Bain looked at each other silently, not surprisingly seeing the doubt and heaviness in each other's eyes.
The theme of children's literature has always been a difficult and difficult field. It is often more difficult for an author to write works that touch children's hearts than to please adults.
But Su Tan, a young man, wants to challenge this kind of theme, not to mention that it is very different from his previous "Elf" style, but the difficulty of creation can be imagined.
"Children's literature?" Chairman Fergus pondered for a while, looking at Su Tan who was standing upright and calm, and did not speak rashly to discourage his enthusiasm. Instead, he suggested gently from another aspect, "There is a book "Guilia Children's Stories" Magazines, suitable for serialization of children's stories, let me help you contact the magazine. When do you plan to start publishing?"
Su Tan thanked with a smile, "The serialization will start next week."
"This novel," he chuckled, with a firm and calm tone, "very characteristic of Gelia."
Very Gelician
This evaluation immediately aroused the curiosity of Chairman Fergus. He personally greeted the "Guilia Children's Stories" magazine and waited for Su Tan's first submission with expectations and doubts. He wanted to read What kind of children's literature will he write
Five days later, a submission was quietly sent to the mailbox of "Children" magazine.
With the development of the interstellar era, various intelligent optical brains have rapidly enriched the lives of countless people, and children's periodicals and literary magazines have gradually declined.
As the oldest local children's literature magazine, "Guilia Children's Stories" has struggled to become the only remaining fruit in the field of Gelia literature periodicals.
Even so, with unique support resources and childhood memories shared by generations of Geulians, "Children" magazine inevitably declined.
As of last month, their monthly sales had dropped to an all-time low of 3,000 copies.
There are few people in front of the magazine office, and the door is empty.
In the noisy and hot summer, it is extraordinarily quiet here, without a trace of life. Even the magazine office was shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere.
"'Interstellar Glory' game has launched a new event reward, and the children will definitely go crazy playing again!"
While browsing the news on the Internet, the old editor David suddenly found that a hot news about a game company had crowded the headlines of all the websites, and immediately complained angrily.
It's really no wonder that he is too hostile to games. It's really because for "Children" magazine, it is no longer the magazines and periodicals of the same industry that they are competing with now, but the major game companies, video websites, and animation animations. The latter's dazzling and hot scenes and great appeal, Qi Qi firmly grasped the love and attention of the children.
Take an 8-year-old child for example, who still reads fairy tales now? Everyone is busy playing games to score points!
David has been in the "Children" magazine for more than 30 years, watching with a bit of heartache that the thick and wide children's story periodicals have been neglected, and the sluggish sales year after year have made many children's literature The author felt retiring, and left the industry disheartened and indifferent.
Nowadays, children's magazines are not only short of readers, but also short of good works.
David turned off the brightly colored and hot game website interface in annoyance, opened the magazine submission mailbox as usual five minutes before leaving get off work, and glanced at it casually.
If, as usual, there are still no new submissions, then he can leave work.
However, after this casual glance, David suddenly landed in front of the computer desk.
In the mailbox, there is quietly lying a submission that has just been sent, and it has not yet been opened.
All of a sudden, David couldn't tell what it was like, he just felt mixed flavors, unbelievable and sour, which made him tremble for a while, and he couldn't say anything.
David opened the new submission with trembling fingers.
"Lucky Amy?"
Looking at the first line of the submission, David silently read the name, feeling very strange.
According to ordinary people's thinking, children's literature has always been positive and positive, and they like to shape characters with brilliant images. But this submission is the opposite.
Unlucky
What will happen to the protagonist of an unlucky children's story to be called unlucky
Suddenly, a strange feeling rose in David's heart, and a pair of vicissitudes of eyes lit up, staring at this submission. A strong interest arose in his heart, and he continued to read quickly.
The protagonist Amy is an ordinary child in the countryside of Guilia. He is only six years old and lives in a large manor. In addition to his parents who are busy with various things on the farm, there is also an old John who has been helping for a long time. A big white goose with a bad temper and a proud head, a group of raised animals, and a vast farm.
Amy has a lively personality and is eccentric, but she is too naughty, and she often gets herself into difficulties and suffers countless times of bad luck.
For example, this time in front of him, he fell asleep in a cabinet in the storage room after being tired from playing mischievously. When he woke up, he found himself locked in the storage room.
Amy was taken aback, and hastily pushed the locked doors a few times, calling a few times, but there was no one passing by in the surroundings, and he was full of despair, and turned his head dejectedly—
I found that the cabinets in the storage room were full of countless delicacies that were not easily eaten on weekdays.
Stuffed sausages, chunks of cheese, sweet berry sauce, baskets of freshly baked bread...
Amy is happy!
Seeing this, the first chapter of the submission has come to an end, and David's thoughts are suddenly pulled away from the story, and he finds that he is actually reading it with gusto.
