At dawn, after breakfast, Lu Cheng called a "Black Tiger Spring Comprehensive Agency Service Company".
In less than an hour, someone from the agency came to Qingquan Villa.
A young manager came in, wearing a suit and ties, with his hair meticulously combed, and a smile on his face. He said, "Mr. Lu, my name is Zhang Ji. I am happy to serve you."
Lu Cheng said: "I invited you here because I want you to register a company as my agent."
Zhang Ji smiled and said: "Registering a company is easy to say, but the steps are a bit complicated. You only need to sign the authorization agreement and provide your ID and funds, and I will handle the rest for you."
Lu Cheng added: "In addition, I would like to trouble you again to help me find a manager to manage a start-up company. The requirements are not high, it can be a college student who has just graduated, preferably a woman, who can do Internet marketing."
"It's easy to say, I'll help you get it done within a month. What is the name of the company you want to register?"
"Xianshentang."
"How much is the registered capital?"
"One hundred million yuan."
"Hey, let's put it this way, the company is not small!"
"Don't let others look down upon you." In fact, the registered capital can be any amount, but others can check this amount. If your registered capital is too small, it will be thought that you are a skinny company and it is difficult to trust the company's products.
After Lu Cheng reached an agreement with Zhang Ji, he signed a licensing agreement and sent him away.
Jiang Qiuyun has completed the first draft of "Clouds Rising from the Sky Mountain", with a total of 3.2 million words. To her, it is almost a "short story". Next, she will carefully revise it and strive to compress it to less than 2.5 million words. This is a very arduous job. Most Internet writers only like to create unconstrained ideas and do not like to revise every word carefully. In particular, this is for the history department. Simply revising it yourself is not enough. You also need to ask someone to review the manuscript, and you also need to check historical records to ensure the authenticity of key information.
During this period, Lu Cheng could not remain idle. He was naturally the first reader and wanted to put forward his own opinions and views.
Those friends who participated in the weekend literary salon were naturally the second batch of readers. Jiang Qiuyun asked her senior brothers and sisters to try it out, provide opinions, and then revise it.
Two senior brothers and one senior sister, both with Ph.D.s in the literature department, came to Qingquan Villa every weekend to eat and drink, and were too embarrassed to refuse Jiang Qiuyun's request for help.
Moreover, this is not over yet. There is a third group of readers coming next. They are Jiang Qiuyun’s mentor Xu Mingze and her father Jiang Fangsheng. Both of them are writers and ancient writing experts, plus a professor from the History Department of Qilu University. Professor Zhang Hong, an expert of this level serving as a reviewer, can be regarded as Jiang Qiuyun's great blessing.
It only took Jiang Qiuyun more than a month to write the book, but the revision process lasted a long time. It is estimated that it will take four or five months to complete, because several major experts are very busy and may not be able to provide feedback in time. After all, it is a book with more than three million words. In the hands of young readers, it can be read in one or two days, but for those who carefully review the manuscript, it will take at least ten days and a half to read it carefully. It's not enough to just read it, you also need to analyze it one by one and put forward different opinions.
These professors are all time-tested people. They do not simply give advice in general terms, but open the document on the computer and start the modification software.
Make detailed footnotes for each line and paragraph. This is a serious revision attitude. ..
In order to express her gratitude, Jiang Qiuyun gave each of her tutors Xu Mingze and Professor Zhang Hong a spiritual Daishan jade ornament. These Daishan jade were dug out from the ground of Taohua Valley by Lu Cheng. They were carved by Minghu Jade Workshop and made into beautiful ornaments. Because they are rich in aura, playing with them regularly can help maintain health.
As a mentor, Xu Mingze happily accepted the gift and called Jiang Qiuyun over for careful guidance.
Professor Zhang Hong was a little surprised. He liked jade ornaments very much, so he quietly invited a friend who was proficient in jade trading to come to his home and let him see how much this purple-red jade was worth.
As a result, the friend couldn't put it down after seeing it, and said in an envious tone: "This is Daishan red sandalwood jade. It is very rare, and it is very pure, bright and shiny, and big. It weighs a pound, right?" The value cannot be measured, gold is valuable, jade is priceless, it all depends on how much you like it."
Zhang Hong was so happy that he not only revised it carefully, but also recommended it to two old friends, one of whom was Zhang Baiyu, a judge of the Mao Dun Literature Award.
Zhang Hong and Zhang Baiyu are from the same family and are cousins. They are both descendants of the Zhang family in Tongcheng. Their ancestor was Zhang Tingyu, the only Han minister in the entire Qing Dynasty who was worthy of enjoying the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
Zhang Ying, Zhang Tingyu, and Zhang Ruoao, three generations of their ancestors, served in the inner court and were favored by the three emperors of Kang, Yong, and Qian.
The Zhang family, adhering to the ancestral precepts, has a prosperous literary style. In addition to the prolific family in Tongcheng, Zhang Baiyu was influenced by them and loved to create when he was young. Later he became a nationally famous litterateur and the deputy director of the jury of the Mao Dun Literary Award.
Zhang Hong will recommend to Zhang Baiyu: "Cousin, please read this book when you have time. It has not been finalized and is being revised. The author Jiang Qiuyun is half of my disciples. She has written 8 books and five of them have been filmed. She has starred in movies and TV series, and is currently the leading female writer in the literary world. I wonder if your first prize will open your eyes to consider being an online writer?"
Zhang Baiyu said: "Jiang Qiuyun? You mean Yun Ji? I'm not unfamiliar with her. She was among the top few in the last top prize selection. Now her reputation is getting more and more famous. As long as she continues to work hard, she has a good chance of winning the top prize. hope."
"Cousin, please be more considerate and help her fight for it!"
"I'll read the article first and then talk." These people cherish their feathers. If the article is good, they can help. If the level is not good enough, they will definitely not recommend it.
For a literary award like this, there are 15-18 judges, and not one person can keep his word. But it’s better to have someone to help push it than to have no connection at all.
Jiang Qiuyun's original intention was not to build a relationship. She had no idea that Zhang Hong would take the initiative to help.
A person's reputation is accumulated bit by bit. An author who has written eight books is different from a new author who has just debuted.
She doesn’t have to win the Mao Award. Jin Yong and Qiong Yao have not won the Mao Award. Are they inferior to the Mao Award winners? Everyone has a title in their heart. Whether they are a true writer or not cannot be determined by a winning prize.
Looking back, it has been close to 50 years since the Mao Prize was founded in 1981. By 2030, there are almost 50 works. Among them are books similar to "White Deer Plain" that are well-known to everyone, but there are also many books that have very little impact, and almost no books. Personal knowledge. Just like that, the top prize winner, as a litterateur within the system, disappears into the long river of history with the passage of time. _&
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