Chapter 253 You have a say

Chapter 253 You have a say

Chapter 253 You have a say
Judging from his appearance, Fujimaki Tadatoshi should be more famous than Tsukuda.

Because of the suits they were wearing, the former's looked more textured.

The young man following behind is the hired translator. After all, this cartoonist is not as good as Kyogoku Natsuhiko and others, as they don’t know Chinese.

The meeting place was the hotel's coffee shop, and I wanted to relax a little. But seeing the serious look of Fujimaki Tadashi and his group, I couldn't relax.

He was actually not used to serious occasions, so Gu Lu was rather reserved in greeting.

But Futian was very proactive and took out a book from his dark brown briefcase.

"Teacher Gu Lu, The Prince at That Time is simply the most outstanding masterpiece of this century!" Futian said excitedly, "Teacher Gu Lu, can you give me an autograph?"

The excitement didn't seem fake. Gu Lu nodded and signed his name on the bookmark.

"Is this the teacher's Chinese signature?" Futian kept calling out "Siguoyi, Siguoyi".

There is no need to translate this, Gu Lu knows it means "awesome". What's so awesome about it?
"Don't be rude!" Fujimaki Tadatoshi reminded.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Gu Lu, I'm too excited." Futian apologized, "When I bought this book and finished reading it on the first day, I was so moved that I cried."

Although he didn't know why the little prince was crying, Gu Lu could understand this kind of feeling.

If a person particularly likes a book or an author, there must be something in the work that touches and hurts him.

Even this book is an important part of your personality. We can call this kind of book "the book of life".

Gu Lu, who has read many books in his past and present lives, has The Moon and Sixpence as his book of life. It seems that The Little Prince is Futian's book of life.

"'The Prince at That Time' has appeared on many planets. Is it possible for Mr. Gu Lu to write a sequel?" Futian asked.

"A complete work does not need a sequel," Gu Lu said. "In my opinion, a sequel is a supplement to the work. It expresses what has not been said yet."

That makes sense, and Futian also feels that the books are complete.

"You can write a masterpiece - Teacher Gu Lu, I found out that the prince is on planet B375."

Futian seemed to have endless things to say, "This string of numbers is because the junior high school that Mr. Gu Lu once attended was the fifth class of the 37th Junior High School. Is that right?"

Where did you find this? Gu Lu was curious. "That's right."

"Sure enough!" Futian said, "Then the forty-four sunsets in the book are because Mr. Gu Lu's former house number was 44?"

"Well... that's not the case." Gu Lu shook his head.

"It seems that the article is not entirely correct," said Futian.

"What article?" Gu Lu asked curiously.

"I read the article "Ten Metaphors You Definitely Didn't Know About The Little Prince," said Fuda.

It seems that Tsukuda truly loves The Little Prince. After reading the analysis of the work by the Japanese book reviewer, he went to the Chinese website to read it.

He didn't know much about Futian, so he could only use a translator and guess.

What Gu Lu didn't know was that the news of The Little Prince's popularity in Japan had spread back to China.

The popularity of "The Little Prince" has been rekindled in the country, and various analyses have increased.

For example, there are many different explanations for the 44 sunsets, such as the house number theory, the theory that the 37th Middle School just happened to be established for the 44th anniversary, and so on.

The specific situation will be revealed after Gu Lu returns to China.

"I really want to go to Huaxia No. 37 Junior High School." Futian sighed.

If The Little Prince is one of Tsukuda's life books, then it is normal for him to want to visit Class 5, which represents the Prince's planet.

Pilgrimage is a religious term, but it has another meaning in Japan. ACGN fans visit the background locations of their favorite works. Japan has such a culture.

"You can go today, why not?"

Because his friends talked too much and there was only one translator, Fujimaki Tadatoshi, who was left out, finally got the chance to speak.

He said, "Hasn't your series 'Young Man's Drive' been completed?"

Shonen Run is a story about high school football, and it is also the work that made Tsukuda famous in Shueisha.

"I'm thinking about a new work, but I don't have any inspiration." Tsutada's happy expression became a little serious.

However, when we were having fun and not working, Fuda asked many questions about the novel.

It's fine to chat, but you can't delay your flight.

When the time came, Gu Lu spoke directly, "Mr. Futian, it's been a pleasure chatting with you, but now I need to catch my flight."

Hearing this, Futian said without hesitation, "I'll take Teacher Gu Lu to the airport."

Then, Tsukuda gave Fujimaki Tadatoshi a look, indicating that he should drive.

Me? Fujimaki Tadashi was surprised, "Didn't you drive me here today?"

Futian was not justified but also very confident, "Don't you know what kind of skills I have? I have rear-ended six times in one year. What if I delay Mr. Gu Lu's flight?!"

