Chapter 151 The way of speaking is simpler
Sister Gu Jiayu misses the two people she loves the most. Gu Lu knows that her mother and brother can be good.
So for her own birthday or Gu's mother's birthday, Gu Jiayu wants to call her brother as much as possible. Now it is said that he is not reconciled, which is really unexpected.
"Okay." Gu Lu agreed first and saw his sister breathed a sigh of relief before asking, "Did Jiayu hear something?"
"No, it's just..." Gu Jiayu didn't know what to say.
Following a series of events such as winning the prize in the essay competition, being recommended to the eighth middle school, publishing novels in magazines, and publishing "The Little Prince", Gu Jiayu could clearly feel that his mother was no longer so resistant to his brother.
They even talked about his brother during the break. If it were before, Gu Jiayu would definitely be very happy.
But now Gu Jiayu is no longer an eleven-year-old girl, she will soon be thirteen.
Her stepfather was kind to her, but she always felt like she was dependent on someone else. Gu Jiayu felt that her brother would definitely be bullied when he came over.
"If you want to reconcile" in Gu Jiayu's context, just don't agree to come over.
What's more, she is the only one who knows how difficult her brother's life is, so Gu Jiayu cried while watching "The Little Prince" for the first time.
["One day, I saw forty-four sunsets." "You know, people fall in love with sunsets when they are sad." "Forty-four times a day, how can you be so sad? "]
For this paragraph, Gu Jiayu felt heartbroken when he thought of his brother alone in the room every night.
So even if she hopes that the two people she loves most can stay with her, just eating together is fine. Gu Jiayu knows that her brother can make it better alone!
"Then I won't ask anymore," Gu Lu noticed that his sister was hesitant to speak, so he changed the subject, "Take the exam well and work hard to get into No. 8 Middle School. If you succeed, I will prepare a surprise for you. ”
As the best high school in the foggy city, it is quite difficult to win.
Gu Jiayu immediately made a salute, "I promise to complete the mission!"
Did you stop watching martial arts TV series recently and start watching military themes? Gu Lu thought to himself.
Passing by Xinhua Bookstore, Gu Lu bought a copy of "The Little Prince", then signed his name and handed it to his sister.
“Your classmate asked you to bring an autograph.” Gu Lu said.
"Just sign it on white paper. A book is almost thirty yuan. The key is that now the book cover is not given away." Gu Jiayu felt sorry for money.
“I can also get a share of the money for every book sold.” Gu Lu said, “It’s not that expensive even if you calculate it this way.”
“Who said that, isn’t that more expensive? Is it expensive? If you can buy a book for ten yuan, brother, not only do you not get ten yuan, but you also pay thirty yuan, which is equivalent to a loss of forty yuan!" Gu Jiayu said.
"Wait a minute, don't lie to me that I'm not good at math." Gu Lu chatted with his sister and walked to the intersection of the street. In front of them was Gu's mother and Xiao's father's home.
"Well, brother, I'm leaving." Gu Jiayu stood at the intersection and waved to Gu Lu.
Gu Lu watched his sister go up to the unit building before he left.
Take a bus home from Bishan again.
In terms of prosperity, the gap between Bishan and Sha District is still a bit big.
“I ate too many snacks from the stall and I can’t eat. It’s terrible.” Gu Lu looked at the leftovers in the refrigerator and felt a pity.
Usually he will eat the leftovers for a day, but if it takes two days... it should be fine, but his stomach is not good, and he still needs to nourish his stomach, so he doesn't want to die.
Feeling a bit wasteful, I threw away half the plate of fried meat with carrots.
"You still can't be lazy, you have to be more diligent. Although it is convenient to cook two meals at once, you will have to worry about it if something happens the next day." A wake-up call, nothing should be done for convenience.
Gu Lu picked up the book and then picked up the notebook again. He had been busy coding recently and was not as serious about reading as before.
Don't be too convenient. When reading a book, you should still make notes on what you think are wonderful and then write down your thoughts when reading. This way, the book you have read is yours.
The reading time is over, which is the time for Gu Lu to deal with his "work", and he received a reply to the email.
[Dear Mr. Gu Lu, it is a great honor to send you an email for the first time. Thanks to the care of "FAUST", I have the opportunity to translate your work.
