Chapter 321 Doubling
In ancient times, Zhuge Kongming fought with the Confucian scholars, but now Gu Lu is worth a thousand!
Gu Lu went from being doubted and slandered by the British media at the beginning, to fighting back at the autograph session, to having a head-on confrontation with a reporter from "The Sun".
Two novels in the Weymouth series were released, and Gu Lu turned Britain upside down like a riot in heaven.
"Bottersham manager said: Chinese writer Gu Lu's descriptions are all false" - Weymouth Post
"Exclusive interview with Weymouth Town Hall, the spokesman of the town hall has not responded yet" - The Guardian
"Professor of Oxford University commented that Gu Lu, the Chinese genius, turned out to be such a person..." - Metro News
Very considerate, the information brought back by netizens from the British BBC News Network is very solid.
Now the people in China are shocked!
In an instant, it was on the Weibo hot search #anti-discrimination expert Gu Lu#
It topped the list of hot searches for the first time.
We all know that in ancient Weibo, celebrities were real people, and their accounts were not managed by a dedicated team. Because there are a lot of arrests happening, the hot searches are basically related to the entertainment industry.
Wait a minute, it’s not accurate to say this, because the hot searches on Weibo in later generations were basically about the entertainment industry, and then the version was revised and divided into categories: mine, hot searches, entertainment, important news, etc.
To sum up, it is incredible for a writer to be on the top of the search list.
Side proof of the enthusiasm of the masses——
"British media? How many divisions does the British media have? Call me! King Gulu, please lead us to rush again!"
"Gu Lu will really break through my impression time and time again. In my impression, Gu Lu is a very well-behaved student. But he did a good job this time. Dad said that only magic can be used to deal with magic. Are you discriminating against me? Then I will also discriminate against you by writing an article! >"It makes my blood boil to see you, alone in a foreign country, facing the difficulties of the British. This is a genius writer! I am very curious about the writing of "The Haze in Weymouth" and "The Horror at Portsham" What? It made everyone in Weymouth lose their defense."
"From today on, I, Li Erdan, am willing to call you the most badass writer."
"Confusing right and wrong. The government forced readers to buy Gu Lu's works, and even said that Gu Lu was hailed as a genius because of his good family situation. It made me angry when I saw it. But today I finally understood it intuitively - others carry swords, but I have a pen like a knife. It’s so sharp. Can someone please help me translate it into Chinese?”
Netizens are full of praise. Gu Lu's Weibo followers have increased by more than 300,000, and Bilibili account followers have also increased by more than 100,000.
Of course, we all know that the time period of 2013 was still a time when public knowledge and ideas were rampant.
So there are many people with opposing opinions on the Internet.
In order to avoid reading too many comments, let me excerpt a few words: "What did you learn from the religion of your ancestors? You are still a representative of the Chinese youth. Do you know that China has been a land of etiquette since ancient times?" "It should be given to Weymouth people apologized" "I feel that the British newspapers were right, Gu Lu's background is shocking, and the Global Times did not report these bad incidents at all"...
The dispute between the two sides was heated.
There are also passers-by who want to show off their wits. "You are all wrong. The whole thing is not Gu Lu's fault. The other people in Weymouth are indeed innocent. So the blame lies with Sun reporter Kane Van Zestone for being too honest. King Gulu said to call you Do you dare to agree? Unexpectedly, Kane actually agreed and told his hometown honestly."
It did not reduce the atmosphere in the comment area at all.
You think it’s okay for ordinary netizens to argue, but as the topic became more popular, some public figures actually joined in.
Known to the public as "Ark Fang Zhou", he is an old American who praises how good the American system is on Weibo every day.
It is unknown whether he simply admires foreign things or whether he accepts money.
Anyway, Ark Fang Zhou and Gu Lu were very difficult to deal with.
The famous article criticizing Gu Lu was written by him. "The lax education given to Gu Lu by No. 8 Middle School is ruining this genius."
Now Ark Fang Zhou appears again.
Ark Zhou: [The British media reports are all due to misunderstandings because they don’t know much about us. What is the approach of normal people?
It is time to explain clearly to them and resolve the misunderstanding, so that the world can understand China more correctly.
But Gu Lu chose the worst option. If you just write an article and spread rumors, you will be disgraced and sent overseas.
I said half a year ago that Gu Lu became famous at a young age, coupled with the lack of education for him in No. 8 Middle School, which caused the current lack of etiquette and morality.
The only way to make up for your mistake now is to write a sincere apology. ]
Public knowledge is definitely a big V and has a certain influence on the Internet.
