Chapter 452 Stepping stone?
"Mr. Gu Lu's works are definitely fine. Who is Mr. Gu Lu? He is a genius writer who wrote "The Little Prince" at the age of 16. Isn't it easy to write fairy tales?"
Director Wang, head of the Children's Literature Research Office of the Writers Association, said in a very objective tone, "The new work of Mr. Gu Lu is included in the [New Fairy Tale] series, which will be the biggest highlight of the series!"
Vice Chairman Qi and Secretary-General Tian Mengge looked at each other's old face in his fifties, and felt that it was so thicker than his own.
But...you just want to make progress? The two leaders on the left side of the round table also spoke immediately.
"Teacher Gu Lu has the energy to participate in the event, which is enough to prove his concern for the development of children's literature in China, so I personally suggest that "The Little Man Who Borrowses" is the main work in the series." said Vice Chairman Qi.
Secretary-General Tian Mengge answered, "I have known Mr. Gu Lu for a long time and have been in touch for four or five years. I know very well that Mr. Gu Lu is a fast gunner, so he finished his creation in more than 20 days. It sounds very hurrying, but We must also believe that Teacher Gu Lu is dedicated. I also vote for Teacher Gu Lu."
None of the three leaders of the Writers Association read Gu Lu's new work. But so what?
The editorial board of the [New Fairy Tales] series of books also includes the editor-in-chief and editor of Changjiang Children's Publishing House, and other people with names that are covered with gold.
The theme of the "Series of Books" held by this conference was almost unanimously voted for Gu Lu.
Why is it almost there are two abstentions.
The abstention is Du Muyao, deputy editor-in-chief of Changjiang Children's Publishing House. At first glance, the name is the Five Elements Lack of Earth.
Du Muyao feels a bit unfair because other writers, Zhou Jing, Xu Nuochen, Qiao Manshui, etc., have not finished writing yet. Should we wait until all the main works are finished before judging based on quality?
"The Little Prince" is unique in fairy tales, but I like to watch more adults, right?
"Looking at the world from a child's perspective", how many children are willing to see it? Adults love to watch because they lose their child’s perspective. At least Du Muyao personally believes that the fairy tale works of the Little Prince type are not suitable at all for the current [New Fairy Tale] series.
Why didn’t Du Muyao express his opinions? Because he is kind and he is also a Gu Lu reader, it is impossible because he has old men and young men who dare not refute the leader.
"In terms of the Writers Association, let's sort out the opinions." Editor-in-chief Changjiang said to the people around him, his tone was all with a small rhythm, and he was in a good mood.
"I'll go back and sort it into a document and send it to the editor-in-chief's email." Du Muyao responded immediately.
"The good job finally came to our Changjiang Children's Publishing House." Editor-in-chief of Changjiang said, "Vice Chairman Qi will send Teacher Gu Lu's new work today. You can take a look at the ambiguity of paragraphs and texts. After summarizing it, please summarize it. Discuss with Teacher Gu Lu. ”
Editor-in-chief Changjiang did not know Gu Lu's influence on the national level, but from the field of writers alone, this wave was definitely putting out 100% of his energy for medium-sized publishing houses.
"I understand," Du Muyao hesitated for a moment and still raised a question, "Then do we want to inform other writers?"
A total of seven writers, including Gu Lu, have signed a letter agreement. After talking about royalties and talk about publicity resources, they are all contestants with accumulated sales of their works exceeding one million, and they all have bargaining chips.
The main work, that is, the biggest publicity stance, has been given to other writers, so I definitely need to inform you. Besides, Du Muyao has known Qiao Manshui for many years.
Editor-in-chief of Changjiang thought about it and said, "You make arrangements."
arrange? Du Muyao was speechless. Isn’t it just that he is here to make these calls?
I took a car to return to the company with the editor. It was Du Kai's car. In fact, the editor-in-chief of Changjiang and his colleagues went on a trip and never drove by themselves. If he didn't drive, the editor-in-chief of Changjiang would also be shameless and wait for others to call for a car.
Sometimes Du Muyao, as the deputy editor-in-chief, thinks, is he not becoming the editor-in-chief because he is not thick-skinned enough?
"Editor Du, that's the biscuits in our tea room are gone." The new intern ran over when he saw the key person.
"Tell me, why do you tell me? I don't care about the tea room." Du Muyao said angrily, and saw him pick up a cup of coffee and return to his office.
