Chapter 288: There is a book
“Remember to thank others for helping you.”
Tao Wei was silent for a long time as he listened to his parents’ words.
"Didn't you hear? I've told you to be polite since you were a child."
He immediately said, "I understand. I will go to school tomorrow to say thank you."
"It's best to invite people to your house for a meal, and we'll prepare a table of good food to thank you."
When Tao Pei didn't say that the person who sent him to the infirmary a few days ago was Gu Lu, his parents The response was relatively lukewarm.
Just ask if the fall was serious.
When "someone in our school said that Gu Lu was difficult to get along with, he actually felt that he was quite enthusiastic."
Then the parents changed their attitude and had the above reaction.
Tao Pei was already a sophomore in high school, so he probably knew why his parents were so arrogant at first and respectful at the other.
So this is my gratitude after three days!
"You're welcome, what are you thanking for." Gu Lu almost forgot, "How is your leg?"
I encountered this last time on my way to the social office to hire a tutor. Something.
"It's not a big deal in the first place. I'm completely fine." Tao Wei said quickly.
The words were interrupted at this point, and the atmosphere was awkward for a while.
Tao Wei said cautiously, "Well... thank you very much. My parents want to treat you to a meal."
"It's such a small thing, why bother." Gu Lu waved his hand, "Go back to the classroom to get your results. Pay attention next time."
After saying that, Gu Lu said goodbye and walked to the classroom. I'm a little confused, why is this sophomore in high school so nervous today?
It really wasn’t Gu Lu’s illusion. Tao Pei had been famous for the great writers in this school for a long time. However, he had no real feelings, and his parents’ reaction made him clearly understand the value of a great writer!
People's understanding of social class and worldliness actually comes from their parents first.
It is a small thing for Gu Lu, but it can only be said to reflect his growing influence.
"What are your plans for the summer vacation?" Gu Lu asked Qi Caiwei.
"Summer vacation?" Qi Caiwei thought of a possibility in her mind, but this idea was "too far-fetched" and her little heart beat faster to stop it.
She replied, "Mostly dance practice. But there must be a lot of free time after dance practice. I have no arrangements for my free time."
"Oh." Gu Lu nodded.
What about below? ! Qi Caiwei waited for the follow-up, but unexpectedly her deskmate stopped talking.
How can I say half of my words? Qi Caiwei cleared her throat, "Then your summer vacation schedule must be very busy."
"You are also relatively free, finish a novel. Then you will participate in some writers' associations. Activities. It would be best to release the English version of "The Little Prince". If you still have free time, sort out and publish the works I have serialized in "Science Fiction World".
It’s the English version again, and I have to write a new book. Is this called free time? It sounds busy!
As a result, everything Qi Caiwei wanted to say was stillborn.
So tired and hard, you should take a good rest when you have time. If I invite you to come out to play, and you reluctantly agree, wouldn’t it be an added burden? Qi Caiwei thought so.
“Didn’t the last book just be released not long ago? Are you going to write a new book so soon?” Qi Caiwei asked.
"You mean "Flatland"?" Gu Lu said, "It's been a month and a half. And Flatland is just a popular science novel. President Jian told me that if there is enough inspiration and energy, "It's better for a writer to write one full-length work a year."
"It's amazing." Qi Caiwei could only give a thumbs up. Anyway, she thinks it would be amazing to be able to write a work like "Flatland" in one year.
The sales volume of "Flatland" is still strong, and its staying power is mainly due to the fact that the work is a recommended book for junior high school students.
I was chatting and laughing with my classmates. After a while, the class bell rang.
More than ten seconds later, Teacher Gao walked into the classroom and without saying anything else, he directly began to announce the final results.
Gu Lu has made great progress, especially in English. Regardless of his previous life or his original life, his English scores were very poor.
Considering the great undertaking of copywriting, Gu Lu’s English scores were already among the top in the class after two semesters of hard work. Don’t think that Gu Lu’s daily efforts are useless!
Language: 139, Number: **, Foreign Language: 134, Physics: **, Chemistry: **, Politics: 92, History: 93, Geography: **
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"Geography, the points for geography are a little too much." Gu Lu muttered.
After explaining the grades of the whole class, Teacher Gao started to talk about the issue of class division for the second year of high school. As mentioned before, the innovation class is a strange product created by the principal of No. 8 Middle School, and basically does not change classes. Only a very small number of students will change classes in their sophomore year of high school because of their grades. This is why the head teacher asked the students to write down a time capsule at the beginning of the new semester.
As an aside, the unique innovative class system of No. 8 Middle School was not abolished until the principal was changed in 2017.
