Li Xiaolin looked at Cao Yang who was still reading the manuscript, then looked at Yu Dong, and whispered: "It's pretty good."
Li Xiaolin didn't say any more about these four words.
But Yu Dong basically understood what Li Xiaolin meant. This novel was probably not suitable for "Harvest". It was expected, and Yu Dong was certainly not surprised at all.
However, Li Xiaolin continued: ""Grudge" is actually quite good. In recent years, "Grudge" has been forging ahead and has a very new style. Your novel is quite suitable for them."
Li Xiaolin helped speak for "Sprout", which was not surprising to Yu Dong. Several units under the Writers' Association themselves communicated with each other.
When many manuscripts reach Harvest, the editor feels that they are of good quality but not suitable for publication in Harvest, so they will recommend them to several other magazines such as Shanghai Literature.
When Cao Yang heard Li Xiaolin mention "Sprouting", he raised his head and glanced at the two of them, then continued to read the manuscript intently.
Li Xiaolin didn't continue talking, stood up with a smile, and went to give Yu Dong and others some water.
After another ten minutes, Cao Yang finally finished reading the manuscript.
He sorted out the manuscript and spread it on his lap. Without rushing to express his opinion, he first asked Li Xiaolin: "Xiaolin, I'm afraid you guys at Harvest won't be able to accept this "Fatal Identity", right?"
Li Xiaolin smiled and said, "You asked knowingly, I was just trying to put in a good word for you."
"Haha, thank you so much for that," Cao Yang said with a smile.
Li Xiaolin waved his hand, "It's no use if I grant it, you still have to ask Yu Dong. Your "Grudge" is good, but it's not enough to watch in front of Yu Dong."
"No, no. Sister Xiaolin, you flatter me so much." Yu Dong said quickly.
In fact, when Li Xiaolin said this, she was obviously talking down "Grudge", but she was actually speaking for "Grudge". When she said this, Cao Yang was easy to answer, and Yu Dong was too embarrassed to refuse.
Cao Yang said with a smile, "So I hope Teacher Yu will give him a chance. I know that the influence of our "Sprout" cannot be compared to first-class publications such as "Harvest" and "Zhongshan", but we also have our advantages. To tell you the truth
He said, in the past few years, I have been exploring what kind of path our "Grudge" should take."
"From the day "Grudge" was born, we were destined not to compete with "Harvest". In my opinion, we are more like a supplement, supplementing what publications such as "Harvest" and "Zhongshan" cannot take into account.
There is a gap. We have a lot of young audiences, which is somewhat similar to "Science Fiction World", but the difference is that we provide young readers with a way to go to magazines like "Harvest"."
"I like "Fatal Identity" very much, and think it is very suitable for our magazine. It has a wonderful story that can attract young readers, and it also has extraordinary humanistic care. Most importantly, this novel touches on issues such as domestic violence.
, social issues such as school violence and left-behind children should not only be shown to parents and teachers, but as the main group of people involved in the incident, students should also understand these situations. Therefore, considering all aspects, I think "Fatal"
"Identity" is handed over to "Grudge", which is a mutually beneficial and win-win matter."
It can be seen that Cao Yang really wanted this novel, and he said a lot of it in one sentence.
And he also got to the key points. After hearing this, Yu Dong was indeed moved.
Perhaps because he saw Yu Dong being moved, Cao Yang took advantage of the heat and said, "For your novel, I can create a separate column for you, called Novel Family. This column will always exist in the future. After your novel is serialized, we will
I will find another novel to take over. When everyone mentions this column in the future, the first thing that comes to mind will definitely be "Fatal Identity", which started this column."
Cao Yang knew that Yu Dong was not short of money, so he tried another trick to attract his attention.
In fact, opening the Novel Family column was not Cao Yang's last-minute idea. During this period, Zhao Changtian had been discussing the matter with him, hoping that the magazine would be revised and the content would be organized into columns.
It's just that the two have never reached a consensus.
If nothing else happens, Cao Yang has only been the editor-in-chief of "Sprout" for more than a year. Since there is only such a short time left, if he really needs to revise the edition, it is better to leave it to Zhao Changtian.
But now the appearance of "Fatal Identity" has made Cao Yang change his mind.
Since we want to create columns, it’s better to open a column first to test the waters.
Yu Dong laughed. He laughed because the later "Grudge" did have a column for novel families. Cao Yang and others probably already had this idea, otherwise it would be too much of a coincidence to suddenly come up with this thing at the last moment.
However, Cao Yang's sincerity really impressed Yu Dong.
"I……"
"Of course, if you are worried about affecting the sales of the later stand-alone books, we can leave the ending part unserialized and let readers read the stand-alone books."
Cao Yang really risked his life for this novel.
Yu Dong waved his hand and said, "No, no, if you want to serialize it, just serialize it all. I don't care about that."
Cao Yang's eyes lit up, "So, Teacher Yu agreed to give us "Fatal Identity"?"
Yu Dong nodded, "Editor Cao's sincerity is hard to refuse."
"Okay!" Cao Yang pressed the manuscript on his lap with one hand and stretched out the other hand in front of Yu Dong: "Teacher Yu, thank you for your support."
Yu Dong held Cao Yang's hand and said, "You're welcome. Let's support each other."
…
The ownership of "Fatal Identity" was decided in this way. Yu Dong also followed Cao Yang around the editorial department of "Sprouting" and met Zhao Changtian.
Facing Yu Dong, Cao Yang didn't shy away from it at all and told Yu Dong directly that Zhao Changtian would be the next editor-in-chief.
Zhao Changtian is in his forties, with slicked back hair and a smile whether he speaks or not. He is very thin and wears a thick coat, which still makes people feel empty inside.
Compared with Cao Yang, Yu Dong is more familiar with Zhao Changtian, because Zhao Changtian has written more works, and magazines such as "Harvest", "Zhongshan", "Shanghai Literature", "Yuhua" and other magazines have published his novels.
"Teacher Yu, come and sit in my office?"
Yu Dong did everything he could and followed Zhao Changtian.
After entering the door, Yu Dong saw a young man lying in the office writing something. When Yu Dong and the others entered, he raised his head and looked at them blankly.
Zhao Changtian waved, "Zhao Yan, go out and do your homework."
Zhao Yan nodded and went out with his homework.
Zhao Changtian smiled and said to Dong: "Teacher Yu, this is a dog, making you laugh. There is no place to run during the holiday, so I can only come here."
Yu Dong nodded to express his understanding. In fact, when he saw Zhao Yan just now, he took a second look because he remembered that he was Zhao Changtian's son.
Chapter completed!