Chapter 306 Who takes the blame?

Chapter 306 Who takes the blame?

Chapter 306 Who takes the blame?
"We need to hire professionals, students who have this ability--" Zhou Lin said.

Xiao Lingling's next words made Ding Xixi feel nervous again. After all this time, she finally gave up.

"It's so difficult to find someone to hire here," said Ding Xixi.

"It is very difficult to organize a large event with hundreds of people in an orderly manner," Zhou Lin said, "so we have to look carefully."

"..." Ding Xixi understood that Xiao Lingling had made up her mind. Once she made up her mind, she would definitely do it, and no one else could persuade her.

"Why are you looking at me? I don't have the ability to do so. I can't even organize a meal for several people in our dormitory to go out for." Ding Xixi said quickly when she saw the other party looking at her.

"Of course I know you're not good enough. What's our relationship? Don't I know what kind of loser you are?" Zhou Lin said, "I just thought of a junior high school classmate who was very organized. He was able to organize activities for more than 40 people in his class."

The two are really good sisters, teasing each other. But Ding Xixi was attracted by her words. How can a junior high school organize more than 40 people?

"Then please come." Ding Xixi said.

"No," Zhou Lin shook his head, "It's not something that will bring glory to you."

You also know that it is not appropriate to organize the school celebration by yourself. But you have concerns about inviting the people you mentioned, so you have no concerns about inviting others? Sister, are you a bit hypocritical? However, Ding Xixi still did not say her inner reaction.

"Okay, there will always be a way when the boat reaches the bridge. Let's take action first, and we'll deal with the specific situation after it happens." Zhou Lin said and was about to leave.

Ding Xixi looked at her. Why was she walking towards the South District Teaching Building instead of going to eat?
She didn't do anything. Since she was going to do something, she had to make it bigger, so she tried to find as many clubs as possible. She made an appointment with the president of Time Radio. The other party was a senior high school student, so naturally he was in the South District Teaching Building.

The current president of Time Radio is Zhang Liwan, the one who interviewed Gu Lu earlier.

"Zhou Lin, I've heard your plan," Zhang Liwan asked, "Have you ever thought about doing such a big event behind the school's back? Even if you are a student in the Tsinghua and Peking University classes, the consequences will be serious."

Zhou Lin lowered his head and thought for a moment before speaking, "It makes me very nervous. I have considered the consequences. I guess I will not be able to participate in the selection of outstanding students and some other honors of the school in the future."

It is impossible to expel her, after all, this incident did not violate the school rules. All we can say is that "the desire for personal expression is too strong." Moreover, Zhou Lin was the freshman representative last year, which means she is more important than the average student in the Tsinghua and Peking University classes.

"You know the consequences are so serious, but you still do this?" Zhang Liwan originally thought that the other party was reckless and did not consider the consequences, but she never expected that he knew it better than anyone else.

"Because I only have one chance to go to high school," Zhou Lin said. "All of us only have one chance to go to high school. I don't want to miss out on what belongs to me because of someone else."

"So you're going to use such an extreme method to fight for it?" Zhang Liwan said.

"Extreme?" Zhou Lin was a little embarrassed. "I failed to negotiate with the principal at first, and I was thinking of complaining to the education department. But then I thought that if I didn't complain in time, the school anniversary celebration would be easily cancelled, so I was more cautious."

"President Zhang, please bring the club here to play on Saturday. It's fun." Zhou Lin clasped his hands together, looking very happy.

Being good-looking has its advantages. Zhang Liwan didn't want to get involved in this mess, but seeing the pitiful person on the other side, she agreed for some reason.

"I love you, President Zhang. You are the greatest student reporter in high school." Zhou Lin cheered instantly, just like a Sichuan opera face-changing. Then he took out a booklet and placed it in front of Zhang Liwan.

Zhou Lin said, "This is the general flow of our student celebration. In addition, President Zhang, this is my email address. Please fill in the email address of the members of Time Radio who will be present and send it directly to my email address. Thank you very much."

Without giving the other party time to react, Zhou Lin ran away.

In addition, the idea of ​​sending emails was something that he came up with just a few minutes ago when he discussed with Ding Xixi that it was difficult to organize. Since it was difficult to find someone to organize, let the president of each club restrict the members who were present. Aside from the members, the students who were out for fun would find another way.

