Chapter 441 This is influence!
When Gu Lu left the hotel, Lao Xing and Xiao Lu had been preparing for a long time. He bought some steamed buns from the breakfast shop downstairs. He saw that they were pre-made dishes, but he didn't expect them to taste so bad. The basic necessities of life for ordinary people had been completely conquered by industrialization.
"We may need to take a detour, the front is inaccessible." Lao Xing said.
ha? Gu Lu didn't understand. "Aren't we going to the Ganghua area? There are roads and light rails extending in all directions. Why is there a traffic jam?"
The event venue is not specifically a gymnasium or a park, but it is such a huge piece of land!
"Since 7 o'clock this morning, there have been too many tourists. So far, traffic police comrades from all over the region have been dispatched to maintain order. But they are still stuck in congestion." Lao Xing couldn't hide his excitement in his words, "It feels like half of the city is dominated by fog. All the online taxis in the city are heading this way.”
Xiaolu added, "To be more precise, hotel sales in the Dukou District have increased significantly since yesterday."
"Why are there so many tourists?" Gu Lu was surprised. He immediately thought that he had a book signing with Fujimaki, Fusuda and others today, wouldn't he have to suffer?
Lao Xing and Xiao Lu looked at each other. Brother, if you ask this question, it proves that you have no influence on yourself because you have no green tree in your heart.
With the two people leading the way, they walked around in a circle before entering the core area.
Indeed, it was a blast.
"Should I ask for Teacher Gu Lu's autograph or Fujimaki's? I really like Kagami and Kuroko, but I also like the little prince."
"When will the COS event start?"
“I’d also like to know when the surrounding markets will open. There are so many out-of-print and limited-edition ones, please restock!”
There was a female student named Xiaomu who looked like she was from a university or maybe a high school, and she took out a book from her school bag.
Not "The Little Prince" or "Flatland."
"I specially brought a Chinese language document and asked for a signature. And I wanted to ask Teacher Gu Lu in person what kind of thoughts and feelings he expressed when he wrote this sentence!"
Xiaomu remembers that when he was in junior high school, there was a question on the paper, "Gu Lu wrote "Young China" in high school. What kind of thoughts and feelings does it represent for the author?"
Why was she so impressed? Because she was wrong about this question, and most of the students were wrong.
"Why are there so many people? When can we get here?" Xiaomu and the little sisters came to the [Peripheral Market] together, the stalls formed around the Little Prince peripheral flagship store.
More than a hundred stalls.
However, since this is the first event, the booth fee is not expensive. It's not as good as COMICUP, you can make a lot of money just from the booth fee.
After passing through many difficulties, Gu Lu came to Ganghua Building. It is currently being used as a temporary conference room.
Fujimaki Tadatoshi and others couldn't get through on the phone. Gu Lu asked Lao Xing, "Are they here?"
"My colleague who was at the airport just now has sent a message, and several teachers have received it. We are on the way back now." Lao Xing responded immediately. If I didn’t say the second part, it would definitely not delay the autograph session in the afternoon.
In addition to the book signing, as the writer of "The Little Prince", Gu Lu also has other things to do, such as flying a kite (in the shape of a spaceship) around ten o'clock.
In his free time now, Gu Lu turned on his phone and took a look at the advertisements he posted on the two platforms.
Weibo said - "Brother Gu Lu, it's not me who said anything. After all, I grew up reading your novels and I will definitely not harm you. There are many bad people outside now, let alone a celebrity like you. It's so dangerous to go outside." , so can I just stay at home and write a book? I’ve finished reading "From the New World", which is mostly science fiction and fairy tales. Can I do some other themes?"
A certain netizen posted such a concerned statement, which was recognized by most netizens, so he copied the first half and the message area was blocked.
Weibo probably doesn’t have much publicity effect, but Bilibili’s more than 5,000 comment areas show great results.
"It's located in Sichuan Province, so we can go and have a look. Do you want to go play with us?", "Great, it's Little Prince's Day, our two-spined ape in the southwest is saved", "Wow, the guest lineup is quite impressive, poor buddy. When did the Dukou District become so nervous?", "Go to Gu Lu, I really like his science fiction novels. I was still level 13 at Gu Lu's bar before."...
Many netizens said they would come.
First, as Generation Z grows up, the two-dimensional group becomes larger and larger.
Secondly, as Gu Lu's fame spread over six or seven years, his national popularity has become quite widespread.
Finally, the friends invited by Gu Lu were quite attractive. The three reasons combined together form the water balloon bomb.
Rumble and explode!
A drop of water is a tourist.