In addition, since we pay attention to Ark Fang Zhou, we must agree with his views, so as soon as the article was published, many netizens reprinted it.
There are really so many, so many that they are inexplicable, and they all exceed the influence of Ark Fang Zhou.
Look at the comments section of King Gulu’s account. Comments such as “apology” and “you owe the UK an apology” are flooding the screen.
Originally, the vast majority of Chinese people supported Gu Lu, but so many people appeared out of nowhere and actually reached a 50-50 split with their supporters on the Internet.
"Gu Lu, Gu Lu, how could China allow a genius like you." Fang Zhou Fang Zhou put down his phone and looked at the strangulation of Gu Lu on the Internet on the computer screen.
As my husband knows, Ark Fang Zhou has been a netizen since the rise of the Internet, and an opinion leader as far back as the blog era.
It is precisely because of years of experience that Ark Fangzhou has an excellent sense of proportion.
Looking at his actions, he is also taking a stand that is good for the motherland and safeguarding the country's image.
So invincible!
So what impact would being strangled have on Gu Lu?
The answer is no impact.
Gu Lu was even happy at the moment because he had evolved.
“Return blood!”
The pauper Gu Lumon fully evolves into the million Gu Lumon!
The royalties for 3 and 4 printings of "The Little Prince" and the first and second printings of "Bingguo", "Yesterday's Park" and "Mr. Holmes" have been received.
Little Million!
"The Children's Publishing House still hasn't paid my royalties." Gu Lu thought that the new president of the publishing house would fall ill.
"It's not that I was wrong. The new president is not stupid. The writer's royalties are self-destructive."
Gu Lu stretched himself, this is what book royalties are like , the settlement cycle is six months to one year.
Overseas, the settlement cycle is longer, and writers can only receive royalties from newspapers and magazine serials the fastest.
Fortunately, Gu Lu's novice period is over.
Next year, Neon's royalties will be settled. In addition, money will be paid for the third and fourth printings of the three books "Ice Yesterday Fortune", not to mention "Flatland" and "Flowers for Algernon" . Even the income for the year after next is lined up.
“No wonder magazine serialization is the most important position for literary works. In the Internet age, newspapers and magazines are no longer good, and physical literature is no longer good. Because if you publish a book, the income will be too slow, and the writer may starve to death.”
"There is still a little time, let's go for a run first." Gu Lu put on the big backpack again.
This backpack contains winter clothes. The down jacket is not heavy, but it takes up a lot of space.
The closet in the new house is no longer empty.
Anyway, it just happened. Gu Lu went downstairs and walked to the sales department.
“Can we install a turning convex wide-angle mirror at the gate of the first phase of the community, just outside the community gate?” Gu Lu approached the person in charge of the developer.
The developer still responded very politely, "Things like wide-angle mirrors cannot be built privately. The only solution is to find a street office."
It seems to make sense, because wide-angle mirrors will reflect light. Yes, it may affect the driver. It definitely needs official evaluation before arrangements can be made.
I don’t know what the sub-district office of the community is. It would be great if there is a new director of the Jiafu sub-district office to take care of things.
There was no time to think about this, because the landlord led Hu Zhuanzi and Hei Lian to inspect the house.
The appointment was made at six o'clock, but Gu Lu was waiting at home twenty minutes early, and the landlord and others were a little ahead of schedule.
"Xiao Gu, you are tall again." The landlord said. In fact, he didn't remember how tall the tenant was, but he vaguely remembered that he seemed to care about his height, so he complimented him casually.
He will not force children, but it is still easy to control underage children with some words. For example, "Oh, there's nothing I can do about it, just help me", "Please do this"... It's hard for students to refuse requests from strangers.
The landlord thinks this way, when the time comes, both ends will be eaten, hehe!
"Really? I feel the same way." Gu Lu hoped that he could become the third elder brother of the Forbidden City and keep growing taller...
The moment the black face's eyes came into contact with Gu Lu, he recognized the other person's identity. . Coincidentally, the black-faced girlfriend is a junior girl from the same school.
The school girl happened to be one of the students Gu Lu received when he visited the SPF Experimental Center.
When his girlfriend came back, she praised Gu Lu fiercely. His black face would not make him jealous of a high school student, but it also made him deeply impressed by this talented writer.
"Go and take a look. Although my house is a bit old, everything else is very good." The landlord said to the two college students. "Landlord, is he your tenant?" Hei Lian was surprised. He didn't expect that a nationally famous writer would live in such a horrible place.
