Chapter 120 Youth Digest
“No wonder he can become a writer——” Reporter Wang thought to himself.
"I'm going to help." Teacher Gao also walked into the kitchen.
The reporter was left alone in the living room. Reporter Wang looked around and asked: "Classmate Xiao Gu, can I take a photo at home? Don't worry, I will definitely give the good things to Xiao Gu for review. "
"What?" Gu Lu poked his head out of the kitchen. He had just turned on the water to wash vegetables and could not hear what was said outside.
So he repeated what he just said, and reporter Wang got Gu Lu's permission to shoot.
There are fifty or sixty books on the bookshelf: "The Old Man and the Sea", "Moby Dick", "New Stories", "The Unbearable Lightness of Life", "Liao Zhai", "The Detective Sherlock Holmes", etc.
"There is actually "Ancient Novel Gu Shen"?" Reporter Wang was surprised. This book is a collection of lost ancient novels compiled by Mr. Lu Xun.
The complete works of Lu Xun will not be included in any version. If you don’t know Zhou Shuren well, you will never know that such a book exists.
Opening "Liao Zhai", there are a lot of things written on the title page, [Earth puppets, deep love, not afraid of species, but unfortunately there are no ghosts and gods in reality to distinguish deep feelings, material]
Turning to the article "Tou Dou"——
Reporter Wang has a good command of classical Chinese and doesn't even need to read the translation. It tells the story of Wang's husband Ma Sheng who died early. She was so affectionate that she refused to remarry and used clay to After she made a statue of her husband, the underworld recognized that Wang was deeply in love and allowed the ghost to possess the clay statue and leave heirs. This is probably the story.
“There are a lot of material records, and the ones that are ticked at the end have already been written into stories?” Reporter Wang speculated.
Reporter Wang wrote down the ticked Liaozhai stories and went back to search for Gu Lu’s published works to see if he could see the context of the story.
Not only "Liao Zhai", more than fifty books, more or less, have notes.
Thinking in his mind and moving his hands quickly, Reporter Wang selected a few books and took pictures of the notes. Good reading habits are excellent goals that students should learn.
"No wonder it can be written that 'Reading is an easy practice of self-transcendence. It is to see people with the eyes of gods and animals with the eyes of birds.'" Reporter Wang concluded, "I don't know what a genius writer is. It looks like that, but Gu Lu does have all the qualifications that a talented writer should have in my stereotype.”
At half past eleven, Reporter Wang had almost finished taking photos and lunch was cooked.
The fragrant konjac roasted duck and chicken soup, what kind of family, it tastes so good! No matter what others think, Gu Lu has a huge appetite.
As the host, Gu Lu greeted, "Reporter Wang, Teacher Gao, you're welcome, eat more."
"It's so rich, so I'll get a bargain and try classmate Xiao Gu's cooking." Reporter Wang picked up a few chopsticks and praised them repeatedly.
I don’t know if it tastes delicious or if it’s just a casual meal, but I have to praise it out of politeness.
Gu Lu ate happily and observed from the corner of his eye. Reporter Wang eats in a casual and carefree manner, while Teacher Gao is more elegant, eating one meal at a time and absolutely no mess.
After dinner, Reporter Wang’s interview came to an end today, with only one last key question left.
"So, Xiao Gu, have you encountered any setbacks in writing?" Reporter Wang asked. Smooth sailing is not enough, there must be some setbacks. Overcoming setbacks with persistence and hard work is of educational significance. After all, the main audience of "Young Pioneer News" is students.
What kind of setbacks could there be in using cheats, but looking at the other party's thirst for knowledge, Gu Lu finally thought of one, which happened recently.
“Many magazines require both storytelling and literature, so there are cases where submissions fail to meet the editor’s standards.” Gu Lu said.
“Oh? What magazine is it?” Reporter Wang asked.
"In "Grudge", there was a problem with the manuscript. The editor gave me some revision suggestions, but I couldn't meet their requirements," Gu Lu said, "so I had to change a magazine."
