Chapter 367 Opening up new

Chapter 367 Opening up new

Chapter 367 Opening up new

Teacher Gao invited Gu Lu and Wei Jiao to dinner. I don't know if it's because of the high local consumption level, but the proportion of Japanese restaurants in Beijing is the highest among all cities. Teacher Gao wanted to spend some money to choose Japanese food, but was rejected by Wei Jiao. According to Wei Jiao, "I have wanted to eat shabu-shabu for a long time."

Finally, we decided to have mutton hotpot in a copper pot.

Unlike his usual reticent self at school, Teacher Gao spoke a lot during the dinner.

I shared that there was a student in my previous class who also loved writing, but unfortunately his family did not support him and he finally failed to stick with it. I shared that the teaching textbooks have been revised in recent years and new teaching materials are now used, but the teaching methods are still the same.

"I heard that your articles, Xiao Gu, are in the junior high school Chinese textbook? If you work harder, you can also have one or two of your articles included in the high school Chinese textbook." Teacher Gao said.

Wei Jiao nodded. "I think it can be done, because I know that many kindergarten textbooks have picture versions of the Little Prince."

If one can have his articles appear in textbooks for four stages, namely primary school, junior high school, high school and university, he is already a top-level writer in domestic history. Appearing in three stages is the ceiling of the contemporary era. Gu Lu currently has hope. The Little Prince and Flatland can make progress in the primary school stage. Zweig's When the Stars of Humanity Shine, now called the Four Parts of Diplomacy, has the hope of impacting high school and university.

I hope that with the help of a cheat, I can accomplish this goal while still alive.

"Xiao Gu, you have also paved a way for all the students in Fog City. In the past, junior and senior high schools in our Fog City never paid attention to essay competitions such as the Ye Cup and Bing Xin Cup. Now, basically the better junior and senior high schools will organize students to participate in competitions on a large scale, and have won many awards." Teacher Gao also talked about this.

Open up a new method of cultivation! Gu Lu put this sentence into his mind.

We talked about a lot, but the only thing Teacher Gao didn't talk about was his family and private life.

The soup in the copper pot was getting less and less, and the three of them were enjoying their meal.

Let’s send Wei Jiao home first, and then Gu Lu will send the teacher back.

"Xiao Gu, thank you for today." Teacher Gao finally said what he had been thinking all the way. "Before dinner, Director Teng told me that there were two places for outstanding graduates, and the other one was me. I know that there is actually only one place."

More importantly, the reporter of Beijing Daily who has been filming the progress of the training class will definitely include Gu Lu's appearance in the report, and will also report on the elite education model of archival teaching, which only exists in a class of a dozen students. This is of great help to Teacher Gao's teaching career.

Director Teng of the Beijing Normal University High School has a question to answer, "Can I rely on the achievements of educating a child like Gu Lu for the rest of my life?"

Answer: Yes, you can.

"Teacher Gao," Gu Lu said seriously, "what I shared today is all true. I am not praising you because you were my high school teacher, but Teacher Gao, as a teacher, you are a very good person."

This made Teacher Gao silent for a long time, until he reached the hotel parking lot and turned around to see the door. Then Teacher Gao thanked him in a low voice, then lowered his head and went back to the hotel.

Teacher Gao is already forty years old and thinner than when Gu Lu returned to the Fog City last year, at least that's what he saw from the back.

One person cannot fully understand another person. The thank you before Teacher Gao left may be a thank you to Gu Lu for her affirmation of her teaching career. It was because of her teaching career that she failed miserably in her family. Gu Lu's affirmation is equivalent to the affirmation of her life.

"It's still early, let's take a walk to digest the food." Although he said he was taking a walk, Gu Lu was actually thinking about his next step. He didn't look at the flowers and trees he passed by, but he had lived in this area for several years and was very familiar with it.

He is now in his twenties and has some literary works ready to be published. The details need to be planned slowly...

The next day, the temperature rose.

Just like the atmosphere in the box, steaming hot.

Gu Lu came to this private tea bar early in the morning. Why add "private" in front of the tea bar? Gu Lu didn't know, because the name is "Yuanmu Private Tea Bar". It may also be that adding "private" will make customers feel safer. Many interviews are conducted in the tea bar.

Currently too.

"Teacher Gu Lu, when will your new work, "The Devotion of Suspect X," be published in China? What do you think of its great success in Japan?" asked Lao Ma, a reporter from Southern Metropolis Daily.

Southern Media Group is basically the most hated company by journalists. Because the Southern Group was once their favorite, many journalists joined the group after hearing about its deeds. The deeper the love, the deeper the hatred.

It’s just that Gu Lu is not a media person, and he accepted the interview from the Southern Group with a strong purpose.

"It will be released in China when the time is right." Gu Lu said, "The specific time is related to the publicity and promotion plan. As for the good sales of "The Devotion of Suspect X" in Japan... The inspiration for this book came from a few years ago when I went to Japan and accidentally walked to the Bridge of Tears. There are slums near that place in Tokyo. To put it more bluntly, it was expected. I wrote this book just for sales."

