Chapter 368 Are you using this to test cadres?
"Why do I feel like most of my trips are in the film and television industry?" Gu Lu rubbed his mountain roots.
It's not that he did it deliberately, to be precise, it was Yao Xiaoju who did it deliberately. Because money is easy to make in the film and television industry, Yao Xiaoju's expenses come from annual income dividends. If you don't make money, you are a fool.
What's more, film and television adaptations can expand the influence of books. It is no exaggeration to say that if Bingguo is broadcast on Neon and China, sales will usher in a quantitative leap. It’s possible for Hollywood movies to be broadcast and top Amazon’s sales list.
Books are like this, time acts as a promoter, and they make more and more money. Except for the first short story collection "Yesterday's Park", all other works have earned at least seven figures. Mr. Holmes's fee, including the film and television adaptation rights, has reached eight figures.
"Is the school scene in the Bingguo anime really the No. 8 Middle School in the Fog City?" Gu Lu felt that it should be a combination of the No. 8 Middle School and the Neon Campus. Because the domestic campus structure is still very different from neon.
It’s hard to believe how lethal the No. 8 Middle School was to the two-dimensional groups after it was broadcast. The number of applicants will definitely soar... In fact, Gu Lu's thinking is still too simple.
When we got to the place and got off the car, the phone rang.
"Hello? I'm at the school gate."
"Now?"
"Nothing wrong, just a little busy."
Why are you here again? Gu Lu hung up the phone. It was Director Zhao from the United Front Department again, waiting in the principal's office. Should I say it or not? As a boss of the United Front Department, are you running to school too often?
Director Zhao, do you want to? He didn't want to either. Who said a student's united front value was so high? The situation in France was still lingering, so the Bear Country approached the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As for the following matter, Director Zhao must have contacted him.
The conversation was similar to last time, but there was one difference. Principal Gong and Vice Principal Ruan temporarily avoided it. The leaders of Peking University have very high rankings. But you can’t listen to everything. Many friends will definitely ask, why do we have to meet at Peking University? Isn't it different to go through the school leaders and contact Gu Lu directly?
Yes, it’s different!
"How is Lao Ruan?" Principal Gong would only call him this when he was in a good mood. Because when you work, you call your job.
"If things continue like this, it is very likely that Gu Lu will become the leader of the Writers Association." Vice President Ruan added, "It is even possible to become a leader in the literary world at the age of fifty."
The leader of the Writers Association may not necessarily be the most powerful writer in the country, but he must be the most upright. Just take a look at Mao Ba Tie.
"Is it just that Mr. Gu Lu is really good at writing this kind of articles? Why do you always turn to him for this kind of thing?" Vice Principal Ruan said.
"In international exchanges, cultural exchanges only play a very weak role." Both President Gong and Lao Ruan know that without good trade exchanges, other countries will not give you any preferential treatment just because you have a strong culture. At best, it can only be the icing on the cake.
"But Lao Ruan, you have to know that if a writer can add icing on the diplomatic cake, that is the limit of a writer." Principal Gong replied, "Lao Ruan, ask Mr. Gu Lu if he is very good at writing such articles? That is for sure, and another On the one hand, it was also the times that chose Mr. Gu Lu.”
Vice Principal Ruan can't call him Lao Gong. On the one hand, it's because of his rank, but on the other hand, it's quite ambiguous.
"Our Chinese Department of Peking University can also provide some help to our students. If the next book is still a popular work, I won't say anything. But if it turns to serious literature..." Vice President Ruan didn't listen at all to Old Gong. What to say, he just wanted to say, "Even if Gu Lu doesn't join any circles, we must ensure that he gets fairness in the award selection."
Literary awards are not fair at all. Why was the Blancpain Utopia Literary Award labeled as getting worse when mentioned earlier? Because an award organized by an unofficial commercial organization can be squeezed into the second tier, it originally relies on the two points of "diversity of works" and "diversity of judges".
Each quarter has a theme such as "Complexity Must Be Defended" and "Start From This Moment". The books that won the finals and first prize when it was first founded can be bought with eyes closed. Even if you don't like the style of the book, the content is worth the price. Therefore, the award can reach the level of T2 and become two new peaks together with the Dream of Red Mansions Award. After the results, the selected works are almost the apprentices of the judges, and three of the five winning works were published by Utopia...
The publishing house’s circle and the jury’s circle are too serious. No one will protect you - no matter how good it is, I will only give you a nomination. Just like the example of The Little Prince, the award-winning work can claim to be "the long-form fairy tale that beats "The Little Prince"..." and uses you as a ladder. Don't think that official awards won't be like this... They are even more blatant, such as the Lu Xun Literary Award for lamb style, four judges winning four awards, canvassing awards, etc. If you are interested, you can search for them yourself. If Mr. Lu Xun knew this, he would probably be furious to death.
"We can do it. This should be what our school should do for students." Principal Gong thought for a long time and responded.
The two walked around the flower bed, taking Gu as the starting point for chatting, and chatted about various things in the school.
In the office, Zhao and Gu's matters regarding the Mao Xiong Country have come to an end.
