Chapter 221 Coming from Not Far Away
Chapter 221 Coming from afar
"Can you hurry up? How can you be so slow just going out to eat?"
"It's not normal for boys to love beauty so much."
The one being urged was Xiao Yang. He was even slower than Gu's mother and Gu Jiayu in going out for a meal.
Father Xiao drove the car and the family went out for a big dinner.
It was lively, but to Gu Lu, the liveliness belonged to someone else.
"Gu Lu... doesn't he use QQ anymore?" Gu's mother suddenly asked in the car.
Ah? Gu Jiayu had already imagined a big drama in her mind, and she immediately said, "That's right, my brother hasn't been on QQ much recently, and I can't contact him. I heard that he seems to be busy with urgent matters."
If President Jian hadn't suddenly canceled many book signing events, Gu Lu would be quite busy right now.
"I know, I know. It's the release of a new book. Several new books have been released." Xiao Yang is well-informed.
"Oh." Mother Gu responded. She originally wanted to ask Gu Jiayu to help contact Gu Lu, but she didn't expect that Gu Jiayu couldn't get in touch with him either. So she had to find time to call him.
Why did she suddenly mention Gu Lu? Because Gu's mother worked at Bishan Hot Spring Hotel and happened to receive a call for the city's drama theater's group celebration.
The actors in the drama theater are all good-looking and have nice voices.
"Have you bought Teacher Gu's new work?" "Teacher Gu? Gu Lu? Haha, why would a student call him teacher?" "The wise are the teachers, of course they are teachers. Besides, I heard from the group leader that Teacher Gu was one of the judges during the audition for the play The Little Prince." "Gu Lu is a typical child from other people's families. It's hard to believe how happy his parents are. Why don't you hold the microphone and promote him everywhere every day?"...
Thursday passes and Friday comes, just like there is always a rainbow after the storm, it is an eternal and unchanging law of nature.
Almost a week had passed, and Gu Lu couldn't help but say, "Panda, what happened to CC? She doesn't seem very happy."
"It's like this, she has been eating very little recently." Wei Jiao and Qi Caiwei lived in the same dormitory, and once she heard Qi Caiwei crying.
The crying was very soft.
Because students living in the dormitory are not qualified to cry loudly because they will disturb their roommates.
Of course, it doesn’t matter if you don’t care, but unfortunately, with Qi Caiwei’s personality, it is impossible for her not to care.
Even her best friend Wei Jiao didn't know? Gu Lu felt that this matter was more serious than he thought.
Gu Lu still didn't figure it out until after school on Friday.
Why not just ask the person involved...it would be embarrassing to ask them directly if they don't want to talk about it?
Oh, by the way, if you don't want to tell you, why bother so much? Gu Lu thought.
But with the passage of time, sales will reveal the answer.
Yesterday's Park: 11 copies
Mr. Holmes: 21 copies
"Hyouka" 14 copies
Good news: A total of 46 copies were sold in the first month, which is a gratifying result.
Bad news: The three publishing houses have completely broken up, and the original sales method of three books in a set has also come to an end.
In addition, the previous publicity has also disappeared.
The three families began to show their unique skills.
Whether in terms of publicity or communication.
Let’s talk about the former first——
"It has been a long time since I cherished a book so much. I read it slowly, word by word, and wrote a review after finishing each chapter. I couldn't bear to read too fast. - Praised by writers such as Zhou Haohui, Cai Jun, Mao Sanning, and Bian Long." Xinxing Publishing House has brought in many famous writers to support it.
New Youth Publishing House also began, "It is not easy to write a good novel, and it is even more difficult to write a good short story. From food, clothing, housing and transportation to death, "Yesterday's Park" is full of Gu Lu's talent." Finally, President Jian's publishing house used powerful magazines for publicity, just like the short video matrix in the Douyin era.
"Want to know what school the genius writer Gu Lu attended?" "The Little Prince is adapted from Gu Lu's personal experience" "Gu Lu's learning method" and so on.
