Chapter 350: Looking after Gu Lu
“Who translated Teacher Gu Lu’s new book?” Xiao Lin Taisan asked.
"I have a pen pal whose ex-husband works in Baitongshe. I found out that he is a very famous translator." Junji Ito answered.
"Famous translator?" Taizo Kobayashi knows a lot about the translation circle. After all, he was praised for his clever arrangement of "typos" in the book when he translated "A Bouquet for Algernon" A rising star in translation, he almost devoted himself entirely to the field of translation.
He originally wanted to recommend himself, but he came late. After receiving the news that Teacher Gu Lu had returned to the world, the translators Bai Tongshe was looking for began to take action.
"I heard it's very famous!" Junji Ito repeated.
What about the name? Kobayashi Taizo stared at him. He wanted to know who had taken away the opportunity to improve. He really wanted to improve!
But Junji Ito didn’t find out his name.
Fortunately, two days later, Bai Tongshe finally announced the name and theme of Gu Lu's new work after his return.
Mystery theme!
The title of the book is "The Devotion of Suspect X"!
Slogan: Akechi Kogoro's grandson - Akechi Yukawa Manabu makes a brilliant appearance.
Older netizens... well, those born in the 1980s and 1990s. To say they are old is a bit exaggerated.
They recalled that Hua Xiacai seemed to have written very dark and heavy-tasting works before releasing his fairy tale works.
It actually caused some discussion.
"You young people don't know that the mirror hell, the human chair, and the one-inch mage opened up a new world for me at that time."
"I personally recommend Inhuman Love. As a fetishist, I feel It’s written in my heart.”
“What’s the fetish upstairs?”
“Nails, cut nails.”
“I’m very much looking forward to it. You can imagine what kind of work it is, dark! Twisted! Akechi Yukawa Manabu must be in the chaos camp like his grandfather."
"Akechi Kogoro's Chinese name is Wu Mingzhi. What is the Chinese name of Akechi Yukawa?"
"Today's young people only know Gu Lu's fairy tales and Gu Lu's science fiction, but they don't know that he was once a heavyweight The God of Dark Taste..."
The content after the ellipsis cannot be seen because Katsudauchimaru turned off his mobile phone.
Although he often said that he defeated Gu Lu, he was still a little guilty inside, so he always paid attention to the news about Gu Lu on the Internet.
"I have watched One Inch Master. To be honest, works of this style have long ceased to be popular. No one has watched them for a long time." Katsudauchimaru seemed to be convincing himself, "Gu Lu has left. The literary world has been around for five years. Three years is an era, which is almost two eras. No wonder it can no longer grasp the trends of the times.”
"How can such a niche subject have such a good sales volume!"
When Bai Dosha announced that it was a mystery subject, Katsudauchimaru was still nervous. Because romance and reasoning are two themes that have endured in Neon for a long time.
"I almost forgot, "Bingguo" is a mystery, and its sales volume is only more than 800,000 copies."
"Only a fraction of mine."
To myself After talking to himself so much, Katsudauchi Maru was actually comforting himself and keeping himself from panicking.
Exactly how panicked he was in the past two days - he didn't even go to the club.
How much do you think the sisters in the club miss him? Without him, who would help them achieve their KPIs?
After convincing himself, Katsudauchimaru took the lucky thing and went out. Three million versus eight hundred thousand, the advantage is mine! After a series of inner activities, I walked with wind.
Passing by the bookstore, I walked in and took a look. He also loved reading comics. Neon People in the Heisei era loved comics, and Katsudauchi Maru was no exception.
The three comics he has been following recently are Volleyball Boy, Kaguya-sama and Bungou Stray Dogs. He also liked "The Spirit of the Halberd Eater" a few years ago, but it's a pity that the writer took advantage of the Chinese people's bad feet and gave up on it every minute.
I bought the latest single volume of "Bungou Stray Dogs" and Katsudauchi Maru opened it. The latest character information sheet was published at the front of each single volume.
“I wish there was an Edgar Allan Poe.” Mr. Poe is Katsudauchimaru’s favorite writer.
As a result, Katsudauchi Maru saw the name he least expected to see——
[Gu Lu
Prototype: Chinese writer Gu Lu
Power: The unique rose
Can only be used on objects that it has a good impression of. It can cast a transparent protective shield out of thin air for absolute defense.
Supernatural prototype: Gu Lu's work "The Prince of That Time", in which the little prince protects the roses on the planet B375.
Gender: Male
Age: 18 years old
Birthday: April 19 (the day when Kenji Miyazawa promoted "The Prince of That Time")
Height: 178cm
Weight: 62kg
Blood type: ab type< br>
Likes: Basketball, cooking, bathing, pretending to be a high school student for school
Dislikes: crowded, pretending to be a high school student being exposed
A member of the armed detective agency, but because it is not common to perform special tasks, he is a very split Gemini. He has an arrogant attitude when he is in a bad mood, and treats everyone when he is in a good mood. good. I don’t like plants, but I can only raise roses. There will be a stink on the body when using the power, and the chosen person will have the scent of roses.
