Chapter 237 Wenhu!
“Bang bang——”
Even though the door was open, Gu Lu knocked on the door to alert the people in the room before he stepped in.
"Teacher Yu, is Director Hu off work?"
No one was seen in the office, and the eldest brother Gu Lu called Teacher Yu was actually an office assistant. But in school, there is nothing wrong with calling the teacher.
"I haven't gone back. I was called over by the principal just now." Assistant Yu glanced at his watch and said, "She should be back soon. Sit down and wait."
According to the frequency of taking care of Lu Lai's office, the assistant must be Familiar.
He sat on the sofa in a familiar manner and put the magazine in his hand on the coffee table. Assistant Yu brought him a cup of tea and some snacks, including small packages of rice krispie treats and twists.
Director Hu's office is quite far from the principal's office, and there is no way to "find peace in the midst of the noise."
Unless the door is tightly closed, students will be having a meeting of sparrows after class - making a fuss.
The noise outside gradually became quieter, and it was not until the students began to study late that Director Hu returned to the office dusty.
Before Director Hu said a word, Gu Lu put down the rice candy and pointed at the "People's Literature" on the table.
“I’m lucky, I really got it.” Gu Lu said.
“?”
“?”
Why are there two question marks? Because Director Hu’s doubts require two to express Director Hu’s feelings.
"Xiao Gu..." Director Hu said, "Xiao Gu, you can't make this joke with the teacher."
Gu Lu opened "People's Literature", the contents page, black and white words .
It was so shocking that Director Hu’s eyes were so wide that you could see the whites of his eyes!
Director Hu is in his forties this year. He played "Legend" when he was in his twenties and thirties. He can be said to be one of the first batch of netizen players in China.
At the beginning, "Legend" fell into disrepute because of the proliferation of cheats.
Currently Gu Lu gives Director Hu this feeling! Director Hu looked Gu Lu up and down, his eyes so sharp that he felt uncomfortable all over.
"What's wrong with Director Hu?"
"I wonder if your account will be banned." Director Hu responded subconsciously.
“Huh?”
"Oh, it's okay. I'll look at the magazine." Director Hu picked up the magazine and said, "Teacher Wu Du said that currently, the Fog City Writers Association, the entire association, and the number of writers published in "People's Literature" in the past two years are less than ten fingers."
"...It's not that exaggerated." Gu Lu said in surprise.
“I thought it was an exaggeration at the time, but when I think about it carefully, it is very reasonable. People’s Literature has a novella section. Even though it is a thick volume, there are only 15-20 articles in one issue. Twelve issues a year, you do the math..."
Director Hu didn't wait for Gu Lu's answer, he continued, "If you think about it, there will be 240 articles a year. If you think about more than 200 cities across the country, each Even the chairman of the city's Writers Association may not be able to get there. There are only seven or eight in the foggy city, and it is already a culturally strong city."
Director Hu's statement of almost dividing the cake fully shows that there are more monks than porridge. Gu Lu imagined it to be much more exaggerated.
"With this record, it's perfectly fine for you to be a member of the bureau of the Wudu Writers Association." Director Hu said.
Unfortunately, Gu Lu joined the Sijiu City Writers Association.
Director Hu didn’t have time to check out the details of the article. He was sure it was really Gu Lu’s article and led the people outside.
"Hurry up, we may not have enough time." Director Hu strode forward.
"Go to the principal's office?" Gu Lu guessed based on Lu Jin's direction.
"Principal Chang should still be here." Director Hu said, "This reward must be discussed with the principal."
Across the playground, Director Hu was very excited, so he walked very fast, and Gu Lu was behind him. It takes a lot of effort to keep up.
One more digression about Director Hu. As one of the first game players, it’s no wonder that he encouraged Gu Lu just like completing achievement tasks in the game.
Sure enough, Principal Chang was blocked.
In other words, some people are principals and some are just directors.
After learning the good news, Principal Chang was also extremely excited, but his basic expression was maintained.
"Student Gu Lu may be busy in the next few days." Principal Chang said.
"Huh?" Gu Lu was confused.
“We will ask a few small questions and our school will make a small report.” Principal Chang said.
There is no doubt that if the school has cultivated such outstanding students, it must be reported to the education department immediately.
"As for the reward for Gu Lu, we need to study it further." Principal Chang added after saying, "We will definitely discuss a plan this week."
"Okay, okay." Gu Lu agreed.
In the end, Gu Lu left "People's Literature" and then he went home from school.
I took a flashlight home on the way and it took me an afternoon to charge it before I could light it at night.
Concerning the matter of repairing electric lights in the subdistrict office, Gu Lu wrote an essay "Good Things and Bad Things" and submitted it to Lao Qu, deputy editor of "Youth Articles".
Passed the review now.
Gu Lu knew very well that it was not that his writing was good enough, but that his reputation was in place.
Of course it can't be bad. After all, I was a street writer in my previous life. In this life, I have read so many books and accumulated them. It is still no problem to write a decent prose.
"The main thing is that it is famous. I remember that the music editor was OK after watching it for a few minutes." Gu Lu thought about it himself.
