Chapter 321 Double

Chapter 321 Double

In ancient times, Zhuge Kongming debated with many scholars, and now there is Gu Lu who is able to defeat a thousand people alone!
Gu Lu was initially suspected and slandered by the British media, then fought back at the book signing event, and finally confronted the reporter from The Sun.

With the release of two novels in the Weymouth series, Gu Lu turned Britain upside down like a riot in heaven.

"Portsham manager says: Chinese writer Gu Lu's descriptions are all false" - Weymouth Post
"Exclusive interview with Weymouth Town Hall, the town hall spokesperson has not responded yet" - The Guardian

"Oxford University professor commented that Chinese genius Gu Lu turned out to be this kind of person..." - Metro News
Very thoughtful, the information that netizens brought back from the British BBC News Network is very solid.

This time, the domestic spectators were shocked!

Instantly became a hot search on Weibo #Anti-discrimination expert Gu Lu#
It topped the trending search list for the first time.

We all know that in the old days of Weibo, celebrities were real people, and their accounts were not managed by a dedicated team. Because there would be a lot of drama, and the hot searches were basically about the entertainment industry.

Wait, that’s not accurate either, because later generations of Weibo hot searches were basically about the entertainment industry, and then they were revised and divided into categories such as mine, hot searches, entertainment, and important news.

To sum up, it is incredible that a writer is at the top of the trending search list.

This indirectly proves the enthusiasm of the public discussion:

"British media? How many divisions does the British media have? Fight! King Guru, lead us to charge again!"

"Gu Lu really breaks my impression again and again. In my impression, Gu Lu is a very well-behaved student. But this time he did a great job. Dad said that only magic can be used to fight magic. You discriminate against me, don't you? Then I will write an article to discriminate against you too!"

"Fuck you! It makes my blood boil. Being alone in a foreign country, he calmly dealt with the difficulties of the British. This is a genius writer! I am very curious about what "The Gloom of Weymouth" and "The Portsham Horror" are about? They made the people of Weymouth break down."

"From today on, I, Li Erdan, am willing to crown you the most savage writer."

"They're confusing right and wrong, saying that the government forced readers to buy Gu Lu's works, and that Gu Lu's family is well-off and he's a genius who's been praised. It makes me angry just reading it! But today I finally understood it intuitively - others carry swords, but I have a pen that's as sharp as a knife. It's so damn sharp, is there any great god who can translate it into Chinese? I'll come and appreciate it."

Netizens’ praise was beyond words. The number of followers on Gu Lu’s Weibo account increased by more than 300,000, and the number of followers on his Bilibili account also increased by more than 100,000.

Of course, we all know that the period of 2013 was still the time when public intellectuals and Yilin were rampant.

So there are many people on the Internet who hold opposing opinions.

In order to avoid getting high blood pressure from reading too many comments, I will just pick out a few words: "What did you learn from the religion of your ancestors? You are still a representative of the Chinese youth. Did you know that China has been a country of etiquette since ancient times?" "They should apologize to the people of Weymouth" "I feel that what the British newspaper said is right. Gu Lu's background is amazing. The Global Times does not report these bad events at all"...

The dispute between the two sides was fierce.

Some passers-by wanted to be clever. "You are all wrong. The whole thing is not Gu Lu's fault. The other people in Weymouth are indeed innocent. So if you want to blame someone, blame the Sun reporter Kane Vanzestone for being too honest. King Gollum asked you to answer, would you dare to answer? I didn't expect Kane to really answer, and even honestly told me his hometown."

It didn't reduce the tension in the comment section at all.

It would be fine if it was just ordinary netizens arguing, but as the topic became more and more popular, even public intellectuals joined in.

The public intellectual "Fang Ark Fang Zhou" is an American braggart. He praises the American system on Weibo every day for being so great.

As to whether he was simply worshipping foreigners or accepting money, it is unknown.

Anyway, Fang Zhou of Fang Zhou and Gu Lu don't get along well.

He wrote the famous article criticizing Gu Lu: "The lenient education given to Gu Lu by No. 8 Middle School is ruining this genius."

Now Ark Fang Zhou has popped up again.

Fang Zhou: [The reports by the British media are all due to misunderstandings, because they don’t know much about us. What would a normal person do?
It is time to explain things clearly to them and clear up misunderstandings, so that the world can have a more correct understanding of China.

But Gu Lu chose the worst option. You directly wrote articles to spread rumors, which would bring shame to the entire country.

I said half a year ago that Gu Lu's fame at a young age, coupled with the lack of education at No. 8 Middle School, has led to his current lack of etiquette and morality.

