Chapter 270 Crime: Genius

Chapter 270 Crime: Genius

Chapter 270 Crime: Genius (5000 words)
Li Guangshu's original name was Wu Guangshu, and his literary idol was Joyce, James Joyce.

He is the great writer who wrote the stream-of-consciousness masterpiece "Ulysses". His works also have some of this feeling.

In ordinary stories, the timeline, character line, and story line are all linear, or "from root to leaf" as Dickens said. However, stream of consciousness literature is divergent, spreading from one point, ignoring the distance in space and time.

There is a certain reading threshold, such as the first stream-of-consciousness novel in China, "The Drunkard".
Just to eat, Li Guangshu still suppressed his desire to express himself.

"Brother Yuan, what are we going to do in Fog City?" Li Guangshu asked.

He was already very familiar with Mao Yuan, the editor-in-chief of "Novel World", so he spoke more casually on the phone.

"There is a study session in Wudu, organized by the National Communist Youth League. It is a meeting to be held by 17 publishing houses including New Youth Publishing House, Magic City Literature and Art Publishing House, Children's Publishing House, Jiangsu People's Publishing House, and Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House."

Hearing the editor-in-chief's words, Li Guangshu was in awe. The publishing houses mentioned above are all state-owned and powerful.

The activity is not simple!
For a study session of this level, Li Guangshu half-jokingly said, "Brother Yuan, how did you get a ticket for this kind of event? There won't be any problems, right?"

"How can you talk like that? After all, I am the editor-in-chief of "Novel World" and I have connections and status. Go to Maoming South Road and ask who the older brother is." Mao Yuan said.

If Secretary Li Guang is correct, Maoming South Road seems to be a bar street?

"Novel World" is a bimonthly magazine published by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, focusing on novellas and avant-garde novels.

In terms of difficulty of publication, it is easier than the Four Little Flowers of Literature, but more difficult than Youth Digest.

"This is a rare opportunity," Mao Yuan said, "Remember to bring your manuscript."

Li Guangshu quickly agreed on the phone. He understood that the editor-in-chief was giving him a chance.

There are so many big bosses in publishing houses, and his book can be published with the appreciation of any one of them.

After hanging up the phone, Li Guangshu was extremely excited.

Feeling good and no longer envious, jealous or hateful of Gu Lu, Li Guangshu looked at the web page he had opened on his mobile phone.

He was watching Bihu just now.

[How do you evaluate the recently emerged genius writer Gu Lu? His books are hot sellers. What is his quality?]

Li Guangshu closed the webpage. There was no need to pay attention to other people anymore.

Fame and fortune, he will get back what he has lost!

The tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop. It is normal for Gu Lu's fame to attract hatred.

As for his level - the Japanese call him "the youngest best-selling author"!
After more than half a month of explosive sales, "The Prince at That Time" also entered a slow period.

Currently, there are 63 coins. It seems difficult to break one million a year, unless...

As Japan is a neighboring big country, Vice President Yukou showed the talent of his Japanese people. There was no new growth point in books, so he focused on book illustrations.

The illustration of The Little Prince drawn by the author was not attractive to Yukou at first.

Later, as readers kept mentioning this in their feedback, Yukou's mentality changed.

He was thinking, is it possible that Gu Lu suddenly lost his mind and gave him the copyright of the Little Prince peripheral products?

I found a translator from the publishing house and called Gu Lu again.

"Teacher Gu Lu, do you still have the peripheral copyright of your work "The Little Prince"?"

After Yukou finished speaking, he looked at the translator next to him and urged him with his eyes.

"In my hand."

"That's good, Mr. Gu Lu. Your work has a certain value in peripheral copyrights. You can make it into soft peripherals such as mobile phone chains and key chains. If it sells well, you can also make hard peripherals such as figures, cards, and capsule toys."

The classification of peripherals in Japan is not as complicated as in China. Those with only ornamental value are hard peripherals, while those with certain use value are soft peripherals.

The writer responded from the other end of the line, “Really? That’s great.”

Does it really seem like it can be fooled? Yukou strikes while the iron is hot, "Last year, the peripheral industries in our country exceeded an astonishing 891 billion yen. However, it is precisely because the market is so large that it is impossible to sell without reliable channels."

