Chapter 329 The madness in the Crazy Mountains!
Only when you are confident can you smile happily. Brin’s inner reaction is: Who told you that Bournemouth and Weymouth should become "sister cities"?
If you have a bad vision in the town hall, you will be beaten, and if you are beaten, you must stand upright.
It seems that their sister city of Betwscoed is Aberystwyth. The two are complementary, the latter is the location of the famous Albert University, and the former is a tourist town.
[Chinese writer Gu Lu writes another Cthulhu series "Mountains of Madness"! ]
Yesterday, the propaganda news in the newspapers was also rare in issuing update notices in advance.
All British readers know, oh, it turns out this series is not called the Weymouth series, but the Cthulhu series.
It doesn’t matter, the Cthulhu series is called by others, and we British people call it the Weymouth series. After all, Weymouth is also in the UK. To say the least, I am not from Weymouth, so the disadvantages have nothing to do with me. Brin's ideas speak for many people.
Today, the sky fell in Wales!
Look at the serials section of the fourth edition of the Daily Express.
"At the Mountains of Madness" reveals more information about the world of Cthulhu than the previous short stories combined.
It tells the story of a group of professors from the University of Michigan who went on a scientific expedition to Antarctica, including a professor of biology, a professor of history, and the hero, a professor of geology.
After arriving in Antarctica, there was a dispute over a certain point of view, and the scientific expedition team split into two teams.
One of the teams discovered a black mountain range higher than Mount Everest, and discovered a dozen barrel-shaped and tall "corpses" of unknown creatures.
The "corpse" is the same as the ancient race described in the "Necronomicon" in the library of the University of Michigan.
[The barrel-shaped body with five ridges is six feet tall, 3.5 feet in diameter at the middle, and one foot in diameter at each end. Dark grey, elastic and extremely tough. The fleshy wings are seven feet wide and the same color. They were found in a folded state and unfolded from the grooves between the ridges...]
The book uses seven to eight hundred words to describe its appearance.
So why are there quotation marks? Because the Ancient One is still alive.
In order to find out the truth, the protagonist, the geology professor, took a plane and climbed up the Black Mountains. He had no idea what a shocking thing he was about to face...
It can be said that Brin was originally a comparison If you like the Cthulhu series, you will read every issue. Even if you can't buy a newspaper, you will spend a little extra money to buy the "Daily Express".
What attracts Brin's attention more at the moment is not the plot, but the listed settings: Migo in the Himalayas, Tsatogua in the End of the North, the Familia of Betus Star, the Qiuqiu Tribe, etc.
The appearance of Betws is no coincidence! In the mural that the protagonist discovers tells the history of the Ancients, there is: "Another octopus-shaped land race soon arrived from the infinite universe and launched a sudden and terrible war against the Ancients. They may correspond to the legend that preceded humans. The existing Cthulhu Familia... Later, the land in the Pacific suddenly sank, taking away the terrifying stone city R'lyeh and most of the space octopuses. The Cthulhu Familia living on land only existed in Bezcode. Bates of the small town. So the ancients once again dominated the planet. "
This is not just a matter of words, imagine the fate of Weymouth, a gathering place for deep divers of another race." The word "Weymouthlook" has become an ugly curse word on the British Internet.
If the evil Chinese write something similar, Fake!
Aren’t they even worse off? Because the Weymouth Deep Diver, although his upper body does not look like a human being, his lower body does! But for Star Familia, that thing is a giant octopus.
Do you think the Bollinger explosion will explode? !
To be precise, everyone in Bezkoud exploded.
"My God, why have we been involved in this terrible world?"
"What does the matter in England have to do with us in Wales? Although the name of my hometown appears in the novel It’s a very novel experience, but I don’t want this experience to come from a horror novel.”
“The Bezcod Newspaper did not report news about Chinese writers. I can’t understand it.”
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"I don't want to know what the Star Familia is."
Wait, and even directly alerted the executive officer of Bezcod Town.
The tourism industry is the main economic pillar of Bezcod, and there is no room for any problems.
"It is impossible for Chinese writers to shoot for no reason. Have you found out what happened?" the executive asked the secretary.
The secretary found the answer after more than ten minutes of hard work, "It's still the stupid Kane from Weymouth. He has been active in the Sun again recently. The problem was with the Sun last Wednesday."
"The Sun" is a newspaper distributed throughout the UK, and Bezcod can naturally buy it. After the secretary finds the key information, he will show it to the executive.
Kane's praise is a "plague" in the eyes of the executive, and Kane himself is the "source of the plague."
