Chapter 430 A shocking scene
"Who do you think I am?" Yu Xinyao said sharply, "What you should want to say is not to have too high expectations, but I feel like saying this will damage the momentum of Xiao Gu's new work."
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Having known each other for many years, Yu Xinyao has a good understanding of President Jian’s character.
"No, just..." President Jian regretted a little, mainly because he praised him too harshly. Because Yu Xinyao is a smart person, she has developed the bad habit of delayed gratification. No matter how popular the works are, she will not read them while they are hot. On the contrary, it will be deliberately left out for a period of time.
However, Yu Xinyao's praise can bring at least tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of sales, which can be seen from Gu Lu's current invisible improvement in the literary world.
"The popular version of 1984, Brave New World."
"A work that gives people goosebumps."
"Watch it first and enjoy it first, otherwise you will regret it if you watch it later!"
After repeating it three times, Yu Xinyao said, "I remember everything you said, Old Jian. Now that you have aroused people's addiction to reading and asked me to be rational, there is no such thing."
"Okay, I won't send you off anymore." Yu Xinyao's expulsion order was too harsh. But this is also related to the good relationship between the two.
I have to say that his interest in reading was indeed piqued by his old friend, so he couldn't wait.
President Jian also said goodbye. He had no extra time and had to fly to the Magic City to take charge of the overall situation. Even though daily affairs are basically handled by the vice president, when the author's works are sold, he must personally take the helm.
"It's a pity that the next work will be released by New Youth Culture Publishing House." President Jian has already obtained the suspect and the current new world by virtue of his unique relationship.
I agreed with the head office to take one book and snatch the next one away. I'm afraid the new youth will make a fuss.
"In an era when physical books have become decorative books, there are very few writers with such strong appeal." President Jian lamented.
Everyone here is our own people, revealing a little habit of President Jian. Search the discussion group "Buying books is like falling down a mountain, reading is like spinning a thread" on Douban, and you can often buy very cheap books, even cheaper than Confucius' second-hand books.
The reason why President Jian came to the conclusion that books have become decoration is because he saw these readers selling books - many of them do it to look good on the bookshelf, to make them look good, and to satisfy some of their own needs.
As the president of a publishing house, he is very grateful to these people. As a book lover, President Jian will buy second-hand books when he buys them.
President Jian went to the garage and drove away. Only then did Yu Xinyao start reading.
Because he hopes to have a comfortable environment when reading, he will make some preparations. Including but not limited to adjusting the lights and making a cup of hot tea...
The old rule is to skip the waist and preface and go directly to the main text.
At the beginning of reading, Yu Xinyao, like President Jian, or more accurately, the first reaction of most readers was that this was a novel with a fantasy background.
As a person who is particularly good at reading, Yu Xinyao quickly summarized the content of the previous chapter: In the future world, humans have evolved superpowers called "curses," and this world is also dominated by superpowers.
"The suspense in the early stage is whether you can awaken your superpower. At present, it seems that if you cannot awaken, you will be captured by the unclean cat."
He keenly discovered this setting, which should be one of the cores of this book. A very simple question, "What kind of world would someone without superpowers be executed?"
Just filling this hole requires huge settings. See clearly that it is "filled in", not good or bad, just filling in the holes is very simple.
The school for superpowers erases history, and the children are strictly arranged to live and study, which can even be said to be controlled.
The protagonist is a child's perspective, which brings a sense of suspense and oppression to the novel.
Not the typical "little guy caught up in a big conspiracy" model, but a hard-boiled reasoning model. Key people know the truth of the incident. Chandler's "A Long Confession" is very typical.
Yu Xinyao is sure that the novel mode is okay, that is, the protagonist group gradually comes into contact with the truth and explores the cruel reality.
"Evil ghosts, karma demons, especially karma demons. The attack suppression and death-shame mechanisms are all for this moment. The self-justifying setting is a bit good."
At the end of the third volume, the mechanism of shame for death is revealed, which makes Yu Xinyao enjoy reading. The shameful death mechanism is driven by mantra. Without mantra, it means that it is not controlled by the mechanism, which means that it can kill those with mantra.
The curser was unable to fight back due to his attack suppression and death-shame mechanism.
"It's just that..."
For Yu Xinyao, this is not enough. It did not meet President Jian’s evaluation.
