Chapter 301 SOLD OUT! SOLD OUT!

Chapter 301 SOLD OUT! SOLD OUT!

Chapter 301 SOLD OUT! SOLD OUT!
"Oh? Don't you dislike science fiction novels?" Mao Sanning, this bastard, got out of being single without telling his brothers.

His girlfriend Xiaoxiao is also a female reader who writes mystery novels. The two met at a salon.

"My friend told me that this book is really good." Xiaoxiao said, "Although I don't like science fiction, this book is very good!"

Flowers for Algernon has been all over the internet recently, and its popularity has completely exceeded the temperature of a science fiction work. Mao Sanning met Gu Lu two years ago, before his first book was published.

They were in contact quite frequently at the moment, but Mao Sanning had never told Xiaoxiao about this.

He decided to wait until his girlfriend finished reading. Mao Sanning then said indifferently, "Oh, I know this author. We have a good relationship."

How can a boy resist such a pretentious moment?
Mao Sanning himself did not realize that, as a writer, knowing Gu Lu was something worth bragging about.

In order to make it easier for his girlfriend to read, Mao Sanning took the initiative to take on the task of cooking.

However, instead of receiving praise, he received sobs.

Xiaoxiao cried.

“Wow, wow, wow - does this author have no heart? No wonder so many people on the Internet call him an old thief, he is indeed not a good person!” Xiaoxiao said while crying.

She was a rather sentimental girl, so she started crying before she even saw the deer's IQ return to normal.

"From the very beginning, he wrote this book just to stab people. I can tell." Xiaoxiao suddenly looked up, "Maomao, you must not learn from him. This old thief... this little thief is very hateful!"

So now, do I still need to show that I and Gu Lu are good friends?
Wait online, hurry!
Mao Sanning could only nod in agreement, "Yes, yes, this author has bad intentions!"

"You should watch it too!" Xiaoxiao feels that boyfriends and girlfriends must share the joys and sorrows.

"I'll watch it after I finish my meal." Mao Sanning nodded.

Unable to contain her anger, Xiaoxiao took her phone and went to forum to complain.

It’s a funny thing. Before Flowers for Algernon was released, the Lu Ke Party opened the champagne.

How happy I was then, how sad I am now.

"Woo woo woo! Go to hell, old thief Gu Lu! Can't you give Xiaolu a good ending?"

"How can you say that about Gu Lu? He is just a child. So he is a thief! Come out and die, little thief!"

"I am a tough guy after all, but... especially when I think about the fact that Fawn's IQ has dropped so much that he can't even send flowers to Algernon, it's really heartbreaking."

"Wrong, I was wrong from the beginning. Think about "Take Her Eyes" and "Rural Teacher". This guy loves to kill people when he writes science fiction. I swear, I must pay attention when I read his science fiction in the future!"

……

The fact that so many readers are "criticizing" it means that the content of the work is good.

On the fifth day after the book was released, Yu Xinyao's book review appeared.

"Take away the science fiction elements from Flowers for Algernon, and what's left?"

[Taking away the science fiction elements, this work is a philosophical masterpiece. The philosophy of The Little Prince was only a superficial exploration, while this book is a deep exploration.

The work unfolds from an unethical experiment, in which the little white mouse Algernon and the fawn are the observers. This experiment is a preview of animal abuse and human rights violations from the very beginning.

Gu Lu raises questions one after another in his works: "Where does a person's identity in society come from?" "Why are human relationships formed?" "How should the family be analyzed?" "Love and sex?" "Are people created by past memories?"

Any of these topics is enough to support a novel. What is rare is that the author Gu Lu actually digs deep enough into each topic.

I have chosen two topics to discuss to support my view that Flowers for Algernon is a philosophical masterpiece.

If humans are created from past memories, then Xiaolu will not be a complete "person" because he has an intellectual disability and has no memory at all, or more precisely, he cannot recall his own memories.

As a human being, you have to judge whether another human being is a human being, which is a funny and absurd judgment.

