Chapter 264 China’s No. 1 Genius Student
“If you don’t understand, just ask, I’ve finished reading “Flatland”. It doesn’t look like a work that a high school student could write. Are there any similar popular science novels?”< br>
Similar questions appeared on Bihu and Douban.
Yes, Gu Lu was originally in the T2 echelon of discussion, and Yu Xinyao was also adding fuel to the fire.
The effect cannot be described as one plus one, it is definitely one minus one, becoming the popularity of the T0 echelon.
It directly brought a lot of attention to popular science novels that no one paid much attention to before.
"Two or three popular science works that are similar to Flatland" "In terms of science popularization alone, "Flatland" can only be ranked third. The first and second place are..." "Ranking of popular science novels in the 21st century" Wait for the post.
In the final analysis, it is the spread of heat, not just letting yourself soar.
One week after "Flatland" was released, the sales volume reached an exaggerated 460,000.
With such exaggerated sales, only youth pain literature can compete at the moment.
The key is...the sales volume of youth pain novels is only so high. For example, sales of 500,000 in the first month exceeded one million in one year. In fact, book sales basically stagnated after half a year.
But "Flatland" has withstood scrutiny and research, and seems to have great potential!
Of course, we can only predict the future and talk about what can be determined at present. Recommended books for junior high schools and new works are on the market, and sales of "The Little Prince" have also increased. The little prince's stamina is quite good.
“I originally thought that The Little Prince was Gu Lu’s peak work, but I didn’t expect it.”
“The new work after The Little Prince is Bingguo, which does seem to be on a downward trend. However, If you look carefully at his middle short works, "Country Teacher", "Bring Her Eyes", etc., the level is still the same."
"Gu Lu's science fiction level is extremely high. Even at a young age, his observation of society is extremely profound. It's not surprising that he can write about Flatland."
"It's not surprising, it's just amazing. Now say Gu Lu is a front-line writer and no one should object.”
The whispers were from the editorial board of People’s Literature.
Laoshu and Xiaomori were chatting. They were both editors. Depending on the environment and the people around me, when editors take a break, they basically talk about books.
Including the website editors, it’s the same when they have dinner together, they all talk about books. It’s just that the former is a physical book and the latter is an online novel.
"Hey, over there." While chatting, the old tree suddenly said.
Komori looked to the left and saw another editor, Liu Yong, coming. What a coincidence, isn't Liu Yong Gu Lu's editor-in-chief?
"Liu Yong, have you chatted with Gu Lu?" Xiao Sen stopped.
We have been working together for three or four years, and even though we have no personal friendship, we are very familiar with each other.
“We don’t talk much.” Liu Yong shook his head, “Teacher Xiao Gu is usually very busy. Even if he sends messages, he only has time to reply at night.”
"What are you busy with?" As soon as Laoshu asked this question, he smiled awkwardly. Gu Lu was a student, so he must be busy with school.
"Is there any more "Liao Zhai Xinyi"?" Lao Shu changed the topic to relieve his embarrassment, "Six articles are simply not enough."
"There are some June issues, and some "Liao Zhai Xinyi." Liu Yong frowned and broke the news, "But I heard from Teacher Xiao Gu that there are only thirteen chapters in this series."
"Thirteen chapters, then there are only six chapters left." ?" As an editor, Laoshu quickly realized another thing, "One article has several thousand words, and thirteen articles can't make up a book." "Unless it's a pocket book." Replenish.
"Yeah." That's why Liu Yong frowned, "Pocket books are not popular now."
In other words, it is difficult to publish a book in the Liaozhai Xinyi series. Such a good work, why not publish a book? The editors felt it was a waste.
"Looking at the bright side, it's not like Gu Lu won't write other purely literary short stories." Xiaomori said, "It's okay to publish them together with other short stories."
"That makes sense." Liu Yong The worry in my heart still hasn't dissipated.
Because Gu Lu was so successful in popular novels, and he was very successful on the stage.
As for "Flatland", a popular science novel will probably become the first choice in the reading plans of many provinces and cities.
