Chapter 231: All Strange

Chapter 231: All Strange

Chapter 231: All Strange

“Hua Tiancai is very powerful, but Gu Lu and Guan Xiaohe are from two different fields and cannot be compared.

If we must compare, we can only look at their achievements. Guan Xiaohe is the founder of traditional Japanese mathematics and also the pioneer of Guanliu. He is beyond the scope of genius.

Gu Lu is just an ordinary genius. As a writer, he has not yet shown the potential to become a literary giant, and his thoughts are not strong.

To sum up, Guan Xiaohe is strong! And he is not a genius of the same level. "

"Comparing Gu Lu and Guan Xiaohe, this is already a victory for our publicity." Editor-in-Chief Sato silently recited the high praises on the Yahoo forum, and then said proudly to Vice President Yukou.

After all, it was he who came up with the joint publicity plan.

The two of them drank tea and ate Japanese sweets.

"Do you have confidence in Hua Xia Tiancai?" Yukou suddenly asked in a more serious tone.

Editor-in-Chief Sato sensed something unusual when asked this question, so he replied, "Did President Yukou hear any news?"

"Kadokawa also wants to produce a talented writer," Yukou replied.

As mentioned before, Japan's literary and artistic industry is basically monopolized by four giants, and Kadokawa and Hitotsubashi are sworn enemies.

"Who?" Editor-in-Chief Sato asked immediately.

"Katsutane Maru," Yukou said a familiar name.

"The student who started writing novels in junior high school?" Editor-in-Chief Sato said with a relaxed tone, "Eighty percent of Katsudane Maru's fame is due to the publisher's exaggeration, but Gu Lu is different. Eighty percent of his fame is due to his own strength."

"Junji Ito and Natsuhiko Kyogoku are horror cartoonists and urban legend writers. No one is paying them for publicity, right?" Editor-in-Chief Sato said. "President Yukou, please don't worry."

After hearing what the other party said, President Yukou felt more confident. Yes, in this battle between a prodigy and a genius, it all depends on the work.

"President Yukou, who is the translator you hired for "The Little Prince"? " Editor-in-Chief Sato suddenly asked with a smile.

"Kadono Eiko, a graduate of Waseda University," Vice President Yukou knew why the other party suddenly asked this question, so he said, "She is good at translating fairy tales. The Andersen fairy tales published in 09 were translated by her. She can speak English, Chinese and Portuguese, and this is her only skill. I don't think it is possible that Kadono Eiko made her debut just because she served as Gu Lu's translator."

Knowing three foreign languages, including Chinese, one of the most difficult languages ​​in the world, is called "a little skill"?
However, the low status of women in the Japanese workplace made Editor-in-Chief Sato nod and deeply agree, "The myth created by Gu Lusang will be broken."

The two of them drank tea and chatted. They didn't eat or drink much sweets or tea, but they basically talked about everything they needed to talk about.

The Gu Lu craze is not all good, the only bad thing is... There is a small dispute among the fans of the "Kuroko's Basketball" comic, because Gu Lu's special ability is a bit similar to the popular character Akashi Seijuro, which makes the fans very unhappy.

Who is more powerful in the comics, Akashi Seijuro or Gu Lu? They had a big fight.

I won’t go into the details of the dispute, because currently Sohu, Youku and other websites are actively introducing the "Kuroko's Basketball" anime.

There will be a lot of noise when it is introduced into the country.

In China, Gu Lu finished writing "Who Moved My Cheese", a novel of tens of thousands of words, after a week of hard work.

I sent it to President Jian last night.

The whole morning was filled with classes that Gu Lu was not good at, so he felt a little groggy. He decided to do something interesting to clear his mind.

The interesting thing is playing with the mobile phone. What is more interesting than playing with the mobile phone is playing with the mobile phone in class. Gu Lu would poke his head around and look up at the teacher from time to time.

Gu Lu was looking at his phone, and Qi Caiwei was looking at Gu Lu. It was obvious that he was a newcomer. The physics teacher would never pay any attention to him. But now you keep looking up. Isn't that trying to cover up something?
The physics teacher would definitely come over to see what was going on. Qi Caiwei, who had extensive experience playing with her phone in the dormitory, had the right idea, but she miscalculated a little.

King Guru's behavior did attract the attention of the physics teacher, but when the latter saw Gu Lu playing with his phone out of the corner of his eye, he nodded silently, "This child still respects the teacher. He is playing openly and no one cares, but he knows to hide. Not bad!"

The next second, the physics teacher returned to the podium and continued his lecture with chalk in his hand.

"?" Qi Caiwei's eyes widened. Is this possible? !

Can you do whatever you want just because you are a great writer?
"Qi Caiwei, you answer this question," the physics teacher called on her. He just passed by Gu Lu and noticed that the girl was looking around and not paying attention at all, so he singled her out to warn her.

[President Jian: Let’s give you a call and we can discuss this work.

Gu Lu: Okay, I’ll call you after school this afternoon.

President Jian: School ends at around 5 or 6 in the afternoon, can it be earlier? ]

Are you in such a hurry? Gu Lu responded: Noon.

What's wrong with the book "Who Moved My Cheese?" Seeing President Jian so anxious, Gu Lu was also a little unsure.

At noon that day, without even going to the cafeteria for lunch, Gu Lu went to the club office, closed the door and called President Jian back.

"Uncle Jian, what's wrong?"

"The book 'Who Moved My Rice Cake' is very different from 'The Little Prince'. It is more like a fable," said President Jian.

"It's about fables," said Gu Lu.

"That's right. It's not appropriate. This kind of thing is not suitable to be published now." President Jian said, "Wait until you are more famous, and then write this kind of story, then parents will buy it. Xiao Gu, do you understand?"

How could it not be suitable? With sales of 20 million worldwide, it topped the bestseller list for nine weeks as soon as it was released... Gu Lu was ready to refute, but then he came to his senses and thought it was normal that it was not suitable.

In Neon, Hyouka even asked the municipal government to build a building that is exactly the same as the one in the anime. Isn't it because they are not adapted to the local climate?

"I don't quite understand. Please explain it more clearly, Uncle Jian." Gu Lu asked humbly.

"Unlike The Little Prince, which is a fairy tale written for adults, adults will buy it for the content, and children may also buy it for the illustrations. However, the story of Who Moved My Rice Cake is very poor, so fewer readers will buy it for the content."

President Jian said, "So this kind of book can only be bought by parents who recognize the author's authority and buy it for their children to educate them."

"I don't have enough authority now." Gu Lu understood that he was not yet at the point where he could reason.

“So my personal suggestion is to keep this work for now,” President Jian said, “and then publish it after you win some prestigious award. This is probably the case with [Gu Lu’s Secret to Self-Education].”

"No problem. Let's wait for the new book. I want to write a popular science novel about mathematics." Gu Lu thought of Flatland. "It will definitely be suitable for the current situation."

“……” President Jian had a headache. These were fables and math science. Are all the topics so obscure?
However, it is good for young people to be pioneering. President Jian supports it, "Okay, I am looking forward to it."

President Jian's support is well-founded. Firstly, Gu Lu listens to advice, and secondly, popular science works are like that, no matter how they are written, there will be no problem in publishing them.

After the conversation ended, Gu Lu hung up the phone and sighed inwardly that it was really not something you could just hand out just because you got the work.

(End of this chapter)