The executive will make an announcement immediately.
General announcements can be posted on the town bulletin board. Next to it is the town hall and the largest bar in the area, where most people can see it.
But this time is different!
It is not mainly released for residents to see, but for outsiders to see.
[Bedscoed executive Eddie Courtritto made a serious protest to the small town of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Weymouth people are asked not to compare the two towns without permission.
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We hope that Weymouth Town Hall can formally apologize within 3 days, otherwise we at Betzcod will take all possible measures to protest.
——Town Executive Eddie Courtett]
The omission in the middle is to promote small town tourism. For example, the town is located on the east side of Snowdonia National Park and is an important hiking trail and tourist attraction. Another example is the Peir Bridge and Waterloo Bridge in the town. I also didn’t forget to mention how charming the scenery of Fairy Gorge behind the bridge is.
Of course the main content is still the two paragraphs before and after, warning Weymouth with real names.
The attitude is very aggressive and tough.
Think about it carefully, Bezcod is located in Wales, and everyone knows that the Welsh, Northern Irish and English people cannot deal with it.
The only one to blame is Kane himself. If the example he gave was a small town in England, the town would most likely call out Kane himself when it was angry.
Who asked him to mention a small town in Wales...
Kane had a good week, but it came to an abrupt end today.
He received two pieces of news, one was bad news and the other was worse news.
The bad news is that Gu Lu’s serialization was suspended for a week and resumed this week.
The worse news is that the Weymouth executive directly stated that Kane is not from Weymouth!
Let me first explain that there is no difference between the parallel world and the earth. The UK does not have a household registration system. According to the "Resettlement Law", people belong to the place where they work.
So the specific situation is that thousands of people in the village of Portsham voted and 90% agreed to strip Kane van Zesestone of his identity.
The remaining 10% are more conservative in character and did not participate in the vote. After all, they proposed to remove all the Van Zestone family!
[Everyone is welcome in the town of Weymouth, but not Kane Van Zestone] This is the fine print on the official website, as well as the notice board for entering the town.
Is it cruel? Not cruel!
The executive officer of Weymouth was also angry. Last time he singled out and criticized "please don't hurt your hometown". After pausing for a while, he breathed a sigh of relief, and without even thinking about turning his head, he pulled out a big lump for him.
If Bournemouth just condemned it, then Bezcod was exporting it in a face-to-face manner. What did others in Weymouth do wrong? There is no reason to pay for one person's mistakes.
Pop!
Kane got a slap.
But it was not his hot-tempered father, Quinn, who did it. On the contrary, it was his mother, Mrs. Van Zestone.
Mrs. Van Zestone's eyes were red, and her hand trembling as she pointed at the child.
"Your father asked you to apologize. If you don't go, I won't advise you because you think you are right. I support you." Mrs. Van Zestone's voice choked with sobs. "Why do you still want to provoke that person?" Chinese?”
“Do you want our whole family to be expelled from Weymouth?” Mrs. Van Zestone asked.
Quinn was very emotional and hugged his wife. He was worried that his wife would faint from anger.
"Mother, I..." Kane wanted to explain something.
"Stop talking, we don't want to see you now." Quinn patted his wife's back gently with his palm.
As a result, Kane was kicked out of the house. Even though he paid to rent the London residence, Kane couldn't say a word.
Wandering on the street in despair, he did not expect that Chinese writers could be so insidious.
If Gu Lu directly described Bezcord as Weymouth, then he would be attacked by the Bezcord people! Because the Bezcoders are innocent.
But in "Mountains of Crazy", there were only a few brief mentions, indicating that the writing could be continued or not, so the outlet for the anger fell on him.
The phone rang——
The caller was Monroe, the editor-in-chief of The Sun. It was a call to Nima, but Kane didn’t answer.
But then another call came. Kane took a deep breath and answered the phone.
After being connected, an East End London accent sounded, "I'm so sorry for you, Mr. Kane. It's such a shame that you became the first person to be voted out of your hometown."
What a joy to hear Monroe's regretful voice.
Kane didn't say anything, and Monroe didn't care so much. He continued to talk about the phone call, "Mr. Kane, now is a very good opportunity. I think you should publish an article immediately to express your opposition to the Chinese people." Standing is very important.”
I will never believe the editor’s words again! Kane was just about to snap back when he heard the other party say, "If you are not in the mood to write at the moment, then our newspaper office can help do it for you." The Sun is like a cement mixer, mixing his flesh and blood with cement. Before building a media building, countless people should have suffered from this situation.