Both of my parents died when I was young...]
"Kafka Asagiri, you are also a famous neon cartoonist, why do you just follow those Chinese lackeys to study, you Japanese traitor? !" Katsumaru said viciously.
The Chinese lackeys in his mouth include people from Liuhui, as well as people like Fujimaki Tadatoshi and Fusuda.
To put the facts into perspective, Kafka Asagiri is different from other people who are just trying to get the attention of others. He really likes the Cthulhu series and is a true book fan.
Bungou Stray Dogs has lost one reader, but it has no impact. On the contrary, the popularity, which was already very high, is now even higher.
It’s not that people who don’t like this comic will be fooled just because of one more character. It’s unrealistic.
It was Gu Lu who, under the joint influence of Kadokawa Shoten and Shiro Dosha, was already full of "geniuses returning", and Bungo Stray Dogs added another spark. People also pay attention to the people who started the fire.
It adds some heat to the somewhat cool Tokyo.
…………
“Why is it that it’s almost June and it’s still so cold in Sijiu City?” Ozawa complained.
[Genius writer Gu Lu, our literary club’s essay competition]
Zhao Xin, the president of the May Fourth Literary Club, and Ozawa, a member of the May Fourth Literary Club, walked to the activity room together, but halfway they saw such a A roll-up banner is a promotional poster for a certain club's activities.
I wouldn’t even take a glance at it when passing by, but when I saw the first half of the sentence, I stopped - our literary club.
"President!" Ozawa looked up at Zhao Xin's expression, and the latter also squinted his eyes.
Ozawa knew that the president was short-sighted, but he didn’t like wearing glasses, so when he squinted his eyes, he focused on him.
“You move really fast.” A vague sneer appeared at the corner of Zhao Xin’s mouth.
“Aren’t they bullying honest people?! We invite Gu Lu, and they also invite us, just following behind.” Ozawa was furious. "It's normal. This is their style." Zhao Xin fell into deep thought.
"President, what should we do?" Ozawa looked at the boss.
Zhao Xin said, "I saw a piece of news on the Internet yesterday."
What news, Ozawa asked, he was a very conscientious compliment.
"Teacher Gu Lu has started writing again," said Zhao Xin. "The new book is Neon and will be released simultaneously in China. The domestic version will be published by New Youth Publishing House."
"Oh Oh, I will definitely buy it!" Ozawa said, "I still remember the mentally retarded man named Xiaolu."
A retarded person called Xiaolu? Why is your way of praising others always so unique? Zhao Xin shook his head and said nothing. Now that Gu Lu has started writing a manuscript, can he make an appointment?
The idea is very good, but Zhao Xin knows that it is too difficult.
Even if you haven’t written an article for several years, it may take some effort to get into People’s Literature, but getting into Harvest and Flower City is very simple. What's more, there is no royalties for the school's social magazine.
What price must be paid to allow Teacher Gu Lu to publish the inaugural article?
"President, President!"
Ozawa's urgent voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
"What's the matter? Stop making trouble, I'm thinking about something." Zhao Xin didn't even raise his head, he was still thinking about what he could bring to Gu Lu.
Money? name? Neither seems to work.
The next second, "bang~"
Does it ring? Hibiki is the head.
With an ouch, Zhao Xin lowered his head and hit the street light. The pain made him stop thinking. Zhao Xin looked back at Ozawa beside him, who spread his hands.
A few steps further ahead is the place to pick up the express delivery.
There are generally three places for Peking University students to pick up express delivery: Neighbor Treasure next to Building 34B. There is also a courier service center in Building 37. There is also the inn at the south gate, which is located in the west annex building. Takeaways are also available here.
If it happens on 618 and Double Eleven, a shed will be temporarily set up in the north parking lot to handle a large number of express mails.
Otherwise, students are the main force in express delivery. Anyway, Gu Lu often buys. It's just that it's been more than two years since he moved out of the Peking University dormitory, and the address of the rented house must be written as a rookie in the community. How come the school still has his express delivery?
With doubts in mind, I came to the west annex building and picked up the items, which were "thin", like paper bags used to hold letters, contracts and other items.
It was sent from Wudu.
Gu Lu unpacked it as he walked and threw the outer packaging into the trash can. From a distance, this trash can looks like a gray distribution box, with a C16 painted in white in the lower left corner.
The special number that determines the location is also found on the telephone pole. In case of emergency, you can call the police and determine the specific location.
"A letter to me?" Gu Lu found a bench and sat down.
