Chapter 319 Persistence is victory

Chapter 319 Persistence is victory

Chapter 319 Persistence is victory
Gu Lu understood what the heroine meant. It seemed like a good idea to execute first and report later!
His idea was to solve the problem in the traditional way, negotiate with Gu's mother, and then ask the parents to change the student's boarding school to day school.

"That makes sense. Go find the teacher directly." Gu Lu said, "Then talk to her."

People with happy families will not mention their "original families" because this term means a bad childhood. The same is true when referring to parents as "he" and "they". Both are typical avoidance psychology. When you resist or dislike something, you will subconsciously avoid it in terms of language. Gu Jiayu does not understand psychology, but she has learned a skill under someone else's roof.

Explain the heroine's skills using the game method.

Skill: Emotional Sensitivity

Cooling time: none
Effect: You can sense the slightest hint of disgust in the air and quickly retreat to avoid injury.

"Brother, I can just talk to my mom myself." Gu Jiayu then said, "It's already a done deal, she won't disagree."

"Okay, then let's go to Director Zhu's office at noon." Gu Lu is impatient.

"No, no, no," Gu Jiayu stopped him, "Director Zhu has to rest at noon. If you talk to him at this time, he will be in a bad mood, and it will be even more difficult to discuss things. Four o'clock is the best time. Director Zhu will probably have almost finished his work by then."

This is the experience that the female knight has summed up after going there many times. Even though Director Zhu's attitude towards receiving students is almost the same whether he is happy or unhappy, Gu Jiayu can still feel the change in his mood.

Why bother so much! Gu Lu didn't care. He didn't think his status was that high. The key point was that he didn't exchange any rewards for the honors he won for the school. He thought that if it didn't work out, he could just exchange his boarding status to day student status. That would be easy.

But when the words came to King Gulu's mouth, his tone changed, "There are also these precautions, are they true or false?"

"Of course it's true. I have practical experience." Gu Jiayu vowed.

"Amazing! You can even notice such small details." Gu Lu used his hands to indicate numbers. "Then let's go during the break of the third class this afternoon."

Gu Jiayu leaned forward and lowered her voice by 50%. "Then where shall we meet?"

"We'll meet at the third big tree over there on the flag-raising platform." King Gollum got it instantly, his voice lowered, and he leaned his head forward.

"The code word is walking action!" said Gu Jiayu.

The two little heads came together, plotting their actions.

When the bell rang, Gu Lu and his sister separated, but the former walked slowly while the latter ran very fast, because the place where they met just now was closer to their class.

The corridors of the No. 8 Middle School teaching building are not paved with tiles, but with very friction-prone cement floors.

The most important thing is to prevent students from slipping when running up and down.

"Does Teacher Gao have a boyfriend? She seems to be in a good mood lately."

"What are you talking about? Teacher Gao is married and has a child."

The classmates were whispering.

There should be a child. Gu Lu remembered seeing a photo of Teacher Gao's family placed on the neatly arranged table.

It must be that something good happened.

King Gollum didn't know the good things he had brought, and he also didn't know how much benefit he had brought to the Daily Express.

Number 5, Building , Canada Square, London, home of the Daily Express.

"There are a lot of letters at the front desk."

"Most of them are asking how long it will take for the new chapter in the Weymouth series to appear. I also like The Portsham Horror, and the horror of the world view in the book is just the tip of the iceberg."

"The genius solution is this: the pen is the magic wand in your hand, waving it can cause tremendous destructive power."

"Then do you think that Hua Xia is the only one who can write a good spin-off of Sherlock Holmes?"

"Why are we discussing this? I've said before that I think Chinese writers can't write well, not because I doubt their talent, but because they are not from London. They haven't lived in London, let alone know what London was like in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, so what they write about will definitely be very inconsistent."

Two editors of the newspaper were chatting. One was Paul, the editor of the fourth edition, who was responsible for reviewing novel submissions and could be considered Gu Lu's editor in the UK. The other was Charlie, who had the right to collect and edit articles. Both of them were around 35 years old, so they had a lot in common.

Charlie felt that what Paul said made sense and thought of the example discussed earlier.