Indeed, the self-consistency of settings is just an appetizer.
The plot of the fourth and fifth volumes begins to go crazy.
It went from campus adventures to violence to the point of racial war.
The white rats, a race of rats enslaved by humans, rebelled...
The solution must be that the protagonist group defeated the rebellious rats, and the white rats of the rebel white rat tribe stood at the judgment seat.
["Then White Rat One, now I'll give you a chance to defend yourself."
"My name is Algernon!"
"You beast, how dare you deny the precious name given to you by the district?"
"Even if we are beasts, we are not your slaves!"
"If you are not a beast, what are you?"
"We are human beings!"]
The courtroom burst into laughter. Are they laughing because something that looks like a mole thinks they are human just because they can speak human language?
This harsh laughter seemed to reach Yu Xinyao's ears through words.
Without looking behind, he had already guessed the plot behind it.
Therefore, after being conquered, the technological kingdom outside the kingdom of the superpower awakeners was twisted into the Rat Clan.
"The setting is interesting, so interesting. Why do you have to twist ordinary people who don't have superpowers into a rat-like species? Why not just enslave them? Just like slave owners and slaves."
"Because of the shame-to-death mechanism! If you turn ordinary people into moles, they will no longer be the same kind, and the death-to-death mechanism will not be triggered. You can use superpowers to enslave and punish the moles at will."
So why is there a need to have a death-shame mechanism? Because the power of the curse is too strong, if it is not curbed, humanity will soon become extinct under this destructive power!
"The magic power is a nuclear weapon. The overflow of the magic power will cause the surrounding animals to mutate, so they can only live in the divine habitat. It is describing nuclear radiation." Yu Xinyao also agreed.
If a person possesses the destructive and polluting power of nuclear weapons, then he can indeed be called a god.
"The impure cat and the transformed rat are classic works of the setting school." Yu Xinyao sighed, feeling very satisfied after reading. I even felt goosebumps, and pain spread down my spine.
In particular, there is a plot in which White Rat One picks up a human baby. It is a child with magical power. After being raised, he will not trigger any shameful death mechanism when he kills people.
White Rat One, oh no, Algernon almost relied on this trump card to overthrow the rule of the "gods".
It's a pity that it was finally seen through. The curser who was raised by the rat, thought that she and the rat were the same kind, so she was designed to attack the rat, which triggered the death-shame mechanism.
"Not only the setting, this novel has a hard-core development on sociology and psychology. It is called a popular version of Brave New World, and there is no problem at all." Yu Xinyao's happiness even made him laugh The soreness in my waist and back was over. At his age, he is no longer young. If he stays at his desk and reads all afternoon, it would be strange if he doesn't feel any pain.
The work conquered Yu Xinyao, even though he thought there was still a lot of room for improvement in terms of writing style and writing skills.
Judging from the mood of reading a best-selling book, this book was beyond his expectations.
"It must be Lao Jian. He has been urging Xiao Gu to publish a new book. Otherwise, with the overflowing writing style in "Four Famous Catchers", the readability of "From the New World" can be improved again!" Something happened to Yu Xinyao, He loves to blame the publishing house.
After calling President Jian, no one answered, so Yu Xinyao temporarily put aside her criticism. Perhaps her old friend was busy.
Soon, his praise was posted on Weibo.
Yu Xinyao can be said to be the representative of readers.
"From the New World" conquered 90% of readers.
The remaining 10% was due to the fact that after reading the beginning, the fantasy foreshadowing in the early stage was a bit difficult, so I just gave up.
This group of readers will not post comments on the Internet, so what appears on the Internet is rave reviews!
"When I saw the ending, I had goosebumps all over the place. Damn it, the Rats are actually those who have not awakened the power of the curse."
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"No wonder Wuxia stopped writing. It turned out that he went to write science fiction. To be fair, Gu Lu is really the holy body of writing science fiction. Compared with "Flowers for Algernon", it is on another level of good-looking."
"I bought it for the spiritual sequel of Algernon. Although Algernon is only the name of White Rat One in it and only appears in the last few pictures, I didn't feel cheated at all. It was really well written."
"I bought the book in the morning. I originally wanted to read it slowly, but ended up reading three volumes in one go. As soon as the setting came out, I was so excited that I read it in one go. What a great book!"
