Chapter 288: Drop, there is a book

Chapter 288: Drop, there is a book

Chapter 288: Drop, there is a book

"Remember to say thank you when someone helps you."

Tao Pu listened to his parents' words in silence for a long time.

"Didn't you hear me? I've been telling you to be polite since you were little."

He immediately said, "I understand. I will go to thank you properly tomorrow at school."

"It would be best if we could invite them to our home for dinner and prepare a delicious meal to express our gratitude."

Before Tao Pu said that the person who sent him to the infirmary a few days ago was Gu Lu, his parents' reaction was rather cold.

Just ask if the injury is serious.

When "some people in our school say that Gu Lu is difficult to get along with, but in fact he seems to be a very enthusiastic person."

As a result, the parents' attitude changed drastically and they responded as above.

Now that he was in the second year of high school, Tao Pu was no longer a child, and he probably understood why his parents were rude at first but respectful later.

So it’s my gratitude after three days!

"No need to thank me. What should I thank you for?" Gu Lu almost forgot, "How is your leg?"

This happened to me the last time I went to the community office to hire a tutor.

"It's not a big deal. I'm totally fine now." Tao Pu said quickly.

The conversation came to a halt here and the atmosphere became awkward for a moment.

Tao Pu said cautiously, "Well...thank you very much, my parents want to treat you to a meal."

"It's just a small matter, why bother with it so much." Gu Lu waved his hand, "Go back to the classroom to get your grades, and pay attention next time."

After saying that, Gu Lu said goodbye and walked towards the classroom. He was a little confused, why was this sophomore so nervous today?
It was not Gu Lu's illusion. Tao Pu had heard about the great writers in this school for a long time. But he had no real feelings about them. His parents' reaction made him clearly understand the value of the great writers!

People's understanding of social class and social conventions actually comes first from their parents.

It was a small matter for Gu Lu, and it could only be said to be a side reflection of his growing influence.

"What are your plans for the summer vacation?" Gu Lu asked Qi Caiwei.

"Summer vacation?" Qi Caiwei thought of a possibility, but the idea was "too far-fetched" and her heart had to beat faster to hold it back.

She answered, "Mostly dancing practice. But besides dancing practice, I must have a lot of free time. I don't have any plans for my free time."

"Oh oh." Gu Lu nodded.

What's next?! Qi Caiwei waited for the follow-up, but she didn't expect her deskmate to keep silent.

Why did she leave the conversation half-finished? Qi Caiwei cleared her throat and said, "Then your summer vacation schedule must be very busy."

"I have quite some free time, so I will finish a novel. Then I can participate in some Writers Association activities. It would be best if I could publish the English version of The Little Prince. If I still have free time, I will organize and sell my previous works serialized in Science Fiction World." Gu Lu explained clearly.

There's an English version, and I have to write a new book. How can you call this free time? It sounds busy!

As a result, all the subsequent words Qi Caiwei wanted to say were stillborn.

You are so tired and hard-working, you should take a good rest when you have time. If I invite you to play, and you reluctantly agree, wouldn't that be a burden? Qi Caiwei thought.

"Wasn't the previous book published just recently? Are you going to write a new book so soon?" Qi Caiwei asked.

"You mean Flatland?" Gu Lu said, "It's been a month and a half. And Flatland is just a popular science novella. President Jian told me that if a writer has enough inspiration and energy, it's better to write a long novel a year."

"Great." Qi Caiwei could only give a thumbs up. Anyway, she thought it was amazing to be able to write a book like "Flatland" in a year.

The sales of Flatland remain strong, and the main reason for its staying power is that the work is recommended for junior high school students.

I was chatting and laughing with my deskmate, and after a while, the class bell rang.

Ten seconds later, Teacher Gao walked into the classroom and without saying anything else, he started announcing the final grades.

Gu Lu has made great progress, especially in English. Whether in his previous life or in his original body, his English grades were very poor.

Considering the great task of plagiarism, Gu Lu's English score has been among the top in the class after two semesters of hard work. Don't think that Gu Lu's daily accumulation is useless!

Language: 139, Mathematics: **, Foreign Language: 134, Physics: **, Chemistry: **, Politics: 92, History: 93, Geography: **
To view specific scores, press the space bar to remove the asterisk.

"Geography, the points deducted in geography are a bit too much." Gu Lu muttered.

After talking about the whole class's grades, Mr. Gao started talking about the class division issue for the second year of high school. As mentioned before, the Innovation Class is a strange product created by the principal of No. 8 Middle School, and basically there is no class change. Only a very small number of students will change classes in the second year of high school because of their grades. This is why the head teacher asked the students to write a time capsule when the new students started school.