It's like do you think Chinese people would believe that a foreigner who has never been to China could write Di Renjie well? It's impossible to believe it.

As mentioned before, due to the Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee written by Dutch writer Robert van Gulik, Di Renjie is considered the most powerful detective in ancient China in the eyes of Europeans and Americans.

"Gentlemen, gentlemen, something terrible has happened!" Suddenly, a slave of the newspaper, oh no, an intern, rushed into the editorial office, shouting.

"?"

Everyone looked at the intern, including the editor-in-chief in the office who came out to take a look.

"There are people from Weymouth outside protesting against our newspaper for publishing content that is defamatory against Weymouth." The intern might have been running too fast, his breathing was uneven and he was out of breath.

The editorial office was as quiet as a chicken.

"How many people?" asked the editor-in-chief.

"Five or six!" The intern held up three fingers.

"?" The editor-in-chief smiled disdainfully and returned to his office.

The other staff members in the editorial department also restored the previous order and did what they were supposed to do.

The intern was left standing there, at a loss as to what to do. What was going on? How could he solve the problem?

"Mr. Paul, we..." The intern had to ask someone he was more familiar with in the editorial department.

"Don't pay any attention to protests from less than 20 people," Paul said. "Sir, do you have any relatives?"

"Ah?" The intern nodded affirmatively. He was not an orphan.

"Very good, you and your parents, plus your grandparents. There are also a few uncles and aunts who are on good terms with you. If you call a few more friends, there will be almost ten people." Paul said, "Do you think your protest is useful?"

Paul hadn't had coffee for a long time, so he left his office and went to the tea room to get himself a cup of coffee.

Uh—the intern seemed to understand.

"Small-scale protests are very normal for newspapers." Charlie also came over and added, "You have to get used to this kind of scene, because it has no effect at all."

The result was that the intern was making a fuss out of nothing. As for the Daily Express newspaper, if you have the guts, go to court and sue them!
As the news of the Portsham Horror spread across the UK, the act of running to the newspaper office to protest was enough to prove that the people of Weymouth were really anxious.

Charlie and Paul were in the tea room, continuing their conversation, only the subject had changed from Sherlock Holmes to the people of Weymouth.

"They are so excited. These two short stories have brought a lot of popularity to the unknown Weymouth. Isn't this a good thing?"

Weymouth was a famous holiday resort in the UK, but now it has become "unknown" in the blink of an eye. The efforts of several generations of town hall were wiped out by Charlie's words.

Paul has a different view. He said: "So you want Weymouth to take on this popularity? The book describes Weymouth port as dilapidated and deserted, shrouded in fog, with nightingales singing in the woods. Compared with the real Weymouth, it is not a place at all."

"It's enough to be famous," Charlie said. "In many places, it's impossible to become famous."

"Sir, are you interested in traveling to the places described in "The Gloom at Weymouth" and "The Portsham Horror"? Well, even if some curious tourists are willing to go, what will be the consequences if you look so different from the descriptions in the books?" Paul asked.

It makes sense that Weymouth Town Hall would not have been able to transform the location into the one in the book.

"The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military book, and the Chinese are really good at these methods. Stonehenge, Brampton Hill, and Portsham Village, the reality is too different from the description." After Charlie understood, he couldn't help but sigh, "If you don't transform it, it won't be able to attract a lot of people. If you transform it, Weymouth will be ruined, but if you leave it alone, the tourism attribute will be spread, just like using an eraser to erase the numbers on a composition book, being erased bit by bit. It's simply an unsolvable counterattack."

"In future reports, you should avoid offending Chinese people," Paul agreed, adding, "To be more precise, you should avoid offending Chinese writers. The Chinese in Soho, Westminster are still easy to talk to."

By the time Paul and Charlie got off work, the Weymouth people who were protesting outside the newspaper office had left.

Before this group of people came to the newspaper office, they had actually protested to Haiqiao Books. Haiqiao Books directly called security to drive them away, because "We have a very ordinary cooperative relationship with Mr. Gu Lu, a Chinese writer, and we have no power to bind him. Your protest has seriously interfered with the operation of our company. If the company suffers any losses as a result..."

