Chapter 355 You are crazy
To be honest, Yao Xiaoju thinks Kane is crazy, so he wants to stay away from Kane.
"You don't understand what the Cthulhu series is at all", "I am the creator who was assimilated by Gu Lu", "It cannot be called the Weymouth series, this title does not fit this series, 'Our Cthulhu in the sea, may your name be magnified, may your kingdom come, may your will be done in R'lyeh as in Iha Enslay'"
Farewell. I thought Kane was speaking for his hometown, but in fact, he wrote about Weymouth himself, deepening the message that Weymouth is the base camp of the Deep Divers. Besides, if you are not crazy, anyone who can open your mouth and recite the original text of the short story Necronomicon (also Gu Lu's last Cthulhu series) is simply sick!
But I have to admit that Kane is crazy and has become stronger.
The huge Cthulhu mythology system he constructed is complete and splendid. Not only was his hometown of Weymouth involved, but four or five cities near Weymouth were also affected. Oh, by the way, the hometown of Mr. Munroe, editor-in-chief of The Sun, has also become the main stage for the production of "The Thing That Walks on the Wind". The place where Itakua, one of the Old Ones, lives.
"I published a long mystery novel and returned to creation." Yao Xiaoju nodded. There is nothing that cannot be said. In the future, new works will be sold overseas.
Hearing this, Kane seemed to have a spring on his butt, staring straight at the other person.
Yao Xiaoju was a little restless. The guy opposite has severe dark circles under his eyes, probably due to long-term lack of sleep. Perhaps it’s because I have been working at home for a long time and don’t get much sunlight, so my skin is pale and unhealthy. With some injured makeup, I can play a zombie directly.
"Mr. Gu Lu will definitely return to create in the field of Cthulhu, right?" Kane said, "The Cthulhu series is the treasure of horror novels! Its status in the horror novel genre is the best in the British horror novel genre. The jewel in the Queen’s crown!”
Calm down! Yao Xiaoju organized his words in his heart.
Seeing that the other party did not reply within three seconds, Kane thought that he had not expressed clearly.
That’s right, it’s really hard for people who don’t know anything to understand.
Kane said: "What is the source of terror in other horror novels? Is it the devil, or a disembodied ghost, using that fear that humans cannot eliminate to scare us."
" But the Cthulhu series is not! The source of its terror is knowledge. Knowing is terrifying, but humans must know it. Only by letting go of discrimination and overcoming the unknown can humans move forward, just like I did a few years ago. I don’t know how talented Mr. Gu Lu is, but when I came to understand...I came to understand, you know, I came to understand my big mistake." Kane wanted to show that he was serious. No kidding, so the voice got louder and louder.
You should be normal, Yao Xiaoju took a deep breath. Your mother, according to you, Gu Lu is Cthulhu himself?
"I understand, don't worry, Mr. Kane. He told me that the Weymouth series..."
"It is the Cthulhu series, and Weymouth is just an ordinary Place name. Doesn't qualify as a name for this series," Kane interrupted correctively.
“Understand, there are still many chapters in the Cthulhu series worth creating.” Yao Xiaoju could only agree.
“Okay, okay, okay, the future of horror novels belongs to Cthulhu!” After receiving a satisfactory reply, Kane simply left. Come gently, go crazily.
Yao Xiaoju rubbed his head, this man is too sick.
"Is it possible that the Cthulhu mythology system really has this kind of magic power? No, it should be external pressure that makes Kane like this. Instead, Cthulhu has become a way for him to release pressure, which is what our Chinese As it is commonly known on the Internet, if you can't beat it, join in. "
Getting up and going to the rest room, Yao Xiaoju wants to make himself a cup of tea. I was on tenterhooks after chatting with the guy just now, so I had better take a good rest.
“If it returns to the English market, can we use the Weimao...Cthulhu series as a ladder?” Yao Xiaoju thought of this possibility.
Except for Kane, everyone including Yao Xiaoju is more accustomed to calling it the Weymouth series.
The great horror series was inspired by Britain, and the British are delighted. But Weymouth is very unhappy... If only it was a prototype of the Little Prince, it could develop tourism resources. But Cthulhu... The Archon also thought about just riding on the popularity and building a ruined street attraction for tourists to take pictures.
Ninety percent of readers who really like the Cthulhu series would not want to travel to places in the books. Readers who don’t like it deeply will not go out of their way to buy tickets and fly there.
Not to mention the popularity, the name of a seaside city suitable for leisure vacation is completely overshadowed by the reputation of Cthulhu, which is very speechless.
As dinner approached, the vice president of Puffin Books called and made an appointment to discuss cooperation.
“Cooperation with Puffin Books?” Yao Xiaoju frowned.
Gu Lu currently has three books translated into English, The Little Prince, Mr. Holmes, and Flatland.
Flatland has the highest royalty rate among the three, a full 12%, which is the same as that of emerging British writers. And everyone knows that Gu Lu’s book still needs to be translated, so it is actually higher than that of emerging writers.
Royalty rates are based on word of mouth from Mr. Holmes.
