Chapter 320 Global Times released!

Chapter 320 Global Times released!

Chapter 320 Global Times released!

After solving the problem, he felt refreshed and the osmanthus tree looked more beautiful in Gu Lu's eyes.

"Why is it different from what I imagined?" Gu Jiayu muttered.

"What's different?" Gu Lu asked.

"That's it..." The heroine dragged out the last line of her voice, "I thought it would be very troublesome."

"It is quite troublesome. If you hadn't gone there several times and let Teacher Zhu know about the situation, it wouldn't be so convenient." Gu Lu said.

The heroine was skeptical. Is this true?
"This time, you deserve at least 50% of the credit, and I deserve 60%."

"Why is there an extra 10%?"

“Because unreliable parents owe us 10%.”

Gu Lu planned to celebrate the success of day school, so he asked the heroine to have dinner with him.

However, the current procedures have not been completed yet, so she cannot go out with her school badge.

Most high schools have two types of school badges (student ID cards), but No. 8 Middle School is special in that it has three types of school badges.

One type is the dark blue card that Gu Jiayu holds, which can be used to top up money for the cafeteria. The other type is held by day students such as Li Guyuan, which is a lighter green color.

Finally, there is the red card. There is only one, and it is in Gu Lu's hand. It is a bit similar to the teachers' meal cards, but there are also differences. I will talk about its specific function when I have the chance.

"Well, there's really nothing I can do. I'll just help you eat it with some of your help." Gu Lu looked very embarrassed. "What do you want to eat? I'll have two servings."

"?" The heroine looked at Gu Lu. Is this her biological brother?
"If not, how about hotpot? Haha, barbecue seems good too." Gu Lu said.

"Then let's have hot pot! I love spicy food, brother, you have to order extra spicy!"

There was one last class in the afternoon, and Gu Lu left right after the class. The poor heroine still had to attend evening self-study.

While studying diligently in the evening, Gu Jiayu suddenly remembered something, "Oh no!"

I shouldn't let my brother eat spicy hotpot. She remembered that Gu Lu's stomach was not very good. He should choose barbecue!
During the evening self-study session, the students were very quiet, so Gu Jiayu's action became conspicuous and she was immediately criticized by the teacher sitting on the podium.

Did Gu Lu go to the hotpot restaurant? No.

In this regard, no one is as honest as my junior high school classmate Fan Xiaotian. Xiaotian said that if he helps to go to the toilet, he will definitely change two toilets to pee.

The new house was almost ready, and the day school could be arranged on Friday. Therefore, Gu Lu wanted to move his things there as soon as possible. He carried a large backpack and moved things like an ant.

Think of it as exercise.

"The design of the road at the entrance of the community is really unreasonable. It happens to be a visual blind spot. It's okay to come back to the community from outside, but it's like a ghost poking its head out when you walk out of the community."

The vehicle's field of vision cannot see pedestrians, and correspondingly, pedestrians also find it difficult to see the car on the left.

When he has time, Gu Lu must make a suggestion and ask the community to put up a warning sign.

As soon as he got home, Gu Lu received a call from the landlord.

The landlord, who didn't care much about the matter, answered the phone and heard the other end say, "Hey, Xiao Gu, you said you won't rent it in December, right?"

"To be precise, it's the end of December. My rent is paid quarterly, and it's due after December." Gu Lu responded.

"Okay, can I bring my tenant to see the house now?" the landlord asked. "I happen to be here with my tenant. Is it convenient for you, Xiao Gu?"

"Of course there's no problem with looking at the house, but it's already 9:30, which is too late." Gu Lu said, "If you want to look at the house, how about tomorrow? How about 6 pm tomorrow?"

The landlord thought about it again and again, felt that it made sense, and hung up the phone.

Standing next to him were the new tenants, two college students who had just graduated from Universities.

Why did they rent a house in Sha District? Because the company they were interning at was Shancheng Morning News, and the newspaper’s headquarters was right here.

"Let's wait until tomorrow to view the house. The tenant is a student and it's not convenient for him to do so late at night," said the landlord.

"That's fine, but does this house really meet our requirements?" asked the tall Hu Zuanzi.

Hu Zuanzi is definitely a nickname, and the other nickname is Black Face. As for why there are these nicknames, that’s a long story, so let’s make it short.

