Chapter 380: The Dark Wind Blows Strongly
Chapter 380: The Dark Wind Blows Strongly
Pay attention, this man is called Dafa.
Guo Dafa likes everything to be "big". His parents did the right thing in naming him. Maybe it has something to do with his body shape. He will buy clothes in a size up. He also likes shoes to be big, at least with insoles of 6 or 7 centimeters. Tall and big are almost the same thing.
"Brother Guo, aren't you fighting in Rongcheng? Why are you here in Beijing?" Gu Lu asked. And he didn't even tell her before coming.
"Chengdu - Hey, East Suburb Memory has basically agreed to my request, but the specific details still need to be worked out. There's no rush, as long as it's done before school starts." Guo Dafa said.
Sichuan is the capital of Chengdu, and you should know the strength of this city. Students are about to have their summer vacation. Strictly speaking, they have missed a wave of bonuses this summer vacation.
"You basically agreed?" Gu Lu was surprised. "Brother Guo, I wanted to throw my head off when I heard your conditions, but Dongjiao Memory actually agreed."
The word "wainaoke" is a bit like a dialect, but Guo Dafa can roughly understand it by considering the context.
"Teacher Da Gu, your previous novel "Hyouka" has been adapted into a very popular anime recently," Guo Dafa explained. "Dongjiao Memory is building a two-dimensional industry, so we agreed. The only requirement is that in the southwest region, apart from the main store in Wudu and the Chengdu store, no more Little Prince peripheral stores can be opened."
Shanghai is definitely the center of the second dimension in China, without any dispute. The largest comic exhibition in China, CP (COMIC UP), is held in Shanghai. If it hadn't caused a big mess in 2023 and been disliked by Shanghai officials, it would have moved to Qiantang. But there are so many second dimensions in China now, Shanghai has eaten the meat and there is still soup left, and this is what Chengdu is thinking.
Dongjiao Memory is the former Hongguang Electronic Tube Factory in Chengdu. It was successfully transformed into a multicultural park with music, art, drama, photography, etc. Every Saturday, Dongjiao Memory has a cosplay event. Look carefully, it is every one. In addition, Labor Day, National Day and other holidays are even more lively. In summary, Chengdu and Dongjiao Memory are determined to get the Little Prince surrounding store.
"Southwest area? What areas does it include specifically?" Gu Lu asked.
"Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Chongqing and Tibet, these five provincial-level units." Guo Dafa replied.
Oh, so it’s these five poor brothers. That’s okay. Gu Lu thinks there’s nothing wrong with Guo Dafa’s approach.
Don't mention the Fog City, because it is the birthplace of the Little Prince and the location of the real B375 planet. Apart from this factor, the only city in the southwest that can support the turnover of offline stores in terms of the secondary element and purchasing power is Chengdu.
"Mr. Gu, why do you attach so much importance to offline stores?" Guo Dafa asked curiously. In China, he has three legs to move forward: peripheral stores, selling film and television copyrights, and activities. But the ones that Gu Lu asks the most and worries the most are the smaller peripheral stores.
The scale is indeed small. Even if the scale of a single store is estimated to be tens of millions, there are only two stores. Gu Luguang sold the copyrights of three short stories in the short story collection "Yesterday's Park", and the total amount is tens of millions.
"You asked me this question suddenly, and I was stunned." Gu Lu thought for a long time. It was true. He responded, "Maybe I am a little wary of the prosperity of the Internet economy. I think the real industry is the key to survival."
Guo Dafa nodded, expressing his understanding. "It can be seen that several science fiction short stories in The Wandering Earth are warnings about the development of science and technology."
What he was talking about should be the short stories in "The Pattern Man".
As mentioned earlier, compared to Liu Cixin's interstellar romance, Bradbury is cautious about the development of science and technology. This science fiction short story published by Neon is divided into two parts, the first part is Liu Cixin's, and the second part is Bradbury's. He was also praised by Neon literary critics as "a science fiction writer who is both romantic and cautious."
Then, Guo Dafa said another thing.
After hearing this, Gu Lu responded, "Dangdang.com's Chief Reading Advice Officer? Let's put it simply, isn't it just a spokesperson? Why make it so complicated?"
"That's right, but the Internet now likes to come up with these fancy concepts," Guo Dafa said, "Chief Experience Officer, Chief Recommendation Officer, etc."
"What do you think?" Gu Lu thought about the pros and cons, but didn't have an accurate answer for the time being, so he asked.
"Dangdang.com is the largest channel for domestic book sales. Other platforms such as China Library Network, Taobao Books, and Amazon Books cannot compare. Channels are very important to us, so we can agree." Guo Dafa said, "But this is the first time for Mr. Da Gu to endorse the book, and the first time must be sold at a good price."
I always feel like you're driving the car, but Gu Lu has no evidence. "So the current situation is that the price offered by Dangdang.com is not good?"
"I am very sincere about the endorsement fee, but we can't agree on other terms." Guo Dafa stated his conditions. He hopes that Dangdang.com can hold a special event to recommend Gu Lu's works every year.