"If Gu Lu comes to the capital, you must call me when you receive him." Lao Shu said the key thing, "I really want to meet him."
"Oh? You have seen authors such as Jia Pingwa and Alai, and you are still curious about Teacher Xiao Gu?" Liu Yong said.
Liu Yong’s words are a bit reversed, but in normal conversations, it is normal for words to fail to express what he meant. What he is probably trying to say is, you have met the big stars, but are you still interested in the little ones?
This little star is small, on the one hand, it is the age of the author. On the other hand, Gu Lu's status in literature cannot be compared with the above two for the time being.
"It's different. I want to see what China's number one genius student is like," Lao Shu said.
As mentioned before, the literary quality of the editors of "People's Literature" is generally higher than that of the editorial departments of other magazines.
Even Laoshu and Xiaomori have this attitude, and people in other publishing industries are even more like this.
Invisible places, Gu Lu’s popularity soared!
Wait, invisible popularity is not very accurate. It should be called "prestige". I don't know how to measure this thing, but it does exist.
From a genius in the foggy city to the number one genius student in China.
There is a book in the middle.
The first person to use this title was the official media.
News from Youth Network "Take you into China's most talented student"
Youth Network is a website organized by the Communist Youth League. To the Communist Youth League, Gu Lu is one of their own!
"Neon's mainstream media, the Asahi Shimbun, once called Gu Lu the strongest high school student in history. So why is there such a title?
Because Gu Lu is a model student, he is able to integrate the knowledge he has learned, And it has been written into a work that readers love to see.
The recent best-selling "Flatland" is the best proof of Gu Lu's comprehensive understanding."
Youth Network forwarded Yu Xin Yaofa's comments. Two pictures.
【Picture】
The table of contents of the history book for the first volume of high school contains two units.
Unit 9 "The Founding of China and the Socialist Road"
Unit 10 "Changing the Socialist Road with Chinese Characteristics"
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The table of contents of the first-volume political book in high school also contains two units.
Unit 1 "Basic Economic System and Planned Economic System"
Unit 2 "Economic Development and Socialist Progress"
Many netizens said on the Internet that the picture of Yu Xinyao was posted by mistake. This is a little bit out of the blue, because this netizen may be reading the electronic version of the "People's Literature Journal".
Yu Xinyao’s comments were also published in print media.
The paper media also has these two pictures.
It proves that the picture is correct, but most people don’t understand the meaning.
The editor of Youth Network understands.
"Flatland" has its own views on religion, human class and social issues. These views come from high school history books and political books.
Especially those of the Flatland monks The supreme ruler is round, which corresponds to the content of European religions in junior high school history books.
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Now, standing at a new starting point, the young people of the new era should learn from Mr. Gu Lu and be always ready to accelerate again and show the style of the new youth. ”
It’s right, it’s really right, especially the last paragraph.
In addition, regarding the knowledge involved in "Flatland", Youth Network has all the political history in junior high and high schools. The corresponding ones were found one by one in the book.
Many netizens who could not believe that Gu Lu could write this kind of work suddenly realized.
Parents in Wudu left a message: "This is true integration. The number one genius student in China, I agree with this learning ability (thumbs up) (thumbs up)"
A parent from Lu Province left a message: "I saw in the news that Gu Lu's science scores were not good. I also thought that geniuses also have shortcomings. Now I know, it's not a shortcoming, it's that Gu Lu didn't study hard, otherwise he would be able to write a planar mathematical space. Can Gu Lu, who has such a good learning ability, learn mathematics?”
Parents from Guangdong Province left a message: “The history and politics in high schools now are actually the same as when I was in school. But. I have never thought of writing the contents of the book into a novel. This may be the difference between geniuses and ordinary people.”
Wait, there are hundreds of messages that I won’t list out one by one.
Anyone can leave messages on Youth Network without even applying for an account. However, the IP address will also appear in the message. After all, he is the director of the Communist Youth League.
