Chapter 108: How Happy I Am
Chapter 108: How Happy I Am
"Finally got it." Editor-in-Chief Dong breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, Editor-in-Chief Dong's behavior was instigated by the responsible editor Xiao Xue.
"The previous style of the magazine was set by the last person in office. Didn't you, the editor-in-chief, commit to reform after taking over? Why don't you give it a try?"
Xiao Xue said that especially when holding group meetings using QQ video, those little words popped out, which made Editor-in-Chief Dong make up his mind.
Director Hu picked up Gu Lu and sent him back to the classroom. Principal Chang, President Wang, and Editor-in-Chief Dong stayed to talk about something, even though that was Director Hu's office.
"You don't have to send me off. Teacher Hu is busy too." Gu Lu said, "I'm very familiar with this school."
"You really opened my eyes today." Teacher Hu said, "Student Gu Lu, we teach students in accordance with their aptitude at No. 8 Middle School. Some students can more easily develop their specialties by studying at home, so I will wait for student Gu Lu during the morning and evening self-study sessions."
It was about exchanging for privileges, so Gu Lu naturally always remembered it.
"Teacher Hu, can I bring my cell phone?" Gu Lu asked, "Many times, the editor would call me, and it would be very inconvenient without a cell phone."
"Bring a cell phone—" Teacher Hu was silent for a few seconds, and finally shook his head, "No, bringing a cell phone will affect your studies. And it will easily lead to classmates following suit."
"Even if the teachers of each class repeatedly warn us, there will still be students who turn off the sound and secretly carry things. There is really no way to prohibit it. The head teacher cannot check the students' backpacks. We at No. 8 Middle School must protect the privacy of our students." Teacher Hu sighed, "So for Gu Lu's special situation, I can't do anything for the time being."
Yes, allowing a student to bring a mobile phone is problematic.
However, although Director Hu said that there was no solution, he had actually made the solution clear in his words. He is worthy of being the director of the Admissions Office.
Overall, Gu Lu returned to Class 10 in a happy mood and was taking a political class.
Teachers of various subjects were busy discussing the monthly exam papers. Gu Lu's science performance completely failed, but due to his uniqueness, he was not criticized by the mathematics, physics and chemistry teachers.
On the contrary——
"Gulu, why are you so bad at history, politics and geography?" Li Guyuan asked.
“It’s not too bad, I got more than 80 points.” With a full score of 100, Gu Lu felt that he was in the upper-middle level.
After traveling to a parallel world, Gu Lu always takes the initiative to learn about this world, for he is afraid that he does not understand the flapping of the butterfly's wings well enough.
"Not bad? For science, forget about it, but for liberal arts...the twin stars of our class 10, if they don't get points, they will be failures!" Li Guyuan said firmly.
"Next time I will..."
Li Guyuan interrupted Gu Lu's response and said, "Don't do it next time. Just this once. Come to my shop on Saturday and I'll give you tutoring."
Li Guyuan ranked among the top in the class in history, politics, and geography, so he is definitely qualified to say this since he is here to help with tutoring.
"Don't bother. I can teach myself."
If he had to memorize the books before traveling through time, and he had to memorize the books again after traveling through time, wouldn't it be a waste of time? Gu Lu wanted to lie down.
"No!" Li Guyuan was very firm. "For a writer, it's okay to be bad at science, but you have to be good at liberal arts, because writing requires knowledge in this area. If you make a mistake, it will be a joke."
"Gulu, tutoring must be arranged. No matter what I say, it's useless no matter who persuades you," said Li Guyuan.
It has to be said that Gu Lu was convinced that literary education is indeed closely related to history and politics.
He is serious about copying. Although Gu Lu tries to keep the original text as much as possible, he will also modify the details.
"And didn't you say last time that you liked the food my parents cooked?" Li Guyuan added, "I asked them to cook more this time."
"Will it be too much trouble for uncle and aunt?" Gu Lu asked. "What's the trouble? My mother likes you very much. She said you are much more sensible than me and you are polite. You must have suffered a lot." Li Guyuan said, "Tell me to invite you to my house when I have nothing to do."
"..." Tang Yuan said casually, leaving Gu Lu speechless. "Auntie is really nice."
Indeed, when one is a child and the family environment is bad, two extremes will be formed: one is very sensible and takes charge of the family early, and the other is extremely sensitive and domineering.
Both the original body and Gu Lu himself are the former.
In his previous life, Gu Lu grew up to be a writer. After he became financially independent, he still couldn't get out of the shadow. He felt that he didn't deserve good things, and he felt guilty when he bought expensive clothes.
This is also why Gu Lu had to confront his father face to face, because he was doing something he would not dare to do in his previous life.
"What's good about her? She is the boss of the family. My father and I are afraid of her. She can be very fierce when she gets angry," said Li Guyuan.
"Marry a woman from Sichuan or Chongqing, and you will have an unlucky life." Hearing this, Gu Lu remembered a saying on the Internet.
In short, the tutorial group of Parker Grocery Store was established.
"Listen to the question. Qin Shi Huang established the position of Taiwei in the central government, but it was just a nominal position and no one was appointed to the position. What was the main purpose of his doing this?"
"There are four options. First, the emperor controls the national affairs and strengthens the centralization of power. Second, the emperor directly controls the national army to make power more centralized." Li Guyuan looked at Gu Lu, "Third, there is a lack of outstanding people who can be entrusted with this task. Fourth, the Qin Dynasty died short-lived and no one was appointed."
"select--"
"Don't choose yet. Do you still remember the method I summarized?" Li Guyuan interrupted and pushed his glasses.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but I always feel that the lenses are reflecting light.
"Unless you directly ask the reasons for the dynasty's decline, the answer will not be the dynasty's shortcomings," said Gu Lu.
"That's right, because the shortcomings of the dynasty were summarized from the perspective of our later generations, and there were limitations of the times at that time." Li Guyuan said, "So the third and fourth are directly removed, leaving only two answers."
After one or two hours of tutoring, Gu Lu discovered that Li Guyuan was really good at summarizing. Just like one of the methods of summary just now, it must be summarized by an experienced history teacher.
During the break of tutoring, Gu Lu was drinking a beverage. He was really eating and drinking for free at his classmate Li Guyuan's place, and he also got free tutoring.
Gu Lu felt a little embarrassed.
"Hmm?" Gu Lu accidentally glanced at a stack of papers half covered by a folder.
There are more than twenty pages in total. If it were ordinary paper, it would not be thick enough to be called a "stack", but these A4 papers were first crumpled into a ball and then spread out.
Every piece of paper has wrinkles, which means it is thick. And there are dense handwritings on the paper?
Could it be a love letter to Qi Caiwei? Gu Lu thought.
It is not nice to tamper with other people's things, so even though his curiosity was aroused, he still turned his head away.
When Li Guyuan returned from the shelf to find something for the customer, Gu Lu asked, "What is this glutinous rice ball?"
"Oh, it's a waste manuscript for submission to a magazine." Li Guyuan answered casually, then covered it completely with a folder.
But the paper is wrinkled, so the folder is a little warped, but it still attracts attention.
"Submission failed?" Gu Lu asked.
Li Guyuan said: "Not really, I just felt it wasn't well written, so I didn't submit it."
(End of this chapter)