Chapter 332 Godie speaks
Come on, what else are you carrying?
Gu Lu's gaze stayed for a few seconds and then he looked away. He didn't prepare any tea at home, so he could only give him a cup of cold water.
"I heard from Professor Chen that, Mr. Gu Lu, you bought a lot of books about Spain in order to write "The Immortal Fugitive"." Professor Xiahou took a sip and continued.
“You need to understand to be able to write well.” Gu Lu responded, “After all, it is an article from an exchange group, so there is no room for sloppiness. I still feel that I have read too little.”
"It's good enough." Professor Xiahou opened his handbag, "It's hard to buy books about Norway. There is not much attention to Norway in China."
Three books as thick as bricks Place it firmly on the table.
Gu Lu felt that if he used these three books to make instant noodles, the bowl would be cracked.
“The History of the Development of Norwegian Literature, I took the lead in compiling this book. It has not been printed much and is mainly used for teaching.” Professor Xia Hou, “A Brief History of Norway,” is a famous American historiography. Written by a writer, it is of great reference value. In addition, this book is my personal favorite, "Polar War", which tells the story of the Soviet-Finnish Winter War in the 1930s and 1940s. "
"Thank you, Professor." Gu Lu said thanks, this kind of rare reference book is very expensive. The key ones are basically unavailable offline, and you can only buy them online. If you buy online, you have to wait a few days.
"I actually bought a book about Norway." Gu Lu said.
"Oh?" Xia Hou was very satisfied. This child's subjective initiative is strong, which also means that his creativity is strong.
The requirements are not high, just an eight-point level in "Immortal Fugitive"!
"Amundsen's "Antarctic Exploration" is also a relatively famous book in Norway." Gu Lu said, "Otherwise, I will go to the bookstore, which is Ibsen."
“Ibsen can be regarded as the first person to create literature in Norway.” Professor Xia Hou said, “His status in Norway is extremely high. The Ibsen Museum in Oslo can attract a lot of tourists every day.”
Let me tell you a little bit about the habits of Norwegians. At the same time, Professor Xiahou was also thinking, the name Amundsen was so familiar...
Through chatting with Gu Lu, he found out that Professor Xiahou had returned to the Magic City a few days ago, and this trip was specifically to deliver books to him. of.
The leader of the exchange group is also very serious and responsible, and the three books are also thick.
After a while, the professor stood up and said he was going back to the Magic City.
"Professor Xiahou, why don't you stay for dinner tonight," Gu Lu said politely when he saw that the other party was about to leave.
"Would that be too much trouble?" Professor Xiahou refused, "Forget it."
"It's not troublesome at all." Gu Lu said.
"That's annoying." Professor Xiahou said, "Being able to taste the cooking skills of classmate Gu Lu is something worth showing off."
Xiami? Why did you agree? Gu Lu didn't show any timidity, "That's right, let's go buy some groceries."
He thought that Gu Nuxia would arrive home soon, so he happened to introduce her to his sister and let her win at the starting line. Since I started day school, except when I go back to Bishan on weekends, I can live in my own room when I go to school. Gu's mother and Xiao's father found nothing unusual.
As for why Professor Xiahou agreed "shamelessly", he still wanted to build a good relationship. Because I heard about French cultural exchanges, I also invited Gu Lu.
When they are all picked up, it would be better to increase their presence so that Gu Lu can lean more towards Norway.
Professor Xia Hou is quite well-informed, but not well-informed enough. He has no idea that Professor Liu, the head of the cultural exchange group for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, is full. He said that without Gu Lu, there would be no .
The last time we had dinner at home, it was the Pioneer News reporter and the head teacher. Teacher Gao also helped out at that time, and this time Professor Xiahou also followed suit. After all, it would be inconvenient for him to leave a guest alone when his master left.
While going to Yonghui Supermarket downstairs to buy groceries, King Gulu called Director Hu.
"Are you making something delicious?"
"Oh, no problem."
"What a good brother."
"No trouble, no trouble. ”
After a brief conversation, Director Hu hung up the phone.
The circle of friendship is getting higher and higher, I really don’t know where the limit is...
He walked to Class 1 (5), high school, and the bell rang. Find Gu Jiayu’s class teacher, Mr. Han.
