Chapter 252 Kiki’s Delivery Service?
Chapter 252 Kiki’s Delivery Service?
"Student Gu Lu went to Neon to hold a book signing event. His work The Little Prince was translated into Japanese," said Principal Chang.
If an ordinary student asks for leave, the principal does not need to know, but if Gu Lu asks for leave, all the school leaders know.
Mr. Zhang said nothing, but his face revealed disappointment.
"How long will it take for you to return home?" Deputy Director Shi asked again. Feeling that his questioning method was wrong, he added, "Student Gu Lu is an outstanding student in this city. Is his safety guaranteed if he goes abroad alone?"
"We have someone specifically responsible for student safety." The non-existent person that Principal Chang mentioned is Director Hu.
Director Hu was dragged out to take the blame, but fortunately he had asked about the situation of the head teacher of Class 10 out of genuine concern.
"We have established a connection with the Children's Publishing House in China and the Xiangchuan Press in Japan. Gu Lu also called the class teacher to report that he is safe," said Director Hu. "There is no problem with safety."
"Yeah." Mr. Zhang nodded and said nothing more.
He came to Fog City from the old city and wanted to visit the genius of Fog City, Gu Lu.
In Zhang's opinion, there is nothing special about being able to write "The Little Prince", but being published in People's Literature is like drinking water, and he also won the Pu Songling Short Story Award.
The Pu Songling Literature Award is a foreshadowing of the Lu Xun Literature Award. Even if I cannot win the latter, the former alone has already set a record for the youngest person.
Do you understand that feeling?
It was just passing by, but I couldn't see it, which made me very unhappy...Mr. Zhang has seen a lot of storms, so his face would not show other emotions.
"Okay, the basketball club and volleyball club are both good, but you, No. 8 Middle School, must ensure the safety of the students," said Deputy Director Shi.
Principal Chang keenly felt that the attitudes of these two leaders seemed to have changed a bit. Deputy Director Shi changed the phrase "our No. 8 Middle School" to "your No. 8 Middle School".
Mr. Zhang didn’t get to meet the “Genius of the Fog City”, and Deputy Director Shi didn’t show off to the “Genius students” in his jurisdiction.
"Director Zhang, do you want to see the students in class?" asked Deputy Director Shi.
"Let's go and take a look." Although Mr. Zhang came to inspect sports, the most important thing in high school is still learning, so he needs to look at it comprehensively.
Although Gu Lu was not there, it did not affect the final inspection results. After all, whether it could be successful or not depended largely on whether the key high school in the municipality needed such a title.
But Principal Chang and Director Hu accompanied me for the whole afternoon, feeling terrified. You think it is better to be a leader with a cheerful and talkative attitude or to be silent and silent.
The feelings of the school leaders can be expressed with a line from a song, "Come back soon, I can't bear it alone, come back soon, life is wonderful because of you..."
Director Hu thought to himself that next time there is a similar inspection, he would try his best to ensure that Xiao Gu is in school.
Now is not the time to think too much, but Director Hu couldn't help but admire Principal Chang's decisiveness.
When recruiting students last year, Gu Luyuan was not as outrageous as he is now. At that time, Bashu Middle School was more attentive, but Principal Chang raised the salary against all odds. The vice-principal was quite dissatisfied at the time, thinking that this was against the rules...
To use the words of later Internet generations, Principal Chang has seized the overwhelming wealth!
It was not until evening self-study that the teacher and students finally loosened the spring, which had been wound several times.
The clouds are floating.
The original marshmallow in the sky has turned into orange flavor.
Many students felt tired and stretched, wanting to pick the orange-flavored marshmallows, but the "sweetness" was too far away for high school students.
"You did a good job today." Director Hu found Teacher Gao before evening study.
"Huh?" Teacher Gao asked in confusion.
"Today, the leaders from above came to check and then came to see Class 10. The classroom environment is very good and the leaders are quite satisfied." Director Hu said, "Among so many teachers, only you stand out."