After a long silence, Kane said, "Mr. Monroe, the Chinese are not easy to mess with. Are you really not afraid that they will target the Sun?"
Laughing to death, who can target The Sun? A tree without bark will definitely die, but a shameless person is invincible.
Munro wanted to laugh and express his fearlessness, but then he remembered the tragic situation of the human blood buns in front of him, so he couldn't say anything, so he could only laugh a few times.
It doesn’t matter if The Sun takes a dirty route, but what if Gu Lu turns his target to Murdoch Media Group, the parent company of The Sun?
Yes, after this battle, even the unscrupulous editor-in-chief of "The Sun" was afraid of two points.
Gu Lu is talented and can attack people with stories. The key is that he also likes to engage in tandems and is proficient in killing chickens to scare monkeys!
The Cthulhu series has accumulated more and more readers, and its reputation is catching up with the first-line authors.
Maybe your living habits are different, and you may think that just posting a few short stories will have such an exaggerated effect, which is very exaggerated.
In fact, Europe and the United States have the habit of serializing newspapers to build popularity. It seems that Stephen King, who does not exist in the parallel world, went from a student newspaper to a serialization in "Playboy". Conan Doyle, who also exists in the parallel world, went from being a street writer whose "A Study in Scarlet" was rejected many times, to becoming famous after serializing five short stories in the monthly "Seaside Magazine"!
Compared with "The Haze in Weymouth", "The Horror at Portsham", "Dagon", "Weymouth Asylum" and "At the Mountains of Madness", there are exactly five chapters!
Some readers majoring in art have drawn the appearance of the Deep Ones, the Ancient Ones, the Shoggoths, Dagon, and the Star Spawn through the descriptions in the book.
Gu Lu’s serialized works did not draw illustrations. Therefore, Internet readers’ drawings were inconsistent and disputes arose.
Unlike the anxious Bezcoders, the pure readers discussed the plot in a limited way: "Is Cthulhu the most powerful god in this series?" "It's useless if technology is too advanced. The ancients are modified by the species they created." "The world is too huge. When will the author publish a collection?" "Crazy Mountains is so exciting. Also, I'm curious if the sled dogs and Chinese dogs hadn't been imprisoned by the scientific expedition team, would they have survived?" "If the sled dogs are not good, they will definitely not be able to beat them. The Chinese dogs should be able to delay time, because they have killed the son of the alien god." "Can you write more, is it because the royalties of the Daily Express are not enough?"...
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When the rear team arrived at the camp, the scene was in a mess. The bodies of the team members had been cut up, and the strongest muscles were missing, and grains of salt were found next to them...
Some readers came out and said, "It should be a matter of inspiration. I forgot who said it. Gu Lu's inspiration came from discrimination. Who can confirm it?"
That's what they said, but no one said it. Dare to take action.
Since Puffin Books spent B-level publicity resources, the publicity effect is quite good, at least the publicity aspect is advancing with the times.
Seeing this news, the publicity on the Internet immediately became [Gu Lu, who wrote the Weymouth series, the new book "Mr. Holmes" will be released soon! 】
However, the effect is not good. "The Weymouth series is wonderful, but other works should not be released for hype. I only believe in horror and horror with Gu Lu. He has the potential to become China's Edgar Allan Poe."
"Soon, soon." Godie felt that his time was coming. He will buy "Mr. Holmes" as soon as possible, and then haha...
Yes, Godie, the British mystery writer who criticized Gu Lu, also intensively searched for news about Gu Lu online.
Regarding today's hot topics of discussion, Godie also had lingering fears. Fortunately, the warrior Kane was in front of him to bear the thunder.
"Mr. Kane Van Zestone, I will always remember you." Godie said with a smile on his lips.
It's really hateful. Even if "Mr. Holmes" fails, Gu Lu can still start from scratch by relying on the Cthulhu series. Godie suddenly feels jealous.
Unintentionally, the English version of "The Little Prince" did not make much waves in the UK, but the short story written as a counterattack made Gu Lu rise to prominence.
Currently, Gu Lu spans a wide range of subjects, including science fiction, fairy tales, mystery, horror, and light novels.
However, I have not yet become a short story master, and I have not completed the first step of my small goal.
We still need to keep working hard!
"Did the confession succeed?"
Let me start by saying that Gu Lu is by no means a gossipy person. He mainly cares about the emotions of his classmates.
Li Guyuan was silent for a moment, "What confession? It's nothing."
"Oh?" Gu Lu hugged Li Guyuan and said, "Tell me carefully."