The only way to make up for your mistake now is to write an article and sincerely apologize.]
Public intellectuals are definitely big Vs who have a certain influence on the Internet.

In addition, since you are following Fang Zhou, you must agree with his views, so as soon as the article was published, many netizens reposted it.

There are really a lot of them, so many that it is inexplicable and beyond the influence of Ark Fangzhou.

Look at the comment section of King Gollum’s account, it’s flooded with comments like “Apologize” and “You owe Britain an apology”.

Originally, the vast majority of Chinese people supported Gu Lu, but I don’t know where so many people came from, and they actually reached a 50-50 split with his supporters on the Internet.

"Gu Lu, Gu Lu, how can China allow a genius like you." Fang Zhou put down his phone and looked at the attacks on Gu Lu on the Internet on the computer screen.

As an old friend, Fang Zhou Fang was already an Internet user when the Internet was emerging, and an opinion leader as early as the blog era.

It is precisely because of many years of experience that Fang Zhou of Ark has been able to grasp the right measure very well.

Looking at his dynamics, he is also standing on the position of doing what is good for the motherland and maintaining the country's image.

So you are invincible!
So what impact would being strangled have on Gu Lu?

The answer is no impact.

Even Gu Lu was happy at the moment because he had evolved.

"Recover blood, recover blood!"

The pauper Gu Lu beast fully evolves into the million Gu Lu beast!
The royalties for the third and fourth printings of The Little Prince, and the first and second printings of Hyouka, Yesterday's Park, and Mr. Sherlock Holmes have arrived.

Little millionaire!
"The Children's Publishing House still hasn't withheld my royalties." Gu Lu thought the new president of the publishing house was having a seizure.

"It's not that I'm wrong. The new president is not stupid. Blocking writers' royalties is a self-destructive move."

Gu Lu stretched lazily. This is how the book royalties work, with a settlement cycle of six months to one year.

In foreign countries, the settlement cycle is a little longer, and writers can only receive serial payments from newspapers and magazines the fastest.

Fortunately, Gu Lu’s novice period has ended.

Next year, the royalties from Nihong will be settled, and the third and fourth printings of the three books by Bing Zuofu will also bring in money, not to mention Flatland and Flowers for Algernon. Even the income from the year after next is lined up.

"No wonder magazine serials are the most important frontier for literary works. In the Internet age, newspapers and magazines are no longer viable, and physical literature is no longer viable. Because if you publish a book, the income is too slow, and the writer may starve to death."

"There is still some time, let's run first." Gu Lu put on the big backpack for carrying things.

This time the backpack contains winter clothes. The down jacket is not heavy, but it takes up space.

The closet in the new house is no longer empty.

Anyway, it was a coincidence, so Gu Lu went downstairs and walked towards the sales office.

"Can we install a turning convex wide-angle mirror at the entrance of the first phase of the community, not far from the exit of the community?" Gu Lu found the person in charge of the developer.

The developer responded politely, "Things like wide-angle lenses cannot be built privately. If you want to solve the problem, you can only contact the street office."

It seems to make sense, because wide-angle lenses reflect light and may affect drivers. It must be evaluated by the authorities before it can be arranged.

I don’t know what kind of unit the neighborhood’s street office is. It would be great if the new director of the Jiafu Street Office could be in charge.

There was no time to think about these things, because the landlord brought Hu Zuanzi and Hei Lian to see the house.

As scheduled at six o'clock, Gu Lu arrived at home twenty minutes early, while the landlord and his family arrived a little earlier.

"Xiao Gu, you've grown taller again," the landlord said. In fact, he didn't remember how tall the tenant was, but he vaguely remembered that he seemed to care about his height, so he just casually complimented him.

He would not force the children, but it was easy for him to control the minors with some words, such as "Oh, there is nothing I can do, just consider it as a favor" or "Please do me a favor"... It was difficult for students to refuse the requests of strangers.

The landlord thought this way, then he could eat from both ends, hehe!
"Really? I feel the same way." Gu Lu hopes to become the third prince of the Forbidden City and keep growing taller...

The moment Hei Lian's eyes met Gu Lu, he recognized the other person's identity. As luck would have it, Hei Lian's girlfriend was a junior from the same school.

The junior happened to be one of the students that Gu Lu received when he visited the SPF Experimental Center.

When his girlfriend came back, she praised Gu Lu a lot. Although her frown was not so much as to show that she was jealous of a high school student, it made him deeply impressed by this talented writer.

