Chapter 380 The evil wind flourishes
Note that this man’s name is Dafa.
Guo Dafa, he likes "big" in everything, and his parents' names are really correct. Maybe it has something to do with body shape. I also buy clothes in one size larger. I also like to wear bigger shoes, with at least six to seven centimeters of inner height gain. Tall and big are about the same.
"Brother Guo, didn't you bow your head in Chengdu? Why did you come to the capital?" Gu Lu asked. And he didn't say anything before coming.
"Rongcheng - Hey, Eastern Suburb Memory has basically agreed to my request, but the specific details need to be worked out. Don't be in a hurry, just get there before school starts." Guo Dafa said.
As the provincial capital of Chengdu, Sichuan, you should know the strength of this city. Currently, students are about to go on summer vacation. Strictly speaking, I missed a wave of bonuses from this summer vacation.
“You actually basically agree?” Gu Lu was surprised, “Brother Guo, I wanted to shake my head (disgusted) when I heard your conditions, but Eastern Suburb Memory actually agreed.”
< br>Putting your head on the head is a bit close to dialect, but Guo Dafa can roughly understand it based on the context.
"Teacher Da Gu, the anime adaptation of your previous novel "Bingguo" has been very popular recently," Guo Dafa explained, "Eastern Suburb Memory is building a two-dimensional industry, so I agreed. The only requirement is , except for the Wudu main store and the Rongcheng store, no more Little Prince peripheral stores can be opened in the southwest region. "
The center of the second dimension in the country must be the Magic City, there is no dispute. The largest comic exhibition CP (COMICUP) in China is held in Shanghai. If he hadn't made a big mistake in 2023 and was disliked by the Magic City officials, he would have transferred to Qiantang. But there are so many two-dimensional people in the country right now. After eating the meat in the city, there is still soup left over. This is what Rongcheng has planned.
Dongjiao Memory was the former Hongguang Electronic Tube Factory in Chengdu. It was later successfully transformed into a multicultural park for music, art, drama, photography, etc. Every Saturday, Eastern Suburb Memory has cos activities. Look clearly, it’s everyone. In addition, holidays such as Labor Day and National Day are even more lively. To sum up, Chengdu and Dongjiao Memory are bound to win the Little Prince peripheral store.
"Southwestern District? What area does it include specifically?" Gu Lu asked.
"Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Chongqing and Tibet, these five provincial units." Guo Dafa answered.
Oh, it turned out to be these five poor brothers. That’s okay. Gu Lu thought there was nothing wrong with Guo Dafa’s approach.
Don’t mention the Fog City, because it is the birthplace of the Little Prince and the location of the real planet B375. Apart from this factor, given the second dimension and purchasing power in the Southwest, the only place that can support the sales of offline stores is Chengdu.
"Teacher Dagu, why do you attach so much importance to offline stores?" Guo Dafa asked curiously. In China, he is a peripheral store, selling film and television rights, and moving forward on three legs. But it was the smaller peripheral stores that Gu Lu asked the most about and worried about the most.
The size is indeed small. Even if the size of a single store is estimated to be in the tens of millions, there are only two stores. Gu Luguang sold the rights to the three short stories in the "Yesterday's Park" short story collection, which totaled tens of millions.
"You suddenly asked this, which stunned me." Gu Lu thought for a long time, and it was true. He responded, "Maybe I am a little wary of the prosperity of the Internet economy. I believe that the physical industry is the key to a successful life. "
Guo Dafa nodded and expressed his understanding, "It can be seen that several science fiction short stories in "The Wandering Earth" are warnings about the development of science and technology. "
What he is talking about is ". Several short stories from "Pattern Man".
As mentioned earlier, compared to Liu's interstellar romance, Bradbury is cautious about the development of science and technology. This science fiction short story published by Neon is divided into two parts. The upper part is written by Liu, and the second part is written by Bradbury. He was also praised by neon literary critics as "a science fiction writer who coexists with romance and caution."
Immediately afterwards, Guo Dafa said another thing.
After hearing this, Gu Lu responded, "The chief persuasion officer of Dangdang.com? Let's put it simply, is it a spokesperson? It's so complicated."
"Yes, but now the Internet I just like these silly concepts," Guo Dafa said, "Chief Experience Officer, Chief Recommendation Officer and so on."
"What do you think?" Gu Lu thought about the pros and cons, but he didn't think about it for the time being. For accurate answers, ask.
"Dangdang.com is the largest channel for book sales in China, and other China Pictures, Taobao Books, and Amazon Books are not comparable. Channels are very critical to us, so we can agree." Guo Dafa said, "But this This is Teacher Da Gu’s first endorsement, and the first time you always have to sell it at a good price.”
I always feel that you are driving, but Gu Lu has no evidence, “So the current situation is. "The price offered by Dangdang is not good?"
"The endorsement fee is very sincere, but other conditions are not negotiated." Guo Dafa said that he hopes that Dangdang can hold consultations every year. Lu’s special works are recommended.
Don’t underestimate the details of these recommendations, they are the key to contract negotiations. For example, if you reveal a little bit about the platinum contract information of China Literature Contract, ordinary writers can only block it once. However, the number of citations for platinum writers can be adjusted in the contract. Of course, with the current system introduced by China Literature, platinum writers have lost this advantage, but it is also reflected in other aspects.