“Ask for a late leave of absence, and ask the director to come and tell me.” Teacher Han said with a smile.
"Classmate Gu Jiayu's brother is just classmate Gu. He doesn't know Teacher Han's phone number, so he asked me to come over." Director Hu said.
Of course Teacher Han knows that there is only one student who can be affectionately called Xiao Gu by the director.
"Did you make something delicious?" Teacher Han gossiped casually.
"No, Professor Xiahou was a guest at the home of classmate Xiao Gu, so he asked classmate Gu Jiayu to go back." Director Hu said, "Don't tell anyone else about this."
Director Being able to be the director means that he is not a big talker. Why did you tell Teacher Han? The subtext is that classmate Gu Lu likes his sister very much, and you know Gu Lu’s status in our school, so take good care of Gu Jiayu.
"Definitely not." Teacher Han pursed his lips subconsciously, understanding the hint, and sighed at the same time, "It's hard to believe that student Gu Lu is really only seventeen years old, and even an expert in the field like Professor Xia Hou is Take the initiative to invite manuscripts.”
Teacher Han even envied Gu Jiayu. The only way for ordinary people to get to know authoritative experts is to study hard, go to a good university, have a good professor, and be very good. . It's a pity that Teacher Han himself is only average and excellent...
After finishing Xiao Gu's troublesome matter, Director Hu returned to the office, passed by the playground, and saw that there was something wrong with the track.
The sports meeting is about to begin, who is so wicked? Director Hu's small eyes sparkled in the darkness.
In an overseas island country that is five or six hours away from China, the sun is still shining brightly in the afternoon at this moment.
Well, it’s not like the sun is shining brightly. It can only be said that there is sunshine, and it’s quite cold at the moment.
Local people wear thick clothes.
"Boy, your dad will always be your dad."
Zhang Xin, who was far away in Cyprus, smiled. He stretched, and the words in his mouth were talking to his son Zhang Yudong, who was thousands of miles away.
As a senior engineer, he is the main person in charge of "Tears of Cupid".
Cyprus has little presence in the country. The only thing worth talking about is the "Mediterranean spa" that is often seen in domestic massages. Of course, I also heard this from a friend.
The "Mediterranean spas" in China are all fake, but the ones in Cyprus are authentic. If you have the opportunity, you can try it. Zhang Xin tried it and there was no problem at all.
"Gong Zhang, Yue Rabbit is looking for you." His subordinates came to deliver the news.
Moon Rabbit refers to Alexis Panayiotou, the person in charge of the project. Even if you call Mr. Panayiotou, his name is quite long, so I decided to call him Moon Rabbit based on the pronunciation. Law.
In fact, Panayiot was a huge man, not like a little rabbit at all.
"Maybe it's to rush the work, it's almost their Christmas and Boxing Day." Zhang Xin speculated.
“I know what Boxing Day is about Christmas, the day their God was born. I often hear Chinese tourists here talking about it.”
"Boxing Day is the first or second day after Christmas, and it is also a legal holiday." Zhang Xin said, "Commonwealth member states will do this."
"Co-authoring is to create a holiday for a holiday. "
"You can understand it this way." Zhang Xin nodded, and then talked about serious matters, "Tell your brothers that the construction must not be careless."< br>
“We have been working together for how many years, and you still don’t believe me?”
The two of them finished chatting, and Zhang Xin walked towards the Moon Rabbit. Cyprus is said to be the island where Venus, the goddess of love, was born. Therefore, many buildings are following the popularity of Venus, especially the famously fake statue of Venus de Milo. You can see it just a few steps down the street.
Zhang Xin, currently a senior engineer, led the team to build the "Tears of Cupid", an oval-shaped building. It is also a landmark building to be built in Cyprus to boost tourism. After all, tourism is Cyprus’s main source of foreign exchange earnings.
Zhang Xin has built many famous buildings in China, and he is somewhat famous throughout the country. But one day, his son hit Zhang Yudong and suddenly told him, "Dad, do you think the paper in this book is different from other books?" "Oh, dad, look here, it seems like there is my name on it."
< br>Little bastard, beating around the bush, haha, Zhang Xin's mouth outlined a sneer that was comparable to the Dragon King's smile.
