Chapter 190 Writers Rich List

"What are you doing?" Li Guyuan patted his dazed classmate.

"Thinking about something." Gu Lu responded.

"Did you bring the things I asked you to bring yesterday?" Li Guyuan asked.

"I brought it." Gu Lu handed over the red notebook.

"OK, I will try my best to contact all the high schools I can during this winter vacation," said Li Guyuan.

"The whole Fog City?" Gu Lu asked, "Do you know how many high schools there are in Fog City?"

"There are 83 schools in total. The subordinate cities and counties should not panic yet," said Li Guyuan. "We only count those in the main urban area, which has ."

"The winter vacation is almost a month long. Apart from the time I will take tutoring classes to improve my chemistry, I still have plenty of time to contact more than 80 schools," said Li Guyuan.

What a niche language, Gu Lu found that he couldn't understand it. Are you speaking human language? Twenty days and more have to be deducted to improve chemistry time, is there enough time?
You have forty-eight hours in a day, right?

"Is there anything I can help you with?" Gu Lu felt that as the president, he should also take care of some things, otherwise he would feel a little embarrassed.

"No need. You have to write a novel. Your "The Little Prince" has sold more than 500,000 copies, right? You may have to go to other cities to hold book signings or something. You should leave more time for it," said Li Guyuan.

Gu Lu discovered that he had the potential to be a hands-off boss. He was the founder of Campus Wall, the president of the publication company, and the consultant of the Model United Nations of No. 8 Middle School. He had three titles but basically did nothing.

He now understands a little bit why many celebrities have so many titles, because they are famous.

Today, in addition to getting my report card, I also have to do some cleaning for the entire school.

Lu Yi arranged the division of labor among the students.

Think about it, with so many people in the class, it doesn't take that many people to do the cleaning. There must be two-thirds of the students slacking off, and some of the remaining one-third are talking loudly and directing their classmates to do things.

Gu Lu was one of those who slacked off because his assigned job was to clean windows.

Do you need three people for just a few windows? There aren't that many rags in the class. Gu Lu thought it was wrong for him to stand alone, so he walked around, pretending to be busy.

It's not that he didn't try hard, for example - Gu Lu's gaze was interrupted by the shouting outside.

"Are you stupid, Flathead? Why are you cleaning? Stop doing it and come out and play." Zeng Jie and the sports committee member Ma Xuanyou shouted outside.

"What? Who will fetch water if I leave?" Lu Ping asked.

Each class has two buckets of water. Although there is a washbasin in the toilet, it is not convenient to get water, so you have to go to the first floor to get water.

Lu Ping was very strong and lifted it up and down several times.

"With so many people involved, no one has mentioned it? That's really a big lie." Zeng Jie said.

"There are many people who can carry a bucket, but I'm the only one with such strength." Lu Ping said as he left the two of them with only his tall back.

"Lü Ping, come over and help me move the water dispenser away. I'll clean the table."

A female voice sounded.

"I'm coming." Lu Ping replied quickly. This feeling of being needed is so good! Zeng Jie and Ma Xuanyou saw that the second idiot was staring at Lu Ping's back. The two of them went downstairs to play. With so many people cleaning, it was not their turn.

Besides Lu Ping, Dou Ke also worked very hard, but Tadpole probably was silently arguing with Lu Ping in his heart.

He thought that Lu Ping must have done this to attract Huang Lu's attention. Dou Ke had several years of experience doing housework at home and could not lose!
So when Lü Ping moved a bucket of water, Dou Ke would carry a bucket. It was very tiring. The bucket shook and the water splashed in the corridor. The ground was wet and many people were soaked. "Tadpole, you are out of breath. Let me carry two buckets." Gu Lu was tired of slacking off and wanted to find something to do.

"No need! Brother Gulu, I'm on vacation. I'm the one who takes care of the dishes, sweeping and mopping the floor at home. I have experience, you know?" Dou Ke spoke in a loud voice, as if he wanted Lu Ping to hear it too.

This is not a matter of experience or not, it all depends on strength.

To be honest, Lu Ping didn't feel Dou Ke's seriousness at all, because he was called the Sakuragi Hanamichi of the basketball club. Another reason was that he had low emotional intelligence and was very sensitive to other people's dissatisfaction.

After finishing the cleaning, Gu Lu said goodbye to his classmates and went home. On the way, he bought the "West China Metropolis Daily". He usually didn't have the habit of reading newspapers.

This time I mainly wanted to see the 2012th Richest Writers List of -

[1. Zheng Yuanjie, native place: Linfen, Shanxi Province
Royalties: 2600 million, Age: 57, Representative Work: "Pipilulu General Mobilization"

2. Li Juzi, native place: Wujin District (Diaozhou) of Jiangsu Province

Royalties: 2150 million, age 37, representative work: "The Prince in the Fairy Tale"

3. Yang Hongying, native place: Chengdu, Sichuan Province
Royalties: 2000 million, Age: 50, Representative Work: "Diary of a Smiling Cat"

4. Wang Fengyou…]
There are thirty people in total, and the threshold for entering the list is about 1.5 million.

"My royalties last year were only around 500,000, which is far from enough to make the list." Gu Lu looked at the list.

To summarize, it is still easy to make money from children. The champion and third place both wrote fairy tales, and the runner-up wrote about the pain of youth mentioned earlier. The main market consumer groups are also junior and senior high school students.

"It's because they haven't published enough books. For example, even if the sales of a single book by Zheng Yuanjie don't exceed 500,000 copies, he wins by the quantity."

Gu Lu wondered if he could have a place on the list in 2013.

The winter vacation officially began. In five days, Katsuhiko Oe translated the manuscript and sent it to Gu Lu.

[Gu Lu's exploration of urban legends in "Flower Rice" and "Owl Man" gave me a lot of writing inspiration. I hope to have a second chance to work with Gu Lu.] An email from Katsuhiko Oe.

Gu Lu thought that if he won the award, then there would definitely be a chance.

It happened to be January, the time when major novel awards accepted manuscripts, so Gu Lu decisively submitted his work.

Half a month has passed, and this week is a bit important for Gu Lu. First, he has to go to Beijing, and second, the new issue of "Science Fiction World" will be released this week, and "Supporting God" will be published in it.

Third, the awards were announced.

"Owl Man", "Moon Song in the White House", and "Flower Bento" were all eliminated without exception!
This made Gu Lu very surprised when he heard the news.

"Teacher Gu, it's very difficult for Chinese works to win awards in Japan. This is normal." Han Zang consoled, "It's not a problem with your writing."

Although Japan's novel and comic awards total more than 200, most of them belong to the four major literary chaebols: Kadokawa, Otowa, Shinchosha, and Hitotsubashi.

The Shogakukan and Shueisha that are often heard of in China are both members of the Hitotsubashi Group.

The Kawabata Yasunari Award, the Mishima Yukio Award, the Neon Fantasy Novel Award, etc. are all from Shinchosha, even the R18 Literary Award.

Therefore, Gu Lu was still a little naive. Many of Japan’s awards were valuable, but the prerequisite was to enter other people’s “fields”.

As luck would have it, Junji Ito's manga "The Human Chair" won an award!
(End of this chapter)

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