Chapter 233: Literary Congress and Lu Yao
"Ahhhh, Changhe, we succeeded!"

As soon as Li Changhe entered the dormitory, Lao Tao gave him a big hug.

If there is anything that excites them the most this summer, it must be "The Rise of Great Powers"

No one expected that the "Rise of Great Powers" series created by Li Changhe and his team would sell so well during this holiday.

Whenever Lao Tao sees their names on the editorial board of a work, his heart is always filled with pride.

"Lao Tao, let go. I can't breathe anymore."

Li Changhe said with a smile at this time.

After all, he was still holding the quilt in his hands.

It's summer vacation and his home is close, so he will definitely take the bedding back home to wash it and then bring it back.

"You boy!"

Lao Tao let go of Li Changhe and then punched him on the shoulder.

"Wait until I finish making the bedding!"

"By the way, go see if Wang Jian is here."

"I got the royalties back, so I'll just give it to him."

Li Changhe said to Lao Tao.

Tao Haisu nodded: "I'll go take a look."

When Li Changhe had spread out his bedding, a large group of people swarmed into the dormitory.

These people were all members of the Student Union. When they heard that Li Changhe was coming, they hurried over.

"Changhe, do you know how many copies of our book Rise of the Great Powers have been sold?"

"Changhe, I've been so embarrassed this summer."

"Changhe, this is a specialty from our hometown. Come and try it."

A group of classmates showed their enthusiasm to Li Changhe. There was no other way. The popularity of "Rise of Great Powers" not only made them proud, but also brought them endless benefits in the future.

"stop!"

At this time, Li Changhe stretched out his hand and shouted loudly to stop them.

"I understand everyone's excitement, but let's calm down first. I can't hear a word you guys say."

"Let me first answer the question from a buddy. Our sales have exceeded one million copies a few days ago."

"As for the recent sales, I didn't ask. After all, it has nothing to do with us. The royalties are a one-time deal!"

"One thousand four hundred and thirty-six yuan. I'll give it to Lao Wang. Lao Wang will count it in front of everyone."

"Let's do as we agreed. This will be included in our Student Union's mutual aid fund to help our members tide over the difficulties."

As Li Changhe spoke, he handed the royalties for "The Rise of Great Powers" to Wang Jian.

He was helpless when talking about this. The payment for manuscripts these days was too low. It was a one-time deal and he didn't even get paid for the number of copies printed, let alone royalties.

Let’s not talk about royalties for now, but the remuneration based on the number of copies printed is indeed a loss.

If he remembered correctly, next year's national remuneration reform will restore the number of prints of remuneration. The so-called number of prints of remuneration means that when the book is reprinted, the basic remuneration will be gone and it will be calculated as X percentage per thousand copies.

He forgot the specific calculation amount, but every little bit counts, and with the print-based royalties, at least the royalties can be increased a little.

"Changhe, I don't think we need to take inventory. How can people not trust you?"

After the money was handed to Wang Jian, someone said with a smile.

Li Changhe waved his hands and said seriously, "You can't say that. Our feelings are our feelings, but we still need to check the public accounts like this clearly."

"Chang He is right. The deeper the relationship, the more we need to distinguish between public and private matters!"

"Count the money in front of everyone. If there are any problems in the future, it will have nothing to do with Changhe."

"Otherwise, if there is a mistake in the amount of money later, someone will definitely wonder if the money Changhe gave was wrong in the beginning."

"So I think Changhe is right about this matter. We must sort it out here in public."

Wang Jian said loudly.

"Come on, everyone, supervise me, I'll give you some money!"

Then, under the supervision of a group of people, Wang Jian counted the money twice, and after confirming that it was correct, he put the money away.

"I'll buy one of those iron boxes later, lock the money in it, and put it in the office of our Student Union."

"By the way, Changhe, now that "The Rise of Great Powers" has been completed, what should we do next?"

"Continue to do what? Continue studying?"

"We are students, not a professional magazine. Can we publish one book and then the next?"

"I understand everyone's excitement right now, but to be honest, during this period of publishing, the right time, right place and right people are all essential."

"Take our Rise of Great Powers for example. The reason why it became the most popular is that it coincided with the college entrance examination reform. Newly enrolled college students from all over the country were full of curiosity and helped spread our reputation by word of mouth."

"The second point is that it coincided with the country's policy of reform and opening up, preparing for peaceful development with the West. Under this policy, the timing of our book "The Rise of Great Powers" was just right, and it also contains some introductions to major Western countries."

"In fact, a large part of the popularity of our book this time is due to its purchase by government agencies."

"Government agencies and some foreign affairs departments in various places, especially those in coastal areas, have purchased our books for study and increase their understanding of Western countries."

"This is actually due to policy support, which is an unexpected factor."

"After publishing a popular book, we are excited and want to continue to work hard. This is understandable, but I think this mentality is not suitable for starting a new work."

"Firstly, everyone is in a state of uncertainty at the moment, and we don't have a good topic for the time being. I don't think it's appropriate to force a topic."

