Chapter 449: What’s your level?
"This is indeed the case." Director Zhao also knew that if Alexei hadn't come to visit, he would not have paid a third visit to the thatched cottage.
"But Mr. Alexey, the ambassador of the Embassy in China, is a loyal fan of Tolstoy. Because of Gu's sequel, Mr. Alexey really wants to invite Gu to attend the National Day event in Moscow's Red Square."
Maybe it was because Director Zhao didn't like literature, and he wasn't even from a liberal arts background. He didn't understand why a 10,000 to 20,000-word continuation of a play could change the attitude of a civil servant at the deputy ministry level like this.
The three invitations are very sincere. Gu Lu has not been to the Bear Country yet, so he treats it as a trip. Maybe this trip can trigger the golden finger.
Of course, the core factor that made Gu Lu agree directly was that he wanted to open up the Russian market for his next book. As an author, there was nothing wrong with building up his reputation.
"What's the specific date?" Gu Lu asked.
"The National Day of the Bear Country is June 12, to commemorate the Declaration of Sovereignty of the Russian Federation adopted by the Russian Federation in 1990." Director Zhao said, "Is it okay to set off from Sijiu City on the 10th? It happens to be our diplomatic mission The department leader’s celebration team also set off on the same day.”
Director Zhao's implication was that it would be no problem if Gu Lu wanted to go alone.
"Let's just be together and take care of each other." Gu Lu said.
Then the matter was happily decided.
After hanging up the phone, Director Zhao was also moving forward with his work. Amidst the busy work, he received a message about Gu Lu
The Writers Association will hold a "New Fairy Tale" event and convene a group of writers to produce fairy tale works.
Writers such as Zhou Jing and Xu Nuochen were selected into the quota. They are indeed powerful writers. For example, the former is a leading figure among writers born in the 1980s in Hunan Province. He wrote "Niujiaozhou Hotel", "Jingling Flower Clothes" and "Yi Yi". Children's stories such as "Thousands of Jumping Flower Buds" have basically won all the domestic children's literature awards.
In terms of awards, he even won Gu Lu for sure.
However, Director Zhao rubbed the corners of his eyes and his first reaction when he saw the news was - is the Writers Association crazy?
He called the Writers Association, and the person in charge of this project was the vice president and the Children's Literature Research Office.
"In the name of the United Front, I hope that the Writers Association can explain this event. Expert Gu Lu is an expert at the Great Diplomacy International Think Tank. His books and works are arranged with diplomatic missions. You arranged for Expert Gu Lu to create children's works. "What are the specific considerations?" Director Zhao asked on the phone.
He has been in the United Front Work Department for so long that he has met many artists with United Front value, and even painters who are highly regarded overseas, with a painting selling for tens of millions of dollars. But in terms of importance, it is far inferior to Gu Lu.
To put it more clearly, what kind of organization can give Gu Lu the task of writing an article? Diplomacy, united front, and core think tanks. Let’s take a look at the Writers Association. Is it appropriate to line up with these three units?
Vice Chairman Qi of the Writers Association looked a little dull. To be honest, their writers' association launched "New Fairy Tales" with the theme of creating more exciting works for children. Choosing Gu Lu is also a good sign. After all, there will definitely be resources to promote the series of books.
So I won’t give any advance notice at all, because I don’t believe that any author would refuse a pie in the sky.
But the result...
"I'm sorry, Director Zhao. It's because we didn't communicate with Gu Lu...experts in advance." Vice Chairman Qi knew that he had to stand at attention when being beaten.
"Expert Gu is responsible for overseas cultural promotion and cultural diplomacy. In addition, he also actively promotes Chinese. Any activities should be communicated and agreed upon with Expert Gu." Director Zhao said, "This is also a suggestion of mine. ”
Seriously speaking, the Writers Association is not under the control of the United Front Bureau, but has a dedicated department for culture. But you cannot but listen to the opinions of the United Front Department, whether it is economic or cultural.
For example, if the Wudu Network Writers Association is established with the support of the city’s United Front, you can even skip the Writers Association. Without the need for a nod from the Fog City Writers Association, let the Online Writers Association become a regular force of the Writers Association.
"I understand Director Zhao. This is indeed because the work of our Writers Association department is too sloppy." Vice Chairman Qi said immediately, "We will make corrections for the new fairy tale activities."
"The new fairy tale activity is a good activity. Excellent children's works can cultivate good habits in children." Director Zhao said, "I am just making a suggestion."
Yes, yes, but who dares not take this suggestion seriously?
Normally, when this happens, Director Zhao should ask his section chief to make this call. But this time, he just wants to swat mosquitoes with cannons and let certain units know that if they are not the same kind of people, they should not come to touch them.