To be honest, the editor of Youth Network was sincere in his words. If Gu Lu hadn't known how "Flatland" came about, he would have almost believed it.
If you read this news and continue reading, you will find that there is another news article on Youth Network, which is also related to Gu Lu.
"Two college students donated a total of 15,000 loving books such as Flatland, The Little Prince, and Yesterday's Park. The books will be transported to impoverished mountainous areas across the country by the China Charity Federation"
[Youth Network: In You definitely need to think carefully before donating 15,000 books. How did you convince yourself?
Anonymous college student: By chance, I learned that children in many places across the country do not have books to read. When we saw some photos of impoverished mountainous areas released by the China Charity Federation, our teachers and professors at East China Normal University also taught us that we must give back to the society. So there was basically no hesitation when I made the decision.
Youth Net: "Flatland" is 28 yuan per copy, and 15,000 copies is 420,000 yuan. In order to donate, did you encounter any difficulties in terms of money?
Anonymous college student: It was a bit difficult, because you definitely couldn’t ask for donations from your family, so my friends and I used the money we had saved since childhood, as well as money from work-study studies.
Youth Net: So why did you choose these five books: "Flatland", "The Little Prince", "Yesterday's Park", "Bingguo" and "Mr. Holmes"?
Anonymous college student: Because they are suitable, I have read all five of these books. "The Little Prince" is a fairy tale full of fantasy, "Flatland" is a popular science work with rich connotations, and "Yesterday in the Park" is the best collection of short stories I have read in recent years. On the other hand, I am personally a fan of the writer Gu Lu. Gu Lu's works can bring children another world. It thrills me to think that any of them can see the world through their work.
Youth Net: Did you share your donation with others immediately? What feedback do family members, teachers and friends have when they find out?
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That's right, Mu Xue and Zhao Mingming thought of a way to help promote the book by buying books and donating money.
Mu Xue's small treasury only has about 200,000 yuan, and the remaining small amount is subsidized by Zhao Mingming. Of course, there is actually a discount for buying so many books at one time, so it is not as expensive as the Youth.com reporter said.
To say that Zhao Mingming is a very interesting good sister, it would be better to say that Zhao Mingming spent money to buy her fame.
If Gu Lu hadn’t become so famous right now, just by donating 15,000 books, a Youth Network reporter would be able to interview him? What a beautiful thing to think about!
What is the use of this news? It might not be of much use to Mu Xue, because her family is in business. But it is quite useful for Zhao Mingming, because some people in her family are engaged in business and some are pursuing official careers.
Gu Lu gained a certain degree of fame. Although he didn't provide help in times of need, it was the icing on the cake.
Zhao Mingming also gained fame.
What is a win-win situation? This is a win-win situation.
The campus of No. 8 Middle School is not so grand. It has thousands of copies at once, but it also consistently buys hundreds of copies of "Flatland".
No. 8 Middle School works hard to support the student writers trained by our school.
At school, I was talking about an interesting phenomenon that Gu Lu discovered. Logically speaking, the sales volume of "Flatland" is much higher than that of "The Little Prince".
When the little prince came out, many foreign students ran to Class 10, as if they were watching celebrities.
But there was no discussion after Flat Country came out. This may be due to the fact that the students’ threshold for Gu Lu has been raised. But another main reason is that the readers of Flatland are really not in school.
Think about it, it’s hard to live without popular science. A poor student who was driven crazy by mathematics in middle and high school - "Hey, buy this book. It's a popular science about mathematics and space."
Scientific?
Everything was calm in Class 10. Only Qi Caiwei said in a low voice, "I have added "Flatland" to my reading schedule, but my feelings after reading and reading other people's books, I feel that it will not be the same. Will it be different?"
Gu Lu had no wavering about this.
It is already a hot day in the foggy city in May.
There are still many students running around in the playground under the bright sun.
Sometimes it's really strange to see this scene. Were you not afraid of heat when you were a child? They were all tanned, and they were still playing happily.
