Chapter 299 Gu Lu is the buff
Chapter 299 Gu Lu is the buff
It can be accurately said that the comments from readers are mixed.
First, let’s talk about the more negative reviews:
"Is this really Gu Lu's work? It doesn't give me the same feeling as when I watched Tie Zhu before. It's incomprehensible and full of literary clichés."
"So, the old woman in the possible evil story is mentally ill? And the other story is about a persecution maniac. Scary, isn't it?"
"It's over, it's over, it's over. I've said it three times because it's important. The thing I was most worried about has happened. Ever since Gu Lu was published in People's Literature, I've become too burdened."
"I don't understand. This is terrible. Can someone explain to me what it says? I don't understand it at all."
The majority of the comments were that they didn't understand it and that the plot wasn't as good as the previous ones.
But there is another part that has a completely opposite evaluation.
"It's very exciting, and has a lasting effect! Especially that psychotic old woman, she is evil. Gu Lu wrote about this kind of justifiable and bright evil."
“Personally, I feel that the story is a little worse than Iron Pillar, but the literary quality is higher.”
"Those who say it's not good don't understand it. Sometimes I feel like someone is following me. Everyone has had this thought when they were a kid, right? "Random Thoughts" expresses this thought."
The two sides were in a fierce quarrel.
The Internet is like this. Everywhere you look, there are grumpy guys. As long as there is a slight difference of opinion, they will label the other party.
Even though it is now 2013, this atmosphere has not yet intensified, but signs of it have already appeared.
For example, nowadays, some people think that Gu Luxin’s serialized supernatural novels are not good, and those who like him say that they are “fawning”.
Those who don’t like the show will be criticized by those who like it as “only worthy of reading garbage, if you can’t understand it, go back to study.”
The insults from both sides were really ugly.
Oh, it’s not bad. When the Internet evolves a few years, the words will be simpler. If you like someone, you can say “filial son”, and if you don’t like someone, you can say “nine-leaky fish”.
The key is that the editorial department of "New Reading" is also happy.
The popularity is so high that even if all the publications in the first half of the year are added together, they are far greater than that.
Editor Wang, a new employee in the editorial department who wants to learn from Xiao Xue, still has the shortcomings of a newcomer - he loves "peace", likes to reason, and acts as a referee.
So as soon as he came back from outside, he created a pseudonym on his computer and wanted to stop the dispute.
Editor Wang’s ID is “Beans Loves to Eat Beans”. He wrote a relatively long book review from a neutral perspective.
Take a section of it:
[The stories of "Random Thoughts" and "Possibility of Evil" are indeed not as good as those of Moonlight and Iron Pillar, and are far worse than those of Hua Hua Fan.
Because these two short stories were originally Teacher Gu Lu’s experiments, exploring and depicting the terror in people’s hearts.
Therefore, the story is not tortuous enough. This is not friendly to readers who like to read stories, so it is normal for some people to say that they don’t understand or don’t like the story.
As for why many readers like it so much and call it a masterpiece?
Also because of his writing style, Gu Lu's exploration of the evil of human nature is a common method in serious literature.
Successfully writes about the "open and aboveboard" evil. What is the reason why Strangworth harms people? She feels that human beings are so evil, and as a judge, she wants to punish these people!
There is also the extension of vigilance in "Crazy Thoughts" and the open ending, both of which show a very high standard.
The writing skills are superb, which is more than 90% of supernatural horror short stories.
...]
Editor Wang, an intern, wrote clearly that the two sides were arguing on two different levels: one was telling a story, and the other was talking about literary quality.
This is just like the city gate tower and the hip axis, Guan Gong and Qin Qiong, Da Ju and Ri Wan, not adjacent to each other.
"I think the quarrel will stop now." Editor Wang breathed a sigh of relief.
Soon, his private message mailbox exploded.
And the comment section is full of insults.
Yes, Editor Wang was targeted by both sides.
"It's so funny, character portrayal is high-level? Storytelling is low-level, why don't you just die?" "Are you making excuses for your low IQ again? There's no story in these two stories. Did you get kicked by a donkey?"...
Once the quarrel begins, the focus is no longer on reasoning, but on trying to prove that the other person is an idiot.
Any remarks that prove that the other party is an idiot are the enemy. Editor Wang's remarks hindered both sides, so it is normal for him to be scolded.
"Teacher Gu is Teacher Gu. The distributor called to place an order. In just one morning, he sold out the previous week's quantity." Xiao Xue stood up and happily announced the good news.