"Secondly, I think everyone's expectations are too high at this time. If the sales data of the work is not satisfactory after publication, many students will be hit hard and start to doubt themselves." "So this semester, let's calm down first, make learning knowledge the first priority, consolidate the knowledge first, and don't worry about publishing it a second time."

"The Peking University Alumni Society is famous for more than just one book, but we can't let down our reputation with the second book, right?"

Li Changhe said to other students with a smile.

Li Changhe actually understands their mentality very well. To put it bluntly, they are a bit overconfident and mysteriously self-confident.

Just like many of his colleagues he had seen in his previous life, their first book performed very well, but many people often did not cherish it.

I felt that if I could write the first book, I could write the second and third, so I easily cut the books and finished them!
Then when a new book is published and the data does not meet expectations, it is difficult to have the energy to continue to persevere. It is often easy to impulsively switch books, and then the cycle of reading one book after another continues.

This is actually when one's mentality collapses after writing, and then one will constantly doubt oneself and find it difficult to maintain one's own characteristics.

People in the Xueyou Society are actually now at a stage where they are very satisfied with their achievements.

The success of "The Rise of Great Powers" has made many of them feel a little proud at the moment, and perhaps they want further success.

But Li Changhe felt that this was difficult, and he didn't have a better topic at the moment.

So, let these people calm down for a while.

After hearing what Li Changhe said, some students felt that what Li Changhe said made sense, but others disagreed.

People's mentalities are always different.

After Wang Jian and the others left, Lao Tao smiled and said, "Changhe, I think your persuasion may not have much effect."

“Some of them will definitely continue to submit their works.”

Li Changhe nodded: "I can guess it, but it doesn't matter."

“If they really have the ability to submit articles, they can continue to submit to magazines or economic journals. That is also their strength.”

"But I don't want to do this kind of comprehensive manuscript for the time being. It's too tiring!"

He was already in ecstasy just looking up information about the Soviet Union, let alone information about other countries.

This was also one of the reasons why Li Changhe distributed the entire "Rise of Great Powers" to everyone in the Xueyou Society.

If he had to rely entirely on himself, he would have to spend many times more time and energy.

"By the way, Changhe, did you know that the Writers' Congress will be held soon?"

Tao Haisu said to Li Changhe.

Li Changhe was a little surprised when he heard this: "Literary Congress? What is that?"

Tao Haisu was a little surprised when he heard Li Changhe's words.

“You don’t know about the Literary Congress?”

"Do I really have to know this?"

Li Changhe was speechless, as if he had to know.

"No, aren't you a member of the Writers Association? How come you don't even know about the Writers' Congress?"

Tao Haisu was indeed surprised to hear that Li Changhe didn't know about the National Congress of Writers.

Li Changhe smiled bitterly and shook his head: "My membership in the Writers Association was granted on a special basis, mainly to facilitate some things. In fact, apart from being familiar with Editor-in-Chief Zhang and Editor-in-Chief Liu of People's Literature, I'm not really familiar with the others."

"Besides, I was busy with other things this summer and didn't go to see them."

"Tell me first, what exactly is this literary congress?"

Li Changhe asked curiously at this time.

Tao Haisu then began to explain to Li Changhe.

The National Congress of Literature and Art is actually the National Congress of Literary and Art Workers. This is the fourth session and it will be held on October 10 this year.

Not only writers will attend this conference, but also representatives of literary and artistic workers from various fields including literature, art, film, fine arts, music, etc., with a total number of thousands of people.

What this conference is actually discussing is the future direction of domestic literary and artistic work.

To put it bluntly, the purpose of the conference is to decide which literary and artistic directions can be pursued and which cannot.

After listening to Tao Haisu's talk, Li Changhe nodded in understanding: "So that's how it is. Then those who attend the conference are actually equivalent to representatives of the literary and art circles."

"In this case, I'm afraid I'm not qualified to attend the conference!"

Li Changhe has indeed become very famous in the past two years. He can be considered a representative of the new generation, so he is probably qualified enough.

But he is young after all, and his rise has been too short, just over two years at most, and his qualifications are too shallow.

In this kind of conference where seniority is the key, Li Changhe felt it was normal that he did not get a spot.

What's more, he has to go to school, so how can he have the time to attend so many consecutive days of meetings?

So he doesn't really care whether he is qualified or not.

"It's really hard to say about your qualifications. I feel like it's OK to give it to you, and it's OK not to give it to you. It's somewhere in between."

"But I said this for a different matter."

"When I was sent to work in the countryside in northern Shaanxi, we had a buddy named Lu Yao. He will come to Beijing with the Shaanxi Writers' Congress delegation and come to catch up with us."

"He wrote to me specifically asking me to ask you to come meet him when the time comes. Let's meet him together then!"

Tao Haisu said to Li Changhe with a smile.

Li Changhe nodded and said, "Okay, no problem!"

(I have to visit relatives in the morning, so I’ll post this chapter in advance!)

(End of this chapter)