"Where can I find a reliable channel?"

Why was the conversation going so smoothly today? Yukou looked at the translator with suspicion, and the latter quickly gestured to indicate that his translation was fine.

"We have a close cooperation with Bandai Namco. Therefore, we are fully capable of representing the peripheral copyrights of the works." Vice President Yukou saw victory was just around the corner.

"Oh, that's great - President Yukou can talk to my agent in detail."

The first half of the sentence is about ascending to heaven, and the second half is about falling into hell.

President Yukou stared at the translator and asked, "What's going on with the agent?"
The author's voice continued to be heard from the other end of the phone, speaking for a long time.

"What do you mean?" asked President Yukou.

"Mr. Gu Lu said that the agent Yao Sang was once a senior editor-in-chief of Bantam Dell Publishing Group. He knows a little about publishing matters. I just write, and it is more convenient for President Yukou to chat with the agent. As the old saying goes: Professional matters must be left to professionals."

Being a translator not only tests language skills, but also memory. Therefore, the translator had problems with the word order in this paragraph. Especially when he heard the ending of the phone call, "It was said in ancient times", the translator broke out in a cold sweat.

So no one really cares about whether the translator lives or dies?
Then the person on the other end of the phone hung up because he had to go to class.

President Yukou fell into deep thought.

Of course he knew about Dell Publishing Group. In comparison, Xiangchuan Press was just a makeshift team.

How could someone who could be a senior editor at Bantam Dell be a liar?

But no matter what, Yukou still called to check.

Because there are so many letters from readers, such as "When can I buy the capsule toy of the Little Prince?", "I love the Little Prince and the fox in the illustration, and I just need to get a new phone chain", etc.

"I've attracted another business. I don't know how Brother Yao can discuss it." After Gu Lu traveled through time, he had to learn a lot of things.

For example, learn to use professionals.

Gu Lu couldn't help but recall the phone call with Yao Xiaoju yesterday.

"Forget about "The Human Chair" and "The Walker on the Ceiling". The price of the comic adaptation rights is still above average. The film and television adaptation rights of four novels including "Yesterday Park" were sold for only 4 million yen?"

"I'm mainly thinking about 'The Wonderful World' and hoping it can bring some popularity to the work."

"Because we are partners, please don't blame me for being a little blunt, Mr. Gu. I think this is just a superficial reason. The deeper reason is that Mr. Gu is too talented and feels that writing works is too easy. So he doesn't care about his own works."

"Because you know that your work is well-written and has been verified by the market. More importantly, you also know the current ratings of the program "Wonderful Stories of the World". Even if the unit TV series is filmed quickly, it will take two or three months after it is broadcast. What kind of publicity can it bring? I think this is just an excuse for you to perfunctorily deal with yourself."

What Yao Xiaoju said on the phone made so much sense that Gu Lu found himself speechless.

Indeed! Because of the golden finger, there are so many good works in hand.

Gu Lu is a plagiarist, but he is not arrogant. He did not show his pride in writing these works. On the contrary, he turned to the other extreme: These works have little to do with me!
What a bad habit! Gu Lu corrected himself.

"Thank you, Brother Yao. I seem to have a problem in this area. I will pay more attention to my work in the future." Gu Lu thanked him.

This left Yao Xiaoju confused for two or three seconds. "At such a young age, and with such success in the field of writing, he must be a little arrogant. I was prepared to have a big debate, because even ordinary people would have to argue a little... I didn't expect Teacher Gu to admit his mistake directly."

“There are too few people who reflect on themselves.”

"Only through self-reflection can there be progress. Brother Yao, if you find any problems in the future, just tell me directly!"

"It's a deal! I won't be polite then."

Thinking back to Yao Xiaoju's last words, Gu Lu felt a chill down his spine.

Was it too impulsive to speak like that? Gu Lu comforted himself in his heart. Yao Xiaoju is also a mature adult, he should be more careful about what he says!

Keep doing your own thing.

Of the three difficulties of being an up-host, Gu Lu has already felt two: shooting in camera and writing articles.

Now it's the last one, doing post-production and editing subtitles, which is quite time-consuming. Also, the current post-production software is far from being as convenient as it will be in the future.