You know, all the bad information about Gu Lu on the Internet is in a semi-monitored state.
What is semi-surveillance? For ordinary people to comment that Gu Lu's new book is bad, or to criticize it a few times, it won't mean anything. But if there was an organized attack on Gu Lu, the water meter would really be opened and checked.
The reason is simple. When your role is large enough, you will be protected accordingly. Even Gu Lu himself didn't know about these protections.
After everything is said, hang up the phone here.
Vice Chairman Qi felt that his back was wet, which was really scary.
"Overseas cultural promotion, cultural diplomacy matters, promoting Chinese..." Vice Chairman Qi was speechless. Look at you, is this what a writer should do?
Can a writer just be a writer? Don't look around.
Soon, very soon, Vice Chairman Qi called for Secretary-General Tian Mengge and Director Wang of the Children's Literature Research Office.
"Teacher Gu Lu has been taken off the list of new fairy tales for the time being." Vice Chairman Qi said.
"No problem, there are indeed many children's writers in our research room, and the choices are very diverse." Director Wang responded quickly.
Secretary-General Tian Mengge immediately objected, "Although Teacher Gu Lu only created one "Little Prince", this fairy tale book is enough to establish his status in the field of fairy tales. Moreover, Teacher Gu Lu himself also has a very high national reputation. awareness, it is really inappropriate not to invite Teacher Gu Lu to the new fairy tale event.”
What you said makes sense, but it's useless.
Vice Chairman Qi conveyed the leadership's suggestions without reservation. After hearing this, Tian Mengge and Director Wang had expressions of disbelief in their eyes, as if they were listening to a book from heaven.
If Vice Chairman Youqi hadn't said it seriously, he would have thought it was a joke, and it would have been a very poor joke.
"..." Director Wang opened his mouth, but in the end nothing came out.
Tian Mengge scratched his head. He really wanted to ask, did the leaders of the United Front make a mistake and have the same name? But such low-level mistakes are simply impossible.
"Let's ask Teacher Gu Lu for his opinion." Deputy Editor Qi said, "If Teacher Gu Lu is interested in participating, then our Writers Association warmly welcomes it. If Teacher Gu Lu has more important tasks, we must not delay it."
"Forget it, I'll call and inquire in person. This can better express the sincerity of our Writers Association." Deputy Editor Qi said.
After saying that, he sent Tian Mengge and Director Wang away.
Director Wang feels that it is very cold this winter. He is half of the northwest circle. Of course, when Yan Feng and Gu Lu had a dispute on the Internet, he did not take sides. Because it's not worth his statement. His status as half of the Northwest Circle would not allow him to cause any obstacles to Gu Lu, so it was out of the question. But when Gu Lu was replaced from the event, he agreed without hesitation, which was something to be happy about.
Now... the Diplomatic Trilogy, oh no, the "red" content of Gu Lu, who wrote the Diplomatic Trilogy and "Young China", has materialized in Director Wang's heart.
"Yan Feng, and our writers in the northwest circle, do you know who your opponents are?" Director Wang suddenly thought of this sentence in his heart.
In other words, why does China allow such an awesome writer to exist?
"Secretary Tian," Director Wang used his special face-changing skill, "You and Teacher Gu Lu are quite familiar."
This voice brought the somewhat confused Tian Mengge back to his senses, "It's okay. He even sent me a blessing message on New Year's Eve."
As he said this, Tian Mengge still wanted to bring up the news, but then gave up on this move and wanted to calm down. Although it is something to be proud of, you should remain calm.
"That's a really good relationship. Teacher Gu Lu still remembers Secretary Tian when he was busy with major affairs abroad." Director Wang said.
That's true. Tian Mengge also agreed with this statement. An event led to a big leader calling to inquire. The big leader's words about Gu Lu's burden sounded heavy.
"Secretary Tian has a sharp eye. I remember that Teacher Gu had a very good relationship with you when he first joined the association." Director Wang held it.
Gu Lu was initially attracted by President Jian to join the Sijiucheng Writers' Association, and then joined the National Writers' Association as the youngest member. He was quite popular at that time.
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In other words, Gu Lu has been a member of the Writers Association for several years. However, during the years when he stopped writing, he refused invitations to activities and meetings of the Writers Association many times, which made several old men in the Writers Association feel that this young man was a bit arrogant. Therefore, in addition to his membership status, No more positions.
What's more, the several literary awards organized by the Writers' Association have never paid any attention to Lu.
Thinking of this, Director Wang suddenly lost his cool because he wanted to see how those good guys would end up.
