Chapter 235: How can popular science be written like this?
"Not really, I just want to ask, if I publish in a literary magazine like "Sichuan Province Literature", will the reward be more?" Gu Lu asked.
Sichuan Literature is the first literary publication in Sichuan and Chongqing. It is very well-known in the Bashu region, but when you leave Sichuan and Chongqing...
"The importance of "Sichuan Literature" should "It's similar to "Youth Digest"," Director Hu said after thinking, "If it can be published in literary magazines such as Harvest and October, the reward will definitely be doubled."
"Then if. , I mean, if I publish it in "People's Literature", wouldn't the reward be better?" Gu Lu asked.
How whimsical! What is the concept of people’s literature!
Just two things to say. First, the current price of "People's Literature" is 300-600 yuan per thousand words. The lowest price has exceeded the upper limit of most magazines.
Secondly, "People's Literature" is a core literary journal with the highest impact factor among literary journals.
To put it more directly, many members of the presidium of provincial writers associations have no articles published in "People's Literature".
But Director Hu remembered that the student in front of him was Gu Lu. After two or three years of hard work, he might actually be able to do it!
"There will definitely be more rewards, and the school will probably make a special report for you by then." Director Hu said, "As for the more specific ones, the school will have to think about it again. Anyway, you will definitely be satisfied."< br>
For high school report topics, generally speaking, the school will produce the top scorers in the college entrance examination in the province (city), so that the topic will be handed over to the education department.
Look at the quality of the report. If the quality is good, the education department will distribute it to other high schools for study.
Strictly speaking, a report could have been made on the situation when Gu Lu became famous overseas more than ten or twenty years ago.
However, the situation of worshiping foreign countries is not that serious in 2013. At least you need to win awards abroad in order to have a big battle.
"Okay, I understand." Gu Lu received a satisfactory reply.
"Gu Lu, please work hard, there are less than two years left." Director Hu encouraged.
Replying with an expression of "I'll keep going", Gu Lu left after finishing his speech, not to disturb Director Hu's work. After all, the director was slightly injured and could not leave the line of fire.
Going to the cafeteria to have dinner, Gu Lucai walked home slowly.
Although the cafeteria in No. 8 Middle School tastes average, it seems to be quite healthy and there is nothing wrong with it currently. Later, they also stood up unequivocally to oppose the introduction of prepared dishes into the campus.
The end of March is the rainy season in the mountain town, and the main road is okay. Turning onto the trail, you can see potholes of different sizes at a glance.
"Yes, yes, I forgot to look at it this morning - the flashlight is still there, the flashlight is still there." Gu Lu saw the flashlight and turned it on all night. At this moment, there must be no power at all.
"People are not as bad as they think." Gu Lu thought this way and uncovered the rope twisted from the plastic bag.
But last night I was worried that someone would steal it, so I tied it up again and again, and it was still tied in a tight knot.
The knot is like a knot in the heart. The tighter it is at the front, the harder it is to untie it. Anyway, Gu Lu got a little irritated at the back and began to violently remove the rope.
He took it home to replenish the power, and if it wasn't repaired tonight, he would take it out too.
Working like a star, you walk home like a zombie after get off work. When you are almost home, you step into a puddle because of the darkness. How uncomfortable is it?
Gu Lu also took this into account when he did this.
After returning home, Gu Lu caught a glimpse of the white note posted on the back of the door, which said [Water the flowers] in red marker.
Yes, Lu Ping’s parents sent another pot of flowers. However, the composition was not mentioned this time, so perhaps Lu’s mother looked away. As for flowers, according to Brother Pingtou, "My mother said that you like flowers and you will definitely grow them well, so I will give you another pot."
He must have been raised well... Gu Lu's thoughts returned to the present, he was confident!
This is a peony.
After watering the flowers, Gu Lu started reading for the day.
The next step is working time, and it’s great to be a copywriter.
When I was writing novels in the past, even though the coding time was short, there was no real rest time. Of course, if the job of coding can provide a stable income, it can surpass 80% of the industries.
Three hours passed and it was already nine o'clock.
"There are still more than 40,000 words, and they are almost finished!" It will be handed over to President Jian the day after tomorrow at most.
