Chapter 356 Source of Attractions
"You can take a group photo here. Babies, this angle is the most suitable." The female internet celebrity didn't know whether she was live broadcasting or recording a video.
The conversation of another young couple next to him reached Gu Lu's ears.
“It would be better not to come if I had known earlier.” The girl said.
“It’s here.” The boy sighed.
"It's quite a long way from Jiefangbei." The girl muttered her dissatisfaction with the scenic spot.
There are many similar dissatisfactions. The summary is that it is not worth a special trip.
When Gu Lu heard this, many things flashed through his mind.
Eling No. 2 Cultural and Creative Park, Graffiti Street, Baixiangju, Xiahao Old Street, etc., all have certain official attributes. It shouldn't have such a large flow of traffic. Having said that, as a Wudu native, Gu Lu knew that the names mentioned were a bit special. But there are no special buildings in the ferry area.
Seeing every opportunity in the crowd, Gu Lu walked to the front and solved his doubt——
Taking a photo with a large balloon.
How big is it?
Ten people holding hands and forming a circle cannot form a circle.
The shape of the big balloon is specifically two parts, a planet and a tree sewn together. Hang it on the roof and float with the wind... It can't float. It's too big, even a balloon, and can't be shaken by ordinary cool, autumn, or cold winds.
"It looks familiar..." Gu Lu thought of a ridiculous possibility in his mind.
"Young man, can you take a picture for me?" Xiao Hui, who was in her mid-twenties, found someone who hadn't taken a picture.
Don't say anything else, just relying on this sentence "Beautiful Boy", Gu Lu also has to help. He nodded, took the phone and prepared to take pictures.
Xiao Hui also made a request, that the balloons at the back and her upper body should be placed as much as possible. After saying that, he put on the classic "yeah" pose.
I don’t know where this habit comes from. Anyone who has not received more professional photography training, regardless of gender, will have a subconscious reaction of scissors.
"What do you think?" Gu Lu found an angle. Although he had not studied the composition, the straight-line distance between his current position and the special-shaped balloon was about forty or fifty meters, which made it easier to film.
"Okay, okay, pretty boy, you took the picture really well." Xiaohui gave a thumbs up, and then took out a certain red book, "Plane B375 successfully checked in."
According to the guide of a certain red book, the next step is to go to the front , buy a bouquet of roses.
"Is this the little prince's check-in place?" Gu Lu asked.
“Of course, you don’t know?” Xiao Hui is outgoing and very eager to share, “The building over there is the building with the big balloon hanging on it, and that location is where Gu Lu studied in junior high school. "
"The prototype of Planet B375 is Class 5 of No. 37 Middle School. There are many hints in it, such as the flower bed in No. 37 Middle School is full of roses and the sandpit in the school is yellow. "Sha. There are many star patterns on the outer wall of the teaching building," Xiaohui said, "It should be said that this scenic spot is a bit awkward, because it is a school and you can only take pictures outside."
Good guy, how come Gu Lu, the person involved, doesn’t know that he studied in that building? No. 37 Middle School is divided into junior high school and high school. When Gu Lu was studying in that building, he had never been to the high school.
I don’t know why No. 37 Middle School swapped the positions of the high school and junior high schools in 2015. After the exchange, the location of Class 5 was directly used as the classroom where Gu Lu studied.
“You are not traveling specifically to open this scenic spot, are you?” Gu Lu asked.
“No, I came mainly for Hongya Cave. But I’ve come here and checked in on the way.” Xiaohui commented, “The only thing that makes me more satisfied is that as long as you send a message to Moments and If you follow Red Book or Douyin, you can get your own rose for free.”
If this is the case, this should be an official check-in attraction created by Fog City. Although a rose is not expensive, the daily consumption is still a large sum of money. What's more important is... No. 37 Middle School doesn't need to do this at all!