"Damn it, have I fallen into a beauty trap?" Zhang Liwan never imagined that one day she would fall into a beauty trap.

"But why is there such a girl? She is beautiful and has personality."

He actually negotiated with the principal and was thinking about filing a complaint with the Education Bureau. That's really amazing.

Zhang Liwan was taught by her parents since she was a child that "you can't have conflicts with others", "if you are bullied, you should forgive others who apologize", "girls should be quiet and can't run around like boys", etc. Although Zhang Liwan is an extrovert, in fact, if she hadn't experienced a major change, her personal courage would hardly support her to complete her "rebellion".

Of course, boys are also taught things like "boys shouldn't cry" and "boys should be strong." But Zhou Lin's personality is unique, even though Zhang Liwan has interviewed many students.

In the following days, Zhou Lin demonstrated absolute initiative and persuaded 14 of the clubs in the school.

Apart from studying, Zhou Lin spends all his time on this and is very busy.

Under the same night sky, not only Zhou Lin is busy, but also Gu Lu.

Gu Lu replied to every editor who asked him to submit manuscripts, and he wanted to build good relationships with them. After all, Gu Lu’s school magazine “Youth” would like to invite editors to share their experiences.

Reply one by one.

The editor of Science Fiction World... Gu Lu has a lot of amazing science fiction short stories on his bookshelf on Earth. So Science Fiction World magazine is the most likely candidate for cooperation again.

In addition, there is also the issue of sharing cultural exchange experiences. Gu Lu asked, "Professor Chen, is there anything else that needs to be modified in my experience sharing?"

After working for more than two hours, Gu Lu finally stretched.

"Now that I'm moving into a new house, I must buy a gaming chair. It's too tiring." Gu Lu prepared to take a break.

When he opened Penguin Space, he saw a message.

No. 10 Middle School Wall: [Students, students. This Saturday (October 14) at : p.m., come to school to participate in club activities! Currently there are dances by the dance club, battle games by the table tennis club, performances by the Shuren Literature Club, food by the Little Chef Gourmet Club, and many other things.

In addition, this event was organized by Model United Nations President Zhou Lin! ]
Montpellier is the best in the world: Didn’t they say that there will be no school anniversary this year? (doubt.jpg)

The No. 8 Middle School Wall replied: The school will not hold the event due to some issues. This event was personally organized by Zhou Lin, a sophomore student. Although there is no award ceremony for the school anniversary, there is no difference in other aspects. If you have nothing to do on Saturday and do not have tutoring, you are welcome to attend.

Ming Haoran: I am a freshman who just entered the school this year. Are the seniors from No. 8 Middle School making such a big fuss? The school has cancelled it, so I have to do it myself? (shocked face.jpg)

Ren Henggangzhi: I’m a sophomore in high school… I’ve never seen such a scene before.

Asteria: Even the seniors haven't seen this kind of scene. It sounds exciting to hold a school celebration on your own.

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“?” Gu Lu did not click to expand.

How come Zhou Lin is making such a big fuss after just a few days of not seeing him?

In the end, he even specifically stated who organized it, which was a show-off on the one hand, and based on Gu Lu's understanding of the super-powered girl on the other hand, he was taking the blame for this.

"Is this a real high school student?" Unlike Gu Lu, who was just a returnee, he was more aggressive. No, except for Zhou Lin, Gu Lu had never seen a high school student with such courage.

"It's terrible. Zhou Lin has to take the blame."

Zhou Lin's actions really inspired him to feel like an old man rekindling his youth. Soon Gu Lu calmed down again.

Gu Lu put down everything he was doing and started writing. It took about two hours to finish writing about 3,000 words. After finishing, Gu Lu also proofread it and corrected the typos and some words.

"Hello, Editor-in-Chief Qu, I'm Gu Lu. I've worked with your magazine before."

I found the phone number of Qu, the deputy editor-in-chief of Youth Digest, and called him. We had collaborated on Moonstone and Yesterday's Park.

The matter was simple. Gu Lu wanted to get in the queue for the article. The short story he had just written would be published in the second half of October.

With Gu Lu’s current fame, even if the article is a piece of shit, it can still be published.

It’s just that cutting in line is a bit of a stretch—those who have worked in publishing houses know that the content of an issue is selected early on, and then typesetting, printing, and other matters are carried out.

