What Should I Do If the System Forces Me To Copy Books?

The hot discussion of "The Gift of the Magi" quickly spread, and it was no surprise that it was widely sought after.

The direct consequence of this is-

The latest page views of the official website of the Seven Star Literature Cup, which has entered the preliminary stage, has increased by at least 50% year-on-year compared with the audition stage. It is a welcome thing for both the organizers of the event and the countries that really support it. Perhaps the follow-up The final is also worth looking forward to.

The name Li Chungang quickly entered the field of vision of short story lovers.

Even some well-known writers who focus on the field of short stories began to secretly remember Li Chungang, a young writer who had recently risen suddenly, with the help of two consecutive short stories, "The Necklace" and "The Gift of the Magi". In the circle of short story writers, it can be regarded as the beginning of fame.

Someone said, didn't Li Chungang write online novels before?

Indeed, compared to his achievements in short stories, most people's usual impression of him is still the pseudonym "Zhi Chun Zhi Gang" and his astonishing achievements in online novels. The astonishing achievements in online literature must be To some extent suppressed his talent in short stories.

A certain identity is more dazzling, and this will happen naturally!

Perhaps "Speaking of Youth" is the first time that most people who like traditional literature know the word "Li Chungang". It's just that after devoting all their energy to online novels, there is no such thing in it for a long time. Anything that ever appeared about traditional literature quickly disappeared from public view.

So it wasn't until he participated in this year's Seven Star Literature Cup and published two short stories in a row in the audition and preliminary rounds that everyone realized——

It turns out that Li Chungang also has a good talent in traditional literature!

However, it is undeniable that he is still an out-and-out newcomer in the field of short stories, and there is still a long way to go.

It is very likely that some people will say, isn't "The Gift of the Magi" a very famous short story in another dimension, and after the publication, the readers are so casually shocked and the story is over?

It is fully understandable to have such a taken-for-granted view.

After all, literary creation in reality is completely different from online novels, and it is impossible to replicate the one-step rise of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

The classic that has been regarded as a masterpiece countless times by later generations can only cause a momentary discussion when it is first released. When everyone hears that a certain work is a world-class masterpiece, the first thing that comes to mind is that this work is far away from its official release time. how long has passed-

This has also led to the fact that the true conferred gods of the contemporary era are slender and angular.

More often, time has brewed those classics!

Li Chungang is naturally the exception among the exceptions, he does not need to wait for a death to realize the act of conferring the gods, the literature library he owns is an inexhaustible treasure house of literature.

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"Chun Gang, there is something I want to ask you to do."

The source of the news is Hou Cheng, the editor-in-chief of Manjinghua Publishing House. He just added Li Chungang’s friend some time ago, saying that he is the new editor-in-chief of the publishing house in charge of the publishing of the new book "Dragon Race". As for the previous editor-in-chief, he is not very clear. But you can probably guess that it should be the promotion and salary increase to reach the pinnacle of life.

It was the first time that the other party called him for help as soon as he opened his mouth.

Li Chungang was curious, so he asked, "What is it?"

The other party's reply was also very quick: "It's like this. Our publishing house has reached a cooperation with Longteng Chinese Network to sign the simplified publishing rights of several excellent works a while ago. The fastest one is estimated to be on the market soon. I mean, can you please write a preface for this book or something?"

Help with preface! ?

Li Chungang was so surprised that he didn't know how to reply for a while. Because generally speaking, the prefaces of published works are done by some seniors in the industry or well-known colleagues. There is also a popular saying that...

Anyone who can write a preface to someone else's work is almost a good friend with a good relationship. Otherwise, if the preface is not well written, not only will it not have a good effect, but it may have a negative effect.

In fact, this situation is very common. When you are in a bookstore, most of the physical book covers of published works will have the words "strongly recommended by famous Internet writer XXX". When you open the cover, the first thing you see is not the direct content. It is a preface written by the famous writer, recommending this book to readers, and increasing sales.

After all, not every published author is Li Chungang. The physical books published by many authors can sell for more than six figures. It is the unique kind, so sometimes the fame of some great authors is used to help promote it.

Under normal circumstances, the writers of online novels on the same novel website have no problem with this. Everyone eats in the same pot, but it is not difficult to write a preface. It is completely free. , Sometimes being convenient to others is convenient to oneself, and no one knows what needs help in the future.

However, this is really the first time for Li Chungang to write a preface for others.

After thinking about it, he replied, "Okay, no problem."

Hou Cheng, the editor-in-chief at the computer, was overjoyed when he saw it. He originally wanted to give it a try. After all, the two of them didn't have much friendship before, and they didn't expect the other party to be so easy-going. He was rejected rightly, and quickly said: "Thank you so much, wait a minute...I will send you the link of the work and the relevant template example immediately."

Li Chungang: "This is not a big deal, and the preface can be finished in a while, but I have a small condition before that."

When Hou Cheng saw it, he was taken aback by reflex: "Conditions, what conditions?"

Li Chungang told the truth: "To be honest, I have a few friends who want to find a way to publish in a real way, and the quality of the works I have read is very good, but no publishing house has contacted me so far. I want to ask editor-in-chief Hou to take a look and see if there is a chance for these works to be published in a physical form. Don’t worry, I just ask the editor-in-chief to help review it, even if it fails the review, it doesn’t matter, just help to see it.”

What he was talking about was the newly signed authors of the company. The subscription results that could be discovered by the company and signed by the company were actually good, but it was too difficult for some people to get the physical publishing copyright due to the limitation of the subject matter, unlike fantasy and fairy tales. Popular themes such as the city and the city are simple.