"You guys go take a look, although my house is a little old, everything else is very good." The landlord said to the two college students. "Landlord, is he your tenant?" Hei Lian was surprised, he didn't expect that a famous writer in the country lived in such a shabby place.

"Why, do you know him?" the landlord asked. What's the big deal? Could he be a relative? If he was a relative, that would be terrible. What if they found out that the rent was 200 yuan more expensive after communicating with each other? It would be bad. It's not easy to find such a pure young man.

Hu Zuanzi also looked at the high school student in front of him strangely. He was ordinary and there was nothing special about him.

"Who doesn't know this guy?" Black Face looked at his friend next to him, but unfortunately Hu Zuanzi's eyes revealed doubt and the confusion in his eyes was self-evident.

"Damn! He's a pervert!" the black-faced man warned loudly.

"What the hell?" Hu Zuanzi didn't understand.

"This is the first time we meet, it's not polite to say that." Gu Lu said. Although the other party's face was dark and serious, like a dean of studies, the matter had to be made clear.

"I'm sorry," Hei Lian apologized immediately, "Gu Lu - Teacher Gu, I'm sorry, I'm a reader of your works, especially Flowers for Algernon and Flatland, they are so wonderful."

Gu Lu? Damn, the most perverted person in China!
Hu Zuanzi's expression changed, and he looked over again, and saw a scholarly air in the ordinary appearance, just like a sword sheath is ordinary, but it can't hide the sharpness of the sword.

The lights were off in the dormitory at that time, and the boys in the dormitory started chatting about everything from astronomy and geography to history and history. The recordings were basically 404. Finally, the topic before going to bed settled on "the most famous writer nowadays".

One classmate said, "Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature is impressive, but I am very optimistic about Gu Lu, he is a true prodigy. He is the number one genius in China, I really have no objection."

Then Hu Zuanzi blurted out, "What do you mean China's No. 1 genius? A genius can write The Little Prince at the age of 16 and Flatland at the age of 17? This guy is China's No. 1 pervert! He's so perverted that he doesn't even look like a normal person!"

The six students in the dormitory all agreed. When a boy gets unanimous praise from another group of boys, it is definitely a little cow riding a motorcycle - awesome!
"Uncle Wang, why didn't you tell me earlier that Teacher Gu lives in this house?" Hu Zuanzi said immediately, "If you had said so earlier, I wouldn't have negotiated a price with you. Why don't you just agree to it and get some of Teacher Gu's literary talent?"

The landlord's mind was full of questions: what happened and what did I miss?

The key point was that Hu Zuanzi's "What price can I negotiate with you?" irritated the landlord. He originally quoted a rent increase of 400 yuan, but later it was cut down to 200 yuan.

"He is Gu Lu, the very famous writer." Hu Zuanzi saw his boss's confusion and reminded him with a nonsense.

"Xiao Gu, aren't you a student? How come you started writing novels as a student?" the landlord asked.

It is normal that the landlord has never heard of Gu Lu's name, just like when people born in the 1990s ask their parents if they know Zheng Yuanjie, many people don't know.

"Just write something to earn some living expenses," said Gu Lu.

"I'm not just writing casually," Black Face said immediately, "You know these newspapers, right? Teacher Gu has been in all of them."

Okay, that’s a very accurate description. If you asked the landlord what book he had written and how famous it was, he wouldn’t be able to understand. But since it had been published in so many famous newspapers, he fully understood its value.

Unexpectedly, the landlord looked at Gu Lu in a daze.

Black Face said quickly, "Teacher Xiao Gu, can you give me an autograph? My girlfriend and I like you very much."

"Signing is no problem, let's look at houses first." Gu Lu wanted to do business first.

"No need to look," the dark-faced man said firmly, "I can rent Teacher Gu's former residence... oh no, the house where she used to live. I have no reason to refuse."

Yes, the renter couldn't make the decision alone, so he looked at his friend. The latter nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "I didn't expect to be so lucky to meet Teacher Gu."

Okay, Gu Lu looked at the landlord, and the other party had no objection - in fact, his brain suddenly received too much information and it was a little malfunctioning.

You can't sign on a blank piece of paper, so Gu Lu took out two copies of The Little Prince from the top bookshelf, signed his name on them and handed them to the two of them.

The two people who received the autographs were even happier.

"Give it to Meimei, she will definitely be very happy!" Hei Lian thought to himself.

"I'll go out and buy a lottery ticket later. My luck is so good today." Hu Zuanzi thought to himself.

In order to welcome the guests, Gu Lu specially tidied the room from top to bottom.