That made sense. Fujimaki Tadatoshi stood up and prepared to drive, but he always felt something was wrong.

The two were very enthusiastic and accompanied us all the way to the terminal.

"I'll come to China to visit Teacher Gu Lu again if I have the chance." Futian was still reluctant to leave.

Only after entering the terminal did Gu Lu heave a sigh of relief.

Except for the day we arrived in Tokyo, the rest of the schedule was full.

In other words, this will overdraft his social energy for the next month.

After waiting for an hour and a half, I checked in and boarded the plane.

The return ticket was also purchased by Xiangchuan News Agency.

Originally, Xiangchuan Agency had arranged a vehicle to take him to the airport, but Gu Lu refused.

Even if travel expenses are all covered, don’t think that the publishing house will lose money.

In other words, if it wasn't worth the price, Vice President Yukou wouldn't have called three times.

The Prince of That Time is going to be printed for the fourth time.

Why did it go to four printings so quickly? Mainly because the number of copies printed each time was a bit small.

If Gu Lu was a Japanese writer, with sales exceeding 20 copies so quickly, the third printing should have been at least 30 copies.

And precisely because the writer was a foreigner, the president of Xiangchuan Society kept telling Yukou to be careful.

The president is going to retire at the end of the year, so publishing another bestseller won't make much difference. More importantly, there is no fault...

Leaving Tokyo, but Neon still has his legend——

"I really envy you, Kadono-san." Kyogoku Natsuhiko said.

Anshan Yixiong nodded, he was also envious.

"It is also Teacher Gu Lu's care for the younger generation." Kadono Eiko responded. The manuscript in her hand was worth a fortune!
Because they had finished eating Kaiseki cuisine at Xin Xile yesterday, Gu Lu suggested taking the manuscript home to have a look.

I got it again this morning and there was a note inside.

[I especially recommend Kadono Eiko's new work "Kiki's Delivery Service", which is very suitable for adaptation into an animated film. I hope it will be a big hit.

——Gu Lu, May 2013, 5]
Why did Gu Lu do this?
There wasn't much of a reason. He just liked this movie published by Ghibli in his previous life, so he left a message.

"It seems I have to work hard too." Kyogoku Natsuhiko said.

Kyogoku and Anshan were envious for different reasons. The former was envious of Kadono Eiko for getting such a big promotion. The title of "a fairy tale work recognized by Gu Lu" would at least increase exposure by 10%.

The latter envied that his work was recognized by Teacher Gu Lu.

At 6:30 in the evening, Gu Lu arrived in the foggy city.

From Tokyo to Shanghai, and then from Shanghai to Fog City.

This afternoon was really tiring, especially since Gu Lu was dragging a suitcase. The suitcase was overweight, which made Gu Lu feel even more constrained.

I feel a little regretful. I should have bought less.

When Gu Lu returned to his doghouse, he forgot to take out the money in his pocket, and the money was sent into the washing machine along with his pants.

The whole person was dried on the bed.

I originally planned to get up after resting for a while, but I fell asleep in a daze.

When I woke up again, I was awakened by a knock on the door.

"It's eight o'clock? How did I fall asleep?" Gu Lu woke up in a daze.

"Someone knocked on the door just after I got back. Who is so well-informed?" Gu Lu got up.

Arriving at the door, looking through the peephole——

There was a middle-aged woman in her forties standing outside, a stranger, not familiar looking!

"Who is it?" Gu Lu asked.

"I'm Wang Liangyan from the Street Office, and I want to look for writer Xiao Gu." The woman outside responded.

Gu Lu fastened the safety chain and opened the door a crack.

The other party immediately took out his ID, and according to the ID, he was Director Wang from the Street Office.

In fact, Gu Lu had never seen what a real work ID looked like.

Or open the door.

"Writer Gu, you haven't been home recently? I've knocked on your door several times." Director Wang said.

Why would a street office person come to him? Their community housing has no property management fees, so logically there should be no intersection.

Wait, the other party called him Writer Xiao Gu... Gu Lu responded, "I went abroad for a book signing event."

Go abroad to hold a book signing event! Director Wang paused for a moment and continued, "Writer Xiao Gu is really amazing."

"Director Wang is looking for me?" Gu Lu probably had guessed it.

"It's about an article written by writer Xiao Gu a few days ago, called "Good Things and Bad Things," said Director Wang.

Gu Lu nodded, "That's true. Oh, yes, I've been in Neon for several days and I can't charge my flashlight."

"No, no, the street light issue is the fault of our subdistrict office," Director Wang said immediately. "We have installed temporary street lights as a transit point in the past few days."

Director Wang said, "There is no need to use flashlights anymore. In addition, we have already reported the overall renovation of the street lights. Work will start in early June."

