Chapter 300 "A Bouquet for Algernon" is now available!
"Lingdang, do you really understand ballet? Watching them dance, except when they turn in circles, I can't understand it anyway."
"I can't understand it either, but I feel It’s so beautiful, the body movements are beautiful.”
“That’s it?”
“It’s enough, and I can see something I haven’t seen before.”
The above conversation was between Zhou Lin and her little sister and classmate Ding Xixi. The two had just watched a performance at the Twist Theater.
Student discounts, plus tail ticket sales, only cost 59 yuan a ticket.
"You just like to try new things, but I can't. I won't even make the second choice on the way home." Ding Xixi said.
Zhou Lin is someone who likes to try new things and is full of curiosity about many things. And the acceptance level is very high. Gu Lu can accept her to play badminton or watch a drama.
Except for studying, of course...
"That's also good. Walking along a road feels different from walking slowly. There are also differences between winter and summer." Zhou Lin said, "Looking at the sky is even more different than looking at the ground. Just pay attention to raising your eyes. Walk, don’t fall.”
Full of energy, expressed in the language of later generations of the Internet, the current breath burns i people.
Ding Xixi suddenly asked, "Okay, okay, have you finished your homework?"
"..." Zhou Lin changed the subject, "What shall we eat later?"
"School starts in a few days, haven't you started making the little bell yet?" Ding Xixi's eyes widened.
"The bell is just a bell, why is it still small?" Zhou Lin said, "Anyway, there are still several days, and besides, I think the summer homework is useless. The teacher doesn't read it, and the students don't take it seriously, so it's meaningless."
< br>"You're right, but if you can't finish your homework, the old classmate will scold you mercilessly." Ding Xixi said.
Zhou Lin clenched her fists to cheer herself up, "I will definitely propose to cancel my summer vacation homework when I have the chance. I should do more interesting things during the summer vacation."
Ding Xixi didn't take it seriously, because This little sister of hers would say surprising things from time to time.
What Xixi doesn’t know is that Zhou Lin will work hard to achieve whatever she boasts about...
The two of them had something to eat outside to cope with it, and then went to the bookstore to browse. Ding Xixi happened to buy the book "Instructions" and preview it in advance during the summer vacation.
I am very envious of Zhou Lin's academic talent. She is obviously a fool, but her grades are among the best in the Qingbei class. However, she works very hard and can barely stay at the forefront of the key classes.
The good thing about Ding Xixi is that she is only envious, not jealous.
Before entering the store, the poster at the door clearly read [On September 3rd, a miracle will come! Gu Lu's new work invites you to share the legend], and the new book is on the market, all Gu Lu's works are 15% off.
"It's really cool. A new book has been released. Gu Lu writes books really fast." Ding Xixi said.
"I told you, Gu Lu is a genius. He was like this in junior high school." Zhou Lin said, "Writing essays and novels are ridiculously good."
You two are both. All evil geniuses should be buried in the ground together. Ding Xixi thought so in her heart.
But having said that, Ding Xixi heard some admiration from the little sisters. Gu Lu has achievements that are admired, but Zhou Lin, with her extremely confident character such as "God is the second oldest and I am the third oldest", "Sooner or later will unify the world", "Sooner or later I will stand on the stage of the United Nations", it is a bit difficult to worship others. rare.
The library placed a series of Gu Lu's books in a very conspicuous place, so even though Ding Xixi had "The Little Prince" at home, she still bought a collector's edition.
The cover looks better than before!
Zhou Lin usually doesn't buy books when she enters Xinhua Bookstore. This guy took Monopoly...
However, Ding Xixi is an obvious example. As long as you come near the bookstore, you will see Gu Lu related promotional posters.
It works!
There is a lot of discussion on the Internet.
“You can always believe in Gu Lu’s science fiction!”
"The name sounds like a beautiful story."
"I can't wait. There are no works that shock me recently."
"Is it possible that I wrote it too fast? I feel like Gu Luyi He will write several books every year.”
“Not many, mainly because he is so popular and often has hot topics.”
etc. You can see similar comments on Tieba, Douban, Tianya, and other platforms.
There were many people staring at Gu Lu. In addition to readers, there are also others such as Yu Xinyao, Yuan Mingjie, Zheng Yuanjie and others.
