Chapter 297 Can’t wait


Chapter 297 Can’t wait

“President Yuan, you shouldn’t let Gu Lu go.” Mr. Lu of Century Publishing Company called Yuan Mingjie. The relationship between the two is privately fishing friends. He Qiang, Yuan Mingjie, and Lu Da are known as the Three Musketeers of Night Fishing!

Let go? Could it be that Gu Lu changed his job to the People's Publishing House of Shanghai? Yuan Mingjie held back his words, listened carefully, and moved his hands slowly.

"Although we do need to cut costs, Gu Lu has great potential." Mr. Lu said, "Leaving it to New Youth Publishing House will be our loss."

Talking on the phone At that time, Yuan Mingjie conducted a search on his computer and found a lot of information.

Wang Ning’s pen: [Congratulations to our big family@New Youth Publishing House for adding a writer@Gulu大王_Gu Lu. Gu Lu is a famous science fiction writer, fairy tale writer, and essay writer. Please look forward to the new work "Flowers for Algernon". ]

There are also many northern print media "Bingcheng Daily", "New Culture News" and "Liaoshen Evening News" reporting on it, the most prominent one is Youth Daily.

“Although the 18% royalty rate is a bit exaggerated, it can still be given to a super-standard genius like Gu Lu. Don’t lose the big for the small!” Mr. Lu’s last four words were a bit harsh.

It turned out that he was poached with a super high royalty rate. President Jian may have instigated this, but Yuan Mingjie knew that the black case would not be prosecuted.

"Mr. Lu has thought everything through." Friends are friends, but you can't bring any friendship to work, Yuan Mingjie is clear.

First admit his mistake, Yuan Mingjie will talk about the matter later, "But Mr. Lu, I have a slightly different view."

"Huh?"

Yuan Mingjie said, "In the past few days since I took over the publishing house, I There is a co-ordination for the writers of the publishing house. The current royalties are limited to 16%. Breaking the ceiling for one writer alone is not conducive to our overall development.”

What is the overall development? Increase the publishing house’s net profit.

"Gu Lu's previous work "Flatland" was listed as a recommended extracurricular book for junior high school students, but its sales volume in half a year was less than one million copies." Yuan Mingjie analyzed, "No matter how good the new work is, it is good enough to be copied. The level of Flatland is not enough to destroy our big plan.”

Indeed, "Flatland" can be said to be a cross-era work in the field of science popularization. Can the new work still make it to heaven?

Rather than producing good works, as the CEO of the parent company, Mr. Lu wants to achieve solid performance.

"Since you have weighed the pros and cons, then do as you say. Lao Yuan, I can rest assured that the Children's Literature and Art Publishing House will be left to you." After being persuaded, Mr. Lu left these words and hung up. Disconnect the phone.

Don't worry, Yuan Mingjie doesn't take this seriously at all. If he was really relieved, he wouldn't make this call.

Putting the phone aside, he is using an iPhone 5. In a few months, the 5s and 5c will be released, and the name of the kidney machine will be mentioned again.

Yuan Mingjie felt that his magnanimity was not that small, so he logged into the official WeChat account of the publishing house.

Children's Publishing House: ["The Little Prince", "Bingguo" and "Flatland" are all very wonderful works. @古鲁大王_ Teacher Gu Lu has worked closely with us before. I also wish Teacher Gu Lu a bright future in his creative career. ]

Remember this reply, it will become a powerful boomerang!

At present, neither companies nor publishing houses have positions dedicated to managing Internet platforms, and many official units have not even opened them at all.

The account number and password are among the leadership most of the time, and Yuan Mingjie naturally knows them after the handover.

Modern Literature, Handsome Guy: [What about that? Although I quite like Bingguo, is it a bit inappropriate for Bingguo to be sandwiched between these two works? ]

Xingyao's Son: [Bingguo: Do ​​you know? The Little Prince, Flat Country, and I are killing each other in the domestic book market! ]

Prajna 85200: [I feel that it is normal to change the publishing house, because Gu Lu has gradually separated from his identity as a fairy tale writer. Take a look at his science fiction short stories and works serialized in People's Literature. ]

Wait to leave a message.

Looking at the reactions of netizens, there were no negative comments, and Yuan Mingjie didn’t care anymore.

Nowadays, physical publishing is aging, and it is no longer an era when a book can sell three to four million copies. Yuan Mingjie knows it very well.

The publishing industry is aging, but there are always young writers, such as Gu Lu.

What was Gu Lu’s first impression of West Lake?

Willow trees, calm lake.

The bridge is not broken and there are so many people.

Gu Lu arrived in this city only at night yesterday, so he didn't have time to visit the seniors of the writers group that night.