"Gu Lu returned this year and seems to have written two novels. The Suspect has more than 100,000 words, and the New World has more than 300,000 words. Don't be too tired. Have a good rest. In addition, Brother Gu has two days of rest, right? Can I send another book before?”
……
The feedback has been very good, mainly because it is a long novel of more than 300,000 words. Not to mention Internet articles, there are many masters who can read millions of words of Internet articles in a day.
If you can read the physical book on the first day and share your thoughts online, you are definitely a book lover or a huge fan of Gu Lu.
The discussion forum is also very friendly.
Some readers are discussing whether "From the New World" can break the suspect's sales record...
Why do readers care about sales records... After Yu Xinyao read it, he had a strong desire to discuss it, so he also read the message area.
He saw an interesting inquiry and continued to reply to some messages from netizens.
"The core of this book has actually been exposed very clearly. [For a long time, humans with magical powers have belonged to an absolutely privileged class, just like the so-called super elite, enslaving humans without magical powers and enjoying all the glory and wealth... ] That’s it. You can just replace the magic power with money and you’ll get the main idea of the book.”
Yu Xinyao's reply reignited the discussion among friends.
Maybe it was because I had some thoughts after reading it, but after being clarified, I felt a shocking feeling of "that's it".
Tianqi Yuyi: "What the hell? The protagonist group I brought in when I was reading a book turned out to be a moneyless rat? (Sad"
Acrid Doudou V: "I was curious at first why the name Algernon was assigned to a villain - it turns out that he is the good guy."
Little Demon Kiss 03: "Yu Xinyao has pointed it out. Actually, it's better to see through it without telling him. I'll give Algernon a bouquet of flowers."
Gong Shang Zhengyu: "It's very true. Rich people (cursors) will definitely try every means to protect their privileges. For this privilege, what can we do if we transform people into rats? We haven't transformed us into rats yet. The cows and horses are gone.”
etc.
The description in the book "The Curse" is undoubtedly that of a privileged class, just like the rich and powerful class often exposed on the Internet. So I felt a sense of shock that I had entered the wrong character...
It was the rave reviews on the Internet that made "From the New World" a hit.
Not only in China, but also in South Korea, Malaysia, Neon, Lion City, and China, these are the five countries on sale at the same time.
The situation in the other four countries...
Let’s wait for them to ferment, because countries such as Neon may have greater feedback.
Let’s talk about what writer Gu Lu is doing now.
"Okay, put it over here."
"The cabinet is just here, it's troublesome."
"It's okay. Just put down the coffee table as you please. I will arrange the position myself in private."
Gu Lu directed Debon's courier boy to put down all the second-hand furniture he had purchased. Because I paid extra for express delivery, the door-to-door service is very good.
In the three-bedroom and one-living room, Gu Lu specially cleared the guest room to place second-hand furniture.
So what about the newer furniture in the guest bedroom? Gu Lu rented a warehouse and put it down temporarily.
The leading Debon Express boy was also confused. The decoration style of the living room and the furniture didn’t match! Could it be that he has some special hobby?
Don't pry into customer privacy! After silently reciting this rule in his mind, the younger brother restrained himself from asking questions and instead gave instructions in an orderly manner.
"The furniture is all sorted. There's nothing wrong with it, so let's go first." The leader said.
Gu Lu said it was troublesome, and then sent several people away.
"Bang -" The moment he closed the door, Gu Lu ran back to the guest bedroom with a hiss.
At this time, the guest bedroom has become the style of a few years ago. Houses are the same as people. Not only does the outside become old as time goes by, but the things inside become old as well.
A relatively thick TV, a vermilion coffee table, a scored standing cabinet, and other home appliances all cost a few thousand in total.
Gu Lu touched them one by one. According to his assumption, the label was mourning culture, which could trigger it to a large extent.
Touch the east, touch the west. These things have been bought and belong to him, so they can be triggered by just touching them. When he touches the coffee table——
That familiar synthesized ringtone.
[Classics of mourning literature] [Works that are difficult to watch for the second time] [EMO masterpieces that do not induce tears] Combined into one work "The Life of the Disliked Matsuko"
Details: A novel written by neon writer Yamada Muneki. The novel describes the twists and turns of the heroine Kawajiri Matsuko's life as she is teased by nature through a dramatic plot.
"Huh?"
"This movie actually has a novel?"
(End of chapter)