Chapter 300 "Flowers for Algernon" is now on sale!
Chapter 300 "Flowers for Algernon" is now on sale!
"Lingling, do you really understand ballet? I don't understand them except when they're spinning in circles."
"I don't understand it either, but it feels so beautiful, and the body movements are very beautiful."
"that's it?"
“It’s all there, and I saw something I hadn’t seen before, and there’s a small expansion.”
The above conversation was between Zhou Lin and her younger sister and classmate Ding Xixi. The two had just watched a performance at the Fog City Theater.
With student discounts and last-minute ticket sales, a ticket only costs $59.
"You just like to try new things, but I don't. I won't even give the way home as a second choice," said Ding Xixi.
Zhou Lin is a person who likes to try new things. She is curious about many things. She is also very open-minded. She is willing to accept Gu Lu's invitation to play badminton or watch a play.
Except studying of course...
"That's good too. It feels different to walk on the same road by jumping or walking slowly. There's also a difference between winter and summer," Zhou Lin said. "Looking at the sky is even more different from looking at the ground. Just be careful to keep your eyes up when walking to avoid falling."
Full of vitality, to use the language of the later Internet, the modern atmosphere burns people.
Ding Xixi suddenly asked, "Okay, okay, have you finished your homework?"
"..." Zhou Lin changed the subject, "What are we going to eat later?"
"School is about to start in a few days. Little Bell, you haven't started yet, have you?" Ding Xixi widened her eyes.
"It's just a bell, why is it still so young?" Zhou Lin said, "There are still several days left, and I think summer homework is useless. The teachers don't check it, and the students don't take it seriously, so it's meaningless."
"You are right, but if you don't complete your homework, the teacher will scold you mercilessly," said Ding Xixi.
Zhou Lin clenched her fist and encouraged herself, "I will definitely propose to cancel summer homework if I have the chance. We should do more interesting things during the summer vacation."
Ding Xixi didn't take it seriously, because her little sister would say shocking things from time to time.
What Xixi didn't know was that Zhou Lin would work hard to realize what he boasted about...
The two of them had something to eat outside, and then went to the bookstore to browse. Ding Xixi just wanted to buy the book "Dian Bo" to prepare for the summer vacation.
I really envy Zhou Lin's learning talent. Although she is not very active, her grades are among the best in the classes of Peking University and Tsinghua University. She works very hard to barely stay at the top of the key classes.
The good thing about Ding Xixi is that she is just envious, not jealous.
Before entering the store, the poster at the door reads [September 9, miracles are coming! Gu Lu's new work, invites you to taste the legend], and the new book is on sale, all of Gu Lu's works are 3% off.
"It's awesome! He has published a new book. Gu Lu writes really fast." Ding Xixi said.
"I told you before that Gu Lu is a genius. He has been like this since junior high school," Zhou Lin said. "He is ridiculously good at writing essays and novels."
You two are both evil geniuses, you should be buried together in the ground, Ding Xixi thought to herself.
But then again, Ding Xixi heard some admiration from her sisters. Gu Lu had achievements that were admired, but Zhou Lin, with her extremely confident personality, said things like "I am the third, the world will be unified sooner or later", "I will stand on the stage of the United Nations sooner or later", so it was a bit rare for her to admire others.
The library placed Gu Lu's series of books in a very conspicuous place, so even though Ding Xixi already had "The Little Prince" at home, she still bought a collector's edition.
The cover looks better than ever!
Zhou Lin entered Xinhua Bookstore. He usually didn't buy books, but this guy took a Monopoly chess piece...
However, Ding Xixi is an obvious example. As long as you come near a bookstore, you will see promotional posters related to Gu Lu.
It works!
The volume of discussion on the Internet is quite large.
"You can always believe in Gu Lu's science fiction!"
“Just hearing the name tells a beautiful story.”
"I can't wait any longer. There haven't been any works that have shocked me recently."
"Is he writing too fast? It seems like Gu Lu writes several books a year."
"Not many books, mainly because he is so popular, and there are always hot topics and hot topics. That gives people this impression."
Wait, similar discussions can be seen on Tieba, Douban, Tianya and other platforms.
There are many people watching Gu Lu. In addition to readers, there are Yu Xinyao, Yuan Mingjie, Zheng Yuanjie and others.
