Chapter 411 “Jiang Xian, I want to follow you.”

“Someone’s here to cause trouble?”

Jiang Xian came to the editorial office and listened to Zhu Wei’s account of the whole incident.

Although this year is already the second year since the crackdown on crime, society is much more stable than before.

But it can’t resist species diversity.

There are always some people who deserve to be shot. From a certain perspective, this is a kind of natural selection.

“Old Zhu, are you stupid? Why don’t you call Old Zheng out?” Jiang Xian pointed at Zheng Yuanjie who was sitting next to him. “Look at Old Zheng’s face full of flesh. He doesn’t look like a good person. He looks like a bad guy standing there.”

Even though Zheng Yuanjie writes fairy tales, he doesn’t look like a good guy. He is tall and big, with a big bald head, a face full of flesh, and a scar on the right forehead.

Left over from a fight when I was a kid.

He is a bit reckless in his character, otherwise he wouldn’t make so many impulsive decisions without considering the consequences like a young man.

For example, when he was a kid, he would go to the classroom and set off homemade firecrackers in his pocket to get revenge on his teacher; his girlfriend’s family broke up with him because they didn’t think he had enough education; if his royalties didn’t increase, he would just start his own magazine
In later generations, he was angry at more people and things, without caring about the consequences at all. He was just reckless. Sometimes he would criticize a certain writer, sometimes he would denounce textbook illustrations. If he saw something he didn’t like, he would report it directly and write a few letters to the education department from time to time.

Jiang Xian fully believed that if it was Zheng Yuanjie who stood up just now, this group of energetic young men would have to politely leave in a depressed manner.

“Hey, editor-in-chief, please stop teasing me,” Zheng Yuanjie said aggrievedly.

Joking aside, Jiang Xian also thought about this matter seriously.

Today is just the beginning. With the popularity of their People’s Digest, there will definitely be more such things in the future.

People don’t necessarily come to cause trouble. They may come to offer suggestions, to praise their editors, or to meet their favorite authors.

Jiang Xian has been to quite a few editorial offices and has seen many enthusiastic readers break into the editorial offices to look for people or to visit.

What should I do when it comes?
We have to receive them. We can’t drive readers away.

But there are only three people in their editorial department and only two of them are resident editors. If they are busy with reception every day, how long will it take to produce the next issue of People’s Digest?
“It seems that we need to recruit more people.” Jiang Xian picked up a cup of hot tea and rinsed his mouth.

“hiring?”

“Yes, it’s not just the editors. You see, we are a unit after all. If it is a unit, we must have a mail room, a cafeteria, a few people responsible for cleaning, and a receptionist to receive writers who have been invited to write articles. In short, since the publication has been established, we must run it seriously. We need manpower in all aspects.”

Zhu Wei and Zheng Yuanjie both agreed with Jiang Xian’s words.

Their People’s Digest has already published its first issue, so it is now a serious publication. The work of the editorial department must also get on track, and all aspects must be formalized.

“Editor-in-chief, where do you recruit people from?”

Zhu Wei thought for a moment and said, “It would be difficult to transfer people from People’s Literature. They don’t have enough staff.”

“What are they doing without being transferred?”

Jiang Xian put on his sunglasses and said calmly, “I’ll go to the streets to ask around. I think there’s a lot of information about unemployed young people there.”

“high!”

Zheng Yuanjie couldn’t help but clap his hands. “It not only solved our problem of insufficient manpower, but also helped the street solve the problem of a group of unemployed young people. It’s killing two birds with one stone. Editor-in-chief, you are so advanced!”

Jiang Xian was speechless. “Old Zheng, don’t bring your messy bureaucratic ideas into our editorial department. You’re just trying to flatter me.”

“Editor-in-chief, I am sincerely convinced and say this from the bottom of my heart.”

“Come on, don’t try that.”

Jiang Xian gave a lecture, then looked at Zhu Wei and ordered:
“Old Zhu, go to People’s Literature and find Comrade Wang Meng and ask him to transfer a few younger editors to us. Old editors are fine, but they must be open-minded and able to keep up with our philosophy of publishing.”

“to make.”

After giving the instructions, Jiang Xian, wearing sunglasses, rode his bicycle to the street office in a very fashionable manner.

The people at the street office were very happy to understand his purpose. The old cadre wearing a red armband enthusiastically poured Jiang Xian a cup of tea, asked him to sit down and talk in detail, and spoke softly and treated him like a guest of honor.

Employment is always a big problem.

These unemployed young people in the street can’t find jobs, which makes the leaders of their street office worried to death.