Looking at the leader's back as he left, the intern cursed in his heart, "Damn it, if you hadn't stuffed half of the biscuits and cakes into the bag every day, wouldn't it be?
Du Muyao sat down, took a sip of coffee, shivered, opened the company's email, and received a new work from the Writers Association.
Wait, Du Muyao thought, and called his friend Qiao Manshui first, because he was familiar with him and could say anything directly.
"Jojo, is it easy to speak? I have one thing here."
Immediately afterwards, Du Muyao informed his friend about the confirmed series of books.
Sure enough, my friend was very angry, "I won't give Zhou Jing the main work, right? Why? She just accumulated 163,469 more sales than me? But my single record is far overwhelming her!"
"I haven't finished writing my work yet, why do you make sure it's her? Why? The rules are the main ones after finishing writing it first?"
After saying it out loud, he called out the names of the other five people, either 55 or Qiao Manshui felt that he had an advantage.
The spirit conveyed is dissatisfaction.
Du Muyao and his friends finished their output, and he responded, "The main work is Gu Lu's "The Little Man Who Borrowses". "
The other side of the phone was silent for about ten seconds before Qiao Manshui's words rang out, "Writing the bouquet of the Little Prince Plane Kingdom to Algernon, the suspect X's dedication from Gu Lu, who comes from the New World?"
Without a word, Du Muyao felt that this long list was about to end and he was about to die.
"So, the lineup of this series of books is me, wait, and Gu Lu?" Qiao Manshui continued.
More than half a month ago, the Writers Association urgently called for brakes and could not disclose the list of authors of the series (specifically referring to Gu Lu), so the other six people knew each other, but they were not sure that Gu Lu was there.
"Yes, Teacher Gu Lu signed the contract late..."
"Brother Situ, whoever finishes writing first will play the main role. I have no objection to this rule." Qiao Manshui's tone suddenly changed, "It's not anything else. When I was a student, I read Teacher Gu Lu's novels and could not compete with my elders. .”
You really dare to say that you are born in the 1980s and Gu Lu is born in the 1995s!
"The relationship between us is meaningless, it's not meaningful to talk about these things." Du Muyao said something implicitly, and said something practical.
"Just keeping the door, I said that this essay was written for children. Gu Lu's little prince's sales were contributed by adults. I am confident that my essay this time is more suitable for the main topic than him. , but..."
Saying "but" means that the skin in front is useless. Qiao Manshui lowered his voice on the phone, "How famous is Gu Lu? How hard is the world view written in the first volume of the new book "From the New World"? I dare It is said that if it is not the author's name, 70% of readers will abandon the book. What's the result? In the past two or three months, the sales volume in Asia will be almost 20 to 30 million, right? "
"What is this exposure?" Qiao Manshui sighed, "The series of books has Gu Lu's main theme, and I can also become famous. Let's say that Gu Lu and I have published a series of books, and we also have a face!"
It makes sense, Du Muyao figured it out. If you want to focus on the main topic, you should be popular. To be honest, what else is more eye-catching than "The Little Prince Author Gu Lu, Write Fairy Tales Again"? "But you really have the skills to invite him. He has only written "Little Prince" after six or seven years - to be precise, he has only debuted and wrote "Little Prince". He hasn't written a fairy tale for so long." Qiao Manshui was very happy.
There are two reasons for being happy. The first reason was also mentioned earlier, and it is even more famous.
Second, it is also related to the name. Think about it, there is Gu Lu and Qiao Manshui in the series. Then the child bought a set and said to his mother, "Mom, I think Qiao Manshui's book is better than Gu Lu's book." Think about how exciting this picture is?
There are not many opportunities to defeat the "genius" Gu Lu through his works!
Qiao Manshui, who was so excited that he couldn't help but say, "Okay, I have new inspiration. I know the matter, so I'll hang up first."
Immediately, soon, Du Muyao's strategy of calling the other five writers changed.
At the beginning, "The main work of our series was selected, which is Gu Lu's new work "The Little Man Who Borrowses". "
The answer he answered was very happy and had no complaints.
After Qiao Manshui informed him, he also caught one or two of them excited.
"It seems a little sorry for Teacher Gu Lu now. It has become a stepping stone. Everyone wants to step on it." Du Muyao felt a little guilty inside.
Gu Lu's works should not be the least popular among children, right?
Let’s talk about the work, Du Muyao starts reading.
Exceeding Du Muyao's expectations...
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
A sick little boy was sent to a small villa in the suburbs to recuperate, and then he discovered a mysterious race in the house: a villain who borrowed things.
