Chapter 356 Attractions Source

Chapter 356 Attractions Source

Chapter 356 Attractions Source
"We can take a group photo here. Darlings, this angle is the most suitable." It's unclear whether the female internet celebrity is broadcasting live or recording a video.

Gu Lu heard the conversation of a young couple nearby.

"I should have not come if I had known." said the girl.

"I'm here now." The boy sighed.

"It's still quite far from Jiefangbei." The girl grumbled about her dissatisfaction with the tourist attraction.

There are many similar dissatisfactions, which can be summarized as: it is not worth making a special trip.

When Gu Lu heard this, a lot of things flashed through his mind.

Eling No.2 Factory Cultural and Creative Park, Graffiti Street, White Elephant Residence, Xiahao Old Street, etc., all have certain official attributes. They should not have such a large flow of traffic. Having said that, as a person from Fog City, Gu Lu knows that the names mentioned are still a bit special. But there are no special buildings in the ferry area.

Taking advantage of the gap in the crowd, Gu Lu walked to the front and solved the doubts -

Taking a photo in front of a large irregular balloon.

How big is it?

Ten people holding hands can't form a circle.

The big balloon is made up of two parts: a planet and a tree. It is hung on the roof and floats with the wind... It cannot float because it is too big, even for a balloon. The normal cool wind, autumn wind, and cold wind cannot shake it.

"Looks a little familiar..." An absurd possibility came to Gu Lu's mind.

"Handsome boy, can you take a picture for me?" Xiaohui, who was about twenty-four or twenty-five, found someone who had not taken a picture.

Without saying anything else, just based on the word "handsome boy", Gu Lu had to help. He nodded and took the phone to prepare to shoot.

Xiaohui also made a request, that the balloons behind her and her upper body should be put in as much as possible. After that, she made the classic "yeah" pose.

I don’t know where this habit came from, but for anyone who has not received professional photography training, regardless of gender, the subconscious reaction is to make the hand gesture.

"What do you think?" Gu Lu found an angle. Although he had never studied composition, the straight-line distance from his current position to the irregular large balloon was about forty or fifty meters, which made it easier to take a picture.

"Good, good, good, handsome boy, you took great photos." Xiaohui gave a thumbs up and then took out a red book, "Successfully checked in at Planet B375."

According to the guide on a certain red book, the next step is to go to the front and buy a bouquet of roses.

"Is this the little prince's check-in spot?" Gu Lu asked.

"Of course, you don't know?" Xiao Hui is an extrovert and very eager to share. "The building over there is the one with the big balloon hanging on it. That's where Gu Lu studied in junior high school."

"The prototype of Planet B375 is Class of No. Middle School. There are many hints in it, such as the roses in the flowerbed of No. Middle School. The sand pit in the school is yellow sand. There are many star patterns on the outer wall of the teaching building." Xiaohui said, "But it should be said that this attraction is a bit of a pit, because it is a school, and most of the time you can't go in to visit. You can only take pictures outside."

Good man, how come Gu Lu, the person involved, didn't know that he had studied in that building? No. 37 Middle School is divided into junior high school and high school. That building was the high school when Gu Lu was studying, and he had never been there.

No one knows why the No. 2015 Middle School swapped the positions of the high school and junior high school in . After the swap, the position of Class was directly used as Gu Lu's classroom.

"Are you coming here specifically to open this attraction?" Gu Lu asked.

"No, I came here mainly for Hongyadong. But since I'm here, I might as well check in." Xiaohui commented, "The only thing that makes me satisfied is that as long as I post on WeChat Moments, Xiaohongshu or Douyin, I can get a rose of my own for free."

If this is the case, this should be a check-in attraction created by the official Fog City. Although a rose is not expensive, the daily consumption is also a considerable amount of money. More importantly... No. 37 Middle School does not need to do this at all!