As an aside, the peculiar innovation class system of No. 2017 Middle School was not cancelled until the principal was changed in .

"During the summer vacation, you should prepare for your lessons. The second year of high school is a very important year." Teacher Gao said, "I have seen many students who don't work hard in their second year of high school. They think they can make a sprint in their third year of high school. But in fact, it is basically impossible to make a sprint, so don't make it difficult for yourself in your third year of high school."

"Think about it, you, a freshman in high school, had fun during the summer vacation, and then you, a junior in high school, had to bear the consequences. Is that fair?" Teacher Gao's statement was quite interesting.

"In addition, you must also pay attention to safety during the summer vacation." Teacher Gao finished his speech concisely.

It also indicates that, that’s it, it’s vacation time, and students can have fun.

As usual, Li Guyuan handed over two notebooks. The red one was about study, and the blue one was about the arrangement of the publication company.

"Tangyuan, you don't need the red notebook next time." Gu Lu said, "I have already learned some of your methods. I can arrange it myself."

"Really?" Li Guyuan asked, "What did you learn secretly?"

"A lot, such as how to make plans." Gu Lu said, "I found that you don't make plans very far ahead."

"To be precise, most of the plans you made are achievable. Only the last two items require hard work." Gu Lu said, "I have already quoted this in my half-yearly schedule."

"As for how to do the statistics, I'm still trying to figure it out," said Gu Lu.

After the words came out, Li Guyuan was silent for a while, then sighed heavily, "Being a twin star is so stressful. These are the only advantages I have, and they have all been learned away."

"That's normal. Learning is always easier than summarizing at the beginning." Gu Lu patted Li Guyuan, "It's normal for you to be tired. After all, you have to bear the fame and handsomeness beyond your age."

"That's right!" Li Guyuan said, "It's hard to be a good student, and it's even harder to be a twin good student."

Without exaggeration or slander, Gu Lu really benefited a lot from Li Guyuan. Especially in the application of some methods, he was able to learn quickly. On the one hand, Gu Lu was indeed humble and asked for advice, and on the other hand, Li Guyuan really taught without hiding anything.

"Come to think of it, didn't you say before that Bilibili wanted me to appear on TV and give me an interview?" Li Guyuan asked.

"!" Gu Lu widened his eyes.

I've been so busy lately that I totally forgot about it.

In other words, he seems to have stopped updating for several weeks. Oh my god, he won’t lose followers, right?

"Then let's find a day during the summer vacation to complete this matter." Gu Lu said.

Tangyuan nodded. He had already agreed, so there would be no problem in finding another day.

Gu Lu wanted to go home quickly to see how many fans he had lost, but was called to the office by his head teacher.

The last student to walk out of the homeroom teacher's office was Wei Lili, a performance artist who was very prominent last semester, but has become more silent this semester.

Pass by.

"Pay attention to safety during the summer vacation, especially when there are no adults at home. Make sure to lock the doors and windows when you go to bed at night." Teacher Gao reminded, "Summer vacation is a period of frequent theft."

Why do thefts increase during the summer vacation? Is it because students are on vacation and are out with their families more often, so thieves take advantage of the opportunity?
"Don't worry, Teacher Gao. I have specially installed anti-theft windows, so there will be no problem." Gu Lu responded.

Then, Teacher Gao never tired of emphasizing the importance of paying attention to safety during the summer vacation.

After he finished speaking, Gu Lu left.

After Gu Lu left, Teacher Gao called another student.

If you look closely, you will see a light yellow sticky note on the teacher's tidy desk with three students' names written on it.

These are the three students in the class who need special care. Wei Lili has a family problem and is now living with his grandfather, so he needs to be reminded. Gu Lu is alone at home, so he needs to be reminded. And...

The head teacher did a lot of work quietly, but in fact he did a lot of work in secret.

The corridor was filled with the students' laughter and joy. They were so happy that the white walls were covered with footprints.

Of course, this does not include high school students.

Carrying his small schoolbag, Gu Lu prepared to go home.

I was crossing the playground and was stopped by a familiar female voice at the school gate.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, and I thought you were gone. After all, you were in junior high school with that guy, and you ran away very fast after school."

The person who came was a girl with super strength.

A little doubtful, "Why are you waiting for me? If you have anything to say, you can just call or talk on QQ."

"I'm embarrassed to talk about phone calls and chats." Zhou Lin said as a matter of course.

"?" Gu Lu felt that this was not right. Most people would feel embarrassed to talk face to face.

"Gulu, you are in the foggy city during your summer vacation, right?" Zhou Lin asked.

