Chapter 390: Can we still urge updates like this?
A two-pronged approach, Gu Lu wants both. It’s just that the plan needs a small adjustment——
Elementary schools have library corners, junior high schools have libraries, and only middle schools and colleges have libraries.
Friends who often go to elementary school should know that if it were not the teacher's task, there would be very few students in elementary school who would borrow extracurricular books. There are a little more in junior high school, but there is a sudden decrease in high school. Mainly because studying in high school, falling in love, and playing games consume too much time. Gu Lu remembered that the library of No. 8 Middle School was mostly filled with students studying by themselves. During the one-and-a-half-hour lunch break at noon, many people hid in the library and secretly studied.
Just not seeing it is one thing, but whether it is there or not is another thing.
Gu Lu left the hospital and went home to make a more careful plan. He has a somewhat selfish idea. Since donations are charity everywhere, then there is no problem in choosing the school in Fog City, right?
I dialed the phone number of the publishing house and contacted New Youth Publishing House, Modou People's Publishing House, Xinxing Publishing House and Children's Publishing House.
I believe everyone can see that they are all publishing houses that have cooperated with Gu Lu.
Although there was a rift with Children's Publishing House, "The Little Prince" and "Flatland" were signed for three years (basically 3-5 year contracts in the publishing market), and they still wanted to renew. Compared with other fairy tale books that cannot sell even if they are reprinted, The Little Prince has been on the bestseller list all year round; Flatland is slightly weaker, but it can be listed as a required reading subject for junior high school students and has stable sales every year.
Get books directly from four publishers, and the variety of books is completely sufficient. Gu Lu was not stupid. If he found a second-level bookseller, he would be slaughtered like a fat pig. I have to say something here... Gu Lu is not used to his status as an expert yet. He should purchase it from the China Publishing Group Corporation as an expert at the Big Diplomacy International Think Tank, and the price will be cheaper.
As for distributors, the needs of experts from the six core think tanks do not involve distributors at all.
There is no way, just entering the expert class, it still takes time to get used to it. After all, Gu Lu has never been so equal before, even when he was famous.
For the remaining two scholarships, No. 37 Middle School and No. 8 Middle School, Gu Lu considered calling them "Gu Lu Li Riyao Scholarship" and "Gu Lu Gao Huilan Scholarship."
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Professionals work very efficiently, and Lu Ping's Indomitable Crocodile series is expected to be worth more than 100,000 yuan. The Little Prince flagship store has added new peripherals, and the "Stadium Writer Gu Lu" series has been added to the shelves.
When Yao Xiaoju told Lu Ping the good news, the latter was very happy and said, "A hundred thousand? If I had known the price, why would I care about this!"
Even so, Yao Xiaoju felt a little disappointed in the other person's smile. However, it may also be Yao Xiaoju's subjective perspective. After all, a family like Lu Ping would definitely be happy if he received hundreds of thousands for no reason.
The next day, Gu Lu, Guo Dafa, and Yao Xiaoju met to discuss the copyright as a whole. Most of Guo's thoughts are focused on developing the domestic film and television drama market, because the domestic market has been booming in the past two years! Most of Yao's thoughts are also on film and television adaptation, but the direction of his efforts is to sell it to Hollywood.
Gu Lu deeply felt what it means to be strong and strong. Other writers rely on luck to sell copyrights, but his new book "From the New World" has sold a lot of copyrights even though it only has the beginning.
On Thursday afternoon, Yao Xiaoju finished his domestic affairs and was about to leave.
But before that, Yao Xiaoju made a big deal. To be precise, I helped people do something big.
That night at Wangfujing Department Store——
Wangfujing Department Store is well-known and very close to Tiananmen Square. Many foreign tourists come here to check in when traveling to Forty-Nine City.
Let’s talk about the department store. There is a very conspicuous place, which is the 650-square-meter Unilumin LED display on the facade.
Normally I will do some naked-eye 3D, special moments... special refers to the passing of a celebrity. The fan club will take over this screen and display Happy Birthday to XX on it. If the star is popular enough, even the big screen in Times Square in New York can be booked.
The more landmark a building is, the more expensive it is to book.