After all, the two consecutive films are not as good as "The Little Prince" in various dimensions. You can take this opportunity to return to the top!
"Oops, I forgot the time when I coded. Why didn't the alarm clock I set go off?" Gu Lu then remembered that he was so excited about stamping just now that he turned off the alarm clock as soon as it rang.
What do I need you for? Gu Lu glared at his cell phone fiercely, not knowing it would ring again.
Bullying that the phone was not smart and unable to refute, Gu Lu jumped up from the stool, took off the charged flashlight and hurried downstairs.
Then... there were two flashlights on a dark road.
“That’s kind of cool.” Gu Lu picked a spot and tied his flashlight on, following the old rule of using a plastic bag rope.
Gu Lu inherited his original habit of going to the vegetable market to buy vegetables and hoarding all the plastic bags he brought back.
With three flashlights, this dark road has no street lights, but it is still possible to avoid stepping on potholes.
When I got home, I received a penguin message from Gu Jiayu.
[Gu Jiayu: Brother, brother, let’s take a mock test. I scored 681 points. Is this score enough to go to No. 8 Middle School?
Gu Jiayu: Go to bed first, I have to get up early tomorrow to memorize English words. ]
There is progress. Gu Jiayu's average score should have been around 650 before. It is definitely very rare to suddenly increase by 20 to 30 points.
No wonder Gu Nuxia didn’t talk to him recently. It turned out that she was working hard silently and then amazed everyone.
"According to the previous admission score of No. 8 Middle School, it will not be lower than 690, which is still a little short of." Gu Lu replied to the message: Wow, it has improved so much? How did you do it? It’s amazing!
The heroine is not stupid. She can get a mobile phone or a computer. What school's score line cannot be found online? Obviously this message was sent for praise, Gu Lu still had this kind of emotional intelligence.
In the next two days, Gu Lu's activities were very regular, including coding after school.
On Wednesday, Gu Lucheng.
"Flatland" is completed! This time there will be no problems like "Who Moved My Cheese"." Gu Lu sent the manuscript to President Jian.
As soon as I took my hand off the mouse and picked up the phone, there was an incoming call.
Unfamiliar number, the mobile phone belongs to Shanghai.
Although it was certain that it was not Gu's mother who changed her number and she did not do so at the moment, Gu Lu was always worried.
Connect——
“Hello?”
"Who? Oh oh oh, okay."
"I may not be able to help."
"That's no problem."
Gu Lu hung up. A little silent, frowning and trying to dig out the original memory.
The person who called was Mu Xue, who claimed to be her cousin.
If the other party hadn't accurately revealed some private family information, Gu Lu would have thought the person on the other end of the phone was a liar.
"It seems that there is indeed such a person, her grandmother, I think I should call her aunt?" Gu Lu couldn't tell.
Mu Xue’s Tai Nai and Gu Tai Nai are biological sisters. This relationship should last for three generations.
I only met him once, and as the Mu Xue family became prosperous, their family all moved to the Magic City and didn’t come back for several years during the Chinese New Year.
Relative relationships in rural areas will fade away if you don’t move around for a while, so I only met the original person once when he was a child.
The reason why I still remember it for so long is because Mu Xue was dressed like a little princess at that time, very beautiful.
Gu Lu didn’t know if he remembered the relationship correctly with such a circle of relatives.
I don’t know where the other party got his mobile phone number. Mu Xue will graduate from East China Normal University this year.
Mu Xue joined a project called "Middle School Student Education Survey and Research" initiated by East China Normal University, which mainly included field surveys: a survey on the mental health of middle school students, a survey on academic task tolerance, and a survey on learning attitudes.
The city she chose was the southwest region where educational resources are underdeveloped. Because her hometown is a foggy city, she naturally chose this city.
"Actually, except for Jiangsu and Zhejiang and Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, the educational resources in other places are average. The foggy city is not that bad either. It is still a municipality."
Gu Lu did not admit defeat, but in fact he knew it in his heart. , there are really few F4 educational resources in southwest China, especially before 2018.
The other party called, just to ask for help in recommending the principal. If you want to conduct an investigation or something, you need to obtain the consent of the school.
Although he had nothing to do with the other party, it was easy for Gu Lu to agree.