The team leaders are Wang Xiacheng and Zhang Zhizhi, who are the directors of the Reportage Committee of the Writers Association respectively, and the latter is the deputy director of the Children's Literature Committee.

"Teacher Wang, Teacher Zhang, Teacher Dong, Teacher Shan..." Gu Lu greeted them one by one.

The reason for such a good attitude is not because these people are leaders of the Writers' Association.

Mainly among this group of people, many works formed his childhood worldview. Apart from anything else, "Antelope Wood Sculpture" was given as a gift to a friend, but his parents asked him to take it back. This feeling is suffocating.

I don’t know what the author of this text is trying to express. Anyway, Gu Lu’s only reaction after reading it was “You can’t give away things that you can’t decide on.”

A group of people gathered in Baidi, which was inconspicuous. Because there are many groups of tourists nearby.

The atmosphere was pretty good, until the team leader spoke.

“Don’t be proud just because you have achieved some achievements.” Wang Xiacheng said, “Writers can be proud, but they cannot be arrogant.”

Huh? Gu Lu was a little confused, but he seemed to have a good attitude.

"Indeed, if a writer is arrogant, what he writes will not be grounded." Gu Lu said, "Thank you, Teacher Wang, for your teaching."

Seeing Gu Lu's humble attitude, Wang Xia took advantage of the situation. His face relaxed slightly.

"You are still young, and you do still have a lot to learn from your predecessors." Wang Xiacheng said.

Next to me, deputy team leader Zhang Zhizhi is not surprised. Wang Xiacheng, who is in his fifties, has this kind of character. If you bully the weak and fear the strong, you will be very flattering to your leaders, and you will definitely teach someone who is inferior to you in terms of status and status.

Zhang Zhizhi looked down upon this kind of people and even wondered how sharp reportages such as "Clear River Water, Dirty Tears" and "Guan Gong at the Gate of the Hospital" were written by people like Wang Xiacheng of.

Reportage is a relatively special type of novel, which can be simply understood as "novelized news."

Visiting the West Lake, to put it bluntly, means eating, drinking, and walking.

There are more than a dozen writers along the way, and they also have a small circle.

Writers who prefer serious literature chatted together, such as Wang Xiacheng, Alai and others. There are a lot of people who prefer children's literature. There is no special separation, it just happens naturally.

After all, it is difficult for someone who plays with pesticides to have a conversation with someone who started using Genshin Impact. It is also difficult for an official to chat with someone carrying cement.

"Uncle Dong, I grew up watching your show!" Gu Lu only called him uncle after he became more familiar with people.

The host Dong Hao is just older than Gu Lu's impression. "Windmill" and "Open Sesame" are childhood memories.

"Hahaha, speaking of which, my granddaughter also grew up reading your novels." Dong Hao said, "She loves to read "The Little Prince" written by you the most."

Gu Lu Qi asked, "How old is Uncle Dong's granddaughter?"

"Four years old." Dong Hao responded.

"Then I know, because I have a lot of pictures in "The Little Prince," right?" Gu Lu said.

“The work is well written and the pictures are good.” Dong Hao said, “Think about it, when my granddaughter grows up, she will also call you uncle, and then say, ‘Uncle Gu, I am reading your novel. Big one. ”

Maybe there is such an opportunity.

Everyone had a pleasant chat.

When it comes to primary school texts, Zhang Zhizhi accepted the other person, "You should be familiar with the texts written by Teacher Shan."

This writer is the older one in the team of writers, and his name seems to be Shan Yuanfu. Gu Lu had no impression at all. Could it be that the version was different?

"Lao Dan is the editor of "Moonlight Song"." Zhang Zhizhi said. "The editor of "Moonlight"? Isn't Beethoven the author of "Moonlight"?" Gu Lu was curious at the time.

Gu Lu was quite impressed by this text and described how Beethoven composed "Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor".

When the teacher was giving lectures, he kept saying that the author was Beethoven. At that time, Gu Lu was still curious that Beethoven was so narcissistic that he even wrote about his creative process.

Even if I later go online to Baidu and encyclopedia to give the answer, the text writer is still Beethoven.

“No way.” Shan Yuanfu waved his hand, “The real translators of this article are Mr. Ye Shengtao and Feng Zikai. I just modified the corners a little.”

“Translator?” Gu Lu grasped the key words.

“The original text is a collection of essays by neon musician Tanabe Naoxiong. I served as the editor of the Chinese language editing room. At that time, the country believed that children should be allowed to feel the influence of music, so it treated Ye Shengtao and Feng Zikai This article was selected from the translation works of these two gentlemen," Shan Yuanfu explained.

It is complicated enough, no wonder the author was directly assigned to Beethoven.

