Culture Conquers Foreign Worlds

Chapter 13 Conflict of ideas

When Harvey retrieved the copy of “The Earl of Monte Cristo” and was about to leave Leonard Press, a middle-aged man with a sparse beard greeted him and looked up and down Harvey, his piercing eyes were steady and oppressive. : “You are Mr. Harvey Adrian, are you?”

Standing next to the two of them, Pulan frowned subconsciously. The middle-aged man in front of him was Mottly Evelyn, one of the veterans of Leonard Publishing’s reviewers. He has been a reviewer since the creation of the Leonard novel section. The person’s identity and qualifications are higher than that of all the reviewers present. However, Motley’s character is dull and serious. He doesn’t please his boss or has a good relationship with his colleagues, so he has not climbed to a higher position.

Regardless of his behavior, Motley’s quality as a reviewer is undoubted. Any work that has been reviewed by him, even if it cannot be sold, is a good reputation.

What does he want to do?

Puland remembered that in a small talk a few days ago, he had indeed not spent energy to review Harvey Adrian’s work. This incident was heard by Mortley and he reprimanded that he had not fulfilled his duties as a reviewer. To be honest, if Motley wants to take over his audit work, isn’t it just slap him in the face!

The unhappiness on his face swept across, and he whispered that Motley really couldn’t be a human being, and he deserved to be a reviewer all his life.

Harvey felt unexpected in his heart, stretched out his right hand and shook his head and said, “I am, what’s the matter?”

Motley is serious, “My name is Motley Evelyn, and I am also one of the reviewers of Leonard Press. In fact, there are still disputes between our reviewers about Mr. Adrian’s work. , We hope to review your work to decide whether to publish it.”

Harvey thoughtfully: “Isn’t the publication list confirmed?”

“Excellent work is an indispensable thing for our Leonard Press. Compared with an excellent work, the rules and systems are second. If Mr. Adrian’s work passes the review, I will apply for an additional publication.” Motley spoke with a sonorous voice.

Harvey turned his head and glanced at Pulan, and found that he was thinking about it with a strong smile, and nodded: “Well, then I will send someone to retrieve the “Count of Monte Cristo” the next day, hoping that my work has not disappointed you. ”

Leaving Leonard Publishing House, Harvey’s gloom in his heart dissipated a little. He didn’t know what happened inside Leonard Publishing House. Has “Count of Monte Cristo” really been censored? Motley’s words were given to him again. hope. Motley Evelyn made Harvey more trustworthy than that of Plan Garcia.

In the Leonard Publishing House, Puran caught up with Mortley, who was holding a copy of “The Count of Monte Cristo”, aggressively asking: “Mr. Evelyn, what do you want to do? The list of novel publications has been confirmed and cannot be changed. ! And what’s worth reviewing about a playboy’s work created out of interest.”

The eyes of the other reviewers in Leonard Publishing House focused on the two of them. None of them spoke. Motley Evelyn has extremely high qualifications in the publishing house.

Mottley returned to his office and put down the copy of the “Count of Monte Cristo” before slowly asking: “Garcia, what do you think of the handwritten manuscript?”

Pulan answered without hesitation: “A product of the backward era. Now all writers are popular to write novels with typewriters.”

“All?” Mortley’s serious expression rarely showed a sneer and disdain: “Most of the writers I have met still keep the habit of handwriting novels. I have come from that era and understand the inconvenience of handwriting.”

Motley added with a complex tone: “Slow speed, messy manuscripts, and troublesome printing. The shortcomings are far more than these.”

“Mr. Evelyn, then why…”

“Would you not ask those novelists who keep the habit of handwriting manuscripts with this question? Are they better than a reviewer who is less clear about the shortcomings of handwritten manuscripts? They are the real creators who personally transform the text into Cultural people, then why do they keep the habit of handwriting.”

“This one···”

“The times are different, I can understand your point of view, but I also have my own persistence. For whatever reason, I think novelists who can write in handwriting at least retain the enthusiasm for creation. Since this is the case, even this work is worthless. The reviewer needs to review and confirm the value of the work. This is the most basic respect for a novelist and the reviewer’s own responsibility. This review is a request made by me personally, and you don’t care.”

Pulan was speechless, unable to refute Motley’s words, and was unwilling to lose face in vain, and his face was strong to refute: “This will only reduce the efficiency of reviewing novels. During the call for submissions, we have to review dozens of works submitted a day. These are not considered The novelists who came to the publishing house lacked sincerity, so how could the quality be better!?”

Motley shook his head, and slowly said in a disappointed tone: “The novelist only needs to be responsible for his own work, and the reviewer is responsible for the novelist, nothing more.”

“Then we have nothing to talk about.” Pulan turned and left with a green face.

The open office experienced a short period of quiet and lively, and Motley’s words made many reviewers thoughtful.

Motley Evelyn looked at the photocopies on the desktop with folders and sighed silently. The ideas he insisted on are probably products of the old era in the eyes of others. This is the inevitable result of the advancement of the times. The popularity of the field of literature has made people lose their respect for literature, because anyone can create beautiful poems and write their own imaginations, but how much of it can be accepted by others works.

The previous job of reviewers was to help novelists create and solve all kinds of troubles. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com is now the person who selects and reviews novels in a true sense, and his status and concepts have undergone fundamental changes.

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At night, only two oil lamps are lit in the dark study room. The study room is full of bookshelves filled with hardcover books. The bookshelves can no longer hold more books so that a small number of books are neatly stacked next to the bookshelves. These books are neatly sorted and spotlessly clean. It can be seen how much the owner cherishes these books.

Mortley, the reviewer of the Leonard Press, put on his glasses and white gloves and took out the novel “Count of Monte Cristo” that he took over from Harvey today. He requested re-examination in his own name, and he needed to treat precious things carefully. Manuscript.

“Count of Monte Cristo”

Seeing the title of the novel, Motley thought about the meaning of the title in his mind. Is it a biography of a certain celebrity? Or a fictional character story?

turned the first page, he read the novel as a reviewer.

“The handwriting cannot be said to be beautiful, it is only the degree of distinguishing the meaning.”

Edmund Dantes, an energetic young acting captain, returns to Hong Kong. He is about to become the captain of a large ship and marry his beloved woman. However, he still has another task in his life. He is entrusted by the captain to meet the exiled island. King Augustine, the king commissioned him to deliver a secret letter to his cronies in the kingdom.

“The writing method is a bit strange, otherwise the words and sentences have never been seen, but the meaning is very easy to understand.” Motley keenly felt the strange writing method of “The Count of Monte Cristo”. Although many are easy to understand, there are a few that need him. After pondering over and over, combining the context to understand, he often suddenly realized that he marveled at the author’s whimsical ideas for creating new vocabulary.

For ordinary readers, this is a point reduction project, but Motley read it with gusto.