If you are lucky, the editor-in-chief may give you a red envelope.
Thinking of this, the editors cheered, and the cheers woke up Editor Wang, who was stunned by the scolding.
"Have you prepared the gift for Teacher Gu?" Xiao Xue asked.
Editor Wang was in charge of this matter. He nodded quickly and said, "It's ready. The stuff has arrived. It's downstairs. I'll take it upstairs later."
"The gift is quite heavy. The weather is quite hot, and you just went to buy some A4 paper for copying and just sat down. So take a good rest and enjoy some air conditioning. Don't be too anxious." Xiao Xue said.
Gu Lu's two new articles were priced at 250 per thousand words, which was the highest price the magazine could offer. It was unrealistic to raise the price further, so Xiao Xue prepared a gift.
Hurry up and urge the manuscript. Are there any follow-up works? Xiao Xue took the opportunity to ask Teacher Gu Lu while announcing the good news.
After getting a positive answer, Xiao Xue was shocked. Very good!
Really, Gu Lu only needs to make a slight move to reach the ceiling of "New Reading".
About two minutes later, Xiao Xue said to Editor Wang, "You should have rested enough. It's been so long. Go get it."
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Editor Wang got up to get it.
To be honest, for Xiao Xue, two or three minutes of rest is long enough.
But for Gu Lu, two or three minutes was far from enough.
He had just finished copying today's history book and felt really tired.
Gu Lu followed Zhou Shuren's habit of copying Zizhi Tongjian, and kept it up well. Even after finishing copying Zizhi Tongjian, he continued with the next one.
"It's obvious that copying is useful, and it's obvious that reading history can make you wise. Why am I still so unhappy?" Gu Lu felt that every time he prepared to copy a book, his mood was no different from going to a grave.
This is normal, because fitness, reading, etc. are things that we know will get better if we do them, but very few people can persist in doing them.
Why? Because playing and laziness are the nature of living things, and learning is painful.
"If my brain mutates a bit, and I can do things like fitness and copying books, and my body can feel the joy of sleeping in and playing games, then I can definitely become a great person!"
Stretching, Gu Lu put the New Book of Tang back on the bookshelf.
He copied the essence version, because the full text of the New Book of Tang is more than three million words, and it contains a lot of data, which would not be of interest to anyone except historians who study the history of the Tang Dynasty.
Gu Lu took a break after surfing the Internet for a while.
Because Gu Lu likes to do frequent self-searches on social platforms, it is easy for Weibo to push news related to Gu Lu to him.
I saw the hot searches ranked in the top ten.
#Is Gu Lu's level improving or falling behind#
A vote was also initiated.
What the hell? Gu Lu understood the whole story.
"Very good, very good! You forced me to do this!" Gu Lu deleted the title of the document "Go Home, Louisa" and changed it to "Lottery".
Yes, originally Gu Lu was thinking of playing his trump card at the end, but now, just get started!
A collection of Shirley Jackson's short stories, The Lottery. How amazing is the short story of the same name in it?
The Lottery is regarded as one of the most important short stories of the 20th century. With this short story, Shirley Jackson has a place in the history of literature on earth! It is so exaggerated and perverted.
Gu Lu also watched it after he got it. It was really cool. After watching it, he felt like he was basking in the bright summer sun. But he felt a strange coldness on his body...
When he thought about presenting this work, Gu Lu felt a little excited, and even jumped up to COS Gin from Conan.
"Oh Shirley!"
Middle school boys are full of joy, but with a personality like Gu Lu, you have no idea how funny he is when he is alone at home.
Start typing with a crackle of clatter——
At night, Gu Lu went to bed at 11:30.
I was thinking about the house before going to bed. The new house I bought is currently being renovated.
I will go check the progress tomorrow. It was my first time buying a house and I had no experience. Gu Lu knew that he might be cheated, but he spent more money and had to do it well! Therefore, Gu Lu went there quite frequently.
In addition, I will visit Lawyer Wang tomorrow to consult on some legal matters.
At this time, some people can sleep, while others can't. Yao Xiaoju is the latter.
He couldn't sleep because he was busy. The English translation of The Little Prince was done well. He also needed to find someone to translate the Japanese version of Flowers for Algernon.
While Yao Xiaoju was looking for someone, he discovered a very magical organization...
Name: Lu Fan Hui
Full name: Gu Lu Translation Association "Is this thing real or fake?" Yao Xiaoju was confused.