Believe it?
Anyone who believed it was an idiot. "The Gloom over Weymouth" was okay, but the second one, "The Portsham Horror", was fueled by Puffin Books.

Because Puffin Books discovered that Gu Lu's stirring up trouble and the high level of discussion would also lead to an increase in the sales of "The Little Prince".

If the strong protest to no avail, they will have to wield their sword against the weak.

Who is the weak one in this incident?
Kane of The Sun, and the Vanzelstone family!
After all, the instigator, Gu Lu, has returned to China, and no one from Weymouth would cross the ocean to go to China.

Kane's house in London was hard to find, but Quinn Featherstone's house in the village was very easy to find.

and so……

Some people go offline and then take a look at the online battle situation.

"Kane Fanzelstone is a disgrace to Weymouth. I ask that he be driven out of Weymouth."

"The sinister Chinese, the hateful Kane."

"I think the slander by Chinese writer Gu Lu is hateful, but Kane is the murderer behind the scenes. Because if it weren't for his rumor-mongering report, the other party wouldn't have started to create rumors. Son of sin!"

"Portsham is a beautiful village with nothing weird going on and the Stonehenge ruins are very pretty."

"Stonehenge, are you talking about Stonehenge? Is there really a Stonehenge in Portsham? Is the Vanzestone family really so mysterious?"

"Horrible Weymouth. I seem to remember that I went to Weymouth last year. No wonder the harbor smells so fishy. These are the prototypes created by Chinese writers."

Wait, the rumor started. What a load of crap, most seaside areas smell like fish.

It’s just that the vast majority of British people cannot empathize with the emotions of the people of Weymouth; they are more concerned about the development of the novel.

Because it is really good, some readers have analyzed it.

[The Ancients, the Great Old Ones.

Judging from these two words, maybe they were the former masters of the blue planet? Just like the prayer to Yog-Sothoth, "Humans have never been the masters of this planet..." I am looking forward to the subsequent development, which is sci-fi, terrifying, grand and mysterious.

What race are the frogmen under the Devil Reef in Weymouth? They seem to have been on this planet for a long time? Is Sothoth the main god of this story?

When will the next one be published?
In addition, ask the Chinese students, is the Chinese Village Dog really that powerful? It can actually bite a two-meter-tall half-human, half-monster to death. ]
That’s right! Some people even asked for more updates. The people of Weymouth were angry and upset.

Angry Weymouth people are going to beat the children!

"Quinn, calm down. Kane doesn't want this either." Mrs. Vanzestone held her husband.

"He doesn't want to?" Quinn stared at his son, "Go and apologize to that Chinese writer!"

Kane walked to the other side and sat down, not wanting to communicate with his father. What did he do wrong? The entire British media said this during the Little Prince's book signing event. He was just the one who rushed to the front. What was wrong?

When he came to London from a small village to study, he was discriminated against because of his accent. Of course, he was still lucky because the northerners from Scotland were discriminated against more severely.

So why are Chinese people not discriminated against when they come to the UK?

After working hard in the capital for seven or eight years, Kane successfully became a "Londoner" and was assimilated into the rudeness that discriminated against the North.

Seeing that her husband and son were at loggerheads, Mrs. Vanzeston tried to persuade them, "Kane, you should listen to your father. The people in the village are very dissatisfied with us now. Quinn and I..."

The mother hesitated and didn't finish her words, but Kane knew very well that if there was no other way, his parents would not come to London and stay with him temporarily.

In the land of the British Empire, they were forced to leave their homes by the Chinese. This is really a rebellion against the will of Heaven!

"Don't worry, it will pass. That Chinese guy doesn't have any other new tricks." Kane said this. Even though he was the center of the incident and he had not been fired by The Sun, he could still fight.

Persistence is victory.

"Father, Mother, just treat this as a trip to London and have fun for a few days," Kane said.

Some people really won’t give up until they reach the Yellow River!
Speaking of "The Little Prince", there are signs of a small explosion in the UK, with cumulative sales reaching 11 copies.

He became the only Chinese fairy tale writer whose books sold over 100,000 copies in the UK.