"It really seems like the official hand of the Fog City, which has started the internal competition of flattering tourists. Text messages were sent to locals during the holidays to ask them not to go out, and the road sections were booked to allow tourists to take as many photos as they want." Gu Lu thought to himself. To be honest, the tourism resources of the Fog City can actually suppress cities such as Yunnan Province, Hainan Province, and Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The number of tourists has always been in the top three, which is really six. It also took advantage of the popularity of short videos.

While Gu Lu was distracted, Xiao Hui, who called him handsome, had already run to the small pavilion in front to receive roses. The small pavilion was in the shape of a tree, and the staff said it was a "baobab tree". But the prototype of the building was neither like the baobab tree in the book nor the baobab tree that grows in Africa in reality. So... I can only say that the official has its own rhythm.

Gu Lu took a photo and sent it to his friends circle before going to get one. It seems that the roses given as gifts are not expensive because of the flowers themselves, but the exquisite flowerpot. It is orange-red with the words "Maybe there are 5,000 flowers in the world that are exactly like you, but you are my unique rose."

This small flowerpot costs at least two dollars and fifty cents.

"Okay, okay." Gu Lu originally just wanted to come and see Teacher Li, and had no intention of returning to No. 37 Middle School. But now he really wanted to go and see her.

Came quietly, left quietly. Gu Lu walked towards the gate of the junior high school of No. 37 Middle School. To describe the terrain on which this school is built, it is "convex". Of course, the heights on the left and right sides are not so symmetrical, and the highest point in the middle is where the teaching building with the big balloon is located.

The current junior high school is on the left, and the teaching building is built according to the terrain, so when you walk into the teaching building from the flat ground, you may be on the first floor or the third floor. Outside is the dormitory building, and the place where Fan Xiaotian ran to see the girl he liked was in another direction. The teaching buildings of the junior high school and the high school were swapped, so the dormitory building must have been changed as well.

Gu Lu walked along the school wall and passed the street where Xiao Xitian was located. It used to be a street of incense, candles and paper. Now, due to the high spending power of high school students, it has also become a snack street.

He casually sent a WeChat message to Guo Dafa: [Brother Guo, do you know about the check-in event of Little Prince B375 planet in Dukou District?]
Less than a minute later, the other side replied: [Of course I know, offline check-in points are important locations for our peripheral sales. Is Mr. Gu in the foggy city? Is the flow of people high?]
Peripheral sales? Gu Lu looked around and found a Little Prince flagship store in front of him on the right (there was also a small area selling peripherals of Gu Lu's other works). Gu Lu knew that he had three peripheral flagship stores, in Sijiu City, Modu and Wudu. The Wudu one turned out to be here.

As for other cities, we cooperate with chain bookstores such as Xixifu Bookstore and Sanlian Bookstore.

[Gu Lu: There is a huge flow of people. Although many tourists complain about this check-in spot, since they are here, 60% of tourists will choose to go shopping in offline stores. Guo Dafa: The advantage of the Fog City is unique! The Four Nine City and the Magic City do not have this condition.]
Yao Xiaoju likes to call him Brother Xiao Gu, and Guo Dafa likes to call him "Teacher Da Gu", which is a strange correspondence.

A few hundred meters away, we arrived at the school gate.
"Hello sir, I am a graduate of this school and I am here to see the teacher. May I come in?" Gu Lu asked.

Mr. Bai at the security booth looked Gu Lu up and down. In the past two years, too many tourists have tried to sneak into the school, so there is no way he could let anyone in like that.

"What's your teacher's name?"

"Teacher Li - Teacher Li Riyue." Gu Lu said.

"Oh, wait." Grandpa Bai called Teacher Li using the landline in the security booth.

After briefly explaining the situation, the old man asked, "What's your name?"

"Gu Lu."

"What? You are Gu Lu?" Even though Mr. Bai didn't pass on the message, he was surprised and his eyes widened.

Mr. Bai, who is in his fifties or sixties, naturally doesn’t read any novels. In his mind, who is Gu Lu?