Why me? Teacher Gao was a little confused. There were several special teachers in No. 10 Middle School. Regardless of their qualifications or anything else, the most eye-catching one was... Oh, there was a bomb in Class .
Looking at Teacher Gao's expression, Director Hu knew that the other party understood, "Student Gu is in Class 10, so he will definitely have many opportunities to show his talents."
"But!" Director Hu said in a slightly more serious tone, "Opportunities are opportunities, but you have to be able to grasp them yourself."
"I understand, Director Hu." Teacher Gao nodded.
"Well - classmate Gu is alone in a foreign country and is unfamiliar with the place. As the class teacher, Mr. Gao, please pay more attention and make sure he is safe. After all, he is a student of No. 8 Middle School, and we have responsibilities to him once he leaves school." Director Hu started talking in clichés.
Needless to say, Teacher Gao always pays attention to this and always gives students a portion of rice dumplings, moon cakes, etc. after the home visits.
Last year, I also brought a New Year’s Eve dinner.
Seriously speaking, Mr. Gao really doesn’t spend as much time on his family as he does on school…
"I know Director Hu." Teacher Gao responded.
"Okay, I won't delay Teacher Gao any longer." Director Hu left. He came back to remind him again to pay attention to Xiao Gu's safety.
Teacher Gao stopped there for a moment. She never thought that Gu Lu's absence from the class could bring her benefits.
However, a person's influence will only be more obvious after he leaves.
On the third day after Gu Lu left, this name was still mentioned from time to time in the class.
"Sometimes I really envy Brother Gulu. Even at such a young age, his life may be more exciting than mine." Lu Ping.
"It's more exciting than my father's life for most of his life." Ma Xuanyou.
"This is nothing, it's more exciting than my grandfather's life." Zeng Jie added immediately without thinking.
Later, I came to my senses and corrected myself, "It seems that my grandfather is not as interesting as him. My grandfather had many stories when he was young..."
He is not in the domestic arena, but his legend is still there.
Abroad is truly creating legends.
On the night of the book signing event, news about Gu Lu was all over Japanese forums, NHK online news channel, Yahoo, JNN Japan News Network, etc.
Although it’s not the headlines.
But literary and artistic news is naturally not as eye-catching as news about the entertainment industry and politics.
"Gu Lu's first autograph session, everyone, everyone, it was so crowded!! "
"Cultural idol Gu Lu, why is he so popular?"
"Prodigy vs. Genius, Gu Lu narrowly defeats Dounai Maru"
"Want to know more? Go to TV, he puts it all on there"
……
The next day, many print media joined in. In fact, the main force was the media of the Hitotsubashi Group behind Xiangchuanshe.
Together with other media following suit, a trend was formed, which some people even named the "Prince Trend".
It is a characteristic of Japanese people that even popular stationery will be named.
There are so many news, there is no need to talk about them all, just pick out the interesting ones.
Pick one that's interesting, and then "Want to know more? Go find out on TV, he puts it all on there."
This news comes from Weekly Bunshun, and has the subtitle "Horikita Maki's observations and opinions on Gu Lu."
[……
Gu Lu said: "The Little Prince" is one aspect of my work, and on the other hand I can look forward to Fuji TV's concept of my work.
Unlike the current "Prince fever", Gu Lu's real talent in short stories has made him stand out in my country. Science fiction, supernatural, mystery, Gu Lu has no shortcomings!
The excellent film and television work "Wonderful Stories of the World" has reached a cooperation with Gu Lu, and four works will be adapted.
……
After an interview, "Iron Pillar" star Maki Horikita shared her first impression of Gu Lu.
Maki Horikita said: "Although Mr. Gu Lu is young, you can still feel that he is very knowledgeable when you interact with him. He seems to have the maturity of an adult and has his own opinions on everything. In the limited conversation with Mr. Gu Lu, you can't lead the topic at all, you can only follow Mr. Gu Lu's rhythm." ... ］
The interesting thing is that what Horikita Maki said was all nonsense. The only time they met was at the book conference, and the two of them didn't communicate at all.