It looks very realistic, and there is also the association's logo "9". Six is the capital letter of six, which means nine when turned over. It makes sense.
Look at the list of association members.
President: Kyogoku Natsuhiko is a famous weird mystery writer, his representative work is "Summer of the Gyuto". He has translated works such as "Ichisun Hoshi" and "Mirror Hell".
Vice President: Yasuda Kazukuma (Junji Ito) is a famous horror cartoonist, whose representative work is the Tomie Series. He has translated works such as The Human Chair and The Walker on the Ceiling.
Kadono Eiko is a new fairy tale writer, her representative work is Kiki's Delivery Service. She has translated The Little Prince.
Kobayashi Taizan has not yet created anything, but he has many genius ideas. He has translated works such as "The Mountain" and "Supporting God".
……
"Why do we need to find writers and cartoonists to translate works? Doesn't Japan have good translators?" Yao Xiaoju began to wonder.
After further investigation, Yao Xiaoju's questions were answered.
I didn’t specifically look for writers and cartoonists, but became cartoonists and writers after translating their works.
Junji Ito made his debut with The Human Chair, Natsuhiko Kyogoku was inspired to write Hyakumonogatari, and Eiko Kadono felt that she had no talent, so after translating The Little Prince, she casually wrote a story about a witch...
"?" Yao Xiaoju felt that this was too coincidental. Is Gu Lu's work so inspiring? Is he just trying to attract attention?
"No, it's not just riding on the popularity. Kadono Eiko won the Noma Children's Literature Award and the Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award when she debuted, and she reached the peak of her career right after her debut. Ito Junji is even hailed as the successor of Kazuo Umezu. They are already very famous, and there is no need for them to ride on their fame, so..."
They are sticking together!
The information Yao Xiaoju found later proved his idea. The Lufan Association did not have many members, but by uniting together and using their influence, they could get a lot of publicity resources and higher stamp duties for the association members.
The next day, Yao Xiaoju contacted people from the association.
"If you want to join, you must have translated Mr. Gu Lu's works. If you don't know Chinese, I suggest you buy a Chinese-Japanese dictionary. You don't necessarily need to publish your translations. But you have to translate..."
Yao Xiaoju's Japanese was not good, and he could not understand the other party's English. Anyway, the entrance ceremony of the current Lu Translation Association was to translate a work by Gu Lu.
"In this case, we can collaborate on the Japanese version of Flowers for Algernon," Yao Xiaoju thought.
This book needs a good translator, because there are many typos in the beginning of the work. How to make the Japanese typos more normal without affecting the reading requires a little bit of skill. The publisher arranged it, but Yao Xiaoju himself was a little worried.
It's good to have an agent, so Gu Lu doesn't have to think about these things. He is currently reading the English version of The Little Prince.
With his current English level, it was a bit difficult for him to read the English version, but he was also very happy.
"I wonder when the French version will be available. Hahaha, not bad. The release date has also been confirmed." Gu Lu felt better.
The Little Prince was written by a Chinese, so it would be hard for it to reach the heights of its predecessor in Europe and America. But even if it reaches about half of it, it would be enough.
Puff——
There was a knock on the door.
……
Wang Liangyan is going to the grassroots level.
The Fog City is a municipality directly under the Central Government, therefore, although he is just a small street office director, he is one of the top three cadres in the county when he goes to the grassroots level.
Wang Liangyan is also happy to go down, because cadres without township and county experience have no chance to go further.
"I really don't want you to leave, Director Wang." The civil servant who took over was transferred from another street and was an acquaintance of Director Wang - Lao Geng.
Lao Geng is not one of them, but he is not his opponent either, so Director Wang is willing to do him a favor.
She reminded: "We should listen more to the voices of the masses in our work, especially those in Building 3, Room 7-2."
Hmm? What's wrong with the people in this building? Could it be that they are troublemakers who like to petition?
Damn it! Just as Lao Geng was about to say something, he heard Director Wang continue to speak.
"Where does the famous writer Gu Lu live?" Director Wang asked. "He wrote The Little Prince and Young China. You know that one, right?"
Of course, Lao Geng nodded. Especially Young China said that some time ago, there was still some New Era Youth Team activities. But it was exhausting.
"Teacher Gu Lu is a talented writer, still young and full of vigor, so if there are any problems in the street, he will definitely speak out." Director Wang pointed out, "Teacher Gu Lu's voice will be heard by many people, including the leaders..."
