Su Changhen's writing style is very popular among mainstream readers of "Lady" magazine, even though he does not write stories with female protagonists. Because of the background of "Lady", he also has many aristocratic women as readers.
Nowadays, the defense between men and women is no longer so serious, and Su Changhen will be invited to many banquets. These banquets may not always have mostly female guests, but most of the organizers are still female. Occasionally, there would be more formal banquets held by the imperial court or certain trade unions. If Su Changhen wanted to, he could get the invitations he needed.
But he was not very active or eager for the banquet, and was even a little cautious. As a reporter, Su Changhen had participated in various banquets in Nanyi Province more than once, mostly for interviews, but it also brought a lot of benefits in collecting information. Yin Lian was now offering generous remuneration, and the influence of "Lady" was also expanding rapidly. Su Changhen no longer needed to work for a living, so he concentrated on writing for a while.
However, it is easy to run out of ideas when writing behind closed doors. In addition, the Internet did not exist at this time, so collecting intelligence or data required more time and energy. No matter how talented Su Changhen was, he was still young after all and still needed to accumulate experience. stages of experience.
So after writing behind closed doors for a while, Su Changhen finally came out. He originally thought about whether he could get a reporter's job in "Lady", but later he found that Yin Lian was very tolerant of him. Even though he was not an employee of "Lady", she was willing to use the publishing house's resources to help him get a job. He needed an invitation letter, and although working in a newspaper could obtain a lot of information, it was not free enough, so he finally chose to become a special correspondent.
He can currently make a living on the royalties from the serialization, but occasionally he will write articles and submit them to newspapers if he has any thoughts during the process of collecting materials.
Because all the articles he writes may not be suitable for the style of "Lady", Su Changhen will also submit articles to other publications. Although the contract stipulates priority for contribution, in theory it is reasonable for Su Changhen to submit articles to other newspapers, but after all, many times he relies on the connections and resources of "Lady" when collecting materials, so Su Changhen was quite nervous at first.
But Yin Lian's reaction was quite generous. Not only did he not care about it for this reason, but he also supported his various material-collecting activities without hesitation. In fact, she just looked up to Su Changhen and treated him more favorably because she knew about Su Changhen's talent. However, Su Changhen didn't know this, so she only felt that the people at the publishing house of "Lady" were generous and treated them Such special authors are generous enough, not only in terms of money, but also in all aspects of welfare and creative support.
If Su Changhen had never worked in a newspaper before, he would probably take this matter for granted. But precisely because he has worked at other newspapers, he knows how rare this is.
Yin Lian's way of operating the newspaper is not to blindly increase the author's remuneration. Although the treatment in "Lady" is superior, it is only at the upper-middle level of those in the industry. In this process, it is actually the details that really win over the authors.
Although Yin Lian lacks experience in running a publishing house, he is very experienced in personnel management and winning people's hearts. When she read the information before, she thought about each author's personality and preferences. Then when she contacted them directly, she further observed them secretly in her heart and updated the relevant information.
Various historical materials and life summaries on the Internet are more forward-looking in nature, but they are also relatively general and not detailed enough. And because people are constantly growing and changing throughout their lives, even if the data is true, it does not mean that it can be used as a standard for prediction at that time.
Therefore, Yin Lian chose to develop a strategy to win over the other party after getting to know him face to face.
For example, Yue Ke is a nerd who prefers to draw inspiration from other works, so Yin Lian will often ask publishers to send her interesting picture books or tickets to local theaters. Su Changhen is obviously a realistic person, so Yin Lian will help him get invitations to some banquets that he might be interested in. In addition, she also treats other writers the same way. It is not just about preferences, she also grasps the weaknesses of these people - some authors are not good at and do not like to deal with chores, so she specially arranges assistants to help with some trivial matters, so that Her habit even depends on the publishing house; some authors put their own interests first and have high ambitions but low power, so she deliberately shows them some insider information in the industry, compares it appropriately with "Lady", and discourages or suppresses them by giving them a red date by giving them a stick. The intention of riding a donkey and looking for a horse.
She spent a large amount of budget on such seemingly unnecessary things. In this era when capitalism has just emerged and even the big capitalists have no awareness of the so-called corporate management and corporate culture, it seems like she is doing a lot of unnecessary things. It's a meaningless thing, but people who actually work in "Lady" can understand the purpose and meaning of these behaviors in detail.