At this time, the children are almost out of school. Zhang Xin dialed the overseas phone number, but it rang for a long time before he was connected. It doesn't matter what the other person said, what matters is what Zhang Xin said, "Dong Wazi, my Internet connection is not good abroad, please do me a favor and check something for me."
Hearing his father asking for help, Zhang Yudong, who was not very reliable, immediately turned on the computer at hand. It's not weird at all to think about "making an overseas phone call and checking something back".
"This is the website, you enter it."
"Yes, it is the World Building Standard Design Network, you click on the European side."
"Help me see what the project deadline is When, oh, chief engineer zhangxin is your father and me. Fortunately, I didn’t make the letter a post-nasal vowel. I once wrote it as zhangxing. It really made me angry. My son, you and your father..." Why did you hang up the phone? Zhang Xin shook his head as he couldn't afford to lose. He looked down on people who couldn't afford to lose the most in his life.
How does Zhang Yudong feel? hateful! If I had known earlier, I should have walked outside more today.
He felt that he came back too early. If he could have played for a while longer, he would not have received such an excessive bragging call when he came back later.
In the past, the park alliance had promised (actually no one agreed) that we would walk around the streets together to do good deeds, but now only Zhang Yudong insists.
There is a world of difference in efficiency between working happily and working in a depressed mood.
Zhang Xin was relatively happy and had a good chat with Yue Rabbit.
It was almost time for dinner, so Zhang Xin took the initiative to leave. You know, in European countries, if you are not invited in advance, don't talk about eating for free.
"It's definitely no problem, don't worry, Mr. Panayiotou." Zhang Xin said before leaving.
Cheerful, he bought a newspaper on the roadside. Although the official languages of Cyprus are Greek and Turkish, as a member of the Commonwealth, English is universal, so Zhang Xin has no language problems at all. .
The Commonwealth is now an international organization consisting of more than fifty countries. Most of these countries are former British colonies or "protectorate" states. Cyprus was ceded to Great Britain in the 19th century and was a "direct colony" of Great Britain. Now that the country is independent, it still has not shaken off its cultural influence. Take the newspapers for sale, including many British newspapers such as "The Guardian", "The Times", and "The Daily Mail".
The copy in his hand is the Guardian. Why did Zhang Xin choose it? Because it is the only newspaper printed in full color in the UK.
One piece of news until——
Title: "The Two Nobles Who Spread China in Sherlock Holmes"
About the names of the two nobles, they are zhangkunde and zhangyudong.
The Guardian is all in English, and the word he uses for "influential person" is "influential person". The Chinese title was just glanced over by Zhang Xin and translated by himself.
Zhang Kunde was the first Chinese to translate Sherlock Holmes, and he translated "The Notes of Sherlock Holmes" at the end of the 19th century. Zhang Xin is not clear about this knowledge point, but the Guardian explained it.
The second one is also named Zhang...
"It's strange. Why is the pinyin exactly the same as that kid's?" Zhang Xin didn't understand. It was such a coincidence.
Soon he knew that this was no coincidence, because he saw the familiar title "Mr. Holmes" in the newspaper.
His expression changed, it was the novel written by that brat classmate.
[…
Because of Mr. Zhangyudong’s recommendation, this talented writer from China felt the charm of "Sherlock Holmes". Mr. Gu Lu gave full play to his talents and presented readers with elegant and beautiful works.
It has been on sale for only four days and sales have exceeded 150,000 copies.
According to the information pointed out by the reporter, the Chinese version of "Mr. Holmes" is also very popular in China, with sales reaching 500,000 copies. It further proves that Sherlock Holmes is universal and his charm transcends race and nationality. ]
Shi Chui, it was that son’s classmate, the “Genius of Twist” who was more famous in the mountain city than Dickens’ “Oliver Twist”.
“Is this going to be published in the Guardian?” Zhang Xin was puzzled. No matter how hard he worked, he failed in any one of his professional skills and good dancing skills, he was able to leave his name abroad.
But "staying" is quite reluctant, because I am not an insider in the construction industry and I don't know anything about it.
But his son's name was published directly in the Guardian, and not only that, but also in other British newspapers.
The English version also sold 150,000 copies in four days. Even if you don’t know the physical book market where the sun never sets, you know that it is full of gold.
I just showed off to the brat at home, but why did I get confused in the blink of an eye? Zhang Xin can’t understand!
