Chapter 221 Came a Thousand Miles Away
“Can you hurry up? Why are you so slow even when you go out to eat?”
“It’s not normal for boys to love beauty so much.”< br>
The one who was urged was Xiao Yang. He went out for a meal and was more procrastinating than Gu Mu and Gu Jiayu.
Xiao's father drove the car, and the family went out to have a big meal.
It was lively, but for Gu Lu, the excitement was something else.
"Gu Lu...hasn't he used QQ?" Gu's mother suddenly asked in the car.
Huh? Gu Jiayu had already finished the drama in her mind, and she immediately said, "That's right, that's right, my brother hasn't been on QQ much recently. I can't even contact him. I heard that he seems to be busy with urgent matters."< br>
If President Jian hadn’t suddenly canceled many autograph sessions, Gu Lu would be very busy right now.
"I know, I know, it's a new book release, and several new books have been released." Xiao Yang was well informed.
"Oh." Gu's mother responded. Originally, she wanted to ask Gu Jiayu to help contact Gu Lu, but she never thought that Gu Jiayu couldn't be contacted either, so she had to take the time to make a phone call.
Why is Gu Lu suddenly mentioned? Because Gu's mother worked at Bishan Hot Spring Hotel, she happened to receive a group celebration from the Municipal Theater.
The actors in the theater are all good-looking and good-sounding.
"Have you bought Teacher Gu's new work?" "Teacher Gu? Gu Lu? Hahaha, what does a student call a teacher?" "A master is a teacher, of course he is a teacher. Besides, I heard from the group leader, At that time, Teacher Gu was one of the judges during the auditions for the play "The Little Prince." "Gu Lu is a typical child from other people's families. It's hard to believe how happy his parents are. Why don't they hold the microphone and publicize it everywhere? "...
Thursday passed as Friday, just like there is always a rainbow after the storm. It is an eternal principle of nature.
A week had passed and Gu Lu couldn't help but said, "Panda, what happened to CC? I feel like she's not very happy."
"That's right, she's been eating a lot lately. "Little." Wei Jiao lived in the same dormitory as Qi Caiwei, and once she heard Qi Caiwei crying.
The crying was very small.
Because students living in dormitories are not qualified to cry because they will disturb their roommates.
Of course it doesn't matter if you don't care, but unfortunately it's impossible for Qi Caiwei's character to not care.
You don’t even know about your best friend Wei Jiao? Gu Lu felt that this matter was more serious than imagined.
Gu Lu didn’t figure it out until school was over on Friday.
Why not just ask the person involved directly... How embarrassing would it be to ask if others don’t want to talk?
By the way, since I don’t want to tell you, why do I care so much? Gu Lu thought this way.
But with time, sales volume has the answer.
"Yesterday's Park" 110,000 copies
"Mr. Holmes" 210,000 copies
"Bingguo" 140,000 copies
Good news: a total of 460,000 copies in the first month, results gratifying.
Bad news: The three publishing houses have completely broken up, and the original sales method of sets of 3 books has also ended.
In addition, the previous publicity is gone.
The three families began to show their special abilities.
Whether it is publicity or communication.
Let’s talk about the former first——
“It’s been a long time since I cherished a book so much. I read it word by word slowly, and I wrote down my thoughts after reading each chapter of the story. I couldn’t bear to read it. Too fast. ——Writers such as Zhou Haohui, Cai Jun, Mao Sanxiang, and Bian Long praised it. "Xinxing Publishing House has attracted many famous writers.
New Youth Publishing House also started, "It is not easy to write a good novel, and it is even more difficult to write a good short story. From food, clothing, housing, transportation to death, "Yesterday's Park" is full of Gu Lu's talent." Finally, President Jian's publishing house used powerful Magazine promotion is like a small video matrix in the Douyin era.
"Want to know what school the talented writer Gu Lu attended?" "Adaptation from the personal experience of the little prince Gu Lu" "Gu Lu's learning style" and so on.