OK, Lao Geng understands. Young people are not mature at all and don't consider the consequences when they make trouble.
"Thank you very much. I will definitely visit Teacher Gu Lu." Lao Geng said.
Seeing that the other party understood what he meant, Director Wang nodded with satisfaction.
As soon as he said it, Lao Geng came to visit with something. As for what it was, we will reveal it later.
"Excuse me, are you Teacher Gu Lu?" Old Geng was a little uncomfortable with calling a high school student teacher. He was still not as good as Director Wang in this respect.
"I'm Gu Lu, but I don't know if I'm the teacher you're looking for." Gu Lu smelled the scent of a civil servant from the other person.
“I’ve seen the photo of Teacher Gu Lu when he was interviewed by a newspaper. He is not much different from what he said in the newspaper. He looks talented.” Lao Geng said, “I particularly like Teacher Gu Lu’s work.
Then Lao Geng introduced himself.
As expected, this civil servant vibe is something you won’t have unless you’ve worked in the system for 10 or 20 years.
"So who is Director Geng doing today?" Gu Lu welcomed the man into the house and glanced at the bag he was carrying.
"Isn't this to understand the living conditions of the masses..." Lao Geng took out a small notebook and said, "I just took office and don't know many things, so I'm investigating it myself."
Gu Lu poured a glass of water, he didn't drink tea either. He glanced over and saw a lot of things written in the notebook, like sewers, which are prone to blockage during heavy rain.
"Director Geng is really dedicated to his duties." Gu Lu praised.
"It's all what we should do. Our subdistrict office is to serve the people in our jurisdiction well." Lao Geng said, "Today I also came to ask Mr. Gu Lu if he has any opinions on housing. We can make changes if we have any, and encourage others if we don't."
"As for the garbage, the garbage recycling here is relatively slow, so when the temperature gets high in the summer, the smell is very strong," said Gu Lu.
"Many people have raised this issue today," Lao Geng said immediately. "We will discuss a solution within three working days after we return. Don't worry."
"What a high efficiency!" Gu Lu gave a thumbs up.
"It's so hot, this is a necessity. Special matters should be handled specially." Lao Geng asked again, "Is there anything else?"
"Nothing else, everything else is good." Gu Lu said.
"That's good. If you have any questions, please come to the street office to find us at any time. Please accept the noodles and eggs, Mr. Gu Lu." Lao Geng stood up.
"No, no, no, this is not possible."
"Don't get me wrong, Teacher Gu Lu. This is our Fuxing Subdistrict Office's caring plan. As long as there are elderly people and children at home, it will be available." Lao Geng explained.
"All?" Gu Lu asked suspiciously.
"Really, they all are there. You can find out by just going out and asking," said Lao Geng.
"So good?" Gu Lu found it hard to believe.
"They are all trivial matters." Lao Geng said, "Well, I still need to continue investigating, so I won't bother Teacher Gu Lu."
"Okay, goodbye Director Geng." Gu Lu saw him off.
Director Geng is smarter than the previous director. Since Gu Lu’s complaints can be seen by the leaders, can Gu Lu’s praises also be seen by the leaders?
Therefore, Director Geng must perform well.
It has to be said that with Gu Lu around, the surrounding neighbors have benefited a lot.
On the other hand, the editorial department of "New Reading" benefits even more!
The sales of New Reading exceeded 31 copies in the first week, and it is expected that the sales in half a month will not be less than 40 copies.
You have to know that the average sales volume of this magazine is only about 300,000 per issue. Gu Lu's popularity has definitely raised the upper limit of the magazine.
Time flies amidst the booming sales.
For some publishers, the start of school is a very important period. They have to publish exercise books quickly, otherwise they will not be able to earn money from students.
"Huanggang Secret Volume", "Zhihong Optimization" and "Dianti" are relatively common.
This time, the Children's Publishing House and the New Youth Publishing House also took new actions. The former launched the "Children's Picture Recognition Series" of books.
It has to be said that Yuan Mingjie is really talented. His series of books have been ordered by hundreds of kindergartens across the country.
You should know that children's books are very expensive because the paper materials and printing processes are different from those of ordinary books.
The profit is very high.
The work launched by the latter is naturally "Flowers for Algernon", and in the last half month, the promotion has entered the sprint stage.
"The new work of the talented writer Gu Lu is on the market, please stay tuned!"
“Gu Lu: This is my work with the best story.”
(End of this chapter)