"When you return to China, you still treat me to dinner. Brother Yao, that's so polite." Gu Lu said.
I insisted on dragging him to Wangfujing, saying that he wanted to eat at a very famous restaurant in the mall. At that time, King Gulu was a little confused. Aren't the food in the mall basically all chain stores? Is there any one that is particularly memorable?
The dinner just now also proved Gu Lu's point of view, the taste was average! But don't be picky about other people's treats. This is the rule.
Yao Xiaoju and Gu Lu were chatting and walking out of the mall. Suddenly the former's cell phone beeped, as if a scheduled alarm clock rang.
King Gulu heard the person next to him whisper, "It's almost time."
"What's almost done?" Before Gu Lu could ask the doubts in his heart, more noisy exclamations could be heard in his ears, from men and women, both in Chinese and English.
Yes, there are many foreigners in Wangfujing Department Store.
Looking around, Gu Lu found that everyone was looking at the UniMing LED display and subconsciously looked over——
[Mr. Gu Lu, when will you update the Cthulhu series of novels? !
(Above in English)]
Signed: A sincere call from British readers, The Return of the Father of Cthulhu.
The background is a series of artistic fonts in English, which translated into Chinese is: "Your name keeps changing, your image is not the same, but it was in the past, it is now, and it will be in the future; time is now, time is past, time is future, and you It is time; the snake has joined its tail and formed a ring of bones; the stars have broken, the old seal has lost its tip, open to me, the waiting Lord of Darkness..."
ha? Wait, this is, holy shit, the update reminder is on the Wangfujing screen? Gu Lu's mind was buzzing, as if he had been hit by a crazy Erha.
The tourists around had taken out their mobile phones and started taking pictures, and the discussion was heated.
"Gu Lu? He is a very good writer of diplomatic articles. He also writes about the little prince, but what is the Cthulhu series?" "British readers are urging readers to come to China. It is hard to imagine how crazy things Gu Lu has done! "Who is so inhumane? Isn't it expensive to buy this screen?" "Is Gu Lu so popular abroad? Isn't it the only Sherlock Holmes fan?" Wait.
A few years ago, the Global Times reported on the Cthulhu series, and it was in the report that Gu Lu corrected the name of the Weymouth series for the first time.
"No wonder, Brother Yao, is this the performance you prepared for me tonight?" Gu Lu understood.
"Brother Gu, it's not my fault, the British readers are really pressing for it." Yao Xiaoju said, "And not only the big screen in Wangfujing, but also the big screen in Times Square in New York has been booked. It's the same content. ”
"?" Whenever a little question mark appears in Gu Lu's mind, it's not his problem.
Yao Xiaoju spread his hands and told the truth. British readers are equal to Kane. According to Kane, he is fully prepared for the "old king" to take the throne. People come to see Yao every now and then.
If you ignore it...that won't work, because Kane is a popular British writer and there are many opportunities to collaborate with him. Of course, taking a step back, Yao Xiaoju is also a little selfish. It is best to re-enter Europe through Cthulhu.
With this scene in mind, it was Yao who helped contact this Wangfujing advertisement.
"I don't mean anything else...Did Mr. Kane go to a psychological clinic?" Gu Lu asked. He couldn't understand why the Sun reporter who was hostile before turned into a writer who perfected the Cthulhu framework.
Regarding this problem, Yao Xiaoju couldn't explain it for a while. Seeing this, Gu Lu nodded, "That's okay. I'll write it after I finish my work next week."
"Okay, I can also give Kane an explanation." Yao Xiaoju asked casually, "I asked Brother Gu to come out to play skewers last night. You said you didn't have time, but you were busy with some cultural festival?"
"The International Student Cultural Festival outside Zhejiang requires some coordination, so it is quite busy." Gu Lu said.
"Okay, okay, I'm going to fly to England in two days." Yao Xiaoju said.
"Don't you wait until you finish attending the premiere of the theatrical version of "Heizi" before leaving?" Gu Lu asked, "After all, Brother Yao, you also returned to China for this matter."
"If I were interested in animation, I would have bought a ticket to watch Neon when it was released." Yao Xiaoju waved his hand.
