Chapter 363 Regret

Chapter 363 Regret

Chapter 363 Regret

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The French Foreign Minister's words directly pushed Gu Lu to the forefront - the forefront seemed to be a derogatory term.

It doesn’t matter, let’s use the derogatory word in a positive way now.

Anyone who can become an expert in a certain field is mentally determined, and anyone who can become the ceiling of the field is even more conceited. Here we are talking about Professor Liu.

Therefore, even if Mei Sheng and Jiang Shi called him at the same time, he insisted on what he thought.

It was not until the French Foreign Minister spoke to the reporters that Professor Liu was somewhat defeated. Writers all seek to break away from political constraints, but the highest realm of literature is to influence politics. Gu Lu's two articles undoubtedly achieved this.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier that you know so much about France? If you had told me earlier, how could you not be on the list?" Professor Liu felt regret for the first time. He couldn't even imagine how cheerful he would be if the literary exchange group he led could achieve this result.

Between self-reflection and regret, Professor Liu chose to pass the buck, "Mei Sheng and Jiang Shi are more than ten years older than me, and have longer writing experience. Why can't they even compete with a young man in the field of short stories?"

There is no regret medicine in the world, but there is cold medicine. Gu Lu caught a cold, so he asked his "eldest son" Jia Xu to bring medicine for him.

"Mr. Lu, your reputation is really useful. The number of students who submitted their works is several times more than we imagined." Jia Xu reported on the activity.

"Don't call me Lu Shen. You have an accent and I sound like Lu Shen." Gu Lu waved his hands quickly.

"Okay, half brother." Jia Xu changed his tone instantly, "The judging committee for our event is going to have a meeting. When are you free, brother?"

He has dozens of names for Gu Lu, including "Dad", "godfather", "Dad", "Father", etc. He has mastered more than ten ways of calling his father, which is simply "Calling Father at Peking University".

"Me? You'd better ask the teacher about this. I remember that a teacher was invited to the judging panel." Gu Lu said, "Every day, besides attending classes on time, I write. Especially in the morning, I'm basically free."

"By the way, you never go to the morning class." Jia Xu remembered.

"Don't talk nonsense. What do you mean by never going to Zaoba? I just make some adjustments to Zaoba's schedule depending on the creative situation." Gu Lu waved his hand, "Don't talk nonsense. If you do this, I will be attacked by everyone."

There is a joke that if the Evil Sword Immortal descended on a city for one day, he would go to the university in the morning and the office building in the evening, and he would have enough energy. Because the resentment emitted by students who go to school early and office workers who work overtime can destroy the world.

"Okay dear brother, no more jokes, is it really possible in the morning?"

Gu Lu nodded, "It's all right. For the afternoon, we have time on Tuesday and Friday. As for Saturday and Sunday, there's no need to say more. Just tell me two or three days in advance and I can make adjustments."

"No problem, Daddy, you have to take care of yourself." After Jia Xu finished his business, he left in a flash.

Gu Lu felt that if Jia Xu worked in sales in the future, he would definitely become a gold medal salesperson. Why? How thick-skinned must someone be to call another friend of the same age "daddy" in public?

He particularly envies people who are thick-skinned.

After returning to Beijing, he did not forget his business. He found out the exact location of his high school teacher, Mr. Gao, for internship and planned to go there in the afternoon. After all, he had been in Beijing for so many years that he could be considered a local.

I asked Professor Lu about the schedule and learned that I had nothing to do today, so I left the school a few hours early. I took the subway to the Beijing Workers' Stadium. There was a grand book exhibition in the north hall of the stadium today.

Not long after, Gu Lu took the subway to the north gate of Gongti Station. The scene was very lively, with more than 40 exhibitors. At a glance, it was all back heads, and the scale of more than exhibition areas was indeed very shocking. No wonder it attracted so many people.

Gu Lu didn't come here for the new book, he first came to the specially set up comic exhibition area, including Harry Potter, Batman, Kuroko's Basketball, Food Wars!

Even though Kuroko has been serialized for a long time, its popularity is still higher than Shokugeki, probably because the movie version will be released in China during the summer. This news also made many viewers shout "My Youth Ends" again.

"It's awesome. When I was a kid, I really wanted to go to Fog City No. 8 Middle School. Because in the comics, Fog City No. 8 Middle School is the only team, except for the members of the Age of Miracles, that defeated the protagonists in the first half."

"Are you stupid? You believe in things in comics. I just wanted to see if the No. 8 Middle School basketball team really trains on slopes. They developed a unique dribbling plan based on the undulating mountainous terrain of the foggy city! It looks really strong."

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There were two college students talking next to me. They must be college students because they were so busy talking that they even forgot to take the books they bought.

I forgot to ask, is there any communication between the basketball teams of No. 8 Middle School and Neon High School? Gu Lu went back to No. 8 Middle School mainly for three things: to see the cafeteria, to see the teachers, and to see the publication office. In the end, Teacher Gao was not there, and he was also quite disappointed with the publication office.