The interesting story, the wonderful transition from "unlucky" to "happy surprise", and the joyful, vivid and down-to-earth protagonist, no matter which item makes David intuitively judge that this is a good story.
Moreover, judging from his 30 years of editing experience and vision, this is definitely a rare and interesting work that will surely sell well.
Immediately, David jumped up from his seat regardless of the fact that it had been far more than 10 minutes since he got off work. A good article!"
The editor-in-chief raised his eyebrows in surprise.
In order to review and study the only manuscript submitted in the past six months, the editor-in-chief specially gathered the few remaining editors and held a small work meeting.
He looked at the several elderly editors in the conference room with deep eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He knew that these few people had been sticking to the "Children" magazine for decades, all because of their sincerity for children's literature. favorite.
But they didn't know that the lackluster monthly sales volume would soon put the magazine on the verge of bankruptcy.
The editor-in-chief took a deep breath, with a very calm expression on his face, and said, "David found a good manuscript today, so he specially called everyone to study it together."
He didn't talk nonsense, and nodded directly at David, asking him to send the printed submissions to several people.
All of a sudden, there was silence in the conference room of the magazine society, and everyone was reviewing the manuscript quietly and quickly with their heads down.
It wasn't until ten minutes later that the old editor who finished the reading quickly raised his head. The expression on his face was very complicated, with excitement and doubts, and he said in a deep voice: "I understand what David means, this submission is indeed very interesting."
Fresh, lively and fun. It is undoubtedly the first impression of the old editor after reading the whole article.
As soon as his words fell, another younger editor immediately replied: "I think it's great, novel and interesting, lively, and the writing style is not immature, very concise and clear. If I were a reader, I would definitely like it." I like this novel."
She spoke with certainty, and immediately won the approval of the people around her.
"I'm tired of reading the children's version of Star Wars fairy tales, and suddenly saw this one, which made people's eyes bright. I never thought of the country life in Guilia before, which is the biggest theme of children's literature creation. Therefore, I vote for it too!"
In the conference room, there were voices of praise all at once.
Only the old editor who spoke first, suddenly hesitated at this moment. He has been in the "Children" magazine for many years, and it can be said that he has witnessed the rise and fall of children's literature. His many years of experience have given him a rich perspective, and he can make a sharp judgment on a new work.
Holding the manuscript of "Unlucky Amy", he hesitated and asked back: "Don't you think it's too 'old-fashioned'?"
In this latest submission of "Unlucky Amy", all the hot elements of the interstellar era are completely eliminated, such as intelligent optical brain, game animation and so on. The novel is filled with a strong rural style, just like an oil painting from the past, demurely and calmly describing the customs and customs of the countryside of Guilia.
Can such a rustic and old-school style really appeal to kids who love Star Wars, cool games or explosive animation
The old editor was a little uncertain, so he simply expressed his doubts and brought them to the work meeting for discussion.
Sure enough, as soon as his words came out of his mouth, the atmosphere in the conference room became a little silent.
No one has confidence.
Over the years, these editors have watched the magazine's precarious situation under the impact of Interstellar Intelligence's games, videos, and animations.
Only fan story works that are related to games or popular animations can regain the hearts of children a little bit, and any other forms of works are powerless.
The editors have gone through a hard work full of hope, to the stage of hard work and despair, and now their confidence has been completely broken. No one can say with certainty that this "Unlucky Amy" will be able to pass. The rustic nostalgic style is back.
Only David, who was the first to discover this submission, frowned and thought about it, and asked the old editor directly: "If you don't choose this submission, why don't we choose Star Wars Zerg, so that children will like it?"
It's not that the magazine has not thought about transformation, trying to change the subject matter of creation, and serialize works that are more suitable for children's tastes.
But moving even the hottest game and anime titles, Star Wars Zerg, to children's literature magazines has had little effect.
David's words immediately shocked the editors, and they came to their senses.
David strongly recommended: "I think such an excellent work, we can take a risk."
As soon as he finished his words, voices of approval immediately sounded, and even the old editor who had raised doubts did not refute him.
Seeing this scene, the editor-in-chief tapped lightly on the tabletop of the conference table, and his eyes dimmed for a moment as he glanced at the old conference table with mottled patent leather that had begun to fall off.
He concluded his statement in a calm tone: "In fact, Chairman Fergus specifically entrusted me with this work."
The words of the editor-in-chief immediately caused all the editors beside the table to raise their heads in astonishment, and looked at him in disbelief.
Fergus is the chairman of the Geulia Literary Council and is well respected in the local literary field. The "Guilia Literary Stories" magazine, which failed to pay salaries several times and was about to close down, persisted with great difficulty thanks to the strong support of Chairman Fergus.
Therefore, Fergus has a particularly distinctive position in the minds of everyone in the magazine.
Who is the author of "Unlucky Amy" so that Chairman Fergus, who is in a high position, can entrust it personally
For a moment, fog filled the hearts of all the editors, quietly guessing in their hearts.