Professor He Cheng and Professor Li Si from the laboratory did not regard the deer with low IQ and no memory as a human.

There are so many absurdities in the book, and another theme of the book is "loss of identity".

It is about "where does one's identity in society come from". At the beginning, Xiaolu thought that he was an employee of a bakery. He enjoyed the life in the bakery and was happy with his colleagues. But the truth is that the bakery owner also exploited him and his colleagues treated him as an object of deception. After the surgery to restore his intelligence, his view of the world changed, and he lost his good friends who did not exist in the first place and the boss who cared about him.

Also lost his identity as a bakery employee.

So which of Xiaolu's two identities is real? Or are they both real?

……

Flowers for Algernon exists as if to oppose Sartre's view that "man is absolutely free". Regardless of his IQ, the deer is always seeking "existence" in the eyes of others.

Although Gu Lu has written works such as The Little Prince and Flatland that are very suitable for children, from this work, we can see that he is pessimistic about the concept of "human beings".

This is in stark contrast to Rousseau's extreme love for "humanity".

Finally, the work was published as a science fiction novel. Therefore, there is no need to remove the science fiction label. Even with the science fiction label, it is still a wonderful science fiction work that explores life ethics! ]
Omitted is Yu Xinyao’s analysis of thousands of words on other topics.

The purpose of Yu Xinyao's existence is to tell other media in plain language about the power of this book. Then the media will break it down and promote it, so that ordinary readers can also know it.

For example, the image of the book, "Then, her body rubbed against mine, and I felt a strange boiling and twitching inside me, which made me feel warm. But when I looked up, I saw that she was holding a bloody knife in her hand..." The blood-red knife is an important image of the book, corresponding to the lucky bracelet.

Xinxia.com: "Pessimism about Humanity, Genius Gu Lu Takes You to Appreciate Genius"

Literary Newspaper: "Why does Gu Lu, a minor student, have such a deep understanding of life?"

NetEase News: "Science Fiction Masterpiece + Philosophy Masterpiece = Flowers for Algernon"

Southern Metropolis Daily: "Entering Gu Lu's spiritual world, exclusive interview with a high school class teacher"

Wait, Yu Xinyao's comments in the People's Literature Daily are like fuel for the flames. Gu Lu's fire is scary enough!

[I have had crossed eyes since childhood, so you can imagine what my school life was like. I was often bullied and teachers didn’t like me. One summer, my mom took me to have surgery and my eyes got much better. I was very happy that summer, thinking that I could make good friends when school started and I wouldn’t be bullied anymore. But I ended up getting bullied even more. The people who bullied me told me that they were used to my crossed eyes and they didn’t like it at all.

So when I saw Xiaolu become smart and was reported by his colleagues and even forced to resign, I felt the same way.]
A reader shared his experience on the Internet.

The comments are more informative and in-depth: "I found that Gu Lu can really write. His other novel "Mr. Holmes" begins with Sherlock Holmes who is over 90 years old, which instantly aroused my interest. And this opening with typos is simply amazing." "The most amazing thing is that this guy even made use of typos..." "I shouldn't have opened this book on the bus, it's so embarrassing" and so on.

Many readers just cried after reading it, but after reading these comments, it seems that the book raises too many questions.

"That's not the point at all!" Professor Chen put down the Literary Gazette. It said that Gu Lu had a pair of eyes that were good at observing the world.

Isn't this playing the piano randomly?
It's obviously because of "yearning for happiness". Humans are like this, the more they yearn for something, the more they understand the opposite of it.

It’s like people who yearn for eight-pack abs know better how to get fat, such as eating midnight snacks, staying up late, irregular diet, and the distance outside the bed.

"Family experience is an integral part of his way of thinking," said Professor Chen.

Wait, he is writing a paper on "The Formation and Application of Dependent Pen Stroke" and it will be finished soon.

Don’t think that only students scratch their heads when writing papers; professors also scratch their heads. The main thing is to collect enough information, and the protagonist of this new work, “Little Deer”, can analyze a lot of things.