This is also the front-page headline prepared by the Global Times. Deputy Editor-in-Chief Shi Feng is collecting information and is going to write the report himself. He has been waiting for an opportunity.

"Who is China's No. 1 Fairy Tale Writer?" This is the title that Shi Feng changed many times.

The time is right, tomorrow!

Shi Feng called in his assistant and prepared to publish the relevant news on the front page of the British edition of the newspaper, but he discovered something else.

Tomorrow's headline is [Heavy snowfall across the UK, affecting planes, trains and road traffic... The UK Meteorological Office has issued a red alert in parts of Wales and a yellow alert in most parts of Northern Ireland and England.]
This news is even more important because many schools have also been closed, involving international students in the UK.

"Then let's wait until the day after tomorrow." Shi Feng decided.

Next up in the news is a UK report on a decline in UK retail sales and a reduction in asthma rates following the introduction of an indoor smoking ban.

As the paper media designated by the state to report foreign news, it is a window for many people to understand foreign countries. Therefore, it is still relatively important in the domestic paper media system.

Gu Lu is currently multi-threaded!
It’s no less popular in Neon.

《献给阿尔吉侬的花束》，霓虹可查询的首周战绩是：13万枚、12万枚、7万枚、5万枚、1.7万枚、2.4万枚、2.6万枚。

The sales volume in the first week reached about 430,000 copies. The reason why the sales volume dropped on the fifth day was that there were not enough books printed. Even though Bai Tongshe printed 500,000 copies in the first print run, most of the books were in Tokyo due to transportation problems.

As a result, all cities other than Tokyo, such as Osaka, Yokohama, Okinawa, etc., were sold out.

I have to say that the newly merged Baitongshe is really unreliable. They have never run a best-selling book before, and the first one made such a big mistake.

Fortunately, we made up for it by working overtime, and sales rebounded on Saturday and Sunday.

At five o'clock in the afternoon Tokyo time, Bai Tongshe had already begun preparing to work overtime.

The precarious White Society also gained a firm foothold thanks to "Flowers for Algernon".

Best-selling authors have a huge influence on a publishing house.

Correspondingly, major publishing houses also heard the news and wanted to sign Gu Lu's next book.

Little did he know that Sato had already taken the lead. The stamp duty could not be increased any further. Currently, the stamp duty that Gu Lu received was already that of a first-tier writer, so he could only make up for it from other places.

It is for this reason that Sato is very busy, as he is helping with the public relations for Flowers for Algernon.

Judge of the PR Naoki Prize.

Sato's efforts were not in vain, and the publication of "Gu Lu Science Fiction Collection" was also put on the agenda. That is, several works serialized in "SF Science Fiction" magazine. Sato took the trouble to only ask for two points, to write two new science fiction short stories.

When publishing a collection of short stories, if the author has not stopped writing or is dead, there must be at least two new stories. This is the unspoken rule of the Japanese publishing industry.

Gu Lu was still a little worried as he looked at the science fiction novel in his hand.

According to his deduction, the books that could trigger the synthesis were the bookshelves before the previous life. Then there were too many science fiction short stories among his three or four thousand books, so the chance was quite high.

By the way, why are all the books on his bookshelf? There are many books that I have never heard of.

Because buying books is like a mountain of money, and reading books is like pulling a thread! When Zhongtu.com has a discount, he buys all the books with low discounts, 20 to 30 books at a time, which is too much for him to read. He also buys used books on Kongfuzi.com, even more so to get free shipping. Used books that cost three or four yuan are free, so he chooses a lot.

It is no exaggeration to say that at least half of Gu Lu's bookcase in his previous life had not been read.

"I remember I bought a lot of Ray Bradbury's books. There is no such great writer in this world. He is known as the Edgar Allan Poe in the science fiction circle. He should have science fiction short stories, right?" The reason why Gu Lu wanted to delve deeper into it was that he wanted to take the initiative to trigger it. After all, he had successful examples during the two or three years of time travel.

Many people may not be familiar with Bradbury's name, but his representative works include the well-known "The Martian Chronicles" and "Fahrenheit 451".