As an actor, that's how it is. You speak differently to different people.
Readers also love to read Horikita Maki's confident words when facing reporters, as they are in line with their imagination of a talented writer.
After another round of promotion, the sales of "The Prince at That Time" reversed the decline and many bookstores were sold out again.
The second print run of 10 coins is also going to be gone.
The sales volume in four days exceeded an astonishing 20. Even for an island country where the physical industry remains strong, this result is shocking!
Vice President Yukou needs to have three seals to contact Gu Lu!
It is easier to get things done if you are famous. It took several months for The Little Prince to break through 200,000 copies in China, and that was thanks to Yu Xinyao’s support.
Gu Lu's savings doubled!
Gu Lu kept telling himself, "Steady and steady", Stamp duty is just a small amount of money, and the big money will be the copyright fee after a decade or so when the little prince accumulates influence around the world.
Even so, Gu Lu couldn't help it and spent a lot of money.
Now that you are here, it’s only right that you bring back some souvenirs!
"Let me think about it. Jiayu should like this. It looks nice."
"Hahahaha, why do you have such a stupid thing? Buy it, buy it. I must give it to Zhou Lin."
"One Piece seems to be the only anime that Li Guyuan watches, so it should be no problem to make a small figurine of it."
"Well... there seems to be something wrong with Neon's cosmetics. Many harmful effects were exposed in later generations. Forget it, let's choose something else for Teacher Gao."
"Uncle Li and Aunt Li, bring them some food to try."
"Uncle Jian, you've been through a lot, and you probably go abroad a lot, so you should be careful when choosing gifts."
and many more.
When buying gifts for classmates, Gu Lu has a plan in mind and will not choose too expensive ones. When buying gifts for elders, Gu Lu also has a small notebook to avoid missing anyone.
The most expensive gift of all should be the one for Miss Gu.
When he came, Gu Lu was very casual, carrying only a backpack.
But when I left, there was one more box.
The medium-sized box is barely enough.
"I am a little tired, but from another perspective, doesn't it mean that there are more people who care about me?" Gu Lu picked up the suitcase and suddenly said in a neon-secondary way, "Damn, is this a bond? It's so heavy!"
After walking around the streets for half a day, I slept very soundly at night.
The fifth day after arriving in Neon.
Lu Fanhui’s second attempt was successful!
Everyone applauded and celebrated.
Anyway, it was a great victory over Kyogoku Natsuhiko, Anshan Kazukuma, and Kadono Eiko.
At present, the sales of "One Hundred Tales of the Alley" by Kyogoku Natsuhiko are good, and he is preparing for the second book "Summer of the Gyokutori".
Needless to say, Anshan's comics sold very well, so both of them had enough money and specially picked a very fancy restaurant.
Building No. 7 at -chome-, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, is a place that any Japanese who has a little knowledge of literature will be able to call out by name.
To be honest, Gu Lu felt that these Japanese people respected him too much, which was a bit strange.
The TV station's people were promoting Shiqi, but why did Yasuda's three translators come? Gu Lu believed that those who showed kindness without any reason were either treacherous or thieves.
"Kaiseki cuisine, is it slower?" Gu Lu said casually.
One dish after another, Kadono Eiko was still explaining things like first pay, eight inches, lid, etc. Gu Lu didn't want to know, so he just let it go in one ear and out the other, and didn't get the gist of it.
Gu Lu was almost full after looking at the dishes, and suspected that this was a conspiracy. It made the diners feel full, just like he used to switch to smaller bowls to lose weight.
"It is relatively slow." Kadono Eiko said, "Kaiseki cuisine has a fixed serving time for each dish, and the emphasis is not on the aroma, but on the state of mind."
Just to whet people's appetite! Gu Lu is a bit unsophisticated and can't understand it at all.
