Chapter 438 Private Efforts
"Master of post-modern martial arts, I really like "Four Famous Catchers", and I have been following the updates every day recently." Li Gu was very excited, "I heard that in the Ni Shuihan series, the characters of Qi Shaoshang and Gu Chaoxi have attracted most of the male gods in the entertainment industry. Come to the audition!”
The project "Four Famous Catches: Against the Cold Water" in cooperation with Noon Sunshine has begun to build momentum. Gu Lu is also planning to resume serializing "The Great Duel" tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. In other words, classmate Li Gu is probably just chasing the fun, because he has been parked for a long time and the bottom has not grown yet...
The next topic revolved around the entertainment industry. Li Gu came to act as a light bulb, mainly to understand the gossip in the industry.
It is a pity that Gu Lu's works are often adapted, but he himself has never entered the circle.
There are many celebrities in the parallel world that overlap with the earth. It is indeed a bit curious, but it is just curiosity.
Gu Lu was not interested in the topic.
While Li Gu was running to Mixue Bingcheng not far outside the restaurant to buy drinks, Gu Lu took the initiative to stir up the conversation and talk about something else.
"Having accomplished your goals from childhood to adulthood, do you feel disappointed?"
"Hahahahahaha, my feelings are quite complicated. I can't just describe them as disappointed or happy." Zhou Lin said, "I cleared the first BOSS in the life dungeon. I will know the specific feelings after you finish it, Gulu. I remember You also have small goals.”
Uh... is it complete to become the most famous short story writer in the country?
Due to the adaptation of the series, the sales of the short story collections "Yesterday's Park" and "Traffic Earth", which are currently the highest-selling domestic short stories, are an order of magnitude higher than those of other short story works.
King Gulu found that his drive to achieve goals was far inferior to that of his classmates. He fell into thinking and forgot for a moment that these words were just a "starter". In fact, what he really wanted to ask was Zhou Lin's future development path. If there was nothing good to do, he could provide some help.
Most importantly, he also wants to know the other party's future arrangements.
As soon as he was interrupted, Gu Lu had a thought in his mind: "Will asking this suddenly increase employment anxiety?" This is not for nothing, glutinous rice balls are there.
I always want what I say to satisfy the public. Over the past five years, Gu Lu has dissected one of his more obsessive habits. When she refused Qi Caiwei's request to stay, it was on the surface that "it's for your own good to go to the Bear Country", but in fact it was "this response is the most satisfying to the public."
Five years later, I have learned about my faults, but it is still difficult to correct them. Gu Lu thought in his mind. Why do I still think so much about the things I care about?
Gu Lu's current mood was like a table of cold dishes in front of him, even though they were cold.
"Why, is it difficult to achieve small goals?" Zhou Lin said, "As far as our relationship is concerned, it is not shameful to lose to me."
The latter sentence is a bit of a joke.
"Do you have any career plans in the future? Nothing else, just asking." Gu Lu was still doing better than before. If he had asked one more question, there might have been one less dancer in the Bear Country.
"Of course I want to find a way to stay in Sijiu City. The biggest thigh I know is here." Zhou Lin changed the subject and spoke seriously, "Mainly, there are many opportunities in Sijiu City. When the time comes, Gulu, you have to cover me."< br>
"Of course, no problem." Gu Lu agreed.
Why can Zhou Lin be so honest! Gu Lu really envied this ability. Being able to express his inner thoughts honestly sounded like a very simple thing. But many children from single-parent families, as well as children who grew up in unhappy families, will never learn this in their lifetime. When you get older, you will inflict this "dishonesty" on your children.
After the meal, Gu Lu sent the two of them home. I asked him that he was going to the driving school to pay the money this afternoon.
It is a sin to have red flags and no books!
Zhou Li was sent back to school and did not return to the dormitory. The two took a walk along Weiming Lake. The latter makes larger movements of his arms and steps when walking, while the former enters iceberg mode as soon as he returns to school.
It's not that it's intentional, it's just that the iceberg character can resist some wild bees and butterflies.
"Sister Lin, I really admire you. You are the kind of person who admires you. You have a lot of things to do such as the postgraduate entrance examination and the Global Model United Nations. You also have to find opportunities every week to meet with Mr. Gu in a very natural way. I want to have your ability. , we won’t be single now!” Li Gu sighed.
Li Gu is Zhou Lin's best little sister since she went to college. The two have a very close relationship. He is also the only friend who knows Zhou Lin's thoughts behind her back.