"I originally planned to do it for one hour, but it ended up taking two hours, which doubled the time."

What title should we give it?

"Gu Lu Interview | What is the most important thing for students"

The cover photo shows him and Zhou Lin sitting face to face. Done! Gu Lu's second video!
I uploaded the video of King Gollum and I’m a little excited. I’m going to take a bath to calm down.

Jiafuyuan is an old residential area and the toilets do not have a separation of wet and dry areas.

"Before, when I had no other choice, I didn't think it was a big deal that there was no dry and wet separation. But once I decided to buy a house, I looked down on this and that about renting a house."

When cooking dinner after school today, Gu Lu still complained about the stove. He couldn't light the fire, so he had to twist the opening and then light it with a lighter.

It's very dangerous.

I am in a good mood and my work efficiency is high.

"The largest tutoring institution in Fog City...rejected!" Gu Lu didn't even think about it.

There are reports that Gu Lu has become a celebrity writer, which is a pretty good summary. There are actually businesses that have sent me endorsement invitations through the email address on my Weibo homepage.

In fact, it’s not really an endorsement, it’s not that formal. It’s just that Gu Lu is asked to put an advertisement on Weibo, and he is paid 50,000 yuan for one day.

This is the price given to a millionaire, except that Gu Lu has the added bonus of being a famous writer.

Yao Xiaoju is only a foreign agent, and he still needs to solve domestic affairs himself.

Gu Lu wants to improve himself so much that he won’t look for a domestic agent for the time being.

After all, other writers look for domestic agents because they want to concentrate on writing.

But he is a cheater, he pushes everything to others and spends money doing nothing every day, is that really good?

It seems really good... ahem, life is all about struggle.

The mood was almost the same as when he was writing online novels in his previous life. After working for a while, Gu Lu refreshed the Bilibili page.

I care a lot about my grades!

In 2013, Gu Lu was definitely one of the most powerful UPs on Bilibili, or perhaps the only one.

Therefore, netizens still pay great attention to it.

In just over three hours, there were 200,000 or 300,000 hits.

That’s pretty good. After all, the current user base of Bilibili cannot be compared with that of later generations.

Look at the messages from B friends.

Qiao Chi: "Hahaha, it turns out that Gu Lu, who is at the top of the field of other people's children, is just like me. He likes to brag without thinking."

Little Carrot: "Big Mao Country will attack Second Mao Country? What's that? I remember my dad got drunk and told his friends that America will soon destroy Japan."

161006232059320: "Gu Lu has two eyes, and I also have two eyes. Gu Lu has a head, and I also have a head. Gu Lu is equal to the great writer. And because I am equal to Gu Lu, so to simplify it, I am equal to the great writer."

I waited for the dawn to be frost-covered: "Brother, do you remember your account password? But you write, go to school, and be an up-master, why do you have so much time?"

Coffee Ice Milk Tea with Ice: "This interviewee Zhou Lin is so pretty! I hope you can tell me her information within three seconds, otherwise I will let Fat Tiger beat you to death!"

Feng Yan hehe: "When will the second part of "Hyouka" be released? When will the second part be released? When will the second part be released?"

Wait, Gu Lu kept pulling down.

I want to see the feedback on his video content in the comments.

Unfortunately, most netizens were concerned about Gu Lu's identity, and a small number praised Zhou Lin for her beauty.

“It’s normal. There are very few UP hosts who become famous with just one or two videos.” Gu Lu thought.

I am not discouraged at all. I am thinking about who to interview next week. Considering my busy schedule, I will just update weekly.

As for daily updates and twice a week, even the donkeys in the production team don’t do that!
He was lucky. His identity as a writer brought him a lot of popularity, and he skipped the novice stage directly. He got such a big advantage, so he must work harder!

On the other hand, another group of people were not as happy as Gu Lu at this moment.

They are very confused.

After receiving Director Hu’s suggestion, the Party Propaganda Department of the Eighth Middle School investigated the tone of the website and initially disagreed.

Because Bilibili is full of cartoons - and meaningless hilarious videos.

If a school applies to this place, wouldn't that be lowering its own status? It would damage the school's own image.

The next moment, the head of the Party Propaganda Department called to reject the call.

"The reason you mentioned is very one-sided. Comrades, we must take the initiative to promote it among students."