"What, do you know each other?" the landlord asked, making such a fuss, could it be that he is a relative? It's bad for relatives. If they communicate with each other and find out that the rent is two hundred dollars more, it will be bad. It's hard to find such a pure Lengqingtou.
Hu Zuanzi also looked at the high school student in front of him strangely. He was ordinary and nothing special.
"Who doesn't know this?" Hei Lian looked at the friend next to him. Unfortunately, Hu Zuanzi's eyes showed confusion, and the confusion in his eyes was self-evident.
"Shit! He is a pervert!" Black Face reminded loudly.
"What the hell?" Hu Zhuanzi didn't understand.
"It's our first time to meet, so it would be rude to say this." Gu Lu said, although the other person's face was dark and serious, like a dean, but things had to be clarified.
"I'm sorry," Black Face apologized immediately, "Gu Lu - Mr. Gu, I'm sorry, I am a reader of your works, especially "Flowers for Algernon" and "Flatland", too It’s wonderful.”
Gu Lu? Damn it, the biggest pervert in China!
Hu Zuanzi's expression changed, and he cast his gaze over again. There was something bookish about it, but it was unremarkable. Just like the scabbard is ordinary, but it can't hide the edge of the sword.
The lights in the dormitory were turned off at that time, and the boys' dormitory started chatting about daily topics ranging from astronomy and geography to history and the present. When the recording was played, it was almost like 404. Finally, the topic before going to bed settled on "the most famous writer now."
Some classmates said, "Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature is very impressive, but I am very optimistic about Gu Lu. This person is a true prodigy. I really have no objection to him being the number one genius in China."
< br>Immediately afterwards, Hu Zhuanzi said, "What kind of genius is China? A genius can write The Little Prince at the age of sixteen and Flatland at the age of seventeen? This guy is the biggest pervert in China! He is so perverted. You don’t look like a normal person anymore!”
The six students in the dormitory agreed. When a boy gets unanimous approval from another group of boys, it's definitely a heifer riding a motorcycle - awesome!
"Uncle Wang, why didn't you tell me earlier that Teacher Xiao Gu lives in this house?" Hu Zhuanzi said immediately, "If you had said this earlier, I would agree to the price directly with you, okay? Thanks to Teacher Xiaogu’s literary spirit.”
What happened and what I missed were all questions in the landlord's mind.
The key point is that Hu Zhuanzi's "What price will I negotiate with you?" irritated the landlord. His original offer was to increase the rent by 400, but it was later reduced by 200.
"He is Gu Lu, the famous writer." Hu Zhuanzi saw the boss's confusion and reminded him of nonsense.
"Xiao Gu, aren't you a student? Are you a student and starting to write novels?" The landlord asked.
It's normal for the landlord to have never heard of Gu Lu's name. It's like asking your parents if you know Zheng Yuanjie if you were born in the 1990s. Many people don't know.
"Write whatever you want to earn some living expenses." Gu Lu said.
“You are not just writing casually,” Black Face said immediately, “You know the newspapers such as Fogdu Daily, Mountain City Morning News, Tiantian 630, and Youth Daily, right? Teacher Xiao Gu has been in them all.”
Okay, the description is very accurate. If you want to say what book you wrote and how famous the book is, the landlord will not be able to understand it. But since it has been published in so many famous newspapers, he completely understands the gold content.
Unexpectedly, the landlord looked at Gu Lu blankly.
The black face said quickly, "Xiao Gu, can you sign your autograph for me? My girlfriend and I both like you very much."
"No problem signing, let's look at the house first." Gu Lu wanted to do business first.
"Don't look at it," Black Face said firmly, "I can rent Teacher Xiao Gu's former residence... Oh, no, it's the house I lived in. I have no reason to refuse."
Yes, Renting a black face can't make the decision alone, so he looked at his friend. The latter nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "I didn't expect to be so lucky to meet Teacher Xiao Gu."
Okay, Gu Lu looked at the landlord, who had no objection - the actual brain suddenly accepted Too much information, some downtime.
The signature cannot be signed on white paper. Gu Lu took out two copies of "The Little Prince" from the top bookshelf, signed his name and handed them to the two of them respectively.
The two people who received the signature were even more happy.
“Give it to Meimei, she will definitely be very happy!” Black Face thought to himself.
"I'll go out and buy a lottery ticket later. I'm so lucky today." Hu Zuanzi thought to himself.
For the purpose of looking after the room, Gu Lu even tidied up the room from top to bottom.
“It’s getting late, Uncle Wang, we won’t disturb Writer Gu’s rest.” Hu Zuanzi said.