The editor-in-chief didn't whet his appetite, and directly told Su Tan's name frankly. "The author of this children's novel is none other than Su Tan, a newcomer writer who won first place in the Guilia Literary Star Contest a while ago."
"That middle school student?" David blurted out.
The editor-in-chief nodded in confirmation.
In an instant, all the editors in the entire conference room were shocked to the point of being speechless.
Middle school students, children's literature, novel, interesting and beautiful novel stories. Any one of them alone surprised them.
The editor-in-chief glanced at everyone in the conference room, his silent eyes were a little heavy, and he said slowly: "Chairman Fergus arranged this work for our magazine because the subject matter of the submission coincided with the type of our magazine. , both of which are children's literature themes."
This point, everyone is not surprised, it is clear.
However, what the editor-in-chief continued to say weighed heavily on the hearts of all the editors like a huge stone.
"Second, because—this is our last chance."
If a new author with a great reputation and momentum, and a high-quality and high-quality children's literature work still cannot change the decline of "Children" magazine, then I am afraid that there is really no need for their magazine to continue.
This is the last chance for "Children" magazine, and it is also the most challenging challenge for Su Tan.
After the urgent typesetting and printing, the new issue of "Guilia Children's Stories" was launched as scheduled and sent to major supermarkets, stores, and consignment outlets.
This issue of "Children" was conservatively printed with only 3,000 copies, which happened to be the sum of last month's magazine sales.
When rushing to the world, it is even more quietly without any fluctuations, quietly like countless previous monthly publications, old-fashioned and persistently waiting for favorite readers to buy them home.
In addition to the fact that Su Tan had received the sample draft from the magazine the day before, Xin opened a Weibo account with his real name on Weibo, and the first Weibo post he sent forwarded the "Guilia Children's Story" official announcement.
"The October issue has been released. This monthly issue features novel stories, which are lively and full of fun. I hope readers will like it."
It has to be said that the calm Weibo style has won Su Tan's great looks. What's more, the magazine seemed to be aware of his low-key style, so it didn't push his name to hype the new issue of the magazine.
This made Su Tan feel warm in his heart.
He smiled and forwarded it with his verified Weibo account. "Su Tan: The new novel has been serialized, I like it you guys like it. @瑞丽亚儿童故事"
As soon as this Weibo was posted, it was immediately submerged in the massive information world of Weibo. Su Tan was not in a hurry or annoyed, and closed the webpage methodically, and continued to code his second chapter.
"Unlucky Amy" is a light-hearted and clear children's literature work, which does not mean that no effort is needed, on the contrary, it requires ten times and a hundred times of effort to polish the tone and writing style of the novel, and strive to be concise and easy to understand for young children They can also read.
Therefore, Su Tan spent a lot of thought on conceiving the overall situation and outline of the novel.
At this time, when writing characters, the speed is naturally much slower than that of "Controlling Tyrant".
He finished writing the second and third chapters of "Unlucky Amy" with concentration and earnestness, then revised and polished it, sent it to the magazine's submission mailbox, and continued to complete the writing of "Battleship".
After "Controlling Hegemony" entered the campus world, the overall hot spots were much less. Instead, it focused on the warm and plain youthful campus life full of memories, creating a strong nostalgic atmosphere for readers, which made many Readers laughed, cried and recalled, and suddenly recalled their school days.
This way of writing tears suddenly made the topic of the whole novel "Controlling Tyrant" rise a bit. The hot topic about "campus" on Weibo remained high, and the number of likes and comments skyrocketed even more than Su Tan's novel data. need more.
At this point, Su Tan couldn't help but smile a little.
He continued to write about campus life in a calm manner, and at the same time, he threw out a big hot spot in his pen-campus bullying.
The protagonist of "The Hegemony" suddenly encountered a campus bully! He was blocked at the school gate by the school's well-known naughty, handsome, and bad student boss, and openly asked him to treat him badly.
The behavior is simply outrageous!
Unsurprisingly, such a plot will definitely arouse the empathy of readers, and they will crusade against the scum of campus bullying.
Su Tan writes freely, and the speed of typing is cool and fast. I just feel that the bad student boss in my pen is full of anger, handsome and handsome, and suddenly turns into a big cousin, who is torn to kneel by the protagonist in the novel Sing Conquer.
For a while, I felt heart-warming and extremely refreshed.
He uploaded the coded novel chapters to the author's background, and clicked publish.
Not long after, the comments on the latest chapter skyrocketed.
He smiled and clicked on them, checking them one by one, and suddenly his eyes fell on one of the eye-catching comments.
"Yanba: Come on, let's go to the school gate and have a good talk!"
Su Tan: ... the big cousin is fascinated by reading books, do you like cosplay
He chuckled lightly, and replied in a tattered tone: "Dad Yan, did you come to the school gate to sing conquest to me:-D?"