"Of course I'm satisfied. Our neighborhood is very quiet." The landlord said, "The student is from No. 8 Middle School. He studies here and his grades are very good."

"And he's a very polite child." The landlord praised. What he meant by politeness was that Gu Lu installed the anti-theft windows himself without costing him a penny.

Wudu No. 8 Middle School? Hu Zuanzi nodded silently. This school is pretty good. But he was renting a house by himself. Could he be a senior high school student preparing for the next year's sprint?
"This community is nice." The man with a dark face, who had been silent all this time, spoke. His face was really dark. He was glad that the street lights had been repaired, otherwise they would be invisible in this place.

"The roads and street lights in the communities we looked at before were all in disrepair, but this place is pretty good," said Black Face.

Look at the ground, there are no potholes, it's flat.

"Of course, our neighbors here take good care of public facilities." To be honest, the rent is usually paid by bank transfer. The landlord who hasn't visited for half a year was also very surprised. When did the community become so well maintained?
Hu Zuanzi and Hei Lian are really innocent and stupid college students. When negotiating the price of renting a house, they definitely cannot say XX is good, otherwise how can they lower the price.

You see, the landlord immediately said, "There are really not many good communities like this, so the rent really can't be lowered any further."

"Uh..." Hu Zuanzi and Hei Lian looked at each other and failed to bargain.

"And if necessary, I can let you move in in early December." The landlord offered the condition.

"Oh?" Hu Zuanzi said, "I heard from the phone call just now that the lease is due at the end of December, right? Do you want to refund one month's rent?"

"Don't worry about it, I have a way anyway." The landlord said to the high school student, I can fool him by returning some money. It's like promising to install anti-theft windows, but then not answering the phone, didn't the high school student give in? Good people may not be rewarded, but good people will definitely be bullied.

After hearing this, they felt that it seemed like a possible idea and were tempted.

"Look, it's quite lively here at night, and there is no shortage of barbecues and hotpots outside," the landlord continued.

The rent the two college students agreed on was two hundred yuan more expensive than Gu Lu's...

There were quite a lot of people at the barbecue restaurant at the corner of the street, not as many as in summer, of course, but it was also quite lively.

The excitement burned up the night.

When the night burns out it becomes day.

It is daytime in the UK, which has a seven-hour time difference with China.

"Tom, I can't help it, I really can't help it." Binger, who is 1.6 meters tall and has a rather neutral appearance, twisted his body like a loach that has just been fished out of a field.

"Stop! Bing, just stand there!" Tom is Yao Xiaoju's English name.

The land under his feet was Britain, nicknamed Britain. Coupled with Bing's appearance and actions, he was really scared.

Yao Xiaoju was just hurt in love, but he didn't want to change his sexual orientation.

"I have something very important to tell you." As he spoke, Bing took two more steps toward that side.

"Let me put it this way, my hearing is very good." Yao Xiaoju said.

"Oh," Binger said, "Are you sure that Gu Lu is really in London for the first time?"

"Sure." Yao Xiaoju nodded.

"Do you know any British friends? People who live in South Sinkington?" Binger asked again. After so many years in the UK, Yao Xiaoju certainly understood what the other party meant. South Sinkington is a wealthy area west of central London, an old wealthy area. It is equivalent to the new archway in the foggy city and the tung tree forest in Chengdu.

"I don't know, maybe I know him." He answered, and he really didn't know. Yao Xiaoju has the ethics of a professional agent, only responsible for operations and sales, and never interferes with the writers' creation. I haven't asked, so of course I don't know.

"I think he must know them. Gu Lu's description of Sherlock Holmes is very much like old Southinkenton." Binger suddenly said, "Tom, thank you for giving me this opportunity to translate Mr. Holmes and see their ugly side."

Bingge is a mystery writer and has also translated "Three Heroes and Five Gallants". He has excellent Chinese skills and was carefully selected by Yao Xiaoju for translation.

Howard Goldblatt, the translator of The Little Prince, is a very good translator, who learned from the best British Chinese linguist, Burns. But the more appropriate the translation, the better, not the more famous the better, and Yao Xiaoju's understanding of this aspect is completely correct.

"Deductive Reasoning, do you know that?" Binger asked.

