Chapter 244: So many hot spots
The interview location was originally set at Gu Lu’s house, but it was later changed to a private room in a teahouse.
"Writer Gu, I just saw you at the traffic light waiting area from a distance, and I knew it must be you. Your expression was calm and Confucian."
Reporter Li Quan introduced himself, " Li Quan, reporter of "Literary News""
Why do the reporters of "Literary News" look like they came from the Kua Kua group? Gu Lu thought to himself.
In fact, Li Quan is not completely nonsense. Compared with ordinary high school students, Gu Lu really stands out.
When an adult travels to become a student, even if it is affected by body hormones and the environment, there will definitely be differences.
Who is the old man next to the reporter? Gu Lu looked elsewhere.
The latter also introduced himself, "Hello, writer Xiao Gu, I am Feng Jingyuan, the editor-in-chief of "Popular Fiction Newspaper"."
"I take the liberty of coming with Li Ji from Literary Newspaper, mainly because I read "Rural Teacher" and had many feelings. ”
The old man Feng Jingyuan gave an explanation, "So I found out that the literary newspaper had an exclusive interview with writer Xiao Gu, so I volunteered to be a literary consultant."
Literary Gu is a rather special occupation in interviews, generally speaking If you want to interview a more professional person, you will invite someone with the same expertise to stand by.
After all, the question needs to be more in-depth. Sometimes the literary consultant will not appear in front of the camera, but will only provide some comments on the interview script behind the scenes.
"Oh, hello, Chief Editor Feng, Li Ji." Gu Lu greeted.
This is not the first time, so Gu Lu still has some habits.
This teahouse is considered a mid- to high-end one nearby, so the private rooms are well soundproofed and spacious.
There is an automatic mahjong table next to the round table.
Li Quan put the small sign of [Literary Newspaper] next to him, turned on the recorder, and sat across from the interviewee.
Wen Gu Feng Jingyuan sat on the left side by the window and also took out a small notebook.
The scene is very professional.
"So now our exclusive interview has begun," Li Quan said, "Writer Gu, you said in the interview before that the beginning of writing comes from living. Can you expand on this topic?"
I also read Gu Lu’s previous interviews, and I’ve done my homework.
“A divorced family, a drunk father, and I am still young, that’s probably what I am.” Gu Lu said.
Well, why do these words sound so familiar? It seems to be similar to what the female technician said when I went to investigate the suffering in the world.
Li Quan has thousands of thoughts in his mind, but his expression is very professional. "No wonder the alcoholic in "The Little Prince" and the lack of parental roles in Bingguo can be traced."
In fact, the role of parents is basically invisible in neon light novels, but if you understand it this way, Gu Lu will not object.
“A country’s grand ambitions are the efforts passed down from generation to generation, so in the past two years, there has been very much attention on the topic of youth education. Writer Xiaogu, you are both a teenager and a fairy tale novelist As a writer, with the blessing of dual identities, do you have any unique views?" Li Quan asked.
Huh? This question was a bit out of scope. After all, it was an interview draft for a literary newspaper. He had never read it before.
“I don’t have a unique opinion, but I have some personal experiences to share.” Gu Lu organized his words for a few seconds, and then said, “The trend of education is becoming more and more involution.”
< br>"Involution?"
"That is to say, more families and students will make more efforts to compete for limited resources." Gu Lu said.
“I heard from writer Xiao Gu that I don’t like this approach?” Li Quan asked.
“The end point of involution is the decrease in the ratio of income to effort. It can also be said that involution is ineffective effort.” Gu Lu said, “For example, high school is already tiring enough, but all the students are tired. , then let students only sleep for five hours, or four hours before they can be admitted to a suitable school."
Gu Lu heard in his last life that the college entrance examination system in South Korea is all about sleeping. You will fail in five hours.
“As long as you want to keep up with others, you have to do this.” Gu Lu said, “Even though the country has been expanding enrollment, this trend cannot be contained.”
He said: "It will further cause the devaluation of chicken babies and university diplomas."
Internal volume, chicken baby, these little words come in one after another. Li Quan asked again what the meaning of chicken baby was that he could not understand. .
"There is a famous foreign book called "Chicken Soup for the Soul," which encourages people to work hard. Chicken babies refer to younger children who are allowed to work hard." Gu Lu said, "I don't know much about the education industry. , Li Ji, let’s talk about something else.”
“Hahaha, Xiao Gu’s ideas are very forward-looking,” Li Quan said, “What about the last question about education?”
“Excuse me.”
"Regarding the devaluation of diplomas," Li Quan said, "Regarding the depreciation of diplomas, things have been happening. Does Xiaogu writer think there will be a significant devaluation?"
