Chapter 197 Fu Wenzhi Regrets
After failing to make an appointment twice in a row, Gu Lu himself did not go. He stayed at home and wrote "A Bouquet for Algernon", with a total of 170,000 words. Even though It would take more than half a month to do 10,000 per day.
The field of vision gradually enlarged with the sound of typing on the keyboard, to the sandy area, and then to the foggy city.
Many things have happened in Fog City recently.
The children's play "The Little Prince", arranged by the Municipal Theater, had a very successful premiere, and the original author Gu Lu even came to the scene in person.
What's more interesting is that the children's drama "The Little Prince" won five first-project awards.
The full name of the award is the "Five One Project Award for Spiritual Civilization Construction", which was founded by Zhongxuan.
The meaning is a good drama, a good TV series, a good movie, a good book, and a good theoretical article.
The original work did not win, but the adapted play won.
It still has something to do with Gu Lu, because the director of the children's drama mentioned Gu Lu in his acceptance speech at the Fog City commendation symposium.
"First of all, I would like to thank the Propaganda Department for its support and attention to children's drama culture, and thank the judges and teachers for their recognition of "The Little Prince". The creation of "The Little Prince" originated from a teacher Shen Tiemei's..."
Omit seven in the middle At eight hundred words, this type of acceptance speech is very long.
“Today, the children’s drama won the Five One Project Award. I am extremely excited. This is an affirmation of the artistic and social value of “The Little Prince”. Here, I would also like to express my special thanks to the original author. The author, Mr. Gu Lu, was able to create such a wonderful work. And the actors of the children's drama..."
The influence of the art circle was born in this way.
Winter vacation time is getting shorter and shorter.
"Hey, Mr. Gu, can you hear me?"
Gu Lu answered Han Zang's call, and the other party lowered his voice, as if he was ordering takeout in the middle of the night and worried about being discovered by his family.
"You can hear me, what's wrong?" Gu Lu thought, could it be that Editor Han was on the phone in the bathroom? To judge others by oneself, if he receives a phone call in the toilet, his voice will be very soft.
"Teacher Xiao Gu, you authorized Ito Junji before. His comics won awards and the work became more famous. "Floating Books" is willing to renegotiate the price." Han Zang said, he didn't know Junji Ito was the translator Yasuda, so it’s strange when the copyright was sold.
"No need, then. Inhuman Love and One-Inch Master were rejected. I am more self-aware. If the manuscript is rejected, I will change to another magazine." Gu Lu responded.
"..." There was silence on the other end of the phone for a long time, and then Editor Han's voice became even softer, "I think so too. There are two other neon magazines that want to sign Teacher Xiao Gu."
Then Editor Han introduced two other magazines, one was Hayakawa Shobo's long-established publication "Mystery. Magazine", and the other was "Mephisto".
The former has a magazine with the "Most Wanted to Read Mystery Novels!" list, and the latter founded the Mephistopheles Award.
The audience of the two magazines Mystery is more traditional, and Mephistopheles is more youthful and campus-oriented.
Gu Lu held the phone between his face and shoulders. He also searched these two magazines on the Internet. Very good, he couldn't find any information at all.
Also, magazines from other countries must have information walls. "Fu Wen Zhi" has information because Baodao has a Chinese version.
According to the Korean editor's oral introduction, Gu Lu weighed it up and made a choice, "I will choose Mystery."
"I also think that "Mystery.Magazine", although the price is higher than that of Mei Fei "It's a little bit lower, but you can get more fame," Hanzang said.
Each piece of manuscript paper is 10,000 yen. Using graduate-level calculations, it works out to 2,000 yen for a thousand words and two yen for one word.
"Owl Man", "Flower Rice" and "Moon Song" add up to more than 40,000 words, and Gu Lu can earn 80,000 yuan. "Then I told Mr. Gu's email address to Hayakawa Bookstore." Han Zang said.
"Okay, no problem." After the serious business was finished, it was time to ask Gu Lu about something he was curious about.
He asked: "Um, Editor Han, why do you speak so quietly? Is it because it's inconvenient?"
"Uh-no." It's just that Han Zang felt a little guilty, he was " The editor-in-chief of "The Reasoning of Time" saw some clues.
My immediate boss, Editor-in-Chief Gao, seems to be unconcerned about Gu Lu’s work going overseas, and is even a little obstructive.
This made Han Zang, who was on the phone, unconsciously lower his voice.
"Ahem, let's not talk about this. Teacher Xiao Gu, you must work hard. You are the only one of our domestic mystery writers to go abroad!" Han Zang changed the subject and spoke solemnly.
"Didn't "Fuwenzhi" also introduce articles about the world of reasoning?" Gu Lu asked.
“I’m not acclimated to the climate, Sherlock Holmes’s hat... I just heard that the feedback from readers of Fuwenzhi was not good, it seems to be too old-fashioned.” Han Zang said, “It seems that the translation of the work has been stopped. .”
Old-fashioned? Gu Lu thought about it carefully, and it was possible that as much as Neon liked Sherlock Holmes, the related fan literature had already developed new tricks.
There are even 18-ban comics about Sherlock Holmes's sexual transformation.
The matter was almost discussed, and when both parties were about to hang up, another sentence came from the other end, "Teacher Xiao Gu's "Mystery.Magazine" is really difficult. If it is a mystery circle, oh it is not a popular novel. If you have a good writer, you won’t be stuck like this.”
It’s a bit long-winded and I repeat the same sentence several times, but it’s really normal because the article was rejected and I couldn’t redress the grievances. A few dollars, you have to accept it.
This feeling is so useless!
Han Zang concluded that the biggest reason is that there are no popular writers who have made a name for themselves in Neon.
If you think about it carefully, there are many famous literary writers in Neon, including Zhou Shuren from far away, and Mo Yan in modern times. But in the field of popular novels, there really is no one to mention...
Tokyo time, it’s after three o’clock in the afternoon.
The atmosphere was not very harmonious, and Shike Ohta, the editor-in-chief of Fukibunzhi, was not in a good mood either.
He looked at the reader feedback form -
[The logic is a bit far-fetched, and the text has no personality. Hey, please be more energetic. Don't think that I will read any article you introduce? ! ]
[Why don’t you continue to publish Gu Lu’s works? That Chinese author is very good, and the comics adapted from his works have won awards. Don’t you know? ]
[In the first two issues, I felt that Chinese author Gu Lu’s works were just snacks after meals. Today I realized that without snacks, the meal doesn’t taste right. ]
[Everyone in the editorial department should be fired! ]
......
Ota Shike took a deep breath, who would have thought that the Chinese writer would become famous in this way.
Translator Yasuda is a traitor!
However, there should still be a chance to save it, as Ota Shike drove past with better conditions.
A writer with a strong personal style is likely to have die-hard readers, so it is not important that Gu Lu’s articles are included in the superficial essays, but it is very important that Gu Lu is not included in other competing magazines!
Pengpeng——
There was a knock on the door, and the assistant came to report the situation.
(End of this chapter)