Write a book for sales, and then the sales will explode? Lao Ma nodded silently. "Can you tell the readers about the specific publicity and promotion plan? There are many reporters in China who are paying attention to your comeback work." Lao Ma's questioning style is to throw out two questions, "There are many weak opinions on the Internet. They think that Mr. Gu Lu, you chose Japan to return because you have no confidence in the chaotic domestic book market. What do you think?"

The questions for this type of interview are all discussed in advance, but how to ask questions, at what rhythm, and at what speed to create the interview atmosphere are all up to the reporter.

"The release of a book requires the joint efforts of many publishers. My disclosure may disrupt the plans of publishers and agents," said Gu Lu. "As for the domestic book market, I am personally very confident. The online environment and the Internet facilitate sales. The offline ecosystem...book awards are becoming more mature."

Apart from the four major literary awards, namely the Lao She Literature Award, the Mao Dun Literature Award, the Lu Xun Literature Award, and the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award, the second tier includes the Zhuangzhong Literature Award, the Shi Naian Literature Award, the Dream of the Red Chamber Award, and the Blancpain Utopia Literature Award (which is getting worse and worse). There are many more in the third tier, such as the Pu Songling Short Story Award that I won before.

The Pu Award used to be in the second tier, but in recent years the organizers’ publicity direction has gone astray and it has slipped a bit. However, the third tier awards are also literary awards that can be written into a resume, and winning the second tier can be said to be the backbone of the circle. As for winning the four major literary awards, it is basically possible to serve as the vice chairman or chairman of a provincial writers’ association.

"If I'm not mistaken, it seems that Teacher Gu Lu has only been nominated for the National Excellent Children's Literature Award and won the Pu Songling Short Story Award." Lao Ma carefully checked the guest information before the interview.

"The Little Prince is currently the fairy tale novel with the highest cumulative sales in China and the most successful work exported overseas. Does Mr. Gu Lu think it is a missed gem for domestic children's awards?" Lao Ma said, "If Mr. Gu Lu is not convenient to answer this question, he does not have to answer it."

This issue was not within the scope of the plan.

To be honest, Gu Lu also felt that the fact that The Little Prince did not win the National Excellent Children's Literature Award and the Chen Bochui Children's Novel Award was partly because he was young and inexperienced, but more importantly, it was because he did not mix with the circle.

"I am also confused about this," Gu Lu seemed to remember something and continued, "As for the Fairy Tale Award - I won the Kate Greenaway Award, which was awarded to The Little Prince in 2014."

"An award created in memory of Kate Greenaway, the greatest British children's picture book writer? The most rigorous children's novel award in the UK?" Old Ma's knowledge is indeed extensive, and he continued, "So does Mr. Gu Lu have any idea of ​​writing another children's novel?"

"I do have an interesting idea," Gu Lu thought of the "The Borrower" that was gathering dust in the corner.

It was Guo Dafa who suggested that I accept the interview with Southern Metropolis Daily. The main purpose was to publish my new book "From the New World" in the second half of the year. At first glance, I thought it was a third-rate novel, but after reading it, I would directly define it as a first-rate work.

There is a rather extreme comment that is suitable as a recommendation for this work: "This peaceful and beautiful world is soaked in blood and death. Isn't this the imagery of the real world?" The real world should not be so exaggerated, but the Peach Blossom Spring in the book is indeed like this. Every peach blossom is dyed red with blood.

Halfway through the interview, the topic turned to the new work and a little information was revealed.

Gu Lu said, "I am currently preparing another book. The content of the book is about a new world like the Peach Blossom Spring, but every petal is stained with blood."

Warm up.

The question and answer session lasted for more than an hour.

"Finally, Mr. Gu Lu, please tell us about your expectations for yourself." Southern Metropolis Daily reporter Lao Ma asked the last question.

"There's nothing to look forward to. Life has been good enough for me."

With Gu Lu's response, the interview ended.

Even when he grew up, Gu Lu still didn’t like drinking tea and preferred drinking Coke. He only took a sip of the tea on the table.

Let’s choose a cafe for the next interview. Even if he doesn’t like coffee, there are sweet drinks in the cafe.

Taking an online taxi back to school, Gu Lu looked down at the memo on his phone.

[“Kuroko’s Basketball: The Battle at the Top” premieres in July during the summer vacation.

"Hyouka" produced by Kyoto Animation will be aired in July, and we need to record a short video to wish you a happy new year and help promote it on Bilibili.

In August, the signing ceremony of "Flowers for Algernon" and Shochiku Co., Ltd.

The wrap-up ceremony of the Hollywood team of "Mr. Holmes" was also held in August.

The September celebration party for "The Devotion of Suspect X" (you probably don't have to go).

[…]
"Hyouka" is exclusive to Bilibili, it's incredible, Bilibili has become rich. Gu Lu remembered that in the previous life, Bilibili also had money, and after cutting the incentive plan a few years ago, it had more money to buy new shows.

(End of this chapter)