Yu Xinyao, as the country's top literary critic, also criticized Gu Lu, but his criticism was also full of disappointment.
Yuan Mingjie wants to surpass the "traitor" Gu Lu in terms of revenue with his picture-recognition series of children's books.
Zheng Yuanjie likes Gu Lu very much, and some of his remarks are more radical than his.
[Zheng Yuanjie: Xiao Gu, you are a celebrity now, so you must be careful about your words and actions, so as not to be criticized by others.
Gu Lu: OK, OK, I understand.]
Perhaps during the West Lake tour, Gu Lu’s remarks about pre-prepared meals were reported. At that time, we were eating at Louwailou, but the details were glossed over.
It doesn’t matter. Gu Lu has said similar prophetic words many times, not just to show off.
Look at his innocent little eyes. Gu Lu does this as part of establishing his “genius” persona.
Serious literature will definitely appear in the future, and even works that reflect deeply on society and the world.
Gu Lu's predictions have been confirmed, which indirectly proves that he has forward-looking thinking about society and the world.
There is nothing wrong with plagiarism.
"If one day, I become pretentious, please remember my once pure eyes." Gu Lu murmured to himself.
Turning off the computer, Gu Lu found that with the development of the entertainment industry and the gaming industry, their impact on him was getting bigger and bigger.
I recently played a development game and I couldn't help but want to click on it.
In order to concentrate on his work, Gu Lu would turn off the computer when not in use.
If I turn it off, I naturally won’t read the comments on the Internet.
Soon, it got dark outside the window again.
He felt like he had done nothing and time had just passed by in a flash.
"Isn't summer vacation almost two months long? Why does it always feel like only a week or two have passed?" Gu Lu muttered.
The next day, Gu Lu came to school reluctantly.
After not seeing each other for a summer, some of my classmates have grown taller, and some seem to have changed in appearance.
Anyway, Gu Lu’s interest has never been high, like vegetables hit by frost, shriveled and lifeless.
My deskmate Qi Caiwei was originally very unhappy.
Because she had been waiting for Gu Lu to ask her out since the summer vacation, but she waited and waited, but there was no result.
Before the holiday, it was Gu Lu who first asked her what she was doing during the summer vacation! How could someone be irresponsible after asking a question?
Qi Caiwei's anger lasted for half an hour, but when she saw that her deskmate seemed to be in a bad mood, her thoughts changed.
She wondered if her deskmate was also waiting for her to speak. Qi Caiwei had a strong sense of empathy, and coupled with her heavy thoughts, she tended to blame herself for the mistakes as she thought about them.
Qi Caiwei even blamed herself a little. Who stipulated that boys must ask girls out? Everyone is equal. Can't girls take the initiative to ask? !
Qi Caiwei broke the ice by saying, "Gulu, what did you do during the summer vacation? I always felt that you were very tired."
"What did I do..." Gu Lu thought for a moment and said, "Except for going to West Lake to participate in a writer's event, discussing the publication of a new book, and confirming the publication of the English version of The Little Prince, it seems that I didn't do anything. But I'm just tired."
"Finalizing the publication of two books in one summer vacation, you still say you didn't do anything? Your summer vacation was too full, you even went to West Lake to participate in activities." Qi Caiwei said, "No wonder you are tired."
"So, I have done a lot of things?" Gu Lu asked.
"Of course there are a lot. Although I have never published a book, I know that publishing a book requires confirming various things, which is very mentally exhausting," said Qi Caiwei.
"You make a lot of sense," Gu Lu felt better. He asked casually, "How about you? How was your summer vacation?"
"It's very fulfilling. Apart from practicing dancing, the rest of the time is at my own disposal. I have watched a lot of TV dramas and read a lot of books. Of course, I have written reviews after reading them." Qi Caiwei became inexplicably happy.
Qi Caiwei said, "Master, I have a lot of thoughts after reading. You have a heavy task!"
Actually, reading other people's reviews is not very interesting, even if CC's perspective is novel. When I heard that there were a lot of accumulated works, King Guru felt overwhelmed. It was too troublesome and I didn't want to read it anymore...
But looking at the other person's eyes smiling like crescent moons, he still couldn't bear to pour cold water on her.