"The taste of Xin Xile is very good, and the location is also full of literary atmosphere, which matches what Teacher Gu Lu wanted." Kyogoku Natsuhiko said.
What's going on? Is there some great writer giving birth in the box? Gu Lu's imagination was blown away.
"The Akutagawa Ryunosuke Prize and the Naoki Sanjugo Prize are both awarded on the second floor of this store," said Kyogoku Natsuhiko.
Huh? Gu Lu knew about these two awards. The former was the highest award for Japanese pure literature, and the latter was the highest award for Japanese popular fiction.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but Gu Lu suddenly felt that the food in the small black plate tasted a little better.
The emotional value of food is also considered taste.
"This kind of place is a waste of money for you guys." Gu Lu said, with such a big background, it must be not cheap.
Kyogoku Natsuhiko and Anshan Kazukuma immediately put down their chopsticks and responded.
"Without the new urban legend writing method created by Mr. Gu Lu, my "One Hundred Tales of the Alley" would definitely not be what it is now. Respecting the teacher is what I should do."
"Teacher Gu Lu was willing to give the adaptation rights of The Human Chair to me, a person with no fame, no experience, and even only able to buy on credit. I will always remember this kindness."
The latter sounded more sincere than the former, at least to Gu Lu's ears.
As we were talking, the main course arrived, which was also a highlight of Kaiseki cuisine (しい·ざかな), a steak weighing about 150 grams.
Gu Lu was eating, and there were still eight minutes before the next generation of "Imperial Rice". This was unscientific. If he wanted to eat a mouthful of rice with beef, he would have to wait for a few minutes.
He ate well, but the only woman present, 27-year-old Kadono Eiko, did not eat well. She moved her chopsticks carefully, as if she wanted to adjust them to the right position without any mistake.
Finally mustered up the courage -
"Teacher Gu Lu, I gained a lot of insights from translating The Little Prince and created a work." Kadono Eiko said, "Please correct me, teacher."
Kadono Eiko's words sounded so familiar... Gu Lu felt like he had heard them somewhere before.
However, Gu Lu was soon attracted by the Chinese manuscript "Kiki's Delivery Service".
What the hell, Kiki's Delivery Service? Isn't this an anime movie by Hayao Miyazaki? Gu Lu looked at Kadono Eiko.
He had already conducted some cognitive research on the parallel world. This world does not have Mamoru Oshii, but it also has Hayao Miyazaki.
"Is it the one I know? It has the same name." Gu Lu stuffed the remaining piece of beef into his mouth and began to read.
[Everyone has his own innate qualities, and in the end, all the hardships will pay off.]
[Growing up is a transaction. We all exchange our simple innocence and purity for the courage to grow up.]
When you see the paragraph with numbers, you’re right!
Gu Lu did a quick search on his phone and found that Hayao Miyazaki had not yet produced this animated film.
Awesome! But Gu Lu couldn't see what the connection was between Kiki's Delivery Service and the Little Prince...
"It's a very good fairy tale. I look forward to its publication." Gu Lu gave a positive response.
Kadono Eiko smiled, "Really? Teacher Gu Lu?"
The wisest are the teachers. Although Gu Lu is young, his recognition is considered semi-authority to Jiao Ye Rongzi.
……
"Don't come to Neon. We're too busy. If Mr. Holmes and Hyouka can be published, there won't be any book signings."
Gu Lu sighed. He had a flight in the afternoon, but someone visited him in the morning.
"I met Mr. Gu too late in China, and I know that Mr. Gu is very busy, but I have a friend who is a die-hard fan of Mr. Gu's books and insisted that I help introduce him to him." This is what Fujimaki Tadatoshi said.
About half an hour later, cartoonist Fujimaki Tadatoshi led a man in his thirties to the hotel where Gu Lu was staying.
"Teacher Gu Lu, this is my friend, also a cartoonist, his name is Tsukuda Yuto."
(End of this chapter)