< br>The requirements for germination are a bit high. But it doesn’t matter. Reporter Wang will faithfully record and report the setbacks. “Can you tell me a story about the failure to meet the requirements?”
"'Moonstone' and 'Yesterday's Park' are both stories about how to deal with regrets and memories," Gu Lu said.
It turned out to be this topic. Reporter Wang nodded silently. Write down the key points, and today’s interview will be fruitful.
“Be sure to tell me when the interview is online so I can buy it and take a look.” Gu Lu told reporter Wang.
"Probably next week, I'll call you to tell you the details."
Reporter Wang left at two o'clock in the afternoon. He had an interview at three o'clock in the afternoon, so time was tight. Teacher Gao insisted on helping to clear away the dishes, so more than half an hour later, Gu Lu sent the class teacher to a nearby station.
"I'm sorry, classmate Gu Lu, I was a little suspicious of you, but it was the teacher's fault." Teacher Gao apologized very formally.
Gu Lu was suddenly flattered by this sudden apology, because few people apologized to him.
"It doesn't matter, it's normal not to believe it." Gu Lu immediately waved his hand, "It's a child's fate to be misunderstood by elders, it doesn't matter."
With these words... Teacher Gao subconsciously wanted to stand up I would refute it from the standpoint of an elder, or an adult, but if you think about it carefully, it seems to be true.
When the bus arrived, Gu Lu watched Teacher Gao get on the bus before returning home.
Having been busy all day, I almost forgot about serious things.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not homework.
There are two things. First of all, the key points drawn by Li Guyuan need to be remembered. Secondly, I would like to mention the words "Yesterday's Park" to Bangshu Humanities Society. This is my blessing as the original author.
Besides his serious work, he also has a side job. Vice President Wang, the editor-in-chief of New Youth Publishing House, called Gu Lu and asked Gu Lu to select short stories of about 100,000 words.
The number of articles is not important, anyway, it is about 100,000 words.
It’s a bit difficult to find Gu Lu, there are so many good ones - “It’s my first time to publish a collection of short stories, so don’t be careless. You must choose interesting short stories.”
Gu Lu’s selection continues until night.
The end of Monday means the end of the National Day Golden Week.
The deputy editor-in-chief of "Youth Digest" does not work after get off work. In his opinion, only useless people would leave their work until holidays.
Deputy Editor Qu, just go ahead and bullshit me. Who can bully you? If you are not the leader, you cannot make the decision on your own.
On Tuesday, Deputy Editor Qu arrived at the office and first asked Secretary Li from the editorial department to follow the old rules.
"Chief Editor Qu, your coffee." Secretary Li glanced at the several macarons on the table, "Chief Editor Qu, please don't waste anything. Not every snack is finished."
"You have to prepare food even if you can't finish it. Emile Zola liked to drink coffee and tell stories. It's a sense of ritual." Deputy Editor Qu said, "This is because you don't understand."
< br>Secretary Li was speechless. The music editor had a good personality, but he was too fussy and pursued a sense of ritual, especially a waste of food.
After sending away the secretary, Deputy Director Qu started working. In fact, he didn't like coffee or macarons, the former was bitter and the latter was sweet.
Private manuscripts and manuscripts that have passed the first review must be reviewed...
There is still a difference between reviewing manuscripts and reading books. The former requires attention to writing style and story structure, so it is slower, and two people sit in one sitting. For three hours, I didn’t eat a single macaron, but I took a few sips of coffee.
I saw Gu Lu’s contribution, a total of two articles.
As far as the name is concerned, deputy editor Qu chose to read "Moon Stone" first. "Yesterday's Park" looks a bit like a prose in its title.
"Supernatural novel?" Deputy Editor Qu frowned when he saw the opening chapter.
The story begins with an office worker who saw his dead mother while riding the light rail.
“What a description of the city’s imprint.”
Deputy Editor Qu said in his heart that most subways in cities are underground, only the light rail in Fog City satisfies the requirements of “on the ground” and “track and residents” The two characteristics of "near the building" mean that the submitted author is from the foggy city at first glance, or lives in the foggy city.
(End of this chapter)