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Chapter 120 People's Literature has come to love (please subscribe)
"Editor-in-Chief Zhang from People's Literature? Who are you?"

The guard stuck his head out and asked coldly.

Because Renwenshe brings together the two giant pure literature magazines, People's Literature and Contemporary, there are often frustrated authors or literature enthusiasts whose literary attainments do not meet the requirements squatting at the door, hoping to get guidance from the editors.

The security guard at the message room was used to it. Generally speaking, he knew all the writers who frequently visited Renwen Press, such as Feng Jicai, Liu Xinwu, Ai Qing and others.

Many times, outsiders who come to visit have to register, so even if they are unfamiliar people, he can find them on the list as long as he says their names.

This is why the guard asked for your name.

"Comrade, ordinary people can't enter here."

At the bulletin board next to the door, there was a young man wearing a strange tall hat, carrying a bucket of paste and posting something on the bulletin board. When he saw Cheng Kaiyan, he kindly reminded her.

"Thank you, I know."

Cheng Kaiyan nodded, then turned to the guard and said, "My name is Cheng Kaiyan, and your editor-in-chief Zhang asked me to come here."

"Cheng Kaiyan? Could she be the author of "Fragrant Grass"? I am your loyal reader."

The young security guard had a somewhat cold expression just now, but soon became enthusiastic.

In Renwenshe, even the security guard is a reader and is proud of his reading. After all, there is no unlearned person coming and going here, and all those who come in and out are well-known figures in the literary world.

The name Cheng Kaiyan was a household name in Renwenshe. On New Year's Eve, everyone was happily having the New Year's Eve dinner in the cafeteria, but for some reason, on New Year's Day, the editors actually started crying.

Upon some inquiries, I found out that he became like this after reading a novel. The author of the novel is called Cheng Kaiyan.

"Comrade, you are so young. I have read your novels. The Beijing flavor of daily life in your novels is so authentic. Teacher Cheng, can you sign an autograph for me?

I thought you were from Jiangcheng and that you wrote letters to Fangcao Magazine, but I didn't expect you to be from Beijing."

The young security guard took a look at him first and found that he was indeed as the editor described, a handsome young man in his twenties.

"OK."

Cheng Kaiyan naturally followed suit, after all, she had repeated this action many times in the past two days.

The young man in the hat at the door also became interested and came over.

After signing for the two people, the guard let Cheng Kaiyan in.

But he still needed to guard the place, so he just pointed Cheng Kaiyan in a direction and went back.

Cheng Kaiyan walked around the compound alone. The compound of Renwenshe was quite large.

The bottom of the building is a semi-basement, which is very unique. It was dug underground by members of the Humanities Society during a special period.

When I walked to the door of the building, I saw several iron signs hanging there.

It says People's Literature Publishing House, People's Publishing House, People's Literature Editorial Department, Contemporary Editorial Department. In short, these units are all crowded in this large compound.

Just as I was about to go upstairs, a middle-aged woman suddenly walked out of the corridor. She was wearing a big red sweater and a red scarf around her neck. She looked very energetic.

"Hey, little comrade, what's up? I see you've been wandering around here for quite some time."

The woman waved at him and called out softly.

"I'm going to People's Literature to look for someone. Who are you?"

"Liu Yin, I'm the editor of Contemporary, People's Literature, right? I'll take you there."

"Thank you very much. These buildings are connected together, and there are so many signs hanging on them. It's really dazzling."

Cheng Kaiyan thanked him quickly, and to be honest he was not just wandering around, he was really lost.

“There are too many units, including People’s Literature Publishing House, Contemporary Literature Publishing House, People’s Literature Publishing House, and People’s Publishing House.

Especially the three units except Dangdai, all of them have the word "people" in their names, which makes it confusing and most people can't tell them apart.

People often send letters to the Renwen Press office to submit articles to People's Literature, and people often tell us that your magazine People's Literature is doing well, which always takes a lot of effort for us to explain.

Liu Yin expressed her understanding and started to explain it to him. When she mentioned the confusion, she rolled her eyes and was speechless.

The relationship between People's Literature and People's Literature Publishing House is very complicated.

In fact, there is no direct affiliation between the two. "People's Literature" was founded on October 1949, 10. It is a direct organ of the National Federation of Literary and Art Circles (Writers Association) and is affiliated to the Chinese Writers Association. "Contemporary" is the biological son of Renwen Publishing House.

But the two do have a deep connection. "People's Literature" was once a publication published by Renwen Press, and many novels published by Renwen Press had previously been serialized in "People's Literature".

From the first issue of the third volume to the second issue of People's Literature, the publication and distribution were undertaken by Xinhua Bookstore.
Starting from the third volume and the third issue, the publisher was changed to People's Publishing House;
Starting from the first issue of the fourth volume, it was changed to Humanities Press.

Another point is that the typesetting, proofreading and publishing of People's Literature are all undertaken by Renwen Press. The proofreading department of Renwen Press has a special journal group responsible for the proofreading of the journal. Moreover, many people in People's Literature have connections with Renwen Press. For example, the president Yan Wenjing and the deputy editor-in-chief Qin Zhaoyang were all from Renwen Press and were later transferred to People's Literature.