Don’t underestimate these details, they are the key to contract negotiations. For example, I’ll reveal some information about the platinum contract of Yuewen. Ordinary writers can only be recommended once. But the number of times a platinum writer can be recommended can be adjusted in the contract. Of course, Yuewen has introduced a system, and platinum writers no longer have this advantage, but it is also reflected in other aspects.
"There is indeed nothing wrong with the point of encouraging people to read. It is a very good fig leaf. I still remember my first speech in front of the whole school in junior high school was about encouraging people to read." Gu Lu said that he would not go against the channel.
The Little Prince is a regular on the bestseller list, and the sales of fairy tales on Dangdang.com are still far ahead every year. However, the sales of other works on Dangdang.com are average. If there is a special recommendation every year, the sales of other books of Gu Lu can be further improved.
Gu Lu and Guo Dafa were chatting about business matters, and Southern Metropolis Daily released an exclusive interview with Gu Lu.
This interview was conducted just to promote the new work.
In the process, he made some comments on The Little Prince. Gu Lu had some small opinions on the list of winners of the "National Excellent Fairy Tale Literature Award" that year.
The main thing is that "The Little Prince" should win an award! To be fair, compared with "Grimm's Fairy Tales", "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales" and "The Happy Prince", "The Little Prince" is really in the first echelon.
It's normal to have some complaints since it's just a nomination.
Logically speaking, with Gu Lu's current status and reputation, he can tell the truth.
The organizer of the "National Fairy Tale Award", the Writers Association, did not say a word and used the traditional skill of official units to "play dead".
Even though Gu Lu was just an ordinary member of the Writers Association, a member of the presidium of the Wudu Writers Association, his status was really low... but let alone the Writers Association, the leaders of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles did not dare to refute Gu Lu.
The full name of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles is: China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. The Writers Association, Music Association, Artists Association, Film Association, etc. are all managed by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. To put it bluntly, it is the leading unit of the Writers Association (generally the chairman of the Writers Association is the chairman of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles). In the years when Gu Lu did not publish his works, the Writers Association and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles invited him several times. However, if he went further, the constraints would be too strong. The rule is that if he did not attend three meetings, he would be removed from office. Therefore, Gu Lu refused.
The Writers Association pretended to be dead, but some people are ignorant——
Yan Feng, the writer of the long fairy tale award-winning work "The Camel Bells Ring", jumped out.
[Storytelling and literary quality are not relative. If something is literary, it must have a story, but if it has storytelling, it may not necessarily have literary value.
Gu Lu has presented us with many wonderful stories, and the Excellent Fairy Tale Literature Award has higher requirements for literary quality.
Please respond to why some people's works do not win awards.
The reason why it didn’t win an award is that it’s not literary enough, there’s nothing controversial about that.]
No name was mentioned, but it was obvious who it was.
What I am saying is that The Little Prince lacks literary quality.
The Writers Association has three major awards: the Mao Dun Literature Award, the Lu Xun Literature Award, and the National Excellent Fairy Tale Literature Award. The Lu Xun Award is awarded every two years, and the other two are awarded every four years.
There were five long fairy tales winners in the 10th session. Yes, there were four or five long fairy tales winners in every session, so Gu Lu was a little dissatisfied that The Little Prince was not nominated.
Many writers support Yan Feng's words.
It has been said that writers are a circle. Is Gu Lugang included in the Peking University literature circle? The reason for the question mark is that Peking University literature did not have this overall concept before.
Yan Feng is from the Northwest literary circle. The Northwest circle has a long history, so it is normal to have supportive remarks.
“Flowers for Algernon, Flatland, and Mr. Holmes are all very wonderful works, but their literary quality—anyone with a certain level of literary literacy should know that the literary quality of these works is limited.”
Chen Xiaolong from Northwest Circle said that the name is definitely a pen name, not a real name.
"Perhaps Mr. Gu Lu has a misunderstanding about the National Excellent Fairy Tale Literature Award. This is not an award for popular works."
"The National Excellent Fairy Tale Literature Award is the most authoritative fairy tale award in China, and the judges are very professional. It is very childish for an author to question the judges just because he did not win the award."
Wait for the remarks.
This incident did not cause any reaction on the Internet - to be honest, the nature of the Internet is "always pursuing hot spots and always pursuing novelty." It is not easy to become a hot search.
But it seems to have a huge impact in the offline literary circle, and people working in the publishing industry are discussing this issue in their spare time.
They are clearly divided into two categories. Yan Feng's category is "Don't blame the road for your shortcomings", and the other category is that there is indeed something wrong with "The Little Prince" not winning the award.
It's just that most of the latter won't speak out. Nonsense! Isn't speaking out just criticizing the Writers Association? If the Writers Association doesn't dare to deal with Gu Lu, can't it deal with you?
Therefore, the winners in public opinion are people like Yan Feng, and July ended in such a situation.
August.
If it were the beginning of a supernatural novel, it would be called the Four Yin Moons.
At present, we call it "Zhuangyue", and the origin of Zhuangyue is also "Zhuang means big, and the yin in August is very strong."
Judging from the meaning, it is indeed so. The writers headed by Yan Feng are really full of sinister ideas!
(End of this chapter)