It’s not like in later generations. As long as the weather exceeds 30 degrees, your life will be saved by the air conditioner.
If nothing happened, Gu Lu would never leave the air-conditioned classroom after class.
"Tangyuan, are you sure about the final exam?" Gu Lu asked Li Guyuan.
Final exam? When did you worry about studying? Li Guyuan felt strange, but still responded, "Look at my steadily improving midterm exam results, don't you think it's enough to explain the problem?"
Too.
"诱辘, the cover of our "Dawn" is ready." Li Guyuan said, "I have selected a few versions, you can take a look."
"...How many times do you come here in a day? How long?" Gu Lu was surprised.
Logically speaking, he doesn’t study at night and has more free time throughout the day. But it feels like he has accomplished less than Li Guyuan.
Is Li Guyuan’s time more valuable?
"There are twenty-four hours in a day, excluding the six hours of sleeping, there are still eighteen hours." Li Guyuan said, "I can review, I can write, and I still have time to read. There is so much time that I can't use it up. I can't use it up at all. ."
"? "If someone else was showing off like this, Gu Lu would definitely break it, but the other person was Tang Yuan.
A master of time management, Tang Yuan’s achievements can be checked.
"Can you spare two hours on Saturday and Sunday?" Gu Lu said, "I have a very troublesome thing to ask of you."
"Two hours? No problem." Li Guyuan continued No questions asked, just agreed immediately.
"Don't agree so quickly, you have to hear everything." Gu Lu said quickly, this matter is quite troublesome.
"As far as our friendship is concerned, I will not agree to anything." Li Guyuan said again, "No, if you ask me to accompany you to the basketball club, then I refuse."
"My sister is about to take the high school entrance examination, but her math scores are still not good. She has been attending cram schools, but it seems to be of no use." Gu Lu said, "I want you to help me."
Why did you find Li Guyuan? Because learning mathematics well does not necessarily mean teaching it well.
But Li Guyuan is really good at teaching people, and he has a record in this regard. The notebook he prepared for Gu Lu directly improved his history, politics, and geography by more than ten points last semester.
"This is indeed a difficult matter." Li Guyuan said, "In fact, it doesn't have to be so troublesome as tutoring. Because I am definitely not as good as the teachers in the cram school."
"My only advantage is that I am a student myself."
Li Guyuan organized his language while speaking.
He continued: "I know what questions students will make mistakes on, so I can avoid some careless deductions."
Similarly, Gu Lu was thinking about the contents of the notebook.
"Zhulu, please give me my sister's paper, and then I will take some time to count the types of questions that are easy to get wrong in junior high school." Li Guyuan said.
What are the types of statistics questions that are easy to get wrong in junior high schools? It sounds like a big project.
"Could it be..."
Li Guyuan seemed to know what his friend was going to say, so he interrupted and responded directly, "Not at all. I actually have statistics in junior high school, so I only need to update it slightly this year. Check out the question bank."
"That's really troublesome," Gu Lu said.
"What are you talking about? What's the relationship between the two of us?" Li Guyuan pretended to be angry.
"The relationship between the twin stars of the Eighth Middle School." Gu Lu responded.
“Of course.” Li Guyuan chuckled.
Actually, there is one thing that Gu Lu doesn't know. Li Guyuan's parents saw that Gu Lu had no parents, so they planned to recognize Gu Lu as their godson.
The matter was ignored in the future, simply because Gu Lu’s writing career was so prosperous.
Li's mother and Li's father were worried about being misunderstood, and they were afraid that Gu Lu would think they were getting rich just by seeing them, and would want to take advantage.
A kind person always thinks a lot and worries a lot. And bad people only need one reason to do bad things: "for my own good." From this perspective, it makes sense that most good people cannot fight against bad people.
After school, I met Director Hu.
The inappropriate encounter was because Gu Lu was about to walk out of the school gate and was stopped by Director Hu from behind.
trot over.
People sweat easily when they are fat. Director Hu is only slightly fat, but Gu Lu saw him sweating profusely.