King Gulu, who doesn’t know anything, is reading Bilibili’s messages. The update of his time capsule was sent out, and the follow-up popularity and comments are actually quite good.
In particular, the message area has become a place for youthful memories. "I don't have any impression of the black guy, but I have an impression of Tangyuan. A few years ago, we shared the skills of being a top student when we were young. It turns out that even top students can't fulfill their dreams." "Seven or eight years ago, I didn't want to eat the food cooked by my grandma, but now I can't." "Eight years ago, my parents just divorced, resulting in poor academic performance, and I felt that life was hopeless. Thank you for letting me meet someone I can love." Something that can keep me alive"...
The video even became popular, not because of Gu Lu's fame, or even because of the quality of the video.
It's about "I want to change the present but I can't, I can only place my hope in the future." That's why many people regard this video as an electronic time capsule.
"It's a pity that I didn't write a time capsule when I was studying. So now I will write an electronic capsule about myself five years from now - will you get a promotion and a salary increase in five years? Are you still being zyx's licking dog? Can you? Can’t you stop being affected by little things?”
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"To be very realistic, if there are no major changes, such as winning the lottery or the death of an important person in your life, things that cannot be changed now will only become inertia in a few years." Gu Lu closed the web page.
Seeing too much other people's misfortunes and helplessness was a bit frustrating, so now Gu Lu went to the supermarket to buy ingredients and do something on his hands.
Big fish and meat can make people feel happy. It is said that it comes from animal instinct, because animals are happy when they eat vigorously.
Gu Lu's current cooking skills are definitely not as good as Aunt Fang's, but if he takes his time seriously, the taste will definitely be good.
After finishing his meal, Gu Lu lay on the sofa and planned his trip.
"I'll go to Hubei Province in two days to continue shooting the new time capsule series." Gu Lu got in touch with Tian Xiao. Unexpectedly, Tian Xiao actually settled in Seoul.
It’s not Seoul, that Seoul, but the capital city of Hubei Province, the city of hot and dry noodles!
Next up is the French Cultural Conference in mid-February, and it’s not easy to refuse this time. Because the "Annual Banquet" held by the French Embassy years ago invited "friends from France" to attend, Gu Lu refused.
Because if you agree with France, you cannot favor one over the other. You have to agree to annual banquet invitations from countries such as Britain, Norway, and Spain, which is too troublesome.
To be honest, forget it about Norway and Spain, Gu Lu accepted it. He has already written "Gloom in Weymouth", how can he still be considered a friend of Britain?
"Oh, by the way, I have to finish the pine nuts and send them to the New Youth Publishing House before February." Gu Lu made arrangements using a memo on his mobile phone.
So - a celebration party for the sales of 1.5 million copies of "Who Moved My Cheese (Book to Dibo)" was held in Paris.
The population of France is only over 60 million, but to achieve sales of 1.5 million in just over a year is outrageous.
It is indeed time to celebrate.
"Should we go or not?" Gu Lu thought, feeling that he might as well not go. Because the original author wants to leave enough room for translator Dibo to show off.
Another point is that France is not as popular as the Bear Country. He is very popular in France. With annual sales of 1.5 million, there are only a few works in the entire history of French novels. Therefore, there is no need for Gu Lu to build up his reputation.
"I don't like traveling abroad - I should make time to go to Neon." Gu Lu made the arrangement because he really couldn't refuse.
The new book Songzi wants to "heal" readers, but it is a neon work, so people will definitely accept this tune, so the new book is announced first. Secondly, in April, the filming at Hegemony Club was probably completed, and he could drop by to see the progress of the animation production.
Finally, the celebration of "From the New World" breaking 800,000 copies.
If you don't pay attention, 2020 has just begun, and there are already a lot of things on the memo.
"Woooooooo-" The phone vibrated.
Gu Lu glanced at the unknown number and answered the call.
"Is this Teacher Gu Lu?" The other party was a middle-aged male voice.
"I'm Gu Lu, who am I?" Gu Lu's voice sounded unfamiliar to him.
"Teacher Gu Lu, I am Qi Dongling, vice chairman of the Chinese Writers' Association. I asked for the phone number from Tian Mengge, secretary-general of our Writers' Association. I hope it will not disturb Teacher Gu Lu's work."
Vice Chairman Qi's attitude is a bit flattering.
"Oh oh oh, Chairman Qi." Gu Lu greeted.
"I heard that Teacher Gu Lu has a very good personal relationship with Secretary Tian." Vice Chairman Qi said, "So this time our Writers Association has a [New Fairy Tale] event and recommended Teacher Gu. I wonder if Teacher Gu has time?"
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