Return to the capital.

When Geng Yue returned home after a busy day at the publishing house, she heard bursts of pig laughter coming from her son's room.

Geng Yue was greatly surprised. She walked into her son's room and saw a room full of naughty children chatting and laughing. They were all junior high school classmates of her son Zhang Penger.

"Hello, auntie.", "Hello, Zhang Penger's mother."...

The naughty children said hello one after another. Geng Yue smiled and asked strangely: "What are you doing?"

"Auntie, we are reading a book. We are reading this book "The Vast Ocean Is a Casino". The writing in it is very interesting and funny..."

"ah?"

"..."

After seeing off those naughty children, Geng Yue quickly asked Zhang Penger.

It turned out that Zhang Penger couldn't put it down immediately after reading the manuscript of "The Vast Ocean Is a Casino". When she got to school the next day, she showed off in front of her classmates and said a lot of shocking things in it.

This immediately aroused the curiosity of the whole class.

However, there are rules in Geng Yue's family. The manuscript paper under review can be read at home, but it is never allowed to be taken out. Otherwise, it will cause a lot of trouble if it is lost.

So Zhang Penger recruited these naughty kids to his home...

After hearing the cause and effect, Geng Yue was shocked again. She quickly asked: "Peng'er, do you think it looks good?"

"It's very beautiful!" Zhang Penger nodded heavily, "The words in it are very funny. Many of our classmates laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt. Also, the little book is so funny, they have to bet on everything, why?

There could be such stupid people. Oh, there are some things in it that are different from those in the history textbooks. For example, the reasons for the Sino-Japanese War of 1898-1894? The textbooks just described the invasion in a very simple little book. Only through this book did I know that it turned out to be..."

At this moment, Geng Yue felt strange.

Generally speaking, editors do make mistakes sometimes. There are even many such cases in history - a certain best-selling book was repeatedly rejected by the publishing house. After some ups and downs, I finally met Bole. Unexpectedly

After it was published, it immediately skyrocketed...

However, the publisher's rejection does not mean that the editor is disgusted with the book. It just means that it does not meet the publication requirements.

Many times, editors still recognize the overall quality of the book. At least they think it is qualified, but it just does not meet the excellence requirements for publication.

But about this book "The Vast Ocean is a Casino"? At least some readers like it, right? But they can't stand it? This is a bit ridiculous. It won't be polarized like this, right?

In fact, Geng Yue didn't know. In the past years, the mainland was relatively closed and conservative, and the writing was also quite satisfactory, slightly formatted and dogmatic. Since the mainstream public opinion in the cultural circle has become accustomed to this kind of formatting and dogmatism, they

It is almost regarded as orthodox and no one is allowed to make even the slightest change.

However, after the reform and opening up, there was an exchange of Western ideas. The cultural field slowly changed to "living". One of the representatives was Wang Shuo's ruffian literature. It caused a sensational impact at that time. Of course, there was no lack of criticism.

However, the opening of the mind will definitely bring about a freer storm. As for writing and language, it will slowly change to "saucy". The representative of this is Xing Ye's nonsensicalness.

Back then, "Westward Journey" did not do well at the box office in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Because Hong Kong locals were already accustomed to such nonsense. However, as soon as it entered the mainland, it instantly became a phenomenon-level work?

It is because of this "saucy" that it fits perfectly with the open-minded background of the Mainland.

As for the Internet slang and Internet memes in the future? That’s how to show off. Don’t underestimate the power of these things. It’s completely another dimension of freedom and unrestrainedness.

Therefore, mainstream cultural figures like Geng Yue and Editor-in-Chief Li must be particularly disgusted. But ordinary readers will find it novel - holy shit! Can the article be written like this?

The older generation may not be willing to accept it, but the younger generation finds it cool.

Another point is that in the Chinese cultural circle, there has always been a tradition of reading history. Moreover, military history enthusiasts are also a very loyal small group around the world.

But there are few real senior fans after all. They prefer obscure tomes with rigorous research. Most of them are shallow enthusiasts. They need to be simple, easy to understand, interesting, and humorous...

text style.

This group of shallow enthusiasts is often ignored by authors and the publishing industry.

For example, Ming Yue Da Da's "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" has also become a phenomenon-level work just because of this writing style. In terms of physical book sales alone, it has sold more than 10 million copies?

Therefore, Li Yuan's decision to let himself go happened to hit the blind spot of the entire publishing industry, and even the entire book market. It also made Ying Xin, Geng Yue, Chief Editor Li and others unable to accept it for a while.

Fortunately, Geng Yue was not stubborn. She was a more responsible editor. So she took back the manuscript and read it for more than half an hour, but she still felt...unacceptable.

After hesitating all night, Geng Yue finally made a decision. The next day, she took the manuscript paper to find Zhang Hui, the senior editor-in-chief of the publishing house.

"Mr. Zhang, I can't make up my mind about this work. I always feel uncomfortable watching it. But some readers really like it after reading it."

"Oh? Leave it alone, I'll take a look first." Zhang Hui's smile did not change. He has been in the industry for so many years, and he has never seen any weird submissions.

…

In the afternoon, Zhang Hui called Geng Yue over: "Xiao Geng, I briefly browsed through it. Do you feel that the text of this work is deviant, so you find it unpalatable?"

Geng Yue nodded: "That's right. I've read the beginning several times, but I always feel like I can't stand it."

Zhang Hui smiled slightly: "Xiao Geng, tell me about my experience in reading the manuscript! I don't read it with a fault-finding eye. I first judge whether it has merit. Maybe you only read the beginning and did not read it completely.

.The content of this work is about the history of naval development in this book. Do you understand? From the attack of the black ships to the destruction of the combined fleet in World War II, it includes the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, the Russo-Japanese Naval War, etc. The information is quite complete, although

I have not checked the historical data, but there are no major deviations in the framework of these data, at most there are some details."

"Is that so?" Geng Yue suddenly felt a little awe-struck, "Does that mean...the author has consulted quite a lot of information?"

"That's right. He has a profound foundation in military history." Zhang Hui smiled and nodded.

Geng Yue suddenly became furious: "There is actually such a person? Can't he write well? Is he doing it on purpose?"

Zhang Hui laughed: "Do you have that feeling - how can a beautiful lady like you be a thief?"
Chapter completed!