He bought two comics and followed the crowd to another exhibition area. Several exhibition areas here formed a second-hand book trading market. Don't think it's cheap, the transaction price of second-hand books in this exhibition area is higher than the original price.

There are many factors that increase the price, such as scarcity and author-signed editions. Of course, for the latter, the asking price for modern authors is actually relatively low, no matter how famous they are, it is mainly because the author is still alive that the price rises. "Do you know how much a brand new copy of The Little Prince printed in early 2013 costs? The market price is yuan per copy! You may not be able to buy it."

Gu Lu heard something of interest and moved closer.

He knew that some valuable books were very expensive. For example, the first and second volumes of "Dragon Tribe" in 21 years on Earth, which were % new, sold for hundreds of dollars. A new, unopened, plastic-wrapped edition with a four-digit price tag was priceless.

"There are only 10 copies of this book in the first print run, and even fewer of them are still in the plastic cover, so this price is not expensive. If you think it's too expensive, here's an % new first edition with the author's signature, for only yuan, suitable for collection. The price will definitely increase in the future."

Typically, the price is affected by the author's life. Gu Lu thought, I'm so sorry.

Several buyers hesitated, but finally bought the cheaper one.

Soon, Gu Lu saw another thing, Conan Doyle's autograph from "The Sign of Four".

"?" Gu Lu looked at this old book written entirely in English.

"Is this true? Conan Doyle's signature." The young man Xiao Wei next to him muttered.

"Hmm?" Gu Lu looked at the person who was muttering and felt that he looked familiar. He tentatively called out, "Wei Jiao?"

"Who?" The young woman looked up. Perhaps she was nearsighted, and she squinted her eyes to observe the person who spoke. After a second or two, her eyes widened and she recognized the person who spoke.

"Gulu, my God, what a coincidence?" Wei Jiao was very surprised, but lowered her voice, after all, it was a public place.

"What a coincidence! You are also studying in Sijiu City?" Gu Lu asked.

"No, no, I studied in Shanghai, and then after graduation I came to Beijing to work," said Wei Jiao.

In such a big city, he could actually meet his high school classmate. Not counting Zhou Lin and Li Guyuan, who were already in contact, Panda Wei Jiao was indeed the first one. After all, as a native of the Fog City, there were not many people who came to Beijing from Class 10 or worked in Beijing.

A memory emerged in his mind. Wei Jiao's nicknames at the beginning were Jiao Jiao and Jiao Zi. It was similar to the name of a cigarette with a panda pattern. Thus, the panda followed Wei Jiao for three years in high school. However, Gu Lu himself has now reached the level of "national treasure" at the French celebration.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on his face involuntarily, and Gu Lu asked, "Do you want to buy it?"

"I kind of want to. My boyfriend is a mystery fan and loves to read detective novels. He's going to have his birthday soon and I want to give him a surprise." Wei Jiao said, "But at 2.5 yuan, I'm so hesitant. He bought an autographed book of Agatha for yuan before. I'm not sure if it's real."

I remember that Panda's family conditions were pretty good and she started learning calligraphy since she was a child. But she bought this brush for her boyfriend and was really willing to spend the money.

"Your boyfriend is lucky." Gu Lu said.

"Hahaha, I'm lucky. After all, he must be good to me, that's why I put so much thought into it." Wei Jiao laughed, the smell of dog food was too obvious.

Although Gu Lu doesn't have much dog food, there are many celebrity signatures in his home, such as Professor Yang Zhenning's handwriting "Where there is a will, there is a way", which was also given to him by Professor Lu to encourage his students.

Professor Yang Zhenning's autographed copy costs about 2,000 to 3,000 yuan on the market, and the one with blessing words costs about 7,000 to 8,000 yuan. Of course, Gu Lu would definitely not buy it, whether out of respect for Professor Yang or Professor Lu. It's just that the price of celebrity autographs is not as expensive as everyone imagines.

"If it's true, thirty thousand is not expensive." Gu Lu said, "But you can take another look at this book."

"Really?" Wei Jiao believed it, and she immediately withdrew her gaze.

"Handsome man, don't talk nonsense. My book has been authenticated by a professional organization, it can't be fake." The glasses shop owner was unhappy, because the girl wanted to transfer money via WeChat. Do you know that stealing someone's money is like killing their parents?

Gu Lu thought that his voice was quite soft. In the current noisy environment, no one except Wei Jiao should hear it. Is this boss so sharp-eared?

"I didn't say it was fake, I just said we could take another look, what if there's a more suitable one?" Gu Lu explained.

The glasses shop owner raised his voice, "Handsome, that's not what you meant. You meant to clearly say that this autographed version of The Sign of Four is not good. If you don't understand, why did you randomly give this young lady the wrong advice?"

Are they using him as a springboard? Gu Lu looked around and saw that the crowd was gathering around him. The glasses shop owner's booth instantly became one of the most attractive ones.

Why is there "one of"? Because someone at the comic booth invited a COSER to cosplay a female comic character. This is really unbeatable. The precious metals rhodium, cesium and beryllium are the best in the world.

(End of this chapter)