Chapter 209 Zhang Yudong: We are close friends

Chapter 209 Zhang Yudong: We are close friends

Chapter 209 Zhang Yudong: We are close friends

"It's a pity that the rural teacher and Shi Yun are not in this issue, otherwise March 1st would be a good day, suitable for breeding, shaving hair, building houses, attending school, and making money." Gu Lu was buying insoles at a street stall yesterday, and the stall owner recommended a traditional calendar, which can show the auspicious days for each day.

"A Planet Ruled by Rats"? Gu Lu saw the cover of the Sui Yue Mystery Magazine, which strongly promoted this book. There seemed to be a documentary that said the planet was ruled by cockroaches.

After taking a few glances, Gu Lu lost interest because it wasn't good, but after all, he had spent money on it, so he forced himself to finish watching it.

Gu Lu hasn't read many popular science novels, but he has read more popular science works, such as "Those Weird and Worrying Questions" and "Parasite Planet".

The difference between the two is that popular science novels must have a coherent "plot". The only ones I have some impression of are "Flatland" and "The Ant Empire Trilogy". The latter accounts for too much of the novel and too little of the popular science.

Wait! "Flatland"! An idea suddenly occurred to Gu Lu.

"Do you want to give it a try? It's not that much trouble anyway. If it works, you can get the Flatland and make a permanent name in the field of popular science novels!" Gu Lu has always been very proactive about plagiarism.

Perhaps most readers have no impression of this book, but it is a benchmark in the field of popular science works.

But he hesitated at the moment when he was about to call Zhang Yudong. Gu Lu thought about how he had celebrated his birthday in advance before and didn't invite Zhang. Isn't it not good to invite people forward when needed and ignore them when not needed?
But among all the people Gu Lu knew, only Zhang Yudong had this trait the strongest...

What was Zhang Yudong doing? He was playing football. Although there were only 10 people, the 5v5 game was quite unprofessional and intense.

During the half-time break, Zhang Yudong was sweating profusely and sat in the rest area with his teammates.

"You've really caused me so much trouble! You've made me so tired." Zhuo Feng panted.

"Speak nicely. What do you mean by "I'm tiring you"? " Zhang Yudong was a little better, but his bangs, which he was so proud of, also became clumpy.

Zhuo Feng complained, "If you hadn't dragged me along, I should be playing games at home now instead of sweating all over."

"Is it fun to play with your carrot every day?" Zhang Yudong took a sip of water and then picked up his phone.

Missed call?

Brother Gulu!
Zhang Yudong coughed twice, and when he didn't attract his friends' attention, he raised his voice and said, "I have a call, please stop making noise."

Boys of this age love to be "cheap" the most. No quarrel? Zhuo Feng paid attention to it and waited for an opportunity to act.

I saw Zhuo was almost sticking to Zhang Yudong. If it were any other time, Zhang would definitely push him away, because two sweating people leaning against each other would only make it hotter.

Calling back, Zhang Yudong secretly pressed the side volume button with his finger and turned the volume to maximum.

The call was connected, and Zhang Yudong couldn't wait to say, "Brother Gulu, if there is something you want to talk to me about, why can't you just tell me directly? We are so familiar with each other, why do you have to make a phone call?"

The person on the other end of the phone said, "Brother Dong, do you have time to have dinner together this week?"

"Eat, it's OK as long as I have a day off." Zhang Yudong responded, and then added, "If it's really urgent, I can ask for leave. Our school is very easy to ask for leave."

"No, no, no, that's not necessary. Let's have a meal together when we have time. Tell me what you like to eat so I can find a table based on your preferences."

Am I such a big shot? Zhang Yudong himself was puzzled. He coughed twice and said, "Brother Gulu, I am not picky about food. You see, our melon hotpot, Ba hotpot, or Commander hotpot are all fine."

"...Okay, I'll arrange it."

"No problem, just send me the time when the time comes."

Zhang Yudong and Gu Lu ended their conversation and hung up the phone.

"Octopus, this Brother Gulu, could it be that Gu Lu?!" Zhuo Feng's eyes widened. He didn't make a single strange sound during the call just now because he was so shocked in his heart!
That was Gu Lu! Gu Lu who was always on TV and in the newspapers. Even though he was the same age as Zhuo Feng, he felt that they were from two different worlds, with a huge gap between them.

This feeling is similar to... when ordinary students see child stars. Although they are the same age, they don’t think they are the same kind of people as themselves.

"What else do you think? I've said that Brother Gulu and I are close buddies!" Zhang Yudong spoke in a firm tone.

Zhuo Feng didn't really believe it before, but now... he completely believed it. Gu Lu called and took the initiative to invite him to dinner, and even ordered according to the taste of the octopus. What's the connection? !

"Ahem...Brother Dong, can you please call me over for dinner?" Zhuo Feng said.

"What do I ask you to do? You're not the right person to bring guests." Zhang Yudong said.

"I won't eat. I'll just leave after seeing him once." Zhuo Feng said, "I mainly want to see the boss."

"What big boss? Gu Lu is just like an ordinary person, with two eyes and a mouth. He looks about the same as me." Zhang Yudong was really polite. After all, he considered himself the school idol.

"How can he be like an ordinary person? He published a book and appeared on TV at the age of 16. When he is 26, he will win the Nobel Prize in Literature!" Zhuo Feng said, "I would definitely like to meet such a big shot!"

Zhuo Feng's words indirectly reflected that in the eyes of ordinary students, Gu Lu was no different from the child star on TV.

Time passed quickly with the sound of the pen tip rubbing against the paper. Gu Lu finished writing all thirteen chapters of "New Interpretations of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" that he had drawn and saved them for the time being.

After all, the manuscript review process for People’s Literature takes at least two months, and at most a little over a month.

This weekend, Gu Lu was basically not at home for two days, as he was busy shooting promotional videos outside.

There is also another good news. MM magazine tasted the sweetness and sent someone to contact us, wanting to translate "The Little Prince" and then publish it in Japan.

"... Let me think, in Neon, I copied Edogawa Ranpo and Akakawa Minato. The former is heavy-tasting, and the latter is supernatural and fantasy. Anyway, they are both adult-oriented. Then what about The Little Prince?" Gu Lu thought about it, how could he not agree.

Currently, Gu Lu is negotiating the price with MM magazine.

Another week has passed.

Friday, it’s a good day to go out——

As soon as King Gollum walked into the classroom, he was surrounded by his classmates, and there was a lot of chatter.

But there were too many questions and some of them were hard to hear, so I could only choose one person's voice to listen to.

"To publish three books at once, there must be some special writing skills!"

"Brother, is there a possibility? I said it's possible. There are two books that I have serialized in magazines before."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"It's possible. One of them has long been serialized in "Years of Reasoning", and you have all seen it. The other is a collection of short stories I wrote, and only two of the stories in it are new."

The above dialogue comes from the conversation between Li Guyuan and Gu Lu.

As everyone knows, Li Guyuan writes very slowly, sometimes it takes him one or two months to finish an article.

Seeing Li Guyuan's eyes shining with curiosity, Gu Lu quickly explained it clearly.

(End of this chapter)