After listening to Liu Yin's explanation, Cheng Kaiyan nodded in agreement. His eyes were dazzled just now, and all he saw, in his mind, and in his heart was the word "people".

While the two were talking, they arrived at the People's Literature Editorial Office, and Liu Yin shouted inside: "Lao Cui! Someone is here, come out and identify him, or I will take him away!"

"What's the matter? I just heard your loud voice, Liu Yin, when I got to work!"

A middle-aged man with a square face and glasses walked out of the editorial office. He had a serious yet elegant look and no beard.

This person is Cui Daoyi, known as one of the four famous editors of BJ, and he is a very responsible person.

He was a top student who graduated from the Chinese Department of Peking University in 1956 and joined the editorial department of People's Literature shortly after graduation.

At that time, Wang Meng had just written an article titled "A Young Man Came to the Organization Department" which caused a huge response. So the editors of the People's Literature Editorial Department looked at the full-blooded Cui Daoyi and joked that a young man had also come to our editorial department!

"There's a young man here at People's Literature. He said he was invited by Editor-in-Chief Zhang. Can you take a look and see if you recognize him?"

Liu Yin moved aside and made way for Cheng Kaiyan behind her to appear in front of Cui Daoyi.

"Hello, Editor Cui. I am Cheng Kaiyan, and I have made an appointment with Editor-in-Chief Zhang. If you don't know me, you can look for Wang Meng. Teacher Wang knows me."

Cheng Kaiyan introduced herself.

"Cheng Kaiyan?"

Hearing this, Cui Daoyi and Liu Yin's eyes lit up and they looked at each other quickly.

It didn't take long to realize that this young man was Cheng Kaiyan, whose article "Fragrant Grass" caused a huge response not long ago and even indirectly promoted the implementation of a certain policy!
"Ahem, Liu Yin, aren't you busy today? I'll be the one to receive Comrade Xiao Cheng. You can go back and get busy first."

Cui Daoyi caught a glimpse of the light in Liu Yin's eyes and said calmly, "Why do you, a contemporary editor, come to join in the fun of People's Literature?"

"Hey~ What are you busy with? I'm just taking a look since I'm bored."

Liu Yin acted as if it wasn't a problem and pushed the two of them into the house.

She has been an editor for so many years, so she naturally knows what is in the bag around Comrade Xiao Cheng's waist.

It’s undoubtedly the manuscript!
Now that I'm here, of course I want to see the quality of the novel written by Comrade Cheng Kaiyan after he finished writing Fang Cao.
In today's literary world, there are many writers who have forgotten about others after writing a well-known work. It is not uncommon for them to run out of talent.

Of course, this is not to say that Cheng Kaiyan has run out of talent, but that this young man in his twenties does not have enough life experience to support his literary output, and he needs time to accumulate and learn.

On the contrary, Liu Yin is very optimistic about him because he is young, has strong plasticity and growth potential, and is worthy of training.

The relationship between editors and writers in the 1980s was not only that of editors and writers, but also that of friends and confidants, and even more so, mentors and helpful friends. At this time, people with similar interests could stay together day and night, with a glass of wine or a cup of tea, and could chat from morning to night.

This close interaction and trusting relationship not only maintains the kinship between writers and publications, but also promotes the prosperity of literature.

Seeing that he couldn't kick Liu Yin out, Cui Daoyi had no choice but to take the two of them into the house.

The editorial office was very quiet at two o'clock in the afternoon. The editors were sitting quietly at their workstations reviewing manuscripts.

Cheng Kaiyan's arrival naturally attracted the attention of these editors. They all looked up and looked at this writer whom they had long admired.

"So young!"

"Yeah, it's pretty nice!"

"The members of the proofreading department will definitely like him. He is such a handsome and talented man!"

It is said that in the 1980s, the proofreading department of the Humanities and Social Sciences Department was filled with beautiful women, all of whom were well-educated.

Because the proofreading work of humanities publishing houses is usually done by college students who have just come in for internships, most of them are girls, and they are all graduates from top universities such as Peking University, Beijing Normal University, and Tsinghua University.

……

The office seemed a little crowded because everyone had a big bag full of manuscripts at their feet. Some famous editors even had two or three bags at their feet, filling the aisles.

Cheng Kaiyan was amazed. "Is this the status of a national journal? How long will it take to review so many manuscripts?"

"That's right, there are too many manuscripts!"

Cui Daoyi took over the conversation and said that he was the team leader of the novel group and would be promoted to deputy editor-in-chief soon.

He led Cheng Kaiyan and Liu Yin to find an empty sofa in the office, asked them to sit down, poured two cups of tea and handed them over, "Sit down for a while and have some tea. Editor-in-Chief Zhang has been quite busy these days, moving between the Writers Association, the People's Hall, and the editorial office. He left not long after arriving this morning."

"Editor-in-Chief Zhang is not here?"

Cheng Kaiyan nodded, "When will you be back?"

(End of this chapter)