Yao Xiaoju didn't know Japanese before. In the past two years, he handled a lot of business in Tokyo, so he went to learn it and learned it quickly. Currently, I can communicate in Japanese without any problem. As expected, the motivation to make a small amount of money is very strong.
"After we have had enough wine and food, we have completed what the British readers told us. Let's go back to the hotel." Yao Xiaoju prepared to end tonight's activities.
Wait - Gu Lu's eyes lit up, and he suddenly said, "Brother Yao, I'll give it to you."
"No, no, Brother Gu, you are too polite." Yao Xiaoju waved his hand.
"By the way, let's go green and take the subway." Gu Lu took the lead in walking towards the subway station regardless of the other party's reaction.
Isn't it good to take a taxi? Yao Xiaoju passively stepped onto the downward escalator.
Gu Lu's movement of swiping his card was a bit like Mr. Shu's smoking movement in the movie, stretching out his hand. The action was quite exaggerated, and Yao Xiaoju, who was about to swipe Alipay behind him, was stunned for a moment.
What do you mean? Yao Xiaoju didn't understand, so he followed behind.
During this time, the subway is a bit crowded.
There was no seat for the two of them. After about two or three minutes, Gu Lu said, "Mobile phones are very convenient nowadays. You can swipe codes for anything. However, it is easy to run out of battery, so it is better to have a card with substance."
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As he spoke, Gu Lu waved the special card with a blue background twice.
The next moment, the words from the other side made Gu Lu unable to move. Yao Xiaoju said, "But there are shared power banks at every subway station. If it's 10%, just borrow one as soon as possible. That's okay."
"..." Gu Lu coughed twice, "The remaining five percent was gone in the blink of an eye. It's very unreliable."
"Indeed, so you should carry some cash with you when you go out. If your phone is out of battery, you can still use cash to buy tickets." Yao Xiaoju said.
"Look at the blue color of my card. Doesn't it look particularly nice?" Gu Lu was about to reveal his card.
Yao Xiaoju understood that it turned out to be a subway card. But what’s there to show off about a metro card?
Okay, who calls you the boss? Yao Xiaoju still decided to cooperate with the performance, "Let me see, um, this is blue, really blue... huh? Is this card serious?"
The logo on the card is very simple [Number: 28], and there is a line of small words printed on the back. Other subway cards are sold by certain subway companies. But this blue card is different. A line of small words reads [Specially issued by the Fruit Council].
This is why Yao Xiaoju changed his tone later.
Gu Lu suppressed the corner of his mouth, "It looks good, I also think this blue color is particularly good-looking... Oh, you are talking about the issuing unit. This card is a benefit for experts from the national think tank. I didn't want to mention it at first." Think tank The identity of experts can be queried on the Internet and is public, even in some Baidu encyclopedias. In short, there is no need to keep it secret.
Don't you want to mention it yet? But okay, even if he knew that the other party was deliberately showing off, Yao Xiaoju had to admit that the other party had faked it!
"Becoming a nationally certified expert at the age of twenty-four, Brother Gu is really..." Yao Xiaoju wanted to find a word to describe it, but after thinking about it, those words were not accurate enough. Even saying "really an exaggeration" is not an exaggeration enough.
Only "Awesome!" best reflects Yao Xiaoju's current mood.
While the two of them were taking the subway, the news about #The Strongest Readers in History# was already being discussed on the Internet by many netizens. Although it wasn't trending or anything like that, there were a lot of people joining the discussion.
As long as there is traffic, there is motivation, so the self-media have uncovered several privately translated Cthulhu short stories.
"I found that many of Gu Lu's works are unavailable at home and abroad, like Neon's Suspect and British Cthulhu. Why is this happening?" "Because Gu Lu is the only writer who can change his writing style according to regional characteristics. No one will object to me saying this, right? ""Remind Gu Lu, don't go to Da Ying, guns are not allowed abroad, just in case of crazy readers giving away specialties"...
But gradually things went wrong, and netizens began to use this post to urge the author to read more. What about "The great actor and principal are still not updated?" "Does Ning Zhiyuan dare to finish the Chu Family's Spring and Autumn Period?" "Will I ever see the completion of the Legend of the Great Sage in this lifetime?" and so on.