“So, choice and luck are really more important than hard work?”
……
Because "Mr. Holmes" is a hit in the UK, Zhang Xin is not the only one who suffers from autism. The Sun's Kane also feels like he is being cut by a knife every day.
First day: 20,000 volumes
Next day: 31,000 volumes
Third day: 53,000 volumes
Fourth day: 61,000 volumes
On the fifth day, today, sales dropped, but mainstream media also rushed to report it.
The first week sales are already the best in the British book market this year.
Kane's temper has become increasingly irritable. When he sees netizens praising him on his computer, he will curse at home.
"Fake, who knows the foreigner who knows Sherlock Holmes best? He is a Chinese who can spread rumors and is evil."
"Where is your arrogant face? Didn't you say you would never take care of him? Lu’s novel? You traitor!”
"You actually paid such flattering compliments to Gu Lu, disgusting, you are so disgusting."
"If you traitors had been born a few years earlier, Churchill would not have been able to lead the country to victory."
His The status is also understandable.
Kane heard from his mother that the houses in Portsham had been splashed with paint, and it was said that it was done by barbaric Welsh people.
The residents strongly condemned Quinn and Mrs. Van Zestone. As long as they exist, the village will have more hidden dangers.
It's all bad news.
Fortunately, there is good news. Kane's beacon, Godie Hiddleston, finally spoke after so many days of silence.
I still chose the Daily Mail, which I often cooperate with.
Kane immediately went to buy the newspaper back.
The content is——
Main title: Postmodern Sherlock Holmes, but still great.
Subtitle: His creative talent cannot be measured by humans.
[Gu Lu's "Mr. Holmes" defies the expectations of any Sherlock Holmes-related novel.
Like all readers, when secondary authors deal with the "canon" of fiction, I initially feel a little aversion to the thought of reading someone else's interpretation of a beloved character.
However, Gu Lu turned Holmes into a real person, fragile, forgetful, and at the end of his life, forced to deal with death, with emotions that were not rational but human. This isn't a standard case character, so it can be ignored relatively easily, and it's probably not for fans of mystery. ]
From the title to the opening chapter, it was like a series of lightning strikes on Kane.
His hand holding the newspaper was shaking a little.
[What I want to say is that because Sherlock Holmes has always been interpreted simply and misunderstood by ordinary readers, at least in terms of the "cultural expression" of the image of Sherlock Holmes.
Only Gu Lu captures, for example, Holmes's innate sense of alienation and his ability to annoy rather than shock ordinary people. So what I want to say after reading it is, don't judge this book easily until you have read it.
Gu Lu decided to use a transversal approach to reveal much of the story in Mr. Holmes, through a case diary, a recent but poorly remembered trip to post-war China, and Holmes' eventual return to his beehive.
Without spoiling the plot, both trilogies deal with death, with Holmes's final emotional awakening of what death might mean. It doesn't sound sad that Holmes finally became a man with a heart at the end of his life. It's not that he wasn't human before, but he never thought about the impact of his scientific rationality on daily life.
……]
I haven’t finished it yet, there is still a long section, but it’s enough for Kane to feel like the sky is falling.
Kane never thought that the "Pioneer" with thick eyebrows and big eyes would also rebel.
If Godie were in front of him, he would definitely grab Godie by the lapel and ask viciously, "Are you still a British writer? You actually gave in to a Chinese child!"
But alas, there was nothing in front of him, so Kane tore up the Daily Mail.
The newspaper is so innocent.
As a result, Godie could not even see the subsequent manuscripts, and could only read fragments of the paper through pieces of paper that were torn into ribbons.
[Most of what I just wrote is a warning to readers who are particularly fond of mystery types. But that doesn’t mean it’s not a good piece of work, or even an excellent Sherlock Holmes novel. I solemnly apologize for...]
The words of apology and resignation stimulated Kane even more. This time, the newspaper was even more completely shredded.
Godie stepped on Gu Lu and came to power. He never thought that Gu Lu could write such a wonderful work. Both he and his boyfriend were red-eyed.
However, with 90% of readers praising it, Godie performed very decisively.
"I know, now the only person in the UK who can fight him is me." After being crazy for a while, Kane calmed down, but more ridiculous ideas came into his mind.
(End of this chapter)