As the first literary critic in the country, Yu Xinyao also criticized Gu Lu, but the criticism was that iron cannot be made into steel.
Yuan Mingjie wants to use the picture-reading children's book series to surpass the "traitor" Gu Lu in terms of income.
Zheng Yuanjie likes Gu Lu very much, and some of his remarks are more radical than his.
[Zheng Yuanjie: Xiao Gu, you are also a celebrity now, so you must pay attention to everything you say and do. To avoid being dragged out and told.
Gu Lu: Okay, okay, I understand. ]
Perhaps during the trip to the West Lake, Gu Lu's remarks about pre-made dishes were reported. At that time, he was eating outside the building, and the details were mentioned briefly.
It doesn’t matter either. Gu Lu said prophetic words many times, not just to show off.
Look at his innocent little eyes, Gu Lu would do this, which is part of establishing a "genius" character.
In the future, there will definitely be serious literature, and even works that have deep thoughts about society and the world.
Gu Lu's predictions have been confirmed, which proves that he has forward-looking thinking about society and the world.
Copying the text will not violate the harmony.
"If one day I become a show-off, please remember my once innocent little eyes." Gu Lu murmured to himself.
Turn off the computer. With the development of the entertainment industry and the game industry, Gu Lu found that it had an increasing impact on him.
I recently played a development game, and I couldn’t help but want to click on it.
In order to calm down and do things, Gu Lu would turn off the computer when not in use.
After turning it off, I naturally stopped reading the comments on the Internet.
Soon, the sky outside the window became dark again.
He felt like he had done nothing, and time suddenly disappeared.
"Isn't the summer vacation almost two months long? Why does it always feel like it's only been a week or two." Gu Lu muttered.
The next day, Gu Lu came to school reluctantly.
I haven’t seen each other for a summer vacation. Some of my classmates have grown taller, and some of them seem to have changed.
Anyway, Gu Lu's interest has always been low. He is like a vegetable that has been beaten by frost, withered and lifeless.
My deskmate Qi Caiwei was originally very unhappy.
Because she had been waiting for Gu Lu to ask her out since the summer vacation, but she waited and waited, with no results at all.
Before the holiday, it was Gu Lu who asked her what she was doing during the summer vacation! How can anyone be irresponsible when asking questions?
Qi Caiwei's anger lasted for half an hour, but when she saw that her deskmate seemed to be in a bad mood, her thoughts changed.
She wondered if her deskmate was also waiting for her to speak? Qi Caiwei has a strong sense of empathy, and also has heavy thoughts. As she thinks about it, she easily blames herself for mistakes.
No, Qi Caiwei still blames herself a little. Who stipulates that boys must date girls? Everyone is equal, can't girls take the initiative to speak? !
Qi Caiwei broke the ice, "What did you do during the summer vacation? You always feel tired."
"What did you do..." Gu Lu thought for a while and said, "Except for going to West Lake to participate in writers' activities, discussing the publication of a new book, and confirming the publication of the English version of The Little Prince, I didn't seem to have done anything. But I’m just tired.”
“Publishing two books in one summer vacation doesn’t mean you’ve done much, right? You’ve had such a fulfilling summer vacation,” Qi Caiwei said, “No wonder you did it. Tired."
"So, I have done a lot?" Gu Lu asked.
"Of course there are many. Although I have never published a book, I know that publishing a book requires confirming various things, which is very energy-consuming." Qi Caiwei said.
"What you said makes sense," Gu Lu felt better and asked casually, "How about you, how was your summer vacation?"
"It's very fulfilling, except for dance practice. The rest of the time is at my own disposal. I watched a lot of TV series and read a lot of books. Of course, I must have written down my thoughts after reading them." Qi Caiwei became inexplicably happy.
Qi Caiwei said, "Master, I have a lot of thoughts after reading it. Your task is very heavy!"
It is not interesting to actually read other people's thoughts after reading it, even if CC's perspective is novel. As soon as he heard that he had accumulated a lot, King Gulu felt his head was heavy and he was in so much trouble that he didn't want to see anymore...
But looking at the other person's eyes that smiled like crescent moons, he still couldn't bear to pour cold water on it.
“I’m looking forward to it.” Gu Lu said.