After washing up, I fell asleep here. President Jian from another city, who had already entered a dozing state, received Gu Lu's new work.
I couldn’t sleep, so I immediately clicked on the email. Before reading it, President Jian had made up his mind that he would publish this book regardless of its quality.
[Salute to all the residents of Spaceland, especially Mr. Ronaldo
This book is written by a humble little man from Flatland
Although he once Only know the two-dimensional world
…]
The basketball that Zhang Yudong gave to Gu Lu was named Ronaldo. I didn’t know what his reaction would be when he saw it.
"Two-dimensional world?" The very beginning made President Jian become serious, because he seemed to have regained the state of watching "The Little Prince".
He didn't wonder who Ronaldo was, because it was obvious from the beginning that he was a character in the book.
I am more concerned about what the two-dimensional world is and the flat country.
The key point is that if it is defined as a popular science novel, the plot cannot be too complicated, otherwise it will not have the effect of popularizing science.
So, what do you do?
Then President Jian secretly applauded at the beginning.
[I call our world "Flatland", not because we call it that, but to let you, the lucky readers who live in Spaceland, understand its nature more clearly. Imagine a huge piece of paper with lines, triangles, squares, pentagons, hexagons and other shapes that are not fixed in their position but can move freely on or within the plane... ]
The article begins to tell the perspective of the residents of Flatland.
It's like placing a coin on the table and slowly bringing your eyes level with it.
There is only one line, which is similar to the perspective that all residents of Flatland can see.
Why add a similar one? Because the lines of the coin are still three-dimensional, but there are no three-dimensional objects in Flatland.
“It’s back, it’s all back, this is the exquisite imagination that only children can have.”
President Jian continued to read, with many doubts arising in his mind, “If there is no three-dimensional, So does it mean that there are no sun, moon and stars, so what do the mountains, rivers and houses look like? ”
Next, the book begins to introduce the flat country, such as houses.
“There are still pictures, but this time it’s much worse than the little prince’s picture.” President Jian smiled.
The houses in Flatland are all pentagonal, because if the house is built with a triangle or a quadrilateral with too sharp angles, it will injure the residents.
"Easily hide the knowledge, the relationship between edges and corners."
Then the appearance of the residents, how to identify men and women, and the classes of Flatland, etc., slowly Write slowly.
The president of the Children's Literature Publishing House, President Jian has read too many popular science books.
But there is no doubt that Gu Lu’s new work "Flatland" must be the best combination of fun and popular science.
More than an hour of reading experience is great, and your children will never be bored.
At first, President Jian felt that the themes chosen by Gu Lu were so niche, either fables or popular science. Now I find that it is his own pattern that is small, and type is not a shackle.
“After turning fairy tales upside down, are we going to disrupt the field of popular science fiction again?” President Jian only has this feeling at the moment.
Publish, must publish, first print 200,000 copies!
I took out my mobile phone and was about to call the author. President Jian stopped midway. The current time is a bit late. Tomorrow, then I will make this call tomorrow.
Gu Lu did not receive a call from President Jian that night, but there was an international call from Neon.
To be honest, Gu Lu is really broad-minded. He not only likes RMB, he is also tolerant of Japanese currency.
So for the sake of Japanese yen, Gu Lu also went to the business office to open an international long-distance service. It was troublesome to open the service in 2013, and he needed to go to the business office to deposit a few thousand in advance.
A very strange Chinese accent came over the phone, and he introduced himself first, "Hello, Teacher Gu Lu..."
Fuji TV International Liaison Class? It should be the status of a translator.
Then a Japanese voice sounded next to him, which should be today's official contact person, "Hello, Mr. Gu Lu, this is Ume Asayama from Fuji TV, the head of the Copyright Department."
Copyright Department What department is it? Gu Lu didn't know either, so he stayed the same and responded politely, waiting for the follow-up.
“We at Fuji TV’s “Amazing World Stories” want to purchase four novels, The Owl Man, Yesterday’s Park, The Iron Pillar, and The Walker on the Ceiling, to be adapted into TV series.”
Yesterday, Park and Owl Man were also adapted by Shiqi in the previous earth. As for Iron Pillar and Walker - no matter what, Gu Lu agreed to sell them.