If the discussion among boys about turning off the lights in the dormitory at night can be dragged out and shot several times. So the conversation between girls and sisters can make most people blush, and the scale is quite large. Li Gu often encouraged Zhou Lin to do something, but Zhou had his own rhythm and never listened.
"The word dating is a bit heavy for our relationship, so just meet up naturally." Zhou Lin said.
"Geniuses are indeed different from ordinary people. Was it like this when Mr. Gu was a student?" Li Gu asked curiously, "So slow to warm up."
"Most people become braver as they grow older, because there are too many obstacles and walls in society, and the thorns on their bodies have been broken long ago." Zhou Lin said, "Gulu is just the opposite. Because of his success in writing, there are mostly good people around him, and his body has many good people. The thorns are sharper, so they don’t heat up slowly, but they will retract if there is any slight disturbance. Gulu was much bolder when he was a student than he is now, hahaha.”
Zhou Lin couldn't help but laugh when she thought about high school life and Gulu's badminton zero score.
"Actually, it's a very bad thing to meet someone who is so stunning when you were a student, because it's hard to forget." Li Gu asked, "I didn't answer you before, you are your childhood sweethearts, Sister Lin, when did you have a crush on Gu Lu?" Huh?”
"Sunflower acupuncture hand!" Zhou Lin raised her two fingers to form a sword and poked Li Gu on the shoulder twice.
"That's it again..."
Life on campus goes by so fast, especially when you follow a professor who goes berserk. Given the lack of sleep given to the elderly, Professor Lu's schedule was almost unbearable even for Gu Lu, who was in his prime.
By the way, Gu Lu couldn't control the sales of "The Haze in Weymouth" at all. The 190,000 copies in the first week will 100% exceed the sales volume he predicted.
"The Cthulhu series is the greatest supernatural suspense series of the 21st century." The Guardian gave such an evaluation.
It can be said that the British book market was dominated by Cthulhu in December. Also dominated by Gu Lu was People's Literature. In the new issue of December, two articles, "Dismissal" and "Shadow in the Well," are still novels recommended by the editor.
With such excitement, time turned to Christmas 2019.
[Jiayu, are you really not going back to winter vacation? ] Gu Lu sent a message asking.
When he sent messages to his sister, he also paid attention to the time difference.
[Brother, you have asked me three times. During my first semester in France, I didn’t understand many things, so this year’s Spring Festival, my brother was the only one to celebrate it. Hehe, I will give my brother a surprise when I return from my studies. ]
In Gu Jiayu's reply, she told half the truth and half lies. The truth is that he stayed in Paris for something, but the thing is not to study, but to "make money".
She used her small treasury to start a small business and lost more than 20,000 yuan. Forgot to mention, the total amount of the small treasury is more than 100,000, which is the pocket money given by Gu Lu.
Although it was a loss, Gu Jiayu felt that it was very worthwhile and used the money to buy experience and lessons. If you want to make money in a foreign country, it’s impossible without going through some pitfalls.
"My goal for this year is to earn one million or two million?" Gu Jiayu thought jokingly.
"No, only children make choices. Adults want it all! Earn at least three million." As he said this, Gu Jiayu made himself laugh. The most important thing is to balance the income and expenditure first. The business she does is to earn money for her children and living expenses for her children...
Gu Lu, who was on the other side of Blue Star, sighed silently, "Turn your grief and anger into strength, and finish writing Songzi's manuscript today. This way you don't have to be busy during the New Year. When you return to Fog City, you don't have to carry your work with you." There are still thirty thousand. Many words are an insurmountable number for original writing. But compared to Gu Lu who was fighting, it was to the extent that he could win.
The story of Songzi is really so happy and depressing that Gu Lu suddenly smiled while typing on the keyboard. This laughter is a bit familiar. The last time I heard it, it was a ghost who was working for the tiger.
Gu Lu thought for a long time whether to make some changes to the background of Songzi. It's like coming from the new world.
In the end, it didn’t happen, because Songzi’s misfortune had a lot to do with Neon’s social background. It’s like a story like “The Beautiful Legend of Sicily”, where everything the supporting characters did had to be changed.
What Gu Lu did was to imitate Haruki Murakami and blur the background. Not to mention neon, let alone domestic. In this way, with his popularity, there is more room for interpretation.
The first part of the Depressed Trilogy (Pine Nuts), the second part (Alive), and the third part are yet to be determined, because Goldfinger has not yet triggered a suitable work.
……
It was a good idea. On Christmas Day, Gu Lu spent more time chatting with the strange girl. The latter wanted to look up some information about France - France Gu Lu was not very familiar with, but Gu Jiayu and Dibo were both there, so what information couldn't be found?