"Hehe." Qi Caiwei was happy, turning around and taking out a notebook from her bag, like a squirrel taking out its hidden nuts.
Hand the notebook to Gu Lu with both hands.
Compared with Li Guyuan's monotonous notebook, Qi Caiwei's notebook has an image of a deer breaking into a garden on the cover, surrounded by flowers.
［《Collection of Chekhov’s Short Stories》
Topic: Is Chekov’s description cumbersome? Can an article without description still achieve the effect of the original article? …]
The handwriting is neat, the layout is elegant, and even special attention is paid to marking it with a blue watercolor pen. It can be seen that Qi Caiwei is very serious.
In Gu Lu's impression, Chekhov's writing style is very simple. What is complicated about it? Interesting.
“I’ll give you feedback after reading it.” Gu Lu said.
"Yeah!" Qi Caiwei nodded.
While the two were chatting, Lu Ping and others had already brought back their sophomore year books.
Other sophomores will be divided into arts and sciences classes, but in the innovation class, only three students were transferred. Two students were transferred from another innovation class.
After a brief self-introduction, Gu Lu was chatting with his deskmate, so he didn't pay attention to their names.
When school was over, glutinous rice balls came for me.
"诱辘, new students have entered the school, and soon there will be a recruitment meeting for the club. How many people will our association recruit? What are the requirements, and what is our publicity plan?" Li Guyuan asked, "I came up with these plans. , or you can handle it?”
"In this case, you have to take action." Gu Lu said, "But I can do the club's publicity plan. I often communicate with camp editors when publishing books, and I feel like I have learned a few tricks."
" No problem, I will take care of the rest." Li Guyuan agreed.
Simply the strongest right hand!
The first day of school at No. 8 Middle School in Fog City was uneventful, but on the second day "Flowers for Algernon" was released shockingly!
After all, the Japanese version failed to synchronize and was a week late.
So let’s talk about the domestic war situation first. The first batch of readers came for the author’s name.
This group of readers is large enough that sales exceeded 320,000 copies on the first day.
Create the best record in 2013!
In the next few months, it is estimated that no book will break the record.
"The sales volume of Gu Lu's new work exceeded 300,000, creating a sales miracle: Revealing the secret, is it good-looking? 》——NetEase News
The online media has reported on the sales! President Yuan of Children's Publishing House felt a little regretful.
Where is this?
Algernon’s reputation hasn’t exploded yet!
“What a beautiful book?” Wang Ban went to the bookstore and bought books.
His father, President Wang, strongly believes in Amway. His original words were, "It is a very beautiful work just like its name, which will make you feel the beauty of the world."
Wang Ban didn't even believe a single punctuation mark in his father's words. But as a child, he should support the book that his father's publishing house vigorously promoted.
Two prices.
The regular version is 31 yuan and has only one book.
The package version is 40 yuan, including a white mouse pendant.
"It may be very tearful, but I don't want to think about it, who am I? I am familiar with various Korean drama routines, and even "I Hear Your Voice" can't break his defense.
What a ridiculous little book!
The regular version of Wang Banbuy.
“This pendant is limited edition, each store only has fifty pieces.” The clerk said, suggesting that customers buy the set version.
"I just want the regular version." Wang Ban felt that the little mouse pendant was ugly, far worse than the little prince before.
I bought a book, returned home and prepared to cook tonight to comfort my parents.
But in the evening, President Wang called and said he wouldn't go home for dinner.
It’s also normal. I’ll be busy for a while when my new book is on the market.
Wang started to read after finishing his food, a unique diary form.
No, it’s not a diary, it’s a report to be precise.
There was also a typo at the beginning, which instantly drew Wang Ban into the plot. But at the beginning, Wang Ban could still hold his nerve.
In the book, Xiaolu has a good relationship with Professor He Cheng, but has a bad relationship with other professors in the experiment because the other professor is condescending.
"I am a person, and the little deer before was also a person." When the little deer shouted to the experimenter, goosebumps all over Wang Ban's body.
In the past, the stupid deer’s IQ was too low, so the experimenters did not regard him as a human being. After he became smarter, he only regarded the deer as a tool.
It can also be said that both the front and back are tools, and the little deer wants to be a human being.