"It is indeed like the official work of Fog City, which has started the involution of Mei Ke. During the holidays, I send text messages to locals to tell them not to go out. In order to facilitate tourists to take photos, they even book sections of the road so that tourists can take enough photos." Gu Lu thought to himself. With. To be honest, in terms of the tourism resources of the foggy city, it can actually suppress cities such as Dian Province, Qiong Province, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The number of tourists has always been in the top three, it is really six. They are also taking advantage of the trend of short videos.
While Lu was looking at him, Xiao Hui, who called him handsome, had already run to the small pavilion in front to receive roses. The small pavilion is in the shape of a tree, and the staff said it was a "baobab tree". But the prototype of the building neither looks like the baobab tree in the book, nor does it look like the baobab tree that grows in Africa in real life. Just... I can only say that the official has its own rhythm.
Gu Lu took a photo casually, posted it on WeChat Moments, and went to get one as well. I feel that the gift of roses is not more expensive than the flower itself, but rather the exquisite flower pot, which is orange-red and has the words "Maybe there are five thousand flowers exactly like you in the world, but you are my unique rose" engraved on it. .”
The cost of this small flowerpot is at least two and a half yuan.
"Okay, okay." Gu Lu originally just wanted to see Teacher Li and had no intention of returning to No. 37 Middle School. But now I really want to see it.
Came quietly and left quietly. Gu Lu walked towards the gate of the junior high school of No. 37 Middle School. To roughly describe the terrain on which this school is built, it is a "convex" shape. Certainly, the heights on the left and right sides are not so symmetrical, and the highest point in the middle is where the teaching building with the big balloon is located.
The current junior high school is on the left, and the teaching building is built according to the terrain, so walking into the teaching building from the ground may be on the first or third floor. On the outside is the dormitory building. The place where Fan Xiaotian ran to take a look at the girl he was interested in is in the other direction. The teaching buildings of junior high school and high school have been exchanged, so the dormitory buildings must have also been changed.
Gu Lu walked along the school wall and crossed the street where Xiao Xitian was located. It used to be a street of fragrant wax paper candles. Nowadays, because of the high consumption power of high school students, it has also become a snack street.
He casually sent a WeChat message to Guo Dafa: [Brother Guo, do you know about the little prince B375 planet check-in in Dukou District? ]
Within a minute, there was a reply: [Of course I know, offline check-in points are important locations for our peripheral sales. Teacher Da Gu is in Fog City? Is the foot traffic high? ]
Peripheral sales? Gu Lu looked around and found a Little Prince flagship store on the right front (there was also a small area selling products related to Gu Lu's other works). Gu Lu knew that he had three peripheral flagship stores, located in Sijiu City, Magic City and Fog City. The original part of Fog City is here.
In other cities, we are cooperating with chain bookstores such as Sisyphus Bookstore and Sanlian Bookstore.
[Gu Lu: The flow of people is very large. Although many tourists complain about this check-in point, they come here and 60% of tourists choose to go to offline stores. Guo Dafa: Fog City has unique advantages! Sijiucheng and Magic City do not have this condition. ]
Yao Xiaoju likes to call him Brother Xiao Gu, while Guo Dafa calls him "Teacher Da Gu", which is an inexplicable correspondence.
A few hundred meters away we arrived at the school gate,
"Hello, uncle, I am a graduate of this school and come to see the teacher. Can I come in?" Gu Lu asked.
Uncle Bai at the security booth looked Gu Lu up and down. There have been too many tourists trying to sneak into the school in the past two years, so how could he just let people in like this.
"What's your teacher's name?"
"Teacher Li - Teacher Li Riyao." Gu Lu said.
"Oh, wait." Uncle Bai called Teacher Li from the security booth's landline.
After briefly explaining the situation, the uncle asked, "What is your name?"
"Gu Lu."
"What? Are you Gu Lu?" Uncle Bai did not send a message. , he himself was surprised, his eyes widened.
Uncle Bai, who is in his fifties and sixties, naturally no longer reads novels. In his mind, who is Gu Lu?