Check the information, help with analysis, and talk about what is available, and the time for a phone call is gone before you know it.
Only half of the goal of 30,000 words has been achieved, and the other half is today.
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"Hurry up, hurry up, don't be late for the airport pick-up, in case Teacher Gu values time very much and it affects his career!" Lao Xing urged Xiaolu.
"Because of the traffic jam, we don't want to. Teacher Gu won't be angry." Xiaolu was also nervous.
His words seemed more like he was trying to convince himself, "Absolutely not, Teacher Gu Lu is a famous writer."
"To put it bluntly, it's because we didn't go out earlier. In our work, we must only look at the results." Lao Xing speaks from experience, "Ninety-nine percent of the movies downloaded through Thunder are useless. ”
"Well... Now that you have a membership on Xunlei, you can play in the cloud. It is safer than Baidu Cloud, and unsafe content will not be blocked." Xiaolu said weakly.
"They will talk back! Are we discussing Xunlei now? I'm just giving an example. Also, send me your Xunlei membership and I can see what's going on?" Lao Xing said.
In fact, there is an easier way, but now is not the time to talk about this. If you continue to talk about it, you will be charged!
The two of them talked about each other, and the discussion was heated, and the lower body actually didn't stop. Quickly walk from the parking lot to the pick-up gate. Their current location is the T2 terminal of J North Airport. The terrain is a bit complicated and it took more than 20 minutes to get there.
"Take out the sign quickly." Lao Xing reminded him before he could stand firm.
The two people were picked up by the temporary headquarters of Fukou District. They must know the writer. After all, they can recognize him from newspapers and video interviews.
It is mainly held up for the sake of the other party, so that they can be easily seen.
The more you look forward to something, the more likely you will be late, a theory put forward by a miscellaneous guy named Mo.
Sorry, the plane is a bit late.
"What happened!" Xiaolu muttered.
"Relax and take your time." Lao Xing said. He also understood why his partner was so nervous and he was nervous too.
It's not because he is a great writer or famous, but because he is a person who has really changed the Fukou District.
Xiaolu was looking forward to it, and finally when his eyes felt dry, Gu Lu appeared.
"Teacher Gu Lu, hello, I'm in charge of picking up people at the airport." Xiao Lu immediately squeezed into the crowd.
Eat the banquet first, then do the business.
Gu Lu didn't like this kind of work style, but this "Prince Activity Day" did have a lot of things to arrange, so he didn't refuse.
He followed the two staff members and said he was going to the hotel to put things away first.
His house in the sand area is not far from the event venue, so there is no need to open a hotel. It's just that the ferry party strongly requested it, and they don't know what to do.
Gu Lu was still paying attention to the Bilibili incident in the car. The matter he mentioned a week or two ago has not yet come to fruition. The efficiency is too slow.
To be fair to Shushu, the efficiency is indeed slow, but this time it has nothing to do with efficiency. Mainly because of accidents.
"Why is this happening?" Station B host Wu Ju was confused.
Wuju must be the online name. This Bilibili staff member’s account at Station B is called Wujuren, not a human being. The netizen seems to have some meaning, but it doesn't matter. He is not a big shot, so there is no need to get to the bottom of it.
Bilibili’s interview on the theme of “What kind of young people should we become?” adopted Gu Lu’s suggestions.
I thought there would be a second form, a salon for 10 writers.
But I never wanted to be the first post-80s writer contacted by the Wu Bureau. I was very interested at first when I heard about the project, but after hearing about it, I decisively rejected it.
"Teacher Dong, what is the reason for your refusal? We can discuss any issues." Wu Ju whispered on the phone.
"Because Teacher Gu Lu definitely understands young people better. He himself is a young person." Teacher Dong responded, "I don't think it is necessary to discuss it together."
Teacher Dong is a writer who criticizes those born in the 1990s for not being able to endure hardship. He compared it with his own youth. In short, it was much harder to make a living in society after entering a factory than it is now.
With his remarks, he wanted to become famous in one fell swoop by criticizing young people. Black and red are also red.
Books by physical book authors are becoming increasingly unsaleable, especially those that have not won awards and have basically lost their exposure.
Two or three of the 10 writers should have this idea in mind, and since seniors criticize juniors, it wouldn't be a big deal in the first place.
But having said that, I just want to sell books, why do I have to work so hard? Who wants to face Gu Lu? Isn’t the example of the Northwest Circle vivid enough?
"Okay, I have something else to do, so I won't talk about it for now." Teacher Dong hung up the phone.
Immediately afterwards, Wu Ju contacted other writers, and the responses Wu Ju received were more outrageous than the last!
(End of chapter)