Yao Xiaoju shook his head, this involved his blind spot in knowledge. Binger introduced that the Deductive Reasoning website is a website dedicated to sharing and displaying the application of deductive reasoning in reality. It is also the largest forum for discussing mystery novels in the UK.

Two of the world's three greatest mystery masters are British, which indirectly proves that Britain has a very high acceptance of mystery novels.

[Haikoo Books is sure to introduce Gu Lu's "Mr. Holmes"? I thought today was April Fools' Day.]
[Mystery novels require very rigorous logic, which is undoubtedly something that Chinese writer Gu Lu does not possess.]
[From "The Shadow of Weymouth" and "The Portsham Horror", Gu Lu has the ability to write mystery novels, but he shouldn't touch Sherlock Holmes! ]
[I agree. Sherlock Holmes lived in Room B at 221 Baker Street. We all know what he looks like. Chinese writers should not try to describe a real person.]
Wait, Bing showed these comments to Yao Xiaoju.

The British royal family awarded the great detective Sherlock Holmes the title of knight, and Baker Street, which was completely unremarkable before, has also become a protected building in the UK. So to say that Sherlock Holmes is a real person is to praise Conan Doyle for writing very well, more real than real people.

Of course, considering the influence of Sherlock Holmes, there are indeed British people who believe it is true.

"Mr. Holmes" conquered Binger, which is normal when you think about it. As one of the two masterpieces of Sherlock Holmes (the other one is "The House of Silk"), it has this charm.

"In that case, Mr. Bing, your translation should be faster," said Yao Xiaoju.

"Of course, I am very eager to see these people swallow their own comments." Binger said, "In at most half a month, my translation work will be completed."

Why does Binger hate the Deductive Detective Forum so much? Because his detective novels were rated as "disappointing detective novels in 2011" in this forum. He has sold more than copies.

Rubbish forum, random comments!
After confirming that Binge, as a partner, had no "address book" inclination, Yao Xiaoju left.

It was getting late in London.

The darkness of Britain is the rising sun of China.

Early in the morning, the Global Times broke a big news.

The headline of the Global Times UK edition is "Who is the best fairy tale writer in China?"

[The China Writers' Association (hereinafter referred to as the China Writers' Association) announced the list of the "Top Ten Most Popular Writers of Tongue-in-cheek Fairy Tales" in 2012, including Zheng Yuanjie, Cao Wenxuan, Gu Lu, Yang Hongying, Sun Youjun, Shen Shixi, Zheng Chunhua, Leo Huanxiang, Ren Yongrong, and Chen Bochui. According to the data from the China Writers' Association, the ten writers received nearly 7480 million yuan in book royalties in the past year.

The General Secretary of the Writers Association of China told the Global Times that a small number of the ten children's literature writers and translators have passed away, but the copyright of their works is still under protection. The enduring popularity of their works is closely related to the background of the extracurricular reading list for primary and secondary schools recommended by relevant departments. For example, Mr. Chen Bochui's "A Excellent Horse" is a second-grade primary school text, and most of his works are also extracurricular extension reading lists for students.

At the same time, cartoons are also an important channel for the dissemination of fairy tales. Works such as "Big Head Son and Small Head Father" by Zheng Chunhua, "Naughty Boy Ma Xiaotiao" by Yang Hongying, and "Shuke and Beta" by Zheng Yuanjie are the works that many children watched in front of the TV during their childhood.

"Since 08, affected by the decline in book sales, our Writers Association statistics show that compared with the 2011 million yuan in royalties of the top ten writers in 8410, the royalties of the top ten writers in 2012 fell by 80%. But we can also see hope, and many new fairy tale writers have emerged. Leo Huanxiang is a writer born in the 90s, and Gu Lu is a writer born in the s."]
When the audience saw this at the beginning, they thought it was a clickbait title.

Whatever you say is the strongest, the result is a rich list of fairy tale writers.

But the key content is behind——

[In terms of domestic sales and the number of readers attending book signings, Zheng Yuanjie has been ranked first for many years. However, as a large number of Chinese literary works go overseas, giving local readers a refreshing experience, children's literature has also begun its journey.

Gu Lu's work "The Little Prince" explores and understands the world from a child's perspective. Art has no borders, which has aroused widespread resonance among people and has been successfully exported overseas.