"There is really no problem in persuading people to read. It is a very good fig leaf. I still remember the first time I gave a speech in front of the whole school in junior high school, which was about persuading people to read." Gu Lu said that he would not communicate with the channel make life difficult for.
"The Little Prince" is a regular on the best-seller list, and Dangdang's online fairy tale sales are still far ahead every year. But the sales of other works on Dangdang.com are average. If there is a special recommendation every year, the sales of Gu Lu's other books can be further improved.
Gu Lu and Guo Dafa were chatting about business matters, and the Southern Metropolis Daily released an exclusive interview with Gu Lu.
This is an exclusive interview conducted to promote the new work.
In the process, I made a little comment on "The Little Prince". Gu Lu had some objections to the list of winners of that year's "National Excellent Fairy Tale Literature Award".
The main thing is that "The Little Prince" should win an award! To be fair, The Little Prince is really in the first echelon with "Grimm's Fairy Tales", "Andersen's Fairy Tales" and "The Happy Prince".
There are only nominations, so a little complaint is normal.
Be reasonable. With Gu Lu's current status and reputation, he can tell the truth.
The Organizer of the "National Fairy Tale Novel Award", the Writers Association did not say a word and used the traditional skill of the official unit to "play dead".
Even though Gu Lu is just an ordinary member of the Writers' Association, a member of the presidium of the Fog City Writers' Association. His status is really low... But let alone the Writers' Association, the leaders of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles did not dare to refute Gu Lu.
The full name of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles is: China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. The Writers Association, Musicians Association, Artists Association, Film Association, etc. are all managed by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. To put it bluntly, they are the leadership unit of the Writers Association (generally the chairman of the Writers Association is the chairman of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles). In the years when Gu Lu didn't publish his works, the Writers Association and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles invited him several times. It's just that if you go further, it will be too restrictive. The rule is that if you don't show up for three meetings, you will be dismissed. Therefore, Gu Lu refused.
The Writers Association is pretending to be dead, but some people are ignorant -
Yan Feng, the author of the award-winning fairy tale "Camel Bells Ringing" at the "10th National Outstanding Fairy Tale Novel Award", jumped out.
[Story and literature are not relative. To be literary and artistic, there must be a story, but if there is a story, it does not necessarily have literary value.
Gu Lu has given us many wonderful stories, and the Outstanding Fairy Tale Literature Award has higher requirements for literary quality.
Reply on why some people’s works cannot win awards.
If it doesn't win the award, it means it's not literary enough, and there's nothing controversial about it. ]
No name was mentioned, but it was too obvious who he was talking about.
What I'm trying to point out is the lack of literary quality in "The Little Prince".
The Writers Association has three major awards: Mao Dun Literature Award, Lu Xun Literature Award, and National Outstanding Fairy Tale Literature Award. Lu Xun's term is every two years, and the other two are every four years.
Five long-form fairy tales won awards in the 10th session. Yes, four or five novels were awarded in each session, so the Little Prince nomination was unsuccessful, and Gu Lu was a little unconvinced.
Yan Feng's words are supported by many writers.
I once said that writers belong to a circle. Gu Lu was just included in the Peking University literary circle? The reason for the question mark is that Peking University Literature did not have this overall concept before.
Yan Feng is from the northwest literary circle. The northwest literary circle has a long history, and it is normal to have supportive remarks.
""Flowers for Algernon", "Flatland" and "Mr. Holmes" are all very wonderful works, but the literary nature - anyone with a certain literary literacy should know that these few The literary nature of this work is limited. "
Northwest Circle Chen Xiaolong said that the name is definitely a pseudonym, not his real name.
"Perhaps Teacher Gu Lu has a misunderstanding about the National Outstanding Fairy Tale Literature Award. This is not an award for popular works."
"The National Outstanding Fairy Tale Literature Award is the most authoritative fairy tale award in China, and the judges are all very professional. . It is very childish for a writer to question the jury seat without winning the award."
And so on.
This incident did not cause any reaction on the Internet - to be honest, the nature of the Internet "always pursues explosive points and always pursues novelty." It’s not like you can be on the hot search list casually.
But it seems to have a great impact on the offline literary circle, and people in the publishing industry are discussing this matter in their spare time.
They are clearly divided into two categories. The Yan Feng category is "Don't blame the rough road if you can't do it." The other category is that there is something wrong with "The Little Prince" not winning the award.
It’s just the latter category, most of them will not stand up and speak. nonsense! Isn't it true that standing up and speaking out is criticizing the Writers' Association for something wrong? The Writers Association doesn't dare to deal with Gu Lu, but it can't deal with you?
Therefore, the winners of public opinion are Yan Feng, and July ended under such circumstances.
August.
If it were the beginning of a supernatural novel, it would be called the Four Moons.
In current words, we call it "Zhuang Yue", and the source of Zhuang Yue is also "The strong is strong, and the Yin is strong in August."
From the meaning, it is indeed the case. The writers headed by Yan Feng are really Yin Feng. Sheng!
(End of this chapter)