Chapter 391 Review
A thick envelope was sorted and delivered... and finally arrived at a tall building in the city of Orsay.
On the front of the building, there is a sign - 'Craftsmen Publishing House'.
This is a publishing house with which Roca had a good cooperative relationship before, and the literary works it publishes are best-sellers on the West Coast.
The receptionist gracefully signed for the thick stack of letters and quickly sorted them into categories.
Letters from readers are placed in a huge wooden barrel on the side. Manuscripts are sent directly to the editor-in-chief for personal review, while manuscripts from unfamiliar contributors are handed over to corresponding editors according to classification.
During this process, the envelope with the name "Roca" on it fell into the hands of the waitress.
"Give Mr. Roca's novel manuscript to editor Clem!"
She made a mark, picked up the pile of letters, went to the office on the second floor, and delivered them to each desk.
Clem is a middle-aged man with a beer belly and thick glasses.
At this time, while eating a sandwich, he opened Roca's envelope and took out the manuscript inside.
"The Nightingale has ended? It's a tragic ending! It's okay...Literary scholars prefer tragedies, although the general public prefers laughter..."
He muttered a few words, took a quick look, and then carefully read through each line: "Huh? Mr. Roca's writing skills seem to have improved a lot?"
As a fiction editor, Clem has sufficient experience and work experience.
Roca, whose pen name was originally "Mr. Ring", has certain literary skills, but he prefers to pile up gorgeous but meaningless complex words, just like a bouquet of flowers that is bright in appearance but has no real content. It withers after a period of time. It is okay at first glance, but it does not make people want to read it for a long time .
But this time, the other party used a realistic approach to the ending. Although the text is simple, it is just a few words, and the expressions of the protagonist and supporting characters seem to jump off the paper. Through the description of the environment, the psychology of each character is reflected. The coordination is clever, which makes people can't help but want to applaud.
"What a pity... If the whole article is written with such strength, I can recommend it to the editor-in-chief. It deserves better layout and resources..."
Clem muttered to himself, noticing that after the end of the novel, there was a brand new submission.
"No... more than one. Robert and Inlier? Horror House? One romance and one horror?"
Clem became interested, wiped his glasses, made himself a cup of coffee, and then began to read carefully.
Before I knew it, several hours had passed.
"No... Why did such a lovely and kind-hearted Yingliye die? Fate... You are so unfair..."
After reading Robert and Ingliet, Clem rubbed the corners of his eyes, which were a little wet.
“Although it is a clichéd love story, the author’s writing is mature and eloquent, and it seems to be happening around us…”
He didn't want to say that the novel reminded him of his first love and made him feel heartbroken.
In the afternoon, Clem began to read "Horror House" and was immediately attracted by the bizarre settings. He felt his scalp tingling at the bizarre murder methods, especially the moment when the murderer appeared at the end. It was completely unexpected and frightened him.
"Both novels are worth recommending. This author will definitely be famous. But... why did he insist on killing Ying Liye? Was it to win an award?"
Climb had to think about this.
In recent years, the trend of literary awards has been bad, with a preference for seriousness. Tragedy works are more likely to be favored than comedy works, and this has become an unspoken rule.
As for horror novels, they have a stable audience and it is easy to gain a group of die-hard fans.
All in all, these are two high-quality novels. If they were not recommended to the chief editor and the authors ran away, he would probably be beaten to a pulp!
Therefore, Clem took the manuscript and went directly to the office of Chief Editor Yim and knocked on the door: "Chief Editor, I want to recommend two novels..."
He stopped mid-sentence when he saw an unpleasant guy in the office.
He was a pale-faced man wearing a black windbreaker.
Clem didn't know the other party's name, but he knew that the other party belonged to the "Literary Works Review Committee", a strange but extremely powerful organization.
Any literary work to be published must first be "reviewed" by them; otherwise, it will not be able to obtain a publication number and will be considered illegal reading material.
A work that Clem had been very optimistic about inexplicably failed before it was released and became a big hit. It was useless to appeal afterwards, and he was so depressed that he had no temper at all.
“Climb? It just so happens that the matter this gentleman mentioned is related to you. I was going to call you anyway.”
Yim had a kind smile on his face.
"Hello sir, I'm Clem!"
Seeing the other person looking at him, Climb swallowed his previous complaints and immediately bent down, bowing as respectfully as possible.
"Well, one of the authors you are in charge of has the pen name 'Mr. Ring'. From now on, his manuscripts will be sent directly to my office for review."
The man in black said with a cold face.
"no problem."
Climb nodded repeatedly, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.
Finally, under Im's murderous gaze, he told him that Mr. Ring had sent him several manuscripts.
"Then please leave it to me."
The man in black said politely but unquestionably: "I also need a quiet office."
"Of course." Yim quickly asked someone to prepare.
Gavin took over the office directly and began to review the manuscripts.
As an examiner of the 'Examination Committee', he certainly knew that his organization was part of the Secret Keepers.
It is their responsibility to review all publicly published publications every year to ensure that no information related to the paranormal is spread.
As an investigator, Roca was said to have written short poems with supernatural powers, so he was naturally the focus of scrutiny.
He looked at the manuscript with a serious expression, took out a white crystal and placed it on the manuscript.
After more than ten seconds, there was no abnormality in the white crystal, and the inside did not become turbid.
"Very good... There is no abnormal power contamination. Then, the next step is to check whether there is any information that should not be leaked..."
Gavin found a chair and sat down, beginning to review it word by word.
It turns out that Fang Xian's works are very 'clean' and do not involve any ritual knowledge or mysterious worship.
Especially romance novels, which have nothing to do with this aspect.
" The House of Terror" tells the story of a highly intelligent serial killer, but his method of killing is very ingeniously conceived.
"There should be no problem. It can be approved."
Gavin put down the manuscript and thought of his first love for some reason. His heart ached: "But... why did Ying Liye die?"