I am Anshan Yixiong, a mediocre translator with several years of translation experience.
The translated works include: "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty", "Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses", "Crazy——", etc.
I have studied Mr. Gu Lu’s works four or five times, among which...
I hope that I can convey 40% to 50% of Mr. Gu Lu’s excellence and not disappoint Mr. Gu and everyone at the publishing house.
If Mr. Gu Lu has any expectations for the work, please tell me. I will use my lifelong translation knowledge to try my best to meet Mr. Gu Lu’s requirements. If the performance is reluctant, please don't feel uneasy, Mr. Gu Lu, and I will do my best to solve it.
Finally, I sincerely look forward to the next exchange with Mr. Gu Lu. ]
One note, in Neon Translation’s reply, three to four hundred words were omitted where the ellipses were placed, and they are all Anshan Yixiong’s thoughts after reading it.
After reading it, Gu Lu felt valued and polite, and had a deeper understanding of knowing small rituals but not big ones, but can it be written more simply?
The whole article can be summed up in one sentence, "Do you have any requirements for translation?"
Definitely to ensure a weird style, Gu Lu typed back the email, but when he was about to send it, he stopped.
"Should I pay more attention to the long hair on the other side?" Gu Lu thought in his mind.
After pondering for a few seconds, I decided to just post it. Anyway, the neon market is currently an unexpected surprise, and it doesn’t matter even if the result is not good.
"The Case of Di Gong seems to be a novel written by a Dutch writer, right?" Gu Lu read a lot of miscellaneous books in his previous life. He could no longer remember the names of foreign writers. He only remembered that he had written a book called "An Examination of Ancient Chinese Houses". As a diplomat, he is keen to introduce Chinese public case novels and sexual literature to Europeans, and his knowledge is a bit mixed.
Gu Lu searched Baidu and found out that "Crazy——" was a best-selling book in the millennium, but he couldn't tell how good it was. However, being able to translate "Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses" really proves that you have translation skills.
"Sherlock Holmes of the Tang Dynasty", "The Invincible Loyalty of the Southern Ren Xia" and "Crazy and Desperate", Gu Lu searched online and found that the titles of the works translated by Anshan Yixiong were basically literal translations.
“Very good, very energetic.” Gu Lu could only praise him like this.
To be honest, "The Little Prince" is also very energetic. It sold 310,000 copies in the first month, becoming the best-selling book in November.
Of course, it is also related to the fact that no popular writers released new works that month.
The publisher estimates that sales of 500,000 copies are no problem, and follow-up resources will be able to keep up.
Actually, the judgment of the publishing house is still wrong. Most people in the publishing house think that books like "The Little Prince" are of the harvest type, which means they cut a wave of heat and then disappear into the sea of books, never to be seen again. No news.
But the little prince has accumulated a lot of experience, especially many children who couldn’t understand it when they were young. Looking back when they grow up, it’s very different.
Just like people, it is impossible to have youth and the perception of youth at the same time.
Of course, it is not the key for children to grow up, because there are many books that they cannot read when they were young, and this one is not the most special one.
But "The Little Prince" is suitable for "sharing". In the future era of short videos, do you believe that the golden words in the book "The Little Prince" can be enough for you to post on WeChat Moments for weeks?
Furthermore, it will be difficult for you to find another book with such "powerful style" and low threshold as "The Little Prince".
To sum up the above reasons, coupled with the "surroundings" that Gu Lu is already seeking cooperation with, "The Little Prince" is like an old wine, becoming more and more famous in China as it ages, until it becomes a master!
Gu Lu's current strategy is to protect the copyright of "The Little Prince" and keep publishing short stories to build his reputation until the next "classic" appears.
On Saturday, Gu Lu went out early. He told Li Guyuan that he had something to do, which was not a lie.
The reunion of Class 5 of No. 37 Middle School in 2012 was held at a food court in Xintianze Plaza.
We are all still students, and many of our classmates’ families are not that wealthy, so the core requirements of the chosen place were spaciousness and affordability.
The food court has Bobo chicken, cold noodles, hot and sour noodles, etc., which are cheap and come in big bowls.
"Why hasn't our great writer come yet?" Chen Xue was a little impatient.
(End of this chapter)