After all, if you label the translator, you must label the original author. Perhaps the language editing room felt bad about it, so they simply didn’t mark it, and even omitted the editor’s name.

Gu Lu could only silently pick a six.

“They are all teachers in primary school textbooks!” Gu Lu sighed.

"Teacher Zhang Zhizhi is indeed a teacher, and I am just an editor. I am mainly responsible for recording this event today." Shan Yuanfu said.

Every activity of the Writers Association is recorded by print media reporters and dedicated internal records. After all, funds are approved by the state, so you have to have an explanation for where the money is spent.

Walking around the West Lake, it was a purposeful stroll until the sun rose to the middle.

A group of people went to the building outside the building to eat at noon.

That’s right, “Beyond the mountains are green mountains and buildings are outside, when will the singing and dancing of the West Lake stop?” This is a “fake” built according to this verse.

Because this store is definitely not the place that the poet Lin Sheng wanted to describe. But thanks to the fame of the poem and the geographical location, it is so unpalatable and so many people queue up...

We already knew about the queue. Fortunately, we had reserved seats in advance for the Writers Association's activities.

I didn’t realize how bad it tasted until later.

"Let Xiao Gu go, Xiao Gu, pick up the bowl." Wang Xiacheng directed Gu Lu.

Actually, as the youngest person, it was okay for Gu Lu to run up and down. But this matter clearly allowed him to call the waiter, and he called him specifically. Gu Lu was a little unhappy.

But I still got up to get it.

"Teacher Wang, we can just let the waiter do these things. We don't know where to put the dishes." Zhang Zhizhi said.

"To achieve such a great achievement at such a young age, you have to endure some hardships." Wang Xiacheng said, "Young people today are not as good as we were at that time."

A table of 60 was immediately followed. Then I started to tell and share the story of that year.

Looking at Zhang Zhizhi, Wang Xiacheng clearly felt uncomfortable that Gu Lu was so successful at such a young age.

About two minutes later, Gu Lu came back with the dishes.

"There are too many guests, and the waiters are a little short of manpower. The kitchen is also busy with food, so the meeting is slow." Gu Lu sat down and said.

"Teacher Wang, Teacher Zhang, an elder in the publishing industry is coming tonight, so..." Gu Lu was about to say that he might miss the dinner.

But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Wang Xiacheng: "Elders in the publishing industry? They are all people in the publishing industry. Let's invite them to the dinner together."

"Isn't this right? Okay?" Gu Lu felt that it was not good to invite President Wang like this.

“There’s nothing wrong with it,” Wang Xiacheng misunderstood, thinking that what Gu Lu said was bad was that it was bad to bring an unqualified person to make a living.

The key is that he is more likely to be in contact with his colleagues from the "lower plane", otherwise, who would he show his attitude to?

It was such a happy decision.

"Xiao Gu, if it's really inconvenient, forget it." Zhang Zhizhi said softly.

"I have to ask to find out." Gu Lu said.

Gu Lu was helpless. He was the vice president of the New Youth Publishing House and the leader of the Youth League of Heilongjiang Province. He didn’t know what level of civil servant he was? . Anyway, I never thought I would be so eager. I couldn't wait for a moment, so I flew over to sign the contract in a hurry.

It was originally agreed that we would sign the contract after the West Lake Writers Tour.

There was no way, President Wang was urged to do so by his immediate superior. Since I told the president that I wanted to sign Gu Lu, the good guy called me every now and then to inquire about the progress.

Including the promotion of his Weibo account and the official WeChat account of New Youth Publishing House, they were rushed to the shelves.

To be honest, President Wang did not expect the president to be so anxious. He had never cared so much about a publishing house.

“Write more works that are relevant to current affairs or helpful to society.” Wang Xiacheng shared his creative ideas.

Listening to the sharing, the dishes were served one by one.

A table of dishes, at least in color and aroma, is complete.

The content of the chat became complicated while eating. Gu Lu asked teacher Zhang Zhizhi for advice on creative writing.

“To see if a writer has talent, just look at how he uses metaphors.”

Zhang Zhizhi expressed such a point of view.

Metaphor?

Gu Lu concluded: "Writers always like this. Personifying objects and describing people with objects."

As soon as he finished speaking, a beep sounded in his mind.

[A work with B-movie qualities] [Readers faint when they see it] [The most famous cult writer in the 21st century]

I didn’t expect it to be triggered, B-movies and There is still a difference between Category III films. The former is more about horror and blood.

"Stephen King, he's not running away, this wave must be Stephen King!"

This was Gu Lu's first reaction when he saw the three labels.

Then there was a little hesitation. Although Stephen King's works are wonderful, do they make readers faint?

"There should be, maybe I haven't seen it. After all, besides Stephen King, who else can bear this title?"

(End of this chapter)



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