Chapter 378 Can it Create Miracles
A certain online celebrity bookstore in the Forty-Nine City, because it has opened a special section for Magic City Publishing House in the bookstore, it can be considered a cooperation.
President Jian came over to take a look.
The two met in the rest area of the Internet celebrity bookstore. Gu Lu even felt that the rest area was the main body, occupying six-tenths of this pioneering building, and it had a very "filmmaking" style. A small dessert on a bone china plate, a drink in the left hand and a book in the right hand, it looks like a young and elegant person who has passed the quiet time. Gu Lu has seen several customers of this style.
I had time to observe my surroundings because the conversation between Gu and Jian was interrupted and the older interlocutor answered the phone. He didn't avoid answering the phone, he just lowered his voice.
Soon after, President Jian’s voice became a little louder: “There’s no need for me to come back and get it.” “It’s troublesome for you to run around. It’s really...”
Putting down the phone, it was obvious that the person on the other side had hung up. . President Jian sighed first, setting the tone of the next words.
He said, "Your Aunt Fang made soup for you this morning. You asked me to take it with you when I went out this morning, but I forgot about it."
" She called just now and said she would deliver it to you." President Jian's tone was a bit jealous, "I came all the way, so I'm not afraid of trouble."
"Ah, that's it. ..." Gu Lu immediately said, "I can just go over and get it. It would be too troublesome for Aunt Fang to buy it specially."
"Uncle Jian, tell Aunt Fang quickly, let's go back." As he spoke, Gu Lu lifted his butt off the chair cushion, and when his legs were about to stand up straight, Uncle Jian's voice came.
Seeing the other party's actions, President Jian was stunned for a moment and said, "You can't change what your Aunt Fang decided. And let her run around more. She hasn't run like this for a long time."
Back The words suddenly dropped, just like the green falling line of a stock, falling with a sense of loss.
As expected, what Uncle Jian said next was, "Before Xiao Xi and Chang Li went abroad, your Aunt Fang often made soup for them, but they were worried about the trouble and wouldn't let them."
"Haha, trouble." President Jian sneered, but it quickly dissipated, like an autumn rain, leaving nothing behind except the coolness.
Gu Lu probably knew that Uncle Jian had two children and had lived abroad for many years. If it wasn't for the holidays, he would never come back.
“Society is progressing and people need to create higher value, so young people are busy.” President Jian rounded off his words again.
Halfway through standing up, the chair moved back a little, and Gu Lu now pulled the stool back. I wanted to bring the topic back, but if I continued talking, the atmosphere would definitely freeze. The first meaning of trouble is definitely the fear of trouble to the parents, and the second and deeper meaning is the fear of trouble for the children. It is not clear which level is more important, Jianzi or Jiannu.
“We’ll just wait.” President Jian scooped out a small piece of cake with a spoon and took the initiative to change the subject. “When this bookstore owner came to the publishing house to discuss cooperation, he laid out the ten advantages of his bookstore and compared it with other bookstores. "Ten shortcomings."
"Oh, Guo Jia is reincarnated, winning ten times and losing ten times." Gu Lu smiled.
"One disadvantage and one advantage is that the desserts and tea drinks in other bookstores are all cut from leeks and do not live up to their name. But their store hired a pastry chef who graduated from the French Renault Institute." President Jian said, "But I was eating There seems to be no difference."
"Of course there is a difference," Gu Lu said, "The fee will be more expensive."
Looking at the Brittany and eclairs on the table, they are small. Two yuan, the price is one hundred and eighty. Including drinks, the price per person is around 120. At this price, eating hot pot in the foggy city can make foreign tourists suffer from diarrhea.
“To the point.” President Jian nodded.
While waiting for the delicious soup, we talked about offline physical stores. Large publishing houses have exhibition halls to display high-quality products published over the years. There is no requirement to make a profit. The main function is to establish the company's image.
It’s just that President Jian wants to make some money for the exhibition hall. I will talk to Gu Lu about this, mainly because Gu Lu has become the only writer in China with an offline peripheral flagship store based on "The Little Prince".
Regarding offline peripheral stores, Gu Lu shared some ideas of domestic agent Guo Dafa. President Jian also sincerely asked for advice, so he bought a notebook on the spot and recorded it with the pen he carried with him.
“I think Brother Guo made a good point. The most important thing for a store’s success is its location. Just like a gourmet store, no matter how delicious your food is, if you open it in a remote place, the business will not be as good as a store with a university opposite. ." After some analysis, Gu Lu concluded.
"Xiao Gu, what do you think about this store..."
Before President Jian finished speaking, he was interrupted by a calm female voice, "Trouble Xiao Gu all the time. , come to the bookstore to relax, and also talk about work with others. Why can’t we finish talking about so much work?”
It was Aunt Fang who came, holding a thermos bucket in her hand.
"Don't listen to your Uncle Jian. It's time for you to grow. Take a good rest and eat." Aunt Fang put the thermos bucket on the table and landed on the table with a solid sound. You can feel the "care" inside the bucket.
Aunt Fang seemed to have thought of something again, and added, "I just released a book abroad, think about it carefully and have a good rest. Otherwise, no matter how much money you make, your body will be damaged, and you won't be able to do it. Don't follow you." Jian Shuxue has high blood sugar and problems with his lumbar spine, shoulders and neck. He still needs acupuncture every Saturday. "
It is very easy to have problems with the lumbar disc and shoulders due to long-term sitting work. Gu Lu remembered the conversation more than half an hour ago, about Uncle Jian's urging for the manuscript.