President Jian is very disgusted with the author becoming a star, but in an attitude of being responsible for the publishing house and the position where he sits, he can only do this. It's obvious that Bingguo is selling products purely based on Gu Lu's personal reputation.
As for the latter, both publishing houses, Xinxing and New Youth, hope to sign a publishing contract for new books. It is best to take advantage of the popularity and publish two or three more books.
Yu Xinyao's criticism actually also included the editors of Xinxing and New Youth, but no one cared about it. President Jian cared because he loved talents, so he was ashamed, but those who didn't love talents had no feeling at all.
It is even said that Vice President Dao Mei of Xinxing Publishing House hopes that Yu Xinyao's criticism will be more fierce, because only in this way can the book sell better.
It has to be said that people have a conscience, which affects the sales of publishing houses...
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday again.
This Wednesday, their deskmate did not come to school all day. When they heard Teacher Gao say that Qi Caiwei took leave every Wednesday, Gu Lu and Wei Jiao probably knew what was going on.
On this club activity day, the principal's office was also very busy because a group of people came to the door.
“Welcome, welcome!” Principal Chang stood up and shook hands with foreign friends.
"Hello, Principal Chang, to express the sincerity of our publishing house, we specially came to visit Gu Lusang." Editor-in-chief Sato said.
The communication between the two parties relies entirely on the translators brought by Neon Fang. After all, no one on the school staff such as Principal Chang can speak Japanese.
After a difficult exchange, I roughly introduced the three middle-aged men in front of me.
Editor-in-Chief Sato of MM Magazine, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Uoguchi of Shodensha, and Tadatoshi Fujimaki.
"Mr. Sato, are you saying that you came here specifically to sign the full-length works of classmate Gu Lu?" Teacher Chang knew that Gu Lu's works were spread overseas. After all, he even approved a special bonus.
It’s just that Teacher Chang never thought that Gu Lu’s influence in Neon would be so great that he could make the other party come from thousands of miles away.
"Yes, Gu Sang's works are very popular in our Neon. Neon readers are very enthusiastic and hope to read Gu Sang's novel immediately." The translator translated the words of the deputy editor of Yukou.
But in fact, the translators are cursed in their hearts. Neon readers really want to read the novel by Chinese writer Gu Lu, but don’t you know what the readers want to read? Is it really a man to read this fairy tale and go back home?
Immediately afterwards, Editor-in-Chief Sato briefly talked about the achievements of Gu Lu’s works in Neon Magazine.
First of all, "Owl Man" and "Flower and Grass Bento" were both voted as the best in this issue, and secondly, "Yesterday's Park" received the highest score in the magazine's reader feedback poll in seven years.
"No wonder." Principal Chang understood, "Who is this gentleman?"
Principal Chang noticed that when Neon and his party were four, each with a translator, there was one The man never spoke.
"It's a portrait painter specially hired for Gu Sang." Editor-in-chief Sato responded immediately after listening to the translator's words.
Hire a cartoonist to draw a portrait? Don’t lie to me because I don’t study well. Principal Chang and Director Hu both had this look on their faces.
Tadatoshi Fujimaki is a good cartoonist. "Kuroko's Basketball" was adapted into an animation last year and aired on Mainichi Broadcasting Station. He is quite famous. Why should he accompany the magazine? Came to China?
Firstly, the magazine company gave a bit too much, and secondly, MM magazine and Shodensha, which wanted to publish "The Little Prince", both belonged to the Hitotsubashi Group, and Shueisha, which serialized Fujimaki Tadatoshi's comics, also belonged to the Hitotsubashi Group.
"Can I visit Gu Sang now?" Sato asked.
Director Hu quickly explained that today is a club activity day or something.
"Oh? Then Gu Sang must be an outstanding member waving the flag of the literary club, right?" Vice President Yukou said.
"...No, classmate Gu Lu is a member of the basketball club." Director Hu explained that the publication club has not yet recruited people, so naturally it cannot be mentioned.
(End of this chapter)