Chapter 370: Another way of writing critical fiction
An apartment in California.
"Hear, the California Newspaper's treatment is really great. It actually raised you to a standard of 3 yuan per word."
"George, don't talk about me, the California Evening News gives you a lot, and it should be no less than 3 yuan per word."
"Haha, Hull, George, don't brag about each other, I'm the worst. The California Daily only gave me a $2.50 manuscript."
There were three people speaking in total.
One was named Hull, the other was Daws, and the other was George drinking coffee.
These three people left the Awakening News and joined several well-known authors of the three major California newspapers.
"Oh, fortunately, it came out of the Awakening News. Compared with these newspapers, I realized that the Awakening News is too stingy."
"Yes, we have made so many contributions to Awakening. If it weren't for our long-standing critical works, Awakening would probably be ranked outside of the 20th California newspapers, so where could it reach the top five in just five years."
"Alas, I asked "Obilly" to increase the royalties, but this guy didn't even increase the price. He also said that our royalties were already very high, and other authors would have to increase as well. Yes, our royalties were indeed much higher than those of ordinary authors, but we didn't look at what we were writing."
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"Hahaha, toast to our wise decision."
The three of them were chatting and laughing, and they were so happy.
"By the way, George, have you been observing the Awakening Revenge recently?"
"Of course. No matter what, I have been writing the manuscript in "Awakening" for three years and have been deciding "Awakening" and reading "Awakening" has become a habit. I am not, this is the latest issue of the newspaper I have subscribed. Unfortunately..."
"I know what you are talking about, it's no shame. Without us, the "Awakening Revenge" will definitely be finished."
"Haha, let's take a look at the news about "Awakening". All California forums have scolded "Awakening" to death, saying what kind of articles they have published recently. Some netizens said that "Awakening" launching a news business is simply seeking death. Look, even George, Hull, and Daws were angry..."
"This is well said. Yes, yes, yes... we were just angry with the Awakening Revenge."
George replied with a laugh.
Although all three of them knew that the reason why they left was angry with the Awakening Revenge was actually the most important reason for their departure was because of money.
It would be strange if the top three newspapers in California do not give them huge royalties and the three authors are willing to leave.
"George. Look at this issue of "Awakening"? Although Obilly still has the ability. Don't do anything else these days to bring "Awakening" back to life."
"That's right, George, no matter how we say that after we leave, we must reflect our value. If "Awakening" is not only fine after we leave, but is better, I'm afraid that the three major newspapers will also have opinions on poaching."
"Haha. Hull, Daus, you two should take a break. Don't you know how "Awakening" came into being. "Awakening" relied on critical realism articles to become a landscape in California newspapers. We left, "Awakening" will definitely die. Everyone has seen the comments from the previous few issues of the Internet. Let's take a look at this issue. By the way, "Awakening" was released after we left."
"If I remember correctly, it should have been released for 30 issues, just one month."
"A month, I bet that after this issue, the Awakening News will collapse."
One month is not too long, but for those newspapers and magazines industries, one month is enough to make users think of changing newspapers. Once such an idea arises, then Awakening will be over. After all, Awakening is a new newspaper, and readers cannot have too much nostalgia for Awakening.
"George, are you sure?"
"certainly."
Crossing his legs, George opened the newspaper he sent here today.
"If you don't believe it, then come and take a look at today's newspaper."
George opened the Awakening News as usual, but before, he used to read newspapers, but now he only reads newspapers to watch operas.
"When I saw it, I said that the "Awakening" is about to be finished. Look, they actually took an author without any fame as the main article of "Awakening" and laughed to death, and laughed to death."
Pointing at the name of an author called "huang", George laughed with a rolling smile.
"No, Obilly is crazy. He actually uses the articles of a new author as the main focus. Doesn't he want to live anymore?"
"It is probably Obilly that there is nothing I can do about it. You may not know. Although the three major newspapers have only poached us, some other authors who used to cooperate with "Awakening" saw that the situation was hopeless, they secretly cooperated with the three major newspapers and no longer wrote articles for "Awakening"."
"So that's it, okay, it seems George is right. The Awakening is really about to collapse."
All of them nodded.
"Let's see what this article is written about."
Although it was written by a newcomer, since it was the main theme, George still looked down.
"The imperial envoy."
This is the name of this article.
It seems that he is a newcomer and can't even get a "critical" name.
George said as he looked closely.
"Just just got a very unlucky news. An imperial envoy brought a secret order from the White House in Washington to visit the White House in Washington." The county magistrate said with difficulty, "I invite you to come, just to notify you and be prepared."
This is the first sentence of "The Imperial Envoy".
"Hey, it looks pretty good."
George finished reading the first paragraph.
He himself is the author, and he has a small recognition of this article.
The language is humorous, and it seems like it can be a big deal here.
“It’s OK.”
Hur also nodded, "From the first paragraph, it should be said that the imperial envoy's minister went on private visits, but some local officials such as the county magistrate used various tricks to deceive the superiors and conceal the subordinates to deal with the imperial envoy's minister."
"Not bad, interesting."
Daws nodded affirmatively, "I think the following plot will lead to the ugly bureaucracy in the United States for criticism. In this way, this topic may come up."
Several people felt a little solemn in their hearts. They felt that if they continued to write this way, the "Awakening Revenge" might really bring up another topic. In this way, as long as the "Awakening Revenge" comes up with some topics from time to time in the future, then the "Awakening Revenge" can bring back life. Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that if the "Awakening Revenge" comes back life, then will the three of them have no value at all when they change jobs?
"Continue reading. Although the newcomers have good ideas, they often don't have the ability to write down this serious critical literature."
George reminded.
The three of them continued to watch.
Seeing one-third, several people breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'll tell me, the newcomer just makes mistakes. This guy didn't follow our ideas and actually created a gangster who played the fake imperial envoy. Is this funny?"
"I was still worried just now, and I was so laughing to death. I guess, this guy is writing a joke."
"Yes, I'm already laughing from ear to ear now. Not only is this article funny, but this new author is even more ridiculous."
The nervous moment just now made several people feel relieved because of the change of direction of the work. With a worried attitude and a mocking newcomer's writing style, the three of them kept watching.
"Hahaha, that stupid county magistrate actually thought this kid was an imperial envoy."
"I'm thundering, this kid is a bastard. When they found out that the county magistrate thought he was an imperial envoy, they began to extort these local officials. The most ridiculous thing is that these people's IQs actually believed the words of this kid, and were extorted by the bastard one by one."
"No, no, let me laugh for a while. What I think is even more funny is that in the end, the bastard not only played the county magistrates, but also seemed to be unsatisfied. He actually wrote another letter to the county magistrate and gave each of these local officials a stupid and ugly nickname. And just when they suddenly realized that they were dumbfounded, the real imperial envoy actually came at this time... You say, you say, is this ironic?"
The three of them laughed while touching their stomachs.
"I haven't read such a funny article in a long time."
"Yes, after reading such articles, I realized that those local officials were so stupid."
"No, they are not stupid, they are very smart. Unfortunately, they encountered a fake imperial envoy. If it was a real imperial envoy, they would also fool them like this... That would be a tragedy of the US government."
"This is the biggest irony of the U.S. government."
"Yes, this irony is so profound and educational."
After a few people laughed, they began to analyze this article again.
But when they analyzed to the end, suddenly, the three of them looked at me, and I looked at you... as if they realized something.
Then, the three of them snatched the "Imperial Envoy" serialized by "Awakening" in one go.
At this time, they finally understood what this article "The Imperial Envoy" was written.
What a newbie.
It turns out that this is the true work of critical realism.
Chapter completed!