"Looking forward to it." said Gu Lu.
"Hehe." Qi Caiwei was happy. She turned around and took out a notebook from her small bag, like a squirrel taking out nuts that it had hidden.
He handed the notebook to Gu Lu with both hands.
Compared with Li Guyuan's monotonous book, Qi Caiwei's book has an image of a deer breaking into a garden with flowers in full bloom on the cover.
[Chekhov's Short Stories Collection
Topic: Is Chekhov's description cumbersome? Can an article without description still achieve the effect of the original text? ……］
The handwriting is neat, the layout is exquisite, and she even uses a blue watercolor pen to mark the details. It can be seen that Qi Caiwei is very serious.
In Gu Lu's impression, Chekhov's writing style is very concise, so why is it complicated? It's a bit interesting.
"I'll give you feedback after I finish reading it." Gu Lu said.
"Yeah!" Qi Caiwei nodded.
While the two were chatting, Lu Ping and others had already brought back the books for the second year of high school.
The other high school sophomores were going to be divided into arts and science classes, but only three students were transferred from the Innovation Class. Two students were transferred from another Innovation Class.
After a brief self-introduction, Gu Lu started chatting with his deskmate, so he didn't pay attention to what the two people's names were.
After school, Tangyuan came.
"Gulu, the new students have arrived and there will be a club recruitment meeting soon. How many people does our association need to recruit, what are the requirements, and what is our publicity plan?" Li Guyuan asked, "Should I come up with these plans, or should you, Gulu, handle it?"
"In this case, you have to take action." Gu Lu said, "But I can do the club's publicity plan. I often communicate with the camp editor when publishing books, and I feel like I have learned a few tricks."
"No problem, I'll take care of the rest." Li Guyuan agreed immediately.
It is simply the strongest right hand!
The first day of school at Fog City No. 8 Middle School was uneventful, but on the second day, "Flowers for Algernon" was launched in a shocking manner!
The Japanese version was not synchronized after all and was released a week late.
So let’s talk about the domestic situation first. The first batch of readers came for the author’s reputation.
There are enough readers here that the sales on the first day exceeded 32 copies.
Create the best record in 2013!
It is estimated that no book will be able to break the record in the next few months.
"Gu Lu's new work has sold over 300,000 copies, creating a sales miracle: Is it really good?" - NetEase News
The online media has reported on the sales volume! President Yuan of the Juvenile and Children's Publishing House has a little regret.
Where is this?
Algernon’s reputation hasn’t exploded yet!
"A very wonderful book?" Wang Ban went to the bookstore to buy a book.
His father, President Wang, strongly recommended it to me, saying, "It's a very beautiful work just like its name, and it will make you feel the beauty of the world."
Wang Ban didn't believe even a single punctuation mark in his father's words. But as a child, he still supported the book that his father's publishing house was vigorously promoting.
Two prices.
The regular version is 31 yuan and only has one book.
The package version is 40 yuan and includes a white mouse pendant.
"It may be tear-jerking, but don't you think about who I am? He is familiar with all kinds of Korean drama routines, and even "I Hear Your Voice" can't break his defense.
What a funny little book!
Wang Ban bought the regular version.
“This pendant is limited edition, and each store only has fifty of them,” the clerk said, implying that customers should buy the package.
"I just want the regular version." Wang Ban felt that the little mouse pendant was ugly and far inferior to the little prince before.
After buying the book, Wang Ban returned home and prepared to cook tonight to comfort his parents.
But in the evening, President Wang called and said he would not be home for dinner.
This is normal. It will take some time to be busy when a new book by a famous person is released.
After Wang Ban finished eating, he started reading a book in a unique diary format.
No, not a diary, a report to be precise.
There was also a typo at the beginning, which instantly drew Wang Ban into the plot. But at the beginning, Wang Ban was still able to hold on.
In the book, Xiao Lu has a good relationship with Professor He Cheng, but not with some other professors in the experiment because the other professor is condescending.
"I am a human being, and the little deer before was also a human being." When the little deer shouted at the experimenter, Wang Ban got goose bumps all over his body.
Before, the stupid deer had a very low IQ, so the experimenters did not treat it as a human being. After it became smart, the experimenters only treated it as a tool.