Gu Lu nodded, "Maybe I'll have to go to Sijiu City for a few days, but I'll basically be in the Fog City."

"That's great." Zhou Lin asked with a smile, "Can you lend it to me for two days?"

"What for?" Gu Lu asked. "Nothing, I just want to talk to you about something during the summer vacation. Can you spare two days?" Zhou Lin took out a plastic bag from his back pocket, which contained Tang Monk's meat.

Why do unopened snacks need to be packed in plastic bags? Because the current spicy snacks, I don’t know if it’s the packaging technology or something, are a bit greasy even when they are unopened.

The girl with super strength was a little clever. During junior high school, after Gu Lu traveled through time, he could eat her snacks in class almost every day.

What he meant was, we should do this for the sake of our previous affair together.

"No problem. I'll arrange the time when you can." Gu Lu said.

"It's all right. As a famous writer like you, you must be very busy with writing. So just make time for it. Any time is fine," Zhou Lin said.

"OK OK, no problem." Gu Lu nodded.

They didn't even say what they were doing, it's so mysterious.

"Okay, there's nothing else to do, so I'll leave." Zhou Lin pulled the straps of her schoolbag with both hands, especially pressing her thumbs under the straps, and left happily.

Gu Lu sometimes does this little trick.

Many magical movements between students are contagious, such as using elbows to hold up clothes and putting them on the head half-taken off. Another example is the student in front of Gu Lu walking along the pattern of the floor tiles.

The floor tiles are arranged in grids, and you have to be careful to stay within the grids. It's very serious, as if you will explode if you step beyond the grid.

Gu Lu was also walking around with his schoolbag.

It didn't take long to get home.

Oh! MM magazine's editor-in-chief Sato finally responded. I thought the magazine had collapsed.

The content of the email I sent is over a thousand words, and I cannot publish all of it, so I will just give a brief summary.

It mainly shows two things.

First, there are major changes in the Hitotsubashi Group. As mentioned before, this company is one of the four giants that monopolize literature in Japan.

Shodensha, MM Magazine, and Shueisha all belong to him. It is because of this that Fujimaki Tadashi and the subsequent publication in Neon Publishing are a set.

Then, because one of its magazines, Shirahama Publishing, was running out of money, the head office merged MM Magazine with Shirahama Publishing.

MM magazine was also renamed "Shirahama Christmas Kyodosha", or Shiratōsha for short. Editor-in-chief Sato - now Sato is the vice president, and has also been promoted.

But the pressure is also greater, as the company is eager to publish a masterpiece to open up the market.

Several Japanese writers were invited, but satisfaction with their works was not high.

The reason why I’m so slow in replying to messages is that the past few days have been spent on intensive work on the writers!
The following is a matter of course. Vice President Sato invites Gu Lu to write a book. The price can be negotiated. As long as the work is good, the stamp duty can be paid according to the first-line best-selling authors.

Look carefully, he is a first-tier best-selling author, not a first-tier literary writer. The royalties for writing serious literature in Japan are higher than those for best-selling authors.

Known information: Baitongshe’s main publishing business is supernatural and mystery.

The scope is equivalent to covering the manuscript receiving directions of MM magazine.

Kogoro Akechi and new urban legend writing style, these are two of the many labels that Gu Lu left in Neon.

It completely fits the scope of Baitongshe's call for papers.

It is normal for Japanese Sato to be so anxious, because those who can write best-selling books are also the trump cards of other publishing houses. How can they be poached easily by you?
As for discovering new talents, where should we start? If we win the new talent award, even if there are big publishing houses, it will not be our turn to get the meat. But if we don’t focus on the new talent award, it will undoubtedly be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

After much thought, Gu Lu is indeed a very good choice.

Gu Lu does have a trump card, but...

After thinking for a long time, Gu Lu replied with a rejection message. Don't be indecisive. We agreed to finish the book "Flowers" during the summer vacation.

I spent today peacefully.

After all, when he logged into Bilibili, he found that not only did his fans not decrease, but they were increasing.

Because of "Young China" and the speech by the president of the Central Academy of Drama filmed by Zhao Mingming, he gained a lot of popularity again.

It’s just that the B friends don’t seem to be very friendly.

[Why haven’t you updated the video in over a month? What’s the matter? Did you forget your account password?]
[Updated in a sparse way. Although interviewing classmates is a bit boring, it is still quite interesting to read.]
The latest few are similar messages.

And Gu Lu thought he was speaking for himself, but the second half of the sentence took a sharp turn for the worse.