"I know you are in a hurry, Teacher Gu. I basically agree with this. I still need to discuss the specifics of publishing it first with my superiors." Deputy Editor-in-Chief Qu said, "But there is basically no problem. Teacher Gu, just wait for my good news."

"Thank you, Editor-in-Chief Qu." Gu Lu thanked him.

"Thank you, no need. Teacher Gu's articles are also in great demand now." Deputy Editor-in-Chief Qu said, "If Teacher Gu has any good articles in the future that are not suitable for People's Literature, submitting them to our Youth Digest is also a good choice."

"Of course." Gu Lu agreed solemnly.

Deputy Editor Qu hung up the phone and prepared to call the Editor-in-Chief, but then he saw that it was already three minutes past six.

Time to get off.

He is the double standard dog who believes that "only incompetent people will work overtime and bring work to holidays." He adheres to the principle of never working after get off work and having a sense of ceremony when at work.

How about we talk about it tomorrow? Deputy Editor Qu thought. The coffee in the cup and the macarons in the dishes are gone. How can I work? No way!

Just as Deputy Editor Qu was preparing to pack up and go home, he remembered the writer's anxious tone on the phone.

"I'm working overtime for Young China," Deputy Editor Qu felt that he was too responsible. He found the editor-in-chief. The editor-in-chief didn't leave work so quickly, so he must still be here. He explained the matter in a few words.

It was similar to what Deputy Editor Qu thought. After a moment of contemplation, the Editor-in-Chief agreed to this matter.

"Please send me Teacher Gu's article," the editor-in-chief said, "I'll see what it is."

Speaking of which, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Qu didn’t even have the time to read it.

I opened the email from Gu Lu, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief Qu and the Editor-in-Chief looked at each other. It turned out that Gu Lu also wrote this kind of article!

After Gu Lu hung up the phone with Editor Qu, he continued to call the Youth Pioneer and Fog City Daily.

"Okay, okay, thank you for the trouble."

"Please, thank you so much."

nailed it.

Although he had done everything as planned in his mind, Gu Lu's brows were still furrowed.

These two types of newspapers are only influential in the southwest. Gu Lu wondered if their influence might be a little small.

So, Gu Lu called President Wang and asked him for a favor.

Flowers for Algernon single-handedly supported the New Youth Publishing House, and to put it bluntly, Gu Lu was the treasure of the entire publishing house. Therefore, the small request was easily agreed.

It is not a small amount. For ordinary people, even Principal Chang of No. 8 Middle School, it is extremely difficult to do it. But for President Wang, it is just a matter of a phone call. Don't forget the background of the New Youth Publishing House. I won't say more.

Now, there is absolutely no problem.

"Since there's no problem, I want to have some fun too." Gu Lu suddenly had an idea and remembered that the two Japanese people in front were coming to China to play.

Sent an email to Yuto Tsukuda.

This Japanese person was relatively unfamiliar, after all, Gu Lu had only met him once. When he went to Japan to hold a book signing event for "The Prince at That Time", Futian was a cartoonist who liked the book very much and came to visit Gu Lu on purpose.

The person I would like to recommend is Fujimaki Tadatoshi, the manga artist of "Kuroko's Basketball".

Invite a few foreigners...

Speaking of foreign countries, let’s talk about Britain.

The English version of The Little Prince is now on sale, with Puffin Books investing a moderate amount of resources.

What is the right amount? The new book display stand at Waterstones did not deliberately promote it.

Waterstones is the largest chain bookstore in the UK, so its reach is quite good.

"What kind of book is this?"

"A fairy tale book written by a Chinese writer."

"Let's go, what's the point of Chinese fairy tale books."

"I think so too. It's quite boring. But I heard that this writer is a genius in China. He seems to have sold more than three million books at the age of sixteen."

"Oh God, you are kidding me?"

The entire population of the United Kingdom in 2012 was just over 2013 million. As for the data for , this year hasn't passed yet, so it's not out yet.

Selling one-twentieth of the UK at the age of sixteen sounds horrible.

Yes, the sales of The Little Prince in the UK rely on Gu Lu’s talent.

Europe and the United States can be said to be more enthusiastic about genius, especially in the field of art. Think about the popularity of the musical prodigy Mozart.