He agreed very much, and Black Face also said to the landlord, "Yes, let's not disturb Teacher Xiao Gu's creation."
It seemed that the landlord was called away, and the signing contract was not mentioned outside, but the two of them were still talking when they left. Carefully close the door.
On the way downstairs, we were still chatting about today’s hot searches: “Those people on the Internet know a lot about football” “I’ll sign up when I get back and scold Teacher Xiao Gu” “Teacher Xiao Gu has so many books at home, so many It was packed up"...
Outside, the cold winter wind blew, and the landlord woke up a little.
"Well, about the rent..." The landlord was interrupted before he finished speaking.
"Eight hundred dollars a month is no problem at all. Let's sign the contract directly." Hu Zhuanzi said, "I remember Uncle Wang, you brought the contract with you. You showed it to us before."
"That , Check-in time..."
"No, there is no need to move in in advance. How about letting Teacher Xiao Gu stay for one more month until the end of December?" Black Face said.
"..." If there is a regret medicine in the world, the landlord must take one.
You can’t regret it now. Shancheng Zaier (a man) is treacherous, but he can’t be shameless. The expression on the landlord’s face is uglier when he smiles than when he cries.
He never thought that a great writer who had appeared in newspapers and appeared on TV would rent his own house.
It is said that when a person is famous, he will be surrounded by good people. This is true. Look, the landlord has also given up the idea of "bullying" Gu Lu, a young man with a thin skin.
Making less money is more uncomfortable than losing money. The landlord wants to scream!
“Ah!”
“Why are so many people scolding me on Weibo?”
That night when Gu Lu turned on his computer, he saw the ups and downs on the Internet.
After figuring out the ins and outs of the matter, Gu Lu murmured, "How can I be the future flower of my motherland if I follow a group of public intellectuals?"
Okay, okay!
King Gollum: [Originally, due to my recent busy schedule, my enthusiasm for creating the Cthulhu series was not high. But now that my creative inspiration has burst, "Dagon" and "Portersham Asylum" will be published twice in the British Daily Express. ]
He officially named this series, and at the same time he also challenged the public.
In fact, when things got to this point, there was no need for Gu Lu to take action himself, because he had misjudged his own influence.
What is Gu Lu to the country? New youth representative.
Gu Lu can die, but he must not be evil!
Ark Fang Zhou also completely underestimated Gu Lu’s united front status.
That same night, “Eh? Why can’t my account post?”
He found that there was nothing wrong with his account, but he couldn't reply. Not taking it to heart, Ark Fangzhou switched to his trumpet and prepared to forward a message, but unfortunately, the trumpet was still inoperable.
"?" Ark Zhou realized the seriousness of the problem.
Ark Fangzhou browsed the Internet and found that there was no problem. A dangerous possibility suddenly popped into his mind.
Is it possible - his IP address is banned.
"No, it won't be so serious." Ark Fangzhou comforted himself.
But it was so serious that Weibo actually received a notice from the network supervision unit that the accounts related to his mobile phone number, IP address, and identity information could no longer be operated.
“Damn it, Gu Lu doesn’t really have a big background in Tongtian, right?”
He burst out, what did Ark Fang Zhou see?
I saw his remarks being besieged by a group of professors.
Professor Chen of Guangzhou Foreign Studies University: [There are many British people who like the short stories written by Gu Lu, so it is just a small dispute arising from the cultural exchange between the two countries, but it is also a good thing in the literary world. Regarding the characterization of this matter, some people are too over-the-top and their intentions are to be punished. ]
Professor from Shanghai Foreign Language University: [Some people like to look at problems in a substantive way, and even more like to use two sets of standards to criticize problems. The British just don't understand Gu Lu's reports. Gu Lu's reports on the UK are just rumors, which is a ridiculous standard of judgment. The fact is that Gu Lu is not familiar with British cities because it is his first time in the UK. This is not a rumor, it is also a lack of understanding. If you cannot speak impartially, it is recommended to remain silent. ]
Professor Dong from Beijing Foreign Studies University: [Student Gu Lu has made a great contribution to cultural exchanges with foreign countries. This year’s cultural exchanges between my country and Spain, an article "The Immortal Fugitive" added to this exchange brilliance. The two British short stories this time were just ordinary exchanges. ]
Wait, seven or eight professors who are very influential in academia.
Ark Fang Zhou is very angry because he can’t do it now.
It’s not over yet, Ark Fang Zhouhai also received a call from the sponsor——
(End of this chapter)