If that doesn't work, He Xi's short story collection will do. Although the overall quality of He Xi's short stories is not as good as Liu Cixin's, there are still two or three very exciting ones. Anyway, Neon Publishing House only wants two new ones...

In the previous life, there were four great sci-fi masters in China: Liu Cixin, He Xi, Han Song, and Wang Jinkang. Gu Lu had bought all of their books.

When the bell rang for the end of get out of class, Gu Lu had some idea.

Putting aside the thoughts in his mind for the moment, the agreed meeting time had arrived, and Gu Lu arrived at the third big tree next to the flag-raising platform at lightning speed.

"Wait, should we count the third tree from the left or from the right?" Gu Lu suddenly discovered a bug.

It doesn’t matter, it’s not far anyway.

The tree planted on campus is an osmanthus tree. Yes, it is the one that students hate so much. It will grow small white and yellow flowers in September and October.

Why do I hate it? Flowers fall on the playground and it is really hard to sweep them. Especially when the class on duty is on campus, it is very troublesome to sweep them.

Of course Gu Lu remembered that when their class was sweeping the floor at this time last year, he held a Fang Tian Hua Ji (broom) and swung it on the ground, sending out "sword energy" all over the sky!
After about dozens of seconds, Gu Lu saw the female warrior approaching stealthily, like a spy making a contact.

She looked at him once every second and turned back every three seconds. Gu Jiayu said, "Exchange the secret code!"

So into the show! Gu Lu never spoils the fun, so he deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Day trip."

After the secret code matched, the two of them walked towards Director Zhu's office, led by Gu Jiayu.

The office is on the fourth floor, and indeed the principal's office is the highest.

The door is open.

"Pengpeng——"

Even if the door is open, you should knock to indicate that someone is coming.

Director Zhu said "Come in" without even raising his head, but when he saw Gu Jiayu, his eyes fixed.

Why is this little girl here again?
Didn’t I make it clear yesterday? Parents need to take care of it, why don’t they listen?

parents?

Director Zhu saw the student behind him and thought he looked familiar...

Gu Jiayu said, "Teacher Zhu, this is my parent. My parents are very busy, so I asked my brother to come. It just so happens that my brother is also a sophomore in our school."

What nonsense! Students are changing their boarding status to day-student status. Are you kidding me? Director Zhu didn't finish his sentence until the male student behind him spoke.

"Hello, teacher. I am Gu Jiayu's brother Gu Lu, from Class 10 of Grade ." Gu Lu introduced himself first.

"Wait, Gu Lu?" Director Zhu looked carefully and yes, it was the genius writer Gu Lu.
Are these two siblings? Director Zhu's mind was full of thoughts, and he said, "Student Gu Lu, are you really her brother? The school has the responsibility to confirm it."

"Really, really, look, this is the photo of my household registration book. I was afraid of losing it if I brought it to school, so I took a photo of it." Gu Lu took out his mobile phone and showed the photo he took when he returned home at noon to Director Zhu.

Aren't cell phones allowed in school? This was the only thought in Gu Jiayu's mind.

When leaving the house in Suokou District, Gu Lu was worried that he would need the household registration book in the future, so he took his own page and took a photo of the homepage.

My sister’s household registration is not there because her mother moved away. However, Gu Jiayu’s name is still on the main household registration page.

"If that's the case, then there's no problem." Director Zhu nodded. "The change from boarding to day school must be due to force majeure. Gu Jiayu has come so many times, and I know the seriousness of the situation, so I helped her apply for it."

"Thank you, Teacher Zhu. When will it be better?" Gu Lu asked.

"It will take about a week to process, but if you are in a hurry, Gu Lu..." Director Zhu said, "Before this Friday, our school will also consider the student's difficulties."

"Thank you, thank you." Gu Lu thanked him. Today is Tuesday.

Gu Lu touched his dazed sister next to him, and the latter came back to her senses and quickly thanked Director Zhu.

From entering the office, to discussing the matter, to leaving the office, it took less than five minutes in total, and the matter was done just like that?
It must be said that Gu Jiayu was still confused until she left the teacher's office.

Because it's too easy.

(End of this chapter)