Cumulative sales in Japan reached 78 copies.

Cumulative sales in South Korea reached 9 copies.

Within half a month of being on sale in the UK, sales exceeded 10 copies.

Gu Lu, who is Chinese, held a book signing event in London. His dignified attitude and humorous words and deeds showed the traditional Chinese culture deeply rooted in his bones, which attracted many overseas readers to leave messages and discuss on social media.

Born in Yongchuan in 1996, the -year-old Gu Lu is a pioneer in Chinese children's literature and the most influential children's writer overseas.

With the continuous improvement of the level of Chinese creators and the deepening of international cultural exchanges, Chinese children's literature has shown strong vitality. At present, the overseas dissemination of Chinese children's literature...]
What follows is all about value enhancement and so on, like looking at the rise of domestic education through children's literature and so on.

After all, Global Times is a newspaper affiliated to Renren Daily, so it would be strange if it didn't have this tail, but we just cut off the tail and omitted it.

However, the Global Times later interviewed a professor from the School of Literature of Nanjing University.

The professor spoke with great level, "The huge potential of Chinese children's literature and comics is yet to be explored. We should learn from the experience of Hong Kong filmmakers in the last century in spreading Chinese Kung Fu, and let more foreign audiences fall in love with Chinese elements through wonderful comics and literary stories. European and American audiences have always added the word "mysterious" when talking about Chinese culture, but the premise of understanding is to dispel the mystery. Gu Lu is a creator of the new era, who grew up in an era of rapid information dissemination. He is a very good communicator."

Indeed, "mysterious" is a relatively neutral word in foreigners' language habits. It can mean mysterious and powerful, or mysterious and evil.

Gu Lu was also the first to see the newspaper. The domestic one was Zheng Yuanjie and the foreign one was Gu Lu. He agreed.

Now his overseas influence should be the first among fairy tale writers, and he can stay at the top of the list for three years.

If his development trajectory remains similar, Cao Wenxuan will win the "International Hans Christian Andersen Award" in 2016. It is awarded every two years and a writer can only win it once in his lifetime. It is the highest award in the field of fairy tales in the world. By then, Cao's works will be translated into more than ten languages ​​and become popular all over the world.

Wait, that’s not right. There are still three years left. If he can perform well, Gu Lu feels that he will not necessarily lose!

The Global Times has a sales volume of hundreds of thousands of copies.

People in the industry thought that Gu Lu was just promoting the brand in Asia, but they never expected that he would go to the UK again.

As mentioned before, the older generation has certain fantasies about Europe and America. And this group of people is particularly large in the cultural circle, so this news is quite popular!
For example, a university professor said, "Is it true? The Little Prince... please take some time to read it."

A director in the entertainment industry said, "This kid is really amazing."

An education department staff member said, "He is so scary at such a young age. What will he be like when he grows up? The key is that he can really convince the British with his writing."

A leader of a writers' association said, "They are representatives of the youth of the new era and the vanguard of the spread of Chinese culture."

Wait, Gu Lu’s status and value in the cultural circle are still improving.

It can even be said that it has caught the attention of many literary award judges.

If you want to ask if the judges didn't see it before? Indeed, they were blinded by age and qualifications.

The impact of the Global Times' reports on people in the industry is relatively subtle and not so obvious.

Those who are visible are passers-by and spectators.

"The Little Prince is really a work that can be read by both Chinese and Western audiences. When I watched it before, I felt that it would definitely be popular in Britain and France as well."

"I know how popular Gu Lu is in Asia. He has always been the best. But is he really that popular in the UK? Is the newspaper exaggerating? It has also caused a lot of discussion in the UK. Are there any friends who are studying in the UK who are very excited and have something to say?"

"Don't bother us with everything. It's really hard work. I work at London First People's Hospital. I can prove that this is true."

"First People's Hospital in London?"

"As an exchange student at Oxford, Gu Lu is very famous in the UK, at least in London. Many people talk about him, although the content of the discussion is not clear."

"Same, the British people's attitude towards Gu Lu may be different from what you imagine..."

You see, we told you not to let the Riddler get out of Gotham City, but now the Riddler is all over the world.

A group of riddlers, until one of them climbed over the wall and brought the things back.

(End of this chapter)