The villain would live under the floor and live by borrowing things from the "giant" home. What the villain feared most is to be discovered.
"It's not an adult fairy tale, but a story that children love to read and has rich imagination." Du Muyao was surprised. He felt that these villains seemed to be like parasites?
Besides, if you take things without permission, isn’t that stealing?
Regarding this issue, the book also describes him and the villain's argument about "borrowing" and "stealing". For example, the title of the book is not a villain who steals things.
After reading it in one breath, Du Muyao read it very slowly, and it took an hour, but he still couldn't finish it.
"Unlike the Little Man Kingdom in "Gulliver's Travels", Gu Lushu really didn't plan to teach us anything in this story!"
The villain who borrowed something, the whole text was not only interesting, but also attracted by the story settings. Du Muyao is a basic cognition that adults do not think about it, but after reading it or listening to the story of the mother, they will definitely wonder if the little thing that was missing in their home has been stolen.
When Du Muyao was excited, he touched the pen cover next to him to the ground. Subconsciously bent down to pick up the pen cover, but after a pause, an idea popped up in my mind - do you want to pick it up later? See if it will disappear.
Then Du Muyao stood up and rubbed the corners of his eyes, feeling that he was too childish.
"The things that cannot be found are borrowed. The villains will return them after a while, so we can't find them when we look for them, but the items will come out after a while. This explanation is the explanation of genius in fairy tales. .”
Du Muyao felt unsatisfied after reading it. One of the reasons was the setting of "borrowing things villain" with a long aftertaste and can attract people's imagination.
"This is the good fairy tale book for children. It is mainly interesting. The path to tell and the advantages that should be taught to children are expressed in the story." Du Muyao especially likes the villain Yun Xi.
Because villains are afraid of being discovered, the place where they settled is far away from places like doors and windows, but in a corner where humans do not visit often.
But the little people yearn for the blue sky and white clouds, and Yun Xi is one of them. She has a desire to explore and empathize. She is the most loved by children when they were young and wants to be the most.
"The Little Prince is for adults, and the Little Man who borrows things is for children. Two fairy tales works have come to the ceiling." Du Muyao thought to himself, "I still say that Gu Lu is not suitable for this theme. ...In half a month, I really only need to do a little, and it is already the ceiling of this level."
The six writers who sharpened their knives in front were about to miscalculate.
"Do you want to call Qiao Qiao to remind me... Forget it, there is no need." Du Muyao felt that it was interesting not to remind him.
Then Du Muyao continued to read the article and started looking for ambiguity words.
It took two days to count and send it to the author, and Gu Lu also received it, but he was busy with other things.
"No wonder, I seem to have learned something." What Gu Lu learned is that value is more important than content.
After returning to the phone, Brother Yao told seven or eight luxury brands that wanted to buy illustration elements. Neither Gu Lu nor Brother Yao was fool. One or two people who don’t understand it will be confused, but seven or eight... it must be someone who will be fueling the fire.
So who is it? The answer is about to come out.
"Indeed, I should have understood this truth long ago. It is the most obvious manifestation that I can enter the think tank in China." Gu Lu is ready to have revenue of tens of millions of US dollars (two million per company) and 2% of sales. .
Two million US dollars is the highest price given by luxury goods and intangible cultural heritage cooperation around the world. As for 2%, generally there is no such thing as Gu Lu is an isolated case of cooperation, after all, the brand is not a philanthropist.
Gu Lu was not so arrogant that he thought it was influenced by his fame. He murmured to himself, "Dibou is not only a person who loves to send cheese everywhere, but he is still pretty good."
In addition, Gu Lu also took the opportunity to make a small request. It contributes to the implementation of the Isolated America program.
The phone call came again, it was an online car-hailing driver, and Gu Lu dragged the box out.
The pulleys were scattered. The pulleys seemed a little bad after being violently transported on board last time, which made the sound very unpleasant.
It was not heavy, so Gu Lu lifted the box to avoid disturbing himself and passers-by.
After getting in the car, he took the initiative to report the last number of his mobile phone and Gu Lu fastened his seat belt.
Not long after I drove out, I received a WeChat message.
[Tian Xiao: Is the flight normal? Is the flight normal? If there is any change, tell me in time! ］
"Okay, no problem." Gu Lu sent a voice.
Why did Gu Lu, who could type without pronunciation, become abnormal? It’s not because I feel dizzy when typing in the car, but because Tian Xiao is really too "cautious".
(This chapter ends)