It’s just this price, Gu Lu is waiting for the other party to quote.
"Mr. Gu Lu, do you think the adaptation fee of 3 million yen for your work is okay?"
"Mr. Nakai, when Mr. Yasuda...Mr. Junji Ito bought my manga adaptation copyright, it was 2 million yen." Gu Lu responded.
The implication is that comic book adaptations are priced at this price, and film and television adaptations cannot be so cheap.
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a long time before the Chinese with a strange accent rang out again, "Teacher Gu Lu, our Shiqi series has been on the air since the 1990s and has become very famous. After the adaptation, it will also bring huge publicity and fame to your work."
Although Shi Qi is famous in Neon Ding Ding and was still filming when Gu Lu traveled across the earth, the actual shooting cost of each episode was controlled very strictly.
"Besides, when Shiqi purchases the copyright, the price has always been 2.5 million yen. Since Mr. Gu Lu is a famous writer, we have raised the price very sincerely."
That makes sense, Gu Lu almost believed it. He said, "But in my impression, Shiqi's ratings have been declining year by year."
With one sentence, the two people on the other side fell silent.
"Four million yen, Teacher Gu Lu, this price is all the sincerity we can show. Please consider it, Teacher Gu Lu."
The current exchange rate is more than 200,000 yuan, and Gu Lu doesn't know about Neon. market price, which cannot be found on the Internet.
The bargaining just now was also a subconscious move.
After thinking for more than ten seconds, Gu Lu agreed, "Okay, 4 million yen. I often watch Shiqi."
"Teacher Gu Lu also watches Shiqi. According to me As far as I know, the copyright of this series has not been sold in China, I wonder?”
Damn, I'm used to it. In the future, Douyin and Bilibili will have a lot of clips, even with Chinese cooked meat, but now...
"Huh? Isn't it broadcast on Xiangjiang TVB?" Gu Lu asked back, "It's good to learn all kinds of things. TVB has indeed introduced it and translated it as "Fantasy Century".
"TVB, it is indeed, it is my problem, I'm sorry, Mr. Gu Lu."
"It doesn't matter."
"The male lead in Yesterday's Park was played by Domoto Guang Yi plays the role, do you think it’s okay, Mr. Gu Lu?”
When it comes to making money, Gu Lu is quite positive. But arranging who will star is beyond Gu Lu's knowledge.
Then we talked about the general outline of the contract. Both parties have finished discussing the preliminary situation. About next week, people from the TV station will be arranged to come to China.
"In this way, my royalties from Neon can be increased further." Gu Lu thought to himself after hanging up the phone.
Wrapped in money and entering dreamland.
The next day.
Gu Lu rushed home as soon as school was over and did not go to the cafeteria because he wanted to celebrate by having a good meal out today.
Lao Lei’s Fish Hot Pot, after entering through the main door, you can see the photo of Gu Lu, Wu Du, Tu Liang and the boss.
The business license and health certificate are hanging below the group photo.
Every time a diner asks who is the person in the photo.
“The youngest is the smartest boy in our mountain town, Gu Lu, who wrote the little prince. The one on the left is Teacher Tu Liang, who wrote poems. The one on the right is Wu Du, our teacher from No. 8 Middle School. Very talented.”
According to the shop owner, Wu Du is a teacher at No. 8 Middle School, which proves that his identity as a writer is not very recognized.
In addition, "The Little Prince" and "Dream Progress" are also displayed in the store. If customers are interested, he also sells books part-time.
"Is this ridiculous? What does the street office say? The street lights are not working because the wiring is old. There was originally a plan to replace them, but because we had no choice but to tie a few flashlights for lighting, the people from the street office actually said It won’t affect the normal life of residents, so the construction plan is postponed. What the hell!”
“Can we remove all the flashlights and repair them in advance?”
“I heard that it’s not possible. The specific time has been arranged.”
...
People are not as good as they imagined. Gu Lu thought to himself, this wave of good intentions seems to be doing bad things?
Until the end of March, the street lights were not repaired.
In April, "People's Literature" was put on the shelves and published "Double Lantern" and "Ruiyun".
(End of this chapter)