"Yes, you should have a good rest, even if you want to write two books a year. Then it's still early." President Jian said immediately.
Gu Lu smiled and nodded.
After chatting in this internet celebrity bookstore for a while, we dispersed. Carrying the thermos bucket, Gu Lu took it home. Aunt Fang's soup is Kung Fu soup, which takes a lot of time and is difficult to eat outside.
I drank a bowl as soon as I got home and felt warm in my stomach.
"Is it because Uncle Jian works so hard that he doesn't have time to think about it?"
It's possible, but I can't figure it out specifically. After all, people's The seven emotions and six desires are too complicated. For example, Gu Lu has been thinking about the decisions he made in the past.
Unknowingly, Gu Lu had swallowed all the white soup in the thermos bucket. Bulky.
Gu Lu's only thought is - don't get up tonight.
Turn on the computer and first complete the small tail (two-thirds) of the first chapter of "From the New World". I promised to send the opening chapter to read, but I still have to do it.
The sound of typing resounded in the study, and I felt sleepy after a while. Gu Lu went to brush his teeth and continued to fight with the keyboard.
Sure enough, what Holmes said makes sense. A state of hunger is more conducive to thinking.
After eating and feeling sleepy, I finished writing in about an hour. It's still early to take a look at the clock and write a short story for a while.
It’s hard to win the Lu Xun Short Story Award with just one article published in People’s Literature, right? He still has about twenty articles in his pocket. Putting aside the inappropriate ones, there are still many choices.
Gu Lu has read Aimee’s selected collection several times. The most recent feeling is that Aimee is really good. He knows that few people like to read literary short stories. Therefore, a gimmick is used to trick the readers in, and then the "knowledge" is suddenly stuffed into your mind after you read it. Just like the domestication of people in the social division of labor in "Dwarf", the next article...
Forgot to mention, "Dwarf" will be serialized in People's Literature next month.
On weekdays, Gu Lu's sleep time is from 11 to 11:30, while President Jian sleeps later.
As Aunt Fang said, President Jian is also half a workaholic.
At 10:30 in the evening, he was still sitting in the study in his pajamas. Fortunately, he and his wife slept in separate beds. Returning to the bedroom late will not delay Aunt Fang's sleep. Some people say that the happiness of middle-aged and elderly couples lies in sleeping in separate beds, but I don’t know if this is true.
Plan tomorrow's itinerary in advance, light a cigarette in your free time, and browse the news on the Internet during the day on the computer. The message of being an editor-in-chief cannot be left behind.
He is more concerned about the adaptation of "Hingguo" today. After all, "Hingguo" is a work of Children's Publishing House, which is also his contribution.
In the previous hot search news, President Jian followed the account "Fog City Local Treasure". It is not an official account, but a self-media of Fog City. It usually publishes some tourism resources in the main urban areas of Fog City, including hotels in Fairy Mountain, Simian Mountain, Jinyun Mountain, etc.
President Jian is not interested in tourism resources or anything like that. He mainly wants to know how "Bing Guo" affects the real situation. This is also the content that the Fogdu Local Treasure account recently posted.
[Picture][Picture][Picture] Wait for the nine-square grid.
Choose a representative picture to talk about.
"Fan Ru Stone Road" "Old Wood Slope" "Go up the steps at the morning milk tea shop and turn left for twenty meters"...
Dukou District has invested resources to start building infrastructure for tourists. , and put up the location sign very quickly. Even the signs are designed to make it easier for tourists to take photos. Try to install it in a conspicuous place without affecting the check-in. For example, the sign for morning milk tea is placed under the stairs.
Indeed, guiding the way is a top priority. Many scenic spots have to be walked around seven times and eight times. Ask the locals... Don’t think that the locals will not get lost in the foggy city!
For morning milk tea (Sister Li, who changed her name overnight, makes lemonade by hand), thirty sticks of incense must be served!
“It’s done well. We don’t have to charge for it right away. The most important thing is to retain the customer flow first.” President Jian praised it.
The main thing is that I have eaten pancakes in the Dukou District. Over there at No. 37 Middle School, the storefronts on both sides of the road were not affordable to rent. There was no traffic, resulting in one shop opening and another failing. Only two old fly shops relied on word of mouth to survive. Since becoming a check-in place at the end of 2017, everything has been different, and it can even reach the peak of steel flowers during holidays!
Ganghua Road was the most prosperous area in Dukou District in the past. At that time, the heavy steel factory had not been moved, and the consumption power was very good. How good is it exactly? Moved to Lewen, the birthplace of Widow Qing. The per capita annual income of the 50,000 people near the factory has increased by three Dabula.
"Oreki and Fan Ru, when this book was published, I thought it was Xiao Gu's worst work. I didn't expect that it could shine in another channel, no matter what the subject matter, just like "Harry Potter", it can shine It has a great influence on reality, even if it is not literature.”
“I don’t know where it will go in the end. If I can change the economic situation of a region by myself, it will be great.” President Jian said half-jokingly. I don’t dare to say this out loud, because it will make people laugh. But he felt like he was witnessing a miracle.
After all, "Those who believe in miracles are as great as the miracles themselves," right!
There are literati in China who have single-handedly changed regions, but they are all after death, such as Li Bai, Zhou Shuren and so on.
There are none alive yet.
(End of this chapter)