Chapter 266 The battle of ideas
Chapter 266 The battle of ideas
If you don't have the ability to show off, then you will end up with your toes tapping the floor in embarrassment.
What's more embarrassing than pretending? Failing to pretend.
This is the current situation for Mu Xue and Zhao Mingming.
"Here is the news." Zhao Mingming took out his mobile phone, jumped the browser to Youth Network, and took out the news.
"No need to go through so much trouble. I can just search it on my phone." Gu Lu searched on his phone and many results popped up.
"Why are Gu Lu's books so popular?" "Two college students spent hundreds of thousands of yuan on books, and the most popular writer among college students was born" "Be a college student in the new era and care for poor mountainous areas" and so on.
The source of the news all comes from Youth.cn, but the focus changes depending on the tone of the reprinting platform.
NetEase portal likes to hold polls, Phoenix.com likes to exaggerate headlines, and Renren Daily likes to exaggerate. However, the accuracy of NetEase portal needs to be improved a little. It is obvious that the student is from East China Normal University, but the report says that he is from Harbin Institute of Technology. It is totally irrelevant. The two universities are completely unrelated.
"Cousin, Sister Mingming, the two anonymous college students in this report, could they be you?" Gu Lu is not stupid.
"This is what happened..." Zhao Mingming started off, and then let the person involved, Mu Xue, speak.
"The main reason is that your novel is really well written and very suitable for children in poor areas." Mu Xue was ready to play a straight ball, "Also, this is an apology. Last time, I was too self-righteous."
After hearing this, Gu Lu understood that it was an apology.
The smile on Gu Lu's face fell silent, and his silence made Mu Zhao and the other man tremble with fear.
They also didn't know why they were so nervous when he got angry, even though they were college students and the other party was a high school student.
The two of them stopped picking up food.
"Cousin, I actually fully understand your good intentions." Gu Lu said.
"You think, I live alone, it's better to have my parents to help me. Your starting point is completely for my own good." Gu Lu explained, "I also often do things that I think are good for others. I personally don't think I'm self-righteous in this case."
"I prefer to call it, 'Mom's Autumn-style Concern'."
Mom Qiu's concern? Mu Xue didn't understand.
"It's because your mother thought you were very cold in winter, so she forced you to wear long johns," Gu Lu explained.
"Although I'm not sure whether the other party needs autumn johns." Gu Lu was apparently talking about Mu Xue, but in fact he was talking about his previous actions.
"It was me who made my cousin worried." Gu Lu said, "It's true that I'm unhappy, but I won't blame my cousin for this. So this money is really a waste, I will return it to my cousin later."
I was a little confused at first, but I understood later. Mu Xue said hurriedly, "No, no, no, don't back down. Even if we take a step back, supporting my cousin's writing career is what I should do as a cousin."
"Really, cousin, your cousin and I really didn't suffer any loss in this matter." Zhao Mingming added, "Donating books is also a good deed. The school even called to praise us."
"Yes, yes, yes, and I have 50,000 or 60,000 yuan in pocket money a month, so don't worry." Mu Xue said casually.
Fifty or sixty thousand a month? Gu Lu's pupils shrank slightly. Sorry, he had not come into contact with rich second-generations in his previous life. He did not expect that rich second-generations lived so well.
I'm not envious, I'm not envious at all, I can spend 500,000 a month now! Gu Lu comforted himself in his heart.
Only when you really come into contact with it, you will understand the meaning of the saying "Some are born in Rome, some are born as cattle and horses." The ones in Rome are my cousin and her younger sisters, and the ones who are born as cattle and horses are my original self.
After making things clear, we continued eating.
"I heard from Director Hu that your course survey has been completed, cousin?"
"Of course it was completed. Principal Chang and Director Hu treated us like their own family and answered any questions we asked. This was all thanks to my cousin."
"Now that we have finished our work, are you ready to have some fun in the Foggy City? There are many attractions, such as Dazu Rock Carvings, Wushan Little Three Gorges, Jinfo Mountain, Simian Mountain, etc."
"Next time I come to visit, I bought a ticket back to Shanghai the day after tomorrow."
……
Chatting and eating.
The only dish that was finished on half the table was the eggplant with fish sauce.
"Auntie, please pack it up." Gu Lu raised his hand to signal the older waiter. He was really not just talking before.
There are quite a few meat dishes, and it’s convenient to heat them up when you get home.
The three people got into two cars. Although they were heading in the same direction, their routes were different.
In theory, you can piece together a paragraph, but it's a bit troublesome.
Mu Xue felt that she had spent so much money on an apology but got nothing in return, which made her a little unhappy.
But after returning to the hotel, I went out to the night market with my sisters and walked on the busy streets.
"Yes, Mingming, I was really doing it for my cousin's own good." Mu Xue suddenly murmured.
Zhao Mingming nodded. "Yes, before you called your cousin's alcoholic father, you kept saying, 'My cousin is too young, and without a head of the family, he's easy to be bullied.'"
"My mom cares about autumn-type clothes. My cousin is worthy of being a novelist. He summed it up very aptly." Mu Xue said, "It's also quite cold in the Magic City in winter. My mom will make me wear long johns, but I don't want to wear them anyway."