He actually didn’t want to write a satirical essay about grassroots workers, because he felt that it was not easy at the grassroots level, but repairing street lights might have to be scheduled until next year, which was actually a bit too much. "Peng——" Close the door.
Oh, yes, watering the flowers... "Water it once every three or four days. When was the last time I watered it?"
I can't remember clearly.
Then Gu Lu put another piece of white paper on the wall to make marks.
I just said we should rest, so today we will take it easy, read a book, and then play chess with Duke Zhou.
At around six o'clock in the evening, it gets dark relatively early in April, so I went downstairs to put it away.
Play with your phone before going to bed.
[President Wang: Our publishing house has been promoting it for a long time, so why not just ignore your promotion? "Yesterday's Park" is about to be reprinted for the third time. ]
Received a text message. Although there was a remarked name, Gu Lu knew who it was, but he still felt that the other party had made a mistake.
Promotion?
Gu Lu didn't even remember promoting "Yesterday's Park" recently.
It turns out that it was Yu Xinyao, who made Little Prince famous, who commented on Gu Lu's two new works.
["Mr. Holmes" is Gu Lu's tribute to "The Sherlock Holmes", then "Liao Zhai Xinyi·Double Lanterns" and "Liao Zhai Xinyi·Ruiyun" are the dialogues between Gu Lu and Pu Songling.
Perhaps my warning to Gu Lu had an effect, allowing Gu Lu to announce in the most intuitive way that he is still the genius who writes adult fairy tales.
In the field he is most familiar with: Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
Pu Songling used "Liao Zhai" to write about being a fox and a ghost, and about the corruption of the Qing Dynasty and the oppression of the people by the ruling class.
Gu Lu used his skillful writing skills to reorganize the story in the original novel and increase the relevance of the story to contemporary readers.
I wonder if it will become a complete collection of "Xinyi". The current two articles are works that fully demonstrate his short story talents.
"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" mostly writes about fox spirits, and Gu Lu is a fox spirit who became a spirit at a young age. ]
This book review by Yu Xinyao is mainly about praise, and she was excited, so she wrote it more casually.
It hasn't been posted on his column yet, but on Douban, which he rarely uses.
“I have always thought that Gu Lu’s short stories are very powerful, and Ruiying’s four words at the end, ‘What’s wrong with you?’ are so amazing, just these four words make people think about it again and again.”
"Has Yu Tiezui finally recovered his account?"
"Reading "People's Literature" at the age of sixteen? That's an exaggeration."
"It's hard to imagine that this Gu Lu has No matter what the background, even Yu Xinyao got through it. As soon as he criticized, he took back his words. "
"Wenhu, such a high evaluation. Is this student's short story level really that high? I'll go check it out."
"I just finished reading it and I don't like it very much. I feel it's not as weird as a Chinese novel at all. As for Yu Tie I don’t feel the skill of talking, so I have reason to suspect that I was paid to praise him.”
Triggered discussion.
Readers who love books, or insiders, are attracted.
Some people have conspiracy theories, some people are curious and just buy the book, and some people join the discussion after reading the book. There are all kinds of things.
It is this lively discussion that has caused Gu Lu's short stories to soar in attention.
Currently, sales of Gu Lu’s only collection of short stories, “Yesterday’s Park,” have increased.
"Yesterday's Park" has sold a total of 240,000 copies.
"Mr. Holmes" has cumulative sales of 210,000 copies.
"Bingguo" has cumulative sales of 250,000 copies.
In addition, it has only been four months since the new year this year, and "The Little Prince" has already sold 100,000 copies.
Gu Lu's book sales this year, according to this situation, may exceed one million copies.
If he can maintain his stamina, he will be on the rich list of writers next year. This is something Gu Lu can really see.
Also unseen, Gu Lu’s status in the writer’s circle has risen!
The status of a circle is invisible and intangible, but it does exist. Like meridians, it can affect you.
If a new book is released, make recommendations.
Another example is the emphasis on your opinions.
There are also people in the circle who will blackmail you for no reason and use them as a target.
It’s all about status.
Gu Lu used to be a talented writer and a very good student.
That's all.
Now, after switching to literature, I can accurately call him a "new star of Chinese writers" with short stories that are also good in the field of pure literature.
It can be seen that the interview invitations from so many newspapers are average, especially "Literary News" and "Jinmen Novel News". Due to their special nature, these newspapers do not pursue hot topics.
So even though "The Little Prince" was so popular, there was no movement.
After all, if a circle exists for a long time, it will become complicated, and there will be facets that can be said and things that cannot be said.
Gu Lu had never been around before, so there was no difference in his status improvement. He just knew that he had received many interview invitations from print media in his mailbox.
His email address is posted on the Weibo homepage and anyone can see it.
"Xiao Gu, you can choose two of the interviews, don't accept them all."
"It's normal. You are equivalent to winning a literary award in advance, and fame and fortune will come to you instantly. , I believe you can grasp it.”
When Gu Lu was a little confused, he received a call from President Jian.
(End of this chapter)