Gu Lu briefly thought about it. There are three articles about Da Mao in "When Human Stars Shine".
From the quantity of "The Magnificent Moment", "Escape to God" and "The Sealed Train", it can be seen that Zweig prefers Da Mao. They are Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and Lenin.
The last one is definitely impossible. It's not that Gu Lu doesn't respect this GM mentor. The main reason is that the legal system of the Furry Bear Country is the collapse of the Soviet Union, and it has also been written that the National Day of the Furry Bear Nation is the independence of Great Mausoleum. In this case, "Sealed Train" is too inappropriate.
In addition, his eyes suddenly lit up and wouldn't it be interesting to write "Escape to God"?
When most readers look at the shining stars of mankind, they will skip this story about Tolstoy because they cannot understand it. Why? Zweig made a second creation! He is a direct continuation of Tolstoy's posthumous play "Light Shines in the Dark".
It's a bit like Gao E's patchwork and continuation of Dream of Red Mansions. However, "Light Shines in the Dark" is not Tolstoy's pinnacle work, and its level is lower than A Dream of Red Mansions. Zweig's level is higher than that of Gao E. In addition, Zweig admired Tolstoy very much and even wrote a biographical novel. Therefore, the plays he continued to write were recognized by Europe and the United States, and the performance of "Light Shines in the Dark" was also sold out.
A series of thoughts flashed through Gu Lu's mind, and Gu Lu suddenly asked Director Zhao a very strange question.
He asked: "Director Zhao, is there still copyright in Mr. Lu Xun's works?" Huh? What are you talking about, the furry bear country? Why are you jumping so fast?
Director Zhao didn't know either. After searching, he gave Gu Lu a definite answer. Mr. Lu Xun passed away more than fifty years ago and the copyright has entered the public pool.
"Okay, then I have no problem." Gu Lu said.
After one thing was settled, Director Zhao also talked about another thing.
"Regarding "The New Great Wall" and "One Night Genius", our United Front Work Department wants to buy out the copyrights of these two works." The reason why Director Zhao mentioned this last time was to express the invitation to the previous Bear Country as a celebration. Whether you agree or not, it has nothing to do with the buyout.
Buy out the copyright? Gu Lu pretended to be all ears.
"The two articles add up to 29,600, which is about 30,000 when rounded." Director Zhao said, "The foreign affairs department and our department took advantage of Student Gu Lu."
Then Director Zhao handed over something.
A small card, but this thing is worth more than two or three million. Because you can’t get it for three million.
"Invitation Letter from Grand Diplomacy International Think Tank".
What is a think tank? You can often see it in the news. It may be an organization or an individual. Jack Ma was invited by a British Prime Minister to join a British business think tank.
Generally speaking, it is a "think tank", "advisory agency" and "staff".
Gu Lu's teacher, Professor Lu, has joined the think tank experts of the "Overseas Chinese and Cultural Communication Center", which is a semi-official organization.
But in comparison, the Grand Diplomacy International Think Tank is much more important - it is one of China's six core think tanks.
That's really not something that ordinary experts can get in... Gu Lu seems to understand, using two articles in exchange for a compilation!
Other think tanks may not have it, but researchers and experts from the six core think tanks are well established.
Gu Lu didn't know how much the salary was. To be more practical, with this status, as long as it is not a city where talents are abundant such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, other places will be reused by the local area.
Director Zhao looked at Gu Lu. He was also shocked by the price quoted above. The experts and researchers in the Six-Core Think Tank were not over fifty years old, but Gu Lu was under twenty-five... Although he was shocked, he also knew that the country was going to recruit Gu Lu. It is also possible to advance diplomatically and retreat violently to stabilize the country. It is normal to demote talents in an eclectic way.
The end of the universe is weaving. If it was a consultant or something, Gu Lu might refuse. Entering 2019, the prediction buff is almost gone, so it can’t help much. But joining a think tank gives you freedom and you can do your part.
Praise the King of Biography!
Both matters were settled, and Director Zhao left Peking University quite happily.
Gu Lu held the invitation letter. He had quite a lot of tasks at school today. I didn't get home until half past nine in the evening.
Returned in May, and completed "The Devotion of Suspect X" in July, as well as two short celebration articles.
To put it bluntly, the speed is exaggerated.
But if there is enough gap, people will think, "Oh, it must have been written during the gap, and it is just revised now that it is published."
The first step of comeback is completed, the following is the second step, and then continue to submit short stories - to become the most famous short story writer in the country, this goal must be regained.
Currently, I have three short story collections in my possession: "Selected Short Stories of Aimee" by the master of French short stories, and "Intestines", which is very heavy-flavored. The above two were selected earlier. The remaining one was synthesized around 2017, and the author is Charlie Brooker.
Maybe many people are not familiar with him, but most people have heard his famous saying - "Don't talk about talent or luck, what you need is a deadline and someone who will blow your head if you don't deliver it." People, then you will be intimidated by your talent.”
He is also a screenwriter on "Black Mirror."
That's right, what Gu Lu drew was also the novel version of "Black Mirror".
(End of chapter)