"We can't stereotype where students gather. Maybe the environment is not good, but we are adults and we can't have stereotypes."

"Even if the Bilibili website cannot be operated in the future, like the NetEase forum, which was closed last year, the most important thing for us at No. 8 Middle School is to show our attitude. First, it shows our concern for students, and second, it shows our support for Xiao Gu."

This is what Director Hu responded on the phone.

After hearing the words "Student Xiao Gu", the people from the Party Propaganda Department regained their patience.

The main reason is not how famous Gu Lu is, but that Gu Lu is a role model set by the Fog City Communist Youth League.

As for getting closer to the students, most people turned a deaf ear to these words.

Grit your teeth and stomp your feet, register an account...

The Bilibili website has adopted an invitation code registration model, and it was also changed to a question-answering mode this year - the party propaganda department can be said to have caught up with the right time.

[#1How many eyes does Lilith’s mask have in the TV version of EVA?

○8, ○7, ○6, ○2
#2Who is Luffy’s grandfather?

○Girls, ○Ordinary people, ○Pirates, ○Navy
#3 In “SLAM DUNK”, why did Rukawa Kaede come to Shohoku to play basketball?

○Because the tuition at Xiangbei is low, ○Because Akagi Haruko……］
How to become a formal member? Do I need to answer questions? All the teachers in the Party Propaganda Department, look at me, I look at you.

They didn't know any of the questions and there was only one hour left. They immediately started looking up the questions on Baidu.

Another day has passed, time flies!
The sword of the high school entrance examination is much sharper than the sword of Damocles, at least for the third-year junior high school students. It took the female knight two days to reply to Gu Lu's message.

[Gu Jiayu: Brother, are you going to renovate the house? Don’t spend too much money on a rented house! What if the landlord refuses to rent it to you after you have renovated it? That would be a big loss!
Gu Lu: I don’t want to renovate the house and rent it out. I’m not stupid. I just want to buy a big house when I make money in the future and give you one then.

Gu Jiayu: Wow? So good? ! Thank you, brother, brother, brother
Gu Jiayu: My dream room is... ］
When the heroine was very happy or had something to ask for, she would call several brothers and send seven or eight pictures. She took a picture of the sketch she designed with her mobile phone and sent it to them.

Is it worth being so happy about something that has no meaning at all? Gu Lu was also inexplicably happy.

[Gu Lu: Are you so confident in me? Do you think I can afford it?

Gu Jiayu: Of course, someone’s brother became a famous writer in high school! So if I have a bedroom in the future, then I will definitely have one. I’m already happy. ]
Very good, since you said so, I will definitely let you live in the room of your dreams.

I saved the picture my sister sent me. There is no printer at home, so Gu Lu will print it out when he goes to school tomorrow.

The next day, Gu Lu did not forget and ran to the community office as soon as school was over at noon.

And something was happening in the classroom, which Gu Lu did not notice.

"This is a gift for the members." Qi Caiwei handed out a small paper bag. It was made of paper tape specifically for holding gifts, with no other logos.

"Or CC, you can give it yourself." Li Guyuan took a look at the lucky button wrapped in a transparent plastic bag. Everyone in the literature club knew that the red button was a lucky item on stage because they had heard Qi Caiwei talk about it.

Each plastic bag was sealed with staples and white paper. Li Guyuan saw his own name and the names of other members on the white paper.

"The main thing is that I feel this gift is very good. It would be better if you give it to me, CC." Li Guyuan knew with just a little bit of thinking that the other party had put in the effort.

"I'd like to trouble you, Tangyuan, to help me." Qi Caiwei didn't dare, or didn't want to face her roommate.

"Okay." Li Guyuan nodded in agreement.

That's troublesome," Qi Caiwei handed the things to Li Guyuan with confidence.

Although Qi Caiwei felt that Li Guyuan was not very good at the beginning of last semester, but after getting to know him, she felt that he was quite reliable.

Li Guyuan returned to his seat with two things.
One is a lucky button on a paper bag, and the other is the first issue of “Kaijuan” written by Gu Lugang.

His drawer was a mess, with a lot of stuff in it. It took him a while to sort it out and put the paper bag in.

(End of this chapter)