Chapter 413 Gu Xue
“Why do I say that studying Gu Xue is very interesting? Because Gu Lu is still creating. So our course is a growth course. Many theories are not finalized, and even you can "Research results that overturn my views." This is what Professor Chen said to encourage the students. He believed that no one in the world understood Gu Lu better than him, including Gu Lu himself.
Professor Chen continued, "Today we will talk about the Gu Lu Wenfeng unit with very strong evolutionary attributes, "Dwarf", "Survival Card" and "Dear Mush"..."
In the class of the School of Western Languages and Culture at Guangzhou Foreign Studies University, this class is "The Formation of Gu Lu's Special Style" taught by Professor Chen. There are many students who choose this course. Even in the classroom, the atmosphere is better than that of Professor Chen's main subject. The students who focus on Gu Lu's works are much closer.
Shaanxi University’s “Entering Jia Pingwa of Local Literature” course, Nanjing Normal University’s “Artistic Characteristics of Su Tong’s Novels” course, Inner Mongolia University’s “The Meaning of Alai” course, etc. There are many examples of writers being studied alive. Many, but by no means rare. It's just like Gu Lu, who hasn't graduated yet, and is studied as a course at the beginning of his life. To express it in a few words, Daju's explosion is unique!
The students were distracted, taking notes, or catching up on their naps. Professor Chen had a better temper in class.
""Dilmushi" is Gu Lu's latest serialized work in People's Literature. Maybe you haven't read it yet." Professor Chen said, "You have read the survival card and the dwarf. What do you think? . ”
I don’t know, oh no, still. Some top students studied it carefully, and the top student responded, "The imagination is very rich. Just like Gu Lu's works when he first started writing books, the words have wings."
"Yes," Professor Chen praised. "In the early days of writing, Gu Lu's thoughts and writing style were relatively Childish, like a hole in the wall, kindhearted, a bus driver who wants to be God."
Turn around and write [imagination] on the blackboard, Professor Chen circled these three words again, "Gu Lu has gone through five years of hard work. During the dormant period, both writing and thinking have improved qualitatively, so we The serialized works of People's Literature can be regarded as an evolved version of the story series. They can even correspond to each other one by one. The bus driver who wants to become a god corresponds to the survival card, and his thoughts on time correspond to the dwarf, the domestication of society and other people's expectations... …”
Everyone in the audience was taking notes.
Strictly speaking, most students majoring in this minor course are quite familiar with Gu Lu's works. Whether they are short stories or novels, they are all interesting.
But - as soon as Professor Chen explained it, the "interesting" perception was stripped away from the students' minds, leaving only the feeling of "Oh, the author is so awesome".
"Okay, I have a reading list here, which is Gu Lu's reading list." Professor Chen recorded it when he visited Teacher Li. Because Gu Lu couldn't afford books at the beginning, all the books he saw were given by Teacher Li. Therefore, in Professor Chen's research, Gu Lu's early writing route was closely related to Teacher Li's literary taste.
Professor Chen is serious about studying Gu Xue!
He spends 60% of his working day studying Spanish, and 40% of his time studying Spanish.
"Our homework for this class is to look at this book list and try to analyze the relationship between the timeline of Gu Lu's creation and these works." Professor Chen assigned the homework after class.
get out of class was just about to end, and Professor Chen walked out of the classroom.
On his mobile phone, he was always paying attention to the writers who attacked Gu Lu on the Internet.
["He has a high chance of winning the next Lu Xun Novel Award." "Not necessarily. If it's too fantasy, it won't be liked by the jury. They prefer a realistic style." "That's right, good. It's good, but it may not be recognized." "If Gu Lu integrates his ability to write biographical novels into short stories, his future will be limitless." "Gu Lu has been smart since he was a child...]< br>
In the Northwest literary circle, they have either deleted their previous remarks, or they have been cowardly and respectful. There is no one who can fight.
“I thought I could take action, but I didn’t expect that there was no one who could take action.” Professor Chen sighed with emotion.
The recommended works in the first volume of "People's Literature" are the best in this issue, or the editor's personal preference.
No matter what kind, three consecutive issues are enough to solidify the literary nature of Gu Lu’s works. Suspect? Do you look down on people's literature, or do you have a problem with the editorial department? !
"Destroy doubts step by step." As for too many fantasy elements? Professor Chen is confident that Gu Lu will evolve again.
So can King Gollum evolve into Lord of the Rings Snort?
