Chapter 245 Causes Controversy
Chapter 245 Causes Controversy
"By the way, Xiao Gu, did you receive the two boxes of apples I sent to you?" Li's mother suddenly asked.
Eh? Gu Lu put down his chopsticks and shook his head.
"No?" Li's mother immediately turned her gaze to Li's father.
Father Li said without hesitation, "Did you fill in the address incorrectly?"
"How could I have filled it out wrong? I filled it out 100% correctly." Li Guyuan said immediately, "I still have the receipt at home, I can check it, I am sure it is correct."
“Isn’t YTO Express said to be quite reliable?” Li’s mother frowned.
Then Mr. Li went to the side and called the courier company to check the package using the last digit of his cell phone number.
"Auntie, I can't finish two boxes of apples by myself." said Gu Lu.
"It doesn't matter if you can't finish it, it's no big deal!" Li Guyuan waved his hand generously, "Eat as much as you can."
Finally, it was Li's mother who explained the reason. It was because they had rearranged the shelves in the shop last week.
By narrowing the distance between the shelves, there is an extra space in the left corner.
After discussion and investigation by Li's mother, it was concluded that the residents here had a demand for fruits such as apples and pears.
The grocery store decided to start a fresh fruit business!
After comparing prices from different suppliers, I just negotiated a long-term supply price with a fruit wholesaler a few days ago.
The supplier was also generous and gave away four boxes of apples (18 apples per box).
Li's mother filled in two addresses and gave half to Gu Lu. When the supplier delivered the goods, Li's mother and Li Guyuan were there, so they wrote the order themselves.
No wonder, generally speaking, Li's mother would let Li Guyuan carry her on her back.
"Look at the half-moon line on your thumb. It's not plump at all," Li's mother said. "That's because you're lacking vitamins."
Crescent line? Gu Lu looked at his thumb, it was just a circle of white stuff, he basically didn't have it.
There's no scientific basis for this, right? Gu Lu thought.
"The crescent mark is a method used by traditional Chinese medicine to judge the essence, energy and spirit. It must have a scientific basis." Li Guyuan seemed to see the doubt in Gu Lu's eyes.
He began to explain, "You are so young, and although you may not be unhealthy, you definitely don't have much energy. My mother and grandfather have told me this since I was a child."
I'm sorry, Gu Lu has lived two lifetimes and only found out about this today.
I have to say, he still feels that it is a bit unscientific.
"If you give him an apple a day, he will recover." said Li's mother.
While he was talking, Li's father called back and said, "The courier company said it was a problem with the delivery station. Gu Yuan, take the receipt and go check it out with Xiao Gu tomorrow."
"no problem."
It took about twenty minutes to return to the doghouse from the grocery store.
Why is it called a doghouse? Because it hasn’t been cleaned for a long time.
"Let's do it tomorrow... Never mind, let's do it today. I'm sure I'll have a new reason not to move tomorrow."
Mopping the floor, wiping the windows, and folding the clothes took two or three hours to finish.
Gu Lu admitted somewhat that he was a little lacking in energy.
His body was sticky, and he took a shower before sitting in front of the computer.
[Choose me, I’m really good at playing League of Legends.]
[I studied abroad and just returned to China. I feel I can do this job.]
[My Lord, is there any follow-up to the maintenance series? My brother Wenming has kept humans in captivity in Australia. I feel like there is still room for a follow-up!]
[You are so famous in Japan, why don’t you find a chance to blow up that bird club.]
……
What kind of monsters are these? Gu Lu felt a headache and rubbed his eyes.
Two days after posting the recruitment news, I received 999+ private messages. There are too few reliable ones.
"Hmm? Happy little idiot? That resume looks pretty good."
After more than half an hour, I was able to screen out a few useful resumes. This one in particular had a very nice resume.
Gu Lu called them one after another.
"Hello? Is this Mr. Ni Xuan?"
"It's me, it's me. You are Gu Lu, right? I just sent a resume casually, and I didn't expect you to really call me."
Then the other party asked a lot of questions.
As for the agent, he is a rich second-generation guy who just sends out resumes for fun.
"Okay, okay, I'll call you when I get to Los Angeles." After saying this, Gu Lu hung up.
Rubbing his ears, Gu Lu realized that there were too many talented people on the Internet. He realized his mistake and shouldn't be impulsive.
The remaining few people did not make phone calls, but instead contacted each other through QQ.
For this purpose, Gu Lu specially applied for a new account number with a ten-digit number starting with two.
The original account was applied for in 09 and was a nine-digit number. Thinking about it in the future, a nine-digit number would still cost money.
"I have to keep the account safe. I heard that the evil penguin will secretly take back the account." Gu Lu decided secretly.