Chi Hui not only realizes the value of these jobs, but also realizes the role that the management concepts he learned - although they are still vague at the moment - can play in his possible future careers.
On the contrary, Lin Jiale does not have much idea about the work arrangements in this area, because he has a very high emotional intelligence (although he is not aware of it). As an editor, he can always be keenly aware of the needs of the authors he is responsible for and make the best arrangements. Therefore, he only felt that Yin Lian's arrangement was good and considerate, but he did not realize the value and benefits contained in it.
But precisely because of his naturally high emotional intelligence, his temperament is also very lovable. The publisher's treatment is good, and the more considerate it is to its employees and authors, the more Lin Jiale will feel a sense of identity and belonging. Meeting a boss who is smart but generous, kind and has a long-term vision can be said to be the greatest expectation that an enterprising newcomer can have.
Therefore, recently Lin Jiale and a group of small editors have a very high sense of career happiness, and they are also very dedicated to the journal and all aspects of work related to the journal. Su Changhen has been exposed to a lot of new things and people, and his enthusiasm for creation is also high for a while. high. Due to the interaction of many aspects, the quality of the recent manuscripts of "Lady" has also greatly improved. Although there is a saying that the creative passion comes from pain and suffering, in fact it also depends on the type of work.
For popular stories, a comfortable, worry-free environment with passion and expectations for the future is definitely a huge bonus. And the small reflections, touches and indignation that may appear in the middle... are just the right catalysts in literary works.
Today's Xia Kingdom does not lack such catalysts.
In this era, it is a typical troubled time to live in the history books. Both at home and abroad, it is basically in a state of constant disputes. But in fact, for people who really live in this era, their lives are actually no different from most eras.
It is very dangerous outside, so you need to be mentally prepared in various ways when going out, but in fact, unless you run directly to the front line, your life safety can still be guaranteed accordingly. The accident rate is definitely higher than in peacetime, because in addition to natural disasters, there are also many hidden dangers of man-made disasters, but it is not too high - since the emergence of the factory industry, the Xia Kingdom has actually become more and more prosperous. Although this era looks like Europe in the industrial age, in fact it is more like the Northern Song Dynasty that transitioned into modern times. The oppression of workers by factories is indeed not small, but it is far from being unbearable. It is not like the infancy of capitalism. That kind of cruelty.
Due to the development of industry and navigation, there are factory owners and farmers from Xia Kingdom in various countries in this world. There have been many disputes between natives and settlers over interests in history, but there has been no large-scale colonial war yet. Existences like Yin Lian's fictional "big businessman father" basically relied on their own abilities and skills to gain a foothold in foreign countries. This was different from several colonial powers that relied on national armed forces to roam the world during the Age of Discovery.
At the same time, because the Xia Kingdom has the geographical advantage of occupying a continent alone, and due to the constant disputes among other countries at this time, the Xia Kingdom did not encounter the crisis of foreign invasion like China once did. The domestic disputes mainly came from the fatuous current emperor. and civil unrest among warlords.
In this case, literati like Su Changhen can arouse the anger of concern for the country and the people, but they are not able to experience the grief of the destruction of the country and the death of the family, so they are most suitable for some literary creations with subtle politics.
In fact, the original work "Jin Jade Lock" did not have a deep integration into the times. Su Changhen's knowledge at this time was still relatively shallow. The story of "Jin Jade Lock" is more of a love story in the corresponding era background, and there is not even the mark of the times behind it. They all seem a bit superficial, not deep and integrated enough.
But this time around, the story has undergone very big changes.
When Su Changhen was originally written, the heroine in the story was a female student, which was also a relatively popular image of the heroine in this era. But because of the different moods and inspirations caused by Yin Lian's appearance, Su Changhen chose a businesswoman with a special status as the protagonist on a whim.
This heroine has the shadow of both the heroine and the second heroine in the original work, but she has added some completely different qualities from the original heroine and second heroine. Because the setting of having a birthmark on the face is actually a bit taboo for male readers, but "Lady" has female readers as the main consumer group, this kind of character design has inexplicably won the favor of many female readers.
Su Changhen not only learned a lot about the current political and economic situation in the capital, but also learned about the current factory industry on a whim, and actually incorporated a lot of business-related content into the background of the heroine.
Then...this subject exploded inexplicably.