After reading the work, Professor Chen had to admit that it was no wonder that Xinxia Society said that Gu Lu was the most talented student in China.

The article is really well written, and it makes sense.

With so much support, book sales have once again reversed the decline.

Just like a series of bombs, once the first "boom" sounded, it could no longer be stopped.

Even a strange scene occurred——

"Do you have any more Algernon pendants?" Wang Ban came to a bookstore near his home.

The clerk didn't understand, "What Algernon?"

"It's the little mouse pendant in the book." Wang Ban said. After he finished reading it, the more he thought about it, the more interesting it became. Especially when the little white mouse looked at the mirror, when the little deer had to give the little white mouse a bouquet of flowers every day, when the little deer thought that Algernon was the only one of his kind in the world...

Basically, after reading this book carefully, most people would like to have a white mouse pendant if the price is not expensive. Wang Ban is the majority.

"Oh, not sold separately. The mouse pendant can only be purchased with a set meal." The clerk responded in a serious tone. Okay, Wang Ban also wants to buy this book as a gift to a friend. Just buy a set meal and take the pendant.

Tears don't disappear, nor do they transfer, they only replicate! Wang Ban was cheated by the old thief, and he also wants to cheat his friends.

Friends walk together throughout life and face the ups and downs together.

"There is no package version. There are only a few dozen in each store, and they were sold out yesterday," the clerk responded.

"?" Wang Ban hesitated for a moment before saying, "Okay, give me a book."

"I'm sorry, the books in our store were sold out this morning. We probably won't have them back until tomorrow," the clerk added.

There is nothing, so why are you talking here for so long? Wang Ban was speechless.

Doing business this way will lead to your downfall!

Changing the place, Wang Ban went to the Sanlian Bookstore which was a little further away.

The response I got was no.

People tend to be rebellious. They are not in such a hurry to get something. But if they can't buy it, they have to buy it immediately!
I went to four bookstores in succession, and all of them were out of stock.

"What era is this? Are books still out of stock?" Wang Ban found it hard to believe.

After 2010, it is impossible for so many bookstores to be out of stock.

Helpless.

"Dad! You are really my father. How could you betray your son like this?" Wang Ban called his father to settle all the old and new grudges. "Can this book make people feel the beauty of the world?!"

The father, President Wang, asked back: "Look at how pitiful the little deer is. You have a normal IQ and a normal body. Can't you feel the beauty of the world?"

“……” Damn, Wang Ban felt that what his father said made a lot of sense, but he was speechless.

"Is there anything else?" After a while, President Wang saw that the other party did not move, so he took the initiative to speak.

"Congratulations to your dad. The publishing house has a high-selling work." Wang Ban said.

This time, I said what President Wang liked to hear the most.

"Hahaha, no no, I'm just lucky." The smile on President Wang's face was harder to suppress than that of an AK47.

He knew that given the author's fame and the quality of the book, it would definitely become a hit, but he never thought it would be so complete.

"Okay, go home early today. I'll cook and we'll have a meal as a family to celebrate," said President Wang.

"Really? Dad!" Wang Ban was excited.

"Of course, when have I ever lied to you?" President Wang said, "Well, I have something else to do, so you can just go home early tonight."

After that, the other party hung up the phone. Wang Ban was a little excited, because generally speaking, in such a situation, the father and mother would go out to celebrate together. He was left to deal with it at home...

The sun is really coming out in the west!
The sun is definitely operating normally today, mainly because President Wang is so happy.

There are many happy people.

"Principal Gong, good news, good news!" Section Chief Xiao came running to report.

"What good news?" Principal Gong asked calmly.

The next moment, Section Chief Xiao took out a book and turned to the postscript, "Finally, I would like to thank the National SPF Experimental Animal Center for its support."

"Didn't the previous popular science activities of writers organize two groups of authors to visit our school's laboratory?" Section Chief Xiao said, "This is the new book of writer Gu Lu, which mentioned us."