"It's getting late, Uncle Wang, let's not disturb writer Xiao Gu from resting." Hu Zuanzi said.

Agreed, Black Face also said to the landlord, "Yes, we should not disturb Teacher Gu's creation."

It seemed that the landlord was called away, and the signing of the contract was discussed outside. When leaving, the two of them carefully closed the door.

On the way downstairs, we were still chatting about today’s hot searches: “Those people on the Internet know nothing,” “I’ll go online as soon as I get home and help scold Teacher Xiao Gu,” “Teacher Xiao Gu has so many books at home, and many of them are packed up.”

When he went outside and felt the cold winter wind, the landlord finally sobered up a little.

"Well, about the rent..." The landlord was interrupted before he could finish his words.

"Eight hundred yuan a month is absolutely fine, let's sign the contract directly." Hu Zuanzi said, "I remember that Uncle Wang, you brought the contract with you, and you showed it to us before."

"Um, check-in time..."

"No, there's no need to move in early. How about letting Teacher Gu stay for another month, until the end of December?" said the black-faced man.

"……"If there is a regret pill in the world, the landlord must take one.

You can't go back on your word now. A man from a mountain city may be cunning, but he can't be shameless. The expression on the landlord's face is uglier when he smiles than when he cries.

He also never thought that a famous writer who had been reported in newspapers and on TV would rent his house.

It is said that when a person becomes famous, he is surrounded by good people. This is true. Look, the landlord has given up the idea of ​​"bullying" Gu Lu who is young and thin-skinned.

Making less money is worse than losing money. The landlord wants to scream!

"what!"

“Why are so many people scolding me on Weibo?”

It was only when Gu Lu turned on his computer that night that he saw the turmoil on the Internet.

After figuring out the whole story, Gu Lu murmured, "How can I be the future flower of the motherland if I am with a bunch of public intellectual insects?"

OK, OK!
King Gollum: [Originally, I was not very enthusiastic about the Cthulhu series because of my busy studies recently. But now I have a burst of creative inspiration. Dagon and Portsham Asylum will be published twice in the British Daily Express.]
He officially named this series and also challenged the public intellectuals.

In fact, at this point, there was no need for Gu Lu to do anything himself, because he had underestimated his influence.

What is Gu Lu to the country? Representative of the new youth.

Gu Lu can die, but he must not be blackened!

Fang Zhou and Fang Zhou also completely underestimated Gu Lu's position in the united front.

That night, “Eh? Why can’t I post on my account?”

He found that there was nothing wrong with his account, but he couldn't reply. He didn't take it seriously, Fang Zhou switched to a small account and prepared to forward a message, but unfortunately, the small account still couldn't be operated.

"?" Fang Zhou Fang Zhou realized the seriousness of the problem.

Fang Zhou browsed the Internet and found that there was no problem. Suddenly, a dangerous possibility popped into his mind.

Could it be that his IP address has been banned?

"No way, things can't be that serious." Fang Zhou Fang Zhou comforted himself.

But the situation was so serious that Weibo actually received a notice from the Internet monitoring unit that accounts related to his mobile phone number, IP address, and identity information could no longer be operated.

"Shit, could it be that Gu Lu really has some powerful background?"

It just burst out, what did Fang Zhou of the Ark see?
I saw that he was besieged by a group of professors because of his remarks.

Professor Chen from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies: [There are many British people who like the short stories written by Gu Lu, so this is just a small debate caused by cultural exchange between the two countries, and it is also a good thing in the literary world. Some people are too extreme in their characterization of this matter, and their intentions are despicable.]
Professor Nan of Shanghai Foreign Language School: [Some people like to look at problems in a different way, and they like to use two sets of standards to criticize problems. The British do not understand Gu Lu's report, and Gu Lu's report on Britain is a rumor. It is a ridiculous standard of judgment. The fact is that Gu Lu is not familiar with British cities because it is his first time to go to Britain. This is not a rumor, but a lack of understanding. If you cannot speak impartially, it is recommended to remain silent.]
Professor Dong from Beijing Foreign Studies University: [Student Gu Lu has made a great contribution to cultural exchanges with foreign countries. This year, the cultural exchange between my country and Spain, "The Immortal Fugitive" added luster to this exchange. The two short stories from the UK this time are just ordinary exchanges.]
And so on, seven or eight professors who are very influential in the academic world.

Fang Zhou and Fang Zhou were very angry because they couldn't fight back at this moment.

It’s not over yet. Fang Zhouhai of the Ark also received a call from the sponsor——

(End of this chapter)