[It’s normal that I haven’t updated. Gu Lu is a writer and a student, so he definitely doesn’t have much time. So after not updating for so long, he must have finished writing a new book, right? When will it be published?]
Can't afford to offend, turn it off first.

A few days of peace passed.

One morning, Gu Lu answered the phone and there was only crying sound on the other end.

Gu Lu didn't know what to say for a moment. Did his sister fail the exam? Or did she pass and cry with joy?

After a long while, Gu Jiayu choked up and said, "Brother, I received the notice from No. 8 Middle School!"

Become!

It really worked out without his letter of recommendation!
"Fuck, Gu Jiayu you are awesome, I knew you were so capable." Gu Lu was so happy that he couldn't control his voice.

His voice was so loud that it made Gu Jiayu's voice buzz.

"Okay, okay, when you have time, come down and I'll celebrate with you." Gu Lu said.

He was happy from the bottom of his heart. It also proved that he really treated Gu Jiayu as his sister. He thought that if they were studying in the same high school, he would be able to take better care of her.

"They are having a dinner party tomorrow, so we might have time the day after tomorrow," said Gu Jiayu.

"Okay, okay, I'll arrange it for you." Gu Lu said.

Gu Jiayu on the other end of the phone said, "Brother, your classmate who helped me review the notebook, can you call him together the day after tomorrow?"

"Ah?" Gu Lu didn't react for a moment.

"That notebook helped me a lot in getting admitted," Gu Jiayu said, "so I want to thank my brother's classmate in person."

"No problem." Gu Lu agreed.

"Let's not talk about it anymore. Someone is coming." Gu Jiayu hung up the phone.

Gu Lu could guess that it must be Gu's mother who came, and he also discovered that the female hero would try not to mention her mother when communicating with him.

I was also worried that my brother Gu Lu would be unhappy.

She is a female hero. She has always been very thoughtful since she was a child.

"I'm going to study at No. 8 Middle School, and I'm going to live there. Bishan is too far away from No. 8 Middle School. In fact, if I can tell you, you can let me live with you." Gu Lu paced in the room.

Think of this first.

Later I thought, "Tangyuan is really great, and what he summarized is really useful. I still have a lot to learn."

Excellent students are excellent in their own ways. Zhou Lin has a clear goal plan for her ideal, Tang Yuan is good at summarizing techniques, and Qi Caiwei... dances beautifully.

Gu Lu's thoughts were biased. In fact, CC's empathy was very strong, even too strong. It was just that it was difficult to see, and Gu Lu didn't notice it anyway.

The next day was the day for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

"Congratulations! The Yangjiaping Zhengjie branch of Xinhua Bookstore in Sha District has opened."

"Welcome, welcome. Gu Lu, the famous fairy tale science writer, is here to cut the ribbon for the opening ceremony!"

The speakers play the music in a loop, and the magical sound fills your ears.

Gu Lu had just walked onto the main street when he heard such loud propaganda.

"Mr. Gu, you're here." The store manager immediately went to greet him, "Thank you for your hard work."

I haven't done anything yet, why bother? Gu Lu kept a calm expression.

Perhaps because Xinhua Bookstore is an official store, there were no flower baskets or red carpets. They just had an exaggerated red banner. Then the speakers played the "magic sound" in a loop.

The lively scene attracted passers-by to look around, especially when they saw the talented writer coming, more people gathered around to watch.

"Gu Lu is here?" "Which Gu Lu?" "There are several Gu Lu in Fog City, the amazing child writer." "Where is he? Where is he? Let me see."...

A new store opens with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, but Gu Lu seems to remember that the ribbon-cutting ceremony originated in Europe and is only performed at the completion ceremonies of bridges, roads and major projects.

However, it’s okay to have a good start when opening a small shop.

Forget it, I won't go into the details, anyway, it was his first time to do this, I just watched it on TV before. I didn't expect that he would have this day.

When the auspicious time arrived, Gu Lu and the store manager took the scissors and started cutting.

The red lottery is over, and the good luck is coming.

Just at this moment, Gu Lu's mind went "beep", just say it, it's good to try new things!

[Bright Horror] [The Most Horrifying Short Stories in Europe and America in the Last Century] [The Queen of Gothic Novels] Transformed into "Lottery"

Details: A collection of short stories by Shirley Jackson, the queen of Gothic novels. Her short story of the same name, Lottery, is one of the most terrifying short stories of the last century. It caused a huge sensation after it was first published in The New Yorker. The work has been adapted into radio dramas, TV series, stage plays, and three times into movies.

"Lottery? What kind of book is this? A short story has been adapted into three movies. Is that really that amazing?"

(End of this chapter)