[Dear Mr. Gu Lu:
On behalf of the Wudu No. 8 Middle School Publishing Club, I sincerely invite you to attend the publication seminar on June 7th. The "Publication Seminar" aims to carry forward the fighting spirit of "Youth" and discuss how to better inherit Mr. Gu Lu's spiritual legacy.
We believe that your participation will add infinite brilliance to this event. ]
What an obvious invitation letter template, it is the same as many letters Gu Lu has received. The only difference is that this is handwritten. Judging from the handwriting, the author is a student and his handwriting is regular.
Just...spiritual heritage? I'm still alive, so I can't use this word.
"If I agree, do I have to reply to the letter? Oh! Principal Hu makes it so complicated." Gu Lu sighed.
Yes, the current principal of No. 8 Middle School is Director Hu. After Principal Chang was promoted, he helped up his right-hand man.
President Hu previously invited him to return to the school as an outstanding alumnus during the school anniversary, "and by the way, I will also take a look at the development of the supervision team and the publication club."
Indeed, what does the cafeteria look like now? Then what does the publishing house look like? Gu Lu really wanted to know, so he agreed two days ago.
"Say good to me first, and then it seems that I agreed only after receiving the invitation letter from the publication club." Gu Lu smiled. Director Hu still has the same care for students.
He still remembered that Director Hu was the only one who asked him to pay attention when his copy of the paper was wrong. It's just that Gu Lu didn't listen at all at that time, thinking that he could use his influence to settle everything.
"Phew - chivalrous people use force to break the law, and Confucianism uses literature to disrupt the law." To stand up, he must stand up. Looking back now, Gu Lu thinks that there were better solutions to those incidents at that time.
We walked around the school and arrived at Professor Da’s office. One look at the professor's surname, and everyone should know that he is from the Hui ethnic group. Basically, people with the surname Da are Hui and Mongolian people.
"Why did Xiao Gu come to my place?" Professor Da smiled. He poured a glass of water for Gu Lu and drank the tartary buckwheat himself. Professor Da loves to drink tartary buckwheat and tastes life in it. "Bitter buckwheat, just like life, is always accompanied by a faint bitter taste. Bitterness is the main theme, but there is still sweetness when you taste it carefully."
About life, Professor Lu, Gu Lu’s teacher, has another opinion: “Life is a long road of seeking knowledge and learning. On the road ahead, there will always be discoveries that will make you feel relaxed and happy.”
So what does Gu Lu, who is very familiar with the two professors, think? ——"How about a fight between the two of you?"
"It's a little trivial."
"I know you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything, so tell me."
"Professor Da, I would like to ask you about studying in France." Gu Lu said.
Professor Da is also an honorary professor at Saclay University, and he also studied in France before. Currently, he is also a professor in the French Department of Peking University School of Foreign Languages. His "History of French Literature", "Introduction to Modern French Cultural Thoughts" and "Twentieth Century French Literary Criticism" are the most popular courses for undergraduates and graduate students.
"Study in France?" Professor Da put down the tea cup. The tartary buckwheat was no longer fragrant.
I just heard Professor Da say sincerely, "Xiao Gu, if you feel uncomfortable staying at Lao Lu's place, just tell me directly. There is no need to study abroad or anything like that."
< br>It’s not Gu Lu’s identity as a writer, but his identity as a role model for Chinese youth. It’s not a good idea to study abroad.
“No, no, no, it’s not me,” Gu Lu said, “I want to consult with my sister.”
And there is a sister? Professor Da really doesn’t know, but as long as it’s not him, that’s fine.
"If you study in France - what is the current situation?" Professor Da picked up the teacup and drank some tea to calm down his shock.
Gu Lu gave a rough overview of his sister's condition.
"Under the current situation, it is definitely difficult to apply." Professor Da said, "Is it possible to apply at the University of Paris-Saclay?"
"That's great!" Gu Lu also said a little I learned that this university is one of the best universities in France. "Professor, what do we need to prepare?"
"Do you know any French people? They are of higher status and can write letters of recommendation." The professor should be prepared for the other person to say no, and then express his attitude that he can solve it too. Going back and forth like this can also prove that you have put in a lot of effort.
The method Professor Da is going to use is similar to the routines used by children from wealthy families in Europe and the United States.
"Can the Frenchman-French Ambassador to China Diebaud Pampon do it?" Gu Lu asked. He knew this man.
"?" Professor Da asked, "Xiao Gu, are you familiar with the French Ambassador to China?"
"So familiar." Gu Lu nodded. He had also been to Dibo's house as a guest. , eating steamed buns stuffed with dumplings, I was very impressed. Besides, he also agreed to help write a congratulatory message, so it would be no problem to exchange favors.
I still underestimated the classmates in front of me, Professor Da said in his heart.
(End of this chapter)