It was not until he contacted the little waiter that Gu Lu felt a little bit decent.
The other party sent a draft plan at the beginning, "Plan to Expand the Neon Influence of the Work".
Many details were not written, of course, this was normal, as the cooperation had not yet been reached. From the general direction alone, Gu Lu was quite satisfied.
It even looks a bit like the proposal of the later best-selling artist Keigo Higashino.
That is, two or three representative works are enough.
Two or three representative works can build personal fame, and the rest, even if they are of average quality, can still sell well.
“The achievements of the four serial articles, “Supporting God,” “The Chair on Earth,” “The Owl Man,” and “Yesterday’s Park,” are enough to be considered representative works.”
"Not to mention that Owl Man and Yesterday's Park have been adapted, so their popularity will only increase."
Gu Lu, who has the golden finger, speaks very toughly, so Gu Lu does not agree with this kind of plan, but he recognizes the ability of Xiao Erbi!
From Q to phone calls, and finally an agreed time to meet and discuss in detail.
Something as big as agency cannot be settled in a short time.
Besides, there is also the issue of "remuneration" that needs to be negotiated back and forth, so the matter of drafting the contract was naturally handed over to lawyer Wang Shengxing.
To be honest, he also owed Wang Shengxing a favor. Many copyright issues were handled by Lawyer Wang.
Moreover, he had just started to receive the royalties from the publication of "The Little Prince" and had not yet gone to Japan to earn money, so Lawyer Wang had very little money.
Early the next morning.
Tangyuan came knocking on the door.
This guy is truly a master of time management, that's a compliment!
According to Li Guyuan's own account, he got up in the morning only after having breakfast and finishing a set of papers.
Too curly.
"Let's go." Gu Lu and Li Guyuan went to pick up the express together.
"Why are there so many flashlights on the roadside?" Li Guyuan asked.
“It proves that there are many good people.”
"Then why haven't the street lights been repaired yet after being broken for over a month?"
"It proves that there are bad guys in the team."
"Don't say anything that is not conducive to unity." The two came to the express delivery station, which was very close to the "doghouse".
Li Guyuan took the receipt, reported the order number, and searched for it.
It wasn't that the courier station was lost, but there was a problem with the courier vehicle, so there was a delay.
The key point is that this really cannot be blamed on the express delivery company, because Youyang, Liangping, Wansheng and other places have recently experienced heavy rainstorms, with the average rainfall in these places exceeding 350mm.
Apples were shipped from Youyang. Heavy rain caused flash floods and mudslides that blocked the road, so vehicles were definitely unable to pass.
As for why two boxes of apples arrived at Li Guyuan’s home, it was because they were shipped in two batches.
Those who go earlier will get through, while those who go later will get stuck.
"Okay, there's nothing we can do about natural disasters, it's force majeure." Gu Lu also took his express delivery.
He also learned a few things. He didn't expect that apples were grown in Youyang. His concept of Youyang was the brainwashing advertisement "There are two paradises in the world, one is in your heart, and the other is in Youyang."
The high-speed rail station in the foggy city plays on loop and gives me a headache.
"It looks like a book. Could it be another draft?" Li Guyuan asked.
"It is indeed a draft, from People's Literature." Gu Lu knew it clearly after taking a look at the sender.
After People's Literature confirmed the publication, it sent a sample manuscript half a month in advance.
Now it is mid-April, and it seems that the manuscript sent to the editor-in-charge Liu Yong has been directly assigned to the May issue.
It's a bit strange. According to Gu Lu's idea, it should be published in the June issue or the July issue.
"People's Literature has no shortage of manuscripts, so why are they so anxious? Could it be that they want to support the Pu Songling Short Story Award?" Gu Lu guessed and pondered in his mind.
Forget it, I still don’t want to.
The serialization of literary magazines is much more complicated than the serialization of popular novels.
"Why don't you open them?" Li Guyuan asked, "You're on People's Literature again, awesome!"
"I was a little excited when I serialized it in People's Literature for the first time, but it felt okay the second time," said Gu Lu.
"..." What else can Li Guyuan say? Who else has the ability to pretend like this?
"Niu Fei", "Mingbaiguan" and "Huang Ying", three short stories were published in this sample issue.
To talk about the new meaning of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, we must combine it with, or understand the original story to make it more interesting.
Otherwise, like Li Guyuan, he could only feel that the writing skills of these three short stories were really powerful.
"Come to think of it, didn't you give an interview to a newspaper yesterday?" Li Guyuan suddenly thought of this when passing by the newsstand.