There are too many pigeons in the comment area, enough for John Woo to take pictures of the heroes on both sides.
Some netizens used Gu Lu's case as a warning, "Look, look, don't imitate Gu Lu, otherwise it will blow up on the big screen."
Anyway, the message area was filled with joy for a while.
Let's talk about a place with a depressive atmosphere, which combines joy and becomes peaceful.
People's Literature Newspaper Headquarters, the largest editor-in-chief office.
As the flagship of domestic literary magazines, People's Literature occasionally publishes special topics on writers, such as: "People's Literature" observations of "new wave" writers, research on "post-70s" writers, Cao Wenxuan winning the 2016 International Hans Christian Andersen Award, etc.
The topic that can be researched is either some award won or a certain group of writers. Those who don’t win will still be listed separately, unless it’s a hundred years later.
It is true that Editor Kang is the boss of the editorial department, but there is no way to force the theme. What limits him are the rules of people's literature that have existed for so many years.
Another person came into the office and called out "Editor-in-chief." Editor-in-Chief Kang nodded and continued to think about his problem.
After thinking hard and unable to figure it out, Editor Kang suddenly came to his senses and saw that there were still people in the office who were silent. This habit of not saying anything after shouting is so familiar...
I looked up and saw that it was deputy editor Liu Yong.
"What's the matter?" Editor Kang asked with a bit of impatience in his tone.
"I have a good idea, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." Liu Yong said in a confused manner.
"Good method, what good method?" Editor Kang asked.
Liu Yong said, "A few days ago we went to the Writers Association for a seminar and had a chat with Professor Chen. Editor-in-chief Kang said at that time that we must conduct a special interview with Teacher Gu Lu. I have a good method in this regard."
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"Oh?" Editor Kang was all ears.
"Didn't we just have a theme not long ago, observation of new wave writers?" Liu Yong said, "Isn't Teacher Gu Lu a new wave writer?"
It was definitely new, but if it was inappropriate to repeat the theme again, Editor Kang did not refute it, but listened to the deputy editor finish what he said.
"That's right, I think we can open another issue of observations of new wave writers carrying the tripod." Liu Yong said his method.
The new wave refers to the writers born in the 1990s, the people who carry the weight - Editor Kang thought about it for a while, and at least most people would not have any problem with this title for Gu Lu. For example, he agrees with it.
"Very good," Editor Kang nodded, "We are also following the central media's evaluation. All that's left is to interview Professor Chen. About some important issues."
There is no problem, but Liu Yong said, "Editor-in-Chief, should we inform Teacher Gu Lu."
"We are conducting an exclusive interview with Mr. Cao Wenxuan, have you been informed?" Editor Kang asked.
Not really, but this is a bit sophistical. After all, the theme of Teacher Cao Wenxuan only briefly mentions the life experience information, and most of the content is still a research work. For example, study why Cao became the first writer to win the highest award for fairy tale works.
"Yes, it's all to let more people know about Teacher Gu Lu's creative process, and also to promote the understanding of Teacher Gu Lu's works." Liu Yong also responded with understanding and pretending to be confused.
Prepared by the editorial department of "People's Literature".
Are these two doing it for magazine sales? A little bit. Are you complaining to Gu Lu? A little bit. Anyway, thoughts are very complicated, so a certain philosopher is right when he said that the complexity of people depends on the complexity of thoughts.
Also making preparations is Zhejiang University.
Currently, Zhejiang Province is on summer vacation, so there is no need to worry about space for cultural festivals.
The huge campus has red and orange bricks. Teaching buildings outside Zhejiang are all covered with bricks and tiles like this. Looking from a distance, it reminds me of the atmosphere of primary and secondary schools more than ten years ago.
However, with the exaggerated green plants and high-rise buildings around the school, the aerial photography of Zhejiang Wai looks like the green space is divided by orange lines.
Fei Hai, a student from Zhejiang Province and the leader of the Chinese student team, said, "Have everything been arranged? It's arranged. Let's check it again. I'll ask Teacher Yang Xing to come and take a look later."