President Jian was very disgusted with the celebrity status of the author, but he could only do so out of responsibility for the publishing house and the position he sat in. It was obvious that Bingguo was selling purely on Gu Lu's fame.
As for the latter, both Xinxing and Xinqingnian publishing houses hope to sign a publishing contract for the new book, and it would be best if they could take advantage of the popularity to produce two or three more books.
Yu Xinyao’s criticism actually also included the editors of Xinxing and Xinqingnian, but no one cared. President Jian cared because he loves talent, so he felt ashamed. But those who don’t love talent don’t feel anything at all.
It is even said that Shimo Mei, vice president of Xinxing Publishing House, hopes that Yu Xinyao's criticism will be more severe, because that will help the books sell better.
I have to say that people with consciences affect the sales of publishing houses...
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday again.
This Wednesday, my deskmate didn't come to school all day. When they heard Teacher Gao say that Qi Caiwei took a day off every Wednesday, Gu Lu and Wei Jiao roughly knew what was going on.
During this club activity day, the principal's office was also quite busy because a group of people came to the office.
"Welcome, welcome!" Principal Chang stood up and shook hands with the foreign friends.
"Hello, Principal Chang. We have come here specially to visit Gu Lusang to express our publishing house's sincerity," said Editor-in-Chief Sato.
All communication between the two sides relied on translators brought by the Japanese side. After all, no one on the school staff, including Principal Chang, could speak Japanese.
After a difficult communication, I gave a brief introduction to the three middle-aged men in front of me.
Editor-in-chief Sato of MM magazine, deputy editor-in-chief Yukou of Shodensha, and Fujimaki Tadatoshi.
"Mr. Sato, are you saying that you came here specifically to sign Gu Lu's novel?" Teacher Chang knew that Gu Lu's works were spread overseas. After all, he had specially approved a special bonus for him.
However, Mr. Chang never thought that Gu Lu’s influence in Neon was so great that he would come from afar.
"Yes, Gu Sang's works are very popular in our Neighborhood. Neighborhood readers are very enthusiastic and hope to read Gu Sang's long novels immediately." The translator translated the words of Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yukou.
But the translators were actually cursing in their hearts. Japanese readers really wanted to read the novels of Chinese writer Gu Lu, but don’t you know what readers want to read? Is it really a good idea to bring back a fairy tale?
Then, Chief Editor Sato briefly talked about the achievements of Gu Lu’s works published in Neon.
First, "Owl Man" and "Flower and Grass Bento" were both voted as the best of this issue, and secondly, "Yesterday's Park" received the highest score in the magazine's reader feedback vote in the past seven years.
"No wonder." Principal Chang understood, "Who is this gentleman?"
Principal Chang noticed that among the four people in Neon's group, each with an interpreter, there was one man who remained silent.
"He is a portrait painter specially hired for Mr. Gu." Editor-in-Chief Sato responded immediately after hearing the translator's words.
Ask a cartoonist to draw a portrait? I have little education, so don't lie to me. Both Principal Chang and Director Hu showed this expression.
You said Fujimaki Tadatoshi, a good cartoonist. His "Kuroko's Basketball" was adapted into an animation last year and aired on Mainichi Broadcasting System. He is quite famous. Why did he come to China with the magazine?
Firstly, the magazine gave a little too much, and secondly, MM magazine and Shodensha, which wanted to publish "The Little Prince", both belong to the Hitotsubashi Group, and Shueisha, where Fujimaki Tadaoshi's comics were serialized, is also a Hitotsubashi company.
"Excuse me, can I visit Mr. Gu now?" Sato asked.
Director Hu quickly came on stage to explain that today was a club activity day or something.
"Oh? Then Gu Sang must be an outstanding member waving the flag of the literature club." Vice President Yukou said.
"...No, Gu Lu is a member of the basketball club." Director Hu explained that the publication company had not yet recruited anyone, so naturally he couldn't bring it up.
(End of this chapter)