"It's better than my mom. My mom just stuffed a set of thermal underwear into her." Zhao Mingming said.
As the two chatted, Mu Xue's unhappiness disappeared.
Instead, I felt particularly refreshed, just like the feeling of finishing all my homework on Friday after a weekend.
How did it come from? Mu Xue thought, it seems to come from "understanding".
According to Mu Xue's previous thoughts, her cousin would no longer be angry because she spent so much money, and they would reconcile.
It's possible to pretend like this, but it's definitely not as comfortable as it is now. "The power of understanding is too strong." Mu Xue murmured to herself, "My little cousin has a really good personality!"
"Oh no!" Zhao Mingming beside him suddenly shouted.
"Are your relatives here?" Mu Xue's first reaction was to look through her bag to see if she had any sanitary napkins in it.
"No!" Zhao Mingming said, "My mother wanted my cousin's autograph, but she forgot to ask for it."
“?” There was a question mark in Mu Xue’s eyes.
"When did you feel that your cousin was a great writer? Anyway, after I told my parents about it, they actually read his books."
Zhao Mingming continued, "Then he asked me for an autograph. Xiaoxue, when you told your parents about your cousin, how did they react?"
"Hahaha, I haven't told them yet." Mu Xue said, "I'll go back and tell them, and give them a big scare."
"It's scary enough." Zhao Mingming nodded. "Put yourself in his shoes. If your cousin is a distant relative of mine, the surprise would be huge."
"The flight is the day after tomorrow, so let's go tomorrow. Tomorrow I have to go and formally thank the No. 8 Middle School. I happen to be at the school and can help you get my cousin's autograph." Mu Xue said, "It just so happens that I also want one."
The two walked aimlessly in the night market, mainly to digest their food.
There is nothing fun about the night market in the foggy city, but the night beer is delicious.
Night beer is also called food stalls. As soon as 10 o'clock in the evening, people start setting up stalls on the streets.
There were many stories at night.
Another day has passed, let’s talk more about the day’s stories.
With publicity and promotion from all sides, the popularity of the book continues to remain online.
On the tenth day of its release, in mid-May, the sales of Flatland exceeded 500,000 copies!
Gu Lu’s second book worth 50.
As a fellow born in the 90s, no one can match him!
"It is a world-famous law that 99% of a person's efforts are just for show."
Gu Lu agreed with this statement, because he began to research when the 2013 list of richest writers would be announced.
He is currently in the community office, typing away on the computer.
While the book is on sale, try to stay online longer to avoid any emergencies.
There is no harm in being cautious.
As a result, "Flatland" was criticized.
Wang Xinlei, a popular science writer from China, criticized "Flatland" for not being a serious popular science work at all.
Wang Xinlei used George Gamow’s book “From One to Infinity” as an example.
[The information content of Flatland is too little. It can't serve the purpose of popularizing science at all.
The novel is filled with irrelevant allusions to religious, social and other systems.
I don’t know why such a work would be regarded as a “cross-era” popular science work.
It is impossible to see the cross-era, and we can only see the bottom line of the era.]
Finally, Wang Xinlei ended it like this.
The criticism was sharp.
"Uncle Jian, this criticism is just to attract attention." Gu Lu asked on the phone.
President Jian responded, "No, Wang Xinlei hasn't released any new works in three or four years. There are no new works coming out recently, so there is no such thing as riding on the popularity."
"Is there some reason behind the dispute, such as competition for resources among publishing houses?" Gu Lu asked again.
"No. Why do you ask?" President Jian was surprised.
"It's unreasonable to offend people directly because there is no conflict of interest at all." Gu Lu expressed his opinion, "Hyouka was criticized by many people before, and most media reports were for the popularity."
"It's not that complicated. Wang Xinlei simply doesn't like Flatland and thinks the book is not a popular science book." President Jian replied, "There are no special reasons. Reality doesn't matter whether it's reasonable or not."
Just because you don't like it, you attack it? As expected of the literary world, Gu Lu even wanted to give it a thumbs up.
"I called you to tell you that if a reporter finds you and wants to interview you about this matter, you don't have to reply." President Jian was afraid that Gu Lu would fall into the trap of the reporter.
Because currently, unethical journalists are the majority.
"If you really just don't like it, that's totally fine. Because no matter how well-written a book is, you have to allow for some people not to like it. Reading a book is a very personal thing." Gu Lu is very open-minded.
"Being able to think this way, Xiao Gu, your thinking has surpassed many authors." President Jian said. He just wanted to express himself and there was no need to respond.
Because given the popularity of "Flat Country", there will always be someone who jumps out to respond, and the real owner won't have to suffer.
After hanging up the phone, Gu Lu was a little uncomfortable, "Has your fame reached the point where you would have a dispute with your peers?"
In addition, Gu Lu received a mock math test paper from the heroine.
Give it to Tangyuan in the afternoon class.
"What's wrong?" Gu Lu asked. Li Guyuan's expression looked like there was some big problem.
(End of this chapter)