Temporary street lights? Gu Lu really didn't notice it. He was eager to go home.

"That's great." Gu Lu didn't think it was a lie because he could tell the truth from the truth just by looking downstairs.

The scene suddenly became quiet, and Director Wang was pondering over his words.

What does it mean that intellectuals kill people without using knives? As soon as the May issue of Youth Digest was released, Fuxing Subdistrict Office became famous.

Gu Lu did not name the street office in the article, and the article did not even mention the street office.

[The convenient roads are like scabs on the scars of the planet, and the path next to Fuxingyuan where I live is an "ugly" scar...]
The word "ugly" is put in quotation marks here, because on the one hand there are no lights and visibility does seem a bit difficult, and on the other hand the road is bumpy and not nice to look at.

The address can be locked just from this opening sentence.

Although there are many residential communities named Fuxingyuan, and it seems to be a chain? But it is well known that the talented writer Gu Lu studied at Wudu No. 8 Middle School.

The leader of Sha District asked very kindly, "Do you, Fuxing Subdistrict Office, want to go to the sky?"

Director Wang was given the important task of calming the writer's "anger".

"Are you satisfied with the arrangement made by our subdistrict office, writer Xiao Gu?" Director Wang thought of many options for wording and finally decided to go straight to the point.

"That's good, as long as there is action." Gu Lu nodded.

Director Wang breathed a sigh of relief. He had never thought of canceling the document. As long as he didn't continue writing, everything would be fine.

"If you have any suggestions for the work of our street office in the future, please contact me directly." Director Wang said and left his phone number.

"This is not good." Gu Lu said.

"Hey!" Director Wang immediately said righteously, "This is as it should be. Our subdistrict office is very good at listening to the voices of the masses."

"Okay, Director Wang and everyone in the street office, thank you for your hard work." Gu Lu said.

It's not hard. If you think it's good, you can write an article to praise us. Director Wang didn't say what he was thinking.

After explaining everything, Director Wang immediately stood up and left. "No need to see me off."

Out of politeness, Gu Lu still walked him to the door.

He is really polite. He will also see Li Guyuan, Teacher Gao and others off when they come.

Only after going downstairs did Director Wang relax.

The other party saved her phone number, which was the best outcome.

If they had known there was such a great man in the area, the subdistrict office would not have done things this way! At least Director Wang would not.

"Any article he writes can be published in Youth Digest, and he can even hold book signing events abroad. This kid is really amazing." Director Wang murmured to himself.

Do writers have a high status? Director Wang doesn't have any filters, but he can't help but say that the other party has the right to speak!

Director Wang was walking on the path.

The temporary street lamps on the path were rather crude. A few bulbs of unknown wattage were hung in the middle of the lamppost. The lampshade was made of iron sheets that were found from somewhere.

The lighting is still fine.

Gu Lu doesn't have to go to school tomorrow because today is Friday and tomorrow is a holiday.

So today Gu Lu originally wanted to suddenly flash to Bishan, but he was too tired to fail.

It would be no problem to give the heroine a surprise tomorrow, Gu Lu thought.

On Saturday, Gu Lu went to Bishan where the Writers Association was holding a meeting.

The headquarters of the Chinese Writers Association is located on Dongtucheng Road in Sijiu City.

"Today, the first [Yanfan Project] literary salon hosted by our Writers Association came to a successful conclusion and achieved very good results."

“The event aims to help contemporary Chinese literature set sail overseas by exploring overseas publishing strategies for outstanding Chinese literary works.”

"To further showcase to the world the literary achievements of the new era of China and the spiritual outlook of contemporary China."

It was a long and confusing speech, with the chairman of the Writers Association, Tie Ning, repeating the same old things. She said that the activity was supported by the state, so they must speak better.

The position of Chairman of the China Writers Association has a characteristic: it is better to keep the old style than to change it.

Mr. Ba Jin passed away in 2005. During the re-election in 06, his name was changed to Tie Ning.

Even if the chairman is sick and bedridden, his position will not be replaced unless he dies.

Tie Ning is not as famous as her two predecessors, Ba Jin and Mao Dun. Even most people probably can’t name a single word about her works.

But her level can be seen from "Oh, Xiangxue", she has real talent.

Finally, at the closing moment, President Tie Ning said, "The translation, exchange and dialogue of literary works are of great significance to the exchange and mutual learning of civilizations, and help to show a credible, lovable and respectable image of China."

As soon as the closing remarks were made, applause broke out at the scene.

"Next, Director Wang, director of the Creative Research Department of the Writers Association, will speak." Tie Ning said and sat down.

The second middle-aged man to the left of the chairman on the stage stood up. He was Director Wang.

"Our plan has also achieved initial results." Director Wang took out a Japanese magazine.

"Red Hare"!
(End of this chapter)