After Puffin Books realized this, its promotional strategy changed from "Fairy tales from China, a big hit in China, a big hit in Japan!"

It was changed to "China's first genius writer, who wrote many bestsellers at the age of sixteen, with cumulative sales exceeding three million copies. Take a look at the genius' fairy tale!"

The marketing focus is different, and the results are really different.

The sales volume on the first day was 1475 copies. After the change in promotional strategy, the sales volume on the second day reached 8152 copies, an increase of more than five times.

The key is that the potential is unlimited! The current China is far from the influence it will have in ten years, especially in Europe and the United States. Because of the propaganda of foreign media, the impression of ordinary British people on China is really bad. There are even some forums in the UK where it is politically correct to say that China is not good.

Do you know the famous Ten Commandments of Mystery? The fifth one is: Do not include Chinese people in your story.

Don't wash your hands of this one, don't say that the appearance of the Chinese represents witchcraft. The person who proposed it, Ronald Knox, is a British editor and writer. His original words were: "I don't see any point in letting the appearance of a Chinese ruin a mystery novel. If you are flipping through a book you've never heard of in a bookstore and suddenly see a Chinese guy with narrow and small eyes mentioned in the book, put the book down; it must be bad."

It's blatant discrimination.

"It seems that Puffin Books really doesn't take this book seriously." Yao Xiaoju was paying close attention, and he thought to himself.

Because he wanted to promote the idea of ​​using the author as a genius writer, Yao Xiaoju had told Haiqiao Books about this from the beginning, but the other party didn't pay attention.

Fortunately, the results were good.

"I was right! Brother Gu is very capable at sea, and he lives up to my name." Yao Xiaoju booked a flight to London that day because The Little Prince was about to take off in the UK.

A Chinese author who is very popular in the UK will definitely be attacked. Yao Xiaoju has to take precautions. This is what an editor with overseas publishing experience does. He is preparing preventive measures before problems occur.

"Come on, I have worked in the UK and Europe for so many years, let me see where my abilities lie." Yao Xiaoju was full of confidence.

The overseas war is about to break out!
The person involved had not updated the news so promptly, and he only knew that his sales in two days were less than 10,000 copies.

Gu Lu stopped paying attention to it, because he originally thought that fairy tale works need time to accumulate, so it doesn't matter if the sales are low for a while.

The next day, Gu Lu found Zhou Lin.

"Our publishing company also wants to participate." Gu Lu found Zhou Lin.

"Welcome, of course it's a warm welcome." Zhou Lin asked, "What kind of school anniversary activities did the publication company originally plan?"

Zhou Lin then asked what activities the publication company had originally planned for the school anniversary. Gu Lu also answered honestly that the next step was the same, which was to fill in the form.

After talking about the registration, Gu Lu suddenly asked, "Are there any difficulties in the overall situation? Is there anything I can help with?"

Hearing this, Zhou Lin hesitated a little.

"What? Are we still polite to each other?" Gu Lu said.

"Being polite is certainly not my style," Zhou Lin said, "but I just can't count the number of students who come to play. I can't think of a solution for now."

"Students who came to participate in the event..." Gu Lu said, "Then leave this to me."

"Is there any way?" Zhou Lin widened his eyes.

These eyes are so big, isn't Director Hu envious to death?

"Keep it a secret, you'll know when the time comes." Gu Lu said.

Since that was what she said, Zhou Lin believed Gu Lu's words without hesitation. The thing that bothered Zhou Lin the most was solved, and she was happier.

To be honest, Zhou Lin's plan was not tight, at least she didn't keep it secret at all. So with four days left, many teachers heard about it from their students.

Interestingly, the teachers did not report it.

Because, Gu Lu asked Lu Yi to post a message on the wall of No. 8 Middle School.

Wall of No. 8 Middle School: [The first student celebration has begun! This is our own student celebration. Students who want to come and play, please come to me to sign up, or ask your parents to sign up. Note: If you don’t sign up, it will be difficult to enter and leave the school! ——Student Celebration Organizing Committee: Gu Lu]
That’s right, because the teachers knew that Gu Lu, the pride of No. 8 Middle School, was involved, so they all turned a blind eye.

Yes, the situation on campus is also on the verge of breaking out!

(End of this chapter)