In fact, according to common sense, this matter should be noticed by the Party Propaganda Committee responsible for school publicity. However, the publicity departments of some universities seem to have their eyes on the top of their heads and don't pay any attention to the Internet at all.

He didn't care about other areas, so Section Chief Xiao was the first to discover it. After all, he was responsible for receiving Gu Lu!

President Gong was unmoved. "Our university is a double first-class university and has also joined the League of Excellent Universities."

The implication is that our school is of high quality, so there is nothing to be excited about being mentioned in a book.

"Flowers for Algernon has become the book with the highest first-week sales in the past five years," said Xiao. "The discussion on our school's forum has increased by 80 percent."

"?" Principal Gong raised his head, his eyes thoughtful.

“Is this book so amazing?”

The strongest in five years!
The number of forums increased by eighty percent!
This is too exaggerated. Principal Gong should search the school forum himself.

"Come to the University of Science and Technology to check in." "By the way, what support did the laboratory of the University of Science and Technology provide to Gu Lu?" "Need I say more? Everyone knows that Gu Lu is a liberal arts student and is poor in science, so he must have been given professional knowledge in experiments." "What you said makes sense, but it seems that the professional knowledge here... is a bit lacking" and other discussions.

The important thing is not lack of popularity.

To be more precise, "significant does not lack a small amount of popularity", but large amounts are another matter.

This is a lot at this moment!
Such a discussion.

"What did we support him with?" asked Principal Gong.

Section Chief Xiao asked about this point clearly and explained it in detail.

"Little Deer...Is the mouse still alive?" asked Principal Gong.

"I asked the professor, he's dead." Section Chief Xiao said with a bit of regret.

"No, it's still alive." Principal Gong interrupted him.

Yes - must live.

To be able to become a principal, he is not an ordinary person!
On the other hand, after entering 2010, it took half a year for "If You Are Well, It Will Be Sunny" to break through one million copies, four months for "Whose Youth Is Not Confused", and three months for "Frog".

Of course, there are also sales miracles, such as Plants vs. Zombies, which was created by many people and sold over 5 million copies in a single year. That was based on the huge fame of the game.

The parallel world lacks Guo Xiaosi, and lacks the last glory of the physical industry. After all, on Earth, "Youth Against the Current" sold a million copies in a week. The theme of youth pain literature is still better than science fiction!

Gu Lu seems to have occupied the ecological niche of Guo Xiaosi, but he has the golden finger as a foundation. The quality of Gu Lu's works is not comparable to Guo Xiaosi. The quality of "Flowers for Algernon" is far higher than "Youth Against the Current".

Let King Gollum bring about the last glory of the Bronze Age of publishing!
"Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? One million copies sold in two weeks?!"

“The 1980s and 1990s were also incredibly horrible!”

"This year is 2013, and his subject is science fiction!"

There was a "bang bang" sound of the table being hit in the president's office. Before the table could even wail, someone's howling was heard.

Yuan Mingjie regretted it. New Youth Publishing House had just released a sales record, and the data made him feel heartbroken.

Of course, the time for him to regret has not yet come.

He even wanted to call and have a chat to see if he could dig it back.

And Gu Lu was going to school peacefully.

In school, Gu Jiayu was observing, secretly observing...

She was a junior high student at Fengming Middle School, one of the few who was admitted to No. 8 Middle School, and none of her classmates were in the same school as her. Therefore, she had to plan carefully before taking action!
Experts always keep their eyes and ears open! This is what Gu Jiayu thought in her heart.

"Jia Jia, let's go to the cafeteria together at noon." Shu Rou, who was promoted from the junior high school of No. 94 Middle School, greeted.

Even though Gu Jiayu didn't take the initiative, she still made two good friends. Deng Deng couldn't be considered a good friend, because they were roommates in the same dormitory and would eat and talk together.

Freshmen who have just entered the campus are full of curiosity about the school, so after a few days, they still look left and right.

"Jia Jia, have you decided which club you want to join?" Shu Rou asked.

(End of this chapter)