"The Literary Gazette is a weekly newspaper, published once a week, so they conducted the interview yesterday, Saturday, and it will definitely be published next Friday," said Gu Lu.
So that's what happened. Li Guyuan bought a copy of "Youth Literature and Art" at the newsstand and gave it to Gu Lu.
Could it be? Gu Lu opened it and saw that it was indeed the article by Li Guyuan.
The title of the article, "A Bowl of Meat," also tells about what happened around one's own life.
Li Guyuan’s writing style does not have a strong sense of youth, and the “narrative” is very interesting.
Unlike Gu Lu who has cheats, Li Guyuan is a genuine young writer!
Therefore, in order to celebrate the double happiness, the two decided to go out for a good meal.
The pleasant and leisurely weekend passed in a flash.
Soon Li Guyuan immersed himself in his studies, and Gu Lu also wanted to watch his friends study.
Three or four days after the last interview with the Literature and Art Newspaper, Gu Lu received an unexpected transfer.
The main problem is that the party transferring the money is very strange.
"Two hundred yuan is indeed not much." Gu Lu finally understood what Feng Jingyuan, the editor-in-chief of Popular Fiction Newspaper, meant when he left last week.
Feng Jingyuan: Teacher Gu received a sum of money not long after, but not much, hahahaha.
Although the cultural circle of Tianjin is basically covered by the four-nine cities, as a municipality, it still has strong autonomy in some aspects.
For example, the college entrance examination uses the Tianjin test paper.
Of course, the fifty yuan that Gu Lu received had nothing to do with the college entrance examination. It was the self-designed test paper for the city-wide mock exam for senior high school students, and Feng Jingyuan was one of the test writers for the Chinese language test.
Feng Jingyuan was introduced earlier, and everyone should know his qualifications. He has no problem being the examiner of the Tianjin test paper.
The extracurricular reading for the Chinese language in the Tianjin mock exam is an excerpt from Rural Teachers.
Excerpts are definitely necessary. After all, there is not enough space on the test paper for a short story with a full text of 10,000 to 20,000 words.
It is not accurate enough to call it an excerpt. A more accurate term is "refined", deleting the minor branches and laying out the main thread.
The copyright fee for the excerpt is two hundred yuan.
"It's normal for rural teachers to be selected for extracurricular reading. I remember it was also selected for Earth because the article was so suitable."
"But it's so fast, it's very abnormal."
All in all, "Rural Teacher" has been on the market for less than half a year.
"It's true that writing a good story is one thing, but having someone appreciate it is another thing." Gu Lu thought.
Because of Feng Jingyuan's love, the process was accelerated.
"But what a pity, it's the Tianjin high school mock exam paper, and I can't see it here."
Gu Lu still wanted to see the specific contents of the test paper.
The exam should be over, and I can search it online. I’ll talk about it then, Gu Lu thought to himself.
It's another Friday, and the Literary Gazette is on sale.
The content of the Literary Gazette and its weekly format determine its readership, which is completely different from that of most current affairs newspapers.
If Reference News is the newspaper that official personnel like to read, then Literature and Art Newspaper is the newspaper that people in the literary circle and the elite group with a love of literature like to read.
For example, many cultural editors love to read it.
"Exclusive Interview | Gu Lu: The Involution of Education and Gu Lu's View of Education."
The front page headline of this issue of Literature and Art Newspaper.
If it was just an interview with Gu Lu, the author of The Little Prince, not that many people would read it, but if it also talks about education... then it really captures the preferences of the readership.
This group of people likes to talk about education the most, because they read a lot and have a lot of ideas. With a lot of ideas, they have their own opinions on current education.
[In 2012, his debut work "Shoes" in Story Club marked his official entry into the literary world. He then entered the peak of his creative career, publishing many long, medium and short works such as "Mr. Holmes", "Yesterday's Park" and "Iron Pillar".
Among them, "Smash the Piglets" tells an easy-to-understand story from the daily trivialities of buying toys to releasing piggy banks. As a student, Gu Lu understands teenagers much better than adults.
The publication of The Little Prince has since established his position as a fairy tale writer and a leader of the new generation of fairy tale writers…]
The beginning is an introduction to Gu Lu, but considering the nature of the Literary Gazette, calling him "the leader of the new generation of fairy tale writers" is also an endorsement for him.
This interview, which is about 10,000 words long, is divided into two parts. The first part is about Gu Lu’s views on writing, such as talking about realistic fairy tales and fantasy fairy tale novels.
At the same time, this group of people also learned one thing.
People often talk about the genius writer Gu Lu, and people have a clear idea of what kind of genius he is.
In the second part, Gu Lu talks about the internal circulation of education, which is also the most controversial point.
(End of this chapter)