Chapter 170 Mars Canal
“It’s developing quite fast.” Gu Lu said with a smile. As for responding to a hundred responses at once, he doesn’t do anything big.
Wait a minute, do you want to place an advertisement for "The Little Prince"? The thought flashed past, and Gu Lu quickly gave up. He felt that it would have no effect, so he might as well cooperate with the publishing house to carry out activities.
The two of them walked under the sunset. It was the rush hour after get off work, so they were rubbing shoulders on the streets and iron boxes were speeding on the highway.
The busy people reflected the sunset, Gu Lu's mind surged, and he suddenly had the idea that life should be like this.
Lu Yi and Gu Lu carried the exercise books of the whole class back and put them in the teacher's office first.
"Class is about to begin, Gu Lu, where are you going?" Lu Yi watched as his classmates passed through the classroom door without entering.
“Study hard.” Gu Lu waved his hand and quickly disappeared from the squad leader’s eyes.
Skicking class? Two words flashed in Lu Yi's mind.
Soon Lu Yi was thinking about whether he should help Gu Lu make up a story to fool him. Parents should be invited to skip classes!
There was not much time left for Lu Yi. He walked back to the classroom for a minute or two...
"Report——" Lu Yi first reported to Teacher Xiao who was studying in the evening, "Mr. Xiao, I went out of school to buy exercise books. "It's too late."
"I know, come in," Teacher Xiao replied.
"That Gu Lu..."
Before Lu Yi finished speaking, Teacher Xiao interrupted directly, "I know Gu Lu, Teacher Gao has already told me."
A big stone fell to my heart. It turned out that I had asked for leave a long time ago! Lu Yi returned to his seat.
Gu Lu, who came home so early for the first time, came to the vegetable market.
"Xiao Gu is back so early?"
"School is over early today, boss, please cut some ribs for me, thank you."
"No problem, I I’ll kill you.”
Because Gu Lu often comes to the vegetable market, he is quite familiar with the boss.
He is the kind of character who will not change easily after finding a meat stall.
Sweet and sour pork ribs were served with rice. After finishing the meal, I even washed all the dishes and chopsticks. It was only half past seven. Gu Lu was a little uncomfortable with suddenly having so much time.
Wanting to see if anyone was looking for him, Gu Lu logged into the Penguin.
As soon as I logged in, I received good news from the editor-in-chief Han Zang. "Story Club" directly agreed to translate the work and publish it abroad.
Mainly because it would be shameful for the miscellaneous works published in their own magazines to be published abroad.
Gu Lu once again exchanged emails with Kazuki Yasuda.
[...Gu Lusang is definitely a talented writer...I only contributed a little bit to the success of the article...I have received Gu Lusang's new work. I will do my best to restore the splendor of the work and not let Gu Lusang Lu Sang was disappointed and looked forward to more cooperation with Gu Lu Sang. ]
Three ellipses, I don’t know how many words have been omitted. Anyway, if it is useful, it is just the above. The respect for famous writers in this country is really exaggerated.
Yasuda Kazuma’s attitude was more respectful.
Gu Lu sighed slightly when his eyes fell on the section with more cooperation.
After this wave of translations, there is no Edogawa Rampo for the time being. There are still four articles left: "Mars Canal", "Tobacco Bug", "Deformed Goddess" and "Ashi's Appearance", all more or less It is not suitable for the current Gu Lu and cannot be used.
Gu Lu really admires Edogawa Ranbu. Not only is his imagination first-rate, but his writing skills are also exaggerated. For the article "Mars Canal", it is hard to imagine that someone can really combine the action scenes in bed with Mars. Gu Lu, a novice driver, was surprised when he reacted to the adventure.
“Foreign countries are an auxiliary line, but the most important thing is to look at China.” “It’s a long story...”
"If one of the articles in the synthesis list is "Jieyou Grocery Store", then I have an idea."
We can no longer rely on luck, we must take the initiative!
The next day.
When the sun shines, there must be evil spirits!
"Mo Guanghai is the owner of Chuangxin Stationery. He donated three million to the school. This is the origin." Principal Liu's words were to clarify the relationship. This person is a donor to the school and has some connections, but Not much.
Without the IQ of an adult, he really couldn't understand the twists and turns. Gu Lu nodded silently, indicating that he had received the signal.
"Hey, Principal Liu brought up the trivial matters a few years ago. It's unnecessary." Mo Guanghai said, "My child graduated from this school, so I should give back."
"Is this the great writer of our No. 8 Middle School?" Mo Guanghai looked at Gu Lu very enthusiastically.
Gu Lu was a little allergic to enthusiasm, so he said hello a little awkwardly.
"I'm older, so you can call me Uncle Mo, and I will shamelessly agree." The middle-aged man in front of him had a strong social atmosphere, which was completely different from that of No. 8 Middle School.
"Let's call him Mr. Mo. The main discussion about copyright is a business matter, so we can be a little more serious." Gu Lu responded.
This child is difficult to deal with - the smile on Mo Guanghai's face did not fade away, "Whatever he calls is just a title, it doesn't matter."
"I'm going to bother Mr. Gu Lu today. The main thing is We want to negotiate the copyright of "The Little Prince". We Chuangxin Stationery wants to purchase the license for Little Prince," Mo Guanghai said, "Then we will produce the stationery."
"In terms of licensing, I am willing to give it ten years. 3 million yuan." Mo Guanghai said, "If you agree, we can sign the contract immediately."
That's three million yuan? Principal Liu was drinking tea silently and almost couldn't hold back when he heard the price.
Novelists make too much money, but they work harder than him... Ahem. Principal Liu stopped thinking about it.
Say more, the one I’m serving right now is Tuocha.
As a businessman, Mo Guanghai can't afford to be too early. He can give high prices because he sees a way to make money.
I went to Xinhua Bookstore last week and found that the best-selling stationery in the bookstore is - Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf series stationery, low-priced stationery and Little Prince book covers.
After some investigation, the main buyers of the Pleasant Goat series are primary school students, while the buyers of the Little Prince series are from the third grade of junior high school to above, like high school students or something.
As for college students, I’m sorry that college students don’t have book covers.
Three million! He was much more sincere than the previous boss. Gu Lu couldn't help but feel moved, but took a deep breath and said, "I'm really touched by Mr. Mo's offer, but please allow me to refuse."
< br>"Then we would like to cooperate...refuse?" Mo Guanghai's mind was at a loss.
“Why?” Mo Guanghai asked incomprehensively, “Does Mr. Gu Lu have a problem with the price?”
The authorization given to Chenguang by "Bear Infested" is only 800 RMB for five years. Ten thousand. But if you think about the popularity of "The Little Prince" and the fact that "The Little Prince" sold less than 500,000 copies, the price is really reasonable. Mo Guanghai was worried that the young writer in front of him would not understand it, so he used examples to explain it.
"It can be said that our average price for licensing novel works is 300,000 yuan per year, which is very affordable." Mo Guanghai concluded.
Gu Lu refused for two reasons. First, he was still under 18, and selling the copyright would have future consequences. Secondly, let alone ten years, just five years - after the work has been fermented for five years, he believes that the price will be higher.
But neither of the above two reasons could be explained clearly, so Gu Lu refused in another way.
(End of this chapter)