It can also be said that both the front and the back are tools, and the deer wants to be a human being.
"It's so heartbreaking. It seems that people with low IQ are not human. This plot is too realistic." Wang Banshen, as a reader from a God's perspective, must have regarded Xiaolu as a human being.
There is no God's perspective...
Wang Ban’s shocking journey has just begun. The professors traveled to Sweden and brought two test subjects, Algernon and the deer, with them.
While the professors were presenting their reports, the deer couldn't stand being watched and released Algernon from the cage.
[Algernon pauses at a wash basin, looking at his reflection in the mirror. …]
It is normal for animals to look at themselves in the mirror, and domestic cats often do this and may even want to play with their reflection in the mirror.
But the mouse looking in the mirror, combined with the previous plot, is very shocking. What is Algernon thinking? Is it possible that it can't recognize itself in the mirror at all?
This plot can trigger too much imagination.
The shock came.
The crying moments also followed - when the typos in Xiaolu's report appeared again...
Wang Ban couldn't hold it back and tears flowed uncontrollably.
Another half an hour passed, Wang Ban's eyes were filled with tears. He gritted his teeth and said, "Old thief, is this what you mean by feeling the beauty of the world?"
"Fuck!" Wang Ban couldn't help but swear.
It turned out that the little white mouse was Algernon - Wang Ban felt a little regretful that he should have spent a few more dollars to take off the pendant.
His reaction was the reaction of the first batch of readers.
Readers are overwhelmed with sadness.
"Ahhhhh, I really cried. No matter how low Xiaolu's IQ was, he never made a mistake in writing people's names. He never made a mistake in writing anyone's name. Because he cared about everyone's name."
"Come on, if you want to recommend a book, please repeat after me: Flowers for Algernon is a book that shows the beauty of the world. I recommend it to those who are in a bad mood. After reading it, you will feel brighter."
"The heartbreaking road to fame (that's it, not a typo)!"
"I've finished reading it. Haha, this is the birthday gift my boyfriend gave me today. After reading it, I only have one thing to say: draft? My heart aches."
"Is there something wrong with Gu Lu's family situation? Some details are so amazing, like when Xiaolu's IQ dropped to a freezing point and he came to the special school again, Miss Li cried, and I cried too."
"Pirated books have many typos, but pirated Flowers for Algernon doesn't have that problem. When the report went from being fluent to being full of typos, it was hard to resist."
……
According to word-of-mouth feedback from the first batch of readers, many readers agreed that Flowers for Algernon is currently Gu Lu's best novel.
The title of "Science Fiction Masterpiece!" was released.
It's soft sci-fi though.
To what extent is it exaggerated? President Jian, please look at Gu Lu.
"I don't even need to change my identity to guide them, science fiction fans are going crazy!" President Jian exclaimed.
At this moment, the Gu Lu Bar was occupied by Lu Ke, and everyone was discussing the plot. Some readers said that this book explored the meaning of life, and no one is an island. Another reader used a poem, "I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the sun." The sun pierced the desolation in my heart, but it turned into another kind of desolation.
Of course, there are also discussions about the shortcomings. Some readers said that they don’t feel that the deer has really become smarter...
Indeed, the way the book describes how the deer becomes smarter is very lazy. It just lists how many languages it has learned and what skills it has acquired.
It’s just that the shortcomings are overshadowed by the advantages, and most of them are compliments.
"Xiao Gu has succeeded again. How successful he can be remains to be seen and the effect of word-of-mouth spreads." President Jian thought to himself.
You should know that the total sales of science fiction books in China is only 300 million copies a year. There are examples where publishers publish short mystery stories, but no one is interested in science fiction short stories.
Can the barrier be broken?
can!
With good reputation, more passers-by joined in.
On the fourth day, sales volume reversed!
Day 32: copies
Day 7: copies
Day 5: copies
Day 12: copies!
Don't be surprised why there is such a big gap between the first day sales and subsequent sales.
It's like when a popular star releases an album, those who are interested in buying it will rush in as soon as possible.
The latter depends on the quality.
"Flowers for Algernon" sold over 500,000 copies in less than a week, which was ridiculous even in the golden age.
Books Explode!
(End of this chapter)