"It's really heartbreaking. It seems that a low IQ means you are not a human being. This plot is too realistic." From the reader's perspective, Wang Ban must have regarded Xiaolu as a human being.
But there is no God's perspective...
Wang Ban's shocking journey has just begun. The professors went to Sweden and brought the two experimental subjects Algernon and Xiaolu with them.
While the professors were explaining their reports, the deer couldn't stand the feeling of being watched and let Algernon go in the cage.
[Algernon stopped at a wash basin and stared at his own reflection in the mirror. …]
It’s normal for animals to look at themselves in the mirror. Domestic cats often do this and even want to play with themselves in the mirror.
But when the little guinea pig looks in the mirror, coupled with the previous plot, it is extremely shocking. What was Algernon thinking? Doesn't it recognize itself in the mirror at all?
This plot can trigger too many reveries.
The shock came.
Crying points also came one after another - when the typo in Xiaolu's report appeared again...
The bark was half-stretched, and tears flowed unpreparedly.
Another half hour later, Wang Ban burst into tears and gritted his teeth, "Old thief, is this what you said, feeling the beauty of the world?"
"Fuck!" Wang Ban couldn't help but say dirty words.
It turned out that the guinea pig was Algernon - Wang Ban regretted it and should have spent a few more dollars to remove the pendant.
His reaction was the reaction of the first readers.
Readers are enveloped in sadness.
"Ahhhhhhh, I really cried. No matter how low my IQ is, Xiaolu never wrote the name of anyone wrong once. He never wrote anyone's name wrong. Because he cares about everyone's name."
“Come on, students, if you want to recommend a book, please read after me: "Flowers for Algernon" is a book that shows the beauty of the world. I recommend it to friends who are in a bad mood. After reading it It will suddenly become clear.”
“The heartbreaking road to fame (that’s it, not a typo)”
“I finished reading it, haha, my boyfriend gave it to me for my birthday today. Gift, after reading it, I only have one sentence, can you draft it? I feel so sad."
"Is there something wrong with Gu Lu's family situation? Some of the details are amazing, such as Xiaolu's lower IQ. At a freezing point, when I came to the special school again, Miss Li cried, and I cried too.”
"Pirated books will have a lot of typos, but pirated copies of "Flowers for Algernon" won't have this problem. When the report goes from smooth to full of typos, I can't help it."
< br>...
Word-of-mouth feedback from the first batch of readers, many readers agreed that "Flowers for Algernon" is Gu Lu's best novel currently.
The title of "Science Fiction Masterpiece!" came out.
Although it is soft science fiction.
How exaggerated is it? President Jian looked at Gu Lu.
“There’s no need for me to change my vest to guide you, science fiction fans are crazy!” President Jian sighed.
At this moment, Gu Lu Bar was occupied by Lu Ke, and everyone was discussing the plot. Some readers said that this book explores the meaning of life and that no one is an island. Some readers also used a short poem, I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the sun. The sun pierced the desolation in my heart, but it turned into another kind of desolation.
Of course, there are also discussions about shortcomings. Some readers said that they can’t feel that the deer has really become smarter...
It is true that the methods written in books about the deer becoming smarter are very lazy. They just list the things they have learned. How many languages have you learned and what skills have you learned?
It’s just that the shortcomings are overshadowed by the advantages, and most of them are just compliments.
"Xiao Gu has succeeded again. How successful it will be depends on the effect of word-of-mouth fermentation." President Jian thought to himself.
You must know that the overall sales volume of domestic science fiction books in a year is only 3 million copies. There are examples. There are publishing houses that publish mystery short stories, but no one cares about science fiction short stories.
Can the barrier be broken?
Yes!
With good reputation, more passers-by joined in.
On the fourth day, sales dropped!
The first day: 320,000 copies
The second day: 70,000 copies
The third day: 50,000 copies
Day 4: 120,000 copies!
Don’t wonder why there is such a big gap between the first day and subsequent sales.
It’s like this. It’s similar to the release of an album by a popular star. Those who will buy it and those who are interested will rush to it as soon as possible.
The latter depends on the quality.
"Flowers for Algernon" exceeded half a million copies in less than a week, which was an exaggeration even in the golden age.
Explosion of books!
(End of this chapter)