Although it has been three or four years since the large number of educated youth returned to the city.

The state assigned a group of people, a group of people went into business, and a group of people were severely punished. The difficult employment situation at that time was alleviated to a certain extent.

However, there are still many unemployed young people in every street.

“Well, please tell me how many people are needed in total, how many men and how many women.” An aunt from the street office put on her reading glasses and took out a pen to take notes.

Jiang Xian coughed lightly, “A total of eight people are needed, four men and four women. Don’t be too happy too soon. I have to tell you something. This group of people will be considered as interns after they come here. I have to examine their character and professional level. If they can’t do the job, I will send them back.”

“Oh, don’t worry, if he doesn’t do his job well, you can kick him out. He deserves to be out of work.”

If conditions permit, Jiang Xian would actually prefer to recruit some college students. After all, the quality of unemployed young people varies greatly.

Unfortunately, there is a popular saying in society nowadays: “University graduates are the emperor’s daughters and will never have trouble finding a husband.”

Nowadays, college students are almost all snapped up by employers during graduation season.

It is said that the personnel cadres of Beijing Automobile Industry Corporation have to go to the Municipal Personnel Bureau early in the morning when the allocation season comes every year, otherwise they will not be able to snatch college students. What’s more, they have no conditions for recruiting people, as long as they pick up someone, they are the company’s treasure.

Such prestigious treatment will never be enjoyed by future college students.

But there were only a few years of good times like this.

By 1987, there were college graduates in Beijing who applied for job assignment, but more than graduates were rejected by employers.

Never before has so many graduates been rejected.

It was also from this year that employers and college students began to exchange attitudes. The previous allocation was changed to selection, and “arranged marriage” was changed to “free love.”

Editorial department of “Beijing Literature”.

“Teacher Zhou, I have revised my manuscript! Please take a look.” Yu Hua respectfully placed the manuscript on Zhou Yanru’s desk.

Zhou Yanru raised her head and looked at him, somewhat surprised.

“So fast! You finished all the changes in one day?”

“It’s just a matter of changing the ending to a brighter one. Isn’t that easy? It won’t take long, hehe.” Yu Hua scratched his head shyly.

He still appreciated Zhou Yanru’s praise very much, as it was praise from the editor-in-chief of “Beijing Literature”, which was different from the praise from those small publications in the past.

“Oh, that’s really fast! You’re really smart. Some authors have lived with us for half a month, a month or two and still can’t revise their work, but you finished it in one day!” Zhou Yanru exclaimed, “I’ve only seen one person who’s faster than you.”

“Who?”

This sudden turn of events made Yu Hua feel a little jealous.

After all, in the eyes of everyone who is praised as a genius, there shouldn’t be someone more talented than himself.

“Don’t feel depressed.”

Zhou Yanru saw through Yu Hua’s thoughts and smiled, “As for that person, you’d better not compare yourself with him. There are very few young writers who can compare with him.”

“You mean”

“Of course it’s Jiang Xian. Who else could it be besides him?” Zhang Dening interrupted with a smile, “I still remember that I asked him to write a creative talk for me. I told him in the evening, and he sent it to me in the middle of the night when I was sleeping. It was as fast as if he had prepared it in advance.”

“De Ning is here. Let me introduce you. This is editor Zhang Dening, the leader of the fiction team. She was also the editor of Jiang Xian’s “Chess King”.”

Zhou Yanru first introduced Zhang Dening to Yu Hua with a smile, and then introduced Yu Hua to Zhang Dening.

“This kid is called Yu Hua, he’s only 23 years old, he’s from the south, he’s very interesting, and he feels very kind to me.

I told him that the ending of his manuscript was a bit gloomy, and he bargained with me, asking me if I would publish it if I wrote it in a brighter way?
I said, as long as the ending is changed to a bright one, I will publish it for you.

He said, as long as you can publish it for me, I can give you light from beginning to end. ” “Hahahaha.”

Zhang Dening also laughed.

“It’s no wonder you feel so familiar with him. This cleverness is just like Jiang Xian back then.”

“Yeah yeah.”

After chatting for a while, Yu Hua said, “Teacher Zhou, since the manuscript has been revised, I will not stay here anymore. I should buy a ticket and go back.”

“No.”

Zhou Yanru stopped him and said, “Young man, it’s not easy for you to come to the capital, so just have fun.”

“Yes.”

Zhang Dening also said, “You have come all the way to Beijing, shouldn’t you go shopping around? There are many fun places in Beijing, you can go shopping, it will be good for your future creation, don’t worry, we will give you a subsidy.”

“How can this be so embarrassing?”