Sun Tzu's eternal enemy!
Why? No matter how good his grandson's grades are, his daughter and son-in-law will only say: "You can't be complacent about these grades. They are far worse than Gu Lu."
Uncle Bai doesn't like this kind of education very much. This is a typical way to suppress children's self-confidence. Once, Uncle Bai got angry and said to his daughter, "You want your child to learn from Gu Lu, then why don't you learn from Gu Lu's parents? Are you comparable to others?"
The daughter and son-in-law had nothing to say. explain.
Gu Lu’s life experience is relatively clear to the academic community. Professor Chen's paper formed a complete chain of evidence, and the students who followed him also knew it. It’s just that it has not yet formed a big public opinion explosion point, just like the prediction in Gu Lu’s Bilibili video has been there for many years, and it became popular because of certain opportunities.
"Oh, okay, okay." Uncle Bai informed Teacher Li of his identity, and then said, "Are you really Gu Lu, a writer who came out of our school?"
"Wait a moment, Director Li Riyao is not here. Class, come right away." Uncle Bai said, "I'm tired of standing. Do you want to come in and sit down for a while?"
"No, no, it's good for young people to stand more." Gu Lu said.
A few minutes later, I saw Teacher Li trotting out.
My eyesight is very good and I can see clearly from more than 20 meters away. Teacher Li identified the person coming.
With a hearty laugh, Teacher Li said, "Come back to your alma mater to visit?"
In the past few years, Gu Lu has also come to see the teacher, but he always goes directly to his home. This is my first time coming to school.
The laughter made Gu Lu inexplicably feel at ease. No matter how many times he heard it, he would always think of the time in Chengdu when Teacher Li learned that his article had been published for the first time and he had earned royalties. He also laughed happily.
"I want to eat hot pot. I saw the balloons on the roof, so I wanted to take a look." The first half of the sentence was said by Gu Lu unconsciously.
"Okay, the teacher will treat you to hot pot tonight." Teacher Li responded, "The big balloon was hung by the ferry official. It seems that the material is quite expensive."
The two were walking and chatting, and when they passed by the flower bed, Teacher Li pointed at them and said, "They are all roses. During the summer and winter vacations, the school allows tourists to come in by appointment."
It's amazing, Gu Lu made an appointment. The school tour seems to be to see the cherry blossoms at Wuhan University. Looking at the atmosphere, it actually feels average.
"It's good. The cultural and tourism department has allocated a sum of money to renovate our school. There are also special funds for maintenance and repair every year." Speaking of this, Teacher Li smiled, "Our No. 37 Middle School should It is the only school that can receive funding from the culture and tourism department. "
It is true that most of the time the school is connected to the education department. Even the Wuhan University that Gu Lu was thinking about has never heard of funding from the culture and tourism department. of.
No. 37 Middle School is indeed much more beautiful than when Gu Lu studied there before. The tiles on the exterior wall of the teaching building are like paintings. The content of the painting is basically copied from the illustrations of "The Little Prince".
"It should be regarded as leaving a spiritual legacy for the junior high school, bah - I was also led into a ditch." Gu Lu thought to himself, this must be considered a substantial benefit for the No. 37 Middle School.
Walking to the office, Teacher Li already has a separate office. That's right, Teacher Li has been promoted to the position of dean, and has also been nominated to serve as the vice principal of the junior high school. I just failed because of my age.
Most teaching directors no longer need to be teachers, but Teacher Li requested to remain on the front line as the head teacher of the third and fifth classes.
I met many teachers along the way. Teacher Li was very proud to introduce the young people around him to them.
"Gu Lu, come back and see the school and me." He pretended to be low-key, but the pride in his words could not hide it no matter what.
"That Gu Lu?"
"Of course, is it possible that there are a few Gu Lu coming out of our school?"
The above conversation was repeated several times. Teacher Li didn't find it troublesome at all.
(End of this chapter)