"During the summer vacation, you should prepare your homework carefully. The second year of high school is a very important year." Teacher Gao said, "I have seen many students who don't work hard in the second year of high school. They think they can sprint again in the third year of high school. But in fact, there is basically no way to sprint, so don't be embarrassed. Myself as a senior in high school. "
"Think about it, is it fair for you as a senior in high school to have fun during the summer vacation, and then to have to bear the consequences as a senior in high school? "Teacher Gao's statement is quite interesting.
"In addition, you must also pay attention to safety during the summer vacation." Teacher Gao finished the story concisely and comprehensively.
It also indicates that that’s it, it’s holiday, and the students can have fun.
As usual, Li Guyuan handed over one or two notebooks. Red is about learning, and blue is about the arrangements of the publication company.
"Tangyuan, I won't need the red note next time." Gu Lu said, "I have secretly learned part of your method, and I can arrange it myself."
"Really?" Li Guyuan asked, " What did you learn secretly?"
"A lot, such as how to make plans," Gu Lu said, "I found that when you make plans, you don't make them very far."
" To be precise, most of the plans you have made are achievable, and only the last two items require effort," Gu Lu said, "I have already included this in my half-year schedule."
“I’m still figuring out how to make statistics.” Gu Lu said.
As soon as the words came out, Li Guyuan was silent for a while, and then sighed heavily, "The pressure of being a Gemini is so great. I only have these few advantages, and they have all been learned away."
"It's normal, learning It's easier than the person who summed it up at the beginning." Gu Lu patted Li Guyuan and said, "You're just tired. After all, you have to bear the responsibility of being famous and handsome beyond your age."
"That's right!" Li Guyuan said. , "It is difficult to be a good student, but it is even harder to be a good student of Gemini."
Not to brag or to be slanderous, Gu Lu really benefited a lot from Li Guyuan. Especially the application of some methods can help students learn quickly. On the one hand, Gu Lu really humbly asked for advice, and on the other hand, Li Guyuan taught sincerely and did not hide anything private.
“Speaking of which, Zhulu, didn’t you say before that Bilibili wanted me to appear on the camera and give me an interview?” Li Guyuan asked.
"!" Gu Lu's eyes widened.
I have been so busy recently that I completely forgot about it.
In other words, he seems to have stopped updating for several weeks. Oh my god, he won’t lose followers.
"Then find a day during the summer vacation and we can complete this matter." Gu Lu said.
Tangyuan nodded. He had already agreed, so there was no problem in looking for another day.
Gu Lu wanted to go home quickly to see how many followers he had lost, but was called to the office by his head teacher.
The last classmate who walked out of the class teacher's office was Wei Liluo. A performance artist who was very presentable last semester, but is relatively silent this semester.
Passed by.
"You should pay attention to safety during the summer vacation, especially if there are no adults at home. Doors and windows must be locked at night when you sleep." Teacher Gao reminded, "Summer vacation is a time when thefts occur frequently."
Why are door-to-door thefts so common during summer vacation? More? Could it be that students are on vacation and go out with their families more, so the thieves are looking for the right opportunity?
"Don't worry, Teacher Gao. I specially installed anti-theft windows. It's no problem." Gu Lu responded.
Immediately afterwards, Teacher Gao took the trouble to emphasize that safety should be paid attention to during the summer vacation.
After everything was said, Gu Lu left.
After Gu Lu left, Teacher Gao called another classmate.
If you look carefully, there is a light yellow sticky note on the neat desk of the class teacher, with the names of three classmates written on it.
They are three students in the class who need special care. Something happened at Wei Lizhen's family, and he is now living with his grandfather, so he needs to be reminded. Gu Lu is alone at home and needs to be reminded. And...
The head teacher is silent, but actually does a lot of work secretly.
The corridor was filled with the laughter of students. They were so happy that there were footprints on the white walls.
Of course this does not include high school seniors.
Carrying a small schoolbag, Gu Lu was ready to go home.
Crossing the playground, at the school gate, I was stopped by a familiar female voice.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time, and I thought you were gone. After all, you were with that guy in junior high school, and they ran very fast after school."
The person coming was a girl with strange powers.
I have some doubts, "What are you waiting for me to do? If you have anything, I can call and chat on QQ."
"I'm embarrassed to talk on the phone and chat." Zhou Lin took it as a matter of course.
"?" Gu Lu felt that this was wrong. Most people were embarrassed to face each other.
"Gulu, are you in Fog City during the summer vacation?" Zhou Lin asked.
Gu Lu nodded, "I might have to go to Sijiu City for a few days, but I'll basically be in Fog City."
