Chapter 46 edit anecdotes

My cousin told me: Chen Jun, editor of a publishing house in Shanghai, received a manuscript from Nanjing Li when he got off work one day, and piled it up in the pile of manuscripts like a hill. Attached is a letter with only three lines: "Send my poor manuscript "Catching the Sea Collection", because I am suffering from cancer, I hope it can be reviewed as soon as possible." Chen thought to himself: A person who is about to die still writes a book and talks about it?Feeling curious, I turned a page.After reading a line, his eyes were attracted, and he slowly moved closer to the book table unconsciously, and sat down slowly, reading like a fascination.At 9:20 in the evening, the family found the editorial department and saw him holding the manuscript in his hand, leaning on the chair, looking at it intently.Question: "You haven't eaten yet!" The answer: "What meal?" The family shook their heads and smiled bitterly: "Hun'er has been hooked again!" The family asked for a review overnight, saying: "This person is precarious, and this book can last forever!"

After the reexamination, some minor changes were required, so Chen Yi took a car to Nanjing the next day.It was raining at night in Nanjing, so Chen hid the manuscript in his bosom and searched for Li's house.Seeing that Li's house was locked and locked, he asked his neighbors, and he replied: "I am critically ill. I was sent to the hospital yesterday. I am afraid that I am no longer alive." Chen was shocked, and found the hospital again.Li's disease has reached an advanced stage. He is less than five feet long and weighs no more than sixty.Li was over thirty years old, and he was not married. All his family property was piled up at the head of the bed and at the end of the bed, all of which were books.The two met each other and said to each other: "It's too late to meet each other!" Li Sui lay down on the bed to revise the manuscript, but he couldn't do it. It took a minute to write each word, and his hands were shaking.Chen then said: "I'll change it for you, change one sentence, read it to you, nod if you agree, and speak with your mouth if you disagree." So it was changed to the fifth watch.The doctors and nurses were all moved by this. They held Chen's hand and said, "Old Li is a strange man. He is so sick that he still misses his manuscripts. His life is all about his career. You saved him. We really want to save him." Thank you!" Tianming, Chen returned to Shanghai, and said before leaving: "I will go back, and the manuscript will be edited and sent out in a hurry, and the proofs will be printed soon, so take care!" Li Xiao said: "I will not die, I will Haven't seen the typeface yet!"

After Chen left, Li's condition deteriorated rapidly, the pain was unbearable, and it was hard to swallow.The doctor was helpless, and expected to survive only a day or two.But ten days passed, and he did not rest in peace.After another ten days, she lost her human form, and the pain was severe, and any acupuncture and medicine were of no avail.The doctors were all amazed: this man's vitality is so tenacious; but it is unbearable to see that he is tortured day and night, and there is no effective medicine to cure him.On the 21st day, a parcel from Shanghai suddenly arrived, and when he opened it, he took out the proofs of "Catching the Sea", and shouted, "Here comes the panacea!" However, his expression was quiet and his complexion was peaceful.At the end, he fully grasped the pen, signed the three characters "Li? Chang? Chang", suddenly leaned up and laughed: "I have no shame!"When the news reached Shanghai, Chen Zheng was sorting out the manuscripts, so he used his pen as incense, and wept bitterly at his desk.The publishing house sent Chen as a representative to attend the memorial service in Nanjing. At the meeting, recalling the manuscript, the audience burst into tears.Twenty days later, the sample book was printed, and Chen Fu took the book to Nanjing, where he burned it on Li's tomb with the book as paper money. "Catching the Sea Collection" was released in the world, and it was very popular. It was reprinted, but the supply is still in short supply.The cousin and Chen's early classmates had a close relationship. He often went to his house with a group of authors. Whenever Chen talked about this matter, he couldn't help but burst into tears.Since then, he has become more enthusiastic about editing, writing in handwriting "to make friends with articles, and to build a career as his life".Make a motto on the desk.