"Li Ji, you also said that it has been devaluing. "Gu Lu said, "According to the current trend of involution and expansion, I will make a wild statement. In the future, college students will not be able to find a job at all."
"Hahaha, little writer Gu. That's too exaggerated." Li Quan didn't take it seriously and continued to ask the next question, "I heard when I first came to Wudu that the reading book was holding a [Little Reading Star] event. As one of the sponsors, what do you think? What’s the significance of the activity? ”
Little Reading Star? Me, the sponsor? Gu Lu's face showed confusion.
Reporter Li Quan, who had seen strong winds and waves, first pressed pause on the recorder next to him.
"Writer Xiao Gu doesn't know about this?" Li Quan said, "That may be a communication problem."
Li Quan then introduced the event, a charity event held in Fog City , adding more public welfare books in counties and towns. Fairy tale books are also sold at reasonable prices in cities, in a word, to promote children's interest in reading.
In addition, students under the age of fourteen can also write down their thoughts after reading and send them to the event organizer.
"Reading Stars" will be selected for rewards, the article will be published in the Pioneer Newspaper, and you can also take a photo with the little prince Gu Lu.
According to the information given by the organizer Wudu Books and Wudu Publicity Department, Gu Lu is one of the initiators, and there are photos to prove it.
[Photo] Detailed description for those who cannot see the picture: Gu Lu clenched his right hand and raised it high, with a bright smile on his face.
After listening to reporter Li Quan’s explanation, Gu Lu was silent. It was a good thing, but why didn’t you tell him?
As for the photo, Gu Lu recognized it at a glance. It was taken by the Sha District Publicity Department when a book signing was held for the little prince last year.
Eat two for one fish, right?
The final grand prize and a photo taken with him were required. Gu Lu wanted to see it and if he didn’t tell him now, what would he say then.
Sometimes the officials do some things that are really outrageous.
After figuring out the whole story, Li Quan put the recorder back to work.
"It's very good. You can learn a lot from reading, and reading is also the basis for writing. And even if you don't write in the future, maintaining good reading habits can improve your personal knowledge reserve." Gu Lu said, " I read every day, about five books a week.”
“Then writer Xiao Gu must share a book list with readers,” Li Quan said.
“Okay, no problem.” Gu Lu nodded, “I’ll write a book list after the interview.”
"Writer Xiao Gu, our next question." Li Quan said, "Wenhui Po once criticized you, saying that your "Little Prince" is a fantasy fairy tale, and even "Bingguo", which is set on a campus, is not a high school. Wen Wei Po believes that realist children’s literature should be promoted to reflect the life that students can experience. What do you think of this point of view? "
There are many people who criticize me, and Wen Wei Po is the first to criticize me! Gu Lu thought in his heart, but he modified his words in his mouth. "Fantasy fairy tales and realistic fairy tales, I think the first thing is to arouse the interest of readers. In my personal ability, writing fantasy fairy tales is more attractive to readers."
"About Bingguo , is not a life that most high school students can experience, this is absolutely true." Gu Lu nodded.
“I don’t know about other cities, but my friend Li Guyuan has conducted a survey. In Fog City alone, there are only five high schools with various activity clubs mentioned in my book, including private high schools.”< br>
What accurate data? What does Li Guyuan do? Reporter Li Quan had a flash of curiosity in his heart.
"Even the No. 8 Middle School I attended was not as leisurely as in the book. So strictly speaking, Bingguo is my fantasy." Gu Lu said, "I just provide readers with a fantasy."< br>
To say that he has no sense of immersion, Gu Lu himself also has no sense of immersion in Bingguo’s high school life!
His student career was composed of writing + studying. Occasionally he was exhausted in the basketball club and was out of breath. Gu Lu High School was not as exciting as Zhou Lin and Lu Ping.
The reason why it is an exclusive interview is because the Literature and Art Newspaper prepared fifteen questions.
In the previous question, the sense of direction is leaning towards the author himself.
For the following questions, the focus is on the work.
Gu Lu also responded to the subsequent questions more smoothly because he ensured that every copy of a document must leave traces.
It's like he deliberately used wording habits, why doesn't it appear in "Liao Zhai Xinyi".
In this regard, King Gulu has been waiting for someone to ask for a long time, "Because the articles submitted to People's Literature are used by me to prove myself, and the review of People's Literature is also very strict. So I responded I revised it many times and the wording habits were all changed. You can see this by looking at my draft. ”
That's right, Gu Lu prepared a draft while coding on the computer just in case of emergency.
First use pen and paper to revise the article, and then type it on the computer for submission. Although troublesome, many writers Li Quan interviewed did this. Gein, it seems more practical to write with pen and paper.