Although there are only a dozen students from outside Zhejiang participating in the exchange, there are hundreds of volunteers from outside Zhejiang.
There are not many hundreds. Today there are reporters from newspapers from various countries and leaders from Qiantang will be present.
"Teacher Yang, please take a look at the facilities again." Fei Hai found Yang Xing, the instructor of the Zhejiang Foreign Language Team.
"...Student Fei Hai, I have already checked the stage facilities and these things." Yang Xing worked in a circle before sitting down.
"There's no harm in checking one more time." Fei Hai said, "Teacher Yang, now is not the time to take a break!"
"Okay, okay, I'll go take a look again." Yang Xing said. He looked next to him and saw that Dean Fu from Zhejiang University was running up and down. It was indeed not his time to rest. He stood up to check.
Yang Xing walked towards the team outside Zhejiang Province. There was no need to check the facilities any more. He watched the rehearsals of performances performed by his school's students.
The International Student Cultural Festival is not about student friendship. In itself, each country uses its students to showcase the excellent culture of its own country. Therefore, if it is a dance, it will be a more traditional dance; if it is a song, it will be a song that can represent the country.
This year's Zhejiang Foreign Language School is about peacock dance, because a certain classmate is from Yunnan Province, and it is said that the dance he learned when he was a child has something to do with teacher Yang Liping. Other Southeast universities prepared folk music performances, and the dulcimer and pipa were very exciting. Peking University was a little strange. The team was divided into two parts. One part, Gu Lu, brought a short story, and the other part consisted of students other than Gu Lu singing a song.
Although Beiwai is strange, Yang Xing can understand it. If Gu Lu was a student from outside Zhejiang, he wouldn't be able to join the singing or dancing team. It would be such a waste.
"Originally we wanted to perform a blacksmithing performance, but the teacher refused." said a student from Southeast University.
When Yang Xing heard this, he could only like it, "Oh my god, you are a master of iron in this kind of environment, what should you do if something happens?"
College students are really brave. Yang Xing couldn't help but ask, "Do you major in this? Did you inherit skills when you were a child?"
"No, none of us know how. I just feel that forging iron flowers is our intangible cultural heritage of China, which is very beautiful. It can also give foreign students some insights." A student from Southeast University responded very naturally, "But unfortunately it is a bit dangerous."
Yang Xing proudly said that the students’ starting point was good, but can they learn before starting next time?
"Then you..." Yang Xing just wanted to ask if the preparations for this performance were complete.
I heard the students next to me, like apes on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, shouting one after another, "Gu Lu is here, look at Gu Lu who can move." "I only saw him in the author's introduction on the cover page of the book before, but now I see him in person." I heard that Peking University seems to be singing. Is Gu Lu going to sing? I suddenly looked forward to it. What’s the expectation?”…
It should be clear from the unstoppable cry of the ape in the playground that Gu Lu appeared. It’s not that he arrived late, and he didn’t do anything special. He just flew to Zhejiang University with his classmates from Peking University. Mainly, he and Zhou Lin went to buy drinks for their classmates.
In an instant, the orderly Huaxia team became more chaotic.
This reflection naturally attracts the attention of others.
"Dean, please maintain order. An accident will happen soon." A teacher at the scene said.
"Let the students go, there are not so many rules in the cultural festival." Dean Fu said, "Besides, it is like a child star that students have heard about since they were young. It is very normal for students to have this reaction."
In addition, students from more than thirty foreign schools looked strange in their eyes.
"Mr. Kang Fu, look, is that student an Internet celebrity in China? China's Internet is developed, and students can also become Internet celebrities." Kim Tae-eun of Korea University in South Korea said, making a reasonable guess.
She kind of knelt down and licked neon Tsukuba University leader Yasutomi Sanya.
The reason is also very simple. Kang Fu Sanye is very rich and meets her criteria for choosing a mate.
"Why do you respect internet celebrities so much?" Kang Fu Sanye said.
Their reaction was relatively normal. Gu Lu translated into various languages among more than 30 people, such as English (Feihai, Zhouling, Lidongfanag, Gulu...) and did not specifically indicate it. Who would pay attention?
(End of chapter)