"That's good." Zhou Lin asked with a smile, "How about that? Can't you lend it to me for two days?"
"What to do?" Gu Lu asked. "It's nothing, I just have something to do with you during the summer vacation. Anyway, can you spare two days?" Zhou Lin took out a plastic bag from her back pocket, which contained Tang Monk's meat.
Why are unopened snacks packed in plastic bags? Because the current spicy strip snacks are a bit oily even if they are unopened. I don’t know whether it’s due to packaging technology or something else.
The strange girl is a bit clever. In junior high school, after Gu Lu traveled through time, he could eat her snacks in class almost every day.
The implication is that we have cheated together before.
"No problem, I will arrange the specific time available." Gu Lu said.
"It doesn't matter. As a famous writer, you are probably quite busy with your writing. So as long as you can spare some time, it doesn't matter what time it is." Zhou Lin said.
"Oke Oke, no problem." Gu Lu nodded.
It doesn’t say exactly what it does, so it’s so mysterious.
"Okay, there's nothing else to do, so I'll leave." Zhou Lin pulled on the strap of her schoolbag with both hands, especially her thumbs under the strap. Left happily.
Gu Lu sometimes does this little trick.
Many miraculous actions among students are contagious, such as holding up the clothes on their elbows and putting them on their heads while they are half-undressed. Another example is the student in front of Gu Lu, who walks along the pattern of the floor tiles.
The floor tiles are arranged in grids, so be careful to stay within the grid. Very serious, as if it will explode if it exceeds the grid line.
Gu Lu was also walking like this, holding his schoolbag.
We arrived home soon.
Oh! Editor-in-chief Sato of MM magazine finally responded. I thought the magazine had collapsed.
The content of the email sent is thousands of words, and it is not possible to publish all of it. So let’s briefly summarize it.
Mainly indicates two things.
First of all, Hitotsubashi Group has undergone major changes. As mentioned before about this company, it is one of the four giants that monopolizes neon literature.
Xiangchuansha, MM Magazine, and Shueisha all belong to him. It is precisely because of this that Tadatoshi Fujimaki and his subsequent publications in Neon are the same.
Then, because Shirahama Publishing House, one of its magazines, cannot make ends meet. The head office asked MM Magazine and Shirahama to merge.
MM magazine also changed its name to "Shirahama Christmas Kyosha", or Shirahama Kyosha for short. Editor-in-Chief Sato——Now he is Vice President Sato, and he has also been promoted.
But the pressure is even greater. The company is eager to publish a book that can open up the market.
Neon invited several writers, but the works were not very satisfactory.
The reason why I am so slow to reply to messages is because I have been working hard on the writers in the past few days!
What I expressed later will be a matter of course. Vice President Sato invited Gu Lu to write a letter. The price is easy to negotiate. As long as the work is good, stamp duty can be paid according to the first-line best-selling author.
See clearly, he is a first-tier best-selling author, not a first-tier litterateur. The fee for writing serious literature in Neon is higher than that of a best-selling author.
Known information: Bai Tongshe’s main publishing business is supernatural and mystery.
The scope is equivalent to covering the collection direction of MM magazine.
Akechi Kogoro and New Urban Legend writing are two of the many labels Gu Lu left in Neon.
Completely in line with the scope of Baitongshe's call for submissions.
It is normal for Neon Man Sato to be so anxious, because those who can write best-selling books are also the trump cards of other publishing houses. How can you easily poach them?
As for finding new talents, where do you start? Won the Newcomer Award, had a big publishing house, but it was not Bai Tongshe's turn to eat meat. But if you don't focus on the Newcomer Award, you will undoubtedly be looking for a needle in a haystack.
After much thought, Gu Lu is indeed a very good choice.
The reasoning is that Gu Lu has a trump card, but...
After thinking for a long time, Gu Lu replied with a message of rejection. Don't be half-hearted, just finish the book "Bouquet" during the summer vacation as promised.
I spent today with peace of mind.
After all, he logged in to Bilibili and found that not only did he not lose his followers, but they were actually increasing.
Because of "Young China" and the Chinese drama principal's speech filmed by Zhao Mingming, he received a lot of popularity.
It’s just that B friends don’t seem very friendly.
[Why don’t you update the video? It’s been more than a month. What, did you forget your account and password? ]
[Sparse update, although interviewing classmates is a bit boring, it is quite interesting to read. ]
The latest ones are all similar messages.
Gu Lu thought he was speaking for him, but the second half of his sentence took a turn for the worse.
[It’s normal that it hasn’t been updated. Gu Lu is a writer and a student, so he definitely doesn’t have much time. So if you haven’t updated for so long, you must have written a new book, right? When will it be sent out? ]
If you can’t afford it, turn it off first.