Yu Hua tried to refuse at first, then said quietly: “Come to think of it, there is a place in Beijing that I really want to visit.”

“Where? The Great Wall or the Forbidden City? Don’t go to the Old Summer Palace, it hasn’t been repaired yet and it’s under construction right now,” said Zhang Dening.

“neither.”

Yu Hua quickly took out the People’s Digest from his bag. It had been wrinkled by him during this period of time. Except for sleeping, going to the toilet, and writing manuscripts, he relied on this magazine to relieve his boredom.

“Teacher Zhou, Teacher Dening.”

He pointed to the publication.

“I want to visit the editorial office of this magazine. Is it far from here?”

“.”

Zhang Dening and Zhou Yanru looked at each other and both found it ridiculous.

“Why are you going to the editorial office?”

“Their magazine is holding a lucky draw, and I thought it would be too troublesome to send a letter. I’m in Beijing anyway, so I might as well send it to them.”

“Comrade Yu Hua, you are thinking about People’s Digest while you are at Capital Literature. You are in Cao’s camp but your heart is with Han,” Zhang Dening criticized.

“Oh, no, no, absolutely not.”

Yu Hua waved his hands, fearing that his manuscript would not be published because of offending the editor, and said quickly:

“Teacher Zhang, in my mind, Capital Literature ranks first, and People’s Digest ranks second at best.”

Zhou Yanru and Zhang Dening both laughed.

“You’re pretty clever.”

“How about this, I’ll take you there with me. I haven’t seen Jiang Xian for a long time.” Zhang Dening said.

Under her guidance, Yu Hua and his companion strolled and soon arrived at Cuihua Hutong. It only took them a dozen minutes because it was really close.

One is near Xidan and the other is near Wangfujing.

“Is it here?”

“Why are there so many people?”

When they arrived at the entrance of the People’s Digest editorial department, they were shocked to see a long queue outside the extremely grand door.

“Comrade, are you two here to deliver mail as well?” A female comrade came over. “Please go to the back of the line, it will be your turn soon.”

“What queue?” Zhang Dening was puzzled.

“Aren’t you here for the lottery too?”

A gay man looked at them warily and said, “Go to the back and line up. Don’t cut in line. We should all have some manners.”

After a conversation, we learned that this long line of people were all enthusiastic readers like Yu Hua who came to send letters to the editorial department. Not only Yu Hua was surprised, but Zhang Dening was also surprised.

“We still have to queue?”

Zhang Dening didn’t expect that Jiang Xian’s magazine had just published its first issue and readers would be so enthusiastic?
Writing novels is popular, and publishing magazines is also popular?

The two of them lined up obediently and heard people around them talking.

“Hey, comrade, what flower did you guess in the riddle?”

“Peony.”

“Peony? It must be a daffodil.”

Some comrades were discussing the answer among themselves.

In addition, there are some people who are good at socializing and just chat with others.

“I know why everyone is lining up so orderly, without even one person causing trouble.”

“I don’t know. Why?”

“He has strong connections. Look around you. You never know where the police are.”

“real or fake.”

“Don’t disbelieve me. I’m telling you, at the beginning, there were a few young people who came to this yard to make trouble and asked them for bicycles. Guess what happened to them now?”

“How’s it going?”

“If it was fast, it would have collapsed by now.”

“It collapsed? That’s nonsense.”

“Am I talking nonsense? Go ask around in this alley. Many people saw it with their own eyes that day.”

“Indeed, I just heard someone say that there were a few young men there that day.”

Yu Hua and Zhang Dening listened to the gossip of people around them, both looking confused.

The queue went quickly and the two of them entered the gate.

What comes into view is a screen wall with carvings of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, and the ground is made of blue bricks that are polished to a smooth surface like a mirror.

They turned left and right and entered the front yard. In the middle of the yard stood a carved water vat. The two men did not dare to look closely and walked hurriedly with their heads lowered. They only felt that the yard was extremely luxurious and the decorations were exceptionally exquisite.

Yu Hua was surprised. Both were editorial departments in Beijing, but the gap between “Beijing Literature” and “People’s Digest” seemed too big.

Not to mention him, even Zhang Dening had never seen an editorial office with such grandeur.

This condition.

It is more than ten blocks ahead of “Beijing Literature”.

Zhang Dening has become the head of the novel group at Beijing Literature, and his future is promising.

It’s only now that I can see the courtyard of People’s Digest.

She had just criticized Yu Hua for “being in Cao’s camp but having her heart with Han”, and her loyalty to “Capital Literature” was instantly shaken.

“It would be nice to work here.”

(End of this chapter)