It has always been a pleasure to work with you. Did you call me specifically to say this? There seems to be something going on inside.
……
take off.
Landing.
Returning to the foggy city on Friday, before getting on the plane, Gu Lu saw the good news coming from the neon lights. and news of a second printing of 600,000 copies.
The first printing was also 600,000 copies, which is a bit exaggerated in total. Coupled with the stamp tax from Gu Lu, a first-tier writer, the income is exaggerated.
But Gu Lu, who was wealthy and free, didn't have this first reaction. The above reaction comes from the Bilibili up owner "Xiaotian who is studying in Japan", and fans affectionately call him Brother Gou.
“You didn’t lie to me, right? With 20% royalties, will the publishing house still make money?” Brother Gou couldn’t believe it.
"As long as it can sell more than 70%, it will definitely make money. At present, Gu Lu's stamp duty is above the first line, and there are less than two digit writers in Quan Neon who are higher than him." Bai Bai Komori, the intern editor of Tongshe, said, "I'm going to correct you again. Neon is not a royalty, but a stamp tax in Neon. That is, as long as it is printed, even if one copy cannot be sold, you still have to pay."
"Gu Lu's How much does a new book cost?" Brother Gou asked.
"Excluding tax, it would cost more than seventy yuan (1,400 yen) to convert to RMB." Komori gave an accurate figure. After all, as a Chinese, he would subconsciously translate it into RMB.
Neon books are really expensive, especially information books, which cost two to three hundred per minute. This type of book is not uncommon.
“Even if it’s 70 yuan, 20% is a book of 14. Damn it, it’s more than 15 million?” Brother Gou used his high school computing power to calculate and was stunned for a moment.
“The sales volume in the first month was 1.2 million.” Komori said, “This book is the best-selling book in Neon in the past five years. It is estimated to have sold 250,000 yuan. One hundred thousand copies are gone, or even more.”
Gou Ge’s eyes flashed into the shape of gold coins.
“No wonder the first book he wrote after his comeback was Go to Neon, it turns out...”
Before he could finish his muttering, he was interrupted by Komori.
“That’s not the case,” Komori corrected, “I paid close attention to the book market when I was studying. Gu Lu’s domestic sales also swept the country, and there was basically no rival. I feel that the reason why Gu Lu’s first book was in Overseas, the greater possibility is to clear one’s name.”
Then Komori talked about the grudge between Gu Lu and Katsumaru.
Well, Brother Dog is not interested in these grudges. But he also listened to his friend quietly, "Brother, can I publish these data online?"
"Don't publish the stamp tax," Komori said, "This is confidential. But there is no problem with sales and so on. .”
Not being able to announce the stamp duty means that you can't announce the income, which - but it doesn't matter, Brother Gou thought, he can make another video issue.
Besides, it is also time to remind the country of the fear that the book market is dominated by Gu Lu...
Going back to the plane, Wu Du, who had not seen him for a long time, gave him a small surprise. It started raining as soon as we got out of the cabin.
“The welcome ceremony is quite unique.” Gu Lu found the online car-hailing service he had booked.
I couldn’t help but complain that the floors of Jiang B Airport are scattered all over the place, and it’s really hard to find online taxis. Visitors to the foggy city for the first time are advised to follow the instructions and take a taxi or light rail, otherwise it will be easy to get dizzy.
"Are you traveling to the foggy city?" Brother De said in salt-and-pepper Mandarin.
“I’m from Wudu,” Gu Lu responded.
My brother immediately switched back to dialect after hearing this, "Oh, you are back from traveling? Are you still in school? You look like a cultured person."
"Because I Is it the reason for wearing glasses?" Gu Lu asked. He was not very short-sighted because he had not used computers much in the past few years.
I just bought a pair of anti-blue light glasses, which are said to be helpful to my eyesight.
Most of the guys were talkative, and some of them were bragging, so it was not boring at all.
We're about to get there, there's a traffic jam.
"Why is there such a traffic jam here?" Gu Lu asked. He remembered that there should be no traffic jams in the ferry area.
“Hasn’t the fog in the past two years been a tourist city? And tourists like to take pictures when they come here. They take pictures when they see taxis queuing up at the airport, take pictures when they see the light rail, and take pictures when they see the escalators. It seems to be the same here. What a place to take pictures?” he said, obviously locals never understand tourists.
A classic that will last forever: What’s there to see in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda...
"A place to take pictures?" Gu Lu really couldn't think of anything good to take pictures in this area.
"That's alright, Master, you pull over, it's pretty close anyway. I'll walk over." Gu Lu said, it wasn't raining outside anymore.
It doesn’t necessarily mean that the rain has stopped. The airport and the ferry area are too far apart, and it is very possible that the weather on both sides is different.
My brother immediately agreed. If there are no cars behind, hurry up and you can still turn around and go out.
Scan the QR code to pay.
After Gu Lu got off the car, he walked forward and reached a place where the crowd was concentrated. There were many people holding selfie sticks, and even some internet celebrities were broadcasting live.
(End of this chapter)