AI copywriting?All copied wrong!

Magazines publish periodicals on a regular basis. According to the intervals, they are divided into weekly, semi-monthly, and monthly...

Each issue brings together the collected stories and publishes them together, so the word count for a single article is very low.

The submission requirements of magazines that Tang Ping searched for include [-] to [-] for short stories and [-] to [-] for medium stories.

Coincidentally, "The Emperor's New Clothes" is severely overloaded as a short story and severely undersized as a novella.

"Forget it, no matter what, let's try submitting the article first."

Tang Ping picked a top-ranked magazine, Fairy Tale Weekly, which claimed to reply to manuscripts within 24 hours on working days, and sent the manuscript to the designated mailbox, waiting for the result.

……

Fairy Tale Empire Magazine, Editorial Department.

A young man in an off-white formal suit, with slicked-back blond hair, wearing a pair of exquisite gold-rimmed glasses, and a meticulous self-image, sits on a high-end ergonomic chair worth ten thousand yuan.

He doesn't look like an editor, but like a young CEO, or a young man who has settled down to experience life at the grassroots level.

On the nameplate on the chest, there is a golden name written:

【Li Aojie】

At this moment, it is the daily review time.

Li Aojie frowned and clicked on the electronic manuscripts distributed to him one after another.

While reviewing the manuscript, I would occasionally pick up the hand-brewed coffee that the maid next to me had just brewed and sip it.

The aroma of hand-brewed coffee neutralizes the stench of junk manuscripts.

It is said that the job of editing is to pick out something barely edible from the shit-like garbage heap, then roughly clean it and serve it to the dining table of the diners called "readers".

Li Aojie didn't understand it before, but after becoming an editor, he understood it.

"The threshold for writing is still too low. After literacy, everyone can write two characters. Even cats and dogs think they can write stories."

He clicked on the blue-axis keyboard, rejected each submission, and wrote sharp criticisms without hesitation.

Soon, I saw "The Emperor's New Clothes".

He clicked on it and flipped through a few pages, glanced at it casually, and sneered.

"The word count is too high, the writing is loose and scattered, and something that can be explained clearly in one sentence must be written in two or three sentences... Are you trying to cheat people out of manuscript fees? Are you treating people like fools?

"The subject matter is barely adequate, the plot is ordinary, and the writing is mediocre. I can get by if I submit it to a third- or fourth-tier small magazine. But I am arrogant and submit it to a top-tier magazine. How many kilograms of wine did I drink beforehand?"

He closed the manuscript without hesitation and rejected it sternly.

……

In the bathroom, Tang Ping had just finished the finishing work. Before he could get up and pick up his pants, he heard the ding of his cell phone and received a reply email in his mailbox.

"I'm going so fast?" He was shocked.

I hurriedly opened it and saw that it was filled with merciless criticism.

It made him almost doubt his own vision.

“Is AI writing so bad?

"Why do I feel okay?"

Fortunately, after careful review, Tang Ping soon discovered that the editor with the pseudonym "Jie Ao" seemed not to read the story seriously, and the criticism was more focused on the writing itself.

Searching for "Jie Ao" on the Internet, the feedback is unanimous that he has extremely high vision, sharp words, and often belittles the submissions to nothing.

When a manuscript that might have passed in the hands of other editors fell into his hands, he could only pray that it would not be sprayed too hard.

Don’t expect him to read it carefully. Some authors of unfinished manuscripts have questioned him, and the answer he received was three words of arrogance:

"You do not deserve."

Many contributors suffered so much that they were so angry that they swore in the author forum that in the future they would make it impossible for "unruly" people to reach such heights, and they would regret it!

Tang Ping understood.

This is a toxic editor.

Converting it to a familiar field, it is probably a Chinese teacher who corrects essays. Just because the student's handwriting is ugly and the format is wrong, he will give a low score just because the student has 800 words. He hastily scanned the specific content and is too lazy to look carefully.

"Such people do exist."

Tang Ping sighed, it was a bad start.

He didn't take it seriously and looked for a new magazine instead.

On the bright side, this editor is not bad, at least he responds quickly.

Some points of criticism cannot be wrong. AI's writing style is indeed rather verbose.

but……

"If "The Emperor's New Clothes" is not drafted by you, but is drafted elsewhere and becomes popular, don't blame me for being pretentious?"

Tang Ping found a second magazine that said it would respond within 24 hours and submitted the article.

……

Dove of Peace Magazine, Editorial Department.

A girl dressed in a sweet pink cake Lolita, with short black hair down to her neck, combed with air bangs, delicate facial features and fair skin, petite and quiet girl, held a cup of freshly brewed black tea to her cherry lips. He took a small sip.

Her work table is filled with colorful macarons and other desserts, but there is no manuscript. In the computer mailbox interface, the latest submission is still two days ago.

No one contributed.

Ever since an editor secretly kept a fairy tale submission he was interested in, changed it and published it in the name of a relative, defrauding the manuscript fee, and also tried to create unspoken rules for the beautiful fairy tale writer.

After being exposed, fewer and fewer people submitted articles.

Chapter 4 Review

Of course, the editor who lacked moral integrity and had no professional ethics was fired as soon as the thunderstorm broke out.