"Xiao Gu, your cousin's investigation is about to end." Director Hu said.
"Oh?" Gu Lu really didn't know this, because the two of them had basically lost contact since Mu Xue invited Gu's father to have dinner last time.
"Is everything going well?" Gu Lu asked.
It’s normal to be so busy writing that you don’t have time to worry about other things. This is what Director Hu thinks.
He responded, "It went very well. Her manuscript was shown to Principal Chang and there was no problem."
"Okay." Gu Lu said, "It also caused trouble for the school."
>The busy Director Hu stopped him specifically just to talk about this matter, right?
Gu Luxu looked forward to the follow-up.
The sun is so strong that it is difficult for human eyes to fully open. In this weather, Director Hu's small eyes are not so conspicuous.
"Xiao Gu, if you don't use the recommendation letter anymore, it will be difficult to get admissions in the next semester." Director Hu reminded, and explained, "Although our school is eager for students with literary literacy, after all, our No. 8 Middle School is a key school, so what is the point of recruiting students independently? "
Director Hu remembered clearly that Gu Lu had a younger sister who was in junior high school.
Of course, you can’t say it too bluntly.
“I know, but I really don’t know who to give the letter of recommendation to.” Gu Lu responded.
Huh? Director Hu's doubts were not shown on his face, "Oh, Xiao Gu, if you meet a student who is talented in literature and worthy of training, you can recommend him next year."
Gu Lu agreed.
After getting down to business, Director Hu congratulated the sales of "Flatland" and left without saying a few words.
On the way home, Gu Lu called his cousin Mu Xue.
The investigation into No. 8 Middle School is over. As the host, Gu Lu also treated the guests to a meal. This is what he thought.
As for my cousin inviting Father Gu to adjust the relationship between father and son... I can only say that it is similar to the image of a clear and stupid college student in his mind.
"Okay, no problem. Forget about the hot pot. Okay, I'll see you then."
Both Zhao Mingming and Mu Xue couldn't understand. Is the peppercorns in the foggy city free? Otherwise, the whole pot would be full of peppercorns.
After explaining where to eat, Mu Xue happily hung up the phone.
Mu Xue looked at the little sisters and said, "My cousin invited us to dinner."
"Let's see, our plan was successful." Zhao Mingming said.
"You still have a way!" Mu Xue said, "Children in impoverished mountainous areas can read books, and I have reconciled with my cousin, a win-win situation!"
The guilt in my heart dissipated, Mu Xue participated in the investigation Also completed, good things come in pairs, and she is in a very happy mood.
“I heard that my cousin found a restaurant in Shanghe to cook Sichuan cuisine tonight.” Mu Xue said.
“What is the Shanghe Gang?” Zhao Mingming asked.
Mu Xue didn’t know about this either. She heard her cousin say this on the phone.
The two searched online and found out that Sichuan cuisine is divided into three categories: Shanghebang, Xiahebang and Xiaohebang.
Shanghebang is mainly light, and the famous boiled cabbage is the delicacy of Shanghebang. Putting genuine Sichuan food and light food together feels weird.
Still looking forward to it.
On the other side, Gu Lu hung up the phone and received a call from the agent.
Yao Xiaoju is indeed a capable person.
Why do you say that? Because Xiangchuanshe originally wanted to make some money after seeing that Gu Lu had so many negative fans in South Korea.
But I don’t know what Yao Xiaoju said to convince Xiangchuanshe to become an “intermediary”.
Introduced Changbi Publishing House of South Korea to Yao Xiaoju, who was originally planning to cooperate.
Publish the Korean version directly.
"The royalties offered by Changbi Publishing House are 11%, which is the highest price I can talk about so far. The price is a bit low, but our focus is not on South Korea."
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"The UK has negotiated an eight percent royalty. The editor of Puffin Books will fly to China next week to sign."
"I asked Mr. Burns to start the translation first, because "The Little Prince" "As a fairy tale book, the sooner it can be logged into other countries, the better."
I reported two things upon arrival.
(End of this chapter)