"Sending Yanzi home, she suddenly asked me which university I was planning to enter. I hadn't thought about it yet, and she said her goal It was Zhejiang University, and then I understood." Li Guyuan's face looked like he had eaten bitter melon, "There is no need to confess."
"..." So what do you understand? Gu Lu didn't understand at all.
Seemingly seeing the confusion of Gu Lu, a single man, Li Guyuan explained, "Zhejiang University is ranked among the top ten schools in the country. This answer is to say, 'I want to study hard and not pay attention to other things.' . ”
No, does that mean? Gu Lu looked at the glutinous rice balls, maybe you are overthinking.
If He Yan really has a voiceover, is it possible that he wants to be admitted to the same university as you?
“Brother, don’t be so pessimistic.” Gu Lu comforted, “Let’s think on the bright side.”
“This question may have other meanings, but that was the only tone Yanzi spoke at that time. "Explain." Li Guyuan said, "Refuse politely."
What else can I say? Gu Lu changed the subject, "Has the manuscript been published?"
Gu Lu said it before. "Prediction", because of big data push, future music will become more and more rubbish. Although Li Guyuan didn't believe it after hearing it, he felt that the idea was very interesting.
"Vote for "Youth Digest", passed." Li Guyuan's thoughts were slightly diverted.
"Let me just say that your writing skills are fine!" Gu Lu was very happy.
“The main thing is that the theme is good.” Li Guyuan said, “I feel like I only write about things around me, and it is really difficult to be creative and unconstrained.”
“Neon has A director named Yasujiro Ozu." Gu Lu said, "He was a famous director in the middle of the last century, and the directors born in the 1980s and 1990s all admired him. Do you know what he shot? What?”
Li Guyuan stared at the follow-up.
"What he shoots are basically family ethics films, which are all ordinary stories that happen between fathers, daughters, wives, and sons. He even doesn't change the camera during the filming." Gu Lu said, "A writer who can write the stories around him well , Definitely a good writer.”
“I’ve never heard of him. I’ll go back and watch his movies.”
“That’s not necessary. This trash has participated in the QH Army.” Said, "I didn't know about this when I was watching his movie. When I found out later, I was disgusted."
"It is indeed rubbish," Li Guyuan asked, "Then why do you still mention this person?" ?”
Originally, Gu Lu was ready to talk about Li An, but there was no such person in the parallel world.
"I'm just using his works as an example." Gu Lu said.
"No matter how good the garbage man's works are, they are still garbage." Li Guyuan said, "People and their works can be separated, but this heinous crime cannot be separated."
"You It makes sense..."
Gu Lu's thoughts turned to another thing. Through chatting, he thought of this, which involves cultural export.
Why does he know this director? Because the UK's top film magazine "Sight and Sound" invites film critics from various countries to select the ten best films in film history every year.
In 2012, Ozu Yasujiro's "Tokyo Story" ranked first. What monsters are behind it? 2001: A Space Odyssey, Part 8 and a Half, Citizen Kane, The Godfather...
At that time, he was curious about what movies were so awesome.
“Go to sea with greater vigor!” Gu Lu clenched his fist.
The school is very supportive when your works go overseas. If you don’t believe it, look at the library of No. 8 Middle School. There is actually an English and Japanese version of "The Little Prince". In short, I purchased it from all Gu Lu publications. Even if no one borrows works entirely in foreign languages.
"Professors jointly visited the school. Professors from Shanghai Jiaotong University came to communicate with high schools in Wudu. Isn't it a bit... strange!" Vice Principal Lu pondered.
Principal Chang was dealing with the re-tendering of the school cafeteria, and he personally supervised all matters involving Gu Lu.
Do not allow other leaders, such as Vice Principal Lu, or Vice Principal Lu, or Vice Principal Lu, to appear in front of the talented writer.
As a result, the task of entertaining the handed-in professor fell on him.
"If you don't even give me soup, you will have problems sooner or later as a principal." Vice Principal Lu thought to himself as he walked to the office of the Party Propaganda Department.
Before entering the door, I heard complaints inside.
"The environment on Bilibili is too immature. There are no mature users, and no one watches the videos we post."
The No. 8 Middle School’s publicity department finally registered an account. How many fans are there now? 1674.
What video did you post? How good the playground turf is, how good the teaching building is, and how neatly the students read. The fact that the number of followers can reach over 1,000 is due to the reputation of No. 8 High School in the Fog City.
"To exceed 50,000 fans this semester, the task assigned by Principal Chang is too difficult."
"Do you need help?"
(End of this chapter)