It's been a peaceful few days.
One morning, Gu Lu answered the phone, and there was only crying on the other end.
Gu Lu didn’t know how to speak for a moment. Did his sister fail the exam? Or are you crying with joy after passing the exam?
It took a long time to hear Gu Jiayu choke and say, "Brother, I received the notice, it's the notice from No. 8 Middle School!"
It's done!
Without his letter of recommendation, it really worked!
"Damn it, Gu Jiayu, you are awesome, I knew you were so good." Gu Lu couldn't control his voice even though he was happy.
His voice was very loud, making Gu Jiayu's side buzz.
"Okay, okay, whenever you have time, come down and I will celebrate it for you." Gu Lu said.
Happiness from the bottom of my heart. It also proves that it comes from the heart, and she really regards Gu Jiayu as her sister. What he thought was that if he studied in a high school, he would be better taken care of.
"They are going to treat us to dinner tomorrow, so we will probably have time the day after tomorrow." Gu Jiayu said.
"Okay, okay, I'll make arrangements for you." Gu Lu said.
Gu Jiayu said again on the other end of the phone, "Brother, your classmate is the one who reviewed my notebook for me. Can you please call us together the day after tomorrow?"
"Huh?" Gu Lu didn't respond for a moment. come over.
"I was able to pass the exam. That notebook helped me a lot." Gu Jiayu said, "So I want to thank my brother's classmate in person."
"No problem." Gu Lu agreed.
"Let's not talk about it for now, someone is here." Gu Jiayu hung up the phone.
Gu Luneng guessed that Gu's mother was here, and also discovered that the heroine would try not to mention her mother when communicating with him.
I am also worried that as an elder brother, Gu Lu will be unhappy.
The female hero, she has been very thoughtful since childhood.
"I came to No. 8 Middle School to study, and I guess I live there. Bishan and No. 8 Middle School are too far apart. In fact, if I could just say something, I would let the heroine live with me." Gu Lu paced around the room.
Think of this first.
Later I remembered, "Tangyuan is really awesome. What I summarized is really useful. I still have to learn."
Excellent students are all excellent in their own way, Zhou Lin Tangyuan is good at summarizing skills when it comes to planning her ideal and clear goals, while Qi Caiwei... dances very beautifully.
What Gu Lu was thinking was biased. In fact, CC's empathy is very strong, even too strong. It's just that it's harder to see. Gu Lu didn't notice it much anyway.
The next day, it was time to cut the ribbon.
“Congratulations, the Yangjiaping Zhengjie Store of Xinhua Bookstore in Sha District has opened.”
“Welcome, the famous fairy tale popular science writer Gu Lu cuts the ribbon for the opening!”
Speaker loop Play, the magic sound hits your ears.
Gu Lu had just walked to the main street when he heard such loud propaganda.
"Teacher Gu, you are here." The store manager immediately greeted him, "Thank you for your hard work."
You haven't done anything yet, so what's the hard work? Gu Lu maintained a calm expression.
Perhaps because Xinhua Bookstore is of official nature, there is no flower basket or red carpet. Just pull an exaggerated red banner. Then there is the "magic sound" played in a loop from the speaker.
The lively scene attracted passers-by to look around. Especially when they saw the talented writer coming, there were even more people watching.
"Gu Lu is here?" "Which Gu Lu?" "There are a few Gu Lu in Fog City, that very powerful children's writer." "Where is it? Where is it? Let me see. ”……
The new store opened with a ribbon cutting, but Gu Lu seemed to remember that ribbon cutting originated in Europe. Only completion ceremonies for bridges, roads and major projects are held.
However, there is no problem if you want to have a good start when opening a small store.
Forget it, I won’t go into the details. Anyway, this is his first time doing this. Before, he just watched TV. I didn't expect him to be here today.
When the auspicious time came, Gu Lu and the store manager took the scissors and clicked them.
When the red color breaks, the color comes.
It was at this moment that Gu Lu's mind clicked, just say it, just say it, it's good to try new things!
[Bright Horror] [The most terrifying short story of the last century in Europe and America] [The Queen of Gothic Novels] turned into "The Lottery"
Details: Short stories by Shirley Jackson, the Queen of Gothic Novels Collection of novels. His short story of the same name is one of the scariest short stories of the last century. It caused a huge sensation after it was first published in The New Yorker. The work has been adapted into radio dramas, TV series, stage plays, and three times into movies.
"Lottery? What kind of book is this? A short story has been adapted into movies three times. Is it so awesome?"
(End of this chapter)