Leaders such as Li Minghai at the ferry crossing thought there would be too many people, but they didn’t expect so many!
Director Fang Qian of Hongyadong Folklore District has seen big scenes, but he didn’t expect them to be so big!
"What a surprise, so exaggerated? This event didn't stir up much discussion on the Internet." Director Qian couldn't understand.
"Director Qian, there has been congestion at check-in point No. 3. Is there any specific way to alleviate it?" Li Minghai asked.
"It's only what time and it's already jammed?" Director Qian asked.
At half past nine, there is already a long queue at the location where the No. 37 Balloon (Planet B375) took pictures... to be more precise, it is a long snake, which moves very slowly.
"Don't you have any check-in training? This scenic spot has been here for so long?" Director Qian asked, "Instruct the staff on how to take pictures and how to take photos, one minute - at most one and a half minutes per tourist. And then find the angle. One search, three angles at the same time.”
"Uh... not that many people usually take photos." Li Minghai said.
Director Qian is a thousand-year-old fox, so he probably understands. Normally, there might be a queue of more than a dozen people, but the ferry district deliberately left it unsolved, so that it would look popular and popular.
In fact, the efficiency of clocking in is low.
"Then, have you prepared any small gifts? Send them to the passengers in line." Li Minghai said, "Then put up a signboard to tell tourists that there are many people, and leave after taking pictures, and don't stay for a long time...Speak in a relaxed manner. Stay low and don’t offend anyone.”
I must have prepared a gift, but it was arranged on the last day of the event, but I couldn't think of so much now, so Li Minghai agreed immediately. When you first start your activities, your reputation cannot be bad.
If you run out of gifts, you can buy more. As for the lack of funds...there are so many people coming! The city should probably spend some money.
The event encountered many situations. The number of visitors to this event was far greater than that of a music festival with 30,000 people.
The crux of the matter is—Dukou District has no experience in holding large-scale music festivals!
Director Qian does have real skills. His skills come from experience and he has dealt with too many tourists.
"Quick, the street patrol that starts at nine o'clock, hurry up and bring it out." "Don't worry about that, first solve the problem of tourists and readers in front of you. The most annoying thing for tourists when traveling is being ripped off and being stuck in traffic all the time. On the road, nothing can be seen.”
……
In the afternoon of that day, Fog City officials made urgent adjustments and added a special train line for Little Prince activities on Line 2. One normal train and one special train run alternately. The latter runs directly to Ping'an, Dukou District, Xinshan Village and Tiantangbao stations.
Various activities on Little Prince Day are centered on Ganghua Road, Yuejin Road, and Culture and Sports Road and spread to all directions.
Even better is to arrange light rail lines directly from the airport station and high-speed rail station. This is more convenient for tourists and can be done in the foggy city. It's just that we were in such a hurry that even Gu Lu himself didn't expect such a big battle, so he couldn't arrange it without preparation.
It was the lack of experience in the Dukou District that made Gu Lu very busy all day today, but he did not forget to call. From passively waiting for calls before, now he is now able to proactively call people.
"Hey, hey, hey, what a pity. I also want to come back to participate in the Little Prince Day." Zhou Lin said on the phone, "But is the event fun?"
"It's quite fun..." Gu Lu shared some interesting things today, including the fact that a reader took a copy of "Slam Dunk" and asked Tadatoshi Fujimaki to sign it. It felt like it was intentional.
After hanging up the phone for half an hour, there was a new call immediately.
Director Zhao of the United Front Department called me, and his attitude was very good. Maybe he was not busy with anything and still had time to chat.
When Gu Lu guessed what mission the other party came with, Director Zhao suddenly said, "Expert Gu, has the article been written? Or is there any clue about it?"
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
Gu Lu used to be called Teacher Gu, but after joining the think tank, he became Expert Gu. Gu Lu has also said it many times. After all, there are so many people calling him a beast on the Internet that this title doesn't even sound like a compliment.
Article, what article? Gu Lu's mind froze for a few seconds.
"Oh, I don't mean to rush you." Hearing the silence on the other end of the phone, Director Zhao seemed to understand something.
He continued, "2020 is the 30th anniversary of the National Day of the Furry Bear Country. Although the event will only be held in June, there is still half a year, but various arrangements will take time. Therefore, Mr. Alexey, the Chinese Ambassador of the Furry Bear Nation, made an inquiry .”
In fact, it is a reminder from the ambassador's office. The ambassador's various affairs must be recorded by the secretary. When the time comes, even if the ambassador himself does not want to go, the secretary will continue to push forward.