It depends on whether you can draw "The Lord of the Rings". Anyway, Blue Star does not have this work.
"Isn't the ring an important item in the Lord of the Rings? Why is it useless?" Gu Lu finished the buffet in the mall and passed by SANFU (a boutique). He saw a decorative ring out of the corner of his eye and his expression changed. Just bought one.
The synthesis list is not triggered. Is it possible that the Lord of the Rings is not a ring by default? Gu Lu was a little confused.
But when he stepped out of the boutique, a familiar feeling appeared, but it was not the work he was expecting.
[Background World War I] [Britain’s number one best-selling author] [King of All-Night Novels]
“King of All-Night Novels, I seem to know this title, I have some impression, I have heard of this master. "Gu Lu thought.
As he walked out of the mall, he recalled that it was Ken Follett, who was known as a writer who would want to stay up all night to read 10 pages of his work.
Because of the subject matter of Master Ken’s works, he has never read them, but he knows that his legends are circulating in the world.
"With the First World War as the background, it is not the Spring and Autumn Period of the Temple. I remember that the Temple seems to be a story in the Middle Ages. That amount of money... is the fall of the giant!"
How good is "Fall of Giants"? It's as if Stephen King, once the giant of bestsellers, has truly fallen, and Ken Follett has become the new giant. At the 2007 Frankfurt Book Fair, Earth only had the title of the book and a synopsis of several hundred words, and major publishers around the world were competing to make bids. In the end, Bantam Books and Penguin Publishing Group won the deal, with an advance payment of US$50 million.
Of course, the high price has more to do with the author's popularity. The publication of "The Fall of Giants" also turned into the flesh and blood of giants - it swept the sales charts in sixteen countries in 10 years, making Ken comparable to Stephen King. best-selling author.
And the former’s works are all long-form works. Gu Lu remembered that he didn't read Master Ken's work. One of the reasons was that it was too long. It must have been five or six hundred thousand words, right?
This length may be just beginning for an online text, but for a physical book, it is a solid three volumes.
I originally thought about Lord of the Rings, but I never thought that such a trump card would be triggered. Similar to "Lord of the Rings", such a long novel can lay a foundation for writers. No matter how much you stretch your hips in the future, you will not fall off the altar.
"The Little Prince" can also work, but maybe it will have to wait until Gu Lu dies.
"If such a work is written, it can directly become a best-selling author in the world from an Asian best-selling author." What makes Gu Lu feel regretful is that he has no idea about the content of the novel and cannot take shortcuts.
"With World War I as the background, I have to post in this direction as much as possible recently so that I can touch upon it." Gu Lu really likes this book and doesn't want to miss it at all.
So to develop his subjective initiative, he searched for a long time and found the "World War I Photo Exhibition" in the Wanfu Art Museum. Gu Lu bought a ticket. After all, the First World War was in the early 20th century, and photography technology was not that developed, but the relevant photos are still quite rare.
Very timely, the only drawback is that the Wanfu Museum is in Shanghai. It doesn't matter. Gu Lu took a look at the class schedule and saw that there was time.
Why can he find the corresponding exhibition quickly?
It’s very simple, just download an iMuseum. If you like to watch various exhibitions, you can check it out.
You see, it is obvious whether you love or not love sincerely. When other keywords are triggered, he will also find ways to synthesize them, but he is not so impatient.
Not only did he immediately order tickets for the Wanfu Art Museum, but he also planned to visit a professor at Peking University who was very good at studying the First World War. Gu Lu was typing on his mobile phone even while walking. "Please tell me the last number on your mobile phone," the driver said.
Gu Lu read the tail number, aligned the codes, and started moving the vehicle. He was about to continue contacting the history professor when he received a call.
Interrupted——
"Teacher Gu Lu, can you... do me a favor?"
"I know that Teacher Gu Lu is very busy, if not I have no choice but to trouble Teacher Gu Lu.”
The speaker on the other end of the phone was Lao Li, the former deputy editor of Team A of the Red Edition of "Story Club" and the former "Content Manager of Duoduola Company". , now - what is it? Lao Li hasn't said anything yet.
Even if he asked for help, the humble words of an old acquaintance still made Gu Lu pause. And the tone has changed a lot compared to what I remembered.
"Brother Li, just tell me if you have anything to do. If you can help me, I will definitely help." Gu Lu gave him reassurance.