But as the incident unfolded, writers were filled with indignation, friends and businessmen added fuel to the flames, and the public was dumbfounded.

The Pigeon of Peace magazine was inevitably the target of public criticism.

Although the president led all members to sincerely apologize, repeatedly lowered the standards for submissions, and continued to increase the fees...

But there are still fewer and fewer writers who dare to submit articles.

He was also ridiculed, "The higher the bid, the more employees will earn."

The magazine has also been given unpleasant nicknames such as "Fake Press Club" and "Hidden Rules Club".

There are fewer and fewer manuscripts and the quality is getting lower and lower. Naturally, readers give up on subscribing and buy other journals.

The Dove of Peace magazine has faced the crisis of being abandoned.

"Sister Yan Yao, how many stories do we have to write before we can get enough for one issue?" the bald colleague next to me asked sadly.

The sweet Lolita girl named Yan Yao slowly put down the gold-rimmed black tea cup, opened her lips slightly and took a breath of hot air, and replied in a calm tone:

"Two to three articles, 8000 to 12000 words——

"You asked this question two hours ago."

"That is to say, it has been two hours and there is still no submission." The bald colleague became even more distressed.

There are only 5 days left before the new issue of their bimonthly fairy tale magazine "The Dove of Peace" is released.

In 5 days, even if only 3 days are left for printing, distribution and other processes, in the remaining 2 days, can I submit two fairy tales that can be passed?

Such ridiculous things that I would never have thought about before are now almost unthinkable.

"At this point, there is no point in worrying."

Yan Yao picked up a strawberry macaron, took a small bite, and chewed slightly:

"It's better to enjoy every minute and every second that was left before the society was destroyed."

The bald colleague laughed bitterly.

enjoy?

Where can you find a job after the company is abolished?

He opened his mouth, and was about to think about whether he should look for some old authors with a shameless face, or at least order some inventory.

With a "ding" sound, the mailbox sounded a notification tone for incoming manuscripts.

"Shh!"

Almost instantly, Yan Yao put down her macarons as fast as lightning, sat upright, put on her glasses and opened the manuscript, with a very serious look on her face——

Pushing the plate of macarons aside, he took out four four-compartment boxes from the drawer and placed them in front of him.

Each four-compartment box contains four kinds of snacks from left to right:

Sautéed green beans, marshmallows, beef cubes, nuts.

When all the employees heard the "ding" sound, they all looked over and saw her putting on a disposable glove on her left hand and holding a pink mouse in her right hand, ready to go.

Their hearts trembled, here comes Yan Yao's working status!

She will read the manuscript like a critic on a food show, in the way of a food critic.

If you feel ugly, just eat fried green beans, puffed junk food that is high in oil, salt and starch and has no nutrition;

If you feel normal, just eat gummies, white sugar, maltose, gelatin, carrageenan, pectin, and jam;

If you feel good, eat beef cubes. Although it is high in salt, it is an effective intake of animal protein;

If you feel good, eat nuts, focus on health!

Use this method to relieve your accumulated pressure from reviewing, and align the four boxes at the beginning, middle, late, and end of the manuscript to clearly quantify the subjective feelings at each stage of the review process!

As far as they know, Yan Yao is the only one in the industry who adopts this review method.

Because it is easy to gain weight by doing this.

Yan Yao can still maintain a slim figure by doing this every day, not only because she insists on exercising before and after get off work every day.

I would also like to thank the magazine for not having anyone submit an article.

The bald colleague squinted his eyes, breathed softly, and stared at the four four-box boxes on the table like several other employees.

What snacks does Yan Yao eat?

What will be the quality of the manuscript?

Although it is very wishful thinking, can you hope that it will be at least marshmallow grade, and preferably beef grade?

Yan Yao's left hand is hanging on the first four-box box aligned with the "beginning", and her right index finger is holding the mouse wheel, ready to slide down at any time.

Her expression was unwavering, as cold as a robot, and her dark pupils scanned quickly, absorbing every word in her mind.

Suddenly, her left hand moved!

The bald colleague immediately held his breath and saw nervously that Yan Yao's left hand wearing a disposable glove passed over the fried green beans and hesitated for a few seconds on top of the marshmallows...

Twist up one.

Fruit jelly beans, general grade...

The bald colleague was slightly disappointed, but then he became more hopeful.

The beginning is at the average level, and it may only be the last article before we can complete one issue!

Yan Yao picked up a few fruit jelly candies one after another, opened her mouth slightly, tossed them lightly with her fingertips, and accurately threw them into her mouth.

Then he looked at it, hesitated for a moment, picked up another beef cube, and threw it into his mouth.

The bald colleague felt refreshed and felt good now!

Very good, this is the trend, we must keep it!

Yan Yao ate while watching, only eating marshmallows and beef cubes, leaving the fried green beans and nuts untouched.

She quickly read the beginning, pushed the first four-square box to the side, and left her left hand hovering over the second four-square box aligned with the "middle".

While watching, I ate, still only eating marshmallows and beef cubes.

But the bald colleague keenly discovered that the number of beef cubes she was eating was increasing, and the ratio was getting closer to 1:1.