“We are left with the last question.” Li Quan said, “At a literary conference in Forty-Nine Cities, President Jian of the Children’s Literature Society revealed that writer Xiao Gu’s new work is a subversive "Writer Xiao Gu also said just now that the best thing is to attract readers to read it. The new work is a popular science work. Will it also give priority to interest?" Li Quan? explain.
Gu Lu also understood that just like "The Little Prince" invited Yu Xinyao, the new work "Flatland" has also begun to build momentum!
"To be precise, it is both interesting and popular science." Gu Lu responded.
“Is subversiveness real?” Li Quan asked.
We can’t dismantle President Jian. Gu Lu also nodded when he heard this.
Very good "Subversive popular science novels" "Gu Lu talks about "involution"" "Gu Lu believes that college students will not be able to find jobs in the future" Alas, there is too much content in this session, and Li Quan was temporarily I couldn't find the point for a while.
After the interview, Feng Jingyuan, who had been silent, spoke.
"After reading "Country Teacher", my reaction was that the author was definitely born in the 1960s or 1970s," Feng Jingyuan said. "Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to write this kind of work. Now I finally understand that Xiao Gu is a young writer. , but he is very concerned about the education industry and has his own understanding.”
“Editor Feng won the award,” said Gu Lu.
“There is no award at all,” Feng Jingyuan said, “‘Village Teacher’ is a very romantic presentation of education and inheritance.”
Following this, Feng Jingyuan said in a nonchalant manner, “ Teacher Xiao Gu will receive a sum of money soon, but not much, hahaha. "? "What money.
Immediately afterwards, no matter how Gu Lu asked, the other party just smiled and didn't answer.
I've said it before, put the Riddler in Arkham and don't let him out.
Compared with the Literary Newspaper, Gu Lu’s previous interview with Wudu Daily felt a bit amateurish.
“It seems that we cannot think of it this way. The former is a newspaper specializing in literature, while the latter is more concerned with current affairs and reputation, with different emphasis.”
Looking at the successive editors-in-chief of literary newspapers, Mao Dun, Ding Ling, Feng Xuefeng, etc. are all great writers.
Leaders Mao and Deng once set three responsibilities for the newspaper: "to show the style of famous artists", "to survey the new trends in literature and art" and "to let the world understand Chinese literature and art".
As for the last point, you are right. The Literary and Art Newspaper is available in English, French and Japanese.
"Fortunately, I only accepted an exclusive interview from the Literary Newspaper. This trip was too tiring." Gu Lu stretched.
I usually cook something good for myself every weekend, but today I have no energy at all.
Soon, the arrival of someone turned the tiredness on Gu Lu's face into cheerfulness.
Tangyuan came to invite Gu Lu to dinner because relatives of Li Guyuan's family brought wild boar meat.
Hurry up and let Gu Lu try something new.
The wild stuff Gu Lu ate last time was "shanpao". He didn't know its scientific name, but it was red, sour and grew all over the mountains and fields.
“What does wild boar meat taste like?”
“Well - it should be different from domestic pork.”
"What you said makes perfect sense."
Go to the grocery store.
Gu Lu has also been here many times, so he is familiar with the road and even helps sell things.
"Our Gu Yuan's grades are so good thanks to Gu Lu, come and eat more." Mother Li was picking up vegetables during the dinner. "My previous monthly exam scores were very good. He often followed you, so he must have learned a lot."
"Mom! My grades are better than Lulu's, and we tutor each other."
"What are you tutoring? Xiao Gu still needs you to tutor?" Mother Li didn't believe it.
Li's father didn't believe it either, because they often heard their children say that Gu Lu was in the newspaper again, what other works Gu Lu had written, and how great Gu Lu was.
Li's father and Li's mother, who don't read newspapers, knew everything about Gu Lu because Li Guyuan brought newspapers and magazines back to them and told them.
“I remember Grandpa You’s birthday. He drank two cups of horse urine in the evening, and then he put his arms around me and said, ‘Gu Lu, my best friend, do you know that it is he who gave me the ability to write and publish? Confidence...'" Mr. Li said.
“Dad!” Li Guyuan’s toes were on the ground. Damn it, how could he have said such a stupid thing.
Just keep some things in your mind, but if you say them out loud, you'll be a fool.
This is what happens when you are drunk. Gu Lu still remembers last year’s junior high school graduation dinner. Many classmates also drank. Zhang Yudong hugged someone (a classmate whose name he didn’t remember) and shouted: "Teacher, do you know You know, this is my son, he is my son, we have the best relationship, Jie Jie."
Looking at Li Guyuan who looked uncomfortable, Gu Lu said, "As for learning, it is indeed Tangyuan. Give me tutoring.”
“Oh, that’s the opportunity you gave Gu Yuan. He should cherish this opportunity.” Mother Li said.
"?" Li Guyuan felt like an outsider.
(End of this chapter)