When I first came to time travel, Lao Li, as the story editor, helped a lot.
"Just - well, I'm middle-aged and unemployed. I didn't expect that I would meet him." Lao Li, who was running for over 50 years, sighed and recounted his experience with resentment.
Duoduola is an "online article" company, why do we need to use quotation marks, because it is not a traditional online article, but soft articles from public accounts, Baijia accounts and other channels. It was quite profitable in the past few years, but with the rise of short videos in the past two years, the revenue has become less and less, and Lao Li is unemployed again.
Why again? Because he was also dismissed from the story competition... Logically speaking, as long as old editors like him don't make big mistakes, nothing will happen.
Do you still remember the advantages of Lao Li? I have a wide network of contacts in the publishing industry, and I know all the editors of any magazine. But this is also a shortcoming. When he encounters a work he admires, he likes to introduce the writer to a more suitable magazine for submission.
It was like poaching a corner of my own company. I was laid off twice because of this reason. Of course the compensation is sufficient.
What do you think of Gu Lu? Lao Li was indeed wrong, but he had a vested interest. It was Lao Li who helped him and introduced him to "Youth Literature" magazine through "Smashing the Piggy".
"So Brother Li... do you want to start a business right now, or?" Gu Lu continued.
"The age of forty-five and up is the most difficult stage in life. The children have to start a family and start a career, and the family needs subsidies. The old father and mother also begin to have physical problems gradually. The other half is basically unable to give emotional value and become a relative. "Lao Li's current way of talking is to complain first and then talk about things.
He said, "Even if I have a little savings, I don't dare to rest, I can't rest."
"What are you going to do?" Gu Lu asked, if he borrowed money to start a business, what would be the current situation? For King Gulu, it is the simplest thing.
“I checked into Dangdang.com and took on a new project.” Lao Li said, “Although he is said to be the project leader, he is currently the bare commander. Only when you succeed can you stand firm.”
“Dangdang is a good platform, and it should be considered one of the top 10 e-commerce platforms in China.” Gu Lu said, although he could not count ten e-commerce platforms.
Gu Lu said, "What project are you mainly responsible for?"
"Dangdang wants customers to stay longer on the web and APP, so it launched a Dangdang e-book project." Lao Li said, "I'm in charge of this."
Read e-books online? Gu Lu said, "Online reading of physical books? Douban and QQ Reading seem to have this business."
What he really wants to ask is, if there is such a business, how can the residence time be increased? What’s more important is how to compete with Douban and QQ Reading. Will anyone really click on Dangdang when reading a book first? What does the product manager think?
All the above questions are answered with Lao Li's next sentence, "I want to be exclusive and sign more exclusive electronic versions of books."
"Exclusive electronic version -" Gu Lu thought for a while and said, "The electronic version of my book should have been sold."
In fact, this is something that Gu Lu does not pay attention to. For example, "Flatland" can be sold in QQ Reading saw two versions, one is the version authorized by Children's Publishing House, and the other is the version authorized by Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House.
Anyway, the money is given to Gu Lu as a dividend.
"I know, I definitely know this." Lao Li said, "The main thing is to ask Mr. Gu Lu first about your new work, if it can..."
"You must have said hello in advance. Question, but my electronic version is usually put on the shelves half a year after the physical book is published, so it won’t quench my thirst.” Gu Lu said, “I have a way, Brother Li, you can refer to it.”
Gu Lu expressed his thoughts, and Lao Li's eyes widened after hearing this. This is not good...
On the other hand, let's talk about the follow-up reaction to the two reports sent by King Gulu to Chairman Wen.
Experts from the Grand Diplomacy International Think Tank are holding a conference.
Seven or eight experts were present, and five more participated via video conference. They are experts on the country in the true sense, not just some idiots on the Internet.
Just look at the title and you will know that it is a famous scholar on British issues, an expert on the French Policy Advisory Committee, or the director of the Nordic Literature Research Office...
"Thank you for your hard work, experts. These two are expert Gu Lu's practice reports." Chairman Wen issued the document.
Experts had different expressions, some were puzzled (the time was too short), some were indifferent, or some were happy.
Among them, Wei Lingshang, a famous scholar on British issues, quickly went through it and before he could read the second document, he asked directly, "Are the data in Chairman Wen's report true?"
As an expert on British issues, I have a certain understanding of the political makeup and cultural circles of Britain.
It is understanding that makes you question the first document in front of you.
(End of this chapter)