Sun Tzu's eternal enemy!
Why? No matter how good his grandson's grades were, his daughter and son-in-law would only say: "Don't be proud of this result. It's far worse than Gu Lu's."

Mr. Bai really disliked this kind of education, which was typical of suppressing children's self-confidence. Once, Mr. Bai got angry and said to his daughter, "You want your child to learn from Gu Lu, but why don't you learn from Gu Lu's parents? Can you compare with others?"

The daughter and son-in-law were speechless.

The academic community is relatively clear about Gu Lu's background. Professor Chen's papers have formed a complete chain of evidence, and the students who follow him are also clear about it. It's just that it has not yet formed a big public opinion explosion point, just like the prophecy in Gu Lu's Bilibili video has been there for many years, and it became popular because of some opportunity.

"Oh, okay, okay." Mr. Bai told Teacher Li his identity, and then said, "Are you really the writer Gu Lu who graduated from our school?"

"Wait a moment, Director Li Riyao doesn't have a class, he will be here soon." Mr. Bai said, "It's tiring to stand here, do you want to come in and sit for a while?"

"No, no, it's good for young people to stand more." Gu Lu said.

After a few minutes, Teacher Li was seen jogging out.

Teacher Li has very good eyesight and can see clearly from more than 20 meters away. He confirmed who was coming.

With a hearty laugh, Teacher Li said, "Come back to your alma mater to take a look?"

Gu Lu also came to see the teacher in the past few years, but he always went directly to his home. This was the first time he came to school.

The laughter made Gu Lu feel inexplicably at ease. No matter how many times he heard it, he would be reminded of the time in Chengdu when Teacher Li first learned that his article had been published and he had earned royalties, and he also laughed happily.

"I wanted to eat hotpot, and I saw the balloons on the roof, so I wanted to take a look." Gu Lu said the first half of the sentence unconsciously.

"Okay, the teacher will treat you to hot pot tonight." Teacher Li responded, "The big balloon was ordered by the ferry officials to be hung, and it seems that the material is quite expensive."

As they walked and talked, they passed by a flower bed, and Teacher Li pointed and said, "They are all roses. During the summer and winter vacations, the school allows visitors to come in by appointment."

Very impressive, Gu Lu made an appointment to visit the school and it seems to be Wuhan University to see the cherry blossoms. Look at the atmosphere, the actual feeling is just average.

"It's good. The cultural and tourism department allocated a sum of money for our school renovation. There is also a special fund for maintenance and repair every year." At this point, Teacher Li smiled, "Our No. 37 Middle School should be the only school that can receive funding from the cultural and tourism department."

That's true. Most of the time, schools connect with the education department. Even the Wuhan University that Gu Lu had in mind had never heard of funding from the culture and tourism department.

No. 37 Middle School was indeed much more beautiful than when Gu Lu was studying there. The tiles on the exterior wall of the teaching building were painted in a series of patterns. The content of the paintings was basically copied from the illustrations of The Little Prince.

"It should be considered as a spiritual legacy left for the junior high school. Bah - how did I get led into the ditch?" Gu Lu thought to himself that this must be a tangible benefit brought to No. 37 Middle School.

When we walked to the office, we found that Teacher Li already had his own office. Yes, Teacher Li had already been promoted to Dean of Studies, and was also nominated as the Vice Principal of the Junior High School. It was just that he was not accepted because of his age.

Most of the deans no longer need to serve as teachers, but Teacher Li requested to remain on the front line as the head teacher of Class 5 of Grade 9.

We met a lot of teachers along the way just now, and Teacher Li was very proud to introduce the young people around him to them.

"Gu Lu, come back and visit the school and me." He tried to be low-key, but the pride in his words could not be concealed.

"That Gu Lu?"

"Of course. Is it possible that there are a few Gu Lus coming out of our school?"

The above conversation was repeated several times, but Teacher Li did not find it troublesome at all.

(End of this chapter)