Alexey may not pay attention to this situation anymore, but Director Zhao still has the art of speaking.
oh oh! No wonder, no wonder Gu Lu always felt that he had forgotten something. Gu Lu suddenly remembered it.
"With some ideas, I am boldly preparing to continue writing Leo Tolstoy's posthumous work "Light Shines in the Dark."" Gu Lu responded.
"!" Is it such a big deal?
Director Zhao is not a Chinese major, and his literary appreciation ability is not bad. He does not know "Light Shines in the Dark", but Tolstoy's posthumous work, these few words already show the quality.
Unavoidable... Is it better to write historical and semi-biographical works like Spain and France? Of course Director Zhao didn't say this, he could never throw cold water on it.
"Okay, then I'll give you a response as well." Director Zhao said, "I won't disturb Expert Gu's creation. I'll hang up first.
Things were just as Director Zhao thought, Alexei had indeed forgotten about He Wen. The main reason is that as the head of the embassy, I am busy with too many things every day, so I really don't get distracted by unimportant things.
Even though Alexei is thin and thin, he is completely different from the stereotype of a tough guy from the furry bear country, but his fiery temper is very typical.
Therefore, the secretaries in the secretarial office do things with courage.
Also, Alexey loves to drink vodka. While drinking, I read Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Mikhail and other works, even if I read them over and over again.
"I almost forgot." After a busy day at work, Alexey picked up a bottle of Birdie vodka, sat in front of the computer, and looked at what was going on in the secretary's office today.
There is bad news: the dancers from the Bear Country invited to the Sino-Russian Friendship Day declined.
There is also good news. The progress of Chinese writers is gratifying. According to Director Zhao's response, "Expert Gu's progress is very good. After rigorous and serious thinking, he is guaranteed to write an article that is different from "One Night Genius" and is completely suitable for the country of Mao Xiong to represent our Chinese attitude toward the country. The importance of friendship between the two countries.”
"It should be a congratulatory message written by the writer Gu Lu." Alexey nodded happily. He still has the same view that they are all five gangsters. What you have in France must also be in the Woolly Bear Country. Even if he himself has never seen Gu Lu's works, he didn't even know about them before.
"On a personal note, I would like to send you a letter of thanks." Alexei responded to his secretary. After finishing an email, he took a sip and continued reading.
……
During the few days in the foggy city, while Gu Lu was concentrating on participating in activities, he was also writing congratulatory messages to the Mao Xiong Kingdom. It's quite busy.
Generally speaking, on the evening of December 31st, the Jiefangbei Square will be crowded with people, all gathering together to celebrate the New Year. Then tourists caused traffic jams, and it was impossible to get a car to leave at four or five in the morning...
The existence of Little Prince's Day this year actually stole a lot of limelight from the Liberation Monument and diverted attention from it.
Many tourists and locals choose to celebrate the New Year at the entrance of No. 37 Middle School. Officials in Dukou District also started to explode fireworks, especially many that exploded into rose shapes.
It feels like although they lack experience, Fukou District gave them all they could.
Coincidentally, after New Year's Day, around January 5th, Wudu Culture and Tourism released the "2019 Wudu Smart Tourism Blue Book".
First of all, it affirmed Fogdu’s efforts in 2019 to promote and create “global smart tourism”.
Then review the scenic spots in the area: "Po District Leisure Hui", "Leisure Bing District", "Yidu Cultural Tourism", "W Sheng Tourism", "Cultural Tourism W State", "Travel to Fuling", "Kaizhou Tourism" "Tong" and so on, the tourism resources in Fog City sound really good.
Not many of them work.
Don't look at what's available, but look at the key information - "Number of tourists received by various districts and counties in Wudu in the fourth quarter of 2019"
Number of tourists received by regional districts and counties (10,000 people)
Fog District 1506.7
Wubei District341.69
Bing District 219.25
JB area is not released
NA District 464.1
BN District 69.14
JLP District 528.53
Sand Area 405
Fukou District 166.4
The above is the data for the main urban area. I will not mention the new area of the main city, Fuling, Fengdu and other places. Wzhou, Youyang, Fuling and Gu Lu's hometown Yongchuan are quite strong, with figures of one to two million.
Generally speaking, no one pays attention to this kind of data. Not to mention netizens, even locals are not interested in reading the full text. At most, they see marketing accounts carrying some key information and take a look.
But this year it has created quite a buzz.
Because the Dukou District is actually not the main city district!
Let’s talk about the 2018 data of 585,600 people. Let’s look at this year. What kind of progress is this?
This is the reason for a small-scale discussion!
(End of chapter)